Winnegance Community club opens another year in village
Winnegance residents gather for the community club’s annual meeting held in October 2020 to review finances, plan fall and winter programs, and discuss fundraising and improvements. The meeting endorses a big board party, Christmas sale preparations, and ongoing support for the Bath City hospital fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnegance Community Club
Charles B. Preble
Omar W. Perry
Central Maine Power Co
Bridge-Merrill Inc
Charles A. Harriman
Kennebec “Fruit Co
Wiliam H. Smith & Son
Bath
Quhey C. Perry
Harry ©. Webber
Woman's Auxiliary
Dromore Grange
Frank Veron
Whippsburg
Small Point
Squaw Club
Sherman N. Morse
Frank Verry
Robert IP. Manson
George M. Baten
Frank Perow
Doris Morse
Gorham Normal School
Winfield W. Morse
Houston
Laura Campbell
Boston
Eli
Joseph N. Day
Mra
Belle Hunt
John G. Morse
Dresden
Sybil Houdlette
Charles T. Smath— Winnegance
Charles T. Small
High Street
Woolwich Ladies Meet At Perkins Home With Home Economics Talk
Woolwich News reports the Woolwich Ladies' Farm Bureau gathering at Mrs. Charles Perkins's home with Miss Spaulding state demonstrator in charge. The program on square meals featured sandwiches and pies. many guests and members attended. The next meeting will be at Mrs. L Feero's home on November 3 with footwear and posture as the topic.
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Ladies’ Farm Bureau
Charles Perkins
Bureau
L. (. Feero
Bridge-Merrill Gives Free Picture Folder of Kennebec Bridge
Bridge-Merrill Inc marking their fourth anniversary as store proprietors by distributing a free folder. The folder features an excellent photograph of the new bridge spanning the Kennebec and can be obtained by requesting it.
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Bridge-Merrill Inc
Kennebec
New Construction In Bath Boosts Local Jobs
With substantial building projects across Bath and nearby Kennebec area there is steady employment for carpenters and mechanics. Major efforts include Lulu Atkins residence at Washington and Shepard streets the Ro land T. Smith post war memorial at Oak and Washington streets and a Bath Garage Co foundation on Front near Oak. Additional work includes repairs on a coast guard station platform fronting Washington street and multiple small garages filling stations and street improvements citywide.
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Kennebec
Lulu Atkins
Washington and Shepard Streets
Shepard
Shepard Tavern
Roland Tl. Smith
Oak and
Washington Streets
Colby
Bath Garage Co
Front Street
Oak
Ford Cars
Park
Daniel Bishop
Washington
Russell Street
Warren 3S
Rines
High Street
Pine
John H. Stacey
Popham
Coast Guard
Omar Perry
Bath
Harold M. Sewall
Washington Street
Hyde Windlass Co
Shepard Street
City Street
Vine Street
State Road
Blind Crossing
Lincoln
Arch
Francis Parry
Obituary of Wilbur Oliver 70 longtime Bath ship carpenter
Wilbur Oliver, 70, veteran ship carpenter for Kelley Spear Co. shipyard, died Friday evening at 19 Milan Street after months of illness and five weeks confined to home. Born in Georgetown, son of Alonzo and Nancy Oliver, he moved to Bath as a youth and worked over 35 years at the old North End yard. Survived by wife, three sons Lemuel H. Oliver of Charles Town MA, Alfred M. Oliver of Bath, Sars Oliver of Boston. one brother Millard Oliver of Georgetown. three sisters Mrs. William Hunt of Bath, Mrs. Victoria Waterman of Detroit and Georgetown, and Mrs. Annie Huntehins of Somerville MA.
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Wilbur Howe
Esmond
R. AL
Alfred E. Trott
Brunswick
Portland
G. M. Stinson
Stinson
Martin
F. W. Carlton
Fred Albee
Wiscasset
Canada
Elmer Hayward
Tanger
Stewart Savage
Chicage
Fred Tathorne
Bath
Eva Savage
May Palmer
Leah
Pittsfield
Charles Perkins
Day's Ferry
North End
Samuel Tathorne
Leland Savage
Ellen
Augusta
G. W. Marston
Everett Laker
Morse High School
Goordon Preble
Oak Street
Clarence Preble
Charlestown
Preble
Elsa
Elliot
Bailey
Charles Smith
J. Bailey
Woolbury Smith
North Edgecomb
Hollis Bailey
Massachusetts
Henry Carlton
Eleanor
Jonesport
Fred Rice
Fred Carlton
James McBernie
Center
Richmond
Elwood Flathorne
Wortland
Mary Hathorne
Albert Hathorne
T. Herbert
Fernald
Waldoboro
Clarence Baker
Thelma
Irving
Solon
Delmar Trott
Boston
Alice Preble
Catherine Beebe
Toston
Edward Sanford
Edna
Albert Sanford
California
Fred Hathorne
Montsweag
Wiscosset
Georgetown
Woolwich
Wilbur Oliver
Kelley Spear Co
Milan Street
Alonzo
Nancy Oliver
Old North End
Boothbay Harbor
Newcastle
Edna B Skinner Widow of Bath Man Dies After Illness
Edna B Brown Skinner 35 wife of Harry C Skinner of 5 Andrews road died Thursday morning at her aunt's home 46 Wynter street after a year long illness. Born in Boston she moved to Bath on marriage seven years ago and attended Grace Episcopal church. She is survived by her husband her father Walter B Brown two sisters Mrs Gladys Alston of Philadelphia and Miss Dorothy Brown of Boston and an aunt Mrs Florence E Graves of Los Angeles.
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Edna B. Skinner
Harry C. Skinner
Andrews Road
Reynolds McCutcheon
Wynter Street
Skinner
Boston
Walter B. Brown
Bath
Grace Episcopal Church
Gladys Alston
Philadelphia
Dorothy Brown
Florence E. Graves
Los Angeles
Calif
Car Dash Down Mountain Ends Near Colorado Springs
A Maine party led by Rev and Mrs David J Wilson survived a perilous descent from Cripple Creek toward Colorado Springs after a reckless driver clipped a rock on the mountainside. A gunman sighting, a burst crank case, and a buried boulder nearly toppled the car into a canyon as the group coasted to safety miles from Colorado Springs.
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David J. Wilson
Middle Street
Colorado
Denver
Cripple Creek
Colorado Springs
Sheriffs Department
Maine
Elesaidy
Buroas
Colonial Club Plans Play Selection for Thanksgiving
The Colonial club play committee has held two meetings to choose a Thanksgiving production. A shortlist of five plays is expected from New York City by Monday. one will be selected. Titles include So This Is London Not Her bert Paimerey's Past The Bride Fast Workers and Not Her bert. Allan Spear chairs the committee and HL Augustus Huse will direct.
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Colonial Club
New York City
London
Paimerey
Herbert
Allan Spear
Augustus Huse
Service to All Farmers Grange Benefits Rural Communities
The grange has quietly delivered public improvements forward looking legislation and educational projects benefiting rural communities and beyond. Though under a million members exist, over twenty million country residents gain from its achievements across decades.
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Grange
Bowdoin Freshmen Bring Down New Meadows Residents
Local brief recounts a late night incident as freshmen from Howdouin college, blindfolded, were landed on the New Meadows river banks while seeking a route back to Kunswick. The note follows with social calls, road work updates at Small Point, game preserve enforcement around Parker Head, and various residents visiting or vacationing in the Basin area.
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Bowdoin
New Meadows
Howdouin College
Kunswick
Bradford Sprague J
J. H. Peagse
Arthur Robinson
Winslow
James C. Perry
Parker. Rogers
Parker Head
Phippsburg
Drummond Kelley
W. G. Jefferson
Jefferson
John W. Morse
Ramishind Farm
South Portland
Small Point
Muanhie Moore
Pownal
Alf. Williams
Portland
Rosina Black
Sebasco
Frank Green
Speelh
Basin School House
Sadie Carlson
Frederick Cobb
Brooklyn
N. Y
Katherine Johnson
Bath
M. Bk. Wilbur
Waltham
Cox's Head
the Basin
Hammond
Kendrick Hammond
Auburn
William LB. Perry
Doris Perry
Cora Campbell
Crampbell Road
George
Pease
The
Center
Eugene (. Perry
Lizzie Moore
Meadowbrook
Charles A. Warren
Brunswick
York Place
Basin
Fred Sparks
Wollaston
Mrs Katherine Trott Dies After Illness at Woolwich Home
Mrs Katherine Trott widow of William G Trott died Wednesday morning at her Day's Ferry Woolwich home from a paralytic stroke after years of invalidism. A Woolwich native, she leaves a son Carleton E F Trott of Woolwich a daughter Mrs Lula K Bruce of Belfast two half brothers Albert and Judson Hathorn of Woolwich and a half sister Miss Lou C Llathern of Glendive Montana. Funeral is Friday afternoon at two at her home.
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Katherine Trott
William G. Trott
Day's Ferry
Woolwich
Trott
Stlartley
Mary Hathorn
Carleton EF. Trott
Lula Ke, Bruce
Belfast
Albert and
Judson Hathorn
Miss Lou CC, Llathern
Glendive
Mont
Tweo
Mrs Skinner's Funeral Held at Winter Street Home
The funeral of Mrs Edna Skinner wife of Harry Skinner of 5 Andrews road was Saturday afternoon at her aunt and uncle's home Winter street Rev Charles M Tubbs of Grace church presided Bearers were William Carter William E Hill of Somerville Edward R Bureh of Gardiner and Edward Chandler Burial was in Oak Grove
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Edna Skinner
Harry Skinner
Andrews Road
Reynolds McCutcheon
Winter Street
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Church
William Carter
William EE. Hill
Somerville
Mass
Edward 2. Bureh
Gardiner
Edward Chandler
Oak Grove
Mrs Emma C Greenleaf obituary notes long Bath ties
Mrs Emma C Greenleaf widow of Charles H Greenleaf died after a brief illness at her home 1083 Washington Street Bath born in Bath daughter of Amos L Allen prominent shipbuilder lived in Bath all her life her husband long time Bath tax collector previously worked for American Express Company Friends of Laurence W Specht 58 Bedford Street learn he entered Bryant Stratton school Boston for a Business Administration course Specht graduated Morse High School class of 1927.
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Fimma C. Greenleaf
Charles H. Greenleaf
Washington Street
Bath
Amos L. Allen
Prxpress
Laurence W. Specht
Bedford Street
Bryant & Stratton School
Boston
Specht
Morse High School
McClure Denies Sheriff Candidacy Report
J Horace McClure says he has not announced candidacy for sheriff in the June Republican primaries and has not decided his political course. He disclosed Friday that he will not confirm any plan to run.
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J. Horace McClure
Mrs Elizabeth Oliver dies at 73 in Georgetown
Mrs Elizabeth Oliver 73 wife of John E Oliver of Georgetown died Tuesday night at her home. She was daughter of Martin and Susannah John son born in Chelsea and lived most of life in Georgetown. Survived by daughter Mrs L D Pettingill of Frye and sisters Mrs Ida Ward of Augusta and Mrs Nellie V Perecival of Framingham Mass. Funeral Friday afternoon at two from First Baptist Church Georgetown.
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Elizabeth Oliver
John E. Oliver
Georgetown
Martin
Susannah Johnson
Chelsea
Oliver
L. D. Pettingill
Frye
Ida Ward
Augusta
Nellie V Perecival
Framingham
Mass
First Baptist Church
Plummer Family Mourns Infantile Paralysis Granddaughter
Hon and Mrs Walter E Plummer of Lisbon Falls learned Tuesday that their one year old granddaughter died in Washington DC from infantile paralysis. The couple rushed to be with their daughter and son in law Linwood H Jones. The child died before their arrival after a stay at Lisbon Falls and a Federal Express Maine trip. Separately, Mr and Mrs Robert Webster of North Harpswell will move to Portland on November first to reside at the Hotel Eastland for the winter.
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Walter E. Plummer
Lisbon Falls
Washington, D.C
Robert Seymour Webster
North Harpswell
Portland
Eastland
Bowdoin Benefactor William J Curtis Dies
William J Curtis 73, long time Bowdoin College benefactor, died Saturday at his Camden summer home. Born in Brunswick August 28 1854 he graduated Bowdoin class of 1875 and Columbia Law School. He practiced in New York since 1876 and headed Sullivan & Cromwell aiding Panama Canal work. He endowed the Capt John Curtis library and memory park funds, founded the 1875 American history prize, helped fund college gates, and served as overseer trustee and finance chair.
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William J. Curtis
Bowdoin College
Camden
Brunswick
John Curtis
Columbia How
New York
Bangor
Sullivan & Cromwell
Panama Canal
United States
Bhe O
Tle
Letitia Curtis
Ife
Boys Win Prizes in Lamp Contest Thick with names and towns
In the Mazda Lamp Contest run by Central Maine Power Co stores more than 150 boys competed as Junior Salesmen. Alexander King of Waterville won lamps and a grand prize watch. Football prizes were awarded to top lamp sales in each town, with 22 winners including Burnell Burnell, Maurice Carpenter, John Coombs, Edward Daigle, Stanley Farnum, Philip Gould, Herbert Galusha, Frank Harden, Chester Horne, F W Wing Jr, Lucien Lacharity, Mary Mains, R S McMillin, Lyman Rundlette, Dana Rines, Everett Steward, Alfred Louder, Lewis Young, Dorothy Yeaton, Anna Yeaton, and many others from Maine towns.
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Mazda
Central Maine Power Co
Sil
Alexander King
Waterville
Burnell Burnell
Norway
Maurice Carpenter
Limerick
John Coombs
Boothbay
Edward Daigle
Dover-Foxcroft
Stanley Farnum
Belfast
Philip Gould
Bucksport
Herbert Galusha
Guilford
Frank Harden
Rockland
Chester Horne
Bath
F. W. Wing
Augusta
Lucien Lacharity
Brunswick
Mary Mains
Mechanic Falls
R. 8S
McMillin
Bethel
Lyman Rundlette
Skowhegan
Dana Rines
Wiscassett
Everett Steward
Gardiner
Alfred Louder
Wittsfield
Lewis Young
Lewiston
Dorothy Yeaton
Anna Yeaton
Conway
NHL
Maine D.A.R. announces new state officers and speaker
Miss Eva Eo Morgan of Biddeford is named Parliamentarian and Mrs. Mareian Linford of Rumford becomes State Director of the Children of the American Revolution. C C S McGown of American International College will visit Maine February 12 to 22 to speak to chapters, covering expenses. Bath’s Col Dummer Sewall chapter plans to study Colonial and Revolutionary history. Reginald Stacey and son Reginald visited Portland Saturday.
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Eva Eo Morgan
Biddeford
Mareian Linford
Rumford
CC. S. McGown
American International College
Springfield
Mass
Maine
Tie
Daughters of the American Revolution
McGown
Col Dummer Sewall
Bath
Miss Douglas Addresses Maine Women's Club on Magna Charta Day
Miss Alice May Douglas returned from Lewiston where she attended the Maine Women’s clubs convention and spoke for the Magna Charta Day association to bond English speaking nations. She urged Maine library copies of Maine poets and toured exhibits with Shriners.
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Alice May Douglas
Lewiston
Women's Clubs of
Maine
Magna Charta Day Association
Shriners
Pemyple
Harry Cochrane
Monmouth
Gulf Island Dam
Enina Furber Gledhill
Bath
Auburn
Civil Service Exams Open for Government Jobs in New England
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for stenographers and typists in the First Civil Service District covering New England. Salaries range from $1140 to $2020 annually. Applications for junior posts due by December 3, 1927, and for senior posts by November 5, 1927.
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United States Civil Service Comission
Civil Service District
New England States
Federal Classified Service
Board of Civil Service Examiners
Bath
Boston
Mass
John A Cone Elected School District Head
Dr Gilbert M Milrost chairman announces temporary appointment of John A Cone as superintendent to succeed Phillips H Kimball who resigns to become principal of Machis normal school Cone retired from district leadership three years ago and will oversee schools until a permanent appointment is made Also notes visitors Mrs Charles Williams and daughter Arline guests of Mrs Edward Cook.
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Gilbert M. Milrost
Brunswick and
Topsham
John A. Cone
Phillips H. Kimball
Machis Normal School
Cone
Florida
Kimball
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Comirusity Club
Mountain Side
Mrs
Emma C. Greenleaf
McClure
Savings Bank
Addi
Bath Savings Institution
Curtis Memorial Library
D.A.R
Reginald Stacey
Reginald
Miss Douglas
Charles Williams
Arline
Wollaston, Mass
Williams
Edward Cook
Willow Street
Columbia Trust Company
A. Greenberg Poultry Co
East Boston
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