Burginville notes a busy Bowdoinham social week and town events
Bowdoinham residents travel to South Portland Unity and Boston for visits while others host kin from Portland Haynes Landing and Brunswick. The Methodist society held rally day with a large Sabbath concert and a gift to Lillian Barrett. Many local residents attended gatherings, drove to shops, and reported farming, road work and apple harvests amid autumn activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Pelkey
John Maher
South Portland
Ellen Sparks
Andros
Unity
Kate Blair
Haynes Landing
E. P. Gile
Scott Bailey
Portland
Clara Fogg
R. D. Purinton
H. D. Cornish
Parkhurst
Connecticut
Samuel Dorrance
Methodist Society
Lillian Barrett
Elmer Macguire
Skowhegan
MacDougal
Stella Perry
Fort Fairfield
Doris Foster
Limestone
MacDou
Local guests and moving plans noted in town
Mrs William Sewell's sister has stayed for weeks while Log Cabin closes for the season. MacPhersons have moved to Bingham for work. P A Cannon moves into A Frank Heath's farm. Miss Callie Pains boards with Mrs Annie Cobb. Several residents wiring homes for electric lights including Graves Purinton Temple Gould Cannon Curtis Serous Douglass and Millay Bros. Carlton Jenkins visited town briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sewell
S. MacPherson
Bingham
MacPherson
P. A. Cannon
A. Frank Heath
Callie Pains
Richmond
Annie Cobb
W. J. Graves
C. O. Purinton
Bert Temple
W. H. Gould
F. P. Curtis
Mr. Serous
R. A. Douglass
Millay Bros
Carlton Jenkins
Thelma Kittridge Weds Vaughn Smiley in Autumn Home Ceremony
Thelma Kittridge of this city and Vaughn T. Smiley of Portsmouth were married Saturday at the bride’s aunt and uncle’s home. Rev. Weston P. Holman officiated a double ring ceremony in autumn decor with family and friends present. The couple plans to reside in Portsmouth New Hampshire after a honeymoon trip to New York and Niagara Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma D. Kittridge
Vaughn T. Smiley
Portsmant. H
Everett G. Lemont
High Street
Weston P. Holman
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Iva Hagan
John Coombs
Portsmouth
N. H
Virginia Hastings
Cherryfield
Fred B. Kittridge
Morse High School
Bath Garage Co
Louise T. Smiley
Dike Road
Morse High
Bath Iron Works
Navy Yard
Kittery
Marion Bowie
Roscoe Shaw
Harold E. Freeman
Marjorie Smiley
Druscilla Bonheimer
Eleanor Bates
Clara Noyes
Ruth Fields
Mary Conley
Elsie Crocker
Richard Hastings
Virginia
Jeanette
Richard, Jr
Portland
Everett
Mass
Joseph O’brien
Quincy
Earl Morang
Franklin Wright
South Gardiner
Smiley
New York
Niagara Falls
Flood Control Talk Heard By Church Club
The Central church men's club met Tuesday evening in the parish house with supper at 6 30. guest H T Nelson of Waddell Construction Co spoke on Flood Control of the Mississippi River detailing levee building flood waters and political factors. The discussion clarified the issues facing river valley towns in flood conditions and Maine was noted as not in danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
H. T. Nelson
Waddell Construction Co
Men's Club
R. G. Bailey
Vernon Lake
Earl Lermond
H. P. Small Co
Edwin R. Andrews
Edmund P. Briggs
Mississippi River
Maine
Obituary for Mrs. Alice Gackenbach 71 of Bath
Mrs. Alice Gackenbach 71 wife of Richard C. Gackenbach foreman at Bath Iron Works died at home after five years of ill health. Born Alice Wagner in Friedensberg Pa she married in 1882 and moved to Bath in 1883. She leaves three daughters Helen S Laura W Gackenbach and Mrs Richard Frates of Bath, son Merritt C. Gackenbach, sister Mrs John E. Spear Nazareth Pa. Funeral Friday at two at her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Gackenbach
Richard C. Gackenbach
Bath Iron Works Corp
North Street
Gackenbach
Alice Wagner
Friedensberg
Bath
Helen S
Laura W. Gackenbach
Brooklyn
Richard Frates
Merritt C. Gackenbach
John E. Spear
Nazareth
Jolly Halloween Party at Bedford Street Home
A Bedford Street home hosts a lavish Halloween party with ornate decorations, tepees, and costumed guests led by Red Riding Hood and a devil in red. The event featured bridge tables, prizes, foods like pumpkin pies and cookies, and a lively unmasking. The Current Events club held its first meeting, with 23 attendees, focusing on science and radio topics and noting speakers from a summer Lights Jubilee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaisdell
Red Ridinghood
Doris McKay
Burt Johnson
Henry T. B. Leeman
Evelyn Boothby
Arthur Pratt
Lincoln Bailey
Woodbury Potter
Thelma Thornton
Mary Deehan
Sherman McQuaide
Bennott
Carl Swanton
Louis Spicer
Lois McKeiver
Darkey
Scott Golder
Billy and All
James McKay
Arthur Stilphen
Addison Pendleton
John Gilmore
Charles Blaisdell
Hoyle
Diocesan President Is Guest of Honor at Grace Church
Mrs J B Waterbury of Camden the new diocesan president of Maine Girls Friendly Society was guest of honor at Grace Church G F S meeting in the parish house Oak Street Bath Tuesday evening. She succeeds Miss Frances Arnold of Bangor who becomes executive field secretary in New York. Waterbury told about the society work and the new Camden holiday house under Mrs J B Shepherd Portland as house mother with a strong staff and fresh water from an artesian well. Refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Irish
Fisher Road
C. E. Hackett
Mr. Snow of
Unity
M. D. Pratt
Thomas Ward
Seth Stratton
Clinton
Edwin Denham
Charles Berry
Boston
Grant Hulse
Abbie Hulse
Main Street
Irvin Fowle
Charles E. Hackett
Damariscotta
Hackett
Rockland Hospital
G. E. Davis
Saco
L. P. Temple
Frank Heath
J. Pearl Card
Ida Fowle
Elmer Neff
Upper Montclair
N. J
Neff
Ellen Sparks
George Hamilton
Fred Leavitt
Downing
Portland
I. M. Fowle
Jane Browne
Albert Henderson
Bath
Eastern Star Inspection
Charles A. Fisher
D. B. Cornish
Mr. Fisher
J. B. Waterbury
Camden
Maine
Doris Leavitt
Grace Church Branch
Waterbury
Teachers Reception Committee Plans Evening at Morse High
The North Center and South End PTAs met in Red Cross rooms to organize the annual teachers reception. They approved a shift from banquet to an entertainment with light refreshments on Oct 29 at Morse High School starting at eight. A music program and a professional reader will feature the event. Mrs Benjamin Hall of West Roxbury traveled to Bath with Mrs Louise R Staples. Hall returns Wednesday. Next week Hall and Miss Grace Baxter plan a winter motor trip across the country to the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North- Center
South End
Red Cross
Morse High School
Benjamin Hall
West Roxbury
Bath
Louise R. Staples
Rs. Hall
Grace Baxter
Pacific
Tribute to Edison at Central Church
At Central church Sunday morning the sermon by Rev. David L. Wilson paid tribute to Thomas A. Edison the inventor of the electric light. The church lights were all on and the choir sang Gounod and Send Out Thy Light. In a Monday League meeting a radio was installed to broadcast Edison celebrations in Detroit with Hoover Ford and others paying tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
David L. Wilson
Thomas A. Edison
Gounod
League
Two Boys Sentenced For Breaks At Cottages
The article reports two boys sentenced for burglaries at Brigham's Cove and other cottages, stealing a smoking set, electric flashlight, coffee pot, shredded wheat, and groceries. They also admitted robbing a mailbox on Meadowbrook Road and discarding the letters after reading them. Their father Edwin Darling petitioned leniency for the younger pair, while the 12 year old Edwin may appeal his sentence to the State School with Alpheus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Furber
Brigham’s Cove
Edward W. Sampson
William Bowker
Meadowbrook Road
Edwin Darling
Bath
Edwin
Alpheus
Oregon Spars Come for Bath Built Boats
More than 50 spars of Oregon pine arrived at Bath Iron Works from Portland Oregon over three flat cars. The 130 foot longest spars will fit the Roebling yacht hull 131 while others serve hulls 12 127 for Bay State Fishing Co Boston hulls 129 130 for A P Fish Co Boston and hull 124 for J P Morgan's Corsair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Portland Spar Co
Portland
Bay State Fishing Co
Boston
A. & P. Fish Co
Yacht Corsair
J. P. Morgan
Great Values On Mens Wear In Big Autumn Sale
A large clearance features overcoats and suits with deep discounts. Prices drop from reg. 19.50 to 24.50 for overcoats to 14.95 and suits from 24.50 to 29.50 down to 19.50. Also discounted are pants and shirts with emphasized savings across heavy wool, flannel, and children’s items.
Bailey Evening School Opens Monday for Fall and Winter
The Bailey Evening School of Industries at Morse High opens next Monday Oct 28 with Margaret C Flaherty as principal and a team of instructors. Registration night is Monday at 7pm in the high school auditorium. Prospective students meet teachers, learn requirements, and can form new classes if ten or more sign up. Subjects include Bookkeeping Shorthand Typewriting with instructors Catherine M Huse and Beatrice Jenkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey Evening School of Industries
Morse High School
Margaret C. Flaherty
Flaherty
Bailey Evening School
School Subjects and Instructors List
Dressmaking Advanced Alice Heald Elementary Nellie C Jones ae sewing Gertrude Blaisdell Miller Elementary Subjects Reading writing spelling arithmetic etc Charlotte C Day Handicraft Vinettie Colby Home nursing June Rideout Manual training David Y Alkazin Mechanical drawing J Edward Pomeroy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Heald
Nellie C. Jones
Gertrude Blaisdell
Miller
Charlotte C. Day
Vinettie Colby
June Rideout
David Y. Alkazin
J. Edward Pomeroy
Armistice Day Observance Promises Fine Bath Program
Roland Smith post American Legion plans a standout Memorial Day program for Armistice Day in Bath. Meister Singer concert tickets go on sale soon with prices affordable for all. Eugene G Hart and Roscoe E Perkins announce a three day fair on Nov 7 8 9, 1929 advertised this week. Tickets available from the Post and at Haillet's drug store and Desmond's clothing store. Worthwhile presents will be awarded to ticket holders each night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Smith Post
American Legion
Bath
Eugene G. Hart
Roscoe E. Perkins
The
Post
Haillet
Desmond’s Clothing
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Bowdoinham
Waterville
Hannah Grant
Yarmouth
Sarah Carver
Sunshine Society
Grange Hall
John Kendrick
Lewiston
Samuel Rounds
A. Berry
Village Lodge
Masonic Hall
R. W. Dist
C. B. Small
Freeport
Bros
Berton F. Snow
A. G. Dyer
W. M. Zina Maxwell
W. Herbert Adams
J. W. Wallace L. Hunter
D. John Tarbox
D. E. L. White
H. E. Cornish
Dr. Scholl
Wm. M. Scholl
Davis Hatch
Bowdoinham Post Road
Kittridge
Bedford Street
William Hoyle
Geprengpe
Aney
Frederick W. Freeman
Chautauqua
J. Gertrude Silsby
Margaret J. Adams
Henry Ford
Marcia Moulton
George A. Churchill
Churchill
Grace Church Friendly Society
Edison
Oregon
MAX’ Clothing Store
Max Kutz
Elm Street
the Workman's Store
Maurice F. Horan & CO
W. F. Senter
Brunswick
Canter
Spencer Corsetiere
Spencer
Orsets
Rand Mer
Catherine M. Huse
Beatrice Jenkins
Gloria
Hats
Bath Department Store
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