Richmond Seeks Industry Moves as Two Lynn Firms Eye Local Factory
The State Health Commissioner urges dog leash enforcement to curb rabies fears. In Richmond a town meeting backs moving expenses for The Ideal Shoe Co and Mascott Wood Heel Co of Lynn to the old Richmond Shoe Co factory, estimating about 300 jobs with 125 unskilled heel workers and 125–155 shoe factory workers. Plans for licenses, a special meeting, and evidence of prior Lynn operation highlight the push.
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Opera House
Lynn
Mass
Richmond
Richmond Shoe Co
Ideal Shoe Co
Mascott Wood Heel Co
Manuel Mascott
Leo Mascott
Brown
Charles Levin
Rumford
Levin
Mechanic Falls
J. W. Randiett
B. L. Ludwig
E. F. Pratt
Wallace Gardner
Roy Gilpatrick
Leslie Roberts
Social round of visits and local events in Brunswick
Several days with his son Alfred Wenzel and many visitors stopped in Augusta and Brunswick. Clergy members Reverend Benjamin Brewster and Rev Tom Akeley attended services. Residents returned from trips and holidays, with multiple calls on Bruns wick residents. A long list notes family visits, hospital stays, school events, and local engagements around Brunswick, Topsham, Bath and Portland.
Mock Trial Planned by Grace Church Men
Grace Church Men's club schedules a mock trial for March 30 as part of a regular meeting to test a defendant on charges of gold hoarding arson and related offenses. The committee of Warren Hawley Cecil Fullerton and Carroll Watson will oversee court jury and audience arrangements. Next week no meeting due to Holy Week.
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Grace Church Men's Club
Warren Hawley
Cecil Fullerton
Carroll Watson
Community Notes From Georgetown And Vicinity
Mrs. William A. Todd hosted the Working League at her Georgetown home. West Georgetown residents Mr. and Mrs. Seward E. Emmons were Portland visitors last week. Mrs. Abbie Reynolds and family visited Augusta and Jefferson relatives. Stetson Fletcher of Jamaica Plain Mass hosted a weekend with the Fletcher family. Mrs. Frank Heald is ill at her parents’ home with Dr. A. A. Stott attending. Rev. F. W. Hovey attended the Christian Civic League conference in Bath. Mrs. Heald returned from Woolwich after visiting her brother Thomas Hagan Jr. Florine Stevens of New York and Bernard Salmone attended Elizabeth Warren’s funeral. Assessors met April 1 in town hall to receive real and personal tax lists. Mr. and Mrs. Walter V. Cummings of Portland spent the weekend at home. Elizabeth Warren’s funeral was held Tuesday at 2 pm at the First Baptist Church with Rev. F. W. Hovey officiating. The hymn The Lord is My Shepherd was sung by Miss Alice Hovey and Alfred Rowe. burial followed at Oak Cemetery. Ralph Spinney of Bay Point has entered a Portland hospital for surgery. The Christian Endeavor service Sunday evening will be led by Miss Grace Hovey with the topic Can and Should We Love All Men Even Our Enemies. Mrs. Martha Rich Bowen is confined to bed with a cold. Abbie Reynolds was a Bath visitor Friday. The pastor’s Palm Sunday sermon will be The Head Stone of the Corner at the First Baptist Church. Cross of Bath was an overnight guest at the parsonage.
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William A. Todd
Seward E. Emmons
West Georgetown
Portland
Abbie Reynolds
Augusta
Jefferson
Stetson Fletcher
Jamaica Plain
Mass
Fletcher
Frank Heald
T. M. Hagan
A. A. Stott
F. W. Hovey
Christian Civic League
Wesley Church
Bath
Woolwich
Thomas Hagan Jr
Florine Stevens
New York
Bernard Salmone
Elizabeth Warren
Town Hall
Walter V. Cummings
First Baptist Church
Shepherd
Alice Hovey
Alfred Rowe
Oak Cemetery
Ralph Spinney
Bay Point
Christian Endeavor
Grace Hovey
Martha Rich Bowen
A.C. Cross of
Georgetown wins first step in tax collection suit
Justice William H. Fisher, referee, rules in favor of the town of Georgetown in the dispute over 1932 taxes from Walter E. Reid. The referee awards the town $369 plus interest, with the report filed and to be acted on at the June term of Sagadahoc Superior Court. Attorneys John P. Carey Jr. and Edward W. Bridgham represented the town and the taxpayer respectively.
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Georgetown
Walter E. Reid
Seguinland
William H. Fisher
Augusta
Sagadahoc
Reid
Justice Fisher
Fred H. Thompson
John P. Carey, Jr
Bath
Edward W. Bridgham
Akron disaster claims Masbury and naval veteran
Ill news reaches Walter E. Reid in Georgetown as his son Raymond wires from New York that Alfred Masbury chief engineer of the Mack Truck Co is among those lost on the Akron which sank at Barnegat. Masbury a former U S Navy lieutenant commander and friend of Hugo Eckener on the Graf Zeppelin was renowned in motor engineering. Also noted is an upcoming art and music evening at Brunswick High School to raise funds for last year’s Orange and Black yearbook deficit and the funeral of Rev Medville MacLaughlin of Boston.
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Walter E. Reid
Georgetown
Raymond
New York
Alfred Masbury
Mack Truck Co
Mr. Reid
Mr. Masbury
Akron
Barnegat
Masbury
Norway
Portland
U.S. Navy
Hugo Eckener
America
Brunswick High School
Town Hall
Morse High Honor Society Spring Meeting in Gym
Morse High School National Honor Society held its spring meeting in the school gym with 27 in attendance. President Eugene G. Ingalls led the business session as reports from secretary Mrs. David S. Cogan and treasurer Mrs. Merritt A. Mitchell were reviewed.
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Morse High Honor Society
Lip Reading Talk Highlights Deafness Aid Efforts
Miss Persis Vose of Portland spoke to Bath Rotary about lip reading benefits for the hard of hearing. She noted 124 U S clubs, four in Maine, and that Portland and Bath teach lip reading in night schools. She warned against quack cures as three million U S children have impaired hearing. Portland schools now teach lip reading and a summer teachers’ training program operates here.
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Persis Vo v
Portland
Bath
Hotel Phoenix
R. Clinton MacFadden
Priscilla Mazoui
Miss Vose
Priscille Magoun
Fred D. Hill
Furber
Five Islands One Act Play Fudge and the Burglar
A Five Islands Grange program featured the one act play Fudge and the Burglar with cast members Mabel Neatttcietey Helen Rowe Caroline Marjorie Berry Barbara Ethelyn Barter Edith Mebane Barbara Gray Seay Hope Berry. After the performance ice cream and cake were served. The piece was followed by local social notes including visits, meetings, and weekend trips among residents and friends in Bath Portland Cambridge and Georgetown.
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Fudge
the Grange
Mabel
Neaattttcietey
Helen Rowe
Caroline
Marjorie Berry
Barbara
Ethelyn Barter
Edith Mebane
Barbara Gray Seay
Eeene
Hope Berry
Native of Wiscasset Moves to Steele North Dakota
A. H. Foye, born in Wiscasset, now heads Foye Mercantile Co. in Steele North Dakota aged 82. He recalls early life in Rich mond and Bowdoinham, years in Bath, and being kin to Bath jeweler George O. Foye. The Steele native notes family business history and hopes for better times amid regional hardship.
Mohiba Plans At Morse High For April 19 20 21
Elwood Legard presides over M club as Mohiba dates are set for April 19 20 and 21. Alumni will cue the first night with the finish of interclass play contests the second night features a dance, and the third night ends with a bie dance. Advertising duties go to a committee led by John Skelton Chiurman Ivan Wirkpatrick Stanley Curtis Isabell Gallant Marjorie Furber. The Morse Mentor calls for student submissions to editor Omar King as the paper seeks poems essays and short stories.
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Elwood Legard
M” Club
John Skelton
Chiurman
Ivan Wirkpatrick
Stanley Curtis
Isabell Gallant
Marjorie Furber
The
Athletic Association
Omar King
Morse
King
Remarkable 99th Birthday of Rockland Matriarch Mrs Towle
Mrs Morey Ann Towle of Rockland who heads four groups of five generations each quietly celebrated her 99th birthday. Born at Appleton she is the youngest of Doyle and Lydia Waterman Ames eight children. Her father helped build a vessel and haul it 20 miles to launch at Rockport. She recalls the old canal from Searsmont to Union and knows the ages of all relatives.
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Morey Ann Towle
Rockland
Adelle Peterson
Towle
Appleton
Doyle
Lydia Waterman Ames
Camden
Rockport
Searsmont
Union
Bath Country Club Plans Opening and Season Prep
Bath Country Club directors met at Bath Trust Co to review finances for 1932 and plan the season. Dues and greens fees were adjusted with guests pay $1.50 while members pay $2. Easter Monday fund-raiser by club ladies is planned for Arcade. The course awaits opening depending on April weather. new flags gifted. handicap card access via Maine Golf Association. anticipated pro-am and multiple tournaments this summer.
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Bath Country Club
Bath Trust Co
Daniel T. Dougherty
Henry C. Wright
Edmund A. Rothwell
John S. Hyde
Maine State Golf Association
Maine
Edward C. Burnard
Portland
Dougherty
Sterling Bible Class Monthly Meeting at Corliss Street Church
Sterling Bible class held its regular monthly business meeting in the Deering room at Corliss Street church with Mrs. Chester A. Plant presiding. 29 members and one guest attended. prayers were offered for bedridden President Mrs. John H. Hunt.
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Sterling Bible Class
Deering
Corliss Street
Chester A. Plant
M. Fugene Watson
John H. Hunt
Arthur L. Plant
Lester G. Campbell
William P. Hatch
George A. Lennox
William H. Sheldon
Warren H. McIntire
Lee W. Scott
Martha Cutting
Emma Knowlton
John Russell
Sadie Coombs
Irene Dolbey
Philippines
Kentucky
Meeting Hostesses Named for Planned Event
Mrs. C. Frank Knowlton Mrs. Leland R. Mitchell Mrs. Ann Blodgett and Mrs. George A. Lennox are listed as hostesses for the upcoming meeting. The article notes their roles as organizers and emphasizes community involvement.
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C. Frank Knowlton
Leland R. Mitchell
Ann Blodgett
George A. Lennox
Survivor Lt Commander Wiley Ties Bath to Akron Tragedy
Lieutenant Commander H V Wiley, second in command of the ill fated Akron, survived the crash in the Atlantic Ocean and once resided in Bath during World War I. He and his wife stayed with Mr and Mrs Fred Hill at 1006 Wish Street for 18 months while he worked at Bath Iron Works. Wiley was a former shipmate of Lieut George P Hunter, now at Bath Iron Works during the Dewey destroyer’s construction.
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H. V. Wiley
Akron
Bath
Ele Wats
Naval Construction
Bath Iron Works
Fred D. Hill
Wish Street
Hill
Wiley
Hunter
Listy
George P. Hunter
Us.n
Bath Iron Works Corp
Dewey
Two Bath Men Listed for Certificates
Melvin D. Ferris and George R. Perry of Central Maine Power Co. will receive National Safety Council certificates for valuable assistance in resuscitation by the prone pressure method in Maine. Harvey Henderson of Woolwich and Rev. Joseph B. Shaw of New Harbor are honored for their roles in a Woolwich rescue at the Maine Central dock. Edward B. Nickerson of Brunswick also receives a medal for resuscitation efforts in Maine.
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Melvin D. Ferris
George R. Perry
Central Maine Power Co
National Safety Council
Harvey Henderson
Woolwich
Louis J. Brann
Augusta
Ferris
Perry
Bath
Henderson
Joseph B. Shaw
New Harbor
Maine Central
Shaw
Edward B. Nickerson
Brunswick
Maine
Rachel Pinette
Lewiston Eyes Two Potential Maine Beer Breweries
Negotiations reportedly underway to lease a former shirt factory in Lewiston for a first class brewery with rail and truck access. A second nearby building has drawn interest from beer manufacturers as plans develop. The slogan Maine made beer for Maine people signals local ambitions.
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Lewiston
Maine
For Boys Outerwear and Accessories On Sale
A vintage ad lists price points for boys coats suits dress shirts hats and sweaters with items such as S10.90 SE20 16.90 to 22.50 for coats and suits dress pants shirts ties and hats priced from 19c to 3.50 and up. The catalog highlights spring caps balbriggans and union suits with varied materials and sizes.
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Athletic Union
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