Woolwich Farm Bureau to Organize on Tuesday
Eastman in charge as Woolwich plans initial Farm Bureau meeting at McIntosh farm five miles up river road from Sagadahoc ferry. Fifteen farmers already signified, county agent Eastman to lead. Farm Bureau teaches by demonstration in poultry, orcharding and forestry with many bureaus active statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McIntosh Farm
River Road
Sagadahoe Ferry
Woolwich
Eastman
Chopps School Improvement League
Carlton Hughes
Bangor
Daisy Bailey
Dresden
Alton Strout
Farm Bureau
Auburn
Roy MclIntosh
Vine Tree Academy
Cleveland Trott
Kennebunkport
Wallace Reed
South
Harry Hayward
Portland
Ira Adams
Solon
Clarence Baker
Chopps Point
Gorham Farwell
Cumberland Center
Albert Wing
Lewiston
William Downing
Costello P. Hall
Rachel Gilmore
Somerville
Mass
North Whitefield
Clarence Carlton
B. G. Potter
Brunswick
Mary Fullerton
Bath
Fred Carlton
Florence
Phippsburg News Notes Include Visitors and Relocations
Phippsburg reports Ellison Houdlette and family visiting from Palo Alto California and staying with his father in Dresden. A C Brown returns from Quincy shipyard. Mrs Josephine Trouglas dies in South Portland. several Bath and Maine residents visit or relocate. Dr W G Jefferson now at Parker Head Whitmore house with unchanged phone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellison Houdlette
Ruth
Margaret Houdlette
Palo Alto
California
Dresden
A. C. Brown
Aa Shipyard
Quincy
Mass
Josephine Trouglas
South Portland
Douglas
David Bowie
Willis KR. Bowie
Popham
Martin Goodwin Acu
Methuen
Cox's Tread
M. B. Wilbur
Rie Carlson
Bath
Charles Gurney
Walker Plead
Lynn
Walter J. Stoall
Richmond
Hiram
Waniai
Matilda Cattell
Thee
Citiden
Nodo
Walter J. MetCourt
Betne
Baileys Island
J. C. Wither
Duer Drome
Sebastee
Bastiaan
Cin
Girls Friendly Society elects officers at Bar Harbor meeting
At the Diocesan Girls Friendly Society annual meeting in Bar Harbor, Mrs. Charles M. Tubbs of Bath announced retirement as president after three years. Officers elected include Frances Arnold of Bangor as president and Mary Norton of Portland as second vice president, with Susie T Clement and Effie Lenfest as other officers. Delegates toured Mount Desert Island and Lafayette Park after the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls’ Friendly Society of the Episcopal Church
Bar Harbor
Charles M. Tubbs
Bath
Frances Arnold
Bangor
Julius Waterbury
Canden
Mary I. Norton
Portland
Susie T Clement
Effie Lenfest
Oil Town
BE. HL Robinson
Robert EF
Rus
Waterville
J. Ti. Shepard
Wits
Needlework Guild reports 1926 activities and attendees
1926 Needlework Guild cards have been sent. Garments are due in November. The last annual meeting, led by national president Mrs. Preston, urged members to recruit one new member this fall. Exhibit at Philadelphia Sesquicentennial draws attention. Hotel Phoenix guests included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Locke and many others from multiple cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Needlework Guild
Boston
Preston
Grover Cleveland
Philadelphia
Volunteers Save Hampton Boat From Rocky Shore
A 25 foot Hampton boat ran aground at West Point Whippsburg during a south gale. Twenty volunteers led by Captain Al Wallace quickly formed a rescue squad, secured an anchor, and hauled the vessel to safety before it was wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Whippsburg
al” Wallace
Hampton
Coast Guard
Loring Darling
Haskell's Point
Oscar Gilliam
Lawson Beals
Major Henry C Littlefield Died In Albany Home
Major Henry C Littlefield, retired attorney and manufacturer, died Friday in Albany New York. He served as police commissioner during Mayor Van Alstyne’s term and on staffs of Governors Hoffman and Dix, later an aid-de-camp to the Ninth Brigade National Guard. Born September 4 1846 in Lowell Mass he moved to Albany as a child and studied at Albany Boys Academy Union College and Albany Law School. He practiced law then managed his father’s stove business, was a charter Fort Grange Club member and first University Club president. He leaves a widow and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Coombes Littlefield
Henry Galt
West Bath
Albany
N.Y
van Alstyne
John T. Hoffman
John A. Dix
Ninth Brigade
National Guard
Major Littlefield
Lowell
Mass
Dennis G
Sarah J. Brown Littlefield
Erastus Corning
Albany Boys’ Academy
Union College
Albany Law School
Champlain Miller, Sickles & Littlefield
Fort Grange Club
University Club
Army Country Club
Littlefield
Maine
Dennis G. Littlefield
Captain W. Sheldon Dies at 89 After Global Shipping Career
Captain Lt. W. Sheldon, 89, died Friday in Bowdoinham leaving a wife and daughter. Born in Newcastle on April 26, 1887, he began as a sailor aboard the Criterion and rose to master several ships. He commanded the Tacoma of Bath in ISSL for 12 years, retired in 1893 to Bowdoinham overlooking Merrymeeting Bay, and sailed worldwide including 26 voyages around Cape Horn and four world circumnavigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Sheldon
Bowdeinham
Newcastle
Criterion
Tacoma
Bath
Bowdoinham
Merrymeeting ‘Bay
Sheldon
Cape Horn
Cape of Good Hope
Bath Widow Mrs Chatman Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Salina B Chatman 66 widow of James H Chatman died at her home on SSO Middle street after 20 years of invalidism. She lived in Bath most of her life, was Bath High School graduate, Advent church and Wiscn Christian Women member, survived by sister Ruth A Toa and two daughters Mrs Frank Given of Diath and Mrs Inez Irvine of Bath. Funeral Friday at Advent church at two, burial in West Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina B. Chatman
James H. Chatman
Sso
Middle Street
James
Catherine Haim
Bath
Bath High School
Advent Church
Wiscn
Ruth A. Toa
Frank Given
Diath
Inez Irvine
West Bath
West Bath Grange Program Lively Night Of Music And News
Senator Baxter band energized West Bath Grange meeting with a varied program led by David Henderson. Vocal solos, readings, and a reading by Herbert Cavanaugh accompanied a large attendance and a profitable supper for the American Legion. sewing circle and Red Cross activity filled the day with community hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Baxter
Meeting of the Grange
West Bath Grange
Grange
David Henderson
Fred Cary
Carrie Cary
Mabel Brown
Herbert Cavanaugh
American Legion
War Memorial
Treasury
Legion
Sewing Circle
Marion Plummer
Annie Henderson
Antoinette Teeling
Lillian Rogers
Hazel McDonald
Personal Notes From Portland Weekend Visits
Mr and Mrs Ralph W Bragg and sons Robert and Duncan of Snow Park spent the weekend in Portland with Bragg's mother Mrs Annie Bragg of Coyle street Mrs George Curtis of Lynn Mass is in Bath due to illness of her aunt Mrs William H Shea 52 Beacon Street Miss Iva Hagan returning from art school in Portland spent the weekend with her parents Capt and Mrs Frank W Hagan upper Sligh Street Mr and Mrs Charles Whitehouse of Lewiston visited with Mrs Whitehouses parents Mr and Mrs Joel Lilly upper Washington Street Mrs Forward Gaudreau and son Edward Jr of Portland spent days with Mrs Gaudreaus parents Mr and Mrs John T Parris upper Washington Street Mrs M B Donnell Mrs Fanny Thurlow Mrs Lida Sampson and Samuel Peovich motored to Lewiston and Portland Sunday to visit Mrs Povichs relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Mabel Purington
Topsham
Owen Rogers
North Bath
Mabel Ingall
Boston
Julia Johnson
Addie Purington
Lillian Mayo
Fred W. Larrabee
Charles Kenney
George Curtis
Samuel F. Bates
Sabine
W. J. Larrabee
Miami
Fla
Phippsburg
Lillian Brown
Belle Downell
May Tolman
Portsmouth
Tolman
May Nay
Bath
Llewellyn Rogers
Fred Rose
Ernest Rose
West Bath
JL. Hale
Weston Bonney
Brunswick
Farm Bureau
Auburn
A. Owen
Niscotta
Revo
Swetnam
Pittsfield
N.ooul
Fred W. Ltarrabee
T. Dorman Ve
Methodist Church
Rev. Littlefield
Wesley M. FE. Church of
Ralph W. Bragg
Robert and
Duncan
Snow Park
Portland
Mr. Bragg
Annie Bragg
Coyle Street
Lynn
Mass
William H. Shea
Beacon Street
Upper Sligh Street
Charles Whitehouse
Lewiston
M.B. Donnell
Fanny Thurlow
Lida Sampson
Samuel Tpeovich
Opera House Promotes Week of Film and Local Events
The Opera House showcases Doug Fairbanks in The Black Pirate in color on Wednesday and Thursday, with Friday featuring the American Legion benefit and Miss Bath selected for Portland’s beauty contest. Dainty Delores Del Rio stars Saturday with Floyd Hughes in Plan to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Doug” Fairbanks
American Legion
Bath
Portland
Maine
Dainty Delores del Rio
Floyd Hughes
Buster Keaton
Battling Butler
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paramount Pictures
Black Pirate
Douglas Fairbanks
Delores del Rio
Lloyd
Paramount Picture
Raymond Griffin
the Gay Deceiver
Marceline Day
Lew Cody
Broadway
Duncan McIntosh
John W. Brown
Bertha
Cortland
John Sheldon
Jasper Mains
John Reed
F. J. Walker
Maxine
Capitol Island
Novella J. Trott
William Hubbard
Wiscasset
Irving Miller
Ethel Louise
Frank Hodgdon
Jesse Mains
Nequiasset
Frank J. Walker
Houston
First Baptist Parsonage
T. H. Fernald
Wallace T Savage
Mildred H. Curit
Yarmouth
Fernald
Waldoboro
Harvest Home
Montsweag
Mr. and
Mrs
Dy’s Harbor
the Basin
A. F. Williams
Marilla
Anita Williams
Horace Aiken
Revere
James KE. Perry
Meadowbrook
Henrietta Bowker
George Penton
New York
Small Point
Fern Gregg
Parker Head School
Presque Isle
Allen C. Brown
W. G. Jefferson
Whitmore House
High Street
Parker Head
Atwood
L. F. Medicine Co
Portland, Me
Girls’ Friendly Society
Frederick J. Lhrake
Tismouth
N. J
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
Holderness School
My. Drake
Grace Church
Provincal Synod
Plece
Concord
M.es
Edith Taft Chauntcey
Charlotte Brien
Chauncey
William H. ‘Taft
McMahan Island
Ferville
Russell
Phinney
Oliver Street
Texas Steamship Co
Hilton
Hotel
Phoenix
Charles Locke
T. S. Rhynes
Dover-Foxcroft
Ale. Peterson
F. J. Chase
J. F. Bagley, Jr
Cynthia McDonough
BE. McTronough
D. T. Leslie
T. KB. Sawyer
Syracuse
N. Y
A. H. Fickett
Norman Russell
Rotary
Newburyport
J. W. McDonough
Nehemiah Boynton
Newton Ae
P.M. Langley
J. Smith
Norway Medicine Co
Norway
Ail
Volunteer Coast Guard
Hampton Boat
Henry C. Littlefield
Albany, N. Y
P. W. Sheldon
Warren A. Hawley
St. Mars’ Guild of Grace Church
Oak Street
Normal Russell
Walter S. Russel
William Brown
W. A. Brown
Joseph Dunning
Lincoln Williams
Foster's Point
Nan Brown
Red Cross
Navy
Grange Hall
Abner C. Jonhson
Fannie Thurlow
Miles Purington
J. Everett Mayo
Ared S.cu Artis
Paramount
Raymond Griffith
Marceline
Arthur Sewall Bosworth
Cape Elizabeth
Wortland
Bowdoin Street
Maine Central Winter Service
State of Maine
Maine Central
Maine Central Railroad
Republican
State OF
Frank W. Ball
United States
Percival Pobanter
Hodgdon
C. Buzzell
Belfast
Arthur RB
Gould
Presque Ste
Louis A. Jack
Lisbon
Democratic
Fulton J. Redman
Ellsworth
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