Retired Richmond mail carrier had 31 years on Route 2
George A. Yeaton, longtime United States mail carrier on Route 2, retired Sept. 30 after 31 years and seven months. Appointed Mar. 1, 1902, he gathered signers for the route. Route 2 will consolidate with Route 1 and be driven by Nathaniel Gilpatrick. The route spans 25.5 miles. early days used horse and cart, eight hours in good weather, 12 to 14 in winter and spring. In later years a car was used, and for the last three years year-round driving became possible. Yeaton served under three postmasters and received gifts for faithful service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Yeaton
United States Mail
Yeaton
Thomas G. Herbert
Merrill McKenney
Harold Libby
Hurd repents and pays costs in Bath case
Mrs. Cora Hurd of Lewiston testified against her father Everett L. Tarr of Bowdoin in Bath municipal court for cruelty to cattle. Tarr was sentenced to 30 days in Auburn jail with $55.69 in costs. Mrs. Hurd later arranged with Sagadahoc officials to cover the costs if Tarr avoided jail, and he was released on conditions he not care for cattle. Mrs. Gardiner D. Rogers and Mrs. Edward Hawkes returned to Bath after a week in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Hurd
Lewiston
Bath
Everett L. Tarr
Bowdoin
Auburn
Hurd
Sagadahoc
Gardiner D. Rogers
Edward Hawkes
New York City
Bath and Georgetown Social Notes and Visits
Georgetown and Bath communities report weekend visits and cottage activity. Many residents from Robinhood, Unity, Waterville, Sagadahoc Bay and Boston posted visitors, dinners, and family gatherings with Hovey, Hicks, Billings, Powers and Hagan families among the noted names. The First Baptist church announces a sermon series Going On Unto Perfection at Sunday services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Cunningham
Morse High School
Bath
Melvin Cunningham
E. C. Clarey
Robinhood
Shirley N. C. Hicks
Ruth Hicks
Jamaica
N. Y
E. B. Billings
Belle M. Heald
Elizabeth Hunt
Marion Hunt
Thomas M. Hagan
H. M. Trafton
Bontelle Wing
Virginia
Unity
Ada Wing
College Avenue
Waterville
West Georgetown
Ruth Hinckley
Sagadahoc Bay
Harold J. Brown
Kennebec Point
Miles B. Hagan
Dorothy W. Oliver
Kingston
Mass
Walter V. Cummings
E. J. Stewart
Theodore
Philip Dalrymple
Newton Center
Grace Hovey
F. W. Hovey
Howard M. Trafton
Biddeford
Hollis Webster
Lexington
Amy Hovey
W. E. Cummings
Emma Stuart Billings
Alice E- Haskell
Morrill Avenue
G. T. Williams
Amy
Edgecomb
Helen Noyes
Grace
L. Earle Hagan
T. M. Hagan
Bowdoinham Association
Baptist Church
Woolwich
A. S. Cunningham
Portland
Dorothy Stuart
Richmond
J. H. Brown
Newton
Agnes S. Powers
Working League
Warren S. Todd
Melrose Highlands
Taft's College
Augusta Rowe
Cook
Brooklyn
Roy Campbell
Martha Rich Bowen
Billings
First Baptist Church
Seward E. Emmons
Boothbay
Flower Thieves Target Bath Cemeteries Oak Grove
Flower thefts in Bath cemeteries, especially Oak Grove, escalate to removing plants from bowls and baskets and even destroying beds. Superintendent Horace Ward denounces the acts as contemptible and vows continued nightly patrols to deter loiterers and protect grave adornments while weather permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove
Cemetery
Park Board
Horace W. Ward
Ward
Maine Masons Attend Global Convocation in Washington DC
A party of 26 from Maine travels by special car from Portland to attend the 42nd Triennial Convocation of the General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons and the 18th Triennial of the General Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters in Washington DC. The gathering begins Monday Oct 9 at the Masonic temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Royal Arch Masons
In Vita Herb and Iron Tonic Advertisement
A vintage drugstore ad promotes In Vita Herb and Iron Tonic from Freedman Medicine Co of Stonington Maine. Claims include cleansing the system aiding blood, reducing appetite, aiding digestion, toning the body, regulating bowels, correcting constipation and a guarantee of safety and reliability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freedman Medicine Co
Stonington, Me
Cambridge wedding unites Nealley and Bailey at Christ Church
Miss Ellen Goodell Nealley and Gage Bailey wed at Christ Church near Harvard Square Cambridge Mass at four o clock with Rev C Leslie Green officiating. Guests from Boston, New York and Maine attended. After a reception at Hotel Commander the couple plan to live in Cambridge Devon Court residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Christ Church
Harvard Square
Ellen Goodell Nealley
H. A. Nealley
Gage Bailey
James. A. Bailey
Arlington
C. Leslie Green
Eleanor Sherman
Chicago
Ill
Dana Hall
Roberta Bailey
Edgar W. Averill
Hartsdale
New York
Barbara Briggs
Lexington
Homer L. Davis, Jr
Philip C. Peirce
Sears Walker
Reginald Elwell
Robert Lee Summers, Jr
Brookline
Bailey
Lawrence Academy
Noble and Greenough
Lee School
Wellesley
Paris
Sorbonne University
Europe
MacMahan
Maine
Out of Town
William P. Nealley
E. Bowdoin Nealley
Harry Merrill
Bangor
Hamilton Hall
Camden
William P. MacKaye
Yonkers
N. Y
W. Clinton Allen
Rye
George Warren
Manchester
Hazen
Alfred Aiken
Homer Gage
Ernest Wood
Albert G. Liscomb
Walter Evans
Josephine Pope
Worcester
Philip Little
Joseph Dixon Crucible Co
Jersey City
N. J
H. B. van Dorn, Jr
Mrs. Bailey
Devon Court
Small Fund Asked to Protect Witch Spring
O M Redlon a Bath businessman called for funds to safeguard Witch Spring water after reports of contaminants. A concrete wall and locked cover will seal the spring 20 feet from the road, while the existing pipe system remains. Estimated cost under 25 dollars, with refunds possible if over subscribed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. M. Redlon
The
Times
Redlon
Bath
O. M. Redson's
Mrs Ferrell Hosts Lunch for Bath newcomer Mrs Craig
Mrs Robert W Ferrell gave a luncheon at her High street home on Wednesday noon in honor of Mrs Edward C Craig who has recently moved to Bath. The gathering included several Bath residents and celebrated the new arrival in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Ferrell
High Street
Edward C. Craig
Bath
Five Islands Social Notes Highlight Local Visitors
A Windsor of Five Islands community roundup lists numerous locals and visitors attending events at the Center Baptist church in Woolwich. The notes record names such as Gray, Cromwell, MacMahan, Pinkham, Reed, Hanna, Stevens, and Pollard along with occasional trips to Bath, Portland, Lewiston, and New York, and mention the Grange meeting and a new birth in Newton Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham Association
Center Baptist Church
Woolwich
George Gray
Woodrow Gray
Ellsworth Pinkham
William Marr
Alfred MacMahan
C. V. MacMahan
David Standich
Alice Cromwell
Everett Cromwell
Wallace Freeman
Gene Stevens
Horace Rittall
Lloyd Pinkham
Gunning
Mansfield Boucher
Bath
Oscar Snowman
Raymond Reid
New York
Walter E. Reid
Mark Hanna
Charles E. Hanna
Etta Moore
Frank MacMahan
Mr. MacMahan
Ralph Davis
Drummond Stevens
Shirley Pollard
Newton
Mass
Pollard
Robert A. Hodedon
Roy JD. Moulton
Moulton
Seguinland
D. L. Howard
Lincoln Campbell, Jr
Herbert Campbell
George Hanna
Sky Pilot
Sheepscot
Fred Carr
Lewiston
Nettie Snowman
Arthur Hunt
B. F. Perry
Grange Circle
Madelyn Berry
Mabel Dickey
Media Nocton
Richard Carey
Dell Gorgins
Louise Lajorie
Pittsfield
Pinkham
James Stevens
Derby Line
Walter Moore
Hallowell
Southport
Charles Pinkham
Percy Aller
Oakland
Women's Missionary Society Begins Season
The Women's Missionary Society opened its season at Mrs. Clarence W. Morse's home 870 Washington St. Fifteen members attended despite rain. Talks covered the Century of Progress exhibit in Chicago including an Antioch chalice, and the book for study titled Christ of the Modern World. Officers named: Abigail F. Carter president, Mrs. Morse first VP, Ashton E. Wardwell second VP, Arthur K. Purington secretary, Alice E. Varney treasurer, with Carter, Morse, and Marston on the program committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Missionary Society
Clarence W. Morse
Washington Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street
Frostina E. Marston
Century of Progress
Chicago
Antioch
Alice N. Magoun
Morse
United Foreign Missionary Conference
Portland
Society
Abigail F. Carter
Ashton E. Wardwell
Arthur K. Purington
Alice E. Varney
SAYS NO NEED OF CHEAP MONEY
The piece argues against inflation through adding currency, urging reliance on checks drafts and bills of exchange. It contends such money raises prices and only cheap money harms the economy, hoping for credit liberalization to boost purchasing power, business, and prosperity.
Twin County Messenger Emerges In Waldoboro Weekly
The Twin County Messenger debuts as a weekly tabloid published in Waldoboro by Tom Holmes, a former Rockland printer who has lived in Waldoboro since 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin County Messenger
Waldoboro
Tom Holmes
Rockland
Messenger
Bowdoin Freshmen Show Strong Alma Mater Ties
Bowdoin College reveals a detailed portrait of its 152 freshmen. A high share come from Massachusetts and nearby states with smaller groups from Maine New York New Jersey Connecticut Pennsylvania and abroad. Most hail from urban areas yet many come via public schools and private institutions. One third have Bowdoin relatives, including sons and brothers. Fathers professions span lawyers doctors merchants bankers engineers ministers and more amid Protestant dominance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin College
Philip S. Wilder
Massachusetts
Maine
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
England
California
Italy
North Dakota
Wallace Mayo Victim Of Peculiar Accident
Seven year old Wallace Mayo son of Mr and Mrs Arthur F Mayo is at City Hospital after a firing accident. A single barrel gun believed unloaded misfired striking his face and tearing the lip and nose. The boy and Gladys Goodrich had gone to George Rooke's Shore to fetch brothers Howard and Kenneth Trask who were fishing. The parents are away at the Century of Progress in Chicago then Rochester New York for the funeral directors association meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WallaCe Mayo
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Wallace
George Rooke
Gladys Goodrich
Mayo
Howard
Kenneth Trask
Chicago
Rochester
N. Y
National Funeral Directors’ Association
Military Veterans Plan to Organize in Bath Area
A committee meeting at the Armory advanced plans to form a local veterans association for Bath Light Infantry Hyde Light Guards 4th Company M C A and Battery H 240th Coast Artillery now about 300 members. A large gathering is set for November 2 to organize with entertainments including motion pictures of the regiment at encampments. The cost will be kept under 25 cents per man with dues decided later by by laws. Captain Elver A Stickney is asked to collect names and service dates from eligible members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Light Infantry
Hyde Light Guards
H. 240Th Coast Artillery
Elver A. Stickney
Divorce Demand Sparks Quip From Sanford Lawyer
The Roving Reporter of the Biddeford Journal relays a tale from the Superior court term. A client burst into a Sanford attorney’s office declaring he would divorce because his wife had not spoken to him in six months. The lawyer replied, You’ll never get another wife like that.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford Journal
Superior Court
Sanford
Jake
Alumni Homecoming at University of Maine November 10 11
C Parker Crowell of Bangor announced after the first committee meeting that the third annual Alumni Homecoming will be held at the University of Maine on November 10 and 11. Started in 1931, the event is sponsored cooperatively by the University and the General Alumni Association and coincides with the last home football game against Bowdoin on November 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arban
Lewiston
Opera House
St. Ambrose Church
Tetu
Lillian*St. Claire
Clara Borsvert
Louis Doubuc
Leo Doubuc
Gerald Phillipon
Oscar Marchand
John Mynahan
L. Tibedeau
Fr. Coughlin
Lucien Mathieu
Victor Carey
Emerson Lane
American Legion
Melville A. Brown
Pearl Rittall
Don O. Cate
Harold N. Libby
Mayford Morris
William Champney
Sisters of Mercy
Bath
Richmond
Elsie Bassett
Claremont
N. H
Prince Allen
Belmont
Mass
Bassetts
A. P. Cain
Erland Curtis
Marjorie Wren Lord
R. N
Curtis
Marjorie Lamoreau
Lillian Johnson
Augusta
Leland Siegars
Pittsfield
Pratt
Annie Walker
Cambrdge
Cora Canley
Baptist
Edna Burnell
Spruce Street
Bertelle Skinner
Frank A. Beedle
Mr. Skinner
Boston
Rebecca Rogers
Vanessa Beedle
Percy Baker
Flora Denham
Vassalboro
Rogers
United Baptist Church
Effie White
L. V. Cleveland
Elva Purington
Gladys Purington
Jesus
Helena Naylor
Ray Stinson
University of Maine
C. Parker Crowell
Bangor
University
General Alumni Association
Bowdoin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fredericone Fellows
Cora Conley
Dexter
S. P. Call
Dresden
B. B. Douglass
Bowdeinham
Orren True
Windsor
Eugene Purington
William Newell
Gardiner
Lloyd Kelley
Farm Bureau
Grange Hall
Miss Welch
Hazel Lancaster
Eva Libby
Ruth McMaster
Progressive Grange
Francis Sherman
A. E. McMaster
Llewellyn McMaster
John Clark
William Dingley
Brunswick Road
J. E. Purington
David Rich
Elmer Purington
Ruth Lane
Otis Witham
Malden
Fred S Curtis &Cuneral
Thomas R. Huston
R. Bath
Georgetown
Nealley-Bailey
Christ Church, Cambridge
Bride Is
Harry A. Nealley
D.M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Room
Women’s Missionary Society
NTN
Bath Savings Institution
Bowdoin Sons
Alma Mater
Hell
Beach Street
Danbury, Conn
Fair
Fair Management
Beacon Street
Beacon Hall
State House
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