Debutante Mrs. Edge To Preside At Paris Embassy Post
Mrs. Camilla Edge, youngest daughter of the Sewalls of Bath Maine, is named to preside at the American Embassy in Paris. She married Senator Edge of New Jersey on February 9 1922 in Bath. Presidents Harding and Coolidge sent felicitation and the Coolidges attended. The Edge family remains at their Small Point farm for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camilla Mrs. Edge
Camilla A. Sewall
Harold Marsh Sewall
Washington Street
Bath
Arthur Sewall
Boston
New York
Washington
Paris
Hawaii
Maine Public Safety Committee
Camilla Ashe
San Francisco
David G. Farragut
Sewall Edge
Mississippi
Senator Edge
Maine
Hi Esmaraos Fine Showing On Trial Tests
The million dollar twin screw diesel yacht Hi Esmaro, largest clipper steam yacht in the country, met all tests during official trials on Saturday. Eight runs over the Rockland course averaged 16 knots. steering with wheel hard over yielded a 800 foot turning diameter. Full speed ahead to full speed astern brought her to a stop in 21 seconds, with 45 seconds to run full speed astern. The day was ideal, with a calm ocean and cool air. The Hi Esmaros predecessor Vanda from Bath Iron Works watched, and its captain appeared eager for a race. The Vanda, recently fitted with new propellers, ran parallel and astern at times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Edward Manville
Johns Manville Corporation
Rockland
Hi-Esmaro
Bath Iron Works Corp
Vanda
Ernest B. Dane
Brookline
Mass
Seal Harbor
Manville
Cameron
Scates Attacks Plan To Increase Gasoline Tax
John Clarke Scates of Westbrook, ex-member of the State Highway commission, challenged a plan to raise the gasoline tax from four to five cents a gallon. He told the Portland Lion Club that proponents misstate the revenue use and that a $900,000 gain would not fund 35 miles of road. He concluded motorists pay all the tax they should.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Clarke Scates
Westbrook
State Highway Commission
Lion Club of
Portland
Tax debate over Maine gas tax and road plans
In Maine, readers argue about raising the gas tax from four to five cents to fund 909000 more annually for road building. Critics note cost limits for gravel versus concrete or bituminous macadam and question the Highway Commission’s capacity to construct miles of road next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
State Highway Department
Highway Commission
Palatial Yacht Aztec Pays Bath Friendly Visit
The palatial steam yacht Aztec owned by Albert C Burrage of Boston entered the Kennebec and docked in Bath to meet Burrage Jr and wife arriving on the 105 train. Second mate J R Murphy of the Aztec reported Manville yacht Hi Esmare sailing at 13 knots and praised its lines. The Aztec, idle six weeks since Greenport wartime use, has impressed after a quick return to service for Harvard Yale races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert C. Burrage
B m
Ames Building
Kennebec River
Bath
Albert C. Burrage, Jr
Boston
J. R. Murphy
Murphy
Wollaston
Mass
Manville
Greenport
N. Y
Harvard
Burrage
J. B. Murphy
Halifax
Atlantic
Hilton
Aztec built in 1902 at Elizabeth N J ship details
The Aztec of 848 gross tons and 576 net is a 221.4 foot long, 30 foot beam vessel with 15.3 foot depth. It carries 53 crew and 2200 horsepower. Its owner is a Boston attorney prominent in gas, copper, mining, and several companies with extensive North and South American holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Boston
Massachusetts
Brookline Gaslight Co
South Boston
Roxbury
Dorchester
Ferrobamba Ltd
Peru
London
North
South
America
International Tin Co
Chile Exploration Co
Chile Copper Co
Boston Common Council
Boston Transit Commission
Greenhalge
Bar Association
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Touring Club of
France
American University
Royal Auto of London
Harvard
Lawyers
Lotos, Bankers
Union League
Algonquin, University
Jitney Players Set Bath Performance by Cosmopolitan Club
The Jitney Players perform The Murder In the Red Barn at Bath under the Cosmopolitan club on Monday August 5. Miss Alice Johnson chairs the ticket committee with Miss Lillian Miller and Miss Mildred Nichols handling advertising. The troupe recently appeared at Bowdoin College in Brunswick presenting The Bourgeois Gentleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Cosmopolitan Club
Red Barn
Maria Martin
Alice Johnson
Lillian Miller
Mildred Nichols
Brunswick
Bowdoin College
Archery golf debuts in Maine at Newagen nine hole course
The first annual archery golf championship opened at Newagen Inn north of Florida where Glenn Curtiss inspired J L Brooks to build a nine hole course. Notables like W H Hill and Mrs Hill joined the Maine event as plans set for New England and national shoots in 1930. Francis W Bishop, Bath native, is noted for an electroscope that locates radium and helped recover lost samples in several hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Newagen
Maine
Glenn Curtiss
J. L. Brooks
Springfield
Mass
J. Howard Hill
Miami
Fla
Hill
Mr. Hill
Francis W. Bishop
Morse High School
Texas Steamship Co
Victor X-ray Corporation
Portland
Massachusetts General Hospital
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Strong Memorial Hospital
Francis W
Jennie Haggett Bishop
Lemont Street
Bath
West Bath
Jane Haggett
Bishop
Rochester, N. Y
School of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Rochester
Department of Radiology
Mr. Bishop
Rochester
Boston
St. Johnsbury
J. M. Allen
Memorial Hospital
Worcester
Governor Gardiner to Erect Hunting Camps on Castle Island
Castle Island in Hockomock bay will host three new 22 by 30 foot hunting camps owned by Governor William Tudor Gardiner. The camps, a boat house, and floating stage will be ready before the September opening of Maine’s fall gunning season. The governor also owns the nearby Governor Phipps farm in Woolwich and plans extensive improvements this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Island
William Tudor Gardiner
Governor Phipps
Woolwich
Hockomock Bay
Sasanoa
Kennebec
Maine
Senator Walter E Edge Named New U S Ambassador to France
Senator Walter E Edge of New Jersey is selected to replace Myron T Herrick as ambassador to France in Washington’s diplomatic reshuffle. Edge will leave by November to assume duties in Paris after the Hoover administration completes its cabinet reorganization and reviews other posts. He has long been a leading Hoover supporter and sits on the finance and foreign relations committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Edge
U.S
France
Hoover
Stimson
Paris
Myron T. Herrick
Ohio
New Jersey
Henry P. Fletcher
Italy
Rome
Edge
Washington
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
E. Edge
Senate
David Baird, Jr
Morgan. P.larson
Erenan
Takea
Finance
Ing
Charles E Emerson Visits Bath From Wiscasset
Charles E. Emerson of Wiscasset was a Bath visitor on Friday. He toured local sights and spoke with residents during his stop in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Emerson of
Wiscasset
Bath
Mrs Briggs Hosts Luncheon Bridge at Bailey's Island
Mrs Edmund P Briggs entertained with a luncheon bridge Thursday at her Summer residence Bailey's Island. Attendees included Mrs F B Nichols Mrs E Motley Fuller Mrs Owen J Ledyard Mrs Charles H Cahill Mrs Charles R Higgins Mrs Hubert H McCarty Mrs Edward Sinnes and guests the Misses Copelands of Sharon Mass Mrs Oliver Moses Mrs William S Newell Mrs Eben J Marston and Mrs William V Percy. Rev and Mrs David L Wilson and son Paul left Tuesday for Frenchburg to continue missionary work after Labor Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund P. Briggs
Bailey’s Island
F. B. Nichols
E. Motley Fuller
Owen J. Ledyard
Charles H. Cahill
Charles R. Higgins
Hubert H. McCarty
Edward Siiness
Misses Copelands
Sharon
Mass
Oliver Moses
William S. Newell
Eben J. Marston
William V. Percy
David L. Wilson
Paul
Frenchburg
Rev. Wilson
Bennett Family Visit in Rockland
Mr and Mrs Harry Bennett of 9 Trufant Street with their son Harry Bennett Jr and Miss Florence Oliver were visiting friends Sunday in Rockland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Bowie
Hartford
Harry Bennett
Trufant Street
Harry Bennett, Jr
Florence Oliver
Rockland
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Bath Iron Works
Arthur "Allen
Bath Trust
Scates
Club
Jesse
William Levine
Samuel Levine
Foes
Willy Pond
Barnstead
N. H
Morse High
Gardiner
Jeffrey
Manila
Johnson Brosco
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