Warn of Blind Knoll on Bath Brunswick Highway Intersection
The Maine Highway Commission should clear or lower a knoll near New Meadows where the North Bath New Meadows Inn road meets the main highway. With rising traffic after the Country club opened, drivers cannot see approaching vehicles, risking a crash. A sign or small fill could warn and reduce danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Highway Commission
Bath
Brunswick
New Meadows
Bath-New Meadows Inn
Bath Road
Country Club
Giant twenty pound lobster arrives in Portland
Captain Arthur Ricker brings a twenty pound lobster to Portland reflecting on rarer giant crustaceans today. The piece recalls West Bath residents celebrating centenarian memories of lobsters in childhood, when shore dinners and selling lobsters by wagon or wheelbarrow were common, with ten cent prices for large specimens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Arthur Ricker
West Bath
New Meadows
Bath
Bathers Foresee Beach At Winnegance Lake
A Bath resident suggests hauling sand onto Bath shore property to form a small beach at Winnegance lake. Once water levels rise and ice melts, grass on flats will be removed, creating a safe, accessible bathing and boating area reachable by car or trolley. If acted on, a summer influx of bathers is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnegance
Bath
Winnegance Lake
Maine Voters Consider One Cent Gas Tax Increase
Maine voters face a September election on raising the state gasoline tax by one cent per gallon. Opponents argue against any addition after a federal one cent tax, while some supporters favor the increase. Voters are urged to align their ballot with their views to avoid another cent added to gas costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Jonesport to Host Old Home Week With Circus and Warship Visit
Jonesport plans a September 3 fete combining Old Home Week and Fourth of July with a circus in town and a U S destroyer anchored in the Reach. An airplane will offer passenger flights as part of a full program. The committee promotes Jonesport as a notable Maine celebration on the map.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesport
Seth Parker
Radio Fame
United States
Maine
Blueberry Canning Season Falls Short in Washington County
Washington county reports a below average blueberry pack due to early season dry weather. The region has seen the fewest berries picked in years, mirroring issues observed in the local area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Phippsburg Residents Visit and Local Road Work Improves Safety
Phippsburg residents and guests from Portland Brunswick Bath and New Jersey vacation in the area with visits to Moran Riverview and River View cottages. A new state road segment north of the post office is completed improving travel, while warnings against property trespass are echoed after vandalism to C. D. Bloomer and Minott properties. A church service at Center notable for Rev. Robert Whitehead’s sermon on courage closes with Old Home Sunday planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Jackson
Francis Hill
Portland
Popham
Everett Quinlan
Brunswick
Allan Spear
Dorothy Marston
Montclair
N. J
Emma Hathaway
Ham
Harry Elmore
Eleanor
Bath
Edwin ©. Upton
Carlton
Annandale
the Hudson
Pred Oliver
Benjamin Wilmot
Townsend, Mass
Miss Upton
Fred Oliver
John E. Sracy
East Saugus
Mass
John H. Stacy
Popham Beach
Plora Menter
South Deerfield
Riverview
Lois Bloomer
Flushing
WN. Y
Lucy Moran
Moran
William Seabold
Camden
E. Allen Palmer
Philadelphia
Winnegarree
C. D. Bloomer
Mirriam Bloomer
N. Y
Moran Home
Porter Moran
Ship Yard
Squirrel Point Light
Smith
Squirrel Point
Smith Launch
Charles Rollins
Parker Head
C. V. Minott
Robert Whitehead
Mount Vernon Congregational Church
Mount Vernon
Center
Basil King
Oxenham
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Mr. Whitehead
Edward and
Chadwick Carpenter
Henry Minott
Newark
Donald Bliss
Hartford
Mount Desert
Menzel
Carpenter
Bess
Grace Dickinson
Abbie Minott
State Road
Dickinson
Petlock Visit Brings Family Ties to Franklin Street
Mr and Mrs Louis Petlock of Mattapan Massachusetts arrived Tuesday to visit Mr and Mrs Nathan Petlock at 22 Franklin Street Their daughter Sylvia accompanied them to the city earlier in the week for the stay with relatives and the broader family reunion atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Petlock
Mattapan
Mass
Mr. Petlock
Nathan Petlock
Pranklin Street
Miss Sylvia
Benjamin F. Mench
Samuel A. Mensh
Eva Klaben
Washington, D. C
Nathan Povich
Front Street
Popham Beach Improvement Association to Elect Directors
A meeting of the Popham Beach Improvement Association is set for next Saturday evening August 20 at eight at Society Hall Popham Beach. It will elect directors and a secretary and transact other proper business. The association was incorporated in 1928 with Marcus Beebe Jr as president Henry W Owen Jr as secretary and Martha P Small as treasurer. Resident and non resident property owners at Popham Beach may join by paying one dollar annual dues in advance to the secretary.
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Popham Beach
Popham Beach Visitors and Local Socials Highlight Week
Guy Crowley of White Head Coast Guard station visited with family while Mr and Mrs Tillinghast of Boston rented the Pisher cottage for August. Mrs Tillinghast, a noted Bay State Republican and Boston immigration commissioner, hosted guests with ties to Yarmouth and a Segoin trip aboard Mr Hyde’s boat.
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Guy Crowley
White Head
Mrs Amy Hunt Perry Funeral Held At Home
The funeral of Mrs Amy Hunt Perry wife of Almon R Perry was Friday afternoon at 71 High street. Rev F L Littlefield of Wesley church officiated in the absence of Rev David L Wilson of Central church. Bearers were Reuben Purington Samuel Jordan Charles E Hewitt Jr Arthur C Lemont and Ernest Rogers. Burial was in Fairview cemetery Winnegang e.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Hunt Perry
Almon R. Perry
High Street
F. L. Littlefield
Wesley Church
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Bears
Reuben Purington
Samuel Jordan
Charles E. Hewitt Jr
Arthur C. Lemont
Ernest Rogers
Fairview Cemetery
Winnegance
Winnegance telephone service restored after cable melt
Service for about 250 subscribers at Winnegance was restored at noon after a construction crew's debris fire melted the lead of a submarine cable crossing the creek. Portland splice crews fixed the break. causeway work and spillway planks were ongoing, with parking restrictions to prevent accidents. Miss Lillian Staling and her brother Robert are visiting relatives in Strong for two weeks.
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Winnegance
Portland
Carlton
Winneganee
Fred L. Parks
Hardings
Alfred Cornish
High Street
Weeks Street
Lillian Staling
Robert Staling
Center Street
Popham Beach Week Brims With Visitors and Parties
Bath and Portland residents travel to Popham for a busy seaside week. Guests include George M. Stinson and Marcia Stinson with Florence Jordan, Miss Marston of Montclair, and Albert Willard Smiths from Portland. Motoring crowds near Winneganee Bridge. Social events feature birthday party for Martha Torrey and bridge at the Chestra cottage.
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George M. Stinson
Marcia M. Stinson
Perry
Portland
Popham
Canada
Portsmouth
Edward DeLong
Bath
Hennessy Cottage
William H. Ohler
Margaret Ohler
Owen Davis
Marguerite Hyde
Lisa Dearborn
Orphans’ Home
Davis
Riverside
South Shores
Torrey Cottage
South Shore
Martha Torrey
J. Haviland Torrey
Charles J. Donnell
W. E. Strong
Kobe
Japan
Strong
Young Women’s Christian Association
Y.W.C.A
United States
Honolulu
Y. W
Kennebec House
Atkins Bay
Clark
Clark's Point
Charles Hyde
Iss Agnes Hennessy
Marguerite Hennessy
Bath Road
David Loon
Seguin
Pond Island
Kennebec
Loon
Fred C. Scribner
Chestra
Elizabeth E. Webber
Boston
Helen B. Stearns
Cambridge
Annie Torrey
Henry W. Owen
Allan Spear
Maxwell Powers
Charles F. Hathaway
Dorothy Marston
Montclair
N. J
Rabb
Washington, D. C
Wilmote Strong
Edwina Hall
Roxbury
Scarcity of Red Wood Lilies Prompts Gathering Ban
In York county red or wood lilies grow scarce and gatherers are urged to refrain from picking them. Girl Scouts of Sanford camping at Loon Lake in Shapleigh study botany and have identified 37 species of wild flowers in the section.
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York County
Girl Scouts
Sanford
Loon Lake
Shapleigh
West Bath social notes from Campbell's Pond and nearby towns
Miss Julia Coombs of Portland visits Campbell's Pond with her mother Mrs Amy Coombs. The Horne family from Milton NH travel for a Bat Harbor meet and return to Campbell's Pond to head home. Many locals and visitors attend church, concerts, and suppers, with trips to Sidney Cape Breton and Birch Point, and a busy summer scene featuring Bath Lewiston and Brunswick residents and summer guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Coombs
Portland
Campbell's Pond
Amy Coombs
John Horne
Milton N. H
Mary Meeker
A D. Metcalf
Campbell’s Pond
Horne
Jennifé Thompson
Waterville
Owen Thompson
Percy By
Holbrook
Meadowbrook Road
Eleanor Thompson
West Bath
M. E
Forrest L. Littlefield
Wesley M. E. Church
Bath
Williams Cottage
Norman Thomas
Norman, Jry
Auburn
Stevens Cottage
Birch Point
Thomas
Lewiston
Scott Hill
Wrentham
S.S
Herbert B. Luce
High Street
Hills
Luce
Samuel Cole
Stanleigh
Pred W. Largabeeé
Edwin W. Hutchinson
Hattie Nowell
Miles S. Purington
Pred W. Larrabee
Rupert Neiley
Ira B. Neiley
Frederick N. Sanborn
Quincy
Mass
Bert Gray
Cambridge
J. Everett Mayo
Old Orchard
Oak Lodge
Denton J. Neiley
Neiley
Alice
Barbara
Ida Cromwell
I. B. Neiley
Florence A. Neiley
Nashua
N. H
Digby
N. S
First Baptist Church
Mona Cole
Ernest Lever
Harold Lloyd premiere brings Movie Crazy to Portland
Harold Lloyd presents Movie Crazy as the world premiere at Publix State theatre in Portland on Thursday. It is the first global showing with standard prices, breaking West Coast premiere tradition to reach an Eastern audience. Constance Cumming leads the cast with Kenneth Tompson Louis Closser Hale De Witt Jennings and Harold Goodwin. Matinee for children with souvenirs opens at 11 am and runs all day.
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Harold Lloyd
Publix State Theatre
Portland
Lloyd
Hollywood
West
Mr. Lloyd
Newes
Seaboard
Land
Constance Cumming
Kenneth Tompson
Louis Closser Hale
de Witt Jennings
Harold Goodwin
State Theatre
Picnic and bridge at Duck In Pleasant Point honors
Mrs. Carl Swanton hosted a picnic and bridge at Duck-In Pleasant Point. At the bridge event Lena Shepard won high score, Joseph I Smith second, and Clarence Atwood received a special prize. Attendees included Raymond Clark, Warren Parris, Leonard Lord, Clifford Wilband, Albert DePedien, Herman Crocker, Fred Smith, George Reynolds, John Conley, Raym Smith, Flossie Sidelinger, M McCarty, and Leah Mannix from Springfield Massachusetts.
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Carl Swanton
Park Street
Duck-In
Pleasant Point
Lena Shepard
Joseph I. Smith
Clarence Atwood
Raymond Clark
Warren Parris
Leonard Lord
Clifford Wilband
Albert DcPedien
Herman Crocker
Fred Smith
George Reynolds
John Conley
Raym Smith
Flossie Sidelinger
M McCarty
Leah Mannix
Springfield
Mass
Bath Sa bino bridge party and cottage guests
Social notes from Bath document a Sabino bridge party with prizes won by Mrs. Theo Nelson and Mrs. Humphrey Owen. The piece lists numerous Bath residents and visitors, cottage stays, and summer movements between Bath, Beac hmont Mass, Marblehead, and nearby towns. Preparations for Saturday field day keep the community busy.
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Theo Nelson
Humphrey. Owen
Everett G. Lemont
High Street
Bath
Herbert S. Cavanaugh
East Brunswick
Lemont Cottage
Irwin Duley
Martha
George
Watertown
Mass
Bernard Pratt
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Charles
Winneganee
Conrad Nelson
Alice
Marblehead
M. Eleanor Bates
Portland
George Bailey
South Portland
Samuel F. Bates
Delmar E. Bates
Mary
Snow Park
Bates
Shirley
Dorothy Foster
Topsham
Elbridge M. Malcolm
Quaker Point
William Sherman and Son
Mr. Sherman
Central Maine Power Co
Randolph
Horace W. Aiken
Russell Folsom
Little Son
Beachmont
Aiken Cottage
Aiken
Fred Duren
Patricia
Richmond
Samuel F.bates
Navy Relieft garden party weekend visit in Portsmouth
Lieut. Com. and Mrs. Robert W. Ferrell and daughter Margaret spent the weekend in Newcastle New Hampshire with Mrs. Ferrells parents Mr and Mrs Edmund Tarbell They attended the Navy Relief garden party Saturday at the Navy Yard in Portsmouth an annual affair held at Admiral Kemp quarters The Siberian shores of the Polar Ocean are described as the world’s coldest region
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Robert W. Ferrell
Margaret
Newcastle
N. H
Ferrell
Edmund Tarbell
Navy
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Admiral Kemp
Quilting Bees Honor 1930s Display With Historic Pieces
Maine entries list quilters from Freeport to Portland in a antique display. Names include Mrs Edwina Allen Freeport Eight Point Star and Mrs Vivian Brown Bath Asters, with various quilts such as Dresden Plate and Ship of the Ocean. The exhibit links homely pastimes to modern 1930s tastes, highlighting pride in crafted quilts and regional makers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Seep
Maine
Edwina Allen
Freeport
E. Blaisdell
Bedford i Street
Bath
Butterfly
Edward E. Brackett
Gorham
Vivian Brown
Weeks Street
Asters
Phil Carrier
Presque
Waterville— Star
J. W. Kennedy
Waterville- Lone Star
Linnie Wight Keyes
Bucksport
Thomas Alva Edison
Pride
Moa E. Kilmer
Friendship
Lone Ar
Richard Lawler
Princeton the Jewel
John Lyons
Springfield
Fanny McDaniel
National Or Quilt of States
Telesphore F. Michaud
Congress Street
Portland
Helen Morris
Woodfords Street
Liberty
George E. Mitchell
Lisbon Falls
Edna
Osborne
Berwick
Dolly Uple
Earl L. Read
Skowhegan
Biscuit
Alfred St. Pierre
North Street
Alice Thomas
Fort
Knox Academy Arts and Sciences Meeting Set
The twelfth annual Knox Academy of Arts and Sciences meeting will be held on Wednesday August 24 at the Knox Arboretum near Thomaston. The program includes grounds inspection at 10 a.m. a picnic lunch at noon and an address by Charles E Lord at 1 p.m. Guests will hear about Maine’s insect pest control and the Littoral Zone of Frenchman's Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox Academy of Arts and Sciences
Knox Arboretum
Oyster River
Thomaston
Charles E. Lord
Maine Teachers’ Association
R. W. Nash
Maine
Harvey Sweetman
Margaret Nivision
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Orane
Fey Hy
Phippsburg
Buxton
MPR
Red S Curtis &Funeral Service
Thomas R. Huston
Lapy Neg Wenn
Reath
POP
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Beth
Room
Sabino
Siberian
Polar Ocean
Itis
BALT
Arts and Sciences Academy
Western Newspaper Union
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