Bath Iron Works to start destroyer Dewey in October
President William B. Newell of Bath Iron Works confirms plans to begin work on the destroyer Dewey in October, signaling winter employment for many workers. N A Cushman will add capacity at Sebasco Lodge, boosting coastal resort activity and Bath commerce as visitors pass through. The Maine eclipse drew praise coastally, with clear views and valuable scientific data, though some interior observers missed parts of the spectacle. Camps and cottages along the coast meet summer demand, while Aroostook potato growers face market uncertainties and seek favorable prices, despite denying any coordinated price strategy.
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the Independent
William 8. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corporation
N. A. Cushman
Sebasco Lodge
Bath
Phippsburg
Maine
Fryeburg
North Conway
Aroostook
Roanoke Ship Towed for First Voyage Ice Cargo
In Bath forty years ago notes recall the Roanoke, then the largest wooden sailing ship, being towed to Thwing's Point to load ice for ballast on its first voyage. The column recalls the Kennebec’s once thriving shipbuilding and ice cutting industries that have since vanished.
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Roanoke
Thwing’s Point
Kennebec
Street upgrade on high street between Oak and winter
The city street department is hauling crushed rock to form a solid base on high street between Oak and winter. The rough and uncomfortable stretch has long troubled motorists and is now receiving much needed improvements.
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Oak
City Street
Kennebec Bridge to Be Repainted Soon
The Kennebec bridge will receive a new coat of paint. The work will be done by a crew appointed for painting steel structures to protect the bridge from deterioration.
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Kennebec
Woman Hitch Hiker Finally Gets Ride
A well dressed young woman, rare as a hitch hiker, stood on Lincoln Street near the courthouse around 11 30 am. After many passing cars, a New York racing car stopped and gave her a lift toward Perth Amboy New Jersey. She had traveled from Maine and Camden to visit relatives and noted that men are likelier to offer rides than women.
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Bath
Lincoln Street
Court House
State Road
Indu
New York
Perth Amboy
N. J
Maine
Camden
Heated Hearing Probes Highway and Sewers Board
The municipal investigating committee grilled the Highway and Sewers Board for two hours over road oil purchases worth thousands of dollars, with officials allegedly blocking questions and trading heated remarks. The panel vows to report at the city council’s September session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Highway and Sewers
Municipal Investigating Committee
Walter Smith
Highway and Sewer Board
Eugene A. Youland
the Times
Engagement announced at afternoon tea
Miss Christine C. Lockery and Edward A. Cummings announced their engagement at a Saturday afternoon tea hosted by Miss Lockery at her Washington street home. Guests included out‑of‑town relatives. Neither wedding date has been set.
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Christine C. Lockery
James E. Lockery
Washington Street
Edward A. Cummings
William Cummings
Middle Street
Miss Lockery
Lockery
Arabelle M. Lord
Frederick E. Pierce, Jr
Augusta
Edwin E. Pingon, Jr
Skowhegan
Marjorie H. Lawrence
Haverhill
Mass
Edna Antworth
Waterville
Cummings
Mitchell School
Cummings Motor Co
Bowdoin Student Recovers From Stroke After Swim
Thomas Card of Bowdoin College in Brunswick and Somerville Mass suffered a stroke last week after strenuous swimming. A doctor feared he could not be revived but he recovered consciousness. He has another year at Bowdoin and plans to return this month.
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Thomas Card
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Somerville
Mass
Bowdoin
Brooklyn Man Visits Bath With Mother
John McMann of Brooklyn New York formerly of Bath is visiting Bath with his mother Mrs Albert J Gallant at 16 Pleasant street during the stay.
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John McMann
Brooklyn, N. Y
Bath
Albert J. Gallant
Pleasant Street
Son of famed actor enters ministry at Christ Church Middletown
Fritz Leiber Jr son of the famed actor joins the ministry as assistant to Rev Ernest W Mandeville rector of Christ Church Middletown N J He studies for the Episcopal ministry and serves at two of the churchs three missions While the church dates back to the 17th century its ties to Captain Kidd and George Washingtons officers are noted along with notable ancestral links to Lincoln Clark Boone and Vanderbilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Leiber, Jr
Ernest W. Mandeville
Christ Church
Middleton
N. J
Capt. Kidd
Captain Kidd
Mr. Leiber
University of
Mistons
Alantic Highlands
Highlands
Belford
Churchman
Mandeville Press Bureau
New York City
United States
Mr. Mandeville
Bermuda
Charming Islands
U.S. Secret Service
General Theological Seminary
Shrewsbury
Middletown
George Washington
Monmouth
Abraham Lincoln
Champ Clark
Daniel Boone
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Bridge Receipts Fall Off Sharply in August 1931
August bridge receipts declined by more than 10 000 dollars year over year due to road work east of Bath. Vehicles and people dropped with 18 290 fewer vehicles and 47 502 fewer people, including 16 754 fewer cash paying cars at 50 cents each.
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Bath
Relics of Once Great Industry in Bermuda
Remains of Bermuda’s salt making era linger in the islands with two old stone kettles and an oven for evaporation. Bermuda’s salt trade extended to Turks Island and the West Indies, supplying the American colonies before the Revolution. Bermudian ships carried 130000 bushels yearly, employing about 1200 men, with cedar ships built to deter Spanish raiders.
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Bermuda
Bermudian
Islands
Turks Island
West Indies
Maine volunteer leadership strong with 14 000 farm bureau members
A. I. Deering cites 3000 rural Maine volunteers and 14 000 Farm Bureau members aiding Extension Service. The county bundles help spread improved farm and home practices, fund extension work, and voice decisions on what to do. Bureau nonpolitical, focused on education, aiding farmers and homemakers amid income readjustment.
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Maine
Peme
Farm Bureau
Extension Service
Deering
Beedy Guest at Woolwich Eclipse Party in Nequasset
Congressman Carroll L. Beedy of the First district attended a Woolwich gathering hosted by Mrs. Frank A. Hodgdon to view a solar eclipse. The event featured a ten minute address praising the President’s leadership during challenging years, then Beedy left for Richmond after touring the county with State Committeeman Pu rington.
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Carroll L. Beedy
Woolwich
Frank A. Hodgdon
Nequasset
Lincoln
Purington
Richmond
Reedy Discusses National Issues in Maine Address
Congressman Carroll L. Reedy spoke in Bag adahoc county about tariffs national issues and the 18th amendment urging a nationwide referendum. Congressman Chiperfield praised Hoover and emphasized unity with the President to pass economic measures, warning that Reedy's defeat would hinder legislation.
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Carroll L. Reedy
Bagadahoc County
Burnett W. Chiperfield
Ilinois
William F. Dunham
John S. Parker
Arthur K. Purington
Bath
Reedy
Congress
Chiperfield
Herbert Hoover
Congressman Reedy
House
Maine
Stolen Bath Coupe Found in Virginia
City Marshal Walter L Whitney reports the Bath Garage Ford coupe, missing about three weeks, found in Richmond Virginia. Walter Bartlett of Bath and Frank Tallow of Boston were detained. Bartlett admitted stealing the car from Bath Garage Co after a warrant was issued August 23.
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Bath
Commerce Street
Walter L. Whitney
Richmond
Division of Motor Vehicles
Walter Bartlett
Frank Tallow
Boston
Bartlett
Whitney
Bowdoin Grad Ray Olson Named Rockland Coach
Ray Olson of Union and Bowdoin College alumnus last year has been hired as football coach at Rockland High School. He calls for first practice Tuesday afternoon and asks squad members to wear their old uniforms. Olson played on Bowdoin varsity for two years.
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Ray Olson
Union
Bowdoin College
Rockland High School
Olson
Bowdoin
Four Bath Men Forcibly Relinquish Berries After Trespass
Four Bath men spent hours blackberrying in an upcounty town and gathered nearly 50 quarts before leaving their haul to the property owners who claimed trespass. A shotgun-wielding man enforced the surrender as the quartet, armed with 12 quart pails, returned home empty handed after the afternoon’s work.
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Bath
Entertainment Planned in Sebenoa Hall by Nesquasset Forum
The Ladies' and Men's forum of Nesquasset met at the Colby home with 30 members. They approved an Sebenoa hall entertainment planned for Thursday evening September 22, after a short business meeting and a program by the entertainment committee led by Mrs. John Gilmore Mrs. John Brown and Mrs. William Leeman.
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Sebenoa Hall
Ladies’ and Men’s Forum
Nequasset
James Colby
John Gilmore
John Brown
William Leeman
Word Maze Puzzle Seeks Answers Across Mixed Clues
A jumble of vertical and horizontal clues covers numbers, letters, and terms from anatomy to scripture. The grid includes references to bread, beer, animals, and weather, with multiple ambiguous entries and stray phrases mixed in.
Pottle Co Injured In Fall At Observatory
Lewiston Bowdoin graduate and chemistry assistant Philip Pottle is listed in critical condition after falling six feet from the roof of the Central Maine General observatory while setting up a spectroscope. X rays show multiple spinal injuries and paralysis below the fracture. He had planned to observe the sun’s corona and photograph the event before his fall.
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Central Maine General
Iston
of Coin Calege Observatory
Priday
Pottle
Philip Pottle
Wood Street
Lewiston
Bowdoin
American Chemical Society
Zeta Psi Fraternity
Eclipse Dinner Party At Robinhood Observes Eclipse
Mr and Mrs Burnside Powers hosted a Robinhood Nubble Farm dinner with six guests including Mr and Mrs Parker. Observers recorded timing of the eclipse and temperature readings while noting seabirds and domestic animals behavior from a high tide-surrounded site.
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Burnside Powers
Nubble Farm
Robinhood
Parker
Morse
Orese Tanae
Powers
Elbridge
George Powers
Augusta Man Loses Car In Misplaced Bell Hop Mixup
A young Augusta man left a State street refreshment place and returned to find his car missing. State police checked garages and found the vehicle stored for the night at the first stop. A bell hop, told by a guest to store a car, took the wrong vehicle, causing the confusion.
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Augusta
State Street
Joseph F. Young, Jr
B. H
Prohibition Reform rally features Judge Connolly in City Hall
A Boston area audience heard Judge Connolly discuss Prohibition Reform at a City Hall gathering after a luncheon at the Stone House. Mrs. Sewall read a statement citing over 1 000 000 members nationally and 6 100 in Maine. The judge argued the prohibition experiment caused evils and evaded enforcement, noting Capone’s tax case and saloons moving to homes. The meeting lasted about an hour with applause.
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Arthur Oy
City Hall
Maine
Connolly
Noble
al Capone
Kennebec Bridge to Be Repainted in 1920s Project
The Kennebec Bridge, opened in 1927, will receive its first repainting. An 18 ton load of red lead base paint arrived at Bath and was stored in Woolwich. A State Highway crew will inspect and finish the work over about two months. Mr and Mrs Harlan Bottomly visited Squirrel Island guests of E R Andrews.
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Bath
Woolwich
Doe
Bucksport
Mrs. Harlan Bottomly
Squirrel Island
E. R. Andrews
Gackenbach Sisters Visit Father in Brooklyn
Misses Helen and Laura Gackenbach of Brooklyn New York visit their father Richard C Gackenbach at 12 North Street as part of a family outing.
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Helen and
Laura Gackenbach
Brooklyn, N. Y
Richard C. Gackenbach
North Street
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Rees
Buxton
Burton
Ric Old Parish
Middleton, N. J
Kelley’s Brook
Lubec
State Highway Department
Beedy Guest
Mrs
Virginia
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Beth
Room
Sebenoa
Hqu
Mabie
Ingie
Wille
Unios
Eclipse
Mrs. Burnside Powers
Women’s Organization For National Prohibition Reform
Kennebec Bridge
Fred S. Curtis &O
Thomas R. Rare Ready
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