Potential Bath Brunswick highway changes stir traffic concerns
State Highway Commission members discuss new approaches from Center Street to Vine Street with rumored plans to cut a direct hill route east of Oakhurst Dairy. Possible bridge over Main Central line near Merrymeeting Park and damag es to buildings are noted.
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Vine Street
Water
Washington Streets
State Highway Commission
Commission
Center Street
Center Street Hill
Oakhurst Dairy
Washington
Front Streets
Bath
Brunswick
New Meadows
Cook’s Corner
Brunswick Town
Ise
Merryvmerting Park
Cook
Cook's
Brunswick Wall
Degrees Conferred at West Bath Grange Meeting
West Bath Grange hall hosted 242 Grangers and 80 visitors on Monday as third and fourth degrees were conferred. The event highlighted fraternal advancement and community involvement within the Grange ranks.
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West Bath Grange
West Bath
Rotary Club Reports Committee Progress on School Athletics
The Rotary Club heard a progress report from the committee chaired by Dr. Winchenbach on boosting civic interest in Morse High athletics. A joint committee including James A. Cilles Jr. and Horace Herrick has met with local officials to organize activities under director Marius Past.
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Ik Duncheon
Hotel Phoenix
Foaneis A. Winchenbach
Nan
Rotary Club
Morse High
James A. Cilles
Winchenbach
Horace PL Herrick
Lacally
Marius
Elford A. Stover
Maine
Edward Jo McMann
Roty
Sidney L. Bruton
Costs of Maine Governor Council Revealed in Comptroller Report
Comptroller William A. Runnels reports seventeen thousand dollars for eleven months of governing council costs. Brann contingent fund charges totaled four thousand six hundred. Concert and Visitors Day costs reached three thousand four hundred. Individual councillor salaries range from nineteen hundred to nearly four thousand dollars with travel, hotels, and meals showing wide variation. Some expenses include cigars, candy, flowers, framed photos, and food, with Brann's traveling costs among the largest.
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Willam A. Runnels
House
Louis J. Brann
State of Maine
Forrest H. Bond
Jefferson
Frank W. Carlton
Woolwich
Arthur A. Crafts
Greenville
Raymond S. Oakes
Portland
Clyde H. Smith
Sheewhegan
Ernest A. Woodman
Calais
George C. Lord
Wells
Wodman
Augusta
Lord
York County
Smith
Woodman
Oakes
Bond
Garlton
Biddeford Fire and Drum Corps
Chicago
Rebekahs Attend Pleasant Reception On Tuesday Evening
Members and friends of Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge No 10 braved bitter weather Tuesday night for a reception honoring district deputy president Mrs Henry T B Leeman and marshal Mrs Herbert H Huggard. Entertainment included solos, a farce Coon Wedding, readings, quartets, and humorous pieces. Refreshments followed. committee chaired by Mrs Warren A Parris.
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Esther Rebekah Iedge
Henry T. B. Leeman
Roger Pierce
Alfred H. Bunker
Thompson
Mary
Estelle McCabe
Ray V. Rice
Esther Rebekah Ridge
Leeman
Harry L. Knight
Noble Grand
Huggard
Rebekah
Leonard M. Lord
Wallace L. Atwood
Frank J. Farrin
Herbert W. McCabe
Brown student Horace Booth wins Wheaton Scholarship
Horace R Booth formerly of Rockland and a Brown University sophomore has been awarded a Henry Wheaton scholarship for the current academic year. Booth, a Rockland High School graduate, joins other scholars named by Brown University in honor of Henry Wheaton the Class of 1802 United States minister to Prussia and leading American authority on international law.
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Horace R. Booth
Rockland
Brown University
Henry Wheaton
Booth
Rockland High School
United States
Prussia
Winnegance Follies Delight Winter Community Club
A warm Winnegance Follies evening at the community house drew a large crowd despite cold weather. The Women's Auxiliary to the Community club hosted performances including vaudeville numbers, songs, dances, and an instructive talk by Rev. Joseph O. Purdue about Norway. Walter Morse won a quilt. candy sale supported the event. juvenile performers Phyllis Coombs and Forest Drake stole the show.
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Harry F. Oliver
Thatcher B. Pinkham
Bernice Drake
Winnegance Community House
Winnegance
Arthur F. Mayo
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street Congregational Church
Norway
Bertha Coombs
Walter Rogers
Thelma Fogg
Barbara Walsh
Leona Stacey
Merton Sprague
Francis S. McPherson
Mary Cunningham
Donald H. Fogg
Phyllis Coombs
Forest Drake
Madelyn Summerton
Charles Dorsey
Mr. McPherson
Mr. Sprague
Hayden Conant
Annie
Forest
Walter Morse
Fogg
Sprague
Dorsey
Mr. Conant
McPherson
Babies Charm Judges In People Church Show
Nearly two score children competed in a baby show at People's Church vestry with top prizes including a silver cup for under one year Gloria Nancy Wilson and a two to three year old Virginia Emery rocking chair. Gloria also won popular vote for prettiest child with a white gold ring from the church. Separately Prof Milton Ellis of the University of Maine discussed American poets and their works at the Norumbega club meeting in Bangor.
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People’s Church Vestry
Roscoe Clinton McFadden
Helen French
Marjorie Hinckley
Augustus Perow
Gloria Nancy
Freeman Wilson
Franklin Street
Jacqueline Ellen
Merton Snipe
High Street
Clinton D. Wilson
A. D. Stetson & Son
Virginia
George Emery
God
Gloria
Glenwood Brown
Woolwich
Bath
Frank Cromwell
Edward Arlington Robinson
Robert Frost
Carl Sandburg
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Milton Ellis
U. of M. English Department
Norumbega Club
Bangor Y. W. C
Bowdoinham Notes On Local Moves And Meetings
Bowdoinham residents travel to Waterville Portland and Lewiston for various tasks and social events. The village hosts the annual Masonic lodge inspection with District Deputy Emery Booker present. A cement bridge project under the C W A is planned near the lockup. The Sagadahoc Fertilizer Co receives 1100 tons of material via the steamer Siren from Bremen and local crews handle distribution.
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Ivan Lang
Ames
Bowdoin
Bradford
E. S. Lancaster
Elbridge Cornish
Lisbon Falls
Village Lodge
Masonic Hall
Emery Booker
Brunswick
H. D. Cornish
Alice D. W. White
Gardiner
Siren
Bremen
Bath
Sagadahoc Fertilizer Co
J. H. Ames
J. N. Palmer
Mr. Ames
Alice
Lottie Cobb
B. B. Douglass
Richmond
Marshall Merryman
Lewiston
Walter
Esther Green
Fred Leavitt
Wolfboro
N. H
Nathan Leavitt
Gorham
W. B. Kendall
Farmingdale
Brown Family Leaves Bowdoinham for Gardiner
Neighbors note the Gill Brown family moved from Bowdoinham to Gardiner where Mr Brown will run his garage. Bertha Temple returned to work in Gardiner after caring for her mother. Mrs Ernest Frye recovered from illness and went home. Fred Heath and family moved into a new house. A Thanksgiving gathering at Ernest Sylvester's hosted 17 friends and relatives. Mabel Millay and Wallace Hutching visited from Portland for Thanksgiving. Mr and Mrs Ernest Millay joined Millay relatives in Litchfield on Nov 30.
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C. Gill Brown
Gardiner
Brown
Bertha Temple
Miss Temple
Ernest Frye
Fred Heath
Willis Sewall
Melvin Douglass
Monmouth
Ernest Sylvester
Mabel Millay
Wallace Hutchingson
Portland
Frank Millay
Ernest Millay
North Bowdoin News Briefs and Local Visits
Mrs John Reid and two children returned home after a week at Richmond Corner. C McNally of Strong called in town. H T Small visited in Richmond Friday. Pupils resume school after Thanksgiving recess. Miss Ellen Miller cares for her sister Mrs Clifford McNally of Strong who is ill. Miss Mary McNally ill but improving. Mrs E a Brunswick visitor. Teachers plan Christmas entertainments. Donald Jasper visited Richmond. Bernard Skinner, parachute jumper, chosen by Admiral Byrd for the South Pole expedition. notable event in Rockland last year when he landed near Monroe Island and nearly was lost.
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Charles Sherman
Lewiston
John Alden
Central Maine Hospital
Ruth McEwen
Gladys
Doris Raymond
Brunswick
H. D. Cornish
U. S. Court
Portland
Courtney Nealey
Gardiner
Irish
Hall Denham
John Maler
Clara Fogg
Inez Gowell
Mary Wardworth
A. S. MacDougal
Helen Denham
Brunswick Hospital
John Reid
Richmond Corner
C. McNally
Strong
H. T. Small
Richmond
Ellen Miller
Clifford McNally
Mary McNally
Donald Jasper
Bernard Skinner
Admiral Byrd
South Pole
Rockland
Monroe Island
Handling of liquor discussed by Legion post
Roland Smith post No 21 of the American Legion held a meeting to discuss liquor handling in the state. They favored state control with authorized stores and penalties for aiding minors. The group planned debates on a state lottery next Tuesday and noted two new school patrolmen, Thaxter Hill and John Clark. A joint meeting with the Unit was set for Wednesday, Dec 27, and a joke Christmas tree was planned. Members also arranged plans to entertain other city church clubs on Jan 9.
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Roland Smith Post
No. 21
American Legion
Legion Hall
Post
Thaxter Hill
John Clark
Weeks Street
State Department
Freeman A. Trott
Gardiner D. Rogers
Perry L. Thompson
Wilbur H. Crocker
Year in Alaska in Word Picture
Madison Moore of Central church Men’s Club shared a year in Alaska with The Airways Co. He described flights over the Arctic region and spring river ice break up, vivid coast and inland scenery, glaciers, high mountains, and Esquimaux life. The talk included amusing stories and questions from members after a beefsteak supper.
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Central Church
Madison Moore
Moore
Alaska
The
Airways Co
Arctic
Yukon River
Esquimaux
Arctic Circle
Albert Henderson
Percy Sanborn
Ross Bailey
Pres
Marius Page
Maine Men Front as Movie Directors
Maine men take prominent roles in directing films this week with Will Rogers Marion Nixon project led by John Ford a former Portland resident and Shadows of Sing Sing directed by Bangor native Phil Rosen. Ford used New England locations and colonial doorway scenes to craft a mythical village for Dr Bull shown at the Opera House and Rosen, rising in prominence, directs Saturday's feature. This Bath season marks a rare double showcase of Maine born directors in one week.
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Maine
Will Rogers
Marion Nixon
Dr. Bull
Opera House
John Ford
Portland
Phil Rosen
Bangor
New Winton
Conn
New England
Rosen
Phil
Bath
David Alkazin to Speak at Winter Street Club
David Alkazin will address the Winter Street Men's Club on Palestine and Its Environs in Christ's day and today. He will discuss Christmas story background and modern Jewish Arab tensions, drawing on years in Syria. Supper is at 6 30 and the program promises an enjoyable evening.
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Winter Street Men's Club
David Alkazin
Palestine
Alkazin
Syria
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Shadows OF Sing Sing
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