Morse High School Band Poised as One of the Best
Morse High School band grows from 12 to 28 musicians under Superintendent Wilson with 18 playing in the group and 25 hoped for next year. The Bath Rotary Club helped fund instruments. the band boosted school morale by aiding a recent victory and a Brunswick Rotary joint meeting is planned. Visiting Rotarians included Harold Laws and Sherwood Norris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hover
Harold 'P. Small
Johnny
Onc
Opera House
Joe
Severy
Dreamland
Brunswick
Colonial Club
Boston
Wilson
Ae Bath Rotary Club
Morse A
Grindell
New England
Bath
Brunswick ‘Rotary
Eagles Celebrate Silver Anniversary at Bath Aerie
The Bath Aerie of Eagles marked its 26th anniversary at the Front Street hall with 100 attendees. With Dr. Raymond Malone absent, lodge members spoke on the organization, and Sheriff Henderson, Alderman Povich, and musicians entertained before dancing and refreshments. A whist party and dance were planned to start Oct 31 each Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sam Povich
Henry Gediman
Frank Saunders
Gediman
Frank Beal
Joseph Hinés
Harry Warner
Aerue
Richardson Funeral Held At Home in South Freeport
Funeral services for Fred A. Richardson were conducted Wednesday afternoon at his home 12 Park Street. Rev. Weston P. Holman of Beacon Street Church officiated with bearers C. A. Richardson, Groton Conn., Edwin Jaquith and Thomas Baker. Burial followed in South Freeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred A. Richardson
Park Street
Weston P. Holman
Beacon Street
C. A. Richardson
Groton
Genn
Edwin Jaquith
Thomas Baker
South Freeport
Armistice day exercises to feature Governor Gardiner at Morse Auditorium
The Roland Smith post will host Armistice day events at the new Morse High School auditorium with Governor William Tudor Gardiner expected as principal speaker. Eugene M. Desmond may attend. a Meistersing ers concert will follow to raise funds for the Legion Building and Memorial, aiding in hall costs and honoring Bath World War I fallen. Committee members include Gardiner Rogers John Fitzgerald and Lloyd Steeves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Smith Post
A.L
New High School
William’ ‘Tudor Gardiner
Eugene M. Desmond
Smith Post
Bath
Desmond
Denny
Roland Smith
Legion
Pind
New England
New Morse High School
Gardiner
Gardiner Rogers
John Fitzgerald
Lloyd Steeves
Two Teams Striving For New Members
The Hustlers and the Hustlers in the North Center PTA push to add members as canvassing enlarges both camps. The losing side will host the winner at the next meeting, while milk distribution in North Center schools begins November 4.
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North Center
North Center Association
Minstrels Draw Large Crowd at West Bath Grange
West Bath grange hall filled to capacity for a repeat minstrel show directed by Jack Shaw of Bath. Mrs Shaw accompanied, John Carter hosted, and end men were Harold Cutting Frank Hodgdon Herbert Douglas and Roy Donnell. Bobby Carver sang encores praising Baby Your Mother. The company treated guests to a supper and dancing followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange Hall
Woolwich Grange Hall
Jack Shaw
Bath
Grange
Personal notes from Brunswick hospital and local social life
Seneca H. Conley of 88 Union Street is a patient at Brunswick hospital after surgery. Mrs. Charles W. Clifford of Washington Street visits Boston with sister Mrs. Ella Dunning. Miss Hortense Bryant hosts St. Marys Guild at the Parish House on Oak Street Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seneca H. Conley
Union Street
Brunswick Hospital
Charles W. Clifford
Washington Street
Boston
Ella Dunning
Hortense Bryant
St. Mary’s Guild
Oak Street
Winnegance Squaw Club Holds Social Auction Night
Mrs Pred Winfield Morse won a recent auction at the Winnegance Squaw club meeting hosted by Mrs Harry C Web Eaton. Following cards, members celebrated with a wedding cake for Mrs Edgar Oliver and gifts of a steak set and silver sugar bowl. Regular weekly activities include cribbage auctions and a Halloween party at the community house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squaw Club
Harry C
Pred Winfield Morse
George M. Eaton
Edgar Oliver
Oliver
Marion
Morse
Sherman L. Morse
Canada
John G. Morse Jr
Elmer Gould
Somerville
Walter Thompson
Fred
Wilton
Roger Robinson
Everett
Jean
Farmington
William Thompson
Charles E. Hewitt Jr
Charles E. Hewitt
Capitol Island
John G. Morse
Augusta
Winneyance
Zina M. Eaton
Eaton
New York
Wilton G. Bates
Revere
Mass
Harry C. Williams
Sebasco
Shore Acres
Robert P. Manson
Leon Pennell Jr
Leon Pennell
Winnegance
Telephone Company
Central Maine Power Co
Phippsburg
Cottage Park
Ferris Fights Dube In A Boothbay Draw
Ned Kid Ferris of Bath and Jack Dube of Brunswick fought to a six round draw in the main bout at Boothbay Harbor boxing show at the Boothbay Center town hall. Ferris showed improvement and exchanged with the seasoned Dube as spectators saw a close, hammer and tongs contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned “Kid” Ferris
Bath
Jack Dube
Brunswick
Boothbay Harbor
Town Hall
Boothbay Center
Ferris
Dube
Motorist Check-Up by Highway Police Reflects Compliance
A citywide check of over 250 drivers by Sergeant Robert Watts and officers Thompson Crosby and Hamilton found most obey traffic laws. Four were summoned. Milford R. Lewis of Bath paid 10 dollars plus 6.95 dollars costs for operating without proper rights, with a 30 day county jail sentence in default. Floyd M. Elwell and J. A. Proctor, both of Bath, pleaded guilty to lack of proper registration, each fined 10 dollars and costs with fines suspended on payment of costs. One other motorist was not clearly identified due to license mix-up and may appear later in municipal court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergt
Robert Watts
Harry L. Thompson
John Crosby
Roswell Hamilton
John. J. Keegan
Milford R. Lewis
Bath
Augusta
Floyd M. Elwell
J. A.proctor
Povich Buys Hartnett Furniture Store in Bath
Morris S. Povich of 143 Front Street buys the stock of Hartnett’s Furniture Store at 148 Front Street from Edward N. Hartnett. The deal, handled by Attorney John P. Carey Jr., may lead to reselling the stock. The shop, a Bath fixture, traced its ownership through multiple local proprietors over the years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartnett’s
Front Street
Bath
Morris S. Povich
Edward N. Hartnett
Fred W. Hartnett
John P. Carey Jr
Povich
8. D. Haley
George H. Snell
Atkinson House Furnishing Co
J. M. Hayes
Mr. Hayes
Death of Andrews Hallet at 69 in Pocasset Sanitarium
Andrews Hallet died at 69 in the Barnstable County Sanitarium Pocasset Mass where he supervised X ray work for eight years He was born in Yarmouthport and had a long career in Bath Boston Cambridge and Boothbay Harbor He leaves a son Richard Matthews Hallet and a daughter Mrs George Thompson Burial will be in Bath at Oak Grove with committal at the family grave site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews Hallet
Barnstable County Sanitarium
Pocasset
Mass
Yarmouthport
Bath
George Gay
Center Street
Bath Trust Co
Maine
A. Hallet & Co
Boston
Cambridge
Alice Harriet Jackson
Charles T. Jackson
South Street
Richard Matthews Hallet
Boothbay Harbor
George Thompson
Stamford
Social notes from Melrose and Portland visits
Miss Charlotte Minott of Melrose visits her father John Minott at 17 Beacon Street. Forrest Higgins, employed in Portland, vacations with his parents Mr and Mrs Roscoe P Higgins on York Street. Mrs George Wallace of Somerset Place hosts the Beacon Street church Ladies aid at her home Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Minott
Melrose
Mass
John Minott
Beacon Street
Forrest Higgins
Portland
Roscoe P. Higgins
York Street
George Wallace
Somerset Place
Ladies’ Aid of
Birthday party and island reminiscences in Phippsburg 1910s
Local column records a birthday party for Mrs. Raymond Campbell in a masquerade at her sister's home, notes Mrs. Asbury Campbell turning eighty one, and recounts town happenings on Parker Head and Dromore island including grave markers, vandalism, and family plots.
Westport Social Notes From The Weekend
Westport visitors include Mrs P T Kehail and daughter Lida from Cambridge Massachusetts. Thomas F Dickson and son Bruce from Wiscasset were in town Friday. Mr and Mrs Bigelow Hersey and daughter Jean from Melrose stayed at the Williams cottage on East Side. The Williams cottage will close for the season, Miss Florence Williams of Providence and Mrs Carl Smith of Melrose occupy it. Miss Mabel Heal, Center school teacher, attended a teachers convention in Portland. Congregational church events were noted with Miss Sadie Heal. Road work on State aid extensions between Burt place and the Summer cottage proceeds slowly due to weather and terrain. A new third class road section was built at the Center by the brow of the hill near William McKinney’s place toward Oak Hill.
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Elmer
F. B
A. E. Kendall
Paine
Swetts
Maroons
Whites
Morrisons
The
Hills
McCobbs
Whitmores
Fletchers
Paines
Bletchens
Portland
Arthur Bean
Wiscasset
Frank Leavitt
Edward Sampson
Bath
James E. Perry
Ernest Rogers
George Ingalls
Brunswick
Robert Feero
Linwood Feero
Martin Wyman
Emily Wyman
Belgrade
William Perry
Doris
Cora Campbell
C. W. Rogers
Ernest W. Rogers
Alvah Holbrook
Bath City Hospital
William R. Bowker
Gardiner
Earl Pickering
Charles McNamara
T. C. Hughes
Freeman C. Bowker
West Bath
Annie Cutting
Washington County
Herbert W. Fullerton
Woolwich
Capt. L. B. Chaney
Edith Perkins
Cox’ Head
James Percy
City of
Elbridge W. Morse
Massachusetts
John Morse
South Portland
Edward McNulty
Popham Beach
Edward P. Thomas
Farmington
N. H
Cambridge
Mass
P. T. Kehail
Lida Kehail
Thomas F. Dickson
Bruce Dickson
Westport
Providence
R. L
Carl B. Smith
Melrose
Mabel P. Heal
Center School
Sheenan
Sadie
Burt Place
William McKinney
Oak Hill
Man allowed to leave state as welfare nets aid for family
In Woolwich a man guilty of selling appears to face six months in jail and a $200 fine plus costs. Deputy Sheriff C Oliver Hathorne arranged aid so the mother and three children could avoid hunger for a night. If jailed, the town must support the family. if he leaves, Woolwich faces higher taxes. New York U S Steel declares extra dividend on common stock.
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Augusta
C. Oliver
Ver
Hathorne's
Woolwich
California
Himsel
New York
U. S. Steel
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Morse High School
John H. Grindell
Rotary Club
Eagles
F. A. Richardson Funeral
Morse Auditorian
P.T.A
West Bath Grange
Roma
Tia
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van Loons
BY F. Lerzcer
C. S. Holmes
Paul
Fred Q. Williams
Winthrop
John Russell
Russell Street
Ernest E. Williams
Campbell’s Pond
Elwell S. Crosby
Helen Crosby
Alicia
Jack
Crosby
West Palm Beach
Fla
Hartnett
Pocasset, Mass
Omar
Parker ‘Head
Asbury Campbell
Walter McCourt
F. W. Carlton
Hyte Wyman
Sophie Shepherd
Matilda Cattele
Raymond Campbell
Linda Perry
Mary Hill
Dromore Bay
Lee's Island
Kennebec River
Parker’s Flats
Squirrel Point
Lee Cushing
Porgy
William Lee
Margaret Lee
James Lee
Wiliam Lee
Sewall Bowker
Samuel Bowker
Miss Hill
Little Mary Pelham
Chellie Morrison Barstow
Bath and
Alameda
Calif
Mark Langdon Morrison
Hamburg
New-York
English Channel
Dromore
George Rogers
Grange Hall
Melinda
John Rogers
Eliza M
Sarah M. Rogers
Freddie
Omar R. Perry
Voyage
Bath Savings Institution
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