Argentina Seen As Big Market For Maine Seed Potatoes
Maine seed potatoes face a large but demanding market in Argentina. Bryce Jordan reports buyers aim for low prices, with irrevocable letters of credit and spring quotations shaping early contracts. Katahdin varieties praised. Denmark, Holland, Canada courting postwar trade. Jordan travels to expand market under Washburn guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
Maine
Frank P. Washburn
Bryce Jordan
Caribou
Jordan
U. S
Buenos Aires
Denmark
Holland
Canada
Washburn
Arcostooz County Council
U. of M. Extension Service
Department of Agriculture
E. L. Newdick
Local Boxer Receives Four Months Jail Time
Adelbert Ted Kich Lewis, a local boxer, pleaded guilty in municipal court to assault and battery after biting a man and injuring his ear during a confrontation at the City Home. He also pleaded guilty to an intoxication charge and was sentenced to four months in Kennebec county jail. The incident followed Lewis attempting to enter the Home to see a patient while carrying a gin bottle. the victim, David E. Rich, was not pressing mayhem charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David E. Rich
Gardiner R. Deering
Adelbert
Ted Kich" Lewis
Kennebec
Augusta
Mr. Rich
Lewis
Walter L. Whitney
Langdon E. Green
Poor Department
Yankee Club Holds Meeting At Central Grammar School
At a Friday Central Grammar division four gathering the Yankee club announced its school paper will debut in two weeks and refreshments will be served. A mimeograph fund was discussed, with members elected to a four week program committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankee Club
Central Grammar School
Geraldine Nickerson
Shirley Miller
Harriet Plant
Frank Knight
Austin Stover
Hubert Miller
Lena Rete
Dion
Kathaleen Harkins
Doris Stickney
June Stover
Jean Stanton
Betty Jones
Margaret Rines
Bath residents note visits and local club events
Miss Ruth Skillings and Miss Marcia Moullen of Bath visited Bebasco Estates while residents Howard Spinney moved to a McIntire farm near Parker Head. The Bath community reports guests, farm bureau meetings, 4-H club plans, grange activities, and upcoming socials with multiple local hosts and attendees.
Dromore Farm Bureau Met For Meal Planning Session
Dromore Farm Bureau held its regular March meeting on Wednesday with an all day session. Fourteen members and guests observed demonstrations on family service formal and semi formal buffet and a meal menu including creamed cabbage with cheese sauce baked potatoes carrot strips graham bread coffee and lemon pie. Mrs. George Derwent and Mrs. Herbert Caverly led the program, with Mrs Everett A. Harrington and Mrs James E. Percy as afternoon committee. The group welcomed Mrs. Percy back from a winter absence and admitted Mrs. Mabel Palmer as a member. A five dollar donation to the Woman's Field Army for Cancer control was approved. One hundred Wildlife Preservation stamps were sold, and proceeds from a chair seat made by Mrs. Percy P. Young were donated to the organization. A birthday cake for Mrs. Raymond F. Campbell was presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Skillings
Marcia Moullen
Bath
Bebasco Estates
Howard Spinney
Popham Beach
McIntire Farm
Parker Head
Edward Thomas
Eric Carlson
Emma Perry
William Blaisdell
Revere
Mass
Edward Breare
Kittery
Gertrude Blaisdell
Cora Campbell
Eleanor Brown
Howard McDonald
Augusta
Blaisdell Farm
James E. Perry
Winnegance
Omar R. Perry
Bath Memorial Hospital
Carrie Little
Jay K. Bowker
S. James Percy
Dromore Farm Bureau
Lois Woodman
Gilbert Woodman
Aletha Campbell
Jeader
Dromcore Grange Hall
Sagadahoc Lecturers Council
Bodwell Grange Hall
Dirigo
Dromore
West Bath
Woolwich
Merriconeag Granges
Bodwell Range
Belle Lowell
Bessie Sprague
Stanley Gilman
John Rogers
Arche Trainor
Della Gilman
Dromore Grange Ladies Aid
Marion Rafnell
Weeks Street
Annie Malcolm
Charlotte Owen
Owen
George Derwent
Herbert Caverly
Everett A. Harrington
James E. Percy
Percy
Mabel Palmer
Bureau
Woman's Field Army
Percy P. Young
Raymond F. Campbell
Derwent
Caverly
George C. Beals
Leila Oliver
Harry F. Oliver
Bodwell Grange Hosts Sagadahoc Lecturers Council Meeting
Mrs Ethelyn Shea secretary of the Sagadahoc Lecturers Council attended the Bodwell grange meeting in Phippsburg representing Woolwich grange. Charles B Doyle of West Bath grange also attended with Dromore of Phippsburg Topsham Dirigo of Brunswick and Merriconeag of Harpswell present. A lobster stew supper followed the business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethelyn Shea
Sagadahoc Lecturers Council
Bodwell Grange
Phippsburg
Woolwich Grange
Charles B. Doyle
West Bath
Squaw Club Met With Coggeshall and Perry
WINNEGANCE notes show the Squaw club met Wednesday evening last week with Mrs. O L Coggeshall and will meet this week with Mrs. Frank Perry. The women's auxiliary to the Community club met Friday afternoon at the home of its president Mrs O L Coggeshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squaw Club
O. L. Coggeshall
Frank Perry
Women's Auxiliary
Parris Funeral Held At North End Home
The funeral for John T. Parris, prominent North End citizen, was Wednesday at two in the Arthur Paday-a Mayo funeral residence, 819 High Street. Rev. Jesse Kenderdine officiated. Bearers: Raymond Clark, Stillman P. Duprey, Leonard Lord, Scott Morse. Burial in Oak Grove. Mrs. Charles Avery of Washington Street returned from Atlantic Mass where she visited her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Parris
North End
Arthur Pa
Mayo
High Street
Jesse Kenderdine
Beacon Street
Raymond Clark
Stillman P. Duprey
Leonard Lord
Scott Morse
Oak Grove
Charles Avery
Washington Street
Atlantic, Mass
Benjamin Figgenbaum
Donnell Charges Warden Threatens to Stop Hunting
At a Merrymeeting Bay Sportsmen’s Association meeting in Brunswick, William T. Donnell Jr. of Bath said Bertrand Smith, Portland chief Federal game warden, boasted he would close the bay to duck hunting. Donnell, a Republican congressional candidate, urged sportsmen to consider removing the warden. The group plans to join with Cumberland, Sagadahoc, and Lincoln clubs to oppose a sanctuary. A Brunswick gathering next week will organize a parent group to fight any move to close the bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrymeeting Bay
Brunswick
William T. Donnell
Bath
Sagadahoc Rod, Gun and Skeet Association
Bertrand Smith
Portland
Maine
Donnell
Richmond
Congress
Merrymeeting Club
Alonzo B. Holmes
Cumberland
Sagadahoc
Lincoln
Holmes
James C. Oliver
First
Oliver
Brunswick Court Room
Bowdoinham
Dresden
Damariscotta
Bay
Office Quintet Edges Blues 29 28 In Playoff Debut
In a rugged first playoff game in the City League, the Iron Works Office quintet beat the 3B I W Blues 29 to 28 at the gym. Shorty Parks and Fortier led scoring with crucial late shots as the Office held on for the win despite a Blues surge. Fortier accounted for 21 of the Blues 28 points, while Chaney ran the floor for the Office in a tense finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron Works’ Office
3B. I. W. Blues
Parks’ Brothers
Leland Fortier
Blues
Chaney
Fortier
Parks
Harry Thayer
Dick Haskell
Art Sarkis
Mark Hayes
Central Grammar Rolls Over Morse Juniors In League Play
Central Grammar school boys defeated Morse High Jayvees 33 to 14 at the YMCA. Sullivan Huse and G Estes led the killers with accurate shooting, boosting a 9-2 start to a 17-4 halftime margin amid a stubborn defense. Ellison Estes starred for Morse while Hinds Morse and Perry were contained. W Linwood Haynes of Colby College visits over spring break. Eugenie Hunnewell recovering after surgery at Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Grammar -School
Morse High Jayvees
Sullivan
Huse
G. Estes
Grammar
Centrals
Jayvees
Ellison Estes
Frankie Hinds
Jimmy Morse
Bob Perry
Popham Beach Birthday and Storm Damage Report
Mr and Mrs Clarence Perkins hosted a birthday party for son Norman with games and cake, joined by numerous guests from Bath and nearby towns. The article notes visitors, lighthouse keepers, repairs after a recent gale damaging cottages and riverbank, and local officials planning pole installations as frost ends.
Personal notes from Auburn and area families
Mr and Mrs Lee Randall and son Oliver of Auburn returned Monday after a weekend visit with Mrs Randall and Mr George W Randall. Beth Trott, student at the University of Maine, will visit this weekend with her parents at 17 Marshall Avenue. Mrs Arthur J Dunton of Washington Street is in Boston for a few days and will be accompanied home by Judge Dunton who has been a patient at Carney Hospital in South Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Randall
Oliver
Auburn
Maine to Observe National Wildlife Restoration Week
Plans for Maine's participation in National Wildlife Restoration Week were organized under Mrs. Burdon L. Preston of Portland. Governor Barrows is honorary chairman. The Maine Federation leads a broad roster of state officials and club leaders coordinating nationwide wildlife restoration efforts, with 16 poster stamps to fund and promote the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Burdon L. Preston
Portland
General Wildlife Federation
Lewis O. Barrows
Preston
George J. Stobie
Inland Fisheries and Game
Frank P. Washburn
Waldo N. Seavey
Forest Service
Kenneth C. Lovejoy
Maude Clark Gay
Maine Federation of Women's Clubs
George A. Harrison
Kiwanis
F. A. Richardson
State Grange
Hector Stapies
American Legion
Charles B. Day
Maine Publicity Bureau
Myron A. Lamb
Cumberland County Audubon Society
S. W. R. Crosby
New England Wild Flower Preservation Society
Agnes Mantor
Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Owen Smith
Maine State Chamber of Commerce
Harrie B. Coe
Garden Club Federation of Maine
Bertram E. Packard
Arthur A. Hauck
University of Maine
Franklin W. Johnson
Colby College
Kenneth C. M. Sills
Bowdoin College
Clifton D. Gray
Bates College
John T. Gyeger
The
Farm Bureau
Lucius Barrows
State Highway Department
Everett F. Greaton
Maine Development Commission
Milton Proctor
Westbrook Junior College
Jay N
Ding) Darling
Washington
Roosevelt
America
Darling
Federation
Friends of Outdoor America
Bath Y M C A to Send Strong 10 Man Basketball Team
The Bath Y M C A will be represented by a strong ten man squad at the State Y M C A Tournament in Bangor. Morse high regulars George Perry James McQuarrie George Sarkis Harry Thayer Wilfred Chaney Ernest Sarkis Maurice Skal ing Leland Fortier Robert Footer Alfred Parks plus Morse alumni unit will travel with coach Johnny Madden. The Bath delegation leaves the Y M C A at 9 am Saturday to meet Portland Y M C A in an opening game at 4 pm with a possible six o clock semi final and nine o clock final if they win. Arthur Sarkis is team manager after rigorous practice sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Y. M. C. A
Bangor
Johnny Madden
Morse High School
George Perry
James McQuarrie
George Sarkis
Harry Thayer
Wilfred Chaney
Ernest Sarkis
Maurice Skaling
Leland Fortier
Robert Footer
Alfred Parks
Morse High
Eddie Brown
Morse
Arthur Sarkis
Queen City
Bath
Portland Y. M. C. A
Melrose Woman Visits Father En Route to Orono
Mrs Elmer Prey of Melrose Mass plans a week long visit to her father before traveling to Orono to pick up her daughter Miss Lucy Prey a freshman at the University of Maine Also Miss Helter Hartwell Miss Mary Kenney and Miss Jeannette Shackford from the New England Tel and Tel Company office entertained traffic employees with a social gathering where a coffee set was presented to Miss Adeline G McAllister for her upcoming marriage to Howard F Fleming A birthday cake with the name Miss C Marguerite Hennessy was iced and a social hour with sandwiches coffee cake and cookies followed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Prey
Melrose
Mass
Orono
Lucy Prey
University of Maine
Helter Hartwell
Mary" Kenney
Jeannette Shackford
Commercial
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Adeline G. McAllister
Howard F. Fleming
C. Marguerite Hennessy
Westport Social Round: Visits and Town Meeting Notes
Westport residents Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Jewett visited Bath friends as Ann Louise spent time with grandparents. The Cromwell and Knight families traveled between Bath and Wiscasset while town meetings drew local residents. Several Bath visitors and relatives were noted along with illness in Wiscasset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. Jewett
Bath
Ann Louise
Burnham Knight
Amos Knight
Frank Thomas
Ralph Brooks
Verlie Greenleaf
James Apt
Robinson Street
Eva MacFarland
Woolwich
Lizzie Cromwell
Eaton Farm
Betty Richardson
Walter Leavitt
Birch Point Road
Wiscasset
Mechanic Falls
Windlass Rifle Team Seizes First in Three-Way Match
Hyde Windlass rifle team led by 21 points over Battery H and B I W Electricians in a three corner Armory range event. Windlass excelled in bulls eye from sitting and handy postures while Electricians and Battery battled for runner-up honors, ending tied after overall offhand and prone competition. Waldron of Electricians posted 10 to earn top individual honors. Charlie Andre and Mac Donald led Windlass with 69 and 65 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Windlass
Battery H
B. I. W. Electricians
Armory Range
Windlass Boys
Electricians
Charlie Andre
MacDonald
Waldron
Battery
Soldier Boys
League Champions Will Be Its Guests
Allan Spear and Harry A Walters announce the last regular meeting of the season at Winter Street Church. Winter Street basket ball champions, guests of the Men's club, will join supper at 6 30 served by Boy Scout Mothers. Linn Wells will present Highlights of the 1937 Football Season and speak on athletics. Frank Lemont recalls basketball 30 years ago. The Auxiliary invites the club to be its guests in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Spear
Harry A. Walters
Winter Street
Linn Wells
Frank Lemont
Baseball Picture at Morse April 8
The 1938 American League talking picture Batter Up will be shown at Morse high school auditorium in Bath on Friday evening April 8. Del Bissonette will bring the four reel film and speak briefly about baseball, featuring highlights from the 1937 World Series and slow motion action of top hitters fielders and runners. Attendance is expected to be capacity on the eve of the 1938 season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Henry D. Small
del Bissonette
Maine
Bath
Bath area social notes from First Beach to Georgetown visits
Bay Point resident Walter Perry of Bath staying at his First Beach cottage while Louise Howard of the Navajo visits Bath. Mrs. Earle Payson walks to Georgetown daily to care for her sister with a badly cut hand. Mrs. Wright and her daughter of Phippsburg visit her daughter Mrs. Sherman Campbell. Captain Edgar L. Drake and Edna M. Coolidge of the Birchwood dine with Mr. and Mrs. Seaman Drake of Popham. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Avery and daughters Beatrice and Dawn spend Sunday at their cottage on First Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Larrabee
Fitch
Med Fitch
Sprat
Fred Fitch
Miami
Fla
Neil Rousefield
Maine Seacoast Mission
State Wharf
Boothbay
Popham
Chester McCabe
Eugene W. Osgood
Miss Caverly
Popham School
Forrest Legard
Paul
Ernest Oliver
Bath
Walter Perry
First Beach
Louise Howard
Earle Payson
Georgetown
Wright
Phippsburg
Sherman Campbell
Edgar L. Drake
Edna M. Coolidge
Birchwood
Seaman Drake
Donald Avery
Beatrice
Dawn
Winter Street Ladies Auxiliary Meeting Recap
The Ladies Auxiliary of Winter Street church met Tuesday evening in the parlors. A substantial sum was cleared from the March 19 baked beans supper. Ticket and kitchen and dining room committees were named with several members listed. Easter decorating committee appointed and refreshments served. Next meeting set for April 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Catharine Leonard
Fred K. Sturtevant
Charles W. Walsh
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Archie Doyle
William Potter
Arthur C. Lemont
J. Albert Redlon
Daniel Matter
Philip J. Wenz
Cecil Rowland
Joseph O. Purdue
Harold Haggett
Alice Johnson
Harry Horne
Amy Irish
Ruth Skillings
Roscoe P. McFadden
Leroy Colby
Almira
Physical Education Talk Inspires Bath Youths
Duncan Farrell Bath schools physical instructor delivered a clear talk on physical education to 40 Winter Street Fireside Club members. He argued education builds organic power, coordination, self control and social value beyond mere muscular culture. Harry Fullerton introduced the speaker. next meetings feature Miss Gertrude Diggery and Miss Beverly Shorey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Fireside Club
Duncan Farrell
Bath
Farrell
Harry Fullerton
Gertrude Diggery
Morse High School
Beverly Shorey
Former Bath Attorney Beneficiary Under Will
Charles D. Bartlett of Augusta and Mrs. Virginia H Wilder of Maplewood New Jersey are named beneficiaries in the will of Mrs. Alice D Merrill of Bangor filed for probate in Penobscot county court. Real estate valued at about 20000 dollars and personal estate at 180000 dollars fund a life trust for the two. upon death and no issue, remainder to the Bangor public library. A 2500 dollar trust fund is created for the Bangor Children’s Home known as the Harry and Alice D Merrill trust fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Bartlett
Augusta
Bath
Virginia Hight Wilder
Maplewood
N. J
Alice D. Merrill
Bangor
Harry Merrill
Penobscot County
Bartlett
Wilder
Wise Owl Troop Plans Supper Hike Saturday
Wise Owl troop No. 3 met Tuesday afternoon at 4 in the Y M C A building to plan a supper hike for Saturday. They will meet at Mrs. Wilmer J Voorhees home on Bedford street at 1 45 to proceed to Dead Horse. Local residents will meet at the courthouse group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wise Owl
Wilmer J. Voorhees
Bedford Street
Geraldine Nickerson
Elizabeth Cushing
Shirley Parshley
Also Mentioned on This Page
City
Curtis Hughes
Hallowell
Jeanette Henna
William H.shea
Dromore Grange Hall
J. T. Parris
Central Grammar
Morse Juniors
W. Linwood Haynes
Harry L. Haynes
Water Street
Eugenie Hunnewell
Memorial Hospital
Clarence Perkins
Norman
Mr. Perkins
Arlene Perkins
Moses Chandler
Carol Drake
Stanley Ferkins
Richard Sprague
Evadna Drake
David Drake
Herbert Sprague
Madelyn Bridges
Virginia Perkins
Fred Osgood
Marion Bridges
Norman Perkins
Shirley Morong
Jerry
Bobby
Karl Hentz
Long Island
Milliard Urquehart
Seguin Island
Jonesport
Ellison Moody
Gilbert Head
Napoleon Fickett
Pond Island Light
Maria Packard
Skowhegan
Ernest Huntley
Clarence Schofield
Seguin Island Light
Stanley Perkins
Walter Newdick
Freda Greenlaw
Leslie, Jr
Leroy Greenlaw
Kenneth
Charles Leonard
Stanley
Gloria
Merrill Oliver
Muriel
Debra Huntley
Walter
Bertha Newdick
David
Donald Small
Small
James
Marsh House
McIntyre Farm
Popham Road
Bathy
Westport
B.I.W. Electricians
Sit
O.h
Potter
Richards
Winter Street Ladies’ Auxiliary Meeting
Will
Virginia Wilder
New Jersey
Wise Owl Troop
Frederick F. Rowland
Lincoln Street
Marie Tirrell
Edith Small
Dummer Street
Winthrop
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