Apple Week Promoted Nationally With Maine Link
Apple Week runs Oct 30 to Nov 6 with nationwide events led by Apple Institutes in New England and New York. Hotels and stores push apple menus, promotions, and varieties such as McIntosh and Delicious to aid Northeast growers. Maine Grange backs an income tax referendum, while Maine Legislature adjourns special session saving taxpayers about 1700 dollars daily. Woolwich benefits from Bath’s growth. striped bass protection efforts on the Kennebec gain momentum. and deer hunting fatalities occur in York county on opening day. Community chest drives spread citywide, Standish reports high deer harvest, and First District receives a Townsend Club reception at City Hall.
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Maine
New York and
New England
Apple Institute
Northeast
New York
McIntosh
Baldwin
Northern Spy
Delicious
Les Camarades Guests Mrs Sturtevant Wed Evening
Les Camarades Musicaux met last week with Mrs Fred Sturtevant as hostess at Miss Alice N Magoun home on Middle street. Mrs Carleton L Rice read the Schubert paper. A lengthy program featured quartette, duets, piano solos, trios, violin solos, and choruses honoring Schubert and other composers.
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Les Camarades Musicaux
Fred K. Sturtevant
Alice N. Magoun
Middle Street
Carleton L. Rice
Schubert
Hatch
Sanborn
Ramsey
Royal
Albee
Rose Garden
Sturtevant
Rice
Andrews
Allegro
Ramona Council Elects Deputy and Plans Card Party
Ramona council No. 27 of the Degree of Pocahontas met in Red Men hall Thursday evening with Mrs. Howard H. Barter elected deputy for the coming year. A public card party is set for Dec 2 led by Mrs. Florence N. Robinson, Mrs. Ern est R. Avery and Miss Minnie C. Woodman. Barter and Mrs. Stella Wade to arrange a lunch after the meeting. The group will send a card shower to Memorial hospital patients Mrs. Leonard Lightbody and Albert J. Gallant.
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Ramona Council
Pocahontas
Red Men's Hall
Howard H. Barter
Florence N. Robinson
Ernest R. Avery
Minnie C. Woodman
Barter
Stella Wade
Leonard Lightbody
Albert J. Gallant
Memorial Hospital
Justice Edward P. Pierce Resigns from Massachusetts Supreme Court
Justice Edward P. Pierce of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has tendered his resignation to Gov. Hurley, taking effect last Monday. A longtime Bath summer visitor, he will be 85 in December and has served 37 years in the judiciary, 23 on the Supreme bench after earlier time on the Superior court. He was appointed to the Superior court in 1900 by Gov. Crane and elevated to the Supreme court in 1914 by Gov. Walsh.
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Edward P. Pierce
Supreme Judicial Court of
Massachusetts
Bath
Pierce
Seguinland Road
Five Islands
Hurley
Justice Pierce
Judiciary
Supreme Bench
Winthrop Murray Crane
Superior Court
David I. Walsh
U.S
Walsh
Supreme Court
New Welfare Club Organized in Bath
The Grace Church Welfare club organized Wednesday at Mrs. Charles M. Tubbs home with nine members. Patricia Sewall was elected president, Virginia Weil secretary, Elizabeth Williams treasurer. Members include Mary Anderson, Betty Lou Hill, Mildred Perow, Evangeline Conacaris, Poppie Kakos, with Gertrude Haskell as guest. They planned a scrap book for Bath Memorial Hospital and refreshments were served after a 4 30 game of Twenty Questions.
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Grace Church Welfare Club
Charles M. Tubbs
Patricia Sewall
Virginia Weil
Elizabeth Williams
Mary, Anderson
Betty Lou Hill
Mildred Perow
Evangeline Conacaris
Poppie Kakos
Bath Memorial Hospital
Gertrude Haskell
Twin County Bureau Honors Eight Men for 20 Years Of Membership
Eight men were honored by Twin County Farm Bureau for 20 years of continuous membership and charter status in 1938. Recipients include Ray Purinton, R. E. Pike, H. S. White, E. L. White, Harley Wilkins, E. E. Hinkley, L. C. Berry, and H. A. Rackley with noted service to their communities and farming practices.
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Twin County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Ray Purinton
West Bowdoin
R. E. Pike
Livermore
H. 8S. White
Auburn
E. L. White
Bowdoinham
Harley Wilkins
East Livermore
E. E. Hinkley
North Livermore
L. C. Berry
Bureau
John A. Ness
B. H. Wallingford
John M. Sturgis
Donald Hatch
E. E. Addison
W. M. Canham
Herbert K. Adams
Bowdoin
W. H. Gould
R. A. Douglass
Charles Utter
George Thompson
Richmond
B. P. Buckley
Greene
H. W. Lincoln
Ernest Addison
G. C. Buckley
Leeds
E. A. Davis
Lewiston
George G. Young
R. H. Boothby
Perley C. Gordon
W. 8. Lovewell
Antti Pulkkinen
M. D. Kilbreth
S. H. Hemphill
C. A. Ham
Wales
Three Car Crash Injures Mrs Senter in Brunswick
Mrs. Wilbur F. Senter of 163 Maine Street Brunswick sustained slight head bruises and shock when her Ford coupe, driven by her daughter Mrs Beatrice Carpenter, was rear ended in a three car collision on Lincoln Street near Oak Street. The front car, a Roosevelt sedan driven by Mrs Carrie A Drinkwater of Camden, stopped abruptly. a second Ford sedan driven by Clinton A Fleming and wedding trip partner Ruth Thompson struck it, setting off the pileup. All three cars were damaged. no charges filed as police logged no action.
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Wilbur F. Senter
Maine Street
Brunswick
Senter’s Department Stores
Camden
Lincoln Street
Oak Street
Senter
Beatrice Carpenter
Park Row
Roosevelt
Carrie A. Drinkwater
Clinton A. Fleming
Drummond Street
Ruth Thompson
William J. Curran
Bath Psychians Visit Lodge At Freeport
A large Harraseeket lodge gathering in Freeport marked the first meeting of the Tenth Pythian District. Dist officials and Acadia lodge members attended, with about 100 Knights present, including nine Acadia members led by past chancellors. District Deputy Grand Chancellor Frank Danforth plans a visit to Wescustogo lodge in Yarmouth tonight.
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Frank Danforth
Russell Kenney
Harry Passmore
Loring Roberts
Arthur Gebhard
Donald Wilson
Harraseeket Lodge
Pythian
Wescustogo Lodge
Yarmouth
Equipment loss at $10,000 prompts replacement cost
An engineer from Electrical Research Products Inc Chicago estimated a $10,000 loss for motion picture machinery and sound equipment after ume on Oct 15. The figure reflects replacement cost. In Bath, Bates College hosted its first International Tea at Hacker House Friday afternoon from four to 4:30 for students who have lived or traveled abroad. About 45 attended.
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Electrical Research Products, Inc
Chicago
Bath
Bates College
Hacker House
Long Time Resident Speaks At Central Men's Club
Central church Clif of Bath held its second meet of the season at the parish house with a ham dinner served by a special committee. Dr. David L. Wilson introduced Thomas H. Eaton, 89, Bowdoin College Class of 1869, oldest living graduate, who spoke of his England trip and the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Eaton recalled Bath ties, London sights, and displayed maps and keepsakes as technicolor coronation films played in Bath.
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Central Church
Roscoe G. Bailey
David L. Wilson
Thomas H. Eaton
Eaton
Portland
Bath
Mr. Eaton
Bowdoin College
Front
Elm
England
Southampton
London
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Empire
Edward Heard
Bath Opera House
Elks Halloween Party Delights Bath Lodge
Bath lodge of Elks hosted the second annual Halloween party with about 150 members and guests. Guests enjoyed dancing in the Dutch room as Ray mond Vachon and others provided music, a festive cake won by James E. McLaughlin as a door prize, and lobster newberg coffee and cake served under Mrs Arthur Ayer and assistants. The event was organized by Edward J. McMann Earl Burgess Joseph Breault and Donald Hunt.
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Bath Lodge of Elks
Raymond Vachon
Herbert A. Henderson
Cecil V. Rowland
Foster Pratt
Amos F. Perry
James E. McLaughlin
Lobster Newbery
Arthur Ayer
Brenton Ayer
Alex Robertson
Edward J. McMann
Earl Burgess
Joseph Breault
Donald Hunt
Brunswick
Annual Parish Supper at Winter Street Church
The ladies aid of Winter Street church will host an annual parish supper Thursday at 6 30 pm for the whole parish. Newcomers and members are invited with brief year end reports and a chance to pledge financial support.
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Winter Street
Smith Post Auxiliary Dines at Sedgwick
Members of Roland Smith unit No. 21 American Legion Auxiliary dined at Hotel Sedgwick Wednesday of last week. They later went to the Legion hall to play beano. Installation of officers was postponed to November 10 with Mrs. Guy H. Crosby, the unit’s only Gold Star mother, to serve as installing officer.
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Roland Smith
No. 21
American Legion Auxiliary
Hotel Sedgwick
Legion Hall
Guy H. Crosby
Lewiston Auburn to Stage Auto Show at Armory
Lewiston Auburn will host an exclusive 1938 model automobile show at the Lewiston Armory on Friday and Saturday, November 19 and 20. The display will feature passenger cars, trucks, trailers, and automobile accessories, marking the armory’s first focused auto exhibition in several years. Mrs Elmer Sidelinger hosted the Old Telephone Club gathering at her home Monday with two visiting members from Malden Mass and Brunswick. The group enjoyed sewing and refreshments.
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Lewiston-Auburn
Lewiston Armory
Elmer Sidelinger
Old Telephone Club
Flossie Pepper Puller
Malden
Mass
Mary Wade Sparks
Brunswick
Movement to Protect Bass in Kennebec River
Senator Sumner Sewall informed officials that a public hearing may be held in Bath on protecting striped bass in the Kennebec. The Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries could implement rules after a hearing, with possible river closures and a five fish per person 24 hour limit recently applied to nearby Kennebunk and Mousquam rivers.
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Kennebec
Foyler
Kennebec River
Sumner Sewall
Sagadahoc Red, Gun & Skeet Association, Inc
Maine
Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries
Sewall
Rodney E. Fegler
Bath
Kennebunk
Moussam
Veteran Hyde Windlass worker John W. Biggins dies at 87
John W. Biggins 87 a gatetender and watchman for Hyde Windlass Co for 59 years died Saturday afternoon at his 44 Chestnut street home after weeks of ill health He was the oldest living member of St Marys church parish Known as Uncle John he helped build the current St Marys church He came from Richmond and also belonged to the Bath Fire Department Surviving nephews Edward H and Henry M Biggins three nieces Mary Biggins Philadelphia Anna Biggins Malden and Margaret Newman Portland and cousin Mrs Mark Conley Bath
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John W. Biggins
Hyde Windlass Co
St. Mary's Church Parish
Chestnut Street
John
Hyde Windlass
Salvation Army
Richmond
Thomas
Margaret Biggins
Bath
St. Mary’s Church
Edward H
Henry M. Biggins
Mary Biggins
Philadelphia
Anna Biggins
Malden
Mass
Margaret Newman
Portland
Mark Conley
This City
Woolwich Grange Hosts Roast Chicken Dinner in Montsweag
Despite bad weather last Wednesday the Woolwich Grange dinner at Montsweag hall drew many locals. The organizing committee included Mrs Arthur Williams Mrs William Robson Mrs Ruth Leeman and Mrs William Bradford. Guests from Bath and West Bath Grange joined, with 20 Bath members at a reserved table.
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Grange
Montsweag
Woolwich
White Ribboners Guests of Mrs Brown
Mrs Nellie Brown entertained members of the W C T U at her home 31 Deering street Tuesday of last week A large attendance heard devotionals piano solo report of the State Convention at Skowhegan vocal solo No Room in the Inn closing prayer refreshments were served by several members and the society was invited to meet at Mrs Paquet s Russell street home on Nov 10
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Nellie Brown
W.C.T.U
Deering Street
Lillian Mayo
Lizzie B. Chaney
Lois Palmer
Skowhegan
Marjorie Stover
Delmar Bragg
Miss Palmer
Mrs Wheeler Posts Her Bond For Assault Charge
Mrs Pearl Wheeler of this city posted 500 sureties at Augusta on Friday for her January term appearance in Sagadahoc Superior Court to answer an assault and battery indictment on her 7-year-old daughter Betty Lorraine Seavey. She was taken to Kennebec county jail after a jury disagreed in October and arranged bonds with a Capital City bail commissioner before returning to Bath Friday. A piano recital by Prof Frederic Tillotson of Bowdoin College music department is set for Tuesday Nov 9 in Memorial Hall at 8 16 with four groups of compositions and no ultra modern works.
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Pearl Wheeler
Augusta
Sagadahoc Superior Court
Betty Lorraine Seavey
Kennebec County
Wheeler
Capital City
Bath
Frederic Tillotson
Bowdoin Department of Music
Memorial Hall
Weekly Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
A compact listing of crossword clues across and down from a weekly puzzle. Includes entries such as unit of work, policeman slang, river in Scotland, organ of hearing, and others. The page also notes an answer to the previous puzzle.
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Roman
Scotland
New Netherlands
Maine P T A Board Meeting Highlights Tea and Elections
The Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers Inc held a tea after its board meeting in Washington Street rooms. Mrs. Joseph I. Smith of Bath and Mrs. George J. Valenta of South China and Mrs. Hugh D. Thurston of Bethel joined the executive committee. A nominating committee for the 19th annual convention, likely in Portland, was named including Mrs. Ralph B. Knott and others. The event featured blue and gold decor, a banner, and remarks from former presidents.
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Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc
Washington Street
South End
P.T.A
Alfred E. Carpenter
Joseph I. Smith
Bath
George J. Valenta
South China
Hugh D. Thurston
Bethel
J. Albert Redlon
Noel C. Little
Brunswick
Fred K. Sturtevant
Carl E. Albee
Carroll A. Deering
Richard Quick
Elizabeth Deering
William P. Crowley
Poland Discharged for Lack of Evidence
Clarence L. Poland a West Bath carpenter was found not guilty of assault with intent to kill when arraigned in municipal court last week. The complainant Bernard Seguin failed to appear, he had claimed Poland struck him with a kerosene lantern Oct 20. Deputy Sheriff Loring D. Small arrested Poland. Seguin was absent and authorities said he left town. Harold J. Rubin asked for a nol pros with the court granting the request.
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Clarence L. Poland
West Bath
Bernard Seguin
Poland
Seguin
Loring D. Small
Gardiner R
West Bath Man's Car Collides With Bus
A southbound bus driven by Rean dall House and a Marmon driven Bath ward by Arthur W. Brawn of West Bath collided on the bridge curve at Winnegance Ilt Saturday forenoon. Both drivers escaped injury. the Brown car suffered more damage as it scraped a fence along the fill. Sheriff Messenger and Deputy Galvin investigated. Mrs. Frank Davis hosted tea on Garden Street Thursday afternoon.
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Reandall
Past Noble Grands Club Meeting in Queen Esther Lodge
The Past Noble Grands club of Queen Esther Rebekah lodge met Wednesday at Mrs. Victor Pinkham’s home on Marcia Street. Supper at 6:30 preceded the business session. Prizes went to Mrs. Herbert W. McCabe, first. Mrs. Wallace L. Atwood, second. Mrs. Frank J. Parrin, third. Next meeting set for Nov 24 with Mrs. Charles E. Helah and Mrs. Frank J. Farrin.
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Noble Grands Club
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Victor Pinkham
Ralph P. Mank
Marcia Street
Herbert W. McCabe
Wallace L. Atwood
Frank J. Parrin
John E. Atwood
Alfred Bunker
Charles E. Helah
Harry L. Knight
Henry T. B. Leeman
Leonard M. Lord
Leonard M. Munsey
Albert H. Thompson
Horace W. Ward
Frank J. Farrin
Old Turner house at Vine and Water Street to be removed
The large square Turner house on the northwest corner of Vine and Water streets, owned by the James C. Ledyard heirs, is being torn down. The land has been leased to Gulf for a gasoline station, on the direct route to the Carlton bridge, with access from Vine or Water streets once the house is removed.
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Vine and
Water Streets
Turner
James C. Ledyard
Gulf Ee Hes
Carlton Bridge
Vine
Eagles Launch Fall Membership Campaign in Bath
Bath Aerie of Eagles No 875 opened its annual Fall Membership Campaign at a regular meeting last week. James T Tevlin of Boston addressed the gathering as Deputy Organizer for New England. A committee of Edward T Whitehouse Fred L Stover and Alexander Burgess Jr was named. Five teams led by Walter I Norton George A Pink Edward J Lesier William A Kittridge and Emery E Rideout will contest the drive.
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Bath Aerie of Eagles
James T. Tevlin
Boston
New England
Grand Aerie of Eagles
Edward T. Whitehouse
Fred L. Stover
Alexander Burgess, Jr
Walter I. Norton
George A. Pink
Edward J. Lesier
William A. Kittridge
Emery E. Rideout
Barge Margaret Sheridan Discharges 1735 Tons of Superphosphate
Cargo of 1735 tons from Boston Oct 8 bound for Sagadahoc Fertilizer Co. at Bowdoinham was discharged Wednesday of last week at the Maine Central wharf under J Edward Drage supervision. Additional similar cargo expected by Dec 1. Also, 42 couples attended the first Elks Home social evening in Augusta with dancing, cards, and refreshments. committee included Kinsman Jr, Osgood, Drew, McGouldbeck, Mansur, and Buke.
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Margaret Sheridan
Boston
Sagadahoc Fertilizer Co
Bowdoinham
Maine Central
J. Edward Drage
Elks
Augusta
Charles P. Kinsman, Jr
Clayton T. Osgood
Gordon Drew
Harris McGouldbeck
Norwood Mansur
Arthur Buke
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Harry
Webber
Postomice
Beth
Apple
Maine Grange
Barrows
T. W. Hyde
Clyde
York County
First District
City Hall Auditorium
Townsend Club
Standish
LES Camarades
Mrs. Sturtevant
Carlton Rice
Melcher
Angelus
Leonard
Mrs. Jews
Ane
M. R. Lang
B. O
Nightingale
Liza Lehman
Foster
Bruch Schnecker
Mr. Sprague
Sprague Schubert
B. Hark
Hark
Lark
Sylvia
Rowley
Miss Leonard
Don Pasquale
Donizetti
Mr. Ramsay
Caracciolo
Ramsay
Bellini
Mrs. Albee
Justice E. P. Pierce
Seguinland
Grace Church
Twin County Bureau
Bath Pythians
Freeport
Central Men’s Club
Lodge
Sedgwick
Movement TO
BASS
Commissioner Foyler
St. Mary’s Parish
Woolwich Grange
Mrs. Brown
United States
Victor
Manila
Kafiristan
Board OF Managers
P.T.A. Board
South End Association
Frank Davis
Garden Street
Water and
Vine Streets
Eagles
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