Phippsburg Social and Thanksgiving Week Items
Local notes from Phippsburg record visits, birthdays, and gatherings. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Davidson in South Portland after time with Mr. and Mrs. Hughes, and many Sunday calls at the Bowker home in Small Point. A Bodwell Grange program features Thanksgiving themes with games and demonstrations. Bodwell, Dirigo, and Sagadahoc Grange events noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Davidson
South Portland
Thomas ©. Hughes
Davidson
Wiscasset
Nathaniel Percy
Annie Bowker
J. Bradford Eprague
Beasie Eprague
Small Point
Bowker
Williamb. Perry
Cora Campbell
Kittery
Walter J. Pierce
Horace B. Woodmen
Roscoe
Minnie
Eleanor
Bertha Nickerson
Howard Atwood
West Point
Leslie Dyer
Eleanor Brown
William Blaisdell
Moosehead
Frank P. Leavitt
Sidney Bean
Boothbay Harbor
George Perry
Richmond
Bodwell Grange
America
The
Grange
Roll Call
Margaret Wyman
Belle Lowell
June Blaisdell
Henry Gilmore
John Rogers
Beulah Pratt
Martin Eaton
Sagadahoc
Grangers
Dirigo Grange Hall
Brunswick
Roscoe C. Perkins
Dromore
Elfreda Perkins
Evelyn Beals
Edwin Wyman
Bath Memorial Hospital
Phippsburg Center
Bodwell Grange Hall
Campbell Farm
William R. Donnell
William
Mary Elizabeth
Bath
Frances R. Duley
Parker Head
Jay Duley
Foxboro
Mass
Phippsburg Welfare Club
J. Harry Blaisdell
James L. Morse
Lynette Caverly
Phippsburg
Laconia
N. H
Thanksgiving Night Dance at Morse Gym
Tickets are selling well for the Thanksgiving Night dance at Morse High School gym under Bath High School Alumni Association leadership led by Elmer Norton. The event runs 8:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. with Augusta group Leon Douglas Melody Men providing music and decorations by Warren F. Hawley Jr. Color scheme uses brown and orange. Refreshments served. tickets at local stores and from committee members. news notes two deaths in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Bath High School Alumni Association
Elmer Norton
Augusta
Leon Douglas
Melody Men
Warren F. Hawley, Jr
Howard C. Bates
Edwin R. Andrews
Harolds. Avery
Netta Briggs
Alex Burden
Herbert Calderwood
Sophie G. Greenblatt
Warren F. Hawley
Fred D. Hill
Paul V. Mason
Mr. Norton
Margery J. Scott
Jeannette F. Shackford
Donald N. Small
Janette W. Smith
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Hallet's Drug Store
Footer's Clothing Store
Shaw's Book Store
Winter Street Ladies Name Sale Committees
Winter Street ladies of the Winter Street church named committees for their annual Christmas sale and supper on December 8 at a Friday afternoon meeting. Forty six members attended with hosts including Mrs. Fred Foote, Mrs. Arthur K. Purington and Mrs. Wilbra Billings. Rev. Joseph O. Purdue spoke of his Gaspe Peninsula trip. Committees cover Aprons, Books, Candy, Cherry Tree, Christmas cards, Cooked Food, Fancy work, Greens, Handkerchiefs, Jelly, and a supper and dining room group led by board members and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
Winter Street
Fred Foote
Arthur K. Purington
Wilbra Billings
Joseph O. Purdue
Gaspe Peninsula
Corrie Varney
Hiram R. Annis
Elizabeth Beal
EB. Randall Leonard
William H. White
John A. Lord
Elsie Folsom
David L. Jack
Harry M. Huse
Carlton L. Rice
Alice N. Margoun
Horace W. Ward
Fred K. Sturtevant
Charles Andre
Roscoe P. McFadden
Ruth F. Skillings
Alice E. Varney
Warren E. Kershner
Fred P. Emmons
Arthur C. Lemont
Walter F. Abbott
John E. Atwood
Wallace L. Atwood
Leroy F. Colby
Edward Daley
Charles H. Frost
Edward B. Hawley
Albert Henderson
Fred C. Hill
Allen M. Irish
Clarence W. Morse
John A. Morse
Pauline Moulton
Cecil E. Paine
Addison F. Pendleton
Charles E. Plaisted
William Potter
Maxwell Powers
Sylvester H. Rowland
William 8. Shorey
J. Gertrude Silsby
Edward B. Smith
Seth Stewart
Milton C. Trott
Charles P. Wetherbee
Walter S. Wiggin
Clifford B. Wilband
Carl E. Albee
Phyllis Bowie
Walter H. Bowker
Abigail F. Carter
Isabel Carter
Clare Coombs
Bessie Dickinson
Ruth W. Henry
E. Randall Leonard
Alice G. Shorey
Clinton D. Wilson
Surprise Features At Dromore Grange Thanksgiving Program
A Dromore Grange meeting with 26 members featured songs readings and a kitchen themed discussion on Thanksgiving cooking. Highlights included a birthday cake for Reuben Purington a bouquet for Elfreda Perkins and gifts for several members followed by sandwiches cake and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Grange
Charlotte Owen
Elfreda M. Perkins
Bessie M. Hunt
Grange
Hubert T. McCarty
Anna Derwent
Eveline
America
Reuben Purington
The
Annie Malcolm
Marion Rafnell
Elizabeth C. Brown
Weeks Street
Maine residents win GE Electrical Standard of Living prizes
Two Maine residents, Marion W. Ashe of Auburn and Clara N. Fogg of Bowdoinham, were named weekly prize winners in General Electric Co. Electrical Standard of Living contest. Each receives 200 dollars worth of electrical gear and gains eligibility for two grand prizes, a 12000 dollar home or an 8009 dollar home, with ten weekly winners announced across the nation since September 27. The December 27 Hour of Charm radio program will announce the grand winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Marion W. Ashe
Winter Street
Auburn
Clara N. Fogg
Pleasant Street
Bowdoinham
General Electric Co
Aera
United States
Popham Beach residents note light keepers and fort changes
The report lists visits by Eva Dobbin, Gertrude Martin, Irma Huntley, and others to Popham Beach and surrounding areas. It covers lighthouse keepers on vacation, fort Baldwin equipment losses after state takeover, thefts of fixtures, and ongoing restoration and community activities. Coastal tides cause road flooding and damage risk to East Beach cottages, with repairs and bulkhead work underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Dobbin
Gertrude Martin
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Irma Huntley
Boothbay
Eugene W. Osgood
Popham Light
Osgood
Rangeley
Edgar N. Drake
Birchwood
Georgetown
Edgar L. Drake
Bhirley Morong
Squirrel Point
Seavey
Walter Sprague
Marine Hospital
Portland
Mosey T. Chandler
Bath
State of
Maine
Fort Baldwin
Patrick Cogan
John Hardman
Joseph Hawley
Clyde Pingree
Augusta
Lawrence
Phillip Wyman
Madelyn Bridges
Althea Oliver
Elisha Bridges
Coast Guard
Bridges
Marion
William Wallace
Walter Oliver
Popham
Sabine Road
Fred Osgood
Bangley
Fred Spinney
Morse High School
Karl Hentz
Long Island
Leon Fickett
Pond Island Light
Seaman Drake
Seacoast Mission
Arlene Perkins
Eugene Stover
West Southport
Huntley
Nina Larrabee
Harold Thompson
Small Point
William Bowie
Spruceville
Mixed showers honor Elsie Allegrin before wedding
Mrs William Brown and Mrs Lloyd Rogers hosted a miscellaneous shower for Elsie M Allegrin in Winnegance for her upcoming marriage to J Bernard Comeau. Bridge prizes awarded to Mrs Herbert Morse, Mrs George McMann, and Mrs Charles L Haggett. other guests included Mrs John Bowie and Mrs Harold J Haggett. Ambrose V Ackrey of Peaks Island, turning 90, warned the Dec 6 election will be his last bid as Island ward two warden. he has been elected 63 times since 1870, with 57 attempts standing prior losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Brown
Lloyd Rogers
Walter Rogers
I. A. Trueworthy
Merton Oliver
Ambrose V. Ackrey
Peaks Island
E. Edwin Smith
Island
Mr. Ackley
Maine cemetery association formed at Waterville meeting
Horace W. Ward attended the Pine Grove gathering where the Maine State Cemetery Association was formed with Harold E. Burrill presenting the title. Edward G. Crosby was elected president and John P. McCallum secretary treasurer. a by law committee was named including Ward Burrill and Floyd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace W. Ward
Cemetery and Park Board
Bath
Pine Grove
Waterville
Maine State Cemetery Association
Harold E. Burrill
Bangor
Ward
Mr. Burrill
Arthur J. Floyd
Portland
Edward G. Crosby
John P. McCallum
Saco
McCallum
Robert Jackson
Harold E. Weeks
Maine
Elmwood
Floyd
Arthur R. Jewett
Skowhegan
Henry S. Adams
Forest Hills
Roxbury
Mass
New England Cemetery Association
Poland Spring
Arthur W. Lunt
Falmouth
Laurel Hill
Oak Grove
Maple
Alvin W. Cushman
Howard
Drummond
Winslow
Harold S. Burrill
Mount Hope
Thurston H. Jordan
Woodbine
Ellsworth
Arthur R
Beacon Ladies Aid Sale and Supper Promoted
The Ladies' Aid of Beacon Street church held a successful sale and supper in the vestry on Thursday. Mrs. William J. Craft chaired committees. various members oversaw the miscellaneous, apron, candy, dining room, and kitchen operations with named volunteers guiding each station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
Beacon Street Church
William J. Craft
Manfred E. Sidelinger
Susan J. Leeman
Daniel A. MacDonald
Della T. Adams
Jesse Kenderdine
Clinton F. Pratt
John Clark
Co. Elmer Sidelinger
Hermon W. Crooker
Under Water Life Saving Talk At Grace Church
Lieut Frank R Davis of the U S Navy gave a detailed discourse on under water life saving with diagrams to Grace Church Men's Club. The talk drew a large audience and followed a splendid supper served by W Percy Marks Cecil Fullerton Carroll Watson and Harry W Smith. Next meeting December 2 will feature venison supper courtesy Everett W Neal with a supper committee listing Neal Adams Watson Hill and Voorhees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank R. Davis
Grace Church Men's Club
Lieut
Davis
Atlantic
Pacific
W. Percy Marks
Cecil Fullerton
Carroll Watson
Harry W. Smith
Everett W. Neal
Mr. Neal
William M. Adams
Roland F. Hill
Wilmer I, Voorhees
Vets Attend Biddeford Post Installation
A delegation from Dyer Flaherty Post 2197 Veterans of Foreign Wars and auxiliary attended the installation of officers at Biddeford Post 489 on Sunday afternoon. Participants included Floyd H. Preble Jesse T. Sanders Theodore Beaudoin Nora Morse Ruth Gallagher Evelyn Snow and Frances Preble. Installing officer Archie LaBranch Department Commander of Maine based in Rochester NH, assisted by John Masury of Rochester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyer-Flaherty Post
Biddeford
Floyd H. Preble
Jesse T. Sanders
Theodore Beaudoin
Nora Morse
Ruth Gallagher
Evelyn Snow
Frances Preble
Archie LaBranch
Maine Now
Rochester
N. H
Raccoon Captured by Lewiston Counterman Fails Captivity
Harry Buck chased a raccoon into cover between 9 and 11 Main streets in Lewiston. Eugene Tardif recovered the animal and kept it alive in a crate until Police Inspector Sheffield ordered its release due to captivity illegality. The raccoon weighed about 20 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Buck
Lewiston
Eugene Tardif
Frank Buck
Tardif
Sheffield
Bay Point Marriage Announcements and Local Notes
Bay Point announces the marriage of Stew art Day and Carolyn Oliver of Bath. The piece notes repairs to Oliver Lodge, lobster catch by Cape Elizabeth fire department members visiting Bay Point, and a death of Edward C. Payne of Phippsburg. Nearby reflections recall Gilbert Head’s transformation and praise artistically by Etnier family. Local visitors include Spinney, Coolidge, and Howard, with quiet personal vignettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Point
Stewart Day
Carolyn Oliver
R. N
Bath
Dave
Edward C. Payne
Phippsburg
Mrs. Payne
Gilbert Head
Clark's Point
Etnier
Kennebec
Birchwood
Georgetown
Louise Howard
John R. Kimble Elected Vice-President at Maine Y M C A Conference
John R. Kimble of Bath was elected a vice-president at the 30th annual State Y M C A Boys Conference held in Augusta November 19 to 21. Bath sent many attendees. 642 registered overall with 88 percent Bath participation. The event featured addresses by Rev Bernard C. Clausen and Rev Harold W. Ruopp, and highlighted boys pursuing bigger challenges. Next year the conference moves to Lewiston and Auburn. Sheriff F. F. Francis stories recount a Bath tub theft case and related burglaries, noting prior convictions for a steam roller and feldspar thefts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Kimble
Bath
Augusta
Maine
Augusta City Hall
Bernard C. Clausen
Pittsburgh
Cony High School
Mr. Clausen
City Hall
Howard P. Davis
Boston
News Weekly
Cong Hish School
Harold W. Ruopp
Lewiston
Auburn
Ionian Singers and Balogh Concerts Scheduled in Brunswick
Prof Frederic E T Tillotson announces schedule changes for Brunswick Co operative Concerts Association. Ionian Singers move from Tuesday November 30 to Thursday December 2 at Brunswick Town Hall. Roland Hayes concert December 17 also there. Balogh Hungarian pianist to give third concert April 18 in the new Brunswick high school auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic E. T. Tillotson
Brunswick Co-operative Concerts Association
Ionian Singers
Brunswick Town Hall
Roland Hayes
Erno Balogh
New Brunswick High School
National Book Week Observed in Bath Schools
National Book Week sponsored by the National Education Association November 14 20 was observed in Bath public schools with regular and special programs to foster appreciation for books and their care. Morse high school will hold observances early next week as a project of English classes. Mitchell grade levels produced bookmarks posters book reports and plays. Grade IV staged a play for Grade III while Grade V A invited parents to an afternoon program featuring poems book reports short plays a book quiz and readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Education Association
Bath
Morse High School
Mitchell School
Effie C. Wright
Mupic
Grace Whittemore
Virginia Bowker
William Cummings
Gladys Geneau
Amos King
Kenneth Drake
Charles Lermond
Pearl Hathorne
Harry MacNeil
Norma Cummings
Anha Day
Jo Darling
Kenneth MacDonald
Madge Armstrong
Anna Train
Pilgrim Club Hosts First Social at Central Congregational
The Pilgrims, Central Congregational church high school group, held its first social since October in the parish house with dancing and music from an electric Victrola. Rev. and Mrs Wilson and others attended as patrons. The social committee included Beverly Shorey and Clayton Thibodeau. Plans include a Christmas play and several winter socials. Officers are Jane Stevens president, Ronald Oulton vice president, Martha Page secretary, David Rich treasurer. Meetings occur Sundays at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Pilgrims, Club
Central Congregational Church
David L. Wilson
Arthur L. Pratt
Marius H. Page
Beverly Shorey
Clayton Thibodeau
Mary Ellen Cyr
Donald T. Page
Leon B. Pennell
Ruth Pratt
Donald McKellar
Barbara Nickerson
Mary Darrah
Pilgrims
Jane W. Stevens
Ronald Oulton
Martha Page
David Rich
Thanksgiving Dance at Morse High Gym
A capacity crowd is expected for the Eighth Annual Thanksgiving Night dance at Morse High School gym. Leon Douglas's Ten Melody Men from Augusta will provide music for Bath High School Alumni Association. Light refreshments will be served and tickets are available from committee members listed, including Mrs. Bates as chair and other named volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Leon Douglas
Ten Melody Men
Augusta
Bath High School Alumni Association
Howard C. Bates
Edwin R. Andrews
Harold S. Avery
Netta Briggs
Alex Burden
Herbert Calderwood
John M. Conley, Jr
Sophie G. Greenblatt
Warren F. Hawley
Fred D. Hill
Paul V. Mason
Elmer Norton
Margery J. Scott
Jeannette F. Shackford
Donald N. Small
Janette W. Smith
Wilmer JT. Voorhees
Winnegance Squaw Club Meets After Friday Evening
The Winnegance Squaw Club gathered Friday evening with Mrs. Robert P. Manson. Mrs. Walter Morse remains homebound due to illness. Mrs. A. B. Pinkham has been visiting residents for Bath chapter Red Cross annual roll call. A new store opened at the village schoolhouse replacing the longtime one. Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. E. Hewitt Jr. and their son Charles III spent Sunday in Vassalboro with Mrs. Hewitt’s cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squaw Club
Robert P. Manson
Walter Morse
Il Neas
Atcher B. Pinkham
Bath
American Red Cross
Charles FE. Hewitt, Jr
Charles 3d
Vassalboro
Summer in Russia described at club
Prof. Vernon Miller of Bowdoin College spoke at the Winter Street Fireside club Sunday night describing a summer in Russia two years ago. He planned to study in Moscow but the course was cancelled. he then traveled 2500 miles including Leningrad Kiev Odessa Sevastopol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Miller
Bowdoin College
Russia
Winter Street
Charles
Richard Lougee
Colby College
Lougee
Well Known Druggist Closes His Store After 40 Years
Merton O. Webber longtime Bath druggist with ties to Portland and local firms closes his 194 Front street shop at the Y M C A block and may sell the business. He began as a clerk at Anderson's in 1897, later ran Webber's drug store, then moved to the Y M C A block. He has no definite plans for the immediate future. The Textile Garden Club note: Rockland Thomaston Camden groups hold a joint meeting with a Fallflower show at the Community Building featuring Winter bouquet arrangements by Mrs. A. R. Benedict of Montclair New Jersey and Medomak as lecturer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merton O. Webber
Bath
H. H. Hay & Co
Portland
Front Street
Y. M. C. A. Block
Mr. Webber
Anderson's
Hiram T. Stevens
Rockland
Thomaston
Camden
Waterville
Skowhegan
Belfast
Boston
Tower Room
A. R. Benedict
Montclair
N. J
Medomak
Richmond hunter shoots three deer on back lawn
Edmond Gamache of River Road in Richmond observed three deer grazing on his back lawn. He returned to his home, selected the best deer with his gun and shot it. Venison is plentiful at his house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmond Gamache
River Road
Richmond
Gamache
Also Mentioned on This Page
Morse Gym
James A. Broom
George Breton
Popham Beach
Elsie Allegrin
Winnegance
Cemetery Association
Beacon Ladies Aid
Lieut. Davis
U.S. N
Grace Church
F. F. Francis
Oxford County
Frank Brown
West Bethel Road
Pilgrim Club
Victrola
Morse High
Henry W. Owen, Jr
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