Dr Geiger Returns From Quake Area
Dr John C Geiger director of public health in San Francisco returns from Southern California where he took down a complete hospital unit in the laboratory car of the Southern Pacific Railroad prepared for emergencies years ago. He reports strong public courage amid severe shocks and notes that school houses and civic buildings suffered but unoccupied at the time. Earthquakes faults were in a predicted location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Geiger
Anna Morse
Bath
San Francisco
Southern California
Southern Pacific Railroad
Ruth
Cast list for Thespians' The Thirteenth Chair play
The Thespians present The Thirteenth Chair with Helen O Neill Edna Antworth Will Crosby Cecil Rowland Mrs Roscoe Crosby Brenda Hill Roscoe Crosby Errol Baker Edward Wales Lloyd Steeves Marjory Given Helen Trent Lillian Miller Braddish Trent James Drake Howard Standish Baer Connard Philip Mason Edwin Tictiz Elizabeth Erskine Elsie Tictiz Grace Standish Tim Donahue Milne Rosalie La Crane Miriam Kimball Sergeant Dunn George Scudder Doolingrate Merton Dearing The three acts unfold in Roscoe Crosby's living room across one evening with ten minutes between acts one and five and half an hour between acts two and three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thespians
Helen O'Neill
Edna Antworth
Will Crosby
Cecil Rowland
Roscoe Crosby
Brenda Hill
Errol Baker
Edward Wales
Lloyd Steeves
Mary Fastwood
Marjory
Helen Trent
Lillian Miller
Braddish Trent
James Drake Howard Standish
Baer Connard Philip Mason
Edwin Tictiz
Elizabeth Erskine
Elsie Tictiz
Grace Standish
Marjory ‘Troop Pollock
Robert Gordon Milne
Rosalie la Crane
Miriam Kimball
Tim Donahue
Francis Winchenbach
Sergeant Dunn
George Scudder Doolingrate
Merton Dearing
Cottages for Summer Rental Listing in Maine
Maine Publicity Bureau manager Harrie B Coe prepares an annual booklet listing cottages and camps for rental during the vacation season. The listing charges a nominal fee to place owners in touch with seekers. details available from Mr Coe at the Maine Publicity Bureau Portland. Mrs John Fitzgerald returns home after visiting Fitchburg Mass. For sale White Chester pigs tel 829-W. We have woods horses weighing 1100 to 1 H L Tarr Richmond Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrie B. Coe
Maine Publicity Bureau
Maine
Coe
Longfellow Square
Portland
John Fitzgerald
Washington Street
Fitchburg
Mass
H. L
Tarr
Richmond
Firemen to raise fund for monument in Bath
Bath Firemen's Memorial association sponsors a dance in Arcade ballroom on Tuesday evening April 18 to build a monument honoring deceased Bath firemen. Aimed at securing a nucleus for the fund, the event seeks good attendance to kickstart the campaign on the Oak Grove lot donated by the City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove
City of
Bath
Bath Firemen's Memorial Association
Arcade
Elizabeth Wedge Wilde 52 died at home Berlin New Hampshire
Mrs Elizabeth Wedge Wilde 52 wife of Hugh A Wilde of 172 Bridge street Berlin New Hampshire died Monday evening after lengthy illness The Wildes moved to Berlin 13 years ago from Bath They lived at 59 Richardson street Mr Wilde a blacksmith with Texas Steamship Co She was born January 27 1881 in Bloomfield Lot 5 P I daughter of Gilbert and Catherine Arsenault Wedge Survived by widower and daughter Dorothy a communicant of St Kieran's church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Wedge Wilde
Hugh A. Wilde
Bridge Street
Berlin
N. H
Wildes
Richardson Street
Wilde
The
Texas Steamship Co
Bloomfield
Lot 5
P. I
Gilbert and
Catherine Arsenault Wedge
Bath
St. Kieran's Church
Dorothy
Death of Pleasant avenue umbrella mender Samuel J Ryder
Samuel J Ryder of Pleasant avenue, longtime umbrella mender, died Tuesday night at the Golden Rule Mission on Broad Street. His body lies at Arthur F Mayo funeral residence on High Street while relatives are being sought. A Harvard professor brother is reportedly involved, but details could not be verified at press time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel J. Ryder
Pleasant Avenue
Golden Rule Mission
Broad Street
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Harvard
Miss Christina M. Klippell Dies at 951 Middle Street
Miss Christina M. Klippell a 26 year Kennebec Greenhouses employe died Tuesday night at her home 951 Middle street She was daughter of the late John and Margaret J Klippell Survived by sister Sarah and brothers Wilson John Fred and George Funeral services Friday at two at her late home Rev Charles M Tubbs to officiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christina M. Klippell
Kennebec Greenhouses
Middle Street
Miss Klippell
John
Margaret J. Klippell
Sarah
Wilson
Fred
George
Charles M. Tubbs
Funeral for Thomas J. Mc Donough at St Marys Church
Funeral services for Thomas J. Mc Donough longtime Bath Iron Works employee were held at St Marys Church. Rev Timothy C Maney conducted the high mass with bearers Ernest R. Avery Albert J. Gallant Ralph J. Boardman and Preston W. Farrar. Burial followed in Oak Grove Cemetery. Bearers represented Sasanoa tribe No 64 S O R M, of which he belonged 17 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. McDonough
Bath Iron Works
St. Mary's Church
Timothy C. Maney
Ernest R. Avery
Albert J. Gallant
Ralph J. Boardman
Preston W. S. Farrar
Oak Grove Cemetery
Percy W Means dies at 59 in Somerville Mass
Percy W Means a drug clerk formerly with A Hallet & Co died March 23 at his Somerville Massachusetts home. Funeral services were held at Waterman chapel Boston with a subsequent committal at Mount Pleasant cemetery Augusta. Rev Langdon Quinby officiated. Bearers were Dr C G Farrell D S McNaughton B W Jackson and W N Cotter. He is survived by his wife Adelaide Means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy W. Means
A. Hallet & Co
Somerville
Mass
Waterman Chapel
Commonwealth Avenue
Boston
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Augusta
Langdon Quinby
C. G. Farrell
D. S. McNaughton
B. W. Jackson
W.N. Cotter
Means
Adelaide Means
Bowdoinham Community Notes From Bowdoin Center and Vicinity
Morning service at Bowdoin Center Baptist Church led by Rev. George M Bragg at 1030 with all invited. Farm Bureau met at the grange hall Friday with Home Demonstration agent Miss Hor tense Welch present. Merrymeeting Grange held a large Friday meeting with about 200 attendees and a minstrel show by Topsham grange guests followed by banquet and dance. Various local residents noted visiting, moves, and events including losses from a fire at Millay Bros and poultry updates. Regulars include readings on rentals, attendance at Portland and Richmond, and upcoming drama by Coombs high school seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Bowdoin Center
George M. Bragg
Farm Bureau
Grange Hall
Hortense Welch
Margaret Gile
Emily Rideout
Merrymeeting Grange
Topsham Grange
Mr. Mulligan
Clayhill
D. B. Cornish
Lena Cornish
Ethel Temple
Portland
Millay Bros
Bowdoinham
Robert Bickford
Marshall Merryman
Ernest Curtis
Richmond
E. P. Kendall
Philadelphia
Florence Rendell
Alfred
R. A. Dickinson
Frank Webber
Bernard Henderson
Bath
Walter Reed
R. B. Rideout
South Berwick
David H. Moulton
Moulton
Clarence Blackman
Waterville
George Varney
New Hampshire
Jessie Blackman
A. S. MacDougal
F. S. Leathers
the Baptist Church
Clara N. Fogg
William Sawyer
Auburn
L. P. Temple
Ruth Jones
McKain
Robert Temple
Roy Temple
Brunswick
Alvin Hamilton
George Cutler
A.S. MacDougal
Frank Siegars
Charles Hackett
George Hamilton
Fred Leavitt
John McCart
Betty Merchant
Bernice Bernham
Huntoon
C. L. Browne
R. D. Purinton
Mary Lilly
Emma Ferguson
Elbridge Cornish
Wilbur Browne
Geraldine Browne
Erla Browne
Gorham Normal School
Earl Browne
Kenneth MacDougal
Ricker Classical Institute
Houston
A. 5
MacDougal
Augusta
Charles Blair
Emma
Mary Denham
Electa Chapter
O. E
Masonic Hall
Ralph Denham
Port- Tan
Orr
Local Visits From Fitchburg And Milton Figures
Mr and Mrs Rowland Hall and two children from Fitchburg Mass visited Mr and Mrs Joseph Hall. Jacob Bishop Jr spent the weekend with the Saccies. Mr and Mrs Jacob Bishop Sr and Cora Little RN from Milton Academy Milton Mass are visiting their parents. Neil Bishop and family visit relatives in Stockton Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowland Hall
Fitchburg
Mass
Hall
Joseph Hall
Jacob Bishop
Cora Little
R. N
Milton Academy
Milton, Mass
H. H. Little
Neil Bishop
Stockton Springs
Dennison and Pierce Win Colonial Tournament Championship
William W. Dennison and Dwight W. Pierce won the Colonial club contract bridge tournament with 110700 points across 21 winter sessions to claim the club championship. Runners up Andrew S. Merrill and John E. Hayes posted 101700 points, followed by John C. Fitzgerald and Harry L. Day with 94000. Haggett and McCole posted 92000, Potter Burden 66100, and Spear Skelton 65700 in final standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Dennison
Dwight W. Pierce
Andrew S. Merrill
John E. Hayes
John C. Fitzgerald
Harry L. Day
Melvin A. Haggett
Joseph F. McCole
Pare-Oulton Oes
Hunt-Andrews
Morse High to sponsor baseball and track this spring
Morse high school will form a baseball team this spring with full financial backing. The athletic council, after a unanimous vote, will fund the program with underwriter support of 25 dollars from the Rotary club and similar backing from the PTA. Elford A. Stover was named baseball coach, and season tickets at 1 dollar will cover home Kennebec Valley League games and other additions. Admission will be 15 cents for students and 25 cents for townsfolk. A combined track and field program will be sponsored, with funds from baseball ticket sales aiding both sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Athletic Counil
William A. Furber
Th Retary
Morse High P. T. A
Elford A. Stover
Merrymeeting Park
Athletic Association
Horace Herrick
Richard McElman
Alfred Parks
Elwood Legard
Harold McElman
Ernie Sarkis
Vincent Henderson
Linwood Haynes
Leon
Bates and roommate visit family during Maine spring break
Howard C Bates Morse 28 a University of Maine senior spends a spring vacation with his parents Mr and Mrs Delmar E Bates at 15 Snow park Lewiston accompanied home by his roommate Edwin E Page. Bates who is president of the Delta Chi Alpha house returns to Orono midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard C. Bates
Morse
University of Maine
Delmar E. Bates
Snow Park
Mr. Bates
Delta Chi Alpha House
Orono
Edwin 8. Page
Lewiston
Bowdoin Center Grange Meeting and Local Activities
Sagadahoc grange met at Bowdoin Center hall on a Saturday with fewer attendees due to poor roads. Ladies' Aid gathered at Mrs Ernest Carr's home, ten present, with a devotional and Bible verses. Visitors from Bath joined, and local families hosted gatherings. news noted severe road conditions and improvements in Walter Douglass's health. Relatives in Los Angeles reported they were not injured in the quake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Adams
Charles Babb
L. C. Starbird
Bath
Wallace Adams
New Hampshire
Adams
Margaret
Dorothy Carr
Charles Hunt
Mechanic Falls
Ernest Carr
Walter Douglass
Los Angeles
Alderman Sewall Talks on Aviation
A joint meeting of Roland Smith Post No 21 A L and its Auxiliary heard Sumner Sewall recount experiences in France’s ambulance and aviation corps. About 30 members attended in the Legion hall with refreshments served afterward. The organizing committee included Walter M Hill Gardiner D Rogers Ralph W Kingsbury Robert E Kingsbury and Donald Stirling. The post meets again in two weeks on April 11 to hear another speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Smith
No. 21
A. L
Legion Hall
Sumner Sewall
France
Ambulance Corps
Aviation Corps
Alderman Sewall
Walter M. Hill
Gardiner D. Rogers
Ralph W. Kingsbury
Robert E. Kingsbury
Donald Stirling
Bath Overseers of the Poor report aid to 1250 people from 318 families
Sidney L. Eaton was re elected superintendent for an eighth year as Bath Overseers of the Poor voted to continue department affairs. The department assists 318 families, 244 Bath residents, 37 from other towns, and 37 state charges, totaling about 1250 people, with no major change yet but expected relief in summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Roscoe P. McFadden
Alden G. Smith
Sidney L. Eaton
Department
Eaton
Maine Central February deficit improves over 1932 figures
Maine Central Railroad reported a February deficit of 72177.90 after fixed charges, an improvement from February 1932's 65601.34 deficit despite higher 1932 revenues by 188704.95. For January–February 1933 revenues lagged 371388.54 compared with last year, yet operating expenses fell 177146.99, reducing the expense ratio to 76.05 from 79.60. Freight and passenger revenues declined 18.5 percent and 38 percent respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Central Railroad
Maine Central
Bath Educators Honor Retiring Chairman
Bath educators honored retiring chairman after twelve years of service including ten as chairman. The meeting opened in the high school auditorium with Morsehigh Girls Glee Club under Miss Carrie E Shaw, pianist. Errol L. Baker praised the chairman and presented a gift, while Clinton D. Wilson spoke of a long, pleasant association and dedication to the schools. After adjournment, refreshments were served in the cafeteria prepared by Miss Janette W. Smith and Mrs. Fred J. Higgins. Harold E. Brown chaired the committee for the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morsehigh Girls’ Glee Club
Alan
Carrie E. Shaw
Miss Shaw
Errol L. Baker
Furber
Bath
Baker
Clinton D. Wilson
Janette W. Smith
Fred J. Higgins
Harold E. Brown
Miss Smith
Higgins
Bath Advent Christian Conference Attended by Local Group
Mr and Mrs Earnest R Rice Frederick Berry and Alanson Eddy attended the Androscoggin Valley Advent Christian Quarterly Conference at Mechanic Falls over Friday to Sunday. Mrs Rice preached and led services, Mr Rice led a social period and sang, and Mrs Rice spoke at the closing service What Think Ye of Christ. A three church one day session plan was adopted for Bath South Livermore and Norway. The Bath Sunday school banner for memory verses was presented at the afternoon meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earnest R. Rice
Frederick Berry
Alanson Eddy
Mechanic Falls
Bath School
Berry
Eddy
Rice
Advent Christian Church
Mr. Rice
Social and club notes from Rumford and Lewiston area
Personal notes record Mrs Edward Sewall hosting her contract club on High street. Edwin H Given from Cobb road visited Rumford on business. Miss Geraldine Stott returns to Central Maine Institute after visiting with her parents. Miss Louise Irish attends the sixth annual Nationwide banquet at Lewison YWCA where Arthur Staples speaks. Cosmopolitan Players hold first regular meeting under new officers with committees named for program publicity social and membership. program committee to meet Saturday afternoon at the clubhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Sewall
High Street
Edwin H. Given
Cobb Road
Rumford
Geraldine Stott
Central Maine Institute
Pittefield
A. A. Stott
Louise Irish
Lewiston
Fred ©. Irish
Chestnut Street
Lewison Y.W
Bessie F. Greenblatt
Clinton D. Wilson
Joseph J. Smith
Alice F. Johnson
Greenblatt
Roscoe P. McFadden
Harriet C. Lord
Anne K. Quinn
Mary Louise Lord
George A. Churchill
Lucy W. Coombs
Tree
Origin of the saying six weeks sledding in March
A Biddeford Journal Old Cop note traces the phrase to Jefferson where six Weeks families lived on the same road. As persistent snow kept workers hauling wood into March, a man joked I’ve seen six Weeks sledding in March, forming the saying’s origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
Weeks
Biddeford Journal
Maeicnidiae
Maras
Men Enjoy Fine Talk On Mining At Central Church
The MEN ENJOY FINE TALK ON MINING meeting of Central church men’s club Tuesday featured a supper served by W. E. Chase W. Emery Chase Jr. and McMann. Arthur R. Nickels, fellow club member and MIT alum, spoke on mining detailing his work as an assayer at major mines and discussing metals markets, profits, and global deposits including Canadian gold mines and new African copper finds. The club’s next meeting is April 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
W. E. Chase
W. Emery Chase Jr
McMann
Maurice
Arthur R. Nickels
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Canada
Africa
Maine
Maine Poets Compete for Federation Prizes
Maine poetry contest draws toward close with over 100 poets and more than 200 poems. The Maine Federation of Women's Clubs division chairs and a General Federation poetry rep oversee entries due by April 10. Judges to be named. awards are 15 and 10 dollars, poems must be unpublished and Maine residents only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
William F. Schoppe
Auburn
Maine Federation of Women's Clubs
Alice Frost Lord
General Federation
A. E. Chittenden
State Federation
Lewiston Journal
Lodge Observes Its Anniversary
The Evening Star lodge marks its 50th anniversary with stage curtain unveilings, flag illustration of The Star Spangled Banner, and speeches by charter members Mrs Gorman, Mrs Hardy, Mr Corrie, with Mrs Elizabeth Pepper, the only living charter member of Queen Esther Rebekah lodge, among the speakers.
Maine salesmen honored at Portland dinner and dance
Dean R. Bonney attended a dinner and dance at the Sunrise Room in the Hotel Eastland Portland Saturday night. About 50 Maine representatives of the Hosiery Mills company were present as guests of P. O. Ferrell of Indianapolis, vice president and director of sales. The event celebrated the Maine team for achieving the highest percentage in a nationwide sales contest during the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean R. Bonney
Eastland
Portland
P. O. Ferrell
Indianapolis
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the Annelise Health Shoes
Dium
Ian Vide
Coa Uy
DR. Geiger
White
Chester
Elizabeth W. Wilde
T. J. McDonough
Percy
Varana Denham
John Denham
South Freeport
Star Aid
Helen Britt
John Kendrick
Georgie Berry
Charles
Davis
Saco
Strout
E. A. Strout Realty Agency Inc
Frank
WALCH
Rep
Bowker St
North Bowdoinh
Athletic Council
Bowdoin
Legion
Monthly Statement OF
A. Margaret Chaney
Henrietta C. Loring
Bath City Hospital
Boston City Hospital
Miss Chaney
Wilfred W. Chaney
Miss Loring
John M. Loring
North Bath
BABY
Rhode Island
Plymouth Rocks
Meadowbrink Farm
Frank Merryman
Jordan Ave
Bath Educators
William ‘A. Furber
LODGE
Janet Gaynor
Will Rogers
Hell
Pat O’brien
Gloria Stuart
Ben Lyon
Mary Brian
Berts Karloffi
Lillian Bond
Tracy
Una Merkel
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