Women’s Literary Union hosts district meeting at historic clubhouse
Delegates from Auburn to Mechanic Falls gather at a Colonial clubhouse praised for its antiques and front doorway fan. The event features talks on club duties, federation reports, and student musicians, with emphasis on home, club, and community obligations.
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Picay
John J. Butler
J. Butt
Women’s Liter Union
Twin Cities
Jordan High School
Bertha C. D. Bates
Lewiston
Ranciild Willard
Department of American Citizenship
Women’s Literary Union
Hostess Club
Farnham
Cosmopolitan Club
Singing Club
Cosmopolitan Players
Auburn Art Club
Olive Morrill
Auburn Art and Literature
Charles Williams
Auburn
Cliton
McFadden
Bon Fails Shakespeare Club
Nettie McFarland
Lisbon
Sadie McCarthy
Maine Progressive Union
Nellie V. Hunter
Freeport
Mechanic Falls
Bernard Poole
David
A. E. Chittenden
Alice Frost Lord
New England
Whitefield
Lucienne Bedard
MacDowell
Julien Blais
Boston
State Federation
Cosmopolitan Club Fails to Meet Over Quorum Shortfall
The Cosmopolitan club did not hold a meeting on Wednesday night due to insufficient quorum as many members joined the operetta The Belle of Barcelona by Charles Ross Chaney. President Miriam W. Kimball announced December committees for program house and philanthropy plus a ticket committee for the Thanksgiving week club play.
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Cosmopolitan Club
Barcelona
Charles Ross Chaney
Miriam W. Kimball
Joseph I. Smith
Allan Spear
Carl ©. Anderson
Williams Whitney
Eileen Hayes
Frances E
Carolin M. Stackpole
Reginald Stacy
Evelyne L. Donnell
Christine C. Curtis
Muriel H. Howe
William R. Freeman
Athletics in Navy Subject of a Talk
Lieut George B Hunter U S N addressed Grace Church Men's club on athletics in the Navy covering football baseball track boxing rowing and swimming The talk noted fleet athletes at home and abroad and with Olympic teams plus midshipmen training at the Naval Academy He has been active in coaching and officiating on the West Coast A luncheon followed the talk Next meeting November 10 will be led by Edward Sewall and William M Adams with a speaker to be announced.
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Lieut
George B. Hunter
Grace Church Men’s Club
Navy
Hunter
Naval Academy
Harry B. Briggs
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Major Bartlett to Open Law Office in Portland
Major Charles Bartlett of Portland plans to open a city law office within a fortnight. He visited Bath on business and is a Bangor native who has practiced law in Portland for a year. Bartlett serves as a major on the Adjutant General's National Guard staff and is a former Bangor representative in the State Legislature. he is a Republican.
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Charles Bartlett
Portland
Bartlett
Bath
Bangor
Adjutant General
National Guard
Dromore Farm Bureau Holds All Day Meeting
The Dromore Farm Bureau held an all day gathering on Wednesday November 9 at the Dromore grange hall. The session began at 10 30 a m with Miss Hortense Welch in charge guiding the proceedings.
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Dromore Farm Bureau
Dromore Grange Hall
Hortense Welch
Bath area residents host and visit during weekend
Mr and Mrs Summer Sewall and family return to Bath for the winter. J Bradford Sprague visits Caribou. Mrs Omar Perry and Mrs Ernest Rogers dine with Martin Wyman. Cal Rogers and John Gowen guests at Dromore. Paul Gilmore attends Bath shop. Brazier family return to Portland from Sebasco. Several local callers visit Bowdoin Maine game. Meantime Breare family visit Revere. Laura Cutting spends weekend at Meadowbrook camp. Various Bath residents travel to Poland Spring Mechanic Falls and Dry Mills fish hatchery. Announcements of local visits and residence shifts continue.
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Summer Sewall
Sthall
Bath
J. Bradford Sprague
Caribou
Frank Sprague
Omar Perry
Ernest Rogers
Martin Wyman
Calvin W. Rogers
John Gowen
Kittery
Rogers
Dromore
Paul Gilmore
Joseph Brazier
Portland
Sebasco
Waldo Weston
John Marr
John Bowie
Flora Risteen
Kathryn Leach
John Geiger
California
J. Lester Morse
Jane Feere
Woolwich
John Reed
Gilbert Atwood
Whittierfield Brunswick
Edward Breare
Revere
Mass
Harry Gilmore
Laura Cutting
Winnegance
Walter Sprague
Merrimac River
Malcolm Berry
Popham
Machias
Annie Cutting
Parker Head Fire Destroys Home and Barn
A Sunday morning blaze at Parker Head destroyed the house of Percy Young and adjacent buildings. Neighbors woke the couple and helped evacuate furniture as Bath Fire Chief Parks sent Engine 4 at 8:30 with Driver Cloutier to battle the flames. The fire was confined to the Young property after a difficult setup near an old wharf. The cause remains undetermined.
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Percy Young
Parker Head
Young
Armistice Day Observance Planned by American Legion
At a Monday meeting the American Legion resolved to dedicate a gun to all veterans of all wars for Armistice Day. The event includes a 10 am presentation, Morse High School band music, a short parade to the high school, and an 11 am speaker in the auditorium. The post will meet again November 22 and plans future programs split between business and social activities.
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Roland Smith Post
American Legion
American Legion Hall
Elver Stickney
Walter M. Hill
Timothy Wagner
Ralph G. Stetson
Morse High School
Legion Hall
Ralph Gay
Thomas Fowler
Roscoe H. Shaw
Visitor Prof T M Griffith Studies Knox Biography in Maine
Prof T M Griffith of Colby College visited Rockland to review Montpelier and Knox residence in Thomaston as part of his five year effort to prepare a life of Major General Henry Knox. He aligns with Chief Justice Pattangall that Knox’s life remains unwritten despite Drake and Brooks biographies and will require years.
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Rockland
T. M. Griffith
Colby College
Griffith
Camden
Montpelier
Knox
Thomaston
Henry Knox
Pattangall
Drake
Brooks
Lewiston Gover nment Allows Late Dances With Police Approval
Lewiston city government legalized dances continuing past midnight last week with rules for management. Applicants must file to the board detailing the reason and obtain written approval from the chief of police before holding the event.
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Lewiston
Mayor approves High Street road work despite council opposition
Mayor Harold P. Small authorized a $4500 state aid project to rebuild High street from the south end to Potter's Hill. Twenty-two Poor department dependents began work at $1.50 daily, while Aldermen Youland and Pratt challenge legality and seek an injunction. Parker O. Rogers leads the project with Arthur Avery in charge.
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Harold P. Small
High Street
Potter's Hill
Eugene Youland
Arthur Pratt
Parker O. Rogers
Arthur Avery
Board of Highways and Sewers
Poor Department
Alderman Youland
Pratt
Small
York County Wins Farm Bureau Drive Prize
York county leads statewide Farm Bureau membership contest with 1085 members for 1933. Maine Farm Bureau secretary George E. Lord announced that York earned the first prize shield, with Piscataquis second ($30) and Cumberland third ($20).
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Farm Bureau
York County
George E. Lord
Maine Farm Bureau Federation
Augusta
Piscataquis County
Cumberland County
Piscataquis
Lord
Farm Bureau Federation
Orono
Augusta man recalls hunting trips with old friend at 92
Evan Bragg of Augusta visited his sister in Keene New Hampshire then called on Col. O N Blackington a former Augusta resident in Limerick Connecticut Blackington now 92 recalled past hunting trips with Bragg and said he would hunt again if his legs were strong enough to stand the trips
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Evan Bragg
Augusta
May Weston
Keene
N. H
Col
O. N. Blackington
Limerick
Conn
Swan Street
Blackington
Mr. Bragg
Ever-Bearing Strawberries Highlight Augusta Scene
A pint box of Ever-Bearing straw berries was placed on the Augusta fruit editor’s desk Friday morning. Mrs. Ethel M. Cram of Manchester brought the berries and noted they were picked Thursday with vines still loaded with green fruit.
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Ever-Bearing
Augusta
Ethel M. Cram
Manchester
Ever- Bearing
Winneganee Church Opens With Baptist Pastor Sermon
Sunday afternoon services at Winneganee marked the opening, with Rev. Charles R. Sims of Bath delivering a three o clock sermon. Members enjoyed an evening gathering at a home and plan a meeting tonight with Mrs. Robert P. Munson.
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Winneganee
Charles ‘R. Sims
First Baptist Church of
Bath
Robert P. Munson
John G. Morse, Jr
Monmouth
N. H
Herbert Morse
Portland
Sherman L. Morse
Harry F. Oliver
Westerly
R. C
Caroline
New York
William Brown
West Bath clam digging fines suspended for seven Phippsburg men
Seven Phippsburg residents appeared in Bath municipal court on Monday charged with clam dam digging in West Bath. Judge Keegan suspended $5 fines plus $5.14 costs for one year. The men claimed they were misled by clam warden Charles Whittum and believed they were in Phippsburg territory.
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Bath
West Bath
Phippsburg
John J. Keegan
Charles Whittum
West Bath Flats
Whittum
Brigham's Cove
Haggett
Linwood Koehling
John Wallace
Warren Alexander
Irvin Humphrey
Victor Wallace
Warren Gilliam
Henry Alexander
Whittam
Loring D. Small
Keegan
Bath Dancer Pearl Oliver Engaged for Auburn Engagement
Miss Pearl Oliver Bath’s favorite dancer is engaged at the Auburn theatre in Auburn with R. K. O. acts. She will appear Thursday Friday and Saturday and Bath friends plan to travel to see her. Oliver is daughter of Mrs. Fred E. Oliver of 13 Robinson lane and is known for unusual dancing ability.
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Pearl Oliver
Bath
Auburn Theatre
Auburn
Miss Oliver
Fred E. Oliver
Robinson Lane
Indian Island Through Time From Misignegus to Champlain
An old account traces an island in Passamaquoddy Bay known as Misignegus and later Indian Island. It notes its location near Deer Island and Campobello, with early indigenous discovery followed by French explorers Champlain and his party centuries later landing there.
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Champlain
Dochet
Comprehensive Chronic Disease Treatments Offered in Boston
All chronic diseases treated including catarrh cough asthma bronchitis and lung conditions. Blood skin and nervous system diseases such as anaemia eczema epilepsy rheumatism neuritis and painful ailments. Circulatory liver kidney stomach and bowel diseases addressed. Boston address 18 Huntington Ave Suite No 3 for appointments.
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Boston
Huntington Ave
Second Performance of Cosmo Club Play at Masonic Temple
A small appreciative crowd saw the second and final performance of Charles Ross Chaney's three act musical comedy The Belle of Barcelona at the Masonic Temple. Cast members Mary Anne Wentworth Seth N Snipe Graham White Lillian E Lewin and more drew praise with encores and bouquets for Mrs Donald D Young and Wentworth.
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Charles Ross Chaney
Barcelona
Masonic Temple
Singing Club
Cosmopolitan Players
Mary Anne Wentworth
Seth N. Snipe
Graham
White
Lillian E. Lewin
William W. Dennison
Charles W. Avery
Silas E. Plant
Albert Henderson
Graham White
Donald D. Young
Miss Wentworth
Plant
Henderson
Dennison
Mr. Snipe
Snipe
SEEK INJUNCTION TO STOP WORK
Harold P. Small be restrained from contracting bills for State Aid road work and from drawing orders beyond the unexpended balance of the appropriation after payment of all charges legally incurred.
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Donald D. Young
City of Bath
Harold P. Small
City of
Bath
Sagadahoc
Bridgham
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