Maine highway safety push and inn burned in Bath area
Secretary of State Robie tightens motor vehicle rules with stricter biennial inspections by properly equipped garages. crackdown on dealer registration plates use. highway patrol expands enforcement. New Meadows Inn in Bath burned, $20,000 loss, owner Charles Cahill undecided on rebuilding. Debate over keeping the word Vacationland on plates continues. Kennebec Street Railway to abandon Lisbon Falls Bath service May 15. prepare replacement transit. Spring work urged as Maine anticipates early warmth and more boat building activity along the coast with many vessels under construction.
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Robie
Chiecr Towle
Charles H. Cahill
Cahill
Bath- Brunswick
Union
Marion E. Martin
Bangor
Miss Martin
Maine
The
Public Utilities Commission
Kennebec
Lisbon Falls
Bath
Governor Barrows Proposes Potatoes Gift to Governors
The governor of Maine will receive a peck of selected Aroostook county potatoes soon. Governor Lewis O Barrows plans to forward the gift to other states so officials can see the fine grade of potatoes Maine farmers market.
Bath Country Club annual meeting sets 1937 plans
Despite bad weather Bath Country Club stockholders met at Bath Savings Institution with President Allan Spear presiding. They approved reports, set $25 men’s dues, invited all citizens to join, and aimed to cover a deficit from 1935. Four directors were elected, officers named, and season plans including tournaments at Brunswick Golf Club and Bath course announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Country Club
Bath Savings Institution
Allan Spear
Edward W. Bridgham
Daniel T. Dougherty
Wlayton Hill
Edwin R. Andrews
Jimmie Jones
Gatun Locks
Panama Canal Zone
E. C. Barnard
Brunswick Golf Club
Maine Senior Golfers’ Association
Bath
Triangle Club Opens Its New Club House
The Tri angle Riding and Driving club hosted a successful housewarming with 29 members. Redington Reed led cooking as Walter Powers hosted, aided by Morss, Winfield Powers, Cutler and Bartlett. Brunswick guests attended. next meeting March 15. Bowdoin losses include Clarence W MacKenzie and William R Glines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Triangle Riding and Driving Club
Redington Reed
Walter Powers
Bob Morss
Winfield Powers
Merrill Cutler
Skipper Bartlett
Bob Paquette
Billy Bartlett
Bob Piquette
Dersey Winchell
Brunswick
Bert Wheeler
Ruth Morse
Bath
Helen Conley
Louise Stewert
Marion Whitten
Dorothy Thompson
Jeannette Shackford
Harriet Lord
Bertha Lord
Persis Hoyt
Doris Scott
Margery Scott
Grand Officers Here for Pythian Rally at Acadia Lodge
Acadia lodge No 13 Knights of Pythias hosted about 150 members and guests from Auburn Yarmouth Brunswick Bowdoinham South Berwick and Freeport at Castle hall on Thursday. After supper Chancellor Commander Frank Dan forth welcomed attendees and Westcaste lodge Yarmouth displayed a drill. Harold Elder grand keeper of records spoke on friendship followed by Norman Rowe grand district deputy on Pythian ism. Past Chancellor William Gillman recalled 45 years in the order. Harry L Porter spoke on drill and benefits of training. Fred Sylvester urged membership value and communal impact. Samuel Foss Jr Auburn discussed childrearing and education. National anthem closed the event. Acadia lodge members urged to attend March 11 meeting as Pythian Jubilee plans and possible Augusta city hall welcome by Governor Barrows were to be discussed.
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Acadia Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Order
Auburn
Yarmouth
Brunswick
Bowdoinham
South Berwick
Freeport
Swain Brothers’ Orchestra
Frank Danforth
Westcaste Lodge
Harry L. Porter
Supreme Grand Lodge
Samuel Foss, Jr
Foss
Acadia Lodee
Augusta
Barrows
Law Court Favors Philip G. O'Hara in Sagadahoc Case
The Maine Law Court set aside a $2,405.06 verdict against Philip G. O'Hara of Columbia hotel in a Sagadahoc Superior court traverse jury case from the June term 1936. The court held the verdict against the weight of the law and evidence and found no negligence by O'Hara based on the plaintiff Earl A. Pratt's testimony. Attorney John P. Carey Jr. defended O'Hara. Pratt was represented by Edward W. Bridgham and Ralph O. Dale. The case was argued in the February term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Law Court
Philip G. O'Hara
Columbia Hotel
Sagadahoc Superior Court
Traverse
O'Hara
Earl A. Pratt
John P. Carey, Jr
O’hara
Sidney St. F. Thaxter
Law Court
Edward W. Bridgham
Ralph O. Dale
Pratt
Queen Esther Lodge Plans Anniversary Celebration
At a Queen Esther Re bekah lodge meeting held Tuesday last, committees were named for the lodge anniversary on March 30. Reception will be led by Miss Marie Wiggin and Mrs Elizabeth Tedford with others. Entertainment and dining room duties are assigned to listed members including Mrs. Ethel Parks and Mrs. Sarah Munsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Marie Wiggin
Elizabeth Tedford
Annette Pinkham
Nellie Lord
May Ward
Ethel Parks
Caroline Thompson
Georgia Pierce
Noble Grand
Sarah Munsey
Eva Atwood
Mary Rodick
Cornelia Stover
Agnes Perry
Margaret Nelson
Banquet Honors Champion Team and Mothers Committee
A long list of names attends a banquet honoring a champion team and the mothers committee at Monmouth. Co chairs of the mothers group are Mrs. Daniel J. Perry and Mrs. James E. McLaughlin. Donations and floral contributions enhance the event while Fr Maney and Hotel Phoenix figures are noted. The First Congregational Society church in Monmouth becomes property of the Monmouth Masonic Lodge, with the 1856 building having been erected on land from Mason J Metcalf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bourque
Eugene Hart
George Hart
Clarence Arsenault
George Wilson
Frank Hinds
Richard Madden
Harold Perry
Robert Hart
Edward H Gallant
Francis Sullivan
Arthur Sturtevant
Richard Cummings
Martin Vigne
Fernand Pomerleau
Edward Hogan
John McLaughlin
Robert J. Perry
James Skaling
Henry Serkis
Edward McLaughlin
Jean Pomerleau
Leo Paulin
Walter Gallant
Robert McDougal
John Perry
James McDougall
Russell Turcotte
Robert Cummings
Andrew Hart
Edward Cummings
Clarence White
Donald Kaler
Robert Fortier
Robert Ingraham
Harold Babin
Eugene Libby
Donald McElman
Ernest Avery, Jr
Arthur Michaud
Daniel J. Perry
James E. McLaughlin
Wilfred F. Skaling
George B. Sarkis
Mary
First Congregational Society of
Monmouth
Monmouth Masonic Lodge, Inc
Mason J. Metcalf
Cosmopolitan Club Holds Annual Meeting and Elections
The Cosmopolitan club elected officers for the ensuing year at its March 10 annual meeting with 60 attendees. Nominations were led by chair Christine C Curtis, with roles including president Mrs Paul G Bagdikian and treasurer Mrs Carl F Pierce. The banquet followed, featuring Dr Langdon Thaxter’s talk, and joint meetings with Cancer Control efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Christine C. Curtis
Alice F. Johnson
Helen E. Hartwell
Hiram T. Stevens
Louis M. Silverman
Paul G. Bagdikian
William W. Dennison
Carl Y. Kennedy
Paul L. Boudreau
A. Elizabeth Colby
Marcia Moulton
Carl F. Pierce
Gardiner R. Deering
Edwin H. P. Lowell
William L. Skelton
Roscoe P. McFadden
Merritt A. Mitchell
Leslie J. Wold
Ruth H. Farnham
Wilkiam Yule
Clinton D. Wilson
David
Cogan
Langdon Thaxter
Portland
Bath
Women's Field Army For Cancer Control
Richard Quick
Frank R. Davis
A. Barbara Allen
Amy A. Irish
Roberta P. Manson
Mary Deehan
Donald N Small
Addie D. Palmer
Alice E. Norris
Ernest R Avery
Young People’s Union Elects Its Officers
Miss Irma Groves was elected president of the Baptist Young People’s Union of the First Baptist Church at Monday’s meeting. Chester MacKenzie became vice president with Miss Lucy Rogers as secretary and Mrs Harold Carter as assistant secretary, and Mrs C. Liloye Hooker as treasurer. A rising vote of thanks thanked C Lloyd Hooker for his past year’s work. The remainder of the evening featured entertainment by teams directed by Miss Evelyn Sotheard and refreshments arranged by Mrs C Lloyd Hooker. next meeting is Monday at seven at Miss Groves’s home, 20 Raymond Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irma Groves
Baptist Young People’s Union
First Baptist Church
Chester MacKenzie
Lucy Rogers
Harold Carter
C. Liloye Hooker
C. Lloyd Hooker
Hooker
Evelyn Sotheard
Sacred Heart Circle Names Committees
Sacred Heart circle of Daughters of Isabella met last Tuesday appointing April social committee members led by Mrs. John W. Bourque and naming a house committee for March. March 10 is set for the monthly social as plans for speeches and a playset event were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella
John W. Bourque
Frank T. Fortier
D. Wilfred Thibeault
Jennie M. Allen
Edward J. Murphy
John McDonald
Josephine Tardiff
John F. Hayes
Robert E. Linekin
Estella M. Comeau
James FE. McLaughlin
Muriel C. Burgess
Daniel J. Perry
Farmers Organize for Conservation in Androscoggin Sagadahoc
At a county meeting W J Ricker of Turner was elected President of the Androscoggin Sagadahoc Agricultural Conservation Association L White of Bowdoinham named Vice President R H Boothby of Livermore to the executive committee Miss Evelyn Pynes of Auburn elected Treasurer C L Eastman Executive Secretary The counties expect over 20000 in earned payments in 1937 with potential for more if fully complied Also announced Rev George L Cadigan accepts rectorship at St Pauls Brunswick duties begin July 18
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Ricker
Turner
Androscoggin-Sagadahoc
Sagadahoc
George L. Cadigan
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Brunswick
Grace Church
Amherst
Mass
Amherst College
Brunswick Church
Burkett Couple Mark 51st Wedding Anniversary
Senator and Mrs F E Burkett of Union celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary in Augusta on Wednesday. Attendants and waitresses from their 50th observance returned, including Ruth Howe Virginia Howe Isabell Abbott Susan Abbott Betty Rich Alice Farris Phylls Hannon and Madeline Gordon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Burkett
Union
Augusta
Ruth Howe
Virginia Howe
Isabell Abbott
Susan Abbott
Betty Rich
Alice Farris
Phylls Hannon
Madeline Gordon
City Series Picks First and Second Teams in Grammar Meet
The Y M C A city basketball captains name the top two league teams with three guards on each due to ties. First Team includes Ring Lewis Legard Parks Sarkis Levyn. Second Team lists Greene Hayes Earl Hughes Greene Allain. Honorable mentions: Lyden Jewett Sarkis Parks Jewett.
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Y. M. C. A. City Basketball League
Harry Ring
B. I. W. Office
Rupert Lewis
B. I. W. Reds
Elwood Legard
Merchants
Alfred Parks
William Greene
Mark Hayes
Theodore Earl
B. I. W. Blues
Ellis Hughes
John Greene
Louis Allain
Harold Lyden
Donald Jewett
Arthur Sarkis
Raymond Parks
Alvin Jewett
First Baptist Ladies Circle Plans Easter Sale and Supper
Sewing circle of First Baptist church met in the vestry with 12 present and laid plans for an Easter sale and supper on March 17. Committees named for kitchen dining candy table decorations soliciting tables and more. Menu includes boiled ham mashed potatoes mashed turnips apple and lemon pie and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Edwy A. Sotheard
Cedric A. Martin
Willis B. Hall
Clifford F. Harrington
Everett B. Wright
Lucy G. Rogers
John W. Brooks
George T. MacLellan
Joseph L. Dauphin
Evelyn W. Sotheard
Freeman Crosby
Stanley Teasdale
New Meadows Inn Destroyed Ends Shore Dinner Era
The New Meadows Inn, a pioneer shore dinner venue near Bath, burned down, ending a era in Maine dining lore. Notables linked to the inn include Bath figures, former officials, and a president candidate who once dined there. The fate of the property leaves revival plans uncertain as patrons recall decades of prominence.
Family of Nine Driven Out
A large family of nine was forced from their home leaving them with no change of clothes bedding or household supplies as relief efforts or authorities addressed the incident on the page continuation.
Successful party at Winnegance Community Club
A card party with over 50 attendees was held at the Winnegance Community Clubhouse on Wednesday, raising the Febru ary money-making committee’s funds to more than 40 dollars. Winners included Mrs. Scott M. Golder first prize and Mrs. Ralph Gay second. Mrs. Herbert R. Morse and Robert P. Mason won ladies and gentlemen prizes in an auction. Earl Fortier and Mrs. Raymond B. Welch won top prizes in pitch. Redington Reed and William Hastings shared sugar prizes. Cake and coffee were served, with Almon R. Perry as chair and Edgar W. Oliver and Arthur C. Lemont on the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnegance Community Club
Scott M. Golder
Ralph Gay
Herbert R. Morse
Robert P. Mason
Earl Fortier
Charles H. Volz dies at 52 in Brookline Mass
Charles H. Volz 52 former Bath Y M C A general secretary died Thursday March 4 at his home 40 Winchester street Brookline Mass Word came from Rev George J Volz of West Pembroke He leaves a wife and two children Janett 18 and Donald 12 He had been superintendent of the Congregational church school at Allston for seven years and was employed in Civil Service with the Massachusetts transportation department
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Volz
Bath Y.y.m.ca
Winchester Street
Brookline
Mass
George J. Volz
West Pembroke
Club Garret Plans Spring Formal At Easter Vacation
At the March meeting of Club Garret in the Giel strup building a nominating committee was appointed for the next meeting. Seals were distributed to aid crippled children and a Vic dance was tentatively planned for St Patrick’s night with arrangements by Shackford Stewart and Lord. A special meeting was set for March 18 to form plans for a spring formal during Easter vacation.
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Club Garret
Gielstrup
C. Roland Trott
Doris R. Scott
Helen C. Conley
Edith A. Mackinnon
Margaret M
Mackinnon
Wilbur Miggins
Eleanor Mullaney
Dominique J. Tardif
Vanona A. MacDonald
Bertha L. Lord
Wilbur Higgins
R. N
Women's Field Army
Division of Maine
American Society For the Control of Cancer
Jeannette F. Shackford
Pine Tree Society
St. Patrick's
Real estate transfers recorded in Sagadahoc deeds list
Recent transfers across Bath Bowdoin Bowdoinham Phippsburg Richmond Topsham West Bath and Woolwich include buyers such as John N Rines Marilla Morse Bath Laundry Inc and Barbara G Jack Vance M Williams and Grace Tebbetts among others with multiple properties and affiliations noted in the Sagadahoc Registry of Deeds records.
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Sagadahoc Registry of
Bath
John N. Rines
Marilla S Morse
Esther J. McDonald
Anna P. Ketchum
Lloyd Ll. Hooker
Bath Laundry, Inc
Herbert W. Norton
Ida Miller
Joseph R. Oliver
Virginia M. Rowe
Bath Trust Co
Ethel B Kershner
Alva O. Light
Adelia M. Roy
O Winfred Roy
Clarence Mason
John H
Fire guts barn and store at Brewer area after dog alarm
A dog barking in Frank L. Tracey’s house at Eddington Bend, Brewer, woke a family to a blaze that spread from a barn to a store owned by D. P. Guptil. Firefighters arrived minutes after the call, battling stubborn flames with three river-fed hoses as roofs smoked and sparks threatened nearby buildings before the firemen gained control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Tracey
Eddington Bend
Brewer
D. P. Guptil
Doyle
Weekly Cross Word Puzzle 1 Discharging a firearm and more
Puzzle clues mix across and down with themes like discharging a firearm bottle profit faithful turf made use of of great age winds up similar additional nimble symbol for pain aluminum keep up aromatic liquid seasoning behold a ruffle pastry fixed for glass species of a window the scene a flat utensil of Homer's silver carry Tad form of the lowest verb to be male voice a fish unite a margin a Scottish sprint game played wing like with a ball watchful an edition pertaining fish to Ireland or let fall its people a vehicle the wave of news by elves denoting preposition to denote 3.1416 belonging absolute direction snake like approaching answer to previous puzzle
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Newsdead
Ireland
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Meine
Y. B. Nichols
Harry
Webber
New Meadows Inn
Rover
Maine Boat Builders
Triangle Club
W. Lester Watson
Kennebunk Star
Biddeford
Marcus Watson
Westbrook Chronicle
York County
Bowdoin
Clarence W. MacKenzie
William R. Glines
Unity
Pythian Rally
Queen Esther Lodge
Young People’s Union
Baptist Organization Meets
Sacred Heart Circle Names Committees
Y. M. C. A. Grammar School
Y.M.C. A
Bath Y. M. C. A
First Baptist Ladies’ Circle
Albert H. Shaw
Harold M. Sewall
William T. Cobb
Bath Iron Works
Byron Boyd
Arthur I. Brown
Hannibal E. Hamlin
Ellsworth
Cyrus N. Blanchard
Wilton
Oldsters
Merrymeeting Casino
Merrymeeting Park
L. B. & B. Railroad
Casco Castle
South Freeport
Underwood
Riverton Parks
United States
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
James M. Cox
Ohio
Mr. Roosevelt
Navy
Fred H. Thompson
Bata
Mere Point
Winnegance
Charles Henry Volz
CLUB
Garret
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