Maine's Summer Tourist Prospects For Maine
Maine expects a strong summer tourist season says Clarence C. Stetson of the Maine Development Commission noting a 13 percent rise in inquiries through April and higher hotel bookings than last year. He cites Maine climate scenery and hospitality as attractions while toll bridges and new state fire precautions appear to support continued travel and safety amid past dry spells and recent rain.
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Maine
Clarence C. Stetson
Maine Development Commission
Dixfield
Commission
States
Morse High Pupils Debate Bath Needs in Rotary Essay
Pupils from Morse High School participated in a Bath Rotary Club sponsored essay contest. They shared varied ideas on Bath's needs, including a modern hotel an updated athletic field and playground a swimming pool and a local museum to showcase Bath and nearby towns articles.
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Morse High School
Bath Rotary Club
Bath
City Imporvements and Tax Vexation Center on Town Future
Citizens discuss plans for a new dump relocation to a less obnoxious site, upgrading Front street, building a flying field, new schoolhouses on South and North streets, demolishing outdated buildings, and improving houses and grounds. They see tax raises as the likely funding method, with general agreement that improvements benefit future citizens.
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Fennebec Bridge
Famine in China relief effort faces urgent questions
China Famine Relief U S A head David A Brown voices public confusion over why aid is needed and stresses that famine stems from lack of food, not mere fighting. He notes that U S giving amounts pale beside Japan 1923 earthquake aid and cites relief work restoring irrigation, roads, and transport to deliver food quickly to millions at risk of death.
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China
East Forty-second Street
New York City
David A. Brown
Ives
United States
Brown
Russia
Japan
Shensi
John Earl Baker
Kansu
Honan
Nequasset Farm Bureau Holds All Day Woolwich Session
Nequasset Farm Bureau met in Woolwich at the home of Mrs Eldie Wright and others for an all day session on Home Furnishings. Miss Hortence Welch demonstrated color schemes and room decor with materials and pictures. Seventeen members attended. next meeting set for June 3 at Mrs Grace Norton’s home 1075 High Street.
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Nequasset Farm Bureau
Woolwich
Eldie Wright
Gertrude Marston
Grace Norton
Bureau
Norton
High Street
Inmates to Get New Uniforms at Maine State Prison
The Maine State Prison at Thomaston will replace current overalls with new morganza blue uniforms featuring bright nickel buttons. Prisoners will manufacture the clothing themselves using newly ordered sewing machines.
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Maine
Thomaston
Maine native to receive medal for rescue at sea
H Ross Maddocks of East Greenwich Rhode Island, born in Boothbay Harbor Maine, will receive a special gold medal from the American Boat Association for rescuing Buffington of Geneva New York during the Albany to New York marathon on May 9. Maddocks, in the Class A runabout, stopped eight miles north of Poughkeepsie to save the sinking racer after a hull tear, sacrificing time and his chances at the title. He finished second, nine minutes behind Mildred Hickey, after later delivering Buffington ashore.
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H. Ross Maddocks
East Greenwich
R. I
Boothbay Harbor
Sewall T. Maddocks
American Outboard Association
Buffington
Geneva
N. Y
Maddocks
Ludington
Poughkeepsie
J. Phillips
Dukes
Rhode Island
Mildred Hickey
Bates YWCA Girls Annual House Party at Bates College
The Bates YWCA cabinet held its annual house party at the Dain and Hooker cottages in Sabino with both last year and newly elected members attending. Participants include Gladys Underwood Great Neck Edith Serrigo East Orange Jeannette Stahl Camden Mildred Moyer Syracuse Olive Grover Hinckley Carol Sylvester Presque Isle Marjorie Boothby North Conway Julia Briggs Lewiston Evelyn Rolfe Rumford Elizabeth McGrath Bath Dorothy Christopher Hudson Eva Sonstrom Bristol Violet Blanchard Stoneham Elsie Seigel North Plymouth Elizabeth Lord Sanford Muriel Go wer Skowhegan Muriel Bliss Attleboro chaperones Mrs George Chase Mrs Rayborn Zirby Prof Miriam Mabec.
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Y. W. C. A. Cabinet
Bates College
Dain and Hooker
Sabino
Bath
Gladys Underwood
Great Neck
L. I
Edith Serrigo
East Orange
N. J
Jeannette Stahl
Camden
Mildred Moyer
Syracuse
N. Y
Olive Grover
Hinckley
Carol Sylvester
Presque Isle
Marjorie Boothby
North Conway
N. H
Julia Briggs
Lewiston
Evelyn Rolfe
Rumford
Elizabeth McGrath
Dorothy Christopher
Hudson
Eva Sonstrom
Bristol
Mass
George Chase
Rayborn Zirby
Miriam Mabec
Legion Auxiliary Sends Gifts to Togus Soldiers
The American Legion Auxiliary in this city sent boxes of playing cards candies and empires to the National Soldiers Home in Togus during National Hospital Week. Miss Evelyn Snow led the drive reporting generous local responses and noting ongoing year round support.
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Togus
American Legion Auxiliary
National Soldiers
National Hospital
Evelyn Snow
Man Struck by Golf Club on Shore Acres Course
Horace McClure of 6 Garden Street was struck in the head on the Shore Acres course at Sebasco Friday afternoon after showing Charles R. Farnham how to tee off. He sustained a closed left eye a swollen nose and a stitch under the temple and was treated by Dr E M Fuller in Bath after suffering nausea en route.
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Horace McClure
Garden Street
Shore Acres
Sebasco
McClure
Charles R. Farnham
Mr. Farnham
Mr. McClure
Bath
E. M. Fuller
Old Time Fireplace Curios At Bath Antique Shop
A writer tours L. Earle LeMont's Bath shop, viewing a 118 year old fireplace and a trove of antiques. He detail s plans to unbrick other fireplaces, repaint bricks, stencil floors, and paper rooms with vintage prints, highlighting chairs, tavern tables, and transformed chests. Visitors, especially summer tourists, frequent the shop as LeMont preserves items with skilled restoration.
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L. Earle LeMont
LeMont
Maine Hand Engine League Elects Officers at Brunswick
Ex alderman Chester H. McCabe of Bath named president of the Maine State Hand Engine League Inc at a Brunswick meeting. Noah Gauthier of Westbrook elected vice president, Charles Lawry of Rockland treasurer, Charles Berry of Brunswick secretary. Plans discussed for a State master in Bath on Labor Day with Sagadahocks represented by McCabe Jr. and Mr. Boyce, while Senator Baxters sent George Worrey and Fred Proctor.
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Chester H. McCabe
Bath
Maine State Hand Engine League, Inc
Brunswick
Noah Gauthier
Westbrook
Charles Lawry
Rockland
Charles Berry
Sagadahocks
Chester H. McCabe Jr
Mr. Boyce
Baxters
George Worrey
Fred Proctor
Long May snow storm hits Southern Aroostook
Winter retreated with a rare May snowstorm in Southern Aroostook. The system began in Houston around 10:30 Monday, paused briefly, then resumed and continued with wet flakes and chilly winds. Traffic moved freely but discomfort rose as potato planting halted for two to three days.
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Aroostook
Houston
Corsair Returning to United States from Med cruise
Capt W B Porter reports the J P Morgan yacht Corsair is nearing the United States after a Mediterranean voyage from Venice to New York on April 28. The 5,100 mile trip slowed by head winds, the Bath Iron Works built vessel logged 30,000 miles on the cruise, visiting Sicily Greece Palestine Dalmatia and other ports, averaging a port a day and crossing the Atlantic four times.
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W. B. Porter
J. P. Morgan Yacht Corsair
United States
Venice
New York
Corsair
Bath Iron Works Corp
Sicily
Greek Island
Palestine
Dalmatia
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Notice of Upholsterer Job Change at Bath Maine Firm
Mr. John H. Morsely, after twenty years as an upholsterer with Jordan Marsh Co. in Boston, has joined F. H. Whalen Fine Upholstering and Repairing located at 58 Pearl Street, Bath, Maine. Tel. 547.
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John H. Morsely
Jordan Marsh Co
Boston
F. H. Whalen
Pearl Street
Bath
Maine
Central Maine Folk Host Public Relations Meeting in Bath
Central Maine Power Co Southern division employees gathered at the Central church parish house in Bath for the year’s first Public Relations meeting. Speakers included Amos Winter on the Jacona power ship, Carl Whittier on public utility problems, Henry E. Dunnack on individual roles in company success, and Spofford Giddings on electric service to American homes. Miss Margaret Daley spoke on customer ties to the warehouse. E. H. Maxcy delivered a management message. A novelty dance and social followed, with Paul Johnson presiding.
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Central Maine Power Co
Central Church
Bath
Amos Winter
New England
Jacona
Portsmouth
N. H
Carl Whittier
Brunswick
Henry E. Dunnack
Augusta
Spofford Giddings
Public Utilities
Maine
Margaret Daley
First Electric Lift Installed on Bath Built Yacht Caroline
The Bath Iron Works plant places the first electric, automatically operated elevator in a Bath built craft aboard the yacht Caroline. The vessel, 265 feet long, carries scientists from the University of Pennsylvania to Easter Island for an archaeological expedition launching about July 18.
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Caroline
Bath Iron Works Corp
Eldred Rk, Johnson
Moorestown
N. J
University of Pennsylvania
Easter Isle
Pacific Ocean
J. P. Morgan
Corsair
Easter Island
Asia
Bath
Davenport Memorial City Hall
Residents oppose city dump on flats near feldspar plant
Nearby residents object to the city's cleanup week refuse dumping on flats north of J. W. Cummings Feldspar Co. Since Monday, health officer Dr. H. B. Duce has fielded many complaints. Children rummage through the piles after school, creating a treasure heap. Dump trucks deposit refuse and a city worker unloads it into the river. Dr. Duce proposes covering the refuse after cleanup week to curb complaints if material is not swept into the river.
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J. W. Cummings Feldspar Co
H. B. Duce
Duce
Prizes Awarded in School Magazine Subscription Contest
Principal Arthur B. Scott distributed prizes at a Friday morning assembly for a school subscription contest. Robert Cressey won first prize a five dollar gold piece for 26 subscriptions. Chester Horne took second prize three dollars for 13. Linwood Haynes earned third prize two dollars for 12.
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Arthur B. Scott
Robert Cressey
Chester Horne
Linwood Haynes
Scott
Cross word puzzle keys and letter clues list
A dense acrostic style puzzle page with numbered clues across and down, many entries garbled by OCR. Includes home row of word guesses such as spinning toy and navigational terms along with corrupted spellings indicating expected solutions like faucet, lubricate, and other common terms.
Morse High Pupils on the Honor List
Morse high school issued the honor list from March 23 to May 8. Principal Arthur B. Scott notes the Freshman class leads in highest honors while all classes show strong performance. The list names seniors, juniors, sophomores, freshmen, and post graduates with highest honors and honors.
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Virginia Rogers
Olive Rowe
Katharyn Shorey
Marjorie Stover
Emma Colby
Mary Dunton
Thelma Graves
Ada Greenblatt
Eleanor Hall
Nellie King
William Levine
Edith Mackinnon
Marjorie Palmer
Carol Stevens
James Temple
Edwin Bates
Dorothy Bryant
Leon Buck
Evelyn Clough
Iona Dunton
Phyllis Eaton
Marjorie Furber
Margaret Hill
Gwendolyn Leonard
Dorothy Martin
Barbara Norton
Marion Palmer
Alma Pierce
Lois Swett
Harriet Small
John Skelton
Louise Briggs
Barbara Brown
Ellen Hodgkins
John Huse
Edward Owen
Helen Minott
Leola Adams
Elizabeth Colby
Ida Colby
Elizabeth Fuller
Charlotte King
Jesse Levine
Blanche Moody
Alice Mulligan
Rodney Ross
Winnifred Safford
Crystal Shorey
Herbert Wing
Eleanor
Georgetown Bridge Rebuilt After Joint Board Decision
The Robinhood core bridge at Georgetown Center was ordered rebuilt by a joint board of the State Highway Commission, the County Commissioners and Georgetown Selectmen. Total cost about 24000 dollars with 7260 county, 3847.80 town, and 12921.20 state shares. Bath pays a majority of the county tax. Also noted is Postmaster Joan C. Arnold receiving an ailograph engraving from Leland H. Brown of New Rochelle, a keepsake from the late E. C. Allen to his son.
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Robinhood Core
Georgetown Center
State Highway Commission
County Commissioners
Georgetown
Bath
Islands
Joan C. Arnold
Augusta
Leland H. Brown
New Rochelle
N. Y
Brown
James Duncan Brown
E. C. Allen
Allen
N. S. Weston
W.H. Gannett, Publisher, Inc
Virginia May Land at Maine Central Wharf
The Virginia steamboat of the Samoset Steamboat Co. is expected to land at the Maine Central wharf near the bridge to launch the Bath Boothbay Harbor service on June 15. An underpass 64 feet long and 10 feet wide will be built for integrated traffic, allowing quick transfer from train to boat with minimal delay.
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Virginia
Samoset Steamboat Co
Maine Central
Bath Boothbay Harbor
Broad Street
Eastern Steamship Lines
Boothbay
A. P. Greerf
Greenleaf
America
Law Court Dismisses Joy Case Appeal
The Law Court dismissed the appeal of Winfield S. Joy from an eight to 36 month sentence for assault on a five year old girl. Associate Justice George H. Worster affirmed the sentence. A rescript was received by Clerk Fred H. Thompson. Joy, 55, was indicted in October and sentenced January 23 after a January trial. He appealed through Edward W. Bridgham and posted $3,500 bond.
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Winfield S. Joy
George H. Worster
Sagadahoc
Law Court
Fred H. Thompson
Joy
Edward W. Bridgham
Brunswick Officials Object to Seniors Defacing Trees
Brunswick officials condemned Morse high school seniors for placing posters on trees to advertise their senior class play. The Brunswick Record notes that posters on trees or poles violate town ordinances and officers routinely remove such postings, rendering the effort unsuccessful.
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Brunswick
Morse High School
Brunswick Record
McElman Pleads Not Guilty In Pond License Case
Walter McElman pleaded not guilty in municipal court on Thursday afternoon to fishing without a license in Sprague's pond at Phippsburg on May 6. Judge John J. Keegan found him guilty and ordered a $5 fine plus $6.35 costs. Deputy Game Warden John Perkins of East Brunswick was the complainant. Mrs. Edward Sewall has returned from a brief visit with friends in Bos.
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Walter McElman
Sprague
Phippsburg
John J. Keegan
John Perkins
East Brunswick
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the Times Company
Front Street
Bath, Maine
B. Nichols
Treas
OC. Webber
Kennehbec River
Kennebec
Richmond
Dresden
Bucksport
Penobscot
Our
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Room
Saves
Sabine
Legion Auxiliary
J. Horace M’clure
Firemen’s Master
Labor Day
Central Maine
Southern Division
Mary Cunningham
Paul Johnson
Johnson Yacht Caroline
Rost
Sieir
Morse High
Favorite Craft
Edward Sewall
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