Grand Central Leases East Balcony for New England Exhibit
The New England Council will stage a year long display in Grand Central Station New York to lure vacationists with scenes of yacht sailing mountain lake country and a New England village. The venture highlights a large tourism economy with $500 million yearly hospitality activity and $15 million state tax contributions plus hundreds of millions in transportation hotels and retail spending.
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Grand Central Station
New York
New England Council
New England
Council
New Hampshire
White Mountain National Forest
Vermont
Miss Smart Awarded Verdict for 1200
In Cumberland County Superior Court a jury awarded Beatrice F. Smart of Augusta 1200 in her personal injury action against Maine Tea Co of Portland. The suit arose from a December 26 1935 bus crash in Gray while she rode as a passenger, with negligence alleged against the tea company and Maine Central Transportation Co. The case was narrowed to the tea company as the sole defendant.
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Cumberland County
Beatrice F. Smart
Augusta
Maine Tea Co
Portland
Smart
le Central Maine Power Co
Bath
Maine Central Transportation Co
The
Tea Company
Transportation Company
Gray
Boston
Maine college delegates reject April 22 strike plan
Delegates from Bowdoin Bates Colby and the University of Maine voted Sunday at Bates to abstain from participating in the National strike set for April 22. They favored a series of public discussions on national security through isolation or international cooperation with eight students, two from each college, attending and meetings led by a professor locally. Dates set for public sessions are Bowdoin April 26 Bates April 27 Colby May 3 and University of Maine May 4.
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Maine
Bates College
Bowdoin
Bates
Colby
University of Maine
Local residents attend town meeting and visits noted
Phippsburg reports Rev Horace F Holton and son John from Brockton attended town meeting. Several residents travel or host events in Bath Freeport Topsham and Woolwich. Notable items include a Mealtime Cookery class at Topsham grange hall and Farm Bureau delegates chosen for Orono week.
Bath Group Sets Drive Against Cancer Initiatives
The Bath Ameri can Society for Control of Cancer committee met at Red Cross rooms to plan a nationwide drive starting the week of March 21. Members included Mrs. Sewall, Mrs. Mullin, Mrs. Gillies, and Donald Young of the American Legion, among others. The movement promotes cancer knowledge to enable control, likening its effort to tuberculosis work.
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Bath
American Society For Control of Cancer
Red Cross
Arthur Sewall
Seth S. Mullin
James A Gillies
Howard Bates
J. A Redson
Donald N. Small
Edward Drake, Jr
Ada Crockett
Fred D. Hill
Herbert Calderwood
Harold S. Avery
Stephen McPhee
William W. Dennison
Mary Prince
Stella Dolloff
Carrie Moses
James Nostall
Woolwich
Donald Young
American Legion
United Cooperation
Bath built ship makes last voyage
The bark Edward Sewall built in Bath nearly 40 years ago sailed westward around Cape Horn before the Panama Canal opened. Renamed Star of Shetland, she was towed into Osaka on November 15 after raging seas endangered her. Her damaged hull carried scrap iron and she will be scrapped for salvage on the Japanese coast.
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Edward Sewall
Cape Horn
Panama Canal
Star of Shetland
Alaska Packers
Osaka
Bath
Star
Shetland
Sewall
Japan
Legard Stable After Train Collision Injury
Paul G. Legard of 15 Maple Grove Avenue, injured when the truck he lived in was struck by a Maine Central train near Wiscasset, passed a difficult night but shows no internal injuries. X rays show a broken collar bone and a fractured shoulder. doctors anticipate a speedy recovery with no further complications.
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Paul G. Legard
Maple Grove Avenue
Wiscasset
Memorial Hospital
Bath
Dromore Farm Bureau Holds All Day March Meeting
Dromore Farm Bureau conducted its regular March meeting on Wednesday March 10 at the Community club house with 19 in attendance. The program titled Meat Cookery was led by Mrs Anna Derwent. A demonstration dinner followed featuring aspic salad lumburg steak on toast stuffed breast of lamb and meat stew. A letter from the Welfare club of Phippsboro was read praising cooperation for a May clinic. Plans were set to send Mrs Campbell and Mrs Beals to Orono for Farm and Home Week March 29.
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Horace F. Holton
John
Brockton
Mass
Thomas C. Hughes
Hyde Park
Emma Perry
Walier Libby
Bath
New Meadows
Walter J. McCourt
Ernest A. Rogers
Thompson
Clarence Mason
North Bath
Howard Atwood
West Point
ffnJohn Holton
Holton
Wynbure
Easline Abel
Kittery
Pauline Rogers
Dromére Farm Bureau
Aletha Campbell
Evelwyn Beals
Orone
Henry Carlton
Eleanor
Woolwich
Raymond McIntire
Antwerp
Belgium
John Kelley
Jessie Kelley
Howard MacDonald
Augusta
Blaisdell Farm
Dromore Farm Bureau
Anna Derwent
Fond Project
Mary Michaelis
Ellsworth
Cors Campbell
Phippsburg
Ina Spinney
Muriel Haggett
Lois Knight
Bess Munson
Rachel Hodgdon
Ann Deering
Manson
Annie Percy
Lumburg
Eve Rogers
Campbell
Beals
Orono
Jackson Rosie wedding in Bangor at noon Friday
Miss Elizabeth A Rosie of Bangor wed James M Jackson of Eastport in a noon ceremony at the bride’s home 200 Union Street. Dr. David L Wilson officiated. The couple planned a brief wedding trip. Attending from Bath included Karcher S Jackson and Mark A Jackson, brothers of the groom.
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Elizabeth A. Rosie
Bangor
George
Rosie
That City
James M. Jackson
Eastport
N. Gratz Jackson
Shaw Street
Union Street
David L. Wilson
Central Congregational Church
Jackson
University of Maine
Wheelock
Boston
Morse High
Phi Gamma Delta Social Fraternity
State Health Department
District Health Unit
Sanitary Engineering
Maine State Highway Department
U. S
Wilson
Bath
Karcher S. Jackson
Mark A. Jackson
Ferry Aquidneck fire causes damage during dockside check
The electrically propelled Bath Iron Works built ferry Aquidneck, launched Feb 13, was hauled to South Portland for underwater inspection when a cabin fire broke out Thursday night. Captain William Blair led the crew of about a dozen Tron Works workers. Archibald Main could not yet estimate the damage or view the vessel, which remained in seemingly sound condition earlier that afternoon.
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Aquidneck
Bath Iron Works Corp
South Portland
William S. Blair
Edward P. Steininger
Tron Works
Archibald M. Main
Bath Woodmen Initiate Large Class Adoption
A well attended Bath camp meeting saw a large class adoption with an exemplification of degrees by local officers and the Forester team. Preparations are underway for another class adoption and a benefit whist party was voted for. District Manager E R Guillet and ex District Manager Henry Von Stremel of Lewiston attended.
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Bath Camp
E. R. Guillet
Henry von Stremel
Lewiston
Popham Beach Residents and Local Happenings Report
Popham Light keeper Capt Eugene W Osgood has returned home from Portland Marine Hospital. Community members Jerome Newdick Morong Perkins Dobbin and others visited Bath Lewiston Lisbon Falls and Bath over the weekend. The old Popham store at the wharf was torn down by Frank Scott. Boat owners prep for launch as the Aquidneck returns from Bath Iron Works to Newport Navy Torpedo base service.
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Eugene W. Osgood
Popham
Marine Hospital
Portland
Clinton Newdick
Augusta
Virginia
Perkins
Bion Bowie
Lewiston
Marie Leonard
Kenneth
Charles
Bath
Eva Dobbin
Faulkingham
Lorraine
Wayne
Edgar N. Drake
Edna M. Coolidge
Georgetown
Seaman Drake
Nina Larrabe
Ethel Osgood
Leona McDonnell
McDonnell
Light House
Osgood
da Oliver
Walter Sprague
Marguerite McNulty
Norman Perkins
Fred Osgood
Blanchard Crowley
Barbara Sprague
North Yarmouth Academy
Shirley Morong
Gerry
Bobby
Pauline Morong
William Bowie
Ellison Moody
Long Island
Nathaniel Perkins
Napoleon T. Fickett
Pond Island
Popham Wharf
Frank Scott
Moses Chandler
Karl Hentz
Edgar Warren
Bay Point
Bath Iron Works
Kennebec
U. S. Navy
Newport
R. I. Phillip
Lawrence Wyman
Madelyn Bridges
Hewitt Family Hosts Card Evening In Winnegance
Mr and Mrs Charles E Hewitt Jr entertained Saturday with cards. Willard Cromwell and sons Arthur Irving and Franklin Cromwell and Charles E Hewitt 3rd drove to Pinkham Notch Sunday to view mountain skiing. Roads were mostly clear aside from snow and mud slowing travel. The village school will open next Monday for the Spring term.
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Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Willard Cromwell
Arthur, Irving and
Franklin Cromwell
Charles E. Hewitt
Pinkham Notch
Camels Imported to U S for Cross Country Work
The United States imported 75 camels from Egypt and Asia Minor during Pierce’s administration for cross country work. War department led the program with Secretary of War Jefferson Davis among its advocates. Camels landed at Indianola Texas and were driven by Greek and Turkish camel drivers. They crossed Texas New Mexico and Arizona to Colorado and were praised by the army officer in charge before public opposition and the Civil War ended the experiment. They were sold to circuses and individuals or released.
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Egypt
Asia Minor
Pierce
War Department
Jefferson Davis
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Indianola
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Colorado
Young Men Elected Selectmen at Phippsburg Meeting
Phippsburg voted in a new board of selectmen two weeks late, electing Raymond M. Wyman Haven Hilton and James Chambers. Walter J. McCourt chosen treasurer and collector, with others including Owen Richardson and Everett A. Hartington. Budgets set for schools roads and town services, and peddling license rules adopted. Piano pupils of Miss Thelma W. Dearing performed a large recital at Wesley church with quartets and solos featuring Ruth Cogan Margaret Sampson and others.
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Phippsburg
Raymond M. Wyman
Smell Point
Martin Wyman
Haven Hilton
Sebasco
James Chambers
Parker Head
Walter J. McCourt
McCourt
Owen Richardson
Everett A. Hartington
Charles A. Huff
John G. Morse
Elmer E. Hilton
Bessie Sprague
Meadowbrook
Carlton Bridge
Thelma W. Dearing
Wesley Church Vestry
Ruth Cogan
Margaret Sampson
Five Local Fighters On Friday's Program
Five Bath and nearby fighters appear on Friday night at Arcade Arena. Lanky Bob Oliver returns from Army service to face Eddie Violette in a featured bout. Jackie Davis meets Young Siviski while Farmer Brown and Battling Cote also box. Glafiro Castillo faces Frisco Dick, and Young Guy Wright fights Young Woods in a local card that spotlights Maine talent. Also noted is a memorial for Merle Foge, famed aviator, and news of Wits End dance club release of a new song.
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Arcade Arena
Bob Oliver
North End
States States Army
Hawaiian Islands
Eddie Violette
Lewiston
Hawaii
Uncle Sam
Jackie Davis
Jackie
Phippsburg
Brunswick
Sebasco
Siviski
CCC
Farmer Brown
Cote
Waterville
Guy Wright
Young Woods
Glafiro
K. C." Castillo
Frisco Dick
Our Fair
Paul Junior
Spindle City
Val Nadeau
Dover
N. H
Castillo
Jackie Dubois
Sherbrooke
Canada
Charlie Gordon
Boston
Checker Players Start Tournament
In the social department of the Y the boys begin the annual checker tournament with first round pairings. Seniors Leroy Lord vs John Bourque Carleton Stover vs Henry Midleton Albert Desmond vs Edward Brown Clarence Atwood vs Louis Arsenault George Hart vs Frank A Hinds Jr Robert Reno vs Maurice Puffer and Robert Perry has a bye. Juniors Jean Pomerleau vs Edward Cummings John Murphy vs John Hinds Robert Cummings vs Charles Sullivan Clarence Gowen vs John Gaudette Donald Belanger vs John Perry Robert Clark vs Robert Hart.
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Leroy Lord
John Bourque
Carleton Stover
Henry Middleton
Albert Desmond
Edward Brown
Clarence Atwood
Louis Arsenault
George Hart
Frank A. Hinds, Jr
Robert Reno
Maurice Puffer
Robert Perry
Jean Pomerleau
Edward Cummings
John Murphy
John Hinds
Robert Cummings
Charles Sullivan
Clarence Gowen
John Gaudette
Donald Belanger
John Perry
Robert Clark
Robert Hart
Electricity Supplants Oil at Doubling Point Lighthouse
Electricity will replace oil on April 1 at the Doubling Point range lights in Fiddler's Reach and in the keeper's dwelling. An electrical outfit powers the oil house, the keeper's home, and appurtenances, with wiring for an automatic fog bell at Doubling Point.
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Doubling Point
Fiddler's Reach
Harry L. Nye
Capt. Nye
Dephine Point
Holographs Defined as Handwritten Originals
A holograph is a manuscript or document entirely in the author originator's own handwriting. It denotes the original version without typographic or editorial intervention.
Old Tun Tavern Birthplace of Marine Corps Remembered
Aksciated with the founding of the Marine Corps, the Tun Tavern in Philadelphia hosted enlistments in 1775. The article traces Marine history from that gathering place to later battles with Serapis, Derne, and across multiple conflicts, noting the 150th anniversary bronze tablet on the warehouse site and upcoming ceremonies in Lewiston.
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OLD Tun Tavern
Marine Corps
United States Marine Corps
Maritime Corps
Kansas City Star
Philadelphia
Water Street
America
Continental Congress
Crown
Massachusetts Bay
Great Britain
France
Esek Hopkins
Delaware
Virginia
Abaco
Bahamas
Hopkins
Samuel Nicholas
New Corps
New Providence
Nicholas
John Paul Jones
Tripoli
Prester O Bannon
Fitton
Derne
Alexandria
Egypt
Caribbean
Everglades
Florida
Korea
China
Santo Domingo
Haiti
Nicaragua
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Grand Central
Cape Cod
Chamber of Commerce
Cape
Miss Smart
Rooms of Bath
Legard
Elizabeth Mayo
Esther McCourt
Jennie Harrington
Popham Beach
Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company
Hartford, Conn
Wesley Walter J. McCourt
Dixie Land
Emmet
Edna Besan
Mildred Cutting
Marilyn Cummuings
Scaramouche
Stoughton
Thatcher Pinkham
le Papillon
Williams
Riva
Divia
Greenblatt
Engelemann
George Larrabee
Copeland Ernestine King
Baines
Valerie Nickerson
Rae
Kerr Reginald Stacy
Pickaninny
Mueller Marjorie Knight
Teamye Waz
Alice McDonald
Vee Caseys
Mueller Arlene Leeman
Hill and Dale
Annabel Maass
Jane Stevens
Leon Pennell, Jr
Wachs
Madrid
Richter Elwood Briggs
Boothbay Harbor
Zuyder Zee
Ee Mueller
Norma Cummings
Alice Young
Arkansas Traveler
McDonald Leon Pennell, Jr
Rimsky-Korsakov
Martha Day
Ruth Cogan Farley
Betty Mae Hopkins
Grodvki
Merle Foge
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
L. W. Wong
West Enfield
Foge
Ken
Bessie Golder 'O
Whitefield
Wits End
Rugeed Cross
Order of the White Shrine of
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