MacMillan expedition specimens at local museum event
In Wiscasset last Friday Charles Sewall displayed about 200 specimens from a collection of over 8,000 gathered on his MacMillan expedition trip. The Nora of a northern land showcased variety and beauty as 300 to 400 attendees viewed the exhibit at Masonic hall dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewall
Masonic Hall
St. Philip's Parish House
Womans Club
Day
Geneva King
Soule
Jon Barton Payne
American Red Cross
Lincoln County
Red Cross
Porto Rico
Darwin
Florida
Wiscasset
Boothbay Harbor
Bristol
Newcastle
Uamariscotta
South Bristol
Monhegan
W. D. Patterson
St. Sewall
H. Vo G. Nash
Womans Work
Wiscasset area social notes recount visits and events
A long list of residents and visitors is reported from Wiscasset and nearby towns. People travel to Bath, Augusta, Belfast, Montsweag, and New York. engagements, school moves, illnesses, and club activities are noted.
Hospital Donation Week Begins October 8
Hospital donation week opens October 8 with an annual appeal for jellies jams preserves pickles canned and fresh fruits and vegetables and household supplies. Officials urge generous responses from citizens who have supported the hospital in past years and note arrangements will be made for convenient drop offs.
Local residents tour dahlia gardens in Searsport
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan E. Coffin and son N. Elwood Jr., with Miss Flossie Beals Miss Bessie Hunt and others from the city, motored to Camden Belfast and Searsport on Sunday visiting the famous dahlia gardens in Searsport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan E. Coffin
N. Elwood Jr
Flossie Beals
Bessie Hunt
City
Flora Leonard
Ida M. Beals
Jean Hunnewell
Harvey P. Hathorne
Camden
Belfast
Searsport
Dahlia Gardens
West Bath Red Cross Picnic and Community Notes
West Bath Red Cross members hosted an all day picnic at the Johnson homestead West Point inviting husbands as guests of honor. The event featured clam chowder and an intimate gathering. multiple Bath area residents and families are listed with visits, duties, and upcoming meetings.
Morse High May Lose Its Football Team
Morse High considers dropping football as only about 20 of 199 students are enrolled in the team. Principal Scott says a stronger turnout is needed to justify continuing the sport. An athletic council meeting is planned to decide the course.
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Morse High
Morse ~S
Scott
Llewellyn Rogers and Susan Pratt Visit Pemaquid
Llewellyn Rogers and Miss Susan Pratt motored to Pemaquid on Saturday. Wendall Williams, staying a week with his parents Mr and Mrs Ernest E Williams of Campbell's Pond, returned to Boston Saturday to begin his final year at Wentworth Institute in an architectural construction program.
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Llewellyn Rogers
Susan Pratt
Pemaquid
Wendall Williams
Ernest E. Williams
Campbel's Pond
Boston
Wentworth Institute
Topsham Grange Holds Regular Meeting With 98 Attendees
Topsham Grange met Saturday evening drawing 98 attendees including Lisbon visitors. The program featured Tableau The Most Popular Falls with Edward Belanger as lecturer for married men. Activities included music by Heddings and Carver, vocal solo by George Wright, reading by Warren Morrill, and closing thought by George Clifford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topsham Grange
Frank Carver
George Clifford
Bathman suffers loss by hurricane
Wilbur C. Oliver of 33 Union Street reports a hurricane loss of several thousand dollars. His bungalow at 1206 Georgia Avenue with a roof damage and a brick garage unit, plus a garage apartment, were destroyed. The family in the bungalow was not reached. insurance did not cover the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur C. Oliver
Union Street
West Palm Beach
Fla
Georgia Avenue
Mr. Oliver
Mrs. Oliver
Mary Ellen Potter Dies After Lingering Illness at 78
Mary Ellen Potter 78 wife of Alfred S Potter died Monday afternoon at her Bath home 76 Pine Street after a lingering illness. Born in Bath she was a daughter of Horace and Matilda Marr and lived here all her life. Survived by her husband and one daughter Mrs Charles E Shepard of Bath. Funeral private Wednesday at two at her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ellen Potter
Alfred S. Potter
Pine Street
Bath
Horace
Matilda Marr
Charles E. Shepard
Personal notices from Bath and nearby towns
Mr and Mrs John B Crosby and daughter Mary Louise of Allston Mass are visiting with Mr and Mrs C A Harriman of North Street. Mrs Alden G Smith hosted two tables of auction at her High Street home. Mrs Charles H Cahill had the high score. Mr and Mrs Arthur B Duncan of Portsmouth N H are visiting Bath en route to Bar Harbor. Duncan is a former Bath lad, son of the late H A Duncan. Henrietta Loring is hospitalized after serious injuries. Fred Witham of the Old Folks Home returned from Gardiner via Hallowell Augusta and Belgrade Lakes. Miss Bessie Greenblatt a Gorham Normal School senior returned after Yom Kippur with her parents at 2 Franklin Street. Hon Rupert H Baxter and ex Governor Percival P Baxter with Hon Frank J Ham left for a fishing trip in Washington County.
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Small
Jane Lemont
Edward Hartwell
Bath
Besse
Clara Lemont
Omana
Neb
Helen Keirstead
A. W. Keirstead
Main Street
Mary Matthews
Boothbay Harbor
Starclad Sherman
Federal Street
E. S. Thompson
Shirley West
Frederick Martyn Dunn
Chestnut Hill
Philadelphia
Nave
Henrietta Kempton Wun
Henry Nash
Jenry von Bergen Nash
Wis- Casscl
Michael Sortwell
Fessenden School
West Newton
Mass
Rebecca Nash
Gweneth Jones
Boston
Little Beaver
Shady Hill
Payne
Robeson
Snell House
Edmund Rockwell
New York
Irene Ingalls
Charles Clifford
Paul Hilton
Somerville
New Jersey
Jewannkee
Thomas Dickson
Pauline Hilton
Frances Plumstead
Augusta
Annie Cutting
Lola Trax
Baltimore
New Haven
Montsweag
G. Hull
Margie Make-Believe
James Dodge
Birch Point
Isle Au Haut
William Groves
Walter
George M. Swain
Gerald
Parker Moreau
St. Paul's School
Concord
N. H
Judge Pinasky
Portland
Wiscasset
West Point
White Plains
Frank H. Hutchins
John Hutchins
Evelyn
Belfast
Forest Preble
Plumstead
Young's Point
Flora Plumstead
Isaiah Whitmore
Richard
George Plumstead
Richard Hunnewell
Woolwich
Antoinette Plumstead
Blanche
Alonzo Mathews
Charles Mathews
Boothbay
Ralph Preble
Frank Hagcett
Paul
Susette Preble
Charles Reed
Charles West
West Bath Red Cross
Abner Johnson
Va Cahill
Joanna Hougkins
Eva Cahill
Aooe Gage
E.S
John Larrabee
Eastern Nazarene College
Wollaston
Walter H. Larrabee
J. M. Lemont
E. W. Haggett
F. W. Larrabee
Ladies Aid
Kim Street
H. Eworrey
Upper Washington Street
Lemont
Haggett
Larrabee
Fred W. Larrabee
Larrabees Grove
Miles Purington
Brunswick Hospital
Richardson
Alice Larrabee
Revere
Freeport
West Bath
William F. Mitchell
Loring Small
Alice Coffee
Pearl Street
Eleanor Bates
Edith Bolton
Miss Bates
Samuel F. Bates
Sabino
Henry Cotteau
Mary
Larrabee’s Grove
Evelyn Sotheard
Pinestreet
E. R. Brown
Elmer Craig
Merton Wright
R. D. Riley
Providence
R. L
H. A. Owen
James Thorpe
Joanna Small
Robert Small
George Pooler
Edward Clukey
Waterville
John Pooler
Lewis Williams
Topsham
Annie Trufant
Grace Duncan Baum
Portsmouth
Llewellyn D. Rogers
Saco
Margaret Harford
Red Cross
Pomona Grange
Lincoln Williams
Alfred Snow
Philip Stackpole
Campbell's Pond
Bates College
Lewiston
Chester Stevens
Gerald Phenney
Auburn
Phenney
Sabine
J. Everett Mayo
John B. Crosby
Mary Louise
Allston
C. A. Harriman
North Street
Alden G. Smith
High Street
Charles H. Cahill
Arthur B. Duncan
Duncan
H. A. Duncan
Bar Harbor
Milton Loring
Kittery
Mr. Loring
Henrietta Loring
North Bath
City Hospital
Fred Witham
Old Folks Home
Gardiner
J. D. Stevenson
Witham
Hallowell
Belgrade Lakes
Bessie Greenblatt
Gorham Normal School
S. Greenblatt
Franklin Street
Rupert H. Baxter
Percival P. Baxter
Frank J. Ham
U. S. Internal Revenue
Maine
Washington County
Standardization drive reduces waste and mismatched parts
Sumner Blossom cites the push for uniform sizes led by the Commerce Department and engineers led by Herbert Hoover to cut waste of about 30 million dollars yearly. Four hour day gains, broader compatibility for steam to plumbing, refrigerations, pipe fittings, dry cells, and many household items are moved toward universal standards to improve safety and efficiency.
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New York
Baltimore
Fall River
Mass
Sumner Blossom
Pome Science Monthly
United States Department of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Herbert Hoover Amonz
Collins P. Bliss
College of Standards
American Engineering Standards Committee
Bliss
U. S Canada Aviation Pact Negotiations Now Under Way
Washington reports negotiations for a formal U S Canada aviation pact to govern admission of American pilots and aircraft into Canada. Licenses must accompany aircraft and register marks, with flight log books required. Canadian routes restricted to cross border use from the United States. Passengers and immigration reporting rules under review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Canada
Aeronautics Branch
Department of Commerce
Paris Curb on New Street Statues Sparks Debate
Paris officials limit statues in the Champ de Mars near the Eiffel Tower as a long running effort to curb civic statuary. The measure follows years of restrictions in several city quarters. Social notes record Mrs. John A. Legro hosting a three table auction in Snow Park and Mrs. Seth S. Mullin winning.
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Paris
Champ de Mars
Eiffel Tower
John A. Legro
Snow Park
Seth S. Mullin
Navy tests seek safe escape for submariners from wrecks
The Navy will use the S 4 hull wreck off Cape Charles to test the Momsen lung device and other rescue gear. Lieutenant Momsen, divers and engineers will simulate wrecked conditions, have sailors escape through hatches, surface with oxygen lungs, and assess equipment for adoption on all 78 submarines.
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Baltimore
Navy i
Nome
Coast Guard
Paulding
Provincetown
Mass
Cape Charles
C. B. Momsen
Momsen
C. L. Tibball
Navy
F. M. Hobson
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Atlantic
Memory limits and childhood memories discussed by Hadfield
J A Hadfield of London University summarizes a study on memory in Popular Science Monthly. He argues adults may cause suffering to their children in later life as disturbing sights and events linger in memory into the later years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Hadfield
London University
England
Popular Science Monthly
When Metal Gets Tired and Breaks Without Warning
A Popular Science Monthly note explains metal fatigue causes wheel drops. It says fatigue occurs when metal does not rest and lacks prevention beyond resting the material. The article emphasizes fatigue as an inherent wear pattern with no guaranteed prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Science Monthly
Cooperation and Law Aids to Sportsmen
Game Warden John H. Perkins lauds the best duck shooting since 1918 praising enforcement of game laws and sanctuary protections. He recalls 1913 peak season and notes improved discipline among gunners aided by Sagadahoc Rod & Gun Club and wardens. Recent arrests for night shooting reduced violations and boosted cooperation. Mrs. Nancy Nason of Bath Street visits Burnham relatives.
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John H. Perkins
Perkins
Merrymeeting Bay
Sagadahoc Rod & Gun Club
Winneganee Creek
Smallwood
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Lincoln Municipal Court
Seseleon Trom
Wiliam St. Albee
Robert BK. Stubbs
Daniel DL. Page
Sheryf
Jewett
Sherifl
Alpee
Larrabee and
Bedennett
Harvey R. Pease
Jt. R. Smith
Albee
Supreme Judicial Court
Fred Albee
A. H. Dodge
Stubbs
Rockland
George Flint
Page
Flint
B. C. Bedennett
H. R. Pease
Emma Stinson
Jessie Jackson
Ernest Stinson
Bangor
Donald Wilband
Henry Sewall
Worcester Academy
Chase
Frank Service
Lillian Clark
Albion
Fred Barron
Olive Barron
Frank Emerson
F. L. Towle Ts
Donald Petrie
Verdial Joes
George F. Jones
Fort Hill Street
Albert Delbou
Pearl Jones
Miss Jones
Elliott Carleton
Washington, D. C
W. H. Thornton
Pomfret
Conn
Long Island
James A. Bimson
Middle Street
Martha P
Bathman
Hulk
Lieut. C. B. Momsen
Inset
Chesapeake Bay
Nancy Nason
Bath Street
Burnham
Bath Grain CO
Bath, Maine
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