Bangor hosts 56th State Sunday School convention program
Bath churches issue schedules for Bangor October 13 14 15 with delegates from Protestant schools. The program features sessions with Judge George H Hinckley Rev Fred W French Gov Ralph O Brewster and Prof Warmingham among others plus sectional meetings worship services and a pageant night titled The City Beautiful led by Joseph Ludwigson.
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Bath
Bangor
Religious Eaucitio W Itn
First Universalist Church
Harvard
Convention
George H. Hinckley
Joseph Ludwigson
Hinckley
Fred W. French
Oxbert W. Warmingham
Convention Church
Ludwigson
Lucy Stock Chapin
Paul H. Vieth
Erwin L. Shaver
Maine
Church
Watewin
Winnipesaukee
Merrowvista
Warmingham
Professor Warmingham
Philip I. Milliken
The
Boys of Opportunity Farm
Boston University
the City Beautiful
H. Augustine Smith
Revision of Studies in Public Schools Seeks Narrowed Curriculum
National Education Association asks principals and teachers in public school systems nationwide to cooperate with superintendents in resizing courses of study. Supt. Clinton D. Wilson says local teachers will discuss revising by elimination to fit today’s needs and drop studies that no longer fit modern classrooms.
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National Education Association
Clinton D. Wilson
West Bath Red Cross to hold all day session
West Bath Red Cross members will host an all day meeting at South Harpswell on Sept 30 taking tea at the White cottage. Transportation urged by car. Lunch committee named Lillian Rogers Brown Hosmer Mayo. Numerous local residents and visitors noted at homes and cottages across Bath, Sabine, Sabino, and surrounding areas.
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Red Cross
South Harpswell
West Bath
William H. White
Lillian Rogers
Lillian Brown
Lillian Hosmer
Lillian Mayo
Walter H. Larrabee
John
J. C. Larrabee
Annie Trufant
Lewiston
Hallowell Rogers
Orono
U. of M
Llewellyn Rogers
Henry Brown
Gardiner
Alice Larrabee
Revere
Mass
E. K. Brown
William Simpson
William Cummings
Joseph White
Dr. Stott
Fred W. Larrabee
Henry Bickle
Bath
Nova Scotia
C. O. Miller
the Nazarene Church
Kb. R. Brown
J. Roy Larrabee
J. Roy, Jr
E. C. Murphy
E. R. Brown
Loring Small
Wendall Bailey
Myrtle
Greene
Harry Holmes
Winthrop
John Russell
Linwood
Ida Bonney
Rath
Ernest E. Williams
Campbell's Pond
Samuel Blackwood
Boston
Lombard Homestead
Zina Clifford
Auburn
Lee Farm
Henry Hodgdon
Hodgdon
Sabine
Mixx Marguerite Williams
Brunswick
West Bath Grange Organizes Fall Fair and Plans Hall Improvements
West Bath Grange held a Monday night meeting to discuss Winter contesting programs. The group voted to keep the annual fair in Fall with no date set. The sewing circle organized with Mrs. Fred Irish as president and Mrs. FE W Taggett as treasurer and plans hall painting and improvements. A large delegation will attend Sagadahoc County Pomona with Woolwich Grange on Wednesday.
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West Bath Grange
Grange
Fred Irish
FE. W. Taggett
Sagadahboer County Pomona
Woolwich Grange
Rural quail route No. 4 celebrates 20 years in service
The No 4 rural quail route from Wiscasset marks twenty years of operation this month with Charles L Cromwell serving continuously on the long arduous trip across waters and land. Cromwell has covered the route around 100 times, traveling about 150 miles by water and a mile on foot each round trip. Nearby residents report improvements at properties and several locals visit Westport and Port Chester during the period. Chevington Swanton and colleagues engage in carpentry while Dr John R Swanton of the Smithsonian travels to Chevy with his children Mary John and Henry. The community notes visits from Mr Goodwin and family and various townsfolk throughout the period.
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Qmr
Wiscasset
Charles L. Cromowell
Wiscasset Hardor
Cromwell
Gome
Albert
Port Chester
N.Y
Goodwin c
Sejedmian Ernes
Colby
P. Jewett
John R. Swanton
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Jst
Chevy
Mary
John
Henry
Jir Swanton
Harry A. Swanton
Dews
Amsterer
John Howe
Bath
Muriel
Westport
Richardson
Ley
Bernice
Sanford
Earl FE
Richardon
Brooks
Funeral mark of Bath mayor George W. Dean
Simple services marked the funeral Sunday afternoon at his home on Pearl Street for Mayor George W. Dean. The house was filled to capacity with relatives, friends, city officials, and leaders from the Hyde Windlass Co. where he served as foundry superintendent. The service featured readings from Scripture, brief eulogy, and prayers, followed by a long procession to Oak Grove Cemetery led by state police and city officers. Honorary pallbearers included city and Masonic leaders. active bearers from Dunlap and Eminent Commandery.
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George W. Dean
Pearl Street
Hyde Windlass Co
Dean
Weston TP. Holman
Beacon Street Church
David L. Wilson
Central Congregational Church
Mr. Holman
Oak Grove
State Highway Police
Harry L. Thompson
George W. Jewett
Vatrolman Melville E. Rice
Rupert Miller
Elwell G. Pinkham
Langdon Greene
City Force
Rodney KE. Ross
Hyde Windlass
Joseph Torrey
Bath Loan and Building Association
Mr. Dean
Harry A. Walters
Charles J. Cain
Milton H. Douglas
Edwin I. Hyde
Eminent Commandery
Gratz Jackson
Thomas K. Perkins
Harry G. Deering
Edward W. Sampson
Dunlap
Maine Congressman White reports Paris conference visit
Wallace H. White Jr of Maine writes from Paris about the International Telegraphic council at the Sorbonne. He notes Americans rarely speak in French, laments U S education in languages, and describes a French banquet with delegates from Germany Ireland Japan the Dutch East Indies Mozambique Sudan and Ireland as a geography lesson.
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Wallace H. White, Jr
Maine
Paris
Cherbourg
International Telegraphic Council
Sorbonne
Mr. White
United States of America
Mackay
Commercial Cable
White
Dutch East Indies
Japan
Ireland
Mozambique
Sudan
Personal notes on visits and retirements from Maine towns
Mr and Mrs Herbert Knight and family of Washington Street passed Sunday in Portland. Mr and Mrs Wellington A Moore and daughter Shirley were Sunday visitors in Lewiston. William B Berry and Frank Cusick of Gardiner were in Bath Monday on business. Mr Cusick, who was in the boot and shoe business for 5 years, is now retired. Cards have been received from Mrs James F Murphy and Miss Jane Murphy, who have been several weeks in Venice. They left September 5 for Paris.
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Herbert Knight
Washington Street
Portland
Wellington A. Moore
Shirley
Lewiston
William B. Berry
Frank Cusick
Gardiner
Bath
Cusick
James F. Murphy
Jane Murphy
Venice
Paris
Eugene Long
Rodney Bailey
Bowdoin College
George Carlton
Richmond
Junior
Philadelphia
Lawrence Ryan
Nequasset
Laura Farnham
Auburn
Sebenon Hall
Vinal Hunnewell
Elmers Orchestra
Massachusetts
Douglas Hunnewell
H. S. Hathorne
Ida Beals
Flora Leonard
Freeport
Maxine Walker
West Point
Alfred Washard
Frank J. Walker
Raymond Marr
Georgetown
Dixie
Walter Reid
F. W. Garlog
Lawrence Putnam
Springfield
Mass
Carlton
Maine
Ray Prescott
Bangor
Llewellyn Bailey
Milton Hathorne
Walter Murray
West Millbury
Hartley Hetherne
Joseph Swift
Robert
Gertrude
Kennebec
Mattapan
Leland Savage
Ralph
Nellie
Augusta
Ralph Rice
Charles Miller
Connecticut
Woodrow
Eleanor Hathorne
J. Hathorne
Hartley Hathorne
Irickland
First Baptist
T. Herbert Fernald
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Atwood
L.F
L. F. Medicine Co
Portland
Escape for Hart When Auto Turns Over
Lawrence Hart a Bath boy and Gloucester Chamber of Commerce manager escaped serious harm when his Hudson sedan overturned on Lincoln street near Oak while he returned from Augusta. Slippery road caused a skid. a rear wheel hit a bank, car rolled but Hart climbed out a window and drove the car to the city garage with minor dented mudguards. He continued his trip by train. Hart praises the Chamber’s plans and past ad campaigns, noting strong summer business and a forthcoming advertising drive.
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Lawrence Hart
Bath
Gloucester, Mass
Chamber of Commerce
Ethel Webber
Augusta
City Hospital
Lincoln Street
Hart
Oak Street
Mr. Hart
Andrew Rice
City
Gloucester Chamber of Commercce
Mong. Kamiel le Febvre
Florida
Snme
Gloucester
Vicinity
Edgecomb Cut Off Delayed Opening This Year
Bath residents crossed the Edgecomb cut-off on a site once part of a century old stage route. The project, stalled by unfinished excavation and filling, shows large cracks and bulges in the fill, with piling at the bridge ends toppled and needing renewal. Officials expect Labor Day opening unlikely this year, anticipating further work into next season.
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Bath
Edgecomb
Wiscasset Bridge
Damariscotta
Eddy
Davis Island
Discriminating Rate On Second Class Mail
A Bath man faced newspaper mailing with eight ounce weight costing eight cents for domestic dispatch to Boston while a woman sending the same weight to France paid four cents. The piece argues the two cent rate up to eight ounces and criticizes the higher pound rate for domestic mail and foreign shipments. Congress may change the discriminatory rate next winter.
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Boston
France
Congress
Section Foreman Has Very Narrow Escape
Peter Fortin assistant section foreman of the Bath division of the Maine Central Railroad suffered a severe scalp wound after a train backed into the station yard Monday afternoon. He stooped to pick up something when the locomotive struck him and threw him against a wooden culvert near a switch. He was taken to the city hospital and is expected to be discharged soon.
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Peter Fortin
Bath
Maine Central R. R
City Hospital
Look Yard
Jim
Fortin
American Express
L. Eugene Thebeau
Small’s Radio Shop Opens in Dunton Block
Small’s Radio Shop moved Tuesday from Center Street to the Dunton block at 45 Center Street. Harold Small plans a formal opening tonight and will display six leading lines of radio receiving outfits. He forecasts growing demand and notes interference appears local, with improvements expected as conditions improve.
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Small
Center Street
Dunton Block
Harold Small
Shi
Inte
Woolwich Person Fractures Jaw In Car Accident
Eugene Long suffered a jaw fracture and facial cuts when the car he rode in left the track last week. Numerous local residents are mentioned in community notes including visitors, moves, trips, and social events around Woolwich and nearby towns.
Colorado Professor Retires After 37 Years at Boulder
Dr. Ira M. De Long ends 37 years as head of the University of Colorado Mathematics Department and becomes Emeritus Professor. He guided growth from 29 to 2700 students, served in civic and church roles in Boulder, led the Colorado Chautauqua Association, and held various party and Methodist positions. He will remain involved in business, politics, and church work while not teaching or drawing a salary.
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University of Colorado
Ira M. de Long
Iimeritus
de Long
SSS
Boulder
Methodist Church
Colorado Chautauqua Association
Boulder City
Progressive Party
Dr. de Long
The
Colorado Methodists
London
Boulder End
Colorado
Mercantile Bank
Col
Boulding Build
Regents appoint Kempner as mathematics head at Illinois
Professor Aubrey J. Kempner was appointed by the Regents to be Professor of Mathematics and acting head of the Department of Mathematics, succeeding Dr. De Long. Kempner earned his Ph.D. at Gottingen in 1910 and has been with Illinois since 1911.
Mendelssohn Club Rehearsal Ahead of Maine Festival
The Mendelssohn club meets at the Parish house on Oak Street Thursday night with most members expected. The Maine Music Festival, in its 29th year, honors Prof. and Mrs. Chapman for sustaining the annual event and will feature 1,000 children in a matinee. Spectators anticipate hearing Lawrence Tibbett perform opening night, noting his sensational Metropolitan Opera appearance in Falstaff.
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Mendelssohn Club
Oak Street
Maine Music Festival
Lawrence Tibbett
Mr. Tibbett
New York Metropolitan
Mr.Tibbett
Obituary for Hannah A. Spiett 1845–194? in Bath and Lynn
The body of Hannah A. Spiett 80 died in Vineland New Jersey Monday was buried in Oak Grove cemetery Bath. Rev George Bi Wolstenholme of People's Baptist church led the ceremony. She leaves three sons Burton Harold and William of Lynn Mass three daughters Lillian Georgie and Alice a sister two grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She was born in Newcastle May 13 1845, daughter of Josiah and Lydia Whitney. An impressive funeral service was held in Vineland before the Bath burial conducted by Rev J S Teasdale of Vineland West Baptist Church.
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Hannah A. Spiett
Vineland
N. J
Oak Grove Cemetery
George Bi. Wolstenholme
People’s Baptist Church
Thomas Huston
Spiett
E. F. Garrison
Lynn
Mass
Bath
Ladies Relief Corps
Pythian Sisters
Burton A
Harold
William
Lillian
Georgie
Alice
William B Mahoney Dies After Illness in Westfield Home
William B. Mahoney aged 67 of 10 Columbia Street Westfield Mass dies after months of illness. His wife, who cared for him, died of pneumonia Sept 4. Former postmaster Krast mer of Westfield, once state senator and fire commission member, is noted. He also worked in the cigar business for years.
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William B. Mahoney
Bath
Columbia Street
Westfield
Mass
Krastmer
Cricket oil resists congealing at high altitudes
A lubricating oil derived from crickets remains fluid in thin mountain air and low temperatures. Researchers report the cricket-based lubricant maintains viscosity, avoiding stiffening that impairs performance at high elevations.
Wooden horse from Covel harness shop sold to Rockland buyer
The 37 year old wooden horse displayed by Covel on Washington Street in Bath was sold Monday afternoon to Ernest Davis of Fuller, Cobb, Davis Co., Rockland. Davis will move the antique to his farm in Union where it will be placed on the grounds around the dwelling.
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Washington Street
Bath
Ernest Davis
Fuller, Cobb, Davis Co
Rockland
Detroit
Covel
Davis
Union
Jesse Tibbetts Dead at Beachmont Home in His ninetieth Year
West Bath resident Jesse Tibbetts died September 17 at his granddaughter Margaret Bickford's Beachmont, Massachusetts home. He was nearly 90, blinded seven years, and had lived with his granddaughter since then. Survived by one son Elmer Tibbetts, a daughter Mrs. Silas Bates, six grandchildren and two great grandchildren, all of Beachmont. Funeral Sunday at 3 from the Bickford residence, burial at Fairview cemetery in Winnegance.
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Jesse Tibbetts
West Bath
Margaret S. Bickford
Beachmont
Mass
Boston
Daniel A. Small
Fairview Cemetery
Charles E. Brooks
Wesley Church
Elmer 8. Tibbetts
Silas M. Bates
Bath
Elmer S. ‘Tibbetts
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