Ex-Governors Attend Launching of Fine Trawler Jeanne d Arc
Ex-Governors Louis J. Brann of Maine and James M. Curley of Massachusetts joined a 150 guest launch party at Bath Iron Works to unveil the 136 foot $200,000 trawler Jeanne d Arc. Miss Mary O'Hara christened the ship amid a pageant ending with a celebratory luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis J. Brann
Maine
James M. Curley
Massachusetts
Jeanne d’Arc
Bath Iron Works Corp
J. Pierpont Morgan
Harold S. Vanderbilt
Ranger
F. J. O'Hara
France
Frankie
Bobby
George T. Files
A. L
Band of
Brunswick
Miss O'Hara
Curley
Thomas H. Dowd
Boston Superior Court
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works launches Jeanne d Arc trawler at Bath
The deep sea trawler Jeanne d Arc Hull No 175 was launched at 1 30 p m on Saturday as the sixth trawler built for Francis J O Hara of Boston at Bath Iron Works. The vessel measures 136 feet overall with a 24 foot beam and features a soft nose stem and teak rail work. It is powered by a Fairbanks Morse seven cylinder diesel engine delivering 640 horsepower and carries a range of trawling gear from New England Trawl and Equipment Co. A sister vessel Villanova is under construction and due to launch in about a month. Meanwhile a Brunswick hospital patient is noted in a separate update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archibald M. Main
Bath Iron Works Corp
Jeanne d'Arc
Bath Iron Works
Francis J. O'Hara
Boston
Villanova
The
Iron Works
American Bureau of Shipping
U. S. Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation
Woolwich Woman Injured in Crash Near Yarmouth Falmouth Line
Mrs. Forest Carlton of Woolwich suffered several fractured ribs after an auto crash near the Yarmouth Falmouth line Friday evening. Also injured were her husband, Cecil Rittall of Boothbay, Samuel Soule of Wiscasset, and Cecil’s wife. The Carlton Chevrolet collided with a Chrysler driven by a West Roxbury youth. Soule had a fractured nose, Mrs Carlton shoulder injury, and the Chrysler driver blamed a tire blowout. State police aided the Carltons and guests to Brunswick, where Patrolman Harry Thompson escorted them home to Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Carlton
Woolwich
Yarmouth-Falmouth
Brunswick
Harry Thompson
Weekend visit with Malden and Somerville relatives
Miss Annie Biggins of Malden and Mr and Mrs Thomas Considine of Somerville spent the weekend with their cousins Edward and Henry M Biggins of 44 Chestnut Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Biggins
Malden
Mass
Thomas Considine
Thomas Considine, Jr
Somerville
Edward and
Henry M. Biggins
Chestnut Street
Richmond Firemen Battle Prolonged Forest Fire
Firefighters fought a stubborn blaze near Richmond from Tuesday Aug 17 until it was deemed dead Saturday morning after a heavy rain. Chief Randlette oversaw crews including Asst Chiefs Hinckley and Douglass as they battled wind driven flames, shifting positions, and water shortages, keeping the blaze from spreading to wooded areas.
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Randlette
Richmond Fire Department
Bolton
Albion Raynes
Richmond Village
Richmond Corner
Hinckley
Douglass
Randall Hill
Baynes
Windard
Richmond
Mrs Luecella Blake Elected President of Odd Ladies Group
Mrs Luecella Blake of 27 Crescent Street was elected president of the Past Ladies Association of the Odd Ladies of Mute at the annual meeting in East Auburn last Wednesday. Other officers include Alice Larock of Brunswick as vice president Lydia Bendix of Waterville as second president Nelle Verrill of Auburn as secretary and Elsie Alexander of Brunswick as treasurer. About 4 past ladies and nine members from Myrtle Lodge No 8 were present. The next annual meeting will be held in August 1938 in Bath at the home of past lady governess Annie J. Lemont.
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South End
Mitchell School
Harry W. Crosman
N. Gratz Jackson
Joseph I. Smith
North Center
Miles
Donald B. Hopkins
Virginia Bowker
Edward Hunt
Virginia
Arthur Bowker
Middle Street
Audrey Tinney
George A. Tinney
Libby's Court
Eleanor McRae
Rudolph C. McRae
Washington Street
Eleanor
Senter’s, Inc
W. H. Smith & Sons
Norma Cummings
Jean Low
Cambridge
Mass
Carolyn Carpenter
Selma Cummings
Charles Lermond
Billy
Bobby Jackson
Mary Donnell
William Donnell
Harold Armes
Richard McRae
Mary Lermond
Joyce Sprague
Somerville
Penguin
Lydia Sprague
Arthur Douglas
Walter Perkins
Winifred Levine
Fred K. Sturtevant
Alfred E. Carpenter
Jackson
Luecella E Blake
Crescent Street
Odd Ladies of Mute
East Auburn
Blake
Alice Larock
Brunswick
Lydia Bendix
Waterville
Nelle Verrill
Auburn
Elsie Alexander
Myrtle Loder
Butt
Auburn Beth
Lewiston
Portland
Mary Curtis
Gertrude Stewart
Bath
Annie J.S. Lemont
Eva Atwood
Curtis
Emma Dilley
Elsie Hisggin
Zeuletka Kinnsbury
Temont
Margaret Nelson
Stewart
Moonlight Sail Among Pleasures on MacMahan Island
On MacMahan Island Aug 25 a Moonlight Sail aboard the steamer Virginia drew 88 villagers. Miss Mary C. Rathburn and George K. Rovers planned the trip, guests toured Sheepscot Bay and Boothbay Harbor under a full moon. The event aims to become an annual tradition.
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MacMahan Island
Virginia
Mary C. Rathburn
George K. Rovers
Sheepscot Bay
Cape Newaeen
Boothbay Harbor
Bay
MacMahan
Townsend
Legislators Hold Clambake at Thomas Point Gathering
Delegates and Governor Barrows attended a Sunday clambake at Thomas Point East Brunswick to discuss funding for old age assistance school equalization and toll free Carlton bridge amid talk of a special legislative session. A deadly crash on the Newburyport Turnpike near Rowley Mass killed Maurice Hit and injured Lucien Elie as their truck hit a bridge abutment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis O. Barrows
Thomas's Point
East Brunswick
Carlton Bridge
Barrows
Deer Isle
Sedgwick
Gov. Barrows
Rowley
Mass
Maurice L. Hit
Washington Street
Lucien R. Elie
South Street
Sam Prawer
School Street
Boston
Hill
Elie
Hazel Elie
Almeda
Robert
Bessie Lancaster
Shaw Street
Waldoboro
Danvers
Tarring highways gives work to quite a crew
A mobile road-tarring crew camps briefly near Winneganee and Phippsburg Center. The 14 workers and cook spread tar and sand to finish a mile of road ten feet wide, with material ferried from Bath. The dry season keeps up a “tarring” campaign to preserve road conditions and slow dust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winneganee
Phippsburg Center
Bath
Phippsburg Center Pond
Small Point
Walter E. Folge
Bath Line
Merry Place
Campbell's Pond
West Bath
State Highway Commission
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Fairbanks-Morse
New England Trawl and Equipment_Co
Frank W. Perkins
Brunswick Hospital
South End P. T. A
William Jenks
Old South
Silas Stearns
First Baptist
Peter McLaughlin
St. Mary's
Omar W. Folsom
Winter St
Francis W. O'Brien
John W. Ellingwood
Old North
James R. Day
Wesley Frederic Gardiner
Grace Alpheus B. Hervey
Universalists
Lucelia E. Blake
Odd Ladies
M’mahan
Lodge
Elizabeth Given
Huetas
Othea
Playhouse Poe
Playhouse
Chio Allen
Pranee
An Allen
Paul Joneses
Father Whittemore
Mahan
Allan Whittemore
Supenor
Order of the Holy Cross
St. Cuthbert’s Chapel
Liberia
Africa
Thomas’ Point
State House
Belmont A Smith
Frederick Robie
Elbert D Hawford
Franz A. Burkett
George FE
South Porthind
Smith Dunnack
Harvey R, Pease of
Wiscasset
Sagadahoe
Sumner Sewall
George A Baker
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Weston R. Allen
Bowdoin
Joseph W. Larrabee
Larraher
Sata Ue Moe Mons
Mabel H. Bedel
Arthur Lemay
Elizabeth Bell
Maple Street
Howard Edward Groves
Pierceston
RFD
John Anthony Drivotas
Bradley Street
Rachel Jean Gauthier
Palsifer Street
Daniel Libby Harris
Hampshire Street
Barbara Tomse Churchill
Main Street
Clayton Rike
Grove Street
Yvette Farrell
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