Armistice Day Observed at Wesley Church Bath
Armistice Day observance at Wesley M. E. Church began at 10 30 with Col Henry Owen Jr leading American Legion and other local military groups. Troops Boy and Girl Scouts followed as colors were posted and roll of honored dead read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley M. E
Henry Wowen, Jr
American Legion
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Stirling
Kingsbury
Desmond
Heart
Ichabod
Bull Moose Crashes Car Windscreen on Bath-Wiscasset Road
A 500 pound bull moose forced the right of way on the Bath Wiscasset highway near Montsweag Farm Monday evening, smashing the windshield of Perley Hodgdon’s car and injuring the animal which limped off into nearby woods. Hodgdon and A R Lermond witnessed the moose’s nose through the windshield, with minor front end damage to the auto. Open season on moose in Lincoln County is set for November 28 to 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath-Wiscasset
Perley Hodgdon
Wiscasset
Bath
Montsweag Farm
A. R. Lermond
Thomaston
I.S. Hussey
Damariscotta
Hodgdon
Mer
Lincoln County
Emery
Turner
Pinkham
Lyden
Thompson
Mill Pond
Rotary Club
Wing
Bragg
Jackson
Rogers
Cahoon
Burgess
Board of Highways Finance Committee
Robbins
Coffins and Beals Return From Portland Weekend Visit
Mr and Mrs Nathan E Coffin and Miss Flossie M Beals of Park Street returned Monday evening from Portland where they spent the weekend and holiday with Mr and Mrs G Clifford Madden of Emery Street Mr Coffin resumed duties in Skowhegan at The Independent Reporter office with his employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan E. Coffin
Flossie M. Beals
Park Street
Portland
G. Clifford Madden
Emery Street
Coffin
Skowhegan
The
Independent Reporter
William Smith
Margaret Smith
Quincy
Mass
Francis Smith
San Francisco
Cester
E. Mason Wright
Winship Street
Smith
Honolulu
National Grange Master Proposes AAA Changes
National Master Louis J. Taber urged reforms to the AAA in Sacramento addressing farmer control cooperatives and family farms. He backed incentives for tenant farmers, consumer interests, simplified administration, and soil and crop policies while opposing a national sales tax and tax-exempt securities. He called for old age support, rural education balance, and using idle land for industrial uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
A.A
Mr. Tabor
Mrs Stott Hosts Weekend Guests in Sagadahoc Ready
Mrs Clyde Stott of South Portland plans occupancy at Sagadahoc home with Arthur Durgin of Wiscasset, once North street resident and longtime Maine Central Railroad Co employee. Weekend guest L ee Hodgkins of South Portland accompanied by Mrs Stott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Stott
South Portland
Sagadahoc
Arthur Durgin
Wiscasset
North Street
Durgin
Maine Central Railroad Co
Stott
Lee Hodgkins
Alleged Robber Captured After Late Bath Breaks
Bath police captured Atwell Gatchell alias Arthur Pooler, 36, of Winslow, after a Tuesday night spree that included breaks at Trott Bros. store and Bath Grain Co. He pleaded not guilty in municipal court, held on $1000 bond, and officers traced three torn checks found with him to the Bath Grain Co. and Trott Bros. investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atwell Gatchell
Arthur Pooler
Winslow
Bath
Gatchell
Pooler
Trott Bros
Broad Street
Bath Grain Co
Commercial Street
John J. Keegan
Sagadahoc
George H. McElman
Night Force
McElman
Massachusetts
Atlantic Express
William J. Curran
Melville L. Rice
Lewis
Lewis’ Filling Station, Corner North
Lincoln Streets
Center Street
Biddeford
Rice
Milton C. Trott
Walter L. Whitney
Mr. Trott
Bath grid star Billy Drake eyed All Maine Center honor
William P Drake of Bath is poised for All Maine Center honors after anchoring Bowdoin as varsity center this season. A former Deerfield and Bowdoin standout, Drake has rebounded from ineligibility in 1934 to reclaim his pivot role for the Polar Bears with strong play this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Drake
Bath
Yars
Maine
William P. Drake
Billy
Bowdoin
Adam
Polar Bears
Adam Walsh
Notre Dame
Brunswick Institution
Charlie Bowser
Cobb
Colby
Bates
William P
Frederick E. Drake
Deerfield Academy
Deerfield
Mass
Massachusetts
New England Potato Crop Estimated At 45 Million Bushels
USDA reports New England potato yield for the year at 45,160,000 bushels, down slightly from last month. Maine shows a rare increase. overall quality due to air cracking is only fair. Nationwide yield forecast at 353,805,000 bushels amid frost and rains affecting unharvested tubers. Also notes a family visit by Mrs. E Mason Wright and relatives from Quincy and San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Maine
Aroostook
Northwestern
City to hire engineer for sewer survey at Gaudett site
City boards authorize a survey and cost estimate for connecting the Dennis Gaudett property sewer to the Hyde sewer at Western avenue and Cottage street. A $5,000 bond to abate the nuisance looms if work isn’t completed in six months, and alternative routes are discussed amid objections from Misses Dickinson who fear tourism impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Gaudett
Western Avenue
Cottage Street
Gaudett
Hyde
Bragg
Board of Highways and Sewers
Granite Hill
James Dunton
Misses Bess
Grace Dickinson
Ridin’ Light Lodge
High Street
Fortier
Ward 4
Misses Dickinson
Sidney L. Eaton
Notable Career of Noble Maxwell and His Seven Figure Wealth
Noble Maxwell, a mariner who retired early and never joined business ventures, built a substantial fortune mainly through conservative investments. He owned rail stock, banks, mills, and U S government bonds, with two fifths in liquid assets. By his death in 1887 his estate exceeded two million dollars, largely managed by a trustee in later years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Maxwell
Boston
New England
U. S
Boston Stock Exchange
Couple in Maine Car Crash Near Worcester Kills One
Mrs Grace Knight of East Bowdoinham died and six people injured when two cars collided head on on the Worcester Southbridge highway near North Oxford. Ross Ambrose of West Bath and Catherine Durgin of Bath were critically hurt. Other occupants from Worcester escaped serious harm. The crash left Durgin with a fractured skull and Ambrose with a fractured leg and severe head injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Knight
East Bowdoinham
North Oxford
Worcester-Southbridge
Ross Ambrose
West Bath
Catherine Durgin
Bath
Roy Hammond
Edgar H. Woodworth
Melvina Wagner
Virginia Wagner
Worcester
Hammond
Maine
Durgin
Ambrose
Michael J. Durgin
Academy Street
Congress Shirt Co
Hartford
East Bowdeinham
Miss Durgin
Mr. Ambrose
Knight
Michael Durgin
Worcester City Hospital
Ira Durgin
Ralph Durgin
Bedford Street
J. Ross Chase
West Bath Grange Fairs Draw Big Crowd At Annual Event
The West Bath Grange held its annual fair drawing a full crowd with a card party, auction prizes, and a public baked bean supper attended by about 100. Entertainment aboard a ship stage featured a cast led by Edwin W. Haggett and John M. Howe, followed by a capacity dance with Carver's orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Grange Hall
James B. Lemont
John Freeman
Emery Footer
Dean Bonney
Weston Bonney
E. Mason Wright
Fred J. Rose
Morton S. Baker
Woolwich
Hugo F. Sandelin
John W. Bourque
Bernard Williams
Grange
Fred K. Sturtevant
Edwin W. Haggett
John M. Howe
Robert W. Oliver
Sam Povich
Arthur S. Crockett
Herberts. Ca
Carver
Topsham
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brunswick- Morse
Georgette Caron
Lucille Gamache
B. H
Morse
Marie Merrill
Isobel Gediman
Janet Bridgham
Wesley Church
National Grange Master
A.A.A
Federal Land Bank
Spanish War Veterans’ Auxiliary
Edgar Kateon
Julia Bennett
Cumberland
P. P
Bessie Dickerson
Brunswick
Auburn
Mattie O’neil
Mary Dixon
Mary Delorte
Anna M. Dolan
Mary Davis
Annie Smart
Grace Hazeltone
Department of
O’donnell
O'Neil
Margaret Barry
Harry P. Nason
Brown
Haskell
O'Donnell
Tollows
Myrtle Wilson
Harriet Otis
Lottie Barker
J. Estelle Jones
Amy Saunders
Adgie Smith
Sadie Garcelon
Carrie Saunders
Emma King
Billy Drake
Bowdoinham
Patters
Noble
Sagadahoc County
Ernest B. Purington
Mrs. Knight
Talbot
Edward Page
Woolworth
William Astel
Littleton, N. H
Fred Hayward
Upper
Washington Street
West Bath Grange
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