Newport Tercentenary recalls Washington address on liberty
In Newport Rhode Island a Tercentenary celebration recalls the 1790 address by George Washington on religious and civil liberty. A Washington descendant read the speech emphasizing universal liberty and the US commitment to tolerance and freedom amid enduring prosperity and political liberty.
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Newport
R. I
Roger Williams
Rhode Island
George Washington
United States
Revolution in Farming and Highway Safety in Maine
A historical overview notes farming revolutions from the plow to modern cooperatives and emphasizes a current shift to cooperative marketing. Governor Barrows urges reduced speeds on Maine roads with stricter enforcement. Maine State Police orders patrols to target speeders. New Hampshire liquor ads plan seeks wall poster fees to boost state revenue. Public sentiment against the plan grows though posters remain hidden to shoppers. Baseball declines as football rises amid softball-season chatter.
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Barrows
Maine
Healy
New Hampshire Liquor Commission
Granite State
New Hampshire
Commission
Ths
Miss Betty Fuller Tops Maine Women's Golf Tourney at York
Bath golfer Miss Betty Fuller demonstrated standout form at York Country Club to win the Women's State Golf Association weekly tourney with 44 43 for an 87, defeating Miss Mary Holt of Portland who shot 90. Hersom took second net in class B. Kenneth Tipper won first net.
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Betty Fuller
Bath
State Golf Association
York Country Club
Mary Holt
Portland
Maine
Puller
Bath Country Club
Miss Fuller
Miss Holt
Hersom
Hope Hersom
Kenneth Tipper
Waterville
Thanksgiving Date Moves to Third Thursday in 1940
President Roosevelt set the 1940 Thanksgiving on November 21 by moving the holiday to the third Thursday for calendar planning. The White House noted advance notice aids calendar makers and football schedules, with states and New England often clinging to the old date.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Abraham Lincoln
Federal Territories
District of Columbia
New England
Christian Science Monitor
Wife changes mind on alleged suicide pact
A Bath woman aged around 20, described as North End resident, was found hanging by her hands from the Carlton bridge railing early Saturday by two Bath police night patrolmen. She told officers she and her husband a Bath Iron Works welder had agreed to die by their own actions, but she later said she had changed her mind. The woman was taken home after the incident and investigators continued.
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Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath
North End
Carlton Bridge
Miss Briggs Returns From Camp Hiawatha
Miss Louise Briggs daughter of Mr and Mrs E P Briggs 722 High Street has come back from Camp Hiawatha Kezar Falls where she served as a councilor She will depart later this month for the Baldwin School at Bryn Mawr to pursue education studies at Bryn Mawr College.
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Louise Briggs
E. P. Briggs
High Street
Camp Hiawatha
Kezar Falls
Baldwin School
Bryn
Bryn Mayr College
Local party leaves for New York World's Fair visits relatives
Alfred E. Cormier, Arthur Cormier, Miss Helen Cormier and Frank Morton of this city, with Miss Maxine Thibeau of Lewiston, departed Friday for New York to attend the World's Fair and visit relatives in White Plains, N Y. They returned Tuesday.
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Alfred E. Cormier
Arthur Cormier
Helen Cormier
Frank Morton
Maxine Thibeau
Lewiston
New York
White Plains
N. Y
Boat trips gaining popularity each year
Editor Herbert J. Kellaway notes rising interest in river and coastal travel along the Kennebec and Sasanoa rivers. He cites steamers Virginia and other daily trips to Provincetown and Boothbay, urges Bath leaders to revive Bath to Popham excursions, and calls for public landings and a Popham Day to attract visitors.
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the Independent
Boston
Provincetown
Mass
Kennebec
Bath
Popham
Edward W. Bridgham
The
Independent
Virginia
Sasanoa River
Boothbay
N. Gratz Jackson
State of
Bath Exhange Handles 13700 Calls Daily In Maine
Bath residents use about 13700 telephone calls daily with roughly 12100 local and 1600 long distance, mostly within Maine. Manager Irvine notes calls bond neighbors, cut travel, and keep families in touch, as lines quietly connect towns and cities.
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New England
Maine
Pheasants Open Season Discussed by Maine Sportsmen
Maine sportsmen will meet Fish and Game Commissioner George J. Stobie in Augusta on September 16 to decide if another short pheasant season should be allowed. Stobie notes about 6 000 birds were released statewide this year, with roughly 3 000 bagged during last year’s five day November season. The hearing aims to gauge sentiment in the House of Representatives on reopening the birds for this year.
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Maine
George J. Stobie
Augusta
Stobie
House of Representatives
Officers Hope to Extradite Crawford Robbery Suspects
Sheriff Charles W. Messenger and State Trooper John P. Crosby traveled to New York City and Elizabeth New Jersey to extradite John and Joseph Crawford brothers from Salem Virginia and Elizabeth New Jersey wanted on robbery charges. They seek to bring them to Bath for the Aug 1 robbery of Edward Kelley a local salesman. Joseph Crawford linked to the holdup and were recently detained by Elizabeth New Jersey officials awaiting hearing. Officials hope to return to Bath late Thursday night or early Friday morning with both men.
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Charles W. Messenger
John P. Crosby
New York City
Elizabeth
N. J
John
Joseph Crawford
Salem
John Crawford
Bath
Edward Kelley
West Bath
West Bath, Aug. 1 If Successful, He Will Face Trials For de- Joseph Crawford
Kelley
Sagadahoc County
Ery
Bath resident Barbara Grout noted by local phone circle
Miss Barbara Grout is identified as part of Bath's local telephone network circle where she frequently visited friends and maintained social contacts in the community.
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Barbara Grout
Bath
Setre River hit and run injures Bath man
A Bath man suffers a fractured skull and other injuries after a hit and run near Cahill's Filling station. An emergency operation was performed, and police seek a light colored convertible coupe or roadster. Witness Philip Oliver chased the fleeing vehicle, description similar from Mildred Smith, alarm broadcast within 50 miles. The victim, Mr Longley of 121 Court Street, was taken to Memorial hospital.
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Memorial Hospital
Ardenne A. Stott
Philip Oliver
Bedford Street
Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co
Longley
Bath
Oliver
Court Street
Cahill
Mildred Smith
Berry's Mill Road
Colonial Cafe
August Weather in Maine This Year Compared to Last Year
August was a fair month for Maine residents and visitors despite fog at night and morning. The Independent thermometer noted 23 fair days versus 26 last year, three rainy days versus one, and five cloudy days versus four. Foggy mornings reached 19, lighthouse fog horn hours set a record, with lows around 58 and highs near 70, compared with last year’s 51 and 74 respectively.
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Maine
Independent
Old Folks Meet At Old Orchard Beach In 1940
Maine old age group gathers for the 15th annual sessions of the Three Quarter Century Club at Old Orchard Beach. U S Representative Ralph O Brewster urges a pay as you go old age assistance plan over a borrow until you bust approach. Linwood T Jordan of Portland elected President with C A Babb Camden as Vice President John H Merrill Auburn as Secretary and other officers including retiring President Martin L Durgin Milo Emma A Guild Old Orchard Beach and Charles H George 104 South Paris as veteran member.
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Maine
Dover-Foxcroft
U. S
Ralph O. Brewster
Old Orchard Beach
Linwood T. Jordan
Portland C
C. A. Babb
Camden
John H. Merrill
Auburn
Martin L. Durgin
Milo
Emma A. Guild
Charles H. George
South Paris
Half Hundred Old Folks Leave Bath Group
A Bath group departure included Capt. Baker from the Old Folks Home and residents Edward Huse David Standish James C Love Fred B Coombs 86 and Albert Murphy among the oldest. Women from the Home included Mrs. Annie Smith Mrs. Alice Simmons Mrs. J E Roderick and Mrs. Howard Haggett with nurse Harriet Otis. Ernest T Savage recently from Woolwich and George Sanford of 247 Center Street completed the Bath party.
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Capt. Baker
Edward Huse
David Standish
James C. Love
Fred 8. Coombs
Albert Murphy
Annie Smith
Alice Simmons
J. E. Roderick
Howard Haggett
Harriet Otis
Ernest T. Savage
Woolwich
George Sanford
Center Street
Bath Group
Jewish New Year Services Announced at Beth Israel
Rabbi Abraham May announces the Jewish New Year will begin Wednesday Sept 13 at sunset and run through Sept 15 with services at Beth Israel Synagogue. The Day of Atonement begins Friday Sept 22 at sunset and ends Saturday Sept 23. About 100 members of local Jewish families and visiting relatives are expected to attend.
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Abraham May
Beth Israel
Fire Destroys Hedge at Oak Grove Cemetery
A cedar hedge about 200 feet long along the east side of Oak Grove Cemetery was destroyed by fire Thursday afternoon, likely from a cigarette tossed from a passing car. Engine 4 pumped from the cemetery pond, Box 511 was sounded at 4 15, all out at five. A minor accident followed when Engine 2 Maxim truck, driven by Ernest E Russell, collided with a Pontiac sedan driven by Elmer W Rogers opposite City Home. Repairs were underway Friday by City Mechanician E Bernard McCausland to fix a damaged bumper and crank on the fire engine.
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Oak Grove Cemetery
Oak Grove Avenue
North Bath
Maxim
Ernest E. Russell
Pontiac
Elmer W. Rogers
Rogers
E. Bernard McCausland
Mr. Russell
Everett Green
Scarecrow Bertha Hangs From Court House Flag Pole
Bertha, a summer resident scarecrow, was found hanging from the Court House flag pole in Phippsburg Friday morning. The realistic figure drawn attention from locals and artist Stephen Etnier who sketched her. Police removed Bertha to headquarters awaiting owners as investigators consider who took her and left a Y M C A road sign in the doorway.
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Bertha
A. Bernard Henderson
Phippsburg
Court House
Henderson Garden
Stephen Etnier
Phippsburg Road
Summer Street
Local no 4 disavows shipyard supporter flier
James W. Harkins of Bath Iron Works shipfitting dept and president of Local No 4 IUMSWA said the local did not sponsor the recent flier distributed at the shipyard last Thursday. At a regular meeting last Wednesday members voted unanimously to have officers inform workers the flier was unauthorized by the Local. The flier urged joining Local No 4 but was written to imply Local backing despite its disapproval.
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James W. Harkins
Bath Iron Works Corp
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Harkins
Former princess bridesmaid in Bath wedding recalled
The death by self inflicted causes Thursday of Mrs. Clarissa P. Curtis Cantacuzene in New York recalls Bath residents that she was a bridesmaid at the Bath wedding on November 27 1920 of Miss Kaitlani Sewall to John Winslow Williams of Baltimore. She later married a Russian nobleman, and her family then lived in Boston. She had visited Mr and Mrs Williams at Bath and Small Point.
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Clarissa P. Curtis Cantacuzene
New York
Prince Cantacuzene
Bath
Kaitlani Sewall
Harold M. Sewall
John Winslow Williams
Baltimore
Ulysses S. Grant
Boston
Mrs. Williams
Small Point
Bath man admitted to Maine bar after exams
Frank O. Dunton of Bath was admitted to practice before Maine courts by Associate Justice Guy H. Sturgis. Dunton, a member of the Bath board of common council, plans to open a Bath law office. He was recommended by Bath municipal Judge Gardiner R. Deering, and Justice Sturgis stayed in Portland to conduct the admission.
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Frank O. Dunton
Bath
Maine
Guy H. Sturgis
Supreme Court of Maine
Dunton
Board of Common Council
Gardiner R. Deering
Sturgis
Augusta
Portland
Daley Pleads Guilty To Corner Parking Violation
William Daley, operator of a simonizing business on Oak Street, pled guilty in municipal court Saturday to violating the corner parking ordinance. Judge Gardiner R. Deering fined him $3 plus costs of $64.95 after Night Captain Joseph D. Pennell and Patrolman Donald Crosby reported his car parked within three feet of the Oak and Front streets intersection and headed in the wrong direction.
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William Daley
Oak Street
Gardiner R. Deering
Joseph D. Pennell
Donald Crosby
Daley
Oak and
Front Streets
Miss Merrill Returns Home From Summer Work
Miss Marie Merrill daughter of Mr and Mrs Jason A Merrill of Washington Street returns from Kennebunkport where she has been employed for the summer. She will visit her parents briefly before returning to Waterville to resume the librarian course.
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Marie Merrill
Jason A. Merrill
Washington Street
Kennebunkport
Waterville
Mrss Merrill
Maine to Form State Disaster Relief Organization
The Maine State Department and Commander L. Fortier organize a statewide Emergency Disaster Relief program. Col. Hubert W. Eldred accepts, appoints Archie M. Main as vice chairman and Frank A. Vennett as Sagadahoc chairman. Every American Legion post is asked to send a representative to Bath on Sept. 19 to plan a uniform relief program with state Red Cross and Legion leaders. Veterans urged to register with local adjutants as statewide mobilization is planned. A hurricane alert similar to last year is forecast and preparations are under way.
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L. ©. Fortier
State Department
Hubert W
Bath
Eldred
Archie M. Main
Frank A. Vennett
Sagadahoc
American Legion
Maine
New Hampshire
Temple Coombs Wedding Friday at Beacon Street Parsonage
Linwood E. Temple and Miss Barbara G. Coombs were married Friday evening at eight in Beacon Street parsonage with Rev. Jesse Kenderdine officiating. The couple plans a Quebec wedding trip and future home at the Temple cottage in Phippsburg. Temple is a Morse High School graduate and machinist at Bath Iron Works. Coombs graduate of Morse, formerly employed at Woolworth.
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Linwood E. Temple
W. B. Temple
Hinckley Street
Barbara G. Coombs
George G. OC. Coombs
Isle Au Haut
Beacon Street Parsonage
Jesse Kenderdine
James W. Temple
Herbert Morse
Morse
High Street
Woolworth
Mrs Wood and Mina Wood Leave Bath for Home
Mrs E E Wood and her sister in law Miss Mina Wood of Northampton Mass have departed Bath after two weeks as guests at Hotel Sedgwick. They were accompanied by Mrs A E Wardwell who will visit Hartford before returning to Bath. Leon Pennell Jr son of Mr and Mrs Leon Pennell of High street served as their chauffeur and guest of Mrs Wood over Labor Day weekend.
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E. E. Wood
Mina Wood
Northampton
Mass
Hotel Sedgwick
A. E. Wardwell
Wardwell
Hartford
Bath
Real Estate Transfers Reported in Sagadahoc Registry
Sagadahoc Registry of Deeds shows numerous recent land and building transfers in Bath and nearby towns including Bath Street parcels on Water Street and Garden Street. Transactions list grantees such as Virginia E Patero Perley E Day Jane Lucy Scott Josephine Scott Annie B Dauphin rest Coombs Donald W Blaisdell Hattie Ev erard Frank Alleg rin Robert Boyd John B Purdy C S Hardy Everett D Stevens Robert Fry Ida Belle Whitney Raymond M Wyman Harold R Roberts Claud A Beal M Evelyn Greenleaf and others with properties in Bath Bowdoinham Phippsburg Richmond Woolwich and surrounding areas.
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Orge Mintas
Virginia E. Pateroee
Elizabeth G. Moore
Donald W. Blaisdell
Pearl Street
Margaret E. Everard
Hattie R. Everard
Washington Street
Henry C. Roye
Frank Allegrin
Bowdoinham
Ethel M. Temple
Richmond Favour, Jr
William H. Small
H. Robert Boyd
Benjamin B
Hit and Run Driver Sought After Severe Injury
Police seek a light colored Ford or Chevrolet coupe in a hit and run that struck Albert G. Longley 66 of 121 Court Street Thursday evening near the Bath Brunswick highway. He was taken to Memorial hospital for emergency skull fracture surgery. His condition improved Saturday but remained dangerous due to head injury.
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Albert G. Longley
Court Street
Bath-Brunswick
Memorial Hospital
Longley
Junior Club Garret Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
Miss Ruth Pratt was elected president of Junior Club Garret at last week’s annual meeting. Other officers include Miss Barbara Freeman of Bath as vice president, Miss Barbara Mank as secretary, and Barbara Kenney as treasurer. The board lists Miss Abbie McCabe, Miss Barbara Freeman of West Bath, and Miss Frances Jiginty.
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Ruth Pratt
Garret
Brabara Freeman
Bath
Etn
Barbara Mank
Barbara Kenney
Aaw
Abbie McCabe
Barbara Freeman
West Bath
Frances Jiginty
Local Couple Host Weekend Guest From Bath to Eastport
W Morse of 70 High Street visited Eastport as the weekend guest of Miss Mary Bowden and her parents. He returned to Bath with Miss Bowden on Monday.
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W. Morse
High Street
Eastport
Mary Bowden
Bath
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the Times Company
Pront Street
Bath, Maine
B. Nichols
Pres
Treas
Harry
Webber
Herbert J. Kellaway
Bath Exchange
Telephone Company
Maine Sportsmen
Crawford
Setre River
Bath and
Brunswick Highway
Court
Old Orchard
Harry B. Briggs, Jr
Philip S. van Hook
Seiasco Estates
Margaret Austin
Legion
Temple
Teutonic
Isaac
Ireland
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