NO MORE FUNDS FOR QUODDY PROJECT LOSES SUPPORT
President Roosevelt ends funding for the Quoddy Bay tidal power project after about five million dollars spent. Congress blocks further money and a plan may be revived later, leaving many workers unemployed and a ghostly landscape of government housing at Eastport. Local residents in Maine fear wasted relief funds and question alternative spending for jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quoddy Bay
Roosevelt
Congress
Eastport
Maine
Quoddy
Washington's Foresight on Constitutional Power and Amendment
The piece recalls George Washington warning against usurpation, stressing amendment as lawful correction of constitutional power. It contrasts European dictatorships with nations that ignore such warnings and hints at similar risks within the United States.
Community mobilizes to rebuild bridge carried by freshet
Richmond and Dresden residents and many others urge swift action to replace the damaged bridge. A survey by Frank W. Carlton finds two spans salvageable with little cost, but the third is wrecked requiring a new span. Supporters press Governor Brann to back the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Dresden
March
Frank W. Carlton
Brann
Clean Up Week Urged to Refresh City Facade
Residents press for city backing of a annual Clean Up week to begin in May to remove rub bish and debris that have collected, improving the city’s inviting appearance and encouraging officials to plan early.
Maine ports seek revived steamship freight service
Residents of Belfast Bangor Camden Rockland and Boston unite to restore steamship links after Eastern Steamship Lines halted the service. The eastern Maine region seeks freight connections to the Hub, aiming to reestablish regional maritime commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Bangor
Camden
Rockland
Boston
Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc
Maine
Overpass Project Advance Near Freeport Area
Work on the Freeport overpass is underway with a short detour to route traffic. The project will eliminate one grade crossing and enhance safety and comfort for motorists on the No 1 highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
No. 1
Morse High Girls to Play Baseball This Spring
Morse High School clubs will field girls baseball teams in the spring marking the first such effort. Teams from seniors to freshmen will practice in the St. Marys church lot under faculty coaches Miss Alma Kirkpatrick Miss Jeanette Smith with Miss Isabel Gediman as general manager. Captains and managers will be chosen, and an inter class tourney is planned for early May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
St. Mary’s Church
Alma Kirkpatrick
Jeanette Smith
Mary Lord
Timothy C. Maney
St. Mary's Church
Isabel Gediman
Janet Bridgham
Lena Kamendulis
Aret Kakos
Dorothy Anliker
Laura Hall
Eva Gaudet
Cora Pearson
Murial Quinn
Mary Rose
Estelle McCabe
Betty Lee
Dorothy Wing
Doris Crocker
Florence Leeman
Helen Simmons
Winifred Freeman
Evelyn Tomlinson
Martha Hamblett
Mary Bates
Phyllis Sandelin
Louise Gaudet
Catherine Brown
Rita Belanger
Margaret Tourtillotte
Ruth Shellenbarger
Mary Gallant
Alice Hogan
Virginia Davis
Kay Brown
Gertrude McDougall
Mary Puiin
Patricia Sewall
Beverly Shorey
Isabel King
Beatrice Rose
Emily Furber
Mary Darrah
Valneca Easton
Phyllis Darrah
Connie Morin
Cynthia Lemoine
Virginia Ingalls
Hazel Plant
Clare Granger
Eula Pratt
Doris Mulcahy
Ruth Lemoine
Barbara Kennedy
Henrietta French
Rita Jenkins
Former Polo Star Billy Leydon in Brooklyn Illness
Friends learn Billy Leydon, longtime roller polo star born in Bath and later in Brooklyn, is gravely ill at Kings County Hospital. The former Steeple Chase Amusement Co. watchman and originator of ankle running built a 25 year career across 13 championship teams and exhibitions in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Leydon
Brooklyn
N. Y
Kings County Hospital
Harold W. Child
City Messenger
Billy
Bath
Steeple Chase Amusement Co
Coney Island
Bath Lodge of Elks
Alameda
London
Crystal Palace
Somerville
Mass
Poughkeepsie
Fort Wayne
Ind
New Haven
Meriden
Many Take Pomona Degree at Topsham
West Bath grange attended a Saga dahoc Pomona meeting in Topsham on Wednesday night. Twenty six members were present with more than half receiving the fifth degree. After the degree work a program featured tableaux and a dance with Carver's orchestra. West Bath participants who earned the fifth degree included Marguerite Donnell, Donald Emero, Leon M. Genthner, Langdon Green, Edward Jenks, Leonard Lozier, Fred Menard, the Justus H. Miller pair, Harriet Smith, Ethel Tourtillotte, Barbara Walsh, and Charles W. Walsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Sagadahoc Pomona
Topsham
West Bath
Carver
Marguerite Donnell
Donald Emero
Leon M. Genthner
Langdon Green
Edward Jenks
Leonard Lozier
Fred Menard
Justus H. Miller
Fred P. Ring, Jr
Harriet Smith
Ethel Tourtillotte
Barbara Walsh
Charles W. Walsh
Prize Winners Describe New England Macintosh Flavor
Mrs. Clinton J. Abbott of Kingfield was among prize winners in a contest by New England women to describe the flavor and desirability of New England Macintosh apples. Corteze Was ya al Stores cooperated with the New York and New England Apple Institute as part of a program to expand markets for native fruits and vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton J. Abbott
Kingfield
New England
Yaal
New York
Apple Institute
Maine Highway Commission Seeks Bids for Gravel Road Project
The Maine State Highway Commission advertises for bids to build a one mile gravel road from North and Lincoln streets past the City farm and cemeteries to the North Bath road near Whiskeag. Project W P M S 304 estimated at 14618.20 with 17020 man hours. If bids exceed the estimate, work will continue only as funds permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine State Highway Commission
Lincoln Streets
City Farm
Bath Road
Whiskeag
U. S
Works Progress
State Highway Commission
Lincoln
Maine Central Railroad
Bath Junior Chamber urges use of public parking lots
Motorists are urged to use designated parking areas to relieve street congestion. The Bath Junior Chamber of Commerce asks merchants and their workers who park on Ferry Elm Arch Broad Lombard Water Vine and Washington streets to park in new lots at Vine and Water near Jenney Station and at Water and Elm streets. Cooperation is requested to ease parking problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ferry
Elm
Arch
Broad
Lombard
Water
Vine
Washington
Vine and
Jenney
Esso
Water and
Elm Streets
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Attending Library Association Meeting in Freeport
Miss Margaret R. Foote and Mrs. Bertha C. Dean of Patten Free Library attend Maine State Library Association round table in Freeport on Wednesday and Thursday. Sessions cover charging desk problems fiction for youths reference aids Maine items and how to publicize library resources with an open round table session scheduled for 3 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret R. Foote
Bertha C. Dean
Patten
Maine
Delegates Selected for State 4-H Camp
Delegates from Twin County named for the annual State 4-H Club Camp at the University of Maine August 23 to 27. Harriet Hall and Evelyn Davis of Durham. Esther Staples of Turner. Eva Woods of South Bowdoin. James Maxim of Mechanic Falls. Norman Jordan and Leon Norris of North Livermore. Leon Bowie of Durham. Four more delegates to be chosen in July from county winners in Style Dress Revue, Baking, Poultry and Potato Grading contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin County
University of Maine
Harriet Hall
Durham
Esther Staples
Turner
Eva Woods
South Bowdoin
Evelyn Davis
James Maxim
Mechanic Falls
Norman Jordan
North Livermore
Leon Norris
Leon Bowie
Real estate transfers and high school debating results
Real estate transfers recorded in Sagadahoc include Bath transfers from George E Avery to Alice L Morse and Elizabeth A Oliver to George A Rogers, plus Bowdoin and Richmond deeds. Laconia High School won the New Hampshire division debate event defeating Lancaster and Hopkinton. best speaker honors tied among Mary Gozonsky, Nat Allie Chandler, and Herman Skhofield from New Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Bath
George E. Avery
Alice L. Morse
Elizabeth A. Oliver
George A. Rogers
Cassius C. Whidken
Fritz Wandell
Bowdoin
Sidney W. Skiitun
Dorothy E. Ware
Richmond
Benjamin B. Douglass
Robheus A. Douglass
Topsham
Walter S. Hall
Elizabeth S. Hall
Nina B. Woodhouse
Hilmans, Tenneson
Laconia High School
New Hampshire
Bates
Miss Rogers and Begg Attend Portland Dance weekend
Miss Cynthia Rogers and Miss Dorothy Begg of Wenham Massachusetts returned to Nassan Institute on Monday after visiting Miss Rogers' grandparents Mr and Mrs George Merrill Oak Street They attended the dance at Ricker Gardens in Portland Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Rogers
Dorothy Begg
Wenham
Mass
Nassan Institute
Monay
Les Camarades to Sing in Rockland Next Week
The Les Camarades Musicaux will appear in Rockland during the present week. At a Wednesday meeting hosted by Mrs. Carleton L. Rice the group performed a varied program and heard Miss Melcher speak on DuBois. The troupe will then be guests of honor at a Rubinstein club banquet in Rockland, with Guest Night ahead of the closing meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Camarades Musicaux
Carleton L. Rice
Turner Court
Frederick K. Sturtevant
Rice
Weston P. Holman
Camden
Ramsay
Les Camarades
Rockland
Rubinstein Club
DuBois
Miss Melcher
Athalie
Mr. Royal
Avril Pose
Ny Eer Ganaries
Mpe
Gio Paulin
Vaghissima Simbianza
Donaudy
Caro
el Mio Bambin
Guarnieri
Holman
Mr. McPherson
Aria
Two New GOP Candidacies Enter 6.0 P. Nominations
Clarence N. Flood of Bath and E. Mason Wright of Bath file for state senate and county commissioner respectively. Flood, former Bath schools superintendent and Macmillan salesman, aims to unseat Sen. Sumner Sewall. Wright, Bath businessman and Grange leader, seeks the six year county post against Judge Joseph Randlette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence N. Flood
Bath Street
Bath
E. Mason Wright
Winship Street
Wright
Secretary of State
Flood
Macmillan Co
South Paris
Colby College
Winslow-Vassalboro- Benton
Saugus
Mass
Braintree
Waterville
Montgomery and St. Bernard
West Bath Grange
Sagadahoc
West Bath
Sewall
N. Gratz Jackson
Wight
Joseph W. Randlette
Richmond
Charles J. Dain
Junior Chamber to Sponsor Bath Spring Dance
The Bath Junior Chamber of Commerce schedules a Spring dance for May 5 at the Arcade ballroom to benefit Bath Country Club. Dr. Paul A. Gregware chairs the committee. Fenton Brothers, a 14 piece broadcasting band, will provide music. This marks the group’s first social effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Bath Country Club
Paul A. Gregware
Arcade Ballroom
Fenton Brothers
Junior Chamber
Eighth graders build bird houses under club guidance
Cony eighth grade boys aged 13 to 15, led by Clement Downs, manual training instructor, mass produced robin boxes, feeding boxes, shelves and suet feeders. The project is in cooperation with the Junior Nature Club and Augusta Nature Club sponsorship this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cony
Clement Downs
Junior Nature Club
Augusta Nature Club
First New England vacation winner chosen on WEAF broadcast
Miss Blanche Stowe of New York won a free two week New England Summer vacation after submitting the top letter in the WEAF contest hosted by the New England Council. Twenty six New England resorts donate the prize with partners like Rudy Vallee and Frank Crumit hosting the nightly prize feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
WEAF
Roxbury
John Stowe
Massachusetts
John
Rudy Vallee
Lowell Thomas
Eddy Duchin
Miss Stowe
Photo Engravers’ Board of Trade
New York
Mayflower
Hyannis
Mass
Jolly Minstreleers to Present Show
The second annual minstrel show and dance presented by The Jolly Minstrel eers under the direction of Mrs Ed munt Ford will be given Friday eve ning April 24 at eight in Masonic temple. Main participants include Thomas Deejay John Marks Edmund Ford Charles Dorsey Interlocutor Hubert Farnsworth cast Rich ard Boucher Edmund Guynn Roland Staples Louis Miller Stubby King Norman Hodgkins Girls in the chorus include Miss Annie Puiin Miss Thelma Fogg Miss Patria Staples Mrs Pearl Staples Lawrence Mrs Ruth Burns Praire Miss Virginia Falin Miss Emily Furber Miss Rebecca Miller Miss Marie Smith Miss Geraldine Smith Miss Helen Reynolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolly Minstreleers
Edmund Ford
Masonic Temple
Thomas Deejay
John Marks
Charles Dorsey
Hubert Farnsworth
Richard Boucher
Edmund Guynn
Roland Staples
Louis Miller
Stubby” King
Norman Hodgkins
Annie Puiin
Thelma Fogg
Patria Staples
Pearl Staples Lawrence
Ruth Burns Praire
Virginia Falin
Emily Furber
Rebecca Miller
Marie Smith
Geraldine Smith
Helen Reynolds
Souvenir Stamp Bloc Issued for International Exposition
A souvenir stamp bloc honoring the Connecticut Tercentenary California Pacific Exposition Michigan and Texas centennials is authorized by the U S Post Office. It will be issued for the Third International Philatelic Exposition in New York May 9 to 17 with sale starting May 11 through the Philatelic Agency Division in Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Michigan
United States Post Office Department
Grand Central Palace
New York City
Treasury Department
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Philatelic Agency Division of Stamps
Post Office Department
Washington, D. C
D A R Chapter Card Party At Cosmopolitan Club
Col Dummer Sewall chapter of the D A R held a card party at the Cosmopolitan club house on Washington street with ten contract tables and three auction tables. Prizes went to Mrs Marius Page Mrs Frank B Nichols and Mrs Edmund P Briggs at contract and Mrs Ernest Fulton Miss Elwina Durgin at auction. Refreshments were served and the event was run by the Ways and Means committee led by Mrs Elmer D Hodgkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Dummer Sewall
Cosmopolitan Club
Washington Street
Marius Page
Frank B. Nichols
Edmund P. Briggs
Ernest Fulton
Elwina Durgin
Ways and Means
Elmer D. Hodgkins
Fred C. Hill
Percy C. Bailey
Carl Albee
Alice Shorey
Thomas S. Gibbons
Fred May
Herbert C. Calderwood
James P. Bonney
PTA Votes to Create Hickey Scholastic Cups at Cony
The Cony PTA Thursday night voted to establish two cups, one for the top boy and one for the top girl in scholastic achievement. The cups will be the Thomas Hickey Donation in memory of Mr. Hickey, a standout PTA member. Coach Ray McCluskey was elected treasurer to fill the term left by Mr. Hickey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cony Parent Teacher Association
Cony Ee
Thomas Hickey
Hickey
PTA
Ray McCluskey
Northeastern Poultrymen Convene in Maine for First Time
The Northeastern Producers Council of poul t rymen from 13 states plans a August Maine convention on the University of Maine campus marking the largest poultry gathering in Maine. Gardner Hayden of Raymond chairs with tours from Portland through Brunswick Rockland and Belfast to Orono and a Mount Desert Island trip to Acadia. Local committees and Maine agencies back the event set for a week of business and entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeastern Producers’ Council
Maine
Gardner Hayden
Raymond
Maine Poultry Improvement Association
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Hayden
University of Maine
Portland
Brunswick
Rockland
Belfast
Orono
Acadia National Park
Mount Desert Island
Marathon Doak
Chester Strout
Garland
H. L. Richardson
T. Earl Prouty
Dennysville
J. F. Witter
T. A. Murray
Camden
J R. Smith
Frank Lord
Kezar Falls
Maine Department of Agriculture
The
Maine Development Commission
Pine Tree Circle Social at Red Men Hall
Pine Tree Circle held a social night at Red Men hall with a 6 30 supper and card party at eight. Bridge prizes went to Mrs. Alex Burgess Jr and John M Johnson. whist prizes to Mrs. Alice Tracey and Mrs. George W Ingraham. This Friday features a business meeting for plans toward the circle’s 31st May anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Tree Circle
C.of. of A
Red Men's Hall
Alex Burgess, Jr
John M. Johnson
Alice Tracey
George W. Ingraham
Anna M. Conley
Alice M. Tracey
George W. Parshley
John J. Cavanaugh
George W. Dall
Earl Allen
Bath friend Mrs Coolidge improving after illness
Bath residents learn Mrs. H King Coolidge of New York, now seriously ill at the Post Graduate hospital, is improving. She has often visited Bath as the guest of her daughter Mrs Arthur Sewalld of Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
H. King Coolidge
New York
Post Graduate Hospital
New York City
Capacity audience at pageant at Church of God Gospel hall
A capacity audience attended a pageant titled The Challenge to the Cross at the Church of God Gospel hall 168 1-2 Front Street last Wednesday evening. The hall featured an eight foot cross centerpiece, green with calla lilies, and the decorations were donated by local businesses and shops including First National Store Sagadahoc Fruit Co. and Oakhurst Dairy among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of God
Gospel Hall
Front Street
Kennebec and
Perkins Green
Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co
Rose Beauty Shop
Prank FE
Lawrence and Smith's
Firemen's Memorial Ball Plans Set for May 1
Bath Firemen's Memorial Association aims for 500 attendees at the annual May Ball on Friday May 1 in Arcade ballroom. Last year 400 dancers raised 110 for the Memorial Fund. President Elmer W. Rogers leads with Charles L. Burgess and Richard Frates assisting. The group seeks about 1,000 more to buy a monument for Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Firemen’s Memorial Association
Arcade
Elmer W. Rogers
Charles L. Burgess
Richard Frates
Oak Grove Cemetery
Names Announced for New Destroyers Leaders
The three 1850 ton destroyers to be built at Bath Iron Works will be named U S S Sampson, Davis and Jouett in honor of Rear Admirals Sampson, Davis and Jouett. Hulls 394, 395 and 396. Keel of Sampson 394 laid March 26. Underpass work at Lewiston railway crossing to start June 1, vacate by May 15, nine months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
U. S. S. Sampson
Davis
Fair Grounds
Lewiston
Weekly Crossword Puzzle Clue Teasers and Answers
Readable crossword clues list with numbers and partial answers. Includes wordplay hints like 1 tilts the head pronoun, 5 a firearm, 12 a car for cents carrying coal, and other cross references. Presented as a compact puzzle page fragment with entries for themes and solutions following the prior grid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mal
Saskatche
Arrow
Vwater
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Times Company
B. Michols
Ana Tress
Harry
Webder
George Washington
Billy Leydon
Highway Commission
Lincoln Street
Library Association
Bertha G. Dean
Verdi
Scarlatti
New England Council
Cony High School
Herbert R. Goodwin
Koussinoc
Lot
Madison
Doris Miller
Goodwin
Northeastern Council OF Poultrymen
Pine Tree
Firemen’s Association
Germany
Peninsula
Biam
Westwater Indies
Peru
Fiz
Fas
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