Bath Leader Fred L Andrews Dies at Bay Point
Bath mourns the sudden death of Fred L Andrews vice president and general manager of Hyde Windlass Co at his Summer Bay Point home. His work developing propellers for pleasure craft liners and naval ships aided many employees and earned local respect. Maine Automobile Association directors meet in Portland to discuss highway funding and a proposed route likely to gain federal aid. Governor Gardiner’s road stance gains approval as the group favors a route with fewer grades and curves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Andrews
Hyde Windlass Company
Sterling Citizen
Bay Point
Bath
Andrews
Mr. Andrews
Maine Automobile Association
Portland
Maine
Highway Department
Gardiner
Waldoboro
Maine Automobile Assciation
Debate Over Timing Of Presidential Campaign
The piece argues long campaign seasons create poor business and questions why campaigns stretch for months. It notes nominations occur in June with election in November, suggesting September could suffice to let the public know the incoming administration’s makeup.
Political Recovery Amid Election Postponement Spell
A clipped fragment hints at policies during a presidential term and possible recovery from a slack spell. The text implies consideration of reforms and shorter recovery timelines in national leadership.
Maine Public Health Meeting Set for LakewoodJuly 21
The Maine Public Health Association plans its annual meeting at Lakewood Inn inviting members and affiliates. Reports by Theresa R. Anderson and others will follow brief staff talks on district work. Dr Clarence Cook Little will address cancer research, with expected attendance by Dr Kendall Emerson and greeting messages from Governor Gardiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Public Health Association
Lakewood
Friends of the Association
Theresa R. Anderson
Abbie M. Buck
Alice H. McGouldrick
Gardiner
George Coombs
Howard C. Hanscom
Bureau of Health
Henry Richards
E. D. Merrill
Dover-Foxcroft
B. L. Bryant
Bangor
Clarence F. Kendall
Augusta
E.S. Woodman
Winthrop
Arthur F. Tiffin
F. Y. Gilbert
Portland
Clair S. Bauman
Waterville
E. G. Abbott
George A. Coombs
Waldoboro
E. H. Drake
Gerald P. Clifford
Field Defends GOP Prohibition Plank in Augusta
Daniel F. Field of Phillips, state Republican chairman, challenged potential deserters over the prohibition plank at an Augusta campaign meeting. He called the plank a path to resubmission allowing states to set their own laws and rejected charges of straddling the liquor issue. Burleigh Martin, candidate for Governor, attended as party leaders from across the state listened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel F. Field
Phillips
Augusta
Field
Burleigh Martin
Realty Transfers in Sagadahoc County
Real estate transfers recorded in the Sagadahoc Register of Deeds over the last two weeks include multiple Hew Bath and Bowdoin, Georgetown and Phippsburg changes. Notable moves include Nettie M. Stephens to Frances R. Blake and Moses Rowe to Edgar S. Rowe among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Bath
Nettie M. Stephens
Frances R. Blake
Eric B. Haggett
Jane W. Haggett
Melita T. Leavitt
Louise S. Shepard
Mary E. Nugent
Fred H. Thompson
Bowdoin
George R. Mockler
Benjamin B. Douglass
Georgetown
Moses Rowe
Als
Edgar S. Rowe
Henry W. Howard
Phippsburg
Martin Wyman
Roscoe G. Wriston
Georgia E. Lombard
Roscoe C. Wriston
Vernon M. Mattson
Nils H. Mattson
Richmond
Chester A. Call
Ida M. Humphrey
Winifred M. Call
Hattie M. Quinnam
William H. McGinn
Mary L. McGinn
Raymond L. Whitney
Brunswick barber Jud Langen nudged by passing car
Jud Langen, a Brunswick barber, began the week with a nudge when another vehicle backed into his car as he tried to park in front of his shop. The incident caused only slight damage and no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jud Langen
Brunswick
Hoover Liquor Plank Echoes Across Prohibition Debate
Omar W. Folsom analyzes The Hoover Liquor Plank from The Christian Century reprinting in Bath Independent. The piece argues the Republican stance on prohibition is a fair middle ground with state options and federal safeguards, aiming to return the liquor question to the people for a fresh mandate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Independent
Obler
Christian Century
Chicago
Bath Independent
Hoover
Butler
Columbia University
Congress
Wiscasset Wedding for Miss Rosamond Fuller and Harold Davies
Miss Rosamond Lucilla Fuller daughter of Mrs Richard Buckminster Fuller New York and Harold Edwards Davies of Hereford England wed Saturday at St Philips Church Wiscasset Rev Charles M Tubbs officiated Maid of honor Miss Louise Bigelow bridesmaids include Allegra Fuller and others Ushers were Wolcott Fuller and John N Ferlane II A reception followed at the bride’s mother Summer home on High Street The couple plans to live in New York City after August 1 at 169 East 78th Street Mr Davies works with Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosamond Lucilla Fuller
Richard Buckminster Fuller
East 18Th Street
New York
Harold Edwards Davies
Hereford
England
Edwards Davies
St. Philips Church
Wiscasset
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Episcopal Church
Bath
Henry B. Nash
Wolcott Andrews
Louise Bigelow
Lloyd Lowndes
Otto Schmidt
Leslie Larned
Kate Larned
Allegra Fuller
Wolcott Fuller
Boston
Asath Churchill Lloyd Lowndés
John Nelson Fer Lane
High Street
Davies
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
St. Timothy's School
Catonsville
Woman Objects to Blueberry Pickers Entering Home
In West Bath Miss Ruth Coombs near Berry's Mill Road objects to blueberry pickers entering her home for a drink. She welcomes water from the well but asks pickers not to knock on her door each time they want a drink, noting an incident where a man and girl entered while she was at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Coombs
Fred Coombs
Berry's Mill Road
West Bath
Miss Coombs
Miss Combs
Dexter men tried for keeping a gam resort
Vance Dyer and Philip Fraser of Dexter faced Judge Arthur Stone in Dover Foxcroft on Wednesday charged with keeping a gam resort. Officer Fred Marsh filed the complaint. Both were found guilty. Dyer received a $1000 fine and Fraser a $50 fine. The case was continued to August 6 for payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance Dyer
Philip Fraser
Dexter
Arthur Stone
Dover Foxcroft
Fred Marsh
Dyer
Fraser
Reunion of Brothers and Sisters After Twenty Years
Mrs. Smith Freeman of 254 Center Rockbridge Road reports a joyful reunion with her brother after nearly two decades. The pair had not seen each other since World War I while he lived overseas and she resided in Bath and Detroit. They learned both were nearby in this city and reconnect with relatives Mr. Freeman and Mrs. Freeman returning from Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Freeman
Center Rock Bridge Road
Mrs. Freeman
Mr. Freeman
Detroit
Mich
Wiscasset
Bath
Mr. Bachelder
Jennie A. Sampson
Boston
Joseph Bachelder
Sydney
Australia
Brackett Knights Wedding Told In Brunswick
Miss Helen B Knights and Morton Linwood Brackett wed Thursday at the Soule residence in Brunswick with Rev Harold I Merrill officiating. The couple's reception followed at their new home 3 Dunning. The bride taught in local schools and is daughter of Mrs Edna Knights. The groom, a 32nd degree Mason, works in Bath for the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen B. Knights
Morton Linwood Brackett
Warren S. Soule
Franklin Street
Brunswick
Harold I. Merrill
Universalist Church
Mr. Merrill
Lucille Morin
Rodney Peterson
Eva Soule
Irving H. Brackett
Dunning Street
Edna B. Knights
Great Atlantic and Pacific Co
Bath
Bruns wick Mills Resume Idle Work As Prospects Improve
The Cabot Mill rehired idle workers signaling brighter times for Brunswick. The Worumbo Lisbon Falls cotton mill plans full operation with departments restarting in two weeks. Together these mills employ most factory labor in the two towns, suggesting improved business prospects for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick Record
Cabot
Brunswick
Lisbon Falls
Worumbo Company
Lisbon
Bath Soldiers fall to Battery I in Coast Artillery championship
Battery I of South Portland defeated Battery H of Bath 12 to 7 at Fort Williams in the 240th Coast Artillery baseball championship. Roy Bennett pitched well for Bath but costly errors doomed the Bath squad as Battery I leveraged its semi pro experience to take the title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battery H
Bath
Somes and Perkins Union in Wiscasset Wedding
Stanley Edson Somes and Frances Eldora Perkins of Wiscasset were married at Central church parsonage by Rev. David L. Wilson. The single ring ceremony featured the bride in blue and the couple left by auto for a brief honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Edson Somes
Frances Eldora Perkins
Wiscasset
Central Church Parsonage
David L. Wilson
Foster S- Perkins
George F. Somes
Boston
Foster S
Horizontal, Y Satébn Axture ' 4-Existed T-Extent $-Auasian city and port
Word puzzle style list of clues with mixed phrases and garbled entries mentioning cities ports and various cryptic definitions. Includes references to colors numbers and objects, plus an instruction that the solution will appear next issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auasian
Port
Equator
Fiat
Hawaiian Islands
Maine Apple and Potato Crop Prospects For 1932
The Maine Department of Agriculture reports mixed crop prospects for 1932. Maine potato planting totals 174,000 acres, with production forecast at 46,980,000 bushels, below 1931 and the 1924–28 average. New England potato acreage reaches 228,000 with yields expected above 1931, total regional potato output about 55,060,000 bushels. Oats and small grains rise as potato area falls. total oats 4,752,000 bushels, tame hay down with 715,000 tons expected. Pasture stands at 68 percent, the lightest since 1921. Apple production forecast at 1,484,000 bushels in Maine, about 26 percent above last year. Baldwin and McIntosh show varied prospects. New England apple output totals 6,640,000 bushels. pears are light in Maine and New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
United States Departments of Agriculture
Aroostook
New England
Newland
Battery H Returns From Encampment at Fort Williams
Battery H of the 240th Coast Artillery returns to Maine on a special troop train after a 15 day encampment at Fort Williams. The unit with 62 men includes Col Henry W. Owen Capt Elva Stickney and Lt Joseph Butler. They won an efficiency banner and led target shooting in their division, with the Battery baseball team finishing runner up to Battery I of South Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
240Th Coast Artillery
Fort Williams
Maine Central
Henry W. Owen
Elva Stickney
Joseph Butler
Bath
South Portland
Bath Boys
Coast Artillery
Battery
Golden Anniversary Celebrate Ramsay Family Milestone
Mrs. Ramsay marked 73 years on her birthday with family including Allan Ramsay and guests Emma Hooper Martha Hooper Hibbert Norton. The couple recalled Capt. Joshua Moody bringing an antique lustre dinner set from England 125 years ago, now kept at their Bath home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramsay
Charles
Sear Garet Sloan Ramsay
Evergreen Cemetery
Portland
Portland Mrs. Ramsay Was Born In Cumberland, A Daughter of Albert. H
Victoria Moody
Bath
Farm Bureaus End Membership in Maine
Farm Bureaus in Maine completed their membership year on June 30 with 12 012 members and 80 organized communities. George E. Lord notes this is the largest number of communities to date. Kennebec leads with 1 253 members, Aroostook has 1 146, York 1 198. Three Aroostook communities exceed 100 members: Caribou Presque Isle Fort Fairfield. Knox Lincoln county leads with 80 percent of last year’s members renewed. County bureaus plan for the 1933 campaign starting September and October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
George E. Lord
Mr. Lord
Kennebec County
Aroostook County
York
Caribou
Presque Isle
Fort Fairfield
Knox-Lincoln County
Farm Bureau
Mrs Rose Dodge Injured In Wharf Collision
Mrs Rose Dodge, 69, of Bar Harbor suffered a fractured hip and a severe shock after a traffic incident at the Eastern Steam ship wharf on Wednesday. She was taken to the hospital in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Dodge
Bar Harbor
Teki
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ayads
Wiest
Bete, Maine
Omola
Trea
Eater
Flags
Sagadahoc County
Tisis
O. W. Folsom
Sinclair
Omar W. Folsom
Thomas R. Huston
Buxton’s
Buxton Rheumatic Medicine Co
Abbot Village
Rosamond L. Fuller
Harold E. Davies
Eng
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Brackett
Knights
Somes—Perkins
Central Church
Western Newspaper Union
Robert T. Ramsay
Les Camarades
Mursieaux
Farm Bureaus
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!