Maine official urges removal of outdated traffic warning signs
Secretary A. E F. H Barncard of the Maine Automobile Association urges town officials and the public to remove out of date traffic warning signs that clash with state laws. He says many signs threaten prosecution and frighten motorists, preferring modern, respectful messaging. He notes signs reading 15 mph are illegal and not enforceable, and advocates signs that invite careful driving rather than threats. He also questions parking facilities and their impact on local business.
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A. E F. H Barncard
Maine Automobile Association
Maine
Syill
Canada
Maine to Expand Federal Aid Roads in 1932
Maine’s share of federal aid roads for 1932 is 944 168 20 dollars of a 125 million dollar national fund. double that amount from state funds will be spent to build new highways. contracts may be placed for spring work to beat spring travel. Maine’s highway system is already strong and draws tourists while benefiting resident travel.
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Maine
Modern farming urged for Maine prosperity
Governor Gardiner warns against a simple move to farms by the unemployed. He says farming must be modern and scientifically managed to pay, noting that small farms can fail without capital and proper techniques, while some regions still offer real money with adequate investment.
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William Tudor Gardiner
Maine
Gardiner
Reducing highway speed to forty five miles an hour urged
The piece argues excessive speed causes many U S accidents. It suggests automakers cooperate to limit gear to 45 mph, reducing danger on highways and slowing drivers who rush, except in open country with clear sight.
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United States
Kennedy Paisley Wedding Saturday
The marriage of James Delmont Kennedy and Miss Isabelle Turnbull Paisley was solemnized Saturday at 3 p.m. in Brunswick by Rev. Fredrick Barnes. Guests included immediate families, with décor of autumn leaves. The couple, both in blue, exchanged gifts of a cameo brooch and silver cigarette case. Mrs. Kennedy, a Morse high graduate, works at Bath Iron Works. he, a Coast Artillery graduate, will be stationed at Fort Amador Panama, sailing from New York December 11.
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James Delmont Kennedy
Stacy Robbins
Stanwood Street
Brunswick
Isabelle Turnbull Paisley
William J. Paisley
Weeks Street
Fredrick Barnes
Cumberland Baptist Church
Paisley
Julia Paisley
Hartley Strout
Bath Iron Works, Corp
Kennedy
Brunswick High School
Coast Artillery School
Fort Munroe
Virginia
Fort Amador
Panama
New York
Browne Cornish Card Announces Brunswick Wedding
Saturday afternoon Oct. 17, Miss Donis Wentworth Cornish and Dr. Wilbur Fiske Browne of Brunswick were married at the Church of the Transfiguration with Rev. Randolph Ray officiating. The bride, daughter of Mrs. Isaac Trufant, worked as a local telephone operator. the groom, a Brunswick dentist, plans home at 2 Lincoln Street after Nov. 1 following a motor trip through New York and Canada.
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Donis Wentworth Cornish
Wilbur Fiske Browne
Brunswick
Church of the Transfiguration
Randolph Ray
Isaac Trufant
Hardings
New York State
Canada
Kennerson Ayer Wedding in Bath at Beacoea Street M E Parsonage
Walter I. Kennerson and Ida M. Ayer both of Bath were married Saturday night at Beacoea Street Methodist parsonage. The single ring ceremony was performed by Rev. Weston P. Holman. Attendants were Norman F. Kennerson and Muriel E. Ayer. Witnesses included Mary Iffill Clarence Ayer Marie F. Ayer Hazel Bartlett and Edward M. Staples. The couple will reside on Washington Street North End after a Boston honeymoon.
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Walter I. Kennerson
Ida M. Ayer
Bath
Beaecoa Street Methodist Parsonage
Weston P. Holman
Newman F. Kennerson
Muriel E. Ayer
Mary Iffill
Clarence Ayer
Marie F. Ayer
Hazel Bartlett
Edward M. Staples
Kennerson
North End
Boston
Washington Street
Roscoe E Perkins Elected Commander at Legion Post Meeting
Roscoe E Perkins was elected commander of Roland Smith post No 21 A L at the Legion headquarters meeting last week. Other officers named include R J M Steussy first vice commander Walter M Hill second vice commander Ralph Gay adjutant Freeman A Trott finance officer Gardiner D Rogers chaplain Eugene G Hart sergeant at arms. An auditing committee and building committee were named and an Armistice day committee listed. Installation and annual reports will follow at next week’s post meeting with supper served at 30.
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Roscoe E. Perkins
Roland Smith
No. 21
A. L
Legion
Perry Thompson
Freeman Trott
Roscoe Shaw
R. J. M. Steussy
Walter M. Hill
Ralph Gay
Freeman A. Trott
Gardiner D. Rogers
Eugene G. Hart
Ralph G. Stetson
Elver A. Stickney
Allan Spear
Eugene M. Desmond
Herman Johnson
James L. Morse
Ex-Governor Baxter gifts collie to Bath Children’s Home
Ex Governor Percival P. Baxter presents an eight month old collie named Garry to the State Military and Naval Children's Home in Bath. The animal toured the Home with Baxter and was placed in a basement bed after a children’s vote, as Mrs. Louie R. Staples introduced the donor and spoke on animal kindness. Garry follows the story of Jack the dog who died after a broken leg, inspiring Baxter to donate future pets for the Home.
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Garry
Percival P. Baxter
Mr. Baxter
Jack
Bath
Rupert H. Baxter
Louie R. Staples
Baxter
Solomon
O.K
Collie
State Gas Shovel Taken to Phippsburg
The big gas shovel owned by the State Highway Department was moved by lighter to Phippsburg Center and will work on a $7,000 road project on the Small Point road near Mill hill. It will stay idle until spring when used on the Sebasco road after an appropriation of $12,000. The move avoided loading the equipment on Winneganee bridge due to weight concerns.
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State Highway Department
Sagadahoc
Phippsburg
Phippsburg Center
Small Point
Mill Hill
Sebasco
Freeman H. Merritt
Highway Department
Winneganee Bridge
Two Girls Returned to Homes in Bath
Ernestine Eaton aged 13 and Hazel Lancaster aged 15 were returned to their Bath homes at 48 Chestnut street and 17 Shaw street about 830 a.m. Thursday after State troopers at Bear Mountain New York confirmed they were being detained. The girls had left home October 4 and were found and brought back following a call to police from New York.
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Florida
Ernestine Eaton
Hazel Lancaster
Chestnut Street
Shaw Street
Bear Mountain
N. Y
New York
Criticism Over Cemetery Tree Cutting Sparks City Debate
A Bath editor laments the cutting of mature trees along Oak Grove cemetery main avenue by the Park and Cemetery board. The piece says loss of evergreens costs thousands and notes Mayor Small could not stop the action. The letter warns of a cement road plan harming a beloved memorial site.
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the Independent
Bath
Oak Grove
Park and Cemetery Board
Harold P. Small
Morse High Seniors Sponsor Fine Dance
The Class of 1932 hosted an Auturn dance at Morse High School Friday night with Bria Jewett's orchestra. A fair crowd attended despite weather, 7 30 to 11, and decorations featured brown canary yellow and red. Senior committee members included Mary Kenney Kathalog en Leonard Ada Greenblatt Jernette Shackford Hibbert Norton Howard Mayo and Pres Newell Wilson. Patronesses were Mrs. Russell L. Kenney Mrs. George R. Ingraham Mrs. Solomon K. Greenblatt Mrs. Roy F. Shackford Mrs. Arthur F. Mayo and Mrs. Louise R. Staples.
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Morse High School
Mary Kenney
Kathalogen Leonard
Ada Greenblatt
Jeannette Shackford
Hibbert Norton
Howard Mayo
Pres. Newell Wilson
Russell L. Kenney
George R. Ingraham
Solomon
Real estate transfer roundup from Sagadahoc registry
Over the last two weeks Sagadahoc registry of deeds records 18 transfers with several Bath sales. Notable moves include Bath figures Hattie Tarbox Bonney and Susan F Howard among multiple deeds to others, and Topsham transfers from Merle F Pottle and Evelyn H Foster to new owners.
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Sagadahoc Registry of Deeds
Bath
Hattie Tarbox Bonney
William J. Craft
Leigh H. Wing
Henry T. Wing
Susan F. Howard
Albert M. Pinkham
Susan Jane Perkins
George C. Pease
Caroline T. Dixon
William B. Blanchard
Ora L. Parks
Frances W. Clark
Bowdoin
George P. Hickey
Wallace Small
Cyrille Bechard
Georgetown
Alice M. Murphy
Avis L Luce
Harold F. Hunt
John FE. Wilson
Frank E. Southard
Fred N. Gowen
Richmond
James M. Dysart
Earl Packard
Fredland Jones
Harry L. Suilphen
Agnes R. Wood
John M. Skyes
Frank L. Gray
Sidney W. Peacock
Lena Edge Wilson
W. H. Hutchins Co. Topsham
Merle F. Pottle
Maude E. Hussey
Evelyn H. Foster
Alice M. Hunter
Movement for weekly grocery store closing expands
A general closing of grocers on Wednesdays begins at noon with Center Street stores leading. South end shops have winter practice. Front Street merchants may join next week. North end retailers plan reopenings. one will not close. Several undecided, others see growing support.
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Center Street
Front Street
South End
North End
Puzzle Clues Stretch Across Random Word Fill
A scrambled clue list mixes terms from science and nature with hints like scent palm cockatoo iridescent Egyptian sun god hints. It includes prefixes for repetition on and on and asks for words matching insects animals and titles and roles in a long grid style puzzle.
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Rocky Pinnacles
Ireland
Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 49
Puzzle solution list includes many partial words and clues such as tavern ba and bel onging to the laity with various numbered entries. The compilation shows word fragments like proverb it and hewing too and notes on colors metals and foods, suggesting a crossword style answer key with multiple intersecting terms.
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Dave Ra
Seafaring life returns native Walter Oliver to Bath after 20 years
Walter H. Oliver of Somerville Mass a Parker Head native returns to Bath after two decades away. His career spanned square riggers US Navy flying corps German war camp 18 months 11 years with United Fruit Co including surveys in India and the last three years with Hartwell Coal Co Boston. He visits sister Mrs Henry C Hartley at 75 Lincoln St and notes Bath’s changes including a new City hall and Kennebec bridge. His father James R Oliver was lost at sea when Walter was two.
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Walter H. Oliver
Somerville
Mass
Parker Head
Bath
Harry Mank
United States Navy
Flying Corps
North Sea
States
United Fruit Co
Lines
India
Hartwell Coal Co
Boston
Broadway Street
Oliver
Henry C. Hartley
Lincoln Street
City Hall
Kennebec Bridge
Morse High School
James R. Oliver
Morse High May Fall in Line with Plan
Morse high school coaches discuss playing a game for the unemployed as a fundraiser to help the athletic program. Coach Sammy Cutts notes the department is in debit after a $350 football equipment purchase and weighs joining Maine schools in the nationwide “game for the unemployed” plan.
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Sammy Cutts
Morse High School
Morse High
Cutts
Morse High School Athletic Association
Maine
Morse
Bath
Morse High School A. A
Milkman Facing Sanitation Proceedings In Local Case
Clayton P. Osgood of the state dairy in spector announced a forthcoming hearing against a local milkman over farm sanitation conditions. Dr. H. B. Duce said prosecutions were started after the milkman refused an order to stop selling milk but were stayed when the milkman left the area. Duce cited lack of milk testing equipment hindering his office.
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Clayton P. Osgood
Department of Agriculture
H. B. Duce
Bath
Cone
Osgood
Dr. Duce
Duce
Chester S. Kingsley
Bath Motorist Cleared of Blame in Child Accident
No blame was attached to E D Hardin for a Thursday Newport accident in which five year old Tommy Hayes darted in front of his car during a light change. The child was treated at a doctor’s office and later returned home. no bones were broken.
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E. D. Hardin
Newport
Hardin
Two Bath F Wins Topsham Prizes at Fair
North Bath farmer David Rich and Bath resident Alcerman E. Mason Wright earned top honors at Topsham fair for Ayrshire and Holstein cattle. Rich’s Ayrshires took blue ribbons across herd, bull, and cow classes while Wright’s Holsteins earned multiple awards including senior and junior heifers and cows with offspring.
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David Rich
North Bath
Alcerman E. Mason Wright
Bath
Mr. Rich
Mr. Wright
Morse
C. Ham
Ayrshires
Charles Morse
Holssein
Herd
Mason Wright
Bull
Wright
Skelton
Mo Wright
Two Portland men fail to assault Bath officer at fairgrounds
Two intoxicated Portland men weighing 240 and about 200 pounds tried to strike Bath police Officer Furber Davis at Topsham Fairgrounds. Davis, aided by Sheriff Albert Henderson, escorted them off grounds after they insulted two women. The 240 pound man punched Davis. the 200 pound man joined, but both were subdued and fined costs of 4.25 dollars with sentence suspended on first offenses.
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Portland
Furber Davis
Bath
Topsham Fairgrounds
Davis
John J. Keegan
Bridge traffic shows year to date gains in October
Traffic across the bridge through early October rose over the prior year, lifting cash receipts. For the year to Oct 1 motor vehicles and passengers contributed to a net increase of 3,260.15 compared with the same period in 1930, with detailed tables showing monthly gains and totals.
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Lord Ee
Ale Seta Age Jeans
Reese
Dentoninetras
China
Desert
Truck Collision Near Bath Injures Huntington Driver
John Esmond of Yarmouth truck driver for James A. Clappison oil dealer collided on the Bath Brunswick highway near Brunswick. Mrs Lillian Childs of Huntington in Bruns wick hospital with a broken hip and internal injuries. Esmond’s wife and son treated for bruises. Esmond charged with reckless driving and ordered to Brunswick municipal court. He said he swerved to avoid a pedestrian and the truck skidded into the New York car. The rest notes Freeport road work and state town cost savings.
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Bath
John Esmond
Yarmouth
James A. Clappison
Huntington
L. I
Brunswick
Bath-Brunswick
Lillian Childs
Brunswick Hospital
Esmond
Robert
Brunswick Municipal Court
Brunswick Police
New York
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Treas
Harry GC. Webber
Bride
J. Robert Paisley
Roxbury
Barbara Maurer
Cambridge, Mass
Reginald T. Lombard
South Portland
J. Edward Drake
Lombard
Sewall
Loyall F. Sewall
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Room
Adriatic
Rio
Leiatri
Bowdoin College
Cumberland Theatre
Murch
Philip S. Wilder
Ralph Goodwin
Pejepscot
Bath F
David E. Rich
E. Mason
Alfred Poirier
Waterville
Owls Head
New Jersey
Freeport
Coombs
Selectman Porter
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