Phippsburg Social Roundup Includes Guests and Weddings
Phippsburg notes list Melrose Mass guests Miss Gertrude Gibby and Sidney Raphkin visiting the Gilmore home. Various locals host visitors from Danvers Quincy Bath and Winnegance. Social events include a birthday surprise for Herbert Scott, two weddings in Bath, and a Bear of community gatherings at Dromore Farm Bureau and Bodwell Grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Gibby
Melrose
Mass
Sidney Raphkin
Danvers
Harry Gilmore
Ralph Coombs
Eugene
Melvin Soule
Portland
James E. Perry
Charles Johnson
Quincy
Ralph E. Wright
Anna Derwent
South Jefferson
Mavis
Spot
Matis Eleanor Brown
Revere
Edwin Breare
Herbert Scott
Roscoe Perkins
Scott
Richard Young
Eleanor Brown
William Blaisdell
Perkins
James L. Morse
Bath
Phippsburg
Raymond Bouger
Tommy Morse
Bodwell Grange
Edward P. Thomas
W. R. Bowie
Lester Oliver
Harold Shaw
Woolwich
E. J. Carlson
A. F. Thomas
Leila Oliver
Percy Young
Sarah Wilbur
William B. Perry
Kittery
Walter J. Pierce
Cora Campbell
Henry W. Butler
Campbell Farm
Harry Williams
Winnegance
Meadowbrook
David L. Wilson
Central Church
William H. Wallace
Henry Wallace
West Point
Althea M. Oliver
Llewellyn Oliver
Popham Beach
Alvin Brewer
Southport
Manela Coffin
Alexander Coffin
Sebasco
George B. Wolstenhoume
Lewiston
William A. Perry
Auburn
William Perry
Bessie Potter
Washington Street
Frank Leavitt
Fifth Avenue
11Th Street
John Ewing Steen
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church
Brooklyn
Strum
Packer Collegiate Institute
Trinity School
Amherst College
Crucible Steel Co. of America
J. Bradford Sprague
Bessie
Annie Bowker
Lynnette Caverly
Connecticut
Sam Jordan
Dean
Edward Bolton
Omar Perry
J. K
Madison Skowhegan clash draws lifelong fan
Francis Frabotta travels about 1500 miles over five years to attend the annual Somerset county classic between Madison and Skowhegan high school teams. He arrives at Alumni field on Armistice Day, continuing a tradition that began when the Madison program rose to prominence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Frabotta
Madison
Skowhegan High
Francis
Frabotta
Rcal
Frabetta
Alumni Field
Uxbridge
Mass
Red Cross Life Savers Guarding Millions Across Coast to Coast
New England lakes and Atlantic beaches host Red Cross life savers while pools nationwide watch over swimmers. Harry L Day reports 88 150 passed life saving courses and 185 833 earned water safety awards in the last year. Since 1914 total certificates reach 884 648 with many lives saved, yet drownings persist prompting expanded training. Red Cross operates 14 aquatic schools and 1 686 advanced students trained this season as 1497 chapters run ongoing life saving programs nationwide. The annual Roll Call between Armistice Day and Thanksgiving invites community members to join or renew to sustain this effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Atlantic
Pacific
Red Cross
Harry L. Day
Bath Red Cross
Day
American Red Cross
Dromore Farm Bureau Nominating Committee Named
Dromore Farm Bureau held a Wednesday meeting appointing a nominating committee for December's annual meeting. The group approved a lunch fund for West Point School, planned candy bag gifts, and set the December 21 Christmas tree and covered dish luncheon. Handicraft displayed, New England boiled dinner served, and committees for lunch and after dinner announced. Eleven members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Beals
Irene Young
Lynette Caverny
Dromore Farm Bureau
West Point School
Dromore Ladies Aid Plans December Grange Night
Mrs Pearl Barter hosted the Dromore grange Ladies Aid meeting with 11 members and 3 guests. Plans were made for December with gentlemen's night to feature Mrs Evelyn Beals as hostess and a Christmas tree at the grange hall. Members sewed and crocheted on a tablecloth, and refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Barter
Dromore Grange
Evelyn Beals
Grange Hall
Charlotte Owen
Annie Malcolm
Pine Tree Club Amateur Hour at Central Grammar School
The Pine Tree Club and Grade six staged Major Bowes Amateur Hour Friday with a Grade six play for Book Week and various musical numbers. Entrants included Robert Levine as announcer and Edward Jones as Major Bowes, with performances by students such as Rachel Matthews, Evangeline Canacaris, Leona Henderson, and Goldie Harford among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Tree Club
Central Grammar School
Bowes
Robert Levine
Major Bowes
Edward Jones
Robert Gilchrist Bong
One Rose
Rachel Matthews
Richard Poulos
John Murphy
Loch Lomond
Dauphin Net 16-Point Maine Buck Near Bangor
Octave Dauphin of 14 Tarbox Street Bangor and his brother John shot a 16 point buck near Bangor on Saturday. The deer weighed about 32 pounds and is regarded as one of the largest Maine has seen this season. Dauphin is a machinist at the Hyde Windlass Co. A neck shot brought the buck down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Octave Dauphin
Tarbox Street
Hyde Windlass Co
Dauphin
John
Maine
Popham Beach Weekend Social Notes
Popham Beach and Spruceville residents share visits and social events. Melrose, Bath, Boothbay, and Georgetown locals join friends at cottages, suppers, and church gatherings. Highlights include Mrs. Leah Bowie hosting, a clam chowder supper, bingo style bean and string guesses, and dancing with Miss Marguerite McNulty’s orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David G. Parsons
Melrose
Mass
Ella Stevens
East Boothbay
Marguerite McNulty
Adelbert Williams
Augusta
Williams
Nee Perkins
Jill. Saturyi
Frank Scott
Geneva Moody
Leah Bowie
Spruceville
Fred Osgood
Bath
Osgood
E. W. Osgood
Harry Spencer
Seaman Drake
Miss Carol
David
Lewiston
Ellison Moody
Freeport
Guy Crowley
Addison and
Machias
Joseph Smith
Nathaniel Perkins
Edgar Drake
Edna M. Coolidge
Georgetown
Mr. Drake
Edgar L. Drake
Erma Huntley
Murie
Debra
Howard Rice
Page Wyman
Lawrence
Philip Wyman
Alice Weston
Melvin Howe
Woolwich
Es Newdick
Mary
Howard Scott
Walter Sprague
Herbert
Richard Sprague
Ernest Oliver
Leon
Christopher Marr
Fred
Fred Haminston
Portland
Rich
Camden
New York
Maude Haminston
Peter Isaacson
Wallace
Small Point
Moses Chandler
Howard Spinney
Clarence Perkins
Roscoe True
Auburn
Leon Fickett
Pond Island Light
Nathaniel Percy
Cox’s Head
Marion Bridges
Popham Churc
Bible Corner boundary tale from early Turner days
Charles E Waterman of Auburn recounted a quarrel between two neighbors in Turner’s early days. After two failed survey attempts, they agreed on a new line and recorded it in the family Bible, burying the book at the line’s start. The location became known as Bible Corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Waterman
Auburn
Turner
Bible Corner
Meeting of People's Church elects officers and sets sale date
At the annual meeting Rev. George B. Wolstenholme presided as moderator. Officers including Helen Leonard clerk Milan Leonard treasurer and Nina McRae collector were re elected. Deacons Milan Leonard Clarence Seavey and Lydia Feero were named senior deaconess and Mary Anderson acting deaconess. Reports were read and accepted and Harriet Morse kept as Sunday school superintendent. The Ladies Aid elected Helen Leonard president Murphy first vice president Anderson second vice president Aderton third vice president and Cressey secretary treasurer. A Christmas sale and supper was set for December 15 and the visiting committee was named as the entire Ladies Aid and Circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Baptist Church
George B. Wolstenholme
Helen Leonard
Milan G. Leonard
Nina McRae
Wolstenholme
Milan Leonard
Clarence Seavey
Lydia Feero
Mary Anderson
Harriet Morse
Everett Leonard
Nina McRee
Heen Leonard
Ladies’ Aid and Circle
Mary J. Murphy
Minnie Aderton
Bernice Cressey
Ladies’ Aid and
Morse High Basketball Schedule Announced for Season
Morse High reveals a 19 game schedule from December 6 to February 21 under Athletic Director Henry D Small. Two Rumford games are pending. if canceled Deering may join. Newcomers South Portland Edward Little and Brunswick join after years inactive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Henry D. Small
Rumford
Deering
South Portland
Edward Little
Brunswick
Maine Hunters Asked to Give Information
Inland Fish and Game officials urged Maine hunters to report pheasant kills from the five day open season ending November 16. Commissioner G J Stobie asked for full reports including numbers, sex, band status and shooting location to assess the season and guide future propagation efforts. Reports should be sent to the State House Augusta, and bands from dead birds may be requested for submission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. J. Stobie
Stobie
State House
Augusta
Current Events Club Meets On Thursday
Mrs. Herbert Lemont presided over a Cos mopolitan Club Current Events Department meeting reviewing State news and international affairs in South America Central Europe Great Britain Italy and France. Lecture by Miss Sarah A Adams on Spain and Andre Malraux Book My America noted. Next meeting scheduled for December 1. Conan Griffith and Robert C Currier tied to Garrick Players productions with Katharine Cornell. Cast includes Florence Reed McKay Morris Kent Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Lemont
Cosmopolitan Club
Washington, D. C
South America
Central Europe
Great Britain
Italy
France
Sarah A. Adams
Spain
Andre Malraux
Lemont
Conan Griffith
Garrick Players
Kennebunkport
Katharine Cornell
Cornell
Ruth March
Vincent Donahue
Garrickee
Bay Point Visitors From Bates College and Bath
Bay Point residents hosted a parade of callers and visitors including Mrs. Thomas Hagan Sr and Mrs. Dorothy Stewart of Georgetown, Herman Spinney in Lewiston and Augusta, and Bates College faculty enjoying a Sunday outing. Numerous guests from Bath Five Islands and Auburn joined Mrs. Edgar Warren and others for a pleasant weekend visit and cottage close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hagan, Sr
Dorothy Stewart
Georgetown
Edgar Warren
Herman A. Spinney
Lewiston
Augusta
Sumner Mains
Eleanor
Five Islands
Fred Carlton
Whitefield
Carlton
Francis Oliver
William Adams
Bath
Harry Stone
Auburn
Harold Robinson
Keith
Bates College
Bay Point
Andrew Butterfield
Edward
Niles
Bobby
Louise Howard
Edward Cook
South Street
Mesline Thompson
Charlotte Cahill
Nurses Alumni Party a Successful Bath Benefit
The Nurses Alumni Association hosted a well attended party at the North End Community House with about 150 friends. Proceeds will fund purchases for Bath Memorial hospital chosen by a committee. prizes were donated by Bath merchants and local sponsors. The social committee led by Mrs. Raymond Hart oversaw food sales and fundraising activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nurses Alumni Association
North End
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath
A. D. Stetson
Rogers Hardware Co
Hail & Hunt
A. Hallet
Raymond Hart
Margaret Yates
Ethel Blake
Ernest Rogers
William Blair
Louis Hagan
Justus H. Miller
John Bowie
Leon Genthner
Jane Haggett
Fred Thompson, Jr
Miss Rogers Seeks New Hotel Law To Curb Abuse
Miss Lillian G. Rogers outlined a proposed Skipper Law to halt hotel rackets costing hotels large sums annually. She spoke on Hotel Law From the Inside at the Hotel Accountants Association meeting at Hotel Commander Cambridge, citing cases showing abuses due to a weak law and urging prudent, polite handling of hotel legal matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian G. Rogers
Herbert W. Rogers
North Bath
Kenmore
Boston
Massachusetts Bar
Hotel Accountants’ Association
Cambridge
Mass
Rogers
Thomas F. Troy
Hotel Statler
Miss Rogers
Telegram routes through Bangor before reaching Aroostook county
A Western Union telegram from Fort Fairfield to Presque Isle, Van Buren, or other Aroostook county points generally travels to Bangor first and then proceeds onward. The exception is messages sent by radio, which bypass the Bangor step.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union
Fort Fairfield
Presque Isle
van Buren
Aroostook County
Bangor
Stilphen appeals to January term after DUI conviction
Clyde K Bulphen a 66 Richardson street brick mason pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated in municipal court Judge Arthur J Dunton levied a 100 dollar fine and costs of 16 appealed to the January term of Bag adahoc Superior court bonds of 100 for appearance State Highway Officer Harry L Thompson said Stilphen crashed a Ford sedan into a stone wall near the Benjamin Woodside estate Georgetown when returning from a deer hunting trip and fled toward Arrowsic marsh the headlight damage was noted. the incident occurred as the highway turns off to Bay Point
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde K. Bulphen
Richardson Street
Arthur J. Dunton
Bagadahoc Superior Court
Furnis
Harry L. Thompson
Stilphen
Benjamin Woodside Estate
Georgetown
Bay Point
Arrowsic Marsh
Cummings
Motors
Stitphen
Thompson
Five Islands
Woodside Place
Genesta Observes White Shrine Night At Masonic Temple
Genesta chapter O E 8 held White Shrine night with about 150 attendees at the Masonic Temple Friday evening. Grand officers included Mrs Ella Fickett Miss Hermia Toothaker Mrs Bertha Tiplady and Henry Dyer plus Mr and Mrs Henry G Shaw. Madonna Shrine drill drew applause. dancing followed with Morse high swingsters. a 630 roast beef supper served by committees led by Eva Atwood and Elsie Hodgkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta
O. E
Masonic Temple
Ella Fickett
Portland
Hermia Toothaker
Brunswick
Grand Ruth
Bertha Tiplady
Grand Adalt
Henry Dyer
Grand Sentinel
Henry G. Shaw
Eastern Star
Madonna Shrine
Clarence Jepson
Shepherds
Morse High School
Eva Atwood
Orra Dolloff
Mary Rodick
Mae Ward
Ethel Osgood
Leonard Munsey
Elsie Hodgkins
Henrietta Potter
Ella Wright
Celina Small
Mildred Clark
Bessie Clark
Ethelyn Morse
Doris Aikenhead
Marguerite Cutting
Mayor Small Speaks at Winter Street Men’s Club
Mayor Donald N. Small opened a Winter Street church Men’s club meeting with a film show on diverse topics from Bath and Boston to Cuba, football and disasters. A Ladies’ Auxiliary supper followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayor Small
Donald N. Small
Bath
Boston
Cuba
Winter Street Church Men’s Club
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Fred J. Higgins
J. Edward Pomeroy
William T. Donnell
Charles Camack
Gordon Lake
Melvin A. Haggett
Ernest R. Freeman
Joseph O. Purdue
Manager Gooch Wins First Mention Honor
Francis Gooch, manager of the Uptown theatre, receives a First Mention certificate from the Quigley Awards Committee for July 1 to Sept 30 publicity campaign. Judges across multiple cities and nations recognized the high standard of his exploitation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Gooch
New
Uptown Theatre
Quigley Awards
Gooch
Quigley
Managers’ Round Table Club
Motion Picture Herald
Indiana
South Carolina
Texas
Chicago
Boston
England
Denver
Colo
Wellsville
N. Y
Sydney
Australia
Enid
Ohio
Cleveland
Morgantown
West Va
Syracuse
Nyo Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Pittsburgh
Bangor Auditorium painters break time honored practice
When the Bangor Auditorium was painted not long ago, painters reversed time honored method by starting at the ground and working up to the eaves. A foreman noted the new style and likely recalled the traditional guidance to begin at the bottom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
North End residents return home as winter nears
A wave of local residents wrap up summer stays and head back to Gardiner, Holliston, Bath and Boothbay Harbor. James Lawrence, H. M. Jewett, Nellie Little, and others end extended visits while families plan winter arrangements and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lawrence
North End
Gardiner
James Harper
Holliston
Mass
Squat Creek Farm
Josie Wardwell
Earl Fea
George B
Jeff
Hopedale
Maas
Nellie Little
Memorial Hospital
Damariscotten
M. A. Cromwell
Pennsylvania
Willis Colby
Brian Jewett
Maynard G. Dow
Brunswick
Dewey Richardson
New York
B. M. Jewett
Ann Louise
H. M. Jewett
R. T. Beaton
Boothbay Harbor
Lizzie French Celebrates 75th Birthday At Corliss Street Church
Mrs. Lizzie A. French marked 58 years as a Corliss Street church member with the annual Roll Call on her 75th birthday. She received flowers and a cake, a supper followed, and a brief business meeting led by Rev. Frederick P. Moffatt. Presentations were made by Mrs. John Hunt and Miss Beulah Pratt, with gifts from Kennebec Greenhouses sent to ill members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie A. French
Corliss Street
Frederick P. Moffatt
John Hunt
Beulah Pratt
French
Brothers and Sisters
Martha Cutting
Cora Small
Jennie Curtis
Lizzie French
Francis McPherson
Harold 8. Walker
Lizzie B. C. Chaney
Frederick Moffatt
Flora Robbins
Eula Fielding
Abbie McCabe
Kennebec
Bath High Alumni Dance Preparations Foreseen At Morse Gym
Bath High School prepares for the Thanksgiving Alumni Dance at Morse High Gym with overflow attendance expected. Proceeds go to Morse High graduating class to help with expenses. A decorating committee led by Robert Carey shapes the gym, Doc Harmon's 12 piece orchestra will play, and many former classes plan reunions before the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath High School
Morse High
Robert Carey
Doc Harmon
New England
George Barker
Farrars Host Thanksgiving Dinner in Brunswick Home
Mrs. Ardelle Farrar of Sagadahoe Ferry will join her son and wife Mr and Mrs Lincoln Farrar and Mr and Mrs Page West with their young son of Portland as Thanksgiving guests of Miss Irma Farrar and William Farrar on Lincoln street Brunswick for a family dinner party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardelle Farrar
Sagadahoe Ferry
Lincoln Farrar
Page West
Portland
Irma Farrar
William Farrar
Lincoln Street
Brunswick
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Harry Day
Dromore Ladies Aid
Meeting OF People’s Church
Westbrook
Dexter
Rockland
Edward Little Rumford
Concord
N. H
Business College
Cheverus Lewiston
Rockland Brunswick
Current Events
Shirley-Moxie Road
Atlas Plywood Company
Greenville
Chrysler Corporation
McKay
Depositors’ Trust Company of
Emmons Stacy and Brother
Ae Patti
Corliss Street Church
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