Fire drill crowds and mayflower plea echo through Winneganee
A Sunday grass fire in Winneganee was out before arrival but drew a large rush of motorists along Washington and High streets. Police warnings and fines followed for interfering with fire equipment, while residents urged stop to curbing curiosity races. Separately, mayflower plants near woods are fragile and protected by law. gardeners urged care to avoid root disturbance for future blooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winneganee
Washington and
High Streets
High Street
Washington Street
Lemont Street Hill
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Phippsburg Cuts Tax Rate Prompts Coastal Developments
The Maine town of Phippsburg reduced its tax rate from about 56 to 43 mills this year as towns tighten budgets and revise valuations. Officials expect lower rates to attract buyers for undeveloped shorefront property and encourage renovations of abandoned farms, boosting tax valuation and local employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Phippsburg
Board of Assessors
Bath’s police modernizes transport with patrol car
The article notes Bath’s shift from foot, wheelbarrow and horse drawn conveyance to motorized transport. It explains a patrol car will allow officers to cover both the city center and outskirts, improving traffic enforcement and response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Annapolis Midshipmen Cruise Restricted to American Ports
The annual Annapolis Naval Academy midshipmen cruise will stay within American ports for the first time since World War I, marking a shift from its usual visits to European and other foreign ports this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis Naval Academy
Americas
Central Grammar Pupils Entertain With Radio Plays
Pupils from division one grade seven and division one grade eight at Central Grammar presented an entertainment Friday afternoon featuring two radio plays. Directed by Mrs Berenice Colby, the program included roles from David Bruce and the Sleeping Sickness and Benedict Arnold with student cast, sound effects, music, and solo vocal numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Grammar
Doris Humphreys
Bessie Hunt
Enid Sawyer
Clinton D. Wilson
Berenice Colby
David Bruce
Ann
Ethel Dupont
Bill
Frank Bronson
Dan
Robert Hamblett
Charles Sullivan
Herder
Richard Orvis
Jean Stanton
Benedict Arnold
Arthur Pierce
George Washington
Cyril Leeman
Mrs. Arnold
Mary Stone
McHenry
Bennie Russell
Alexander Hamilton
Dale Harper
Major Andre
Donald Williams
Paulding
Paul Leeman
Sentinel
Ralph Achorn
van Wort
Kendall Chapman
Smith
Ervin Joy
Taylor Marshall wedding held in Winter Street parsonage
Miss Lillian Dorothy Marshall daughter of Mr and Mrs Stephen S Marshall married John Randolph Taylor son of the late Mr and Mrs Stephen T Taylor on Thursday at 5 30 in Winter Street parsonage Rev Joseph O Purdue officiated The couple will reside in Greenville after visiting New York World’s Fair and Charleston Mr Taylor Southern representative of the Wool and Cotton Reporter received the Gen John J Pershing Medal in Washington on Feb 16 for distinguished military education
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Dorothy Marshall
Stephen S. Marshall
High Street
John Randolph Taylor
Greenville
D. C
Stephen T. Taylor
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street
Washington Street
Taylor
Kenneth Brown
Clarence E. Reed, Jr
New York
Charleston
S. C
Morse High School
Mule Academy
Boston
John J. Pershing
Washington, D. C
Malin Craig
Bath Teachers' Club awards pupil aid at Morse High
The Bath Teachers' Club voted to give $100 annually to an outstanding Morse High School graduate who is eligible for the Davenport Fund and plans higher education. A committee of local school principals will select the recipient. New committees were named for a fall play. Prof. Herbert Brown of Bowdoin spoke at dinner for about 60 members.
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Bath Teachers’ Club
Morse High School
Davenport Fund
David Y. Alkazin
Catherine E. Leonard
Jean L. Danforth
Bessie M. Hunt
Marjorie E. Palmer
Roberta Thurston
Mary Conley
Sedgwick
Herbert Brown
Bowdoin College
West Bath Red Cross Tacks Two Quilts
West Bath Red Cross members met in the grange hall where two quilts were tacked and children’s clothes were worked on. Dinner was provided by several members and a tin can luncheon is planned for May 17 at the hall.
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West Bath Red Cross
West Bath
E.W. Haggett
A. B. Snow
Llewellyn D. Rogers
Annie H. Trufant
Elmer D. Hodgkins
William H. White
Fred B. Kittredge
David S. Henderson
Bath
East Brunswick
Josep Day
Am Powers
H. E. Peterson
Birth of Eugene Wallace Rittal in Memorial hospital
Mr and Mrs Wallace Rittal of upper Washington street welcomed a son named Eugene Wallace Rittal at Memorial hospital Thursday morning.
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Eugene Wallace Rittal
Wallace Rittal
Upper Washington Street
Memorial Hospital
Baker Couple Vacationing at Seguin Land
Mr and Mrs Otis Baker of Newton Massachusetts are spending a week at Seguin land for a seaside escape and rest.
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Otis Baker
Newton, Mass
Seguinland
Death in Bath restaurant owner unresolved cause
Alcohol was found in the stomach and brain of Konstantine Gurtiotis, 45, owner of the Crystal Cafe, but not in quantities to prove death. Pathologist Dr. Julius Gottlieb noted possible gastritis and requested a fuller toxicology review within 48 hours while authorities consider foul play. A separate case involves Mike Mergatta, 65, charged with grand larceny from the dead man and freed on a misdrafted warrant.
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Konstantine Gurtiotis
Bath
Julius Gottlieb
Lewiston
Crystal Cafe
Center Street
Gottlieb
Aldrich
Joseph A. Butler
Gurtiotis
Mike Mergatta
Liberty
Mergatta
John P. Carey, Jr
Resignation Accepted of Paul V. Mason at Board Meeting
Paul V. Mason resigned as principal of Weeks Street School after three years to join the local post office. Bessie Singer will substitute for the remainder of the year. The board plans to reestablish the junior or sub primary grade in September 1939 to strengthen the elementary program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul V. Mason
Weeks Street School
Board of Education
City Hall
Mason
Bessie Singer
William L. Skelton
Allan Spear
Alden G. Smith
John Parker
City approves various appropriations and licenses in meeting
The council discussed salary raises for fire department assistant engineers, deferred some funds for highway equipment, and referred bids for the C. W. Morse house purchase. A hydrant petition, sidewalk project, memorial event invitation, and multiple licenses were approved while others await committee action. A birth announced for the Adams family of 888 Middle Street with the baby named John Howard Adams.
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Fire Department
Board of Highways and Sewers
T. W. Hyde Camp
Washington Street
Garden Street
Committee On Taxes
Leonard M. Lord
Tallman Street
Committee On Water and Water Works
Roy R. Moore
High Street
Maine Central Railroad
T. W. Hyde
S. of U. V
Central Church
Brunswick Bath concert group to launch campaign
Brunswick Bath Community Concert Association outlines membership drive from May 22 to May 27 to fund next season's concerts. Officers elected include Prof. Frederic Tillotson as president and Dr. Charles Burnett as vice president. Members may join via pledges or cash, with guest access limited to nonmembers at 1.50 per concert.
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Adam Walsh
Brunswick
Brunswick Community Concert Association
Frederic Tillotson
Charles T. Burnett
William M. Eves
C. C. Young
Whitney Coombs
Mildred Thalheimer
Walsh
Samuel Kamerling
P. K. Niven
Bruce H. M. White
Margaret Mackinnon
Bath
Charles A. Warren
Thalheimer
Burnett
Mackinnon
Association
Topsham
Freeport
Lewiston
Old Maine Locomotive Misses World’s Fair Invitation
The Old Lion locomotive built in 1846 by Hinckley and Dury sits in Crosby Hall at the University of Maine Orono unable to attend the New York World’s Fair. Its removal would require tearing down part of the hall, a course deemed unwise. Previously used on the Whitneyville and Machiasport Railroad, it later tied up in Portland before being moved to campus.
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Crosby Hall
University of Maine At
Orono
Hinckley & Dury
Boston
New England
United States
Holmes Hinckley
Hallowell
Maine
Genesta Sewing Circle Awards Quilt at Final Meeting
Mrs. Clifford B. Smith received a quilt at the Genesta Sewing Circle gathering held Wednesday in the Masonic temple. A dinner was served by Mrs. David Y. Al kazin, Mrs. Wallace L. Atwood and Mrs. Adolph H. Ehlers. Afternoon card games followed. this was the final meeting until Fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford B. Smith
Genesta Sewing Circle
Masonic Temple
David Y. Alkazin
Wallace L. Atwood
Adolph H. Ehlers
Rogers couple heads to Bath after Palm Beach stay
Mr and Mrs Calvin W Rogers leave West Palm Beach Florida for Bath to pass the summer. They will visit relatives in Pennsylvania for a few days on their way to Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin W. Rogers
West Palm Beach
Fla
Bath
Mrs. Rogers
Pennsylvania
Maine
Woman Pleads Guilty To Driving Charge In Sagadahoc Court
A Cedar Grove woman pleaded guilty to driving with defective brakes and to operating without an operator's license. She paid a $100 fine plus $4.95 costs, posted $200 for appearance, and appealed to the June Sagadahoc Superior court. Police report earlier Friday arrested her on Front Street in the business district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Grove
Sagadahoc
Ernest Babine
MacDonald
John H. Perkins
North Bath
Babine
Hugh McDonald
Woolwich
John P. Crosby
Bath
Delightful Sendoff For Paul Mason From Weeks Street School
Paul V. Mason, principal of the Weeks Street grammar school, resigns to take a position at the Bath post office. Pupils from grade 6A and 6B hosted a farewell program with poems, piano solos, dances, songs, sketches, and a comedy routine honoring him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul V. Mason
Weeks Street
Mason
Bath
Betty Hopkins
Norma Cummings
Grace Whittemore
Virginia Bowker
South End PTA Awards $10 Prize to Morse Graduate Girl
South End PTA voted to award a $10 prize for a deserving Morse High School graduating girl for the 19th year. Miss Florence Porter a dental hygienist spoke on Mitchell school work and dental program changes. Girl Scouts will present a program May 16 with a season finale luncheon and election June 6.
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South End P. T. A
Morse High School
Florence Porter
Asia
Mitchell School
Porter
Girl Scouts of the
South End
Civil Service Examinations Open in 1st Lighthouse District
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for Second Officer Second Assistant Engineer Marine Quartermaster and Oiler in the 1st Lighthouse District based in South Portland covering Maine and New Hampshire. Pay ranges from 72.50 a month plus subsistence to 1860 1980 for higher ranks. Forms and information available from the Secretary U S Civil Service Examiners South Portland or official post offices in Maine New Hampshire or from the Boston district office.
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United States Civil Service Commission
South
Portland
Maine
New Hampshire
Board of
U. 8. Civil Service Examiners
U. 8 S. Lighthouse Service
South Portland
First U. 8. Civil Service District
Postoffice
Boston
Summer Round-up to Screen Incoming Students
Local city groups and parents plan a Summer Round-up for children entering public schools next fall to provide complete physical examinations. Local physicians and dentists will offer free hours during the week of May 8 to detect defects before the new term. Parents may also visit their regular doctors at standard fees outside those hours. Schedule lists multiple doctors and dentists with their weekly hours.
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Parette
Dohn
Crockett
Parker
Alfred E. Carpenter
Arthur Berry
Daniel H
Francis A. Winchenbach
Harry F. Morin
Jacob Smith
Charles F. Rush
Williams Whitney
Club Garret Names Committees At Thursday Meeting
Miss Edith E Mackinnon presided as president appointing Muriel Grace Marguerite Brown and Mary Lee to a standing sick committee and Vanona A MacDonald Mary K Kenney and Louise M Trainor to a standing entertainment committee. Kathleen V Leonard and Mrs Duncan Bragg to price new furniture. There were 15 present. Mrs Leon Berry of Jamaica Plain Massachusetts arrived to visit her sister in law Mrs Harry E Peterson Brunswick road before heading to Augusta to visit her niece Mrs Everett Quinlan.
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Edith E. Mackinnon
Muriel Grace
Marguerite Brown
Mary Lee
Vanona A. MacDonald
Mary K. Kenney
Louise M. Trainor
Club Garret
Kathleen V. Leonard
Duncan Bragg
Leon Berry
Jamaica Plain
Mass
Harry E. Peterson
Brunswick Road
Augusta
Everett Quinlan
School Social Event Featured Blue and Gold Decor
In the gymnasium the season's standout social event impressed with blue and gold decor. A long receiving line listed notable attendees and multiple committees organized by students and parents for ticketing, decoration, hospitality, dance, and refreshments.
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George Tinney
Afdenne MacPadden
Alkazin
Cecil L. Pullerton
Edwin R. Andrews
Gertrude J. Diggery
Hen. Avery
Johnn Parker
Neighborhood Night at Woolwich Grange
Woolwich grange held a neighborhood night last Wednesday with 108 in attendance. Visitors came from Huntoon Hill New Sharon Southport Sheepscot Edgecomb Boothbay and 49 Woolwich members joined in the program featuring songs selections by local groups recitations readings and a musical playlet.
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Woolwich Grange
Huntoon Hill
New Sharon
Southport
Sheepscot
Edgecomb
Boothbay
Woolwich
the Grange
Madeline Jones
Lois Estabrooks
Carolyn Brown
William Marshall
William Ayer
Stanley Brimigion
Paul Berry
Ruth Hurlburt
Millie Goodell
Boothbay Grange
Violet Smith
Ruth Sherman
Southport Grange
Reading
Willie Prist
MIT Scholar to Speak on Corrosion at Bowdoin
Dr. Herbert Uhlig of MIT will lecture Thursday at 8 in the Chemistry lecture room on Corrosion Processes with public attendance invited. Rev. Robert Cummins of the Universalist Church will preach Sunday May 14 at five in the chapel, with the choir performing Legend of the Christ Child by Tschaikowsky by request. Mr and Mrs Roger Pierce of Park Street were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Allan Clark in Farmingdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Uhlig
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Robert Cummins
General Convention
the Universalist Church of Boston
Tschaikowsky
Roger Pierce
Park Street
Mrs
Allan Clark
Farmingdale
Weekly Crossword Puzzle Clue Grid From 1939 King Features
Puzzle page fragment presents a cryptic style list with numbered clues and partial fills. It shows entries such as 9 Smooth and, 6 Proverb, 16 Frustrate, 20 Humble, and 27 Paid notice, alongside bits of wordplay and missing letters. The fragment indicates a King Features Syndicate publication with a copyright notice from 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petroleum
Shopmates honor Tibbetts after illness return and birthday
Bath Iron Works tin shop workers treated Joshua Tibbetts to a dinner at the Colonial upon his return from Portland where he had consulted a specialist about an illness keeping him from work for months. It was his 69th birthday and gifts suited the occasion were given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Joshua Tibbetts
Portland
Colonial
Mr. Tibbetts
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South Carolina
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Vine Street
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Olio B. Ellis
Bartlett O. Smith
Edwin L. Emmons
William P. Adams
Middle Street
Maine General Hospital
John Howard Adams
Brunswick-Bath Community Group
Town Hall
Brunswick Craft Shop
Jean Lois Bangs
University of Maine
Paul Mason
South End P.T.A. Will Award
Civil Service Examination
CLUB
Garret Meeting
Bowdoin College Notes
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Pat Mem
Siviabbaiciair
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ID Irie
AIM Linn
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Viejail
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Tibbetts
Josephine Haskell
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Dartmouth College
William D. Sewall
John McInnes
Lannie Greene
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