Y M C A Board Broadens Eligibility to Non Evangelical Members
The 41st international Y M C A convention sanctioned expanding governing board eligibility to up to ten percent from members of organizations not identified with evangelical churches. Catholics, Christian Scientists, Universalists and others may join boards if they meet the Paris basis declaration of purpose and hold evangelical church membership status. The move, tied to the Federal Council of Churches, aims to reopen associations and broaden participation across the United States and Canada.
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United States
Canada
North America
Atlantic City
Bath
Paris
America
Europe
Y. M
Jesus Christ
Universalist
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Will Advertise Farm Products As Advertising Expands
Dr W M Jardine president of Kansas State Agricultural College urged American farm products be widely advertised like automobiles. He told Washington Ad club that bankers and chambers of commerce are inviting farmers as business partners and that marketing and selling have been neglected. The next generation will grow up already sold on organization.
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W. M. Jardine
Kansas State Agricultural College
Washington Ad Club
Times
Chambers of Commerce
America
Bath minister has busy days in travel and sermons
Rev. S. A. Evans of Bath, a Baptist pastor evangelist, keeps a grueling schedule. He lectured in Kennebec and West, visited South Jefferson, Nobleboro, Waldoboro, and joined funerals and ordinations, then spoke in South Portland, Westbrook, Steep Falls, and Wells. He plans a fall trip through Raymond and Casco, visiting Sebago Lake head and Brownfield before winter.
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S. A. Evans
Bath
The
Baptist Church
Kennebec
South Jefferson
Jefferson
Nobleboro
Waldoboro
C. Tilly
Charles Berry
Boothbay Center Baptist Church
South Portland Church
Westbrook
E. Hilton Post
Beacon Street
People’s Church
Steep Falls Church
F. C. Wright
Brunswick
Raymond
Casco
Sebago Lake
Brownfield
Parsonfield
Wells
Great Demand for Maine Cows in Mass markets
Dr. J B Reidy of the Maine Dairy Bureau reports rising demand for Maine tuberculin tested cattle in New England. Massachusetts, starting cooperative testing, is seeking replacements as up to a third of its cattle may be tubercular, boosting Maine sales and validating eradication costs.
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Maine
J.B. Reidy
Dairy Bureau
State Department of Agriculture
Massachusetts
Federal Department of Agriculture
Maine Stock Breeders’ Association
S. Longley
Plymouth
Wenobscot County
Reidy
Bathman to Field Old Fashioned Circus in Eastern Maine
The Bath area, highlighted in a Billboard column by Fletcher Smith, may see Ed Brown revive a one ring wagon show traveling through Eastern Maine and Aroostook County. Also eying a wagon circus is Charlie Prescott of Rockland with Charles Cook, a Rockland grocer, joining the venture as a partner.
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Billboard
Fletcher Smith
Frank A. Robbins
Mr. Smith
Ed Brown
Bath
Maine
Aroostook County
Rockland
Aroostook
Ele
Charlie Prescott
Charlie
Charles Cook
Maine Sheep Industry Shows Improvement
The Maine sheep industry appears brighter says H. Crawford sheep specialist and Maine Wool Growers secretary. New flocks start this fall and existing stocks enlarge. breeding quality up. Association sold a car load of greasy wool at 49.6 cents per pound to a Maine manufacturer. half carload of high quarter blood wool sold at 60 cents per pound, boosting the 1922 clip average.
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Mde
H. Crawford
Maine Department of Agriculture
Maine Sheep and Wool Growers’ Association
Crawford
Maine
Bowdoin Class 1926 Religious Affiliations Revealed
Tabulated results show Congregationalist 49 Baptist 31 Episcopalian 17 Unitarian 14 Methodist 13 Universalist 10 Catholic 6 Hebrew 5 Lutheran 3 Presbyterian 2 Christian Scientist 1 Swedenborgian 1 Non-Denominational 10. Winding paper marks no good to him the editor of a weekly pauper in a Bavarian town offers subscriptions in food preferring six pounds flour a pound butter or two dozen eggs for three months.
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Cliss
Bowdoin College
Christian Scientist
Five Islands Sunshine Circle Thanksgiving Party
Five Islands Sunshine Circle gathered Saturday at the Cromwells for a Thanksgiving party with members including Mrs. Frank Heald and Iva Cromwell. The event featured vocal and instrumental music, readings by Mrs. Heald and the Cromwell sisters, and a bountiful lunch of sandwiches, cake, pie, cocoa, and candy.
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Sunshine Circle
Iva
Alice Cromwell
Frank Heald
Iva Cromwell
Aurelia
Kathleen Gray
Coleen Barnes
Ilda Lewis
Albertina Stevens
Delia Davis
Merton Davis
South Porthand
C. C. Davis
Julia Davis
Arthur Berry
Marjorie
Dr. Stott
Miss Pope
Addie Stevens
W. F. Delano
Bath
Islands
Georgetown
W. EF. Reid
Porthind
Camp Wilcade
W.L. Berry
Cleveland Rowe
T. J. Hanna
George Hanna
C. A. MacMahan
Cambridge
George Gray
J.T. MacMahan
Linwood
Five Islands
AL AL MacMiahan
Boston
Addie Davis
Portland
Carel Powers
Robinhood
Charles Moore
Warren Davis
Alonzo Davis
Muarion Stevens
Oak Grove Seminary
Vassalboro
J. (. Stevens
Lulu Rowe
DD. L. Howard
Teath
George C. Hick Jr
F.eif Rittal
L. H. Rowe
Elbridge Mains
J. G. Stevens
Dorothy Pinkham
Leon Williams
Alton Reed
Pythians Propose Five Year Relief Fund Levy
The Grand Lodge votes to levy a five year personal assessment of one dollar on each subordinate lodge member to fund the Pythian Relief Fund for the aid of ill members and their families. Assessments begin Jan 1 with payments due July 1, funds to be administered by the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal.
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Grand Lodge
Vinance
Milk price raise signals 12 cent quart start date
Some milk producers announce a 12 cent per quart charge starting December 1. Other makers express readiness to follow with similar pricing plans as markets tighten and supply conditions shift.
Morse and Brunswick to join in English speaking exchange
Morse high and Brunswick high plan a 20 minute address exchange with a senior speaker from each school at the Brunswick and Morse assemblies on April 28. Morse would send a senior to Brunswick and Brunswick would send a senior to Morse as part of school unity.
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Brunswick High
Morse High
Morse
Brunswick
Branswick
Wilson
Kimball
Morse High Assembly Hall
Richard Wall
Anna Aick
Doris Brown
Beatrice Harrington
Paul Brooks
Louise White
Velma Cornish
United States
League of Nations
Clinton D. Wilson
Raymond V. Hayward
Carl Pinson
Rodney Hailey
Gwynne Dresser
Louise Whfite
Bailey
Miss Dresser
Miss White
Mark W. Hennessy
Timrothy Welch
John Clinte
Edith Courser
John Hayes
Nuierals
George Dowis
City Hospital
Pauline Olinto
Lumbermen’s Insurance Co
Boston
Lorraine Eggleston
Pejepscot Paper Co
Morton Holbrook
International Paper Co
Rumford
Ruth Johnson
Tacoma
Wash
Virginia McVey
Gorham Normal School
Luther Hall
Business College
Waco
Texas
Helen Orr
Middleton
John Lord
Naval Academy
New London
Lillian Watson
Jackson College
Anna Conley
Maine School of Commerce
Auburn
Colonial Pool Contest Ends In Narrow 194 200 Score
Four alleged club champions competed at Colonia club on November 22. Reginald Stacey and W Verey Marks faced veterans Charles Lester Smith and Thomas Morrison in a hotly contested match. Morrison and Smith edged the young pair 200 to 194 in a thrilling game marked by sharp shooting and late drama.
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Colonia Club
Reginald Stacey
W. Verey Marks
Charles Lester Smith
Thomas Morrison
Marks
Reginald
Percy
Smith
Morrison
Stacey
Fitzgerald Toole Wedding in Fitchburg Mass
Atty John Cogan Fitzgerald son of Mr and Mrs John E Fitzgerald Bath Maine married Miss Katherine Elizabeth Toole daughter of Mrs Elizabeth Toole and the late John Toole in St Bernards church Fitchburg Mass The ceremony was by Rev Fre James J Donneily The brides gown was caramel satin back crepe with metal breeze hat bronze chrysanthemums The bridesmaid wore seal brown crepe with left te mateh They will reside at 32 Charles Street after a trip to New York Philadelphia and Washington
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John Cogan Fitzgerald
John E. Fitzgerald
Bath
Katherine Elizabeth Toole
Fitchburg
Mass
Funeral of Mrs. Annie Warner Coombs
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Warner Coombs widow of Robert Coombs were held Saturday afternoon at her daughter Mrs. Prank AL Purington's home at 2 Middle Street. Rev Elwyn Taylor of Corliss Street Baptist Church officiated with bearers the three sons Charles A Carlos D and Walter M Coombs. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Annie Warner Coombs
Robert ©. Coombs
Prank AL Purington
Middle Street
Elwyn © ‘Taylor
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Grangers Choose Officers For Coming Year
Seventeen members of West Bath grange attended Sagadahoc Pomona grange’s annual meeting at Merrymeeting Grange Bowdoinham on November 22. Mrs Juana Slodgkins was re elected lecturer for her 11th consecutive term. 141 members were present including Fletcher White and wife charter members. New officers elected include William Gould master Bowdoinham Harry Rackley overseer Bath Joanna Hodgkins lecturer Bath Edwin Patten treasurer Topsham Henrietta Sawyer Brunswick secretary Fred Rackley chaplain Topsham Horace Marshall Topsham steward Leland Plummer Bath assistant steward Alvah Higgins Bath gate keeper Helen Gould Bowdoinham Pomona Winnifred Rackley Topsham Ceres Nellie Marshall Bowdoinham Flora Marion Summer Bath lady assistant steward. After dinner Merrymeeting Grange installed officers. state officers present included C. O. Purington Bowdoinham overseer and Emmia Purington Bowdoinham Pomona. Charles M. White of the State Department read no history of Merrymeeting Grange. Mrs Hodgkins’s long tenure noted for rare attendance record, largely due to illness or valid reasons.
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West
Topsham
Joanna Hodgkins
Bath
Edwin (. Patten
Henrietta Sawyer
Brunswick
Fred A. Rackley
Horace Marshall
Leland Plummer
Alvah Higgins
Helen Gould
Bowdoinham
Pomona
Winnifred Rackley
Ceres
Nellie Marshall
Flora
Marion Summer
Merrymeeting Grange
E. H. Libby
Auburn
C. O. Purington
Pomona Emmia Purington
Charles M. White
State Department of Agriculture
Hodgkins
Martin Wins First Bowling Match in Park Alleys Showing
The season opener at Park alleys featured Cedric Red Martin and Maurice Pete Oliver. Martin won by 53 pins despite Oliver’s strong potential. both players faced tough breaks and the match served as an early exhibition with many bowlers in attendance.
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Cedric “Red” Martin
Maurice
Pete” Oliver
Martin
Oliver
Wis
Martin Wis
Martin Oliver
Erhardt given great surprise farewell from Corliss church
Fred Erhardt a longtime Hyde Windlass brass foundry worker plans to move to Easton Pennsylvania to resume baking. Last week parishioners of Corliss Street Baptist Church arranged a surprise farewell with games music readings. Pastor presented a fine umbrella as a gift from the parish. Erhardt will join his sister Mrs Wexler in Easton before visiting Germany and returning in spring.
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Fred Erhardt
Hyde Windlass Co
Easton
Farwell
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Mr. Erhardt
Erhardt
Joseph Wexler
Bath
Germany
Heath
Allowing Day Pupils at Night School Rules Set
The Morse high school board debated letting day pupils attend the Bailey Evening School of Industries and sent rules to a three member committee. Criteria include satisfactory day conduct, age 15, minimum average scholarship, no ahead of day year, written super intendent permit, space available, and after month start.
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Morse High School
Bailey Evening School of Industries
Board of Education
Supt. Smith
Wilson
Ernest F. Kelley
Rising costs spur push for factory efficiency
Industrial expert Joseph J. Callahan argues that higher raw material costs threaten living costs unless manufacturing efficiency improves. He cites wholesale price gains and Dun index rises, and notes that shared gains with labor can boost output and profits without raising consumer prices.
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Joseph J. Callahan
New York Sunday
Paper Making Talk Pleasing Grace Church Group
John Germaine, a former Bath boy, spoke to Grace church Men’s club by a warm open fire last Wednesday night. He described how paper is made with diagrams on a blackboard and showed machinery used today. He outlined raw materials and supplying states, and a luncheon was served before adjournment at 10 30.
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John Germaine
Bath
Grace Church
Sanborn
Annie Varney Coombs Death Notice in Bath
Annie Varney Coombs widow of Robert C. Coombs died November 22 from heart trouble. Born in Beunswick she was the daughter of Enoch and Mary Varney and cared for by her brother Joseph Varney in North Bath after childhood. Survived by daughter Mrs Frank A Purington and three sons Charles A Carlos Th Coombs of Bath and Walter, nine grandchildren and sister Mrs Carlos K E Ball of Malden MA.
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Annie Varney Coombs
Robert C. Coombs
Mrs. Coombs
Beunswick
Enoch and
Mary
Getchell) Varney
Joseph Varney
Bath
Sale of poppies benefits Legion drives funds
One thousand poppies were sold by Bath girls on Armistice Day with proceeds boosting the Post fund. Helen Brown led a strong group including Edith Courser, Doris Povich, Elizabeth Coombs, Elizabeth Randall, Dorothy Hogue, Rosina Bates, Catherine Thompson, Frances Mallet, Lillian Lee, Beatrice Nichols, Virginia Shaw, Madelyn Davis, Ruth Ledyard, Martha Barker and Phyllis Spencer, contributing a sizable sum for the American Legion.
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Bath
Eugene Desmond
Roland H. Smith Post
A. L
Post
Legion
Helen Brown
Edith Courser
Doris Povich
Elizabeth Coombs
Elizabeth Randall
Dorothy Hogue
Rosina Bates
Catherine Thompson
Frances Mallet
Lillian Lee
Beatrice Nichols
Virgina Shaw
Madelyn Davis
Ruth Ledyard
Martha Barker
Phyllis Spencer
Strong bridge near Farmington and Strong near completion
Work on the Strong bridge across the Sandy river is nearly finished and open part time. Temporary bridge removal caused extra travel for Farmington motorists, who had to detour to Phillips to cross. The new bridge, touted as one of the best in the state, should be completed this week and offer year round access.
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Sandy River
Farmington
Strong
Phillips
Strong Bridge
Strong Village
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Brooklyn
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Keokuk
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Rochester
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Worcester
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Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
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Fitzgerald-Toole
Grangers
William Stackpole
Berhim Treve
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Kuppenheimer
John J. Desmond
House of Kuppenheimer Clothes
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