Cromwell Property in Georgetown Destroyed by Fire
A historic Georgetown landmark on Bay Point road burned early Wednesday. Five Islands fire department, aided by volunteers, saved the barn and nearby woods. The vacant house, once built for Gen Joseph Berry, dates back over a century and stood below the main highway toward Bay Point. Berry, Bath shipbuilder and former Port of Bath collector, was a notable regional figure with extensive shipbuilding ties and legislative service.
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Cromwell
Georgetown
Bay Point
Five Islands
William D. Cromwell
Gilbert Cromwell
Joseph Berry
Bath
Buchanan
Maine
Kenneteris
Robin Hood's Cove
Georsetown
Aroostook
Bath Port Collector Office in 1860
A brief historical note describes the Office of the Collector of the Port of Bath in the year 1860. It outlines the official role and basic functions tied to customs collection and port administration during that period.
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Port of
Bath
Auxiliary and Forum Hold Supper and Sale at Nequasset
Ladies' Auxiliary and Men's Forum conducted their annual supper and sale at the Congregational church in Nequasset. About 75 attended and more than 45 cleared. Supper featured salads rolls macaroni and cheese pies and coffee. An evening program included a one act play The Meeting Will Come to Order and illustrated tableau with song led by Betty Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
Nequasset
Arthur Williams
Hollis Leeman
William Leeman
William Robson
Percy C. Bailey
Henry T. Dubar
John C. Gilmore
Dubar
Gilmore
Morlis Leeman
Frank R. Bailey
Gertrude Gilmore
John H. Carter
Betty Ryan
Dora Bailey
Anne Dodze
Alton Reed
Sarah Bailey
Auxury and Forum
Annual Old Home Sunday Observed at Baptist Church Lewiston
Over 100 former members and friends attended at the Baptist church in South Lewiston. People came from Portland Wiscasset Bath Winthrop Lewiston Auburn Whitinsville Mass for an all day event including social morning meetings, a 2 30 service, and a business meeting in the Grange hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist
Omisias Hizht 93 Native of Saco Resident of San Diego
Omisias Hizht, 93, born in Saco and living in San Diego, died Wednesday in Moune. Predictor Ma sph, a former Biddeford newspaperman now in Augusta, plans to visit Sa ampthond with his nephew to see old acquaintances. Myr High!, who spent three months in the West, moved to Butte City Montana before returning to California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omisias Hizht
Saco
San Diego
Cal
Biddeford
Aususta
Hte
Tin
Tin Bute
Montana
Califoreia
Four teachers chosen for city schools opening Sept. 14
Board selects Ruth B. Wilson Margaret C. Scott Enid Sawyer and Hope S. Hersom for grades eight seven six and one at Central North Central Center Street and South Street schools. Complete 1937 38 teaching roster listed by high school and grade assignments.
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Board of Education
Ruth B. Wilson
Central Grammar
Margaret C. Scott
Enid Sawyer
Augusta
Hope S. Hersom
Center Street
Wilson
Clinton D. Wilson
Radcliffe
Morse High
Scott
Gorham Normal
Boston University
Bath
Lincoln Junior High School
Malden
Mass
Quincy
Sawyer
Farmington Normal
Bates College
Anson
Lincoln
State School For Girls
Hallowell
Hersom
Horace P. Herrick
Mary H. Conley
Katharine Conley
Gertrude Diggery
Hester M. Rose
Cecile Veilleux
M. Agnes Fahey
Mary L. Lord
Alma I. Kirkpatrick
Edward S. Wright
Harold E. Brown
Henry D. Small
John E. Madden
Duncan Farrell
Amy A. Irish
Janette W. Smith
Catharine E. Leonard
J. Edward Pomeroy
David Y. Alkazin
Dike
Bernice D. Staples
Eleanor P. Danforth
Mary Brown
Jane Feere
Edith B. Horne
Ella R. Jaquith
Mabel F. Libby
Jean L. Danforth
North
J. Gertrude Sibsby
Helen L. Hayes
W. Hazel Cunningham
Theo McNeil
Martha E. Hooper
Margaret T. Mullivan
Celia McCormick
Carrie C. Smith
Bessie M. Hunt
Almena A. Jaques
Doris D. Humphreys
Berenice Colby
Ethel L. Higgins
Joan M. Harrison
South Street
Laura Mitchell
Eleanor Ferguson
Dorothy Davis
Marjorie Troop
Mitchell
Effie C. Wright
Marjorie Palmer
Anne M. Thompson
S. Isabelle Lewis
Sarah E. Coombs
Lillian Fisher
Weeks Street
Paul V. Mason
Anna M. Severin
Florence A. Hawley
Frances L. Small
Car plunges into pond after highway mishap near Bath
Two men escaped from a Buick that left the Bath to West Bath road and sank to the bottom of a pond near Blind Crossing. John B. Fraser pleaded guilty to reckless driving and paid a fine after a court hearing. Benard Sugein admitted intoxication and paid a smaller fine. Both were treated for minor injuries and released from Bath Memorial hospital. State officer John P. Crosby investigated and charged Fraser. Sugein was held on intoxication charges.
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Bath
West Bath
Benard Sugein
John B. Fraser
Forest Hills
Mass
Blind Crossing
Fraser
Portland
Arthur J. Dunton
Susein
Poulin Farm
Bath Memorial Hospital
John P. Crosby
West
Mrs Smith and Daughter Visit Relatives at Five Islands
Mrs G Ronald Smith and daughter Nancy of 826 Washington street left Wednesday for Five Islands to visit Mrs Smith's sister and husband of Kittery for two weeks. They will return after Labor Day. Mr and Mrs Jack Quirk, who spent the summer in Denmark where Mr Quirk worked, are guests of Mrs Quirk's parents Mr and Mrs John M Conley on Beacon Street until after Labor Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Quirk
Denmark
Quirk
John M. Conley
Beacon Street
Labor City
Gaudet Sues Bath City for $5,000 Bond Return
Dennis J. Gaudet of Gardiner sues the City of Bath to collect a $5,000 bond posted by municipal officers in 1935 to guarantee abatement of a sewage nuisance on his property. The case, before Sagadahoc Superior Court, alleges the nuisance remains despite a 1936 pumping solution, with hearing set for September before the Bath council.
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Cottage Street
Western Avenue
Gaudet
Edward P. Murray
Bangor
Sagadahoc
Court Street
Court
Center Streets
Lincoln Street
Goodspeed
Mrs Jan Byhouwer Addresses Rotarians At Luncheon
Mrs Jan Byhouwer of Holland spoke to the Rotary club at Hotel Sedgwick about Dutch language living conditions and differences from the U S She described wooden shoes used by workers low wages limited telephones and high education costs and noted Holland’s colonial possessions and stance amid Japan China war discussions Guests included her husband and grandfather with visiting Rotarians Earle Brown and E W Adams.
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Rotary Club
Hotel
Sedgwick
Jan Byhouwer
Holland
Evelyn Oliver
Bath
United States
Bylouwer
Europe
Germany
Belgium
France
England
English Channel
Dutch East Indies
Japan
China
Wilbur C Oliver
Earle Brown
Topsham
E. W. Adams
Lewiston
Major Leroy P Smith Attends VFW National Encampment
Major Leroy P Smith national liaison officer for Maine New Hampshire and Vermont travels to Buffalo New York for the 38th VFW national encampment August 29 September 3 Oliver W Hamill Rockland present department commander will also attend the Buffalo meeting to discuss veteran hospitalization medical treatment employment compensation insurance and other veteran concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy P Smith
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Buffalo
N. Y
Smith
Txce
VF. W
Oliver W. Hamll
Rockland
Camp closure marks season end at Lake Cobbossee Camp
More than 200 boys left for home as the Saute M C A Camp on Lake Cobbossevcentee in Winthrop winds down after a long patronized season. The closing banquet Friday evening in the dining hall awarded final honors to campers and staff.
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Lake Cobbossevcentee
Winthrop
Residence Sale in Rockland to Former New York Editor
Mrs. Jane White sold her Maple Street home in Rockland to W. A. Babcock a former New York newspaper man who has lived in California and summers at Glen Cove He will take possession soon and Mrs White will have apartments with Mrs Leola Rose
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Jane White
Maple Street
Rockland
W. A. Babcock
New York
California
Glen Cove
White
Leola Rose
Admiral Pye urges stronger United States sea power
Rear Admiral William S. Pye told American Legion members that sea power combines naval strength with merchant marine, shipbuilding, port facilities, fuel supply and bases. He warned the U S lags behind Britain and Japan, calling for a robust Navy, a revived merchant marine, and expanded outlying bases including Pearl Harbor to sustain foreign trade and national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William 8S. Pye
United States
American Legion
Pye
Admiral Pye
Great Britain
Japan
Roosevelt
Maritime Commission
Pearl Harbor
Hawaiian Islands
Rails to Be Removed From Front and Center Streets
Street car rails embedded in the paved sections of Front and Center streets will be removed at night starting at midnight. Kaplan and Seegal of Portland bought the rails for five dollars per rail and will cut and remove them while paving crews replace blocks. The project includes Washington Street treatment with emulsion and highway work on Front Street between Summer and Oak. The contractor will await freight arrangements to Portland as a steamer is expected midmonth.
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Kaplan & Seegal
Portland
Board of Highways and Sewers
Washington Street
Bath
Front Street
Summer
Oak Streets
Maine Central Railroad
Parker baby born in Hanover weighing ten pounds two ounces
Mrs. John Parker gives birth to a daughter Gerry Harmon Parker at Mary Hitchcock hospital Hanover on August 23. Infant weighs 10 1 2 pounds. Family to join Mr. Parker in Bath in November and reside on South Street. Also note Rummage sale at Small Point Beach on Tuesday September 7 from 2 to 6 p m.
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Gerry Harmon Parker
John Parker
Mary Hitchcock Hospital
Hanover
N. H
Small Point Beach
Beano at Bowdoinham Firemen's Hall Aids Siren Fund
Bowdoinham fireman's association held a Friday beano at the town hall with strong turnout. Proceeds were directed toward final payment on the town siren while wide-ranging social notices followed, listing local residents' activities and visits.
Tea at Summer Home Hosts Noted North Bath Guests
Mrs Rodney E Ross hosted a four to six tea at her Summer home in North Bath. Mrs Charles H Cahill and Miss Mary Louise Arnold of Evanston NL poured and were assisted by Miss Mary Newell Miss Marcia Moulton Miss Martha Cahill Miss Mary Sewall and Miss Barbara Ross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney E. Ross
North Bath
Charles H. Cahill
Mary Louise Arnold
Evanston, NL
Mary Newell
Marcia Moulton
Martha Cahill
Mary Sewall
Barbara Ross
Dr Charles L Browne of Bowdoinham Dies at 87
Dr Charles L Browne 87 retired New York city dentist longtime Bath figure died Sunday at his Bowdoinham home after a yearlong illness. born April 4 1850 in Bowdoinham he practiced in Brunswick Vermont Poughkeepsie Brooklyn and New York City. He held leadership roles in dental and yacht clubs and was active in fraternal orders. He married Jane Hall in 1908 and had several nephews and nieces.
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Charles L. Browne
New York City
Bath
Pleasant Street
Bowdoinham
Kents Hill Seminary
Brunswick
Vermont
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Brooklyn
The
Ophtalmic Hospital
Second District Dental Society
Odontegological Society
Eastern Steamship Co
Huntington
St. Petersburg
Wilbur Browne
Geraldine Browne
R. D. Purington
Alice Thurlow
Richmond
Women’s Clubs to Meet at Poland Spring
Dr Lilith M Vaughan of Boston University will speak at the 28th annual New England Conference of State Federations of Women’s Clubs at Poland Spring Hotel Sept 15 16 17 The conference theme is Youth Today Citizenship Tomorrow A twilight service Wednesday at five features Dr Rayburn L Zerby of Bates College with tenor Alexandre Lemieux as soloist Emily Louise Plumley of Connecticut presides The meeting includes officer elections and by law revisions with other speakers including Dr Milton D Proctor of Westbrook Junior College and Representative Ralph O Brewster of Maine.
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Lilith M. Vaughan
Boston University
New England Conference of State Federations of Women’s Clubs
Poland Spring
Rayburn L. Zerby
Department of
Religious Education
Bates College
Alexandre Lemieux
Lewiston
Emily Louise Plumley
Glenbrook
Conn
Carl Schrader
Belmont
Mass
Harry H. Burnham
Biddeford
Milton D. Proctor
Westbrook Junior College
Portland
U. S
Ralph O. Brewster
Maine
Mrs Higgins to Visit Bar Harbor for Holiday Trip
Mrs Gilbert Higgins of West Upton Massachusetts will leave Thursday for Bar Harbor to pass the holiday with friends. She has been visiting Mrs Bertha Dunbar of Washington street and was called to Bath by her daughter Miss Shirley Higgins who is ill with appendicitis and who will undergo an operation at Worcester Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth MacEwen
Eleanor Webber
Jane Brown
Arthur Purington
State Teachers College
Fitchburg
Mass
Clarence Purington
Frank Woodrow
Greenfield
Woodrow
Leon Dunklee
Verda Colgan
Arlington
Karl Hatch
Lawrence Hackett
Ruth
George
Hampton
N. H
Cora Wilkinson
Helen F. Dain
Auburn
Isabelle Sargent
Atlanta
Cora Beane
Mary Scott
Worcester
Arthur C. Staples
Anna L. Dingley
Sara Temple
Lorraine
Maurice Zimmerman
Edward Graves
Newark
N. J
Richard Denham
Brunswick
Stephen Billings
Frances
Albion Shaw
Tillie Shaw
Topsham
Miss Billings
J. A. Aldred
Shaw
Henderson Bros
Bath
J. Wallace Ames
James Milton
Union
James H. Ames
Robert Stevens
Warwick
R. I
East Bowdeinham
William Small
Bertha Temple
Wren
Richmond
George Cutler
Yarmouth
John Sawyer
York
Betty Hobart
Marjorie Higgins
Erla Brown
Garnet
Louise Calderwood
Milicent Page
Rhode Island
Linden Little
Bowdeinham
Bertha
Mabel Heath
Dolly
Phyllis Brown
Merline
Thelma Malon
Frank Heath
Charles Hackett
William Maloon
George Robinson
Roger Robinson
Augusta
Ralph MacEwen
Frank Wood
Charlotte
N. C
Edith Wood
Herbert Littlefield
Ethel Forbes
Rumford
Harold Cheney
A. H. Lancaster
Maria Gray
Ralph Dunton
Beverly
Charles Sylvester
Alvah Nickerson
Myrtle Gordon
Amherst
Miranda Meserve
Anson Given
Marshall White
Charles White
Gilbert Higgins
West Upton
Bertha Dunbar
Washington Street
Bar Harbor
Shirley Higgins
Dinner guests honor visiting Haggetts at Harpswell
Mr and Mrs Donald Young hosted a dinner party at their Front Street home on Tuesday evening for Mrs Haggett and Mr Haggett of Newark New Jersey who are summering at Harpswell. Cards were enjoyed during the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Young
Front Street
Mr. Young
Benjamin Haggett
Mr. Haggett
Newark
N. J
Harpswell
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Odds and Ends
Lot
Arnold Heather Tweed
Bay Point Road
Brewster G. Sedgwick
Optometrist
Arthur Allen
Bath Trust
Brunswick Business School
Spring Street
Eka Ottal
Fred Stone
Gene Autry
Bruce Cabot
Bert_Lahr
Jean Harlow
Clark Gable
Pictorial Review—Shorts
Poland
New England Federation
Opera House
Marion Davies
Robert Montgomery
Eve
Warren William-Mady Carrell
Madonna
Madeline Carrell
Francis Lederer
Spencer Tracy
Luise Rainer
Bing Crosby
Martha Raye