Maine Traffic Safety Effort Shows Strong Nationwide Rank
Herbert S. Edgecomb told the North Center P T A at Grace church about Maine ranking sixth in percentage decrease in accidents despite limited funds. He outlined the campaign's three E’s Education Engineering Enforcement, discussed light placement, and praised state police support. The group planned a food sale and a December card party to fund glasses and a dental program.
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Maine
Herbert S. Edgecomb
North Center P. T. A
Grace Church
Clinton D. Wilson
Edgecomb
Sagadahoc Probate Court Action Highlights November Session
Judge Walter S. Glidden ruled on wills and petitions at Sagadahoc probate court. Wills were allowed for Edward H. Cook of Bath and Ernest M. Shephard of Bath with executrices named without bond. Numerous petitions for probate of wills, reductions of bonds, inventories, and accounts were filed or approved for multiple estates across Bath Richmond Bowdoin Topsham West Bath Georgetown Phippsburg and other towns with named executors administrators guardians and trustees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter S. Glidden
Sagadahoc
Edward H. Cook
Bath
Charlotte C. Day
Ernest M. Shephard
Cora H. Shephard
Elizabeth P. Alexander
Richmond
Charles A. Alexander
Samuel B. Furbish
Edith M. Furbish
Hiram PF. Small
Bowdoin
Flossie E. Small
Edwina M. Hall
Katherine M. Robb
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Rodney E. Ross
Annie L. Palmer
William L. Skelton
Mary R. Swett
Rencella May Boynton
Lucy A. Grant
Georgetown
Henry P. Palmer
Arthur J. Dunton
Et.a
Edward M. Pierce
Harriet S. Barron
Topsham
Clarice C. Silsby
Frederick B. Silsby
S. Arthur Paul
David H. Flaggz
Topham
Owen A. Richardson
Walter L. Richardson
Phippsburg
Herbert L. Spinney
Sarah E. Burrill
William S. Shorey
Joseph E. Sewall
Rose M. Higgins
Charles R. Higgins
Elizabeth E. Rowe
Walter E. Rowe
Carrie E. Hathorne
David Ernest Hathorne
Woolwich
Beatrice W. Perow
H. Thompson
Augustus Perow
David H. Flagg
Effie May White
Leroy Victor Cleveland
Addie A. Robbins
Elnora D. Oliver
Maine safety committee notes 218 deaths last year
The committee reported 218 people killed in accidents in Maine last year. Mr. Edgecomb informed his audience. The association’s next meeting is set for Tuesday afternoon, December 1.
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Maine
Winchenbach Moore Wedding in St Marys Church
Dr Francis A Winchenbach and Mrs Ruth Fowles Moore wed at seven o clock Wednesday morning in St Marys church Rev Timothy C Maney officiated with Elwood S Toothaker and Miss Helen C Conley as attendants The couple plan to reside at 910 Washington street after a wedding trip He is Bath Rotary club president and a University of Vermont alumnus who played varsity football and baseball Mrs Moore is daughter of Gilbert H Fowles of Bath
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Francis A. Winchenbach
Ruth Fowles Moore
St. Mary’s Church
Timothy C. Maney
Elwood S. Toothaker
Helen C. Conley
Miss Conley
Dr. Winchenbach
Bath Rotary Club
James A. Wincherbach
Pramingham
Mass
University of Vermont
Moore
Gilbert H. Fowles
High Street
Bath
First Woman on U S Stamp Martha Washington Featured
The first woman to appear on United States postage Martha Washington appeared on an 8 cent stamp in 1902 03 and a 4 cent issue in 1922 23 marking a historic recognition of a woman on U S stamps.
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P. A
Martha Washington
United States
Ambrose Durgin Wedding Ends in Tragedy
Miss Catherine Agnes Durgin and Ross Ambrose wed at St Marys church in a double ring ceremony. The couple and Mrs. Knights survived a head on crash near North Oxford with Mrs Knights killed and the groom and bride injured. They had planned a honeymoon trip to Portsmouth New Hampshire after the ceremony.
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Catherine Agnes Durgin
Academy Street
Ross Ambrose
West Bath
St. Mary's Church
David P. Surrette
Ralph E. Bertrand
Middle Street
Ambrose
Michael J. Durgin
Mary FP. Durgin
Pocahontas
Ramona
North
Oxford
Mass
New Haven
Daley couple hosts guests at Beacon Street home
Mr and Mrs Frank L Daley of 52 Beacon Street welcomed guests on Tuesday as part of a social visit. The event highlighted local family ties and neighborhood hospitality.
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Frank L. Daley
Beacon Street
Ribboners Meet in Monthly Session at W C T U
At a W C T U meeting on Tuesday prayers were led and a program on Temperance presented. Mrs. Lizzie B Chaney read a poem Teach Me to Serve and Mrs Hill Let Me Walk With the Man in the Road. The group discussed anti liquor campaigns and discussed Hold Pass day. Beginning December meetings will occur twice monthly with a business session then a program and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C.T.U
Lizzie B. Chaney
Hill
Nella Stover
ABC of Temperance
Myra Kelley
Lillian Mayo
Mrs. Stover
Bellevue Hospital
New York City
Carrie Trott
Marjorie Stover
Delma Bragg
Theresa Hill
Alma Reid
Nellie Brow
Elizabeth Trott
Maud Russell
Hutchins Currier Wedding in Gloucester New Jersey
Miss Celia Jeannette Currier and Raymond Parker Hutchins, both of this city, wed on November 11 at the home of Chester Leroy Hutchins in Gloucester. A reception followed. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs John H Currier of Arrowsic, a Morse high school graduate, and operates a wholesale candy business. The groom is son of Mr and Mrs Chesley Hutchins of 9 Goddard Street, attended Bath schools, and works in the pipe fitting department at Bath Iron Works. They returned from a Washington DC wedding trip and reside at 692 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celia Jeannette Currier
Raymond Parker Hutchins
Gloucester
N. J
Hutchins
Chester Leroy Hutchins
John H. Currier
Arrowsie
Morse High School
Mr. Hutchins
Chesley Hutchins
Goddard Street
Bath
Bath Iron Works Corp
Miss Vivian Wilcox Becomes Mrs Stitt in New York City
Miss Vivian Wilcox formerly of Groton Conn became the bride of Harold Stitt son of Mr and Mrs James Stitt Long Hill Road Groton on Nov 7 in New York City. Mrs Stitt is a Morse high school graduate class of 1935. She has worked at the Hartford Retreat. Mr Stitt is a Chapman Tech graduate and employed at Groton Iron Works. They will reside in Groton. Com Mr and Mrs Arthur Sewall 2d of Washington street left for New York Wednesday.
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Vivian Wiicox
Ely
Harold Stitt
James Stitt
Long Hill Road
Groton
Conn
New York City
Stitt i
Morse High School
Cila
Walter M. Hill
Doris Pitman
Hartford Retreat
Hartford
Stitt
Chapman Tech
Groton Iron Works
Mrs Lucy Herkman Guests of Mr and Mrs Duley
Mrs Lucy Herkman of Kennebunkport and her daughter Mary visited Miss Louise Duley as guests of Mr and Mrs F L Duley on Sunday in a small family gathering.
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Lucy Herkman
Kennebunkport
Mary
Louise Duley
F. L. Duley
Bath Red Cross Roll Call Showcases Local Service
The Bath chapter has long supported the community with home service civilian relief, Junior Red Cross projects, nursing calls, and disaster preparedness. Since 1935 the chapter reported 14 ex service and 2 service men aided, 117 families helped, 2000 plus children enrolled, and 14 wheel chair loans, underscoring the Red Cross as a daily boon and crisis support.
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Red Cross
Bath
Motor Corps
Loss of dirigible Macon described at Grace Church meeting
Lieut. Com. R. F. McCall U S N told Grace Church Men's club of the rescue of the Macon crew after its destruction. He credited a keen eyed enlisted man with sighting the distressed crew. A light luncheon followed and the club set future meeting dates for the first and third Thursdays at 6 30 pm with committee assignments announced.
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R. F. McCall
Macon
Grace Church Men's Club
Pres. E. E. Pierce
McCall
Carroll Watson
Stanley M. Brown
Walter Hill
Harry B. Briggs
Pres. Pierce
Daniel Williams
Harry Smith
Frank H. Beal
First Maine auto driver tale recalls 1899 pioneer
Maynard D. Hanson, Portland death at 70, entices Bath residents to reflect on Maine’s first automobile driver in 1899. Mrs. Herbert E. Worrey recalls Walter Hussey’s horseless carriage in Albion Corner in 1881, noting early drive era and perception. Hussey, a prominent lawyer, later moved to Waterville.
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Maynard D. Hanson
Portland
Maine
Bath
Herbert E. Worrey
Washington Street
Walter Hussey
Albion Corner
Mrs. Worrey
Cramp Wiscasset Bride Weds Woolwich Woman
Wedding reports arrive in City Clerk Gilmore's office for George Levi Cramp of Wiscasset and Ruth Eleanor Clark of Woolwich married on Saturday in Wis casset. Cramp’s bride is daughter of Edward and Mrs. McEachern of Woolwich. the groom is of Farmington Falls with late Mrs. Cramp. Mrs. Hamlin and daughter attend the funeral, while Mrs. James Dean of Lake Placid visits her daughter in Washington Street residence.
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John W. Gilmore
George Levi Cramp
Wiscasset
Ruth Eleanor Clark
Woolwich
Alvin W. Keirstead
Notary Pub
Cramp
Farmington Falls
Edward McEachern
James Dean
Lake Placid, N. Y
Ralph G. Stetson
Washington Street
Bowdoinham Social News Highlights Local Visitors and Events
Bowdoinham hosts a bridge luncheon with gifts and a boiled dinner. Guests include Mrs Grace Maxwell and R D Purington along with several residents. Education week classes feature stories and a mock trial at the high school. Others travel to Portland Rumford Camden and Belfast for visits while new twin girls arrive and friendships extend across towns.
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Margaret Salution
Lewiston
Jessie Ames
Phillip Rideout
Emily Rideout
Camden
Belfast
Nettie Brown
Gardiner
L. P. Temple
Richmond
David Graves
Buck
Augusta
Calkins
James Pratt
Burleigh Edwin
Wren
John Gibson
Brunswick
John Kendrick
Samuel Rounds
Auburn
William Foster
Brownville
Lillian Elliott
Bowdoinham
Georgia Berry
Charles Berry
Emma Millay
Edward Baker
Miss Millay
Hattie Powers
East Orleans
the Echo
Allan Naugler
Millinocket
Luncheon Guests Dine With Mrs Chase in Augusta
Mrs Robert Brownell Mrs Theodore Watson Mrs Karcher Jackson and Mrs Eugene Desmond were luncheon guests of Mrs J W Emery Chase of Augusta on Wednesday.
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Robert Brownell
Theodore Watson
Karcher Jackson
Eugene Desmond
JW. Emery Chase
Augusta
Mary McClure to star in Morse seniors play
Morse high seniors cast Mary McClure daughter of J Horace McClure in the three act comedy Crashing Society by James C Parker to be staged December 4 in Morse High Auditorium with James Steen Martha Hamblett Charles Plummer leading roles and a large supporting cast. rehearsals underway and the show expected to draw a capacity audience.
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Mary M. McClure
Morse High
J. Horace McClure
Garden Street
James C. Parker
Isabel Gediman
Virginia Jewett
Carl Earlbach
Miss Gadgett
Edward Waters
Mr. van Witherspoon
Mary Bates
Mrs. van Witherspoon
Raymond Ramsay
Cyril Witherspoon
Rita Lewis
Agatha Mulrooney
Phyllis Sandelin
Atwood and Gilliam Wed in Central Church Parsonage
Alice M Gilliam of Phippsburg and Irvin A Atwood of Bath were married Monday by Dr David L Wilson at the Central church Parsonage. Atwood is son of Howard A Atwood and Charlotte Wallace. the bride is daughter of Leoma Nelson and the late James A Gilliam.
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Alice M. Gilliam
Phippsburg
Irvin A. Atwood
Bath
David L. Wilson
Central Church
John W. Gilmore
Mr. Atwood
Howard A. Atwood
Charlotte Wallace
Leoma Nelson
James A. Gilliam
Old Orchard Beach Leader Proposes Publication Reform
Chairman Herman S. Gerrish of the Old Orchard Beach board of selectmen plans a new bill gaining strong support. The measure would end publishing names of pauper aid recipients in small communities, a practice Gerrish says harms children who later become influential citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman S. Gerrish
Board of Selectmen
Old Orchard Beach
Selectmen
the Beach
Gerrish
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Groton, Conn
Arthur Sewall 2d
New York
Sewall
Mr. Sewall
Brewster
Sedgwick
Optometrist
Arthur Alien
Bath Trust
U.S.N
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Lena Hamlin
Scary Reddhs
Mrs. Hamlin
Faread
Merrymeeting Grange
LeRoy Adams
Harold Rollins
Zina Maxwell
Annie Stinson
East Readfield
Margery Elvin
Bishop School
Opera House
John Boles
Rosalind Russell Craig
Lawrence Tibbett
Wendy Barrie
Joan Bennett
Joel McCrea
William Powell
Carole Lombard
MY Man Godfrey
Mary McLure
Mary M. M’clure
Atwood-Gilliam
Claire Trevor
Cesar Romero
Isle OF Fury
Margaret Lindsey
Dick Foran
America
Will Rogers
Janet Gaynor
Uncle Sam's Watch Dogs of the Coast
John Wayne
Nan Gray
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