North Bath House Fire Destroys Century Old Farmhouse
The George E. Crooker farmhouse in North Bath along Merrymeeting Bay road was gutted by a two alarm fire that started from ashes dumped into an open fireplace. Mrs. Crooker, home alone with no insurance, watched as the wooden ell burned while Bath Fire Departments saved most interior brick sections. The house, built over a century ago by Isaiah Crooker, faced extensive damage with water sourced from nearby wells and a fire dam. The article also details city council actions on taxes, equipment purchases, and traffic measures surrounding the incident.
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George E. Crooker
Bath
Merrymeeting Bay Road
Mrs. Crocker
Bath Fire Department
George E. Crocker
North
Oscar Wright
Fred Perry
Central Station
Heavy Holiday Tolls On Carlton Bridge Across Long Weekend
Labor day traffic at the Carlton bridge drew cash receipts totaling 6,912.25 for Friday through Monday, about 1,000 more than the same period a year earlier. A table compares 1936 figures for 50 cent cars, passengers, and cash totals with the current weekend totals.
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Carlton Bridge
Bey
TDA
Probation Officers to Meet This Month in Providence
Charles R. Pomeroy announces Maine sponsors for this year’s New England conference on probation parole and crime prevention to be held in Providence Rhode Island September 23 to 25. Notables include Justice Harry Manser and Bowdoin president K C M Sills with other judges and editors named. Also notes visiting families and guests from Bay Point, Mamaroneck New York and Belfast Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Pomeroy
Androscoggin County
New England Conference On Probation
Maine
Providence
R. I
Harry Manser
Supreme Court of Maine
Auburn
George L. Emery
Superior Court of Maine
Biddeford
John D. Clifford, Jr
U. 8
Portland
Ashley A. Smith
Bangor
Sumner P. Mills
Farmington
K. C. M. Sills
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Ernest C. Butler
Skowhegan
John M. O'Connell
Bangor Daily News
Hilda Ives
First Baptists Field Day at New Meadows
First Baptist church held its annual field day on the west shore of New Meadows River near the old Bull Rock bridge. Events ran from 11 a.m. including penguin lawn bowling, nail driving contests, clothes pin and harvesting games, stick the potato, and a concluding lawn basketball tournament with multiple teams and captains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
New Meadows
Charles R. Sims
C. Teasdale
E. Melvin Pratt
L. L. Hooker
Evelyn W. Sotheard
Charles EF. Card
Arthur J. Dunton
Ray Cummings
A. I. Stuart
Elmer Rogers
Elmer W. Rogers
Clifford F. Harrington
Mary Oliver
Lucy G
Willis B. Hall
Cedric A. Martin
Bible School
C. Lloyd Hooker
A. J. Dunton
Young People’s Union
Irma D Groves
Lucy G. Rogers
Co-Workers’ Club
Joseph L. Dauphin
Edwy A. Sotheard
S. C. Teasdale
Forest C. Legard
Philip H. Oliver
The
Brotherhood
Ladies’ Circle
Bath considers securing long old Kennebec river water main
The Bath Water District faces concerns over an aging water main laid in 1900 that crosses a ledge in the Kennebec River near City Landing. A Sanders Engineering survey in Portland is detailing the river bed and ledge to devise a permanent securing method, likely concrete piers or non corrosive pins, before bad weather and winter hazards. Divers Fred Hanson and crew map the site as trustees review findings. R. W. Samartin returned to Hartford after visiting Mrs Worrey in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec River
City Landing
Broad Street
Bath Water District
Sanders Engineering Co
Portland
Fred Hanson
Woolwich
Trustees of the Water District
Maine Highway Safety Chief Reports August Auto Fatalities Drop
Sgt. Francis J. McCabe of the Maine State Police released a monthly summary noting Sagadahoc County has one black mark for the year, same as 1936. August saw 15 lives saved vs 29 in the prior year, with 100 total lives lost on Maine streets and highways to date. He warned that many deaths may occur as the year ends, urged caution during peak hours, and highlighted school safety measures including cross walks, bus rules, and signs near schools. He advocated expanding school boy patrols and stressed that 5,000 children were killed in Maine last year and many victims are school-age children this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis J. McCabe
Highway Safety Division
Maine State Police
Sagadahoc County
Maine
End of MacMahan Island Vacation Season
MacMahan closes its Seal and Porpoise lodge signaling the end of the season though cottagers remain. Newcomers and six new families rented cottages, with tennis, playhouse activities, and social events continuing through late August. The dePysters and Rogers hosted dinners and parties, while several arrivals and departures marked the island’s bustling summer life.
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MacMahan Island
MacMahan
W. Clinton Allen
Rye
N. Y
Allenook
Allenoll
Portland
dePysters
Frederick A. dePyster
Seal and Porpoise
Arthur N. Taft
Louise
Mabel Searle
James S. Rogers
Katurah Pine
George S. Pine
Talbot M. Rogers
Julie Walcott
Jane de Pyster
Frederick A. dePyster, Jr
Joseph dePyster
dePyster
Thompson Cottage
Tafts
Police Claim Clue To Hit And Run Driver
Local police hold a clue expected to identify the Buick driver who sideswiped Mrs. Seth S. Mullin's Plymouth coupe on Washington Street Friday. The hit and run car left a hubcap behind and a passerby offered a precise description as officers verify details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seths. Mullin
Washington Street
Mullin
Historic Century Old Landmark at North Bath Damaged by Fire
A North Bath fire destroyed the century old George E. Crocker farm house ell and shed after ashes ignited scrap paper in the open fireplace. Bath firemen saved much of the brick main building by pumping from wells and a fire dam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bath
George E. Crocker
Oscar Wright Place
Bath Department
North
Bath
Pheasants Robbing Gardens At Nason's Corner
Pheasants are raiding gardens at Nason's Corner in Portland, sparking debate on an open season as residents worry about crop damage. Mr Bertelsen, who planted 300 tomato plants, reports birds pecking tomatoes and cherries, prompting him to seek Fish and Game action while considering hunting on legal grounds. Also noted are Scout Troop 120 returning from Cr eent Lake and community notices of Grace Traversall’s death after a long Auburn teaching career.
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State Fish and Game Department
Nimrods
Nason’s Corner
Portland
Christen Bertelsen
Bertelsen
Jerusalem
Rosemont
Fish and Game Department
Jesus
Prominent Speakers Planned for New England Women’s Club Meet
Dr Charles W Gilkey of Chicago will speak at the 28th annual meeting of the New England Conference of State Federations of Women’s Clubs at Poland Spring Hotel on Sept 15 16 and 17 His topic The Faiths That Undergirt Democracy Dr Milton D Proctor of Westbrook Junior College Portland will discuss Guidance a Function of the Home Both fit the conference theme Youth Today Citizens Tomorrow Mrs Maybelle H Brown of Waterville is general chairman with a large slate of assistants and a banquet committee chaired by Edith Pratt Brown and Maybelle Stobie Featured soloists include Alexandre Lemieux Lewiston and Miss Rebecca Tawis of ??? as well as a program of talks by state and regional figures on topics from moving pictures to law enforcement.
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Charles W. Gilkey
Chicago
New England Conference of State Federations of Women's Clubs
Poland Spring Hotel
Gilkey
Maine
University of Chicago
Milton D. Proctor
Westbrook Junior College
Portland
Ralph O. Brewster
Dexter
Lilith Vaughan
Boston
Harry W Smith
New Hampshire
Phi
Frias Morminng
Maude Clark
Moving Pictures
Louis E. Elkins
New Stampshire
Merry
Proctor
Vermont
John ‘Kimball
Massachusetts
Frank Mason
Rhode Island
Florence Sutton
Chime
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North End
Bath House
Police Department
Gaudette
Sewall
Finance Committee
City Hall
Robson
Alderman Robson
Robson and Bragg
Charles T. Stall
Earl P. Morse
McCausland
Portland Tractor Co
Drake
Bragey
Bragg
Water Street
Swift & Co
Bath Iron Works Corp
King
Union Streets
Union Street
Water
Washington Streets
Fortier
Washington
Jennie R. Morse
Hinckley Street
Charles R. Kaler
High
Park Streets
Charles J. Willard
Committee On Taxes
Middle Street
Fred B. Edgerly
George Gray
Valley Road
Center Streets
Gray
Central Maine Power Co
Tam
New England
Donald Hopkins
Betsy Mae
Donald, Jr
Corliss Street
Bay Point
Oliver Cottage
Stuyvesant H. Broadhead
Jeanne
John
Mamaroneck
Ida Webber
Belfast
Clifford Wilband
High Street
First Baptists
Old Bull Bridge
R. W. Samartin
Hartford
Conn
Tinktow de Leeds
Mahan Island
Talbot M
George K. Rogers
Rogers
Betty Craig
Shirley Gray
Sally Spock
Mary C. Rathbun
Carolina Rose
Jane dePyster
Vite
Willers Seymour
David Pater
Jim
Bill MacKaye Rogers
Crubette
Agnes
George Rathbun
Edwin F. Hussa
Albert C. Rose
Benjamin Spock
New Haven
Chevy Chase
Morse Cottage
Dorothy Stuart
Richmond
Elisabeth Given
Stuart
William Green
Martha
Nancy Geen
New York City
Bowdoin Gregson
Blair Wilson
Melrose
Mass
Passibile
Campbell’ West Bath
Paul B. Wilson
Lore Steininger
David L. Wilson
Donald Wilson
Charles Stackpole
Carolyn
Philip Stackpole
Fben J. Marston
Phyllis Troop
Mechanie Falls
Creent Lake
Dana Raymond
Lawrence Raymond
Raymond
Orville Farr
Eaute
Mechanic Falls High School
Grace Traversall
First Avenue
Park Hill
Miss Ingersoll
Danville
John H
Hannah Fimerson Ingersoll
Federation
New England Women’s Clubs
Maybelle H. Brown
Waterville
A. E. Chittenden
Maine Federation of Women's Clubs
Harry H. Burnham
Chittenden
Edna A. Hutchins
John T. Sheffield
Anna Cate Wetherle
Florence W
Danforth
John H. Huddilston
Grace A. Wing
Charles F. Flagg
Caroline A. Burpee
Edith Pratt Brown
Clinton
Maybelle Stobie
Water Ville
J. Marden de Shou
Florence Martin
Hutchins
Corina
Ruth Ellingwood
Rockland
J. W. West
John Healey
Augusta
Eva C. Mason
Dover Foxcroft
Sololsts
Alexandre Lemieux
Lewiston
Rebecca Tawis
Evenin
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