Farm Bureaus Help Suburbs Grow And Aid Neighbors
Suburban Farm Bureaus meet monthly to share ideas and support neighbors. Women gain home economics tips while men discuss taxation poultry and farming improvements. They also assist needy families with canned goods vegetables and Red Cross contributions, showing growing community impact.
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State Agricultural Department
West Bath Farm Bureau
Dromore Farm Bureau
Winnegance
Red Cross
Parm
Maine Liquor Access Eases for Medicinal Use
The Maine sheriffs and county attorneys agree no arrests for transporting liquor within state if not for sale. Federal decision allows common carriers to ship liquor into Maine for personal use. Voters will decide in September on repealing prohibition, which could permit state revenue from liquor sales.
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Maine
United States Attorney General's Department
Death of Doctor Eben Jordan Marston Bath icon and physician
Obituary notes Bath physician Eben Jordan Marston a Bath High School 1889 graduate who served many families with care and earned a respected place in Masonry. The piece also reflects on 1933-34 weather and hopes for more sunshine in the new year.
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Eben Jordan Marston
Bath
Bath High School
Cold Weather Boosts Plumbers and Fuel Dealers
The severe cold boosted demand for plumbing and radiator repair as pipes froze and cars stalled. Fuel dealers reported strong business during the cold snap with several continuing Sunday deliveries to meet heightened demand.
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Last Ik
Berwindglen Faces Wintry Seas En Route to Bath
The collier Berwindglen, sailing from Newport News to Bath, endured heavy seas and a northeast storm. She anchored in Vineyard Sound to ride out the gale, then pushed upriver through shell ice to the Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co. discharge completed Sunday. Five Bath men serve aboard.
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Berwindglen
Bath
Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co
Newport News
Vineyard Sound
Kennebec
Curtis
Howard Brewer
William Perry
Ralph Kennerson
Clinton Jones
John Presley
Ramona Council Elects Its Officers
Ramona council No. 27 of D of P elects its officers for the ensuing year at a regular meeting with 62 members present. A Christmas tree for members and Sasanoa Strike No. 64 IOR M guests followed. Officers named include Mrs. George A. Wade prophetess Miss Minnie C. Woodman Pocahontas and Erving L. Burnham Powhatan. others to be appointed at installation date to be announced.
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Ramona Council
D. of P
Sasanoa
Ralph J. Boardman
Linwood Boardman
Erving L. Burnham
Alex MacDonald
Evelyn Coughran
Alfred Thiboutot
George A. Wade
Prophetess
Minnie C. Woodman
Pocahontas
Arthur B. Haggett
Wenonah
Powhatan
Edward A. Garcelon
Florence Robinson
Wampum
Edward J. Perry
Acadia Lodge
Knights of Pythias
K. of P. Hall
Clyde Robinson
Commarter
Loring Roberts
Clinton V. Owen
Russell L. Kenney
Arthur Gebhard
Fred. D. Hill
Seth Stewart
Charles Dunning
Edward McLellan
Edward Hartwell
William Menn
Grand Lodge
Russell L
Kenney
Pythian Sisters
Owen
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Jolly Evening
Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary and Post held a supper and Christmas tree at the G A R hall last Wednesday evening with about 75 guests. Entertainment included Miss Lillian Stover, Charles Dorsey, Miss Thelma Fogg, and the Wilsons performing songs, a dance, duets, and minstrel numbers. the event was organized by Harold Corliss and others.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Post
G.A.R. Hall
Lillian Stover
Charles Dorsey
Miss Stover
George Wilson
Thelma Fogg
Charles Dorsay
Freeman
George
Asa Wilson
John Marks
John Marks, Jr
Harold Corliss
Clyde Mains
Nora Morse
Ruth Gallagher
Myrtle Wilson
Real estate transfers logged in Sagadahoc registry
Real estate transfers include Bowdoin J. McCarthy to Pierre Leberge and estate movements for William B. Kendall to Gray Curtis McCarthy. Hinckley to Searles in Georgetown. Douglass to Terrell in Richmond. Farley, Kendall estates to Joseph Higgins party. Fitzgerald to Beane. Drouin to Beane. plus Sewalls arriving from New York for a Washington Street holiday home visit.
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Sagadahoc Registry of
Bowdoin
John E. McCarthy
Pierre Leberge
Bowdoinham
William B. Kendall
William N. Gray
Cleveland
P. Curtis
Georgetown
Frederick J. Hinckley
Cora A. Searles
Richmond
Benjamin B. Douglass
Arthur L. Terrell
William H.farley
Dairy herds in Maine show small size and 60 percent rise potential
A Maine Agricultural Experiment Station study notes herds average eight cows with room for five more via permanent facilities, about a 60 percent increase. Milk production exceeds 600 million pounds yearly with one third fed on farm and 60 percent sold as milk or cream.
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Maine
George F. Dow
Mr. Dow
Portland
Auburn
Farmington
Unity
Hermon
Newport
Dexter
Hiram
Solon
Ellsworth
New York
Vermont
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
Orono
Red Sox poised for pennant race says Washington editor
Shirley L. Povich, sports editor of the Washington Post on vacation in Bath, predicts the Boston Red Sox will finish in the top three this season. He credits Yawkey’s moves and Fenway Park remodels, expects Lefty Grove to win about 20, notes possible outfield weakness, and emphasizes the team’s strong investment in players and facilities.
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Shirley L. Povich
Washington, D. C
Post
Bath
Washington Senators
Boston Red Sox
Povich
Yawkey
Red Sox
Boston
Fenway Park
Grove
Morse High School
Washington
Rosa Povich
Front Street
Central church choir party lights up parish house
The Central church choir held a Christmas party in the parish house on Thursday evening after rehearsal. Members enjoyed a joke tree with festive decorations and gifts. Refreshments were served in the social room, and games and bridge followed. Committee members were Mrs. Vernon Lake, Shirley Manik, and Mrs. Margery Coleman.
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Central Church
Andy
Vernon Lake
Shirley Manik
Margery Coleman
Jesse Donnell
John Shaw
Pigeon Banded IF30HD575 Hovering at Phipney Home
Elton Phinney reports a banded pigeon seen for three days near his Arrowsie residence. The bird shows white underbelly purple head blue gray wings and a white back with a black stripe. The band reads IF30HD575.
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Elton Phinney
Engagement announced at Bath Young Woman in Poland talk
A Bath young woman Miss Mary Elsie Wakefield is engaged to Harold Bar Hodgkins of Auburn. The engagement was announced at a Tuesday night party for the Poland discussion led by Theodore Urbanowitz at the tier Street Men's club. The event included a supper and prize draws, with cards announcing the engagement.
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Theodore ‘Urbanowitz -Stes
Mary
Jilsie ‘Wakefield
Hitler
Harold Earl Hodgkins
Auburn
Theodore Urbanowitz
Poland
Urbandéwitz
Paderewski
Chopin
Kosciusko
Pulaski
Duene
Danzig
Germany
Russia
France
Urbanowitz
Goering
Danszig-Corridor
Arthur S. Crockett
Harry L. Horne
Clarence ‘I. Lane
Maxwell’ Powers
Clifford B. Wilband
Central Church
Chester A. Roberts
Fred J. Higgins
Mary Elsie Wakefield
Portland
Bath
Harold Bar. Hodgkins
Wakefield
Genesia
Oe Shrine of
Jerusalem
Perth
Hodgkins
Byron E. Hodgkins
Edward Little High School
Maine School of Commerce
Merritt A. Mitchell
Hagel E. Wakefield
Evelyn Petlock
Thelmer W. Dearing
Anne K. Quinn
James B. Smith
Sophie G. Greenblatt
Petlock
Coty’s
Miss Dearing
Frozen Kennebec Ice Cutters and Sled Crossings of 1888
In the winter of 1888 the Kennebec River froze across the city front stopping ferries and rail transfer boats. Passengers and mails crossed by horse sleds and pongs while cutters dynamited and sawed to break the ice field. Locals skated between Bath and Woolwich above Winslow's ledges amid repeated ice jams and rescues.
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Kennebec
People's Ferry
Maine Central Railroad Company
Bath
Woolwich
Winslow
Bath to Host Roosevelt Birthday Ball for Infantile Paralysis
Bath joins thousands in a January 30 ball aligned with national events to raise funds for the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation Endowment for Infantile Paralysis. R Clinton McFadden notified Bath Board of Trade. Hon John P Carey Jr named general committee chairman. The Australian Senate banned women in slacks from the chamber as a side note.
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Bath
Roosevelt
Georgia Warm Springs Foundation
Bath Board of ‘Trade
R. Clinton McFadden
Henry L. Doherty
Waldo
Girl Scout troop feeds birds and pursues crafts at meeting
Scouts of Pine Tree troop No. 1 of the Girl Scouts of America met at the Y Building headquarters on Thursday afternoon. Patricia Sewall spoke on feeding birds, Madelyn Jones earned a gold star for perfect attendance, and patrol corners planned upcoming troop meeting programs.
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Scouts of Pine Tree Troop
Girl Scouts of America
Abner F. Carr
Russian Studies Club Shares Insight From Europe Trip
Members heard reports on Russian land reform, artels and collective farms, with comparisons of czarist splendor to modern life. Speakers described prewar estates, state farms, Russian railways, and a later note on Litvinoff's return and a Moscow nativity scene.
Describing Worship Attendance and Music in Church Pew Inquiry
A fragment notes 45 percent attendance for a group and references music and faithful workers. It mentions pews and church seating dynamics with uncertain phrasing about attendance and devotion. The text is incomplete and opaque about names or places.
Massachusett s Trip Ends in Crash and Cold Weather
A Massachusetts family visiting Ridin Light Lodge in Winnegance Shores returned to Saugus after a fog and sleet encounter on the York road. Their trailer crashed into a fence, injuring Mrs. Merry slightly, with dispersed oil stove and a smashed radio. The cold snow hindered camp work and many homecomers faced disappointment after 60 years of severe winter. Bertha Cullinan of Bromswick announced the engagement of her daughter Elizabeth Sale Barrows to Robert Erskine Pendleton of Lewiston. Barrows teaches French and Latin at Guilford High. Pendleton is a government forester in Lewiston and a Hebron Academy and University of Maine alumnus.
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Junior
Ridin’ Light
Saugus
Mass
Tie
Aia
Winnegance Shores
Jack Frost
York
Ralph
Bertha Cullinan
Bromswick
Elizabeth Sale Barrows
Robert Erskine Pendleton
Irving Pendleton
Lewiston
Maple Street
Miss Barrows
University of Maine
Alpha Omicron Pi
Guilford High School
Pendleton
Hebron Academy
Miss Batréws
Phi Nu Delta Fraternity
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the Times Company
Bath, Maine
Vellety ‘O. “Winter, ‘Bater
Vance
Collier
Loyall F. Sewall
Washington Street
Washington Post
Brunswick High School
aMiog
Robert Miller
Dialog
Pungs
Australian Senate
Senate
Knights OF Pythias Lodge
Madelyn Jones
Piccadilly
Piccadelly
45Th Street
Broadwey
New York City
Naliada Tarbding
SEO Ot Aae
Soviet Republic
Frederick W. ‘Humphreys
Europe
Eee
Sionett Thems
Minnie ‘A. White
Charles H. Frost
George ‘A. Churchill
James Dunton
Charles Farnham
Moscow
Miss Walker
Artise
Litvinoff
América
Massachusetts
Tonughen
Wea Hide Asah Diacy
Terry Tooollog
Piodo
SoMit the Devil
Krested
Biitz
Argan Barner
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