West Bath fall injures man and hunting ban eyed
Edward K Thompson rests at his parents home in West Bath after a 25 foot fall from a barn staging while shingling. He suffered a ragged cut above the right eye but no bones were broken and doctors expect a full recovery. Birch Point Village restricts hunting to protect game birds with local officials pushing a reserve. Local schools reopen with new teachers and residents visit family members and attend events in Bath and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward K. Thompson
Samuel J. Thompson
Berry's Mill
Read
West Bath
Thompson Barn
Phomypsor
Ile
Fuller
Thompson
Birch Point
Mibow Hill
New Meadows
Gully
Ruth Eaton
Phippsburg
Lowell School
Mary Philpot
Lowell
Dineluiurge
Carl Stevens
Springfield
Mass
Eugene R. Brown
Lena Cobb
Lottie
Bowdoinham
Chester Freeman
Mary Dion
Annie Trufant
Woodfords
Dorothy Stilkey
Morse High School
J. Everett Mayo
Florence Neiley
Brunswick
Margaret Trafant
Portland
William Trufant
White Mountains
Mayo
Mer Pruffant
Masmhan Brothers & Bancroft
Porth
Mrv
John de Conley
Spring Street
Porthim
Hliday
New Meadows Tun
J. Byverett
Maye
Marion Purington
Gorham Normal
Buth Stewart
Dots Palmer
Lath
J. Everett Maye
Henry G. Trodgdon
Tsaac Coombs
Foster's Point Road
West Daith
J. C Lemont
Arthur
Lemont
Morrel Boss
Maehins
Mr. Foss
Fred W. Larrabee
Joseph White
Lewiston
Howard Brewer
John Larrabee
Paul Boudreau
Bath
Evelyn Wright
Bos
Stackpole
Sadie Hutchins
Malden
Mary W Philpot
Fred W. Larra
Phippsburg Road Work Opens Improvement Project
Oliver and crew began Tuesday on State road near Ingalls Place south of Witeh Dine lott to straighten a sharp curve and improve drainage. The $2800 project will widen and grade the route, reducing frost damage and easing travel for residents.
Gunners Set for Early Shots as Season Opens
The opening gunning season on Merrymeeting day is Friday the 16th with gunners preparing at pep oo day to claim first shots. Thousands of birds are reported in the bay with flocks massed near Willis's shore, possibly due to recent Kennebec oil pumping. A legal open time begins at sunrise Friday, following a close season on ducks and other birds through Sept. 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pep Oo
Pleasant Point
Willis
Bay Shore
Kennebec
Rotary Conclave Set for Poland Spring in Fall
District Governor Herbert C. Wilson announces the New England Rotary conclave at Poland Spring from Sept 28 to Oct 1 with nearly 1000 attendees. Events include a banquet addressed by national figures, a district governor’s ball, a Bath parade, sports, and a special Rotary train from Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Clubs of
New England
Poland Springs
Herbert C. Wilson
Worcester
Hiram Ricker & Sons
Chandler's Military Band of
Portland
Poland Spring House
Bath Rotary Club
Falmouth
Boston
Danville Junction
Poland Spring
Rotary Clubs
Maine
Bath
Notable Visitors From New England Arrive Nearby
Last week guests included Capt. and Mrs. C F Staples of Bowdeinham and Mr. and Mrs. Orville S Smith of Wakefield Massachusetts. Mr. Smith treasurer of Sandy Leovit Shipbuilding Corp and a Boston lawyer. Belle Wallace of Bath visited Mrs. J D Eastman. BB White and son Nornee vacationed at The Anchorage from Newton Massachusetts where Mr White is a contractor with multiple houses under construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rer
C. KF. Staples
Bowdeinham
Orville S. Smith
Wakefield
Mass
Smith
Sandy Leovit—Shipbuilding Corp
Boston
Belle Wallace
Bath
J. D. Eastman
BB. B. White
Son Nornee
Anchorage
Newton
Mr. White
Bath boy shares striking facts about China
A Bath boy in China writes to a relative with surprising details about China. He cites vast dikes and canals, many boats, and immense Great Wall labor costs. He notes Shansi coal reserves, loess fertility, and a single mile of loess supporting thousands of people and livestock on small farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
United States
Great Wall
Shansi
Yast
Gine
Charleston
Yellow Sea
Pekin
Yellow River
Great Plain
Yang-tse Kiang
Chanting
Busy Session Probate Court Registers Estates In Bath Area
Sagadahoc County probate court’s September session heard multiple petitions and accounts. Inventories and administrations were filed for estates in Bath Topsham Richmond Bowdoinham and Bath widow accounts and guardianship actions were approved. New licenses to sell real estate and exchanges of land were also granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoe County
Janos S. Lowell
Mary Redlon
Bath
Osgood M. Redlon
Edwin M. Iwknight
Annie M. Wight
Arabine A. Coulhard
William I. Hogan
Daniel Ridley
Annie N. Ridey
George H. Theobald
Richmond
Morrill McKenney
Joseph B. Alexander
Clara Jane Colby
Topsham
Pan S. Colby
Charles C. Low
Mary Walsh
Charles E. Ugliss
Frantes Wubiliss
Thath
John G. Morse
Phippsburg
Margaret J. Coombs
Isaiah
Coombs
Daath
Charles O. Sthall
George W. Lynes
Annie I. Ridley
Dinsmore
Winifred M. Dinsmore
Bowdoinhaim
William I. Pairclough
Percy Sedgley
Reed Jack
Gertrude BK. Jack
N. Gratz Jackson
James J. Vickery
Guardian
Frances EK. Libby
Iinor
Henrietta S. Libby
George W. Lyneh Hite
Charles O. Small
Phattie T. Small
Bowdoin
Frank I. Small
Robert W. Donnell
Olive McDonnell
Et Als
Jianes J. Vickery
Makes a wood shed into a bungalow at West Harbor
A Summer resort youth converted a wood shed into a bungalow after neighbors urged partitions. They agreed on a season rate of one dollar a week. the three-room structure remained sparsely furnished with no stove. The owner hopes to rent more units, leveraging West Harbor’s bathing beach as a draw. Charles Locke visited Augusta on business Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toothbay Parker
Sumner
West Harbor
Woolwich Notes Bring Weddings and Social News
Woolwich telegrams report the engagement and marriage of Gladys Christine Webb to Louis Earle Stinson at the Webb home in Somerville Massachusetts. Stinson plans to reside in Donner’s Grove Illinois. Various residents attend dances, visits, school starts, and family gatherings across Woolwich and neighboring towns with multiple trips, illnesses, and social events noted.
Howard-W.Sampson Resumes Duties as Cashier
Howard W Sampson returns to work Monday as cashier at the office of the American Railway Express Co after seven weeks of enforced leave. The layoff followed a cottage event at Bridgham's Cove where a fat man's race ended with a fall after about 20 feet, injuring his right shoulder and tearing ligaments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard—W.sampson
American Railway Express Co
Bridgham's Cove
School opens at North end with local teacher
Monday marked the start of classes at the North end with Leland Cunningham of Wis casset as teacher though the special state constitution election drew little interest with only six ballots cast. Several residents and visitors, including Florence A. Williams and Miss Lucy K. Cyr, left for home after visits and trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End
Leland Cunningham
Wiscasset
Williams
East Side
Florence A. Williams
Providence
R. I
Lucy K. Cyr
Carrie Collins
Helen Rhodes
Lynn
Mass
Collins Cottage
Emma Pierce
Bath
M. C. Jewett
Eirza Jewett
John Ladd
Andover
Mildred Kehail
Boston
I. T. Kehail
Nelson Burt
J. J. Booker
Roslindale
Jonas H. Jewett
John R. Swanton
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D. C
East
Former bathman is live secretary for Wyandotte board
James G. Pinson of Wyandotte Michigan returns Thursday night after visiting Bath with his brother Edwin B. Pinson of 81 Washington Street. Pinson is the energetic secretary of the Wyandotte Board of Commerce and is credited with boosting that town's growth. In six months since formation the board has secured two industries with a third hoped for. Pinson came to Bath 18 years ago from Bath Iron Works and plans to resume duties with enthusiasm. Archie Gillis's son returns to Charlottetown to study at St Dunstan's University after vacation in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Pinson
Wyandotte
Mich
Edwin BE. Pinson
Washington Street
Pinson
Board of Commerce of
Michigan
Board of Commerce
Bath
Edwin
Bath Iron Works
Lucian
Fuller
Bath Chamber of Commerce
Archie Gillis
Edmund Arsenault
High Street
Charlottetown
St. Dunstan's University
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Edward Thompson
Ingalls
Oliver
Ingalls Place
Witeh Dine Lott
Dromore Grange
Whippsburg
Laura Annie Barnes
Frank S. Bowker
New York
Sebasco
William Benner
Wyoming
Rufus Lombard
Bald Head
Benner
Union Pacific Railroad
Cheyenne
Denver
Wallace If. White
John B. Walker
Ridge
Edward Robinson
Edward
Burlington
Dro. Robinson
University of Vermont
J. O. Wyman
Vauline
Flbb
Wyman
Cottell
J. O. Wymnan
Massachusetts
S. S. C. H. Devereux Low
Th Tb. Wyman
Norfolk
George (. Pease
Charles Temple
West Point
W. OR. Bowie
Parker Head
WL. Bowker
J. 2 Rogers
Selectmen's Office
Bertha Russell
Center
Eugene Coleman
Delle Wallace
Eastman
Basin
Charles L. Knight
Squirrel Point
Auburn
Milison Touclette
Small Point
Clara Perry
Roxbury
BE. J. Claisdell
God
Edwin Copeland
Tezekiah Harrington
Frank DeWolfe
Edward Blair DeWolfe
James Knowlton
James, Jr
Claremont
Kennebec Navigation Company
City of
Rockland
Gardiner
Cedar Grove
Kemeries River
Boothbay
Boothbay Harbor
Islands
Leonard Norsworthy
Folsom
Elizabeth
Charles Locke
Augusta
T. Hopkins & Son
New York City
Woolwich
Louis E. Stinson
Gladys C. Webb
Gladys Christine Webb
Winfield Webb
Somerville
Louis Earle Stinson
Stinson
Edward I. Carter
Donner’s Grove
Ray KB. Prescott
L. A. Bailey
Bangor
Montsweag Grange Hall
Velma C. Bailey
Leslie Soule
James T. Soule
H. I. Allen
Cumberland Center
Er. Main
A. A. Stott
Allen
Orono
University of Maine
GG. W. Leonard
Charles Rice
Terlin
N. Y
Woolwich Center
George Lilly
Day's Ferry
Isenberg
G. W. Shaw
Asbury Bailey
Milton
Melvin Bailey
Wiscasset Academy
Alice Poole
South Bristol
Montsweag School
John Gilmore
Harold
Nequasset
Clarence Bailey
Vernon W
Knights
Herbert Quint
Sanford
Frank Quint
North Berwick
Wilson Bailey
Velma Bailey
Wiscasset School
Bernard Bailey
Florence Baker
Cony High School
Burton Hodgkins
Eben Dana
Harry Allen
Thomas I. Reed
Lester Blair
Christine
Weymouth
Carrie Wing
Albert
Downing
Thompson Bros
Westport
Bathman
Springfield, Mass
America
Conway
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