Phippsburg Notes Guests and Local Changes
Out‑of‑town guests attend a launching in Phippsburg Center. Residents travel to Bangor Pinehurst and Pinehurst NC. The Popham Beach school closes due to low enrollment. A town petition seeks Dr. Ferris to return. Local trips, a big tide, and fishing losses from storms are noted along with family visits and a wartime souvenir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg Center
Fox
New York
R.D. Magee
Fred L. Dunton
Portland
William H. Black
Perth Amboy
R. K. Kershaw
Boston
Magee
W. S. Job & Co
David Cohen & Co
George L. Oliver
Bangor
Alice EB. Alden
Nellie R. Perry
Brunswick
Basin
Bradbury J. Merrill
Auburn
John R. Fox
Mr. Merrill
Phippsburg
Delight Nickerson
William Roderick
Popham Beach
Virginia
Center School
Helen Meyers
First Selectman
F. B. Williams
Richmond
Bertha Roderick
Pinehurst
N. C
Arthur Prior
Bowker Yard
Massachusetts
A. C. Johnson
Bath
Everett Harrington
Eleanor Harrington
A. J. Coffin
F.W. Ferris
St. Louis
Earl Coombs
Elbridge Morse
Parker Head
Ainoyance
Earle Morse
H. D. Mank
Mass
W. H. Black
N. J
Perth Amboy Dry Dock Co
Black
South Amboy
Edwin
Don Douglass
Douglass
Walter Mann
Richard Mann
Lake Monroe
A. F. Williams
France
Argonne Front
Capt
Williams
Frank Oliver
Thanks to donors in Phippsburg for United War Workers fund
A letter from J. H. Stacey thanks town committees in Phippsburg for subscriptions to the United War Workers fund and praises liberal support. The note recalls the Widow'smite reference. Also mentions visitors Joseph G. Stevens Lermond H Rowe and Manfred Newdick of Five Islands in Bath and William Mann returning from Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
United War Workers
Smite
J. H. Stacey
U.W.W. Phippsburg
Joseph G. Stevens
Lermond H. Rowe
Manfred Newdick
Five Islands
Bath
Thanksgiving Turkeys Boost Maine Farm Prosperity
Fifteen turkeys ready for slaughter at 75 cents a pound reflect Mrs. J. S. McFarland’s success in Arrowsic as a poultry keeper. Her flock grew from disaster to 18 birds, with three kept for next year, and birds averaging 9 to 10 pounds. The piece also notes McFarland’s wheat trade to Waterville, Maine, and mentions local farming in Bath and nearby towns, including apple harvests and a clam stew social at Dromore grange in Phippsburg. Wild geese have arrived in Merrymeeting Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. McFarland
Arrowsie
McFarland
Waterville
Maine
Abner C. Johnson
W. W. Hosmer
Bath
Dromore Grange
Phippsburg
D. A. Merry
Ben Davis
Ben
Joseph B. McCutcheon
West Bath Notes Include Mare Rescue And Local Happenings
A West Bath resident escaped without injury after his mare stumbled into a gully near Shingle Mill during a Tuesday trip home. The 1300 pound horse was pulled from water after being freed from the wagon harness, valued around $200. The issue also reports on an old almanac dispute, Wolf River apples, a Cambridge wedding, local social news, a deer hunting party, anniversary celebrations, and upcoming grange plans with a note of a possible Thanksgiving marriage for a local man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Willough
Sabine Road
West Bath
Winneganee
Clough
Thomas F. Perkins
Isaiah Thomas
Worcester
Robert B. Thomas
Isiah
A. H. Donnell
Wolf River
Mr. Donnell
Mary Adeline Clough
J. W. Clough
Sabine
William John Hilbe
Cambridge
Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
Hilbe
Putnam Ave
Henry Hodgdon
M. A. Gowan
Bath
J. C. Larrabee
Robert ‘Small
Carl Blaisdell
R. Wayne Gardiner
Portland
Ed Rogers
Edwin
Harpswell
Herbert Rogers
Charles Moore
Lee
Albion Rogers
W. H. Brown
E. R. Brown
Grange
J. M. Lemont
E. W. Haggett
Waldoboro
Lemont
Charles Lemont
Bert White
Son Marshall
Lisbon
Bath area social notes and local movements reported
Local Bath and West Bath news covers visits and guests including Mr. and Mrs. Lemont in Bath, the Floods in Oxford, and Mrs. Williams returning to Detroit. Reports mention births, deaths, school staff changes, hunting trips, and community clubs. Pomona and West Bath granges highlight Liberty Loan participation and a flag display.
New Arrivals in House Dresses Guild Feature
Practical needle work guild notes showcase new house dresses chosen for style and durability. Readers are urged to select well made garments for comfortable home wear and lasting wear.
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange Holds Annual Meeting in West Bath
Sagadahoc Pomona grange met with West Bath grange for the annual meeting. Officers elected and installed include Master Harold Hildreth Tops ham, Overseer Herbert Adams Sagadahoc Sprange, and others from nearby granges. A tableau Peace was shown and West Bath displayed the Liberty Loan honor flag for raising $10,000 on a $4,500 quota. Next meeting slated with Merrymeeting grange at Bowdoinham on Dec 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
West Bath Grange
Harold Hildreth
Topsham Grange
Herbert Adams
Sagadahoc Sprange
Joanna Hodgkins
Albert Henderson
Merrymeeting Grange
Harry Rackley
Levi Staples
Progressive Grange
Edwin Patten
Henrietta G. Sawyer
G. W. Johnson
Pomona
Emma Ferguson
Ceres
Annie Purinton
Dromore Grange
Flora
Marjorie Henderson
Winnifred Rackley
Milward Patten
Viola White
West Bath
Bath
Sagadahoc Pomona
Merry Meeting Grange
Bowdoinham
Topsham Grange Harvest Supper Planned for Saturday
Topsham Grange will host a Harvest Supper on Saturday evening November 23. William S Newell and his son John returned Wednesday from an automobile trip to Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mann
Boston
Topsham Grange
William S.newell
John
Improvements Abound At McKay Park Transformations Start
The old red barn once a landmark on the Lincoln street McKay estate is moved to North street extension and converted into a two tenement house with modern features. The McKay block from the John McKay estate will become four tenements as contractor Geo M Studley of Lewiston begins work to raise the roof for two full stories, with completion expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKay Park
McKay
Lincoln Street
Oak Street
North Street
John McKay
Geo. M. Studley
Lewiston
MacNeil and Matthews Marry in Bath
Myron A. MacNeil and Ella May Matthews of Bath wed Wednesday at People's Baptist church with Rev. Samuel A. Evans officiating. They will honeymoon in Prince Edward Island after the ceremony. MacNeil is a metal worker and Bath baseball star, son of Alfred and Sophia MacNeil. Matthews is daughter of Peter and Irene Matthews and active in Delta Alpha at People's church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron A. MacNeil
Ella May Matthews
Bath
People’s Baptist Church
Samuel A. Evans
Prince Edward Island
Alfred
Sophia MacNeil
Nova Scotia
Peter
Irene Matthews
The
People’s Church
Delta Alpha Society
MacNeill
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O Metal U. S
Post Office
War Department
Casey
New Bedford
F. 8. Bowker
A. G. Hadley
Norway
Wiliam Smart
Albert Stover
Belanger Field
J. Arthur Stevens
Dover
N. H
J. D. Eastman
John Wallace
Maurice Pye
Myrtie McIntire
Small Point
Charles W. Pye
Sidney McIntire
Malden
Perfection
Standard Oil Company OF New York
Hardware and
Merrymeeting Bay
Castoria
Fletcher
KuppeNheiMer
Kuppenheimers
Stetson
Lamson & Hubbard
Earl & Wilson
John J.desmond Do
Water Streets
Iola Whittum
Campbell Pond
Texas Steamship &Co
Ernest Purington
Martha J. Hawkes
Frank Curtis
Washington Street
E. S. Stackpole
Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church
Herbert E. Williams
Detroit
Ford Motors Co
Naval Department
Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Charles Wildes
JE. S. Stackpole
Elmer Williams
Elmer Craig
Maine Woods
Craig
Miles Purington
Cranmore Ramsey
Topsham
Pomona Grange
KE. W. Haggett
Joseph White
Gingham
Conley’s Specialty Store
Sagadahoc
Macneil-Matthews
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