Installation of Pioneers Officers in Wiscasset Church
A candle lit First Congregational service Sunday evening installed Pioneers officers led by Joanna Evans as President and Walter Sherman as Vice President. The ceremony included hymns, readings, and a closing benediction with decorations by Evans and Thompson.
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First Congregational Church
Officers of the Pioneers
Raymond Sherman
Mary Hobson
Oess
Donald Morang
Walter Simonton
Bernard Merry
Joanna Evans
Walter Sherman
George W. Carleton
Grace Bean
Ethlyn Whitehouse
John F. Jackson
Ruth Jones
Ruthena Thompson
The
Pioneers
Alice Lewis
Charles Albert Day Rites Held In North Edgecomb
Charles Albert Day died Nov 2 at Memorial hospital Damariscotta and was buried in North Edgecomb cemetery. Funeral services at the North Edgecomb Congregational church were led by Rev. William K. Houghton and Rev. Clifford Wesley Collins. He leaves a widow Sunie C. Clifford Day, a sister Sara Day Jones, a brother Joseph H. Day, and several nieces and nephews. Day was a Knight Templar Mason and long connected with the Congregational church.
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Charles Albert Day
Memorial Hospital
Damariscotta
North Edgecomb
North Edgecomb Congregational Church
William K. Houghton
Walter T. Greenleaf
Irving L. Davis
Harry O. Carlisle
Thomas A. Hutchins
Joseph Day
Lawrence Day
Portland
Sara Jones
Fred Porter
Rebecca Clifford
Bridgeport
Francis X. Jannelle
Prouts Neck
Clarence Blake
George Blake
Cumberland Foreside
Martha Richardson
Phoebe Clement
Waterville
Henry H. Chamberlain
Round Pond
George QO. Keene
Florence Shaw
Roy R. Marston
Sara Day Jones
Joseph H. Day
Mabel Dougherty
Alice Leavitt
Detroit
Mich
Unusual 55-Point Buck Displayed by Fire Warden
In Waterville Joseph Violette, former police member and current fire warden in the Chamberlain district of AHagash, exhibited a 215 pound buck with a 55 point antler spread resembling moose antlers. The head was described as the most unusual seen in Maine, with many marks countable as additional points.
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Waterville
Joseph Violette
Police
Chamberlain District
Ahagash
Maine
Mrs Eleanor Ripley Injured in Topsham Grange Hall Fall
Mrs Eleanor Ripley of Topsham suffered a back injury after a fall at the Topsham Grange Hall and is confined to her home on Maine Street.
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Eleanor Ripley
Topsham
Topsham Grange
Topsham Grange Hall
Maine Street
Lincoln Lodge Install Officers In Formal Ceremony
Henry T. B. Leeman installed Lincoln lodge No. 10 officers in its hall with 50 attendees. Guests included John H. Williams and Frederick J. Smith among district and grand lodge officers from Maine. Norton presided at a banquet featuring oyster stew, coffee, and doughnuts. Leeman to install Arambec lodge officers in Wiscasset on Friday night, Nov. 13.
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Henry T. B. Leeman
Lincoln Lodge
Mr. Leeman
John H. Williams
Frederick J. Smith
Forest City Lodge
Portland
Grand Lodge of
Maine
Elmer Purington
Grand Lodge
David Jones
Elizabeth City Lodge
Raymond L. Soule
Pejepscot Lodge
Brunswick
Harley J. Colby
Noble Grand
Aranibec Lodge
Wiscasset
Soule
Nathaniel Stover
Howard King
Leonard M. Lord
Thomas Donaldson
Morris Knight
Guardian
E. T. Savage
Walter S. Norton
Leeman
Arambec Lodge
Cosmopolitan Garden Club hears Wis casset Academy speaker
Charles S. Sewall principal of Wis casset Academy spoke at the Cosmopolitan Garden Club meeting in the club house on Monday afternoon. He discussed wild flowers evergreens and autumn foliage explaining plant habits and notable species. The group later toasted memory of member Edwina M. Hall and honored a telegram note of roadside beautification contest prize.
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Charles S. Sewall
Wiscasset Academy
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Frank A. Hodgdon
Sewall
South End
P.T. A
Mr. Sewall
H. J. R. Tewksbury
Sunday Telegram
Edwina M. Hall
Cattle Resemblie Aurochs In Spanish Bulls
Spanish fighting bulls resemble the ancient aurochs once living on the peninsula with drawings of them in caves. An estimated 8000 to 10000 are needed each year, and these cattle occupy open meadows as their feral ancestors did.
Face Patches and Zodiac Symbols in Eighteenth Century
Women wore black silk face patches cut into moon sun star comet and crescent shapes to set off white complexions. A masculine critic complained their faces resembled the signs of the Zodiac reflecting fashion from Louis XIV era.
Farmers Help Build Ohio Canal in 1825 Work Stint
Farmers from the village joined the canal project for a 26 day term from sunrise to sunset earning eight dollars each period. The effort provided cash to pay taxes and support the construction of the canal.
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Ohio Canal
Vich
West Bath Social Roundup Shows Local Visits and Gatherings
A string of weekend visits and community events highlights West Bath and nearby towns. Families from Bath, Larrabee’s Grove, and Mechanic Street hosted relatives from Portland Farmington and Woods Hole. Morse high school student Beatrice Rose spent time in Bath while attending the Armistice day game. Stanley Rose returned to duties at Rice’s City Garage after a two month hand infection recovery.
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Priscilla Whitlam
Earle C. Donnell
Farmington Normal
Helen H. Rogers
Farmington, Conn
Llewellyn D. Rogers
Jennie M. Larrabee
Portland
Walter H. Larrabee
Larrabee’s Grove
Alonzo G. Fisher
Woods Hole
Mass
Fred W. Larrabee
Harold J. Haggett
Lucy Ann
Charles L. Haggett
Billy
Bath
Edwin W. Haggett
Hayden
Rogers
Bingham
Ernest E. Williams
Stanley
Campbell's Pond
Dwinal E. Cornish
Carl
Williams
Lizzie Williams
Topsham
Annie Ridley
Ernest Williams
Rose Street
Lester Crocker
Upper Washington Street
Henry Rose
Rosedale
Hollis Small
West Bath
Roslindale
Anna Fischer
Stanley E. Rose
Andrew M. Rice
City Chat Highlights Local Arts and Community Events
Hill Billy Chore boys of Auburn performed in a beano at the G A R hall on Middle street with a five‑member group playing piano guitar violin harmonica and spoons. Two grandsons of Mrs Minnie Roderick were in the Auxiliary program. Harry W Moulton brought samples of two tomato varieties and described his frost‑timed harvest. Salvation Army fundraiser tag days and a Thanksgiving dinner drive were announced along with a new four‑piece dance band led by Forrest Coombs for Barn Dances.
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Minnie Roderick
Auxiliary
Harry W. Moulton
Russell Street
Independent
Mr. Moulton
Salvation Army
Forrest Coombs
Linwood Russell
Otis Card
Dean Farnum
Mr. Coombs
American Legion of
Lisbon Falls
Pardon of Ste. Anne in Brittany Festival
The colorful Brittany pardon at Auray honors Ste. Anne mother of the Virgin Mary. A Breton legend says she fled to the Holy Land with a cruel husband, returned after his death, and Jesus sometimes visited her.
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Ste. Anne
Brittany
France
Virgin Mary
Auray
Holy Land
Jesus
Woolwich Grangers Confer Degrees and Honor Longtime Members
Woolwich grange conferred the third and fourth degrees on nine candidates last week in a gathering including visitors from West Bath Dromore Huntoon Hill and Bowdoinham. At the November 18 meeting members of 25 and 50 years will receive silver and gold stars presented by State Deputy Charles M. White and Mrs White of Augusta, with new members named including Mrs Francis Sturmer and son Russell Arrowsie Eubra Troop Montsweag Fred Hathorne Frank Walker John Stacey Woolwich and Miss Elizabeth Dodge Camden who teaches at Mountain school in Woolwich. Longtime members Mary Fullerton and Ella Shaw are slated for gold stars. A harvest supper followed served by the lady officers and a dancing session with Mrs Jessie Spaulding at the piano.
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Woolwich
West Bath
Dromore Huntoon Hill
Bowdoinhames
Charles M. White
White
Augusta
Francis Sturmer
Russell
Arrowsie
Eubra Troop
Montsweag
Fred Hathorne
Frank Walker
John Stacey
Elizabeth Dodge
Camden
Mountain School
Mary Fullerton
Ella Shaw
Ruth Leeman
Elder Robinson
Albert Smith
Harold Shaw
Reginald Stacey
Daisy Welch
Jessie Spaulding
Lawrence Putnam
Vinal Hunnewell
Sagadahoc Ferry
Clara Head
Mary Wright
North Woolwich
Flora E. Leonard
Miss Leonard
Leah Strout
New York
Arthur Williams
Boston
Beltran Crocker
Arthur Durgin
Crawford Notch
N. H
Maine Central
Good Will Club
Florence Carlton
Mabel Thwing
Evelyn Nickerson
Bath
John Reed
Myers Reed, Jr
Quincy
Mass
Sara Bailey
Farmingdale
Dora Bailey
Harlan Trott
Murphy's Corner
Everett Rice
Windham
Minnie Rice
G. M. Stinson
Marcia Stinson
Day’s Ferry
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Herbert Leeman
Ethel Thompson
Frank J. Walker
Maxine
Capitol Island
Montsweag Grange
Harry T. Fitch
Rand
S Ferry
Bath County Democrats Win Historic Bath Ballot Support
National Democratic Committee chair James Farley thanks Bath leaders Ralph Covel and Sagadahoc County Democrats for Bath’s first ever presidential ticket backing. Farley telegrams praise county chairmen nationwide for faithful effort and asks Covel to extend thanks to all party members.
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James A. Farley
National Democratic Committee
Ralph C. Covel
Bath
Sagadahoc County
Democratic Committee
New York
Covel
General Farley
Concert Program Enjoyed by Rubinstein Club Audience
The Rubinstein Club presented a piano organ and violin program with Mrs. Carl Albee at piano Mrs. Faith Berry on organ Miss Bertha Luce violin Mr Allan Ramsay and vocal items. Selections included Saint Saens Tuschaikowski and Dry Those Tears with pieces by Del Riego and Liza Lyn, featuring Mmes Hatch Storer Crie and Berry among others.
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Carl Albee
Luigini
Nettie Averill
Faith Berry
Bertha Luce
Saint Saens
Robert Hatch
Lydia Storer
Francis McPherson
Stevenson
Allan Ramsay
Mmes
Hatch
Sturtevant
Holman
Leonard
Sanborn
Cary
Rice
Ye Hills
Jeanne Cuatcon
Sasta Ears
Tschaikowski
Marianne Bullard
del Riego
Liza Lyn
Mildred Havener
Muriel Crie
Gladys Gray
Rubinstein Club
Les Camarades Musicaux
Merton Sprague
Sweden’s sparse population per square mile noted
The article notes Europe’s density debate, saying Sweden, while large, has only about thirty two people per square mile. It contrasts dense regions with Sweden’s extensive dales, meadows, and woodlands occupying much of the land.
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Sweden
Europe
Seventeenth Amendment on filling Senate vacancies
The text explains that when a state Senate seat is vacant the state's executive authority must issue writs of election to fill the vacancy. It adds that state legislatures may authorize temporary appointments by the executive until voters elect a successor as directed by law.
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Senate
Growth of Children Height rises in spring and summer
Children grow taller mainly in spring and summer while gaining more weight in autumn and winter.
Deer dodges barbed wire and escapes into woods
In Sagadahoc Ferry near Mrs Clara Head's home a doe dashed toward the woods after headlights startled it. It leaped the fence and disappeared. Local notes report hunting successes, weekly visits, church events, farm bureau meetings, a Sunday school start, and a planned Union banquet at Sebenon hall with 6:30 assembly.
Woolwich hunter bags southern Maine’s likely biggest deer
Beltran Crocker of Woolwich Foxed a 320 pound on the hoof buck near Alna Lincoln County on Nov 4. The 14 point prize, shot with a neck shot from about 100 yards, dressed over 290 pounds and required help from oxen to haul out of the woods. Crocker works at Bath Iron Works and lives at Sagadahoc Ferry.
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Beltran Crocker
Woolwich
Alna
Maine
Bath Iron Works Corp
Sagadahoc Ferry
Lincoln County
Woolwich Sportsman
Speakers Urged to Bring Mite Boxes for Meeting
All those with mite boxes are urged to bring them to the meeting.
Women and Temperature Regulation
Women differ from men in temperature response due to a thicker fat padding under the skin which insulates heat. Men would feel half frozen if not dressed warmer than their mothers wives or daughters. The body uses heat regulating mechanisms to cope with climate. prolonged big deviations from normal temperature can cause discomfort or death.
Resins Used in Varnish Bases
Varnish bases consist of resins that form the film. They may be natural resins from tree barks of Africa and New Zealand or other regions, or synthetic resins chemically manufactured.
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Africa
New Zealand
Earth
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Grace L. Knight
Woman's Club
Henry Beston
Nobleboro
Hingham
Beston
Percy Grainger
Alice D. Taylor
Varney
Sol Holbrook
Carrie S. Knight
Charles Hobbs
Swampscott
Jane Walker
Los Angeles
Calif
Joseph H. Smith
Alna Road
Ways and Means
Woman’s Club
Rachel S. Hodgdon
Verne B. Bimson
Harold Hagt
Frank E. Quinnam
Vanceboro
Washington County
Quinnam
Clinton Bailey
Byron Adams
Topsfield
Bailey
Adams
Priscilla D. Haskell
U. of M
College of Arts and Sciences
Bradford C. Redennett
Sheepscot River
Puddie Dock
Fred Marsh
Methuen
Elden P. Munsey
Munsey
Federal Street
Garrison Hill
Masonic Hall
Lettie D. Hubbard
Gertrude McTeer
Sarah D. Shaw
Henry G. Shaw
Louise J. Blagdon
Olive Branch
Dresden
Lakeview
Jefferson
Wiwurna
Waldoboro
Crystal
Genesta
Nellie Blagdon
Anna Soule
Ethel Redennett
Louise Blagdon
Oscar Bailey
Fedeal Street
Lisbon
Clarence Blagdon
Seavey
Old Bath Road
Red Cross
Bowdoin-Maine
Stanley Clifford
Melrose
Willis H. Clifford
George Osborne
Brookline
Webber's
Charles A. Day
Arthur Young
Water Street
Leon Sonia
Alfred H. Little
Bristol
Mr. Day
Congregational Church of
Florida
Cosmo Garden Club
Jo Buelspim & Sey
Farley
Democratic County
Christian Pioneers
Lucille Stinson
Union
Sebenon Hall
Callahan
Roundy
Bertram Crocker
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