Salt fish trade revival eyed to reclaim Maine market
Lewiston Journal notes renewed effort by Sea and Shore Fisheries advocates to restore Maine’s stake in the Porto Rico salt fish trade. Maine once dominated but lost to Nova Scotia aided by lower duties and bounty payments. Officials urge strict enforcement of moisture rules to level competition and boost Maine fishermen profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Puerto Rico
Nova Scotia
New England
Puerto Ico
Porto Rico
Rodney E. Foyler
Congressman Brewster
Phippsburg Community Notes and School Health Program
Local families from Phippsburg and nearby towns hosted and visited over the weekend. Welfare club and Dromore grange activities are reported, with meetings planned and a sequence of installations. Sebasco schools emphasized health education, with a chart program, toothbrush distribution, hot meals, and a健康 focus improving attendance and scholarship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilman
Sebasco
Maine Public Health Association
Edith Wallace
Grammar
Robert York
Victor Wallace
Lorraine Gillies
Thelma Wallace
Maine radio claims smallest station reaches New Zealand
WAGM at Presque Isle, a 100 watt 1420 kilocycle station, says it is the world’s smallest station. Officials learned a Dunedin New Zealand amateur heard its January 10 frequency check from 15 Embo Street. The report aligned with WAGM’s schedule, marking the first Maine station heard in New Zealand, about 12,000 miles away.
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WAGM
Presque Isle
Hutchison
Dunedin
New Zealand
Embo Street
Maine
Topsham Politician John L. Jack Seeks Renomination
John L. Jack of Topsham announces candidacy for renomination as register of probate for a second term. An established Republican, he chaired the Topsham town committee and served on the county committee after being appointed by Gov. Brann. Jack emphasizes reforms during his four years in office and reports strong petition circulation. Mrs. Hazen E. McAlister of North Turner, a Star Route mail carrier, is highlighted for balancing a family role with a demanding route between North Turner and North Leeds.
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John L. Jack
Topsham
Jack
Sagadahoc
Brann
William F. Dunham
Maine
Hazen E. McAlister
North Turner
North Leeds
McAllister
Attractive highways urged to boost Maine tourism
Motor tourists spent over 100 million dollars in Maine last summer. Flavel Shurtleff, counsel of the American Planning and Civic Association, says safer, more attractive highways and zoning laws can greatly lift the recreation industry. He notes New England See more visitors, repeat travelers, and quotes Governor Lehman on billboard regulation to preserve beauty and safety. Shurtleff, with Summer home in East Boothbay, spoke to Garden Club Federation of Maine officials Mrs. Edward F. Dwight.
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Maine
Flavel Shurtleff
American Planning and Civic Association
New England
Lehman
New York
Shurtleff
East Boothbay
Edward F. Dwight
Garden Club Federation of
Dwight
Revival Services Bring Fine Results
Evangelist Major Charles Wiseman praised the Bath revival series conducted for the Salvation Army from Jan 21 to 30. Thirty five conversions occurred as services across Bath, Corliss Street Baptist church, and Army hall concluded with strong attendance and enthusiasm. Wiseman recently moved from Old Orchard to Hudson Massachusetts with Mrs Wiseman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wiseman
Salvation Army
Wiseman
Bath
Watertown
N. Y
Sanford
Adjt
Edward J. Tripp
Bath Corps
First Baptist Church
Charles R. Sims
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Frederick P. Moffatt
Army Hall
Georgetown Baptist Church
Jesus
Alfred MacMahan
Clinton A. Fleming
Garden of
Major Wiseman
Old Orchard
Hudson, Mass
Mrs. Wiseman
Remodelling Hotel Sedgwick Adds Dining Room and Rooms
The Sedgwick hotel begins a two month renovation with a new dining room twice the size, a basement corridor leading to a cocktail lounge, ten extra sleeping rooms on the street floor, and heavy steel girders to support a larger dining area. Harold E. Footer manages the project and local contractors are handling the work with 2 a.m. service planned in the new restaurant style.
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Sedgwick
Harold E. Footer
Professor Milton Ellis Returns to Maine on Work Leave
Dr Milton Ellis professor of English at the University of Maine has returned from Boston to resume work on The College Book of American Literature which is to be published soon. He is accompanied by his son Gilbert Ellis who drove to Boston for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Ellis
U. of M
Boston
Maine
Gilbert Ellis
Fifth anniversary party at Popham Beach celebrates Lois Perkins
Little Miss Virginia Lois Perkins marked her fifth birthday with a party at her parents home in Popham Beach. Guests enjoyed games including donkey's tail pinning, peanut hunt and a guessing contest, followed by ice cream, jello and cookies. Gifts were given to Miss Perkins as Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Perkins hosted.
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Virginia Lois Perkins
Clarence Perkins
Muriel Huntley
Stanley Perkins
Muriel
Debra Huntley
Carol
David Drake
Annie Allan
Erma Huntley
Stanley
Arlene Perkins
Evadna Drake
Barbara Sprague
Marion Bridges
Leon Oliver
Freda Greenlaw
Leslie Jr
Leroy Greenlaw
Esther Perkins
Fred Osgood
Roland Sudds
Auburn
Osgood
Pauline Morong
Portland
Horace Morse
Sons
Bath
Fred Huminston
Robert
Gerald
Leslie, Jr
North Yarmouth Academy
Walter Sprague
Mabel Jack
Woolwich
Nathaniel Perkins
Portland Marine Hospital
Sprague
Roscoe Allan
Blanchard Crowley
Samuel Ward
Frances Roberts
Bronx
N. Y
Marie Leonard
Betty
Kenneth
Charles
Ethel Osgood
Odd Ladies
William Stanley
Baynes
Monhegan Island
Fred Spinney
Ralph Spinney, Jr
Moose High School
Fred
Madelyn Bridges
Leah Bowie
Helena Oliver
Spruceville
Fric Carleson
Page Wyman
Philip and
Lawrence
Charles Talbot
Popham
Laura Harding
West Boothbay Harbor
Hennessey, Webber, Hathaway and Hill
George Percy
Milch
New York
Etnier
Gilbert Head
Long Island
Charles F. Hathaway
Cambridge
Mass
River Beach
Palm Beach
Fla
Foss
Monhegan Light
Vernon Burton
Eugene Osgood
Popham Light Reservation
Winnegance School Boys Play Baseball in Front of School
Not the first signs of spring but a clear indicator when Winnegance village school boys were seen playing baseball in front of the schoolhouse Friday morning. Squaw club had a pleasant meeting Thursday at Mrs. Robert P. Manson's home with a covered dish supper and cards. This week’s meeting will be at Mrs. Harry B. Williams’s home.
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Winnegance
Squaw Club
Robert P. Manson
Harry B. Williams
President's Ball Hosted by Club Garret
The fourth annual President's ball drew a large crowd in the Arcade Ballroom with Club Garret sponsoring for the second time. Miss Emily M. Jordan and Miss Edith Mackinnon co chaired. Mayor Sewall and several prominent couples attended in the receiving line. Decorations featured red white and blue streamers and flags, a Roosevelt portrait adorned the hall, and Ernie George and His Royal Arcadians supplied music. Proceeds will be augmented by student canvassing and contributions.
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Arcade
Club Garret
Emily M. Jordan
Editha Mackinnon
Arthur Sewall
John P. Carey
Frederick E. Drake
Archibald M. Main
C. Roland Trott
Carey
Herbert F. Pierce
Marjorie C. Trott
B. I. W. Corp
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ernie George
Royal Arcadians
Alice Hogan
Morse
Dorothy A. Thompson
Margery J. Scott
Elwood S. Toothaker
Florence N. Robinson
Winter Street church ladies plan all day meeting and food exchange
The Ladies aid of Winter Street church held a Friday afternoon meeting attended by 37 members. Plans for an all day session on February 18 with co chairs Mrs. Elmer D. Hodgkins and Mrs. Charles C. Low were announced, and a food exchange at the February 25 regular meeting was set with hosts Mrs. Fred Foote and Mrs. Clifford B. Wilband. Next week’s hostesses include Miss Alice E. Varney and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
Winter Street
Walter H. Bowker
Sylvester H. Rowland
Elizabeth Beal
Edward H. Hawley
Arthur C. Lemont
Aid
Elmer D. Hodgkins
Charles C. Low
Fred Foote
Clifford B. Wilband
Alice E. Varney
Warren E. Kershner
Randall Leonard
Mary E. Campbell
Morse High Quintet Gets Encouragement From Elks Wire
Morse high basketball fans received outside encouragement when a telegram from Bath Lodge of Elks extoled the Morsemen during a 14 14 halftime tie with Cheverus in Portland. Edward J. McMann, exalted ruler, signed the message. Bath Times fed updates as locals tracked the game with 500 calls to a club house during the telegraph relay.
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Morse High
Cheverus
Portland
Morsemen
Bath Lodge of Elks
Edward J. McMann
Bath Lodge
The
Elks
Bath Times
the Times
Three Brunswick Men Join Bath Lodge Elks
Three Brunswick men including Chief of Police Joseph Z Onelleite were admitted to Bath Lodge of Elks at a Thursday meeting after a supper in the Dutch room. Two former members were reinstated, bringing total membership near 200, an all time high. Plans were made to participate in welcoming the grand exalted ruler during his Portland visit on February 18.
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Brunswick
Joseph Z. Onelleite
Bath
Arthur Sprague
Steward
Walter L. Whitney
Albert McMann
Sale of Bragg homestead at 91 Grove Street Bangor
The residence at 91 Grove Street in Bangor, long known as the Hon. Charles F Bragg homestead, was sold for Miss Ag ness W Bragg through Louis Kirstein & Sons to Dr. Robert M McQuaid who has occupied the house for some months.
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Grove Street
Bangor
Charles F. Bragg
Agness W. Bragg
Louis Kirstein & Sons
Robert M. McQuaid
Stormy Bay Point Day Ends With Aurora Lights
Bay Point residents recount a fierce January storm from 5 am to 8 pm with southerly gale, torrential rain, and surf flooding Pond Island. Coast Guard at Popham Beach helped recover Maurice Burns’ boat. aurora borealis dazzled the sky at night. Various locals visited, noting frozen creeks, marooned boats, and a Nash sedan driven by William Adams.
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Harry
Gilbert Head
Coast Guard
Popham Beach
Drake
Birdwood
Kennebec
Frank Heald
Edgar Warren
Mary Campbell
Herman A. Spinney
Earl Payson
Georgetown
Clarence Kneeland
Aunt Lou
Mr. Donald
Bath
William Adams
Stanley Wallace
Elizabeth Deering
Louise Howard
Warren
Walter Perry
First Beach
Edna M. Coolidge
Merline Thompson
Charlotte Cahill
Bay Point
Nash
Past Commanders Night at Dunlap Commandery a bustling success
The third Past Commanders Night of Dunlap Commandery K. T. drew the largest crowd yet. Eminent Sir Arthur B. Stilphen presided as the Temple work was performed on Arthur R. Greenleaf of Boothbay Harbor, Maine’s Sea and Fisheries commissioner. Attendees included Edward W. Wheeler of Brunswick and Arthur Landers of Gardiner. W. L. Robertson filled senior warden chair as Bath hosts praised the event and a lobster supper preceded the ceremony.
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Dunlap Commandery
K. T
Arthur B. Stilphen
Order of the Temple
Arthur R. Greenleaf
Boothbay Harbor
Maine
Edward W. Wheeler
Brunswick
Arthur Landers
Gardiner
W. L. Robertson
Dunlap
Bath
Lloyd Lee Hooker
Blaze in a Garage Quickly Extinguished
A fire at Ralph G. Stetson’s private garage rear of 964 Washington Street was checked by the city fire department with minor damage to a floor section and a wall. The blaze started when gasoline from a leaking carburetor ignited as Elbridge E. Webber started the Stetson company truck. The truck and a sedan were removed safely with aid from volunteers. An early alarm led to two engine lines and booster tank use. A separate call at 4:45 a.m. followed after a pole contact accident at Washington and Oak.
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Ralph G. Stetson
Washington Street
Elbridge E. Webber
A. D. Stetson & Son, Inc
Webber
Stetson
Box 54
Washington and
Oak Streets
Old Boats Refit With Modern Gadgets For 1938
Richard H. Anthony argues boats can stay competitive by adding new tech. He cites automatic steering, finger-touch controls, radio direction finder, and synchronizing twin engines. Upgrades can transform a decade-old cruiser into a near equal to modern craft, framing boats as better investments than cars overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard H. Anthony
Boston Transcript
Century Old Topsham Papers Unearthed in Trunk
Century old Topsham records reveal 1824 bye laws in force with fines for street misdeeds. The document copies show penalties for sliding, ballplay near the toll bridge, carrying fire, and smoking, with fines split between complainant and town. Also noted is a birthday coincidence in a Rockville family and a local celebration.
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Topsham
Topsham Town Hall
Sagadahoc
Lincoln
Court of Sessions
Wiscasset
Nathaniel Coffin
Topsham-Brunswick Bridge
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George’s Banks
Lewiston Journal
Phippsburg
Stanley Spencer
Laconia
N. H
Stanwood Gilman
Eleanor Cook
New Hampshire
Bertha Nickerson
Horace Woodman
Emma Bickford
Howard Bowker
Jay K. Bowker
Bath Memorial Hospital
Jay Daley
Ray Campbell
Foster’s Point
Foxboro
Welfare Club
Charles Baker
Mabel Ansert
Edna Carter
Eva Sanford
Pearl Barter
Celina Desjardins
Dromore Grange
Merrymeeting Grange
Bowdeinham
Annie Malcolm
Charlotte Owen
Hubert McCarty
Leslie Dyer
Lyman Barbour
Roscoe C. Perkins
Herbert Scott
Hamilton McCourt
Eleanor Brown
William Blaisdell
Barbour
Scott
Theresa McKinney
Ellsworth
Alexander Jimmie
James York
Walter Alexander
Eaton
Jefferson Dental Gillies
Edna York
G.O.P
Winter Street Ladies’ Aid
Morse High Quintet
Bath Lodge Elks
Brunswick Town Hall
Court Rvon
Tax Collect
Wilfrid A. Lapointe
Topsham Vilage
A Wright
Bruce White, Jr. Barton
Robert Hyde
Aioe Sarbene
Alvin Wilson
Priscilla Howland
W. Dayton Hill
Howard Adams
Pine Orchard, Conn
William P. Adams
Middle Street
Nathaniel Walker
Una
Thomas Monden
Rockville
Eino Heikkila
Norwood
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