Belgrade Lakes Maine Welcomes National Editorial Tour
The Belgrade Lakes region in Maine invites visitors with famed bass and salmon fishing from June 1 onward. The area centers on Belgrade Village with access to Great Lake and Long Lake, and hosts 13 camps for youth as part of a growing New England summer camp movement.
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Maine
National Editorial Association
Maine Press Association
Belgrade Lakes
Belgrade Village
Great Lake
Long Lake
North Belgrade
Oakland
Smithfield
Mt. Vernon
North Pond
New England
Belgrade
Augusta
Waterville
Belgrade Lake
MacMahan Island Fourth of July festivities and music
MacMahan Island hosts a busy Fourth of July with contests at Tarr's Field and a treasure hunt supervised by W. C. Allen and the Allenook and Allenoll camp counselors. Evening music at Playhouse features Charles Rowelle and Arthur Lane, with further details on campers and staff of Allenook and Allenoll.
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MacMahan Island
MacMahan
Tarr’s Field
W. C. Allen
Allenook
Allenoll
Playhouse
Charles Rowelle
Greenwich
Conn
Arthur Lane
Ohio
Oe Horgan
Betty Cox
Rye
N. Y
John and
Raymond Snell
Bill Hazen
Lamar Hubbard
Bill Phipps
Tom Solley
Larry Peters
Randy Knowlton
John Zimmer
Larchmont
Gwynne Pearson
Bill Proctor
Summit
N. J
Allen
Razing Bath’s Old City Hall Sparks Cornerstone Speculation
As the 1837 old Bath City Hall is leveled under County Commissioner Roscoe G. Bailey, residents speculate about what lies beneath the southeast cornerstone. Rumor points to a city newspaper or coins from 183 - 99 years ago. Discoveries include McKinley funeral drapings and ruined cupola with Paul Revere bell moved to Davenport Memorial City Hall.
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Roscoe G. Bailey
William McKinley
McKinley
Davenport Memorial City Hall
Old City Hall
Andrew Jackson
United States
Bath
Old Texas yard blaze destroys multiple buildings in Bath
Early Sunday a fierce fire at The Texas Steamship Co. yard and Elmer W. Rogers residence at 26 Bowery St Bath destroyed six buildings and endangered nearby homes. Firefighters battled flames with extensive hose lines. cause remains undetermined with incendiary and fireworks theories. Navy crews aided, while residents evacuated and some property damaged or saved.
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Bath
Texas Steamship Co
Elmer W. Rogers
Bowery Street
Texas Yard
Sewall’s Hill
Washington Street
Charles E. Parks
Fire Department
Parks
Edwards
Brunswick Department
Seagraves
Albert Libby
Bath Department
Edwin R. Andrews
Hyde Windlass Co
Joseph I. Smith
Richard Frates
Joseph Cloutier
Dr. Smith
Drayton
Lamson
Edwin W. Bonney
Beacon Street
High Street
Edward C. Lyden
Fred Moriarty
South Norwalk
Conn
Texas
Sparks
Albert Strout Barn
Harry Robinson
Mayo
Ellen Presley
Somerset Place
Thomas E. Conley
Granite Street
Bowery
Front Streets
Mark W. Sewaill
Edward Sewall
Seed potato trade pressures Maine growers amid Canada tariff changes
Maine's seed potato industry faces shifting demand and a new reciprocal tariff with Canada. E. L. Newdick reports Maine still holds a majority share of the market but warns that 1200 railroad carloads may enter at reduced rates. The state expects seed potato prices to stay high next spring as inspectors process applications for 22,583 acres from 599 growers.
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State Department of Agriculture
Maine
E. L. Newdick
Division of
Plant Industry
New York
New Jersey
Virginia
Maryland
North Carolina
Newdick
Canada
Maine Agricultural Department
Holiday traffic exceptionally heavy on Maine bridge
Holiday traffic across the bridge is exceptionally heavy with June 3 4 and 5 totals showing 6 214 cash paying cars up 2 166 from last year and receipts of 4 168 35 up 1 334 50 year over year Most cars are out of state indicating a tourist rush into Vacationland and a strong Maine season expected in 1936
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Maine
Receipts on Bridge Continue Increase Over 1935
June receipts at the Carlton bridge rose by 500 over June 1935 with gains in both vehicles and people. The table shows cash and vehicle totals, including a rise in June 1936 to 58,929 for vehicles and 133,940 for people, reflecting continued traffic growth. Also noted is a record long-distance Rotary convention trip by R. F. Price of Ontario, California, who traveled about 8,000 miles to Augusta and on to Atlantic City and back through New England and Quebec.
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Sagadahoc
Bath
Frank H. Holley
Holley
Gilmore
City of
Sagadahoc County
Maine
Committee
Harold P. Small
Ward 4
Haskell
Alderman Small
Woodman
Walter Rogers
Woodbury Bailey
Treas
Young
Carlton Bridge
Concers
Turin
United States
Rotary International
Atlantic City
N. J
R. F. Price
Ontario
Calif
Augusta
Bath High School Class of 1886 Reunion Captured in 1936
The Bath high school alumni marked the 50th reunion of the class of 1886 during the 45th annual banquet in June 1936. Nineteen members joined the week of activities, returning to Central Grammar School for a historical class photo on the old stone steps. A second picture shows twelve members with spouses taken at the same site fifty years later, listing names across three rows.
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Bath High School Alumni Association
Bath High School
Central Grammar School
the Times
Charles T. Jackson
Lizzie M. Stover
Fred D Hill
Edith Chase Ledyard
Edward Burnham
Laurel, Md
Harriet Purington
Sarah Minott Given
Margaret J. Adams
Mary Pelham Hill
Topsham
Daniel T. Dougherty
Grace C. Baker
John E. Hayes
Fred W. Swanton
Washington, D. C
Fred R. E. Dean
Myra Spear
Two Women Question Christel Case in Maine Arizona
Two women from Wiscasset and Miami enter the Christel case for questioning as investigators seek to identify who last saw Louise Christel alive. Mrs. Winifred Penlington and Mrs. Margaret Perrins Floyd differ on dates and details, while authorities weigh a possible link to a gentleman friend. Miss Dorothy Bachelder visits Mrs. E. J. Bachelder in Medford as the inquiry continues.
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Wiscasset
Miami
Arizona
Christel
Winifred Penlington
Margaret Perrins Floyd
Woolwich
Ralph O. Dale
Frank Cooper
Attorney-General's Office
Albura Christel
Kennebec River
Columbia Grill
Penlington
Floyd
Louise
Mrs. Christel
Mr. Dale
Republicans Launch Maine Campaign Tour in July
U S Senator Wallace H White Jr and Governor hopeful Lewis O Barrows with Ralph Q Brewster Clyde H Smith J C Oliver begin a month long tour across Maine. They will visit 16 counties with rallies dinners and gatherings planned by the Republican State Committee and county chairs. The tour opens in Aroostook July 9 10 and 11 with further stops through mid August including Bangor Augusta and Portland areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Wallace H. White, Jr
Lewis O. Barrows
Ralph QO. Brewster
Clyde H. Smith
J. C. Oliver
Maine
Republican State Committee
State Committee
Congress
Senator White
State Barrows
Aroostook County
Barrows
Brewster
Penobscot County
John Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Bangor
Hamilton
Augusta House
Augusta
Barrows and White Party
Piscataquis County
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Seven Lakes
Long, Great
Salmon
Hast
North
Messalonskee
McGrath Lakes
Old Texas
Shouse
Central Maine Power Co
State Laboratory
Floyd Angle
Dorothy Bachelder
West Medford
Mass
E. J. Bachelder
Lincoln Street
Somerset
Open
Hancock
Waldo
Kennebec
Franklin
Oxford
York
Cumberland
Lincoln
Knox
Androscoggin
Arthur E. Sewall
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