Maine’s Fatality Rise Spurs New England Report
The New England states show a 15 percent uptick in automobile fatalities for the first quarter of 1940, with Maine contributing a sharp rise from 27 to 54 deaths year over year. Vermont and Connecticut improve, while New Hampshire Massachusetts and Rhode Island advance. Bath forms a Sewall for Governor club highlighting Sumner Sewall’s public record and readiness to speak plainly on issues. Sewall, Maine’s war ace, is praised for integrity and leadership, having served as State Senate president and mounting a gubernatorial bid free of factional backing.
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New England
Vermont
Connecticut
Maine
Bath
Sumner Sewall
Senate
Maine Adopts Daylight Time For Season In Warmer Days
Next Sunday Maine joins about fifteen to twenty states in daylight time. The period of daylight saving runs until the last Sunday in September with growing support to extend it into October. Initial opposition faded as communities shifted to daylight time, leaving most on daylight time now.
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Maine
Suburban Camps Grow Near Bath Amid Shipyard Boom
Camps rise in Bath area suburbs as men find work in city shipyards. Booming warship construction continues, with the United States expanding its navy and ship capacity. Factoring in wartime losses, the nation may lead global commerce after the conflict ends if government policy stays aligned with industry needs.
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Bath
United States
Revered O'Brien Returns to Old Home Town Sermon
Reverend Francis W. O'Brien formerly of Bath now in Portland preached at Central Congregational Church to a large crowd despite one of the fiercest storms in years. He was warmly welcomed back to the old home town where he preached for years and helped raise funds to build the current People's Baptist church.
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Francis W. O'Brien
Bath
Portland
Central Congregational Church
People's Baptist Church
Popham Beach Devastated by Northeast Storm Losses Cottages Destroyed
Popham Beach endured a severe northeast storm causing extensive damage with two or more summer cottages torn down as high seas gnawed at sandy banks. Residents lament the lack of a protective sea wall to preserve the popular seaside resort.
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Popham Beach
Mayor vows swift action on Kelley field nuisance
Mayor Robert H. Haskell announced the municipal dump nuisance at Kelley field will be addressed promptly. Health official Dr Joseph ST Smith condemned the site while noting potential closure of the field, pending relief measures and a possible fence to block access from North street extension.
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Kelley Field
Robert H. Haskell
Haskell
Gardiner High
Gardiner
Joseph ST. Smith
Bowdoin College
Maine
Smith
John Parker
Athletic Field
North Street
Telephone Employes Honor Former Worker on 81st Birthday
Sixteen employees from the New England Tel and Tel plant department surprised Herbert B. Luce at his home on his 81st birthday. Luce, a pioneer in Franklin county, retired 13 years ago after long service in Bath and earlier transfers, and remains active in telephone progress. The gathering included gifts and games, followed by a lunch prepared by Mrs. Luce, who uses crutches, and the couple noted Luce’s continued health and daily walks to the business district.
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New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Herbert B. Luce
High Street
Mr. Luce
The
Telephone Company
Franklin County
South Carolina
Maine
Bath
Luce
Red Cap porters switch to ten cent per item pay plan
Beginning Sunday travelers will no longer tip Red Caps. Porters become railroad employees of Maine Central Boston and Maine Boston and Albany and New Haven. Patrons receive coupon checks for each item carried, ten cents per item, with checks sent to the railroads for payment. If several items are carried, total equals multi item charge and patron gains better service from the four railroads.
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Maine& Central
Boston & Maine
Boston & Albany
New Haven
Former Times Newsie RecallS Old Times
Worthen E Brawn and Harold E Pratt visited the Times Office in Topsham to help solve pressroom problems. Brawn recalled years as a newsboy, selling two cent Times with four for fraction protection, and described New Meadows Inn profits and wartime paper trade shifts. He is a Maine pulp and paper expert with ties to Seydwick Post G A R.
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Worthen E. Brawn
Pejepscot Paper Co
Topsham
Harold E. Pratt
Pejepscot
Times
New Meadows Inn
Mr. Brawn
Alice A
Charles S. Brawn
Hull
United States
Excellent program at Saturday's show in Morse High
Despite pouring rain about 700 attended a show by Ken MacKenzie of WGAN Portland at Morse High School auditorium. Featured acts included Phil Libby and Dot and Jean, Prairie Sod Busters Joe and Lou, Beverly, and Nancy Lee who won first prize.
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Ken MacKenzie
WGAN
Portland
Morse High School
Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Phil Libby
Dot
Jean
Joe
Lou
Beverly
Mr. MacKenzie
Nancy Lee
Johnny
Madelyn Harmond
Stanley Newell
Vivian Kronstrand
Lena Fortier
Mary Cummings
Ada Noftall
Madelyn Kronstrand
Betty Noftall
Betty Burgess
Cynthia Moses
Catherine Burgess
Warner Twins Win Popularity Contest
Phyllis and Frances Warner nine month old twins won first prize of 25 dollars in the Uptown Theatre and Thompsons Studio popularity contest. Lorraine Allain and Patricia Ann Jones placed second and third with 90 290 and 2 880 votes respectively. The tally shows 1 012 349 votes cast for 164 contestants, with 22 babies polling over 10 000.
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Phyllis
Frances Warner
Maurice Warner
Middle Street
Uptown Theatre
Thompson
Lorraine Alain
John Allain
Nichols Street
Patricia Ann Jones
James Jones
Robert Chaplin
Washington Street
Barbara Ann King
Ralph King
Chestnut Street
Jeanette Ellen Stinson
Lloyd Stinson
Oak Street
Robert Alden Strout
Ivory Strout
Woolwich
Louise Ferris
Ned Ferris
Huse Street
Two Men Arrested on Speeding Charge
Percy L. Miller of this city a Portsmouth Navy Yard welder and Ralph Higgins Jr of East Brunswick were arrested by local police Saturday for speeding Miller pleaded guilty at municipal court Monday and paid 495 in court costs Higgins was arraigned later in the week with a continuance due to his attorney’s absence Two additional weekend arrests were two for intoxication Both guilty pleas led Judge Deering to place one warrant on file and require the other to pay 10 plus 6.35 in costs or face 90 days in Kermevec county jail. August.
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Percy L. Miller
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Ralph Higgins, Jr
East Brunswick
Miller
High Street
Higgins
Lincoln Street
Municipal Cour
Edward W. Bridgham
Parochial School Pupils Entertain P T A Meeting
Pupils of the first and second grades at St Marys Parochial school presented an educational program directed by Sister Victoria during a Wednesday meeting. A business session approved the May 15 annual meeting and nominations. Mrs Hamblett to attend the state convention May 4 and 5 in Bangor. a raffle sale and Study club meetings were announced. open to Protestants as well as Catholics.
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St. Mary's P.T.A
Victoria
Edward B. Hamblett
Ada Noftall
Lena Fortier
Marguerite Lemont
Study Club
Central Church Choir Entertained at Supper
The Central church choir enjoyed a church supper in the parish house hosted by the League Ladies Aid and Men's club. About 36 attendees savored chicken salad, peas, potato chips, olives, rolls, ice cream, cake and coffee. tables decorated with flowers from Kennebec Greenhouses. Notable guests included Hon. and Miss N. Gratz Jackson and several local residents.
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Central Church Choir
League, Ladies Aid
Men's Club
Kennebec Greenhouses
N. Gratz Jackson
Arthur W. King
Marius H. Page
Ibra Lawrence
Howard A. Parks
Perley R. Ater
Andrus L. Coleman
Lloyd E. Stinson
Raymond H. Watson
Wilson
Adolph H. Fhlers
Charles A. Soule
Perry L. Thompson
James T. Bonney
Belle W. Welch
Horace P. Morse
John H. Harkins
W. Linwood Haynes
Harold S. Avery
George W. Moses
Lawrence
Lord
Ethel M. Blake
Isabelle B. King
Bath Teachers Club Card Party Set for Thursday
Plans are nearly complete for the Bath Teachers' club card party to be held Thursday evening at 7 30 in Morse high school gymnasium. Proceeds will raise the balance of the annual scholarship to a graduating student. Last year a $100 gift went to Miss Leah Merrill to further her education. The event is chaired by Miss Eleanor P Danforth with a long list of local committee members and supporters.
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Bath Teachers’ Club
Morse High School
Leah Merrill
Eleanor P. Danforth
Denis Humphreys
Mary Conley
John Parker
Gertrude Silsby
Theo McNeil
Mertha E. Hooper
Celia McCormick
Margaret Scott
Effie C. Wright
Lillian F. Fisher
Hazel Hopkins
Priscilla Cullen
Hazel Lowell
Enid M. Sawyer
Anna Severin
Marjorie E. Palmer
Bessie Singer
Frances Smith
David Y. Alkazin
Horace P. Herrick
J. Edward Pomeroy
Leslie Ross
Duncan H. Farrell
Nathan W. Watson
Bath to Enforce Traffic Rules Starting May First
City officials led by City Marshal Joseph A. Butler announce strict enforcement of traffic regulations in Bath beginning May 1. Mayor Robert H. Haskell, Police Committee members Alderman Walter C. Rogers and Charles E. Parks approve the crackdown as summer traffic increases. Specific focus includes one hour parking restrictions and the Washington street extension from Wesley to Russell. An intensified campaign against speeding is to be implemented due to rising motorist carelessness.
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Bath
Joseph A. Butler
Robert H. Haskell
Walter C. Rogers
Charles E. Parks
Marshal Butler
Police Department
Washington Street
Wesley
Russell
Bowdoin College Notes Chapel Talk and Spring Events
Wilmot B Mitchell of the class of 1890 will speak at Bowdoin chapel Sunday April 28 at five. The choir will sing a chorale by Bach. The Masque and Gown spring play will be presented May 2 and 3. Sub-Freshman weekend noted. Miss Lillian Critch and Miss Helen Murphy returned to Winthrop after visiting Miss E Frances Mather. Mrs Russell W Kenney improving at home after a week with a cold.
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Wilmot B. Mitchell
Edward Little
Bach
Lillian Critch
Helen Murphy
Winthrop, Mass
E. Frances Mather
Court Street
Russell W. Kenney
Washburn Street
Ponds to be stocked with fingerling trout in Lincoln county
Sagadahoc Red Gun and Skeet Association voted to stock ponds and streams in Lincoln county with a spring quota of 15 000 fingerling trout instead of Sagadahoc. Fish and Game will survey Sagadahoc waters this summer to identify causes of failure. The group expects at least 15 000 fingerlings soon from the Inland Fish and Game Department.
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Sagadahoc
Inland Fish & Game Department
Converse G. Fenn
G. Baer Connard
Gardiner R. Deering
Lawrence Hinam
Lincoln County Rod & Gun Club
Sagadahcoe County
Canadian National Railway
Canada
Rocky Mountains
Minnesota
Calvin Kimball
Battery D
240Th C. A. A
Cosmo Fashion Show at Grace Church Parish House
About 75 attended a Cosmo Politan club fashion event at Grace church parish house last Wednesday. Spring fashions from Enda Mae Shoppe and several local shops were modeled by club members and junior volunteers, with old fashioned gowns from 1800 to the Gay Nineties. The program featured Mrs. Lemont and Mrs. Cahoon, with music by Mrs. Cahoon’s pianist and refreshments served by the Dennisons and Quicks. flowers donated by New Meadows Gardens.
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Grace Church Parish House
Cosmopolitan Club Program Committee
Enda Mae Shoppe
E. Marguerite Hennessy
Justin Wayne
Markson Bros
G. Thomas Murphy
Rupert M. Irvine
Leonard F. Wetherbee
Elizabeth A. Colby
Kay Harkins
Helen Tabor
Betty Howard
Herbert R. Lemont
William W. Dennison
Earl P. Cahoon
John McInnes
Richard Quick
Cosmopolitan Junior Club
Jerry Andrews
Pauline Nickerson
Margaret Sampson
Martha Morse
Barbara White
Norma Steussy
Marjorie Nichols
Marie Bennett
Alice
Jean Dennison
Dennison
Lemont
Edwin M. Fuller, Jr
Colby
Isadore Singer
Frederick W. Humphreys
New Meadows Gardens
Charles Bradeen Named Executive VP at Fairbanks Morse Co
Charles Shaw Bradeen of Essex Connecticut son of Dr. and Mrs Frederick Bradeen and grandson of Kate Shaw Bath was elected executive vice president of Fairbanks Morse Co Canada at a Montreal directors meeting. A Bowdoin graduate class of 1926 he spent years with Zeta Psi guiding chapters before joining Fairbanks Morse in Montreal. He will depart Chicago May 1 for Montreal where he will assume the new post. He married Winifred Johnson of Bath. they have Charles Jr and Sarah. His mother Nellie Shaw of Greenville is a former guest of Mrs. Frederick H. Kimball of High street.
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Charles Shaw Bradeen
Frederick Bradeen
Essex
Rare double chimney fires in adjacent High Street homes
Early Sunday afternoon two chimney fires broke out within the same block on 533 and 535 High Street. Box 25 dispatched at 12.36 p.m. to Mrs. Arthur Jenkins home and again at 1.58 p.m. to Edmund J. G. Arsenault. Engine 4 used booster lines in both incidents with only slight interior damage reported at the Arsenault residence.
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High Street
Box 25
Arthur Jenkins
Engine 4
Edmund J. G. Arsenault
Arsenault
Solar Lodge Hosts Inaugural Guest Officers Night
Solar lodge Masons inaugurated its first Guest Officers night with about 125 attendees. The banquet began at 6 30 and the meeting followed with guest officers from Waldoboro Damariscotta Bowdoinham Freeport Lisbon Falls Brunswick and other towns performing the Master Mason degree on one candidate. Edward Hammond of Cambridge Mass passed Monday in this city.
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Solar Lodge
Masons
Waldoboro
Damariscotta
Bowdoinham
Freeport
Lisbon Falls
Brunswick
Bath Nurses Alumnae Association Elects Officers
Miss Dorothy Milliken is named president with Estelle K. Thompson as vice president and Jane W. Hillgrove as secretary and treasurer at the Bath Memorial Hospital Nurses Alumnae annual meeting. An annual banquet is set for June 5 and new members and committee rosters are announced.
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Dorothy Milliken
Bath Memorial Hospital Nurses
Estelle K. Thompson
Jane W. Hillgrove
Josephine Moore
Milliken
Estella Bowden
Constance Allen
Alice D. Potter
Kathleen J. Hart
Hillgrove
Central District Association
Izetta Bartlett Larrabee
Grace B. Adams
Ethel Saunders
Barbara Bartlett
Mabel Russell
Mila Gaddis
Eva Dawe
Ethel Blake
Margaret Yates
Dorothy Huggard
Hyannis
Bath Hospital
Nellie McCabe
Helen F. Higgins
Grace A. Blair
Verna D. Bowie
Margaret McLuer
Ruth C. Thompson
Bath Eagles Observe Their Ladies Night
Bath Aerue of Eagles No. 875 hosted their annual Ladies Night with about 250 members and guests in the ritual hall. Dancing lasted until 1 am to Wally de Rochemont's Columbian orchestra, with Burgess Jr. calling dances. Social hall activities included cards, pool, and a lobster salad rolls dessert served by Mrs. Amos E. Perry. Committee head Edward Whitehouse and members Harold Child Frank Allegrin Eugene Butterfield Edward Losier were thanked for a successful event.
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Bath Aerue of Eagles
Wally de Rochemont
Columbian Orchestra
Alexander Burgess, Jr
Amos. E. Perry
Edward T. Whitehouse
Harold W. Child
Frank Allegrin
Eugene Butterfield
Edward Losier
Past Noble Grands Club Hosts Queen Esther Night
Mrs John E Atwood entertained the Past Noble Grands club of Queen Esther at 1328 Washington Street with Mrs Wallace L Atwood and Mrs Ralph P Mank assisting. After a business session, contract was played and prizes awarded to Mrs Herbert W McCabe Mrs Herbert H Huggard and Mrs Alfred L Jean. Guests included Mrs Roger W Pierce and others. Next meeting will be the last of May with Huggard Farrin and McCabe as hostesses.
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John E. Atwood
Noble Grands Club
Queen Esther
Washington Street
Wallace L. Atwood
Ralph P. Mank
Herbert W. McCabe
Herbert H. Huggard
Alfred L. Jean
Roger W. Pierce
Albert H. Thompson
Horace W. Ward
Wilbra
Raymond Ouellette Hosts Card Party on Middle Street
Raymond Ouellette entertained a small group of friends at a card party held Wednesday evening at his Middle Street home. Refreshments were served. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Irving LaChance, Miss Lillian Trainor, Mrs. Betty Johnson, and John E. Doyle.
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Raymond Ouellette
Middle Street
Irving LaChance
Lillian Trainor
Betty Johnson
John E. Doyle
Co-Operative Crafts Opens at Codman House Brunswick
The Co-Operative Crafts of Brunswick opened with a formal display of paintings by Mrs. John P. Winchell and Mrs. Edward E. Hammond at Codman House in Brunswick. Rug and metalwork items plus hand blocked articles were shown as a tea followed the exhibit. The group plans Brunswick Bathed ham Freeport and Harpswell membership draws and will feature ongoing exhibits and a market for local artists and craftsmen. Reception committee included Mrs. George L. Cadigan and others. Codman House will be open Tuesday Thursday and Saturday afternoons for now.
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Bath
Co-Operative Crafts of
Brunswick
Codman House
John P. Winchell
Edward 8. Hammond
Co-Operative Crafts
Bathedham
Freeport
Harpswell
George L. Cadigan
Noel C. Little
William C. Root
Helen L. Varney
Thomas Means
Stanley Chase
Donovan D. Lancaster
Harrison Hubbard
Theodore Will
Codman
Pleasant Street
Dike P T A Hosts Successful North End Card Party
Mrs Clifford B Wilband won first in contract and Mrs Daniel Mac Donald first in auction at a Dike P T A card party in North End Community club Thursday evening. Other prizes went to Mrs John Quirk second in contract and Mrs Hermon W Crocker second in auction, with Roy Bradford winning the men’s prize in auction and David S Henderson in pitch. Nine auction tables, two contract, and one pitch were in play. Mrs Aubrey E Steen was general chairman and Mrs Irving C Varney ran the kitchen assisted by Mrs Carl M Langbehn Mrs Arthur G Gilmore and Mrs Essie Rowe from Bangor guest of Mrs Varney. Refreshments included chopped ham tuna and cheese nut rolls homemade cookies and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford B. Wilband
Daniel MacDonald
Dike P. T. A
North End
John Quirk
Hermon W. Crocker
Roy Bradford
David S. Henderson
Aubrey E. Steen
Irving C. Varney
Carl M. Langbehn
Arthur G. Gilmore
Essie Rowe
Bangor
Varney
Charles I. Madden, Jr
Fred D. Pinkham
Royal Arch Chapter Installs Officers in Montgomery and St Bernard
Officers for the coming year were installed by Past High Priest Edwin H. P. Lowell with Benjamin D. Murray as grand chaplain. New officers include John W. Gillespie as high priest Carl E. Albee king Donald S. Smith scribe and Donald D. Young treasurer. Walter Martin a noted New England detective spoke to Gardiner Rotary about the Edmund Thomas murder near Crawford Lake on Nov 5 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery & St. Bernard
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Benjamin D. Murray
George P. Larrabee
John W. Gillespie
Carl E. Albee
Donald S. Smith
Donald D. Young
George J. Goodwin
Charles 8. Bartlett
Harold E. Cutting
Fred A. Osgood
Royal Arch
John Emerson
Orman L. Coggeshall
Cecil L. Fullerton
John H. Freeman
Sentinel
Walter “Bud” Martin
New England
West Gardiner
Gardiner
Weekly Crossword Puzzle Clues And Answers
Cross word puzzle clues listed with numbers and answers. Includes Exclamation Celestial Work at steadily Oriental weight Things to eat Room Work Variety of willow Greeting Long for Hail Ancient Carting vehicle Macaw Behold Silicon symbol. Distributed by King Features Syndicate Inc wiS.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
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