Maine State Employes Dine At The Inn In July Outing
Governor Baxter did not attend the fourth annual State House outing to New Meadows Inn where nearly 150 state employees enjoyed a dinner and dancing. A Rockland message from Baxter greeted the group, while officers and staff from the Public Utilities Commission, the State auditor, the Secretary of State, the Fish & Game Commission and others joined the festivities along with many state workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baxter
New Meadows Inn
State House
Cahill
Rockland
Charles 8S. Brown
Percival P. Baxter
Maine
Mr. Brown
Jake Conant
State of Maine
Bath
Elks Pavilion
Roland TH. Smith Post
American Legion's Home Fund
Charles KE. Gurney
Public Utilities Commission
Albert Greenlaw
F. DD. Hayford
Charles 8. Brown
I. W. Ball
Willis EB. Parsons
Fish & Game
H. A. Shorey Jr
W. Ll. Bonney
George W. Leadbetter
Gertrude Delaisted
Gertrude Hall
Board of Charities and Corrections
Marion Brainard
Theresa Stuart
Myrtle Hodgdon
Myrtle Hodgdon, Miss Burbank
John Flint
Lottie Harrington
Winnefred Clark
Thelma Malles
Clarence Pierce
Bernice Walker
Frank Washburn
Madelyn Marshall
Vera Jones
Cony
Parret Hitewood
Ethel Anne
Ethel Knowles
Alice Weston
Eugene K. Sawtelle
Irvin W. Barbour
Helen M. Hutchinson
Gertrude Drake
Clara Drake
Derry Ellis
Max L. Wilder
William A. Runnells
John D. Brown
Gerald Wardwell
H. Morrell Page
Horace Parlin
Hubert Cross
Messrs. Dunham and Sawyer
Alice Leighton
Estelle Webber
Helen Rainey
Dorothy Metcalf
Lucius D. Barrows
Cora Jones
Marion Enman
Gertrude Savage
Berdinina Morrison
Olive Dutton
Margaret Keene
Dorothy Regan
Robert G. Stubbs
Agnes Murphy
Esther Sylvester
M. L
Ivy Steillen
Evelyn V Pickhim
Bertha Littlefield
Julia Panera
Mrs. Stevens
Paul Safford
Ruby Dennis
Retta Shaw
Andrey Hanks
Lucy Johnson
Josephine Whalen
Marguerite Maxey
Elmer Parkman
Roy Wentzel
Roscoe Dunn
Leon
McCausland
Eleanor Sager
Vivian Milliken
Ethel Tolman
Edith Wadsworth
Marat Gray
Earl Parsons
Josephine
Patrolman Brook Returns with Miss Bartlett in Larceny Case
South Sortland patrolman Albert S. Brook brings Miss Etta Bartlett from Sebasco to Bata on larceny charges. Bartlett is accused of stealing a grapho phone from William Seng ish in South Vorthind and was arrested by Deputy Sheriff John A. Norris for South Portland authorities. Eugene Tart visited Portland on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert S. Brook
South Sortland
Bata
Etta Bartlett
Sebasco
William Sengish
South Vorthind
Ciartlett
John A. Norris
South Portland
Navy Veteran Stephen J. Wimmer Returns to Bath Work
Stephen J. Wimmer, after 18 years in the United States Navy, resumes work in Bath Iron Works machine shop. A chief special mechanic, he served mainly on supply ships including the Panther, with extensive Asiatic postings and duty in mine sweeping, gun sight repairs, and war service medals. He now lives at Hotel Phoenix and has toured many world ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen J. Wimmer
United States Navy
Bath Iron Works
Mr. Wimmer
Navy
Bath
U.S. S
Panther
Jvax
Goat Island
San Francisco
France
Cavite
S. 1
Valella
Malta
Spolato
Dalmetia
Constantinople
Chanock
Turkey
Jaffa
Valestine
Alexander and
Raising Bee at New Tabernacle in Wiscasset
A large gathering tackles the tabernacle raising in Wiscasset with three crews led by John Wright and two others. Aunt Mary Brown, 92, drives a fir spike as women and children aid. a day-long push by converts and locals aims to finish the first story’s outer walls and complete construction that week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jong
Wiscasset
John Wright
Diath
Gus Johnson
I Edgar Badger
Mary Brown
Tabernacle
Polley Demonstrates Human Fly Skill At Bath Bank
George G. Polley known as the Human Fly amazed hundreds Thursday night by climbing the Bath Savings Institution building. He delivered a brief talk on home industries before the ascent, drew shouts of fear from onlookers during a near fall, then reached the roof and stood on his head at the corner to a roar of applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George G. Polley
Bath Savings Institution
Polley
Home Industries
Comes to Visit Old Home from Indiana Journey
Mr and Mrs Robby known as Mrs Georgia Preble arrive in a Rickenbacker from Connersville Indiana after a 1400 mile week long trip stopping at Niagara Falls and Adirondacks Green and White mountains They will stay at Sebasco cottage until September Accompanying them from Somerville Massachusetts are Mrs Eby s daughter and husband Harold J Battison The Eby party notes heavy rains in their region contrasting Indiana s drought ahead of a break in the dry spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robby
Georgia Preble
Connersville
Ind
Niagara
Adirondack
Green and White Mountains
Somerville
Mass
Eby
Harold J. Battison
Sebasco
Indiana
Bertha Russell
Bath
W. QO. Oliver
Gladys
Dorothy Oliver
W.C. Todd
Ward Parlin
New Vineyard
Harold Hunt
Henry Morris
Lillian Knights
Howard Heald
Mansfield
Richard Boucher
B.C. Higgins
Charles Wilbur
Daugther Iva
Sabattus
Ralph Dunton
Capt
Fred Hinckley
East Orange
N. J
Wilbur
Iva
FE. BB
DB. Tf. Woodside
Portland
Niecs Eleaner
Spitzer
Taunton
Cora Searles
West Georgetown
Cyrus Oliver
Mark Marr
Wilton Campbell
Robinhood
Newman
Nashville
Tenn
W. A. Todd
Harlen Trafton
Vern
Dorchester
George Oliver
Edward Wren
Georgie Knights
Frank Lawrence
Wortlatt
Stearns Scott
Joseph Higgins
Carl A. Scott
Harriet Emmons
Lewiston
Scott House
West Creorgetown
A. BE. Rowe
Elizabeth
Mr. Scott
Dorothy Stuart
Delle Heald
Dorothy Files
Willard
Roger
Popham Beach
Marion Stevens
Fred Reid
George Lampher
Odd Ladies Lodge Plans Mid Summer Picnic
Members of Myrtle lodge of Odd Ladies prepare for their annual picnic Tuesday on the west bank of the New Meadows river near Bull Rock bridge. The party departs Sagadahoc square by trolley at ten with baskets and supplies for a day of enjoyment, weather permitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Lodge of Odd Ladies
New Meadows
Bull Rock Bridge
Sagadahoc Square
Five Islands residents gather for thirteenth birthday picnic
Miss Vesta Hinckley celebrated her thirteenth birthday with a Sedgemere picnic Monday. Dozens of Five Islands residents and visitors joined as guests, with many staying at cottages and attending local gatherings and church events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesta Hinkley
Vesta Hinckley
Sedgemere
Ivan
Alice Cromwell
Aurelia
Kathleen Gray
Lulu Rowe
Thelma Davis
Ellen Hagan
Ida Hinckley
Ellen Coffin
Hallowell
Elizabeth Carey
Peter Ledew
Vincent
Norman
Ethel Brown
Dunwoody
Glen Gould
West Acton
Mer
T. Morrill
Lewiston
Leslie Ainley
Cambridge
Charles Mince Mahin
Chautauqua Sessions End Tonight Amid 100 Guarantors
The fourth Chautauqua season closes tonight after strong attendance and satisfaction with offerings. Last night featured the comedy drama Purn to the Right o and tonight Bueckner's Jubilee singers perform, with an afternoon program by Jaimier Chautauqua. Local rail work continues as Maine Central lays new steel rails in Bath yard. Walter Keyes, who runs a boys camp on New Meadows at Sebasco, praises Bath merchants for their well chosen stock and courteous service across groceries, dry goods, clothing, and jewelry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fath
Bueckner
Jaimier Chautauqua
Maine Central
Walter Keyes
New Meadows
Sebasco
Bath
Tie
Safe Treasury savings certificates offer secure yearly income
The Treasury savings certificates are sold at 80 per 100 with five year redemption at full value. They yield about 4 percent compounded semi annually, allowing annual cash withdrawals while preserving principal. A $4000 investment can provide roughly $200 yearly income and grow to $5000 in five years. Beneficiaries may receive certificates on death and options exist for joint ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Savings
Savings Bank
Liberty Bonds
Treasury
Down by the Sea U I D C Program Cast List
Charles H. Topper found an old U I D C program for the two act drama Down in the Sea. Cast includes Abner Raymond merchant Captain Dandelion Miss Annie Harris Mrs Gale Kate Raymond Kate Frazier Kitty Gale John Gale fisherman September Gale and other townspeople.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Topper
Green Street
Abner Raymond
C.H. Hooper
Dandelion
Peres Arcs
W. F. Turner
Kate Raymond
Annie Harris
Gale
John
Kate Frazier
Kitty Gale
Grace Bartlett
John Gale
Sturges
LL. T. Snipe
Hiatt
Asilarserete Tires
Eclass F. LL. Andrews
Jean Grapean
Hoot F. DD. Hill
Maine teens begin to learn college entrance results
Maine students who sat for the college entrance examinations in Portland on June 1 20 and 21 are starting to receive results. Miss M Evelyn Oliver of Bath is the sole Bath participant reported to have passed the tests and may enter Mount Holyoke College at South Hadley Massachusetts in September without conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Portland
M. Evelyn Oliver
Bath
Mount Holyoke Colege
South Hadley
Mass
Memorial Organ Dedication At Georgetown Center Baptist
Sunday evening dedication service at Georgetown Center Baptist Church featured a memorial organ. Music included a prayer response sung by Mrs. Frank Heald and organ selections by Harold Brown. Rev. Howard Pease spoke on Music in Worship. A large audience expressed high satisfaction with the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown Center Baptist Church
Frank Heald
Harold Brown
Rich
Miss Wray
Howard Pease
First Unitarian
Fitchburg
Mass
Autos Collide On State Road Near Woolwich Bath
A Buick driven by Jon A L Southard and a Briscoe driven by Irving B Arnold met head on on the Woolwich Wiscasset road near Llewellyn Dailey farm. Rain slicked pavement caused Southard to brake and veer left into the opposing vehicle. The Briscoe was put out of commission. residents were aided home by a Death garage truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon AL Southard
Southard
Harry J. Thompson
State Highway Police
Briscoe
Thompson
Arnold
Deaith
Women in Business Lead Six-City Elevator Firm
Mrs Edward Wylde of New York City, president of the Elevator Supplies Company, has expanded her late husband’s business across Hoboken, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, and San Francisco. She urges wives to learn business details to step in during emergencies as national groups plan marketing reform. Dr Ethel M Watters named consultant for the Sheppard Towner Maternity Act administration, while Connecticut Episcopal churches permit women vestry roles and election as clerk or treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Wylde
New York City
Womens
Iit
Ethel M. Watters
San Francisco
Watters
Bureau of Child Hygiene
California State Board of Health
Federal Children’s Bureau
Why ships are called she Bethlehem Ship News explains
A playful Q and A explains why ships are referred to as she. The piece lists reasons from maintenance and painting to their persistent travel and status in ports. It cites shipbuilders' reliance on ships and their steel construction as core factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem Ship News
Couple from Rochester wed in Bath at noon
George EB Pleau Spratt and Bertha EB Spratt of West Bath married by Rev. Francis Alonzo Gray at his home 619 High street Bath. They will reside in Lynn Massachusetts. A T L Shorey of Milo named superintendent of schools in Ashland earning 85000 yearly after competing with 80 candidates. Shorey previously led schools for Phillips Strong Avon and Freeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Eb, Pleauw
Rochester
No Y
Bertha EB. Spratt
West Bath
Bath
Francis Alonzo Gray
High Street
Pleau
Lynn
Mass
A. TL. Shorey
Milo
Ashland
Mar Shorey
Phillips
Strong
Avon
Freeman
Kennebec Navigation Co Sailings for City of Rockland Bath Boston
The Kennebec Navigation Co announces schedule for City of Rockland with departures from Bath to Boston on Tue Thu Sun at 8 pm and Sat at 6 30 am and return from Boston on Mon Wed Fri Sat at 6 pm. Boothbay Harbor service connects with Bath steamer with autos at 10 dollars one way or round trip when two or more travel. Boothbay division offers Bath to Boothbay Harbor schedule and Harbor to Bath with multiple daily times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Rockland
Bath
Boston
Boothbay Harbor
Islands
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Eugene Tart
Beaver
U. L. Farnham Co, Inc
D. M. Humphreys & Co Fire and Marine
Room
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Stephen Wimmer
New Tabernacle
F. S. Curtisles
Center Street
Bath, Maine
Eikalnes
Ida TH. Rowe
Farmington
Sunshine Circle
J. G. Stevens
C. Woocton
Woolwich
Ladies’ Aid
J. J. Gibson
Falmouth
Holland
I. of
Reed
Georgetown
Amelia Clair
Trallowell
SF. O. Robinson
TE Minchen
Five Island
Center Church
Herbert Kimball
Paul
Quincy
Kalembeck
Alliston
Pleasant Villa
Branwell Harford
George Tarbox
Magro
Melvin Harford
Fred Gowan
Alfreda
Norton
Evelyn Rowe
J.B. Blaisdell
Willian Bibber
Marion
Elizabeth Small
Astrid Anderson
Alb
Richmond
AL EB. Holland
Madeline Baker
San Pedro
Cal
Charles Hiinna
William Robinson
Merton Chawis
Robinson
Davis
the Grange
Grange
Renee Datas Beepee
Media Nocton
Olan Seapanet
W. N. Derry
Everett Tiggins
Aelt Tech
Peter Arate
William Boyd Mole
Chautauqua
G. C. Fuller
U.S
Uncle Sam
Bath Man
First Baptist Church
John J. Desmond
Connecticut
Edith Wylde
Cote
Capital Magic Water Co
Augusta, Maine
ALL Grocers
Kennebec Navigation Company
Kennebec and Boston Pine
Boothbay
Bay Harbor
Kennebec Navigation Co
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