Legionnaires Open Three Day Fair Draws City Support
The three day Legion fair opened with a busy hall of booths, vaudeville acts, and dancing led by Mel Robbins orchestra. Local volunteers organized games and food booths including home cookery, blankets, fish pond, and a guinea pig farm drawing crowds. Proceeds go to the Legion building fund with Eugene Perkins as business manager and Allan Spear as treasurer.
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Nurssr
Simcey Balwaer
Fowler
Gardiner
Legion Boys
Mel Robbins
Mr. Rupkins
Dave Henderson
Vincent Henderson
Herby Douglas
Clarence Johnson
Shorey Sisters
Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Legion
J. Murphy
Yvonn Hart
Gardiner Rogers
Lucien Bisson
Eugene M. Desmond
Roscoe H. Perkins
Walter Hill
Elva Stickney
Evelyn Snow
Freeman Troto
McElman
Allen
Eugene Hart
Ralph MacDonald
Maurice Brown
Horace McClure
Eugene Bridges
Leon Billings
Wilbur Crocker
John Minott
Ralph Gay
Perry Thompson
Sam Povich
John Crane
Lloyd Steeves
John Powell
Allan Spear
Richard Hersom
James L. Morse
R. D. Coombs
Harry Hall
Howell Smith
Earl Maxwell
Eugene Perkins
Fred L. Sutherland
War memory and patriotic music at a Civic gathering
Alderman Sam Povich recited and sang along with Governor Gardiner at a tribute event. He led with The Long Long Trail by Elliott and received an encore. Mrs Jack Shaw accompanied on piano as attendees reflected on past victories and the duty to sustain peace efforts.
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Leon Mela
Sam Povich
Gardiner
Elliott
Mr. Povich
Jack Shaw
Turning Point: Meuse-Argonne End and Maine War Dead
Governor Gardiner recounts the 1918 armistice moment when eleven o clock marked peace for Maine. He notes 31 600 Maine men returned home and 1 000 died or were lost in service as the Meuse Argonne offensive ended after 47 days with 122 062 casualties nationwide.
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Maine
Meuse-Argonne
For Sale Modern seven room house on Maxwell St
A new modern seven room house on Maxwell Street with improvements including a new kitchen. Owner moving to Massachusetts. Apply Fred H. Thompson, Agent. Also bay seed—six dwins and Starks at 60c a bushel. Bring your sacks. R. A. Douglass, Bowdoinham, Me.
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Maxwell St
Massachusetts
Fred H. Thompson
Dwins
Starks
R. A. Douglass
Bowdoinham
Delightful concert by Bath quartet with Meistersingers ties
A Bath audience enjoyed a refined concert by a quartet connected with the Meistersingers. George Davidson and Franklin Field were standout performers with strong solo voices. Mrs Marjorie Leadbetter added coloratura charm, and George Pierson provided witty character sketches. The Armistice day committee members attended the event.
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Marietta
George Davidson
Old Man River
Franklin Field
Bath
Danny Deever
Damrodh
Marjorie Leadbetter
Laddie
George Pierson
Little Red School
Henry Jackson
W. S. Preston
Chicago Civic Opera Co
William Weston
Legion
Eugene M. Desmond
Carl C. Anderson
J. Lester Morse
Edward Sewall
Hanover Ship Hanover Night Glass Finds New Owner
In a Times story about the 1849 ship Hanover loss, Mr. and Mrs. James Jordan of 68 Western Avenue claim possession of the ship’s night glass. The artifact, a seven lens London telescope, passed from Louisa Spinney to her granddaughter.
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Times
Hanover
Independent Today
James Jordan
Western Avenue
Louisa Spinney
Seguin
Mrs. Jordan
London
New Steel Ship Berwindvale Brings Coal Near Bath
The steel steamer Berwindvale, three months old, cleared for Newport News after unloading 7 000 tons of bituminous coal at Kennebec Wharf and Coal Co. She was built by Bethlehem Shipbuilding and is powered by two direct drive turbines with a backing turbine. Gross tonnage 4411, net 2750, speed about 10.25 knots. Voyage Seguin to Sewall's Point estimated 54 to 69 hours. A second cargo arrival is expected in about three weeks, likely for Bath by Berwindvale or sister ship Berwindglen.
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Berwindvale
Newport News
Kennebec
Seguin
Sewall's Point
Everett
Mass
Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co
Bath
Berwindglen
Caton Burgess Couple Wed In Grace Rectory Ceremony
Lauriston P. Caton and Helen E. Burgess were united in a double ring marriage at Grace rectory with Rev. Charles M. Tubbs officiating. Attendants were Harold E. Boutin and Estelle Boutin. guests included Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph McRae. The groom works at Bath Box Co and the couple plans a motor honeymoon to Massachusetts. Miss Edith Small spent the holiday in Portland with sister Mrs. Ralph Dunton.
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Lauriston P. Caton
Albert Caton
Middle Street
Helen E. Burgess
Stanley Burgess
Grace Rectory
Charles M. Tubbs
Harold E. Boutin
Estelle Boutin
Rudolph McRae
Bath Box Co
Massachusetts
Edith Small
Portland
Ralph Dunton
R. D. Purinton
Willie Maloon
Cora Smith
Richmond
Elisha Webber
Fred Duren
Patty
Karl Hatch
W. B. Burton
Georgia
Helen Denham
John Maher
Ned Sprague
Henry Cornish
Cora Wilkinson
J. Hall Denham
W. B. Willis
Cathance
Florida
Willis
F. K. Jack
Edith Lemont
William P. Lemont
Bath
George Cutler
Gardiner
Margaret Hamilton
Boston
George Hamilton
Charles Fisher
Somerville
Mass
Clarence Skelton
Waterville
Linnold Skelton
Pearl Raymond
New Hampshire
A. E. Raymond
Bertha Moulton
Helen Britt
Mary T. Purinton
Vendella Mosher
Jane Given
Connecticut
A. P. M. Given
Pratt
Caleb Mitchell
Mr. Pent
Merton Curtis
South
Paris
John Purington
P. C. Nealey
Mina Stowell
William T. Hardie
W. B
E. P. Kendall
H. E. Cornish
C. B. Randall
Five Islands
Earle Blodgett
Emma Ferguson
Eva MacDougal
Clara N. Fogg
H. D. Cornish
Fannie Batchelder
Haverhill
Boothbay
C. L. Browne
R. E. Ferguson
Lewiston
Post Road
Vera Wildes
Rockland
J. E. Allen
Emma Fowler
Brunswick High School
Oscar Joy
Nona
South Portland
Charles Fogg
Marg
Otis Witham
Ruby
Irvin Campbell
Dorothy Dickinson
Clarence Blackmon
Ruth McEwen
John Maler
Young
John Temple
Armistice Day Service at Bowdoinham Grave
Bowdoinham hosts Armistice Day observances at the grave of Revolutionary Private Samuel Coombs on the Coombs estate, East Bowdoinham. D.A.R. members from Sewall Chapter Bath and local Bowdoinham committees lead the service with wreaths and a flag marker, followed by a luncheon.
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Bowdoinhams
Dummer
Sewall
Bath
Samuel Coombs
Coombs
East Bowdoinham
Little Hill
Clara Fogg
Little Cemetery
Bowdeinham
William 8. Given
Georgia Denham
D.A.R
Emily Rideout
Given
Edith Irwin Hobart
Alma Sampson Kendall
Jane Hall Browne
Horatio Hall
Margaret Purinton
Stella Norton Given
Cora L. Wilkinson
Viola Coombs
Elizabeth Carde
Helen Denham
Celena Fogg Cornish
Mary Lilly
Judge Glidden Busy At Tuesday Session
Sagadahoc probate court handled misc business in its November term Tuesday. Judge Walter S. Glidden ruled on will probate petitions, administration grants, bond approvals, inventories, accounts, claims, real estate licenses, inheritance tax, and guardianship actions across Bath Bowdoinham Topsham Woolwich Georgetown and Washington D C. A Harvard professor studies Athabascan Indians in Alaska.
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Sagadahoc
Walter S. Glidden
Alvah W. Hunter
Topsham
Wilbur L. Hunter
Marcia Flagg Butler
Washington, D. C
Charles H. Butler
Woolwich
Charles Sheridan
Bath
Lewis F. Gannon
Effie E. Gannon
Robert W. Carr
Bowdoinham
Grace C. Houghton
America Purinton
Rinaldo Purinton
Frank W. Low
Charles C. Low
Susan C. Hooper
Charles H. Hooper
Eva L. Mereen
Georgetown
Frederick J. Hinckley
Harry A. Rackley
Fred A. Rackley
Scott Small
Marietta Small
Bowdoin
Elizabeth D. Gibbons
Susan B. Hooper
Fred W. Hartnett
Louis J. Oliver
Berlin
N. H
Eva
Charles H. Cahill
Martha Pinkham
Ancient Agusta at Small Point Sketch by Hunt
In 1913 George W. Hunt Sagadahoc county register of deeds wrote for Mrs. Arthur Sewall a sketch of Ancient Agusta at Small Point where her summer home sits. Hunt’s interest in local history is noted and the paper is copied from the original by Elizabeth G. Morse who sends it to the Independent.
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George W. Hunt
Register of Deeds
Sagadahoc County
Arthur Sewall
Agusta
Sewall
Hunt
Elizabeth G. Morse
Trenton Street
Boston
The
Independent
Rise and Fall of Augusta Cape Small Point Fort
A historic account recalls the early 18th century settlement at Small Point Harbor later named Augusta Maine. Proceeds detail land grants by Pejepscot Co Boston proprietors 1716 1717 the Penhallow Darrell holdings and the defensive stone fort built by Dr Belcher Noyes. The fort endured siege by native forces in 1721 fire destroyed homes and led to a mass retreat to the south shore with later reoccupation by Massachusetts settlers.
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Agusta
Williamson
Maine
Cushnoc
Kennebec
Androscoggin
Boston
Pejepscot Co
Cape Small
Small Point
Small Point Harbor
Francis Small
Joan —Hanson
John Penhallow
Benjamin Purington
John Darrell
Penhallow
Darrell
Georgetown
Great Marsh
Watts
Joseph Baxter
Medfield
Mass
Belcher Noyes
Pemaquid
Mill Point
Morse's Neck
Atkins Bay
Oliver Noyes
Augusta
Mr. Baxter
James Hillhouse
New England
Topsham
Brunswick
Morse’s Neck
Ireland
Massachusetts
Arrowsie
Gov. Shute
Winneganseag
Casco Bay
Lundeer Ledge
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Charles H. Blair
Emma
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Urban Craney
Aurora
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Merrymeeting Grange
W. H. Gould
Cleveland Curtis
C. L. Brown
Mary Webber
Georgia Berry
Hazel Hackett
Ralph Purington
Mae Heenie
Ceres
Prudence Hamilton
Pomona
Elva Curtis
Flora
Edith Rowe
Ella Purington
Glidden
Robert McKinnon
Harvard University
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