Maine Tourism Boost Seen In Harrie Coe Bulletin
Harrie B. Coe of the Maine Publicity Bureau reports state advertising returns up to July 15 total 40 568 versus 34 921 the prior year. The bulletin predicts a big August with a 30 percent rise in Maine vacation business and notes efforts by Maine Motel Association and State Development Commission to sustain growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrie B. Coe
Maine Publicity Bureau
Harrie
Maine
Iowa
Baxter Boulevard
Harrie Coe
Boston Transcript
Livermore Falls
James C. Maher
Maine Motel Association
Lafayette
State Development Commission
New England Council
Just Talks on Horns and Busy Bath Tradesmen
Arthur G Staples lampoons horn honkers and careless parkers in the Lewiston Journal. He notes drivers who blare at minor delays and parents who let a baby honk, then urges preparation for heating season as fall approaches, highlighting Bath’s busy tradesmen and building activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur G. Stapies
Lewiston Journal
Mr. Staples
Bicycle trains widen trips from Shipping City amid growing demand
The Shipping City area reports strong business and long waiting lists as bicycle trains from Connecticut New York and other locales attract large crowds. Riders take rail to distant points then cycle through surrounding regions on weekend trips with several hundred bicyclists on some services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
New York
New Meadows Bridge Progress On Bath and Brunswick Highway
Residents visit New Meadows to view ongoing work on the new bridge that will form part of the Bath and Brunswick highway. Contractors push ahead weekly, with observers noting steady progress and development milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Meadows
Bath and Brunswick
Moonlit Sail Draws Crowd as Virginia Sails
The licensed capacity of the steamer Virginia was reached early on Friday night for a moonlight excursion from Eastern Steamship wharf. Captain Farmer rerouted due to rough seas, venturing from Kennebec to Sasanoa and Sheepscot River, returning to Bath after a vivid, moonlit voyage witnessed by many spectators who were left ashore. The Sunday trip to Five Islands and Boothbay Harbor is planned for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Eastern Steamship Wharf
Farmer
Kennebec
Sasanoa
Sheepscot Riiver
Hendricks Head
Southport
Sheepscot Bay
Bath
Family Reunion Through Short Wave
Portland businessman M. Langdon Hill, son of Fred D. Hill of Bath National Bank, hosts a short wave family gathering at Falmouth Foreside. His sister Mrs. William R. Freeman of Westfield and Mrs. Raymond C. Small of Bath meet via radio with neighbors in North Windham. Fred D. Hill listens in from Bath as Capt. William R. Freeman at sea also hears the conversation. Hill's amateur station WIEWN operates on 18.075 kilocycles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Langdon Hill
Portland
Fred D. Hill
Bath National Bank
Falmouth
Hill
William R. Freeman
Westfield
N. J
Raymond C. Small
Bath
North Windham
Mr. Hill
Walter T. Paine
Westfield, N. J
Panama Canal
WIEWN
Real estate transfer notices sweep Sagadahoc registry
Recent transfers in Bath Bowdoinham and surrounding towns show ongoing activity in the Sagadahoc real estate market. Items include multiple pairings like Herbert L Grinnell to George Poulos and Mary White to Blanche White, plus transfers in Topsham West Bath Woolwich and Phippsburg. Miss Marjorie Cummings spent the weekend in Topsham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Registry of Deeds
Bath
Herbert L. Grinnell
George Poulos
George H. Colby
Jennie C. Cameron
Martha E., Fletcher
Valda Verrier
Bridget T. Wagner
Florence M. Foley
Vernon W. Miller
Linwood V
Leon N. Williams
Joseph Kurisko
Jennie F. Quinlan
Alphonse Lefrancois
al Bowdeinham
Arthur C Edgecomb
Caleb R. Mitchell
William S. Given
Donald A. McCullum
Isaiah E. Douglas
Dorothy M. Douglas
Stella N. Given
United States of America
Georgetown
Anna S. Cory
Helen Maclean Walker
Charles L. Burgess
Louise M
Florence M Foley
James T. Soule
John G. Soule
Diocesan Council of Catholic Women Summer Meeting
The Summer quarterly meeting of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women will be held Saturday July 31 at the Hotel Segdwick in Bath. Co chairmen are Mrs Andrew Flaherty and Mrs Dominique Tardif with tickets by Mrs Carl Kronstrand. Rev John E Conoley and Rev William Cunneen will speak. Benediction at St Marys church closes the day. All diocesan women invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diosecan Council of Catholic Women
Segdwick
Council
Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Bath
St. Mary's Parish
Cochairmen
Andrew Flaherty
Dominique Tardif
Carl Kronstrand
Daniel Perry
Edward Hamblett
Alexander Burgess
Catherine Conley
Muriel Burgess
John E. Conoley
Hebron
William Cunneen
St. Mary's Church
Bath Iron Works Employes Win State Safety Contest
The Bath Iron Works shop employees are named winners of Maine’s State Safety Contest in the shop group. They beat Saco-Lowell of Biddeford by a fair margin as the contest runs Jan 1 to June 30. A plaque will be awarded at the State Safety Conference in September. Harold L. Adams, a member of the Maine industries committee, was in Augusta for a meeting with the new State Commissioner of Labor, Jesse W. Taylor. In 1937 the Bath plant’s shipyard group placed fourth in its division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Maine Industries
State Commissioner of
Saco-Lowell
Biddeford
Harold L. Adams
Bath Shipbuilding Firm
Maine
Augusta
Jesse W. Taylor
B. I. W. Corp
Shipyard Group
Supper and Shower for Theresa Dall
Miss Dorothy Renaud hosted a surprise supper and shower for Theresa Dall, whose August wedding to George D. Cabot Jr of New York was announced. Guests included Mrs. Harvey Hartley and many others, with a buffet, centerpiece bride and groom, and gifts for the bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Renaud
Theresa Dall
George D. Cabot, Jr
New York
Miss Dall
Harvey Hartley
Maurice Libby
John Hart
George Milliken
J. Patrick Carey
Minnie Dall
Alvah Morse
Byron Clark
Lina Brown
Marcia Petlock
Evelyn Petlock
Nellie Lundrigan
Clifton Matthews
Emily Comeau
Eleanor Hall
Richard Johnson
Frank Murphy
Edith Renaud
Cecil Rowland
Alton Pinkham
Demorise Renaud
Leroy Neilson
Brunswick
Horatio Jolicouer
Waterville
St Barnabas Guild Picnic At Small Point
Active and associate members of the St Barnabas Guild for Nurses enjoyed a Friday picnic at Small Point. Prizes were awarded in potato race and walking and traffic contests, with winners including Adeline Rogers Dorothy Milliken Grace Blair and Adeline Wing. Organizers included Jane Haggett Nellie McCabe Ethel Saunders and Arthur Sewall II. Attendees included Rev and Mrs Tubbs Edith Rich Jane Haggett Sarah Munsey and Myra Plummer plus several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guild of St. Barnabas
Adeline Rogers
Dorothy Milliken
Grace A. Blair
Adeline Wing
Jane Haggett
Nellie McCabe
Ethel Saunders
Ex Governor William T Cobb and His Business Ties
Ex Governor William T Cobb, repeatedly elected in Maine, held key roles with Eastern Steamship Lines and Bath Iron Works during wartime, led Androscoggin Electric and Camden Street Railway before mergers, served as Maine Central Railroad director, and chaired several utilities. He married Lucy Banks in 1882. survived by two daughters and other relatives. A Bath party visited by speed boat Swango.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Gov. Cobb
Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc
Bath Iron Works
Androscoggin Electric Company
Rockland, Thomaston & Camden Street Railway
Central Maine Power Company
Maine Central Railroad
Camden & Rockland Water Company
First National Bank of
Rockland
Gov. Cobo
Lucy C. Banks
George B. Wood
Edward H. Wiswall
Wellesley “Hills. Mass
Brunswick man performs stunts on Carlton bridge
John Hayward of Brunswick, a signal man for Maine Central Railroad, continually works 170 feet above the highway deck tethered in a boatswain’s chair. He retyes bridge and signal cables between Carlton bridge towers while crew onshore aids with supplies and signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hayward
Brunswick
Maine Central Railroad
Carlton Bridge
Hayward
Terra Firma
Virginia
Norman W. Howard
Acme Supply Co
Commercial Street
Eve Babine
Bath
Mr. Babine
Vacation School at Winter Street Ends After Three Weeks
The Winter Street church Vacation School closed Friday after three weeks of daily morning sessions. Sixty nine children from kindergarten to eighth grade enrolled, averaging 54 daily readers. Donations totaling 7 dollars 54 cents supported Dr. Grenfell’s Labrador work as older students built seven folding tables for church use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Are
Dr. Grenfell
Labrador
Ladies’ Auxiliary
June McCall
Madeline Jones
Jean McCall
Ellen MecCall
Mary Double
Betty Moulton
Barbara Curren
Barbara Matter
Harold Stanton
Joseph O. Purdue
Alice Varney
Leroy Colby
Carl Kennedy
Linna Purdue
Martha Morse
Working to Aid Crippled Children in Sagadahoc County
Mrs Haven Sawyer of Bangor and Mrs Roselle Huddilston of Orono visited Mrs Leroy Colby in Bath on July 21. They head Pine Tree society for Crippled Children activities with Public Health nurses to recruit members and support the Easter Seal sale funding the state program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haven Sawyer
Bangor
Roselle Huddilston
Orono
Leroy Colby
Andrews Road
Sawyer
Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children
Huddilston
Bath
Roscoe P. McFadden
Sagadahoc
Colby
Sagadahoc County
Oxford County
McFadden
Sumner Sewall
West Bath Lawn Party Draws Large Attendance
The annual lawn party of West Bath grange opened Thursday with strong turnout. Booths and a cafeteria run by Mrs. Arthur Lemont and Mrs. Fred Sturtevant offered sandwiches ham burgers pies and coffee as dancing filled the grange hall. Friday added new features while Carver's Orchestra played. Herbert S. Cavanagh led as general chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Arthur Lemont
Fred Sturtevant
Grange Hall
Carver
Herbert S. Cavanagh
Wedding at Bath Brings Many Guests to Event
A ceremony Saturday July 17 united miss Thelma May Green and Earle R. Legard with Mrs Christian’s brother officiating. Attendants included Rev Charlie Tubbs and numerous Bath area families. Guests presented many useful and handsome gifts to the newlyweds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian
Earle R. Legard
Thelma May Green
Charlies M. Tubbs
John Shaw
Ward
Ralph E. Legard
William Frazer
Jane Murphy
Nina McRae
Reynolds McCutcheon
Norma Jean Hill
Alice King
Bernice McDonald
Emily Parker
William Perry
Edmund Gaudet
L. C. Peero
Lydia Peero
Phippsburg
Thomas Atkins
Brunswick
Melvin Meader
Randolph
Brunswick to install 14 stop signs after court ruling
Chief of Police Joseph Z Ouellette and the Brunswick selectmen designate 14 streets for stop signs to be enforced. The move follows a municipal court ruling that Hattie Boucher of Topsham was found not guilty of passing a stop sign after a dispute over by law authorization. The meeting also set two parking rules allowing no trucks over 15 feet on Maine street and enforcing the one hour parking limit on Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Z. Ouellette
Brunswick Selectmen
Brunswick
Hattie Boucher
Topsham
Ellin
Sherwood Aldrich
Selectmen
Maine Street
Carey Returns From Elks Convention Trip
Hon John P Carey Jr president of the Elks Association of Maine and District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler for Maine West returned from a 12 day Denver trip as a Maine delegate to the National Elks Convention There he attended the Will Rogers memorial dedication in Colorado Springs then traveled by rail to Chicago and a Buffalo steamer stop at Mackinac Island Carey also met with state liquor administrators and called the trip wonderful and the convention splendid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Carey, Jr
Elks Association of
Maine
West
Denver
Colo
National
Convention of Elks
Colorado Springs
Will Rogers
Chicago
Buffalo
Mackinac Island
Carey
Maine Liquor Commission
Injured In Smash On Wiscasset Bridge
William H. Sawyer, 91, of Lewiston suffered wrist shoulder and hip injuries in a Wednesday bridge collision on Wiscasset bridge. His son, William H. Sawyer Jr., drove the car that was struck head on by Arthur Genthner of Waldoboro. Genthner cut across the dividing line. no action taken yet as police plan further investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Sawyer
Lewiston
Wiscasset Bridge
William H. Sawyer, Jr
Arthur Genthner
Waldoboro
Harry L. Thompson
Sawyer
Genthner
Bath hand engines entered for muster in Hallowell
The Bath hand engines Senator Barter and Sagadahock will compete in the Hallowell muster from July 31 to August 7 under the Maine State Hand Engine league. Entries include machines from Portland Westbrook Rockland Brunswick South Berwick Hallowell Randolph Damariscotta Topsham Boothbay Harbor Saco Gardiner and Bath Iron Works fire department seeks a hose reel team for opening events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Senator Barter
Sagadahock
Hallowell
Maine State Hand Engine League
Portland
Westbrook
Rockland
Brunswick
South Berwick
Randolph
Damariscotta
Topsham
Boothbay Harbor
Saco
Gardiner
Bath Iron Works Corp., Fire Department
Bath Banks Restore Payroll Payouts in Crisis
The Bath National Bank and others reopened payroll payouts with workers lining Water street to sign and cash checks. About $50,000 moved through the ironworks banks, underscoring Bath’s financial strength after the March 1933 banking crisis when many institutions closed or failed to reopen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath National Bank
Iron Works
Water Street
Bath
Garden Club Districts in Maine Named for Rivers
The Garden Club Federation of Maine named six districts after Penobscot Medomak Aroostook Kennebec Androscoggin and Saco rivers. The executive board chose Mrs Predd Wood as chair at the Pall conference as the federation plans to host the National Council in Camden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club
Garden Club Federation of
Maine
Penobscot, Medomak, Aroostook
Kennebec
Androscoggin
Saco Rivers
Predd. Wood
Maine Federation
National Council
Camden
Local Movers and Summer Visitors At Squirrel Island Inn
At 124 Front Street an assignment was made Saturday to Charles L. Hildreth of Emery Waterhouse Co Portland and William L. Skelton. Bath Trust Co. Mr and Mrs Samuel H Mildram of Brookline MA are staying at Squirrel Island Inn for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pront Street
Charles L. Hildreth
Emery Waterhouse Co
Portland
William L. Skelton
Bath Trust Co
Samuel H. Mildram
Brookline
Mass
Squirrel Island Inn
Cemetery Vandals Target Quiet: Superintendent Warns
Horace W Ward Superintendent condemns cemetery thieves as the meanest vandals in a warning that reflects community outrage and the impact of criminal acts on mourners and groundskeeping. The statement underscores resolve to protect sacred grounds.
Bath Odd Ladies Attend Field Day At Salmon Lake
Fourteen Myrtle Lodge of Odd Ladies members and six Bath guests attended the field day at Salmon Lake North Belgrade on July 21. A noon chicken dinner followed activities. Bath participants included Mrs. Robert C. Mitchell and others. guests included Mrs Sven B Lonn and her son Victor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Lodge
Odd Ladies
Salmon Lake
Belgrade
Bath
Robert C. Mitchell
James W. Gillespie
Howard
Blake
Seth Stewart
Mary S Curtis
Emma M. Daley
Charles O. Nelson
John H. Hunt
Arthur C. Lemont
Edwin Oszoo
Bath Couple Injured in Auto Collision
Lancela H. Cooper a Bath Iron Works foreman welder and Corporal Mrs Cooper of Academy street were injured in a July 18 automobile collision on the Parmington Wilston highway as they returned to Bath from West Farmington. The Cooper car was badly damaged and Mrs Cooper cut a knee while Mr Cooper had minor neck injuries. The other vehicle’s occupants escaped injury. State highway officer Lloyd Hoxie investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancela H. Cooper
Bath Iron Works
Brann denies 1938 Congressional bid rumors
Louis J. Brann former Maine governor said he has no plans to run for Congress from Maine’s Second District in 1938. He arrived in Washington on private business, stating the trip carried no political purpose despite circulating rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington News
Louis J. Brann
Maine
Surprise reception for Lewiston couple at Fanpire Grove Camp Meeting
Rev. M. Gerry Plummer pastor of Calvary ME church Lewiston and Mrs Plummer were honored with a surprise reception Saturday evening after the camp meeting service in the community hall. About 50 attendees joined to mark their 25th wedding anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Gerry Plummer
Calvary ME. Church
Lewiston
Plummer
Fanpire Grove
Collision in Phippsburg Involving Two Sedans
A collision occurred near Sebasco turn-off on the Small Point road in Phippsburg shortly before 10 pm last Wednesday involving Joan McLaughlin and Ralph E. Milliken. McLaughlin’s sedan was badly damaged, Roscoe P. Woodman suffered minor cuts from flying glass, and Deputy Sheriff Loring D. Small investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan McLaughlin
Willow Street
Ralph E. Milliken
Pear Street
Phippsburg
Small Point Road
Sebasco
McLaughlin
Roscoe P. Woodman
Middle Street
Loring D. Small
Bonafide Millis Inc Awards Second Bonus in Six Months
Samuel Spector and R J Stewart of Bonafide Millis Inc announce to Anthrop workers that they will receive an immediate one week wage bonus. This marks the second bonus in six months, following a 10 percent general wage increase earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Spector
R. J. Stewart
Bonafide Millis, Inc
Anthrop
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Front Street
Bath, Maine
B. Wicholgs, Pres
Treas
Barry
Webber
S Bulletin
Marjorie Cummings
Diocesan Council OF Catholic Women
Sedgwick
Capture Shop
ST. Barnabas Guild
William T. Cobb
M. C. Priest
Swan Island
Friends
West Bath
Building of Arts
Bar Harbor
Garden Club of
Mt. Desert
Garden Club of America
Robert H. Fife
Middletown
Conn
John Cunningham
William Ellery
Chestnut Hill
W. Rodman Pea‘body
Milton
Lyman Rhodes
Sharon, Conn
Fletcher Steel
Boston
Roger 8. Warner
Ipswich
Skowhegan
Horace Ward
Horace W Ward
BRANN
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Province
Canada
Republic
Hiairie
Hal
Gulf of
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