Winslow Delights Winter Street Club With Fame Tales
Frank A Winslow associate editor of the Rockland Courier Gazette told an unusually large Winter Street church Men’s club gathering about his 35 years in Maine journalism. He recounted interviews with presidents Lindbergh Roosevelt Coolidge and others plus Rev Sandford and noted his best tale involved Rev Sandford and a yacht interview in Rockland harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Winslow
Rockland Courier-Gazette
State of Maine
Winter Street
Winslow
Lime City
Maine
Rockland
Charles H. Lindbergh
Samuel Clemens
Robert E. Peary
Carrie Nation
Champ Clark
Senator Borah
Josephus Daniels
Joe Knowles
Charles Dana Gibson
Frank W. Sandford
Holy Ghost
Us Society
Shiloh
Mr. Winslow
Rev. Sandford
Bates
Sandford
Rev
Barkentine Kingdom
Rockland Harbor
Asia Minor
South Freeport
Newfoundland
Africa
Asia-minor
Portland
Brunswick
Mount Olivet
Col. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
South Pond
Warren
Bruno Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Betty Gow
North Haven
Arene William-H.-Taeft
Bath City Lost Relief Funds Tied to RFC Loan Cancellations
Washington dispatches report that reconstruction Finance Corp loans to Maine totaling 1 504 309 were virtually cancelled with 1 252 414 considered a grant, eliminating repayment by the state. Bath officials recall a mayoral refusal to pursue relief aid in 1933 despite possible monthly grants. Brann supports RFC oversight and urges full investigation as legislators study federal grants use and administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Dispatches
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Maine
Gail Laughlin
Gov. Brawn
Charles S. Brown
Brawn
John A. Lord
Lord
Mr. Brown
Brown
Augusta
Welfare Department
Bath
National Emergency Relief Administration
Robert W. Kehoe
Young
Kehoe
Brann
RFC
State Welfare Department
Senator Laughlin
Miss Laughlin
Walker Held for Grand Jury at June Session
James G. Walker Jr., 31, of Medford Massachusetts, held on two worthless checks totaling 85.69 and a potential truck theft count, pleads guilty to both checks at Sagadahoc Superior Court in Brunswick. His wife Annie West Walker, 20, was discharged. Walker was brought from Portland after warrants in Brunswick and Boston. police found a checkbook and prior Massachusetts forgery record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acme Supply and
Senter's Inc
James G. Walker, Jr
Medford
Mass
Georgetown University
Sagadahoc Superior Court
Gardiner R. Deering
Annie West Walker
Deering
Ralph O. Dale
Walker
Norman W. Howard
Acme Supply Co
Portland
Forest City
Brunswick
Boston
Walter L. Whitney
Senter's, Inc
Recorder Deering
Dale
Massachusetts
Bath
Weinrach
Howard Cigar Co
Front Street
Oakhurst
Oakhurst Dairy
F. Brehaut
Birthday reunion after forty years of whist party
Four Augusta residents and two couples have kept a February tradition starting from a whist party. This year E Barbour and Orlando and Mrs Kimball hosted a dinner at the Barbour home on Sunday, continuing a long-running yearly celebration with two exceptions.
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E. Barbour
State Street
Augusta
Orlando Kimball
Oak Street
Barbour
Sagadahoc Pomona Meets at Dirigo Grange in Brunswick
Sagadahoc Pomona met with Dirigo grange in Brunswick on Wednesday last. Officers and members heard reports, sang songs, and discussed goals for the year. A special meeting for the fifth degree was announced for March 10 at West Bath grange and the next regular meeting for March 30 at Richmond Corner.
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Sagadahoc Pomona
Dirigo Grange
Brunswick
Winifred Rackley
Ceres
Christine Pierrée
Pomona
Bertha Gray
Harry Rackley
Grace Thompson
Eleanor Ripley
the Grange
Lorenzo Masse
Harvey Jordan
Topsham Grange
Grange
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Columbia
Joe
William Eves
Otis Gray
Masse
John Carter
Woolwich Grange
Clifford Gray
Progressive Grange
E. C. Patten
Wiliam Gould
Ty Rackley
J. N. Palmer
Lillian Masse
Blanche Atwood
Dromore
Enterprise
Merrymeeting
Progressive
Sagadahoc
Topsham
Woolwich
Visitors
Elfreda Perkins
Dromore Grange
Mother Machree
Charles Thompson, Jr
Georgie Wash
Neil Bishop
William Gould
Alton Collins
Elizabeth Given
Rackley
Hubert McCarty
Annie Cushing
West Bath Grange
Richmond Corner
Physically Unable to Vote Granted Absentee Access
The Sewall amendment to Maine’s Absentee Voting Law allows those ill or absent from the city to vote. It defines absentee voters as qualified registrants who cannot cast a ballot due to physical incapacity certified by a physician, covering primaries and general elections including presidential elector choices.
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Sewall
Sagadahoc
United States
Maine
Bath Universalist Pastor resigns to lead Biddeford and Saco church
Reverend George H. Thorburn Jr announces resignation from the First Universalist Church of Bath effective March 3 1938. He will become minister of the First Universalist Church of Biddeford and Saco succeeding Reverend Thomas Baldwin Thayer Fisher. Thorburn cites opportunities and guidance from the state superintendent as reasons for moving, praising Bath church members and noting the church will stay a bright spot in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Thorburn, Jr
First Universalist
Thorburn
Biddeford
Saco
New England
Bath
Thomas Baldwin Thayer Fisher
Augusta
Wisconsin
Universalist
Maine
Veazie
First Church of
First Universalist Church of
Ladies' Aid
Murray Club
Bath Iron Works three day safety contest celebration
Bath Iron Works workers and families held three nights of vaudeville and dancing at Morse High Auditorium and Gymnasium concluding a recent Safety Contest. The event drew about 3600 attendees with eight touring act stars plus a 14 piece orchestra and featured impersonator Olin Landick and the Kataras Japs juggling trio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Morse High
Shipbuilding Plaint
RKO
Olin Landick
Me. Landick
Russell Street
Grace Church
John Shaw
Arthur LaVal
Explosion at Bath Garage Kills Two. Injures Five
A massive explosion at Plant's Garage 737 Washington Street Bath at 6.56 a.m. Tuesday killed Henry E. Fuller and Arthur J. Ward and injured five others. Police officer Robert D. Green Harold R. Roberts George E. Soule Fred C. Hill Leonard M. Lord hospitalized as debris and fire followed. Cause believed to be gasoline fumes with air flow and possible spark. after blast, a secondary minor explosion occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Robert D. Green
King Street
Harold R. Roberts
George E. Soule
Dummer Street
Water Street
Bath Iron Works Corp
Roberts
Soule
Fred C. Hill
North Street
Leonard M. Lord
Policeman Green
Scott Morse
Bath Fire Department
Fuller
Washington Street
Vine Street
Bridges Declines to Enter Coming Congressional Contest
Ronald P. Bridges of Sanford will not run in the First District Primary on June 20 despite strong urging after returning from Arizona. As state chairman of the Maine Young Republicans, he plans to attend a national committee meeting in Chicago and will instead support the party from his current posts. He attributed the decision to avoid harming Republican prospects and to remain valuable to the party by continuing his leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald P. Bridges
Sanford
Arizona
James C. Oliver
South Portland
Bridges
Young Republicans of
Maine
Chicago
Morse to face Edward Little in Western Maine basketball opener
Morse of Lewiston meets Edward Little of Auburn at 8 30 Friday night in the Western Maine Tournament opener. First round games include Cheverus versus Camden and Portland versus Lewiston Kennebunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Beal
South Portland High School
Lewiston
Cheverus Classical High School
Portland
Portland High School
Cheverus
Camden High School
Lewiston High
Kennebunk
Sanford High School
South Portland
Morse High School
Edward Little
Maine
Waterville
Morse Hirh
Auburn
Sanford
Morse
Edrward
Johnny Madden
Bath Boys
Jis Yaceu
pUleverite
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City OF
Bat
Ederal
Gardiner Lodge
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
Everett, Mass
G. A. R. Hall
Erickson N. Miller
John M. Cashman
Francis T. Donahue
Edward Battler
Abraham Battler
Kenneth A. Johnson
Lawrence Kelley
George F. Curry
Arthur J. Burns
Frank B. Bult
Warrer-P--Adams
University of Maine
Roy M. Paterson
Grand Jury
Sumner Sewall
Pastor Thorburn
Universalist Church
Iron Works
North Lubee
Eastport
Quoddy
Seward
Nafk
Revolution Dock
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