Richmond Man Seeks House Seat Representing Local District
Samuel F. Dorrance of Richmond seeks the Republican nomination for Representative to the Legislature from the district including Richmond Bowdoinham Bowdoin and Georgetown. A Connecticut State College graduate, he moved to Maine in 1928 to manage Long Branch Sheep Farms in Bowdoinham and now runs his own farm. He also serves as investigator for the Auburn Productive Credit Association a district supervisor for the 1938 National Soil Conservation program a Maine representative to the Wool Growers Association and as treasurer and tax collector of Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel F. Dorrance
Richmond
Bowdoinham
Bowdoin
Georgetown
Dorrance
Connecticut State College
Maine
Long Branch
Auburn Productive Credit Association
National Soil Conservation Program
Wool Grower's Association
Bridge Club
Hazel Gardner
Miss Gardner
Hilda Wing
Adelaide Anderson
Ann Spofford
Enterprise Grange
Rebecca Rogers
State Grange
Augusta
Jack Chambers
Daniel F. Doyle
Bangor
John
Ella Doyle
California
Doyle
Henry
Nana Floyd
Grand Lodge
Philip Dinsmore
Margaret Peabody
William Meader, Jr
Evening Star Lodge
Brunswick
Assembly
Martha Libby
Helen Witham
Fred Witham
Barbara McMasters
Lois Lammers
Kenneth Farnham
George Thompson
Charles Thompson
Merry Meeting
Litchfield
St Matthias Episcopal Church
Jane I. Howard
Lawrence W. Oddy
William D. Suttercliff
Robert Wallace
Gilbert Edgett
Methodist Church
C. Leavens Eldredge
Baptist Church
John the Baptist
Ideal Home
Mabelle Crillen
Richmond Lodge
Masonic Hall
Richmond Lions Club
Methodist
Ernest Gomier, Jr
Emerson School
B. W. Hall
Seth Rudlow
Yarmouth
Enterprise Grange Ladies’ Aid
Ernest Stewart
Ethel Foster
Minnie Batchelder
Mary P. Reed
Mt. Carmel
Bowdoin College Hosts Seventh Forum of Modern Religious Thought
Clergymen from across New England gather at Bowdoin College February 13 to 16 for the seventh annual Forum of Modern Religious Thought. Yale Divinity School’s Dr. John C. Schroeder opens the event, with thirteen clergy supervising discussions at fraternity houses under the theme Why Christianity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Bowdoin College
John C. Schroeder
Yale Divinity School
Bowdoin
Lewis H. Davis
Cutchogue Methodist Church
Cutchogue
N. Y
Alpha Delta Phi
Charles H. Cadigan
Grace Church
Amherst
Amherst College
Psi Upsilon
Jack E. Elliot
Glen Ridge
Chi Psi
Harold C. Metzner
Methodist Church
Waterville
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Quitman F. Beckley
Catholic Club
Princeton University
Theta Delta Chi
William W. Clark
Pinehurst
Mass
Delta Upsilon
Alpha Tau Omega
Robert C. Batchelder
St. Paul's Church
New Haven
Thorndike Club
Past Ladies Club Opens Year With Games and Prizes
The Past Ladies' club of Myrtle lodge No 8 U O of I O L met at Rose street home of Mrs Emma Duley for the first meeting of the new year. Mrs Elmer Campbell presided over the business session after which bridge and flinch were played. Winners included Mrs Wallace Atwood in bridge and Mrs Raymond M Clark in consolation and Mrs Robert C Mitchell in flinch. Refreshments were by Mrs Daley's daughter Mrs S Bert Lonn. The next meeting is scheduled for February 28 at Mrs Amos F Perry's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Lodge
U. O
Emma Duley
Rose Street
Elmer F. Campbell
Wallace I. Atwood
Raymond M. Clark
Robert C. Mitchell
Flinch
Howard E. Blake
W. Frank Higgins
Aohn H. Hunt
Walter Kingsbury
Charles Nelson
Jennie G. Oliver
Daley
S. Bert Lonn
Amos F. Perry
Redlon's Team Gains Five Points on Leaders
In Tuesday Night League action the O. M. Redlon's and Chevrolet quintets were within eight pins of each other. Redlon's gained three points on league leader Steeves' Market, who collected four points. Allie Jewett led with 521 across five strings. Chevrolets posted 2314 while Redlon's had 2306. Dick Frates hit 508 as the only other bowler above 500.
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O. M. Redlon
Chevrolet
Steeves' Market
Allie Jewett
Chevvies
Redson
Dick Frates
Fire damages Maine Street rooming house in Biddeford
A Sunday morning blaze heavily damaged the building at 250-252 Maine Street Biddeford used by Eugene H Boisvert as a rooming house and caused water damage to other businesses. One man was treated at Webber Hospital with facial and neck burns and another for smoke inhalation at Trull Hospital. Nearly 20 people were driven to the street as the fire reached its peak officials estimate a Monday.
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Maine Street
Biddeford
Eugene H. Boisvert
Webber Hospital
Trull Hospital
Camden couples mark 50th wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs Arthur Barnes and Mr and Mrs John Dunbar of Camden observed their 50th wedding anniversary on Friday. Both women are members of the Joel Keyes Grant Circle Ladies of the G A R. An entertainment was given in their honor at the close of the meeting.
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Arthur Barnes
John Dunbar
Camden
Joel Keyes Grant
Georgetown Residents Return for Summer Preparations
Mrs. Roy M. Newman has returned from Massachusetts where she visited Melrose relatives and caught up with Georgetown summer colony folks. Miss Ruth Albers of Andover and Allen Kidder visited, while WPA project work on Seguinland and North End roads proceeds. The First Baptist choir held a social after rehearsal and planned an Old Folks concert for Feb. 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy M. Newman
Massachusetts
Melrose
Georgetown
Ruth Albers
Andover
Mass
West Georgetown
Allen Kidder
Joan R. Blackie
James W. Dunton
Firlc
WPA
Seguinland Road
North End Road
First Baptist
Emma Bilfin
Howard
Belle
Impion
Ambrose J. McFadden
Bath Memorial Hospital
McFadden
Five Island
Robinhood
Riggsville
Arrowsie
Bath
Ann
U. S. Mail
Maud P. Thayer
Westbrook Junior College
Stanley Wallace
Fred H. Thompson
Ernest Heal
Andre
A. S. Cunningham
Cunningham
Herbert
Hadjie’ Hunt
John Thibodeau
Parents Invited to Attend YMCA Grammar School Games
The YMCA invites parents to Saturday morning basketball games of the Grammar School league now in its 16th year. The balcony will be reserved for parents to witness the youngsters in action, with many parents yet to see the Association’s activities firsthand.
Distaff Club Guests Enjoy Reading and Craft Time
Mrs. Lillian Peacoe of 41 Pleasant Street Auburn hosted the Distaff club Monday evening. Bertha Thurston read excerpts from Maine of the Sea and the Pine by Nathan Haskell Cole and sketched the author's life. The rest of the evening featured knitting, crocheting, and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Distaff Club
Lillian Peacoe
Pleasant Street
Auburn
Bertha Thurston
Nathan Haskell Cole
First Lincoln County Deed Recorded in Volume 1 1761
Since February 9 1761 the county land records have grown to 423 books and about 250000 entries. The year 1937 marked a peak with 2821 instruments recorded and receipts totaling 2331 dollars and 40 cents handed to the County Treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln County
Rockland Damsel Linked to Post Sketch Rumor
The Rockland Courier Gazette roving reporter says rumors claim a Rockland damsel posed for a Sunday Evening Post ski girl illustration and received 150 to 250 dollars, though no family confirmation is available. A Sunset Park married woman is also rumored as a possible subject, but verification is lacking.
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Rockland
Sunset Park
North End
Delightful Washington Street musicale honors wedding anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sewall 2d entertained with a Friday night musicale on Washington Street in honor of their wedding anniversary. The program featured Mrs. Fred Sturtevant, George D. Field, and Francis McPherson performing songs and piano pieces, followed by a buffet supper. Numerous guests and dignitaries attended, including Mayor and Mrs. Arthur Sewall and Rear Admiral and Mrs. William Robert of Wiscasset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sewall 2d
Washington Street
Fred Sturtevant
George D. Field
Francis McPherson
Sturtevant
Mr. Field
Mr. McPherson
Charles P. Wetherbee
Frederick E. Drake
Carroll Watson
Roger D. Skillings
Arthur Sewall
Edward Sewall
Harry L. Day
James A. Gillies, Jr
Ralph G
J. R. Andrews
Mary F. Gibbons
William S. Newell
Mary Newell
Mark W. Sewall
Rupert H. Baxter
John H. Hyde
Fred D. Hill
Archibald M. Main
Edwin R. Andrews
Glenn H. Easton
Martha Foote
John A. Morse
Ernest Haskell
Alden G. Smith
William Robert
Wiscasset
John K. Jayne
Cornelius van Ness
New Canaan, Conn
Donald S. Sewall
Boothbay Harbor
Henry DeLong
Pensacola, Fla
Miss Caverly Discusses Religious Work at Winter Street Church
Miss Lynette Caverly of Phippsburg spoke on her religious education program and youth character work at a Ladies' Aid meeting. Forty people attended the session in the church ladies room with hostesses listed for next Friday and warm wishes extended for the upcoming winter trip of Mr. and Mrs. Percy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynette Caverly
Phippsburg
Hartford School of Religious Education
Ladies’ Aid
Winter Street Church
Elwina F. Durgin
Corrie H. Varney
Bessie E. Dickinson
Grace P. Dickinson
Caverly
Laconia
N. H
Samuel R. Percy
Percy
William H. Bowker
Elizabeth Beals
Sylvester H. Rowland
Edward H. Hawley
James L. Morse Chosen Head of Merrymeeting Group
James L. Morse was elected president of the Merrymeeting Association of the University of Maine Alumni for the Bath Brunswick area at a Sedgwick supper. Worthen E. Brown of Topsham was named vice president and Mrs. Donald D. Young of Bath secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Morse
Merrymeeting Association
University of Maine
Bath-Brunswick
Sedgwick
Worthen E. Brown
Topsham
Donald D. Young
Bath
Arthur A. Hauck
William T. Donnell
Maine Planning Board
Saco School Music Program Sets Hulda of Holland At City Hall
Miss Marie M. Holt music supervisor directs a Saco public schools program at Saco city hall January 27. The 8 pm show includes the three act operetta Hulda of Holland, Burns school orchestra selections, and the primary school kinder band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie M. Holt
Saco Public Schools
Saco City Hall
Hulda
Holland
Burns School
Five Islands Social News Courting Weekend Happenings
Ada MacGillivary of Portland visited with her son Percy and Mrs. MacGillivary over the weekend. Five Islands residents and visitors were seen at Bath, Georgetown, and Woolwich with meetings, skating, sermons, and a weekly firemen social. L. H. Rowe bought an electric radio. a school committee met. residents attended services and socials through Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada MacGillivary
Portland
Percy
MacGillivary
Orville Rowe
Bath
Marlene Pinkham
Harold Pinkham
D. L. Howard
Thomas M. Hagan
Georgetown
Rowe
Charles Dunton
Wiscasset
Five Islands
Alice Cromwell
Woolwich
Everett Cromwell
Vernon Gray
Helen Rowe
Sudbury
Mass
George Laskey
Robinhood
Lermond Davis
Anson
Davis
Lester Davis
Ardene Pinkham
Ardene
Bay Point
Chester MacMahan
Lincoln Campbell
Maynard Thibodeau
Steguinland
Roy Newman
John Carter
C. R. Sims
Sims
Alfred MacMahan
George Gray
Elliot Bold
Evelyn
W. E. Gray
Dickie Barter
Woodrow Gray
James Stevens
Lloyd Pinkham
Salvation
Paper Clips Find Modern Office Uses and A Bachelor Fix
A humorous clipping notes paper clips serve many roles from belt fix to tie clip and calendar hanger. It cites a bachelor who used a clip to replace a suspender button, claiming the method remains unseen. The piece also mentions Elizabeth Canavai preparing for the Chizzle-Wizzle chorus at the Augusta fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y. Sun
Plans for Western Maine Music Festival in Kittery
A luncheon meeting of the Western Maine Music Festival Association in Portland fixed plans for the annual school festival set for May 14 in Kittery. John Merker of Newport Rhode Island, secretary of the New England Music Festival Association and of the Maine association, announced that the New England festival will be held in Burlington Vermont on May 20 and 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kittery
Western Maine Music Festival Association
Eastland Hotel
Portland
John Merker
Newport
R. I
New England
Engagement Gift Presented to Miss Gertrude Dorr
A surprise engagement gift of a complete eight place diamond point crystal service was presented to Miss Gertrude N. Dorr of Bangor for her approaching marriage to Merton E. Cleveland. The gift came from 96 of her mother’s friends. The arrangement was by Mrs. William H. Homan, Mrs. William Faulkner, and Mrs. Arthur Tremaine, with a carnations bouquet given to Mrs. George C. Dorr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude N. Dorr
Bangor
Merton E. Cleveland
William H. Homan
William Faulkner
Arthur Tremaine
Sterling tribute by Bath's mayor for Horace Woodman
A city funeral honors Horace B. Woodman longtime Bath council member with Mayor Arthur Sewall calling him valuable and principled. Clerks and the Hyde Windlass Co. delegation attended. burial at Oak Grove. Woodman’s common council seat to be draped in mourning for 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace B. Woodman
Arthur F. Mayo
Arthur Sewall
Mayor Sewall
John W. Gilmore
City Treas
Donald D. Young
Sewall
Hyde Windlass Co
Propeller Department
Woodman
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Ralph W. Bragg
Frank H. Turner
Harold Safford
Clifton Matthews
Charles H. Ansett
Harold L. Corlisss
Oak Grove
Mr. Woodman
Franklin W Marshall Dies After Fall and Illness
Franklin W Marshall age 13, son of Stephen S and Lillian McCutcheon Marshall of 101 High Street, died Saturday at Memorial hospital from complications after a November fall. He was a Weeks Street School seventh grader, top student, and a Times newsboy, leaving two brothers Stephen and Donald and sisters Dorothy and Marian. Born in Bath, he lived here all his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin W. Marshall
Stephen S
Lillian McCutcheon
Marshal
High Street
Memorial Hospital
Master Marshall
Weeks Street
Times
Bath
Stephen S. Marshall, Jr
Pensacola, Fla
Donald Marshall
University of Maine
Dorothy L
Miami, Fla
Marian Marshall
Morse High School
Death of Guy G. Crocker A Bath Ship Carpenter
Guy G. Crocker 66 died Sunday afternoon at his home 186 Middle street after years of illness. A Woolwich native, he moved to Bath twenty years ago after marriage, leaving a Knight of the Golden Eagle lodge affiliation. He is survived by a daughter Mrs Ralph Robinson and a grandson Charles Robinson both of Bath, three brothers Fred of Freeport Edward and William of Woolwich, and two sisters Mrs Scott Donnell of Bath and Mrs Artell Hayward of Rockland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy G. Crocker
Middle Street
Mr. Crocker
Woolwich
Samuel
Mercie Crocker
Phippsbury
Bath
Knights of the Golden Eagle
Ralph Robinson
Charles Robinson
Fred
Freeport
Edward
William Crocker
Scott Donnell
Artell Hayward
Rockland
Miss Louise Calderwood Tutor Visits Family Over Weekend
Miss Louise Calderwood a Bowdoinham high school teacher spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Herbert Calderwood of Middle Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Calderwood
Bowdoinham High School
Mrs Herbert Calderwood
Middle Street
Councilman Horace Woodman Dies of Heart Attack at 59
Councilman Horace B. Woodman 59 of Ward 17, Hyde Windlass Co. employee, died suddenly of a heart attack about 11:30 p.m. last Wednesday at his home in Bath. He had served on the city council in 1932-34-35-37 and on the board of aldermen in 1936. Survived by wife Lois Atwood, two sons Gilbert and Roscoe, two daughters Minnie and Eleanor Irene, two grandchildren, and siblings. The Bath man had lived in Bath most of his life except for a decade in Rockland and a prior period in Wilmington, California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace B. Woodman
Ward 17
Hyde Windlass Co
Middle Street
Mr. Woodman
Georgetown
Richard
Frances Woodman
Bath
Rockland
Gilbert
Phippsburg
Roscoe Woodman
Minnie Woodman
Eleanor Irene Woodman
Albert Woodman
Albert
Wilmington
Calif
Charles Woodman
Hyde Park
Mass
George Cressey
Charles Beals
Woolwich
Mrs Celia Edson Dies in Gardiner Hospital
Mrs Celia E Edson wife of George E Edson of Richmond died last week at Gardiner General Hospital after long illness Born Nobolobo Feb 22 1862 she was daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Barstow Married 48 years ago she lived in Boston before moving to Richmond in 1903 Survived by husband and sister Mrs C H Towne of West Somerville Massachusetts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celia E. Edson
George E. Edson
Richmond
Gardiner General Hospital
Nobleboro
Benjamin and
Sarah Barstow
Boston
C. H. Towne
West Somerville
Mass
Funeral Services for Franklin W. Marshall Held
The funeral for 13 year old Franklin W. Marshall of 101 High Street was held at Fred S. Curtis funeral home 105 Center Street. Rev Joseph O Purdue officiated with Weeks Street school pupils in attendance. Burial followed at Oak Grove. active bearers were Earl Brown Edward Brown Jr Leon Pennell Jr and Edgar Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin W. Marshall
Stephen S. Marshall
High Street
Fred S. Curtis
Center Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street
Weeks Street
Myron Craig
Stewart Day
Haviland Harper
Robert Talbot
William Hill
Frank Knight
Earl Brown
Edward Brown
Leon Pennell, Jr
Edgar Williams
Oak Grove
J C Minott's Funeral For Bath's Elder John Coombs Minott
Bath observes the funeral of John Coombs Minott the citys oldest resident who died on his 101st birthday The service was held at his home 17 Beacon Street with Rev Jesse Kenderdine and Rev Charles M Tubbs officiating The bearers were Weston L Bonney Vincent Brown Eliot A Fuller Henry Minott and Edwin H Given Burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
John Coombs Minott
Beacon Street
Jesse Kenderdine
Beacon Street Church
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Episcopal Church
Weston L. Bonney
Vincent Brown
Eliot A. Fuller
Henry Minott
Edwin H. Given
Oak Grove
Crocker Funeral Held at Curtis Funeral Home
The funeral of Guy G. Crocker was conducted Tuesday afternoon at two at Curtis Funeral Home 105 Center Street. Rev. Charles H. Berry of the Independent Full Gospel Assembly officiated with Knights of the Golden Eagle bearers Roy E. Getchell Joseph W. Larrabee L. Earle LeMont E. Melvin Pratt. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy G. Crocker
Curtis Funeral Home
Center Street
Charles H. Berry
Independent Full Gospel Assembly
Roy E. Getchell
Joseph W. Larrabee
L. Earle LeMont
E. Melvin Pratt
Knights of the Golden Eagle
Oak Grove
Livermore Falls Players Nominated for Bee Tryout
Dan Alvino outfielder and Albie Drottar pitcher from Livermore Falls receive word from Boston Bees business manager Bob Quinn to report for a tryout after their Southern trip in April. Both are known in Maine semi pro circles. Alvino starred for Winthrop White Sox last summer near .400, Drottar pitched for Winthrop Sox and Livermore Falls Barkers with a fast fastball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livermore Falls
Bob Quinn
Boston Bees
Hive
Dan Alvino
Albie Drottar
Maine
Alvino
Winthrop White Sox
Drottar
Sox
Livermore Falls Barkers
Woman voter group leader urges citizen role in democracy
Mrs Annetta Zilmer of Washington D C, representative of the National League of Women Voters, spoke at the Women's Literary Union in Lewiston on the duty of individual citizens to safeguard democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annetta Zilmer
Washington, D. C
National League of Women Voters
Women’s Literary Union Department of Parliamentary Law and Civics
WLU
Lewiston
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Donald and Laurier
Farmington and Dixfield
Frank W. Kilbreth
William C. Wall
Willa Walker
Danvers
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Room
Redlon
Steeves
Atedlaer
Chevrolets
A. Jewett
Poser
Miss Caverly
Merrymeeting Association of U. of M
Bath and
Elizabeth Canavai
Miss Canavan
Gardiner High School
Boston Lyceum School
New England Conservatory of Music
State School For Girls
Hallowell
J. C. Minott
G. G. Crocker
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston