Five Islands Fire Ravages Georgetown Area and Community
A major forest fire swept hundreds of acres in Five Islands near Georgetown, destroying two residences and about a dozen Summer cottages. More than five hundred volunteers from Bath Brunswick Bowdoin College students and Coast Artillery and Salvation Army units aided firefighting. A new Whiskeag Creek causeway project will replace an aging wooden bridge, easing traffic and possibly enabling a bathing pool. A 12 year old Maine girl Sarah Wilson from Gray won a national spelling bee prize earning 500 and school plaques amid congratulations from state leaders. An accident risk near Stoney Brook road at Memorial Day heightened concerns about highway safety linking Bath to nearby communities.
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Georgetown
Five Islands
Bath and Brunswick
Bowdoin College
The
Conservation Corps
Greene
Salvation Army
Whiskeag Creek
Bath Road
Winnegance
Maine
Whiskeay
Sarah Wilson
Gray
Washington
Congress
Capitol
White House
Mount Vernon
Congressional Library
Louis J. Brann
Kenneth C. M. Sills
Stoney Brook
Phippsburg Center
Bath
Small Point
West Point
Sebasco
Parker Head
Popham Beach
Civil Works Projects
Prac
Municipal officers seek alternative sites for highway work
Authorities note that blasting and ledge removal were concentrated elsewhere and urge immediate action to remove a dangerous hump in the highway before a potential tragedy occurs.
Mystery of Harold Ham's vanishing vacation prank untangled
Harold L. Ham manager of Center street Howard Cigar Co and a postmastership candidate vanished with his brother Ray I Ham after a trip toward New York. A Boston postcard from Harold reported Ray left with an acquaintance in Lynn and that Harold arrived in New York safely. Authorities later confirmed Harold's return and safeguarded Ray and the car, resolving the missing persons mystery.
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Harold L. Ham
Center Street
Howard Cigar Co
Ray I. Ham
Lynn
Boston
Mass
New York
Bath
Ray
Winfield Ham
Harold
Whitney
Lynn O. K
R. R
Seven Marr siblings born at Popham Beach noted in brief
The article recalls Ephraim Marr and his sister as two of seven infants born at once, a record less publicized than the Dionne quintuplets. Marr, Civil War veteran and former postmaster, helped run the Haley & Marr store at Popham Beach with Charles Haley for many years.
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Orillia
Ont
Ephraim S. Marr
Popham Beach
Dionne
Marr
Ephraim
Leonard Percy
Bath
Charles Haley
Haley & Marr
Clippers Swamped by Richmond Team in Sunday Tilt
Bath Clippers were overwhelmed 21 to 7 by the Richmond town squad at Richmond on Sunday afternoon. Ivan Kirkpatrick started for Bath but was knocked out early while manager Bill Gove also labored on the mound. Richmond led 21 to 1 entering the final inning and Bath rallied for six runs in the last frame.
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Bath Clippers
Richmond
Clippers
Richmond Boys
Ivan Kirkpatrick
Bath
Bill Gove
Woolwich Club Holds Successful Sale and Supper
The Good Wit Club of Woolwich staged a sale supper and entertainment at Sebenon hall on Thursday. About $75 was cleared from fancy and useful articles and a bake sale. A crowd of 200 plus attended Bob Oliver’s Country School sketch at eight, with local residents in the cast and Florence Carlton praised for leading the three month old club.
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Good Wit Club
Woolwich
Sebenon Hall
Ielas
Rice
Sadie Rice
Sand “Ct Orr
Alice Todd
Harry Fitch
Ethel Dexter
Vera Dexter
Percy Marston
Avis Mara
Geraldine Rice
Jennie M . Mildred Towne
Frostina Reed
Thy Reed
Sarah Reed
Bertha Presley
Mildred Foote
Edward Ve
Assis
E. Towne
Gladys Orr
Churchill
John Lilly
Amy Cromwell
John Carter
Bob Oliver
Beacon Street
Bob
John Howe
Charles Henderson
Raymond Smith
Leland Plummer
William Craft
Eugene McGrath
David Henderson
William Pond
Herbert Huggard
Robert Oliver
Everett Lemont
Mildred Morse
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Florence Carlton
Forest fire at Georgetown draws wide aid and CCC backfire plan
The Georgetown wildfire mobilized 175 men from conservation and veterans corps with 125 from Lewiston CCC and 50 from Jefferson VCC. Firefighters faced long communications, with 400 plus out of town calls to Savage's store and cross-town traffic control by three Bath state highway officers. Rotary support arrived from Bath Red Cross, Salvation Army, Boothbay groups, and Brunswick Battery G. backfiring work and regional volunteer help aimed to halt the blaze before reaching the grange hall and local roads.
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Bowdoin
Kennebec Bridge
Edwards
CCC
Grange Hall
Wiscasset
Boothbay
Boothbay Harbor
Ada Crockett
Bath
American Red Cross
John C. Fitzgerald
Salvation Army of
Edward Tripp
State Highway Police
John P. Crosby
Harry L. Thompson
Conservation Corps
Veterans Corps
Lewiston
VCC
Jefferson
Clifford W. Gray
Bowdgoinham
Savage’s
Boston
Malden
Waltham
Small Point
Popham
Westport
Y M C A Camp Selections For Bath Boys
Bath area boys unable to pay will be considered for YMCA camp admissions on June 9 at 9 a m at the Bath YMCA. Candidates must be present to apply and selections will be made from worthy applicants for a state YMCA camp on Lake Cobbesseecontee near Winthrop.
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Bath
Lake Cobbesseecontee
Winthrop
Maine
Cain
Mies
Iving
M Dorrison Wedding On Sunday
Mis Pearl M Oliver daughter of Mrs Frederick E Oliver became the bride of Urban K Mc Lenison of Mr and Mrs Herbert Washington street at the bride home Sunday morning at nine. Rev David L Wilson officiated using the double ring service in the presence of relatives of the bride.
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Pearl M. Oliver
Frederick E. Oliver
Robinson Lane
Urban K. McLenison
Herbert
Washington Street
David L. Wilson
Wedding Details of Mr and Mrs McCorrison
The bride, a noted dancing teacher, wore white with rhinestones and carried a roses bouquet. The groom, Morse High alumnus, works at Oakhurst Dairy. After the ceremony they planned a wedding trip to Newport Groton Conn and New York City before settling at Crimson Lane.
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Groton
Police On Alert For Runaway 14 Year Old Edgar Bean
Police were notified Saturday evening that Edgar Bean age 14 ran away from his home in Damariscotta and were asked to watch for the lad. He wore blue overalls and a blue zipper sweater.
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Edgar Bean
Damariscotta
Downie Bros Circus Set for 1934 Big Eight Tour
The Downie Bros announce a 1934 Bath city tour featuring veteran Sparks and a personal appearance by Cir 1. Circus posters and advertising cars will travel ahead of the show as the big circus comes to town.
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Ane
Gene
Sparks
Yen
Tom
Harry
Remarkable Dahlia Bulb Sprouts Without Soil
Mrs Beatrice Remick of Ellsworth reported a bulb that grew a healthy 18 inch stalk after being placed in her cellar with no earth. The unusual sprout appeared despite the absence of soil and only the bulb was involved.
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Beatrice Remick
Ellswort
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Harry C. Webber
Harold Ham
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West 45Th St
Arthur Lee
Breck’s
Agrico
Troop’ Hardware Store
Wil
M’dorrison
Downie Bros
Cireus
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Hevrolet
General Motors
Plant's
Purner & Gilpaumur Bowdeinham
Tel
New Tis
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