Bath to Get Federal Insured Building and Loan
The Independent reports Bath will see a new building and loan association chartered by the Federal Savings and Loan Division of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board in Washington. Deposits up to 5000 are insured, funds will be used for building and repairs, and the local body will be run by Bath residents with federal backing ensuring safety and fair interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Federal Savings and Loan Division
Federal Home Loan Bank Board of Washington
Washington
New England
West
New York
Pennsylvania
South
Roosevelt
Competing routes debated for Bath Brunswick highway project
Citizens weigh varied plans from Oak street to Center street and Cook’s Corner for the Bath to Brunswick route with the State Highway Commission yet to decide. Debate grows as surveys and cost concerns spiral while national politics fade into local traffic issues ahead of a 1936 campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Brunswick
State Highway Commission
Oak Street
Washington
Front Street
Center Street
Cook's Corner
Court Street
Highway Department
Cooks
Bath to see steady gains despite past hardships
The article notes Bath avoiding wartime boom but faces upcoming work at its main plant and other establishments. It expects improved prosperity in the coming years as the country moves toward normalcy, with Bath less hard hit than others and gradually rebounding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Topsham Fair Midway Gets Good Clean-Up
Ex sheriff J Horace McClure led a sheriff department campaign at Topsham Fair to curb gyp artists. Three games of chance were closed and over 200 dollars returned to victims. A man lost 67 dollars before understanding the swindle. others lost amounts from 27 to 5 dollars. McClure, Highway Patrolman Harry Thompson and John P. Crosby manned duties for security and traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topsham Fair
J. Horace McClure
Sagadahoc County
McClure
Sheriff's Department
Henderson
John P. Crosby
Crosby
Missionary Society Holds Regular Meeting at Corliss Street Church
Far and Near Missionary Society of Corliss Street church met for an all day work session on Friday October 11 at 34 Weeks Street home of Mrs Lucian R Ames. Fourteen members contributed to white cross work for India and a baked bean dinner was served. Guests included Mr Ames and Rev Charles H Berry. Next meeting set for October 24 at Mrs Merton Wright’s 176 High Street with a love bag offering. basket sale slated for October 25.
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Far
Missionary Society of Corliss Street Church
White Cross
Lucian R. Ames
Weeks Street
India
Ruby Preble
Ames
Charles H. Berry
Merton Wright
High Street
Jackson Wins $35 Prize From Opera House Drawing
Charles T Jackson of 71 South Street profited by a Bank night at the Opera House though not in attendance. His name was drawn and announced outside as the winner of the $35 weekly gift, and he was presented with an order on the Bath Trust Co. after confirming his identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Jackson
South Street
Opera House
Mr. Jackson
Bath Trust Co
Sambo's Stolen Diamonds draws warm reception in Woolwich
Play Well Received reports that Sambo's Stolen Diamonds, a two act musical comedy, delighted audiences at Tuessie hall Woolwich last Tuesday. Robert W. Oliver starred as Sambo with his company applauded for the entire performance. A dance followed. Cleon Hatch, Lincoln Academy graduate now collegiate freshman at Colby, topped Colby's psychology test ranking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sambo
Tuessie Hall
Woolwich
Robert W. Oliver
Franjanis
Cleon Hatch
Lincoln Academy
Colby College
Colby
Betting Receipts at Topsham Fair Pass $85 000 Mark
On the final day crowds of 4,000 wagered $15,766 on nine Topsham Fair races to lift week receipts to $85,796. Direct Dillon paid $7.40 in race two, Roslindale $7.10 in race six, and Calumet scored in three events. An accident marred the card with four drivers injured and Viking shot after a broken ankle. Bucco Jr. and Lochingag won the daily double.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Direct Dillon
Brown
Roslindale
Colburn
Calumet
Peter Dale
Northern Knight
Lewiston
Sagadahoc County
Miss Bergery Carson
New England
Zymrn
Bill Donnelly
Viking
Gilden Bradeen
Miss Carson
Senator Superb
Knights
Donnelly
Bucco Jr
Lochingag
Bicco Jr
Topsham Fair
Sagadahoc County Fair
Neal Creamer
Wiscasset
Maurice Beliveau
Old Orchard
Aura
Plucky Pluto
John Rowland
Racing Commission
Harvest High
Jane Express
Chellis
Fires Extinguished in Two Thursday Blazes
Fire crews from Engine 4 cleared a chimney fire at 99 Court Street, Clarence E. Black, and tackled an oil stove blaze at 791 Middle Street, Earl and Mrs. McCabe. The Middle Street fire stayed confined to the stove with smoke damage upstairs. the chimney blaze required booster tank aid. The Black residence is owned by William H. Thayer and the Middle Street home by Abraham Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engine 4
Clarence E. Black
Court Street
Earl McCabe
Middle Street
Black
William H. Thayer
Abraham Miller
Bath Country Club Directors Meet And Plan Winter Activities
Bath Country Club directors met at president Edward W Bridgham s office Friday night. They expect to continue club activities through winter with social events and a future stockholders meeting to plan another season. A separate note from Rockland Court House reports a clerk s 27th birthday causing a momentary disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Country Club
Edward W. Bridgham
Rockland Court House
Youngster awarded prize for cookies at Tops ham Fair
Bailey White, daughter of Hon. and Mrs. Rupert H. Baxter of Washington Street Bath, won first prize for molasses cookies and second for sugar cookies at the Tops ham Fair. She is 11 years old and in the sixth grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey White
Rupert, H. Baxter
Washington Street
Bath
Miss White
Dunlap Commandery Works Temple Degree in Portland
Dunlap commandery K T honored with an invitation to perform the Temple degree in full form at the Commandery School of Instruction in the Masonic temple Portland Friday night. The work, led by John H Freeman with the Escort, showcased brilliant ceremony under Grand Military Instructor Alexander A Lafleur. Officers included Haynes, McGrath, Huston, Hooker, Lowell, Furber, Deering, Williams, McCabe, Cutting and Rowland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunlap Commandery
K. T
Commandery School of
Masonic Temple
Portland
John H. Freeman
Alexander A. Lafleur
Dunlap
J. Maurice Haynes
Eugene McGrath
Thomas R. Huston
Lee Hooker
Edwin H. P. Lowell
William A. Furber
Gardiner R. Deering
Oscar F. Williams
Chester H. McCabe
Harold E. Cutting
Sylvester H. Rowland
FLAWS PICKED IN HAGGETT PLAN
Discussion on the Haggett road plan weighs land damages and who would pay. Citizens reference Lincoln Street reconstruction costs, court street changes, and a $550,747.45 highway estimate with 473,837.98 for construction.
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New Meadows
Bath
Haggett
Roscoe G. Bailey
State Highway Commission
West Bath
Highway Commission
Court Street
Carlton
Brooks
Maine Central
Cooks Corner
Oak Street
High
Middle
Washington
Front Streets
Floral
Woolwich
Powers
Newburyport
Mass
Gilpatrick Caswell wedding ties two Richmond families
Miss Lillian Gaswell wed Lewis E. Gilpatrick in a quiet Friday evening ceremony on Oct 4 officiated by Rev. Bryant of Richmond. The couple, unattended, will live with the groom’s father Wilber A. Gilpatrick in Richmond. He works as a mechanic at a Bowdoinham garage and she works at the Richmond shoe shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Gaswell
Lewis E. Gilpatrick
Mr. Bryant
Richmond
Wilber A. Gilpatrick
Bowdoinham
Dike P T A Announces Season Program and Committees
The Dike PTA led by president Mrs. Ralph P. Dunbar unveils its year’s program themed Know Your School. These include a long slate of meetings with speakers on child development and education, debates, round tables, and a Founders Day program, plus Christmas box preparations and a New Year’s tree. Committees span Hospitality Publicity Ways and Means Finance Milk Welfare Flower Fund and more with room mothers forming the membership panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike P. T. A
Ralph P. Dunbar
Clarence O. Fullerton
Frederick J. Hoffman
Wilbur H. Crocker
Bangor
Isadore Singer
Daniel J. Perry
Edmund M. Staples
Warren F. Hawley
M. Jane Feero
Hoffman
Raymond M. Clark
Archie Wishart
Harry L. Horne
Staples
Clifford B. Wilband
Arthur G. Gilmore
Irving C. Varney
Elmer Sidelinger
Walter W. Smith
Charles T. Henderson
Lena Shepard
Herman W. Crocker
Scott M. Golder
Everett G. Lemont
the Dike School
Walter Elliot
Albert F. McFadden
Farrell
Leroy Bradford
Mary Brown
H. Martin Powers
Miss Feero
Horne
Reginald Barter
Feldspar Company to Take Bath Plant
A new industry, the Ceramic Feldspar Co., will take over the plant at 345 Washington Street, formerly the Cummings Feldspar Co., within days. Operation will start after re conditioning. Richard H. Wainford of Trenton is president and Thomas J. Cummings is treasurer and general manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceramic Feldspar Co
Washington Street
Cummings Feldspar Co
Richard H. Wainford
Trenton
N. J
Thomas J. Cummings
Cummings
Pres. Wainford
Mr. Cummings
Daily Crossword Puzzle Index and Clue Scramble
Puzzle shows fragmented clues for across and down entries with partial words, misprints, and OCR errors. It lists numbered hints like former parity exclamations, rulers, and geographic terms, plus an answer line referencing a previous puzzle solution.
Myrtle Lodge Plans For Its Installation
Myrtle lodge expects to install officers on Oct 25 with Mrs Annie J Le montant as lady governess and Mrs LucéMa Blake as conductor. Public installation at 3 pm followed by a 6 pm supper. Mrs Fannie Clark received a colonial bouquet for service and birthday. One new member application read. Sewing circle donated a purse via Mrs James W Gillespie. Social hour and supper well attended. Ida Oliver to chair next supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Lodge
Annie J
Lemont
LucéMa E. Blake
Fannie Clark
Mary Curtis
James W. Gillespie
Ethel Osgood
Ida Oliver
Bath horses bring owner new honors at fair show
Smokey Ben and Stardust, Kentucky imports owned by Hon. Arthur J. Dunton, swept the Bathman Bath fair horse show at Topsham. Smokey Ben earned four firsts and a second with Stardust adding a second and a first in several classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smokey Ben
Stardust
Arthur J. Dunton
Kentucky
Lilly Strout Weds Herbert Lilly in Woolwich
Miss Frances Mary Strout daughter of Mr and Mrs C Ivory Strout of Woolwich wed Herbert Bailey Lilly son of Mr and Mrs John B Lilly of Woolwich on Saturday Oct 5 at eight in the First Baptist parsonage 138 North street Rev Charles R Sims officiated The couple will reside with the groom’s parents and were joined by about 30 relatives and friends The bride wore blue silk voile The groom is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America in Dresden The bride is a Cherryfield native and Morse High School graduate of 1934.
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Frances Mary Strout
C. Ivory Strout
Woolwich
Herbert Bailey Lilly
John B. Lilly
First Baptist
North Street
Charles R. Sims
Modern Woodmen of America
Dresden
Cherryfield
Morse High School
Dromore Farm Bureau Meets On Monday
Dromore Farm Bureau met at the Winneeance Codanunity on the pond. Mrs. Emily Williams led the supper dishes and six helpers prepared a menu of vegetable soup rolls cucumber pickles celery pumpkin pie and coffee. Twenty seven members attended with guests Miss Flora Risteen Mrs. Elizabeth Hampton Mrs. Elizabeth Oliver and Mrs. Ethel McElroy. Householders were urged to make cleaners at the next meeting on Nov 6 with Christmas suggestions to follow. Plans were made to attend the Twin County meeting in Tops ham on Oct 31 and a nominating committee was named for future officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feraie
Emily Williams
Pwas
Williams
Bess Manson
Evelyn Beals
Linda Perry
Esther McCourt
Eva Rogers
Flora Risteen
Elizabeth Hampton
Elizabeth Oliver
Ethel McElroy
Florence Morse
Bertha Wyman
Sarah Wilbur
Twin County
Topsham
Arthur C. Lemont
Lillian Perry
Anne Deering
Elizabeth Mayo
Hagan Named County Agent for Somerset County
Frank W. Hagan named county agent for Somerset County effective Nov 11 announced by Arthur L. Deering. Hagan, 4-H club agent in Cumberland since 1933, is a University of Maine animal husbandry graduate and Bath resident. He succeeds Gerald C. Dunn who moves to Plymouth County Extension Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Hagan
Morse High School
Somerset County
Arthur L. Deering
Hagan
Cumberland County
University of Maine
Bath
Phi Gamma Delta
Kappa Phi Kappa
Gerald C. Dunn
Plymouth County
Mass
Katherine Galvin
Portland
Residents Return From Visit to Relatives in Maine
Mr and Mrs Morton F Young and daughters Mary and Frances of Jamaica Plain Mass returned after a visit with Mrs Youngs sister Mrs Leroy F Colby and Mr Colby and with Dr and Mrs Ralph D Warren Mrs George Lord of East Weymouth Mass who visited relatives in Bath and Arrowsic returned home Sunday Mr and Mrs Evan Somes and Mrs Howard Bartlett of Roslindale Mass who spent the summer at Bar Harbor joined her Saturday and were registered at Riding Light Lodge They
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton F. Young
Mary
Frances
Jamaica Plain
Mass
George &. Lord
East Weymouth
Bath and Arrowsie
Evan Somes
Howard Bartlett
Roslindale
Bar Harbor
Riding Light Lodge
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the Times Company
Bath, Maine
B. Nichols
Harry
Webber
Building and Loan
Topsham Fair Midway
Sheriff’s Department
Baptist Brotherhood
First Baptist Brotherhood
Swain
Joseph Dauphin
Martin Eaton
Edwy A. Sotheard
Leon Eaton
Brotherhood
Jerusalem
E. Melvin Pratt
Elmer W. Rogers
James B. Smith
Edwy A. Someard
Raymond Cummings
Temperance
Chester Clement
Jackson
Topsham Fair Pass
Bath Country Club Directors’ Meeting
Rize
School of Instruction
Gilpatrick
Cas Well
Dike P.T. A
Feldspar Company
South End
Perry L. Thompson
Red Cross
Davenport
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Henry W. Owen, Jr
J. Albert Redson
Clinton D.wilson
Arthur 8. Crockett
Daily Cross
Sian
Impatien
France
Gulf of
Mexico
East Indies
Mediterranean
McGill University
Small Mountain Lake
Persia
North River
Judge Dunton
Lilly-Strout Wedding
First Baptist Parsonage
Dromore Farm Bureau
Winnegance Community House
Morse High
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