Sailor Chester Meuse Debarks for Long Voyage Aboard Beaufort
Chester C. Meuse sailed Monday from Portland to join the three masted schooner Beaufort for a voyage to Savannah and beyond. He plans several months at sea to escape winter, visiting Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and California by various routes before heading to the Hawaiian Islands. He will return to New Orleans before a possible steamer home. He also declares support for Governor Smith in the upcoming election despite Socialist ties.
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Chester C. Meuse
Portland
Beaufort
Savannah
Portsmouth
Georgia
Mr. Meuse
Meuse
South Carolina
Ralph
Marine Barracks
Paris Island
Florida
St. Augustine
New Orleans
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Panama Canal
San Francisco
Arizona
Hawaiian Islands
Elena Pecci to visit relatives in Italy
Elena Pecci of Bath will sail from New York aboard the steamer Augustos on October 20 for a three month visit with relatives in Ortona Dei Marsi near Naples. She plans to return to Bath in February after a train ride from Naples.
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New York Harbor
Elena Pecci
Bath
Michael Pecci
Sagadahoc Fruit Co
Pecci
Ortona Dei Marsi
Naples
America
Augustus
New York
Italy
Bath asks for hurricane relief funds
Bath is urged to raise 700 dollars for hurricane sufferers with 436 already donated. Contributions may be left at the Times office or with Red Cross treasurer Charles C. Low at Bath Savings Institution. Receipts available for prior contributors.
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Bath
Red Cross
Times Office
The
Charles C. Low
Bath Savings Institution
Low
Samuel S. Sewall
Linn
G. Sewall
Hubert H. McCarty
Rodney E. Ross
Bath Iron Works Draftsmen Enjoy Outing and Clambake
The Bath Iron Works draftsmen their wives and department heads held a Saturday field day at the Delmar Bates property Sabine. A spread of clams lobsters corn and more was prepared by Edward J. Lee with help from Scott Morse. Games included push ball volleyball and a tug of war won by Henry O. Trowbridge William A. Corfield anchor men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Delmar Bates
Sabine
Edward J. Lee
Scott Morse
Henry O. Trowbridge
William A. Corfield
William S. Newell
Treas
L. Eugene Thebeau
Archibald M. Main
Roland F. Hill
H. A. Cameron
Vanda
H. J. Gieglow Co
Dayton Hill
Sidney L. Eaton
Harry W. Thebeau
Woolwich and West Bath 4-H Clubs Plan Bigger County Contest
Plans for a larger county 4-H contest are underway for October 26 and 27. Auburn Chamber of Commerce Secretary Sam Foss promises lodging for participants. All 4-H members must be enrolled and have complete stories and records a week before, with exhibits in the office three days prior. Excludes livestock projects from scoring penalties. West Bath and Woolwich clubs plan to attend.
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Sam Foss
Auburn Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Auburn
West Bath
Woolwich
New Granite Faced Wharf Under Construction at Bath
Construction began Monday on a 220 foot granite faced concrete wharf at Central Maine Power Co. gas works on Front street Bath. Contractor F W Carlton expects about six weeks to complete the project which uses Orrs Island granite facing and pine timber grandstands from Kelley field. The old wharf was damaged and rotted.
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Central Maine Power Co
Front Street
F. W. Carlton
Kelley Field
Orrailey Island
Bath
Carlton
Central Maine
Miss Gertrude Hughes Visits Then Returns Home
Local notes report Miss Gertrude Hughes of Somerville Mass returned to her home after a few days with Mrs D L Craney. Several community events are described including a new Sunday school at the Bishop schoolhouse and a re opened up to date day school led by Miss Lida Maxwell.
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Gertrude Hughes
Somerville
Mass
D. L. Craney
Emma
Helen Denham
Edwin Denham
Richmond
Sherman Denham
Joseph Hall
Bishop School
Nash and Whittier
Lucille Toothaker
Lida Maxwell
Elmer Jordan
R. A. Dickerson
J. F. Mulligan
Cape Breton
A. S. MacDougal
Samuel Dorrance
Fort Popham
Frank Huntley
Concord
N. H
Cushman Road
John B. Curtis
Orange Heights
Fla
Maine
Curtis
C. B. Randall
Lancaster
Justice Ames
Merrymeeting
Milton McEwen
Effie Gordon
Delaware, C
McEwen
Charles McEwen
Farm Bureau Department
Ohio
Farm Bureau
Grange Hall
Caning
Hortense Welch
Gordon
L. P. Temple
Leeds
Ruth McEwen
Charles Fogg
Nona
Carrie Merrill
Jamie
Skowhegan
J. E. Cornish
Newtonville
Elmer Jordans
Helen Britt
Patten
Ernest Davis
Saco
Parent-Teachers Association
K. of P. Hall
Charles Hackett
Maine Central
Merrymeeting Grange
Windy Willows
Dwight Moody
Charles Brown
Cape Cod
Roscoe
Virgin Wool Yarn for Sale by Manufacturer
Bargain offer for virgin wool yarn direct from the manufacturer. Samples free. H. A. Bartlett, Harmony, Maine. 30-lmo
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgin Wool
Bargain
H. A. Bartlett
Harmony
Local Social Notes From Auburn and Surroundings
Auburn and Lewiston residents report visits and travels with trips to Saco New Hampshire Falmouth and Massachusetts. Local families host weekend guests and a Star Aid group met for a full day. Joseph Hall suffered a fall in the barn with bruises and a lame condition. Roads suffer from recent rains impacting travel.
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Auburn
William
Lewiston
Georgia Wakefield
Richmond
J. Hall Denham
Saco
New Hampshire
Kenry E. Cornish
Falmouth
Cornish
Fred Townsend
Abbie Hulse
Massachusetts
Harold Sawyer
Herbert Sawyer
Robert Gardiner
Nellie Harwood
Francis
Medford
Mass
Wallace Hunter
John Temple
Litchfield
Reader praises Kennebec Bridge Edition in letter
William A. Harrington of Willapa San Pedro Calif writes to the Independent praising the Kennebec Bridge Edition as the most complete well arranged account of a public institution with excellent cuts and descriptions. He notes familiarity with the depicted spots and mentions sharing the issue with an engineer Oliver Dunton who came to California on the steamship Alki from Goss Iron Works.
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William A. Harrington
Independent
S. 8
Willapa
San Pedro
Calif
Kennebec Bridge
Oliver Dunton
California
Alki
Goss Iron Works
Bath bridge tale and wartime ship memories emerge
An engineer recalls the Bath road bridge over a widening river and tolls on a busy Sunday. He discusses the Alki wreck near Coos Bay Oregon about two years prior, the Union ferry era, Wrangely Narrows voyage toward Alaska with dangerous cargo, and the Erskine M. Phelps now serving as an oil carrier in California.
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Ailisha Hogan
Harry Parnham
John Thurlow
Dunton
Bath
Old Side Wheeler Union
Coos Bay
Oregon
Wrangley «Narrows
Alaska
Erskine M. Phelps
California
Rogers and Pitman Take Canadian Trip via White Mountains
Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner Rogers and Mrs. Doris Pitman are visiting Canada for a short trip leaving Friday. They will pass through the White Mountains and plan a stop in Montreal.
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Gardiner Rogers
Doris Pitman
Canada
White Mountains
Montreal
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Bath, Maine
Bridge-Merrill, Inc
Paratus
Chester Meuse
Smith
Thomas
Party of
Augustos
Marjorie Troop
Carol Morse
Cambridge
Lesley
William H. Holman
Bangor
Weston P. Holman
Beacon Street
Morse High— Cross Appeal
Hyde
Windlass Co
Violet May Lumsden
Merton Linwood Dearing
Wilbur H. Crocker
Mechanic Street
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Church
Thelma
Mrs. Dearing
William M. Lumsden
Dummer Street
Morse High
Mikelsky Music Store
Mr. Dearing
Carrie M. Dearing
Elsinore Avenue
Hyde Windlass Co
Drucilla Bornheimer
B.I.W
GAS Works
Bowdoinham
Carter
Brunswick
Albert T. Haskell
Sagadahock
Bashline Osteopathic Hospital
Grove City
Penn
Bath Department Store
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