Allan of Topsham Seen as Possible Maine Governor Candidate
The piece notes Ernest A. Allan of Topsham, formerly of Bath, may contend for the June gubernatorial nomination. Allan’s past tenure on the taxation committee and his honesty and leadership earned him statewide notice and cross‑partisan appeal despite being the sole Democrat in Sagadahoc County. His strong legislative record could aid a future bid if he announces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahee County
Ernest A. Allan
Topsham
Bath
Allan
House of Representatives
Maine
Sagadahoc
State House
Allan of
Hus
House
Senate
Maine Developments Highlight Vacation Literature
The Maine Development Commission released a deluxe Travel booklet “Maine the Land of Remembered Vacations” with scenic art and revised twofold volumes by Harry B. Coe. It also added “Maine Fishing Hunting Canoeing” aimed at spring anglers and sportsmen. A Bath merchant notes towns gain toll exemptions in exchange for excise taxes, signaling broader fiscal steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Development Commission
Pine Tree
Maine
Harrie B. Coe
Maine Publicity Bureau
Majne
Bath gains industry and business from new commerce
A speaker notes Bath will gain an industry employing hundreds, bringing a big economic uplift. People who once visited Bath monthly due to tolls now shop two to three times weekly, benefiting the community and local economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
West Bath Farm Bureau Hosts Flower Garden Session
West Bath Farm Bureau held an all day meeting at West Bath grange hall with the topic Home Flower Gardens led by Mrs. Weston L. Bonney. Members reviewed articles and seed catalogs, heard talks by Paul M. Olm, and enjoyed a dinner served by a committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Humphrey A. Owen
Herbert Simpson
E. C. Donnell
Paul M. Olm
Herbert Hodgkins
Bonney
Rock Gardens
D. A. MacDonald
Hagcett
MacDonald
Belle C. Donnell
Frank A. French
Earle B. Lermond
Harris T. Rodick
Fred J. Rose
Elmer Sidelinger
Loring D. Small
Walter W. Smith
Hugo Sandelin
Elery Whittemore
Della Adams
Priscilla Whittam
Cora May Hanna
Five Islands
Dana Small
William A. Coombs
Ernest E. Rose
Hazel Heath
Sandelin
Japanese Rural Life Drama Highlights Cultural Clash
Nequasset church hosted a Thursday evening religious drama The Other Point of View about a Japanese family and a geisha house contract. Director Mrs Wilson Wright led a cast including Elbridge Rice Miss Millie Dodge Arlene Wade Ethel Stinson Carl Cooper and Mrs Mabel Jack with authentic Japanese costumes and props.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Church
Walter W. Swank
Christian Missionary School
Wilson Wright
Elbridge Rice
Millie Dodge
Arlene Wade
Ethel Stinson
Carl Cooper
Mabel Jack
Bath schools offer piano and instrument classes
The Bath program teaches piano and other instruments with sessions at Center Street School Saturdays from 9 to 12 and 1 to 5 under John H. Grindell. Instruments are provided through Mikelsky's Music store Ince with parent invitations to visit for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Center Street
John H. Grindell
Mikelsky
Ince
Mr. Grindell
Bath Skeet Club prepares for 1935 Patriots' Day shoot
Sagadahoc Rod Gun and Skeet club on North Bath road repaints trap houses and equipment. Two Cham berlain traps from Remington Arms Co will be installed next week by Walter Woodbury. Opening event draws skeet shooters from Portland Lewiston and Auburn. At UC Berkeley Francis O Mower 84, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Bates 1876, returns as full time student seeking knowledge not credits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Rod, Gun and Skeet Club, Inc
Bath Road
Chamberlain
Remington Arms Co
Walter Woodbury
Bath Club
Portland
Lewiston
Auburn
Francis O. Mower
Oakland
Calif
University of California
Mower
Bates College
California
First Baptists Elect Officers for New Year
The First Baptist church held its annual meeting with Rev. Charles R. Sims as moderator. Officers elected include Mrs. Nella S. Stover as clerk and treasurer, Philip Oliver as assistant clerk, and deacons Alfred R. Pratt A I. Stuart Leon Eaton and Harry W. Moulton among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Charles R. Sims
Nella S. Stover
Board of Deacons
A. I. Stuart
Brotherhood
E. Melvin Pratt
Christian Endeavor
Laura Hall
Baptist Young People’s Union
Thelma Thornton
Woman's Missionary Society
Evelyn Sotheard
World Wide Guild
Eleanor Wright
Communion Fund
Philip Oliver
Alfred R. Pratt
Leon Eaton
Harry W. Moulton
Charles Crosby
Florence Martin
Laura Harrington
C. Lloyd Hooker
Lily Pray
Maude Stuart
Armie Oliver
Lila Place
Herbert E. Worrey
Arthur J. Dunton
Worrey
Dunton
Zetta St. Clair
Helene Hall
Arthur H. Price
Ruth McKenzie
Edward Cook
Ada Larrabee
Simon Moore
Mary P.sims
Ruth Dennison
Marjorie Stover
Martin Eaton
Madelyn Dunton
Republican Women Meet On Wednesday Sagada Hoc Club
The Sagada hoc Women’s Republican club held its April 7 meeting at president Mrs. Henry W. Butler’s home with strong attendance. Alfie Pinson was elected to fill a vacancy. Pinson chairs the reorganized Advisory council with Ada Purington and Alice Litchfield. Plans were set for the May 31 gathering. reports from secretary and treasurer were read and accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Women's Republican Club
Henry W. Butler
Alfie Pinson
John A. Lord
Stella Given
Florence Merriman
Bowdoinham
Mary Nealey
Bowdoin
Eleanora Totman
Mary P. Hill
Topsham
Clara Reed
Woolwich
Ada Purington
Alice Litchfield
Mary Quimby
Bess
Grace Dickinson
Bath
Annie Bristol
Powers Hunt Couple United in Georgetown Wedding
Walter Powers and Elizabeth Hunt wed at the Powers home in Robinhood with Rev. Walter Schoepfer officiating. The couple, both popular Georgetown youths, celebrate at a reception after the ceremony as friends shower them with congratulations and wishing them happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Powers
Robinhood
Walter Powers
Elizabeth Hunt
Georgetown
Walter Schoepfer
First Baptist Church
Powers
Levi W. Powers
Harold F. Hunt
Alexander Cunningham
Morse High School
W. A. Todd
Sole survivor recounts mid winter fishing test of endurance
Justin Boston of Bath formerly Millinocket told Grace Church Men's club of January 23 ordeal on a lake near Millinocket. He and brothers August and Louis Le Blanc became lost. August and Louis died from frost bite while Boston reached a camp, built a fire, found aid, and survived.
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Justin Boston
Bath
Millinocket
Grace Church Men's Club
Boston
August
Louis LeBlanc
Louis
John H. Freeman
Grace Church
Edwin Given
Robert Brownell
W. D. Hill
Roland Hill
E. Everett Pierce
Charles Pearce
Harry B. Briggs, Jr
Stanley Brown
Harry Smith
Theodore Watson
Daniel Williams
Visit to Majorca Arts and War Material Port Scenes
The voyage includes Majorca exhibits of ancient bronze and copper instruments and flawless mosaics with old master paintings. Cargo work continues as the liner Roma looms nearby and the Italian freighter Pollenzo loads war supplies for Abyssinia while troops cheer on deck. The voyage proceeds through Sorrento, Capri, and the Straits of Messina toward Alexandria with Etna in view and ideal seas.
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Tiziano
Valesquez
Rembrandts
Lorenzo di Cred
Perugino
Roma
Exochorda
Pollenzo
Abyssinia
Sorrento
Capri
Straits of Messina
Scylla
Charybdis
Mount Etnan
Taomira
Italy
Alexandria
Egypt
Etna
Gibraltar
Palestine
Syria
Going to Rumford by Acadia Lodge Pythians Plan Bus Trip
Large turnout at Acadia lodge Knights of Pythias meeting at the Pythian Temple. Plans announced for a trip to Rumford Patriots Day to attend the Western Maine Pythian Jubilee. Bluebird bus and cars depart Temple at nine in the morning. Hope for many members to join for a fine program.
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Acadia Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Temple
Rumford
Maine
Bluebird
Sagadahoc probate court clears several estates and actions
In the Tuesday session Judge Glidden approved wills for Ella E. Sprague and Antoinette F. Barker both of Bath with executors and executrix named. Bonds and affidavits were filed for Susie A. Johnson and related Bath estates. Accounts, first and final, were set for multiple Bath Bowdoin Topsham estates, and partition and license to sell real estate were granted for Baldwin P. Snipe Arrowsic and Cora May Pearson minor bath with Elizabeth A. French guardian.
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Sagadahoc
Glidden
Ella E. Sprague
Bath
Edward W. Bridgham
Antoinette F. Barker
Carrie B. Little
Edward W. Bridgh
Walter A. Barker
William W. Robinson
Ann Mary Robinson
Jeannie W. Merritt
Freeman H. Merritt
Phippsburg
Louis A. Jack
James A. Rideout
Bowdoin
Mabel E. Stone
E. E. Baker
Norman E. Curtis
Baldwin P. Snipe
Arrowsie
Cora May Pearson
Civil Service Exam for Light Keeper Notice
The U S Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive exam for Assistant Keeper in the Lighthouse Service Portland Maine with pay 1320 dollars yearly. Applicants must be qualified boatmen and submit handwritten applications by April 23 to the Boston district or local coastal offices.
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
Lighthouse Service
Department of Commerce
Portland
Maine
Board of Civil Service Examiners
Superintendent of Lighthouses
South Portland
Hampton
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
First
U. S. Civil Service District
U. S. Post Office
Boston
Ohio State Star Recalls Football Career and Scouting Tactics
Former Ohio State fullback and center Carl Vuchnich spoke to the Winter Street men’s club about how opponents were scouted, with weekly film reviews and three scouts charting plays on Saturdays. He recalled his 1932 Illinois field goal heroics and his strict training, including 75 place kicks daily.
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Ohio State
Vuchnich
Illinois
Mr. Vuchnich
Southwest
Kiski Preparatory School
Winter Street Men’s Club
Conveyance of Mill in Richmond to Ames Worsted Co
Hiram T. Stevens filed the deed transferring a mill in Richmond from Richmond Worsted Co Inc of Augusta to Ames Worsted Co of Lowell Massachusetts for about 25000 dollars per tax stamps.
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Withister
Hiram T. Stevens
Richmond
Richmond Worsted Co., Inc
Augusta
Ames Worsted Co
Lowell
Mass
Crossword Clues Mystery Grid Prompt
The puzzle lists across and down clues with definitions ranging from lakes and coal scuttles to pronouns and emblems. A final garbled answer string appears at the end after "Answer to previous puzzle."
Birth of Georgia Winifred McLean at 617 Middle Street
A daughter named Georgia Winifred McLean was born on April 13 to Mr. and Mrs. George W. McLean at 617 Middle Street.
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Georgia Winifred
Middle Street
George W. McLean
Patience in Education Topic of Able Address
Ernest T. Fulton, chief of Bath Iron Works Safety Council, urged patience in education to Bailey Evening School of Industries graduates. He warned against rushing results, noting learning takes time and steady effort, with long-term growth building stable foundations.
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Bailey Evening School of Industries
Ernest T. Fulton
Safety Council
Bath Iron Works Corp
Growth and patience in a world of effort
The passage urges gradual progress and deliberate action. It argues that growth surrounds us like rings in a tree and that maturity comes from long intelligent effort. It stresses that one must labor and also learn to wait to achieve lasting value.
Two School Buildings Returned to City Government
The Bath Board of Education recessed April meeting voted to revert the Upper Washington Street and Winneganee school buildings to city control. The Morse High athletic fund faced a $35.72 fall/winter deficit covered by the Rotary club, with funds from the James Temple Carnival. The board approved a 1935-36 budget totaling 81,948.00 requiring 64,323.03 from Bath and authorized a $1,094.50 accounts roll to be paid.
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Board of Education
Skelton
Sewall
Spear
Smith
Dunton
Upper
Washington Street
Winneganee
Morse High School
Rotary Club
James Temple
Herrick
Bath
Lincoln Academy to Award Cup for Best Spring Play
Work has begun in Lincoln Academy on annual one act plays by the three lower classes. Each spring class selects volunteers to represent their grade in three dramatic performances. A new cup will be awarded to the best show this year and will be presented annually in the future. Mrs Jason A Merrill of lower Washington street returned Friday from a brief Portland visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Academy
Jason A. Merrill
Lower Washington Street
Portland
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West Bath Farm Bureau
Bath Skeet Club
First Baptists
Chester R. Hall
Cumberland County Y.M.C.A
Brunswick High School
B.hs
Ivor
Tal
Grace Church Men’s Club
Majorca
Fabulous Bird
Scotland
Palestinean Seaport
Marsh
Asininius Fry
Intrisz
Ewan Sieitihvas
TIR
Fulton
Upper Washington Street
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