Uptown Theatre opens as main street gains a new landmark
The old Columbia theatre site yields a new playhouse named Uptown at the upper end of the business district promising to boost downtown commerce. Separate notes urge vision-safe intersections, discuss Maine lottery debates, highway sign removals, Bath waterfront improvements, and a Arctic expedition by Commander Donald B. MacMillan planning a North Pole approach within fifteen degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Columbian Hall
Carlton Bridge
Pront Street
Donald B. MacMillan
Arctic
North Pole
MacMillan
Far North
Roosevelt Couple Married In Nahant Ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. John Roosevelt traveled through Bath and crossed the Carlton Bridge shortly before noon on Sunday after their marriage on Saturday. Anne Lindsay Clark of Nahant becomes Mrs. Roosevelt. The newlyweds drew attention as they toured the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Carlton Bridge
John Roosevelt
Anne Lindsay Clark
Nahant
Blueberries Attract Visitors To Maine Hotels And Restaurants
Blueberries appear in market as Maine crops come in and the fruit features in hotel and restaurant menus to lure visitors with blueberry pies as a local attraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Able
Parade of Out of State Cars Reaches Maine
A large influx of out of state vehicles arrived in Maine last Saturday as the tourist season begins to pick up with another major parade expected over the coming weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine State Highway Commission
Maine
Pupils Receive Seven Dollar Prizes At Dike School
Poppie Kakos and Donald H. Rogers of Dike school each received 7 dollars from a trust fund left by a former Upper Grammar graduate now residing in Sagadahoc county. The award honors the pupil with the greatest overall improvement in character, scholarship, and physical development, decisions made by teachers and presented by Superintendent John Parker. Perfect attendance lists by grade include names such as Jean Danforth, Donald Pooter, Hazel Estabrooke, Roger Pinkham, Paul Bradford, George Burns, Poppie Kakos, and Tina Reynolds among others for the 1937-38 year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poppie Kakos
Donald H. Rogers
Dike School
Upper Grammar School
Sagadahoc County
John Parker
Schols
Jean Danforth
Joan Bradford
Shirley Hamlin
Paul Petite
Anastasia Micalos
Willard Thurston
Beverly van Buren
Robert Boucher
Mabel Libby
Donald Pooter
Norma Nickerson
Louis Michalos
Eugene Ryder
Harold Staples
Edith B. Horne
Hazel Estabrooke
Edward van Buren
Raymond Powers
Nicholas Poulos
Herman Whitlam
Margaret Elliott
Bernice Staples
Paul Baker
Kenneth Crocker
Richard Footer
Leona Henderson
Gerald Lemoine
George Poulos
Richard Poulos
Tina Reynolds
Cosmopolitan Club to Observe 25th Anniversary Open House
Cosmopolitan club marks its 25th anniversary with an Open House on Thursday July 7. A tea at 2 PM features a short program and history reading by Miss Alice N Magoun. Evening reception for past presidents runs 7 to 8, followed by a Legion Hall dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Alice N. Magoun
Legion Hall
Ruth H. Farnham
George Baer Connard
Louis Silverman
Granville M. Colby
Carl Kennedy
Frostina Marston
Alice Johnson
Richard Quick
Paul G. Bagdikian
Gardiner R. Deering
Leslie Wold
Carl Pierce
Seniors Reception at Morse High Celebrates Class of ’38
Decorated in green and white the Morse High gym hosted a senior reception for over 1000 spectators. 105 seniors led by Clifton S. Nickerson and Dorothy Bourque entered the hall as faculty members greeted them. The event featured Doc Harmon and His Masters providing music with dancing through midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Doc Harmon
Clifton S. Nickerson
Dorothy Bourque
South End
F. Sheldon Wright
Henry D. Small
J. Edward Pomeroy
Horace P Herrick
Gertrude J. Dignery
Agnes Fahey
Cecile Veilleux
Mary Conley
Hester Rose
Alma Kirkpatrick
Mary L. Lord
Jeanette W. Smith
Harold E. Brown
Duncan H Farrell
John FE. Madden
Students with perfect attendance and top wildflower collectors
Clair Couture and Elmer Wallace completed the year without absence or tardiness. The last term list includes Janet Colley, Clair Couture, LeForest Cunningham, Elsie Doughty, Virginia Gallagher, Marilyn Garneau, Lawrence Matter, Ronald Stone, Elmer Wallace, Leonard Snowdon, James Voorhees, Robert Wagner, Gerard Nelson, and Rachel Matthews as never absent or tardy. Virginia Gallagher led in wildflowers with Lorraine Holmes and Helen Gallagher close behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair Couture
Elmer Wallace
Central Grammar
Berenice Colley
Janet Colley
LeForest
Cunningham
Elsie Doughty
Virginia Gallagher
Marilyn Garneau
Lawrence Matter
Ronald Stone
Leonard Snowdon
James Voorhees
Robert Wagner
Gerard Nelson
Rachel Matthews
Lorraine Holmes
Helen Gallagher
Battle of Pupies Ends as Seniors Toss in Sophomores
Police broke up a half hour of fighting between Morse high seniors and underclassmen around City Hall after the theft of a 1938 banner from Clifton S. Nickerson's Elm street home. Seniors cornered most sophomores when leaders led them to Kelley field. some chose to walk through the pond or be tossed in. The banner was recovered and will be displayed at the high school gym reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
City Hall Square
Elm Street
Clifton S. Nickerson
Butler
City Hall
Bath Trust Co
Marshal Butler
Kelley Field
Park Pond
Finis
Horace P. Herrick
Workmen, Officials Honored for Drowning Rescue Efforts
Winfield S. Cressey extols police firemen Coast Guardsmen and Water District workers who cooperated in recovering his grandson Raymond Cressey aged nine after a drowning incident at the feldspar wharf. The team braved wet lines and long hours to locate the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield S. Cressey
Tarbox Street
Water District
Raymond Cressey
Mr. Cressey
Butler
Scott Morse
Fire Department
Maurice Libby
Coast Guard
Popham Beach
Feldspar
Lecturers' Council Meets at Bowdoinham
Sagadahoc County grange lecturers council met with Merrymeeting Grange as host. Attendees included masters, clerks, and lecturers from Merrymeeting, Progressive, Bodwell, Sagadahoc, Enterprise, Tops ham, Merriconeag, and Woolwich. Refreshments followed the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lecturers’ Council
Bowdoinham
Sagadahoc County Grange
Merry Meeting Grange
Merrymeeting Grange
Chester Hobart
Ceres
Core Hobart
Cleveland Curtis
Mae Gould
Progressive Grange
Clifford Gray
Clair Farnham
Pomona
Cora Farnham
Lucy Tarr
Grace Thompson
George Thompson
Richard Thompson
Kenneth Farnham
E. O. Tarr
Bodwell Grange
Melvin Pratt
Mary Pratt
Sagadahoc
Dwight Adams
Margaret Adams
Enterprise Grange
Ann Spofford
Topsham
Eleanor Ripley
Woolwich
Maurice Shea
Merriconeag
Lucy Ricker
Bath coppersmith pleads guilty to DUI in municipal court
Daniel H Morrison 49 of 27 Wesley street pleaded guilty in municipal court for operating a motor vehicle under the influence. Judge Arthur J Dunton fined him 100 dollars plus 5.30 costs after he was arrested on Pine street when his car hit a hydrant. Neally and his Bangor wife visited Bath Friday connecting with old friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel H. Morrison
Wesley Street
Bath Iron Works Corp
Arthur J. Dunton
Horace Pottle
Ira Rice
Morrison
Pine Street
Uptown Named Bath Theatre Replacing Columbia
Mrs. C. Roland Trott of 673 Washington Street won the Bath Daily Times and theatre contest to name the new Front Street venue Uptown. The choice reflects the theatre’s location uptown and aims to boost local business. Francis Gooch, Houston’s Temple Theatre relief manager, slated to run Uptown, sent congratulations via telegram to winner and Bath’s community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uptown
Columbia
M. & P. Corporation
Boston
Francis Gooch
Temple Theatre
Houston
Opera House
Trott
Frank A. Vennett
Bath
Twenty-One Take the Fifth Degree at Sagadahoc Pomona
A special Sagadahoc Pomona meeting at Enterprise grange Richmond conferred the fifth degree on twenty-one candidates. With 89 in attendance, activities included readings by Lorenzo Masse and Mrs. Perkins, music by local artists, a comic reading, and a cow-themed story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
Richmond
Sagadahoc Pomona
Enterprise Grange
Pomona
Otis Gray
Eleanor Ripley
Grange
Reading
Uncle Tascus
Mina Floyd
Elfreda Perkins
Dromore Grange
Myrtie Cutler
Topsham
Charles Thompson, Jr
Progressive
Harvey Jordan
Annie Malcolm
Lorenzo Masse
Perkins
Harry Rackley
Topsham Grange
William Gould
Merry Meeting Grange
Boys And Girls Show Driver Appreciation
Students and parents praised Harold Armes for safe bus service during the year. Beverly Curran presented a billfold and key container on Thursday afternoon as thanks from all the riders as they left the bus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Armes
Armes
Beverly Curran
Ambrose Curran
Mr. Armes
Goets Up the River
A stranger picked up by Bath police on Friday evening pleaded guilty in Municipal Court before Judge Arthur J. Dunton on Saturday. The judge sentenced him to thirty days in Kennebec County Jail in Augusta, offering him time to leave town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Arthur J. Dunton
Municipal Court
Judge Dunton
Kennebec County
Augusta
Attendance Record for Central Grammar School Sixth Grade
Eleanor Fullerton earned an average of A for the year. William Anderson LeRoy Peasley Sally Munsey Marie Robinson Jean Stanton and Mary Stone averaged B. Miss Stanton earned a Seven Point Certificate. The following students were never absent nor tardy: Eleanor Fullerton LeRoy Peasley Mary Stone Paul Tourtillotte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Fullerton
Central Grammar School
William Anderson
LeRoy Peasley
Sally Munsey
Marie Robinson
Jean Stanton
Mary Stone
Miss Stanton
Paul Tourtillotte
Twenty Divorces Granted at Sagadahoc Court
Sagadahoc Superior Court in June term granted twenty divorces. Justice George L. Emery issued decrees with care and custody rulings, including cases of cruelty, desertion, and support between residents of Bath Brunswick Woolwich and surrounding towns, noting libellants and respondents and minor-child provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
George L. Emery
Michael E. Stanton
Brunswick
Virginia A. Stanton
Bowdeinham
Ellsworth Spear
Doris
Spear
Bath
Daisy V. Welch
Leverett C
Ethel H. Perkins
Evander J. Perkins
Skowhegan
Hiram K. Staples
Priscilla J. Staples
Rockland
Charles R. Dorsey
Louise W. Dorsey
Muriel J. Tibbetts
Raymond E. Tibbetts
Ethel M. Groves
Horace FE. Groves
Topsham
Reynold F. Lufkin
Vivian R. Lufkin
Marjorie E. Lord
Richmond
Dwight S. Lord
Cedar Grove
N. J
Carl Thomas
Anna Thomas
Brooklyn
N. Y
William H. Rader
Pearl W. Rader
Dorothy B. Kenney
Willard F. Kenney
Waterville
Doris H. Crooker
Harry C. Crooker
Sister Reunites With Brother After Three Decades
Mrs. Hulda Hendricksen McMahan of 670 Middle street, this city, welcomes her brother Thomas Hendrickson, a Baltimore construction engineer, who surprised her at her door after 30 years. He plans to stay the summer with his wife and son James, with Harold joining from New York. A dinner honors the reunion with Dorothea of Portland and Hans Jensen, recent arrival from Grantwood, N J, who had not seen Mrs. McMahan in 28 years. Her sisters in Norway and England remain unseen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hulda Hendricksen McMahan
Middle Street
Thomas
Mandal
Norway
Thomas Hendrickson
Baltimore
Hendrickson
James
Harold
New York
Hans Jensen
Grantwood
N. J
McMahan
Jensen
Woolwich
England
Wiscasset Moves To Restrict Striped Bass Fishing
Wiscasset citizens led by attorney Carl Larrabee push petitions to the Commissioner of Sea and Shore Fisheries Arthur R. Greenleaf seeking a river closure to striped bass fishing except by hook and line and a bag limit. Greenleaf would hold a public hearing after receiving the petitions as bass run in the Sheepscot and its tributaries. locals fear nets and weirs will ruin the supply, while a sport fishery is seen as a longer term economic boost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheepscot
Wiscasset
Carl Larrabee
Arthur R. Greenleaf
Greenleaf
Larrabee
Mrs Eastman and Mrs Stewart Visit Cundy's Harbor Roads
Mrs John B Eastman and Mrs Oscar Stewart of Cundy's Harbor were guests Friday of Mrs Henry W Butler at 624 High Street. Mrs Eastman, a native of Phippsburg, had not traveled Phippsburg roads for five years until Friday and was amazed and delighted with the improvement since then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Eastman
Oscar Stewart
Cundy’s Harbor
Henry W. Butler
High Street
Eastman
Phippsburg
Weekly Crossword Puzzle Answers
A dense, grid style puzzle listing clues and fragmented entries across many lines. It includes 1 across 1 down style hints like fish, phrases, numbers, and names, typical of a newspaper weekly crossword with mixed readability and scattered indicators. The page ends with an invitation to provide the answer to the previous puzzle.
North Grammar Grades Present Last Program
The sixth and seventh grades at North Grammar School under Miss J. Gertrude Silsby presented a final program before year end. Students received merit and progress pins from A. N. Palmer Co. for penmanship, and the program featured music, dance, and recitations performed by Glenda Howard Evangeline Canacaris Ariine Philbrick Frances Flaherty Dorothy Gilchrist Marion Fairhurst Nancy Sewall Lydia Smith John Tripp Barbara Stodder Lyndall Corliss Martha Torrey Tommy Morse and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Grammar School
J. Gertrude Silsby
A. N. Palmer Co
Merit Button
Glenda Howard
Hilda Staples
Dorothy Gilchrist
Betty Small
Barbara Stodder
Marguerite Durgan
Judith Dennison
Arline Philbrick
Norman Gwynn
Martha Torrey
Ralph Dawe, Jr
Lyndall Cortiss
Palmer Method
Almon Haley
Kenneth Hill
Lewis Wilson
Nancy Sewall
Frederick Andrews
Bernard Pratt
Mary Morse
Mary Furber
Dorothy Staples
Frances Flaherty
Betty Anderson
Joseph Swanton
Kenneth Wilson
Linna Marie Purdue
Rhoda Katz
Clifford Kelly
Arlene Haley
Barbara Page
Joseph Spear
Song
Evangeline Canacaris
Ariine Philbrick
Southland
Cornet
John Tripp
Marion Fairhurst
Lydia Smith
Eleanor Woodman
Robert Gilchrist
Tommy Morse
Lyndall Corliss
Graduation Day at St Mary's School Ninth Class Completes Eighth Grade
Father Timothy C. Maney of St. Mary's church spoke to the 22 eighth graders who graduated from St. Mary's School and will enter Morse High School in the fall. An informal program preceded the ceremony with names including Alice Avery Doris Babine Eugene Babine Rose Belanger Phyllis Bisson Harry Bloxsom John Brown Edward Cummings Robert Cummings Elizabeth Dunton Geraldine Dupres Leah Gallant Marie Hart Mary Mulcahy Harold Perry John Perry Barbara Simon Elsie Skaling Richard Swanson Robert Turcotte Ruth St. Peter and Rita Myatt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy C. Maney
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s School
Morse High School
Alice Avery
Doris Babine
Eugene Babine
Rose Belanger
Phyllis Bisson
Harry Bloxsom
John Brown
Edward Cummings
Robert Cummings
Elizabeth Dunton
Geraldine Dupres
Leah
Cars In Collision On Academy Street
Mrs. Albert W. Flint and Charles H. Coolidge collided at Academy street and Snow Park Friday evening. Both vehicles sustained damage. the Flint car damaged on the left side and the Coolidge car on the front bumper and radiator. They settled the matter to their mutual satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert W. Flint
Page Street
This City
Charles H. Coolidge
Center Street
Auburn
Academy Street
Snow Park
Lowery Payson Marriage Intentions Filed
Marriage intentions have been filed in the office of City Clerk John W. Gilmore by Nelson T. Lowery of 302 Front Street and Miss Virginia M. Payson of Augusta. The notices name Earl Payson and Daisy Payson of Augusta Valley Street as parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Gilmore
Nelson T. Lowery
John J. Lowery
Front Street
Virginia M. Payson
Augusta
Earl Payson
Bay Point
Daisy Payson
Valley Street
Bath Boys Head Weekend Leadership Trip to YMCA Camp
Fifteen Bath boys left at 1 pm Saturday for a leadership conference at the Lake Cobbosseecontee YMCA camp. They join 68 others to total 83 Bath youths sponsored by the Bath YMCA with all expenses paid. Secretary William Perkins accompanied the group as a faculty director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Lake Cobbosseecontee
Bath Y. M. C. A
William CC. Perkins
Langdon T. Snipe
Perkins
City approves payment for new patrol wagon
A city meeting unanimously approves paying Plant's Garage, Inc. $1090 for a new patrol wagon charged to New Equipment after Police Committee approval. Absentees listed include Aldermen Bragg Powers and Councillors Hart Jackson Leavitt Small Weston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plant’s Garage, Inc
Donald N. Small
Plant's Garage, Inc
Ralph W. Bragg
Henry M. Powers
John E. Hart
Mark A. Jackson
Edgar D. Leavitt
Harold P. Small
Waldo R. Weston
Probation Suspended Man Sentenced to Jail
William Belanger Jr. of 879 1 2 Middle Street had probation set at Sagadahoc Superior Court for non-support and desertion. He was returned to the county courthouse and, after arrest for intoxication and disturbing the peace, Justice George L. Emery sentenced him to six months in Kennebec County Jail in Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Belanger, Jr
Middle Street
Sagadahoc
George L. Emery
Kennebec
Augusta
Emery
Belanger
Wallace and Sanders Seek Marriage in City Clerk Office
Truman B. Wallace Jr. of Russell Street and Carrie Sanders of Middle Street intend to marry, with Wallace son of Truman B. Wallace and Mrs. Wallace of Grove Land Mass and Sanders daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse T. Sanders, in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Gilmore
Truman B. Wallace, Jr
Russell Street
This City
Truman B. Wallace
Groveland
Mass
Carrie Sanders
Jesse T. Sanders
Middle Street
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the Tienes Company
Brent Street
Beth, Maine
F. B. Wichols
End Tress
GC. Wreber
American Federation of Labor
Cosmo Club
William P. Nealley
Bangor
City
Nealley
Bowdoin College
C. Roland Trott
Brother
Sheepscot River
Europe
Cial
Thomas Change
Berre Vapor
Florence
Timothy
North Grammar
ST. Mary's School
Shipping City
Man
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