Maine Exhibit Showcases Timber Industry At Great Fair
Maine prepares a detailed display at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield to illustrate the lumber industry from woodlot to finished products. The Maine Building will feature hand painted scenes, a woodlot to mill stream, pulp and paper processes, and a range of Maine made products. Potatoes branded under a new Maine law will highlight the agricultural section, with support from the Fish and Game and Forestry departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Springfield
West
Charles M. White
Division of Markets
State Dept. of Agriculture
Maine State
Pine Tree
Frank P. Washburn
White
Augusta
Massachusetts
State Agricultural Department
Department of Agriculture
Maine Fish and Game Department
Forestry Department and Development Commission
Portland Promoter Pushes Certified Letters Scheme
Woolwich portrait artist Harry DeWick promoted notarized certified letters as a new local idea in Portland. Police Chief Ralph D. Brooks said the plan appeared legal and he would take no action unless a complaint arose. DeWick said business is very good and described a dollar bill sent to the top name as part of his scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry DeWick
Woolwich
Ralph D. Brooks
DeWick
Coast Guard Sics Planes and Boats on Missing Franz
Search efforts span from Kennebunkport Maine to Winthrop Massachusetts with two planes two cutters and surf boats scouring coastlines for the 54 foot Franz missing with Dr Daniel E Nyman and Stanley Marsh aboard since Sunday. No trace found Tuesday after heavy seas and a prior port-to-Portland rescue in June and a recent repair to the Franz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
Kennebunkport
Winthrop
Mass
Franz
Daniel E. Nyman
Arlington
Stanley Marsh
Cambridge
Maine
Perry S. Lyons
T. G. Miller
Salem
Ossipee
Hampton Beach
Bath man missing after cruise from Kennebunkport in 54 foot boat
Joseph Sterner of Bath says he worked on the Franz engine before a cruise to Boston with owner Dr Daniel E Nyman of Arlington and Stanley Marsh of Cambridge Mass. They left Kennebunkport Sunday afternoon and have not been heard from since. The craft is a 54 foot motor boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franz
Kennebunkport
Joseph Sterner
Bath
Daniel E. Nyman
Arlington
Stanley Marsh
Cambridge
Mass
Sterner
Boston
Southard Chosen Maine American Legion State Chief
Frank E. Southard of Augusta was elected state commander of the Maine American Legion at Rockland. One challenger, Llewellyn Fortier, withdrew after balloting showed Southard led, with E Vaughn Cleaves organizing support. The convention set Lewiston as 1936 host city and named officers including vice commanders Arzonico Flynn McClure Johnson West and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Southard
Augusta
Bath
American Legion of
Maine
Rockland
Llewellyn Fortier
Ellsworth
E. Vaughn Cleaves
Bar Harbor
Hancock County
Fortier
Southard
James Fitzgerald
Lewiston
Joseph Arzonico
Yarmouth
John J. Flynn
South Paris
Horace McClure
Alton L. Johnson
Belfast
Joseph West
Houston
W. F. Alexander
Milo
James L. Boyle
Waterville
Raymond Lance
Basil H. Stinson
Raymond E. Rendall
Alfred
Beardsworth Wins Civil Verdict Over Millett Case
Ralph Beardsworth of Newport Rhode Island won an $8 327.35 verdict in Sagadahoc Superior Court after a Bath crash on December 22 1934. Walter Millett of Bath faced a separate $10 000 suit which ended in a directed verdict for Millett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Beardsworth
Newport
R. I
Sagadahoc Superior Court Traverse Jury
Walter E. Millett
Bath
Millett
Bath-Brunswick
Richard Atkinson
Newport News
Beardsworth
Atkinson
Dennis Gaudet
City of Bath
Cora T. Chase
Summer Street
John Worcester
Cambridge
Mass
Sagadahoc Superior Court
William H. Fisher
Worcester
Charles D. Bartlett
Chase
Fred H. Lancaster
Lewiston
John Connors
Portland
John Shaw
Edward W. Bridgham
Ralph Oo. Dale
Charles Foose
George W
Mae F. Larrabee
Mobile
Ala
Phippsburg
Foose
Gilbert Peters
Staten Island
N. Y
Woolwich Women Organize G.O.P. Club
About 25 young women met at the Ferry school house in Woolwich to organize a Women s Republican Club with officers elected led by Mrs Clara M Reed as chairman and Miss Mary Pelham Hill and Mrs Stella N Given assisting. Arrowsic plans a delegation. state president Nettie C Burleigh and Chief Justice William R Pattangall to speak at Bath meeting June 20. Mrs Carney of Lansing visiting relatives in town during Wheaton College centennial observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferry School House
Woolwich
Clara M. Reed
Mary Pelham Hill
Topsham
Stella N. Given
Bowdeinham
Henry W. Butler
Sagadahoc County
Carolyn Wing
Carrie Houdlette
Ruth Dubar
Florence Temple
Mae Gilmore
Plinette Allen
Suzelle Howard
Mary Hall
Florence Hathorne
Emma Head
Arrowsic
Catherine F. McFarland
State Club
Bath
Central Church
Nettie C. Burleigh
William R. Pattangall
Florence Charms Visitors With City’s Ancient Wonders
Florence, April 28, 1935. An Independent editor writes of Florence as an ancient, art rich city on the Arno. He details Holy Week attractions, the Scoppio del Carro ceremony, the Duomo rituals, and music amid crowds and weather. He praises the Uffizi and Pitti galleries, notes missing masterworks, and extols Michelangelo and other Renaissance masters. He lists names of artists and explains origin names for several masters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
the Independent
Arno
Ponte Vecchio
Firenze
Dante
Boccaccio
Medici Family
Michelangelo
Brunelleschi
Raphael
Botticelli
Galileo
Piazza del Duomo
Santissima Annunziata
Uffizi
Paris
Perugino
Fra Filippo Lippi
Virgin
Jesus
St. John
Andrea del ‘Sarto
Ghirlandaio
el Greco
Pisano
Pisa
Perugia
Ucello
Pitti
Giorgione
Andrea del Sartos
Donatello
Desiderio da Settignano
Rossellino
Mina da Fiesole
David
Santa Croce
San Lorenzo
Santa Maria Novella
the Duomo
Santa Spirito
Nation Needs God Not Money Says White Ribboner
Adah Mae Hagler, vice president of the Illinois WCTU, told the Sagadahoc county convention in West Bowdoin Baptist church that God replaces money and Prohibition will return gradually. She urged moral uplift, temperance, and prayer as paths to a saloonless nation, praising the WCTU’s growth and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adah Mae Hagler
Illinois
Sagadahoc County
West Bowdoin Baptist Church
Bowdoin Baptist Church
W.C.T.U
Lillian Mayo
Lizzie B. C. Chaney
Bath
Althea G. Quimby
Nella Stover
Allegra Bickford
Alice May Douglas
Elizabeth Williams
Chaney
Mayo
Louella Williams
West Bowdoin Union
Williams
Omah Snipe
Neila Stover
Benja Keay
Alma Reid
Florence Starbird
Institute
Flower Missions
Alice M. Douglas
Mercy
Mary Sims
L. Williams
Lois Palmer
Maud Russell
Elizabeth Trott
Carrie Trott
Snipe
Nellie Brown
Maine
West Bowdoin
Ed Wynn Sailor Star Visits Bath With Fire Chief Yacht
Ed Wynn the Fire Chief arrived in Bath aboard his 81 foot yacht Chief at Read Nichols Co wharf. The star posed for photographs with his mother Mrs J Leopold and others before continuing to Augusta and Lakewood to meet his son Keenan Wynn in stage production. He plans to write a new play during a forthcoming cruise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Wynn
Milton H. Douglass
J. Leopold
Bath
Read Nichols Co
Commercial Street
Wynn
Keenan Wynn
Lakewood
Augusta
Atlantic City
N. J
M. Marvin
Hiram Drure
New York City
Stonington
Conn
Leonard Tedford
Clifton W. Tedford
Mechanic Street
Zingammini
Philadelphia
Port
Washington, N. Y
W. Coalfleet
Morris Manser
Harry Helgerson
Leopold
Cape Cod
Milton H. Douglas
York Street
Herbert Douglas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joe Sterner
Lucky
Legionnaires
J. Horace McClure
G.O.P. Club
Harry B. Carney
Lansing, Mich
Priscilla Magoun
Green Street
Harry L. Day
Carney
Wheaton College
God
Sagadahoc W. C. T. U
Simon M. Hamlin
Congress
Washington
Hamlin
Baseball Headquarters
Kennebec
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