Grand jury convened in Boothbay Harbor county court
A new grand jury was empanelled by Justice Beliveau to hear civil cases. Members include J Russ Abbott foreman and George Barter Stuart Bailey Samuel Bartlett Robert Chesboro C Willis Clark Roger Cowley Osgood Waldoboro Lincoln Hodgkins J Wilbur Hunter George Linekin Thurlow Ludwig Walter Rittall Clark Rowe and Byron Williams. Traverse jurors report Thursday. Armistice Day union services noted.
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O. A. Richards
J. Blenn Perkins, Jr
Booth Harbor
Ralph W E. J. Lander
Gardiner
George E. Millard
Wiscasset
Justice Beliveau
J. Russ Abbott
Whitefield
George E. Barter
Boothbay Harbor
Stuart E. Bailey
Samuel L. Bartlett
Somerville
Robert Chesboro
Boothbay
C. Willis Clark
Newcastle
Roger E. Cowley
Osgood A
Traverse
Tuesday Probate Court session logs wills and guardians
Sagadahoc probate court’s second November term session approved wills for Benjamin F. Sedgley of Richmond and Fannie M. Moore of Bath, appointed executors and administrators without bonds, and filed inventories and accounts for multiple estates. A change of name and a license to renovate were among court actions, with a note of a social event at Mrs Alfred Douglas’s home.
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Dunton
Sagadahoc Probate Court
Benjamin F. Sedgley
Richmond
Raymond Sedgley
E.t.a
Fannie M. Moore
Bath
John E. Hatch
Herbert Frank Morse
Maynard Thibodeau
William A. Small
Celena M. Small
Guardian
Beatrice Armeda Perow
Et Als
Beatrice M. Perow
Melvin B. Hodgdon
Flora M. Hodgdon
Ada M. Woodside
Flora J. Morrill
Topsham
Charles C. Low
Susan E. Nichols
Emma F. Rittall
Georgetown
Fred H. Rittall, Jr
National Bank of Commerce
Portland
Katherine Gignoux
Cape Elizabeth
Salmon W Putnam
Salmon W. Putnam
Fitchburg
Mass
Nancy and
Sally Hyde
Eleanor B. Hyde
Mabel A. Thwing
Leola B. Seekins
Leola B. Fleischmann
West Bath Wedding Guests and Local Social Notes
Out of town guests frequent West Bath as numerous families host dinners and visits. The record lists Palmer and Reed families in attendance, plus Lincolns, Larrabees, Williamses, and several Bath, Brunswick, Portland, and Topsham residents. Red Cross drives, weekend trips, and local visits mark a busy social week in West Bath and nearby towns.
Capt John Eastman Dies After Long Illness
Capt John D Eastman 79 of East Harpswell died Tuesday after a long illness at his home. Born Harpswell March 8 1860 son of Levi and Betsy Watson Eastman he spent decades at sea commanding schooners in the James B Drake Bath fleet including Florence J Allen and M V B Chase later helming Doris built in Bowker yard Phippsburg and operated by a Pensacola firm. Retired he worked as watchman aboard the Jacona in Portsmouth NH before illness forced him home to Candy's Harbor where he lived three years. Survived by wife Angelia Bartlett two brothers William A and Nathaniel Eastman two sisters Mrs William Sawyer and Mrs William Lapiere and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral Friday Harbor Church Rev R E Lockwood officiating burial East Harpswell cemetery. Mr and Mrs Henry T B Leeman return from Aurora and plan to visit daughter Mrs Ray Rice in Boston.
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John D. Eastman
East Harpswell
Capt. Eastman
Harpswell
Levi
Betsy Watson Eastman
James B. Drake
Bath
Florence J. Allen
M. V. B. Chase
Doris
Bowker
Phippsburg
Pensacola
Fla
Jacona
Portsmouth
N. H
Candy's Harbor
Eastman
Angelia M. Bartlett
William A
Nathaniel Eastman
Cundy’s Harbor
William Sawyer
Boston
William Lapiere
Kennebunk
Harbor Church
R. E. Lockwood
East Harpswell Cemetery
Maine
James Dot
Montsweag
John Lilly
Sagai
Jesse Spaulding
Murphy's Corner School
Ethel Dexter
Fay
Woolwich
Brunswick
Massachusetts
Arthur Orr
Everett Rice
Windham
Good Will Club
Florence Carlton
J. Earl Thorpe
Lawrence Ryan
Nequasset
Philadelphia
George M. Carlton
Alton Harris
Donald
David Harris
R. I
Wilbur Howe
Roland McIntosh
Sagadahoc Ferry
Puller Memorial Hospital
Attleboro
Mass
Edward Shaw
Murphy's Corner Road
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Men's Forum
John C. Gilmore
Jordan Wright
Hockomock Road
Frank Bailey
Dora Bailey
Percy Bailey
Maurice Hathorne
Henry Dubar
John W. Brown
Herbert Leeman
Holtis Leeman
Alton Reed
Arthur Williams
William Robson
Everson Stinson
Thomas Bowers
Guy Lewis
Buddy
Eastern Steamship Co
Nantasket
Lewis
Poole
Clara M. Reed
Maxine Walter
Frank J. Walker
Bessie
Mildred Clark
Bernice Lee
Augusta
Eugenie Hunnewell
Ardella Farrar
Woodfords
Lincoln Farrar
Emma Head
St. Petersburg
Harold R. Shaw
Moatsweag Baptist Church
Woolwich Weekend News From Maine Hunters and Meetings
Woolwich area residents report bobcat sightings on the road and a deer killed by a local hunter. Community clubs announce bake sale and bean supper fundraisers while churches plan services and lectures. Numerous residents travel to Boston and Massachusetts for visits, family time, or relocation as autumn events unfold.
Two Constitutional Changes in the YMCA Church League
The YMCA Church Basketball League Governing Committee approved two constitutional changes at a Monday meeting. One election requires two representatives per church, and the other raises the age limit from 15 to 17, making 17 to 24 inclusive. A plan to add an extra letter man to weak teams was proposed, and voting on the changes will occur at the next Monday meeting at 7 PM. Blanks must be signed and returned by Saturday with several assignations for signatures listed. Alec Baka was approved to play for Central, with President Harvie presiding.
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Y.M.C.A. Church Basketball League
Y.M.C.A
Philip Oliver
Elm
Alfred Neal
Grace
James McQuarrie
St. Mary's
Frank Harvie
Winter
Daniel Hatch
Dutch Visit to Coast in 1600 Indicated By Archives
Bancroft Library reports new evidence from The Hague and Seville archives that Dutch explorer Pieter Esaiasz de Lint may have reached the San Francisco Bay area in 1600. A Jesuit letter describes a sixteenth day captivity aboard de Lint’s ship, revealing a previously obscure route parallel to Olivier van Noort’s voyage.
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Pieter Esaiasz de Lint
Bay of
San Francisco
Bay
Don Gaspar de Portola
Bancroft Library
University of California
University
Portola
Royal Dutch Archives
The
Hague
Archivo General de Indias
Seville
Engel Sluiter
Sluiter
Social Science Research Council
de Lint
New York
New Amsterdam
New World
South America
Bahia
Brazil
Guayaquil
Peru
San Francisco Bay
Augustin de Cavalios
Hendrick Frederick de Lint
Olivier van Noort
van Noort
Stlutter
Appointment News From Maine Rebekah Assembly
In the receiving line Evening a reception honored Miss Eva Soule recently appointed senior officer of the Rebekah Assembly of Maine. Past Deputies of District No 10 in Pinkham and Harriet Huggard, both of the state, were noted.
Maine History Ties Names to Land, Fish, and Early Exploits
Maine origins blend English Irish and Indian names with a strong fish and forest economy. Early explorers Champlain Waymouth and Smith shaped the coast, with Monts establishing Saint Croix in 1604 and Maine’s border land fueling rivalry between New England and New France.
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S Ea Geographic Society
Peashington
Southland
Maine
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New England
Laura F. Richards
Narcissa
Rome
Vienna
Belgrade
China
Kennebec
Waldo County
Gulf of Maine
James I
Council of
Rosier
St. George’s
John Smith
Christopher Levett
Council of New England
North Atlantic
John Cabot
Bristol
Samuel de Champlain
Waymouth
Champlain
Archangel
New France
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S. P. Barton
Windsor
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Donald Petrie
Bath Memorial Hospital
Hans Jensen
Horace MacMahan
Brentwood
N. J
Charles E. Cowley
Emma Meservey
Rockland
Adele Hobbs
Damamniscotta
John Blagdon
Quincy
Federal Street
George Warren
Fairfield
Martha Tarbox
Hooper Street
W. E. Gorham
Eliphalet Thompson
St. Philip's Episcopal
First Parish
George G. Chiera
St. Philip's
Bradford-Sortwell-Wright Post
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Fred R. Merry
Nellie Dowling
William Berry
America
First Congregational Church
American Legion Auxiliary
Cozy Corner Club
Albert F. Austin, Jr
Alfred Dowling
S.S. Suffolk
Bradford Street
George W. Swain
St. Philip's Church
Lincoln Home
Frances Grover
M. A. Plumstead
C. C. Blagdon
Arthur Bean
Nancy Gove
William Gove
Woburn
William McPhee
Fort Hill Street
Woman's Club
Orono
Anne Nelder
Virginia Pease
Charles Lee
L. Frank Metcalf
Sidney G. Evans
Harry D. Mosher
Bruce Dickson
Egbert Sewall
Providence
Harlan Trott
William Elliot
Clarence A Richards
Mrs. Richards
Stephen Richards
Rumford
Fred Cormier
Union Street
Baptist
Damariscotta
W. P. Robert
Franklin Hall
Ruth Cluff
Central Maine Power Co
Nellie Munsey
Josephine Plumstead
Harvey R. Pease
Alan
Bowdoin-Maine
Orone
Lincoln County Superior Court
Howard W. Shrader
Jefferson
Marjorie Shrader
Albany
N. Y
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Edward R. Trowant
Evelyn A. Keene
Murray C Keene
Ester M Lailer
Joseph W. Lailer
Bremen
Ruth W. Goodspeed
Glenn P. Goodspeed
Belmont
Rubini E. Merrill
E. Merrill
Amy L. Steele
Lester B. Steele
Thomas E. Kennedy
Nobleboro
Doris Cox Kennedy
Viola E. Lund
Harry F. Lund
Earl H. Campbell
Waldoboro
Ethel V. Campbell
Hudson
N.H
Elmer H. Davison
Estelle J. Davison
Brooklyn
Murray C. Keene
Clara G. Hall
Philip Hall
Frances D. Perkins
Merrill Lewis Perkins
Arthur FE. Madden
Velma D. Madden
Louise Brewer
Frank E. Brewer
Florence L. Teel
Howard R. Teel
Beryle Wing
Theodore Wing
Belfast
Harley G. Rollins
Caroline A. Rollins
John A. Frost
Florence K. Frost
Frank L. Mallett
Elizabeth J. Alexander
Marcellus W. Adams
Carrie C. Adams
Harriet G. Bonney
Weston L. Bonney
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Alice M. Oddy
Alfred Douglas
Amilda Comeau
Jennie Kakos
Middle Street
Aret Kakos
Esther Wilson
Eleanor Wilson
Madeline Thibodeau
Laura Violette
Barbara Nickerson
Madelyn Dunton
Doris Henderson
Francis Bertrand
Harold Lyden
Ruth Robinson
Marguerite Brown
West Bath
Maynard Carl
Larrabee’s Grove
Lawrence W. Palmer
Laura Palmer
Winship ’S. Reed, Jr
Stillman
Dyer
Lord Street
George F Furbish
Sarah
Walter
Charlotte Hill
Lincoln Williams
Foster's Point
Milton H. Douglas
Carville L. Douglas
Betsy Jane
Harry Williams
Marion
Fred Williams
Catharine Corrigan
Cullen
Brighton
Charles F. Colliver
Lewiston
F. W. Larrabee
E. W. Haggett
Edward Mank
Bailey's Island
E. J. Wilson
Uriah Nash
Cecile Woodcock
Charles Merriman
Helen Rogers
Longmeadow
Priscila Whitlam
York
Earle C. Donnell
Clarence Whittam
Wollaston
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Donnell
Princeton
J. E. Mayo
Red Cross
Harold Ferguson
Harry Eveen
Ferguson
Percy Holbrook
Walterville
Robert Thompson
Owen Thompson
Loring D. Small
James B. Lemont
Edward Footer
Mary Jane
Lemont
Footer
Daniel Dunphy
St. John
N. B
Frances Whittier
Westport
Marion Gatchell
Sophia Gatchell
William Gatchell
Edward W. Haggett
Everett Lemont
Lula Herbert
Paris
Henry T. B. Leeman
Somerset Place
Aurora
Mr. Leeman
Ray Rice
Anna Larrabee
Newton
Limington
Herbert Wright
James Dort
East Woolwich
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Tthe
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North Woolwich
Union
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Edward J. Webb
Sommerville
Mason C
Mary Lewis
W. County
Montsweag Baptist Church
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Gowdey
George Farnham
Wellesley
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Farnham
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