Better Stay in Maine for September and October
The article extols staying in Maine after Labor Day, noting favorable fall weather, less traffic, lower hotel rates, and abundant activities. It highlights sunny September and October, warm days, cool nights, lush golf courses, autumn foliage, and open waterfowl seasons along with harvest food fairs and plentiful events.
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Maine
White Maine
New England
United States Weather Bureau
State Game Commissioners
Bath Iron Works lands two destroyer contracts at $4.35 million each
The Navy awarded Bath Iron Works Corp. contracts for two 1500 ton destroyers at 4,348,150 dollars apiece, signaling over 25 million dollars in total work as the plant expands after modernizing. President William S. Newell leads a celebrated effort praised for foresight, skill, and cohesive labor relations fueling a regional industrial boom. Maine Highway Commission seeks automatic signals at Cook's crossing after multiple fatal accidents, with a Brunswick hearing scheduled for August 26.
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Navy Department
Bath Tron Works Corporation
Bath
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Drayton
United States
Morgan Yacht Corsair
Newell
Maine Highway Commission
Cook's Crossing
Brunswick
Two Bath Men Injured In Hit And Run Car Crash
Two Bath men Earle Temple and Albert Longley were hospitalized Friday after being hit by a car. Temple, with a possible skull fracture, was struck on Front Street by a vehicle operated by Lieut Edward L Robertson of the destroyer Drayton. Longley sustained a badly torn right arm in a separate hit and run on Court Street. Police pursued several clues as they investigated the incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bath Memorial Hospital
Earle Temple
Marcia Street
Albert G. Longley
Farrin Street
Temple
Edward L. Robertson
Drayton
Oliver Street
Lieut.Robertson
Robertson
Front Street
Elm
Ardenne A. Stott
Longley
Court Street
Theodore F. Burns
Messenger Confident of GOP Victory in Sagadahoc
Charles W. Messenger of Richmond, Republican sheriff nominee for Sagadahoc county, toured Bath praising a Republican statewide ticket. He acknowledged opponent Harry M. Plummer’s popularity but predicted a GOP win, aiming to rally voters countywide and travel the county until Sept. 14 to advocate a straight-party vote.
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Charles W
Bob” Messenger
Richmond
Sagadahoc
Bath
Messenger
Republian
Harry M. Plummer
Beacon Street Church Trustees Elect Officers and Create Fund
The Beacon Street church board met at the parsonage to accept a $1,000 Mary J. Taylor bequest and establish the Mary J. Taylor Fund. Trustees re-elected Milton H. Douglas as president Clifton W. Tedford as secretary Miss Marion S. Cain as treasurer. A three member committee Clifton W. Tedford William J. Craft and Samuel A. Morse was named to oversee parsonage repairs.
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Beacon Street
Mary J. Taylor
Milton H. Douglas
Clifton W. Tedford
Marion S. Cain
William J. Craft
Samuel A. Morse
Third Annual Sale at Hillcrest Cabin
Ladies Auxiliary and Men's Forum of Nequasset held their annual sale at Hillcrest Cabin on Wright Hill. The event featured fancy articles, cooked foods, jellies, preserves, punch, a quilt, and a grab bag with Willing Helpers 4-H selling fir pillows.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
Men's Forum
Nequasset
Hillcrest Cabin
Reginald Stacy
Wright Hill
Henry T. Dubar
John C. Gilmore
Norma Presley
Virginia Hanson
Lucille Stinson
Marion McEachern
Dora Bailey
Ann Dodge
Bernice Bailey
Amy Cromwell
Ethel Bailey
John Brown
Pioneers Set September 14 Outing at Swampscott
The New Eng and Pioneers plan their annual outing for Monday September 14 at the New Ocean House Swampscott. The commodious hotel on the Atlantic offers facilities for an elaborate sports and entertainments program. Last year’s event at Poland Spring drew one of the year’s largest crowds, and organizers promise an even wider range of amusements this year.
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Ocean House
Swampscott
Atlantic
Poland Soan
Portland Wedding Brings Bath Guests to Portland
Mrs. Ifil Jennings of Bath wed Charles Phillip Brownell of Portland at her mother's home in Portland with Rev. Benjamin B. Hersey officiating. Family members from Bath attended, gifts included silver and linen, and the couple plan a September residence in Portland.
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William A. Hill
Rowland Hanscom, Jr
Lower Middle Street
Portland
Ifil
Katherine Louise Jennings
Bath
Charles Phillip Brownell
A. S. Perham
Sewell Street
Benjamin B. Hersey
Congress Street Universalist Church
Levi Jennings
Hampden Highlands
Clara Wales
Ethel Libby
Mary von Blocken
Caroline Cox
Belmont
Mass
George Brownell
Evelyn Jennings Perham
A. W. Foster
Orlando
Fla
Northeastern Business College
Brownell
Swift & Co
Clara Tenny
Scarboro
Harold Cox
Mid-Summer Picnic of Bath Memorial Hospital Nurses Alumnae
Twenty attended the Bath Memorial Hospital Nurses Alumnae mid-summer picnic at the E. E. Wing farm on Merrymeeting Bay. A corn roast and frankfurts with rolls, cucumbers, doughnuts, and coffee followed a w arm open-air supper. Guests included Mr. Wing, Capt William S. Blair, and Francis E. Parry with many members listed.
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Bath Memorial Hospital Nurses Alumnae Association
E. E. Wing
Black Point
Merrymeeting Bay
Mr. Wing
William S. Blair
Francis E. Parry
Dorothy Milliken
Real Estate Transfers Reported in Sagadahoc Registry
Over the last two weeks transfers were recorded across Sagadahoc including Arrowsic Marcia E. Kennerson to Mildred B. Phinney Bath Joseph C. Kennedy to Justus H. Miller Corrie H. Varney et als to Abraham Levine Mary J. Diffin to Arthur M. Holmes Hattie B. Minott to Herman F. Barter et al Ralph Haley to Carroll D. Burnham Milton H. Douglas to William B. Blanchard et al William B. Blanchard et al to Kenneth C. Thayer et al Robert C. Spencer to Leburton D. Sheldon Jr estate Ella E. Sprague to Emma Spinney Bowdoinham Victor degree to Harry P. Woodbury et al Georgetown Etta E. Quimby to George H. Phillips et al Harry R. Lishness to Mattie J. Lishness Phippsburg Roland L. Eaton to James C. Gilman Isabelle R. Sawyer et al to A Bernard Henderson et al Janet M. Anderson et als to Sumner Sewall et als Topsham Julysses Bessie to Henry F. Cheetham et al West Bath Rufus W. Lombard et al to Hadley S. Tremaine et al Frank Allegrin to Ralph M. Merry William Elmer Donnell to Freda Mae Adams estate of Lydia L. Galt to Marshall J. Boudreau Angelo M. Testa to Louis Tempesta.
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Sagadahoc
Arrowsic
Marcia E. Kennerson
Mildred B. Phinney
Bath
Joseph C. Kennedy
Justus H. Miller
Corrie H. Varney
Abraham Levine
Mary J. Diffin
Arthur M. Holmes
Hattie B. Minott
Herman F. Barter
Ralph Haley
Carroll D. Burnham
Milton H. Douglas
William B. Blanchard
Kenneth C. Thayer
Robert C. Spencer
Leburton D. Sheldon, Jr
Ella E. Sprague
Emma Spinney
Bowdeinham
Victor Degree
Harry P. Woodbury
Georgetown
Etta E. Quimby
George H. Phillips
Harry R. Lishness
Mattie J. Lishness
Phippsburg
Roland L. Eaton
James C. Gilman
Isabelle R. Sawyer
A. Bernard Henderson
Janet M. Anderson
Sumner& Sewall
Topsham
Henry F. Cheetham
West Bath
Rufus W. Lombard
Hadley S. Tremaine
Frank Allegrin
Ralph M. Merry
William Elmer Donnell
Freda Mae Adams
Lydia
Farmington State Normal to Open for Fall Term
Farmington State Normal school will open Tuesday September 8 for first year students with 120 entering. On Wednesday morning September 9 all other students assemble. Errol Dearborn returns from leave this Fall. Miss Julia B Cox takes a year’s leave to study at the University of Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmington State Normal School
Errol Dearborn
Julia B. Cox
University of Maine
Vacation Bible School Closes at Beacon Street Church
The Daily Vacation Bible School at Beacon Street closes with an evening program directed by Miss Olive McKinnon and assistants in each class. The event featured songs poems plays and prayers, with an after-service vestry exhibition showcasing the school’s activities.
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Beacon Street
Olive McKinnon
Oward Bates
H. Edward Jaquith
Harmon Smith
Harley Shattuck
Laura Craft
Fatrest Lord Jesus
Richard Fullerton
God of Our Friends
Dorothy Bradford
Norma Richardson
God
H. A. Shattuck
Giant Halibut Taken After Fierce Battle
James Kellum Smith of New York City caught a 264 pound halibut off Five Islands while deep sea fishing aboard the Sky Pilot. Chester McMahan of Five Islands harpooned the fish after about an hour of fighting. The catch caps a day of shared effort by a group including Rev. Dr. Russell Boynton and Rev. Edward Boynton, with Mr. Rugg and Mr. Richardson aboard the Friendship sloop.
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James Kellum Smith
New York City
Chester McMahan
Five Islands
Mmahan
Edward C. Boynton
Scarsdale
N. Y
Charles Rugg
Boston
Malden Island
Mr. Richardson
Rugg
McMahan
Past Camp Commanders Association Formed in Local Group
A Past Camp Commanders Association has been formed among leaders of T. W. Hyde camp 8 of U V with 21 members. Clarence Warner elected president Vernon W. Miller vice president Morris Warner secretary. The group seeks fellowship and to lead the organization. Hyde camp also has a state acclaimed degree team attracting invitations to perform.
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Ass’n
T. W. Hyde Camp
U. V
Clarence Warner
Vernon W. Miller
Morris Warner
Emerson Colby Wedding Friday in Grace Church
Miss Helen L Colby wed John F Emerson in Grace church rectory 895 High street Rev Charles M Tubbs officiated The bride is daughter of Charles H Colby 192 North street and the late Mrs Vinnettie H Colby Attending were Charles H Colby father and Bernice H Colby sister The Emersons reside in Durham and the Colbys of Biddeford are connected to the wedding party Members of the Biddeford post Veterans of Foreign Wars and auxiliary gave a farewell party for Miss Pauline Dehetre at Marshview Dunstan before her entry into the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary convent in St Hyacinthe P Q to become a nun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen L. Colby
John F. Emerson
Grace Church
High Street
Charles M. Tubbs
Charles H. Colby
Bernice H. Colby
Emerson
Alvin Emerson
Durham
North Street
Vinettie H. Colby
Myrtle Lodge Members Attend Meeting and Dionne Sullivan Wedding
Myrtle Lodge sent 13 members to the Past Ladies Association of the Uni Order meeting as Bath, Brunswick, and Portland delegates gathered. The Dionne Sullivan wedding Saturday featured Miss Ruth A. Conley playing the wedding marches and a reception for about 50 at the bride’s Liberty Street home.
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Miyrtle
Uni
Inice Yeae
Odd Ladies
Pincot Ha
Fort Halifax
Waterville
Gertrude Stewart
Lillian Bi
Portland
Lucélin Ke
Ethel W. Abbott
Auburn
Nettie Ver Till
Elsie Alexander
Brounswick
Verrill
Neilson
New England
Grace Sylvester
Annie Carl‘ton
Blanche Simpson
Edith Colby
Alice Soule
Alice Larock
Brunswick
Bath
Stewart
Mary Curtis
Annie J
Lemon
Maud Clark
Vmirs
Fannie Clark
Margaret Nelson
Emma Daley
Nellie Hunt
Amelia Mitchell
Lucelia Blake
Elsie Higgins
Zeulefka Kingsbury
Lizzie B. C. Caaney
First District GOP Rally Planned for Labor Day in Old Orchard
Brunswick hosts a key committee meeting for the First District Republican field day and rally at Old Orchard on Labor Day. The event includes a Miss G O P of 1936 beauty contest, floats, a parade, a Lincoln Club dinner, fireworks, and Col Theodore Roosevelt as principal speaker. Special rail rates and excursion trains are promised with ample parking.
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Fred W. Quimby
Republican City Committee
Donald N. Small
Common Council
Brunswick
Key Committee
Old Orchard
Carl Davis
Maine
G.O. P
Lincoln Club of
Portland
Old Orchard House
First District
York
Cumberland
Sagadahoc
Oxford
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Maine Central
Boston & Maine
Grand Trunk
Car Crash on Witch Spring Road Leaves Man Injured
Joseph C. Arsenault 28 address 21 Maple street rode Ford roadster collided with a tree in front of the E. K. Thompson home on Witch Spring road about 1 30 Saturday afternoon. He was badly hurt and taken to Bath Memorial hospital. Dr Ardenne A Stott treated him for back injuries. The crash site recalls a fatal wreck by Levi Willett at the same spot a year earlier. Harold Holmes and William Parks escaped injury though Holmes’s car overturned. Officer Langdon E Green investigated.
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Bath Memorial] Hospital
E. K. Thompson
Witch Spring Road
Joseph C. Arsenault
Maple Street
Ardenne A. Stott
Arsenault
B. I. W. Corp
Levi Willett
Harold Holmes
William Parks
Holmes
Langdon E. Green
Electric toaster blamed for early morning house fire
An electric toaster believed left on caused a morning blaze at 15 Maxwell street residence of Burton T. Pierce. Damage confined to the kitchen table leg and smoke in the room as Box 25 responded at 1230 and Engine 4 used booster tank and chemical. A separate still alarm at 1145 alerted Engine 4 to rear Swift Co lot where sawdust and chips smoldered, with seven lengths of hose deployed. Rev Orville J Guptill, known for Seacoast Mission work, begins a yearlong leave due to illness.
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Burton T. Pierce
Maxwell Street
Engine 4
Swift & Co
Women Republicans Plan Registering Campaign
The Sagarna hoc Women’s Republican club held a Thursday meeting at Mrs. Henry W. Butler’s home to organize a canvass across the country to promote voter registration for the state election and to recruit new registrants for the Republican party. They will assist city and town committees in voter turnout, with another meeting next month and the annual meeting scheduled for October 15.
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Sagarnahoc Woman's Republiccan Club
Henry W. Butler
High Street
Republican Party
Two Cars Collide at Washington and Marshall Streets
A southbound car owned by George Beal of Phippsburg collided with a second vehicle driven by Warren Richardson of Bedford Street at the Washington and Marshall intersection shortly before 5:30 on Friday. A Beal passenger was injury cautious and refused aid. Beal’s car had a sprung axle and other damage. Traffic Officer Pennell investigated and the owners agreed to a settlement.
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Washington Street
George Beal
Phippsburg
Marshall Street
Warren Richardson
Bedford Street
Sath
Beal
Pennell
Shipyard bids opened for destroyers with varied terms
Bids opened August 19 show firms including Bethlehem River Plant and Newport News Shipbuilding proposing one or two destroyers with prices from 4.9 to 6.3 million dollars and completion windows from 30 to 32 months. Alternate bids offered different totals with same deadlines.
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Works Corp
Alboomee
Elestut Corp
Quincy
Bain Tron ‘Corp
Bethlehem
Iig Corp
River
Patio
Corportion
Newport News ‘Shipbuilding
United Shipyards, Inc
New York City
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp
San Francisco
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath
Mayor of Augusta Takes New Post with Central Maine Power
Central Maine Power Co officials announce that Mayor Frederick G. Payne of Augusta has joined the company. He will work on real estate holdings and devote time to industrial promotion across Central Maine, leveraging his record of attracting new industries to Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Maine Power Co
Frederick G. Payne
Augusta
Payne
Central ‘Maine
Erritory
Razing Dwellings In Bath Street Sale Responds To Demolition
The wooden house at 1088 Washington Street once owned by the Staples and once occupied by Mr and Mrs Albion C Staples is being torn down after sale through Roger D Skillings to William S Newell. The three story house adjacent to the north, also sold to Mrs Newell, has been razed. Miss Marcia Moulton of Bath Savings Institution is on her annual vacation.
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Washington Street
Albion ‘C. Staples
Roger D. Skillings
William S. Newell
Marcia Moulton
The
Bath Savings’ Institution
Weekly Cross Word Puzzle Clue List
A jumble of crossword entries including hints and answers for many clues. Across and down lines reference musical wind capital instruments Antarctic cooking explorer apparatus garden tool near first chief fertile spot and other scattered terms with varied wordplay and letter counts.
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Drediais
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Paiver
Eeeeee
Stone Clam
Carl
Garle Temple
Albert G. Liongley
Sagadahoc County
Beacon Street Board
Ladies Auxiliary
Men’s Forum of
Portl
Klstherine Liouite Jennings
Charles P. Brownell
E. E. Wing Farm
Roger Pi Long
Peaee Primary Department
Joseph
Anna
Russia
Marilyn Hart
Playne Tittle House
David Teasdale
Council of the ‘City Beautiful
Walter Oliver
Richard Teasdale
Jesus
Hom
Peter's Galilee
Stanley
Harold Teasdale
Betty ‘Cummings
Galilee
Bright Galilee
Doris ‘Crooker
Valmar
Halibut
Emerson-Colby
Myrtle Lodge
W. O
O L
Brintwith
Mann St
Miary's Church
Anna Catherine Sullivan
J. Dionne
Susabern Ankeult van
Livernois
Ruth A. Conley
Pia
Dionne
Liberty Street
Charles W. Sp
Marion Spinney
Foster
Edward
Thomes Kane
Morris Casey
John
Boward Sullivan
Charles Spimmey, Jr
Frances
Peaks Island
Agnes B. Sullivan
Yvonne Sproul
Annie E. Sullivan
Liberty Sites
Harry C. Sullivan
Morse ‘High School
Dionnne
Virginia Dionne
Ludger Dionne
Brunswick High School
O.P
Old Orchard Beach
Witch Spring
Orville J. Guptill
Seacoast Mission
Maine Coast
Destoyer
Puzele
Fas
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