Bath FHA to Demonstrate Elm Street House Modernization
The Bath branch of the Federal Housing Administration selects a house on Elm Street for public inspection before its transformation into a modern dwelling. After reconditioning, the property will be auctioned with profits benefiting local charities. The project invites neighborly help, including a post holiday “bee” to begin tearing down and cleaning, aiming to spur local employment and broader home improvements.
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Bath
Federal Housing Administration
Elm Street
Worthwhile Movement Helps James Temple Seek Warm Springs Treatment
Bath Rotary Club spearheads a community drive to send James W. Temple a Maine University sophomore on the Dean’s list for infantile paralysis treatment in Warm Springs Georgia. Davenport trustees fund initial costs as clubs and individuals mobilize to sustain care and ensure the youth’s recovery. Prominent Old Orchard Beach residents plan to ask the Maine Legislature to extend residence proof for voting to curb three month summer voters, dubbed mattress voters, who register despite limited local engagement.
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Bath
Davenport
Rotary Club
Warm Springs
Rotarians
Old Orchard Beach
Maine
Old Orchard
Old Orchard Beach Pushes Six Month Residence Law Change
Chairman Herman Gerrish of Old Orchard Beach leads a bid to amend the law to require a six month residence. He plans to travel to Augusta this winter with a proposal, arguing the change would aid bona fide year around residents and gain support from towns with similar conditions.
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Herman
Gerrish
Board of Selectmen
Old Orchard Beach
Augusta
Saint Nicholas as Santa for Holland Children
A Dutch naval officer describes Holland’s Sint Nicolaas Day on December 5 6 including the bishop figure with a colored servant visiting chimneys delivering gifts. The rite features wooden shoes hay for the horse songs and playful gift parcels as families remember friends.
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Holland
Conmmander
Sint Nicolaas
Santa Claus
Nicolaus
Spain
St. Nicolaas
Dressmaking Class Holds Annual Christmas Party
The Bailey Evening school dressmaking class held its annual Christmas party at Mrs. Nina Freeman’s home after a stormy evening. Organized by Mrs. Etta Thurlow, she fetched and ferried attendees, and gifts included a silk umbrella for instructor Mrs. David N. Heald. Carols were sung by Miss Emma Brown and Grace Cunningham, with sandwiches and coffee served.
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Bailey Evening School
Etta Thurlow
Nina Freeman
Dike Road
Morse High
David N. Heald
Freeman
Yuletide
Heald
Emma Brown
Grace Cunningham
David Alkazin
Hiram Annis
Elizabeth Beals
Ella Thurlow
Albert Desmond
Angelina Jenkins
James Knights
Beatrice Leavitt
Nina McRae
Jason A. Merrill
Natalie McNeil
Caroline Miller
Mary Whittemore
E. B. Wright
Mary Smith
Arletta Yates
Evelyn Young
Margaret Walsh
Bath’s Young Artist Shows Much Skill
Patrons at the Bath Opera House admire a Christmas lobby scene by Paul L. Hart the house artist. The farm winter landscape with snow creek and farmhouse features a rail fence and night lighting including moon rays and Bethlehem figures. Hart has spent only a year studying, yet draws praise from patrons.
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Bath Opera House
Paul L. Hart
Young Hart
Ous Anouies
Fisherman’s Book by Rev Macdougall Sets Maine Print Run
The Rev Arthur R Macdougall Jr of Bingham completed a work for fishermen titled Dud Dean Yarns It uses Maine made paper bound Maine and may be widely read as a sea oriented guide or tale
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Arthur R. Macdougall, Jr
Bingham
Maine
Williams Celebrate 30th Wedding Anniversary in West Bath
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest F. Williams of Campbell's Pond observed their 30th anniversary with a quiet day at home and a supper visit to Bath hosted by daughter Marguerite Cornish and son in law Dwinal Cornish of 45 Rose Street. Mrs. Williams, formerly Ida Mabel Bonney, taught school for 12 years and served on the West Bath school board. Mr. Williams, a carpenter, belongs to Lincoln lodge No. 10 I O O F. They have three children, Wendell L. Williams, Stanley W. Williams, and Marguerite, plus one grandchild. The Williams homestead spans five generations.
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Ernest F. Williams
Campbell's Pond
Bath
Dwinal E. Cornish
Cornish
Rose Street
Williams
Ida Mabel Bonney
Ida A. Bonney
S. Lewis Bonney
Mr. Williams
Winthrop
Frank E
Francena (Clifford) Williams
West Bath
Fred Norcross
Methodist Church
Lincoln Lodge
No. 10
Car
Dwinal Cornish
Mrs. Williams
Grace Church Men's Club Plans Film Show
Members of Grace Church Men's club attended a parish house meeting where Donald Small presented motion pictures. Subjects included Dewey launching, Marblehead on the Kennebec, Popham sailing, Century of Progress, Niagara Falls, lake yachts, large vessels, and local golf and baseball scenes. President John H. Freeman urged support for James W. Temple. committees were set for January and refreshments provided.
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Grace Church Men's Club
Donald Small
Bath Iron Works
Marblehead
Kennebec River
Popham
Century of Progress
Niagara Falls
Bath Country Club
John H. Freeman
James W. Temple
Stanley Brown
W. Dayton Hill
Charles Pearce
Harry B. Briggs
Grace Church Choir Guests at Washington Street Party
Mr and Mrs Arthur Sewall II entertained Grace church choir members and spouses at their Washington street home Thursday with an informal buffet supper. The event featured blue and silver decorations a white Christmas tree and Merrie England touches including a boars head and Yule log. Each guest received a gift of compacts for the women and neckties for the men.
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Arthur Sewall 2d
Grace Church
Washington Street
Discard Murder Theory In Case
The report dismisses a murder theory in a case as investigators struggle to identify a dead man found in Maine. Dr. Gottlieb notes only a small amount of alcohol was in the stomach, unlikely to cause death, while Sheriff Henderson plans to distribute photos to locate the elusive victim. The piece also recalls Thomas Edison testing drugs to dissolve uric acid crystals in rheumatism and his method of trying combinations in glass tumblers.
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Gottlieb
Henderson
Maine
Thomas Edison
Ohio
Tax maps urged to aid Maine assessors in fair taxation
County Agent C L Eastman told Montsweag Extension Meeting that tax maps can guide towns to more uniform assessments and uncover untaxed properties. Tax maps divide towns into districts, link parcels to records, and provide justified adjustments, backed by sales data and the law requiring fair taxation.
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Montsweag
C. L. Eastman
Farm Bureau
Maine
City of
Bath
Wedding Anniversary of Bath Couple Crosby
Mr and Mrs Charles E Crosby of 39 Western Avenue celebrated their 42nd wedding anniversary on Friday After moving to Bath about 30 years ago they wed in Parker Head Mrs Crosby was born Addie Wyman of Parker Head Charles a 70 year old carpenter remains active Their family includes four children eight grandchildren and one great grandchild Both are active members of First Baptist Church with Charles prominent in the Brotherhood Upper Bath community ties noted.
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Charles E. Crosby
Western Avenue
Crosby
Bath
Parker Head
Addie Wyman
First Baptist Church
Crosbys
Grace
George Cobb
Auburn
Freeman Crosby
Stephen Crosby
Flora
Walter Thayer
State 4-H Contest Opens Dec 27 at University of Maine
More than 200 Maine 4-H youths will attend the twenty first State Contest at the University of Maine December 27 28 and 29. County champions may attend and State champions will be named Friday evening during certificates presented by Dean Arthur L Deering. Prominent speakers include Dr Arthur F Hauck president UMaine and Gertrude Warren from the U S Department of Agriculture. County delegations with reception club leaders will depart Saturday morning December 29.
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Maine
University of Maine
Arthur L. Deering
College of Agriculture
Arthur 4. Hauck
Gertrude Warren
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
County Democrats Form a New Maine Club
Elliot Carleton, Augusta attorney and head of the young Democratic club movement, visits Bath to organize Sagadahoc county's chapter after indicating Central and Northern Maine has orderly groups and Cumberland county already well organized. Small from Payne, Webber & Co. arrives in Bath to spend Christmas with his mother.
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Elliot Carleton
Augusta
Young Democratic Club
Maine
Bath
Sagarahoe County
Cumberland County
Sagadahoc
Carleton
Joseph Small
New York
Payne, Webber & Co
Frank A. Small
Jellies Sold at Dromore Farm Bureau Meeting
At the Dromore Farm Bureau gathering in Winneganze Community Club House members bought jelly and marmalade tumblers for 15 cents each. A Christmas basket collection filled three lots plus apples for a family, with meat money donated. The January 2 meeting will feature handicraft activities.
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Dromore
Farm Bureau
Winneganze
Community Club House
Jack Robinson
Emily Williams
Jennie Harrington
Lizzie B. Chaney
Anna Perry
Elizabeth Mayo
Chaney
Carlson
Anne Deering
Eva Rogers
Linda Perry
Lillian Perry
Martha Morse
Bess Manson
Lieutenant Lord Speaker Addresses Winter Street Men’s Club
Lt. John A. Lord retired U S N spoke to the Winter Street Church Men’s Club on Thursday evening. He discussed Rebuilding the Constitution and materials used. Supper was provided by Ladies Auxiliary members and a card party was announced for January. The club voted ten dollars for the Sunday school Christmas tree and named a supper committee for the next meeting.
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John A. Lord
U.S. N
Winter Street
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Alice F. Johnson
Carleton L. Rice
Olney C. Perry
Priscilla S. Colby
Catherine E. Leonard
Arthur C. Lemont
E. R. Wright
John Taylor
Delmar E. Bates
Wright
Rotary Club
James W. Temple
Rotary Project
Warm Springs Foundation
Georgia
J. Edward Drake
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Morse High Girls Glee Club Presents Christmas Program
Morse High presents a Christmas assembly in the auditorium directed by Miss Carrie Shaw with speaking parts coached by Miss Lynnett Walker. The program features piano duets, carols sung by the Glee Club, a school choir, and a March Prayer.
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Morse High Girls
Carrie Shaw
Lynnett Walker
Mary Bates
Elizabeth Butterfield
Lee Moon
Bethlehem
Glee Club
The
Herald Angels
Catherine Shellenbarger
Ec Ieraleys Carne Glee Club
Skeet Club Vandalism Incites Anger in Sagadahoc
Members of the Sagadahoc Red Gun and Skeet club condemn vandalism at their North Bath skeet field. Heavy plate glass in trap houses was broken and traps riddled with 22 rifle holes. Officials warn of full prosecution if culprits are identified.
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Sagadahoc Red, Gun & Skeet Club
Bath Road
New Year's Eve Show at Bath Opera House
The Bath Opera House hosts a midnight New Year’s Eve program featuring Bing Crosby’s Here Is My Heart with Kitty Carlisle and co stars Alison Skipworth Roland Young and Reginald Owen. Special features, favors and noise makers accompany the 40 cent admission. Lewiston Knights Templar hold Christmas observance at Ma sonic hall 1130 Tuesday forenoon Dec 25.
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Bath Opera House
Bing Crosby
Kitty Carlisle
Alison Skipworth
Roland Young
Reginald Owen
Lewiston
Knights Templar
Masonic Hall
Puzzle answer and grid reading confusion from mixed letters
The provided text appears to be a jumble of crossword style clues with numbered items and an encoded answer grid. It includes many partial clue definitions for across and down entries, followed by a long string of uppercase letters and fragments that resemble an interleaved solution. The exact solution is not clearly extractable due to garbled formatting and missing cross references.
Brothers arraigned in Oakhurst Dairy break case
Police linked Renwood Pierce, 16, and his brother Norman V. Pierce to a break in at Oakhurst Dairy. Renwood faced charges and bond set at 1000 dollars. Norman held on probable cause for breaking entering and larceny with 3000 dollars bond. Both arraigned and jailed for the January term of Sagadahoc Superior Court.
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Oakhurst Dairy
Renwood Pierce
Norman V. Pierce
Sagadahoc Superior Court
John J. Keegan
Pierce
Augusta
Superior Court
Farber W. Davis
Davis
Young Pierce
School Street
Whitney
Oakhurst
Record of perfect and near perfect attendance in Augusta schools
In Center Street School Grade III a list of students with no absences or tardies for 15 weeks includes Eleanor Fullerton Phyllis Erving Scott Holmes Elizabeth Jones Edwin King LeRoy Peasley Grace Savage Mary Stone Jean Stanton Margaret Staples Paul Tourtillotte Leola DuPont Leo Couture Allen Whitney and Sally Munsey with half day absences noted for each. Grade II taught by Miss Isabelle Lewis lists Anna Coffill Elmer Dough ty Lloyd Hanson Carmen Huse Walter James Katrina Moffett and Doris Savage as not absent or tardy. In Augusta fire safety news Chief George R. McCurdy and P N Storer inspect sprinkler systems across business properties, indicating widespread protection against conflagrations.
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Center Street
Eleanor Fullerton
Phyllis Erving
Scott Holmes
Elizabeth Jones
Edwin King
LeRoy Peasley
Grace Savage
Mary Stone
Jean Stanton
Margaret Staples
Paul Tourtillotte
Leola DuPont
Leo Couture
Allen Whitney
Sally Munsey
Fred J. Higgins
Isabelle Lewis
Anna Coffill
Elmer Doughty
Lloyd Hanson
Carmen Huse
Walter James
Katrina Moffett
Doris Savage
Bowdoin Graduate Dies in California Plane Crash
Sanford Baldwin 22 year old Bowdoin graduate died in a plane crash in a mudflat near San Diego California while on a practice flight. He was known in Bath for stunt flying around Brunswick and Bath and was a friend of East Brunswick aviator Frank Simpson.
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Sanford Baldwin
Bowdoin
San Diego
Cal
Bath
Baldwin
Brunswick
Bowdoin College
Framingham
Mass
Navy
Frank Simpson
East Brunswick
Travelair
Powers
Simpson
Clarence Chamberlain
California
Christmas Program and Grange Meetings Include Music and Pension Talk
Camp attendees spent money in Maine as Christmas readings, carols, and humor segments aired by Progressive and Merrymeeting granges. Speakers debated the Townsend pension plan while Mrs. Ripley and Mrs. Marto read Christmas wishes. Bates College closed for recess. a French sing at Chase Hall featured Beatrice Grover and Gladys Gillings with Norman Lafayette directing La Petite Academie.
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Maine
Rackley
Albert Henderson
John H. Perkins
Rebecca Rogers
Richmond
Harvey Jordan
Topsham
Charles Thompson, Jr
Progressive Grange
Mr. Berry
Elizabeth MacAffee
Eleanor P. Ripley
Topsham Grange
Walter G. Marto
West Bath
Bath
Merrymeeting Grange
Bates College
Chase Hall
Carsols
Beatrice Grover
Gladys Gillings
la Petite Academie
Norman Lafayette
Seward
Bertocci
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Dewey
Grace Church Choir
Mrs
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Democrats
Dromore Organization
Lord Speaker
Morse Girls’ Glee Club
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