Torrential shower ends Maine pageant after storms
A heavy rainstorm interrupted the Maine pageant at Popham, ending the production after only three performances. Miss Virginia Tanner, the author and director, and lighting expert Munroe Pevear acknowledged the weather’s impact, noting earlier delays in Plymouth and highlighting the weather as unpredictable. Tax notices and assessments for 1928 were also released, listing valuations and the 36 mill tax rate.
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Maine
Popham Colony
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Virginia Tanner
Plymouth
Munroe Pevear
Wonderful garden work of a former resident of Bath
Former Bath resident Goldie Estes Lord, now Mrs Clyde Turner, and her Lowell, Massachusetts family are featured for their landscaped garden at 375 Pine Street Lowell. The piece highlights a long care routine, diverse roses and perennials, a central old apple tree, and a yard framed by arches of roses and forsythia.
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Clyde A. Turner
Lson Gardner
Lowell
Mass
Charles M. Webber
Lincoln Street
Turner
Goldie Estes Lord of
Bath
Harvard
Pine Street
Bath Garden Club
Los Angeles
Madame Edouard Herriot
Madam Edouard Herriot
East Orange
N. J
Moore
Naval ships depart after city celebration
The destroyers Lampson and Preston, from Newport, R I, and the submarine 8-11 from New London, arrived in harbor Monday or Tuesday and left Thursday. Officers praised the city’s celebration and entertainment. Charles P. Wetherbee, on behalf of Mayor Cahill, made a farewell call with Mrs. Wetherbee and Mrs. Cahill.
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Preston
Newport
R. I
New London
Conn
Mayor Cahill
Charles P. Wetherbee
Cahill
Charles H. Cahill
D A R Field Day At Scarboro With President General Present
Members of Col Dummer Sewall chapter D A R plan to attend the State field day at Scarboro today. The State meeting starts at 11 a m and the program at 1 30 p m with Mrs Albert J Brosseau as president general in attendance. Dinner reservations available at the Moulton house Dunscroft or Tarry a While West Scarboro. The marking site is opposite Dunscroft on the State highway nine miles from Portland. Miss Geraldine Stott travels to Camp Overlook Kennebec Point for her third summer there.
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Col. Dummer Sewall
Scarboro
Albert J. Brosseau
Moulton House
Dunscroft
Tarry-a-While
West Scarboro
Portland
Arthur Allen Optometrist Clinic Ad
Bath Trust Co's Blog lists a local eye care notice. Arthur Allen offers eye testing and glasses fittings on Mondays Wednesdays and Saturdays with contact phone 97W.
Thousands Cross New State Bridge In 24 Hour Count
Edmund P. Briggs reports about 17 756 vehicles used the Kennebec bridge in the 24 hours ending 7 PM Wednesday. Breakdown includes 6 585 Maine cars 976 foreign cars 124 Maine trucks 7 foreign trucks and 64 motorcycles. Toll removal and restoration noted with dedication events.
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Kennebec Bridge
Edmund P. Briggs
Maine
Traffic Signal Plan Discussed by Upper Board
City officials consider installing automatic lights at dangerous Bath intersections to ease police workload amid growing auto travel. A possible test at a key artery is debated while routine matters and petitions dominate the aldermen meeting.
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Oak Streets
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Norwich
Conn
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Gilmore
Hall
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Bath Trust Co
Bath National Bank
First National Bank
Cosmopolitan Club hears North Africa travel talk
Members of the Cosmopolitan club enjoyed Dr. Langdon T. Snipe’s vivid account of North Africa and its people. The group discussed federation with the State Federation of Women's clubs at Belgrade Lakes September 19 21 and admitted new members Mrs. Fred R. E. Dean and Miss Roberta Irving. A club picnic at Mrs. Frank A. Hodgdon’s home in Woolwich is planned, with repairs and painting planned for the clubhouse.
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Cosmopolitan Club
North Africa
Langdon T. Snipe
Belgrade Lakes
Fred R. E. Dean
Dorchester
Mass
Roberta Irving
Bath
Frank A. Hodgdon
Woolwich
Edna Bliss
Minnie White
Daniel T. Dougherty
Margaret Stewart
Lillian Lewin
Norman Howard
Evelyn Barnby
Sherman McQuaide
Beatrice Noyes
Florence Hagan
Orchardists Predict A Large MacIntosh Apple Crop In Maine
Orchardists in Maine report a promising season with abundant blossoms and no damaging storms. Montsweag Farm anticipates its largest MacIntosh beds harvest in the farm’s history based on the healthy trees this spring.
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Maine
Montsweag
Bath Boy's Body Recovered From Sewall Pond
The body of 17 year old Joseph White of 17 Andrews road was recovered from Sewall pond about eight feet deep by Diver W Scott Tibbetts after his companion Edwin Thing reported the drowning Tuesday night. White a Morse high school freshman swam with Thing until White sank. Thing reached shore, then alerted authorities. Sheriff and police aided the search and Tibbetts recovered the body on the third dive near the opposite bank. White's father J Arthur White and uncle Leslie White of General Electric Co arrived after word. His mother works at the Colonial Cafe.
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J. Arthur White
Andrews Road
Sewall Mill Pond
W. Scott Tibbetts
Edwin Thing
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Morse High School
Charles C. Thing
Chestnut Street
U. S. S. Raleigh
Boston Harbor
Mill Pond
Thing
Albert Henderson
George McElman
Diver Tibbetts
Charles H. Cahill
Leslie White
General Electric Co
Lynn
Mass
Bath
Colonial Cafe
Pageant Deficit May Reach 30000 Dollars
A deficit that may reach $30,000 for the Maine Historical Pageant at Bath last week began to accumulate before the governor and executive council. A legislative authorization of $10,000 was approved to cover pageant expenses, with the remaining shortfall expected to be met from a general contingent fund.
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Maine
Bath
Bath Firemen Muster Endorsed By Big Fourth Celebration
Bath marks Fourth of July with a grand firemen parade featuring 1000 firefighters, naval personnel, and National Guardsmen. Motorized apparatus surprise lines, dignitaries ride, and top fire engines vie for prize money in first and second class shoots.
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