Central Maine Power cuts rates across Maine customers
Central Maine Power Company announced a substantial rate reduction expected to save residential and commercial customers over $96 000 yearly across nearly 200 towns. The plan includes a 5c per kWh average at 100 kWh monthly, discounts after 50 75 kWh, 1c storage heating, and elimination of service charges for summer short term customers. The new rates begin June 15 with bills reflecting from July 1, and aim for eventual rate uniformity while preserving earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Maine Power Company
Maine Public Utilities Commission
Augusta
Lewiston
Poward
G. S. Williams
Power Company
Mr. Williams
Maine
Williams
Bath
Sebasco Estates Social Notes Highlight Summer Guests
The column lists residents and visitors at Sebasco Estates and nearby Bath and Portland. Guests include ex-governor Kendall, Dr. Philip McCrumb, Francis Quick, Miss Edith Atwood, and many Bath, Brunswick, and New York figures visiting cottages, cottages, and Grange events through June.
Silver Tea in Woolwich Sponsored by Union Committee
The Woolwich Union benevolence committee hosts a Silver Tea at Mrs. Wilson Wrights home on Friday June 21 at three. Portlander Mrs Rod ney W Roundy will speak on new books for the reading course and a social action project will be presented. Hostesses extend a cordial invitation to all women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Union
Wilson Wright
Rodney W. Roundy
Portland
Committee On
Social Action
Percy Bailey
Isaac Howard
Bertram Crocker
Lois Day
Nightly Film Schedule At Bath Opera House
A listings note showings of A Night at the Ritz with William Gargan and Patricia Ellis at Bath Opera House on Thursday. Kay Francis George Brent and Warren William star in Living on Velvet on Friday. Prescott Kid with Tim McCoy and The Miracle Rider serial air Saturday. Also Life Begins at 40 with Will Rogers on Monday and Tuesday and Clive of India with Ronald Colman and Loretta Young on Wednesday.
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Ritz
William Gargan
Patricia Ellis
Bath Opera House
Kay Francis
George Brent
Warren William
Prescott Kid
Tim McCoy
Tom Mix
Will Rogers
Clive of India
Ronald Col Han
Mrs Hodgkins Heads to Cape Neddick for Aunt’s 90th Birthday
Mrs. George H. Hodgkins sails Saturday to Cape Neddick to visit her aunt Mrs. Mary O. Talpey on the eve of her 90th birthday next Monday, and to see cousins Mrs. Arthur Norton in Cape Neddick and Mrs. Everett Goodwin in York Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Hodgkins
Cape Neddick
Mary O. Talpey
Arthur Norton
Everett Goodwin
York Harbor
Popham Beach social notes highlight Sagadahoc Bay visitors
A stream of residents and guests from Sagadahoc Bay Georgetown Bath and surrounding towns are noted visiting relatives attending Summer duties and leisure across Popham Beach. Names include Mrs C L Hinckley Mrs Raphael Higgins Elizabeth Lakeman Pauline Morong George Morong and many others with trips to Bath Boothbay Harbor and Cox's Head. Residents return from medical visits and posts return to duties at Coast Guard stations and post offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Hinckley
Raphael Higgins
Sagadahoc Bay
Georgetown
Ella Marr
Beulah Light
Elizabeth Lakeman
Watertown
Mass
Pauline Morong
Robert Hatch
Bath
Hatch Cottage
Eugene Streyer
Portland
Marine Hospital
Page Wyman
Wyman
Harry Pashard
Bay Point
Seaman E. Drake
Coast Guard Station
Ollie Spinney
Ernestine Spinney
Margaret Stover
Eugene, Jr
Joseph
John
Moses Chandler
Arthur Brown
West Bath
Yarmouth Academy
North Yarmouth
Stanley Hyde
George Morong
Perkins Island
Carol
David
Dorothy Drake
Groveville
Otisfield
Philip Wyman
Popham
Mr. Wyman
Morse
George Smith
Maurice Hinckley
George E. Hoyt
Richmond
Guy E. Crowley
Blanchard
Boothbay Harbor
Fred Spinney
Ralph Spinney, Jr
Harry Spencer
Alonzo Morong
Ralph
Marguerite McNulty
Dora Crowley
Squirrel Island
Eleanor Mullaney
Eugene Stover
Washington, D. C
Clarence Perkins
Edwin Taft
Ernest L. Spinney
Ralph Spinney
Doris
Ethelyn
Ernestine
Enid Spinney
Nellie Urquehart
Mary
Maidy
Harvard
Seguin Island
Llewellyn J. Oliver
Gloria
Merrill
Leon Oliver
Clinton Newdick
Augusta
David Parson
Parker Head
Leon Fickett
Pond Island Light
G. Lillian Spencer
Phippsburg Center
Sumner Mains
Walter Williams
T. N. Williams
West Georgetown
Elkanah Wyman
Spruceville
Roscoe Perkins
Phippsburg
Ida Schofield
Cox's Head
Leslie Dyer
Hiram Stevens
George Edward McNulty
West Point
Fred Humphrey
Fred Shaw
Mr. Shaw
Mrs Arline Troop Visits Medford For Graduation
Mrs Arline Troop of Middlestreet is spending the week in West Medford Massachusetts as guest of her sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Henry P Caddy She came to attend the graduation of her niece Miss Arline Caddy from Medford high School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arline Troop
Middlestreet
West Medford
Mass
Henry P. Caddy
Arline Caddy
Medford High
Winnegance Community Club enters 15th year with annual meeting
The Winnegance Community Club held its annual meeting with strong attendance. Treasurer Almon R. Perry reported all bills paid and a balanced treasury. Officers were elected with Harry Webber as president and Reuben Purington as vice president. The club plans ongoing meetings and a June 21 fundraising event before redecorating the clubhouse.
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Winnegance
Charles Hewitt
Harold Haggett
Burleigh Williams
North End
Arthur C. Lemont
Harry ©. Webber
Reuben Purington
Almon
Dromore Farm Bureau Meets on Clothing Standards
A Dromore Farm Bureau meeting at the Winnegance Community Club House discussed clothing and textile standards with Miss Hortense Welch in charge. Twenty one members attended. Special guests included Mrs. Vernor H. Woodbury Auburn Miss Marion Bergmann Union City N J Miss Minnie Menke Fairview N J Mrs. Angie A. Percy Rutherford N J Mrs Edna E Hib bard Belmont Mass The bureau set a picnic for June 19 at Old Orchard cottage of Mrs Elizabeth Mayo Next meeting July 10 with committees for dinner cleanup led by listed members Menu for dinner included clam chowder rolls crackers pickles strawberry short cake and coffee.
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Dromore Farm Bureau
Winnegance
Hortense Welch
Vernor H. Woodbury
Auburn
Marion Bergmann
Union City
N. J
Minnie Menke
Fairview
Angie A. Percy
Rutherford
Edna E. Hibbard
Belmont
Mass
Bureau
Old Orchard
Elizabeth Mayo
Esther McCourt
Abbie Minott
Florence Morse
Bess Manson
Minnie McCarthy
Norwegian youth presents Roosevelt with carved Sumac cane
A Norway boy gifts President Roosevelt a carved Sumac cane found near his home. He polished the natural wood to reveal varied grain, and fashioned the head to resemble a tarpon’s likeness. The gesture is described as a personal and artistic tribute to the President.
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Roosevelt
Norway
Winnegance Veil School Closes For Summer Vacation
The village school will close Friday for the summer. Miss Lena Oliver teaches at West Point and spent the weekend at home. Squaw club plans a Signer trip to Se ne next Monday night via Sebascoe followed by cards. Community club met last evening to plan improvements on club property. North End Community club to host a card party next Friday night with many members attending. City street crew began repairing High street south of Lemont street. work expected to extend to the street car line, with rough spots and culverts raised by frost creating bumps for motorists. Members attended Dromore grange meeting Tuesday evening. Mrs. Zina Eaton hosted the Ladies Society of Winneyance Baptist church at season’s end with adjournment until September. A pink and white covered-dish dinner featured tulip centerpieces. Miss M Helen Sims and Mrs. Winnie Brown were presented a birthday cake by Mrs. Eaton, with a birthday remembrance for Miss Sims. The society voted to sponsor a snack on July 8 for the Camp Fire group whose guardian is Mrs. Eaton. Miss Helen Lee attended as a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Oliver
West Point
Squaw Club
Sene
Signer
Sebascoe
North End Community Club
City Street
High Street
Lemont Street
Dromore Grange
Zina Eaton
Ladies’ Society of
Winneyance Baptist Church
M. Helen Sims
Pottor
Winnie Brown
Eaton
Miss Sims
Helen Lee
Steamer Virginia Resumes Service Bath Harbor Route
Steamer Virginia of the Bath Boothbay Harbor run by Samoset Steam Boat Co under Capt Walter E Farmer will resume next Wednesday the 19th connecting with Bar Harbor Express. Schedule shows departures from Boston boat wharf 6 15 a m Wednesdays Thursdays Fridays and Saturdays and 8 a m Mondays and Tuesdays with daily 12 35 p m trips. Sundays 8 a m. Purser Norman A Greenleaf. Also mentions O M Redlon radio department staff attending a New England Philco convention in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Bath-Boothbay Harbor
Samoset Steamboat Co
Walter E. Farmer
Bar Harbor
Boston Boat Wharf
Bath
Boothbay Harbor
Miss Anne Harvie and Miss Fuller Return from Providence Visit
Miss Anne G Harvie and Miss Gladys L Fuller have returned from Providence Rhode Island after visiting Miss Emma L Harvie, the former’s sister.
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Anne G. Harvie
Gladys L. Fuller
Providence, R.I
Emma L. Harvie
Five Morse students face charges over senior banner theft
Five Morse High students including two freshmen two sophomores and a junior are accused of stealing the graduating class banner from the West Street School two hours before graduation. Superintendent C B D Wilson said charges may be filed for breaking and entering as investigators traced a window entry by one youth. The act disrupted decorations costing two hours of repair by seniors and staff. Senior leaders vow to pursue the case with authorities and identify the automobile used in the plan.
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Morse High School
C.bd. Wilson
Music Room
Wilton
Warren McNeil
Rededication of Church Sunday in Corliss Street church
The Corliss Street church enters a long history of renovations from 1868 to 1915. Remodelling in 1908 added a baptistry under Rev J A Shaw, with a revival service on December 16 1908. Gallery added December 1915, Deering room furnished by Gardiner G Deering. Paint, lawn, and fence followed a Davenport gift of 1500.
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Corliss Street
B. M. Edwards
J. A. Shaw
Deering
Gardiner G. Deering
Benjamin P. Browne
R. H. Carey
Miss Marguerite Berry Arrives for Moncton Visit
Miss Marguerite Berry of Moncton New Brunswick arrives for a visit with her brother Dr Clyde Berry on Front Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Berry
Moncton, N. B
Clyde Berry
Front Street
Morse High Seniors Involved In Glass-Breaking Incident
Five Morse high seniors were detained at City Hall lockup after breaking a large plate glass window at the Bath Trust Company in a Friday protest tied to graduation rituals. The bank declined charges as authorities defer to the insurer. judge warned the group to use their education wisely.
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Morse High
City Hall
Bath Trust Co
Trust Company
Center Street
Whitney
Insurance Company
John J. Keegan
Bath
Morse
Byrd lauds Dr Earle Perkins at Rutgers Commencement
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd returned from the Antarctic and spoke at Rutgers University New Brunswick 169th Commencement dinner. He awarded the Doctor of Laws to Dr Earle Perkins of zoology who joined his expedition. Perkins recently spent a weekend with his mother at Percrest Coxs Head and is due for another visit.
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Richard E. Byrd
Rutgers University
New Brunswick
N. J
Earle Perkins
Department of Zoology
Dr. Perkins
Horace Perkins
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Betty Donnell
Oak Street
Augusta General Hospital
St. Mary’s Church
Augusta House
Miss Feralyn Roberts
Chester Roberts
Maxwell Street
J. C. Wilson
Lemuel Sanford
Medford
Medraee
Martha Sanford
Ps D
New York
Cit
Beneil Polot
Hench
Renee
Min
Eder
Pestborn
Rat Coat Island
Emmson Ernest
Desegator
Everett Palmer
Stamford
Sylvester Cushman
MacDonald
J. Harry Blaisdell
Lyman Barbour
Edward L. Risteen
Thomaston
Isabelle Sawyer
Flora Risteen
West Point School
Fred A. Oliver
George Ingalls
Harry Hosmer
Philip A. Roberts
Roberts
Sebasco
Abner Wilson
Lottie
Edith Atwood
Willard B. Atwood
South End
P.T.A. Carlson Bros
Martha P. Small
Washington Street
Arthur Footer
Perry’s Cove
Mattie Hutchins
Welfare Club
Harry Gilmore
Martha Morse
Emma, Perry
Hattie Minott
Carrie Shaw
Green Street
Thomas Morse
Donald Morse
James L. Morse
Winneganee Community Club
Vernon H. Woodbury
Marion Bergman
Marjorie Gilmore
Ashdale
Harold Cushman
Lynn
Sebasco Estates
Philip McCrumb
Richard Cushmans
Ruth
Francis Quick
Henry Fox
Robert Miller
New York City
Meadowbrook
Paul Gilmore
Nathan W. Eaton
Evelyn Beals
Albertha Williams
Topsham Grange
Bedwell Grange
Silver Tea
Woolwich
Opera House
Popham Beach
S Community Club
Treasury
Bath and Boothbay Harbor
John J. Mulcahy
Alvah A. Morse
O. M. Redlon
New England
Philco Radio
Falmouth
Rear Admiral
Byrd Lands
Prof
Perkins
Rod
Master de Luxe
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Motor Com
Pasay
Fisher
Detroit
Michigan
GC. M.A. C
General Motors
Garagie
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