Bath area notes and memories span holiday to harbor scene
Rambler notes gather Bath memories from Christmas card mail counts at the post office to "Maine A Guide Down East" with Sebasco views. It recalls local figures such as Alvah Wallace, Ray Marr, and James D. Robinson, plus Bath Opera House clock plans, family visits, and Sebasco’s new amusement hall with a bowling alley and upper level attractions.
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Maine
Federal Writers Project
Old Pine Tree
Bath and Vicinity
Sebasco
Alvah Wallace
Nathan A. Cushman
Phippsburg Holiday Guests Visit Local Families
Local families in Phippsburg and Bath hosted holiday visitors over Christmas and the weekend. Doris Breare from Revere and the Woodman and Atwood households shared time with Bath residents, including Gilbert Woodman, Willard Atwood, and Bertha Nickerson. Community events included Center Sunday school party, Kindergarten party, and DroMore Ladies Aid meeting with a quilt-tacking session and a candlelit tree. William Bowie and Nellie Cutting were among those noted as guests. Henry Carlton and daughter Eleanor visited from Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Breare
Doris
Wilbur
Edward, Jr
Revere
Mass
Harry Gilmore
Frank P. Leavitt
Bath
Tyleston Oliver
Horace B. Woodman
Minnie
Eleanor
Roscoe
Gilbert Woodman
Clarence Atwood
Clarence, Jr
Bertha Nickerson
Arthur Rideout
Willard Atwood
Edith Atwood
Gorham Normal School
Jay K. Bowker
Gordon Davidson
Southland
Thomas C. Hughes
Howard Haggett
Portland
George J. Ingalls
James Perry
Memorial Hospital
Leslie Dyer
Eleanor Brown
Gilbert Atwood
Bliss Business College
Lewiston
Howard Atwood
West Point
H. E. Woodman
Anna Derwent
Charles Baker
Phippsburg Center
Dromore Ladies’ Aid
John Perkins
Hardings
Elfreda Perkins
Grace Kenney
Annie Malcolm
Marion Rafneil
Henry Carlton
Woolwich
John Kelley
Jessie Kelley
Small Point
Card of Thanks and Sebasco Lodge entertainment plans
A note of thanks from neighbors and friends for kindness during bereavement. Sebasco Lodge guests planned moving pictures and theater to enhance summer attractions with a stage added. The piece also reflects on the candy industry’s growth and regional production in 19th and 20th century America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebasco Lodge
Sebasco
Maine Veterinary Medical Association Meeting 1938
The annual meeting of the Maine Veterinary Medical Association is set for January 5, 1938 at the Worster House in Hallowell. A six o’clock supper precedes the business meeting at 7 30 with Dr Lawrence of Angell Memorial Hospital Boston delivering the topic Diagnosis in Small Animal Practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Veterinary Medical Association
Worster
Alumni Night at Con School Highlights Basketball and Dance
Con School will observe annual Alumni Night on Thursday evening with a girls versus boys basketball game and alumni groups. The event will feature general dancing and several special committees planning the evening’s program.
Caribou Return Debate Prompts Maine Letter Recollection
A Lewis ton Journal letter from Dec 17, 1937 recalls Maine’s past caribou range and argues for restoration. The writer describes former Caribou herds across Franklin County from Richardson Lakes to Moose River headwaters, notes deer influx coinciding with caribou decline, and laments loss of mosses and swamp forage due to logging impacts. He extols caribou meat quality and their distinctive large round hoofprints, contrasting with moose and deer tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston Journal
Maine
Franklin County
Richardson Lakes
Kennebec
Kennebago
Real estate transfers recorded in Sagadahoc deed registry
Over the past two weeks in Sagadahoc, Bath saw transfers including Ida M. Wetherbee to Ludie C. Fifield on Milan Street and George W. Larrabee to Stanley R. Hunter on Brunswick Road. Other towns note multiple land and building sales, with parties such as Marcia Jenkins to Elmer Allen in Bowdoinham and the Estate of Walter J. Lord to Edith S. Fellows in Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Registry of
Bath
Ida M. Wetherbee
Ludie C. Fifield
Milan Street
City of Bath
Lowell Staples
Middle Street
Abraham Levine
Arnold H. Litt
Water Street
George W. Larrabee
Stanley R. Hunter
Brunswick Road
Priscilla L. Campbell
Emery M. Brann
Julie Brann
High Street
Bowdeinham
Marcia Jenkins
Elmer Allen
Jennie Allen
Long Branch
Sagadahoc Fertilizer Co., Inc
Georgetown
Walter J. Lord
Edith S. Fellows
Phippsburg
Georgia
P. Eby
Henry W. Alexander
Richmond
Maurice C. Bodge
Robheus A. Douglass
West Bath
Madine C. Abbott
Matilda V. Downing
O. M. Redlon
Ralph E. Nowell
Philip Boudreau
Della Gaudet
Woolwich
James E. Ryan
Ear L. Ryan
Stolen tools returned to Morse High School
Tools stolen from Morse High School’s manual training department on December 13 were recovered and sent to City Marshal Walter L. Whitney from the State Highway Police bar racks at Old Town. Police traced the items to a stolen machine last Thursday and arrested occupants Colin MacNinch and William S. Dall. MacNinch, a paroled convict, returned to Thomaston State Prison for 14 months of a two year sentence. Dall held to Cumberland Superior Court January term under $2000 bond for breaking into a Brunswick garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manual Training
Morse High School
Walter L. Whitney
Old Town
Colin MacNinch
Williams
Dall
Brunswick
MacNinch
Thomaston
Cumberland Superior Court
Maine Real Estate Association Meeting at Elmwood Hotel
The Maine Real Estate Association will hold a meeting at the Elmwood Hotel in Waterville on Saturday, January 8. The executive board assembles at 10 30 a m and the association meeting follows at 11 a m. A luncheon at 12 30 p m features Ray J Smart of Waterville as toastmaster. Speakers include Raymond L White of Waterville on Real Estate Mortgages and Carroll N Perkins on The Place of Real Estate Brokers From a Lawyer s Standpoint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Real Estate Association
Elmwood
Waterville
Ray J. Smart
The
Raymond L. White
Carroll N. Perkins
Popham Beach residents hear of new 50 foot sloop purchase
Stephen Ethier of Gilbert Head and his family plan wintering in New York and have bought a 50 foot sloop through Sparkman Stephens of New York with an anchorage planned near Gilbert Head Long Island and another for yachts in Atkins Bay. Local social rounds include visitors from Long Island Georgetown and Bath, a Christmas party hosted by Mrs Seaman Drake, and reports of winter ice and sleet impacting Popham roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Ethier
Gilbert Head
Napoleon T. Fickett
Pond Island
Seaman Drake
Susie Spinney
Mariel Huntley
Erma Huntley
Eva Dobbin
Esther Perkins
Carol
David Drake
Bertha
Walter Newdick
Virginia Perkins
Gloria
Merrill Oliver
Muriel
Debra Huntley
Olive Crowley
Bath
C. Osgood
Vinal Haven
Seguin Island
Ethel Osgood
Fred
Fort Williams
Spinney
Fred Osgood
Roland Sudds
Auburn
William H. Wincapaw
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Bill
Popham
Wincapaw
Kennebec River
Seguin
Perkins Island
Robert Barlow
Robert
East Boothbay
Norman Perkins
Stanley Perkins
Barbara Sprague
Arline Perkins
Blanchard Crowley
Ollie
Fred Spinney
Karl Hentz
Long Island
Nellie Urquehart
Harvard
Jonesport
Beatrice Chandler
Lois Burns
Bay Point
Forrest Legard
Paul
Irving Dobbin
Shirley Morong
Bridges
Perfect Score Pupils and Holiday Engagements In Auburn
Weeks street school seventh graders lauded for perfect attendance over a 15 week period. Engagement announced for True Bailey of Auburn to Miss Grace Agnes Williston of Portland, who attended Deering High School and Gorham Normal, and works at Filene’s in Portland. Bailey teaches manual training at Ellsworth High School and is an Edward Little and Gorham Normal graduate and Alpha Lambda Beta member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weeks Street
Anna Severin
Elizabeth Dauphin
Haviland Harper
Franklin Marshall
Robert Talbot
Rosamund Tinney
Elizabeth Whittemore
True Bailey
Turner Street
Auburn
Ellsworth
Grace Agnes Williston
Portland
David E. Bailey
Miss Williston
J. Norman Williston
Deering High School
Gorham Normal School
Filene’s
Christmas Concert Monday Afternoon at Local Assembly
Christmas program outlines a three o clock concert featuring carols and readings by Primary, Junior, and community groups. Performers include Barbara Flemming, Florence Armstrong, Marie Bennett, and Rev. C. H. Berry with interludes, recitations, duets, and songs culminating in Holy Night and a Watch Night gathering at local homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald Angels
Christ
C. H. Berry
Barbara Flemming
Lawrence Kilbreth
Bethlehem
Erna Bennett
Dorothy Dunn
Madge
Iris Armstrong
Rev. Wm. Wood
Florence Armstrong
Marie Bennett
Helen Flemming
Barbara Kilbreth
Ronald Kilbreth
Jesus
Albion Flemming
Madge Armstrong
William Fraser
Ralph Richardson
John Wade
Upper Washington Street
Sarah Coombs
Corliss Street
Lucian R. Ames
Two Poultry Meetings in Sagadahoc County
County Agent C L Eastman organizes two poultry meetings in Sagadahoc county during the first week of January. On Jan 4 at Richmond Corner grange hall in Bowdoinham Richmond River road, Farm Bureau members and locals hear Poultry Specialist Harry L Richardson with film strips. Women from the communities will serve dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Eastman
Sagadahoc
Grange Hall
Richmond Corner
Farm Bureau
Richmond River Road
Bowdoinham
Bowdoin
Harry L. Richardson
Richardson
West Bath
Strange Hall
Woolwich
Topsham
B. F. Talbot
Oscar L. Wyman
Fifth Annual State Safety Contest Opens Jan 1 1938
W Emery Chase Jr of the Safety Engineering division announces the Fifth Annual State Safety Contest running Jan 1 to June 30, 1938. Application blanks are mailed to industries that may compete. Monthly reports will be required on total man hours, lost time injuries, and days lost. The department will calculate and send monthly standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Emery Chase, Jr
State Department of Labor
Watchnight at Baptist church features Boy Scout installation
At Boothbay Center Baptist church on Friday evening from 9 to 12 watchers will observe Watchnight with a Boy Scout installation and candle lighting. The program includes a birthday cake pageant by the Women’s Society in rainbow costumes celebrating 60 years of Home Missionary service. Social hour in vestry, message by Rev. Cecil Witham of Newcastle, and music interspersed. All friends and neighbors invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Women's Society
Cecil Witham
Newcastle
Augusta Silent Club Founded Amid Talking Picture Change
A group of Augusta residents once fond of silent films formed the Augusta Silent Club as a social outlet. Frustrated by loss of hearing or speech abilities, members established the Augusta Club on January 1, 1936 to hold regular meetings and occasional parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Augusta Silent Club
Augusta Club
Christmas Icebound Bay Point Notes and Visits
Mrs Earl Payson serves as caretaker for the winter cottages while Bay Point endures icy roads after a thaw turned to hail and ice. Local visits include Mrs Karl Hentz and Mrs Ellison Moody to Bath, and Christmas events feature a Navajo party with Santa, gifts, and a stylish manger scene inspiring church attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Payson
Thibodeau
Bay Point Corporation
Bay Point
Karl Hentz
Ellison Moody
Bath
Herman A. Spinney
Maurice Burns
Pearlie Chandler
Sherman Campbell
Phippsburg
Santa
Michigan
Mary and
Joseph
Georgetown
Edgar Drake
Birchwood
Edna M. Coolidge
Maine crop year moderately favorable in 1937
A joint Maine United States Department of Agriculture report notes 1937 Maine crop year was moderately favorable with above normal temperatures except October. Total Maine crop acreage rose to 1,360,140 acres from 1,329,650 in 1936, with increases in buckwheat, beans, hay, potatoes, peas, and sweet corn. Potatoes yielded 287 bushels per acre, apples surged to 1,470,000 bushels, while wheat improved and oats held steady. Total cash income from crops reached 31,331,000 dollars in 1937, up from 28,486,000 in 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
United States and
Maine Departments of Agriculture
Christmas dinner distribution by Hazzard charity
After the final bundle was handed out, 743 dinners were delivered by workers aided by Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Hazzard of Gardiner and the R. P. Hazzard Co. The meals went to former and current employees and to others referred by welfare workers in Gardiner Randolph Pittston Hallowell and Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Hazzard
Gardiner
R. P. Hazzard Co
Randolph
Pittston
Hallowell
Augusta
Christmas Costume Party at Moderne School of Dancing
Pupils of Miss Mary Cunningham's Moderne School of Dancing held a Christmas costume party at Masonic temple with a decorated tree, gifts, noisemakers, hats, and refreshments. Students performed dances and songs led by Myrna Avery on piano. The school closes for holidays and will reopen Jan. 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary H. Cunningham
Moderne School of Dancing
Masonic Temple
Santa Claus
Dorothy Gilchrist
Catherine Powers
Dorothy Bradford
Beverly Curran
Arlene Arsenault
Frieda McAllister
Norma Drummond
Ann Desmond
Nancy Sewall
Audrey Hill
Natalie Hagan
Germaine Bonney
The
Savoy
May Nelson
Marguerite Rines
Camelia Deering
Patricia Maass
Theresa Tardif
Beatrice Avery
Myrna Avery
Miss Cunningham
Roadster Collision Leads to Reckless Driving Charge
Mrs. Nora Whitney of Richmond was treated for facial cuts after a Ford roadster turned over following a collision with Charles A. Coombs Buick sedan at Washington and Marshall streets. Whitney's husband William Whitney was arrested for reckless driving and granted a continuance in municipal court to Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Whitney
Richmond
William Whitney
Washington and
Marshall Streets
Whitney
Marshall
Washington
Charles A. Coombs
Front Street
Coombs
Washington Street
Arthur J. Dunton
Melville Rice
Robert Green
Marshall Street
Francis A. Winchenbach
Mr. Whitney
Mr. Coombs
Stolen Golf Clubs Belong To Bath Company Leader
State police recovered a set of golf clubs and an outboard motor from a stolen car at Old Town on Wednesday. Colin MacNinch, 22, a paroled convict and operator of the car, admitted taking the items from the Bath Country Club. The Gillies family residence and camp on Whiskeay Creek were broken into the day after, with a door forced at the Summer home and a window broken at the camp to steal the golf clubs and outboard motor. Officials noted no breakage found at the Bath Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Town
Colin MacNinch
Bath Country Club
Janes A. Gillies, Jr
Bath Box Co
Joseph D. Pennell
North Bath
Walter L. Whitney
Gillies
Whiskeay Creek
Nurses Celebrate Christmas Tree at Memorial Hospital
Nurses at Memorial hospital enjoyed their annual Christmas tree at the Nurses Home on Wednesday night of last week. Gifts were distributed by superintendent Miss Helen W Downing and colleagues. Each nurse received a string of pearls, with Downing given a pink chenille spread and a pupil nurse a set of Evening in Paris. Ice cream, cake, and apples were donated by Dr A A Stott and Harry W Crosman, followed by dancing past 10 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Helen W Downing
Miss Marshall
Moore
Miss Beers
Miss Downing
Paris
A. A. Stott
Harry W. Crosman
Car and Truck Collision at Middle and Pearl Streets
Mrs. Raphael MacAvoy of Kittery formerly of this city drove north on Middle Street when her car collided with a truck driven by Paul MacDonald from this city at the Middle and Pearl Street intersection last Wednesday. Both vehicles sustained damage. investigator Officer Joseph D. Pennell cited the highway’s poor condition at the junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raphael MacAvoy
Kittery
Cit
Paul MacDonald
Middle
Pearl Streets
Blackbird Seen In Apple Tree In Late Season
A Saco woman, noted bird lover, reports spotting a blackbird perched in an apple tree near her home despite frosty Tuesday morning near zero. She notes it is uncommon for blackbirds to stay in the North this late in the season.
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Beth
Ray Marr
Bob Ott
Ray
Huntington Avenue
Boston
James D. Robinson
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Mr. Robinson
Bath Opera House
Frank Vennett
the Rambler
Williams. Newell
West Coast
Wiscasset
Harry Donnell
Eugene Harrington
John Libby
George Morong
Frances Marks
Phippsburg, Mo
United States
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Maine Woods
Beal
Independent
Lewiston Evening Journal
Maine Real Estate Association Meeting
Popham Beach
Assembly
Sagadahoc County
West Bath Grange Hall
Boothbay Center
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