Bath Votes Wet On Referendum Questions Monday
Bath approved a State store and related liquor questions by clear margins while most towns stayed dry. Bath backed a State liquor store by about 939 votes, wines and spirits nearby, and malt liquor, with smaller margins elsewhere in the county. Georgetown opposed a residency amendment 81 to 60, and Bowdoinham narrowly favored it.
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Bath
Phippsburg
Topsham
Richmond
Georgetown
Bowdeinham
State Liquor Commission
Messenger pledges continued law enforcement in victory note
Charles W. Messenger thanks the people of Saga dahoe county for their strong endorsement in his reelection campaign. He pledges to continue enforcing law with no favoritism but with justice to all. Richmond Me September 15 1938.
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Sagadahoe County
Charles W. Messenger
Richmond, Me
Randlette thanks Sagadahoc voters after county race
Joseph W. Randlette expresses appreciation to Sagadahoc County voters for support in the county commissioner race and pledges faithful service during the coming term. Richmond, Sept. 13, 1938. Sebasco Lodge near capacity for the month. Shore Acres golf course adds a pro-shop and caddy house, with an expansion of the dining room.
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Sagadahoc
Joseph W. Randlette
Richmond
Sebasco Lodge
Shore Acres
Richmond H.S. hires three new teachers and coach
Norman Walker of Islington Mass a Colby graduate and athlete will coach athletics and teach mathematics and science at Richmond high school Monica Baker of Gardiner will teach English Civics and Commercial arithmetic Jessie Stewart of Needham Heights Mass will teach commercial subjects Walker also named teacher coach introducing football to the school He and his wife and child will live at 3 Center Street in Richmond
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Norman Walker
Islington
Mass
Colby
Monica Baker
Gardiner
Jessie Stewart
Needham Heights
Norman
Norm" Walker
Colby College
Richmond High School
Walker
Dedham
Maas
Richmond
Center Street
Sisters Reunited After 26 Years apart in Maine
Mrs. William Bailey of West Bath reunited Saturday with her sister Mrs. Bernard Bailey of Dresden Mills after 26 years apart. Both women were born in Litchfield and later married Baileys. the sisters, once Miss Bessie Larrabee and Miss Esther Larrabee, had unknowingly lived near each other. Their brother traced Bernard to Dresden Mills, enabling the chance meeting.
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William Bailey
West Bath
Bernard Bailey
Dresden Mills
Litchfield
Augusta
Bessie Larrabee
Esther Larrabee
Baileys
Plan Game Supper For Coming Autumn
Saga dahoc Rod Gun and Skeet Association discusses a late October or early November game supper and reviews a crew shooting contest with the Richmond Sportsmen's Association. Crows are cited as a major enemy to game birds and feet of killed birds will be saved to tally trophies. The losing team will host a dinner for the winners in winter. Next meeting October 11.
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Richmond Sportsmen's Association
Sagadahoc Rod, Gun and Skeet Association, Inc
Winnegance Community Club
Richmond
Edward
Gediman
Ed Jaquith
New England Women's Club Conference Opens in Portsmouth
The 29th annual New England Conference of State Federations of Women's clubs meets Sept 14 to 16 at Wentworth-By-The-Sea Portsmouth New Hampshire with theme A New World Youth and Maturity on the March Mrs Albert E Chittenden will preside Speakers include Maud Clark Gay of Maine Federations Waldo F Stephens John R Steelman and Fred Engelhardt focusing on education labor and civic progress.
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New England
Wentworth-By-The-Sea
Portsmouth
N. H
Albert E. Chittenden
Maud Clark Gay
Maine Federation
Cosmopolitan Club
Waldo EF. Stephens
Columbia University
John R. Steelman
United States Department of Labor
Fred Engelhardt
University of New Hampshire
Funeral for George M Whitehead Ex ship carpenter
George M Whitehead retired ship carpenter died Tuesday night of a heart attack. Funeral held Thursday at 2 PM in the Old Folks Home with Rev. Jesse Kenderdine officiating. Bearers were William J Craft Milton H Douglas Elmer Norton and Harry Watson. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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George M. Whitehead
Jesse Kenderdine
Beacon Street
William J. Craft
Milton H. Douglas
Elmer Norton
Harry Watson
Oak Grove
Georgetown Sees Quiet Winter Return After Busy Summer
Georgetown residents reflect on a busy season as visitors depart and locals ponder permanent summer homes. Notable moves include Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hill to Boston, Judge Bonniwell to Philadelphia, and the Emmons and Washburn families seeking Georgetown residence.
Montsweag Church Notes Sunday Services and Events
Sunday morning worship at 10 45 followed by Church school. The Cheerios host a chicken supper at the home of Mr and Mrs Fred Soule on Thursday September 15 from five to 830. Willing Workers start the new season with an all day meeting at the parsonage on Tuesday September 20.
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Cheerios
Fred Soule
Miss Clara Hawthorne a Woolwich Center guest
Miss Clara Hawthorne of Woolwich Center visited Wednesday with her nephew Harvey P Hathorne of Saga dahoc Ferry.
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Clara Hawthorne
Woolwich Center
Harvey P. Hathorne
Sagadahoc Ferry
Brighton teacher Margert Miller resumes duties after Harvard Summer course
Miss Margaret Miller a languages teacher at Brighton high school returned to work this week after her summer vacation spent with her mother Mrs Archie Miller of Granite street She attended the Summer course for teachers at Harvard University during her break.
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Margaret Miller
Brighton High School
Archie Miller
Granite Street
Harvard
Probate Court Session Reports Limited Civil Work
Judge Walter Glidden led Sagadahoc probate court in September as few matters advanced. Wills, administrations, bonds, inventories and guardian accounts were filed or approved for estates in Bath Woolwich and topsham with executors trustees and guardians named.
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Walter 8. Glidden
Sagadahoc
George M. Stinson
Woolwich
Marcia M. Stinson
Flora M. Randall
Bath
Alice T. Fuller
Eugene A. Youland
Arline Y. Morse
Stearns W. Scott
Arthur J. Dunton
Bertha K. Scott
Augusta Rowe
Mary A. Palmer
John P. Carey
Katherine M. Loach
Charles T. Small, Jr
Annie T. Shaw
Fred P. Shaw
Hannah J. O'Laughlin
Scott Morse
Jennie Morse
Walter K. Morse
Morse High enrolls 549 pupils on Tuesday
Notes show 549 students enrolled at Morse High School, up 62 from opening day 1937. Freshmen 167, Sophomores 137, Juniors 132, Seniors 94, Post Graduates 9.
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Morse High
Sagadahoc Grange Event at Bowdoinham Sees Active Evening
Sagadahoc grange at Bowdoinham held a Saturday program under the head of Florence Merriman. Kenneth Bickford led readings and music with Hazel and Mildred Clark while other acts included a farce by the group and recitations by E. E. Baker Guy Williams and Nellie Bickford. A pie social followed and plans for Booster Night on Sept 28 were shared with Thimble club members at Rock Hill Inn hosted by Miss Emily Larrabee and others with music sewing and future dinner plans.
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Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoinham
Hore Community Welfare Committee
Florence Merriman
Reading
Kenneth Bickford
Hazel
Mildred Clark
Llewellyn Freeman
E. E. Baker
Guy Williams
Dwight Adams
Laurence Adams
Ramona Allen
Nellie Bickford
Margaret Adams
Emily Larrabee
Thimble Club
Joseph Larrabee
Rock Hill Inn
Foster's Point Road
C. Lloyd Hooker
Chester MacKenzie
Lewis Allain
Dorothy Allain
Lucy Rogers
LeForrest Coombs
Fenton I. Moore
Walter James
Raymond Palmer
Florence Wyman
Allain
High Street Court
Miss McClure Enters Senior Year at Westbrook Junior College
Miss Mary M. McClure daughter of Mr and Mrs J Horace McClure of 6 Garden Street left Wednesday for Westbrook Junior College in Portland to begin her senior year.
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Mary M. McClure
J. Horace McClure
Garden Street
Westbrook Junior College
Portland
Five Islands open with Lovell teacher at school
Five Islands School opened Monday with Mrs. Serepta Pinfold of Lovell as teacher. She will board with Mrs. P. B. Savage as last year. Numerous residents and visitors noted activities and vacations around Five Islands and nearby towns through the week including farewells, cottage closings, and local services.
Frank Trott of Harvey Sr._visits city for several days
Frank Trott and Harvey Sr. are spending several days in the city, with local residents noting their presence and schedule during their stay.
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Frank Trott
Harvey, Sr
Bounty Offered for Baboon Slaughter in South Africa
Johannesburg officials announce a 2.50 dollar bounty per baboon to curb raids on farms as baboons range from the equator to the cape. The article notes vast damages, limited weapon access for natives, and varied methods used to tackle the pest.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Equator
Cape
Obituary of Jame H. Farley Bridgewater Resident
Word has been received at Richmond of the death in Bridgewater Thursday of Jame H. Farley 67 retired retail clothier and brother of Henry W and Almon J Farley Mrs Eva Yeaton and Mrs Ethel Brown all of Richmond Active in municipal affairs in Bridgewater he also served two terms in the House of Representatives He was a member of the Masonic lodge the Commandery the Shrine the Odd Fellows and the Grange Other survivors include his widow Mrs Annie Barker Farley four sons A Chandler Harry C J Howard all of Bridgewater and Burnt B of Hartford Conn another brother and two sisters George H Farley of Norris-wock Mrs Nellie Durell of Lowell Mass and Mrs Ada Wakem of Yarmouth
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Richmond
Bridgewater
Jame
H. Farley
Henry W
Almon J. Farley
Eva Yeaton
Ethel Brown
Farley
House of Representatives
Masonic Lodge
the Commandery
the Shrine
The
Odd Fellows
the Grange
Annie Barker Farley
A. Chandler
Harry C
J. Howard
Burnt B
Hartford, Conn
George H. Farley
Norridgewock
Nellie Durell
Lowell
Mass
Ada Wakem
Yarmouth
Salem Woman Lucretia Little Dies Aged 78 In Salem
Mrs Lucretia Shepard Little wife of Major Philip Little of 10 Chestnut Street Salem Mass died Saturday at Salem hospital in her 79th year She was born in Hartford Conn daughter of the late Orin and Anne Jeannette Staigg Jackson and lived in Boston years She was niece of Richard M Staigg portrait painter She survived by her husband a son Philip Jr three grandsons Philip 3d Charles Martin Little and Thomas Little Funeral services were held Monday at Grace Episcopal Church Salem Mr and Mrs Little long time members at the MacMahon Island colony
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Serepta Pinfold
Lovell
Pinfold
P. B. Savage
Zetta Higgins
Rockcrest
Cambridge
Mass
Ernest Wilson
Philadelphia
Ralph Worrell
Lincoln Campbell, Jr
Morse High School
C. H. Sanford and Son
Richard
Sedgemere Road
Exeter
J. G. Stevens
Bath
Fred Johnson
Waltham
W. W. Bimford
Washburn
Boston
Quimby
Five Islands
Oliver Hooper
Sagadahoc Bay
George Yeo
Bob
Winchester
F. H. Koehlwetter
Horace
Walter Moore
Hallowell
Carrie Stevens
Katharine Pendergast
Carleton Reed
Woolwich
Paul Kelley
Charles Gill
Frank Gill
Serge Wisotsky
James McElroy
Stoughton
Norman DuBois
Mt. Hope Cottage
Peggy Gray
Yarmouth
Vernon E. Gray
F. P. Bartlett
Marjorie Bartlett
Bartlett
Shepherdstown
West Virginia
Shepherd State Teachers’ College
George P. Worrell
Anna Worrell
Ogden
R. O. Janvier
Wilmington
Del
Rockmere
Cora Mae Hanna
Hanna
Ted Yeo
G. A. Yeo
Ted
S. Benson Garner
Madge O’brien
A. W. Hunt
Dorchester
Mr. Taylor
G. H. Smith
Gertrude Smith
Southport
Cuckholds
Chester MacMahon
Bowdeinham Baptist Association
Five Islands Church
C. C. Koch
West Harpswell
Mr. Strickland
Maine Bible School Society of Portland
J. S. Pendleton
Maine Baptist Convention of Waterville
H. H. Bishop
Columbia Mills
Francis O’brien
Portland
Frank T. Littorin
The
Baptist Convention of Maine
Herbert Moore
Belmont
Charles
Moore
Harvard Business School
Jimmie Baker
Otis Baker
Norwood
D. W. Staffeld
Quincy
Hagan’s Cove
Emma Bleu
C. A. Rasmussen
Pauline
Freddie
Malden
William Chase
Freeport
Bath Memorial Hospital
Maurice Pinkham
Della Lewis
Sudbury
Ont
Albertina Perkins
Horace E. Wade
Paul Mason
Lucretia (Shepard) Little
Philip Little
Chestnut Street
Salem
Salem Hospital
Ittle
Hartford, Conn
Orin
Anne Jeannette (Staigg) Jackson
Richard M. Staigg
Grace Episcopal Church
Philip, Jr
Philip 3d
Charles Martin Little
Thomas Little
Grace Episcopal
John Edward McKenney 71 Dies in Gardiner
John Edward McKenney of Wiscasset Set died at the Cobbossee Rest Home in Gardiner after a long illness. He leaves a widow Carrie G. and a sister Mrs. Fred Soule of Wiscasset. A lifelong Wiscasset resident, he was active in civic affairs especially in school matters and belonged to St. Philip's Episcopal church and the board of selectmen. He was past master of Lincoln lodge F and A M and past high priest of New Jerusalem Royal Arch Chapter No. 3, and a member of the Wiscasset Alumni Association. Funeral services were held Wednesday at his late home with Rev. Edgar Wilcock officiating.
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John Edward McKenney
Wiscasset
Cobbossee
Gardiner
Carrie G
Fred Soule
St. Philip's Episcopal Church
Board of Selectmen
Lincoln Lodge
New Jerusalem
Royal Arch
Edgar Wilcock
Mary Agnes McLaughlin 62 Bath resident dies after long illness
Mary Agnes McLaughlin wife of John McLaughlin dies at 51 Bedford Street after a long illness. Born in Anaganish Nova Scotia she lived in Bath 29 years and was a St Marys church member. Survived by her husband and son Coun cilman Joseph A. McLaughlin of Bath plus nieces and nephews in Boston and Newton. Funeral Friday at St Marys church, with calling at Arthur F Mayo funeral residence 819 High Street before service.
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Mary Agnes McLaughlin
John McLaughlin
Bedford Street
Antigonish
N. S
James
Mary (McFarlane) Mills
Bath
St. Mary's Church
Joseph A. McLaughlin
Boston
Newton
Mass
St. Mary’s Church
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Emma F. Whitam Rites Set Private at Snow Park
Emma F. Whitam 87 widow of Asa P. Whitam died Tuesday night at her daughter’s Bath home from a stroke six weeks earlier. She leaves two daughters Mrs. Edward Morse of Bath and Stella A. Whitam Wollaston Mass, two sons Winfield S. and Fred F. Whitam Wollaston, five grandchildren, and brother Horace W. Ward Bath. Funeral is private Friday at 2 p.m. at 38 Snow Park Bath.
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Emma F. Whitam
Asa P. Whitam
Edward E. Morse
Snow Park
Whittam
Phippsburg
James B
Lydia Gahan Ward
Bath
Mrs. Morse
Stella A. Whitam
Wollaston
Mass
Winfield S
Fred F. Whittam
Horace W. Ward
Miss Annie Morse 88 Dies At Old Ladies Home
Miss Annie A Morse aged 88 lifelong Bath resident died after a long illness Sunday night at the Old Ladies Home where she had lived with the family the last four years. Born in Phippsburg she was daughter of Alfred T and Margaret Crosby Morse. Surviving relatives include niece Adelaide Rhea Worcester Pasadena CA grandniece Mrs Thomas Lyon and grandnephew Herbert M Worcester Jr of Pasadena. Funeral is set for Wednesday at two in the Home.
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Annie A. Morse
City
Old Ladies Home
Phippsburg
Alfred T
Margaret Crosby Morse
Bath
Adelaide Rhea Worcester
Pasadena
Calif
Thomas Lyon
Herbert M. Worcester, Jr
Emma F. Rittall 77 Dies at Five Islands
Emma F. Rittall nee Stewart born Dresden died Friday at home in Five Islands aged 77 wife of Fred H. Rittall. She leaves Fred H. Rittall Jr a sister Harriet Hall of Saco brothers Frank Wiscasset and John A. Greenfield Mass and three grandchildren. She belonged to Five Islands Grange. Prayers at graveside Five Islands cemetery Sunday at two.
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Emma F. Rittall
Fred H. Rittall
Five Islands
Dresden
Nathan S
Anna Sarah Stewart Rittall
Harriet Hall
Saco
Frank
Wiscasset
John A. Rittall
Greenfield
Mass
Five Islands Grange
Death of Arthur Tripp Bliss at Sebasco vacation site
Arthur Tripp Bliss aged 79 retired printer of Winthrop Massachusetts died suddenly Sunday while vacationing at Sebasco Phippsburg after a three day stay. He was a New Bedford native son of Esra and Candace Tripp Bliss. A widow survives him and the funeral was held Wednesday afternoon in Winthrop Massachusetts.
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Arthur Tripp Bliss
Winthrop
Mass
Sebasco
Phippsburg
New Bedford
Esra
Candace Tripp Bliss
Miss Annie A Morse Funeral Held at Old Ladies Home
The funeral for Miss Annie A Morse was held Wednesday afternoon at two at the Old Ladies' Home with Dr. David L Wilson of Central church officiating. Bearers included Walter E Chase Karcher Jackson Edwin M Jones and James L Morse. Burial followed at Oa.
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Annie A. Morse
Old Ladies
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Walter E Chase
Karcher Jackson
Edwin M. Jones
James L. Morse
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