New Theatre Manager Brings Wide Experience to City
Old in experience and young in years, Mr. O'Donnell has managed multiple theaters from Bridgeport to Portland Strand. He served in the navy for 18 months during the war and later opened the Poli theatre in Bridgeport before leading Gordon venues in Boston and Long Island. He now handles Portland Strand with new bookings and strong August attractions. He lives at 22 Andrews road with his wife and Kathleen, two months old.
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O'Donnell
Publix
Strand
Portland
Jimmy O’donnell
Syracuse
Shuberts
Germany
Lusitania
O’donnell
Kentucky
Mount Vernon
Bridgeport
Man
Lowell
Mass
Portland Strand
Kathleen
Sagadahoc Republicans open campaign with tours and clambake
Preparations are complete for the Sagadahoc county Republicans campaign kickoff on Thursday. Governor Gardiner Hon Wallace H White Jr and Donald B Partridge will tour the county meeting party leaders then attend a 5 PM clambake at Governor Gardiners Phips Point farm Woolwich. A Bath rally at Davenport Memorial City hall follows at 8 PM with Gardiner White and Partridge speaking and Judge Glidden presiding.
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Sagadahoc
Gardiner
Wallace H. White Jr
Donald B. Partridge
Congress
Phips Point
Woolwich
Bath
Davenport Memorial City Hall
White
Mr. Partridge
Walter S. Glidden
Bridge Receipts At Kennebec Decline From Last July
Receipts from Kennebec bridge tolls for July 1930 show a decline from July 1929. Cash receipts totaled 27,126.50 versus 28,244.75 last year, a drop of 1,118.25 with 37,052 cash paying cars in 1930 compared to 39,075 in 1929. Total cash and coupon cars fell to 52,081 from 54,189. Most loss appears from out of state cars paying single fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Winter visitors from St Petersburg tour Florida and Canada
Mr and Mrs Ernest I Gordon of St Petersburg Florida are visiting his mother Mrs C E Gordon at 80 Bedford Street for a few months. They plan a trip through Canada and the Central States before returning home. Gordon runs a thriving electrical business and promotes Florida during winters.
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Ernest I. Gordon
St. Petersburg
Fla
C. E. Gordon
Bedford Street
Canada
Central States
Gordon
Florida
Coastwise Steamship Arrives with Coal Load
The 390 foot Coastwise from Norfolk arrives late this week carrying about 6500 tons of bituminous coal. The vessel is one of the Staples Transportation Co. steamers and docked at Kennebec Wharf.
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Pohne Kennebec Wharf& Goal Co
Norfolk
Staples Transportation Co
Cableway Built to Move Materials Up Bath Hill
Andrew Merrill constructs a 1000 foot cableway on Potter's Hill in Bath to haul rock, cement, and 890,000 gallon stand pipes for a water district project. A 55 foot mast rises on High street with two dead men anchoring the line while a bucket transports crews and loads to the hilltop, enabling the pipe line and two sand pipes installation.
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Andrew 8. Merrill
Bath Water District
Potter's Hill
Lower High Street
High Street
Water District
Rocky Hill
Bath
Merrill
Kennebec
White Mountains
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co
Bath youth Stanley Hatch makes good showing at camp
Stanley P. Hatch of Bath returned from Fort McKinley after four weeks at the Citizens Military Training camp. He was one of eight Bath boys who attended and one of the rifle marksmen on the camp range. Hatch, 17, graduated Morse High School in 1980 and is the son of Mr and Mrs Robert B Hatch of 601 Washington Street.
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Morse High School
Stah
Four Stop Sign Cases Heard In Bath Court
Four motorists faced Judge John J. Keegan Monday over alleged failures to stop before the High and Center streets sign in Bath. George W. Ash of Bar Harbor, visiting with wife, was found not guilty after testimony disputed by police. Edson of Schenectady had his case suspended, and Walter Lyden received a continuance. Misses Furber and Ayer, student nurses, were noted as vacationing with families in Bath.
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William Mann
High and
Center Streets
George W. Ash
Bar Harbor
Bath
Mann
Center Street
Ash
John J. Keegan
Keegan
Guy O. Edson
Schenectady
N. Y
Walter Lyden
John M. Furbish
Topsham
High Street
Everett family summering at New Meadows
Mr and Mrs Harry Tabor of Everett Massachusetts are spending the summer at the Donnell setne at New Meadows with their daughters Mrs Preston Chamberlain Virginia and son Philip.Tabor, a former Bathman, is assistant manager of Whiting Milk Co.
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Harry Tabor
Preston Chamberlain
Virginia
Philip
Everett
Mass
Donnell Setne
New Meadows
Tabor
Whiting Milk Co
Reelect Kimball Board President at Children’s Home
Major William R. Kimball was reelected trustee and president of the State Military and Naval Children’s Home at the 63rd annual meeting. Other officers and trustees, including Cahill, Maltin, Staples, Dearborn, and Mullin, were named for another year as part of the home’s governance and operations.
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William R. Kimball
Board of ‘Trustees
Territary and Naval Childrens Home
Wagenport Memorial
Major Kimball
Charles H. Cahill
Seth
Maltin
Bearch
Louise
Staples
Lissa Vearborn
Ruth B. Ledyard
Seth S. Mullin
William Sudor Gardiner
Gardiner
James A. Bimson
Bath
Ruth M. Robinson
Winstow
Isie Alexander
Brunswick
Edward P. Briggs
Frank A. Hodgson
Woolwich
Frederic Lord
Edward W. Hyde
John McInnes
Fred D. Hill
Kimball
Laay
Miltary and Naval Children’s Home
Maine
Board of Trustees
State
Military and Naval Children's A
John Shaw
Shaw
Louise R. Staples
Lissa Dearborn
Mrs
Frederi
H. Lord
W. E. Chase
Remarkable Bath family musicians tour Aroostook
Alton Shorey of Bath leads his wife and seven children in a traveling orchestra. The group, starting July 7, performs across Maine with a large tent and beds for touring. Members include Helen saxophone, Kathryn violin, Durward clarinet, Crystal cornet, Channing drums, and Beverly at nine with alto horn. The troupe tours with family scenes and a comedic act, drawing generous tips and visiting friends along the route.
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Alton Shorey
Bath
Houston
Shorey
Westfield
Alice Folsom
Dexter
Cincinnati
Donald
Aroostook
Helen
Morse High School
Bates College
Kathryn
Durward
Crystal
Hiram
Channing
Beverly
Bevy
Presque Isle Grange Hall
E. B. Sprague
Mrs. Shorey
Jes Jr. Docked at City Landing with Haselton Party
The 45 foot cruiser Jes Jr. owned by P. H. Haselton of Boothbay Harbor docked at the city landing Tuesday afternoon. Aboard were the owner and a party of friends. The boat, built in East Boothbay by Gowdy & Stevens, carries a 150 horsepower engine capable of about 14 knots.
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Jes Jr
City Landing
P. H. Haselton
Boothbay Harbor
East Boothbay
Gowdy & Stevens
Legislature Revises Statutes and Repeals Earlier Acts
The legislature completed its recess lasting under an hour and signed the revised statutes and repeals by Governor Gardiner. Measures enacted include updates to statutes, road fund transfers, a four-town limit on western Washington county municipal court jurisdiction, and bonds for Oxford county bridges. Other actions authorize a new courthouse for Hancock county and advance the Howard Memorial Gettysburg funding. The Jackman-Rockwood road project and muskrat law changes faced debate, with moves to defer to the next session.
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Gardiner
Washington County
Dexter % Cooper, Inc
Bay of Fundy
Maine
Cornville
Paris Village Corporation
Rumford
Oxford County
Hancock County
Court House
Howard Memorial Gettysburg
Senate
Jackman-Rockwood Road
Frank W. Garston
Sagadahoc
Harold E. Weeks
Somerset
House
Carlton
Howard Angell
Saco
Woolwich
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James K. O’donnell
Bath House
T the Business
Arthur Allen
Bath Trust
Corliss Street Church
Beth Trott
Madeline Man
Chan
Phy Tageett Madekney
Haggett
Inez Doone
Abby McCabe
Elizabeth Munsey
Plant
Hazel Plant
Merritt Scott
Arthur Warner
Albert Oliver
Mary Holbrook
Lucy Haggett
Estelle McCabe
Rachel Scott
Ruth Clark
Charles H. Berry
Phyllis Haggett
Dorothy Hill
Helen Pratt
Katherine Trott
Lucian Ames
Clarice Berry
Esther Wilson
Julia Paisley
Charlena Cornish
Elizabeth Butterfield
Jane Wing
Edith Wallace
Margaret Hill
Russell Colby
Frank Sylvester
Rev. Berry
Stanley Hatch
Helen Furber
Muriel Ayer
Central Maine Hospital
Lewiston
Miss Furber
William A. Furber
Brigham’s Cove
Miss Ayer
Robert Ayer
Upper
Washington Street
Reelect Kimball Board President
Children’s Home
Stuart
Optometrist Tel
W. Bath
Aroustook
Houlton Paper
Henry J. Gielow, Inc
Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
J. P. Morgan
Vigoro My
Aes Johnson Bros.co
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