Plan to Rebuild Maine Fisheries With Federal Grant
Commissioner Rodney E. Feyler outlines a $110000 plan to restore Maine's fishing industry within five years. The program funds lobster rearing beds clam and quahog restocking and scallop propagation to revive beds depleted by overfishing and pollution while employing relief workers and boosting local incomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Rodney E. Feyler
Feyler
Foyler
Maine Coast
Georges ‘Banks
PWA
Bridge cash and car totals rise over previous year weekend
E P Briggs reports a weekend gain over 1934 at the Carlton bridge with cash up to 3238.20 and cash cars totaling 5029 for Saturday and Sunday. This year’s Saturday and Sunday cash totals were 1620 and 1618.20 respectively, while last year’s were 1423.65 and 1535.45. The year’s Saturday and Sunday cash cars reached 2541 and 2488, against 2080 and 2266 in 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Briggs
Carlton Bridge
Midsummer Fete at Bath Country Club Delights Hundreds
The Bath Country Club’s Midsummer Fete drew crowds across three evenings last week under a full moon. Booths and lights glittered as visitors enjoyed games, gifts, dancing, and a Gay Nineties parade led by a Sagadahoc coach with young ladies in period costumes. The event featured golf exhibition with Redmond and Desjardin, plus performances by Jackie Merrill the singing caddy. The three nights ended after midnight with high spirits and plans to repeat next August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Country Club
Bath Rotary Club
Jack Redmond
Fred Desjardin
Brunswick Club
Bernie Hutchins
Bath
Pete Moran
Wavenock
South Bristol
James A. Gillies, Jr
Sagadahock
Jane Hyde
Patricia Sewall
Nancy Hyde
Jeanette Jenkins
Sally Hyde
Lucille Johnson
Martha Cahill
Jane Donnell
Mary Ellanor Donnell
Vannessa Easton
J. Edward Drake, Jr
Barbara Blandy
Worcester
Mass
Mary Alice Hare
Germantown
Mary Sewall
Barbara Ross
Betty Barnhill
Miami
Fla
Barbara Donnell
Wilson Weaver
Jackie Merrill
Oliver Will Head Maine Old Folk's Club This Year
Representative Wilbur C. Oliver of Bath was elected president of the Three-Quarter Century club at its annual outing in Franklin Park Farmington. Col F S Philbrick of Rockland was named vice president, Eugene H Staples of Dixfield secretary, with Gideon Mayo Helen Prince and Sarah Nash on the executive committee. The group discussed Old Age Pension plans and Gov Brann pledged action under the new Federal Social Security Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur C. Oliver
Bath
Sagadahoc County
Franklin Park
Farmington
F. S. Philbrick
Rockland
Oliver
Eugene H. Staples
Dixfield
Gideon Mayo
Brewer
Helen Prince
Sanford
Sarah Nash
Harrington
City Hall Square
Times Office
Fred H. Lord
Sagadahoc
Albert Henderson
Clyde Smith
Skowhegan
Smith
Louis J. Brann
Roosevelt
Maine
Gov. Brann
Augusta
Survey on Kennebec River Pollution Begins
Dr. M. M. Ellis of the U S Bureau of Fisheries leads a Kennebec river survey on pollution with a portable lab. Woolwich chairman Carleton Day Reed and allied towns Bowdoin, Phippsburg, and Dresden push for pollution remedies to restore salmon and shad fishing. The study covers the Kennebec to Augusta and the Eastern River area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Ellis
U. S. Bureau of Fisheries
Kennebec River
Ellis
Carleton Day Reed
Woolwich Board of Selectmen
Bowdoin and
Phippsburg
Sagadahoc
Woolwich
Dresden
Lincoln County
Reed
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Fisheries
Simon M. Hamlin
Maine
Dr. Ellis
Brunswick
Bath
Eastern River
Kennebec
Augusta
Floyd Gibbons Visits Bath and Meets John Moore
World famous newsman Floyd Gibbons toured Bath on Saturday night, greeting Associated Press veteran John Moore at the American House Tap Room. Autographs were signed as locals recalled his wartime radio fame and cosmopolitan persona. The tale also notes a tobacco worm infestation stripping tomato plants in local yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Gibbons
Bath
Europe
Bar Harbor
John Moore
Associated Press
Far East
Bath Iron Works Corp
Gibbons
America
House of Magic
General Electric Co
Moore
Frank Given
Middle Street
Miss Thibodeau and Burgon Return From Boston Trip
Miss Madeline Thibodeau and Miss Nellie Burgon returned from Boston and vicinity after a week with Mrs. Charles Randall of Malden and her son Robert Burgon. They attended a baseball game and enjoyed a Melody cruise during the outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madeline Thibodeau
Nellie Burgon
Boston
Miss Burgon
Charles Randall
Malden
Robert Burgon
Fourth Annual Pastime Horse Show Draws Big Crowd
Kentucky Bozo the bay gelding owned by L. C. Andrew of Portland dominated the event, winning four blue ribbons. Lexington, also of Portland and shown by James G. Stanley, placed second overall. The Bath Riding Club fundraiser netted 500 from badges and parking, with judges and exhibitors from Bath Lewiston and Portland.
Horsemanship results list for Portland riders
Horsemanship event results show David Andrew of Portland winning with Princeline a black gelding followed by Miss Ann Krueger of Cleveland on Venus a bay mare and Roland Darveau of Lewiston on Palamine a calico mare in top four. Model Saddle Horse winner is Kentucky Bozo a bay gelding owned and ridden by L. C. Andrew of Portland with a second entry from Lexington on a bay gelding owned by James G. Stanley of Portland and a third by Mrs. Maurice W. Tomlinson of Portland on Dannie Dare black awaiting continuation on Page Two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
L. C. Andrew
Portland
Doners
Arthur J. Dunton
West Bath
Lexington
James G. Stanley
Secon
Valence
H. Wentworth Files
Cape Elizabeth
James Direct
M. J. Brooks
Rumford
Martha
William Tudor Gardiner
Carita
Margaret Gardiner
Maine Horse Association
Kentucky Bozo
Stanley
Bath
Well Harp
James A. Gillies, Jr
Jane Hyde
Miss Hyde
David Andrew
Princeline
Judge Dunton
Dunton
Jean Dunton
Phaeton
Mr. Dunton
Hytone
Bath Riding Club
Florence Dibble
Newbury
Mass
Robert Paul Johns
Boston
W. E. Fairbanks
Lewiston
Smokey Ben
Stardust
Miss Ann Krueger
Cleveland
Ohio
Venus
Roland Darveau
Walter C. Brooks
Bozo
Maurice W. Tomlinson
Dannie Dare Black
Conference of Republican Women at Belgrade Lakes
The Conference of Republican Women sponsored by the Maine Women and Kennebec Women clubs will be held at Camp Abena Belgrade Lakes on August 28 29 30. Miss Louise Benson secretary reports strong registrations from across Maine and beyond with a full program of speakers and open forums under the theme Save the Republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Belgrade Lakes
Conference of
Republican Women
Wommen's Republican Club of
Kennebec
Great Pond
Belgrade
Augusta
Waterville
Farmington
Camp Abena Jin
Hersom
Camp Abena
Hortense Hersom
Dora Lambert
Billa Hersom
New York
Boston
Belgrade Station
Women’s Republican Club of
America
Percival P. Baxter
Thomas Austin
New York City
Arthur E. Sewall
Republican State Committee
Guy P. Gannett
National Committee
Lename
Gail Laughlin
William R. Pattangall
George A. Wyeth
National Women's Republican Club
Leslie Cutler
Massachusetts Women's Republican Club
Catherine Curtis
Women Investors In American, Inc
Judson Hannigan
J. Hasbrouck LeFevre
Minute Women
Chase Mellen, Jr
New York County
Kennebec Women’s Republican Club
Louise Benson
Virginia Jones
Kennebec Club
Women's Republican Club OF
Camp Arena
Katharine Potter
Rome
Nettie C. Burleigh
Vassalboro
Oakland
South China
Benefit Card Party Delights Village Improvement Fund
A card party and tea at Mrs. Frank A. Small's Summer home at Popham Beach boosted funds for the Village Improvement association. Seven contract tables plus veranda seating accompanied piano selections by Dorcas McKay of Tulsa. Prizes went to Florence Hall Coconut Grove first, Henry O. Trowbridge second, Cher Jackson third, with Webber consoation. Tea hosts included Mrs. Charles Hathaway and Mrs. Stanley W. Hyde. committee members and servers listed. Proceeds go to the association treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Small
Popham Beach
Village Improvement Association
Dorcas McKay
Charles McKay
Tulsa
Okla
Florence Hall
Coconut Grove
Fla
Henry O. Trowbridge
Karcher S. Jackson
Harry C. Webber
Charles Hathaway
Stanley W. Hyde
Mary Ellanor Donnell
Dorothy
Bette Mattson
Prudence Fitch
Priscilla Martha Beebe
Eleanor Voorhees
Marcia Fitzgerald
Ida Kellaway
Mary Lowell
Vanessa Easton
Vernon Mattson
Fred Fitch
Elizabeth E. Webber
First Legalized Slot Machines Appear in Bath
The first legalized slot machines have appeared in Bath. The devices feature three reels with buttons to stop each reel, introducing a skill element to control outcomes and attempt to trigger winnings, though payout appeared not in cash in the excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine
New Bath Five Cent Slot Machines Licensed
Fire damaged the Universalist Church roof in Round Pond when a pocket flame from a worker ignited a pocket. A bucket brigade and a Damariscotta pumper fought the blaze as crews repaired the chimney amid Summer fair preparations. Comrade Joseph Segar of Bangor attended Hampden's 59th Maine Heavy Artillery reunion with about fifty members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Universalist
Round Pond
Joseph Segar
Bangor
First
Maine Heavy Artillery Association
Hampden Town Hall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Commissioner Foyler
Maine Old Folk’s Club
Edgar W. Oliver
70 High Street
Women's National Republican Club of
Women's Republican Club
Riverdale
Spuyten Duyvil
West Side Y. W
New York State
Arizona
Ralph Connor
First National Pictures Co
Pioneer
National Association of Women Lawyers
New York Stock Exchange
Miss Curtis
Senate Finance Committee
Popham
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