Potter and party depart for Florida after birthday in Phippsburg
Edwin A. Potter, 91, celebrated at the Summer estate of Mrs. William Forbes in Phippsburg and departed Wednesday night for New York en route to Winter Park Florida. Potter, once Chicago’s leading banker, remains active and sharp. Mrs. Forbes has transformed the former Lee farm into a distinguished summer home overlooking the Kennebec river. Local notices describe farewells, Sebasco Lodge guests, road work funded by a $65,000 federal grant, and ongoing improvements at Sebasco and nearby Beach areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin A. Potter
William 8. Forbes
Lee Farm
Phippsburg
New York
Winter Park
Fla
Chicago
New England
Kennebec River
Bath
Walter Jennings Pierce
William B. Perry
Campbell Farm
Pierce
New York City
Emilia
Inlaw
Perry
Doris Vivian Perry
Sebasco
Sebasco Lodge
Winnegance
N. A. Cushman
No. 9 Fairway
Local notes on injuries travel and light plans
William Thompson recovers from a hayloading fall though lingering injuries remain. Mrs. Frank A. Small of Bath died Sunday at Popham Beach cottage. Popham Beach residents hope for electric light service next year. Mr. and Mrs. John F. Leach, wintering at The Lindens on the ridge, left for Key West Florida where he will join his steamer and she will rent an apartment for the season. Birds’ migratory feelings are pondered as winter packing brings regret. A steam shovel at Dromore digs into earth near Herbert Cutting place, rock and dirt being pushed aside at Ruins hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter McCourt
Sidney Coffee House
Dromore Grange Hall
John D. Rogers
Grange Hall
Sawyer
Elmer Coggeshall
Center Crossroads
Dickinson Place
Clinton Bears
Phippsburg
Popham Beach
Sebasco
Ocean
William Thompson
Frank A. Small
Bath
John F. Leach
Lindens
Key West
Pla
Probate Notice Appoints Executor for Elvira Athern Winslow Rouse
The Probate Court of Bath months ago appointed Nalo W. Bridgham of Bath as agent for the estate of Elvira Athern Winslow Rouse late of Bath deceased. The twelfth day of 1933 was set for qualification and acceptance of the appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nalow Rouse
Ahoc
Elvira Athern Winslow Rouse
Bath
W. Bridgham
McCourt Crew Ties to Hill Farm Ruin and Road Work
Years after a hillside farmhouse burned the McCourt crew work nearby with blasting planned along the grade from John D Rogers' front to Turn’s Commander Guysbert W. Broom. Unique doorbell at Broom’s door features a vessel bell and lantern light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCourt
John D. Rogers
Guysbert W. Broom
Bess
Grace Dickinson
J. F.ap
Hyte Wymans
Catherine
Hamilton McCourt
Morse High School
Turner McCarty
Tiger Fear Outshines Lion In Court of Beasts
Clyde Beatty, famed trainer, states a lion shows brotherhood while a tiger fights alone. He cites 11 years of wild animal work and 25 hospital visits, noting tigers retreat or watch as lions help, when in single combat or with reinforcements. Beatty heads to winter camp seeking 40 lions and tigers for a new act. Nero the lion has twice saved his life in past incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Beatty
Beatty
Bainbridge, O
Nero
Peru
Ind
Detroit
Wesley Ladies' Aid Holds All Day Meeting
The Wesley church ladies held an all day session with memorial services for Mrs. Seneca H. Conley. Prayers and verses were shared as Mrs. Cahill led, plans were made for October visiting committees, and entertainment duties were assigned. A baked bean supper on Sept. 30 was approved with kitchen and dining room committees named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies' Aid of
Wesley Church
William Davis
Granite Street
Seneca H. Conley
George A. Cahill
Julia Johnson
Lillian Hosmer
Charles E. Ripley
Edward H. Cook
Oliver Brown
John O. McBean
William A. Coombs
D. Wylie Lemont
Fred W. Quimby
John Sampson
Chares E. Ripley
Bath man held on larceny charge and intoxication
A Bath man faced Judge John J. Keegan on intoxication and larceny complaints after officers alleged he stole cigarettes and cigars from Hallets drug store, popcorn and stockings from Newberrys. The larceny charge was continued with six months probation for intoxication, and if violated, jail could follow. The defendant was ordered to return the goods and inform store managers he must not be sold alcoholic liquids in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Keegan
Hallet's
Newberry’s
Keegan
Crosby retires after 35 years as railway mail clerk
Charles E. Crosby, 58, of Waterville, retires after 35 years of service as a railway mail clerk. Born in Albion on August 25, 1875, he studied at the University of Maine and joined the Postal Department in March 1902, later becoming a regular clerk on the Bangor & Aroostook road, and estimates traveling over 1.5 million miles on trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Crosby
Waterville
Crosby
Albion
University of Maine
Postal Department
Bangor & Aroostook
Bates Professor Returns from Abroad with Bates President
Prof. Grosvenor M. Robinson of the Bates faculty came back from Europe after spending much of summer in Russia and time in England and other continental cities. He sailed home on the S. S. Europa with Bates President Clifton D. Gray and his son Clifton Jr returning from Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grosvenor M. Robinson
Bates
Russia
England
S. S. Europa
Clifton D. Gray
Clifton, Jr
Germany
Miss Carolyn Oliver Leaves for Biddeford Nursing School
Winneganee notes show Carolyn Oliver departing Tuesday for Biddeford to enroll at Webber Memorial hospital training. The piece also covers home repairs, visits, and social events including Women’s Auxiliary meetings, a Campbell family reunion, and local employment changes. Names include Oliver, Morse, Trask, Small, Carlson, and Campbell family members with places Bath Lewiston Portland Union Winneganee Brigham's Cove.
Grangers Reminded of Boosters Night at West Bath
West Bath grange members and 28 visitors gathered for a Monday meeting with 118 in attendance. Boosters Night was announced for Saturday with many grangers and friends expected. a Thursday dance was set under E. Mason Wright. Merrymeeting grange of Bowdeinham will provide next week’s program with a diverse lineup of readings, music, and sketches led by local performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Robert W. Oliver
David S. Henderson
Charles T. Henderson
William H. White
Charles L. Burgess
Lillian E. Lewin
Minnie Smith
Muriel H. Howe
Bernice M. Carr
Education leader to address American Legion meeting in Chicago
Mrs Agnes C Bradley national committeewoman for Maine and national chairman of education of war orphans for the Eastern Division will deliver a chief address at the American Legion and auxiliary joint meeting in Chicago. She will discuss Scholarship Bills and notes her role in Maine passing the bill last March and securing Bates College tuition aid previously. Legislation has passed in every Eastern Division state under her two year oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes C. Bradley
Department of Maine
American Legion
Auxllary
Chicago
Bradley
Maine
Bates College
Gray
Auburn teachers enjoy Camp Geneva outing with water sports
Miss Bernice Wheeler of Auburn entertained a group of Auburn teachers at Camp Geneva Lake Casco Saturday morning. Swimming and hiking were enjoyed before noon dinner in the sun parlor. Afternoon canoeing and boating led to prizes for water sports won by Miss Gladys Johnson and Miss Celia Gurewitz. Prizes at bridge went to Shirley Hartley Miss Gurewitz and Miss Katherine Burke. The party included Miss Rose Flanders Miss Jeannette Loring Miss Geraldine Morrison Miss Muriel Langen Miss Kathleen Sullivan Miss Mary McCarty and Miss Vilma Morse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Wheeler
Auburn
Camp Geneva
Lake Casco
Gladys Johnson
Celia Gurewitz
Shirley Hartley
Gurewitz
Katherine Burke
Farmland income forecast to rise over 6.3 billion
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics projects gross farm income at about 6.36 billion in 1933, up from 5.143 billion in 1932, driven mainly by higher crop prices and gains in fruit and nut markets, with livestock prices flat to slightly lower and hog, cattle, and dairy outputs examined for year-end trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Bureau
Morse Senior Class Elects Its Officers
Morse high school elected John Huse president of the class of 1934 and named Ernest Sarkis as vice president Paul Stinson as treasurer and Alfred Parks as secretary at the first senior meeting. Members chosen for the Student Council include Carl Dearborn Stanley Curtis Edward Owen Margaret Austin Arlene Littlefield Elizabeth Colby and Barbara Brown. M Raoul Andre Pelmont will join Bowdoin College as French teaching fellow around Oct 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Huse
Morse High School
Ernest Sarkis
Paul Stinson
Alfred Parks
Carl Dearborn
Stanley Curtis
Edward Owen
Margaret Austin
Arlene Littlefield
Elizabeth Colby
Barbara Brown
M. Raoul Andre Pelmont
Bowdoin College
Kenneth C. M. Sills
Parthenay-le-Vieux
France
University of Poitiers
Lewis School
Pengam
Cardiff
Wales
Bowdoin
Frederick W. Packard
Wilmington
Del
Board of
Kennebec region endemic plants found by Prof Fassett
Professor Norman Fassett of Wisconsin identifies several beggars tick species unique to the Kennebec region. He notes Bidens Eatoni var. mutabilis, Kennebecensis, and interstes varieties found along Merrymeeting Bay and the lower Kennebec flats. The isolation is attributed to glacial freshwater influx creating distinct tidal habitats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Merrymeeting Bay
Norman Fassett
Department of Botany
University of Wisconsin
Fassett
Dresden
Prof. Fassett
Harvard
Bowdoinham
South Gardiner
Sheepscot
Real New England chowder lacks proper ingredients
An editorial in the Boston Evening Transcript laments the scarce milk and fish components of authentic New England chowder, noting the New York scene misreads regional taste and that Rhode Island chowder and other substitutes fill the market. It extols milk chowder as a cultural touchstone and lamentably scarce in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald Tribune
New England
Boston Evening Transcript
Humane and Scholarly Gazette
Hub
Ishmael
Tripods
Nantucket
Colonial Air Service
Rhode Island
Tidewater
Maryland
Boston Lightweight Fred Rece to Fight Cyclone Jimmy Sawyer
Matchmaker Nick Mihalos has signed Fred Rece a Boston lightweight from Tampa to meet Cyclone Jimmy Sawyer this Friday night at Arch Street ring. Rees rematch with Young Delemane and other Boston fighters headline a four bout card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Mihalos
Arcade Arena
Fred Rece
Boston
Tampa
Fla
Jimmy Sawyer
Arch Street Ring
Johnny Wilson
Bath
Young Delemane
Somerville
Johnny
Young Murphy
Cambridge
Young Chubuck
Wiscasset
Rece
Sawyer
Chick Hayes
Exposition Building
Portland
Chick
Lewiston Clock Runs On Daylight Saving, Defying Time
Lewiston City Hall clock kept steady time on daylight saving Sunday despite others in two cities showing earlier hours. Officials ponder whether the clockmaster forgot or is still at the World's Fair. The clock appears off the code and barbers complain of unfair competition, urging action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Daylight Saving Sane
Thomas J Lundrigan Dies At Age 80 In Bath
Thomas J Lundrigan 80 died at 9 20 Tuesday morning at his home 16 Willow Street after years of ill health caused by heart trouble. A Bath native son of William L and Margaret Lundrigan he worked as a blacksmith and served on the police force before retirement. He was a longtime St Mary's church attendant and is survived by four daughters Mrs Ralph Tuttle Vallejo California Mrs Gertrude Stover Brunswick Bath and Mrs John J Keegan and Mrs William Esmond Bath four grandchildren Miss Evelyn Tuttle Robert Stover Jack Keegan and Barbara Esmond and one sister Miss Ellen Lundrigan Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Lundrigan
Willow Street
Bath
William L
Margaret Lundrigan
Kelley, Spear Co
St. Mary’s Church
Ralph Tuttle
Vallejo
Calif
Gertrude Stover
Brunswick
John J. Keegan
William Esmond
Evelyn Tuttle
Robert Stover
Jack Keegan
Barbara Esmond
Ellen Lundrigan
Death Notice Frank Green Jr Boothbay Harbor
Frank Green Jr of Boothbay Harbor who had been ill since February died Sunday morning. Survived by his father, wife Bertha, one son Francis, and one sister Mrs Edward Dunton. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Boothbay Harbor. Cousins in Bath are named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Green
Boothbay Harbor
Mr. Green
Nettie Woodward Green
Orr's Island
Bertha
Francis
Edward Dunton
Bath
Clara Cameron
John N. Taylor
W. Dayton Hill
Chester A. Plant
Wallace Plant
J. Charles Footer, Jr
Arthur MacDonald
Leighton M. Coombs
Dennis D. Clark
Funeral for Mrs. Ella Coffin in Portland
Mrs. Ella Coffin died Sunday night from a heart attack after an automobile accident in Portland. Her funeral was Thursday at 2 P M at the Arthur F Mayo funeral residence 819 High Street Reverend George B Wolstenholme officiated. Bearers were Albert Kitchener Clarence C Seavey William Haines and Charles Treen Burial was in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Coffin
Portland
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
George B. Wolstenholme
People’s Church
Albert Kitchener
Clarence C. Seavey
William Haines
Charles Treen
Oak Grove
Moody Brother of Bath Resident Dies in Medford Mass
Mrs. Robert T. Ramsay of 221 Oak Street learned late Thursday night of the death in Medford Massachusetts of her only brother William H Moody 63. A former foreman painter at the Navy yard in Charlestown he retired last year and was well known in Bath where he often visited his sister and made many acquaintances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert T. Ramsay
Oak Street
Medford
Mass
William H. Moody
Navy Yard
Charlestown
Moody
Bath
Mrs Bessie Dunn Dies After Long Illness in Lynn Mass
Mrs Bessie Dunn native of Bath died Friday after a long illness at her Lynn Massachusetts home. She went to Auburn as a child and moved to Lynn thirty years ago. She is survived by sister Miss Ruby Hutchinson of Auburn. Burial will be in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Dunn
Bath
Lynn
Mass
Auburn
Ruby Hutchinson
Personal Notes From Prout's Neck And Nearby Locales
Miss Charlotte Meeker and Mrs. L Houghton Kimball died Tuesday at Prout's Neck with Mrs. Samuel Sewall. Anne and Miriam Kimball left for New York to visit Miss Margaret Cargill. Mrs. Fred Bradeen of Essex Conn arrived for a short visit with aunt Mrs. Frederick Kimball. Rev and Mrs Harrison B Wright will close their cottage at Small Point and return to Philadelphia. Estella Bowden RN returned to Bath from Natick Mass. Mrs William S Newell and daughter Mary left for New York where Miss Newell will enter Miss Conklin's Secretarial School. Mrs John K Jayne hosted luncheon at Small Point Beach with two tables of cards. Lola K Davis of Harrisonburg coached Uncle Henry's Wedding at Morse High School, left for Bangor to visit Miss Mary Crowley. Mr and Mrs Edward D True returned from a fortnight with a motor trip to the Middle West. he resumed duties at A Hallet & Co. They visited Troy, Chicago for Century of Progress. Roycroft Inn at East Aurora noted. Harry D Hall attended Maine Retail Jewelers' association meeting at Worster House in Hallowell with talks by W L Fickett, Henry R Arnold, and C T Evans. Guests included Frank T Silva, L G Trask, and J E Mittemore. Discussions covered retail trade conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Meeker
L. Houghton Kimball
Prout’s Neck
Samuel Sewall
Anne
Miriam Kimball
New York
Margaret Cargill
Fred Bradeen
Essex
Bath
J. B. Moyse
Natick
Mass
William S. Newell
Mary
Newell
Harrisonburg
Henry
Morse High School
Bangor
Mary Crowley
Edward D. True
Middle West
Troy
Edward Dale True
Frank T. Silva
Providence
R. I
L. G. Trask
Framingham
J. E. Mittemore
Portland
Climbing Katahdin Proves A Bold New Westward Trek
A ten member Appalachian Mountain Club team led by Ronald Gower of Newton explores Katahdin’s Northwest Basin in an eight day trek. They ride horses to Windey Pitch and City Camp then tramp to muskeg bivouacs discovering El Capitan and a 500 foot cliff. They note scarce bears blamed on swarms of black flies and endure rationed oats and quirky attire while social alpinists Miriam Underhill and Dean Peabody push to climb new routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
Appalachian Mountain Club
Katahdin
Ronald Gower
Newton
Robert L. M. Underhill
Dean Peabody
Brookline
Henry Childs
Providence
Charles Warner
Pall River
Underhills
Peabodys
Underhill
Miriam O'Brien
Leroy Dudley
Chimney Pond
Davis Pond
Windey Pitch
City Camp
el Capitan
Bath men and ship crew clash in alley fight
An engineer from the collier Berwind Glen, discharging at Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co., was beaten in an alley off Front Street by three Bath men and crew members after a dance hall dispute. Police arrived as attackers fled. officials cite intoxication and a 50 50 blame split, with objections to crews being ganged by Bath men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berwindglen
Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co
Front Street
Bath
Melville Rice
Walter L. Whitney
Portland
Biddeford Man Kept Tea Party Alarm in 1773
Benjamin Simpson of Biddeford, active in town affairs, helped destroy tea in Boston Harbor on December 16, 1773. He later authored a Boston Tea Party account that appeared in a Biddeford history published in 1832.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Boston
Benjamin Simpson
Boston Harbor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wesley Ladies’ Aid
Carolyn Oliver
Jordan
Winneganee Community Club
Jennie Rogers
High and
Bridge Street
Frank Perow
Albert Redson
Lemont Street
Charles T. Small
Charles T. Small, Jr
Brigham's Cove
George M. Eaton
Harry F. Oliver
Alton Reed
Bernice Drake
Edith Hagegett
Arthur Stewart
Arthur B. Farris
A. Burnell, Jr
Betty
Union
Hector L. Creamer
Hector, Jr
Oscar H. Campbell
Richard
Edith E. Campbell
Chester Jackson
Ruth Campbell
Edith C. Campbell
Westport
James E. Pollard
Donald Dean
Winnifred Merry
Randall and
Paul
Grangers
Boosters
MORSE
City
Frank Green, JR
Alpining
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