Maine First Full Length Feature Debut and Baxter Gift
The piece recalls Maine hosting America’s first full length feature film, Queen Elizabeth, shown in Caribou with Adolph Zukor’s role and a silver plaque. It also notes former Governor Percival Baxter’s wilderness gift, vowing it remain state property, plus poll tax checks for licenses and road conditions in the Gardiner and Richmond area.
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Maine
United States
Aroostook
Adolph Zukor
England
France
P. J. Powers
Gem Theatre
Caribou
Bangor
Moving Pictures
Mr. Zukor
Mr. Powers
America
Zukor
Percival P. Baxter
Mount Katahdin
Baxter
Statewide May Vehicle Inspections Begin for Highway Safety
The May inspection period starts Saturday and runs until June 1. Every car and truck allowed on the highways must display a windshield sticker after passing a mechanical check. The Motor Vehicle Department endorses the semi annual inspection as a safety measure enforceable nationwide.
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Motor Vehicle Department
Cosmopolitan Garden Club Hosts May Breakfast
The Cosmopolitan Garden Club held its fourth annual May breakfast in the club house with 100 attendees from 6:30 to 9. The room featured springtime decor of Mayflowers pussy willows and jonquils. Mrs Frank A Hodgdon led the event with Mrs Carroll A Deering as kitchen chair, overseeing bacon eggs cereals muffins and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Frank A. Hodgdon
Garden Club
Carroll A. Deering
Deering
Granville M. Colby
Richard Quick
John W. MacGuire
Mann
Roscoe P. McFadden
Miss Gearing
Hodgdon
Louise A. Bucknam
William M. Adams
George A. Churchill
A. Elizabeth Colby
Elizabeth B. Deering
Harry G. Deering
Elizabeth E. Dunbar
Eva J. Gaudet
Carl Y. Kennedy
Alice F. Johnson
Margaret T. Mulligan
Frederick N. Sanborn
Sumner Sewall
Louis M. Silverman
Walter S. Wig
Real Estate Transfers Reported in Sagadahoc Registry
Recent transfers across Bath Richmond and Woolwich show renewed activity in the Sagadahoc registry of deeds. Listings include Bath Hyde Windlass Co to William H Doble and several intra family and inter party transfers in Bowdoinham Richmond Topsham and Woolwich.
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Bath
Richmond
Woolwich
Sagadahoc
Register Stevens
Hyde Windlass Co
William H. Doble
Mary D. Gills
Lovell W. Staples
Edward A. Harrington
Steven H. Bracey
Marion S. Dain
Esther Mann
Hylan M. Jewett
Wiliam
G. Berry
H Ozro Parker
John S. Parker
Topsham
Clarence B Smith
Wilfred J. Hart
Marie A Dugas
George Dugas
William H Jordan
Pembroke Edgecomb West Baths
Marion H. Higgins
Sophia B
Eagles Friendship Night draws 500 at Bath Aerie gathering
Bath Aerie of Eagles No 875 hosted more than 500 members wives and guests for Friendship Night on Friday filling Front Street Quarters from 8:30 p m until after midnight. Clif Leeman’s orchestra played for dancing and lobster salad rolls cookies and coffee were served. Mrs Richard Frates Mrs Ernest Freeman and Mrs Joseph Madden spent Saturday in Portland.
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Bath Aerie of
Eagles
Aerie
Front Street
Clif Leeman
Scouting Seen As Stabilizing Force By Lord Riverdale
Lord Riverdale of Sheffield, vice-president of the international Chamber of Commerce and Boy Scout advocate, says Girl and Boy Scouting provide vital recreational opportunities. He argues Scouting promotes world citizenship, international understanding, and peace, opposing the view that it is militaristic.
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Lord Riverdale
Sheffield
International Chamber of Commerce
England
New York
Poll Tax Payers in Bath Show Increase for 1937
Bath sees 3,160 eligible poll voters on April 1 1937 up from 2,947 in 1936. Total commitment rises to 9480 dollars from 8841 with 2 percent May discount and 7 percent interest on late payments after July 1.
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Bath
City Hall
Girl Scouts Council Plans June Card Party
At a meeting last week at 1037 High Street the Girl Scout Council decided to hold the annual card party and tea for the fund to send Scouts and leaders to camp on June B at the Stone House. Mrs. Arthur Sewall will lead with a finance committee and new members joined. Representatives from Bath to the New England regional conference in Boston May 7 and 8 were named.
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Girl Scout Council
David S. Cogan
High Street
Stone House
Arthur Sewall
Sumner Sewall
Archibald M. Main
Milton GC. Trott
James A. Gillies, Jr
Edward Drake
Stella Dolloff
R. N
Bath
New England
Hotel Statler Boston
Glenn H. Easton
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Alfred E. Carpenter
Witch Spring Safe Despite Highway Plan Denial
Sagadahoc county commissioners chair Roscoe G. Bailey said the Cook's Corner to Bath highway will pass near Witch Spring in West Bath but will not endanger or disturb the trough or drinking water. The decision preserves access for locals while rejecting claims of harm. Also featured is A W Keyte of Dexter celebrating 46 years in coal wood and trucking with 2000 tons sold since starting in England and New Brunswick, then Dexter.
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Topsham
Richmond Corner
Cook's Corner
Bath
West Bath
Roscoe G. Bailey
Sagadahoc
A. W. Keyte
Dexter
Mr. Keyte
England
New Brunswick
Coronation Day in London Draws World Attention
A Time Magazine summary recalls London's May 12 coronation ceremonies for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. It notes a gilded four ton coach, 23 miles of grandstand seating, and a route from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey. The event blends sacred ritual with imperial pageantry in front of thousands inside and outside the Abbey.
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George
Elizabeth
Canterbury
London
George VI
Buckingham Palace
Westminster Abbey
Queen Elizabeth
Time Magazine
St. James Park
Admiralty Arch
Whitehall
The
Abbey
Thames Embankment
Embankment
Scotland Yard
Trafalgar Square
Pall Mall
St. James Palace
Piccadilly
Regent Street
Oxford Street
Hyde Park Corner
St. James’ Park
Palace
Buildings of Parliament
Swank
Mayfair
Society
Hyde Park
England
Edward the Confessor
Church of England
Edward VIII
Richard II
Europe
Edward
Britain
Queen Victoria
Four Bath Boy Scouts To Visit Washington
Four Bath Boy Scouts will attend the National Jamboree in Washington D C from June 29 to July 9. William D Hill Stanley Cressey Ralph O Dale Jr and Harry Fullerton of Bath will camp with about 30 000 scouts from the United States and abroad at the National Capitol.
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Boy Scouts of
Bath
Washington
D. C
Mount Vernon
George Washington
Boy Scouts of America
William D. Hill
Washington Street
Stanley Cressey
Ralph O. Dale, Jr
Middle Street
Harry Fullerton
Huse Street
United States
National Capitol
Philippine Islands
Canada
Mexico
Chile
Venezuela
England
Holland
France
Hungary
Luxembourg
Roumania
Switzerland
Canal Zone
Hawa
Past Ladies Club Entertained by Myrtle Lodge Members
Mrs John H Hunt hosted the Past Ladies club of Myrtle Lodge No 8 U D of I O L Friday evening. President Mrs W Frank Higgins led the business meeting followed by bridge and flinch. Mrs Walter Kingsbury won flinch, Mrs Wallace L Atwood took bridge, with Mrs Higein winning the consolation. Refreshments were served. attendees included Mrs Elmer F Campbell and others. Next meeting set for Monday May 24.
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Noble Grands Club
Queen Esther
Rebekah Lodge
John E. Atwood
Horace W. Ward
Washington Street
Henry T. B. Leeman
Victor Pinkham
Frank J. Farrin
Charles E. Helah
Ralph P. Mank
Herbert H. Huggard
Albert H. Thompson
Herbert W. McCabe
Wallace L. Atwood
Leonard M. Lord
Washington, D. C
Continental Congress
Dummer Sewall
Herbert Huggard
Elizabeth Tedford
John H. Hunt
Middle Street
Myrtle Lodge
U. D
W. Frank Higgins
Walter Kingsbury
Higein
Elmer F. Campbell
Wilfred W. Chaney
Fred S Curtis
Fred Daley
Charles Nelson
Wesley Ladies Aid Plans Public Supper
Ladies' aid of Wesley M. E. church met with Mrs G A Cahill to plan a public supper in the vestry on Friday May 7. The meeting will be omitted and Mrs Harris T Rodick was thanked for jardiniere and other gifts. Mrs Willard McLean invited guests to a Silver Tea at her Granite street home Thursday from three to five. The aid will meet May 14 with Mrs Harris T Rodick.
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Wesley M. E. Church
G. A. Cahill
Middle Street
Harris T. Rodick
Jardiniere
Fern
Willard McLean
Granite Street
Aid
Club Garret Hosts Anniversary Dance at Arcade
The young ladies of Club Garret hosted 75 couples for an Anniversary Dance at the Arcade ballroom with Nate Gold and his Commanders of Portland providing music. The May Ball style event ran from 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. and featured pastel decorations and novelty numbers. Mayor Arthur Gewall and many local residents assisted in the reception and a dedicated committee led by Miss Mary K. Kenney organized the affair.
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Club Garret
Arcade Ballroom
Nate Gold
Portland
C. Roland Trott
Arthur Gewall
Fred D. Hill
James A. Gillies
Mary K. Kenney
Edith E. Mackinnon
Domingue J. Tardif
Bathing Season Opens at Popham Beach in Record Earliest Date
Bathing season began at Popham Beach on Sunday May 2 the earliest on record. Picnickers crowded the south shore as sun warmed sands and the water proved warmer than usual. The Madison public library marks its 50th anniversary tracing to the non Sectarian club which funded the library and opened a room with 461 volumes in 1887.
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Popham Beach
Madison Public Library
Family Return After Week’s visit in Somerville
Mrs George Moses and her children Cynthia Ann and Harry arrived back in Somerville Massachusetts on Saturday after visiting Mrs Crosman’s parents in High Street and Mr Moses’ parents on Corliss Street for a week.
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George Moses
Cynthia Ann
Harry
Somerville
Mass
Crosman
Harry Crosman
High Street
Mr. Moses
Frank Moses
Corliss Street
Third temporary bridge to Durham swept away by river
A third temporary bridge to Durham was swept away Friday morning as the rain swollen Androscoggin River overflowed its banks. Earlier in winter two temporary vehicular bridges were wrecked by the river, leaving a suspension foot bridge attached to the remnants of the second structure.
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Durham
Lisbon Falls
Androscoggin
Weekly crossword puzzle clues and partial grid prompt
A garbled list of crossword clues with numbers and fragments. It includes across and down hints, phrases about Applaud exterior carving or engraving, various thematic entries, and an instruction to provide answer to previous puzzle.
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Siebtea
Kitchen
Cristo
Kilauea
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the Times Company
Bath, Maine
Nichols, Pras. and
Treas
Webber
Ther
I Uw
Gardiner Augusta
Kennebec
Cosmo Garden Club
Noble Grands
Eagles Fine
Richard Frates
Ernest Freeman
Joseph Madden
Scouting
Girl Scouts Council
Buckingham
Belgrave Square
Victoria Station
Pullmans
Paris
Mme. Tussauds and Zoo
Broadcasting House
British Museum
Westminster
Whitehall Horse Guards
Foreign Office
Downing St
Lambeth Palace
Archbishop Canterbury
Croydon
New Scotland Yard
London Bridge
Bank OF England Montagu Normand Old Lady of
Threadneedle Street
Tower
Thames
Tower Bridge
Gravesend
Abbey Fewlaor
Otime
Bath Boy
Wesley Ladies’ Aid
Garret
Arcade
American Legion
Auburn Auxiliary
Eugene Hart
Legion
Hart
Post
Thomaston
Keag
Egypt
Ileum of Abraham
Acom
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