Brunswick water supply partly restored after Friday relief
Bath aided Brunswick by supplying water through a temporary hookup via Merebrook. Supt Libby arranged hose lines from Topsham to Brunswick, using 1,500 to 1,800 feet of hose, with 1,700,000 gallons in the standpipe. Dr E F Campbell approved the plan and Brunswick planned further pumping and inspections as repairs continue.
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Bath
Brunswick
Maurice A. Li
Water District
Merebrook
Brunswick Fire Department
Libby
Charles Bowker
Brunswick-Topsham
Topsham
Highway
Bowker
Charles B. Parks
George H. Coombs
Bureau of Health
State Department of Health and Welfare
Coombs
E. F. Campbell
Cooper's Mills
Waldoboro
Parks
Fire Department
Highway Bridge
Leeman Machine Works Resumes Operations After Flood
The Henry T. B. Leeman Machine Works reopened Tuesday following a Thursday shutdown caused by high tides and flooding on Commercial street. Water 12 inches deep flooded the floor. boats on the wharf were tied down. silt washed into the shop requiring a full plant washdown with hoses. Cleanup aimed to restore normal capacity by Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry T. B. Leeman Machine Works
Card of Thanks from Lewis Family
Card from Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Lewis and family thanks friends for flowers after a bereavement in Wiscasset Maine dated March 16 1036.
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Wiscasset. Me
Harry S. Lewis
Mirror Breaking Brings Misfortune Warning
A local reminder warns that breaking a mirror will invite bad luck and seven years of misfortune, urging careful handling of reflective glass and household items.
Wiscasset Flood Relief Drive Seeks Local Contributions
Town churches Red Cross and auxiliaries Boy Scouts and others send funds to Washington for Lincoln county relief. Local chapter treasurer Samuel J. Sewall to collect, $500 quota. Donations, clothing, and telegraphs to Mexico and Biddeford churches urged. American Legion Auxiliary meeting heard National Defense talk. next district meeting in April hosted by Thomaston unit.
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Red Cross
American Legion and Auxiliary
Boy Scouts
Washington
Lincoln County
Samuel J. Sewall
Mexico
Rumford
Charles S. Sowder
Congregational Church
Biddeford
Sowder
Third District
American Legion Auxiliary
Department of Maine
High Street
Bradford-Sortwell- Wright
Mary Hodgkins
Grace A. Albee
Bradford C. Redennett
Anna Holbrook
Mary Hobson
Priscilla Bryant
Audrey Mayo
Miss Hobson
Louise Miller
Waldoboro
Hobson
Jessie Stinson
Eva G. Wise
Dorothy Holbrook
Evelyn Gray
Doris Foye
Thomaston
Local Woman's Club Notes and Community Events
Friday meetings feature Grace Lawrence health films and a talk by Kenneth Fuller Lee of the Forestry Department was canceled. The club heard music by Helen and Forest Faulkenham and learned about town services, with many residents attending events at the Montsweag Farm Bureau and Lincoln Academy group trips to Washington and New York City.
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Woman's Club
Grace Lawrence
Kenneth Fuller Lee
Forestry Department
State House
Helen
Forest Faulkenham
Alvin W. Keirstead
Boston
Helen Keirstead
Montsweag Farm Bureau
Congregational Vestry
Margaret Ladd
Milo
Edna M. Currier
Grace J. Merry
Bertha Sutter
Hazel Mayo
Lewiston
Middle Street
Joanna Evans
Helen Quinnam
Verna Southard
Lincoln Academy
Robert Clunie
Washington, D. C
New York City
Conrad Parker
University of New Hampshire
Joseph P. Tucker
Josephine
Carrie S. Knight
Rockland
Mary Hobson
C. A. Peaslee
Bath
Wiscasset
Philip Munsey
Walter G. Serle
Masonic Hall
William B. Lewis
Frank B. Adams
Benjamin H. Adams
Clinton R. Bailey
Frank E. Quinnam
Wesley C. Day
Carl M. P. Larrabee
Archie Rines
Morris Rines
E. Fred Albee
Joseph Coffin
William L. Frye
Sheepscot
J. R. Graves
Federal Street
Clara Grover
Portland
Carl Graves
Grover
E. Murray Senter
Damariscotta
Main Street
Local Residents Noted in Seasonal Social Circuit
Health updates list Mrs. recovering from illness as she resumes visitors. Musicians Edward and Fred Graves return to Montsweag for spring and summer. Harry Greenleaf and Brad Bradford Street hosts host Mr and Mrs Currier. E Murray Senter and wife on business trip to Boston and New York. James E White and wife visit son Turner White in Boston for a Flower Show. Dr Charles DiPeri of Wiscasset attends the sixteenth annual Eastern Osteopathic Association convention in New York.
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Edward
Fred Graves
Kentucky
Montsweag
Harry Greenleaf
Boothbay Harbor
John H. Currier, Jr
Bradford Street
E. Murray Senter
Boston
New York
James E. White
Turner White
Charles DiPeri
Wiscasset
The
Eastern Osteopathic Association
Wildlife meeting postponed at University of Maine nature forum
The wildlife meeting directed by D B DeMerritt of the Maine Forestry Department, set for Thursday at Orono, is postponed due to flood conditions. The event aims to form a national Wildlife Federation with state by laws, grouping Sagadahoc with York, Cumberland and Androscoggin. Bath and Bath area groups are urged to attend when rescheduled. literature has been sent to Gardiner R Deering.
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University of Maine
D. B. DeMerritt
Department of Forestry
United States
Maine
Washington
Sagadahoc
York
Cumberland
Androscoggin
Bath
Orono
Gardiner R. Deering
Bath Chapter Reaches Original Red Cross Quota
The Bath chapter of the Red Cross has sent its original quota of 500 dollars to headquarters and a special committee led by Miss Mary Newell will oversee raising a further 500 dollars. The Junior Chamber of Commerce offers its help as the city canvass proceeds amid flood disaster concerns in Brunswick and reports from nearby towns.
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Bath
The
Red Cross
Allan Spear
Spear
Mary Newell
Carl Anderson
Leroy F. Colby
Duncan Farrell
Donald N. Small
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Chamber of Commerce
Brunswick
Saco
Biddeford
Auburn
Lewiston
Iron Works Ready for Launching
The article details the planned launch of Iron Works with a luncheon at Building Y following the event. It lists anticipated out of town guests including Joseph W. Powell of United Drydock and L. H. Kerndorff of Federal Shipbuilding, plus several other city and corporate figures. It notes Boy Scouts Troops 1 and 2 aiding communications via wig wag Morse code and telegraph systems between Auburn and New Auburn and describes Scouts handling stock removal from local stores.
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Building Y
John C. Henderson
Warley
Pennlyn
Joseph W. Powell
United Drydock, Inc
Staten Island
New York
L. H. Kerndorff
Federal Shipbuilding Co
Kearney
N. J
W. F. Gibbs
Naval Architect
New York City
Ross W. Judson
Detroit
Mich
Bath Iron Works Corp
James Nolan
E. B. Fisher
E. B. Fisher Co
Luther MacKall
The
National Sureties Corp
P. O. Buckley
Henry Brout
J. M. Hayden
Bank of Manhattan
Frederick V. Goess
Manufacturers’ Trust Co
Col
Frank E. Lowe
Portland
Boy Scouts
Auburn
New Auburn
Barker Mill
Ernest Baker
Werner Hofmann
Lester Pheney
Hiram Ricker Jr
Mitchell Cowles
Fred Conner
Richard Neal
Robert Booth
Fred Dick
Flood News Touches West Bath Community Sleepy Neighbors
West Bath residents report flood impacts across towns and farms. Families move, roads remain impassable, and social events postponed as lines of travel and daily life are disrupted by rising water.
Junior Garden Club to Organize Monday Meeting
Cosmopolitan Garden club members invite boys and girls ages six to 12 to form the Junior Garden Club. Mrs. Louis M. Silverman leads, with officers chosen at the 3:30 PM kickoff in the club house.
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Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Cosmopolitan Club
Louis M. Silverman
Silverman
Garden Club
Frank A. Hodgdon
Roscoe P. McFadden
William Yule
Alice F. John
Elizabeth B. Deering
Diamond Facts: Unmeltable and Unweldable Substance
A diamond has no melting point and cannot be welded to any other substance. This intrinsic property highlights its extreme hardness and chemical stability.
Bermuda Charms Equal Some Seen Across Atlantic
Report from Bermuda recounts a 600 passenger Queen of Bermuda voyage from New York during a storm. Observations include Bermuda scenery, gardens, Crystal Caves, Perfume Extraction plant, and a tennis tournament week with players like Kalle Schroeder and Bitsy Grant. Local high schools Shams and district contests noted with dates toward April in Brunswick.
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The
Times
New York
Bermuda
Furness Bermuda Line
New England
Staten Island
Gulf Stream
St. David's
St. George
Grassy Bay
Great Sound
Kalle Schroeder
Sweden
Husky Blond
Crystal Caves
Bailey's Bay
Hamilton
Bay of
Naples
Atlantic
Patches and Darning and Red Cross Flood Drive
Woolwich notes lead with a Red Cross flood relief drive chaired by Mrs Edward Reed and executive committee members. Reports mention busy club activities, illness recoveries, and several residents relocating, with milling planned and road conditions hindering outreach as floods affect the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Rice
Edward V. Reed
Red Cross
Vera Skillings
Woolwich
Pearl Reed
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Reginald Stacy
George M. Stinson
Marcia Stinson
Champion
Portland
Carl Trott
Day's Ferry
Millard Trott
Isaac Howard
Harry Tabor
Everett
Mass
Josephine Cunningham
Bath
Fred Carlton
John Savage
Elizabeth Hathorne
William Downing
Farnham Rice
Richmond
Everson Stinson
Ellen Trott
North Woolwich
William Stinson
Nequasset
Brunswick
Gardiner
Hallowell
Maine Lawmakers Fail Storage Dam Plan After Flood Losses
James B. Drake of Washington street, a French faculty member at St. Paul’s School in Concord, N H, will leave Thursday for a spring vacation in New York. The passage recalls battles over State ownership of dam sites and a defeated compromise to build storage dams, noting Maine’s flood losses and a veto and referendum episode.
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Central Maine Power Company
Wyman
Skelton
Maine
Chicago
Morro Castle
James B. Drake
Washington Street
St. Paul’s School
Concord
N. H
New York
St Patrick's Program At Woolwich Grange
Woolwich Grange held a St Patrick's Day program with songs by William Robson and Mrs. Jessie Spaulding. Humorous reading by Mrs. Arthur Willis, games including Who's Who Pat or Mike, a wheelbarrow vs husband debate, handicap potato race won by Mrs. Jessie Spaulding, and charades led by John Carter and William Robson.
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Woolwich Grange
Mother Machree
William Robson
Grange
Arthur Willis
Pat
Mike
Ethelyn Shea
Jessie Spaulding
St. Patrick's
Reginald Stacey
John Carter
Woolwich Book Club Discusses Race Problems in U S
The Woolwich Book Club met Saturday afternoon with Mrs. Lincoln Houdlette as host. Road conditions kept attendance small, but discussions on Race Problems in the United States and the Christian attitude of Orientals in American life were led by Mrs. Farnham Crocker Wright and Houdlette. The group voted to continue the topic and planned an early meeting with Mrs. Susan Preble Howe, weather permitting.
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Book Club of
Woolwich
Lincoln Houdlette
Sagadahoc Ferry
United States
George Farnham
Beltran Crocker
Wilson Wright
Susan Preble Howe
Nequasset Farm Bureau Sets April Meeting at Montsweag
The Nequasset Farm Bureau will hold its next meeting on April 8 at Montsweag Grange Hall. Bread Making, led by food project leader Mrs. Jordan C. Wright, will be the featured topic with Mrs. Leverett C. Welch as hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Montsweag Grange Hall
Jordan C. Wright
Leverett C. Welch
Bath to observe destroyer Drayton launch
Bath observes the launching of destroyer Drayton on Thursday believed to mark a key moment in local industry. Citizens consider displaying Stars and Stripes from City hall and the Common to honor the $7,000,000 in work from Bath Iron Works and the Aug. 3 1933 award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drayton
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Pres
William S. Newell
Winter Strains Hit Chester Green Wood Plant
The Farmington Chester Green wood factory, maker of ear protectors for 50 years, operated day and night this winter with three shifts to fulfill orders from across the country. About 100 employees and their families gathered in the North Church vestry to celebrate the winter windup with a program and fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Farmington
North Church
Chelsea Creates Overseer of the Poor Position
At a recent town meeting Chelsea established a new office to oversee the needy. Robert Kirk was elected to supervise the poor after the selectmen announced they could no longer manage the department alongside their regular duties.
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Chelsea
Robert Kirk
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