Theatre on Wheels to Tour New England in 25 Days
A converted railroad coach will tour New Hampshire and Maine starting Thursday to educate home and business owners on FHA financing and improvements. Shows run May 13 in Brunswick and May 14 in Bath with 2 to 4 performances daily at stations. The projector presents Better Homes for Americans and Roosevelt’s housing act, with ticket distribution led by Bath’s local FHA committee and notable local business leaders.
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New Hampshire
Maine
Charles A. Birmingham
Federal Housing Administration
Boston & Maine Railroad
Maine Central Railroad
New England
Brunswick
Bath
William A. Wheeler
F.H.A
Roosevelt
John C. Fitzgerald
N. Gratz Jackson
Frank Allegrin
Daniel A. Bishop
Earl Burgess
C. L. Farnham Co
Pheasants Draw Wide Attention Across Towns
Pheasants released locally have wintered well and attract many observers. They roam on state highways and in distant communities, drawing automobilists who pause to admire their plumage and calm behavior. A. Page of the A G Page Co notes and presents a freehand pheasant drawing with a description.
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A. Page
A. G. Page Co
Sale ad for shoes at Bill Hatch's Upstairs
An upstairs shoe sale lists men dress shoes from 1.95 to 5.00 and boys and ladies options including ladies sport dress shoes priced 1.95 to 2.95. The ad appears under the heading Bill Hatch's UpStairs.
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Bill Hatch
Endicott- Johnson
Bird description with striking red eyes and coppery bronze plumage
The passage details a bird noted for bright red eyes, a white neck band, a black iridescent throat, and a coppery bronze body with notably shiny wings, emphasizing distinctive markings.
Musical Society Hosts Tuesday Night Concert
Mrs. Carleton L. Rice hosted Les Camarades Musicaux at Turner Court with a varied program. Francis S. McPherson opened with a paper on The Weimar Group, followed by tenor solos, duets, trios, quartets, piano duos, violin and vocal solos, and a concluding quintet. Canada area note: 692,876 square miles larger than the continental United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carleton L. Rice
Turner Court
Les Camarades Musicaux
Francis S. McPherson
Canada
Continental
United States
Nat Palmer recounts sailing 2500 miles on the equator
Retired shipbuilder Nat Palmer visited a downtown office and shared a long sea yarn spanning 2500 miles along the equator and across the Bay of Bengal. He described a Spartan voyage from New York to Zanzibar, encounters with turtles and albatross, and life aboard a mixed crew while noting Cape and Indian Ocean sights.
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Nathaniel Palmer
Nat
Bay of Bengal
Mr. Palmer
Garfield
Arthur
Sewall Yard
New York
J. P. Crosley
Zanzibar
Azores
Equator
Cape of Good Hope
Mozambique Channel
Sandy Hook
Comoro
Mozambique
Indian Ocean
Sumatra
Hindustan
Coringa Bay
Jersey City
Capt. McLaughlin
Bath Iron Works spends over one million in Bath in 1934
Bath Iron Works Corp spent 1 015 090 27 in Bath during 1934 on the destroyer projects Drayton and Samson. Payrolls totaled 850 339 12 with 164 751 15 in other local expenditures, supporting about 700 jobs weekly and underscoring Bath's industrial vitality.
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Bath
Bath Iron Works Corp
Drayton
Samson
Pres. Newell
Bowdoinham Community Notes Include Clubs and Obituaries
Merry Workers 4-H clubs reorganized with Mrs Ellis Morse leading the girls and Charles Berry heading the boys. Community members attend funerals for Mary Hall and Daniel Cornish, with multiple local movements, visits, and social events noted across Bowdoinham and surrounding towns.
Local notes from Bowdoinham Post Road area
Barbara Ware returns to school after illness. L H Berry reports barn improvements and a prosperous year. John Dunn and family relocate to Richmond village with Dunn employed locally. Bertha Temple visits home for weekend. Mrs. Ernest Frye and friends pleased by her recovery. Mrs. Mary Heath on sick list. Fred Boyd of Bar Harbor visits the Lawrence home. Mr. and Mrs. Longfellow of Hallowell visit Chester Jack family. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Purington and son Floyd visit Purington farm. Edna Small visits Mary Heath.
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Barbara Ware
L. H. Berry
John Dunn
Richmond Village
Dunn
Bertha Temple
Ernest Frye
Mary H. Heath
Fred Boyd
Bar Harbor
Lawrence
Longfellow
Hallowell
Chester Jack
Harry Purington
Floyd
Purington Farm
Edna Small
Mary Heath
West Bathman appeals on driving charge
Charles C. Chesley of West Bath, a salesman, was found guilty in Gardiner municipal court of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He was fined 100 dollars plus costs or 60 days in jail and appealed, with bail set at 500 dollars. Patrolman Earle E. Pickering testified Chesley was unsteady and had three cocktails. Chesley blamed illness.
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Charles C. Chesley
West Bath
Gardiner
Earle E. Pickering
West
Easter Pageant “Light After Darkness” at Beacon Street
The Easter pageant “Light After Darkness” will be produced Easter Sunday evening at Beacon Street Methodist Church directed by Mrs. H. A. Shattuck. The eight scene play portrays events from Palm Sunday to the Resurrection with Scripture dialogue and varied musical effects.
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Beacon Street Methodist Church
H. A. Shattuck
Jerusalem
Shattuck
Bath Arches for Armory under Federal Relief Funds
Bath seeks inclusion in a plan to fund construction of two dozen armories with one and a half million dollars in federal relief money. The Bath Board of Trade Rotary Club and American Legion push the project as officials press Adjt. Gen. Hanson for action and contact Roosevelt and Dern.
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Maine
Bath
Roland Smith Post
A. L
Adjt
James W. Hanson
Roosevelt
George H. Dern
Board of Trade
Rotary Club
American Legion
Center and
Water Street
Bath in Other Days and Local Notices
Community notes outline a Shaw mill startup with James Bartlett as foreman and T B Dowling in charge of lumber and related goods. Capt Farrar prepares the Electra yacht for active service while Popham Beach Hotel Association plans a tug charter to discuss Rockledge expansion and a 60 room addition. Prof Sanglier re engages as organist at Central church and plans a new choir. Plans for Knights of Columbus third degree exemplification set for May 9 in Bangor. Also small ads for Barred Rocks chicks and hatchings near Brunswick.
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Shaw
James Bartlett
T. B. Dowling
Popham Beach Hotel Association
Rockledge
Lee
Prof. Sanglier
Central Church
Sanglier
New York
Knights of Columbus
Pine Cone Council
Bangor
Central Street
Hindus Brings Impartial Russia Talk To Bowdoin Event
Maurice Hindus renowned authority on Russia spoke at Bowdoin Institute of Politics to a capacity First Parish audience. He described the Russian revolution with its tragedies and creative forces, critiqued past mistakes, and discussed current developments from an unbiased perspective.
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Maurice Hindus
Russia
Bowdoin Institute of Politics
Hindus
Ilids lCieAxa
America
Colgate College
Graduate School
Harvard
Bath
James A. Bimson
Frank A.small
Frederick E. Drake
Anne Kimball
Miriam W. Kimball
Thomas J. Casey
Sumner Sewall
Arthur Sewall
Jane S. Murphy
W. S. Voorhees
John C. Fitzgerald
Missionary Society Holds All Day White Cross Session
The Far and Near Missionary Society of Corliss Street church met at Mrs. Maudel Wrights home on Friday April 12 with 21 members. A boiled dinner was served and sewing done on dresses blouses and a quilt. Next meeting April 26 at Mrs Grace Watsons home to open love bags and red boxes. March business meeting was March 29 at Mrs W W Chaneys home.
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Far
Missionary Society of
Washington Street
W. W. Chaney
Park Street
Portland attorney visits Bath on business
Personal notes list William E. Perlin of Portland, a Bath business visitor on Tuesday. Annabel A. Stearns returned to Chestnut street home from West Palm Beach Florida where she spent the winter. Mrs. William Crowley and Grace left Tuesday for New York to pass Easter with Mr. Crowley. Rev. Samuel Pinsky left Tuesday for New York to visit his parents during Passover.
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William E. Perlin
Portland
Bath
Annabel A. Stearns
Chestnut Street
West Palm Beach
Fla
William Crowley
Grace
Lower Middle Street
New York
Crowley
Samuel Pinsky
New York City
Louis Pinsky
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Senter’s, Inc
Northmont
Susanne
Theatre ON Wheels
Musical Society
Mr. Field
Mrs. Albee
Holman
Mr. Ramsay
Mac- Cep
Sturtevant
Mr. Smith
McPherson
Lamothe Messrs. Field, Ramsay, Royal, Smith
Albee
Verdi
Mendelssohn
Hoffman
Ramsay
Smith
a.Fievrette
Wellesley
Betty Rice
Ponce de Toon
Leavett
Rice
Gloria A Te
Mr. Royal
Mr. McPherson
Nacht der Liebe
Tristan Und Tegiga
Erie
Eeepe Wagner
Hatch
Rose
Neri
Clara Edwards
Seo VL Og Gee Wali
Aes MacDowell Pcanichen Ace
Bohm Merton Sprague
Royal
Stsolles
Erate Schumann
Onus
Schubert Ral
Galloway
Mrs. Cary
Scherzo
Maschera
Messrs. Field
Royal and Smith
Nat Palmer
Norway
Boston
Newburyport Turnpike
Paris
Arthur Allen
Optometrist
Bath Trust Bldg
Center St
Bath Iron Works
Elm Street
Bowdoinham
Merry Workers
Ellis Morse
Charles Berry
Charles Eastman
Miss Spinney
F. B. Kelsey
Mary Hall
Elva Thayer Maloon
Alphonzo Maloon
Dresden
William
Katherine Thayer
J. N. Palmer
Walter
Bowdeinham
Ralph Dentam
Scarboro
Ralph Purington
Eleanor Coffin
John Maler
Samuel Dorrance
Fred Duren
Richmond
Karl Hatch
Edward White
Lewiston
White
Twin County i#arm Bureau
Clifford Gray
Alton Transon
Alan Lea
Gardiner Hospital
Kenneth Webber
Worcester
Springfield
Mass
Frank Given
Bert Merrill
Grange
Grange Hall
Richard Lilly
Malden
Mary Lilly
Laurel Knox
Knox
Ruth Cray
Cardin Denhan
Freeport
Minnie Cornish
Earle Brown
George MacPherson
William Gould
Caleb Mitchell
Christy
Shirley
J. A. Logan
East Boston
Carrie Kendall
George Pratt
Woodfords
George Cutler
Vendella Mosher
Harry Mosher
Wiscasset
Abbie Graves
Massachusetts
F. S. Leathers
Rhode Island
William Hamilton
David Andrews
George Hamilton
Annie Billings
William Purington
Elizabeth Leathers
Charles Sherman
Mr. Sherman
John Alden
Greene
Kenneth Alden
Bowdoinham Post Road
West Bathman
Ballibund
Baku
Bath Department Store
Center Street
Beacon Street
Legion Post
Merrymeeting Bay
Farrar
The
Iron Works
Electra
Howard's Cove
Perkins & Blaisdell
R. McIntosh
Maquoit Road
Bowdoin
Institute of Politics
Missionary Society
Bata TR
Opera
the Woman IN Red
Barbara Stanwyck
Gene Raymond
Leo Carrillo
Louise Fazenda
Fred MacMurray
Ann Sheridan
Will Rogers
Sequoia
Jean Parker
Russell Hardie
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