Maine Legislature in Special Session Possibility Raised
Article discusses potential special session to address old age assistance funding and educational programs after sales tax defeat. It notes projected costs, political risks, and unlikely broad consensus, plus economic and tourism factors affecting Maine as summer winds down. It cites New England Council estimates of half a billion dollars from vacationers and touches on weather, lottery proposals, and coastal forage changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Barrows
New England
New England Council
Sre
Bern
Car Registration Drive Offers Half-Price Tags
Auto registrations unavailable now. the offer runs through March 1 next year, slashing prices by half on unregistered vehicles awaiting renewal. Public notices urge motorists to act to secure savings before deadlines.
Registration Plates On Highways This Fall and Winter
Road authorities announce new vehicles will be decorated with registration plates and appear on highways during the Fall and Winter seasons.
Maine Lobsters to Lead State Promotion Campaign
A Maine Development Commission plan launches a test promotion for lobsters in metropolitan markets. Lobsters will be shipped with the state trademark red white and blue and greeted with ads to assure customers of genuine product. If successful, funding and broader efforts may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Development Commission
Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries
Thomaston
Development Commission
Maine
Rodney E. Foyler
Maine apple traders eye official trademark program
A Maine Department of Agriculture committee of major apple producers and shippers urged a state wide marketing plan modeled after potato campaigns. They backed stricter grading for apples to fit the red, white and blue trademark rules and planned to recruit more growers to push the program and use official containers for a large portion of the fancy crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Department of Agriculture
Luther Russel
Real Estate Transfers Signal Active Sagadahoc Market
A Sagadahoc Registry of Deeds report shows ongoing real estate activity with 27 sales across Bath and other towns. Transactions include Lemont to Lemont, Elwell to Thompson, King to Kine, Dolloff to Dolloff, and multiple noted pairs in Bath and Woolwich among numerous other transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Dery
Mery
Bath
Wilum P Lemont
Als
Merbers R
Lemont
Ellen A. Elwell
Fred Ho Thomp
Irne
Mauve
Cuvier
R. Dolloff
Ori
Dolloff
Kateon
Smith
Arthur J. Nicht
F Nichols
Mary
Torey Itath
Clara P Hatchet
Injured in Fall At Sebasco Ends In Unclear Xray Results
Mrs Edith Campbell, Smith College graduate and Boston socialite, visiting her parents at Sebasco, slipped and fell while chasing a baby sea gull. The extent of her injuries awaits X ray results. In Dixfield, Mrs Margaret Waite aged 96 celebrated her birthday on September 3, noted for good health and sharp mind.
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Edith Campbell
Smith College
Boston
New York
Sebasco Sen Aes
Margaret Waite
Dixfield
Sebasco ideal resort praised by visiting guests
Mr and Mrs Edward Gove and their son visited Sebasco Lodge in Maine praising the Sebasco course and Shore Acres as top local layouts. The Goves, from New Jersey, plan to return for another summer. Cosmopolitan Club held its September meeting with 30 attendees at the club house in Portland Spring, Maine Federation events announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Gove
Sebasco Lodge
Sebasco
Mr. Gove
Hartley Gove
Bath
Old Ladies
Charles T. Jackson
Mr. Jackson
Jackson
Baileysleigh
Summer Street
John A. Morse
Gove
Pennsylvania
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
New Jersey
Maine
Ingraham Estate Sold to Isaacson
The Ingraham mansion and 15 acre estate at Popham Beach in Maine has sold to Peter Isaacson of Lewiston, partner of former Governor Louis J. Brann. The deal closed Thursday via Charles T. Jackson real estate of Bath. Isaacson plans repairs and to use the property as a summer home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingraham
Popham Beach
Peter Isaacson
Lewiston
Louis J. Brann
Charles T. Jackson
Bath
Maine
Popham
Spirit Lake
South Beach
Old Ocean
Charles Ingraham
Providence
R. I
Isaacson
Virginia Steamer Virginia to Run Until Sept 12
The Virginia of the Samoset Steamboat Co will make her last trip on Sunday September 12 from Bath to the Islands and return Capt Walter E Farmer announced. The boat has delivered a top season with near capacity crowds on recent sails to Boothbay Harbor. The extension until Sept 12 follows a charter for Saturday Sept 11 by Robert Moore of Boothbay Harbor for an insurance men’s excursion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Samoset Steamboat Co
Bath
Islands
Walter E. Farmer
Boothbay Harbor
Robert Moore
Bath Clergyman Honored at Centennial Service
Rev. Cassius C. Whidden of Oliver Street was honored at a Spragurville Community Meeting House rededication marking 50 years of Christian progress. Mary Patrice Rice and Wilfred Daniel Howell, both of Washington, D. C., wed at Catholic University. Rev. W. W. Stewart resigns Auburn post for Boerne Texas rectorship. family to drive. A sample case of artificial teeth found on the street awaits claim at Bangor police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassius C. Whidden
Oliver Street
Presque Isle
Spragurville
Mary Patrice Rice
Fred J. Rice
Washington, D. C
Wilfred Daniel Howell
Washington
George Howell
Augusta
Caldwell Hall Chapel
Catholic University
Washington, D .c
W. W. Stewart
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Pleasant Street
Auburn
Boerne
Texas
Harvard
Stewart
Chicago
Bannor
Brunswick to Have School of Business
Brunswick will open the Brunswick Business School on Monday September 18 at 84 Spring Street. The venture aims to offer high grade post secondary secretarial training in a homelike private-house setting with about ten students per teacher. Mrs. H. W. Fuller will direct, with a staff selected for business subject expertise and modern equipment including typewriters, calculator, comptometer, Line-a-time Ediphone, and duplicating machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick Business School
Spring Street
Maine
Brunswick
Commercial College
H. W. Fuller
Franklin Business School
Pennsylvania
Club Garret Hosts Miscellaneous Shower for Miss Steinenger
Club Garret met Thursday evening and after a brief business session presented Miss Lore Steinenger, one of its members, a miscellaneous shower. Miss Steinenger becomes the bride of Paul B. Wilson. The event was held in the city on Wednesday September 22, with many fine gifts. The club voted to sponsor a dance in late October at the Arcade ballroom to open its fall social calendar, with Mrs. Ralph E. Crocker named chairman. At the next meeting likely September 15, a definite dance date will be set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
P. Bagdikian
Maine Federation of Women’s Clubs
Poland Spring House
Poland Spring
Pines of
Maine
Federation
Carl F. Pierce
Clinton D. Wilson
Sophie G. Greenblatt
Margaret J. Adams
South Street
Emily Moulton
North Street
Fred W. Quimby
Quimby Street
E. Everett Pierce
Washington Street
Bagdikian
Paint and Repair Fund
Philanthic
Legislative
Louise A. Bucknam
House Committee
Ann Elizabeth Colby
Cosmopolitan Junior Club
Minnie A. White
Club
Gilbert Head
Elizabeth Jay Etnier
Stephen Ftnier
Stephanie
Rocky Gilbert Head
Old Fort Popham
Miss White
Edward A. Cummings
House
Gardiner R. Deering
Leslie J. Wold
Fred Blaisdell
Malcolm L. Doble
Allan Spear
W. Percy
Club Garret
Lore Steinenger
Steinenger
Paul B. Wilson
Arcade
Ralph E. Crocker
American Legion and St John’s Band Conclude Summer Concerts
The American Legion Band Concert in Brunswick last Friday capped the season while St John’s Band finished Sunday programs the prior week. Summer music on the mall concluded until next year as crowds grew with the Davis Fund support from Town Meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Brunswick
St. John’s
Davis Fund
Beacon Street Aid Hosts Lobster Supper
Over 100 attendees from Bath and Portland sampled a lobster supper put on by the Ladies' Aid of Beacon Street church in the vestry last Wednesday. The meal featured lobster salad, potato chips, cucumbers, coffee, rolls, and cream pies. proceeds aid church expenses. Mrs. William J. Craft led the event with kitchen chairmanship by Mrs. Charles T. Henderson and a list of aide members and volunteer waiters.
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Bath
Portland
Ladies' Aid
Beacon Street
Times
Aid
William J. Craft
Charles T. Henderson
Hermon W. Crocker
Catherine Clark
Jack Clark
Clifton W. Tedford
Edward St. Martin
Clinton F. Pratt
Milton H. Douglas
John M. Howe
Samuel A. Morse
Jesse Kenderdine
New School Bus Ready for Delivery This Week Bath
The City of Bath will receive a new all steel school bus from Portland Truck Co with a White two ton chassis and 196-inch wheel base. Wayne Body Co supplies the body and seating for 46 to 48. It ships with safety features and shatter-proof glass and will run regular routes starting Sept. 14 from Winneganee and North Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Body Co
Winneganee
North Bath
Potter Induced Crosman to Locate in Bath
Walter M. Potter of 1074 High Street brought Harry W. Crosman to Bath and gave him his first job in the grocery trade. Potter then left town for a vacation and planned store overhaul. Meeting Crosman during the trip impressed him, and Potter later sold his business to Crosman, who has run it since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Crosman
Southend
Walter M. Potter
High Street
Mr. Crosman
Bath
Mr. Potter
William H. Small
Potter
Young Crosman
Bath Augusta clubs contest ends in Augusta
The Bath and Augusta Country clubs held their annual golf tournament at the Capital City on Wednesday. Augusta residents won 20 to 6 after 18 holes played in the afternoon. A dinner and social hour followed at the Augusta clubhouse. Next year the event will be hosted in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Augusta
Augusta Club
Fire Along Texas Shipyard Boundary Prompted Hoses
A Thursday afternoon brush fire along the old Texas shipyard boundary drew the fire department. Engine 2 used one hose to control the blaze quickly after Box 63 was dispatched. Children playing in the abandoned yard were suspected to start it. The text then shifts to river cleanup efforts by the Androscoggin Fish and Game Association led by Ray Mills of Lewiston, who met with Federal engineers. The group may seek a special Legislature session bill to ban paper mill waste dumping into the Androscoggin River, amid odor and pollution concerns.
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Old
Texas
Farewell for Rockland Salvation Army Lieut Hollings
Lieut Clinton V Hollings, who has served in the Rockland district for six months, will be farewelled Sunday night before transfer to Portland. He previously served in Stamford Connecticut and will be replaced by Lieut Alfred Vincent, formerly on the Lawrence Massachusetts staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
Salvation Army
Clinton V. Hollings
Portland
Lieut. Hollings
Stamford
Conn
Lieut
Alfred Vincent
Lawrence
Mass
Zoning Topic at Garden Club Federation Meeting
Flavel Shurtleff of East Boothbay and New York will speak on zoning as a basis for civic improvement at the Garden Club Federation of Maine executive board meeting to be held Friday at Birch Villa Inn Bryant's Pond. The event includes a regional luncheon and an Androscoggin district organization meeting with hostesses from Bryant's Pond Garden Club. Mrs Harrie B Coe presides at 10:30 and luncheon reservations are coordinated by Mrs Lawrence Jordan.
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Flavel Shurtleff
East Boothbay
New York
American and Planning Civic Association
Garden Club Federation of
Maine
Birch Villa Inn
Bryant's Pond
Bryant's
Androscoggin
Kennebec
Lakewood
Frank A. Hodgdon
Nequasset
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Bath
Topsham
Rumford
Bethel
Rangeley Lakes
Auburn Lewiston
Women’s Literary Union
Shurtleff
Lawrence Jordan
Bryant's Pond Garden Club
Maine DAR Fall Meeting at Belfast
Maine Daughters of the American Revolution hold the Fall meeting at First Church Federated Belfast on Wednesday September 15 at 10 30 by invitation of John Cochran chayter. State executive board meets at ten preceding the state association. A chicken dinner is served at noon in the parish house. Reservations by Saturday September 11 with Miss Bertha Whitten Belfast. Overnight reservations with Miss Whitten. Five minutes allowed for each state officer and state chairman to outline the year s work. Year books and book plates on sale. Members should consult their chapter regent for details.
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Maine Daughters of the American Revolution
First Church Federated
Belfast
John Cochran Chayter
State Executive Board
State Association
Bertha Whitten
Congress Street
Miss Whitten
Charles H. George 103, South Paris Civil War veteran
Charles H. George of South Paris, the town's last Civil War veteran, turned 103 on Friday. Despite weakness he stays active with daily trips to the G. A. R. hall in Market Square, reads papers, and follows state and national affairs. Maine's oldest Mason, he joined in 1868 and joined his son Arthur, 77, in the Three Quarter Century club meeting at Ellsworth in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. George
South
Paris
G. A. R. Hall
Market Square
Maine
Order
Ellsworth
Three Quarter Century Club
Arthur
Dr. Alford Carleton sails to lead Aleppo College
Dr. Alford Carleton son of Arthur S. Carleton of Jefferson and his wife Mary Cashmore of Jer ico Vermont sailed on August 31 from New York aboard the SS Excalibur bound for Aleppo Syria. He has been named president of Aleppo College after earning a PhD from Hartford Seminary. Aleppo College is a boys school in Aleppo, the Near East’s largest city between Istanbul and Cairo.
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Alford Carleton
Arthur S. Carleton
Jefferson
Mary Cashmore
William Cashmore
Jerico
New York
Aleppo
Syria
Carleton
Aleppo College
Hartford Seminary
Near East
Istanbul
Cairo
Resorts Open Later as New England Sees Fall Visitors
The New England Council says resort hotels inns and camps will stay open into autumn to serve rising post Labor Day crowds. Fall bookings are up with foliage tours golf events and mountain hikes planned. amateur color photography draws camera enthusiasts nationwide to capture New England forests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
New England Council
all-New England Development Organization
Council
Escaped prisoner returns to Belfast in Maine escape
Desmond Grey, 20, of South Brooks, who fled Waldo county jail in Belfast, walked to Bath and surrendered at police headquarters at 4.35 am Thursday after a night journey by foot and hitchhike. He escaped while working on Belfast county court house and faces larceny of a motorboat charges. The 45 foot Mary Otis, Maine built and registered, sailed from Portland Yacht Club Aug 3 to Plymouth England in 23 days with three passengers. Owner William D. Stevens of Port Orange Florida and companions Captain William D. Sproul of South Bristol and Gilbert P. Stearns of New York were aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desmond Grey
South Brooks
Waldo County
Belfast
Bath
George H. McElman
Grey
County Court House
Waldo County Grand Jury
Mary Otis
Portland Yacht Club
Plymouth
Eng
Portland
Clifford Co. Emerson
William D. Stevens
Port Orange
Fla
Emerson
William D. Sproul
South Bristol
Gilbert P. Stearns
New York City
Commodore Dykes Studies Damariscotta Fishing Travelogue
Commodore J. Philips Dykes, head of the American Outboard Association, visited Damariscotta early this week to gather material for a travelogue on Damariscotta and Newcastle for the syndicate that supplies 450 newspapers. He stays at Pemaquid Beach and reports good fishing nearby with notable fish in local streams and nearby deep waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commodore J. Philips Dykes
American Outboard Association
Damariscotta
Newcastle
Mr. Dykes
Pemaquid Beach
Lewiston Woman Heads Maine State Fair Art Dept
Miss Edith Kemp of Lewiston leads the art and hand work division at the Maine State Fair and oversees daily entry reception at the exhibition hall. She expects a large display from Vesper George Art School of Boston and from Portland Art School, plus works from local artists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Kemp
Lewiston
Vesper George Art School
Boston
Portland Art School
Weekly Cross Word Puzzle Toss 23 Gathers 1 Fence Pickets
Crossword grid clues mix Across and Down with partial phrases and garbled OCR. The reader sees a fragmented set of puzzle hints including references to light, fish, prostrate, and numbers, likely from a weekly puzzle page. The text is messy but preserves many labeled clues and partial word fragments.
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B. Nichols
Harry C. Webber
Ats
Messachusetts
Cubis
Maine Lobsters
Fils
Moore
Lewis
Perry
Savage
Rosenore
Crimham
Thomas M
Roeland Harfoerd
Alvys
T Noon
Arthur N
Taft
Stu Wien
Carr
Charies
J2 Curtis
Ureht Waa
Richmond
Roscoe W
Brande
Faeivai
M. Battier
Chester Ho
Yeaton
Alois Greote
A Yeoton
al Popcvim
Cosmo Club
Brann
School OF Business
Beacon Street Aid
Crosman
Walter Potter
Bath Club
Federation of Garden Clubs
Bryant’s Pond
D.ar
Resorts Hotels
Guy
Fiz
Fio
Fia
Jie
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