New Deal at the Crossroads Redefines New England Hotels
New England resort hotels adopt low rate packages to lure cost conscious travelers. Bar Harbor Mount Desert Reading Room becomes Shore Club with free facilities for guests. Other hotels add free golf beaming dining and novel entertainments to maintain high standards amid 1933 conditions.
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New England
New England Council
U. S
White Mountains
Bar Harbor
Old Mount Desert
Shore Club
Mount Desert Island
Martha's Vineyard
Mass
Boston
United States
Charles River Basin
Rotary
Europe
Family Reunion Held at Mere Point
Dr. and Mrs. Elbridge G. A. Stetson of Brunswick hosted the annual Morse reunion at the Stetson camp in Mere Point. The gathering of descendants included many Bath and regional families with a notable outdoor shore dinner at Blackstone and Mrs. Parker dressed as Miss Prosperity.
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Elbridge G. A. Stetson
Brunswick
Edwin J. Morse
Stetson Camp
Mere Point
Blackstone
Harry Parker
Miss Prosperity
E. E. Morse
Wallace Reed
Justus Miller
Bath
Albert Morse
Marshall
New York
Harry Burnham
Robert
Bangor
Walter Cromwell
Lewiston
Lowell
Mass
Rose Leavitt
Harpswell
Olive Clark
Signa
Thelma
Augusta
Miss Frances Weeks Heads to Rochester Visit
Miss Frances Weeks travels to Rochester New Hampshire to visit her sister Mrs Percival Safford after a stay in Bath with her mother Mrs Frank Weeks of Grove Street Weeks directs the music department at Bancroft School Worcester Massachusetts.
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Frances Weeks
Rochester
N. H
Percival Safford
Bath
Frank Weeks
Grove Street
Miss Weeks
Bancroft School
Worcester
Mass
Josselyn Society meeting notes and local summer life
Miss Abbie Minott and Mrs. C. V. Minott attended the Josselyn Society in Winthrop with speakers Dr. Steinmetz Dr. Fernald and Dr. Faccett. The piece recalls the Aryan shipyard scene forty years ago and a long voyage narrative, plus visits of locals at Parker Head Lakeview and several summer guests around Phippsburg.
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Abbie Minott
C. V. Minott
Winthrop
Josselyn Society
Steinmetz
University of Maine
Fernald
Gray Herbarium
Harvard College
Norman Faccett
University of Wisconsin
Lakeview Arms Hotel
Horace Holton
Parker Street Congregational Church
Brockton
Mass
H. B. Wyman
Pauline Wyman
Lakeview
Boston
Hattie Eaton
South Deerfield
Magss
Charles L. Stevens
Minott
Wiley R. Dickinson
Hull
Lee
River Platte
Herbert Black
New York
Cape St. John
Diego Ramirez Islands
George L. Cutting
Lloyd Banning
Foxboro
R. F. Campbell
Dromore Bay Farm
Bar Harbor
White Mountains
Crawford Notch
Lake Champlain
Rose Wyman
James Lee
Edgar
Malden
G. C. Beals
Howard Chase
Blanch
Randolph
Nettie Beals
Alvina Oliver
Capt
W. B. Perry
Ralph Coombs
Portland
James Perry
Arthur Perry
Fred A. Oliver
Ernest Rogers
Stanley Hyde
Yarmouth
Popham
Winfield Rowe
Arlene
Waltham
William Cutting
Frank
Gloucester
Mattie Cutting
George Cutting
Rachel Banning
Albert Thompson
Small Point
Bath
Pauline Rogers
Kittery
Charles Stratton
Parker Reed
Stonington
Grace Wheeler
Meadowbrook
Doris
J. E. Perry
Annie Bowker
Salvation Army Drive Opens in Bath for Annual Appeal
The Bath Salvation Army annual drive began Monday and runs through July 29. Hon Edward W Bridgham chairs the campaign with jel E Williams as treasurer. A large local committee backs the effort including John A Lord Rupert H Baxter Charles H Cahill Eugene M Desmond Daniel T Dougherty and others. Campaign manager Vernot reports strong support from plant managers merchants and employers to place subscription papers for workers. Letters go to former subscribers and more.
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Salvation Army
Edward W. Bridgham
Jel E. Williams
Vernot
Bath
John A. Lord
Rupert H. Baxter
Charles H. Cahill
Eugene
Rodney E. Ross
Harry B. Sawyer
Mary L. Sewall
William S. Shorey
Martha P. Small
Eugene L. Thebeau
Joseph Torrey
Harry C. Webber
Clinton D. Wilson
Tuna fish season brings strong catch in Casco Bay
The week’s fishing yields abundant horse mackerel, with West Point men earning four cents a pound in Portland. Wholesalers report solid demand as fish spread inland under the tuna name. Best grounds lie between Halfway Rock and Cape Elizabeth lightship, about 20 miles from West Point, with crews averaging large hauls on favorable days.
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Casco Bay
West Point
Portland
Halfway Rock
Cape Elizabeth
West Pointers
Henry Wallace
Co-Workers Class Hosts Pleasant Meeting at West Bath
Members of the Co-Workers class of the First Baptist church gathered Friday at Mrs. Laura E. Lemont’s home on Sanford's Crossing Road West Bath. More than 20 members attended the regular monthly session with guest Mrs Emmet Cox of Lexington Massachusetts. Mrs Charles R Furber presided. the afternoon featured games and a picnic supper served by Mrs Lemont. Next meeting planned by Mrs Fred W Larrabee at Larrabee's Grove. Miss Vera Aldrich RN of Boston visiting classmate Marie H Findlen RN.
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Co-Workers
First Baptist Church
Laura E. Lemont
Sanford’s Crossing Road
West Bath
Emmet
Cox-of-Lexington
Mass
Charles R. Furber
Lemont
Fred W. Larrabee
Larrabee’s Grove
Mrs Coombs Given Miscellaneous Shower Before Wedding
Mrs Lloyd F Coombs nee Edith P Oliver received a miscellaneous shower at 21 Floral street hosted by her sister Mrs Andrew B Hart and Mr Hart in honor of her July 12 wedding. Guests included Mr Coombs and many Olivers with light refreshments and gifts such as linen towels and a toaster.
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Lloyd F. Coombs
Edith P. Oliver
Andrew B. Hart
Hart
Floral Street
Coombs
Jennie G. Oliver
Clarence Oliver
Clarence Cunningham
Arthur King
Philip Oliver
Grace Moody
Valentine Ayer
Laura Migneault
Marion Colman
Irma D. Groves
Delia M. Cloutier
Edith G. Gott
Cynthia Quinn
Muriel A. Spinney
Mary Hart
Nellie Robinson
Lillian Oliver
Elizabeth Pinkham
Carolyn Oliver
Mary Oliver
Annie King
Rail traffic exceeds anticipation on Bar Harbor Express
Rail officials cut the Bar Harbor Express to two weekly runs due to heavier than expected traffic. The Bath to Rockland trips often split into two sections with seven cars in the first and six in the second. Pullman sleepers were deadheaded to Portland as westbound travel is light. The two-section schedule helps manage steep Fast grades near Waldoboro. Also noted: Queen Esther Rebekah lodge picnic at Garnet and Ad Rice's farm with lobster and fried clams. Emma F. Jacobs 82 celebrated as oldest attendee.
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Bar Harbor
Bath
Portland
Rockland
Washington, D. C
Philadelphia
New York
Waldoboro
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Garnet
Ad Rice
Roger Pierce
Warren A. Parris
Emma F. Jacobs
Arthur Ray Rice
Ray V. Rice
Woolwich
Jacobs
Gravel improves street railway safety on High street
Winnegance notes gravel laid between rails along High street easing turning onto the car track. Phippsburg bridge approach improved by patrolman. Local farms report berry crops with raspberries and blackberries promising if weather stays favorable.
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the Street Railway Company
High Street
Phippsburg
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Charles E. Hewitt
Sabine
Elmer Coggeshall
Mill
Fred A. Oliver
Upton Place
Murder Arranged in Three Act Mystery at Morse High
The Col lege Players present A Murder Has Been Arranged at Morse high school auditorium on Thursday evening. The drama has seldom been staged in the United States and once ran long at Boston's Copley Square theatre. The Thursday show supports the High School Athletic Association and follows last Saturday's performance of The Second Man.
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College
Morse High School
United States
Copley Square Theatre
Boston
Stephen F. Lee
High School Athletic Association
Local Boy Fractures Leg After Fall From Home Roof
Six year old Charles Buteau of 4 Chestnut Street Lewiston fell three stories to the roof of a building while playing on the back porch Thursday. He sustained a fracture of the right leg and other injuries. At the hospital Friday his condition was improving.
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Charles Buteau
Philibert Buteau
Chestnut Street
Lewiston
Cormorants Return to Kennebec River Areas After Years
Observers report cormorants reappearing in the Kennebec region after long absence, with sightings near Winslow's Ledges Seguin The Sisters and Black Rocks. Capt H L Spinney notes their size behavior and notes protection may have allowed growth. Crews on the bridge observe them daily during morning and afternoon flights.
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Kennebec
Merrymeeting
Winslow’s Ledges
Seguin
Sisters
Black Rocks
H. L. Spinney
Maine
Ceese
Capt
Spinney
Mt. Desert
Oliver Family Takes 900 Mile Auto Trip
Mr and Mrs Wilbur C Oliver and Mr and Mrs Arthur G Oliver of 39 Union Street returned Monday night from a 900 mile drive to Brooklyn New York. They visited Mrs Jennie Stevens sister of Mrs Oliver and stayed with Warren D Oliver in Cambridge Mass and Mrs Charles Marr in Gloucester.
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Wilbur C. Oliver
Arthur G. Oliver
Union Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
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