Public urges new Bath Brunswick highway now
The Maine Highway Commission works on this year's program as Bath and Brunswick residents press for a modern road between the two communities. The dispute over route is minor. the public demands a wide smooth safe highway to serve heavy traffic, noting the Bath Brunswick stretch is the worst road from Connecticut to the Kennebec river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Highway Commission
Bath
Brunswick
Cook’s Corner
New Meadows River
New Meadows Inn
Court
Center Streets
Highway Commission
Atlantic
Connecticut
Kennebec River
Mome Improvement Week Calls for Neat Homes and Yards
The article urges residents to begin Home Improvement Week by improving interior and exterior house upkeep, yards, and gardens. It notes neat surroundings reflect family character and can inspire neighbors to follow suit, enhancing town appeal and tourism.
Mayflowers Diminish In Nearby Woods Amid Deforestation
The article notes a decline in mayflowers this season compared with years past. It suggests that nearby woodlots have been stripped of trees, reducing the habitat and blooms observed during the mid April flowering period.
Decline in Spring Bloom Spurs Garden Concern
The piece notes fewer plants this Spring due to overharvesting and uprooting by previous gatherers. It laments the loss of a beautiful, sweet scented bloom and calls attention to the plant’s dwindling abundance.
Return of Howell relief to relatives
Thomas O. Steen of Arrowsie learned of his nephew Wilfred T Hewell's safe return from Worcester, after he disappeared at 12:30 Tuesday night three hours before his planned marriage to Yolande Charest. Hewell, in a nervous state, was found in a tattered condition with health concerns and possible loss of $400 intended for a Bermuda trip. he is under medical care and may marry once recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas O. Steen
Arrowsie
Wilfred T Hewell
Worcester
Mass
Yolande
Charest
Howell
Aubrey Steen
Carlton Bridge
Charest Home
Bermuda
Miss Charest
Maine Riding Clubs Organize State Body
The Maine Horse Association formed in Augusta with 50 attendees led by Bath Riding Club members. Officers include Oscar H. Benoit president James A. Gillies Jr. first vice president Charles W. Clifford treasurer. others are Frank O. Stephens and Capt. Ralph Skinner. The group aims to develop horseback riding, breeding, and trails with potential Federal relief aid. Clifford once introduced bridling path legislation. Attendees included multiple riding clubs across Portland Waterville Bangor Ogunquit Bath Rumford and Lewiston Auburn. A May 3 Bowdoin College Masque and Gown production of The Circle features Brunswick cast members and is directed by Prof. Quinby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Horse Association
Bath Riding Club
Maine Senate Chamber
State House
Augusta
Arthur J. Dunton
James A. Gillies, Jr
Charles W. Clifford
Oscar H. Benoit
Portland
Frank O. Stephens
Auburn
Ralph Skinner
Bath
Dunton
Stella Brown
Gillies
Clifford
Augusta House
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Abenakis Riding Club
Waterville Riding Club
Bangor Boot and Saddle Club
Ogunquit Saddle Club
Rumford Riding Club
Lewiston-Auburn Horse Show Association
Bowdoin College
W. Somerset Maugham
Brunswick
Morgan B. Cushing
James F. White
Carleton C. Young
Edwin G. Walkier
Prof
Quinby
Paul Laidley
Summer round up lists exams for entering children
Letters to parents outline a free medical and dental examination program for children entering public schools this September. Doctors and dentists will offer pre opening screenings during late April and early May. tuberculin tests available April 29 at 4 p.m. at the high school with contacts for more information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton D. Wilson
Ada R. Crockett
Parents-Teachers' Association
Red Cross
Grant
Gregware
Morin
Smith
Snipe
Winchenbach
Caverly
Hibbs
Powers
Whitney
Wilson
Hermon W. Crocker
Frederick W. Humphreys
John H Hunt
Central Church Choir Guests and Charity Supper Honors
The Central church choir enjoyed a royal chicken pie supper hosted by the League with a social hour and Beano. Prizes went to Mrs. Ernest Wood and Howard M. Steen. Members and guests listed attended, with bouquets from Kennebec Greenhouses and repairs on the Brunswick town hall weather vane nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
Ernest Wood
Howard M. Steen
League
David L. Wilson
Blair C. Wilson
Donald Wilson
Edmund P. Briggs
Fred Lord
Robert F. Hatch
Clifford B. Smith
Frank A. Hodgdon
Howard A. Parks
Andrus Coleman
Fred J. Hoffman
John Burgon
Everson C. Stinson
Albert Henderson
Vernon B. Lake
Phyllis E. Wright
John Shaw
Edward S. Brown
Andrus L. Coleman
Carol E. Wood
Alice M. Coleman
Ruth L. Pratt
Ruth E. Webster
Margaret E. Brimstein
Ellen H. Stevens
Nellie E. King
Marius H. Page
Charles E. Helah
William H. Small
Charles A. Soule
Perry L. Thompson
Dora L. Howard
Leonard M. Lord
Arthur W. King
Kennebec
Jesse Donnell
Charles T. Jackson
Auxiliary election and drill at Freeport town hall
The newly organized Auxiliary of Clark and Leslie Camp will elect officers Saturday evening at 6 30 in the Freeport town hall. After the election an installation will be conducted by the Department Commander and a Cumberland Auxiliary drill team from Portland, followed by the camp's regular dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark and Leslie Camp
Freeport Town Hall
Cumberland Auxiliary
Portland
Miss Harriet Johnson Visits Springfield Relative
Miss Harriet Johnson, a high school teacher in Springfield Massachusetts, arrived Saturday to spend the weekend with her mother Mrs Carrie Johnson on North street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Johnson
Springfield
Mass
Carrie Johnson
North Street
Inventor Curtis Develops Elastic Plastic Sealing Cement
About seven years ago Elbie D. Curtis of Bingham repaired a hot water tank and since then has tried his invention on boats roofs chimneys and tree work. He recently received a patent for a plastic sealing cement. The State Highway Commission is considering its use on the black roads citing its elasticity and resistance to freezing.
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Elbie D. Curtis, Bingham
State Highway Commission
Parish Annual Supper Draws Large Turnout in Benson Street Church
Benson Street church held its annual parish supper with over 200 attendees served in the vestry at 6:30. The Ladies Aid chaired by Mrs. Irving C. Varney organized a meat menu and fund drive to balance the church budget, followed by an entertainment program led by The Jesters under Carl Meister. The event featured music, skits, and a broadcasting style show with Hal Land Chaney as announcer, and decorations by local greenhouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson Street
Ladies Aid
Irving C. Varney
Carl Meister
Kennebec Greenhouses
Perkins Greenhouse
George Wallace
William J. Craft
Raymond Hart
Edwin W. Bonney
Wilbur Crocker
Marion Bowie
Reta Henderson
Fred Pinkham
Alfred Bucknam
Sanford B. Nickerson
Henry M. Powers
John Howe
Raymond Clark
Clinton F. Pratt
Fred H. Pratt
Charles T. Henderson
Leland S. Plummer
Louise Shepard
Haviland Chaney
Samuel A. Morse
Esther Hall
Martha Hall
Carroll Morse
Patria Staples
George Burns
Gracie Allen
Edward Waters
Ed Wyvrnr
Florence Taitt
Florence Tait
Marion Talbot
Robert Simpson
Hiram Staples
Amos and Andy
Dorothy White
Emily Furber
Helen Simmmons
Rebecca Miller
North End
Mountaineers
Buddy Plummer
Girls Win Prizes for Bird Houses at Garden Club Contest
The Cosmopolitan Garden Club hosted a bird house contest in which four boys and two girls earned prizes. Ruth Dale won first prize with a bluebird bungalow, Elizabeth Colby took second with a wrens bungalow, and third place was shared by Joseph Robinson and Robert Stone for clock and lantern style wrens houses. The top entries will decorate the club grounds and park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Arthur B. Scott
Ruth Dale
Elizabeth Colby
Wren
Joseph Robinson
Robert Stone
Robinson
Stone
Lewis Cooper
Robert Donnell
Kenneth Jaquith
John Atwood
Cooper
Donnell
Jaquish
Atwood
Cosmopolitan Club
Margaret R. Foote
George A. Churchill
Harry G. Deering
William M. Adams
Roscoe P. McFadden
David Y. Alkazin
Morse
Grace Church Club Hears Football Star
Grace Church Men's club heard Mike Vuchnich ex Ohio State star and 1933 All American discuss how high school and college football shape a young man's character. The talk cited sport as a character builder with examples. Committee members were Edward Given Robert Brownell and John Freeman. A lunch followed hosted by Carroll Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Church
Mike Vuchnich
Ohio State
Vuchnich
Edward Given
Robert Brownell
John Freeman
Carrol Watson
Oxford's striped snakes emerge early from hibernation
On Wednesday Oxford residents found the town’s first 1935 striped snakes along High street. Seven year old Harlan Edwards alerted his father Ivan Edwards, who killed five snakes near a sidewalk nest. Later cousin Hugh Edwards killed two more. Locals say these snakes appeared unusually early for the area.
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Oxford
Harlan Edwards
High Street
Ivan Edwards
Edwards
Hugh Edwards
Will of Mrs Roche Is Disallowed by Judge Glidden
In probate court Judge Walter S. Glidden disallowed the petition for probate of the August 1931 will of the late Mrs. Ellen S. Roche. The court found she lacked sufficient sound mind to dispose of her property at that time. A 1926 will remains under probate consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter S. Glidden
Ellen S. Roche
Gardiner R. Deering, Esq
Edward W. Bridgham
Esqq
Glidden
Americanization Program Delights Veterans group audience
The Auxiliary to Dyer Flaherty post No 2197 V F W hosted an Americanization program at the G A R hall. Ruth Gallagher led as master of ceremonies with Mrs Evelyn Snow Mrs Alice Middleton and Mrs Edith Moody organizing. Performances included songs solos tap dance life of U S Grant Gettysburg Address and Star Spangled Banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine Nadeau
Sims
U. S. Grant
Lincoln
Gardiner Crocker
Roy McLean
Lemuel Preble
Sisters of the Auxiliary
Bertha Hagan
Doris Kingsbury
Lillian Hart
Gallagher
Evelyn Snow
Alice Middleton
Edith Moody
Lillian Clancy
Miss Mildred Mc Pherson Funeral Held In Bath
The funeral for Miss Mildred Mc Pherson who died Tuesday in a Boston hospital after a long illness was private Thursday at 2 p m at the Fred S Curtis funeral home Bath. Rev Charles H Berry officiated. Bearers were Stewart John and Sidney McPherson brothers and Francis McPherson nephew. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred McPherson
Boston
Fred S. Curtis
Center Street
Bath
Charles H. Berry
Corliss Street Church
Stewart
John
Sidney McPherson
Francis McPherson
Oak Grove
Funeral for Ephraim F. French Held at Home
Ephraim F. French was laid to rest Friday afternoon at 2 30 at his home 468 Washington Street. The service was conducted by Rev Louis Boyd with Stephen Bracey Harry W Crosman and Frank French in attendance. Burial followed at Maple Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephraim F. French
Washington Street
Charles H. Berry
Corliss Street Church
Louis Boyd
Stephen Bracey
Harry W. Crosman
Frank French
Maple Grove
Kimball General Store Biz Sans Time in Dover-Foxcroft
Surveyor notes the Kimball store on Merrick Square as the most extensive she has covered. The company records reveal transactions since 1838, when Charles E. Kimball of Athens bought the building, and the business has stayed in the family as a general store since then.
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Marines Kimball
Merrick Square
Dover-Foxcroft
Charles E. Kimball
Athens
Puzzle Answer Key From Historical Sequences
The text presents a crossword style list with clues and partial letter patterns, including numbers and scattered uppercase letters. It appears to be a filled or partially filled answer grid with references to languages, anatomy, and legal terms, mixed with fragments of a puzzle solution.
Miscellane ous Shower For Eleanor Hawkes
Miss Evelyn Gallant hosted a miscellan eous shower for Eleanor Hawkes at Raymond's Court. Hawkes, to wed Ernest Roulliard of Quebec and Bath later this month, works at Madeline Marie Beauty Shop. Gifts, bridge and whist were enjoyed. Hawkes won bridge first, Gwendolyn Leonard won whist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Gallant
Eleanor Hawkes
Raymond
Louise Gallagher
Harriet Morse
Martha Renaud
Mary Gallant
Fred Pomerleau
Alex St. Pierre
Forrest Young
John Leonard
John Hart
Dorothy Renaud
Cecile Poulin
Edna Gaudet
Madeline Merrill
Thelma King
Margaret Gallant
Albert Renaud
Kathleen Leonard
Peter Renaud
Della Pouliot
Fanny Bouchard
Lewiston
Charles Renaud
Brunswick
Dynamite Lucier Stops Young Dempsey in Lewiston Bout
Dynamite Lucier of Lewiston stops Young Dempsey in the fourth round in a main bout at Lewiston city hall. Dempsey led until mid third when a right hand floored him. Lucier delivers another hard right to send Dempsey over the ropes as Salvas is knocked out in the ninth.
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al McCoy
Leo Salvas
Lewiston City Hall
Dynamite Lucier
Young Jackempsey
Bath
Young Jack
Dempsey
Lucier
McCoy
Salvas
Officers elected for Old Ladies Home meeting
Owen J. Ledyard was re elected president Arthur Sewall vice president and Miss Agnes Humphreys treasurer at the annual meeting of the Old Ladies Home Thursday afternoon Miss Anna Trott was elected secretary succeeding Mrs Fred H Lord who asked to be released from further duties in this direction after three successive years of service The following were elected to the board of managers for three years Mrs Charles C Low Mrs Thomas S Gibbons Mrs Frederick H Kimball Miss Lydia Moses Mrs Davis Hatch Mrs Allan Spear Wilber G Cahill Charles P Wetherbee The meeting held at the Home at three o clock was largely attended
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen J. Ledyard
Arthur Sewall
Agnes Humphreys
Old Ladies Home
Anna Trott
Fred H. Lord
Charles C. Low
Thomas 5. Gibbons
Frederick H. Kimball
Lydia Moses
Davis Hatch
Allan Spear
Wilber G. Cahill
Charles P. Wetherbee
Dike PTA Sponsors Minstrel Performance
Dike PTA sponsored a minstrel show titled Ted's Minstrels held Tuesday evening in the Summer Street room. Directed by Mrs Dominque Tardif and Mrs Ralph Dunbar, with piano by Mrs Fred J Hoff man, music by Cliff Leeman and Mr and Mrs Edward Lemoine, and violin by Margaret Strack. Cast included Doris Crocker Betty Swanton Shirley Higgins Connie Gilmore Cynthia Lemoine Marie Clough Marilyn Hart Germaine Bonney Alma Santon Bartlett Swanton Carolyn St Martin Betty Cummings Marcia Hoff man Dottie Belanger Beverly Hopkins Elaine Rogers Charlene Rogers Wentworth Smith Frieda McAllister Helen Tabor Kathleen Mitchell Dorothy Mitchell Iva Ford Joyce Cook Joe Swanton and Buddy Ayer.
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Dike P. T. A
Ted
Summer Street
Association
Dominque Tardif
Ralph P. Dunbar
Fred J. Hoffman
Cliff Leeman
Edward Lemoine
Margaret Strack
Margaret Sampson
Frank Reinoeh
Mother
Albert F. McFadden
Dad
Samuel Morse
Teddy
Doris Crocker
Betty Swanton
Shirley Higgins
Connie Gilmore
Cynthia Lemoine
Marie Clough
Marilyn Hart
Germaine Bonney
Alma Swanton
Bartlett Swanton
Carolyn St
Sacred Heart Circle April Social Held at Knights Hall
The Sacred Heart Circle of D of I held its April social Wednesday evening in the Knights of Columbus hall with good attendance. Beano, bridge and whist were played, prizes awarded, and refreshments served. Committee members credited: Mrs. George R. Ingraham, Mrs. Michael C. Fitzgerald, Mrs. Lorenzo Collins, Mrs. Andrew C. Flaherty, Mrs. Estelle Comeau, Mrs. Marie Allain, Miss Anne Conley, Mrs. John Bourque, Miss Elizabeth Conley, Mrs. Stanley M. Brown, and Miss Ruth Conley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Circle
D. of I
Knights of Columbus Hall
George R. Ingraham
Michael C. Fitzgerald
Lorenzo Collins
Andrew C. Flaherty
Estelle Comeau
Davis Norton couple wed in Bath on July 7 1934
The marriage of Raymond P. Davis and Carrie Ardelle Norton of Bath is announced. They were married July 7 1934 by Rev. George B. Wolstenholme at the People’s Church parsonage with attendants John Doyle and Marion Watson. They reside at 37 Chestnut Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond P. Davis
Carrie Ardelle Norton
Bath
George B. Wolstenholme
People’s Church Parsonage
John Doyle
Marion Watson
Elizabeth Burnham
Davis
Walter Norton
Chestnut Street
First Symphony by Pulsifer to be released next Wednesday
Brunswick poet Harold Trowbridge Pulsifer prepares for the release of his son net sequence First Symphony next Wednesday, closely timed with a new poetry volume by Robert P. T. Coffin. Both writers reside in the same locality, drawing critical interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Trowbridge Pulsifer
Brunswick
Robert P. T. Coffin
Cat Steals Diamond From Portland Woman Ring
Johnny Archambeau's Black person cat visited Portland home of Mrs. Chester W. Dennett. The cat bit her while combing fur, ripped a $250 diamond from a ring, then swallowed the stone. The diamond has since been recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Archambeau
Chester W. Dennett
Portland
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Dyer-Flaherty Post
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E. F. French Funeral
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Young Dempsey
OLD Ladies’ Home
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