Rural Motor Express and Its Farm to Table Idea
Rural Motor Express advocates direct farm to market shipments to boost production in rural areas. The plan links to Farm To Table efforts from wartime food drives, stressing education, fresher produce, and economic benefits for farmers and merchants. It envisions civic value by limiting rail moves and keeping trade local.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rural Motor Express
Commission
Food Administration
Motor Express
Roland H. Smith Post Secures Quarters
The Roland H. Smith post A L will meet in its own four quarters for the first time on December 1. Through the kindness of H H Feero and ER C Plummer the post will use the big room over the New Method laundry for three months. The plan is to fit up the room into a top city hall and hire it as a club room with improvements approved by the clubhouse committee.
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Vine Street
Post
Chamber of Commerce
Albert I. Greenlaw
Eastport
Minneapolis
America
Roland H. Smith
Bath
Annual Memorial Service for Departed Members
Genesta chapter O K 8 held its annual memorial service Friday night with Mrs. Bertha Dean leading and aides Grace Bishop Carrie Thompson Edith Savage Olive Corliss Kate Perkins Lois McKeiver and Mary Young filling roles. A list of deceased members was read. Joe Cloutier and Paul Libby removed a noisy rooster from Hook and Ladder building and a replacement ball from the Hanover ship mast will be installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta Chapter
O. KE
Bertha Dean
Grace Bishop
Carrie Thompson
Edith Savage
Olive Corliss
Kate Perkins
Lois McKeiver
Mary Young
Joe Cloutier
Paul Libby
Louis Hart
Hanover
Henry L. Houghton
The
Cedars
Bath Independent
Furniture wagons reach Boothbay from Quincy Point
Two large auto trucks from J H Ruggles & Co Quincy Point Mass arrive Friday afternoon with furniture for W E Welsh Boothbay. Drivers report good roads most of the way until Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Ruggles & Co
Quincy Point
Mass
Two Men Rescued From Drowning After Float Capsize
L. C. Feero and Joseph Yates of Dike street were returning from a gunning trip when their float capsized in the Days Ferry narrows. They clung to the upside‑down craft for 45 minutes as cramps and near exhaustion set in before boats from Woolwich and nearby homes reached them. They were warmed, dry clothing sent, and Feero remained numb in the hands while Yates returned to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Feero
Joseph Yates
Dike Street
Woolwich Woods
Days Ferry
Albert Trott
Woolwich
Mr. Trott
Frank Parris
Upper Washington Street
Frank Beals
John Howe
George Fowles
Bath Iron Works
Feero
Optometrist F C Jackson Found Dead In Bath Office
Fred C Jackson aged 47 was found dead in his second floor Bath office at 100 Front Street by his wife around 1145 on Saturday. Officials believe heart weakness from a prior operation caused his death. He lived at 58 Winship Street and leaves a wife and sister Nellie E K Jackson of Portland.
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Fred. Jackson
Front Street
Bath
Five Islands Grange Elects and Meetings Noted
At the Grange meeting Tuesday evening Miss Isabel Stevens was named librarian and Miss Lila MacMahan as assistant. Ladies aid met Wednesday to sew two quilts. Numerous local residents traveled to Bath for visits and shopping. The district held church services with Rev. J. P. Roberts delivering the sermon. A community supper featuring baked beans and brown bread is planned for Saturday at the Grange hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
Isabel Stevens
Lila MacMahan
Grange Hall
M. B. MacMahan
Waldo Lewis
Bath
Arthur Berry
Woolwich
Nora Marr
Chester MacMahan
Drummond Stevens
Will Stevens
Miss Marjorie
L. G. Lewis
Alton Berry
The
J. P. Roberts
Alonzo MacMahan
Albertina
Phyllis
Paul
Stevens
Sarah
J.T. MacMahan
George
Kay
John Hinkley
A. L. Marr
F. L. Ryder
Walter Cunningham
Charles Hanna
Ellen Cromwell
Julia Davis
Brunswick
Carolyn Stevens
Carrie Stevens
Cambridge
Mass
Ira Lewis
Miss Benson
Wood
Marion Stevens
Lulu Rowe
Ira
Alice Cromwell
Josephine Lewis
George Rowe
Manfred Newdick
Will Boucher
Charles Boucher
Ladies Aid
G. Haskell
Grange ‘Hall
J. G. Stevens
Portland
Joe Muse
Linwood Stevens
Della Lewis
Walter Rowe
C. C. Davis
Julia
L. H. Rowe
Surprise Birthday Party for H B Allen in Cumberland Center
Friends of H. B. Allen hosted a surprise party Thursday evening celebrating his birthday. Edith Towle gave a humorous reading while Miss Margaret McIntyre accompanied on piano. About 380 guests attended. a buffet with sandwiches, cake, cocoa and coffee was served by Mrs. Allen. Miss Dorothy Knowlton and Miss Elizabeth Curtis returned to Gorham after visiting Bath with Almira Sturtevant and Gladys McGillicuddy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Allen
Cumberland Center
Mr. Allen
Edith Towle
Margaret McIntyre
Mrs. Allen
Dorothy Knowlton
Elizabeth Curtis
Gorham
Bath
Almira Sturtevant
Gladys McGillicuddy
Special Thanksgiving Service Planned at First Baptist Church
Georgetown notes report a special Thanksgiving Eve service at First Baptist Church led by Mr and Mrs Frank Heald. Robinhood Ladies Aid met with Mrs BE Williams. many local residents visited, hunted deer, and traveled to nearby towns including Bath Newburyport and Woolwich.
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First Baptist Church— Ladies’ Aid of Robinhood Has
First Baptist Church
Frank Heald
Ladies Aid of
Robinhood
BE. A. Williams
Delia
Erma Clark
Arrowsic
Junior Williams
West Georgetown
Natt Howe
William Noble
Lester Powers
Georgetown
Wendall Baker
Thomas Hagan
Earle Hagan
Bath
Woolwich
B.A. Williams
Carrie
Newburyport
Mass
Working League
George Oliver
John Thibodeau
Ferdinand Brilmayer
Ellen Brilmayer
Eugene Raynolds
James Nixon
Henry
Alvah Reynolds
Samuel Mereen
Marrigan
Madison
Marion Ward
Brunswick
A. A. Stott
Eleanor Cunningham
Melvin Cunningham
Charles Oliver
Horace Jordan
Bowker
Phippsburg
Ellery’ Harford
Stephen Trafton
A. I. Buzzo
Cathance
Joseph F. Higgins
Everett Higgins
Raphael Rowe
Thomas Sedgeburg
Marrtown
Portland
Lester ,Oliver
Popham
Mabel
Sarah Pinkham
Z. Pinkham
George Smith
Ralph Spinney
Bay Point
Eugene Reynolds
Nat Howe
Mildred Howe
Morse High School
Old Mill
Ethel HB
Todd
Walter Cummings
W. C. Todd
Boston
Palmer O. Spinney
Seguin
Mere Point
Mr. Spinney
K.T. Spinney
North Berwick
Nelson L Jackson Travels From Portland To City
Nelson L Jackson motored to Portland on Monday to pick up friends arriving by train and bring them to the city.
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Nelson L. Jackson
Portland
Sea and Shipyard Reverie at Maine Ports
A vivid poemic snapshot of Popham Beach and the Kennebec area with shipyards, ships, bells, and sea imagery. It evokes Neptune, ballast, and labor at the docks, weaving coastal life with mermaids, winds, and sailors in a nostalgic maritime scene.
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Popham Beach
Kennebec
Bath Man Defendaint in Damage Suit
Lawrence Mass paper reports a $25 000 suit with Fred A Sylvester of New Bedford as plaintiff and Harry E Moore of Methuen and Wellington A Moore of Bath Maine as defendants to be tried in Superior Civil court next week. Sylvester alleges breach of contract over an agreement tied to a Rochester business sale made in 1912. He says the Bradleys later violated the pact by starting a similar business in Rochester in 1913, harming his patronage and forcing a loss of the business. Legal representation includes Coulson and Donovan for the plaintiff and Sweeney Sargent and Sweeney for the defendants.
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Lawrence
Mass
Fred A. Sylvester
New Bedford
Harry E. Moore
Methuen
Wellington A. Moore
Bath
Sylvester
Eeeba
Chained AV
Alice F. Bradley
Moores
Bradleys
Rochester
Coulson and
Boston man Edward Jameson visits Bath at Brother's Farm network
Edward Jameson formerly a Bath businessman now residing in Boston arrived in Bath Monday to visit his brother John Jameson, a prosperous farmer in Union. He stayed with John J. Desmond during his Bath visit.
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Edward Jameson
Bath
Boston
John Jameson
Union
John J. Desmond
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