Machines Largely Responsible For Many Losing Jobs
J. W. Brown argues that machine automation and NRA limits worsen unemployment despite production gains. He cites A. O. Smith’s new mill displacing 1,800 workers, a bank’s clerical job losses, and a push toward a 30 hour week with taxed unemployment. He predicts further government spending and caps on income as essential to justice and economic necessity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paitot the Independent
Chase
A. O. Smith Corporation of
Milwaukee
A. O. Smith Corporation
New York
NRA
CWA
Congress
J. W. Brown
Lincoln County Essay Contest Fosters Freshman Sophomore Talent
The Pemaquid Chapter of the D A R sponsors an Historical Essay contest for high school freshmen and sophomores. It has been favorably received by several local schools and Lincoln county sites. Participants from Lincoln and nearby schools submit entries highlighting Revolutionary era material and local history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schoo
Lincoln County
Lincoln
Dante
South Bristol
PHIPPSBURG Notes on Families and Local Visitations
Phippsburg notes record varied family visits and social calls from residents and seasonal guests. Walter Levens and Libby hosted Frisbees and pike, while Leavitts and Osbron enjoyed dinners and theatre trips in Bath. Durwood Wy man funeral services were held, with large attendance and floral tributes. Fort Baldwin becomes a Maine state park.
Durwood Wyman of Phippsburg Dies
Durwood Greenfield Wyman aged 19 of Phippsburg Center died of heart trouble with complications two weeks after hospital transfer. He was a Morse High School student, member of the Class of ’36, and survived by his parents, a sister Theresa, and brother Charles Edward. Funeral services were held at Curtis parlors with Rev. David L. Wilson officiating. Interment at Oak Grove, Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg Center
Durwood Greenfield Wyman
Rodney Wyman
Durwood
Morse High School
Bath City
Mr. Wyman
West Point
Theresa Wyman
Small Point
Charles Edward
Phippsburg P. T. A
Dromore Farm Bureau
Curtis Undertaking
David L. Wilson
Albert, Thoms Lymah Barbour
Wilbur Wyman
Swanton Wymar
Oak Grove
Bath
Summer visitor heir to a fortune at Foster's Point
The Williams family, owners of a summer home at Foster's Point, entertain friends from Old Town and enjoy boating, swimming, and fishing. Both Mr. and Mrs. Williams are active in the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Williams was Old Town's first scoutmaster and remains involved with the local scout council. Lincoln Williams of Foster's Point is a third cousin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Foster's Point
Old Town
Methodist Episcopy Church
Ola Town Scout Council
Taglata Megs
Wild wolves roam Maine during harsh winter finds roots in Biddeford tale
The Old Settler reports a severe winter pushing wolves from a northern lair toward Maine. Historical notes recall 1640 winter hardships and a 1641 General Court order offering bounty payments for wolves killed between Attaqua and Kennebunk, with 12 pence per wolf and 60 to be paid for captors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Maine
Attaqua
Kennebunk
Penn
Allen-Shea Wedding in Wakefield Massachusetts
The wedding of Miss Muriel Burroughs Shea to Leighton Ormes Allen took place December 23 1933 at First Congregational Church Wakefield with Rev Austin Rice officiating. Attendants included Miss Alice Moore maid of honor and bridesmaids Miss Dorothea Davis and Miss Marion Russ. The couple, both connected to Bath and Strafford, NH, reside in Strafford after a brief wedding trip. she is a Wakefield educator and he a Strafford graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanc
Muriel Burroughs Shea
T. Frank Shea
Eustis Avéhue
Wakefield
Leighton’ Ormes' al Jen
Edward B. Alleh
Strafford
N. H
Sheas
Shea
Bath
Weeks Street
Elsie Shea
John Shea
Bath High School
Lincoln Academy
Middle Street
Pine
Central Congregational Church
First Congregational Church
Austin Rice
Mendelssohn
Dorothy Flannigan
Alice R. Moore
Dorothea, Davis
Rochester
Marion W. Russ
Paul Allen
Wyman Tupper
Lloyd Shea
Wakefield High School
Salem Normal School
Lincoln School
Allen
Austin Cate Academy
Maine's Largest Map at Motor Boat Show
A gigantic map of Maine measuring 10 feet by 7 feet arrives at the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game in Augusta. Created by the National Survey Co, the display features two beaver ponds and streams with trout and salmon, illustrating Maine’s lakes, rivers, mountains, and coastal inlets for exhibits in New York and Boston in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Maine Department
Inland Fisheries and Game
Augusta
State of Maine
New York
New England
National Survey Co
Chester
Vermont
Reemployment Office Shortens Hours at City Hall
City hall reemployment office will close at 2 p.m. daily shifting from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. This six hour weekly cut trims pay and reduces clerical time to catch up on work. Office staff report slower pace and ongoing adjustments to the shorter schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Heer
Solphotivre Ad Ties Rumford High Auction Benefit
Odd OCR fragment shows a Rumford High School benefit held last Wednesday. Tables of contracts and an auction were in play to raise funds for a class activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rumford
Community club and church activities in Winnegance
Mrs. Frank Perry hosted her sewing club at home on Tuesday with attendees including Mrs. Harry B. Williams and Miss Roberta Manson. Refreshments were served and a meeting is planned at Mrs. Williams’s home next Tuesday. The Women’s auxiliary held a card party at the Community club house with good turnout and funds raised. Thirty one attended the Winnegance service as Miss Helen Sims preached on Talents from Matthew 25. The Church school session followed. The Squaw club met at the Eaton home with Mrs. Eaton hosting. Dromore Farm Bureau met at the Community club house to discuss pie making led by Ruth Trask with Bernice Drake in charge of dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Perry
Harry B. Williams
Gertrude Russell
Robert P. Manson
Roberta Manson
Williams
Women’s Auxiliary
John G. Morse
George M. Eaton
Dromore Farm Bureau
Ruth Trask
Bernice Drake
Rotary Talk Praises Lincoln by Bath Club Leader
Bath Rotary Club held a Tuesday noon meeting at Hotel Phoenix with H. T. Passmore presiding. Rev. Joseph O. Purdue, pastor of Winter Street church, spoke on Abraham Lincoln noting his rise from a log cabin to the presidency and praising his honesty, simplicity, and strong stand against slavery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Rotary Club
Hotel Phoenix
H. T. Passmore
Edward Sewall
Marius Page
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street Church
Abraham Lincoln
Purdue
Lincoln
Europe
Gladstone
Mr. Purdue
United States
Much Interest Shown in Incoming Election
Republican city committee chairman Fred W. Quimby reports unprecedented interest in the municipal election as a meeting is called to set dates for mayoralty and ward caucuses. Caucuses likely in February with nomination papers due February 15 and final filing by February 8 for publication. Voters face March 5 election and debates over deadlines and vacancy nominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Quimby
Republican City Committee
Common Council
Quimby
Hyde Windlass Co. Holds Annual Meeting
Hyde Windlass Co. held its annual meeting in its offices with no changes among directors Rodney E. Ross Cecil E. Paine William S. Shorey George W. Merrill and Edwin R Andrews all re elected. Officers were re elected for the coming year Rodney E. Ross president and treasurer Cecil E. Paine vice president George W. Merrill clerk and secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Windlass Co
Rodney E. Ross
Cecil E. Paine
William S. Shorey
George W. Merrill
Edwin R. Andrews
Parties for President's Ball fund urged in Bath
A Bath group plans multiple parties to raise funds for infantile paralysis research. Proceeds will go to chairman John P. Carey Jr of the President's Ball committee. Mrs. Arthur Sewall and others have notified they will host gatherings for the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
John P. Carey, Jr
Arthur Sewall
Atenen
Knights of Lumbus Oi
Carey
Mauna Loa Volcano Threat Triggers Eruption Codes Debate
The Hawaiian Mauna Loa volcano shows renewed activity raising concerns about eruption readiness and whether a formal code or alert system should be established to guide evacuations and public safety decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mauna’ Loa
Bath Woman Knit 58 Mittens Quilt at 88
Bath residents honor Aunt Lizzie Brown for knitting 58 mittens and part sewing a 1,000-piece quilt this winter. Alma M. Jackson, 82, widow of George F. Jackson, died at 1019 Middle Street after a brief illness. Born in New Portland, she moved to Bath long ago and was a homemaker active in Universalist church and local affairs. Survived by daughter Mrs. John O. Moulton, brother Edwin M. Jones, granddaughters Mrs. Wallace Rand and Miss Marcia Moulton, great grandchildren Virginia and John Rand, niece Helen Jones, and nephew Paul Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Lidzie” Brown
Weeks Street
Lizzie
Alma M. Jackson
George F. Jackson
Middle Street
New Portland
Eben
Helen Merry Jones
Old School Board
Jackson
Universalist Church
John O. Moulton
Edwin M. Jones
Wallace Rand
Wakefield
Mass
Marcia Moulton
Virginia
John Rand
Helen Jones
Paul Jones
East Orange
N. J
Farm and Home Week comes to University of Maine in March
University of Maine hosts Farm and Home Week March 26 to 29 led by Arthur L. Deering. The event, once Farmers Week, expands beyond farming to homemaking and rural issues. Attendance has varied from 1165 to 1307 with Penobscot County typically leading in registrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Maine
Arthur L. Deering
College of Agriculture
Deering
Penobscot County
Robinson Hamilton wedding on Friday
Mr and Mrs Charles William Robinson married Friday at Central church parsonage Elmhurst Farm and Bath Iron Works employee Patrick maker Joseph Robinson attended by Flor ence N Robinson and John F Hamilton with Rev David L Wilson officiating using double ring service. Mrs Robinson formerly Virginia Rose Hamilton graduated Morse High School 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles William Robinson
Central Church Parsonage
Middle Street
Front Street
Robinson
Virginia Rose Hamilton
Robert A. Hamilton
Elmhurst Farm
Joseph Robinson
North Bath
David L. Wilson
Florence N. Robinson
John F. Hamilton
Morse High School
Camden
N. J
Bath Iron Works, Corp
Cosmopolitan Club Officers Entertained At President Home
Mrs. Charles R. Farnham hosted Cosmopolitan club officers and department heads at supper Thursday night at 935 Middle Street. Candlelight, flowers, and bridge followed a dainty repast as members gathered for the social event. Examinations at Bates begin Saturday January 27 and run through February 6 at the Alumni gymnasium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Farnham
Cosmopolitan Club
Middle Street
Charles W. Avery
Christine C. Curtis
Sophie G. Greenblatt
Helen E. Hartwell
Frederick W.W. Humphreys
Frank W. Jaqua
Alice F. Johnson
Miriam W. Kimball
Lillian E. Lewin
Roscoe Clinton McFadden
Roscoe P. McFadden
Lillian C. Miller
Leland R. Mitchell
Addie D. Palmer
Minnie A. White
Clinton D. Wilson
Bates
Alumni
John E Conley 73 Dies After Sudden Heart Attack
John E. Conley 73 died suddenly returning home from a walk at 32 Western Avenue Sunday about 5 30 pm. He was born in Bath, lifelong resident, bakery man of good reputation, honest in business, kind to the poor. Survived by brother Seneca H. Conley of Bath. He attended Wesley Methodist Episcopal church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Conley
Western Avenue
Bath
John G
Sarah Sanford Conley
Conley
Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church
Seneca H. Conley
Mrs Annie B Stilphen 73 dies after long illness in Bath
Mrs Annie B Stilphen aged 73 wife of Frederick H Stilphen died at four o clock Thursday morning at 66 Richardson street after more than five months illness with complications Her death coincided with her husband s 72nd birthday and they had celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last month Born in Georgetown she lived in Bath over 60 years She was a Wesley Methodist church member Survived by husband one son Clyde Stilphen Bath two grandchildren William and Clyde Stilphen Jr Bath one brother Moses Swett Brunswick and two sisters Mrs Harmon M Orr and Mrs Sumner O Tibbetts Bath
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie B. Stilphen
Frederick H. Stilphen
Richardson Street
Wesley Methodist Church
Clyde Stilphen
Bath
William
Clyde Stilphen Jr
Moses Swett
Brunswick
Harmon M. Orr
Sumner O. Tibbetts
Mrs John E Walker Dies In Thomaston Bath Personage
Word reached here Monday of the death in Thomaston Friday of Mrs John E Walker a Bath well known. She was born in Phippsburg daughter of the late Capt Nathaniel Percy prominent in Thomaston civic and social life and long a visitor in Bath with many friends. Survived by one brother Charles P Percy of New York. Funeral at her Thomaston home Wednesday at two in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomaston
John E. Walker
Bath
Phippsburg
Nathaniel Percy
Charles P. Percy
New York
Henry Yorke Dies in Portland Carriage Smith Noted as Brunswick Native
Henry Yorke 54 native of Phippsburg died in Maine General Hospital Portland after living there over two decades. He was son of the late William and Mary Yorke and learned the carriage trade with N. W. Hall of Bath. He is survived by his wife two brothers Albert Yorke of Port Clyde and William J. Yorke of Cundy's Harbor and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Beal
Phippsburg
Portland
Brunswick Road
Maine General Hospital
Henry Yorke
William and Mary Yorke
N. W. Hall
Bath
Albert Yorke
Port Clyde
William J. Yorke
Cundy's Harbor
Funeral of Alma M. Jackson at home service
The funeral for Alma M. Jackson widow of George F. Jackson was held Friday at 2 30 PM at her home 1019 Middle Street Rev George Wilson Scudder former Universalist pastor officiated. Pallbearers were Herbert Calderwood George Baer Connard N Gratz Jackson L Earle LeMont and Harry T. Passmore Burial followed at Oak Grove.
Durwood G Wyman Funeral Held At Morse High
The funeral for Durwood G Wyman Morse high school sophomore and son of Mr and Mrs Rodney Wyman of Phippsburg Center was held Sunday afternoon at two at the Fred S Curtis funeral home 105 Center Street. Rev David L Wilson of Central church officiated. Bearers were Lyman Barbour Albert Thompson Thornton and Wilbur Wyman. Burial followed in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iver
Benc Bone
Walter
Libby
Frigate Pike
New Meadows
Leeman Drake
Coast Guard
Alston E. Oliver
Bath
Parker
F. P. Leavitt
Sawyer
Dromore
George Durwent
N. W. Eaton
Leon Eaton
Lena Oliver
Paris
Paul Gilmore
Sumner Sewall
Walter Edge
Washington
John Williams
Baltimore
Small Point
Durwood Wyman
Rodney Wyman
Curtis Funeral Home
D. L. Wilson
Albert Thompson
Lyman Barbour
Wilbur
Swanton’ Aegaiah
Oak Grove
Pop- Ham Beach
Fort Baldwin
State of Maine Park
Durwood G. Wyman
Morse High School
Phippsburg Center
Fred S. Curtis
Center Street
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Thornton
Wilbur Wyman
Mrs Annie Stilphen Funeral Held at Home
The funeral for Mrs Annie B Stilphen wife of Frederick W Stilphen was held Saturday at two at her home 66 Richardson Street Rev David L Wilson of Central Church officiated Bearers were Edward Black Elwood Campbell Maxcy Peters John Rines Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery
Salvation Army Ready to Carry On Bath Mission Work
Ensign Edward Tripp announces the Salvation Army will continue Charles A. Brown’s Bath mission at 215 Water Street if Brown leaves the city. Tripp, with prior service in Meriden Bangor and other New England cities, has commended for his relief work and leadership. The Bangor tenure saw growth from 5 to 127 members and mortgage relief, with family members serving as Army officers in nearby cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Brown
Gospel Mission
Bath
Edward Tripp
Salvation Army
Mr. Brown
Water Street
Ensign Tripp
Rutland
New London
Conn
Pittsfield
Mass
Waterbury
Bangor
Bridgeport
Conny Meriden
New England
Meriden
Betty L. Olmsted
Meriden Community Fund, Inc
E. W. Tripp
Salvation Army Corps
Tripp
Phyllis Tripp
Buffalo
Mrs. Tripp
John H
Ruth
Montreal Memoir of Mrs. Aleck Ramsay Dies at 85
Mrs Aleck Ramsay aged 85 died suddenly of a heart attack on January 12 in Montreal where she had been a widow for years. She was aunt to Miss Eilsie Folsom of Bath and Mrs Lydia Norsworthy of Washington DC and one of seven sisters born in Bloomfield Canada. Her husband Alexander Ramsay was a Montreal wholesaler and they had five children. Her daughter Leeda helped Canadian soldiers in World War I and later served at the front. All but one of her children married and most had families, leaving a large clan of grandchildren and great grandchildren surrounding her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aleck Ramsay
Eilsie Folsom
Bath
Lydia Norsworthy
Washington, D. C
Montreal
Bloomfield
Canada
Lake Ontario
Philip Clarke
Alexander Ramsay
Leeda
Harry Phipps
Toronto
London
France
Ramsay
John E. Conley Funeral Held at Home
Funeral services for John E. Conley were held Wednesday afternoon at two at his home 32 Western Avenue Rev Forest L Littlefield pastor of Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church officiated Bearers were Joseph L Yates Thomas Aikenhead Leon M Bélanger and Walter F Day Interment was in Oak Grove Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Conley
Western Avenue
Forest L. Littlefield
Wesley ‘Methodist Episcopal Church
Joseph L. Yates
Thomas Aikenhead
Leon M. Bélanger
Walter F. Day
Oak Grove Cemetery
Also Mentioned on This Page
Woolwich
Wyman OF
Fish and Game Department
Iron Works
Cosmo Club
New Exightnd
Mrs. Aleck Ramsay
Elsie Folsom
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