A GOOD MAN PASSES
Sagadahoc County mourns William F. Dunham publisher of The Richmond Bee and Sagadahoc probate official He was a cheerful genial figure trusted by many and his sudden death ends a life of service to community and family His wife and daughter endure the loss with widespread sympathy for a man deeply loved and respected by all who knew him
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Sagadahoc County
Richmond
Fraternity of
Maine
Richmond Beeond Register of Probate
Wiliam F. Dunham
Bath to Host Maine Three-Quarters Century Club Field Day
The Three-Quarters Century Club will meet at Fort Williams Portland next Saturday for its annual field day with Bath leading attendance. Sheriff Henderson coordinates Sagadahoc county plans and requests volunteers with cars to transport senior members, aiming to assemble at Bath city park if weather permits and hold lunch there or in YMCA facilities.
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Maine
Century Club
Fort Williams
Portland
Bath
Albert Henderson
Sagadahoc
Henderson
Ymc.a
Old Plymouth grist mill opens for public inspection
The Scituate Historical Society will open the 1640 Isaac Stedman built Plymouth Colony grist mill this Saturday afternoon for public viewing and corn grinding. The event highlights preserving landmarks to help future generations understand early colonial life and hardships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Stedman
Plymouth Colony
Scituate Historical Society
Hotel Visitor's Agent Makes Rounds Across Maine Resorts
A gentleman whose business keeps him calling at many Maine hotels and linked resort sites is depicted as actively circulating among the state’s leisure and lodging establishments. He engages with property managers and suppliers to secure bookings and promote attractions. He travels widely to cover a broad spectrum of tourist and resort venues.
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Maine
Maine Tourism Mixed as August Outlook Hints Slight Gain
Maine resorts report spotty 1933 season with some properties ahead of 1932 while others lag. Voter wets versus drys fight on repeal of the eighteenth amendment intensifies toward September 11, with candidates needing clear positions for informed ballots. Popham Beach colonists plan sidewalk rebuild, considering material storage to hedge price rises before spring construction.
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Dustry
Maine
Iotels and Resorts
Popham Beach
Popham Beach Breezy Jottings and Weekend Visitors
Miss Corinne Doane returns to Wakefield Massachusetts after weeks at Popham. Worcester and Portland visitors attend Lucky Seven at Society hall. Several Bath, Bath area, and Queens New York guests join summer homes. Popham Beach Improvement Association directors meet Wednesday at 7 30 PM at the library to hear committee reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corinne Doane
Wakefield
Mass
Popham
Frank Pfeiffer
Worcester
Charles Chestra
Portland
South Shore
Philip Keith
Albert Willard Smith
Point
Mollie Stafford
Queens
L. I
Susan Ballou
Bath
Frank A. Small
Harold DeLong
Agnes Hennessy
Popham Beach
Society Hall
Mils H. Mattson
Michael J. Donahue
John Temperly
Nerbert J. Kellaway
Newton Center
Horace Morse
Parker Head
Barbara Blandy
Graham Blandy, Jr
Edwin M. Fuller
Edwin M. Fuller, Jr
Leonice Morse
Martha Small
Edward DeLong
Martha Cahill
Edward Morin
Percival
David Black
Elizabeth
Folsom Noisworthy
Washington, D. C
Charles McKay
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Open Door Mission Meetings Celebrate Twelfth Anniversary
Open Door Mission in Wiscasset marks 12 years of activity with successful meetings. Delegates from Waterville Augusta East Winthrop Bath Gardiner Dresden and Boothbay attend. The hall fills and crowds listen as many recount conversion from the earlier campaign and several workers are tied to Christian outreach, including missionaries in the Philippines and Borneo. Evening sessions begin at 7 30 standard time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Waterville
Augusta
East Winthrop
Bath
Gardiner
Dresden
Boothbay
Greenwood
Philippines
Borneo
Whet
Delta Upsilon House Alterations Noted in Brunswick
Alterations costing between 29020 and 25000 are planned for the Delta Upsilon chapter house on Maine street Brunswick. Changes include moving the entrance toward the north side a broad veranda on the south end and a new dining room for 70 people. A balcony kitchen and servants quarters plus extra studies and bedrooms complete the updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta Upsilon
Maine Screet
Brunswick
Bath Iron Works employees celebrate two destroyers award
Bath Iron Works employees along with draftsmen and government office staff and guests held a New Meadows Inn dinner and dance to celebrate two destroyers awarded under the National Recovery Act. Archibald M. Main acted as toastmaster with William S. Newell speaking. prizes were awarded for a special prize waltz and a contract prize. One ankle twisting incident occurred during the Virginia reel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
New Meadows Inn
Archibald M. Main
William S. Newell
Cliff Leeman
Reginald Stacy
George Field
Paul Jones Fox
Roland F. Hill
Sidney L. Eaton
Eaton
Everett E. Pierce
Beatrice Duprey
Marjorie Scott
Mary Twomey
Miss Duprey
Miss Scott
Miss Twomey
James Jenkins
Past Ladies Meet Here for Coming Year in Maine
The Past Ladies association of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Maine will hold its 1934 annual meeting in August at Mrs. Arthur C. Lemont’s home in Lemont Street. The 1933 session at Lake View Arms, Winthrop, drew nine lodges with Myrtle lodge No. 8 sending the largest delegation of 15 members. Officers for the new year are Mrs. Evelyn Jordan of Portland president, Mrs. Emily Shaw of Lewiston vice president, Mrs. Nettie Verrill of Auburn secretary, and Mrs. Elsie Alexander of Brunswick treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Association of the Independent Order of Odd Ladies of
Maine
Arthur C. Lemont
Lemont Street
Lake View Arms
Winthrop
Augusta Road
Myrtle Lodge
Charles O. Nelson
Robert C. Mitchell
John H. Hunt
Wallace L. Atwood
Emma Daley
Lois T. McKiever
Howard E. Blake
Bert Johnson
W. Frank Higgins
Seth Stewart
Fred S. Curtis
Melville B. Clark
Wilfred W. Chaney
Mary Lowell
Christine C. Curtis
Maine Leads in Enrolled Students at Eastern Music Camp
Maine tops camp enrollment with 38.2 percent of the 123 students, 47 from Maine led by cities like Augusta and Portland. Massachusetts trails with 18. New York 17, New Jersey 13, Pennsylvania 12, Rhode Island 4, Vermont 3, Connecticut 2, Florida 2. Also notes Boston Mayor James M. Curley visiting Augusta and Belgrade Lakes, and a state rabies quarantine on dogs in Litchfield and West Gardiner after a rabid dog bite incident.
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Maine
Massachusetts
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
Connecticut
Florida
Augusta
Bangor
Belgrade Lakes
East Boothbay
Dexter
Fairfield
Farmington
Houston
Madison
Newport
Old Town
Portland
Rangeley
Rockland
Rumford
Sanford
Skowhegan
Waterville
Bar Harbor
Litchfield
West Gardiner
State Department of Health
State Laboratory
Large Barn Damaged On Huse Property In Bath Fire
A mysterious fire damaged the big barn on H A Huse property at 21 Court street and destroyed an adjacent carriage shed. Neighbor Miss Myrna Avery alerted Engine 4 at 1 20 a m. six lines of hose fought the blaze until all out at 2 45 a m. The carriage shed and barn roof were lost. hay stored in the barn totaled about half a ton.
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H. Augustus Huse
Court Street
Myrna M. Avery
Joseph Cloutier
Leon Belanger, Jr
Huse House
Hose
Merrymeeting
Charles E. Parks
Bath Fire Department
Miss
Mrs Roosevelt backs Twentieth Amendment to curb child labor
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt urges immediate adoption of the Twentieth Amendment in the Woman's Home Companion. She notes twelve states have ratified and others ready, seeking constitutional action to end child labor beyond recent business codes. The amendment gives Congress power to limit under eighteen labor.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woman's Home Companion
Roosevelt
Arkansas
Arizona
California
Wisconsin
Montana
Colorado
Michigan
New Hampshire
Ohio
Oregon
North Dakota
Washington
Congress
May Prove Real Clue to Bowdoin Mystery
Officials in Androscoggin and Sagadahoc counties report a Slavish man left Aroostook county around January and headed to Lisbon Falls and has since vanished. They pursue him as a potential clue to a January Bowdoin murder case involving a Slavish man whose burial was alleged but later unproven. Authorities chase all Slavish men then in the Bowdoin vicinity.
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Androscoggin
Sagadahoc
Aroostook
Lisbon Falls
Bowdoin
Breton's Blue Eagles Win One Lose One in West Bath
In a Sunday doubleheader at West Bath Trotting Park the Breton's Blue Eagles beat West Bath 4-3 in game one then fell 8-7 in the nightcap. Rupe Lewis pitched both seven inning games for the Blue Eagles.
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Breton
Blue Eagles
South End
West Bath
Old Trotting Park
Rupe Lewis
Bath plans hotel funding drive as local investor pledges
Edgar M. Strout, a Boston hardware salesman visiting Bath, offers to lead a $10,000 subscription toward a new Bath hotel, arguing a $100,000 project near the business district would boost a modern city. Separately, Casco Bay tuna fishing wanes due to winds. big hake catches rise while dogfish decline, leaving buyers with modest prices.
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Bath
Edgar M. Strout
Boston
Strout
Southport
Fire at Huse home. incendiary origin suspected
H A Huse of 21 Court street believes the blaze that destroyed his stable and carriage shed started from incendiary causes. He denies pawn of intentional setting but suspects someone on the premises while rode mare Black Bess was nearby. Additional fires wounded three houses owned by Frank Guistin and a Lombardi garage, total losses about 5000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Augustus Huse
Court Street
Huse
Merrymeeting Camp
Frank Leo
Rockland
Frank Guistin
Sidney Monroe
John Williams
Patsey Lombardi
Miss Groezinger Receives Boston University Degree
Miss Marion Groezinger daughter of the Rev Christian and the late Evelyn Catlin Groezinger formerly of Norway receives the Bachelor of Practical Arts and Letters at Boston University August commencement. A former Bates student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Groezinger
Christian
Evelyn Catlin Groezinger
Norway
College of Practical Arts and Letters
Boston University
Miss Groezinger
Bates
Crossword Puzzle Clue Solution Preview
A set of crossword clues and partial answers appears, noting the solution will be provided in the next issue. Clues reference terms across language, geography, science, and daily items with several theme entries.
Daughters of Isabella Send Delegates to Montreal Convention
Mrs. Andrew C. Flaherty led Sacred Heart circle as 316 delegates and about 700 members attended the ninth biennial national convention in Montreal August 8 to 12. Highlights included elected officers and a Maine dinner with 39 delegates. a fellowship for daughters who are college graduates was discussed.
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Andrew C. Flaherty
Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Grace Cunningham
Eva Tatro
National Circle of
Montreal
Minerva Boyd
Chicago
Ill
Isabella
School of Social Service
Washington
Carolyn B. Manning
New Bedford
Mass
Mary F. Riley
Providence
R. I
Mary F. Davitt
Longmeadow
Elizabeth C. Moran
Ware
Advocate
Mary Brady
Wisconsin
Bertha Koph
Ohio
Monitor
Nellie Conrad
Pittsburg
Kan
Gertrude Whitney
Covington
Mount Royal Hotel
Francis J. Haas
National Catholic School of Social Service
Washington, D. C
Labor Advisory Board
National Industrial Recovery Administration
State of Maine
Margaret M. Dealy
Maine
Margaret C. Flaherty
State of
Portland
Rumford
Quebec
Bath Friends Remember Ex Mayor Fred R Walton
Bath friends express regret at the death of ex Mayor Fred R Walton of Auburn who died Thursday night at Central Maine General hospital Lewiston. Walton led community efforts including Walton's Bakery director of First Auburn Trust Co and officer of New Auburn Rehabilitation Corp He served on Auburn Executive Council and in various local groups. Wife and two children survive. Seven head of cattle perished in Chauncey Penn homestead fire near the South Gardiner line causing 3500 loss insured partially. Fire spread after housekeeper woke and alerted Penn unable to save stock.
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Fred R. Walton
Auburn
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Bath
Walton
First Auburn Trust Co
New Auburn Rehabilitation Corp
Chamber of Commerce
New Auburn
Chauncey Penn
Gardiner Line
Bath Woman Surprised with Birthday Celebration
Mrs. Ralph P. Mank of 15 Spring street had a quiet birthday that turned festive as 12 friends surprised her at home. The evening featured bridge games, prizes for high score won by Mrs. Lord and Mrs. Atwood, a consolation prize for Mrs. McCabe, refreshments and a birthday cake, with gifts from her daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph P. Mank
Spring Street
Mank
Bridge
Octave Breton
George Stangel
Alfred H. Bunker
Leonard M. Lord
Frank J. Farrin
Harry L. Knight
Horace W. Ward
John E. Atwood
Wallace L. Atwood
Herbert W. McCabe
Emma F. Jacobs
Lois T. McKiever
Victor Pinkham
Albert H. Thompson
Warren A. Parris
Edwin A. Copeland
Harry O. Richardson
Lord
McCabe
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the Times Company
Front Street
Bath, Maine
W. B. Nichols
Pres
Treas
Harry C. Webber
B. J. W. Make Merry
Association of
Odd Ladies
James M. Curley
Mary
Boson
Blaze
Mrs. Roosevelt
Casco Bay
West Point
Fred P. Wilson
Charles Campbell
Arlington
Bay
Amos Wallace
Piccadilly
Times Square
WM Madlung
Western Newspaper Union
School of Philosophy
Zeno
North Western State
New Zealand
Sacred Heart Circle, D. of I
F. R. Walton
Chester MacMahan
Mr. MacMahan
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