Bicyclists and Cat On Long Tour
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Boler travel with a tiny cat nicknamed Pear Shape in a front bike basket. The couple, former French Legionnaire and photographer, journey from New York via Vermont New Hampshire Maine Bar Harbor toward Detroit with two bicycles loaded with gear and cameras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Boler
Bolers
Mr. Boler
United States
France
Boler
New York City
Mount Brandon
Green Mountain
Benson
Pear Shape
Maine
Bar Harbor
Maritime Provinces
Gaspe Peninsula
Niagara Falls
Ontario
Great Lakes
Detroit
Michigan
French Foreign Legion
Manhattan
Maine Garden Clubs Plan For Meetings This Season
Garden clubs across Maine schedule summer events including flower shows and open garden days. Key listings include Brooklin on July 29–31 for a Centennial related arrangement exhibit, Mt. Desert Aug 5–6 open days, Ellsworth Aug 14, Surry Aug 14–15, Boothbay Aug 14–17, Buxton Aug 16, Rockland Aug 17, Groveville Aug 17, Harpswell Aug 22–23, Oakland Aug 23–25, with leaders led by Mrs. Charles W. Eaton of Auburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club Federation of Maine
Charles W. Eaton
Auburn
Federation
Brooklin Garden Club
Brooklin
Garden Club of
Mt. Desert
Mt. Desert Island Estates
Ellsworth Garden Club
Ellsworth City Library
Surry
Community Hall
Boothbay Region
Oak Grove Hotel
West Boothbay Harbor
Buxton
Buxton Center Baptist Church
Rockland
Rockland Universalist Church
Groveville
Groveville Hall
Harpswell
Mer
Landscaping Talk By Expert At Bath Garden Club
Miss Elizabeth Pattee, architect and landscape designer, spoke at Bath Garden Club about future planting. She urged visualizing plant size, noting form texture and color shape foundation beds and using tall elements at vertical corners. She described a stone wall backdrop with Japanese quince and birch trees as an example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sewall
Russell S. Hitchcock
Bath Garden Club
Sewall
Small Point
Sallace Mitchell
Pemaquid
Maybel M. Huntington
Damariscotta
Constance Smith
Providence
R. L
Elizabeth Pattee
Rhode Island School of Design
Dairies Escape Damage From Dry Weather in Maine
A Maine extension survey of 142 dairy farmers across 12 counties shows the drought hurting western counties most for pastures, but hay and silage quality largely remains stable or better than last year. Fertility and land condition explain variable effects. well managed farms fare better than degraded lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Maine
Philip S. Parsons
University of Maine
Parsons
York
Cumberland
Oxford
Androscoggin
Sagadahoc
Aroostook
Franklin
Hancock
Kennebec
Penobscot
Somerset
Waldo
Bowdoin Rotary hears Oxford student on Britain politics
Michael Charles Halse, 19, visiting exchange student from Oxford at Bowdoin College, spoke on England’s political scene. He analyzed Labour and Conservative views, rationing effects, and the link between Britain and the United States while noting medical regulation differs in England. President George Musk presided. Laforest Hodgkins chaired Club Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
England
Michael Charles Halse
Oxford University
Bowdoin College
Halse
London
Great Britain
United States
Cambridge
Oxford
George Musk
Laforest Hodgkins
Railway Crossing Accident Case Before Court
A municipal court hearing in Brunswick examined a July 12 incident where Joseph McKenna allegedly crossed a railroad at Center Street while signals operated. Witnesses testified signals and motions by crew members influenced the crossing. Judge Deering took the case under advisement, with a ruling due Tuesday morning.
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Bridgham
Deering
Maine porgy dispute erupts over Pluck fishing schooner
A Virginia built 110 foot porgy seiner named Pluck appears in Maine waters sparking a feud among fishermen, canners, and the state governor over licenses and the legality of her operation. Maine crews accuse her of illegal fishing while handlers praise the catch as aiding the sardine industry and the porgy supply amid a herring shortage. Her crew of 24 Negroes and four whites work alongside local cottagers along Casco Bay drawing public interest.
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Maine
Casco Bay
Sea and Shore Fisheries Department
Virginia
F. J. O’hara & Sons, Inc
Portland
yWedap Saliaysig
JO Pasy Paeysty
Patisjol
aUuAegment
Birch Point
Foster's Point
Meadowbrook
Brightwater
Winneganee Bay
Excavation grows for school basement addition
Excavation for the Huse Memorial school basement addition progresses with ledge encountered at the north end and blasting planned. East wall forms take shape while playground equipment is relocated to a shaded grove near Kimball Field. Over 200 loads of fill are graded, and a swimming pool site is staked for future work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse Memorial
Kimball Field
Pogie Fishing Patter Fragments From Winne Peak
Pogie fishing near Winne appears to have peaked last week with scattered hauls still being made. Fishermen wonder if the recent intense activity has depleted supply or if fish have moved to new locations nearby.
M Kenna Found Guilty and Appeals Case
Joseph W. McKenna driver in July 12 collision at Center street crossing was found guilty of proceeding across a railroad crossing without ensuring no train was coming. He appealed a $10 fine and $19.50 costs plus license suspension to the October Sagadahoc County Superior court. McKenna posted $200 cash for appearance and retains license pending Superior court findings. Howard Russell of Bath pleaded guilty to larceny and fined $25 plus $5.60 costs or 60 days in Kennebec jail. A local man convicted of probation violation for intoxication had probation suspended and the $5 fine plus $6.95 costs imposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Court
Joseph McKenna
Center Street
Robert E. Wagner, Jr
Gardiner R. Deering
Ralph O. Dale
Clare Babine
West Street
Harry Carney, Jr
Green Street
Frederick D. Miller
Russell Street
Bridgham
Carney
Kenneth S. Yore
East Brunswick
Yore
Dale
Deering
Vernon R. Pipes
Brunswick
Miss Babine
Mr. McKenna
McKenna
Memorial Hospital
Joseph W. McKenna
Maine Central Railroad
Alonzo Twombley
Edward W. Bridgham
Sagadahoc County
Superior Court
Howard Russell
Bath
Abbie Russell
Kennebec County
John Marks
Sunday Service at Old Alna Church Begins Summer Series
Rev. Joseph Barth of the First Unitarian Church of Miami will open the Summer services at the old Alna meeting house the third oldest church in Maine, Sunday July 31 at 3 30 p.m. The church dates to the Washington presidency era and once drew parishioners who rode horseback with family guns to long services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Barth
First Unitarian Church of
Miami
Fla
Old Alna
Maine
Alna
George Washington
Volunteers Sought to Aid Polio Patients at Hyde Home
Urgent call for former nurses aides gray ladies and others to volunteer at Hyde Memorial Home Bath to care for polio patients six cases moved from Bangor area. Local group will form Polio Emergency Volunteers under instruction learn hot packing then be available statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Memorial
Bath
Bangor
Brunswick
Hyde Home
P. E. V. Group
James I. Nostall
Sagadahoe County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
James A. Gillies
Carl W. Ruhlin
Eastern Maine General Hospital
Staton R. Curtis
Hyde Memorial Home For
Maine's Record Social Security for 1948 and 1949
Data from the Portland Social Security office shows 6 900 Cumberland York and Sagadahoc residents received 136 000 monthly in old age and survivors benefits as of June 30 1948. By April 30 1949 the count rose to about 9 000 people receiving 157 000 monthly reflecting a 16 percent increase. Nationwide 2 163 000 beneficiaries received 42 400 000 monthly, rising to 2 480 000 with 49 750 000 monthly by April 1949.
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United States
Congress
Federal Security Agency
Social Security Office
Keith C. Coe
Cumberland
York
Sagadahoc
Portland
Social Security Administration
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Social Security
Altmeyer
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Maritimes
Elroy
Wisconsin
Maine Garden Clubs
Bowdoin
Norway
Baty
Smith-Tobey
M’kenna
Florida
Hyde
Runin
Ruhlin
Children's Bureau
Bureau’s
Public Assistance
Aero Sedan
FORD
Front Street
Bath Auto Company
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