Arrivals Departures Highlight Week in Bath Area
Winnegance residents welcome visitors and note numerous trips as Arthurs Jackson visit Ban gor. Edna Pickard heads to Medford Mass to take a high school job. Bath events include church services led by Rev. Holman and numerous social visits and home moves across Otter Bay area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Jackson
Bangor
Ernest M. Holman
First Baptist Church of
Madelyn
Freeport
Leon Pennell
Joshua N. Tibbetts
Ralph
Louise
Rockport
Charles Crosby
George Trask
Bath
Etta Webber
Small Point
Charles
Wallingford
Dr. Marston
Gus Small
Walter Morse
Readfield
Forest Rice
Maude
Rice
Damariscotta Mills
Philip Black
Gardiner
Harry Oliver
Edgar Oliver
Winthrop
Carolyn
Dorothy Morse
Melville Sb. Clark
Eugene Spinney
Wiscasset
Marie Antoinette
Daniel Deans
A. R. Campbell
North Carolina
Winfield W. Morse
Doris
Morse
Ernest O. Knight
Augusta
Walter Perry
Herbert Cutting
Annie
Dromore
Sherman L. Morse
Marion Morse
Herbert Morse
Morse High School
Brazil
Jewett
Bridge Hall
Roulds’ Orchestra
Posters Arrive to Recruit for Bath Legion Post
More than 50 posters reach the Bath post of the American Legion ahead of tonight's meeting in the common council room. The committee plans to distribute them countywide to attract young men to join. Posters echo wartime recruitment vigor, urging unity of 4,500,000 veterans and supporters in peacetime.
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Bath
American Legion
Bath Post
Epworth League Hikes to Sabine with Baum Family Hosts
Fifteen Epworthians from Wesley church hiked to Sabine Saturday afternoon and were hosted by Mr and Mrs Arthur E Baum at the Duncan cottage. They enjoyed stunts and games before a shower and gathered by the open fire with salad coffee and lunch in the dining room. Rain prevented some from continuing later.
West Side Times Narrow Victory At Home
In a tight matchup the West Side teams clinched a narrow win at home against visiting squads. Fans saw a competitive game with key plays delivering the final margin.
Percy & Small Expands Keel for New Four Masted Schooner
Derey and Small Inc. extend keel at their South end yard for a four masted wooden schooner to serve New York parties. Size similar to Joseph S. Zenan. Construction to keep Bath shipyard busy into winter. launching date for Miriam Landis not set. Planking remaining and two weeks needed to rig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derey & Small Inc
New York
Joseph S. Zenan
Othe Miriam Landis
Bath
Landis
Death of Kenneth C Hawes Remains Reported
Mrs. D. Emery learns of the death of her grandson Kenneth C. Hawes 16 in Fairhope Alabama on Sept 2 after a brief illness. Son of Mrs. M and Emery Hawes formerly of this city he studied Spanish and French at the organic school and once lived with his grandmother. He leaves his mother and one brother Norman E. Hawes in Fairhope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Emery
Kenneth C. Hawes
Fairhope
Ala
Kenneth Hawes
Emery Hawes
Norman E. Hawes
Bath Chapter Pioneers Expanded Red Cross Home Service
Instructions from the American Red Cross mandate all chapters to extend home service to civilian families. Bath chapter stands as an early pioneer in New England and among the first in the United States to adopt the expanded program, proving the need and value of the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross Society
Bath
New England
United States
Real estate sales including multiple neighborhood transactions
Mrs. Marjory E. Bailey sold her 212 and 214 Center street property through Joseph Footer to George R. Ingraham. Footer also moved and sold three Academy and Lincoln street houses with updates including hardwood floors. Additional transfers include Court street home to Emile Simmonds and Center Street rear and Center Street homes to Stanford Cameron and John N. Murphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjory E. Bailey
Center Street
Joseph “ Charles” Footer
George R. Ingraham
Footer
Ned L. Robbins
Lincoln Street
Albert FH. Shaws
Academy Street
Thousands of Ducks Enter Bay on Sunday Excursion
Passengers on the Wiwarna witnessed thousands of wild ducks, including black ducks and teal, as the steamer passed Gardiner and Togus on Sunday. It is illegal at present to shoot the ducks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merry Meeting Bay
Wiwarna
Gardiner
Togus
Inn to Close Sept 21 at New Meadows Inn
Landlord Charles H Cahill will close the New Meadows Inn for the season with final servings at 8 p m on September 21 The season is described as highly successful with larger automobile parties than before A Hebrew junk dealer in Bath once sought $31500 for land near Rockland but refused several offers and ultimately stood firm at higher prices Local fishing trips brought back hake and the Piro returned from Mac Mahan island with students from iss ious Marsters school at Dobbs Ferry New York joining the island social scene
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Cahill
New Meadows Inn
Bath
Rockland
Great Fish Pier
Bath Tron Works
Seguin
Piro
Issious Marsters
Dobbs Ferry
N. Y
Mac- Mahan Island
Mac Mahan
Islands
Caribou Court Facilities Urged For County Jurists
Attorneys in Northern Aroostook seek enlarging Caribou court facilities due to rising civil and equity business. At the September term opening in Caribou, the courtroom enclosure held only about half the attending lawyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aroostook County
Caribou
Supreme Court
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted as Appetite Aid
General debility and tiredness are linked to loss of appetite, with Hood's Sarsaparilla marketed as a concentrated economical remedy. It is said to purify the blood revitalize the body and restore energy. The ad also promotes Hood's Pills as a dependable laxative.
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Hood
Bowdoinham Social Notes Mixed with Local Visits
Neighbors in Bowdoinham report Miss Bertha Hackett has returned to South Coventry Conn. Grace Brown leaves for Gorham State Normal. F W Hackett adds optical department. Local visits include Stanwoods, Daggetts, Wood family, and many Brunswick and Lisbon Falls acquaintances. School changes noted. Post Road schoolhouse moved with new floors and seats. Lieutenant Washburn returns home after overseas service as postmaster.
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Bertha Hackett
South Coventry
Conn
Grace Brown
Gorham
State Normal School
F. W. Hackett
J. R. Stanwood
Ernest
Brunswick
Merryman
Livermore Falls
F. K. Jack
Hollis Daggett
Massachusetts
Daggett
Alphonso
Edith Wood
Alfred Sparks
Ruinford Falls
Bert Jack
Lena Patten
Coleman Casey
Walter
Portland
A. Getchell
W .W. Brown
Maxwell
William Blanchard
Frank Cornish
Henry Cornish
Millard Rogers
Marshall
George Perry
Litchfield
Florence Sparks
Mont Clair
N. J
David Bridge
Waldoboro
Charles Heckett
Ellen Sparks
Bangor
Rhode Island
I. M. Fowle
Annie Tyler
New Meadows Inn
Charles Fogg
Lewiston
Mary Hall
Charles E. Washburn
Bowdoinham
Washburn
New York
FE. W. Warren
Orrs Island
Ernest Davis
Saco
B. B. Douglas
L. P. Temple
Edna Graves
Bertha Welch
South Casco
Sunshine
Sybil Briery
C. ©. Purinton
Lisbon Falls
Turner
Corp
William Williams
Walker Wilds
HI. FE. Cornish
Rumford Falls
Nancy Cornish
Naney Cornish
Ida
Lyste Cornish
Lok
Jack
Ida Fowle
Mary Bernier
Ernest Stanwood
Frank Keegan
Charles Fisher
I. M.fowle
Littl
Millard Hatch
Amesbury
Mass
Fowle
Millard
Elizabeth Britt
Tarr
W. E. Lake
South Larpswell Suniday
Lucy Robinson
Topsham
Levi Staples
Jean de Prez
Sarah Stevenson
Jeanette Staples
Mabel Ames
George Seigars
Emily Staples
Lillian Davis
Lyle Temple
Frank
Herbert Heath
Fred Heath
Bath
Agnes Aderton
Belle Aderton
Women form Good Fellowship Community club in Bowdoinham
Women of Post Ridge and White roads met at the Ridge parsonage on September 4 and organized the Good Fellowship Community club with officers Mrs. A I Kelley president Mrs W J Graves vice president Ida White secretary and treasurer and Mrs Staples Mrs M H White and Mrs Manwaring on executive committee. The afternoon passed socially followed by supper for community men and friends featuring baked beans bread pickles cake pies and cookies and phonograph selections in the evening.
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Post, Ridge
White Roads
Ridge Parsonage
Good Fellowship Community
A. I. Kelley
W. J. Graves
Ida White
Staples
M. H. White
Manwaring
Phonograph
Maine Women Club Federation to Convene in Portland October 14 16
The Maine Federation of Women's Clubs plans a three day meeting in Portland from October 14 to 16. The event coincides with the New England conference of six state federation boards and will host presidents from the other five states. Frye Hall will host sessions with the Portland Literary Union as host. opening evening includes a reception and musical program. The schedule covers business sessions, speeches by Nancy Schoonmaker of New Jersey on civic responsibilities, and a public lecture midweek. The Maine president, Mrs. Myrtle L. T. White, will preside. the event ends October 16 before delegates return home.
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Maine Federation of Women’s Clubs
Portland
New England
Maine Club
Maine
Portland Literary Union
Frye Hall
Federation
McDonald
Maine Federation
Fryehall
Nancy Schoonmaker
New Jersey
Grace A. Wing
General Federation
New England Board
Stanley Plunmer
Dexter
Myrtle L. T. White
Presque Isle
Rams Discharged on Larceny Charge in Bath Case
Julius Rams, charged with larceny of an automobile truck, was discharged by Judge Keegan after proving he held a half interest in the truck as a business partner of Julius Small. Rams was returned from Springfield by Inspector Colgan. The court costs exceeding $90 were paid from other sources. Frank Wilson, convicted of assault and battery, was fined $5 with costs $7.80 suspended on payment.
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Julius Rams
Meyer Small
Bath
Inspector Colgan
Springfield
Mass
Keegan
Rams
Small’s
Ram
Frank Wilson
Cleveland B. Kane
People’s Ferry Co. Sup
Ephraim French Celebrates 71st Birthday at Quaker Point
Ephraim French marked his 71st birthday Tuesday at his daughter Mrs W C Pearson’s Quaker Point home. He recounted youth days in Cutter and Addison Washington County. A Bath resident for 22 years, he has worked as a carpenter in local shipyards, mainly G G Deering Co. He planned a family dinner at the Quaker Point farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephraim French
W. C. Pearson
Quaker Point
Tle
Cutter
Addison
Washington County
Pleasant River Granite Co
Bath
G. G. Deering Co
Veteran Marshfield farmer turns 87 amid berry harvest
Enoch L. Hanscom, a Civil War veteran from Marshfield, will be 87 on October 7. He remained active by picking blueberries last season, gathering 50 quarts or more. The berry pasture lies three quarters of a mile from his home, making each round trip a mile and a half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enoch L. Hanscom
Marshfield
Guernsey Breeders Meet Planned at North Alfred Farm
The Guernsey Breeders Association schedules a field meeting on Friday September 12 at the J B E Roberts farm in North Alfred. Wrof L C Corbett head of the University of Maine animal industry department will speak. Exhibits will feature pure bred Guernseys from Alfred and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guernsey Breeders Association
J. BE. Roberts
North Alfred
Wrof L. C. Corbett
Department of Animal Industry
University of Maine
Alfred
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Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
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Senter
the Islands
RA. F. Leader
Ruth
Z. W. Robash
High Street
W. B. Donnell
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Richmond
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Harwood Street
Eugenia Tfreeman Harford
Five Islands
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