Parker Head area notes and Parker family ties
Local notes trace Captain James Parker and an extended Parker family to early New England origins in Groton Connecticut and Andover Massachusetts. The piece mentions a Puritan lineage, Old World ancestry, historic roles in town governance, and a witchcraft trial linked Parker descendant. Also updates on moose sightings, Reed burying ground neglect, social gatherings, military family news, and local residents’ comings and goings.
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John Parker
Parker
Parker Head
Parker's Flats
Parker's Island
New England
Groton
Conn
James Parker
America
Parkers
Joseph Parker
County Hants
Eng
Southampton
Newberry
Andover
Mass
Mary
Salem
Mercy Wardwell
William Barker
Timothy Swan
Alva
Tryal
Joseph
Cochichowick
Improved Maine Central train service to begin next Sunday
Maine Central Railroad announces a faster weekday Bangor to Portland and Boston service starting Monday with a new Boston to Portland Bangor overnight train Sunday departures at 7 30 p m and multiple branch line changes to improve connections Winter timetable available Friday at ticket offices includes two weekday Bangor Portland trains with coaches Portland Boston dining car service and Bangor to Boston parlor car also a Portland Boston local train and revised Lewiston Rumford Rockland Bath schedules plus a nightly Boston Bangor train at 7 30 p m via Freeport Brunswick Richmond Gardiner Augusta Waterville Pittsfield and Newport Junction arriving Bangor 2 45 a m parlor car service on Sundays if any.
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Bangor
Portland
Boston
Maine Central Railroad
Road
Augusta
Richmond
Brunswick
North Station
Lewiston
Rumford
Rockland
Bath
Freeport
Gardiner
Waterville
Pittsfield
Newport Junction
City checker and chess players plan season opening meeting
Thursday at seven o clock the Bath city checker and chess clubs convene at Hyde Park Recreational hall for the first session of the season. The event invites all enthusiasts to attend and enjoy heated play in the new quarters amid cold weather. Lieut Burt Osgood US Navy with Mrs Osgood and Nancy Ellen visit Orono to see relatives before resuming duty aboard his ship.
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Hyde Park
Bath
North
Southland
West End
Burt Osgood
U. S. Navy
Parker Head Notes Show Busy Week at Village School
All 28 pupils attended last week with one tardiness. School nurse Miss Anderson, superintendent Mr. Gilman, and a State police speaker visited. Many activities followed including P. T. A. sewing, Girl Scout meetings, a Halloween party, and plans for Nov. 9 Sunday school supper. Several residents travelled or visited, and local families hosted and joined community events.
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Miss Anderson
Gilman
Bert Nisbet
Eugene Harrington
Leston Harrington
Earl Lowell
Bob Morse
Turner McCarthy
Miss Harmon
Bart Lowell
George Amberg
H. D. Mank, Jr
Wounded Elmer Hill In France And Local Courtships
Friends of Elmer Hill report he was wounded and is a patient in a French hospital. James Hutchins sent word he left the Blair farm at Small Point to spend winter with his son in Hartford. Francis Lander visited his sister Mrs Morse. Bob Morse returned from a Standish hunting trip. Dozois and Julia Dozois visited Bath Friday. Monroe Wilbur sold his Cox Head home to join Mrs Wilbur in Bath for winter in Waltham. Mrs Bob Moore lunched with Mrs Harrington before the P T A sewing club at Miss Harmon’s. Burial news: William Morrison died October 26 in Boston.
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Leach
John G. Leach
Massachusetts
Helen Murphy
Edward Hawkes
Providence
R. I
I. W. Rainey
Rainey
Stevens House
Edward Brere
Revere
Mass
William Blaisdell
Langdon Thistle
Lambert Park
Bath
Dromore
Andrew Black
Horace Holton
Wynburg
Holton
Portland
Leona Harmon
Stella Packard
Beverly Snow
Packard
Miss Harmon
Miss Packard
Harmon
Leston Harrington
Albert Gray
John Libby
Fred
France
Beatrice Denningham
Boston
Arthur Kreidler
USN
Sampson
N. Y
George Morong
Clayton Hoar
John Kriedler
Eleanor Meats
Ardis Hart
Cpl
Merrill Bassett
Washington, D. C
Pentagon Building
Waltham Hospital
Arthur Bassett
The
Navy Yard
Roxbury Hospital
Ray Hilton
Parker
Earl Pike
Bath Memorial Hospital
W. T. Wyman
Florence Maass
Sadie Thomas
Richard
H. N. Doughty
L. Forrest Wyman
Marie
Solange Reno
Rosalie Richard
Lewis Lowell
Parker Head
Ruth Shepard
Brunswick
Mr. Lowell
Charles Blaisdell
Bert Nisbet
Lisbon
Earl Hamel
Earl Lowell
Walter Cushing
Ralph Doughty
U.S. A
Arthur Williams
Parker Morse
H. D. Mank
John Rollins, Jr
Phippsburg Center
Elmer Hill
James Hutchins
Blair Farm
Small Point
Hartford
Conn
Francis Lander
Bob Morse
Standish
Stanton Dozois
Julia Dozois
Monroe Wilbur
Cox Head
Lyman Oliver
Maine General Hospital
Oliver
Stanford Bowie
Horace Beckford
Stacey
Gordon
Beathfield
Leverett Welch
Woolwich
Ernest Epinney
Beverly
Arline Smalll Bath
Herbert J. Kellaway
Newton Centre
Newton Lower Falls
Lester Morse
Judy
Winnegance
Clarence Perkins
Weetster Harley
Milford
N. H
Water Oliver
Bath Iron Works
Harley
Hartley Harley
Oliver Suncey
Guy Crowley
Ellison Moody
Popham Beach Notes Weather Tales and Local News
The first snowstorm of the season hits the area with alternating rain and snow, while election day arrives fair and cold. Popham school hosts safety talks by State Police and tuberculosis test forms from the Maine clinic. Halloween party memories, local resident notes, and beach changes near the Coast Guard area fill out a miscellany of personal items and regional updates.
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David Loon
Leon
Popham School
Anderson
Maine State Tuberculosis Diagnostic Clinic
Bertha Newdick
Elen Newdick
Dixie Oliver
Walter Newdick
Merrill Oliver
Edmund Wallace
Robert Small
Robert Morong
Carey Wallace
Gerald Morong
Leona Harmon
Pophem
Pertha Newdick
Fred Waterhouse
St. Petersburg
Fila
Popham
Lyman Oliver
Boston
Hospitals Gift Drive Aims For Christmas Boxes From Legion
The American Legion and Auxiliary plan holiday gift boxes for wounded and ill soldiers and women in service in hospitals nationwide on Christmas Day. Families are urged to contribute at least one unwrapped box with games, books, stationery, cards, puzzles, hosiery, or similar comforts, excluding candy or food. Collection points include Myde Windlass Co, Bata Iron Works, Carl's Drug Store, Senter's Inc, Roberts Market, Crosman's Market, Desmond's Clothing, and Rogers Hardware, with a Dec 10 deadline.
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American Legion
Roland Smith Post
Myde Windlass&Co
Bata Iron Works
Carl’s
Senter’s Inchail Roberts
Harry W Crosman
John J. Desmond
Rogers Hardware
Bath
Vote of Maine Cities in Election Returns Declared
Bit Dere Woupy Of Cyl tmas opens local election results detailing appointed committees for Reland Smith Post and others. Auxiliary group led by Mrs. Raron Gay hosts dance booth at Old Time Fair with Hospital Auxiliary sponsorship, sewing items for the hospital and announcing a meeting November 14 at Mrs Woodbury’s Middle Street home.
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Post Und Anxis
folluWwa
Roland Smithi
Pysal
Wavid Wise
Galen
Connard
Earl
Day
Alden Anderson
Marcia Moulton
Linwood Haynes
Stephen Woodbury
Duncen MelInnes
Frank Given
Edward Drake, Jr
Howard Bates
Roger Luke
Albert Coombs
Woodbury
Middle Street
Junior Hospital League to Hold New Year Ball at Armory
The Junior Hospital League held a meeting led by President Mrs Theodore Ferl to vote on league business. Mrs Connard served briefly and Mrs Harry Day announced Joe Avery and his Orchestra would provide the music for the December 29 New Year’s Ball at the State Armory. Plans were also discussed to move X ray equipment to the hospital’s new wing once government turnover occurs.
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Junior Hospital League
George Baer Conrar
Connard
Theodore Ferl
Harry Day
Orhestra
Joe Avery
State Armory
Bath Memorial Hospital
Mcy
League
Central Church League Plans Christmas Sale and Rummage
The Central Church League met in the parish house with Mrs. Lawrence Lord and Mrs. Harold Brown. Plans were set for a Christmas fête on Monday December 4. A rummage sale is planned for Tuesday November 14 at two o’clock with Mrs. Marius Page chairing, assisted by Mrs. Joseph Thombs and Mrs. William H. Daley. A covered dish supper will follow next Monday with Mrs. Howard Steen as chairwoman. Mrs. H L Hewes of Bangor returned home after a weekend visit with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Dauphin. Mrs. Dauphin remains bedridden under physician care.
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League of Centre Church
Lawrence Lord
Harold Brown
Tistisses
Rudolph McRae
Marius Page
Joseph Thombs
William H. Daley
Howard Steen
H. L. Hewes
Bangor
Joseph L. Dauphin
Spring Street
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Leslie Dyer, Jr
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Eleanor King
Edwin Oliver
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Ruth Totman
Chester King
Mildred Dowling
Barbara King
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Jordan Percy
Turner McCarty
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Bath, Maine
Crowley
Stephen Etnier
Stephanie
Victoria
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Harold Weace
West Point
Moses Chandler
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L. J. Preney
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Will Roosevelt
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