Dromore Farm Meeting Postsponed for Exhibition Plans
The group postponed to another meeting to prepare for an exhibition and fair at the Grange Hall Friday evening. Corrections to chair-caning charges were noted, and work on chair caning, hemp and gl orified glass items continued. A noon meal featured hamburg patties with tomato sauce and noodles, graham rolls, fruit salad, coffee and corn flakes pudding. Dinner committee included Evelyn Beals, Helena Betts, Vivian Brown, Leah Bowie, Aletha Campbell. cleanup crew listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange Hall
Feeee Eeaent
Penner Art Project
Evelyn Beals
Helena Betts
Vivian Brown
Leah Bowie
Aletha Campbell
Dorothy Reed
Ethel Pinkham
Annie Percy
Lillian Perry
Linda Perry
Bureau
Hortense Welch
Auburn
Hattie Cromwell
Sadie Carlson
Lizzie B. C. Chaney
Doris Coggeshall
Nellie Cutting
Clara Oliver
Abbie Minott
R Se Wyman
Esther McCourt
Ruth Morse
Sacred Heart Circle entertains friends at K of C hall
Sacred Heart circle Daughters of Isabella hosted a Tuesday evening program at the K of C hall. The October social committee led by Mrs Grace Cunningham presented Junior Jolly Jazz Orchestra with local children, soloists Louise Carver Bobby Carver and Mrs Anne Perry, tap dancer Miss Ardell, and harmonica quartet. Refreshments followed. next event is a bridge whist party October 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella
K. of C. Hall
Grace Cunningham
Louise Carver
Bobby
Anne Perry
Marion O'Hara
Emily Comeau
Ardeal
Freeman
Henderson
Howe
Oliver
Two Wills Allowed At Sagadahoc Probate Court
Judge Glidden allowed the wills of Cornelia E. Rumrill of Topsham and Isaac Howard of Woolwich in the Sagadahoc probate court. Iola Lombard and Surel Howard were named executrices without bond. The second session of the October term passed other business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelia E. Rumrill
Topsham
Iola Lombard
Isaac Howard
Woolwich
Surel Howard
Glidden
Sagadahoc
Glid
Estates and Trustees Reports From Bath Area Hearings
The records note various estate actions including petitions for bond reductions, accounts allowed and filed, inheritance tax, widow's sustenance petitions, and appointment of an agent. Names include Rachel Jane Howard, Cornelia E. Rumrill, James S. Lowell, Alfred E. Jacobs, Charles H. Jordan, Byron F. Barker, Mildred T. Barker, Albert Morrissette, Angeline Lee, and trustees William B. Mussenden and Charles H. Cahill among Bath residents and Philadelphia and Richmond connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Jane
Howard
Cornelia E. Rumrill
Philadelphia
Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust. Co
James S. Lowell
Bath
William B. Mussenden
Charles H. Cahill
Horace W. Swett
Alfie E. Jacobs
Charles H. Jordan
J. Houghton McLellan
Byron F. Barker
Mildred T. Barker
Albert Morrissette
Richmond
Angeline Lee
Queen Esther Lodge installs officers in Beulah Richmond
Queen Esther Rebekah lodge held an officer installation Tuesday night led by Mrs. Rebekah M. Rogers of Richmond with District No. 10 officials present. New officers include Jennie Farrin as noble grand Lois Knight as vice grand Lena Shephard secretary Lois McKiever treasurer and appointed officers Roberta Parris Georgie Pierce Harriet Haggard Rae Hayward Harriet Bunker Eva Atwood Sarah Munsey Nellie Lord Margaret Nelson Carolyn Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah M. Rogers
Richmond
Roberta Parris
Georgie Pierce
Harriet Haggard
Rae Hayward
Herriet Bunker
Noble Grand
Eva Atwood
Sarah Munsey
Nellie Lord
Guardian
Margaret Nelson
Carolyn Thompson
Lois T. McKiever
Queen Esther
Thompson
Rogers
Peabody
Rebekah Assembly of Maine
Lodge
Rainbow of the Rio Grande musical for Legion fund
Rehearsals underway for Frederick Ingarm's musical comedy Rainbow of the Rio Grande sponsored by the American Legion. 75 local singers dancers and musicians form the cast to aid the Legion unemployment relief fund with elaborate scenery costumes and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Ingarm
Rio Grande
The
American Legion
Unemployment and Relief Fund of the Legion
Legion
Maine
Roland Smith
Bath
Miss Musik
Legion Hall
Central church Men's club opens season with voyage talk
The Central church Men's club held its first meeting in the parish house with a large turnout. President Haynes introduced Rev. David L. Wilson who, in a lively account, described his Caribbean voyage aboard the Calamares, visits Havana and the Panama Canal, meeting a Canal Zone Mason and other dignitaries, and plans to discuss Jamaica in a future talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
Haynes
Page
Edward J. McMann
David L. Wilson
Caribbean
Calamares
United Fruit Line
Havana
Panama Canal
Colon
Sojourners Lodge
Wilson
Grand Lodge
Canal Zone
South America
Cartagena
Porto Columbia
Jamaica
Death of Fred L. Lawrence Retired Rail Foreman
Fred L. Lawrence fifty nine died Tuesday in Waldoboro after sinus trouble treatment. Born in Arrowsic July 9 1873 he worked as a foreman on the A & K St Ry and once motor man on the Bath division of L B & B St Ry. He resided in Lewiston and was active in Odd Fellows Rebekahs Masons and other groups. Survived by widow Edith Curtis four children siblings and numerous relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Lawrence
Bank Block
Waldoboro
Arrowsie
Kerwin
Mary Foster Lawrence
Bath
St. Ry
Lewiston
Lewiston Lodge of Odd Fellows
Pejepscot Encampment
The
Rebekahs
Ahstar Lodge of Masons
King Hiram Royal Arch
Dunlap Council
Calvary Methodist Church
Edith Curtis
Central Ladies Aid Resumes Sessions
The first meeting of Central church Ladies' aid elected officers for the year: Mrs. Alfred Rowe president, Mrs. Lillius Duniels vice president, Mrs. Hiram F. Bailey second vice president, Mrs. Warren M. Stilphen secretary, and Mrs. Melvin B. Hodgdon treasurer. A memorial service honored Miss Elizabeth R. Moses and Mrs. George L. Morrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid of Central Church
Alfred Rowe
Lillius Duniels
Hiram F. Bailey
Warren M. Stilphen
Melvin B. Hodgdon
Rowe
Hodgdon
Montsweag 4-H Club Holds Oct Evening Contests
The Montsweag Boys 4-H club met at the grange hall on Wednesday evening October 5 with county agent Charles Eastman and Arrowsic leaders present. Members exhibited potatoes and chickens while Fernald Bailey read season work, and Albert Bailey spoke of the Maine State fair and pre camp experiences. A blue ribbon potato judge went to George Grover as club members prepare for the twin county contest in Auburn October 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsweag Boys
Grange Hall
Grange
Charles Eastman
Auburn
Frances Sturmer
Arrowsic Club
Arrowsie Club
Albert Bailey
Fernald Bailey
Holbrook Blagdon
William Berry
Marshall Erskine
Samuel Soule
John Carter
Montsweag Grange
Eastman
Maine State Air
George Grover
Montsweag
Auburn Hall
Stolen Car Recovered In Bath By Police
A car stolen in Portland last Wednesday night was recovered in Bath Thursday evening by Bath police. Leroy H. Whitney, owner, arrived Friday noon to claim his property and thanked the police. Police have no clue who abandoned the car on South Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Bath
Leroy H. Whitney
South Street
Winter glimpses from Popham to Cox Head social notes
Bath and surrounding town residents share visits and travel across Bath Popham Sebasco Estates and Cox Head. Notables include Martha Small and Mil dred Nichols of Bath, Jonesport’s Irving, Portland guests, West Point business visits, Sebasco and Mechanic Falls excursions, and local family gatherings. Mr. J. E. Percy marks 41st anniversary with Savannah line aboard the S S Birmingham while serving as chief engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Small
Mildred Nichols
Bath
Popham Irving
Coast Guard
Popham Beach
Jonesport
Kenneth Cushman
Portland
Seabasco
N. W. Eaton
Woolwich
Harold Shaw
Paul Gilmore
John Gilmore
Sidney Coffee
W. B. Perry
Doris Perry
Cora Campbell
William Blaisdell
Mechanic Falls
State Hatchery
Auburn
John Evans
Newark City
J. Lester Morse
Jane Feere
William Berry
Grace
Revere
Mass
Harry Gilmore
Emes Rogers
Small Point
H. Alvena Oliver
W. W. Farr
Abner Wilson
Lottie
Campbell Farm
Evelyn Atwood
J. D. Rogers
West Point
John Skillings
Ruth Skillings
Sebasco Estates
Charles Hutchins
Foreston Wallace
Edward Bolton
Ralph Coombs
James Perry
Herbert Willis
Andrew Harrington
Parker Head
W. G. Jefferson
Rose Carpenter
George Ingalls
Elmer S. Tibbetts, Jr
E. P. Thomas
William Cullity
Bucksport
Yarmouth
Elkanah Wyman
Page ‘Wyman
Miss Drew
Dennis Drew
Harry Drew
Miss Bradley
Lida Oliver
Cox’ Head
Drew
J. E. Percy
Bar Harbor
Percy
O. C. Oliver
Mr. Drew
W. R. Bowie
Eric J. Carlson
Anna Percy
Boston
S. S. Birmingham
Savannah
Ocean Steamship Co
Topsham Fair Opens Wednesday Morning
The 78th annual Topsham fair was delayed one day due to fog and a soggy track. W. L. Malon Bowdoin has led the exhibition hall for 36 years and notes a crowded display of vegetables and fancy work with extra cattle and poultry rows. Midway layouts were changed to widen the roadway for clearer access. officials include Frank E. Laroche president Isaiah Morrill treasurer and Edwin C. Patten secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topsham
W. L. Malon
Bowdoin
Frank E. Laroche
Isaiah Morrill
Edwin C. Patten
Obituary for Mrs Edna Wallace of Water Cove West Point
Mrs Edna Wallace 20 wife of Eston Wallace died Tuesday night at her Water Cove home after a long illness. She contracted measles in 1931 leading to frail health, then purpura and typhoid. Survived by husband a daughter her parents and sister Catherine Weston of Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Wallace
Foreston Wallace
Water Cove
West Point
Phippsburg
Catherine Weston
Portland
Wrights Return Home After Summer at Happy House
Mr and Mrs Harrison B Wright concluded a summer stay at Happy House Small Point Beach and departed Wednesday by motor to their Radnor Pennsylvania home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison B. Wright
Happy House
Small Point Beach
Radnor
Winnegance Community Club Plans Open House Events
Winnegance residents packed the community house for a smoker with cards and social games last Tuesday. A weekly men’s party series is planned all month, with a closing supper, plus a possible inter club winter tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnegance Community Club
Creemore Farm Bureau
Cosy Little Community House
Ralph Stetson Named Commander of Post
Ralph G. Stetson was named commander of Roland Smith post A L by Roscoe H. Shaw at a Tuesday meeting. Nominees for officers include James A. Clappison first vice commander Wilbur Crocker second vice commander Percy R. Low adjutant Walter Hill finance officer Gardiner Rogers chaplain Eugene Desmond historian Roscoe E. Perkins service officer Eugene Hart sergeant at arms. The post will nominate from the floor next Tuesday and elect three building committee members seven executive committee members three auditing members and three membership members. The annual meeting will set a budget and reduce meetings to twice monthly. The Rainbow of the Rio Grande musical comedy, for unemployment funds, is set for the 24th and 25th pending. Desmond leads publicity while Stetson and Trott handle finances Hill tickets and Williams window cards and pasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph G. Stetson
Roland Smith
A.L
Roscoe H. Shaw
James A. Clappison
Wilbur Crocker
Percy R. Low
Walter Hill
Gardiner Rogers
Eugene Desmond
Roscoe E. Perkins
Eugene Hart
Rio Grande
Post
The
Freeman H. Trott
John H. Williams
Birthday Party for Pine Tree Girl Scout Troop
Pine Tree Troop No. 1 of Girl Scouts celebrated its formation anniversary and July to October birthdays with a radio style Cheerio program at the American Legion hall. Mrs. Linwood F. Carr organized the group on Sept 29, 1930, and 30 members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Tree Troop
Girl Scouts of America
American Legion Hall
Linwood F. Carr
Catherine Shellenbarger
Charlotte Page
Dorothy Wing
Mary Josephine Ferrell
Phyllis Darrah
Amber F. Carr
Ruth Shellenbarger
Inez F. Carr
Marjorie McNeil
Mary Holbrook
Elizabeth Moulton
Ellen Hodgkins
Barbara Kenney
Mary Darrah
Carr
Sophie G. Greenblatt
GSA
Capt. Carr
Harpswell Center
Lucy Haggett
Eleanor Gasser
Famous Irish poet Yeats to speak at Bowdoin Institute
William Butler Yeats will headline Bowdoin College Institute of Literature with a talk on The Irish Literary Renaissance on November 2. Nobel laureate Yeats, founder of the Abbey Theatre, has also been involved in Irish politics as a Free State Senate member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institute of Literature
Bowdoin College
William Butler Yeats
Hugh Walpole
Yeats
Bowdoin
Irish Free State
Ireland
England
America
Lady Gregory
Abbey Theatre
Little Theatre Movement
National Theatre of the
Transferred Priest Reverend Sullivan Leaves Maine Post
Rev D F Sullivan S M longtime St Marys High School Van Buren principal for seven years is being transferred to St Isabella parish Boston. A respected educator within the Society of Mary he has done mission work along the coast for decades. Clergy and Maine people regret his departure yet praise his new broad field of labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. F. Sullivan
S.M
St. Mary’s High School
van Buren
St. Isabella’s Parish
St. Isabella Street
Boston
Sullivan
Society of Mary
Maine
Hartford Bishop Weds in Trinity Church
The marriage of CE at CON Hartford Connecticut saw Rt Rev Benjamin Brewster officiate with Rev Charles M. Tubbs assisting. The bride Miss Bosley wore an aged cream satin gown. best man Nathaniel N Noble of New York. A quiet ceremony followed by eucharist, luncheon, and reception, with plans to reside in Hartford after a country club wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Blake Newell
Boston
Nathaniel N. Noble
New York
Episcopal Theological Seminary
Newell
James M. Newell
Commonwealth Avenue
Concord Academy
Noble
Yale
Chauncey Brewster
Bishop Brewster
Connecticut
Edward Sohier Bosley
Trinity Church
Edward D. Sohier
Main Street
Concord
Concord Country Club
Brewster
Oxford Street
Hartford
Conn
Russell Cobb
Helena
Mary Thompson
Eleanor Rosamund Snelling
Stella Brewster
Stuyvesant T. B. Jackson
Portland
Charles M. Sien
Barbara
Bath
Museum School of Fine Arts
Revival begins at Small Point Baptist church
Last Sunday marked the start of a nightly revival at 7 30 p m in the Small Point Baptist church to Oct 30 with Saturdays off Rev G H Pye former Small Point pastor leads the meetings assisted by Rev H J Back Rev H P Jett and Rev H W Alexander The program also includes a Sunday school rally and appeals for community participation to support the church and its outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small Point Baptist Church
G. H. Pye
Small Point
H. J. Back
Cundy's Harbor
H. P. Jett
Bath
H. W. Alexander
Sebasco
Pye
West Indies
South America
Canada
Christian Church
Houghton Brother Believed Lost Overboard
Amory M. Houghton Jr says lawyers for the Houghton family found no other cause after exhaustive inquiry into John Reed Houghton's disappearance from a Boston to New York steamer. Doctors treated his sinus trouble and dizziness from World War II service, leading to the belief he tumbled overboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amory M. Houghton, Jr
Bath Independent
Houghton
John Reed Houghton
Boston
New York
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Dromore Farm
Queen Esther Lodge
Legions
Beacon Street
Beacon Hill
State House
Caribbean Sea
Central Ladies’ Aid
Topsham Fair
Mrs
Medicnre Co
Norway
All Dealera
Elizabeth Morse
Richard Morse
Brunswick Hospital
Charlies A. Hunt House
Leon B. Pennell
Con Junior
Winneganee
White Mountains
Women’s Auxiliary
John G. Morse & Sons
Winneganee Lake
Fred L. Parks
Litchfield
Community House
Winnegance
Furnace Fund
Winneyance Basketball
Y. M. C. A. Church League
Ralph Stetson
Strout *Pest
Weestry Property
E. A. Strout Realty Agency Inc
Frank
Girl Scouts
Con
Elizabeth Bosley
Benjamin Brewster
Sinus Trouble
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