Windshield stickers spark debate as campaign season looms
The article notes campaigns ahead of primaries and elections may lead drivers to decorate windshields with stickers. It recalls past efforts to curb obstructive posters and suggests a rule allowing only an inspection sticker. It also discusses road repairs from North and Lincoln to Whiskeag and the planned sale and razing of the old City hall for a new commercial building.
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Lincoln Streets
Oak Grove Cemetery
Lincoln Street
Oak
Committee On Public Buildings
Bath Iron Works to Launch Destroyer Lamson on June 17
Bath Iron Works sets June 17 for the destroyer Lamson launch. An earlier launch during the National Editorial Association visit to Maine could attract hundreds of newspaper editors and generate priceless publicity for Bath and the shipyard.
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Bath Iron Works Corporation
Lamson
National Editorial Association
Maine
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Boy on bicycle killed in Dry Mills collision
A young boy on a bicycle was killed when he collided with a car at Dry Mills. The death raises Maine highway accident totals to 48 for the year, compared with 57 at the same point last year, despite ongoing safety campaigns.
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Dry Mills
Maine
Bath Rotary Seeks Parking Upgrade With Junior Chamber
A Bath Rotary Club member urges collaboration with the Junior Chamber of Commerce to improve city parking. He argues current shortages harm business in the district and believes joint action can rectify the situation.
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Bath Rotary Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Bath
Authorities praise prompt solve of two child slayings in Maine
Authorities announce a suspect has confessed to killing Mary Proulx of Waterville and the Knights girl last October. The man admits to both crimes, marking a dramatic breakthrough in two of the era’s most fiendish cases.
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Little Mary Proulx
Waterville
Proulx
Life Insurance Week Promotes Protection for U.S. Families
The passage celebrates Life Insurance Week and argues Americans have the strongest need and highest participation in life insurance compared with any country. It asserts widespread awareness of its value and stresses broad coverage as a national strength.
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United States
Bath hotel opens in Bath with splendor and crowds
Hotel Sedgwick opened in Bath on a Wednesday evening, accommodating 500 guests in the main dining room and grill. More than 300 full meals were served and 200 more in lounges and private rooms. Guests toured the building as a six piece orchestra played, with Captain Frank Baldwin among the first registrants.
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Hotel
Sedgwick
Bath
Joseph Charles Footer and Sons
Hotel Sedgwick
Harold E. Footer
Arlene Footer
Joseph Charley Footer
Frank Baldwin
Boston Navy Yard
Bath Iron Works Corp
Plant's Garage Sets Chevrolet Record in Bath April
Plant's Garage Inc in Bath retailed 30 new Chevrolets and six Oldsmobiles in April, mostly to Bath residents. The owner Chester A. Plant called it a car a day record and noted substantial used-car reductions and 14 carloads of new cars unloaded that month.
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Plant’ Garage, Inc
Bath
Plant’s Garage Inc
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A university performance featured Alice Hogan Dorothy Arsenault Ruth Conley and Glenda Ingraham with Francis McPherson on piano. Hill Billy Girls Madelyn Babine and Margaret McDougall Chester A Plant baritone and J Haviland Torrey aerial tap with Mrs Carl Y Kennedy on accompaniment each number drew applause. The event credited a three member committee Daniel Williams Ralph G Stetson and John J Mulcahy for its success.
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Dean
Alice Hogan
Dorothy Arsenault
Ruth Conley
Glenda Ingraham
Francis McPherson
Hill Billy Girls
Madelyn Babine
Margaret McDougall
Chester A. Plant
J. Haviland Torrey
Carl Y. Kennedy
Daniel Williams
Ralph G. Stetson
John J. Mulcahy
Augusta Business Club hears Frederic Mason talk on old English books
Frederic Mason formerly of Biddeford now of Augusta and longtime Augusta correspondent for the Boston Globe spoke to the Augusta Business and Professional Women's club last Thursday. He cited a note for calm aid and urged reading several old and well known books as fine examples of English composition and description.
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Frederic Mason
Biddeford
Augusta
Boston Globe
Augusta Business and Professional Women’s Club
Aeason
Brewer Charged With Murder Of Wife Arraigned
Reuben Brewer a Boothbay Harbor lobster dealer aged 43 was arraigned in Lincoln County Superior Court on an indictment that he feloniously and unlawfully murdered his wife Dolda 35. Judge George L Emery held him without bail setting May 25 for trial. Brewer pleaded not guilty and remained jailed.
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Reuben Brewer
Boothbay Harbor
Lincoln County Superior Court
Dolda
George L. Emery
Brewer
Burleigh Martin
Augusta
Frank Tirrell, Jr
Rockland
Emery
Clyde R. Chapman
Arthur R. Greenleaf
Greenleaf
Ocean Point
Portland
Wilbur F. Turner
Boston
Dolda Medina
Madison
Health Topics Dominate W. C. T. U. Meeting at Y M C A
The W C T U gathered Tuesday afternoon at the Y M C A with a scripture reading on Milk followed by prayers and songs. Members discussed how the Health Department aids Total Abstinence, questions about beer, Milk vs Beer and Health Examinations. Plans were made to host the Sagadahoc county convention on May 27 at the First Baptist Church with guest speakers Adah Mae Hughes and Althea G. Quimby.
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Mary P. Sims
Carrie Trott
Health Department
Marjorie Stover
Alice M. Douglas
Annie Flood
Nella Stover
Sagadahoc
First Baptist Church
Lizzie B. Chaney
Adah Mae Hughes
Althea G. Quimby
Miss Douglas
the Baptist Church
Brunswick
Quarantine Lifted After Scarlet Fever Cases
Dr J I Smith ended a quarantine ordered May 3 after three scarlet fever cases and a party linked exposure. No new cases this week and the three patients are improving. Congregation places reopened as cooperation to prevent spread is praised.
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J. I. Smith
Smith
Jimmie Temple to Return Home
Gov Louis J Brann and Sen N Gratz Jackson praise Jimmie Temple for recovery with the President arranging care until discharge. The young man, recovering through acute and convalescent stages, hopes to return to Maine in the fall. foundation and staff cited for health restoration and homelike care.
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Louis J. Brann
N. Gratz Jackson
Jimmie
Young Temple
Maine
Maine Club Women Outline Spring Convention Program
The Maine Federated Women's Clubs plan a May 2022 Portland convention with meals, a costume recital, tea, forum, and business sessions. Speakers include Miss Nancy Byrd Turner, Mrs. J Marsden Deshon, Cheney C Jones, and J Anton De Hass discussing topics from poetry to national peace strategies.
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Maine Federated Women's Clubs
Portland
South
Boston
Naval War College
New Hampshire State Federation
Federation Bulletin
4. E. Chittenden
Auburn
Ec Tiler
Maine
Nancy Byrd Turner
Ashland
Virginia
New England Poetry Society
J. Marsden Deshon
Cheney C. Jones
J. Anton de Hass
Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
Isabelle Jones
Elizabeth R. Wilkins
New Hampshire
Maine Woman Visits Natives of Alaska
Dr Evelyn Butler of Dover Foxcroft Maine and her husband George A Dale span Alaska by plane and dog sled. Butler, a UMaine graduate and former Rockland High English head, holds a PhD from Iowa. Dale is associate supervisor for elementary education with the Office of Indian Affairs.
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Alaska
Evelyn Butler
Roscoe I. Butler
Dover- Foxcroft
Butler
George A. Dale
Maine
University of Maine
Rockland High School
University of Iowa
Dale
Office of Indian Affairs
Eee
Mock Convention at Oberlin College in Ohio
Oberlin College hosts its 19th quadrennial Mock Republican Convention with Miss F Elizabeth Rice named to the Maine delegation. The event, chaired by Richard Fley, convened on campus and reconvened to discuss policies and platforms as John W Bricker presides as permanent chairman. Gifford Pinchot acted as keynote and temporary chair. CBS offered a May 9 hook up with Bob Trout for the national convention in Cleveland. Oberlin’s event traces to 1860 and has predicted nominees with mixed accuracy, except for 1912 when it was banned by the faculty.
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F. Elizabeth Rice
Carleton L. Rice
Turnercourt
Maine
Oberlin
Oberlin College
Richard F,fley
Winchester
Mass
Miss Rice
Morse High School
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Columbia Broadcasting System
Bob Trout
Cleveland
Lincoln
Grant
McKinley
Hoover
Theodore Roosevelt
Owen D. Young
Limestone quarrying may gain importance this summer
Maine rural communities may see nearly a score of new local industries this summer as the Maine Mineral Development Association led by Freeman F. Burr promotes quarrying agricultural limestone peat moss and arsenic derived insecticides. The association plans immediate sale of beryllium metal for copper alloys and non sparking tools, with demand expanding to about 20 localities.
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Freeman F. Burr
Dixfield Grange
Maine Mineral Development Association of
Augusta
Burr
State Chamber of Commerce
Maine
Two Slot Machines Seized After Gambling Crackdown
Day officer Thomas Morrison and Langdon E. Green seized two slot machines, five and ten cent, from the rear of Morrison’s lunch room at 790 Washington street. The move follows County Attorney Ralph O. Dale and Acting Sheriff Abram C. Oliver’s stated gambling crackdown and warnings of prosecution. Green reported the machines were found on a shelf in a room off the lunch area.
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Thomas Morrison
Langdon E. Green
Police Department
Ralph O. Dale
Abram C. Oliver
Dale
Morrison
Washington Street
Green
Grace Church Delegates Attend Sunday Service
Grace Church school delegates joined a district Lenten offerings service at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke in Portland. The group included Rev. Charles M. Tubbs, Preston S. Farrar, Harry E. Fullerton, Joseph Perow, Alfred Perow, and several Misses Hoyt Perow Fullerton Cushing Holmes Pettengill, with Har ry Fullerton reading the readaloud.
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Grace Church
Eleanor Fullerton
Marjorie Cushing
Harry Fullerton
Heistad and Morgan Quietly Wed in Rockport Home
Heistad Og Hettian Gfrdékport art is married to Morgan of Rockland in a private Rockport ceremony held April 30. The bride is a Rockland Courier Gazette staffer and music editor with deep ties to local musical groups. The groom, a Norway native and landscape artist, has worked in Germany and Norway and recently led the Camden Hills State Park beautification project.
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St. Clair Morgan
Rockland
Rockport
John Hk Lowé
Artizle Ringeau
Khiite
Pon Its Nes
Kland High
Rockland Commercial College
Universalist Mission Circle
Shakespeare Society
Rockland School Committee
Norway
Denmark
Germany
Tonsberg
Royal Society of Norway
Heistad
Camden Hills
Rockport-Camden
Bathman Displays Framed Copy of 1800 Ulster County Gazette
Dunlap A. Hatch, assistant cashier, Bath National Bank, owns a glass encased copy of Ulster County Gazette No. 88 Vol. 2 dated Jan 4 1800. The four page issue reports Gen. George Washington's death and funeral lines by A Lady, foreign news, sheriff’s sales, foreclosures, and ads including a Negro wench sale and a lost bull information request.
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Dunlap A. Hatch
Ulster County Gazette
Bath National Bank
Kingston
Ulster County
N. Y
Hatch
George Washington
United States
Bath Couple Celebrates 25th Silver Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Oscar J Tanguay observed their 25th anniversary with family at 17 Wesley street in Bath. Pearl A McCabe and Henry R McCabe of 56 Washington street were married May 6 25 years ago at St Marys Church. The couple has two daughters Elizabeth Irene Benson and Laura Octavie Davis. Community singing accompanied by Mrs Lorenzo Collins followed refreshments and gifts including a birthday carton for Mr Fortier.
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Oscar J
Henry R. McCabe
Washington Street
St. Y'S Church
Curran
St. Mary’s
Wesley Street
Mr. Tanguay
Octavie Tanguay
Alphonse Tanguay
Tanguay
Elizabeth Irene
Fred Benson
Brunswick
Laura Octavie
Fred Davis
Boothbay Harbor
Lorenzo, Collins
Wilfred Skaling
John Hayes
Joseph Bisson
Simon Motre
Frank Fortier
Arthur Tracey
Wilfred Roy
Club Garret Sees Strong May Meeting and Plans
The May meeting of Club Garret drew good attendance in the Gielstrup building. A social and May dance are planned, with committees named for both events. A swimming unit forms under Miss Louise Stewart at Bowdoin pool Tuesdays, while riding unit members Helen Conley and Dorothy A Thompson will compete at Lewiston on May 23. Jeannette Shackford, president, calls a special meeting for tonight.
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Club Garret
Gielstrup
Emily Jordan
Margaret Austin
Marguerite Brown
John H. Grindell
Elwood Legard
Evelyn I. Trott
Louise Stewart
Bowdoin
Bertha L. Lord
Netta Briggs
Helen Conley
Dorothy A. Thompson
Lewiston
Jeannette F. Shackford
Social Evening at Hotel Sedgwick Hosts Notables
Mr and Mrs W Dayton Hill hosted an informal pre dinner and dance gathering at the Hotel Sedgwick on Wednesday of last week. Guests included Mr and Mrs Edward Sewall Mr and Mrs Edwin R Andrews and Mr and Mrs Edwin H Given.
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W. Dayton Hill
Sedgwick
Edward Sewall
Edwin R. Andrews
Edwin H. Given
Weekly Crossword Puzzle Update
Puzzle clues listed: 16 to spoil, 17 commenced, 19 secretion from inflamed use sites, 20 tear, 28 shut out, 25 peruse, 26 Afni alloy of iron, 28 learning, 29 lacking firmness, 31 8corch, 32 a wide mouth pitcher, 34 a solution, 35 large extinct bird of New Zealand.
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