Fisherman charged for unpermitted brush fire at Brightwater
George Humphreys, Sebasco fisherman, was arraigned in municipal court for burning brush without a permit. He admitted starting a ground fire that burned over ten acres at Brightwater, with damage estimated at 160 dollars. He was fined 50 dollars, costs 9.25, and sentenced to 60 days in Auburn jail with one year probation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brightwater
Phippsburg
George Humphreys
Sebasco
John J. Keegan
Auburn
Sagadahoc
Clifford W. Gray
Humphreys
Gray
Keegan
South End P T A Holds Busy All Day Session
South End P T A met in Washington street rooms for a full day with 14 at dinner. The group planned a May 20 card party, donated a ten dollar gold Wood prize for Morse High graduating girls, and voted to buy health scales for local schools. A Gentlemen's Night is set for June 2 with supper and social.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End
Morse High
Washington Street
South Street
Weeks Street
Miss Miriam L. Doble Named Morse High Co Salutatorian 1931
Miss Miriam L. Doble daughter of Mr and Mrs Malcolm L Doble of 36 Green Street shares Morse High School’s top honor as co salutatorian with Kath aryn L Shorey for a 91.82 average. She participates in glee club operettas Latin French and student government and plans Wheaton college study in French or art education while pursuing future goals as a French teacher or interior decorator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miriam L. Doble
Malcolm L. Doble
Green Street
Morse High School
Katharyn L. Shorey
Miss Doble
Glee Club
Lollypop Bay
Jerry
Jericho Road
Kay
Mentor
Beatrice M
North
Morse
Wheaton
Augusta McKay Farmer
Gorham Normal School
Boothbay Harbor
New Gloucester
Augusta
Westbrook Seminary
Milo
Dobles
Portland
Bangor
Boston
Hotel Phoenix
Rotary Club
Morse High
Edmund Briggs
Miriam Doble
Annah Chaney
Rotarians
Leeman
Whittier
Scott
Maud P. Thayer
David
Bible Times
Goliath
Poultry Wanted and Classified Items From Lewiston
Poultry offered by B. & M. Poultry Co. Lewiston with doorstep pickup and contact Tel 1069. Also a housework position at Pophan Beach for July and August, apply Bath 493-W or write to Mrs C F Hatha. For sale a carload of Western horses plus secondhand stock from P Ward & Son Yarmouth with delivery by auto trucks, contact Tel 87. Established 44 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. & M. Poultry Co
Lewiston
Tel
Pophan Beach
Bath
C. F. Hatha
P. Ward & Son
Yarmouth
Bowdoinham Community Notes Include Visits and Games
Local residents share visits from relatives and friends in Sidney Litchfield Gardiner Hallowell and Portland. School sports feature Bowdoinham and Topsham teams with wins and a 25 to 22 score at a Wiscasset visit. Community clubs and tradesmen update activities and upcoming events.
Young people urged to solve world problems at Junior College
A speaker called attention to limited World War knowledge among students and urged the Junior College to train youths for better solutions. She highlighted poverty, opportunities for the young, and reforms in federal, state, and municipal governments and constitutions, assuring the value of giving youth a chance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thayer
Death of Mrs Berry’s Father Mentioned in Bowdoinham Notice
The friends of Mrs. Berry learned of her father’s death soon after his wife. Russell Given returned home after visiting his brother Herbert Given Jr. Mr. Landry is back from work in New York. Mrs. Sadie Howe visited Mrs. Alden Small. Edgar Temple works for the Maine Central Railroad. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Johnson and grandson from Augusta were at Mrs. Mary Heath’s Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Bowdoinham
Jane Browne
Stella Given
Emily Rideout
Clara Fogg
Dummer Sewall
Bath
Miss Fogg
Miss Robbins
Continental Congress
Washington
Wiscasset
Coombs
Coombs Boys
W. E. Rideout
Ron Warren
C. H. Ewen
Frank Currier
Woodworth Sisters
George A. Hackett
Richmond Road
Hackett
Rogers Coal Co
Topham
Electa Chapter
Nancy Allen
Albert Smith
C. H. McEwen
Lewiston
Inez Gowell
Lena Cornish
R. D. Purinton
Portland
Philip Rideout
J. N. Palmer
Sheriff Henderson
Bay Road
Joint School Board of
Richmond
Loomis Dyer
Mary Patten
Massachuetts
David Hughey
W. S. Given Co
Charles Newton
Haines Landing
Solomitski Pleads For Money From Bath Attorney
Solomitski a 33 year old Russian jailed in Auburn for carrying a concealed weapon and threatening a fellow countryman, asks John P Carey for funds noting he is sick and desires to be bedded. Translation shows his limited English as he pleads for relief amid past work injury and recent $500 insurance payment. A separate ad offers 4.8 milk and whipping cream for sale in Bowdoinham with daily village deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Carey
Bath
John Solomitski
Auburn
Mike Zoome
Solomitski
Mr. Zoome
Mister Carey
Phippsburg
Mr. Carey
Lewiston
S. M. Billings
Bowdoinham
Tel
Bath man fears Russian after jail term ends
In Bath last week a man testified Solomitski shoved a revolver against his heart when attempting to borrow $10 for a drink. The witness, Mr Zoome, who had about $230 left after paying bills, asked authorities for protection as Solomitski’s 60 day Auburn jail sentence nears completion, saying he fears for his life if the Russian returns to Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Zoome
Solomitski
Auburn
Keegan
Rockland praised golf book in Maine edition
The Rockland Courier Gazette commends Harry Webber for his Golf in Maine second edition. It notes the 1931 edition adds courses and new openings, describing seventy courses across Maine and highlighting Knox county sites Camden Samoset and Rockland as popular regional anchors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland Courier Gazette
Maine
Harry Webber
Knox County
Camden
Samoset
Rockland
May Ball at West Bath Grange Promises Festivities
The West Bath Grange hosts a May ball Thursday at 8 30 evening daylight time in the Grange Hall. Novelty dances and a lucky dance are planned with a five piece orchestra. Patrons include Mrs E Mason Wright Mrs D Wylie Lemont Mrs Robert Oliver and Mrs Ernest Snow. Miss Alice Johnson leads the dance committee with Bernard Henderson Marshall Boudreau and assistants Dorothy Welch Bessie Galvin Katherine Galvin and James Thurston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Grange Hall
Grange
E. Mason Wright
D. Wylie Lemont
Robert Oliver
Ernest Snow
Alice Johnson
Bernard Henderson
Marshall Boudreau
Dorothy Welch
Bessie Galvin
Katherine Galvin
James Thurston
Special Salvation Army Service With Col Cowen Speaker
Colonel Cowen prison secretary for The Salvation Army in the East will speak at the Salvation Army citadel Thursday at 8 PM. He has more than 35 years service and represents a branch visiting all institutions with hundreds of prisoners paroled yearly. Music by the local band and Adjutant Keller of Boston. Admission free. Mrs Angie Bowker, Woodstock’s oldest citizen, will receive a gold headed cane. she is 97 and will be 98 on July 20 after living with her daughter and husband H Alton Bacon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cowen
Salvation Army
East
Col. Cowen
Adjutant Keller
Boston
Angie Bowker
Woodstock
H. Alton Bacon
Also Mentioned on This Page
LIRC
Paris
Paramount Public Theatre
Dorothy Lee
Edna May Oliver
Tallulah Bankhead
Clive Brook
Jack Holt
Constance Cummings
Adolph Menjon
Mary Brian
Six Cylinder
Spencer ‘Tracy
Una Merkel
Charlie Chan
Warner Oland
High Street
Arthur F. Mayo
Bath, Maine
South End P.T.A
New York
Thaddeus Orne
New York Life Ins. Co
David Kendall
Wilshire
Sidney
Kendalls
Litchfield
Emma Bowley
Bessie Merrill
Gardiner
Nan Jamison
Sidney Merrill
Carrie Kendall
Emma McCausland
Hallowell
L. P. Temple
Addie Perry
Silas Hamilton
Kenneth Pretty
Road Place
Cobo
Given
Frank Rossi
Hazzardville
Conn
Newton
Topsham
Bowdeinham
Elizabeth Williams
Mary Powers
Sanford
Cathance
Lottie Cobb
S. A. Clark
Waterville
Ivan Lang
Elisha Webber
George D. Pratt
Coombs High School
Esther
Town Hall
K. of P. Hall
Shutins
Thomas Ward
Maxwell
Clinton
Ward
Edwin Denham
Philip Webb
Dorothy
J. A. Dunlap
Alice Day
Mies
R. A. Dickinson
Ethel Littlefield
Rumford
Littlefield
H. E. Cheney
Mary Lilly
Pleasant Street Whist
R. D. Purint
Litchfield Academy
Litchfield Fair Grounds
Sherman Graves
Brunswick
Stella
Lona Hackett
Ida Purington
George Purington
James Purington
Belgrade
Minott Doble
Walter
Bowdoinham Post Road
Columbia Hotel
Lee and
Leeland
Spring Service
John Crane
Charles Main
Bath Department Store
Center Street
Rockland Paper
West Bath
Mutchinson- Winch
Gramch International Shoe CO
Massachusetts
jHatch’s Shoe
Spencer
Ondinie
Beatrice B. Rand
Dummer Street
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