Peary's Negro Aide Henson Retires With Pension
Matthew Alexander Henson, longtime associate of Admiral Peary on the 1908 North Pole expedition, ends 23 years in the New York Custom House as a correspondence clerk and retires at age 70 on a monthly pension of 85.72 dollars. He had hoped for promotion earlier and endured years of effort, tours, and lectures, planning modest postwork and a quiet retirement with his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Alexander Henson
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Custom House
New York
Henson
Atlantic
Peary
Arctic
United States
Admiral Peary
Taft
Philadelphia
Harry M. Durning
Port of
Moon
Lucy Ross Henson
West 150Th Street
Farewell party planned amid Peary expedition tribute
Within nine more days, a loving cup is prepared for a high part in the Peary expedition. He feels he can wait a few days for his farewell party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithin
National President Address Maine Republican Women
Mrs Henry R Callaway of New York president of the Women s National Republican Club will be the guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Women s National Republican Club of Maine in Augusta at the South Parish Congregational vestry. Miss Nettie C Burleigh presides. Program includes a 10 a m board round table, noon reception to Mrs Caraway, 1 p m speaking program by Mrs Caraway and a Woman Citizen panel. Luncheon reservations via Miss Nellie Rackliff Augusta 88.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry R. Callaway
New York
Women’s National Republican Club
Maine
South Parish Congregational Church
Augusta
Nettie C. Burleigh
State Club
Hortense Hersom
Caraway
Rotary Hears Talks by Two New Members
Sedgwick Rotary luncheon approved two junior YMCA memberships for youths unable to join. A committee was named to improve Kelley Field and develop a skating rink at the south end Playground. New members Charles Small and Justus Miller spoke. Perry L. Thompson led the meeting and set up upcoming programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotarians
Sedgwick
Y.M.C.A
Kelley Field
Perry L. Thompson
Charles Small
Justus Miller
Junior Chamber to Raise Football Fund
Bath's Junior Chamber of Commerce will raise funds to equip Morse high school freshmen and sophomores for football. Morse coach Hank Small outlined the equipment need at City Hall to 25 members. The Chamber will sponsor a dance or similar event to obtain funds, with John M. Conley Jr and William H. Gove Jr named to arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
John M. Conley, Jr
William H. Gove, Jr
Sixty three Maine veterans sought for CCC enlistment
The Veterans Administration facility at Togus seeks sixty three Maine veterans for Civilian Conservation Corps service from October 1 to 15, 1986. Applications are through Togus, with no relief status requirement. Commander Frost and Roland Smith Post officers offer assistance to applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans’ Administration
Togus
Civilian Conservation Corps
Veterans Administration Facility
Maine
Frost
Dyer-Flaherty Post
Roland Smith
Bowdoin Man Dies At Home Likely By Own Poison
Dr Ardenne A Stott and officials responded to Bowdoin route 207 after George Rogers, farmer and lumberman, was found dead in his car. An alleged incurable jaw condition and two prior operations noted. uncle Verson Coombs alerted deputy Norman E Curtis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardenne A. Stott
Bath
Sagadahoc
Ralph O. Dale
Abram C. Oliver
Loring D. Small
Bowdoin
George Rogers
Route 207
Bowdoin Center
Rogers
Everett Rogers
Ralph
Verson Coombs
Norman E. Curtis
Phippsburg Summer Visitors and Local Notes
Phippsburg area social round up with many summer guests returning home and visitors from Bath, Lewiston, Detroit, and New York. The report notes arrivals at Small Point Beach and Sebasco Estates, transfers between Dromore and Bath, wedding events at Winter Street Congregational church, and local club meetings. Several residents attend fairs, trainings, and family gatherings while medical and housing updates appear for Bath Memorial Hospital and local cottages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. McLanathan
Methuen
Mass
Small Point Beach
Arthur Cottle
Scott
Belgrade
Martin Wyman
Emily
Gladys Witham
Smal Point
Lewiston
Charles Preble
High Street
Bath
Miles Webber
Ernest Rogers
Small Point
Frank Wyman
Detroit
Mich
Reilley Williams
Harriet
Eleanor Clark
Brooklyn
N. Y
Sebasco Estates
William Tench, Jr
Tufts Medical School
Sebasco Lodge
Lucille Cushman
New York City
Harold Cushman
Lynn
Sebasco
Robert
Charlotte Bogle
Schroon Lake
Sylvester Cushman
Merton Cushman
John Lavery
Farmington
Alvena Oliver
William W. Farr
Farr
Mechanic Falls
Aletha Campbell
Dromore Farm Bureau
Evelyn Beals
Topsham Grange Hall
Winneganee
Willard Blair
South Braintree
Dromore
Fred Rich
Foxboro
Mattie Cutting
George J. Ingalls
Bath Memorial Hospital
Samuel Nickerson
Horace Woodman
York Street
Ralph Wright
Sawyer
Specht
Phipps
Katherine Johnson
Walter J. Pierce
South Eliot
Jennie Evans
New York
James L. Morse
Anthony Thomas
Parker Head
Eric Carlson
N. L. Pennock
Priscilla
Somerville
Harry Gilmore
Welfare Club
Rosebay Cottage
Emma Perry
Brightwater
Albert H. Brown
Kittery
John E. Blaisdell
Lillian G. Parks
Winter Street Congregational Church
Alfred Cornish
Hardings
Walter H. Peterson
Kenneth
Melrose
Edwin Jackson
Waterville
Howard S. Bowker
Sam Jordan
Marion
New Meadows
William B. Perry
Coral Campbell
Gorham
Edith Atwood
Mary Hodgkins
Gorham Normal School
Calvin W. Rogers
Gilbert Atwood
Cadillac Mountain Sun
H. W. Cutting
Annie Cutting
Center
Lincoln Parks
Y M C A Summer Camp A Great Boon
The Y M C A continues its summer camp for underprivileged lads with seventy-five sent last year. A boy praised the camp and a parent noted improved school interest and behavior after camp. Over 14 summers the local association sent 637 boys to camp, totaling 986 camp weeks, aiding those unable to pay. Meanwhile three youths faced court over a stolen Chevrolet plan to work in Presque Isle, with two aged 15 and 14 held and one 49 year old NY orphan bound over for October term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M.C.A
Camp Durin
D. W. Adams
Augusta
Presque Isle
Emery O. Beane
Bangor
New York
County Superior Court
Dromore Farm Bureau Shown Fine Afg hands at Oct fair
Committees for the annual fair to be held Oct 22 were appointed by Mrs. Aletha Campbell at a Dromore farm bureau meeting in Winneganee Community. Twenty three attended, with guests including Mrs. Edward Hodgdon, Miss Cora Campbell and Mrs. Charles Stevens. The gathering featured Afghan displays by Mrs. Angie Purington and a square meal cleanup chaired by Lillian Perry and Leila Oliver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aletha Campbell
Dromore Farm Bureau
Winneganee
Edward &. Hodgdon
Cora Campbell
Charles Stevens
Alfred
Angie Purington
Parker Head
Irene Young
Sadie Carlson
Evelyn Beals
Lillian Perry
Leila Oliver
Bureau
Rachel Hodgdon
Rebecca Feero
Marjorie Coleman
Hodgdon
Emma Ingall
Linda Perry
Bath Memorial Hospital
East Auburn
Campbell
Lizzie Chaney
Bess Manson
Elizabeth Mayo
Eva Rogers
Anna S. Cogan
Clara Oliver
Anna Derwent
Esther McCourt
Elizabeth Hampton
Annie Percy
Ann Deer
Popham Beach notices and summer visitors list
A crowded summary of weekend guests, visitors, and cottage owners at Popham Beach and nearby areas. Names include Bailey, Jena Greeley, Phyllis, Etnier, Small, and the Spinney family, with mentions of cottages closing for winter and locals returning home. Captains Urquhart and Fickett are noted among island keepers and lighthouse staff visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seguin Island Light
C. H. Marr
Seaman Drake
Carol
David
Bath
Lisbon Falls
Clifton Morong
Morong
Dunlap Hatch
Georgetown
Lydie Oliver
Cox’s Head
Annie O. Stacey
Ella Marr
Grace Barrett
Emma Lilly
Annie Percy
Annie Stacey
Elizabeth Oliver
Nathaniel Perkins
Popham
Samuel Ward
Day's Ferry
Leon Fickett
Pond Island Light
Walter Oliver
Rollo Morton
Saco
Nina Larrabee
Morton
Kennebec River
Lester Oliver
Spruceville
Karl Hentz
Long Island
Shirley Berton
New York
Harpswell
Miss Berton
Judy
Ethel Luke
Barbara
Helena Oliver
Ralph Spinney, Jr
Timothy Peere
Waldo Weston
Eleanor Lowell
Newark
N. J
Elizabeth Rollins
West Somerville
Myra Scott
Garden Club Plans Future Activities
Cosmopolitan Garden club set June 30 1937 for its third annual flower exhibit with possible date changes. Oct 31 was proposed for a Halloween harvest supper at the club house. Discussions covered arranging flowers and fruit, a decorative exhibit by Roscoe P. McFadden Rose Hunter and others, plus a talk on billboard advertising restrictions. Herbert Slas photographed club grounds for a roadside beautification contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Frank A. Hodgdon
Roscoe P. McFadden
Rose Hunter
Water Street man returns home after police search
After a two day absence from his Water Street home in Randolph, Aime Coulombe stepped from a car Thursday afternoon following a trip with a friend to a Roostock area, ending uncertainty about his safety and prompting relief to those seeking him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dega
Aime Coulombe
Water Street
Randolph
Bath Woodmen Host Large Gathering At Beth Camp
About 200 Woodmen of America members and guests gathered in Bath on Saturday evening at Beth Camp No. 1407. A seven o clock parade featured St Johns Band Brunswick, with a drill by Bowdoin camps junior team and a degree work session at the Odd Fellows hall. State and district officers attended, including George C Woods of Bangor and Henry Von Stremel of Lewiston, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Bath
Beth Camp
St. John’s Band
Brunswick
Center
Washington Street
Bowdoin Camp
Odd Fellows' Hall
Clifton W. Tedford
Fred A. Bowie
George Moody
John Stewart
Roscoe P. Higgins
Truman King
B. Boston
Vermont
Civil War Letter From Bath Officer Describes Manassas Retreat
A Bath officer recounts the Manassas and Centerville campaigns with hard marching and sparse rations. He details brief rests, denser fighting, near misses from rebel batteries, and a brutal night at the Fairfax Court House area. He notes General Kearney and Stevens killed, heavy rain, and relentless movement toward Alexandria, ending with scant shelter and supplies.
Dancing School Moves to New Address on Front Street
Opening date set for Saturday Oct 3 at Criterion Dance Studio run by Charlotte Cahill and Thelma Fogg. Now located at 48 Front Street above the telephone office instead of 53 Front. Classes include tap at 3 and ballet at 4 with private lessons for children and adults by appointment via 251 W or 484 W.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Criterion Dance Studio
Charlotte E. Cahill
Thelma Fogg
Front Street
Doc Jay Wil
Veteran Lewis ton fireman returns to duty after injury
Edgar T. Lambert, 63, a veteran fireman from Lewis ton, resumed duty as alarm after an injury he suffered September 4. He fell on stairs at his home at 96 Shawmut Street, fracturing his skull in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar T. Lambert
Lewiston
Mr. Lambert
Shawmut Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Peary’s
Negro Aid
Mr. Henson
Rotary
C.C.C
Phippsburg
Wiliam
W. Hosmer
Wyman’s Beach
Ethel
Popham Beach
Garden Club
Pope
Leigh
Manassas
Centerville
Bull Run
Rebs
Birney
Kearney
Quis
Washington
Fairfax Station
Alexandria
Howard
Fairfax Court House
Fourth Maine
4Th
New York Regiment
57Th N. Y
Williamsburg
Stevens
Pohick
Ft. Lyon
Fort
Hunting Creek Bridge
Virginia
Col
Staples
Charlie
Wiggin
McIntire
Harrison Landing
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