Bath to Maine links in Gorges and Bakers ancestry
A memoir-style note traces Bath England and Bath Maine connections through the Gorges and Bakers families. It recalls Sir Ferdinando Gorges, early Maine founder, and imagines historic ties between Somerset villages Wraxall Nailsea Tickenham and Bath. It notes descendants and burial sites in Bath Abbey and local churches.
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St. Whiten
Olerance
Maine
Ferdinando
New England
England
West
Bath
A Sewall
Gorges
Crown
Province
Massachusetts
Elizabeth Gorges
Colonel Codrington
Charoltte
Abel Moysey
Georgetown
Reach
Old England
City Gorges
Nailsea
Wraxall
Tickenham
Somerset
Severn Coast
Bristol
Bel
Mary
Hester
Doughty
Abbot Gorges
Logical and Natural History Society
Churce
Long Ashton
Helena
Eliza
Thomas Gorges
Hurst Castle
Sir Thomas
George
France
Ranolph de Gorges
William the Conqueror
Remembering the Conqueror in an English Parish
A reflective parish scene recalls English and Newfoundland ties with a hesitant speaker tracing history from the Norman Conquest to Dover and Hastings. The narrator apologizes for a remembered falsehood and urges communal memory amid a village gathering near Bath.
Legion of Guardsmen to Be Formed Here in Bath
Members of Co. E and Co. B. Maine State Guard met at the Bath State armory to organize the Legion of Guardsmen. Eligible veterans and peacetime servicemen may join. A meeting is set for Sunday afternoon to finalize organizing plans and elect post officers for a one year term.
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Co. E
Co. B
Maine State Guard of
Bath
State Armory
Legion of Guardsmen
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Coast Guard
John St. Martin
Robert Nolan
Unclear text fragment on state armed forces and benefits
Fragmentary passage mentions armed forces of a state, securing sites for government, and obtaining benefits for welfare. Text is incomplete and lacks coherent subjects or events.
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United
Bath Party Returns From Mountain Trip
Rev. and Mrs. Alfred H. Ives and their sons led a Beacon Street Yo Fellowship group on a weeklong White Mountains camping trip. They climbed toward Mt. Washington before weather halted the ascent and traveled via Huntington Ravine and Pinkham Notch. The return included Franconia Notch and Glen Ellis Falls.
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Alfred H. Ives
Christopher
Clifton
Beacon Street
Yo Fellowship
Huntington Ravine
Alpine Garden
Lion’s Head
Pinkham Notch
Franconia Notch
Echo Lake
Lost River
Glenellis Falls
Bath
Mountain visit noted in church party details
The passage lists members of a party including Rev. and Mrs. Ives and two sons along with Misses Beverly Van Buren Beverly Smith Barbara Kara Summerton Isabelle Fifield Warren Beardsley and Robert Higgins, indicating another mountain trip planned for the year.
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Mrs. Ives
Beverly van Buren
Beverly Smith
Barbara Kara Summerton
Isabelle Fifield
Warren Beardsley
Robert Higgins
Kennedy advocates meters after West Coast trip
Carl Kennedy of Oakhurst Dairy says parking meters proved highly convenient during a West Coast trip. He notes that outside New England many towns use meters, preventing parking problems near shops and restaurants, unlike areas without meters.
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Bath
Carl Y. Kennedy
Oakhurst
West Coast
Kennedy
New England
Middle West
Western States
Birth of Virginia Anne Bordwell in San Francisco
Mrs. Horace Bryant of Camden returns from a guest visit with Mrs. Harriet Berg and relatives in North Edgecomb. Card announces the birth Aug 19 of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bordwell Jr. of San Francisco, named Virginia Anne after grandmothers. Weight eight pounds. Granddaughter of Dr. and Mrs. John C. Geiger. They plan to join Mr. Bordwell in Shanghai, where he is stationed, once travel is possible.
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Horace Bryant
Camden
Harriet Berg
Floral Street
North Edgecomb
Philip Chaney
Paul Bordwell, Jr
San Francisco
Calif
Virginia Anne
John C. Geiger
Anna Morse
Birthday Party for Arlene R. King
Arlene Roberta King daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vinal King hosted a friend gathering for her fifth birthday on a Wednesday afternoon. Indoor games featured pin the tail on the black cat won by Ruth Ellen Hunter. refreshments included cake and ice cream with mini cake favors at each place. Guests included Margo Relves Errol Relves Sandra Moore Earl Moore Ellen Hunter Barbara Hodge Nancy Hodge Ann Mosher Nancy Temple Lucy Lee Smith Janet. mothers and relatives also attended.
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Arlene Roberta King
Vinal King
High Street
Pele
Ruth Ellen Hunter
Margo
Errol Relves
Sandra
Earl Moore
Ellen Hunter
Barbara
Nancy Hodge
Ann Mosher
Nancy Temple
Lucy Lee Smith
Janet
Walter Revie
Stanley Hunter
Fenton I. Moore
Linwood Temple
H. Kenneth Smith
Robert Gordon
Odd Eye Shapes in Animals Show Pupil Variations
Describes how pupils change shape under different light levels in animals. Notes cats have vertical slits in bright light and circles in dim light, horses have horizontal slits, whales have red eyes, and king penguins display square, hexagonal, and circular pupils as they dilate.
Mrs. J Russell Grant and daughter visit Boston
Mrs J Russell Grant and her daughter Hudene of Liberty Street have returned home after a short visit in Boston.
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Bakers
Mene
Plymouth
Plyisle
Waymouth
Sir Ferdinando
América
Sir Ranolph
Newfoundland
Gould
Durham
Napoleon Buonaparte
Dover
Hastings
the Conqueror
Keplana
New
Old
Young Hears
White Moon
Carl Kennedy
State OF
Harold I. Goss
State Liquor Commission
Secretary of
Gromyko
U.N
United Nations Security Council
Lake Success
L. I
New York
Oscar Lange
Lange
Andrei Gromyko
Arlene R. King
Sagadahoc County
Marold I. Goss
United States
Owen Brewster, Dexter
Horace A. Hildreth
Cumberland
Congress
Robert Hale
Portland
Neil
Bishop
Bowdoinham
John, L. Jack, Topsham
Hiram T. Stevens
Chas. W. Messenger
Richmond
Ralph O. Dale
Peter M. MacDonald
Rumford
Davis Clark, Milo
John C. Fitzgerald
Robret H. Haskell
Joseph H. Mullaney
Richard E. McElman
Woolwich
Celia J. Wold
Joseph A. Butler
Charles B. Doyle
Forrest C. Legard
J. Horace McClure
Norman E. Curtis
Bowdoin
Roger E. Williams
Topsham
Albert B. Henderson
Phippsburg
Helen M. Moses
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