Beginning of Bath Playground Children Circus Series
Several circuses will be presented Friday in Bath at Dike Lambert Park Huse South and Goddard playgrounds. Children organized their own shows with minor supervisor help featuring clowns tight rope acts and animal facsimiles. Parents are urged to attend. show times range from 1.00 to 2.00 with parades preceding performances.
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Bath
Dike
Lambert Park
Huse
South
Goddard
South and
Goddards
Obsolete Auto League Holds Damariscotta Meet
Members of the Maine Obsolete Auto League gathered at the Damariscotta Fair Grounds for a Sunday meet from 11 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. Thirteen antique cars from 1908 to 1923 were on display, with awards for the oldest car and various events. Melvin Mitchell, president, drove a 1908 Cadillac to the event and planned a future two day session at Prout's Neck on September 11 and 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Obsolete Auto League
Damariscotta Fair Grounds
Sedgwick
Melvin Mitchell
Bath Canning Co
Otho Farington
Livermore Falls
Charles Clough
Portland
Mitchell
Eaton S. Lothrop
South Portland
Ford
Ralph Gould
Haggerman
Standish
David Eaton
Glenn Cove
Rockland
Hudson
Rolls Royce
Gould
Templar
Edgar Cole
Farington
Horace Nichols
Freeport
Bath
Prout
Club 42 Hosts Beach Party at Cushman's Beach
July outing of Club 42 drew members and families for a beach hot dog roast. Attendees included numerous couples with children and guests. a club meeting is set for Wednesday at eight, with members asked to bring books for the July project to be completed at the gathering.
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Club 42
Cushman’s Beach
Joseph Mullaney
Patricia
Sally
Lawrence Wyman
Jill
Robert Footer
George Sarkis
Jim Daly
Paul Hart
Norman Adams
Elliot Hanson
Frances Grainger
Bert Savoie
Arthur Sturtevant
Milton Footer
Bernard Pratt
Augusta Honored With NBC Symphony Summer Concert
United States Steel salutes Augusta Maine as it marks the 100th anniversary. The NBC Symphony Summer Concert Series broadcast Sunday July 31 at 8 30 p m via NBC stations nationwide. Friday morning's temperature felt like early fall with cottage fire-keeping against the chill later warming to a comfortable day.
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United States Steel Corporation
Augusta
Maine
NBC Symphony
NBC
Persian King Demands Taxes Paid in Food Goods
Report notes King Xerxas of Persia allegedly required taxes be paid in transportable meat and other foodstuffs, a policy reflecting a barter oriented royal revenue system in ancient times.
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Xerxas
Persia
Grand tour over five thousand miles ends with notable sights
Mr. and Mrs. Granville M. Colby and relatives returned from a motor trip of over 5,000 miles visiting the Bad Lands Rushmore Memorial and Masabi iron mines. They toured Chicago Shrine events Duluth New York Howe Caverns and Madison and Pierre state houses noting rapid voting innovations and nationwide construction activity.
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Granville M. Colby
Quimby Street
Colby
Fred Quimby
South Dakota
Rushmore Memorial
Black Hills
Masabi
Minnesota
Duluth
Lake Superior
Chicago
Soldier's Field Stadium
New York
Howe Caverns
Pierre
Madison
Wisconsin
Pottle-Sheehan Wedding Held at Nazarene Parsonage
Vivian Sheehan of Bath married Horace W. Pottle of North Bath in a single ring ceremony at the Nazarene parsonage on Russell street. Rev. Curtis L. Stanley officiated. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. George Johansen of North Bath. The couple will reside in North Bath.
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Vivian Sheehan
Bath
Horace W. Pottle
North Bath
Nazarene Parsonage
Russell Street
Curtis L. Stanley
The
Nazarene Church
George Johansen
Johansen
Pottle
Bath Iron
Pre nuptial shower for Constance Staples in Meadowbrook
Miss Constance Staples, soon to wed Fernand Bolduc, received a bridal shower hosted by Mrs. Stanley Hutchins at her Meadowbrook summer home. Hydrangeas decor a fieldstone fireplace with a centerpiece miniature bride and gifts beneath a yellow and white umbrella. Attendees included numerous named guests such as Mrs. Russell Hatch and Mrs. Rita Durant.
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Constance Staples
Fernand Bolduc
Stanley Hutchins
Meadowbrook
Russell Hatch
Rita Durant
Joseph Brittell
Bina Staples
Carrie Little
Samuel Jordan
Elford A. Stover
Bernard Pratt, Jr
Armand Petit
James Little
Eugene Libby
Charles Haggett
Robert Goodrich
George Levyn
Clara Corliss
Gardiner Deering
Alfie Jacobs
Charles, Lockery
Flora Merrill
James Jenkins
Allen Little
Gardiner Rogers
Sally Rogers
Leon Pennell, Jr
Edward Lee
Demolition Nears Completion on Harbor View House Site
Wreckers rapidly dismantle the Harbor View House at Front and Vine streets. The roof and third story are down, leaving only the second story shell. In about a week the building may be levelled. Buyer Frederick E. Drake Jr. has not revealed plans, but a modern business block is widely expected.
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Harbor View House
Front
Vine Streets
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
Rotary and Nantes gifts from Merci Train on display at Bath Sears
Gifts from the Rotary club and Nantes fisherfolk sent to Maine on the Merci Train are shown in a Bath Sears window. A large French paper flag backs the display with a Rotary letterhead note praising the Saint Patrick cargo from Portland in 1948. The scene recalls two World War II and WWI memory threads as French dolls and heirlooms evoke shared history.
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Rotary Club
Nantes
France
Maine
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Sears
Paul Hart
Rotary Club of
Portland
Rotary Clubs of
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Personal Shower for Evelyn White in Woolwich
A surprise personal shower honored Miss Evelyn White at Mrs. Leon Pennell Sr.’s Woolwich home on Friday evening. Decorations featured cut flowers, a center with a wedding bell, and a bridal cake. Prizes went to Mrs. Linwood Miller and Mrs. Richard Renshaw.
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Evelyn White
Leon Pennell, Sr
Woolwich
Linwood Miller
Richard Renshaw
Herbert C. White
Albert E. Desmond
Henry J. White
James B. Lemont
Robert Stone
Herschel Libby
Anna May Berry
Edward Cummings
Eugene Libby
Helen Kakos
Jacqueline Pert
Edith Small
Leon White
David Desmond
Joseph Desmond
Bazin Lemont
Handsome New Craft Attracts Attention
David W. Johnson’s 32 foot sports fisherman Carolana II drew attention while moored at Boothbay Harbor. Built by Hodgdon Bros and powered by a 100 horsepower Packard engine, the vessel reaches about 16 knots. It sleeps four, has ship to shore radio, and serves Johnson who owns Fox Island near Five Islands village. Carolana II was built last winter and delivered in June to Johnson, who lives in Short Hills New Jersey.
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David W. Johnson
City Landing
Hodgdon Bros
Boothbay Harbor
Carolana II
Fox Island
MacMahan Island
Five Islands Village
Mr. Johnson
Short Hills
N. J
Cardinals Suffered 33 Shutouts in 1908
A historical note records the St. Louis Cardinals enduring 33 shutouts during the 1908 season, highlighting the team’s pitching and offense struggles in that year.
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St. Louis Cardinals
Dynamite Found by Children Near Carlton Bridge Site
Bath police found about 40 sticks of dynamite in woods west of Street Extension after children reported playing with it. Police gathered the deteriorating sticks and handed them to Fire Chief Richard Frates for disposal. The material appears tied to blasting explosives reported stolen during Carlton bridge work, with part of the cache unaccounted for.
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Bath
Investigatio
Richard Frates
Carlton Bridge
Engagement announced for Anna May Berry and Lieut Gerard L Nelson
Announcement reports the engagement of Anna May Berry of Woolwich to Lieut. (j g) Gerard Lewis Nelson of Bath. Berry is Morse High School 1943 graduate and Maine University alumna. Nelson is a Maine Maritime Academy graduate who served in the Merchant Marine and joined the Navy in 1946 and is aboard the USS William T Powell DER 213. No wedding date set.
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Anna May Berry
Alton Carroll Berry
Mr. Berry
Montsweag Road
Woolwich
J.g
Gerard Lewis Nelson
Louis Paul Nelson
Bath
Miss Berry
Morse High School
National Honor Society
University of Maine
Maine ‘Masque
Chi Omega
Guerin Printing Co
Nelson
Fryeburg Academy
Maine Maritime Academy
Merchant Marine
U. S. Navy
U. S. S. William T. Powell
Pre-nuptial Shower for Mary Jane Footer in Brunswick
Miss Mary Jane Footer hosts a pre-nuptial shower at her High Street home for her upcoming marriage to Russell N. Turcotte of Brunswick. Co-hosts Constance Murphy and Mrs J Bazin Lemont Jr oversee gifts and informal roast around an outdoor fireplace before opening presents. The guest list includes Mrs David Desmond and numerous Mrs and Miss Footer relatives, friends, and local hosts.
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Mary Jane Footer
High Street
Russell N. Turcotte
Brunswick
Constance Murphy
J. Bazin Lemont, Jr
Graydon Smith
Jane Jones
Carolyn Miller
Frank Staples
William D. Hill, Jr
Joseph Turcotte
Barbara Child
Richard Footer
Sally Footer
Robert Lee
Evelyn White
Edith Wallace
Edward Cummings
Jaqueline McMann
Malcolm Varney
Clayre McKay
Betty Cummings
Edward A. Footer
Ruth Williams
Audrey King
Jean Anderson
Cain Etzkorn wedding in Fort Smith Arkansas
Miss Virginia Elizabeth Etzkorn daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben Etzkorn Fort Smith Arkansas wed Raymond Edward Cain son of Mr and Mrs Arthur F Cain 872 Washington Bath July 2 at St Boniface church Fort Smith Guests called the groom family after the ceremony A reception followed at the bride home The couple plans a wedding trip to the Ozark mountains and St Louis Cain a Corporal who served in the Marine Air Corps WWI studied at Portland Junior College in 1948 and is now stationed at Camp Chaffee Arkansas
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Virginia Elizabeth Etzkorn
Ben Etzkorn
Fort Smith
Arkansas
Raymond Edward Cain
Arthur F. Cain
Washington Street
Bath
St. Boniface Church
Ozark Mountains
St. Louis
Cain
St. Anne's Academy
Bell Telephone Co
Corporal Cain
Marine Air Corps
Portland Junior College
Army
Camp Chaffee
Lancaster school reunion and rural life talk in Brunswick
The Lancaster old site reunion drew former pupils and teachers led by president Della Brown Rideout. Notables included Mary Blanchard 93 of Brunswick the oldest attendee and Mr. Maxwell the youngest. Prof. Robert Tristram Coffin spoke on rural life and country schools. A marker marks the old school site and a food sale netted about $15.
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Lancaster School
Mary Blanchard
Brunswick
Zina Maxwell
Maxwell
R. Kimball
Dorchester
Mass
Alice ‘Maxwell
Litchfield
Eva Rideout
Camden
Jane Given
Waterbury
Meranda Meserve
Bowdoinham
Alice Maxwell
Hattie Powers
Bowdeinham
Della Brown Rideout
Jesus
Alexander Cairns
Cairns
Mary Webber
Lancaster
Hortense Hobbs Cameron
Robert Tristram Coffin
Grange Hall
Comfort Branch
Sunshine Society
Allen Frizzle
White Mountains
Hall Denham
Saco
Morgan
Conn
Philadelphia
Wilson
Main Street
Esther Moody
Barbara Moody
Portland
Bertha Brown
Gardiner
Philip Rideout
E. Andrew Peterson
Medford
Mr. Mitchell
Lillian Elliot
Browns trail last year's home attendance after two home stands
After two home stands this year the St. Louis Browns were 20,000 paid admissions behind last year's total. The note highlights a dip in fan turnout and compares current figures with the previous season.
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St. Louis Browns
Santa's Artist Lady to Attend Woolwich Fair
Florence S Crooker, billed as Santa's Artist Lady, will be at the Woolwich Fair Friday afternoon and evening with a sketch book ready for portraits. A Boston native and Radcliffe alumna, she has a varied arts background including painting Christmas cards, proofreading insurance material, and work with the Liberty Bond department during World War I. She moved to Maine in 1945 after marrying a Maine man and has since been active in local art centers and events.
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Santa
Florence C
Lady
Florence S Croc
Boston
Radcliffe and Fogg Museum
Cambridge
Wen
Philadelphia
Florence Adelaide Crocker
Oxford
Eng
Bryn Mawr
Bryn Mawr College
Miss Crocker
Dreka Stationers
Ambrose Shapley
The
Review Publish and Printing Co
Philadelphia Club of Advertising Women
Charles Morris Price School of
Poor Richard Club
Gimbel Bros
Woolwich
Haverhill
Mass
Baby
Hamlin Announces Daughter Shirley May Hamlin Engaged
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hamlin of 2 Nichols Street announce the engagement of their daughter Shirley May Hamlin of Bath to P F C Robert E L Bester U S M C now stationed at Portsmouth New Hampshire
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Herbert Hamlin
Nichols Street
Shirley May Hamlin
Bath
P.F.C
Robert E. L. Bester
U.S.M.C
Portsmouth
N. H
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Friendship
First Federal Savings
4Loan Association
Front ST. Bath, ME
Damariscotta
Bad Lands
Sheehan
the Nazarene Church
E. J. Davison
Damariscotta, Maine
Sears-Roebuck
Bailey
North St
Bath, Maine
Ftates
Etzkorn
Ark
Lakewood Theatre
Lakewood Players
Alan Bunce
Florence Reed
Howard Hall
Five Islands
Buffalo Bill
Richard Arlen
Jennifer Holt
Georgetown P.T.A
John Garfield
Pat O'Brien
Bester-Hamlin
Yor
Atiston
Stephen McNally
Robert Young
Shirley Temple
Baltimore
Vernon Gray
Georgetown
Cliff Leeman
York Street
Pte. Pag
Day's Ferry
Woolwich Bridge
Usua
Sanity Wallace
Weed Co
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