Phippsburg Seaside Visitors and Sign for Local Travelers
Phippsburg reports a busy season with many New York Boston and local guests at Sebasco Popham Small Point and West Point. The Phippsburg Welfare Society erects a large junction sign guiding travellers and crews up Popham Beach Cox Head Parker Head and Sebasco Estates as the season winds down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bettey Palmer
Riverside
Martin Wyman
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Phyllis Eaton
Wyman
Small Point Beach
Bath
Wilbur Wyman
Ernest Rogers
Leon Eaton
Edward Perry
Bila
Harry Hall
Hyde Park
Mass
Thomas C. Hughes
Joseph McCourt
Jamaica Plain
Frank P. Leavitt
Alfred B. Simpson
Ronald
F. P. Leavitt
Leavitt
Roland Faton
Swarthmore
Sebasco
Lester Oliver
Hattie Bowie
George Ingalls
Sebago Lake
Phippsburg Welfare Society
Popham Beach
Small Point
Parker Head
Cox’s Head
Sebasco Estates
West Point
George C. Pease
George Davis
Center Church
M. S. Poulson
Penny Farms
Fla
Popham
Maine
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Florida
J. O. Wyman
Jerome Davises
Prof. Davis
Japan
Brightwater
Ewings
Whiteheads
Holtons and
Alcohol Education Discussed by Speaker at Corliss Street
An open W C T U meeting at Corliss Street Baptist church heard Miss Lily Matheson of Wisconsin, field secretary of the national W C T U, stress the need for alcohol education. She cited world temperance progress and warned that repeal of Maine law would require stronger education and faith-driven effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C.T.U
Deering
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Lily Grace Matheson
Wisconsin
Lizzie B. C. Chaney
Sagadahoc
United States
Stockholm
Sweden
China
Japan
Roumania
India
Mexico
South America
Egypt
Scotland
Mahatma Ghandi
Mussolini
Italy
Hitler
Germany
Pope
Rome
Bertha Palmer
North Dakota
Maryland
Maine
Church
Reynolds Brown marriage in Westbrook ceremony in parsonage
Miss Gwendolyn Brown of West Bath and Robert Reynolds of Portland wed Sunday afternoon in Westbrook at Rev Elmer E Longley parsonage. Best man Herbert Davis, bridesmaid Mrs Catherine Gordon. Bride a daughter of West Bath couple, groom a Portland painter. They will reside in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwendolyn Brown
West Bath
Robert Reynolds
Portland
Westbrook
Elmer E. Longley
Fleetwood Street
Herbert Davis
Catherine Gordon
Brunswick
William V. Percy
Bath
Gordon
Reynolds
William A. Brown
Morse High School
Stella M. Brown
Rhode Island
Maine
Senter’s Inc
Frank Reynolds
Lancaster Street
No Celebration Planned for Bridge Opening
The proposed celebration for the Arrowsic George town bridge opening was canceled as Georgetown officials declined to fund a public event. Natt F Howe offered his property for a clambake, but L Earle Hagan refused town funding and informed Chairman George Tarr, leaving the occasion quietly observed after weeks of anticipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrowsie-Georgetown
Natt F. Howe
Georgetown
L. Earle Hagan
Board of Selectmen
George L. Tarr
Arrowsic Selectmen
Bates College Professor Returns After Health Treatment
Prof. Grosvenor M. Robinson of Bates College returns to Lewiston from Suffern New York where he sought treatment for ill health. His health has greatly benefited from the care received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grosvenor M. Robinson
Bates’ College
Carl Hussey
Suffern
N.Y
Lewiston
Doyle Family Visited Crescent Beach Over Holiday Weekend
Mr and Mrs D Joseph Doyle and daughter Glenn Ann stayed in Rockaway end for the holiday weekend as guests of Mrs Doyle's parents Mr and Mrs Glenn A Lawrence of Crescent Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Joseph Doyle
Glenn Ann
Rockie Yend
Doyle
Glenn A. Lawrence
Crescent Beach
Democratic rally draws swing but rain curtails turnout
A shower reduced attendance at a Bath City Hall rally led by ex Mayor Simon M. Hamlin who urged repeal of the Maine constitutional prohibitory amendment. Eugene Martin of Portland delivered strong remarks as others on the platform included Bath figures and regional candidates awaiting a Governor Brann conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
L. Eugene Thebean
Bath Iron Works Corp
Simon M. Hamlin
South Portland
Congress
Carroll L. Beedy
Hamlin
Beedy
Maine
Eugene Martin
Portland
Home Loan Administration
Charles H. Canill
Bath
Ernest A. Allan
Topsham
Donald Catey
Richmond
Ernest R. Avery
Ernest F. Kelley
H. Martin Powers
John P. Carey, Jr
Brann
Vote of confidence for Woolwich selectmen upheld in town meeting
In Woolwich a special town meeting filled the town house to capacity as voters expressed strong support for Selectmen Chairman Carleton Day Reed and members Harvey Henderson and James Dunton. Moderator Elmer J. DeMerritt oversaw action on the board report and road funding decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Selectmen of
Woolwich
Carleton
Reed
Dunton
Record Geranium Reaches Six Feet On Bangor Veranda
A Bangor home on Pearl Street features a six foot plus geranium plant grown by Mrs. Alice Gibson Finnegan. The three year old plant blooms year round with 35 to 40 salmon pink blossoms, its stem over an inch and a half thick. It stays in a pot and winters in the parlor. Other notes include Bay Point Improve ment association games with prizes to Miss Ruth Keene and M. M. Masterman, and stamp society visits with collectors from Bing ham and Boston. A Rockland excavation uncovered a 1869 Grant pin badge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Gibson Finnegan
Pearl Street
Bangor
Jeanette Ticknor
Lewiston
Bay Point Improvement Association
Ruth Keene
Brooklyn
N. Y
M. M. Masterman
Wilton
Walter Quance
Auburn
Theodore Stuart
Fred Taylor
Walter Gordon
Roslindale
Mass
Walter Quance Jr
Eliza Graham
Boston
Evelyn Hagen
Woolwich
W C T U Speaker Urges Maine Prohibition Stand
Miss Lily Grace Matheson of Wisconsin spoke at Elm Street Baptist church on the W C T U effort, urging Maine to maintain prohibition. She traced the movement from Cleveland in 1874, contrasted past and present saloon trends, and warned that alcohol harms bodily function while challenging wet and dry factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lily Grace Matheson
Nee? Nah
Wis
Elm Street Baptist Church
Matheson
W.C.T.U
Cleveland
Maine
Lindbergh
Capt
Mollison
Death Calls Mrs Rogers to Boston for Father’s Funeral
Mrs Walter M Rogers of North Bath returned from Boston after her father William W White 74 died in Boston after four weeks illness He was a Houston native who lived with a Bath daughter at 34 Calumet Street Funeral attendance included daughter Velma Berry and other relatives with 14 grandchildren and a niece and nephew Russell White and Hazel Wallace among mourners
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter M. Rogers
North Bath
Boston
William W. White
Calumet Street
Mt. Hope Cemetery
White
Houston
Joseph Beloungie
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Mr. White
Bath
Rogers
Velma H
Ira H.berry
Orange
Mass
Elmer C. White
Plattsburg
N. Y
William F. White
Montana
Edwin B. White
Hampstead
N. H
Manley Tracy
Amanda Smith
Portland
Russell White
Hazel Wallace
Car Collision Injures Three at Bowdoinham Curve
Joseph Veno and his two sons Richard 15 and Norman 13 of Dedham Massachusetts were injured Wednesday of last week when their car struck a pole at Dead Man's curve in Bowdoinham on a trip from Nova Scotia. They were hospitalized in Brunswick with severe and facial injuries, the cause undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Veno
Richard
Norman
Bowdoinham
Dedham
Mass
Nova Scotia
Brunswick Hospital
Albert Henderson
Veno
Mrs Ross Wins Bath Country Club Ladies Golf Title
Mrs Rodney E Ross defeated Mrs Edwin H Given to win the 1934 Bath Country Club Ladies golf tournament. The match ended with Ross taking the 17th green for a 3-1 margin in a handicap field of 16. Both players reached the final with ease, and enthusiasm surrounded the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney E. Ross
Edwin H. Given
Bath Country Club
Winnegance Guests Visit and School Opens in Town
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Mellen and Miss Dorothy Mellen guests of Mrs. Eliza Bradshaw in Middleboro. Frazees and Walter Lyons visit relatives. travel through Canada and New England, then return to Middleboro. Village school opens next Monday. Various locals host visitors from Dorchester Lewiston Cambridge Bath and Bath area. Dromore Grange attended a New Meadows river cottage picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Mellen
Middleboro
Mass
Dorothy Mellen
Jordan Hospital
Plymouth
Eliza Bradshaw
H. M. Frazee
Walter Lyons
Asbury Park
N. J
New York
Canada
New England States
Frazee
Mary Putnam
Dorchester
Elmer Coggeshall
Lena Oliver
Woolwich
Edward Small
Charles T. Small
Arthur Stewart
Cambridge
Bath
Winnegance
William Thompson
Hayden Conant House
Merritt House
Burgess Place
Lillian Parks
Lewiston
Fred L. Parks
Dromore Grange
Elbridge Malcolm
New Meadows
Joseph Small Addresses Sunday Gathering On New Deal Outlook
About 40 residents gathered at Miss Jane Murphy's home to hear Joseph T. Small discuss business conditions in New York, criticizing the New Deal and predicting Maine's election will signal national sentiment. He warned of textile code impacts, bank nationalization talk, and varied economic uncertainties ahead of 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane S. Murphy
Joseph T. Smell
New York
Mr. Small
Small
Maine
Pres. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Washington
American Liberty League
Bowdoin College Offered Kent's Island for Research Station
Kent's Island in the Bay of Fundy, owned by John Stirling Rockefeller, is offered to Bowdoin College for a biological research station. Four Bowdoin undergraduates spent a summer there studying and photographing bird life, highlighting hands on learning over books. The island lies midway between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, about two miles long with varying width.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent
Bay of Fundy
Bowdoin College
John Stirling Rockefeller
Bowdoin
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Holiday crowd attends final day at South Kennebec Fair
More than 7 000 visitors gathered for the last day program featuring three classes of close horse racing and exhibits in domestic arts and agriculture. Despite past year fruit shortages and dry conditions, the exposition hall displayed strong agricultural displays. The main event was a chariot race by Coles Express Co Bangor, with two half mile heats. the Gray's won both races in times of 1 10 and 1 00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Kennebec County
Exposition Hall
Cole's Express Co
Bangor
High Praise for Bath Memorial Hospital by Harry E. Green
Waterville engineer Harry E. Green writes to Bath Times praising Bath Memorial Hospital. He commends staff, nurses, and the cheerful spirit, saying treatment was humane, attentive, and above expectations during a recent visit. He hopes the community supports the hospital’s long, prosperous career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Waterville
Bath Memorial Hospital
Harry E. Green
Green & Wilson
The
Times
Bathees Hospital
OWS
Bath Times
Morrill Predicts September Weather Across Local Forecast
Lewiston weather prophet Sam Morrill forecasts September to be fair and mostly cool with normal to above temperatures. A major storm is expected from the 3rd to the 9th with light evening showers, followed by two other spell periods from the 13th to 19th and 26th to month end, ending fair. He warns of earthquakes between the 19th and 25th and notes lunar and solar eclipses will occur, with one moon phase in 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Morrill
Lewiston
Sam Morrrill
Morrill
Philip Marsh Named Sub-master at Houston High School
Philip Marsh of Portland has been chosen to succeed Coburn Ayer of Parkman as sub-master of Houston High School for the coming year. Principal George J. Cumming announced the appointment. Marsh will teach English. He is a University of Maine graduate with master’s degrees from both Maine and Harvard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Marsh
Portland
Coburn, Ayer
Parkman
Houston High School
George J. Cumming
Gapettnof
Mr. Marsh
University of Maine
Harvard University
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Phippsburg
van Zandt Wheeler
Mme. Wheeler
Stanwary Hagar
Marjory
Thomas
Edwin D. Hardin
Sebasco Lodgs
Bermuda
Massena
Earle Fitzhugh
Dick Adams
Stamford
Donald N. Small
Chicago
Martha Small
Charles McKay
Tulsa
Oklo
Everett Quinlan
Hatch Camp
Horace Holton
John
W. B. Hagerman
Waldoboro
Mary Wheeler
Brazier Cottage
Baltimore
Florence Greenlaw
Carolyn
Donald
North Haven
Asa Smith
Squirrel Point Light
Clifton Smith
Keene, N. H
Smith
Hamilton McCourt
Chebeague Island
John Evans
New York City
Jennie Evans
James L. Morse
William B. Perry
Campbell Farm
Charles F. Hathaway
Joseph Small
Helen Stearns
Elizabeth Webber
Ernest Gibby
Harry Gilmore
Melrose
Margaret Morse
Morse's Mountain
Susie Schofield
Hettie Morse
Howard Andrews
Arline Rowe
Waltham
Rowe
Albert N. Towne
Anna Trott
Ruth
Garrett Galvin
High Street
Wilbur Hagan
Woodfords Street
Hiram T. Stevens
Corliss Street
Organization
Somerset Stamp Society of
Skowhegan
Floyd G. Nye
Lake Wessermnsett
Burke
Columbia
Rockland
Doherty
U. S. Grant
First Baptist Vestry
William White
Mrs. Ross
Joseph
Center Street
Louise G. Burnham
America
Richard Jackson
Muriel Pomerleau
Louise Coffill
John Marks
Geraldine Smith
Julian Pomerleau
Gracie Middleton
Georgietta Middleton
Lilian Durgin
Charles W. Avery
Leroy F. Colby
Roscoe P. McFadden
Sally Sarkis
Gerald Smith
Rita Belanger
Frederick W. Humphreys
ERA
Sam
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