Maine Publicity Bureau helps draw tourists and funds urged
The Maine Publicity Bureau, funded by private subscriptions, boosts tourism which drew an estimated 105,000,000 in 1937. Banks and businesses join supporters to expand revenue for campaigns. Recreation leaders foresee strong travel season, with early springs aiding road repairs and information requests rising. Vandalism in Bath prompts police pursuit and firm punishment. Severe hailstorm in Bath removes fire risk. Bath Marine Band planned to perform in city park this summer. Primary ballots ready. heavy voter turnout expected with several contested races.
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Maine Publicity Bureau
Maine
Peppe
Publicity Bureau
Augusta
State Development Commission
Popham Beach Road Work Hopes For Early Finish
Cottagers at Popham Beach await the completion of the new road across from the Small Point to the Popham road. They fear the project may not be finished before the vacation season begins, a likelihood that is presently doubtful.
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Popham Beach
Popham Road
Girl Scout Regional Conference Opens in Portland
The fourteenth annual New England Girl Scout Regional Conference runs May 12 to 14 in Portland at the Eastland Hotel with guest speakers Prof. Peter Bertoccio of Bates College and Alice Conway Carney of New York City. Local chairs, regional board members, and national staff will participate in program revisions and group meetings at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Bertoccio
Bates College
Lewiston
Alice Conway Carney
New York City
New England
Portland
Edith Cabot
Providence
R. I
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Eastland Hotel
Lillian M. Gilbreth
Montclair
N. J
Girl Scout National Board
Alice Wagener
Miss Wagener
Girl Scout
Edith Macy
Briarcliff Manor
New York
Cabot
Ruth Stevens
Boston
Girl Scout National
Wagener
Thelma Trott
A. Schaeffer, Jr
Martha Jane Smith
Alliene Harder
Randlette to Head Sagadahoc County Republican Committee
Joseph W. Randlette of Richmond was elected chairman of the Sagadahoc County Republican committee at a Friday meeting in Bath City Hall. Officers named include Miss Bessie E. Dickinson vice chairman Stella I. Given secretary and Charles B. Randall treasurer. 17 of 24 members attended. no further meetings before the primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Republican Committee
Joseph W. Randlette
Richmond
Ellis L. Aldrich
Topsham
Randlette
Bessie E. Dickinson
Bath
Stella I. Given
Bowdeinham
Charles B. Randall
Common Council
Bath City Hall
Girl Scout Field Day Planned By Local Troops
A YMCA committee session laid plans for a Girl Scout Field Day with four scouts per troop, morning games, a noon box lunch with ice cream and milk, plus a scavenger hunt, folk dancing and pantomime. Field day runs 9:30 to 4 on June 4 or 11, weather permitting, under Leaders Association sponsorship led by Mrs. Linwood F. Carr.
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Y.M.C.A
George F. Nasi
Linwood F. Carr
Arthur W. Bowker
Jacob Smith
Frank S. Saunders
Eileen Piper
Martha Morse
Jane Sullivan
Edith Berg
Norma Cummings
The
Leaders Association
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Stage officials list including Howard Kirkpatrick as chairman John Dawe and Jack Sturtevant among others with costume chairs Martha Page Priscilla Bryant Jacqueline Bisson and Patricia Sewall and advertising chairs Josephine Haskell George Tinney Edward Butterfield Catharine Ryan
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Howard Kirkpatrick
Arthur Sturtevant
Clement Robichaud
Jack Sturtevant
John Dawe
Dick Madden
W. Weston
A. Kronstrand
Martha Page
Priscilla Bryant
Jacqueline Bisson
Patricia Sewall
Josephine Haskell
George Tinney
Edward Butterfield
Catharine Ryan
Salvation Army Speaking Contest Winners Named
At the Salvation Army speaking contest Friday night Albert Lawrence and O d Orchard won first and second prizes with Miss Charlotte French and Frederick French also taking part. Judges were Dr. David L. Wilson Hon N Gratz Jackson and Supt John Parker. Refreshments followed, attendance stayed strong despite weather, and Arthur F Mayo was thanked for chair leadership.
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Salvation Army
Albert Lawrence
O.d Orchard
Charlotte French
Portsmouth
N. H
Emily Hand
Frederick French
David L. Wilson
N. Gratz Jackson
John Parker
Arthur F. Mayo
Porcupine Visitor Stays Calm In Woodshed
Mrs. J. Kenneth Libby of North Turner hosted a large porcupine in her woodshed on Wednesday. The animal appeared perfectly at ease and showed no hurry to depart. No tricks were recorded and no patting attempted.
Missionary Society Birthday Party Held By First Baptist
The Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society marked its 60th anniversary with a Tuesday evening event in the First Baptist vestry. Fifty three attendees enjoyed a devotional, dramatization, World Wide Guild songs, and a candlelit cake ceremony, followed by gift presentations, color coded group outfits, and refreshments.
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Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society
First Baptist Vestry
Charles R. Sims
Sarah Bagley Wright
Woman's Missionary Meeting
Lily Pray
Evelyn Sotheard
A. I. Stuart
Edwy Sotheard
Jessie Spaulding
Florence Martin
Vernon Miller
Lotta Eaton
Fathers
Myra Kelley
Jennie Oliver
Nella Stover
Lila Place
Lucy Rogers
Harriet Furber
World Wide Guild
Children’s World Crusade
Lyndall Corliss
Geraldine Corliss
Gloria Stover
Betty Orvis
Mary Furber
Christ
Grace Baker
Laura Harrington
Maude Stuart
Sarah Cooke
Marjory Stover
Bathman Receives Bates College Athletic Award
Francis W. Stover of this city received a Bates College varsity basketball sweater after starring as a regular forward last winter. A Morse high School graduate class of 36 and honor student, Stover played for Bates and is the second Bath boy to gain such recognition this year following Omar R. King who earned the varsity football sweater last fall as halfback for the Bates team.
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Bates College
Francis W. Stover
Bates E. Stover
Brunswick Road
Morse High
Bates
Stover
Bath Boy
Omar R. King
Arthur W. King
Edgett Street
Wise Owl Troop Meeting Promotes Girl Scout Investiture
Wise Owl Troop of Girl Scouts met April 26 at the Y M C A rooms. An investiture ceremony invested Patricia Webster presented Virginia Gallagher Helen Gallagher and Janet Colley as Girl Scouts. Plans include Field Day in June and May 31 Court of Awards papers. A program will showcase scouting fields. Ruth Cogan and Kathaleen Harkins served as housekeepers. A Swedish built 40-foot mahogany sloop was brought to Portland from Gothenburg and will be unloaded in Boston.
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Wise Owl
Patricia Webster
Virginia Gallagher
Helen Gallagher
Janet Colley
Smith
June Sullivan
Mary Morse
Gertrude Dole
Lena Marie Purdue
Voorhees
Ruth Cogan
Kathaleen Harkins
Wingaren
Portland
Gothenburg
Sweden
Stockholm
Parker Wittemore
Boston
Mackerel Arrival Forecast for Gulf of Maine
The New England Museum of Natural History predicts fresh mackerel will arrive around May 10 with earlier or later adjustments. An exhibit explains the fish’s life cycle from spring appearance to winter offshore retreat and includes a cooking recipe, highlighting mackerel as a top New England catch.
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Department of Fishes
New England Museum of Natural History
New England
Gulf of Maine
Bay of Fundy
Massachusetts Bay
Maine
American
Testimonial Banquet for William M'Gregor
William P. MacGregor, senior naval inspector of hull material at Bath Iron Works, leaves to become general superintendent of Boston Drydock Co. A farewell banquet was held at Hotel Phoenix with about 75 naval inspectors present. Archibald M. Main spoke as toastmaster and Mr. MacGregor received a pen and pencil set. He came here from Bethlehem Shipbuilding and before that served 12 years with East Boston Drydock as hull superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. MacGregor
Bath Iron Works Corp
Boston Drydock Co
Hotel Phoenix
Archibald M. Main
MacGregor
Cliff Leeman
Girl Scouts Scavenger Hunt At Thorne Head Hike
During a Scout hike to Thorne's Head on April 19 Lena Marie Purdue Alice Young Kathaleen Harkins and Ruth Cogan completed all 11 hidden articles. Fires were built and supper cooked openly. A marshmallow treasure was buried in a jar along the rock trail for the next troop. Wildlife sighted included woodpeckers nests a Guinea hen a field mouse a goat and kid and a hermit thrush sang. No dues collected due to a holiday. payment will occur at next meeting.
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Thorne’s Head
Lena Marie Purdue
Alice Young
Kathaleen Harkins
Ruth Cogan
Footer highest bidder in Passmore bankruptcy auction
Joseph Charles Footer of Bath led five bidders for merchandise and equipment of Harry T. Passmore in bankruptcy. Bids opened Friday afternoon at two in trustee John P. Carey Jr.’s office. Passmore’s stock at 99 105 Commercial Street was inventoried at about $1,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Charles Footer
Bath
Harry T. Passmore
John P. Carey, Jr
Passmore
Commercial Street
Music Drama Club Holds Annual Supper and Meeting
Twenty six members of Cosmopolitan Music Drama Club gathered at the club house for the annual supper and business meeting. Mrs. Connard was elected president and music director. Miss Danforth re elected secretary treasurer. The group announced rehearsals for a Mother’s Day tea and presented trophies to retiring president Mrs Boudreau and incoming director Mrs Connard.
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Cosmopolitan Club
Alice C. Johnson
Frank A. Hodgdon
Alice Joh
Leslie J. Wold
Ada Greenblatt
Louis Silverman
Paul Boudreau
Eleanor Danforth
William W. Dennison
Ernest R. Avery
George A. Churchill
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Itl al Baer Connard
Amy Irish
Danforth
Connard
Elizabeth Colby
Herbert R. Lemont
Rupert M. Irvine
Joseph I. Smith
Pres. Boudreau
Hodgdon
Maine Delegates Named for 4-H Encampment in Washington
Kenneth C. Lovejoy announces Maine's four delegates to the national 4-H club encampment in Washington June 16 to 22. Clarissa French of East Corinth, Charles B. Tebbetts Jr. of Durham, Dorothy Gilman of Porter, and Edward F. Bagley of Albion are honored for 29 years of combined 4-H membership. Each has held leadership roles and shown strong club work. the trip is funded by local supporters and Maine state club leaders will accompany them.
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Maine
Washington, D. C
Kenneth C. Lovejoy
Clarissa French
East Corinth
Charles B. Tebbetts, Jr
Durham
Dorothy Gilman
Porter
Edward F. Bagley
Albion
University of Maine
Charles Tebbetts, Jr
Bates College
Twin County
4-H Friendship Service
Edward Bagley
Washington
Grand Old Fighter William Withee Visits Town
William Withee of Rockland a veteran fighter and promoter stopped in town Thursday to visit old acquaintances. Known as Bill decades ago, he lived in Bath during the war and returned to Bangor in 1920. Now past 70, he remains active in sport circles and keeps fit enough to spar and gamble with younger rivals.
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William Withee
Rockland
Bill
Bath
Bangor
Permit Required for Outdoor Fires Warns of Damages
The state law bans outdoor fires without a permit from the local fire warden. As burning rubbish is common now, residents are urged to obtain permits to avoid liability for any damage caused by unpermitted fires.
Veterans of Foreign Wars installs Dyer Flaherty officers
Livermore Falls inspector Weekman assists Mechanic Falls deputy in installing Dyer Flaherty post 2197 officers Thursday. New officers include John Stephens commander Joseph Kelly senior vice commander Herbert Stephens junior vice commander Jesse Sanders chaplain Christopher Cushing quartermaster George Frost adjutant Floyd Preble officer of the day Herbert Stephens service and employment officer Floyd Preble quartermaster sergeant Joseph Kelly sergeant major Jesse Sanders legislative officer Floyd Preble publicity officer George Frost and Kerwin Butcher trustees. Delegates to the Department Encampment at Old Town elected Christopher Cushing Joseph Kelly with George Frost and Jesse Sanders alternates.
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Charles O. Weekman
Livermore Falls
Danforth
Mechanic Falls
Dyer-Flaherty Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
John Stephens
Joseph G. Kelly
Herbert S. Stephens
Jesse T. Sanders
Christopher J. Cushing
George E. Frost
Floyd H. Preble
Kerwin F. Butcher
Old Town
Stephens
Preble
Dyer-Flaherty
Weeman
Portland
Scott P. Squires
Maine
Jesse Sanders
Girl Scout Council Plans For Field Day
At a Wednesday meeting the Girl Scout Council set an all day Field Day options June 4 or June 11 inviting Brunswick and Damariscotta troops. They planned a June 7 card party for camp funds, with a samovar prize. The 14th annual regional conference will be May 12 to 14 at Hotel Eastland Portland.
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Girl Scout Council
Arthur Sewall
Brunswick and
Damariscotta
Sumner Sewall
Degree of Pocahontas District Meeting Held in Red Men Hall
The district meeting of the Degree of Pocahontas for this part of the state convened in Red Men’s hall with Ramona council presiding. About fifty attended as councils from Leola Lewiston Owaissa Mechanic Falls Ramona and others participated. The afternoon session featured questions about the ritual with Great Council Chiefs answering. Officers elected for next year’s district meeting were announced, supper served to about 100, and the evening program included a degree conferment by the Alfaretta Bruns wick degree team and remarks from state officers.
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Pocahontas
Ramona Council
Red Men’s Hall
Leola
Lewiston
Owaissa
Mechanic Falls
Ramona
Bath
Silver Cloud
Orrs Island
Alfaretta
Brunswick
Wenonah
Portland
Minnehaha
Cumberland Mills
Kaplal
Woodfords
Arletta Yates
Florence Boyd
Alfaretta Council
Kennebec
Lucelia Blake
Estella Wade
Viola Melzard
Eva Sanford
Mabel Ansert
Edna Carter
Edith Burnham
Mildred Avery
Wampum
Pearl Barter
Amateur winners at Keith's Portland contest
Miss Teresa Tardif led with first prize for song and top routine in the Keith's amateur contest in Portland Wednesday evening. Miss Betty Ryan took second for singing while Miss Arsenault Miss Hunt and Miss Rines earned second prize for tap routines and singing. Earlier, Miss Marion Getchell and Miss Beverly Curran, pupils of Miss Cunningham, also won prizes at Keith's.
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Teresa Tardif
Marguerite Rines
Arlene Arsenault
Arlen Hunt
Betty Ryan
Mary H. Cunningham
Keith’s
Portland
Miss Tardif
Miss Ryan
Arsenault
Miss Hunt
Miss Rines
Marion Getchell
Beverly Curran
Miss Cunningham
Camden recalls nineties cucumber boom for Boston shipments
Camden farmers reminisce about a 1990s surge in cucumber growing for pickling firms. One Maine port shipped roughly 2000 barrels in a single season, highlighting the scale of the bygone crop.
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Camden
Boston
Maine
Weekly Crossword Puzzle Begins With Five Letter Across
Puzzle shows across and down clues with numbers and partial word hints. Readers fill five letter across at No 1 and four letter down at No 1, then compare with tomorrow’s solution. clues reference American instrument beat, river in south, and various wordplay themes across and down.
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the Times Company
Prent Street
Gee Zee
Tm Sevance
North End
Bath Marine Band
New England States
Girl Scouts
Morse Music Club
Operetta
Madelyn Dunton
Clarence Flood
Harriet Wright
Mary Oliver
Mabel Reed
Gertrude Wakefield
Bathman
Mrs. Bates
E. Stover
Wise Owl Troop
Mackerel
William M’gregor
Iron Works
Footer
Hall of
Sasanoa Tribe of Red Men
America
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