Loss of Scandinavian pulp may aid Maine Central Railroad
Maine Central President E. French told stockholders in Portland that reduced Scandinavian pulp arrivals due to war could shift pulp manufacturers in Maine to faster output, boosting local business. He noted debt retirements, current strong service and safety, and mixed March earnings with cautious May and June outlook. The meeting drew 84,317 shares, and the current board was reelected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine Central Railroad
Maine
Pres
French
the Road
Pres. French
Maine Central
Father Maney Leaves for Western Trip
Rev. Timothy C. Maney of St Marys church and his Bangor sister Miss Alice Maney depart New York for a western vacation. They will visit New Orleans Grand Canyon California studios Los Angeles Santa Barbara Del Monte Yosemite San Francisco Portland Seattle Victoria Field Banff and plan the Golden Gate Exposition Treasure Island and the New York World's Fair before returning to Bath by June 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy C. Maney
St. Mary's Church
Miss Alice
Maney
Bangor
West Coast
Alaska
New York
New Orleans
Grand Canyon
California
Moving Picture Studios
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
del Monte
Yosemite
San Francisco
Portland
Ore
Seattle
Wash
Canadian Pacific
Victoria
B. C
Vancouver
In Field
Banff
Treasure Island
Chicago
Bath
Bath Girls Picked For Dancing Finals
Miss Irma Bennett and Miss Georgietta Middleton of the Charlotte School of Dancing were chosen for the Brunswick town hall finals held Saturday by the Brunswick Athletic association. Both presented a tumbling act trained in Charlotte. The finals are set for May 10 in Brunswick with prizes of 50, 25, and 15 dollars and contestants from across the state. Miss Barbara Jenkins also competes this coming Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irma Bennett
Georgietta Middleton
Charlotte School of Dancing
Brunswick Town Hall
Brunswick Athletic Association
Miss Bennett
Miss Middleton
Charlotte
Brunswick
Barbara Jenkins
Completes Purchase of Moses Property
Negotiations ended Saturday for the purchase of the former Galen C. Moses property at 1009 Washington Street corner of Grove. Miss Clarissa McKwain of Philadelphia owned it. Major William N. Howard of New York buys it with Mrs. Howard. Judge John J. Keegan advised. Skillings & Co. handled negotiations. New owners plan a general catering business and removal of Miss McKwain’s household contents has begun. Roger Pierce and wife visited Farmingdale after weekend guests with Mr. and Mrs. Allen Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galen C. Moses
Washington Street
Grove
Clarissa McKwain
Philadelphia
Phippsburg Notes On Burls Fire Scout Plane And Town Affairs
In Phippsburg a Redwood burl gifted to Miss Grace Dickinson is described as strikingly green with new frond like shoots. The article notes a pond thaw and a discussion about the George C. Pease house dating to 1681. Other items recount a Monday airplane sighting, local gardening, a fire scare near Meadow Brook, painting of the Town hall, insurance adjusters at Avery house, and busy selectmen amid tax work. Personal items mention attendees at a Sagadahoc Republican club meeting, a boy’s nail injury, and pneumonia in Lawrence Scott with Dr. Grant attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Dickinson
Laura Prentiss
Sacramento
Miss Dickinson
George C. Pease
Pease
Charles Bowker
Moses Jewell
Jewells
Meadowbrook
Phippsburg
Charles Kohling
Clinton Beals
Avery House
Raymond Maciintire
Sagadahoc County Republican Club
Bath City Hall
Harold Koski
Isabel Smart
Bath
Lawrence Scott
Dr. Grant
Bath Announces Annual Clean-Up Week Schedule
The Board of Health will revive the annual Clean-up week from May 6 to May 11. Highway trucks will collect debris and haul it to the city dump. Areas will be marked and a detailed truck schedule will be announced so homeowners know when trucks reach their district. The plan, popular in past years, aims to remove years of accumulated waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Highway Department
Telephone Bridge Monday Evening Sponsored by Local Groups
At a telephone bridge sponsored Monday evening by Sacred Heart Circle D I and St Marys P T A, Mrs James FE McLaughlin won first prize in contract. Mrs Michael J Reardon won second prize and Mrs Gerald S Atkinson consolation. In auction first prize went to Mrs Alexander Burgess. second to Mrs Ralph Gay. third to Mrs Alexander Burgess Jr.. consolation to Mrs William P McAuliffe. Mary Parker won first prize in whist. David Y Alkazin second. Herbert Parker consolation. Committee: Mrs Alexander Burgess chairwoman. Mrs Frank T Fortier and Mrs Andrew C Flaherty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Circle
D. of I
St. Mary's P.T.A
James FE. McLaughlin
Michael J. Reardon
Gerald S. Atkinson
Alexander Burgess
Ralph Gay
Alexander Burgess, Jr
William P. McAuliffe
Mary Parker
David Y. Alkazin
Herbert Parker
Frank T. Fortier
Andrew C. Flaherty
Topsham Man Wanted for Bath Break-Ins
City Marshal says warrant issued for Everett G. Morry, 18, of Topsham, on breaking and entering and larceny charges. Morry was sentenced to 30 days in Cumberland County Jail and the Bath department will serve the warrant on his release, connected to a series of Bath business district breaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Butler
Everett G. Morry
Topsham
Brunswick
Cumberland County
Portland
Bath
Morry
Weekly social at Winnegance hosts prize winners
Winnegance held a Thursday afternoon social with Mrs. Charles E. Hewitt Jr. in attendance. First prize in the auction went to Mrs. Harry C. Williams and second prize to Mrs. Charles T. Small. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond H. Trott of Providence, Rhode Island, visited over the weekend with his mother, Mrs. Joseph M. Trott of High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Very
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Harry C. Williams
Charles T. Small
Raymond H. Trott
Providence, R. I
Joseph M. Trott
High Street
Parker Head Girl Scouts Missed Meeting in Bath
Local notes report Girl Scouts missed last week’s meeting due to Miss Lynette Caverly’s absence in Boston. The column lists community events, visits, and social calls across Bath and nearby towns with acknowledgments of members, prizes, and upcoming sessions through Mother’s Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynette Caverly
Boston
Popham Road
John D. Libby
Twin County Council of the American Legion
Bath
Harold
North Bergen
N. J
Warren Lear
Sanford
John Libby
Lorraine Harrington
Olive Deojay
Burleigh Williams
Winnegance
Walter Cushing
Leston Harrington
Brunswick
Thomas Deojay
Harold Rogers
James Kerwin
Auburn
Eugene Harrington
Alonzo Lowell
Sebasco
Martin Eaton
Lewis Lowell
Lowell
Earl Lowell
Helen Bain
Herbert Doughty
John Terrill
Mass
Forest
Albert S. Owen
Francis Lander
Marion Gibbons
Ora Hallett
Woolwich
Eleanor Thayer
Vinalhaven
George Morong
Lloyd Perry
Charles Hughes
Galen Daley
Edwin M. Wyman
W. T. Wyman
W. H. Wyman
Harriet
Carolyn
R. W. Kenney
Earl Pike
West Bath
Annie Percy
Cox's Head
Massachusetts
Charles Blaisdell
Memorial Hospital
Fred Young
John Rollins
Charles Savage
Perkins Institute For the
Arthur Moore
Bob Moore
Moore
Popham Beach Season Starts With Large Weekend Turnout
Popham Beach resumed sessions after a week off with Miss Elizabeth Pinkham visiting Portland schools. A May library social celebrates Sunday school children birthdays. Many cottages opened over the weekend and prominent visitors from Bath Lewiston Auburn and Portland viewed cottages and Ostensibly planned plantings and moves. WPA road work continues and local repairs to post office and other buildings proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Pinkham
Bath
G. E. McNulty
Stanley Hyde
Barbara
Nancy
Miss Hall
Robert Ordway
Yarmouth
Ledgewood
Louis Gayton
Auburn
Roscoe Shaw
Allan Spear
Fred Fitch
Ordway
Augusta
Fitch
Fred Kittredge
Buchanan Cottage
Waldo Weston
Waldo, Jr
Peter Isaacson
Lewiston
Shirley
Irving
Lester Hathaway
Boston
Edward Fischer
Norman B. Murphy
Popham
Dr. Murphy
Carlson
Pond Island
Moses Chandler
Edward Bridgham
April Weather Summary Reflects Mixed Temperatures
April 1940 ended with mixed conditions as fair days numbered 16 and rain on 10, snow totaling six inches on April 21. Cloudy days rose to two, with 27 days above 32 degrees, the warmest reaching the sixties by noon on the final day. Coldest days were 4, 14, and 15 at 31 degrees.
Parker E Worrey Joins Sawyer Farms Ice Cream Dept
Parker E Worrey, son of Mrs. Worrey, began duties Wednesday with Sawyer Farms in Greene. He will manage the ice cream department, bringing years of experience from an ice cream depot in Rockland and prior employment at Wiseman Farms in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker E. Worrey
Two Bath men receive jail or fine for assaulting officers
Judge Deering handed down four month jail terms or $100 fines plus costs for Alfred M. Oliver and J Alfred Betts who pled guilty to assaulting Patrolman John J. Foley and Special Officer Ellery Doyle. Betts and Mrs Mildred Dall faced an affray charge with Dall fined. Two 16 year old boys faced larceny charges with one sent to the Boys' Reformatory in South Portland and another awaiting decision. Miss Dorothy Kloss earns a summer scholarship to Universidad Mayor de San Carlos in Lima with alternate Marjorie Rush named. Townsend pays a fine for operating a slot machine. Phippsburg tax rate drops to 42 from 43.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner R. Deering
Bath
Alfred M. Oliver
J. Alfred Betts
John J. Foley
Ellery FE. Doyle
Kennebec County
Augusta
Bowery Street
Doyle
Betts
Mrs. Dall
Townsend
Sagadahoc
Dorothy Kloss
Theodore E. Kloss
Bucksport
Wheaton College
Norton
Mass
International Relations Club
Kloss
Universidad Mayor de San Carlos
Lima
Peru
Marjorie Rush
Winchester
Europe
Latin America
University of San Marcos
New World
Westport Residents Gather for Summer Preparations and Visits
Westport residents and visitors share weekend activity from cottage stays to hearings. Notables include Mr and Mrs D M Baker of Hingham Mass at home here and Frances Jewett visiting the Jewett family at the Ferry. A Wiscasset hearing drew locals to county commissioners to discuss a new Westport Ferry decree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Baker
Hingham
Mass
Frances Jewett
H. M. Jewett
James Williams
Roger
Annie Blake
Mechanic Falls
Menikuk
Eva Beaudet
Boston
San Souci
Linn R. Wood
Waterville
East Shore
Wiscasset
Westport
James Dunton
Lisbon Falls
J. Louis Doyle
Cambridge
Nineacre
Fred I. Greenleaf
B. M. Jewett
Ruth Doyle
Norman Nye
Bath
Lizzie Cromwell
Stuart Little
Mrs. Little
Edwin Cromwell
Margaret Webber
Miss Maud Webber
Boothbay Harbor
George Delano
Wool Wich
Robert Greenleaf, Jr
Cosmo Garden Club Hosts May Breakfast
Cosmopolitan Garden club served about 100 guests at its annual May breakfast in the club house. Mrs. Roscoe P. McFadden chaired the event, with seven decorated tables including Spring flowers, geraniums, a ship model, and a Rotary bell. Alice F. Johnson led dining, and Mrs. Bowen Torrey handled tickets. Numerous members served on dining room and kitchen committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Roscoe P. McFadden
Alice F. Johnson
Bowen Torrey
William Adams
Walter S. Wiggin
George A. Churchill
Louis M. Silverman
Elizabeth Deering
Herver
R. Lemont
Sumner Sewall
John Parker
Edmund A. Rothwell
G.thomas Murphy
Herbert S. Harris
Chester A. Roberts
R. M. Steussy
Paul G. Bagdikian
Leland R. Mitchell
Carroll A. Deering
Daniel T. Dougherty
N. Gratz Jackson
Nellie K. Goodrich
Charles H. Frost
John A. Morse
Stolen green 1940 Chevrolet truck from Tarr's Cash Market
A half ton 1940 Chevrolet truck owned by Tarr's Cash Market at 18 Lisbon Street Lewiston was stolen from Park alley rear of the store. Maine license X-977. The thief drove off while the driver was inside loading orders, escaping before discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarr’s Cash Market
Lisbon Street
Lewiston
Park Alley
Joseph Goodman
Maine
Retail Merchants Elect Officers at City Hall Meeting
Charles A. Shepard was elected president of the Retail Merchants association at City hall. Francis Parry became vice president, Francis Gooch secretary and treasurer, with J Emery Footer Carl C Anderson Harold P Small and Max Katz named directors. The 28 merchants discussed parking, store hours, and plans for parking lots and a possible Friday night opening. The group supported exploring Kelley field and Kimball property for athletic use but took no action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Shepard
Front Street
Retail Merchants’ Association
City Hall
Francis Parry
Francis Gooch
Uptown Theatre
J. Emery Footer
Carl C. Anderson
Harold P. Small
Max Katz
Board of Health
Kelley Field
John J. Mulcahy
Kimball
Harold L. Troop
Eugene Desmond
Ralph G. Stetson
Denham Sutcliffe Rhodes Scholar with Oxford fellowship
It is noted across Maine that Denham Sutcliffe of Bates College has earned a Carnegie Research Foundation fellowship after finishing his Rhodes Scholarship. He will spend another year at Oxford studying English literary reviews of the late eighteenth century, with Prof. Berkelman praising his work. Sutcliffe owns Mitford Miltons edition and rare sets like Rambler Spectator and Tatler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Denham Sutcliffe
Bates
Rhodes
Auburn
Oxford
Carnegie Research Foundation
Robert G. Berkelman
Sutcliffe
Leonard P. Litchfield Visits Boston This Weekend
Leonard P. Litchfield spent a weekend in Boston visiting friends and sightseeing. He attended local events and enjoyed meals at several dining spots during his stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard P. Litchfield
Boston
Also Mentioned on This Page
President French
Father Maney
Moses
Roger Pierce
Park Street
Farmingdale
Allen Clark
Topsham Man
Parker
Popham Beach
Annie Stacy
Stacy
Horace Bickford
Libson Falls
Irving Dobbin
Margaret Wyman
Spruceville
Melville Robbins
Sunda
Henry Leonard
Norway
Christopher Marr
Alonzo Morong
Harold ‘Thayer
North Haven
Ralpht Morong
Lisbon
Clifton Morong
Coast Guard
Barbara Sprague
North Yarmouth Academy
Winfield Kenniston
Stanley
Haverhill
Kenniston
Frank Scott
Stephen Ethier
Gilbert Head
Clinton Newdick
Rebecca
Opera House
Senator Sewall
Air Corps
United States
House of Representatives
State Senate
Senate
Sewall
Cosmo Garden Club
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