Bear captivity tragedy prompts call for Maine zoo rule
Commissioner George J. Stobie has long urged banning bears kept to attract customers at roadside stands. A bear at Ellsworth killed its keeper and maimed a helper, highlighting the danger of keeping bears in captivity outside proper zoos and urging legislative action at the coming General Court session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fish and Game
George J. Stobie
Maine
New England
Stobie
Ellsworth
General Court
Bath traffic lights urged for Chase's Corner danger spot
A Bath plea calls for traffic lights at the Chase's Corner intersection on Center and Washington streets to prevent summer traffic hazards. Officials are urged to address the danger before tourist season and the Bath Brunswick road completion, with Maine expected to vote heavily for London in the November election amid broader GOP mobilization and youthful turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Chase's Corner
Center
Washington Streets
Bath-Brunswick
Center Street Hill
Archer Hunters Eyeing Maine Deer With Bow and Arrow
Two men are recorded planning a Maine woods deer hunt this season using bow and arrow. The note recalls the bow as a historic favorite of Native Americans for hunting and combat. A witnessed moving picture show featuring America's champion archer showcased remarkable feats with this primitive weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Woods
America
Suburban towns advertise bids for winter snow removal
Some suburban towns are advertising for bids to remove snow from highways for the coming winter. The notice reminds readers that snow and ice season is approaching, signaling preparations by local authorities.
Alumnae Association adds four new nurses to membership
Bath Memorial Hospital Alumnae held a semi annual meeting in the doctors room. Four new nurses were admitted to membership Anstress C Larrabee Dorothy R Sprague Lois S Hodgdon and Catherine M Harnish. Donations for hospital gifts planned during Donation week and a card party were announced with committees named and locations to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital Alumnae Association
Grace A. Blair
Washington Street
Dorothy Milliken
Ethel Blake
Dorothy R. Sprague
Grace Carpenter
A. Margaret Chaney
Hodgdon
Helen K. Bonney
Jane W. Haggett
Verna D. Bowie
Blair
Blake
Rita A. Faulkner
Genesta F. Corliss
Stella Bowden
Jane McPhee
Louise K. Rogers
Josephine Moore
Bowie
Eva Powers
Leona Spicer
Haggett
Anstress
C. Larrabee
Lois S&s Hodgdon
Catherine M. Harnish
Carpenter
Faulkner
Gertrude H. Freeman
Kathleen J. Hart
Helen F. Higgins
Nellie B. Long
Milliken
Moore
Tratt
Stolen Dodge Sedan Recovered in North Kennebunk
City Marshal Walter L. Whitney reported that a Dodge sedan owned by Howard Carlton of Arrowsic had been found in North Kennebunk by State Highway Police. Ralph Benson of Brunswick and an accomplice were held for larceny. Benson allegedly confessed to stealing two other Bath cars, one from the BIW parking area. The Carlton car was sold to a North Kennebunk resident. Local charges may follow if no other state charges exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter L. Whitney
North Kennebunk
Howard Carlton
Arrowsie
Ralph Benson
Brunswick
Bath
Benson
Linwood C
Kennebunk
Whitney
Genesta chapter hosts social hour after meeting
A large gathering at the Genesta chapter Masonic temple Friday evening followed a business session with a radio broadcast entertainment. Performers included Mr and Mrs Donald D Young Mrs Elsie Pinson Miss Mabel Fullerton and Harold Cutting. Refreshments were provided by Consuelo Alkazin with assistants. The next meeting on November 6 will feature the annual inspection and a turkey banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta
Masonic Temple
Donald D. Young
Elsie Pinson
Mabel Fullerton
Harold Cutting
Consuelo Alkazin
Harris Rodick
Mae Ward
Agnes Perry
Mahel Merrill
Ladies Circle Plans November Rummage and Christmas Sale
The Ladies sewing circle of First Baptist met at Mrs. William Wakefield’s Oak street home. They postponed the Oct. 29 rummage sale to early November and set December 1 for the annual Christmas sale. A Bowdoin note closes with a partridge tale involving an overeager upperclassman, two men, a towel, and Professor Gross, ending with the bird’s care before release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
William Wakefield
Oak Street
Winter Street Men Resume Club Sessions
Winter Street Church Men's club opened the season with 40 members and visitors. Officers for 1936-1937 were elected: Harry Walters president J Albert Redlon vice president J Frank Hunt secretary and Ernest on treasurer. Dr Lemel W Keck spoke on drought and relief in South Dakota, praising heroic efforts amid grasshoppers bank failures and widespread need. The next meeting moved to Oct 28 with a Spain topic by Nathan W Watson and committees named for supper and program. The club also agreed to attend Central church Men's club on Oct 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Church
Harry Walters
J. Albert Redlon
J. Frank Hunt
Erneston
Arthur C. Lemont
Lemel W. Keck
South Dakota
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Nathan W. Watson
Spain
Charles Andre
A. John Conti, Jr
Lewis J. Sanborn
Charles C. Low
Edward V. Reed
Central Church Men's Club
Filing Intentions Not Always Sure Sign
The City Clerk records show marriages filed as intentions and actual marriages. numbers vary year by year. September saw 14 marriages, with 15 in 1935 and 17 in 1934, while recent years fluctuated from 77 in 1932 to 136 in the prior peak year, indicating trends in wedding commitments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Cupid
Bowdoin Free Exhibition of American Paintings
Bowdoin college opened Thursday at Walker Art gallery a free exhibition of reproductions by 12 living American artists. This is the first of four exhibits and will run two weeks. The college also announces a series of concerts including Russian Symphonic choir at Brunswick Town hall on Oct 40, organ recital by Alfred Brinkler on Nov 17, Glee Club at Memorial hall on Dec 15, Carol service at College chapel on Dec 20, Ives Chardon and Frederick Tiltonson at Memorial hall Jan 14, Portland Choral Society at Memorial hall Feb 23, Curtis String Quartet at Memorial hall March 23, and Glee Club with guest artist April 29 at Memorial hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin College
Walker Art Gallery
Brunswick Town Hall
Alfred Brinkler
College Chapel
Glee Club
Memorial Hall
College
Ives Chardon
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Frederick Tiliotson
Portland Choral Society
Curtis String Quartet
Glee Cfib
Maine birth and death statistics for 1935 record
Maine reports 15724 births and 11024 deaths in 1935 with birth rate 18.6 per 1800 and death rate 13.0 per 1000. Infant deaths totaled 990, yielding an infant mortality rate of 63.0 per 1000 live births. Police Officer Onisphere Fournier of Sanford began a week’s leave after failing to stop when Special Officer Day whistled near the Main Street ditch by the high school. Reserve Officer Henry Bernier will cover Fournier’s duty week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Onisphere Fournier
Sanford
Day
Main Street
Henry Bernier
Fournier
Bath to Open Dental Clinic Stressed by Miss Bryant
Miss Ruth Bryant of Augusta spoke to representatives from three P T A groups the Red Cross the school board and dentists in Bath about establishing a city dental clinic. She cited clinics in Maine towns the needed staff costs and a three year funding plan with emphasis on prevention and education for children pre school prenatal and adult dental health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Bryant
Augusta
Grate Church
Red Cross
School Board
Dentists
North Center
Kittery
Wells
York Beach
Ogunquit
Kennebunk
Portland
South Portland
Lewiston
Auburn
Bangor
Brewer
Bar Harbor
P.t.a.'s
Business Women’s Clubs
Lions Club
Bath
Bryant
Winter Street Ladies Aid Plans for Sale
The Winter Street church ladies aid met Friday at 2 30 pm in the ladies room with 36 members present. Hostesses were Mrs John A Morse Miss Isabel E Carter Miss Abigail F Carter and Miss Alice N Magoun. A rummage sale committee met and plans were announced for an all day session next Friday with luncheon at 12 30 led by the October committee. The Christmas sale is set for December 2. Mr Purdue spoke on Getting Along With Other People from Life's Every Day Problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
Winter Street Church
John A. Morse
Isabel E. Carter
Abigail F. Carter
Alice N. Magoun
Arthur C. Lemont
Winnie F. Durgin
Walter H. Bowker
Clare Coombs
Aid
Purdue
James Gordon Gilkey
High School Essay Contest Winners Named
Winners of the high school essay contest during National Dog Week were announced at 2 45 Thursday afternoon. Freshman Harold Avery sophomore Frank Curran junior Philip Beany and senior Miss Glenys Mank earned top spots and will select a volume by Albert Terhune Payson. Judges were Mrs E F McFarland and three Parent Teacher association presidents Stella Dolloff R N Clinton D Wilson and Alfred E Carpenter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Avery
Frank Curran
Philip Beany
Glenys Mank
Albert Terhune Payson
E. F. McFarland
Bath
Stella Dolloff
R. N
Dike Association
Clinton D. Wilson
North Center
Alfred E. Carpenter
South End
Night watch alarm aids Dover Foxcroft telephones
Courtesy of the local telephone office a siren is installed at Dover Foxcroft. Night operators can sound it to summon the night watchman who covers a large area and has been difficult to locate previously.
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Dover- Foxcroft
Build Your Own Home Through Monthly Savings
A Bath savings association president extols a savings plan for young earners, detailing $25 monthly for five years yielding about $1,615.25 at 3 percent compounded semi annually, enabling about $4,000 in home buying power with insured accounts. The note explains loan options, monthly payments, and eventual home ownership, urging prompt start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin R. Andrews
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath
Mr. Andrews
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Federal Savings and Loan Association of
Bath
The
Association
Front Street
Halloween Party by Honor Society Planned for Oct 28
The National Honor Society announces a Halloween party on Wednesday evening Oct 28 at Winter Street vestry with Mrs G Ronald Smith as chairman and assistants Miss Virginia B Rogers Miss Esther H Drummond and Miss Edna Durant. Each member should invite a friend and another couple. small admission charged. Cards dancing games and refreshments included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Honor Society
Winter Street Vestry
G. Ronald Smith
Virginia B. Rogers
Esther H. Drummond
Edna Durant
Morse High Students Visit Western Union
Morse High School junior commercial trainees and senior shorthand students toured the Western Union telegraph office. Guided by H S Fenderson the class observed sending receiving machines and services. Miss M Agnes Fahey and Miss Alma I Kirkpatrick accompanied the group as more visits were scheduled on additional afternoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Fenderson
Western Union Office
Fenderson
M. Agnes Fahey
Alma I. Kirkpatrick
Commercial Department
Morse High School
Bettison Pleads Guilty in Drunken Driving Case
Llewelyn Bettison of Phippsburg changed his plea from not guilty to guilty in municipal court. Recorder Owen Ledyard fined him $100 plus costs after Bettison, arrested by Day Officer Langdon Green, collided with a car at North and Lincoln streets. Ledyard also presided over intoxication cases, with one defendant ordered to 60 days in the House of Correction and another to 90 days in Kennebec jail with probation on costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llewelyn Bettison
Phippsburg
Owen J. Ledyard
Bettison
Langdon E. Green
Paul Gaudette
North
Lincoln Streets
Ledyard
House of Correction
Kennebec County
Augusta
Gorham Normal School Student Visits Pinkham Relatives
Miss Elizabeth M. Pinkham Morse 36, a first year Gorham Normal student, spent the weekend with her uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Thatcher B. Pinkham of 10 Bridge Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth M. Pinkham
Morse
Gorham Normal School
Thatcher B. Pinkham
Bridge Street
Famous Russian choir coming to Brunswick Friday night
Basile Kibalchich will present his Russian Symphonic choir at Town Hall Brunswick Friday night October 30 under Bowdoin college auspices. He hails from southern Russia and studied under Rimsky-Korsakoff. He led the Archangelsky choir of Petrograd and conducted Petrograd Conservatory choirs touring Russia and directing church choirs in Paris and Geneva.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basile Kibalchich
Town Hall
Brunswick
Bowdoin College
Kibalchich
Russia
Rimsky-Korsakoff
Archani¢elsky Choir
Petrograd
Maine May Ship Beryllium Ores
Windham Franklin Rumford and Baldwin areas show beryllium ore and phenacite localities with higher extraction in limited zones such as Greenwood and Stoneham. France requests quantities and price data for beryllium ores shipped to a port, reflecting Maine’s growing export role alongside 21 000 barrels of Aroostook seed potatoes shipped to Argentina. The Maine State Planning Board reports on marketing and exports to Orient and Europe.
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Windham
Franklin
Rumford
Baldwin
Greenwood
Stoneham
France
C.lf
Maine
Argentine
Maine State Planning Board
Orient
Bath City Police Say Daytime Arrests Dominate
Bath city police report 306 arrests by February 1 with three and a half months left in 1936 37. City Marshal Walter L Whitney predicts the total may near 500, the World War II era peak. Arrests split 184 by day officers and 118 by night patrol. Officials consider expanding daytime roster to three men.
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Bath
Walter L.whitney
Joseph Pennell
Committee On Police
Smith Post Auxiliary Elects Its Officers
Gardiner D. Rogers was elected officer of Roland Smith unit No 21 American Legion Auxiliary at a Wednesday meeting last week at Mrs. Edward A. Rowe’s home. Rogers succeeds Walter M. Hill. Other officers include Rowe first vice president, Curran second vice president, Pratt secretary, Murphy treasurer, Crosby chaplain, Coombs historian, Snow sergeant at arms. Installation set for Oct 28 by past president Mrs. Guy Crosby with nominating committee McClure and Willis. Supper to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner D. Rogers
Roland Smith
American Legion Auxiliary
Edward A. Rowe
Snow Park
Walter M. Hill
Rogers
Rowe
Ambrose M. Curran
Bernard Pratt
Edward J. Murphy
John P. Crosby
Fred Coombs
Charles E. Snow
Guy Crosby
Ralph Gay
J. Horate McClure
Bertram Willis
Bath Party Enjoys Day in Portland
Miss Ruth Oliver, Miss Marion Harmon, Miss Sophie Johns, Miss Frances Miller and Miss Priscilla Wyman of Morse 1936 visited Portland last week with Miss Cecile Vellieux and Miss M. Agnes Fahey. They ran the Morse high school candy and ice cream counters last year under Miss Fahey. The group toured the city, dined at the Danish Village, and attended a theatre party. Marion Black returned to Quincy, Mass., after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Lemont of 210 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Oliver
Marion Harmon
Sophie Johns
Frances Miller
Priscilla Wyman
Morse
Portland
Cecile Vellieux
M. Agnes Fahey
Morse High School
Miss Fahey
Portjland
Marion Black
Quincy, Mass
Frank M. Lemont
Washington Street
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Publicitrea
the Times Company
Bath, Maine
B. Nichols
Treas
Barry O. Webber
London
Hoover
Alumnae Association
Memorial Hospital
Genesta Chapter O. E. S
First Baptist Circle
Bowdoin
South Hyde
Gross
Brunswick Record
Winter Street
Bata
Winter Street Ladies Aid
Foreign Wars Vets
Andrews
Savinge and Loan Association
Pho
Dyer- Flaherty Post
Dunmer Street
Jesse
T. Saunders
Fredanid Roy Clark
Albert Babb
William Williams
Kerwin F. Butcher
Michael Roman
Frank King
Sentinel
Herbert Stevens
Roy Clark
Joseph G. Kelly
George E. Frost
Floyd H.preblé
HONOR
Morse High
Western Union
Immure
Lady
Bath Police
Smith Post Auxiliary
Gardiner Rogers
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