Phippsburg News Tells of Local Moves and Events
The report covers family shifts including Capt. William Perry and Ashbury Campbell moving to Winnegance for winter, Doris Perry's schooling in Bath, Frank Daley bringing home his father's car after an accident, and small town activities. It notes road work delays due to early snow, church attendance at West Point, plastering on Edgecomb Farm, dances at Popham, arrivals and departures of residents, ship news about the James H. W. Hall, and the death of Dr. John Walker at The Willows, with local references to Bath, Five Islands, and Bermuda connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt
William Perry
Ashbury Campbell
Reach
Obadiah
Winneganee
Doris Perry
Bath
Frank Daley
Leo Sewall
Dr. Goodwin
Wiscasset
Harry Watson
Harry Hosmer
A. C. Johnson
Charles Washiburn
West Point
Ruth Eaton
Frances Sederquest
Rena Hosmer
Wilton G. Gates
Edgecomb Farm
Walter Peterson
Eon Kenneth
Melrose Mass
Mr. Stevens
Miss Spinney
Five Islands
Popham
John Lawrence
G. l. Cutting
John D. Rogers
Winnegance
Frank Rogers
Nathaniel Morse
Ruth Heald
Mettie Rogers
Walter Williams
Andrew Harrington
Parker Head
Hattie Rogers
James H. W. Hall
Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Rogers and Webb
Boston
Hall
Venezuela
Lond
Jacksonville
Florida
Jack Haskell
William Hodgkins
Harry Mank, Jr
Harry Mank
Lucy Rogers
Frank M. Bowker
Dromore
C. H. McIntyre
Frank Allegrin
C. H. McIintyre
Pleasant village gathering and local notices in Winnegance
A series of social events and community updates from Winnegance include Miss Ethel Williams hosting guests Frances Bates Ardell Bates Marion Oliver Marie Perry Myrtle Harrison and Bernice Clifford with music games and antique bouillon served in cups. Various residents—Ray McIntyre Kenneth Ray and others—spend time with family and at local workplaces while preparations for winter homes unfold and local leaders discuss mayoral candidate James H McDonald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Williams
Frances
Ardell Bates
Marion Oliver
Marie Perry
Myrtle Harrison
Bernice Clifford
Ray McIntyre
Small Point
Abram Oliver
Eugene Spinney
Evening Workers
Ormond Rogers
Phippsburg
Winfield Morse
Annie Purington
Marion Rafnell
Larkin Soap Club
Harry Oliver
Walter Peterson
Kenneth
Melrose
Mass
George Ingalls
A. R
S. L. Morse
Harry Williams
Ladies’ Aid
Beulah MelIntire
Vida
Portland
Nannie Trask
William Perry
Earl Morse
Texas Company
George Stevens
Hyde
Woolwich Tales of Coons and Local Happenings
In Woolwich and nearby towns residents report a boy and girl chase three coons in a pasture, their combined weight 261 pounds requiring help to carry them home. The week covers visits, measles cases, farm work, church events, and notes on local residents and town meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coonie
Gilbert
Eleanor Hathorne
Frank McCobb
Lester Munsey
Dresden
A. H. Carleton
Isaac Howard
Howard
Fred
Charles
Allen
Eastman
Baptist Parsonage
Clara Hathorne
Stevens
Montsweag
State Patrol
Blanch
Bath
Clarence Wynn
C. W. Wright
Auburn
Mr. Calder
Boston
Billy
Ernest L. Rice
Richmond
Anna G. Snipe
Hebron
Melissa Main
Cumberland
Wilbur Howe
Ralph Wright
Wiscasset
H. P. Hathorne
Whitefield
Roscoe Savage
Woolwich
M.C.R.R
Tuessie Hall
Day's Ferry
John Savaga
David Henderson
W. G. P. Rice
Sargadahoe Ferry
Willard Rice
Portland
Plinette Allen
Baptist
Y.M.C.A
Monteweag
Eleanor
Gilbert Hathorne
Atherton
Lilly
Edith
Nequasset
Franklin Warren
Everson Stinson
Orlando Curtis
Mary Fullerton
Yarmouth
Judson Brookings
Jack Stinson
Lowell
Lemuel Stinson
Cleveland Wright
Hanniwell
North Woolwich
Sagadahoe Ferry
Rena Waterhouse
Hollis
Northport
Gertrude Parker
District No. 1
Malden
Catherine Boyd
Moatsweag
George Shaw
Eda Hayward
Manchester
Charles Fullerton
William Allen
Chelsea
Mass
Teen shoots gun after snowball spat in North End
A 17 year old boy, previously entangled in blackhand threats, is examined for carrying a pistol and firing within city limits after snowballing escalated. He claims self defense and trapper uses, while the court grants probation and a lesson on lawful conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keegan
North End
Moulton
Texas Yard
Washington St
Salvation Army Aids 87 Bath Families Last Year
The Bath Salvation Army provided temporary relief to 87 families. Meals reached 525 people during Christmas and bundle days, with 70 others fed at other times. Eight people received city transportation, 28 shoes given, 415 garments supplied, and 42 men received lodging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Bath
Northwest apple losses mount from cold wave
Reports from apple districts show Hood River officials estimate industry losses at 1.5 million dollars as the frost renders about 1.75 million boxes unsalable across Oregon Washington Idaho and Montana. Wood River district losses reach 10 to 15 percent of the crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Hood River
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Wood River
Wintersite items mix social events and church services
Local notes report winter coverings placed on Custom House steps, a Boston visit to Mme Bernhardt, a Christmas sale and supper planned by People’s Church Ladies’ Aid, and a nurses’ reception at City Hospital. Also details on Dr. John Edwin Walker’s Bowdoin Medical School graduation, funeral plans in Thomaston, Grange attendance, music at Central Church, Bosworth circle activities, a Portland reception for national and department presidents, and shipyard progress and material delays at Francis Cobb yard in Rockland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custom House
S. R. Percy
Mme. Bernhardt
Boston
Ladies’ Aid of People’s Church
Lincoln Hall
City Hospital
Allen Wakefield
Islander
John Edwin Walker
Bowdoin Medical School
Thomaston
West
Central Church
Hill
Miss Hall
Appleton
Shaw
Bosworth Circle
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Maine
Virginia C. McClure
Ida A. Foster
Falmouth
Portland
J. J. Wardwell
Francis Cobb Shipbuilding Co
Rockland
Noble Maxwell
Wardwell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bath Department Store
Teen Eaton
Martin Wyman
N. W. Eaton
Wilmot F. Jewell
Buzzards Bay
Boston Boston Dry Dock
Galveston
Jewell
Onondago
Clyde Line
Gladys Babcock
Sylvester
Winnegance News
Retta Perkins
West Bath
Charles Perkins
Morse Brothers
Gardiner
Nickerson
Petepscot
Democrats
James H. McDonald
McDonald
Ira Grover
Birch Point
G. W. Marston
Will Allan
Blackstone
Caribou
Edgar Bailey
Methodist Church
John McKenney
Free Baptist
C.raymond Chappell
First Baptist Church
Center Baptist Church
W. A. MacCormick
Young Men’s Christian Association
Boys’ Council
Bible Llass
Winter Street Congregational Church
Treasury
Frank B. Nichols
The
Bath Times
Wellman
Old South
Texas
Moody Extension
Clarence N. Flood
American Express Co
Times
United States District Attorney
David Neagle
Thomas Neagle
Tommy Neagle
Rockland Courier-Gazette
Billy Sunday
Evangelist Felix
Beacon Street Church
Rich’s Mountain
Bath Tallow CO
Vine ST
Urbell
Sagadahoc Ferry
Androscoggin
Sagadahoc
Ann M. McLellan
William B. Mussenden
John A. Morrill
Order of Artes
James W. Murray
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