Central Maine Power Co 1935 Annual Report Highlights
The 1935 annual report shows operating revenues of 6 048 319 and net income of 1 305 749 after expenses and taxes. The firm notes rate reductions, bond refinancing, and consolidation reducing holding company status while expanding service to 199 towns. Electric output rose to 461 498 827 kWh with 85 806 customers, and use per residence hit 537 kWh. Flood impact was minimal with temporary outages quickly restored.
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Central Maine Power Co
Wyman
Central Maine Power Company
Bath
Waterville, Fairfield & Oakland Railway
Skowhegan Water Power Co
Central
Maine Power Co
Maine
Kennebec
Androscoggin
Farmingdale
Mrs Ralph Bragg Returns Home From Portland Visit
Mrs. Ralph Bragg has returned to her North street home after spending several days in Portland.
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Ralph Bragg
North Street
Portland
Phippsburg News Highlights Local Socials and Flood Aftermath
Social notices from Phippsburg describe Miss Emily Jordan hosting friends at Meadowbrook camp and other Bath visitors, along with town updates on illness, school, and church life. Flood cleanup near the Kennebec and impaired road access are noted, with mail routing by Frank Allegrin Jr. and local transportation impacts.
River flood hits Bath area with ice floe dangers
River overflow floods sections from Five Islands to Bath with lumber and pulp wood recovered from the water. A Bath boatman dodges an ice floe near Carlton bridge and reaches a pier. Woolwich dyke rises with 18 inches of water over the crest as sandbag work starts. Water depths reach Elm Street and Ferry Street while poles drift past the Eastern Steamship Co. wharf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester MacMahan
Bath
Carlton Bridge
Woolwich Dyke
Woolwich
Elm Street
Water
Elm Streets
Ferry Street
Old Eastern Steamship Co
Commercial Street
Melvin J. Marco
Bath Welding Co
Popham Beach Community Notes and Weather Scenes
Local sea coast notes report Lester Oliver and rising Coast Guard activity at Kennebec River station plus trips to Bath and Portland. Residents like Miss Carol Drake and Miss Barbara Fletcher are mentioned with illnesses and measles. A vast ice wall formed on the South shore with flying colors, while storms leave beaches strewn with lumber and pulpwood. Roads hinder mail service. residents improvise mail transfers by truck. High weekend tides pass without cottage damage amid heavy rain and flooded lowlands.
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Lester Oliver
Kennebec River
Floyd Bridges
U. S.coast Guard
Dora Crowley
Irving Dobbin
Bath
Leon Fickett
Pond Island
Portland
Christopher Marr
Carol Drake
Rockledge Hill
Fred Osgood
Capt
Fickett
Osgood
Scond
McKenney
Seguin Island
Boston
Kennebunkport
Clifton Morong
Gerald Alonzo
Barbara Fletcher
E. W. Osgood
Popham
Dyer
Long Island
Bath Towners Rally to Aid Brunswick Fire Stricken
Drivers heading to Brunswick Friday afternoon brought water and supplies as Bath residents faced shortages after a major fire. Harry T Passmore hid in his H T Passmore office as the town reeled and neighbors handed out drinkable water to those in need.
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Fast
Summer Street
Harry T. Passmore
H. T. Passmore
Brunswick
College Town
Mill Street
Hamlin Seeks Flood Aid and CCC Camp Retention
The Maine delegation including Governor Brann met Hopkins in Washington to press flood relief funds for Maine and to secure a meeting with War Secretary Dern. Congressman Simon M. Hamlin reported that Roosevelt agreed to keep the CCC camps’ number and personnel in Maine and New Hampshire unchanged.
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Maine
Brann
Harry Hopkins
Washington
Dern
Cahill
Simon M. Hamlin
Hamlin
CCC
Roosevelt
New Hampshire
Young People’s Society elects officers at Nazarene church
Officers chosen Monday evening in the vestry include Charles Kenney as president William Fraser as vice president Miss Gwendolyn Lewis as secretary and planner Mrs Luella Fraser as treasurer and Gwendolyn Lewis as planner. Committee heads named include William Fraser evangelistic Iva Kenney missionary Gwendolyn Lewis social Harriet Fraser membership and Clarence Warner usher. They will assume duties on April 26 after the New England district assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People's Society of Nazarene Church
Charles Kenney
William Fraser
Gwendolyn Lewis
Luella Fraser
Tional
Iva Kenney
Harriet Fraser
Clarence Warner
New England
Bath lad Johnny Murray tops Maine collegiate sprints
John J. Murray of the Shipping City, a sophomore at State University, won the 100 and 220 yard dashes in the Maine Intercollegiate meet at Garcelon Field. The Bath, Maine native is already a double sprints champion and has set marks in the 50, 70, 300 and 440 events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Murray
University of Maine
Garcelon Field
Lewiston
Maine
John J. Murray
Shipping City
State University
Bath
New England
Brown University
Providence
R. I
the State University
Murray
Young Murray
Miriam J. Murray
Edward Street
Brunswick High Faces Tough Choice for One Act Play
Owing to flood conditions Brunswick High struggles to select its Friday night District One Act Play for Maine Secondary Schools Association contest at Morse High. Five schools compete with Bowdoin hosting the final on April 11. Morse offers Show Up, Warren presents Uncle Bob’s Bride, Gardiner Last Flight Over, and Rockland Old Walnut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick High School
Morse High School
Brunswick
Maine Secondary Schools Association
Morse
Warren High
Gardiner High
Rockland
Kippy Karnival
Rockland High
Athern P. Daggett
Bowdoin College
Eulela Pray
Wiscasset Academy
Lumber Company Men Seek Salvaged Stock
Representatives of the Augusta Lumber Co. on the Kennebec opposite Augusta searched for salvaged lumber after a flood tore loose millions of board feet from storage yards. They paid five dollars per thousand feet to boatmen for recovered timber along river banks from Gardiner to Popham. much may be unrecoverable as weekend theft reduced accessible piles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta Lumber Co
Kennebec
Gardiner
Popham
Bowdoin College considers portrait for Sills anniversary
A committee appointed by the Alumni Council seeks funds from Bowdoin members to hire a nationally known portrait painter. The portrait, honoring Kenneth C. M. Sills, aims for May 1 fundraising and will hang at the college to mark his 20th presidency anniversary and upcoming years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin College
Kenneth C. M. Sills
Henry E. Andrews
Charles T. Burnett
Philip S. Wilder
Sills
Union Signal Day Observed by W C T U at YMCA
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union observed Union Signal Day Tuesday at the YMCA with Lizzie Chaney as program leader. Devotionals were led by Miss Marjorie Stover and a resolution supported Senator Capper’s anti liquor advertising bill.
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W.C.T.U
Y.M.C.A
Lizzie Chaney
Marjorie Stover
Senator Capper
Margaret C. Munns
Evanston
U.S
United States
John Barleycorn
M. D. Munn
National Dairy Council
Boston Antiques Visit Bath Girls for Flood Relief Benefit
The Boston Antiques, New England's championship girls basketball team, travel to Bath on Saturday April 4 to face the Bath Girls' Athletic Club at Morse High School gym in a flood relief fundraiser. The Bath team paid travel costs, so proceeds will help Bath's flood relief quota. a postgame dance is planned.
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Boston Antiques
New England
Bath
Bath Girls’ Athletic Club
Morse High School
Shipping City Lassies
Antiques
Boston
Boston Six
Maine
Lydia Smith
Bath G. . C
Bath Girls
Lewiston Chosen for Conference Goals and Resolutions
The Maine state conference adopts a resolution to seek legislative funding for Knox Memorial expenses at Montpelier Thomaston and urges chapters to support the memorial yearly. It also bars consecutive Ruth Bryan Owen Pilgrimage candidates from the same chapter for a set period. The morning session includes regents meetings, a processional, devotions, and committee reports. Flooding delays singer Mrs Cary’s Bath appearance.
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Aston
Knox Memorial
State Regent
Montpelier
Knox Memorial Association
Maine
Herbert E. Foster
Winthrop
State Executive Board
Knox
Thomaston
38Th State Conference
Washington
Harry Carroll
Rumford
National Defense
Ruth Bryan Owen
Fred R. Ames
Gardiner
D. A. R. Members Attend Bath Conference and Bridge Closure
Lewiston Mary Dillingham Chapter members including Mrs. Ezra A. Freeman and Mrs. Isabelle Marble attended the mid winter state conference in Bath. They were among the last to cross the Brunswick-Topsham bridge before its Thursday closure while others returned by train via Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Dillingham
Lewiston
Bath
Ezra A. Freeman
Isabelle Marble
Samuel Stoddard
Ira Safford
B. G. W. Cushman
G. Edris Turgeon
Margaret E. McIlroy
Patience Stanley
Bertha A’ Hudson
Charlotte Jordan
Winthrop
Brunswick-Topsham Bridge
Portand
Winneganee community rally aids flood relief efforts
Local women organize a Friday public supper at the community house to raise funds for flood relief with Mrs. Walter Morse and Mrs. Robert Manson as co chairs. A children’s party with Easter plans follows on Saturday at the church vestry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squaw
Herbert Morse
Winneganee
Fred Oliver
Bath
Phippsburg
Edmund J. Rollins
Morse
University of New Hampshire
Walter Rogers
Winneyance
Providence
R. I
Red Cross Fund
Walter Morse
Robert Manson
Lillian Perry
Emma Morse
Linda Perry
Frances Webber
Vida Morse
Ethel Pinkham
North End
Volleyball Tournament At Y M C A In Progress
A YMCA volleyball tournament is underway across four leagues with 12 of 25 teams entering. Matches are best of three to 15 points in elimination play, with schedules for high school, intermediate, grammar school, and church leagues and a March 21 entry deadline.
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Y. M. C. A. High School
Morse
Central Whites
Central Reds
St. Mary's
Y. M. C. A. Grammar School
North
Dike
Beacon
Wesley
Bath Junior Chamber Plans Flood Relief Drive
Bath's new Junior Chamber of Commerce held an emergency meeting and voted to assist Bath Chapter Red Cross in soliciting $1,000 for flood relief. A city canvass by three divisions industrial business and residential aims to conclude by Friday night with committee leaders Frank Neal Elwood S Toothaker Arthur Sarkis Stewart McAllister Hubert O Foster Howard S Dodge Perleston Pert Farley Mayo George Nugent and Dominique Tardif overseeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Chamber of Commerce
Red Cross
Frank Neal
Elwood S. Toothaker
Arthur Sarkis
Stewart McAllister
Hubert O. Foster
Howard S. Dodge
Perleston Pert
Farley Mayo
George Nugent
Dominique Tardif
Augusta Residents Return by Air From Portland Flood
Three Augusta residents stranded in Portland by last week’s flood flew home Friday after all other transport failed. They pooled resources to hire a plane, allowing them to reach Augusta and witness the flood’s devastation from a unique vantage point.
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Augusta
Portland
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Jordan Camp
Meadowbrook
Neilie King
Popham Beach School
Edward Thomas
Edward Thomas, Jr
Popham Beach
William R. Bowie
Harold Cutting
New Meadows
Walter Libby
Libby Camp
Howard Bowker
Mary Elizabeth
Emma Bickford
Hattie Bowker
Jean Bowker
Frank Higgins
Court Street
Arthur Andrews
Frank P. Leavitt
Raymond Small
Perry's Cove
William Blaisdell
Gertrude Blaisdell
Ida Hinckley
Five Islands
Eleanor Brown
Cora Campbell
William Donnell
Billy
George Ingalls
Welfare Club
Eva Rogers
Florence Reed
Fred Thomas
Lewis Wells
Bangor
William B. Perry
Walter J. Pierce
Ada Catherine
Windsor
Ray F. Campbell
Bath Opera House
Harriet Pye
John Morse
James L. Morse
J. Harry Blaisdell
George W Larrabee
Coleman
Wiscasset
George W. Larrabee, Jr
George J
Frank Allegrin, Jr
Parker Head
C.C.C
Young People's Society
Lumber Company
Maud Russell
A.C
D.A.R
Gusta
Foster
Binford
F.C. Lovejoy
Colonial Daughters
Farmington
Pemaquid
P. H. Hershey
Samuel Grant
Winter Street Congregational Church
James Dunton
Francis Hill
Arthur W. King
Archibald Miller
Alberts. Noyes
Marius H. Page
The
League
Clifford B. Smith
Reginald Stacy
Arthur B. Stilphen
Fred H. Cary
East Brunswick
Junior Chamber of Commerce
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