Portland Circles New England Against Gangster Films
The city joins others in restricting gangster era movies amid public debate on film content and box office appeal. Producers signal shifts toward romance and mystery to meet audience demand while citizens urge refusal to influence trends. The piece also notes Bath’s new American Legion drum corps debut, Maine river pollution questions, highway projects, lobster fishery protests against Canadian imports, and historic road signs urging drivers to avoid ruts on oiled roads.
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Portland
New England
Oann
Hollywood
Gsies
Dexter High School gains gift of thirty five pine trees
Thirty five young pine trees were planted by Dexter High School pupils around the school grounds. The act reflects a belief that tree planting by young people should be encouraged everywhere.
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Dexter
Pupils Test For High School At Phippsburg Center
Five of the Phippsburg side pupils who took the high school exam passed, the entire group. The school on the Phippsburg side of the bridge will close June 12 for summer vacation. Lena Oliver is improving after illness. David A. Merry remains ill but improving. A railing section on the bridge rides is unsafe and needs repairs. Freed Oliver has a new telephone installed at home. Mrs Fred L Parks visiting Camden over weekend. Mr and Mrs Parker O Rogers have renovated the Standish property now used as a garage. Regular Winnegance Community Club meeting Thursday at 7:30 pm. The women's auxiliary hopes to send a delegation to the Progressive Club Union meeting in Freeport Friday.
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Phippsburg Center
Phippsburg
Freed Oliver
Fred L. Parks
Camden
Parker O. Rogers
Standish
Rogers
Winnegance Community Club
Progressive Club Union
Freeport
Lena Oliver
David A. Merry
Winnegance Bridge Hearing Advocates New Span
Representative Freeman H Merritt and estates spoke before county commissioners Tuesday about a proposed bridge over Winnegance Creek linking Bath and Phippsburg. County cost about 19 800 80 dollars, Bath’s share over 10 000 plus 12 465 assessment. state 28 143 20. Phippsburg 5 591 80. No action was taken.
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Freeman H. Merritt
Scg Estates
Winnegance Creek
Bath
Phippsburg
Phipproiney
Historic setting for new gift shop opens in Brunswick
The Uncle Tom's Cabin gift shop began Tuesday in the Harriet Beecher Stowe house barn at 63 Federal Street Brunswick. Mrs Florence Whitmore Appleton and Mrs Bruce H M White run the shop featuring Fay cottage ware Wedgewood china Danish silver and other gifts amid recreated barn decor. Open all summer except Sundays attracts tourists seeking Maine attractions.
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Brunswick
Florence Whitmore Appleton
Bruce H. M. White
Topsham
Bath
Harriet Beecher Stowe
General Street
Federal Street
Maine
Bathman Elected At Carriers Meeting In Biddeford
Edward J. McMann president of Branch 92 named sergeant-at-arms while Frank S. Wakefield became an executive board member for three years at the 37th Maine State Association convention in Biddeford Memorial Day events. John H. Coffey of Lewiston was reelected state president with Elmer E. Whitney vice president Lyman Bythers treasurer David S. Beach secretary and William A. Michie elected state delegate to the national convention in Oakland September 7 to 12. Edward N. Hartnett Oscar J. Tanguay and Randall Coombs also served as delegates.
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Edward J. McMann
State Association
Frank S. Wakefield
National Association of Letter Carriers
Biddeford
John H. Coffey
Lewiston
Elmer E. Whitney
Lyman Bythers
Pittsfield
David S. Beach
Rockland
William A. Michie
Association
Oakland
Cal
Edward N. Hartnett
Oscar J. Tanguay
Randall Coombs
June Meeting Pomona Grange Dinner Delights Attendees
The Pomona Grange June meeting featured a well prepared dinner with baked beans brown bread white bread rolls cold meats salads pies cakes and coffee. Committee chair Miss Marion Raffaell led the team including Mrs. Emma Morse Mrs. Evelyn Beals and Mrs. Katherine Perkins. Visitors praised the plentiful food and service with bouquets of carnations from Kennebec Greenhouses.
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Marion Raffaell
Emma Morse
Evelyn Beals
Katherine Perkins
Kennebec Greenhouses
Seven Point Pins Awarded to Bath Grade School Pupils
Maine Public Health Association issued seven point and six point pins to Bath grade school pupils after passing a physical inspection covering vision hearing teeth throat weight posture and birth registration. Recipients span Dike Center Street Weeks Street and North Primary schools with numerous Grade I II III IV V and sub Primary honorees. teachers also earned classroom certificates for pupil teeth standards.
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Maine Public Health Association
Rosanna McFadden
Dike School
Mary Brown
Maynard McFadden
Clifford Varney
Howard Kirkpatrick
Jean Marshall
Katherine Galvin
Robert Morse
Hazel Crocker
Manley Ellis
Henrietta French
John Shepard
Kenneth Chaney
Richard Sprague
Carol Harrington
Maurice Owen
Robert Perry
Edith B. Horne
Frederick Hoffman
Betty Swanton
Ruth Cross
Billy Deering
Doris Crocker
Margaret Babine
Edward Avery
Carrie Sanders
Seven Point
Helen Brann
Six Point
Ella R. Jaquith
Barbara Vigne
Irving Talbot
Camilla Pratt
Marguerite Moores
Margaret Sampson
Alma Swanton
Philip Rand
Raymond Belanger
John Quirk
Philip Chaney
Frank Danforth
Florence Robinson
Billy Marshall
Mary Sprague
Mabel F. Libby
John Kakos
Betty Moores
Paul Avery
Celia McElman
Bessie Galvin
Bertram Miller
Malcolm Varney
Edward Babine
Patricia Wing
Richard Poulos
North
Martha E. Hooper
Dorothea Fulton
Mary E. Donnell
Barbara Hopkins
Stella Davis
Carleton Stover
Barbara Scott
Barbara McMann
Doris Huston
Virginia Gilmore
Betty Dunton
Margaret T. Mulligan
Priscilla Trott
Barbara Trott
Pauline Nickerson
Harriet Pero
Harriet Furber
Ruth Murphy
Beatrice Doble
Clifton Leeman
Edward Sewall
Barbara Freeman
Jean Dennison
Eunice Perkins
Eleanor Wilson
Norman Alkazin
Gloria Stover
Betty Howard
Betty Givens
John Voorhees
Carrie C. Smith
Betty Fitzgerald
Joseph Spear
Virginia Trott
Ada Rideout
Robert Levin
Carol Hall
Louise Carver
Joan Worden
Arlene Philbrick
Center Street
Ethel Higgins
Harry Fullerton
Harry Chapman
Edward Butterfield
Harold Avery
John
Albert Oliver
Charles Moore
Arthur Perry
James McGuiggan
Carolyn M. Stackpole
Ernest King
Howard King
Edmund Hamlin
Doris Mains
John Crane
Dorothy Pottle
Mitchell School
Florence M. Watson
Abbie McCabe
Everett Oliver
Christine C. Lockery
David Young
Ralph Duncan
Geneta Smith
Upper
Washington Street
Edna Morrill
Herbert Fraser
George Garnett
Franklin McDonald
O.K
Helen Hayes
Frances Sprague
Katherine I. Trott
Florence Hawley
Leona Huestis
Veteran Teachers Resign Positions in Brunswick Schools
Supt Sherman Graves announced the resignations of two long service Brunswick teachers. Alice Dunning retires after 40 years in teaching and 32 years in her current role at Center Street School. L Frances Jordan retires after 44 years, 33 in her fifth grade post at Center Street. Knight named principal of Center Street fifth grade, Bangs transfers to Center Street fourth grade.
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Brunswick
Sherman Graves
Alice 8. Dunning
Center Street
L. Frances Jordan
Supt. Graves
Helen B. Knight
Union Street School
Ruth Bangs
Bunganue
Civil War veteran Charles H. Steward turns 90 in Farmingdale
Charles H. Steward, a Civil War veteran from Farmingdale and survivor of Belle Island Libby Prison and Salisbury, celebrates his 90th birthday on Tuesday and looks forward to Memorial day rides with Grand Army of the Republic comrades.
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Charles H. Steward
Farmingdale
19Th Maine Infantry
Belle Island
Libby Prison
Salisbury
John H Morsely Joins Bath Upholstery Firm
Notice states that Mr. John H. Morsely, after twenty years as an upholsterer with Jordan Marsh Co. in Boston, has entered the employ of F. H. Whalen Fine Upholstering and Repairing at 58 Pearl Street Bath Maine Tel. 547.
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John H. Morsely
Jordan Marsh Co
Boston
F. H. Whalen
Pearl Street
Bath
Maine
Ar Guess Not Club Holds Annual Meeting and Clambake
Twenty eight members attended the Ar-Gu-Not club annual meeting and clambake at W A Pennell’s Gun Point home in Harpswell. Alfred J. Sweeney was guest of honor and made an honorary member. Officers kept, 17 Lewiston Auburn attendees, 3 from Augusta, 1 from Gardiner. Supt Lewis gave a long speech and presented Blake a remembrance. Outdoor games, songs, stories. Menu featured sea and farm fare on a Pennell lawn with views of Quahang bay. 1000 lobsters on hand for late meal. shelter available for foul weather.
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W. A. Pennell
Gun Point
Harpswell
Alfred J. Sweeney
W. W. Blake
Supt
Parker E. Lewis
Frank H. Beal
Kerwin W. Butcher
George Nelson
Cyril Varney
Frank Erskine
John F. Bowie
Lewiston
Auburn
Augusta
Gardiner
Lewis
Pres. Blake
Pennell
Grand Commander to be received by Dunlap commandery
Rev. David L. Wilson, Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Maine from Bath, will be officially received by Dunlap commandery K T this Thursday evening with Portland commandery present to provide a drill. The event includes a 5 30 p m assembly at Masonic temple, a procession led by Merse High School band, a supper at six, a drill at seven, and a formal opening at eight with the temple order reenacted by Portland and Dunlap commanderies.
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Maine
David L. Wilson
Bath
Dunlap Commandery
K. T
Portland Commandery
Portland
Knights of Dunlap
Masonic Temple
Merse High School
the Phoenix
Wilson
Bickmore
Temple
Washington Street
Linden
Morse
Dunlap
Order of the Temple
Everning
Order of Red Cross
Malta
Bull Moose Walks Through Oak Grove Cemetery
A half grown bull moose wandered through Oak Grove cemetery Thursday, near workmen and a pond, then crossed North Bath road into Hagan's pasture. Witnesses included Walter Millett and Samuel Inman. The animal may reappear in the coming days near the North end of the city.
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Oak Grove Cemetery
Bath Road
Hagan
Walter Millett
Samuel Inman
Everett Cornish
George Crocker
Shaw Mausoleum
Mill Pond
Washington's Fish Business and the Fisheries Today
Washington's ledgers show 1772 sales of over 11,000 fish and 30 barrels of shad to Tilghman. The Potomac fishery has grown into a national industry with three billion pounds annual catch, brine freezing, filleting, and large-scale stocking at Fort Humphreys hatchery. Washington would likely approve conservation efforts and private enterprise expanding this sector.
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Mount Vernon
Colo. Fairfax's
White House
Colo
Fairfax
United States Fish Commission
Potomac
Washington
George Washington Bicentennial Commission
James Tilghman
Messrs
Douglas & Smith
United States
Alaska
Henry O'Malley
Bureau of Fisheries
Fort Humphreys Hatchery
O'Malley
Bill Is Dismissed At Equity Hearing
The bill in equity against the estate of the late Fr. James P. Gorman of St. Mary's church, brought by Mrs. Margaret McCartney, his former house keeper, was dismissed in a Portland hearing before Associate Justice Sidney St. Felix Thaxter of the Maine Supreme Court. Evidence showed McCartney was paid six years back wages monthly and that no nursing bill existed, since Fr. Gorman was ill only a short time before death.
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James P. Gorman
St. Mary's Church
Margaret McCartney
Portland
Sidney St. Felix Thaxter
Maine Supreme Court
Crossword Puzzle Challenge From Aged Paper Page
A dense historical puzzle page blends cryptic clues and definitions across across and down entries. It includes references to ancient figures, geographic names, and common terms, with hints ranging from noble titles to science terms and mythic names.
Yellowstone boundary plan would enlarge park by fifty-two thousand acres
The Yellowstone Park Boundary Commission report urges adding 52 480 acres to Yellowstone National Park and preserves 40 square miles along the Snake River. It rejects Idaho reclamation for a 17 280 acre reservoir in Bechler River basin and backs Bridger Lake and Upper Yellowstone River regions for moose habitat protection.
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California
Arthur E. Morgan
Ohio
T. Gilbert Pearson
New York
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Minnesota
Arthur Ringland
Washington, D. C
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Cody
Jackson
Wyoming
Ashton
Idaho
Pearson
National Association of Audubon Societies
Bridger Lake
Yellowstone River
Shiras
Dr. E N Lippincott Dies in Harpswell at 62
Dr. Edmund N. Lippincott, 62, who moved from Philadelphia to North Harpswell 14 years ago, died suddenly Thursday in his new home built after a prior fire. Born in Haddonfield, N J, Sept 21, 1869, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1894 and practiced in Philadelphia, Maine, Florida, and Pennsylvania. He was the first out of state physician to practice in Maine under the reciprocity agreement and was a 32 degree Mason. He is survived by his wife, a daughter Mrs. R Seymour Webster of Brunswick, and two sons Edmund N. Lippincott Jr. and Henry Lippincott.
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North Harpswell
Philadelphia
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Haddonfield
N. J
Medical School
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Maine
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Pennsylvania
Lippincott
R. Seymour Webster
Brunswick
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Bowdoin
Henry Lippincott
Salisbury
Biddeford Plans New Miniature Golf Course At Five Points
Biddeford announces a new miniature golf course named Biddeford Golf Land located about three quarters of a mile from Five Points. Boston contractors are building the course, larger and different from any Maine miniature course. A clubhouse will host bridge for women. Work is being rushed to open early next month around June 6.
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Biddeford
Boston
Maine
Learning to Ride a Bicycle Through Trial and Error
A first person account describes the challenges of learning bicycle riding. The writer shares falls, near misses with cars and sidewalks, and the help of patient friends. The piece stresses safety, practice, and perseverance needed to ride confidently on Front Street someday.
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Front Street
Oil truck crashes through bridge on North End
A 15 ton Trimount Oil Cay truck broke through weakened planking on Dock bridge at upper Washington street, narrowly avoiding a plunge into the Kennebec River Thursday afternoon. The oiling system was badly damaged. the vehicle, from Everett, Massachusetts, was pulled up by the remaining bridge section.
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Washington Street
Bath
Kennebec
Everett
Mass
Lawrence elected treasurer of Maine Savings Bank
Fred F. Lawrence was elected treasurer of the Maine Savings Bank on Tuesday succeeding Frederic Cush ing who served 55 years at the bank and 18 years as treasurer. Lawrence is a Portland newcomer from Skowhegan, a lawyer and former state bank commissioner.
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Fred F. Lawrence
Maine Savings Bank
Frederic C. Cushing
Mr. Lawrence
Portland
Skowhegan
State
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