Bath Brunswick highway petition seeks Old Turnpike route
Portland era petitions with over 1000 signatures urge moving the Bath to Brunswick main highway to the Old Turnpike route from West Center Street over Rocky Hill to West Bath cross New Meadows River near the Bull Rock bridge. Mayor Lord and Roscoe Bailey back the plan citing two mile savings and reduced curves despite past ignored requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Brunswick
West Center Street
Rocky Hill
West Bath
New Meadows
Bull Rock
Cook’s Corner
Brann
Executive Council
Frank W. Carlton
Third District
Lord
Roscoe G. Bailey
Phippsburg
King’s Turnpike
Cook's
Blind Crossing
Bailey
Bath Bridge
Forest Service talk at Bath Rotary luncheon highlights forestry efforts
H W Wheeler of Washington outlined U S Forest Service work during a Bath Rotary luncheon aided by lantern slides. He cited Roosevelt era programs, idle land, and the aim to protect timberlands and watersheds. The talk covered tree planting, watershed benefits, and the impact on water and cattle lands with national parks and regional foresters present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
United States Forest Service
H. W. Wheeler
Washington
Maine
Wheeler
Bar Harbor
Pacific
Roosevelt
Uncle Sam
Forest Service
West
Imber
Austin H. Wilkins
Clifford W. Gray
Bowdeinham
Jefferson
Rangeley
Lafayette National Park
Mt. Desert
Passmore
Donald N. Small
Rotary
Langdon T. Snipe
Pete Edwards
Hamtranck
Mich
New England
Maine Receives Millions in Life Insurance Payouts in 1932
The National Underwriter reports Maine paid policyholders and beneficiaries $19.3 million in 1932, up 13 percent from 1931. Portland led with $1.425 million, followed by Lewiston, Auburn, and Bangor, with numerous towns listed for regional payouts. Other notes include per capita payment of $24.70 and several individual claims ranging from $10,000 to $25,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Portland
Lewiston
Auburn
Bangor
Augusta
Bath
Rockland
Old Town
Saco
Houston
Brunswick
Gardiner
Skowhegan
Ellsworth
Presque Isle
Winthrop
Norway
Oakland
Damariscotta
Waldoboro
Vanceboro
Fort Fairfield
Engagement of Miss Carolyn Turner Promotes Local News
Mrs. Edward H. Turner Jr. announces the engagement of her daughter Carolyn Elizabeth Turner to Kenneth Harmon Orr of Brooklyn New York. Carolyn a Morse high graduate 1928 and Lesley Kindergarten alumna 1931 held class leadership roles and taught in Dike school. Orr Morse high 1929 noted for athletic ability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn, E. Turner
Edward H. Turner, Jr
Oak Street
Carolyn Elizabeth
Kenneth Harmon Orr
Brooklyn
N. Y
Harmon M. Orr
Liberty Street
Miss Turner
Morse High School
Lesley
Cambridge
Mass
Orr
Aged Bath Native Passenger On Virginia
James Drummond Morse an 82 year old Bath native who left for Boston as a 16 year old and later worked 55 years for Houghton and Mifflin Co. boarded the steam er Virginia during a docking at his Bath wharf on Friday. He stayed aboard to avoid missing acquaintances and recalled few memories of Bath noting fellow local Frank Parris who died in 1926. Morse retired last fall on pension and pondered if any relatives remain in Bath. He was named after Captain James Drummond whose family gave Drummond Street its name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Drummond Morse
Bath
Boston
Houghton & Mifflin Co
Virginia
Mr. Morse
Frank Parris
North End
Morse
Parris
Nathaniel Morse
James Drummond
Drummond Street
Tri State Move For Increase Of Tourist Business
A joint meeting at the Crawford House New Hampshire gathers Maine Development Commission and Maine Publicity Bureau representatives to form a regional plan to boost Summer tourist business across Maine New Hampshire and Vermont. The aim is to attract more visitors through cooperative promotion while preserving individual campaigns. The plan highlights Maine White Coastline lakes rivers hunting and fishing New Hampshire White Mountains Vermont Green Mountains valleys and villages as key attractions linking gateways Montreal Western Canada and Quebec to Northern New England. The gathering marks an epoch in regional recreational cooperation with a notable group of advocates for the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New England
Crawford House
Maine Development Commission
Maine Publicity Bureau
Montreal
Canada
New York
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
Late Arthur Sewall Mansion Ransacked on Washington Street
The unoccupied Sewall mansion on Washington Street was found ransacked by caretaker John M. Conley. Police suspect youths spent time looting drawers while leaving many valuable items, including a 1896 campaign banner of Arthur Sewall for vice president with Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sewall
Washington Street
John M. Conley
Sewall
United States
William Jennings Bryan
Life membership presented to Sachem Levi T Thompson
Levi T Thompson of Sasanoa tribe No 64 I O R M received a life membership card in a ceremony held despite weather. Over 30 members joined 29 Sasanoa members visiting Portland, with Albert J Gallant presenting. Thompson helped organize the tribe 32 years ago and has been a steady worker. Harold L Corliss Hubert G Farnsworth and Erving L Burnham led lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi T. Thompson
Sasanoa Tribe
Portland
Albert J. Gallant
Mr. Thompson
Harold L. Corliss
Hubert G. Farnsworth
Erving L. Burnham
Maine Referendum Set With Five Issues For Voters
Maine voters face five questions on Sept 11 including repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment via the Twenty-first Amendment, adoption of voting machines, a 2 million dollar relief bond issue, and two new taxes the 2 percent gross income tax on large electric firms and an intangible property tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
United States
Congress
Boys Found Not Guilty of Malicious Mischief
Six Brunswick youths aged 16 to 18 appeared before Judge John J. Keegan in municipal court for arraignment on charges of malicious mischief after allegedly commandeering the Brunswick complainant Francis J. Doyon’s automobile and tampering with its ignition. The defendants, including a 14 year old whose name was withheld, pleaded not guilty and were acquitted by the judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
John J. Keegan
Francis J. Doyon
Keegan
Ludger Berube
Sylvia Gagne
Alfred Belanger
Russell Brilliant
Ralph Belanger
Charming Party At Small Point Reveals Engaged Couple
Hon and Mrs Walter Evans Edge hosted a Saturday house warming at Small Point after adding a west wing. The event featured rustic decor, seaside views, a Summer barn dining room, and an orchestra led by John Grindell with Cliff Leeman. An engagement announcement for Miss Jane Smith and Loyall Farragut Sewall surprised guests. Numerous Bath, Portland, Baltimore, New York and other area attendees celebrated amid Virginia reels and modern dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Evans Edge
Arthur Sewall
Diamond
Washington Street
John Grindell
Cliff Leeman
Jane Smith
Loyall Farragut Sewall
Edge
Loyall F. Sewall
William D. Sewall
Mary Sewall
Sumner Sewall
Olive Sewall
Minnie White
Carolyn Moses
Jane Cu
Wyllys Terry
Priscilla Terry
Manley Breck
John K. Jayne
Winifred Repp Bailey
Walter Bliss
Dorothy Mason Underwood
Roger Vinton Snow
Edward Ricker
Charles Merrill
Portland
Waldemar Adams
Detroit
Benjamin Holt
New York
H. Sewall Pruyn
Larchmont
N. Y
Henry C Flower
Greenwich
Bruce White
Topsham
Anne Ross
Chestnut Hill
Stephen Leo
Brunswick
Truck Stolen From Auburn Man In Highway Crash
A half-ton Ford truck owned by Herbert E. Blyndenburg of Auburn was stolen before it left State Route near Blind Crossing Sunday night. The vehicle crashed into a telegraph pole and halted near a pond, with a resident seeing a man running away along the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blind Crossing
Herbert E. Blyndenburg
Auburn
John P. Crosby
Blyndenburg
Lisbon Falls
Roadster crashes house foundation injuring driver
Arthur Eller proprietor of Arthurs Lunch 136 Front Street suffered an 18 stitch cut on his left forearm after a Ford roadster skidded on Lincoln Street at 1 a.m. and rammed the Miller house foundation at 107 Lincoln Street. Companion Nicholas Vamvakias escaped with minor cuts as the vehicle collided with a bay window and damaged the radiator. Eller walked to Dr Hugh D. Grant for treatment amid slippery conditions and rainfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Eller
Arthurs Lunch
Front Street
Hugh D. Grant
Lincoln Street
Chestnut
Nicholas Vamvakias
Fred Lacey
Eller
Lincoln
Pratt Streets
Abraham Miller
Miller
Mr. Eller
Grant
Three Men Bound Over After Bath Court Mix-Up
Bath police praised by a crowded court audience as Judge John J. Keegan bound Horace Pottle Walter Lyden and Durward Bowie over to the Sagadahoc Superior Court for the October term on charges of assault and interference with officers. Pottle pleaded guilty to assault and intoxication and was fined 10 dollars plus 4.95 costs. Lyden was found guilty of obstructing Officer Davis and Bowie guilty of the same offense with fines of 5 dollars and 4.95 costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
John J. Keegan
Sagadahoc Superior Court
Horace Pottle
Guily
Furber Davis
Pottle
Davis
Walter Lyden
Durward Bowie
Green
Elm
Water Streets
Langdon Green
Lyden
Bowie
Bath committee named for emergency re employment drive
The Bath committee of the Presidents Emergency Re Employment Committee was announced by President Ralph G. Stetson with Gen. Hugh S. Johnson approving. Mayor Lord is honorary chairman. Members include Walter F. Chase, Charles Curtis, J. Edward Drake, Mrs. Charles Farnham, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Ralph G. Stetson
Board of Trade
City Hall
Stetson
Hugh S. Johnon
National Recovery Administration
Lord
Johan A. Lord
Walter F. Chase
Charles FB. Curtis
A. J. Conti, Jr
John J. Desmond
J. Edward Drake
Charles R. Farnham
Joseph Charles Footer
John H. Freeman
Ernest T. Fulton
James A. Gillies, Jr
Robert Haskell
Fred D. Hill
Frederick W. Humphreys
Joseph Torrey
Charles M. Todds
Harry W. Tucker
Charles Veres
David L. Wilson
Lewis E. Wilson
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Bath-Brunswick
State
Carolyn Elizabeth Turner
Tri-State
Walter E. Edge
House Foundation
Qlee
Ronnevelt Apt
Hugh
John du
Gen Johnson
Ragel G. Stetson
Boards O of Trade
Henry W Owen
Robert H Haskell
Bath Tron
Edward W. Bridgham
Fey
Roscoe Clinton Medywidden
Steton
Heg
Sipply
Mr. Stetson
President Roosevelt
United
Owen
George McLean
John A. Lord
Gen. Johnson
Johnson’s Auto Cleaner
Johnson’s Auto Wax
Johnson
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