Maine golf season opens with 38 events on schedule
The Maine State Golf Association releases a busy plan with 38 events this season 4 championships 21 open amateur handicap and 13 pro-amateur contests The schedule adds four new clubs Bath Wilson Lake Arundel and Summit Spring and introduces a 36 hole pre amateur at Penobscot Valley with Augusta Maine Open dates shifted to July and August Open amateur events run mainly in August reflecting higher summer resident turnout
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Maine
Maine State Golf Association
Edwin C. Barnard
Bath Country Club
Wilson Lake Country Club
Wilton
Arundel
Kennebunkport
Summit Spring
Poland
Wilson Lake
Bath and
Brunswick Golf Club
Penob Cct Valley
Golf Association
Bangor
Augusta Country Club
Poland Spring
The
Maine Association
Portland Country Club
Proamateurs
Brunswick
Penobscot
Willowdale
Bath
Portland
Menejius
Fairview Country Club
Wavenock
Penobscot Valley
Waterville Country Club
Webhannet Golf Club
Arundel Golf Club
Old Orchard Country Club
Penobscot Valley Country Club
Bid@eford and
Barney Beg
Fairview
Poland Spring Golf Club
Oakdale
Lakeweld Golf Club
Rockland Country Club
Phippsburg Residents, Visitors Noted Across Maine
Hon J H Stacy and Mrs Stacy return to Popham after winter in Portland. Page Wyman and Mrs Daisy Murphy visit Bath. Alvah Light in Wakefield for rifle practice. Ronald Morton named Captain of Popham Beach Coast Guard, replacing Elden Godfrey. Various locals visit Bath, Jonesport, Meadowbrook, Sebasco and Greenwood connections noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Stacy
Stacy
Popham
Portland
Page Wyman
Daisy Murphy
Bath
Elishs Bridges
Alvah Light
Wakefield
Mass
Ronald Morton
Biddeford Pool
Popham Beach Coast Guard
Elden Godfrey
Plum _Island
Merrimac
Roscoe Perkins
Allan Kaler
Allan, Jr
Jonesport
Popham Beach
Malcolm Berry
Herbert White
Eric
Bernard Carlson
Clare Coombs
Washington Street
Katharine Johnson
Eric Carlson
Angie Willis
James Perry
Mattie Hutchins
Ruth Grevers
Lynbrook
L. I
Meadowbrook
Freeman C. Merritt
Greenwich
Raymond Wyman
Bowdeinham
Harold Atwood
George Ingalls
Harry Gilmore
Jane Feere
C. J. Rowe
Auburn
Charles A. Coombs
Campbell Farm
Rose Carpenter
Meadowbrook Road
Hardings
Walter Libby
Central quartet gives fine concert in Newcastle church
The Central church quartet with Robert S. Gordon and a male quartet performed Monday evening at Second Congregational church vestry in Newcastle after an Italian supper for Lincoln Academy alumni. Performers included Ernest Wood, Mrs. Howard A. Parks, Mrs. Luther S. Thompson, John Shaw, and Gordon with Shaw as accompanist among others.
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Central Church Quartet
Robert S. Gordon
Second Congregational Church
Newcastle
Lincoln Academy
Central Church
Ernest Wood
Howard A. Parks
Luther S. Thompson
John Shaw
Wood
Gordon
Shaw
Sacred Heart Circle May Social Highlights Card Party
Sacred Heart circle No. 551 Daughters of Isabella held a May social in the Knights of Columbus hall. Ten tables of bridge and whist were played with prizes awarded to Mrs. Frank Thomas and Mrs. George R. Ingraham in whist and to Mrs. Percy W. Scott and Mrs. Lewis J. Avery in bridge. Ice cream sandwiches cookies and coffee followed. Arbor Day was observed by the Women s Literary Union of Androscoggin County with trees planted in memory of past presidents. Bates College firs were planted at Lewiston High School in memory of Mrs. C. H. Weymouth and Mrs. F. H. White.
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Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Knights of Columbus Hall
Kenneth I. Percival
Frank Thomas
George R. Ingraham
Percy W. Scott
Lewis J. Avery
Percival
Addison Jones
Harold B. MacElman
Mabel C. O'Hara
Mary A. McAllister
Oscar Tanguay
Ella J. Hart
George A. Dickinson
Catherine E. Conley
Arthur Jenkins
Woman’s Literary Union
Androscoggin County
Auburn Court House
Public Library
New Auburn
Lewiston
Bates College
New Lewiston High School
C. H. Weymouth
F. H. White
Auburn drives aid to Ellsworth fire victims
One truck load of household furnishings and clothing for Ellsworth residents was prepared in Auburn on Friday night. F. R. McGee, 40 and 8 American Legion chairman for Auburn, said two more trucks would depart Auburn Saturday.
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Ellsworth
Auburn
F. R. McGee
American Legion
Death of Thomas L. Perry Shocks Winnegance Village
Thomas L. Perry, longtime Winnegance grocer with ties to William Alden Perry, dies Thursday. The community postponed the weekly party and Squaw Club meeting in his honor. The minstrel show for the baseball team moved from May 25 to June 1 at the community house.
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Thomas L. Perry
Perry
William Alden Perry
Charles B. Williams
Bath
Squaw Club
Winnegance Baseball Club
Winnegance
Elizabeth E. Webber
Boston Y.W.C.A
Harry C. Webber
Fairview Cemetery Association
Cromore Farm Bureau
South End P. T. A
New Causeway
South End Opens 1933 Season With Loss At Wiscasset
Bath based South End YMCA Twilight League squad dropped 10-8 to Wiscasset in Sunday action at Wiscasset. Early scoring spree saw Bath lead 5-5 after two. Wiscasset pulled ahead 7-5, then South End briefly led 8-7 in the fourth before Wiscasset added three runs to seal the win. Sprague started for South End with Mark Hayes and Rupe Lewis sharing pitching duties. Hank Sheridan made two sparkling catches in the Bath outfield. Bath committed five errors, most in the first inning as Wiscasset plated five.
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South End
Wiscasset
Boothbay Harbor
Sprague
Sheridan
Chaney
Lewis
R. Callan
Bath
Dike School Teachers Honored by PTA Luncheon
The nine Dike school teachers were guests at a Tuesday noon luncheon in the old Dummer Street schoolhouse hosted by the P T A. Mrs. Hermon W. Crocker led the committee in serving chicken patties, peas, cream of tar tar biscuits, cranberry jelly, cream pie and coffee. The superintendent’s wife attended on his behalf. Names of teachers and staff are listed, with Mrs. Crocker and other members serving as waitresses. Also noted is Donald K Pattillo of Dover-Foxcroft receiving a patent on paper making rights assigned to a Clinton Iowa company.
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Dike School
Dummer Street
Hermon W. Crocker
Clinton D. Wilson
Elmer Sidelinger
William Fogwill
Walter Smith
Donald K. Pattillo
Dover-Foxcroft
Clinton
Iowa
Prominent Maine Politician Fredrick W Hinckley Dies
Frederick W. Hinckley, 55, longtime Maine figure and former Bath lawyer, died suddenly of a heart attack at his South Portland home. In early career he ran a law office in Bath and in 1928 sought the Republican nomination for governor but lost to William Tudor Gardiner.
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Frederick W. Hinckley
Bath
Eliot Block
South Portland
Hinckley Dies Suddenly in Portland at 55
Frederick Wheeler Hinckley prominent Maine attorney, former mayor of South Portland, ex state senator, and 1928 Republican governor hopeful, died suddenly at his Portland home. A Princeton native educated in Bucksport and Waterville, he practiced law since 1903 and held public office in Maine as mayor, state representative, and senator. He belonged to multiple clubs and fraternal orders.
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Portland
Frederick Wheeler Hinckley
Maine
South Portland
Sawyer Street
Princeton
Adelbert E
Sarah Hinckley
East Maine Seminary
Bucksport
Coburn Classical Institute
Waterville
Calais
Maine House
Senate
Board of Trustees of Juvenile Institutions
Lincoln Club
Boston City Club
Economic Club of
Cape Shore Community Club
Sons of the American Revolution
Masonic Bodies
Elks
Odd Fellows
Capn Charles Staples Dies in Wakefield After Yacht Career
Capt Charles F Staples 84 of Bowdeinham Bath died suddenly from heart trouble last week at his daughter Mrs Orvil Smiths Wakefield Mass. He lived much of life at sea commanding famous yachts along the Atlantic coast and Bar Harbor. Survived by two daughters and a brother. career included vessels Juaniata Coming Vision Brenda Santhe Nooya Lucile Katrina Rapidan Electra among others.
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Charles F. Staples
Bowdeinham
Bath
Orvil Smith
Wakefield
Oak Grove
Ella Lemont
Capt. Staples
Atlantic
Bar Harbor
Alpheus Hardy
Boston
Smith
Wakefields
Edlgar F. Wilkinson
St. Petersburg
Fla
Arthur G. Staples
Lewiston Evening Journal
Albion C. Staples
Col
Robert H. Stevenson
Brenda
Charles Harrington
Nooya
Montgomery Sears
George W. Vanderbilt
New York
George Kissell
R. Hall McCormick
Chicago
Thomas L. Perry Dies at 80 in Bath Home
Thomas L. Perry aged 80 died at 1 30 Thursday morning at his Bath residence 110 Dummer Street after 15 weeks of illness. A native of Phippsburg he ran groceries in Phippsburg and Bath for decades and served as a selectman. He leaves widow three sons Olney Almon and Frank two daughters Mrs Robert Manson and three brothers and three sisters.
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Thomas L. Perry
Dummer
Board of Selectmen
Frank P
Phippsburg
Olney C
Almon R. Perry
Bath
Robert P. Manson
Fhippsburg
James E
Lester A
Randolph
Walter C. Perry
Rhoda R. Coombs
Family Roster From Phippsburg Listed in Obituary
Mrs. Sarah Rogers and Mrs. Augusta Camptel of Phippsburg are named along with three grandchildren: Mrs. J Emery Footer of Bath, Herbert L. Perry and Roberta P. Manson of Phippsburg. One great grandson James E. Footer of Bath is also listed.
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Sarah Rogers
Augusta Camptel
Phippsburg
J. Emery Footer
Bath
Herbert L. Perry
Roberta P. Manson
James E. Footer
Margaret B Robbins Dies at 94 in Woolwich
Mrs Margaret Bennett Betts Robbins widow of Captain Warren L Robbins died Sunday at five a m on her 94th birthday. Funeral Tuesday at Day's Ferry church at 2 30 p m. A lifelong Woolwich resident she aided hundreds as a nurse for Dr Samuel Buck and was renowned for local history interest. Survived by son Warren C Robbins and grandson Dr C B Robbins of Kittery.
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Margaret Bennett (Betts) Robbins
Woolwich
Warren L. Robbins
Ferry
Robbins
Wallace, N. S
Benjamin Betts
Col
Canada
Saratoga
N. Y
Charlestown
Mass
Samuel P. Buck
Bath
Thomas Betts
England
Norwalk
Conn
Nehemiah Betts
George Washington
Yorktown
Burgoyne
C. B. Robbins
Kittery
Westport Man Jonas H. Jewett Dead at 86
Jonas H. Jewett, 86, longtime Westport resident and former Gloucester fisherman, died Thursday at the Jewett homestead. Survived by two sons H. M. Jewett of Bath and Oliver P. Jewett, a Westport selectman, plus sister Miss Marion L. Jewett of Portland. Funeral held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Oliver P. Jewett’s home officiated by Rev. Charles E. Titus.
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Jonas H. Jewett
Westport
Jewett
Westport Center
Mr. Jewett
James Jewett
Gloucester
Mass
H. M. Jewett
Bath
Oliver P. Jewett
Marion L. Jewett
Portland
Charles E. Titus
Wiscasset
Frederick W. Atkinson Dies at 76 in Topsham
Frederick W. Atkinson, 76, long‑time Sagadahoc deputy sheriff and noted game warden, died Wednesday at his Topsham home. Known in Bath for liquor seizure activities and a familiar figure at Merrymeeting Bay duck hunts and Sagadahoc court terms, he is survived by his widow.
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Frederick W. Atkinson
Sagadahoc
Bath
Topsham
Merrymeeting Bay
Funeral rites held for Thomas L. Perry at family home
Funeral services for Thomas L. Perry were conducted Sunday afternoon at 2.30 at his home 110 Dummer street with Rev. Weston P. Holman of Beacon Street M E Church officiating. Bearers included Frank P. Perry Olney C. Perry Almon R. Perry James E. Perry Lester A. Perry and Walter C. Perry. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
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Thomas L. Perry
Dummer Street
Weston P. Holman
Beacon Street M. E
Frank P. Perry
Olney C. Perry
Almon R. Perry
James E. Perry
Lester A. Perry
Walter C. Perry
Oak Grove
Capt Charles F Staples Funeral in Wakefield Mass
The body of Capt Charles F Staples of Bowdeinham died Wednesday in Wakefield Mass arrived in the city Saturday afternoon at 1.15. It was carried to Oak Grove cemetery where a committal service was held at the grave. Hon Rupert H Baxter and his brother ex Governor Percival P Baxter of Portland joined a small group for a few days Mt Katahdin trip. The last Legislature named the nine square miles given to the State by Governor Baxter Baxter State Park. This park is for all times to be a haven for wild life and no hunting will be permitted on that land. There's some consolation. Even landlords have a hard time raising the rent now.
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Charles F. Staples
Bowdeinham
Wakefield
Mass
Oak Grove Cemetery
Rupert H._Baxter
Percival P. Baxter
Portland
Bruce White
Topsham
Mt. Katahdin
Baxter
Baxter State Park
Dunlap Commandery
K. T
Claremont
Rockland
Dunlap
Malta
Masonic Hall
Palestine
Belfast
Camden
DeMolay
Skowhegan
Vinalhaven
Strathglass
Rumford
Bangor
William L. Robertson
Bath
Alex A. LeFleur
Claremont Commandery
Clare‘Thont
John H. Freeman
Fairfield Welcomes Tenth Senter Group Store
The former R. O. Files store in Fairfield opened as Senter's on May 10, the tenth Senter group store. Roy W. Putney of Bath manages the Bath store, with Danforth, Crane, and Senter family ties spanning Bangor to Portland. Leon Emery moves from Brunswick to manage the Fairfield operation.
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Senter Group
Fairfield
Senter's
Roy W. Putney
Bath
Senter
Cor
Portland
Bangor
William R. Danforth
Putney
Kennedy Crane
Rockland
Maine
Brunswick
A. Hussey & Sons
Senter’s
Senter-Crane Co
Lewiston
Senter, Giroux and Caniff Co
Owen- Moore Co
Senter-Randall Co
H. P. Bridge Co
David T. Percy
Wiscasset
Boothbay Harbor
Charles Nelson
Owen-Moore
Charles Danforth
Leon Emery
Drastic measures to collect taxes adopted
May 1 real estate taxes will be committed June 30 and mailed about a week later. Unless back taxes are paid quickly many properties may be sold, warned Mr. Young speaking from the city government’s viewpoint. The taxes committee and government press ahead with this action.
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Young
Committee On Taxes
Weeks the rat executioner claims 141 rats on city dump
Charles D. Weeks reportedly killed 141 rats on the municipal dump at North Street extension since Washington's birth day February 22.
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Charles D. Weeks
Washington
North Street
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Charles E. Clark
Beachstreet
Saco
Louise M
Lewis E. Webber
Claude E. Webber
Farmington
Clark
Thornton Academy
Farmington Normal
Webber
Farmington High School
Boothbay
Kingfield Grammar School
Central Quartet
Esc
Nevin Anartat
Mele UG
Lauder
Mr. Gordon
Sophie G. Greenblatt
Reichardt
Richelieu
Murray
Mr. Shaw
Geibel
K. of C. Hall
P.T.A
Old Dummer Street
C. F. Staples
Margaret B. Robbins
Staples
Eatern
Mr. Senter
Wilburn
Senter Group of Stores
Oliver Moses
Joseph R. Oliver
George C. Quicksall
Harry A. Walters
Edward V. Coombs
Lewis J. Sanborn
William A. Furber
Alfred E. Cornish
Lisbon Falls
J. Maurice Haynes
Carl Kessling
Ernest Heal
Carl Albee
Henry Allen
Orrs Island
B. E. Kelley
Edward W. Sampson
Kennebec
St. John’s Day
Thomas R. Huston
Eugene McGrath
Lloyd L. Hooker
Harold E. Cutting
Mr. Whittier
Banner Guards
Osmond Bailey
Albert Henderson
Benjamin D. Murray
John Wishart
Oscar F. Williams
Charles E. Curtis
Herman Wildes
Winfred M. Hagan
Knights of the Round Table
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