Food under public utility control eyed by farm groups
Farm groups press for all food products to be regulated as public utilities. The idea, supported by Wheeler McMillen and The Country Home, cites monopoly service, regulated prices, and licensing. Secretary Wallace and officials weigh debate, with milk as a likely testing ground for public utility milk control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Wheeler
Walter B. Pitkin
Columbia
Wallace
Pitkin
United States
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Bromore Farm Bureau Plans February Meeting
The Dromore Farm Bureau will hold a full day February meeting at the Winnemanee Community Club House on February 14. Mrs. Bess Manson will handle dinner. The day’s topic is Screen Making and Coat Making with detailed material and tool lists and cost notes for soft wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore’ Farm Bureau
Winneganee
Lumber and Builder's Supplies
Ladies in charge of dining room at Genesta chapter event
Mrs Lida Howard led the dining room during the refreshment period after Genesta chapter O E S installed officers in Masonic temple Friday night. Committee members included Anne Deering Alice Sanborn Eunice Walters Annie Stacy Annie Bonney Mae Ward Elizabeth Jackson Sarah Munsey Nellie Congdon Josephine Coombs Annette Merrill Nellie Carr Emma K Ehlers headed the kitchen with Eva Helah Eva Atwood and Dr Charles E Heiah who brewed coffee. Menu featured creamed chicken pickles cake and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lida Howard
Genesta Chapter
Masonic Temple
Anne Deering
Alice Sanborn
Eunice Walters
Annie Stacy
Annie Bonney
Mae Ward
Elizabeth Jackson
Sarah, Munsey
Nellie Congdon
Josephine Coombs
Annette Merrill
Nellie Carr
Emma K. Ehlers
Eva Helah
Eva Atwood
Charles E. Heiah
Mitchells and Frances Porteous plan Portland to California visit
Pr and Mrs Alfred J Mitchell and Miss Frances Porteous of Portland called Friday from New York for Los seeeks Cal by way of the Panama They will visit in California, intavaity home March 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred J. Mitchell
Frances Porteous
Portland
New York
Los Seeeks
Cal
Panama
California
Intavaity
YMCA Directors Hold Annual Meeting and Elect Officers
The YMCA directors met Tuesday night to approve the Emma H Moses trust fund of 7500 and to reelect officers and committee members. Sidney Eaton became president, with Charles Low as vice president and Roger Skillings as treasurer. Committees include finance under Nichols, gym work led by Sewall, and trust funds chaired by Sewall. The board also granted use of a building room to CWA staff with care provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger D. Skillings
Association
Emma H. Moses
Galen C. Moses
Edward Sewall
A. I. Stuart
Carroll Watson
William H. White
Clinton D. Wilson
F. B. Nichols
Charles C. Low
Allan Spear
Elford A. Stover
F. L. Littlefield
J. E. Pomeroy Jr
Harold J. Carter
Reddington R. Reed
David Y. Alkazin
Herbert L. Douglas
Arthur Sewall
Harry F. Morin
J. Edward Drake
CWA
Ripley’s Freaks at Bath Opera House Perform Thursday
A special Ripley’s Believe It or Not oddities show includes 25 living curiosities such as the Human Ostrich and Spider Man. The matinee at two, features at 2.30 and 3.30, and evening shows at 7.30 and 9.30, with the film Easy to Love starring Menjou and Astor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Opera House
Hollywood
Chicago
Bob Barbette
Adolphe Menjou
Mary Astor
Edward Everett Horton
Genevieve Tobin
Patricia Ellis
Guy Kibbee
Wanapona
Paul Kaye
Bath High Alumni Mid-Winter Dance Planned
Arrangements are underway for the Bath High School alumni mid Winter dance the night before Washington's birthday at Morse high school gymnasium. Miss Carrie E Shaw is general chairman with a ticket committee including Mrs Carl Anderson J Haviland Torrey and others. Grindell's orchestra will provide ten pieces of music from eight to midnight with red white and blue decorations by Albert Douglas Harold Harrington and Richard and Harold Mc Elman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath High School
Washington
Morse High School
Carrie E. Shaw
Carl Anderson
J. Haviland Torrey
Alden G. Smith
H. Benjamin Duce
Harriet Moody
Ivan Kirkpatrick
Edwin R. Andrews
Miriam Kimball
Blair Wilson
Hallet
Grindell
Albert Douglas
Harold Harrington
Richard
Harold McElman
Wise Owl Troop Forms New Patrol
Wise Owl Girl Scouts met Tuesday afternoon at the YMCA with large attendance. A new patrol was formed, making four patrols in the troop. A birthday committee was appointed for February birthdays to be celebrated at the Valentine party on February 13. Mrs. Edwin H. Given led the meeting in place of Miss Rachel Upham who is in Boston after an operation.
Ice boating and club notices in Winnegance
Ice on the lake remains in fine condition for boating with many craft sailing this week. Women’s Auxiliary to the Community club plans to attend the Progressive Union of Clubs meeting at the Cosmopolitan clubhouse tomorrow. One ice boat wreck occurred when a pilot was thrown off and the craft struck a shore ledge. Squaw club holds Friday meetings with hostess Mrs. Harry F. Oliver, and the next gathering will be with Mrs. Perow. A recent snow storm spoiled skating and ice boating for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Auxiliary
Progressive Union of Clubs
Cosmopolitan
Squaw Club
Harry F. Oliver
Perow
Winter Street Church Parish Meeting Reelects Officers
Dr Langdon T Snipe presided as moderator at the annual parish meeting with all officers reelected. The date was changed from the first Monday in February to the fourth Wednesday in October. Adjournment led to the annual parish supper, with reports from organizations and potential new members to be voted on at the post supper session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langdon T. Snipe
Winter Street
Charles C. Low
John N. Taylor
J. Gertrude Silsby
Omar W. Folsom
Roger D. Skillings
Edward B. Smith
Prudential Committee
Charles E. Plaisted
Alice E. Varney
Fred J. Higgins
Charles E. Hewitt
Newell
Blair Hodge
Joseph O. Purdue
The
Appleton Century Co
Augustine Smith
Sterling Bible Class Monthly Meeting Recap
The Sterling Bible class of Corliss Street Church held its monthly meeting in the church vestry with 29 members present. Mrs. John H. Hunt presided, Bible questions were led by Mrs. William H. Sheldon, and calls made in January totaled 121. Hostesses and plans for March were announced, including a Sunshine bag report and social hour refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zadoc F. Brown
James W. Gillespie
Hunt
Wilfred W. Chaney
City Hospital
Chester A. Plant
Lizzie B. Coombs
Elmer F. Campbell
Pearl E. Dunbar
Wallace Plant
Edwin M. Robbins
Frank M. Bowker
Warren H. McIntire
Benjamin P. Coombs
Fred W. May
William H. Sheldon
Walter Taylor
Bates College trustees report midwinter meeting findings
Mrs Ora Hallett and family were called to Brunswick as Frances Schiester was taken to Dr Wilsons hospital for an abscess treated for several days. Bates College endowment funds suffered losses but salaries and campus operations were not cut. President C D Gray and Finance chair W B Skelton presented the reports at Chase Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora Hallett
Herman
Brunswick
Frances Schiester
Dr. Wilson's Hospital
Bates College
C. D. Gray
W. B. Skelton
Chase Hall
Beliveau Elected President of Androscoggin Medical Society
Dr. Romeo A. Beliveau a pathologist at Ste Marie General Hospital Lewiston was chosen president of the Androscoggin Medical Society to succeed Dr E C Higgins Other officers include Dr Ward J Renwick as vice president and Dr Julius Gottlieb as secretary treasurer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romeo A. Beliveau
Ste. Marie's General Hospital
Lewiston
Androscoggin Medical Society
E. C. Higgins
Ward J. Renwick
Julius Gottlieb
Bishop Brewster Celebrates at Grace Church in Bath
Rt. Rev. Benjamin Brewster of Portland, bishop of Maine, presided at Grace Church on Sunday delivering the confirmation class address and a sermon on the blind Bartimaeus. The 25th anniversary of his episcopal consecration was noted with a large parish turnout. He later dined at the Senior Warden’s home with Rev. Charles M. Tubbs and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Brewster
D.D
Portland
Episcopal Diocese of
Maine
Grace Church
Kingdom of God
Bartimaeus
Jesus
Christ
Protheroe
Bewster
Colorado
Grace Whuch
Brewster
Bath
Charles M. Tubbs
Barbara Tubbs
Mary F. Gibbons
Frederick E. Drake
Boys Cross Ice on River Above Bath Bridge
Two unnamed boys walked across a solidly frozen river about 100 feet north of the bridge, reaching City landing safely. Edmund P. Briggs, Kennebec bridge supervisor, alerted the city marshal after seeing the crossing. two local men were also observed crossing from Bath. The event marked a rare, near-ideal river ice crossing for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Landing
Broad Street
Edmund P. Briggs
Kennebec Bridge
Toll House
Bath
Brunswick Teacher Weds Bailey Island Sailor in Dover Ceremony
Miss Emma L. Hummer daughter of Mr and Mrs John Hummer of Brunswick and a Harpswell schools teacher married Edmund F Rip Black formerly of Bailey Island and a Maine athletic star at Dover New Hampshire on June 20 1931 The couple's marriage was officiated by Rev Buell W Maxfield The bride attended Oak Grove Seminary Brunswick High School class of 1929 and Farming ton Normal School 1931 Black is a Portland high and University of Maine graduate 1930 and was captain of Maine football and track plus a hammer throw third place in the 1930 Olympic game He belongs to Phi Eta Kappa and Skull societies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma L. Hummer
John Hummer
Brunswick
Harpswell
Edmund F
Rip) Black
Bailey Island
University of Maine
Dover
N. H
Buell W. Maxfield
Dover Baptist Church
Oak Grove Seminary
Brunswick High School
Farmington Normal School
Black
William T. Black
Portland High
Phi Eta Kappa Fraternity
The
Skull, Honorary College Society
Brunswick Raises 441 For Warm Springs Ball
A Brunswick fundraiser report shows a cashier’s check of 441.16 forwarded by Keith Morgan and Emery W. Booker to Brunswick chairman Philip L. Garland. Total receipts reached 626.28 and payments 185.12. Souvenir Roosevelt programs were sold at Brunswick town hall with a green mottled paper featuring a life history of the president and ball details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Morgan
National Committee
Emery W. Booker
Brunswick Committee
Philip L. Garland
Brunswick
Brunswick Town Hall
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Gardiner High School Leads Six-Year Agriscience Enrollment
The 1933 34 agriscience class at Gardiner High School reports the largest membership in six years. The program, run by the State Department of ton and supervised locally, serves students from Gardiner Hallowell Winthrop Richmond and Bedrooel with instructor A L Brooks of Augusta guiding the course open to all high school age students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner High School
Gardiner
Hallowell
Winthrop
Richmond
Bedrooel
State Department of Ton
A. L., Brooks
Augusta
Butternut Trees and Bath Yesterdays Reflections
A Bath writer recalls a butternut tree in the city park and traces old nutting spots, from the Orphans' Home fence to Lyne's Island. The piece moves through regional lore of beechnuts, clams, lobsters, and ice trade, with notes on local naturalists, yachting, and winter markets. It ends with Bath journalism history and a historic 1894 fire edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bar Harbor
John A. Gaudet
154Th Company
Civilian Conservation Corps
Eagle Lake Camp
Linden Street
Herbert Spinney
Percy & Small
Capt
Spinney
Bath Enterprise
Joshua F. Upton
Sagadahock
Enterprise
Sas
Appalachian Trail Maine Guidebook Published For Hikers
The Maine publicity bureau announces a 76 page Descriptive Guide Book of the Appalachian Trail in Maine from Katahdin to Mt. Bigelow covering 173.5 miles with two large maps and detailed directions. It notes accommodations along the trek, a bibliography, and foreword guidance, with editors Avery and Philbrick involved. Officials credit Forest Commissioner Violette for support and outline plans to extend the trail toward Grafton Notch, Sugarloaf, and Saddleback with local wardens aiding access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Georgia
Harrie B. Coe
Maine Publicity Bureau
Katahdin
Mt. Bigelow
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
M. H. Avery
Lubec
S. S. Philbrick
Monson
Blanchard
Bigelow
Coe
Appalachian Trail Conference
Neil L. Violette
Violette
Grafton Notch
Sugarloaf
Tom Dixon
Flag Staff
Helen N. Taylor
Eustis
Frank E. Phillips
Kingfield
Mts. Abram
Saddleback
Bath Bowling Team Defeated at Augusta
Anniversary banquet of Sacred Heart circle No 551 D of Ti to be held Sunday evening February 11 at 6 20 in Hotel Phoenix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BATH
Augusta
Sacred Heart Circle
Hotel Phoenix
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Bromore Farm Bureau
YMCA
Trustees of Trust
Ripley's Freaks
Washington’s
Wise Owl Troop
NEW Patrol
Sterling Bible Class
Phippsburg
U. of M
Owen E. Rogers
North Bath
Lyne’s Island
Merrymeeting Bay
Whiskeag
Oakhurst Dairy Co
Oakhurst
Lemont Stret
Sagadahock House
Times
Winnegance
New Meadows
Foster's Point
William Johnson
General Sherman
Gherardi
Baltimore
Kennebec
Boothbay Harbor
Georgetown
Mill Pond
Lily Pond
Barytes
Sewall
James B. Morse
Reach
Thespians
Columbia Theatre
Christopher Bean
Alexander Corkum
Manville
Newton
Mass
Corkum
Edmund J. Rothwell
Massachusetts
George Washington
George
Mercury
Boston Weather Bureau
Independent
High Street
Ene
Mount Bigelow
Bill Ketchum
Goggin
Poke Farrar
Kearns
Tee Eeeene
Goodwin Wees Eaeeenes Cobb
Goggin Ee Ey
Lothrop Thee
Weybrant Weed
Morton Farrar Peres Ewer Eseas
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