Maine Voters Divided Over Water Power Exports Then Bridge Opens
The piece notes shifting Maine sentiment on exporting hydroelectric power and predicts near-certain passage of the Smith Carlton act. It also reports Vermont opening a new Lake Champlain bridge near Burlington, with plans to install conspicuous rooftop airplane markers to aid navigation and tourism.
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Maine
Vermont
Green Mountain
Lake Champlain
Burlington
Rutland
New York State
Port Henry
Green Mountain State
Canada
Upper New York
Vermont Chamber of Commerce
Maine Weather Dodges Severe Drought Damage
Maine reports no major drought damage this year as rain arrived in time to save crops and fire risk. Nearby Vermont towns faced water shortages, while firefighters in Leominster and Fitchburg, Massachusetts fought a woods fire that scorched over four hundred acres on Mount Monadnock. Gardiner is expected to become the next Maine city with a golf course development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Vermont
Leominster
Fitchburg
Mass
Mount Monadnock
Bath area golf boom and Maine exhibit plans noted
The piece reports Bath's country club decline contrasted with growing golf interest at nearby courses like Shore Acres and Brunswick and notes the Eastern States Exposition adding Maine and Vermont buildings. It also mentions a planned $300000 modern hotel in Aroostook County and Wharf improvements at Bath Iron Works. It records the death of Dr. Lewis Hodgkins during a deep sea fishing trip and a Rockland airplane accident involving Lieut. William Blaufuss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Shore Acres
Brunswick
South Bristol
Bothbay Harbor
Lewis Hodgkins
Ellsworth
J. Sherman Douglas
Lamoine
Gauvin Potvin Fight Promises Maine Boxing Test In Bath
Eddie Gauvin meets Pep Potvin of Lewiston in Bath in a welterweight showdown that could crown Gauvin or elevate Potvin. Promoter Nick Mihalos brings a top-priced card to Arcade Ring with Kingsbury Elwell and other fast bouts. Sales push for seats as fans await the action packed program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Eddie Gauvin
Pep Potvin
Lewiston
Maine
Buck Potvin
Rocky Stone
Nick Mihalos
Gauvin
Potvin
Portland
Augusta
Bangor
Kingsbury-Elwell
Kingsbury
Elwell
Charlie Holbrook
Hyde Windlass Boys
Young Chubuck
Gunboat Pontoosuc a Product of Maine Makes Good Showing
The U S S Pontoosuc a Maine built Civil War gunboat completed 1864 fought blockade duty off North Carolina and Virginia coasts. It joined Fort Fisher and Fort Anderson bombardments in 1865 aiding fleet action and river operations before sale in 1866 with sister ships.
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Pontoosuc
Maine
Portland
George W. Lawrence
Wassac
Kennebec
Agawam
Tullahoma
Winooski
Ostego
Wyalusing
Fort Fisher
Deway
Pontposuc
R. T. Burke
Fort Anderson
Cape Fear
Shawmut
Nyack
Seneca
Huron
Osceola
Little Ada
Tacony
Mahaska
Great Trip Ahead as National Grange Heads to Seattle
A 300 member eastern delegation will travel coast to coast to Seattle for the national Grange session next November. They will ride a special train covering about 10 000 miles over thirty days, including a ten day Seattle meeting and side trips to notable scenic sites. A prior coast-to-coast run was made to Sacramento in 1925.
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National Grange
Seattle
Washington
America
Sacramento
California
YMCA Plans City Industrial Basketball League
Local YMCA considers a winter city league to use the gym now overburdened by existing programs. Target players would be men over 21, excluded from the Church League, with Morse High alumni among potential teams and two industries already showing interest. If schedule space and interest align, the league would proceed to organize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M.C.A
Church League
Bath AC
Morse High
Two Powerful Talks On Export Power At West Bath Grange Hall
The West Bath Grange hall hosted two speeches arguing for the Carlton bill approving Maine’s export power. Representative Aldrich defended the excise tax amendment and state regulation via the public utility commission as essential to benefiting Maine’s water power.
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West Bath Grange Hall
Ree Co
England
Mtoe Ruueee
West Bath Grange
Aldrich
Smith-Carlton
Holmes
Carlton
Smith
House of Representatives
Public Utility Commission
Bué
Maine
Public Commission
Bath golfers hold spot in Shore Acres Class A play
Four Bath golfers advance in Class A at Shore Acres with Ralph Dale, Jay Povich, John H. Houghton and Clinton Wilson winning or advancing by default. Percy Marks and Dick Hersom remain in Class B after day one, with Marks defeating Eddie Rowe and Hersom winning by default. Jimmy Hammond, 16, also shows continued form after a 4 and 3 win over Dr. J. R. Defarges.
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Bath
Ralph O. Dale
Jay Povich
John H. Houghton
Clinton D. Wilson
Percy Marks
Dick Hersom
Dale
Povich
W. C. Tench
E. M. Hamlin
Houghton
Wilson
Eddie Rowe
Douglasborn
Horace Morse
E. S. Cushman
Ralph Dale
W. C. Tenth
Cushman
G. M. Ballou
E. Reynolds
Bobby Tench
Dick Tench
Idel Quick
G. Thompson
Jimmy Hammond
New York
E. B. Duncan
H. C. Ballou
Mia
C. D. Wilson
Peewee
N. A. Cushman
F. B. Duncan
R. O. Dale Peewee
Mrs. E
B. McKane
Dick Tench Pere
Cushman Peete Weer
Elliot Reynolds
Eben Reynolds
Miss V. Reynolds
Peete
Quick Bobbie Tench Poor
Crossword Puzzle Clue List From A Vintage Page
A dense set of horizontal and vertical clues from a cross word puzzle page. Entries include near and assert near 22 and 28 preserved existed 28 Ald 29 conveyance 32 slopes 34 wisecrack 86 like 87 pierced and extended lists for vertical hints 1 part of a window 2 eager 3 confident 4 belief 5 monkeys 6 newest GA lake 9 ruminant reeling of meat 18 consumed 20 musical note 23 visitors 24 man s name familiar 25 entanglement 26 pale 27 deftness 29 trimmings 31 relled 33 boy 34 mixup 85 conjunction 8 fasten 39 weary 40 expensive 43 ostrich like bird pl 44 perceive 47 before on
Five Islands Vocal Solo Recital Highlights Fair Day
A community fair proceeds with multiple vocal and instrumental solos including Miss Viola Leach Mrs. Alice Baker and Hilda Scott among performers. Attendees and guests from Boston Stoughton and Belmont visit Pollyanna Lodge and local cottages as residents host relatives and friends.
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Orange
Viola Leach
Alice Baker
Westall
Hilda Scott
Albert Henderson
Mirs
Belmont
Edwards
Con Burton
Sexton Cottage
Myrtle
June Lewis
Lena Lewis
Mabel Hodgdon
Pollyanna Lodge
Elbern Freeman
Florence
Wilmington
Del
Florence Rice
Somerville
William Prower
Andover
Mass
Willard Fleming
Miriam
Newagen
A. W. Butler
Walter Moore
Hallowell
Nettie Snowman
Della Lewis
Moore
Edward Norton
Margaret
Stoughton
Raymond Gove
Portland
T. D. Reid
Gove
Phyllis Wren
New York
Seguinland Hotel
Harry Lewis
Mary
Sudbury
Ontario
George Gray
Albion Fields
Rumford
Elisha Fields
Fred Samson
Meeg@rd
Wallace Pierce
Paul
Grace
George Hanna
Frank Southard
Bath
Henry Rowe
Oldtown
J. E. Blaisdell
Benjamin Haggett
Senator Leland Addresses Five Islands on Surplus Power Law
Senator John W. Leland of Piscataquis County spoke at the Grange Hall in Five Islands urging approval of the surplus power export law before the September 9 referendum. He outlined the four percent excise on gross income from exports and how the revenue funds rural electrification, praising Central Maine Power for aiding industry and employment, including Bath Iron Works reopening and worker restoration. Senator F. W. Carlton introduced the bill and lauded CMP’s role in regional industrial growth, ending with a note that the meeting left the audience enthusiastic and pleased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Leland
Piscataquis County
Georgetown
Grange Hall
Five Islands
Leland
Maine
F. W. Carlton
Carlton
Central Maine-Power_Co
Walter S. Wyman
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works
Bath
Wyman
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Bath Independent
Manta
Bates
New England Council
Council
New England
Gardiner
Springfield
Massachusetts
Houston
Aroostook
Rockland
William Blaufuss
Rockland Harbor
Chubuck
Wiscasset
Spud Murphy
Biddeford
Spud
Murphy
Rony Boulet
Boulet
Flash Dutil
Flash
Mac Kelley
Gong Blouin
Blouin
Dutil
Kelley
Basketball League OF
Ellis L. Aldrich
W. Gerald Holmes
Smith- Carlton Bill
MR. Aldrich
Ravecline Power Wehy Seye
Miss Williams
Miss Reynolds
D. Hersom
D. Dearborn
E. Rowe
W. Tench Jr
Kenyon
V. McKane
Mrs. Defarges
O. Haug
L. McKane
S. Cochran
Buxton
Buxton Rheumatic Medicine Co
Abbot Village
Smail
Qvhe International Syndicate
Dorcas
Powers Waverley
Petersburg
Fla
Knowlton
West Acton
Maagnard White
Clarence White
Popple Beach
Victor Anderson
Watertown
Richard, Anderson
Fred Russell
Harriet
Louise
Wilton
Ida Rowe
W. Brown
Northridge
N. H
First Baptist Church
Senator Leland
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