Maine Republicans rally for 1936 bid with Knox and Pattangall
In Portland a large Republican meeting, with Colonel Frank Knox and former Chief Justice William R. Pattangall present, signals Maine's discontent with the Roosevelt New Deal. Leaders expect Republicans to win Maine's two congressional seats and even gain the governorship against darker Democratic odds in 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Chicago
Pine Tree
Brann
Portland
Roosevelt
Frank Knox
Knox
William R. Pattangall
Bath Iron Works Low Bidder for Navy Destroyers
Bath Iron Works bids the lowest for thirteen destroyers in two classes. Bath would build three boats in each class and may secure one to three ships. Awards likely late this month after bid review, with expected local employment for two to three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Washington
Uncle Sam's Navy
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Bath Plant
Rhode Island Contest Stirs New Deal Backlash View
The Republican candidate for Congress routed his Democratic rival in Rhode Island, seen as a straw vote reflecting East Coast discontent with the New Deal. Former Governor Joseph Ely of Massachusetts cites the win as a reaction to New Deal policies as he named Alfred E. Smith in 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Rhode Island
East
Joseph M. Ely
Massachusetts
Alfred E. Smith
Niagara Veteran Firemen of Brunswick plan new building
Members of the Niagara Veteran Firemen's Association at Brunswick who won $400 in prize money at the Portland muster last month decide to erect a building for use as a meeting place and to house their winning machine. The group has long-used a building as a social hub and now seeks a dedicated site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Veteran Firemen’s Association
Brunswick
Portland
Maine
Summer Guests Stay Through Labor Day
The majority of our summer guests will remain with us until after Labor Day. It is regrettable that all cannot stay to enjoy the fine hospitality.
Signs of Autumn in Maine as Summer Fades
Autumn signals abound in Maine with tuna moving south from Casco Bay and birds migrating. Goldenrod blooms line the roads as many anticipate Fall pleasures and the growing appeal of Winter sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Casco Bay
Steamer Virginia Sees Boost in Passenger Traffic
Publicity and cautious promotion lifted business for the steamer Virginia on the Bath to Boothbay Harbor route. The voyage along the Sasanoa river to the Sea proves a popular diversion for Summer visitors seeking novelty beyond highways. The Salvation Army launches its annual drive for 3,000 dollars for maintenance, praising the Army’s work in the city and its relief of distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Bath
Boothbay Harbor
Sasanoa
Salvation Army
Bar Harbor to Host Summer Visitors Day Friday
Heavy travel is expected as Bar Harbor prepares for Summer Visitors Day on Friday. The organizing committee anticipates at least 15,000 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Harbor
Skowhegan Trials Pari Mutuel Betting After Gorham Fair
Last week Gorham Fair tested pari mutuel betting on horse races and this week Skowhegan follows with a trial of the plan. The brief notes the novelty of the wagering method in Maine towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorham Fair
Skowhegan
Bar Harbor’s Buckboards and Stars to Parade
Bar Harbor hosts a display of buckboard manufacturing once led by Paul Hunt with a thriving export trade though cars were banned on local roads. Governor Brann invites Madam Rose Zulalian to sing at Summer Visitors Day with Edith Barrett also slated to perform at the athletic field event for Maine’s gala.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Harbor
Paul Hunt
Madam Rose Zulalian
Brann
Madam Zululian
Maine
Winnegance to Host Public Beano For Lake Swim
A Winnegance meeting at Edgar W. Oliver's home planned a public beano on Aug. 19 on Walter Morse's lawn to raise funds for swimming activities. Committees were named for prizes tables and benches and fighting. Gus Small to run the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar W. Oliver
Winnegance
Winnegance Lake
Walter Morse
Clara Oliver
Ethel Pinkham
Roberta Manson
Edgar Oliver
Harry Oliver
Walter Rogers
Leon Pennell
Bath Player Injured In League Game
Omar King of Bath, outfielder for the Bath Clippers in Heart O Maine league, suffered a severe cut above the right eye when a pitch caromed off his hat during a Bath vs Greene game at Greene. He was treated at a Lewiston hospital. his glasses were shattered but the injury was not more serious. Dr and Mrs Langdon T Thaxter of Portland will stay overnight with Mrs Frederick H Kimball on High street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omar King
Arthur W. King
Edgett Street
Bath Clippers
Heart O' Maine League
Bath Nine
Greene
Lewiston
Langdon T. Thaxter
Portland
Frederick H. Kimball
High Street
Central Fire Station Debate Shapes City Planning
City council weighs one station versus three amid concerns over heating capacity and water street parking. debate centers on which sites to use Water Elm center streets and potential sale of the Dunton lot to round a corner while Hose No. 1 remains a key Southend asset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powers
Alderman Turner
No. 4
No. 3
Water Street
Jackson
Water
Elm Streets
Elm
Elm Street
Center Street
Water and
Judge Dunton
Alderman Miller
Turner
Lord
Hose Co. No. 1
Southend
Standard Oil &Co
Bath Box Co
Alderman Powers
North End
Memorial Hospital
South End
Hose Co. 1
Pres. Bragg
Pres
Bragg
Miller
Col Owen Elected Legion Post Head In 1935 36
Col Henry W. Owen Jr was elected commander of Roland Smith post No 21 A L at a meeting in the American Legion building Tuesday evening. Officers for 1935 1936 include John Williams Owen McGurty Thomas Huston Timothy Wagner Samuel Povich W E Chase Jr John P Crosby Allan Spear Elver A Stickney and John Williams. Installation set for Tuesday Aug 27. Owen succeeds Harry D Hall the post's first commander who died July 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Roland Smith Post
No. 21
A. L
Avening
American Legion
Col. Owen
John H. Williams
Owen McGurty
Thomas Huston
Timothy Wagner
Samuel Povich
W. E. Chase, Jr
John P. Crosby
Allan Spear
Elver A. Stickney
Harry D. Hall
Roland Smith
Taxi Service To Bath Country Club For Midsummer Fete
Under police supervision at Bath Country Club ample parking is available. Alden G. Smith chairs a Transport committee plan arranging taxis and buses to depart City Hall Square every half hour on three consecutive evenings, starting tonight, to shuttle attendees to and from the fete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Country Club
Alden G. Smith
Transportation Committee
City Hall Square
Country Club
Vacation School closes with colorful Church program
A church Vacation Bible School closing Sunday featured 34 of 39 pupils present. Juniors and Intermediates led the service with flowers and rainbow regalia while children performed motion songs. Highlights included memory work rankings and topic discussions led by pupils, with two picnics to honor birthdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Jesus
Fred Graves
Merle Jameson
L. K. MacInnish
Richard Woolley
Leon Grover
Eleanor Sutter
Maxine Bailey
Kenneth Bailey
Jesus
Catherine Bailey
Marcia Ellen Bailey
Ralph William ‘Woolley
Leona Weeks
United States
Allen Weeks
Elinor Sutter
James Graves
Burton Bailey
Albert Erskine
Ralph Woolley
Earl Bailey
Kenneth
Ralph ‘Woolley
Ear] Bailey
L. K. MacInnis
R. N
Carl Graves
Evelyn Bailey
Minnie Grover
Richard Grover
J. G. Bailey
Rosa Woolley
Ethel Leavitt
Florence Hathorne
Roberta Hathorne
Velma Grover
God
Marcis E. Bailey
Paul Berry
Florence Murphy
Marion Simpson
Gertrude Murphy
Old Timers Club Holds Seventh Annual Meeting
About 40 attended the Old Timers club annual meeting of Central Maine Power Co. employees. Members toured Boothbay Harbor aboard the Sea Farer and Samoset Steamboat Co. officers elected included Dustin, Gregory, Pollard. Bowie, Wyman, Hegarty and Wood joining the board of control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Timers Club
Central Maine Power Co
New Meadows Inn
Bath
Seafarer
Samoset Steamboat Co
Virginia
Boothbay Harbor
Islands
Walter S. Wyman
John S. Bowie
Lewiston
H. C. Rideout
Augusta
G. C. Cassens
Rockland
F. L. Seavey
W. A. Wilt
Dover-Foxcroft
H. D. Jennings
Central Maine Power
George S. Williams
Charles Dustin
Gregory
Leon L. Pollard
Brunswick
Board of Control
John
Bowie
George D. Hegarty
Waterville
Henry Wood
Togus
Hollie Bennett
Camden
Dromore Grange Convenes Busy Tuesday Meeting
The regular Dromore Grange meeting met in the hall on Tuesday evening. Mrs. Annie Malcolm displayed large prize dahlias and Eva Williams led requests as a guest. Evelyn Beals was named pro tem lecturer replacing Mrs. Perkins. A varied program covered readings, pine blisters, and fund raising plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Grange
Annie Malcolm
Jersey
Eva Williams
Hazel Andrews
Storm King
Roscoe
Inez Carver
Bonnie Brae
Evelyn Beals
Perkins
Amherst
Mass
Calvin Coolidge
Bessie Dickinson
Hubert McCarty
Europe
Hamilton Fish
Ralph Kenney
Lizzie Oliver
Minnie Woodman
Flora Risteen
Humphrey Owen
George Ingalls
Ralph Trask
Helen Sims
Elfreda Perkins
Belle Cutting
Marion Rafael
Charlotte Owen
Lena Donnell
R. H. Purington
Grace Kenney
Georgie Thorpe
Grace Dickinson
Emma Ingalls
Ladies Auxiliary and Men’s Forum Hold Sale and Play
A sale and entertainment by the Nequasset Ladies' Auxiliary and Men’s Forum at Sebenoa hall drew a good crowd. A one act comedy Oh Helpless Man featured Ethel Stinson and others, followed by a dance. Committees organized fancy goods, candy, cooked foods, and punch. two quilts were awarded to Nellie Leeman and Harold Deering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset
Sebenoa Hall
Ethel Stinson
Henry T. Dubar
Walter W. Swank
Edward V. Reed
Anne Dodge
Dora Bailey
Gertrude Gilmore
Burnette L. Bailey
Amy Crongwell
Frank R. Bailey
Percy E. Bailey
Bertha Brown
Hollis Leeman
Nellie Leeman
Harold Deering
Dubar
Mrs Bradstreet Visiting Sister in Beverly Mass
Mrs. Dudley L. Bradstreet of Beverly Massachusetts is spending a week with her sister Mrs. J Horace McClure at 6 Garden Street, according to local social notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dudley L. Bradstreet
Beverly
Mass
J. Horace McClure
Garden Street
Foreclosure Notice on Bath Maine Property Mortgage Breach
Carolyn E. Thompson of Bath Sagadahoc concealed by mortgage dated April 10 1931 recorded in Book 174 Page 411 due to breach of condition the undersigned claims foreclosure of the mortgage on several Bath Maine parcels bounded by Washington Street the Kennebec River and adjacent properties including the Old McFadden Property and Hollingshead Crooker Shields holdings dated August 15 1935 with location in Sagadahoc County Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Carolyn E. Thompson
Bath
State of Maine
State of
Maine
Washington Street
H. C. Rowe
Samuel Wade
Wade
William Marr
Rowe
Lyman B. Hollingshead
W. H. Crooker
Crooker
Kennebec River
Kennebec
Shields
Supreme Court a bulwark as New Deal clash looms
Colonel Knox and Justice Pattangall warned the Roosevelt program will face constitutional challenges and court ruling backlash. Pattangall urged a realignment as Maine voters weigh a Democratic governor, while predictions of a partisan battle between New dealers and Anti New Dealers intensify a political crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Knox
Pattangall
Maine
Justice Pattangall
Roosevelt
Chicago
Newalers
Baptist Brotherhood Picnic Opens Summer Social Season
The first Baptist Brotherhood social in the Summer, a picnic and clam bake at Joseph L Dauphin’s Popham Beach cottage, drew about 60. A field day on Labor Day is planned. Food included steamed clams frankfurts hard tack coffee from a sand-pit fire, plus a balloon ascent. The group left the church at 5 15 and returned by 9. Dauphin chaired the committee with Edwy A Sotherard Forest C Legard W B Hall Alfred Springer Foster Pratt Leon Eaton and C Lloyd Hooker. Mrs Dauphin and Mrs Pratt assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Brotherhood
Joseph L. Dauphin
Popham Beach
E. Melvin Pratt
Edwy A. Sotheard
Forest C. Legard
W. B. Hall
Alfred Springer
Foster Pratt
Leon Eaton
C. Lloyd Hooker
Dauphin
Daily Crossword Puzzle Answers and Clues
A filled in puzzle result listing across and down clues with numbers and cryptic hints such as 2 Across Asleep 24 Stubborn 9 At a quick 25 Glucinum pace, plus other partial entries and the note Answer to previous puzzle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U .S
Waeger
Christ
Tuesday Probate Court Actions Include Wills and Adoptions
Judge Walter S. Glidden presided in the August term session with wills allowed for Ernest A. Allan of Topsham and Alfred Douglas of Brookline. Petitions filed include Galusha of Richmond. bond reductions for Lillie M. Blair of Bath. conservatorship for Effie M. White of Richmond. inventories, accounts, and claims for multiple Bath, Woolwich, and Richmond estates. adoption granted for Elizabeth Louise King of Bath, renamed Elizabeth Louise Grindell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter S. Glidden
Sagadahoc
Tuesay
Ernest A. Allan
Topsham
Melinda ‘Tarbox Allen
Alfred Douglas
Brookline
Mass
Oscar P. Galusha
Richmond
Ray Toothaker
Charles 8. Brown
Augusta
Lillie M. Blair
Bath
Charles A. Blair
Effie M. White
Leroy Victor Cleveland
Charles A. Newton
Bowdeinham
Flora E. Rossi
Katherine M. Day
Harry L.day
Harry D. Hall
Kathryn H. Pratt
Annie Torrey
J. Haviland Torrey
Allan Spear
Carrie E. Hathorne
Emma J. Hathorne
Woolwich
Frank M
Elizabeth Louise Grindell
Gardiner Home Garden Party At Phips Point Woolwich
Ex Governor William Todd Gardiner and wife invite the public to a garden party and tea at their Phips Point home in Woolwich from four to six. The event supports Woolwich Red Cross with proceeds expected to benefit the chapter through the A R C executive board chaired by Mrs. Edward V. Reed. Helpers include Mrs. Percy Bailey and Mrs. Harry Fitch among others with hostesses and servers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Tudor Gardiner
Phips Point
Wool Wich
Gardiner
Woolwich
Bath
Edward V. Reed
Woolwich Red Cross
Percy Bailey
Harry Fitch
John Brown
Maurice T. Hathorne
Roberta B. Hathorne
Kathleen Brown
Burnette L. Bailey
Lucille Stinson
Bertha Brown
Avis Marston
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Times Company
Front Street
Bath, Maine
Edith Barrett
Walter Hampden
Central Fire Station
Alderman Lord
Legion
City Hall
Montsveag
OLD Timers’ Club
Ladies’ Auxiliary
New England
Baptist Brotherhood
Daily Cross Word
Charges
Denmark
Ster
Sion
Tuesda
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!