Governor Brann to Form Quoddy Bay Power Commission
Governor Louis J. Brann announced a non political address and outlined forming a commission to study the Cooper Quoddy Bay dam project near Eastport. President Roosevelt supported a timing report and a potential federal loan was turned down. six thousand jobs could arise if the project proceeds and a market for power is found without harming Maine utilities. The commission includes Kenneth Co. M. Sills Bowdoin Edward S. French Boston & Maine Harry B. Crawford Wingate F. Cram Bangor and William N. Campbell Sanford Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis J. Brann
Maine
Roosevelt
Cooper Quoddy Bay
Brann
Department of Public Works
Eastport
Niagara Falls
Washington
Kenneth Co. M. Sills
Bowdoin College
Edward S. French
Boston
Maine Central
Boston & Maine
Harry B. Crawford
Houston
Maine State Grange
Wingate F. Cram
Bangor
Bangor & Aroostook
William N. Campbell
Sanford Mills
Canning Relief Plan Extends Across State Cannery Network
A new relief program urges canneries to process fruits vegetables and berries at various locations statewide. People bring produce to be canned and pay from the finished goods. Canned foods will be used for winter relief and any leftovers help households. The aim is to cut relief costs and reduce waste by bartering canned goods to aid those in need. The project will be watched to see if it proves profitable and deserve year to year continuation.
Sagadahoc Republicans Set Rally Date at West Bath Grange
Sagadahoc county Republican leaders will host a rally at West Bath Grange Hall on Tuesday July 31. County and town committee members with loyal Republicans will hear speeches from prominent Maine and national party figures. invited guests include fellow loyal Republicans for a large gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
West Bath Grange Hall
Maine
Grange Hall
Bangor Attorney and Ex-Secretary of State Frank Ball Dies
Frank W. Ball, a Bangor attorney and former secretary of state, died at his home in Bangor on Sunday. Born in 1880, he was a prominent lawyer and active in politics with a large statewide circle of friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Ball
Bangor
Queen City
Sagadahoc Gun Club Protests Federal Migratory Bird Rules
Edward E. Sonia secretary of the Sagadahoc Rod Gun Skeet Club Inc writes Bath gunners urging signing a petition against federal limits on migratory birds in Merrymeeting Bay. He notes only forty eight of Bath’s eight hundred gunners are members and asks all to sign to retain current laws and shooting seasons.
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Gunners of
Bath
Edward E. Sonia
Sagadahoc Red, Gun & Skeet Club
Merrymeeting Bay
Sagadahoc
Sagadahoc Rod, Gun & Skeet Club Inc
Second Annual New Meadows Swim Set for August
The Second Annual New Meadows swim will be held Sunday August 12 with a larger field. Organizer Girard Pete Lamarre invites entrants to request blanks at 11 Dunning Street Brunswick. Four cups prize the event with victors receiving cups for men and women winners and a Brunswick special prize for the first Brunswick finisher. Melville Hutchinson of Portland won in 1933 with 1 hour 10 minutes 6 seconds. Richard Kerr of Portland was second. Mary Luce of Portland was the first woman to finish, fourth overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Meadows
Girard
Pete” Lamarre
New Meadows Inn
Thomas’ Point
Lamarre
Dunning Street
Brunswick
Melville Hutchinson
Portland
Richard Kerr
Mary Luce
M'Cormick and McElman Tie in St Marys Ceremony
Miss Celia Mae McElman daughter of Capt. George H McElman and Mrs McElman and T Edward McCormick son of Mrs Annie McCormick and the late Thomas McCormick were married Monday at St Marys church Rev Timothy C Maney officiated using a double ring ceremony Attendants included Miss Mary McElman and Harold E McElman The couple's reception followed at 60 Bedford Street and they left for a motor trip afterward The bride a Morse high school Gorham Normal graduate taught in city schools The groom proprietor of the American House Morse high school graduate Real Business College Bangor Dinner guests came from Whitman Roxbury Orono Boston and Concord
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celia Mae McElman
George H. McElman
Morse High School
T. Edward McCormick
American House
Real Business College
Bangor
Gorham Normal School
William A. Todd
William Todd
Whitman
Mass
Walter E. McElman
Roxbury
Maynard F. Jordon
Dorothy
Orono
Charles McElman
Boston
Benjamin J. Ahern
Concord
N. H
Bedford Street
Mrs. McCormick
Marblehead to Dock as Dewey Launch nears arrival
City officials confirm light cruiser Marblehead will reach the port on the afternoon of the 27th to mark the Dewey destroyer launch. Foreign warship plans at Bar Harbor fail. Rep. Reedy says orders cannot be changed. Rev. William J. Metz begins a lengthy overseas journey from Waterville to New York aboard the Statendam with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marblehead
Dewey
Harold P. Small
Halsey Powell
Newport
R. I
Bar Harbor
Small
Reed
William J. Metz
Dexter Universalist Church
Waterville
Helen Palmer
Metz
Paul
New York City
Statendam
Clinton A. Moulton
Dolgeville
N. Y
Gardiner Man Threatens to Shop in Brunswick Over Stop Sign
Bath merchants report a Gardiner man arrested for passing a stop sign faced a fine of about five dollars. He hinted he would shop in Brunswick if Bath enforces the ordinance. City officials defended enforcement and praised stop signs for reducing accidents at busy corners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Clinton McFadden
Board of Trade
Bath
Gardiner
McFadden
Brunswick
Walter L. Whitney
Edwards
Mammer
County Republicans to Meet July 31 in West Bath
Sagadahoc county Republicans plan a July 31 gathering at West Bath grange hall with A Eugene Sewall and Lena Day as honorary hosts. Hon Walter Edge and Carroll L Beedy join the event, which opens an intensive party drive for a Sagadahoc sweep in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
West Bath Grange Hall
Eugene Sewall
York
Lena Day
Gorham
Republican State Committee
Walter Edge
New Jersey
United States
France
Camilla Sewall
Bath
Carroll L. Beedy
Maine
Incorporation Papers for New Skeet Club Approved
The Sagadahoc Rod Gun and Skeet Club is incorporated with aims to aid state and federal wildlife efforts, study game species, and run a skeet club for gun handling and marksmanship. Officers include E Bernard McCausland president treasurer and Edward E Sonia secretary with directors Samuel Belanger Howard M Rice Warren Munsey Clifford Walsh Joseph Mc Laughlin and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Ralph O. Dale
Attorney General's Department
E. Bernard McCausland
George E. Clough
Howard M. Rice
Edward E. Sonia
Samuel Belanger
Warren R. Munsey
Clifford D. Walsh
Joseph McLaughlin
Herbert W. McCabe
Arthur L. Plant
Navy Names Dewey Destroyer Officers Ahead of Launch
Commander Harry W Hill confirms the Dewey destroyer crew all graduated from Annapolis with meritorious service. Lieut Standley is expected to arrive before launch. Executive officer J A Waters leads the crew with Lieuts Gano and Standley Jr in engineering and gunnery roles and Ensigns Rogers Montgomery and others in radio and torpedo duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Hill
Dewey
Bath Iron Works Corp
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Navy
Lieut. Standley
J. A. Waters
R. A. Gano
W. H. Standley Jr
8. C. Anderson
A. E. Sharpe Jr
T. W. Rogers
T. J. Montgomery
L. P. Smith
Poppy Grows From Seed Stuck Between Bricks
A Brunswick woman, Mrs Ludger Tetu, planted poppy seeds but one seed bounced and lodged on a brick indentation. It remained perched and rooted without soil, then flowered, producing a blossom as fine as plants in the garden.
Beebe Spends Weekend at Popham Beach Cottage
John H. Beebe of Wakefield Massachusetts spent the weekend at his cottage at Popham Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Beebe
Wakefield, Mass
Popham Beach
Bequest Funds Maine Estate and Sebasco Catamaran Planned
A Bangor probate filing details a $1000 bequest to Francis J. Murphy of Bath and other legacies to family friends and institutions. Separately Sebasco Lodge orders a two-hulled catamaran for summer guests to mark a growing nautical attraction at the Casco Bay resort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel A. Murphy
Bangor
Bowdoinham Man Struck and Killed Near Richmond
Fred Merryfield of Bowdoinham died in Gardiner General Hospital after being struck on the State highway by a sedan driven by Pearl G. Rittall of Dresden. County officials and State Highway Patrol investigated the Wednesday accident witnessed by Merryfield’s step-daughter Florence Bolduc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Merryfield
Bowdoinham
Gardiner General Hospital
Pearl G. Ritt
Tall
Dresden
John P. Carey, Jr
Bath
R. C. Doyle
Merryfield
Richmond Corner
Fred’s Motor Truck Co
Rittall
Brunswick
Marie F. Rittall
Florence Bolduc
Assistant Secretary of Navy visits Bath Iron Works
Henry L. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, tours Bath Iron Works to inspect the destroyer Dewey slated for launch next Saturday. He is escorted by Commander W. R. Munroe and shown the hull and machinery by Vroom and Ferrell with company officials Newell and Main. The secretary calls the ship “a very fine looking” before departing for Portsmouth.
High Praise for Mr Wilson Sermon at San Francisco
Miss Anne E. Dodge of Woolwich recounts a letter from her aunt Mrs William O Blinn guest at the Masonic home in Decoto California praising Mr Wilson of Central Congregational church Bath Maine grand prelate of Knights Templars for a July 8 sermon in a San Francisco auditorium. The home radios carried the service and residents called it masterly and impressive. Mrs Blinn formerly Miss Sophia Greenleaf Wright of Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne E. Dodge
Woolwich
William O. Blinn
Masonic
Decoto
Calif
Wilson
Central Congregational Church
Bath
Maine
Knights Templars
San Francisco
Bath dog entered in Old Orchard Show
Burma Chang a one year old black chow owned by Mrs Elmer F McFarland 27 Mechanic Street was entered in the Old Orchard Beach dog show Saturday The event is conducted by Pine Tree Kennel Club and sanctioned by the American Kennel Club Burma Chang won first prize in his class at Concord New Hampshire June 23 and was reserve winner in the bows display Ensign Albert Hobbs Clark USN has received his commission and will serve on the cruiser Chester now in Brooklyn Navy Yard eligible to sail to the Pacific coast in October His father and mother Mr and Mrs Albert L Clark reside in Norway and he graduated from Norway High School in 1928 and Annapolis in 1933 with honors
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Casco Bay
Sebasco Navy
N. A. Cushman
Sebasco Lodge
Encyclopaedia
George Wilson
Sebasco
Burma Chang
Black Chow
Elmer F. McFarland
Mechanic Street
Old Orchard Beach
Pine Tree Kennel Club
American Kennel Club
Concord
N. H
Albert Hobbs Clark
Chester
Brooklyn
N. Y. Navy Yard
Pacific Coast
Ensign Clark
Norway
Albert L. Clark
Norway High School
Annapolis
Jme
Jaquiths Attend Gathering With Relatives
Mr. and Mrs. H. Edward Jaquith of Academy Street passed Sunday in Gar diner with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Edward Jaquith
Academy Street
Gardiner
Robert Dash Dies in Cincinnati Auto Crash
Robert Dash 21, a Boothbay Camp for Boys member, died in an automobile accident in Cincinnati last week when the car overturned. His father Dr. George E. Dash, mother, and grandfather Charles Dash hastened to Boston to arrange funeral plans. Brother David Dash, with Boothbay campers, was reported near Crawford Notch and Mt. Washington. The Dash family had been staying at Brushwood Lodge on the Kennebec. Information remained limited as to the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Dash
Boothbay
Cincinnati
George E. Dash
Boothbay Camp
Charles Dash
Boston
David Dash
White Mountains
Crawford Notch
Mt. Washington
Tip Top House
Dashs
Brushwood Lodge
Webster Camps
Kennebec
Mrs Annie Bowker Celebrates Eightieth Birthday in Meadowbrook
Mrs Annie Bowker quietly marked her eightieth birthday at her Meadowbrook home in Phippsburg. She is the oldest member of Dromore grange and received flowers and a potted plant. Friends including Dr John Berry Rev Horace Holton and Miss Bessie Dickinson visited Aunt Annie as she enjoyed good health and smiles. Her son Jay Bowker and family spend summers at the old Bowker home, near tents on the former John Cutting farm site where descendants reside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie “Clark” Bowker
Meadowbrook
Phippsburg
Jay Bowker
Bowker
John Cutting
Summer visitor claims his liquor from Bath
Earl Jackson of Massachusetts located after visiting City hall to claim whiskey shipped to Bath and held by Chester Marr of the Internal Revenue. The liquor release was approved by Judge John J. Keegan and U S District Attorney John D. Clifford Jr. Dr William H Watters of Boston University Medical quet spoke at the Andre Scoggin County Medical Society event at No raco Inn, noting asthma nasal factors and asthma care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Jackson
Massachusetts
Jackson
City Hall
Bath
Chester N. Marr
Department of Internal Revenue
Mr. Jackson
John J. Keegan
United States
John D. Clifford, Jr
William H.watters
Boston University Medical Quet
Andre Scoggin County Medical Society
No‘raco Inn
Watters
McGrath
Suffolk County
Boston-Miami
Doctrinal and Ever Paddling a bout Reverential fear
A compact clue set lists various terms and abbreviations. Across entries include street abbr, city of easy divorces, and several science or language hints. The puzzle blends wordplay with definitions and abbreviations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small Brook
Costain Family Hosts Granddaughter Camilla Jane Birthday
Mr and Mrs John W Costain of 738 Middle Street hosted a Thursday afternoon party for their granddaughter Camilla Jane Costain on her first birthday. Attendees included Bath Brunswick and Maine residents. a pink party theme featured a pink cake and pink baskets. games and prizes entertained guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Costain
Middle Street
Camilla Jane Costain
Camilla Jane
George T. Costain
Costain
Lorraine Fortier
Barbara Hart
Edward Dingley
Mary Sarkis
Patricia Anne Tardif
Eugene Burgess
Mary Burgess
Jaqueline Bisson
Phyllis Bisson
Jeanine Bisson
Bath
Phyllis Anne Tetreault
Yvette Tetu
George Tetu
Muriel Messier
Brunswick
Albert Vail, Jr
Mechanic Falls
Jaqueline Antil
Arthur Antil, Jr
Fitchburg, Mass
Helen Anne Tardif
John Tardif
Lewiston
Charges Trouble Caused by Mother-in-law
In municipal court Judge John J. Keegan heard a family dispute involving a daughter's husband charged with assault and battery after ejecting his mother-in-law from his home. She fainted on the stand needing medical attendance as testimony alleged she caused friction during a visit. The case was continued to Tuesday at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Bridgham
John J. Keegan
Massachusetts
A. A. Stott
Cyr Buys Property In Washington Street Dwelling
Negotiations closed last Wednesday through the Fred B. Reed agency for the sale by Mrs. Isabel B. Wiley of her two story wooden house at 1016 Washington street to Emile J. Cyr a local marketman. The purchaser will occupy the property himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred B
Resourceful anglers reel in trout after forgetful outing
Lillian Mace and Phoebe Rowe of Osborn fished a brook and, missing worms, used waxed paper as bait. The two women caught 31 trout in a short time before returning home to feed the worms to the hens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Mace
Phoebe Rowe
Osborn
Morse High Faculty for Coming Year Announced
Supt Clinton D Wilson announced Morse High School faculty for the coming year. Arthur B Scott will be principal and mathematics, J Edward Pomeroy sub master and mechanical drawing, Miss Mary H Conley English, Miss Kathrine Conley English, Miss Hester Rose history, Horace P Herrick chemistry and physics, Blair O Wilson civics and biology, Harold E Brown mathematics, Miss M Agnes Fahey head of commercial department, Miss Mary L Lord assistant in commercial, Miss Edna McAvoy domestic in Benedicta, Miss Cecile Veilleux French, Miss Hazel E Wakefield Latin, Miss Catherine E Leonard civics and geography, Miss Janette W Smith domestic science, David Y Alkazin manual training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton D. Wilson
Morse High School
Arthur B. Scott
J. Edward Pomeroy
Mary H. Conley
Katherine Conley
Ellsworth
Hester M. Rose
Brooks
Horace P. Herrick
Southwest Harbor
Blair O. Wilson
Harold E. Brown
M. Agnes Fahey
Portland
Mary L. Lord
Edna McAvoy
Benedicta
Cecile Veilleux
Lewiston
Hazel E. Wakefield
Catherine E. Leonard
Janette W. Smith
David Y. Al‘kazin
Navy Promises Bath Light Cruiser For July Twenty Eighth
Bath to host a Navy light cruiser for the July 28 celebration of the destroyer Dewey launch. Mayor Small learned from Congressman Carroll L. Beedy that Navy orders detail a cruiser to Bath for the event. Earlier, Beedy helped bring the destroyer Barry here last week and pledges further support for additional ships on launch day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAVY
BATH
Dewey
Mayor Small
Carroll L. Beedy
Navy Department
American Legion
Small
Beedy
Barry
Pine Tree Dog Club Show At Old Orchard Beach
The Pine Tree Dog club annual show at Old Orchard Beach will be held Saturday July 21 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Entries closed Monday night. Visitors expected include Gov John Winant and Mrs Winant Gov Louis J Brann and Mrs Brann former Gov William Tudor Gardiner and Mrs Gardiner and Mr and Mrs A S Hinds of Pasadena Cal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Tree Dog Club
Old Orchard Beach
John Winant
Winant
New Hampshire
Louis J. Brann
Brann
William Tudor Gardiner
Gardiner
A. S. Hinds
Pasa- Idena
Cal
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Pres
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Harry CG. Webber
M’cormick
M’elman
St. Mary’s Church
NEW Skeet Club
Commander Hill
Francis J. Murphy
Catamaran
Sebasco’s Navy
St. John’s Catholic Church
Mt. Pleasant
Sarah A. Murphy
Katherine M. Murphy
Carmel
Henry W. Murphy
William J. O'Neil
Bristol
Conn
Caroline Niles
First Street
William and
Eugene Murphy
Joseph E. Murphy
C. J. O'Leary
Freeman H. Merritt
Shore Acres
OLD Orchard
Annie C. Bowker
Ney
Family Row
Keegan
Cyr
Morse High
Reedy
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