Good Will Farm Completes Eighteenth Hinckley Home
The Good Will Home Association finishes its eighteenth Hinckley cottage called Pike Cottage for sixteen boys and a matron. The project, funded by Miss Arra Pike of Waterville, adds to a network of 18 homes, schools, chapel, libraries, and a museum with a noted natural history exhibit, though ongoing deficits strain current expenses.
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Good Will Home Association
Hinckley
Arra Pike
Waterville
Banic
New England
Mr. Hinckley
Good Will Record
Page Terrace
Good Will
Christmas Suggestions Topic At Dromore Farm Bureau
Dromore Farm Bureau met Wednesday at the Community club house Winnegance for an all day session attended by 32. Guests included Elizabeth Hampton Norfolk Virginia and Rev Charles Stevens Alfred. The topic Christmas Suggestions was led by Mrs Arthur C Lemont with several ideas proposed. An inbetween meeting is set for November 21 with Mrs Frank A Hodgdon in charge. A guest, Mrs David S Cogan, will demonstrate making Christmas gifts and display items. A New England boiled dinner was served for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Farm Bureau
Winnegance
Elizabeth Hampton
Norfolk
Charles Stevens
Alfred
Henry Minott
Portland
Arthur Percy
Parker Head
Hannah Oppelt
North Bergen
N. J
Albertha Williams
Bath
Mary Ann Webber
Esther McCourt
Phippsburg Center
Arthur C. Lemont
Frank A. Hodgdon
David 8. Cogan
Wilfred W. Chaney
Senter’s
Evelyn Beals
Aretha Campbell
Anna Derwent
Rachel Hodgdon
Elizabeth Mayo
Sarah Wilbur
Bertha Wyman
Derwent
McCourt
Mayo
Lillian Perry
Ann Deering
Silver Birch Troop Presents Fine Girl Scout Pageant
Silver Birch Troop of Girl Scouts staged The Quest of the Rainbow at the State Military and Naval Children's Home on Friday. Miss Helen Thomas wrote it. Miss Elinor P. Danforth and Miss A Catherine Shellenbarger led the program. Cast featured Vanessa Easton Josephine Haskell Lillian Goodwin Hazel Oliver and others in color coded roles. Music by Ruth Shellenbarger Virginia Davis and Catherine Shellenbarger followed by readings and songs. Proceeds supported national dues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Birch
Military and Naval Children’s
Helen Thomas
Elinor P. Danforth
A. Catherine Shellenbarger
Vanessa Easton
Josephine Haskell
Lillian Goodwin
Hazel Oliver
Ruth Shellenbarger
Virginia Davis
Silver Birch Troop
Freshman Louise Briggs Elected to Mt Holyoke Choir
Miss Louise E Briggs a Mt Holyoke College freshman has been elected to the freshman choir. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Edmund P Briggs of 722 High Street and was formerly a member of the Central church choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise E. Briggs
Mt. Holyoke College
Miss Briggs
Edmund P. Briggs
High Street
Central Church Choir
Phippsburg Residents Share Weekend Visits and Travel
Local notes recount visits and trips of Phippsburg residents and guests over the weekend. Names include Sprague, Cutting, Gibby, Gilmore, Hughes, Crane, Brown, Rob inson, Libby, Cushman, Brown, Rapkin, Kenney, and Hampton among others, with car rides to Bath, Meadowbrook, Sebasco Estates, and Exeter and trips to Winslow’s Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Blaisdell
Eleanor Brown
Whitefield
Lena Oliver
Fairfield
Mattie Cutting
Bath
Dromore
Hiram Robinson
Ralph Robinson
Maurice Libby
Libby
Meadowbrook
Sylvester Cushman
Sebasco Estates
Portland
Alexander Brown
New York City
Louise Garth
Boston
Oscar Gilliam
Bath Memorial Hospital
Gertrude Gibby
Melrose
Mass
Sidney Rapkin
Danvers
Harry Gilmore
Ralph Kenney
Grace Brown
West Bath
Charles R. Hughes
Vernal Chase
Omar Perry
Hiram Wyman
Abbie Minott
Elizabeth Hampton
Flora Risteen
Washington Street
Phippsburg
Virginia Logan
East Boston
John Hancock Life Insurance Co
Harry D. Mank
Parker Head
Bath Garden Club Elects President
Mrs. Frank A. Hodgdon of Woolwich is named president of the Cosmopolitan Garden Club to fill the unexpired term of Mrs. Roscoe P. McFadden. The club held a well attended meeting to plan wreaths for the clubhouse and a Christmas Doorway contest. A special session November 25 will make wreaths and pillows to be sold at the December meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Hodgdon
Woolwich
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Roscoe P. McFadden
William Yule
Alice F. Johnson
Edwina M. Hall
Anniversary Week at Bath Opera House Opens Big Attractions
Next Monday marks the 22nd anniversary week at Bath Opera House with a strong lineup. Broadway Melody of 1936 featuring Jack Benny, Eleanor Powell, June Knight, Una Merkel, Robert Taylor and others will play Monday and Tuesday starting at 1:30. Several announcements will follow as the celebration continues. John M. Conley Jr. of Beacon Street recently left for Washington DC after duties with the State Bureau of Health. Eleanor H. Voorhees of Nassau College spent the Armistice weekend with her parents at 42 Bedford Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Opera House
Jack Benny
Eleanor Powell
June Knight
Una Merkel
Robert Taylor
John M. Conley, Jr
Beacon Street
W. 3
D. C
Conley
State Bureau of Health
Eleanor H. Voorhees
Nassau College
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Bedford Street
Popham Beach Residents and Visitors Chronicle Local Life
Community notes recount travel to Machias and Larrabee trips, lighthouse keepers and Bath visitors, school attendance, rooftop work on state reservation houses, coastal commutes between East Boothbay and Bath, and residents like Mrs. Martha Morse and Mrs. Augusta Todd celebrating milestones while others relocate to Malden and Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Larrabee
Kennebec River
Merle Connors
Seguin Island
Connors
Nancy
Mickey
Bath
Grace Barrett
Paul
Emma Russell
Hallowell
Fred Spinney
North Yarmouth Academy
Ernest R. Spinney
Eugene Stover
Millard Urquehart
Walter Oliver
Gardiner
Mass
Clinton Newdick
Ernest Oliver
William Hutchins
Arthur Stevens
Jim
East Boothbay
Larrabee
Machias
Ethel Luke
Barbara
Popham School
Ednad Oliver
Dorothy Moore
Richard Percy
Clara Hiel
Clyde F. Moore
Arlene
Stanley Perkins
Kenneth Leonard
Eugene Osgood
Martha Morse
Chaney
Curtis
Phippsburg Welfare Club
Llewellyn J. Oliver
Seaboard
Warwick
R. L
Mrs Herbert Mosley Jr Returns From Boston Visit
Mrs Herbert Mosley Jr of Weeks street has returned from a visit in Boston.
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Herbert Mosley,Jr
Weeks Street
Boston
Winnegance club to host baked bean supper and card party
The November meeting of the Winnegance Community Club approved a baked bean supper and card party at the clubhouse on November 20. Interclub play with North End Community Club will resume soon. Attendees included Stanley Whitehouse improving after illness and a host of locals at Friday Squaw Club events.
Armistice Day Visitors and Local Club Event
Mr and Mrs Arthur Stewart of Somerville Massachusetts visited the village on Armistice day. Edwin Oliver is now in the CCC camp at Greenville and likes it. Winnegance Community club will host a baked beans supper followed by an evening card party one week from tonight. Supper will be served from 5 30 to seven o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Stewart
Somerville
Mass
Edwin Oliver
C.C.C
Greenville
Winnegance Community Club
Ice boats undergo overhaul before lake freeze
Several ice boats receive overhaul in readiness for opening a frozen lake outing. Mrs John G Motee hosted her card club Tuesday afternoon for a social gathering.
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John G. Motee
Annual Needlework Guild Exhibition Opens in Bath
Mrs Arthur Sewall 2d, president of the Bath branch, opened her Washington street home for the annual exhibition of about 700 items. The Charity That Helps All Charities will distribute clothing through Bath’s Red Cross chapter this winter. Tea hosted by Mrs Allan Spear, Mrs Martha Foote, and Mrs Frederick Drake drew over 150 attendees.
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Arthur Sewall 2d
Bath
Needlework Guild
Washington Street
American Red Cross
Guild
Allan Spear
Martha Foote
Frederick E. Drake
Mary F
Maxwell Powers
Arthur Sewall
William D. Sewall
Charles M. Tubbs
Minnie A. White
David L. Wilson
St. Mary's Guild of Grace Church
Relief workers eyed to repaint Maine guard rail posts
A proposal floated to send federal relief crews to Maine to repaint guard rail posts whose surfaces are worn or stripped. The advocate cites a paint company's slogan Save the surface and you save all and argues it would protect highway safety while using available funds.
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Maine
George Wright Visiting Lemont Family in School Street
George Wright of North Bath is spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. D Wylie Lemont of School street, visiting acquaintances and enjoying local hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wright
North Bath
D. Wylie Lemont
School Street
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Good Will Farm
James W. Tuttle
Walter P. Hinckley
Bowdoin
Bureau
Girl Scouts
Military and Naval Children’s Home
George A. Sprague
Topsham
J. Bradford Sprague
Small Point
Annie Cutting
George Penton
Brooklyn
N. Y
Small Point Road
Ernest Gibby
Ernest
William S. Donnell
Eustis
Bath Garden Club
OPERA
Popham Beach
Mabel French
Eva Dobbin
Thomas Sedgeburg
Nathaniel Beal
McIntyre Farm
Popham Road
Dora
Blanchard
Moses Chandler
Lester Oliver
U. S. Coast Guard Station
Harry Spencer
Bangor
Seaman E. Drake
Carol
David
C. H. Marr
Augusta Todd
Todd
Nathaniel Perkins
Hattie Bowie
Spruceville
Helena Bowie
Nina Larrabee
Saco
Phillip
Lawrence Wyman
Madelyn Bridges
Graydon Morse
Floyd Bridges
Morse
Graydon, Jr
James
Edwin Taft
Georgetown
Edna Coolidge
L. E. Drake
Durward Bowie
Marguerite McNulty
Ollie Spinney
Gray Road
Ethel Osgood
Fred
Enid Spinney
Ollie
Elisha Bridges
Newburyport
Bridges
Marion
Winneganee
North End
Stanley Whitehouse
Squaw Club
Walter Morse
Frank Perry
Warren Pushard
Lower High Street
Herbert
Dover
N. H
Freeport
Leon Pennell
Dennison
Thatcher Pinkham
Thatcher B. Pinkham
Harry Oliver
Harry B. Williams
George Merritt
Mary McAllister
Randall Merry
Micha_ Feero
George Perry
Leon Jr
Needlework
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Motor. CO
Detroit
Mich
ECAC
Central Motors
Flint
Michigan
Bath, Maine
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