Eastman Book Probes Humor as Serious Art
Reader reviews Max Eastman's Enjoyment of Laughter as a study of humor. The analysis catalogs laugh-makers and tests personal taste, noting clashes with Chaplin Marx Brothers and Twain. J Otis Swift recalls humorist encounters and Maine roots, ending with a reflective Maine note from Georgetown Island.
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Max Eastman
Mr. Eastman
Eastman
Charlie Chaplin
Marx Brothers
James Thurber
Josh Bilings
Bill Nye
Mark Twain
Green Nash
Walt Disney
Alexander Woodcott
Gab
Cornelia Otis Skinner
King Lardner
Clarence Day, Jr
Elwyn B. Wil
Maine
Inter Health
Harpers On
New Yorker
Red Gap
Mrs Henderson Returns Home After Portland Visit
Mrs James Henderson returns to High Street after a brief stay in Portland prompted by the sudden death of her brother in law Clifton Dodge once of this city.
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James Henderson
High Street
Portland
Clifton Dodge
Double Wedding at Immaculate Conception Church
A double wedding took place Saturday morning at ten in Portsmouth New Hampshire with Miss Dorothy P. Reardon marrying Leo Cormier of Somerville Massachusetts and Miss Madeline G. West marrying Roland Paquette of Portsmouth. The ceremony was performed by Rev Ira Bourassa, with 75 guests attending a reception at the Pannaway club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Portsmouth
N. H
Dorothy P. Reardon
Michael J. Reardon
Pearstreet
Bath
Leo Cormier
Somerville
Mass
Madeline G. West
Maurice B. West
Plymouth
Roland Paquette
Ira Bourassa
D. D
Sherbrooke
Que
Paquette
Madeline Hewitt
Josephine Pyska
Monmouth
Cormier
Gorham Normal School
Barbara Anne Reardon
Lorraine O'Neil
Lynn
Norman Leavitt
Lillian Hartley
Springvale
Clarence Sherner
Pannaway Club
Portsmouth High School
Plymouth Normal School
St. Joseph's High School
Salem
St. Charles College
Portsmouth Navy Yard
James E. McLaughlin
Andrew C. Flaherty
Joseph Long
Charlotte Page
Harrington and Cook Marry in Phippsburg Center Church
Mark W. Harrington son of Mr and Mrs Irving G Harrington and Frances B Cook of Gebasco Estates were married Tuesday at six in Phippsburg Center church. Rev Duncan Rogers of Lincolnvill performed the double ring ceremony. They left for Pascagoula Mississippi where he will work as a ship fitter.
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Mark W. Harrington
Irving G. Harrington
Phippsburg Center
Frances B. Cook
Gebasco Estates
Duncan Rogers
Lincolnville
Becker Ingraham Couple Wed in Maryland Church
Logan Adams Becker of Lakewood Ohio and Miss Glenda Louise Ingraham daughter of Mr and Mrs George E Ingraham of 27 Mechanic street were married August 25 in the Episcopal church at North East Maryland. Becker will start his senior year at Bowdoin College this fall. Mrs Becker was Morse High School graduate 1948 and attended Brunswick Business College.
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Logan Adams Becker
Lakewood
Ohio
Glenda Louise Ingraham
George E. Ingraham
Mechanic Street
Episcopal Church
North East
Teachers Club Elects Pomeroy Bath High President
J Edward Pomeroy sub master of Morse high school and head of the mechanical drawing department was elected president of the Bath Teachers club at the annual meeting on Monday. He succeeds David Y Alkazin as president.
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J. Edward Pomeroy
Morse High School
Bath Teachers Club
Pomeroy
David Y. Alkazin
Edith Horne
Marjorie Bartlett
Ann Thompson
Doris Humphreys
Lillian Fisher
Frances Small
Amy Irish
Alma S. Kirkpatrick
Theo McNeil
Celia McCormick
Jean Danforth
Nathan Watson
Laura Mitchell
Pythians Plan Membership Drive and Winter Events
Chancellor Commander Russell Kenney of Acadia lodge K of P leads a drive to add at least 25 members. The lodge meets Thursday at 7 30 to discuss winter plans including monthly socials and a clambake at Harry Williams' cottage. The third rank degree team under Capt. Harry Watson prepares a busy winter schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Kenney
Acadia Lodge
K. of P
Harry Williams
Harry Watson
State bond issue loses in continued coverage
The article notes the bond issue defeat and discusses impacts on funding for old age assistance. It also records a personal update: Mrs Henry Mank and daughter Judith return to Flushing New York after spending the summer with relatives in Winslow and Spring streets.
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Cape Elizabeth
Henry Mank
Judith
Flushing, L. I
Erastus Jewett
Winslow Street
Mr. Mank
Ralph P. Mank
Spring Street
Eighty Babies Entered in Saturday's Show
More than eighty babies were entered Saturday afternoon in a baby show sponsored by the Never Idle club of People's Baptist church. Prizes included a healthiest boy and girl, prettiest, tiniest, most popular, and best natured, with cups, robes, a solid gold ring, and gifts from Woolworth Co. Winners included Richard Cooper, Dianne Andrews Bailey, Dianne Sparks, David Crosby, Nancy Miller, and Bonnie Belanger.
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People’s Baptist Church
Church Auditorium
Richard Cooper
Dianne Andrews Bailey
Dianne Sparks
David Crosby
Nancy Miller
Bonnie Belanger
The
Times Co
Bath Opera House
Uptown Theatre
John Parker
Joseph A. Butler
Edna Mae Shoppe
Hall & Hunt
F. W. Woolworth Co
Club
the Times Co
A. D. Stetson & Son, Inc
Never Idle Club
J. R. Andrews
Ardenne A. Stott
Martha A. Foote
Former Mate Recalls Sinking of Clipper Ship Benjamin F Packard
F H Jaeger, former mate of the Bath built 1883 clipper, visited Bath with his wife. He sailed on the Benjamin F Packard to Alaska and Australia, saw it towed to Rye Playland, and watched its May 19 sinking. He shared tales with Bath Rotary about the ship and his long association with it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Benjamin F. Packard
Goss, Sawyer & Packard
Packard
F. H. Jaeger
Hotel Sedgwick
Alaska
Australia
Playland
Rye
Long Island
Jaeger
West Chester Park
Allan Spear
Bath Savings Institution
Pearl Street
Rotarians
Davy Jones
Cosmo Garden Club Board Appointments At Meeting
Mrs William L Skelton named third member of the executive board to fill an unexpired term. Mrs Roscoe P McFadden elected president for the remainder of the club year and Mrs Carl Y Kennedy chosen vice president. A $5 donation to the Music Drama Department piano fund was approved. Mrs Kennedy presented shrubs and spoke briefly on each. Speaker Mrs Stewart Orbeton could not attend due to conflicting dates and will address next meeting.
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William L. Skelton
Fred R. E. Dean
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Roscoe P. McFadden
Carl Y. Kennedy
Kennedy
Stewart Orbeton
Medomak District of Maine Federation of Garden Clubs
Mrs. Harris Returns to Skowhegan After Father’s Death
Mrs. H. E. Harris of Alexander Virginia returns to Skowhegan after a brief visit with Mr. and Mrs. Henderson of Upper High Street, summoned by the death of her father.
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H. E. Harris
Alexander, Va
Skowhegan
Ed Sd Henderson
Upper High Street
RARE ANTIQUES AND GIFTS ADVERTISED East Brunswick Maine
An antique shop listing for Cary's Shop on Alternate Route 1 in East Brunswick Maine, three miles from Bath and six miles from Brunswick. Includes contact note for selling or buying farm city shore Wend Oe and Fred B. ot E. Wallace at 93 Front Street Bath, Tel. 514-W. The notice is dated 12-30-tf.
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Cary
Route 1
East Brunswick
Bath
Brunswick
City Shore
Fred B
E. Wallace
Front Street
Bowdoinham Roundup Reports Local Notices and Visits
Bowdoinham residents and visitors are listed in a broad local roundup. Entries include trips to Bowdoinham, Rumford, Orono, and Portland. multiple teaching assignments, picnics, and social gatherings. A trial fine is recorded for George Hutchinson and a baptismal or church gathering notes Old School Baptists event with delegates.
Social Notes From Bowdoinham Post Road Area
Mr and Mrs Fred Heenie Jr and two children visited Mr and Mrs W H Gould on Bowdoinham Post Road last week. Sisterhood Aid met at Mrs Harry Puringtons on the Dingley road last Thursday with a good turnout. Arthur Romaine and family stay with Mrs Romaine's parents Mr and Mrs Chester Hobart while in town. Annie Cobb visited her sister Mrs Charles Fogg during her sister’s illness. Elmer Wade and daughter Helen of Pittsfield Mass spent the past week with relatives. Nellie Howard and son Francis of Medford Mass vacationing in Maine and called on friends Friday. The Goulds stayed at Bayleys Island as guests of Mr Blackwell. Charles Lalie of Malden and Sara Temple with daughter Laurraine have vacationed in town. Temple teaches speech correction in East Orange NJ and has returned to New Jersey on Sept 1.
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Leroy Williams
Hope
Bowdoinham
Rumford
Mary Hardie
Mary Ronalder
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Hardie
Miss Hardie
William T. Hardie
Herbert Leighton
Portland
Avery Fides, Jr
Georgie Fides
Louisa Given
Horace Lancaster
Orono
University of Maine
Vina Allen
J. Edward Allen
George Hutchinson
Somerville
Mass
James Ames
Erima Ferguson
John Purington
Charles Hackett
Westbrook
William Gile
George Couture
Sisters’ Hospital
Lewiston
the Grange
Florence Jensen
Avery Fides
Marion Curtis
New York
Boothbay
George Hackett
Linwood
Roger Robinson
Zina Maxwell
Bath
Phillip Nealey
York Beach
Lee Bishop
Bishop
J. W. Bishop
Presque Isle
Roy Shea
Kittery
Howard
Lewis Smith
Vera Winters
Waterville
A. S. MacDougal
Milton Given
Louisa
Orone
Ernest Millay
South Paris
Millay Bros
Wallace Hutchins
Myron Douglas
Terrance Curran
Carl Ruthier
Richard Thompson
Margaret
Guy Walker
Arnold L. Hubbard
Nashville
Tenn
Merryworkers
Ralph McEwen
Water
Annie Raymond
Minerva Dunlap
Whitefield
North Berwick
Sanford Bartlett
Damariscotta
Fred Heenie, Jr
W. H. Gould
Sisterhood Aid
Harry Purington
Dingley Road
Arthur Romaine
California
Romaine
Chester Hobart
Annie Cobb
Charles Fogg
Elmer Wade
Helen
Pittsfield
Nellie Howard
Francis
Medford
Maine
Bailey's Island
Blackwell
Charles Lalie
Malden
Sara Temple
Laurraine
New Jersey
Temple
School of
East Orange
Mrs Katherine Berry Sails to Close Cottage in Wynburg
Miss Katherine Berry of Worcester plans to close her cottage at Wynburg. The notice notes the closing action and location with no further details.
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Katherine Berry
Worcester
Wynburg
Case Against Crawford Continues in Municipal Court
John Crawford of Salem, Virginia, pleaded not guilty to armed robbery in municipal court. He admitted passing a $200 check for defrauding a Bath innkeeper and faced later hearings on the robbery, with his brother Joseph to be tried as well. Crawford claims funds were available and seeks hotel records to prove his alibi in Portland.
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John Crawford
Salem
Gardiner R. Deering
Bath Inn
Sherwood Aldrich
Lisbon Falls
Bath
Crawford
Portland
County Attorney Investigates Complaints Leading to Custody
County Attorney Sherwood Aldrich concluded investigations into complaints in the case and secured custody for a suspect on Wednesday morning.
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Sherwood Aldrich
Reward Offered in Gurgoitis Murder Case
Nick Krikales proprietor of the Crystal Cafe on Center street offers 500 dollars for information leading to arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the May 2 death of Konstantine A Gurgoitis 45 proprietor of the cafe. He says county authorities and a Massachusetts detective agency head believe a substantial reward may prompt witnesses to speak. Several fellow countrymen advocate the reward.
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Nick Krikales
Crystal Cafe
Center Street
Konstantine A. Gurgoitis
Krikales
Massachusetts
Grand Commander Kent to Visit Dunlap for Diamond Jubilee
Grand Commander Benjamin C. Kent of the Grand Commandery of Maine and his suite will visit Dunlap commandery on its diamond jubilee September 26. The plan calls for a march to Hotel Sedgwick headquarters arrival from Bangor, then escort to the Masonic temple and a 6 30 banquet with speeches by prominent Knights Templar. Strong attendance from Maine Knights Templar is expected.
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Benjamin C. Kent
Maine
Dunlap Commandery
K T
Hotel Sedgwick
Kent
Bangor
Masonic Temple
Knights Templar
Dunlap
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Bowdoin College
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Samuel Clemens
J. Otis Swift
Yosian Brotherhood
J. Otis
World-Telegram
Georgetown Island
Mr. Swift
Aunt Lou
Everett Stevens
Overland Mail
Yosian
Swift
Lewiston Journal
Elm House
Auburn
City Hall
James Whitcomb Riley
Nye
Mr. Nye
Mr. Riley
Mr Swift
Edior
World
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Cemens
Otis
Green Pastures
Harrington—Cook
Becker—Ingraham
Teachers’ Club
Pythians
People’s Church
Bath Ship
Rotary
Cosmo Garden Club
Bowdoinham Post Road
Delaware House
Delaware Ave
Parson's
ETSON
A. D. Stetson & Son
William F. Maines
Phippsburg
Sagadahoc
Maines
PERA
Eo Aaeieney Oa
Ett Hotel
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Gene Autry
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