New Brunswick and Topsham Bridge Opens to Traffic
A fine new bridge between Brunswick and Topsham carries trolleys and soon automobiles. The span replaces the old crossing of the Androscoggin, offers a scenic view of the falls, shortens travel, and eliminates the Topsham short bridge. Christmas prospects and seasonal harvests are noted, with general talk on primary election reforms and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Topsham
Androscoggin
Maine Street
Maine
Rain Needed to Save Blueberry Crop
With substantial rain this week the blueberry crop could be saved though a light harvest remains likely without further downpours. The crop is a key revenue source for many, making continued rainfall essential for berries to ripen and avoid drying on the bushes.
Maine town garden shows announced amid dry spell
Maine towns announce annual garden shows including Thomaston on Thursday. Rain yesterday aids gardens and lawns. Bath plans open air library concept to enjoy reading outdoors. Fire risk looms ahead of the Fourth with potential rain relief hoped for. Bowdoin honors Bath resident Lieut John A Lord for leading reconstruction of the Constitution. Maine Highway Commission reports 128 miles of highway under construction with travel allowed in most areas and detours provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Thomaston
Maine Highway Commission
Augusta Sees Tax Rate Cut By One Mil This Year
Augusta residents express elation as city officials announce a tax rate reduction of one mil for the current year. The move lowers local levy revenue while maintaining essential services. Officials say the cut translates to a modest saving for homeowners and businesses.
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Augusta
Circus Caravan Crossed Kennebec Bridge To Rockland
The Kennebec River bridge, dedicated June 20, 1928, saw a circuses caravan cross in two sections from Brunswick toward Rockland. The procession, guarded by State Highway Patrolmen Pray and Shaw, carried cook outfits, animals, tents, and a mechanic with spare Chevrolet parts. Drivers kept 100 feet apart. tollhouse staff checked trucks and passengers, with penalties for late arrivals. Modern busses carried performers with sleeping bunks and onboard washrooms, ensuring water for bathing during each stop.
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Kennebec
Maine Central Railroad
Pray
Shaw
Chevrolet
Brunswick
Rockland
Camp Shelter-Sea Opens With Boys Camp at Georgetown
C H Hubbard of Pittsburgh leases Camp Overlook at Kennebec Point from Mrs Martha Rich Bowen and renames it Camp Shelter Sea. Transitioning from a girls camp to a boys camp, it opens Wednesday with about 25 youths from Pittsburgh Massachusetts New York Vermont and Connecticut. Hubbard, an Amherst graduate and Arnold School teacher, directs eight councillors from Harvard Bowdoin Pitt Valparaiso Carnegie Tech MIT with junior staff from Deerfield and Loomis. Ages nine to 16 will enjoy Sagadahoc bay motor boating sailing canoeing swimming rifle contests Indian lore and general camp craft. Full eight week term with a four week half term is offered.
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C. H. Hubbard
Pittsburgh
West Brattleboro
Overlook
Kennebec Point
Georgetown
Martha Rich Bowen
Shelter-Sea
Bowen
Massachusetts
New York
Vermont
Connecticut
Hubbard
Amherst
Arnold School
Harvard
Bowdoin
University of Pittsburgh
Valparaiso
Carnegie Tech
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Deerfield Academy
Loomis School
Sagadahoc Bay
Mysterious orange plane vanishes near Popham Beach
An orange seaplane from the northeast skimmed along Popham Beach then headed east over the Atlantic. Crowds tracked its path for hours before the craft reappeared briefly near the shore and vanished again toward the north. Residents speculate a trans Atlantic pilot may have taken off, noting the unusual long disappearance toward Europe.
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Popham Beach
Popham
Europe
Bath Woman Returns From Teachers' Council
Mrs. Leroy Calby returned Thursday from Storrs Connecticut where she attended the New England council of Parents and Teachers. Mrs Haven Sawyer of Bangor was elected chairwoman of the nominating committee of the New England Council. The committee will report at the Fall meeting in Boston. The National Educational Association convention will be at the Ritz Carlton Atlantic City New Jersey June 25 to July 3. A PTA section on June 27 will be presided over by Mrs. B F Langworthy. Featured addresses include What the Parent Receives for his School Tax and What Reduction in School Budget Means to the Child. An information booth will be open daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Calby
Storrs
Conn
New England Council of Parents and Teachers
Haven Sawyer
Bangor
Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers
New England Council
Boston
National Educational Association
Ritz Carlton
Atlantic City
N. J
B. F. Langworthy
William J. Bogan
Chicago
Frank Cody
Detroit
Mich
W. H. Phillsbury
Schenectady
N. Y
P.T.A
Frederick Hosmer
National Congress of Parents and Teachers Association
Wardens Gather Fish Screen Facts
Wardens from the Department of Inland Fisheries and Game completed a survey detailing fish screen locations, sizes, and conditions. The report explains that screens are structures at lake outlets to deter migratory salmon from moving downstream, and notes varying care and value depending on local fish presence and ownership by towns associations or individuals.
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Department of Inland Fisheries and Game
Eight Morse Letter Men Off For Camp
Twenty five Bath boys left Saturday to attend the State Y M C A Leadership Conference at Lake Cobbesseecontee for one week under Y M C A secretary William C Perkins. Eight varsity Morse High School football players travel with other leaders from 13 groups to be coached in leadership and organization.
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Bath
William C. Perkins
Lake Cobbesseecontee
Morse
Morse High
Perkins
Mr. Perkins
Bath Y. M. C. A
United States
Harold McElman
Richard McElman
Ernie Sarkis
Paul Stinson
Alfred Parks
Philip Oliver
Elwood Legard
William Grindell
Gerald Carr
Wesley Marco
Robert Cressey
Carl Dearborn
Check Passing Charge Arraigned in Topsham
Frank C. Hamilton of Topsham was arraigned in municipal court for passing a $10 check without funds at Bouchers Filling Station on April 20. Judge John J. Keegan continued the case to Thursday at 10 a.m. Police Chief Frank Carver brought Hamilton to Bath. Carver said Hamilton recentlywas found guilty in Brunswick municipal court of a similar charge with a $25 fine and three more similar charges are anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank C. Hamilton
Topsham
Boucher
John J. Keegan
Frank Carver
Hamilton
Bath
Carver
Brunswick
State Pier Day planned with DAR activities at York Village
Colonel Dummer Sewall chapter DAR has its invitation to State Pier Day observances at York Village July 12. Old York chapter joins Maine DAR conference. luncheon at Marshall House York Harbor. tablet unveiling at Sewall's Bridge 2 30 pm. Morning visits include Old Gaol, cemetery, and Frost Homestead. guided tours depart Village Square. Overnight stays arranged with Ocean House York Beach Emerson Inn York Harbor Yorkshire Inn.
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Dummer Sewall
State Pier
York Village
Old York
Maine
Register
Samuel Sewall
America
Sewall
Lindsay Road
Old Gaol
Old Cemetery
Frost
Eliot Frost
Ocean House
York Beach
W. J. Simpson
Emerson Inn
York Harbor
G. L. Moulton
Yorkshire Inn
Harry
Knights of Dunlap Have a Field Day at Dyer's Cove
Nearly 75 members of Dunlap Commandery K T from Bath and Lisbon Falls joined St John day events at Dyer's Cove Harpswell including a bake and field day. Lisbon Falls won the ball game. Edward W Sampson presided at the bake and received a medal from Commander Kelley for rescuing two Bath girls in the New Meadows river incident.
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Dunlap Commandery
K. T
Bath
Lisbon Falls
St. John’s
Dyer's Cove
Harpswell
Edward W. Sampson
Edward E. Morse
Albert Henderson
Thomas R. Huston
Lewis J. Sanborn
Kelley
Mr. Sampson
Sampson
New Meadows
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Osborne Bailey
Everett Plummer
Transportation
George C. Quicksall
John Hf. Freeman
Lee Hooker
Summer Schedule Change for Maine Central Rail Line
The Maine Central announces a summer timetable effective Monday June 27. Westbound morning departures remain 8.53 and afternoon 3.48 with parlor cars on both. Saturday night train moves to 5.48 from 6.08, connects to Pine Tree Limited at Brunswick for Bangor and to the State of Maine Express for New York. Other nights feature 8.03 departures with sleepers to New York and night sleepers to Philadelphia and Washington on Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Morning westbound arrival is 5.40 with sleepers from New York, Philadelphia and Washington, except Monday when it arrives 7.41. The noon westbound arrives 12.09, and the evening 7.10 with Brunswick connection to Pine Tree Limited from Boston. All times use daylight saving.
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Maine Central Railroad
Brunswick
Pine Tree Limited
Bangor
Portland
State of Maine Express
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
West
Boston
Aldrich Seeks County Attorney Post in Primary Fight
Card of thanks from Ellas L. Aldrich of Topsham thanking Republican voters for nominating him as candidate for county attorney in the recent primary. He pledges to run the office fairly and impartially if elected in September. June 24, 1982. Mrs. Harry Tilden visits Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellas L. Aldrich
Topsham
Bowdoin Awards Bathman Degree and Honorary Honors
Bowdoin honors a group of distinguished figures with honorary degrees and remarks on their contributions to education, religion, and literature. Recipients include Maurice Rey Ridley, Irving Babbitt, Charles Stuart Fessenden Lincoln, George Rowland Walker, Oliver Dana Sewall, James Edward Freeman, and others recognized for service to the college and broader intellectual life.
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Ent
Dante
Oxford
Great Britain
Irving Babbitt
Harvard University
Bowdoin
Institute of Literature
America
Charles Stuart Fessenden Lincoln
Brunswick
St. John’s College
Shanghai
Maine
California
Psi U
George Rowland Walker
Hyde
Oliver Dana Sewall
Andover Theological Seminary
Massachusetts Congregational Conference and Missionary Society
New England
American International College
Springfield
James Edward Freeman
Washington
Society of Scholars
Tiffany Ross wedding at United Baptist Church Lewiston
Mr and Mrs William R Tiffany of Lewiston wed Friday afternoon in the parsonage of United Baptist Church Lewiston Rev Percy L Vernon officiated. They honeymoon at Birch Point cottages after motor trip. Tiffany is son of George R Tiffany of Camden and a Farmington Normal School graduate who taught in Somerville and Chelsea and works for F W Woolworth Co. Olive Ross is daughter of Silas L Ross Lewiston and Bliss Business College graduate.
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William R. Tiffany
Lewiston
United Baptist
Birch Point
Percy L. Vernon
Annie Staples
Tiffany
George R. Tiffany
Camden
Farmington Normal School
Somerville
Chelsea
F. W. Woolworth Co
Olive Ross
Silas L. Ross
Bliss Business College
Bath boy Edwin M Fuller Jr wins Bowdoin degree
A Bath youth Edwin M Fuller Jr graduates from Bowdoin College and plans to attend Tufts Medical School. He will practice medicine after his studies, following a family line of physicians. He is noted as a good student and popular Bath Country Club golfer.
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Bowdoin ‘College
Bath
Edwin M. Puller, Jr
Tufts Medical School
Edwin M. Fuller
Bowdoin
Bath Country Club
Row high 36-Te mtique 337-Men 38-Noise of rain
English school for boys 0-Fat 41-Teo bend or stoop low 43-Yttrium seaquioxide Expects 60-Legumes 51-Heavy mod e 8-Tim (chent, symbol) 0-Take notice (abbr)
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Teo Bend
Stoop
Two Seized Cars Sold At Auction In Georgetown
Federal authorities would have benefited from attending a Saturday sale of two seized cars, a Packard sedan and a Chevrolet, seized May 31 at Georgetown with liquor aboard. The Packard fetched 365 dollars, 25 000 miles, all leather interior, sold to Helfont Used Car & Parts Co. The Chevrolet went for 350 dollars.
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Packard
Chevrolet
Georgetown
Helfont Used Car & Parts Co
Kennebec Dan
Edward Taft
Marrtown
Coombs
Raymond Parker
Portland
Taft
Vacation school at Corliss Street opens for six annual run
Corliss Street church starts its sixth annual Daily Vacation School on Monday June 27 at nine, running three weeks with sessions each weekday morning from nine to 11 30 except Saturday and July 4. The free program welcomes boys and girls, with Edith Wallace directing beginners, Lucian Ames heading the primary department, Catherine Trott and Christine Lockery assisting, and the Junior Berry directing music.
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Corliss Street
Edith Wallace
Evelyn Trott
Lucian Ames
Catherine Trott
Christine Lockery
Berry
Gadabouts Lunch at Bath Country Club Social
The Gadabouts held a Saturday luncheon at Bath Country Club at noon with Mrs. James Q. Lincoln, Miss Carolyn Moses, Mrs. Frederick H. Kimball, Mrs. Mark W. Sewall, Mrs. Albert H. Shaw, Miss Emma Small, Miss Minnie A. White, and Miss Abby E. Hinckley. Cards were played in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gadabouts
Bath Country Club
James Q. Lincoln
Carolyn Moses
Frederick H. Kimball
Mark W. Sewall
Albert H. Shaw
Emma Small
Minnie A. White
Abby E. Hinckley
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the Times Company
Prent Street
Bath, Mains
Nechots
Eastport
Bowdoin College
John A. Lord
Constitution
Ironsides
Shelta-Sea
Popham Folk
Teachers’ Council
Buxton
Buxton Rheumatic Medicine Co
Ablot Village
Fred S Curtis
Knights OF Dunlap
St. John’s Day
Dyer’s Cove
Maine Central
Harry Tilden
Middle Street
D. ML Humphreys & Co
Sagedahock Biock
Tiffany Ross
Lin
NHL
Dame Éagublies
the Brunswick E Room
Royal Blue Line
Quichts Plaza
L. C. Prior Management
Hotel Brunswick
HOTEL
LENOX
Boylston Street
Copley Square
Royal Ele Line
Walter S. Glidden
James O. Lincoln
F. B. Nichols
Society of Bowdoin Women
Moulton Union
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