Advertising ideas for towns and Maine camps boost tourism
The piece highlights town signboards in New England including Ashland New Hampshire and Freeport Maine as roadside advertising. It notes signs promote Ashland as the geographic center of New Hampshire and Freeport’s painted vistas drawing tourists. It also discusses Maine camp season with camps drawing visitors, commerce, and long term tourism impact. It quotes Ex-Governor Baxter on hydro power export and urges collaboration to protect Maine interests.
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New England
New Phampshire
Ashland
Owiehethes Pass
Enes
New Hampshire
Weleoitie
Ashhind
Das
Freeport
Wiscisset
Wiscasset
Maine
Whit
Vercival J. Baxter
Grange
Kennebunkport
Paris Fourth of July fete cheers American aviators
The state reached a friendly accord for Maine interests. Paris held a July Fourth celebration to honor Commander Chyrd and his flight from New York. Parisians showed deep admiration for the aviators, rivaling major American city celebrations and signaling renewed cordial ties with America through Lindbergh and Commander Tyrol’s party.
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Paris
Chyrd
New York
Co. Lindherek
Lindbergh
Party of
Commounder
Tyrol
Brance
America
New England and Maine News Briefs on Tourism and Policy
Reports from various New England quarts indicate cooler weather reduced touristic traffic until a weekend influx raised visitors state wide. Reflector highway signals face vandalism by youths while government posts record a 635 million surplus to curb the public debt and may pursue permanent tax cuts. Maine figures show satin moths pesting poles and trees, roving game wards report a strong winter, and Boston mayoral talks push an Boston to San Francisco air mail route initiative.
Shipping Interests Highlight Rotary Discussion
The talk defended U S merchant marine efforts while denouncing foreign agents. Speaker Plummer linked shipping to national finance and noted Britain’s coal strike impact on ports. Attendees included Fred A. Smith and A E Snowman with local clubs planning a Sebasco event and Ross H Skinner set to speak next Tuesday.
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Plummer
South America
Great Britain
Shipping Board
Atlantic
Fred A. Smith
Danvers
Mass
A. E. Snowman
Charles H. Mallison
McClintic-Marshall Co
Bath
Brunswick
Sebasco
Ross H. Skinoner
Pittsburgh
Bath Independent Grange Department invites reader contributions
Members of the Grange in this section are invited to contribute items for the department at any time. Letters should be addressed to Grange Department, The Bath Independent. All such letters should reach the Independent by Tuesday nights.
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Grange
Bath
Grangers Discuss Women's Suffrage at Pomona Session
Sagadahoc county Pomona hosts Five Islands grange June 2 with 150 attendees. Women push for suffrage success while men acknowledge no harm from equal rights and praise it overall. Language debate considers teaching multiple languages in public schools as speakers from various granges weigh in.
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Sagadahoe County
Pomona
Uelinds Grange
Stevens
Milward Patten
Cora Belanger
Emily Rideout
Jane Man
J. Psayward
B.C. Patten
Havey Rackley
Topsham
Wilbur Ttgan
Bath
Morse Tigh
J. Edward Drake
Kilis TL. Aldrich
Horton Gardens
Five Islands
Addie Amazeen
Grange
Sertha Scott
David Henderson
Wilbur Hagan
John Carter
Katherine Green
Alice Mulligan
Amanda Blaisdell
Sagadahoe Grange
Bowdoin Center
Progressive Grange
Richmond Corner
Merrymeeting Grange
Bowdoinham
Thomas Point
Sagadahoe
Androscoggin Pomona Granges
Rodwell Grangers Hold Quiet Meeting at Small Point
Rodwell Grange of Small Point held its regular meeting Friday evening with low attendance. One visitor from West Bath grange observed. An initiation was planned for Sarah Ee Mac Tntyre of Glenside Philadelphia. Gifts were sent to Sister Emma Sylvester who has been ill. Members praised Five Islands Pomona gathering. Lecturers and performers included Albert Thompson, Gilman Ranjo, Thomas Totman, Bessie Sprague, Eleanor Pye, Mary Sylvester, Irma Gilman, Myrtle Pye. A picnic is being planned by all members.
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Rodwell Grange
Small Point
West Bath
County Deputy Visits Progressive Grange Meeting
Progressive Grange of Richmond Corner conferred the first and second degrees during Friday eve ning sessions and received an application. County deputy Harry Rackley of Topsham attended to view the junior degree team work as visitors filled the hall.
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Progressive Grange
Richmond Corner
Harry Rackley
Topsham
Progressive Bowdoin
Sagadahoc
Rural Granges Highlight Medicine Access And First Aid
In hundreds of rural Grange meetings the lack of local physicians and better first aid in emergencies are linked to broad goals. The movement pushes public funding for local doctors, expands general practitioner training, and promotes youth programs like Boy Scouts and Campfire Girls to teach first aid and prompt care.
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Caverae
Grange
Det
Grange Warns on Roadside Market Threats to Farm Food
The Grange notes roadside markets have grown near 75 million dollars in annual sales and fears the entry of unscrupulous sellers. It urges licensing and supervision to protect farmers who market high quality produce directly to town buyers as rural commerce expands.
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The
Grange
Resolutions of Respect for Hollis Bailey
Woolwich Grange No 68 notes the death of Hollis Bailey an active community member. The resolutions extend sympathy to Mildred Bailey drape the charter for 30 days and publish in Bath Independent.
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Hollis Bailey
Woolwich Grange
Mildred Bailey
Bath
Hon Tudor Gardiner Joins Woolwich Grange
About 40 members attended last week as candidates received first and second degrees. Hon and Mrs Tudor Gardiner, Mr and Mrs Frank A Hodgdon, Marguerite Hanscom and Albert Soule, Melvin Bailey elected as overseer after Hollis Thailey’s death. Vernon Ayer and Mrs Ayer from Winthrop sang two solos. Hilton Soule and W Steward drove from Winthrop. Third and fourth degrees will be conferred at the next meeting.
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Tudor Gardiner
Frank A. Hodgdon
Marguerite Hanscom
Albert Soule
Melvin Bailey
Bro
Hollis Thailey
Vernon Ayer
Ayer
Winthrop
W. Steward
Hilton Soule
Sagadahoc Grange Holds Fine Meeting Before Vacation
Sagadahoc Grange held its last meeting before vacation at Bowdoin Center Grange Hall on Saturday evening. Rich mond Corner's Progressive degree team conferred third and fourth degrees on 10 candidates in an impressive display. Mes. 1. QO). Tarr led a notable tableau. A large supper followed as about 150 people attended with several granges represented.
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Sagadahoe Grange
Bowdoin Center
Grange Hall
Richmond Corner
Progressive Grange
Tarr
Five Islands Grange Hosts Pomona Meeting
Sagadahoc Pomona met at Five Islands on June 20 with strong attendance as the Fifth Degree was conferred. About 175 attended a dinner of clam chowder crackers pies and coffee. An afternoon program followed and two boxes of library books were donated by Mrs. N. E. Boynton of Matdenshond.
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Sagadahoe Pomona
Five Islands
Grange Library
N. E. Boynton
Matdenshond
July Probate Court Session Yields Multiple Appointments
Sagadahoc probate court under Judge Glidden grants administration and bond waivers in the July session. Wills admitted include Sarah L. Preble and Daniel Stewart with executors named, and minor guardianships established for Leighton Coombs and Hollis Bailey among others. Inventories and accounts are filed or approved for multiple Bath and Richmond estates.
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Walter
Glidden
Sagadahoe
Sarah L. Preble
Richmond
Henry C. Reed
Mary L. Skelton
Bowdoin
James T. Skelton
Daniel Stewart
Edwin RR. Stewart
Eligabeth Rubican Hicks
St. Louis
George C. Hicks, Jr
Walter H. Melcher
Bath
Edward W. Dridgham
Frank Saunders
Arthur H. Turner
Mary KE. Skelton
Bowdoinham
I. C. Irish
Hollis M. Bailey
Woolwich
Mildred M. Bailey
Frank J. Fowler
Fred D. Winter
Elizabeth L. Curtis
Topsham
Lottie W. Tarbox
Elizabeth T. Simpson
Frances E. Simpson
Leighton M
Irene F. Coombs
Flora
Harry G. Deering
Ada FE. Deering
Alice F. Travis
Harriet A. Grows
George Emery Barnes
Walter F. Lewis
Lucinda Reed
William C. Eaton
Nellis C. Eaton
Angie Clough Mimsen
Ezra Walter Mimsen
Phippsburg
Jennie M. B. Spinney
J. Clifford Spinney
Susan H. Turner
Bowdeinham
Rose FE. Leydon
Thomas Leydon
Charles C. Low
Henry C. Standish
Sidney B. Lermond
Emma E. Lermond
Fred L. Lawrence
James D. Lawrence
Arrowsic
Bath National Bank
Rachel E. Dunning
Bowdoin N. Gregson
Henrietta P. Gregson
Dalparte
Hartley E. Dunton
Jessie M. Johnson
Florence E. Thompson
Bernice M. Fuller
Harriet EH. Prescott
Horace B. Woodman
Crossword Puzzle Clues and Hints fragment
Puzzle grid and partial clues listing horizontal and vertical items. Includes definitions for defects dialects phrases and term explanations with several incomplete entries and guidance on solving techniques.
Bath men aid Charlestown repair of Old Ironsides
Many Bath men assist in rehabilitating the Old Ironsides at Charlestown dock. The docking required careful cradling and shoring as the hull was prepared, with Lieut. John A Lord leading eight other Bath shipwrights and riggers. Three locomotive cranes operated while readings were relayed constantly, and the dock reached a 12 foot draft by five p.m.
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BATH
Charlestown Na' Fa
Lord
John A
Genesta Chapter Holds Rainy Field Day at Aliquippa House
About 100 members of Genesta chapter O E 8 gathered at the Alliquippa house in Small Point last Wednesday for a field day despite rain. A lively baseball game occurred on wet grass and Arthur Stilphen starred in horseshoes. The group praised the Aliquippa house’s bright, clean rooms and fireplaces, and enjoyed a splendid banquet, with plans to return before summer.
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Genesta Chapter
O. FE
Alliquippa
Arthur Stilphen
Aliquippa
Parasites Report Success in Gypsy Moth Control
City forester Robert Sutherland reports that five plantings in North End show no signs of gypsy or brown tail moths six weeks after parasite release. M H MelIntire assisted state agriculture work on May 19. Results are highly gratifying though spraying is now unlikely to help.
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Robert Sutherland
M. H. MelIntire
State Department of Agriculture
Sutherland
Obituary of Marshall F. Stevens at 67
Marshall F. Stevens 67 died Monday at his home 20 Harvard street from heart trouble after a three week illness. Born in Lewiston son of Bradford Stevens he was an electrician before buying the Harvard estate and farming. He leaves wife a daughter Thelma Simonds of South Braintree Mass and sister Lizzie Baker of St. Albans. Funeral Tuesday at Central church with stepson Harold Ward and three sons as bearers. Body taken to East Weymouth Mass for graveside prayers. Ms. Franks left for Ellsworth to visit Mrs. Mabel Webster before Bluehill summer with George Snowman.
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Marshall F. Stevens
Harvard Street
Lewiston
Bradford Stevens
Harvard
Thelma Simonds
South Braintree
Mass
Lizzie Baker
St. Albans
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Harold Ward
Topsham
Wre George Sprague
William Simonds
South Draintree
John Blackie
West Georgetown
East Weymouth
Weston man develops cottage project at Five Islands
Thomas W. Scott of Weston Massachusetts plans a cottage development at Five Islands with two of fifteen cottages completed. One is occupied and a family will arrive Friday from Bexton to take possession of the second. The cottages were built by Fred P. Carr of Five Islands on the old Moses Rower estate. Scott has visited Five Islands the last four seasons and is pleased with the spot.
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Thomas W. Scott
Weston
Mass
Five Islands
Bexton
Fred PL. Carr
Bath
Moses Rower
Scott
Mrs Sadie Hart Dies Suddenly at Home
Mrs Sadie Hart wife of Charles Hart died suddenly Saturday morning at her home on Center Street. She leaves her husband four sons William and George Bridges of Wortland Henry Bridges of Oxford Clifford Bridges of Bath and two daughters Mrs Albert Reed and Mrs William Ryan at home. She was a devoted home body beloved by all who knew her.
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Sadie Hart
Charles Hart
Center Street
William
George Bridges
Wortland
Henry Bridges
Oxford
Clifton Bridges
Bath
Albert Reed
William Ryan
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