Youths Learn Trades At Quoddy NYA Project
Eastport Maine youths join the Quoddy Regional Work Experience Project under NYA to study vocational guidance citizenship and recreation. About 475 junior workers train in 22 occupations from carpentry to aviation mechanics with a five month schedule emphasizing work study and citizenship while housed in Quoddy Village communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastport
Maine
Passamaquoddy
Cape Cod
National Youth Administration
Queddy Village
Quoddy
Quoddy Dam
Maine Municipal Finance Board
Quoddy Village
Harry V. Gilson
New England
New York
Christian Science Monitor
Banquet Honors MacMillan After Arctic Expedition
Commander and Mrs Donald B MacMillan return to Boothbay Harbor from their 16th Arctic expedition and spend the week there. A banquet Saturday evening features speaker Commissioner Arthur R Greenleaf of Sea and Shore Fisheries. Hotel Fullerton closes for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald B. MacMillan
Boothbay Harbor
Arctic
MacMillan
Ondoin
Arthur R. Greenleaf
Fullerton
We Sell Nautical Atmosphere in Port land Window
A New York Sun piece描描 describes a woman walking toward the Port land boat harbor with old port scenery. She pauses before a shop selling nautical atmosphere and a curious 80 year old shopper jokes about buying fog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y. Sun
New York
Portland
West Street
Grand Trunk
Canadian Pacific
Boston & Maine
Richmond Notes of Church, Club, and Local News
Social events and church services fill the Richmond area with leaders and visitors noted. Mentions include Rev. Alfred Ives at the Methodist church and Rev. Lester Norton at the Baptist church, alongside resumed Epworth League activities and World Wide guild gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Lewis
Alfred Ives
Methodist Church
Epworth League
Baptist Church
Lester Norton
Alice Hovey
Sugar price concerns rise at Androscoggin Pomona Grange meeting
At South Durham a grievance over sugar price spikes sparked debate. Members blamed buyers for runs, while others argued the public caused the surge. The discussion noted grain prices rising, yet egg prices not following, and an upcoming vote on Presque Isle city incorporation set for September 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Androscoggin Pomona Grange
South Durham
Presque Isle
Georgetown Notes on Guests and Local News
Georgetown reports guests visiting from New York City and Massachusetts, church and school updates, a minor accident, and ongoing war talk affecting Maine. Notable items include Bernice Hill’s visit, lessons starting at the Center and Five Islands schools, a Baptist service change, and a 1924 Model T seen on Main Street.
Local Bowdoin notices include services and community events
Rev. Percy L. Vernon conducted a Sunday service at East Bowdoin chapel with music by Mrs. Charles Babb. Numerous locals attended gatherings honoring birthdays and church events. Activities span teaching duties, hospital care for George Coutier after appendicitis, Old Home Sunday plans, a 2.30 pm address by Rev. Alger W. Geary, and church renovations plus a special painting collection led by Lester Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy L. Vernon
Lewiston
East Bowdoin Chapel
Charles Babb
Frank 8
Rebecca Rogers
Richmond
Cora Austin
Portland
Walter Fickett
Nella Charlesworth
John Charlesworth
Alger W. Geary
Garnet
Bertha Judkins
Upton
Flora Abbott
Norway
East Bowdoin Ladies’ Aid
Harry Purington
Marion Curtis
Boothbay
Trevett Grammar School
John Curtis
Bridgton
Bath ship Packard artifacts worth a lifetime of seafaring
Bath resident Mr. Jaeger preserves a photo log of the U S Submarine Squalus salvage era and the Packard ship. He owns the 11 by 36 foot original flag with inscriptions, the bow billet head, main capstan head with builder name and 1883 date, and a sail fragment. He also owns a Packard booklet and a New York model ship at the Marine Exchange. He and Capt Richard Quick spoke of shared seafaring memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Portsmouth
N. H
Jaeger
Packard
Bath
George Fisher
Goss Sawyer & Packard
Maine
E. Armitage McCann
Marine Exchange
New York City
Broad Street
Prussia
Jaegar
Richard Quick
Washington Street
Mr. Jaeger
Capt. Quick
Greenleaf A Mayo 79 Dies in Bangor
Greenleaf A Mayo 79 died Saturday in Bangor after living in Brewer and Bangor. He was active in Masonry with multiple lodges and orders in Bath Lewiston and surrounding towns. Survived by two sons Horace Mayo and Dwight Mayo and seven grandchildren. Masonic funeral services were held at Clark Mitchell funeral home Bangor with burial in Locust Grove Cemetery Hampden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenleaf A. Mayo
Bangor
Bath
Brewer
Solar Lodge
Masons
Dunlap Commandery
Knights Templar
Mt. Vernon
Brunswick
Kora Temple
Mystic Shrine
Lewiston
Horace II. Mayo
Quincy
Mass
Dwight
Mayo
Legion mobilization drill set for Bath Maine
Emergency notice calls all department officers and post commanders to report at 8 p m Tuesday Sept 19 at American Legion Hall Bath Maine to prepare mobilization of the entire state Those unable to attend must send a competent substitute Col Hubert W Eldred state chairman announces by authority of Col L C Fortier state commander American Legion.
Five Islands summer residents depart as season ends
Many Summer people have returned home while a few stay for September. The Library Auxiliary opens its new year Friday at two, with Friday meetings and Saturday book distribution. Numerous visitors, cottages, and host families are noted as readers and hosts depart Five Islands.
Old grads recall Rockland High School baseball grounds
Former Rockland High School students remember the old baseball field near the McLain building where first base lay in the road and wooden sidewalks crossed paths. They recount how balls landed on Simon Trueworthy’s roof and how rocks and missiles disturbed his shelter, a memory marked by regret as they grew up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland High School
McLain
Simon Trueworthy
Simon
Henry J Buxton Dies. Maine Newspaper Man and Author
Henry J Buxton 58 newspaperman and author died after a long illness at his Stockton Springs home. He edited Assignment Down East and wrote The First Shot for Liberty and The Brighton Bays. Survived by wife Alice, son Phillip, sister Ruth Buxton, and three grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry James Buxton
Stockton Springs
Mr. Buxton
Warren
Mass
Edward
Eva F. Buxton
Brimfield Academy
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
New York Herald Tribune
Edward Bok
Pennsylvania
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Pennsylvania Military College
Philadelphia Child Welfare Association
Aero Club of Pennsylvania
Maine
Henry Buxton
Bangor Daily News
Alice W. Buxton
Phillip W. Buxton
Miss Ruth Buxton
Springfield
Death of Arthur Kindred in Los Angeles at 52
Arthur Kindred died at his home in Los Angeles California on September 5 after a brief illness at age 52. He married Ella Johnson and worked at Bath Iron Works before 1918 then served as city engineer in Los Angeles. Survived by wife and daughter Louise Anne, two sisters and a brother. Born in Dorchester Massachusetts. Funeral held at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Calif
Arthur Kindred
Kindred
Ella Johnson
Ernest A. Johnson
Bath Iron Works
West Coast
Louise Anne Kindred
Gertrude Kindred
Anne Alexanderson
Massachusetts
James Kindred
University of Virginia
Charlotteville
Dorchester
Mass
Mrs Carolyn Turner Dies at 87 in Concord Home
Mrs. Carolyn Eliza Turner 87 years 10 months died Sunday at the home of her son in law and daughter Col and Mrs Henry W Owen Jr 109 Oak Street after a long illness. Born October 21 1851 in Topsham she lived most of her life in this city. Survived by son Frank H Turner sister Mrs Charles T Judge Concord NH and four grandchildren Kenneth Orr Edward H Owen William W Owen and Maurice H Owen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Eliza Turner
Col
Henry W. Owen
Oak Street
Turner
Topsham
Caleb C
Ruth Ann ‘Morse) Ridley
Edward H. Turner
Bath
Central Congregational Church
Mrs G A Dunton dies at 87 in Portland home
Mrs George Adelaide Dunton 87 widow of Ezekiel Dunton longtime Cape Elizabeth resident died Sunday at 596 Preble Street Portland after a daylong illness. A Bath native later resident of South Portland Wiscasset Bath and Cape Elizabeth she belonged to State Street Congregational church in Portland and is survived by her son Capt Fred L Dunton and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Adelaide Dunton
Ezekiel Dunton
Farmington
Cape Elizabeth
Bath
Preble Street
Portland
Dunton
South Portland
Wiscasset
State Street
Mayo Funeral Held In West Bath
The funeral for Leslie Worth Mayo of the Campbell's Pond district in West Bath was held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the West Bath Methodist church with Rev. Chester B. Oliver officiating. Bearers were Loring D. Small Leon Bates Harry J. Rich and Ernest Williams. Burial followed in Lombard Cemetery. Attending from away were L. E. Bibber and daughter Florence of Auburn Mrs Helen Parker and William Yeaton of Auburn Mr and Mrs J H Tully of Gloucester Mass and Mrs Alice Coffle and daughter Ida of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World Wide Guild
Marion Dickey
John Parker
Esthe
Beatrice
Bertha
Charles Stetson
Norwalk
Conn
New York City
Marilla B. Tarr
Mattie Garretson
Hollywood
Calif
White and Green Mountains
New York
George Clarke
R. W. Pope
Cobbesseecontee Lake
Louise Meyers
Braintree
Mass
George Harford
West Somerville
Charles Davis
George Despeaux
Fred Lewis
Richmond
Lewis
George Long
Rockland
Niagara Falls
Hattie Wilson
Howard Wilson
Belmont
John T. Witham
Witham
Rachel Varney
Harris Hutchins
Lewis Witham
Fred Witham
Helen
Phyllis Witham
Warren F. Barter
Gardiner Street
Lester R. Norton
Harold
Glenn Orr
Kenneth Adley
Raymond Barter
Richmond Cemetery
Marion Morrill
Manchester
N. H
A. C. Maley
Georgia Hathaway
Gardiner
Harold Orr
E. H. Erskine
Bath
I. S. Hawkins
Toms River
N. J
Norton Sawyer
John N. Jordan
William Stewart
Richmond Corner
Guernsey
M. H
Millay Bros
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Mt. Carmel
Miss Ruse Curtis
George Yeaton
Methodist Episcopal Church
Waterville
Lions Club
Enterprise Orange Ladies’ Aid
Brunswick
Lenora Niles
Bluebird Patrol
Marguerite McGurty
Mildred Morris
Peter Pan
Beverley Cadenelli
Dorothy Backer
Florence Young
Eunice Nadeau
Lois Webber
Georgia Donnell
Bessie Sedgley
Minnie Waldron
Brunswick Hospital
Elmer King
Elmer King Jr
Hampton, N.H
Leslie Worth Mayo
Campbell's Pond
West Bath
West Bath Methodist Church
Chester B. Oliver
Loring D. Small
Leon Bates
Harry J. Rich
Ernest Williams
Lombard Cemetery
L. E. Bibber
Florence
Helen Parker
William Yeaton
Auburn
J. H. Tully
Gloucester
Alice Coffle
Ida
Obituary Clifton E. Dodge 46 Portlands Bus Office Agent
Clifton E. Dodge 46 a ticket agent for the Boston Maine and Maine Central bus office in Portland died suddenly of heart disease. Born in Bath he was son of Mrs Margaret R Dodge and the late William P Dodge. He worked at Bath Iron Works Texas Steamship Groton Iron Works and later Portland. Survived by wife Rita Gass daughter Rita Elizabeth mother sisters and brothers with several nieces and nephews. He was a 32d degree Mason and a Boy Scout leader in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton E. Dodge
Boston-Maine and
Maine Central
Portland
Mr. Dodge
Bath
Margaret R. Dodge
William P. Dodge
Morse High School
Old Bath Iron Works
Texas Steamship Co
Rita Gass
Rita Elizabeth
Saunders Street
Woodfords
Annie Smith
Roy Young
Howard
Rosslin Erwin Dodge
Brunswick
Mrs. Mary Papas Vamvakias Dies in Portland Hospital
Mrs. Mary Papas Vamvakias 24 wife of Praxitelis N. Vamvakias Riverside Grill 59 Center Street Portland died Monday afternoon after brief illness. Native of Portland she had resided there until her marriage five or six years ago. Funeral services were Wednesday at 2 30 in Holy Trinity Hellenic Orthodox church Burial in Forest City cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Papas Vamvakias
Praxitelis N. Vamvakias
Riverside Grill
Center Street
Portland
Vamvakias
Holy Trinity Hellenic Orthodox Church
Ida Demakes
Nashua
N. J
Helen Papas
Strataos Papas
Forest City Cemetery
Mrs Addie R Harmon Rites Held For 85 Year Old Bath Native
The body of Addie R Harmon 85 widow of Henry M Harmon died Sept 5 in Winchester Mass from pneumonia after a fall that fractured her thigh. Burial was in Oak Grove after a Bath native lived with her son Bolon C Harmon and daughter Miss Ethel M Harmon at 24 Middlesex Road Stoneham Mass. Survived by brother Daniel Sav age Freeport and sisters Mrs Elizabeth Bush Topsham and Mrs Josephine Harmon Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie R. Harmon
Henry M. Harmon
Winchester
Mass
Bath
Oak Grove
Harmon
Richard
Lucinda Savage
Bolon C. Harmon
Ethel M. Harmon
Middlesex Road
Stoneham
Leslie Worth Mayo Dies After Weeklong Illness
Leslie Worth Mayo 72 a retired carpenter of Winterport died Thursday evening at his summer home Sunny Side in the Campbell's Pond district of West Bath after a weeklong illness. He was born in Winterport to Augustus and Naomi Barrow Mayo and lived there until last spring when he moved to West Bath. Survived by his wife Nellie Malcolm of West Bath and a son George A Mayo of Detroit Michigan. Funeral Sunday at 2:30 pm in the West Bath Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Worth Mayo
Winterport
Sunnyside
Campbell's Pond
West Bath
Mr. Mayo
Augustus
Naomi Barrow Mayo
Nellie Malcolm
George A. Mayo
Detroit
Mich
Roscoe Talbot Die in Home New Haven Accident
Roscoe Talbot, 56, a painter, died Sunday from an accident at his New Haven home. Born in South Boston, he was the son of John and Louise Talbot and is survived by his wife, one son Lawrence F. Talbot of New Haven, one brother George W. Talbot of Bath, three sisters and three sisters-in-law in Maine and Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Talbot
New Haven
Conn
Boston
John
Louise Talbot
Lawrence F
George W. Talbot
Bath
Harry Woodward
Brunswick
Thomas A. Gallagher
Harry Peru
New Britain
Edgar Smith
Worcester
Mass
Harold Child
Mrs Isabella R Saw yer Funeral at Washington Street Home
The funeral of Mrs Isabella R Sawyer widow of Fred S Sawyer was held Thursday at two at her home 1141 Washington Street. Rev Charles M Tubbs of Grace Church officiated. Bearers were James A McLellan Francis McPherson Horace G Morse and Allan Spear. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella R. Sawyer
Fred S. Sawyer
Washington Street
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Church
James A. McLellan
Francis McPherson
Horace G. Morse
Allan Spear
Oak Grove
Lewiston Woman Receives National Democratic Praise
Mrs Elizabeth Soucy of Lewiston a leading Maine Democrat receives a letter from Mary Dewson first woman member of the Social Security Board and vice chair of the Democratic National committee conveying a compliment from General Farley You are the most persistent woman I ever knew The message notes Mrs Dewson is summering at Moss Acres Castine and well known in local Democratic circles where she spoke at a State Democratic field day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Soucy
Lewiston
Maine
Democratic Party
Mary Dewson
Social Security Board
Democratic National Committee
Soucy
General Farley
Farley
Castine
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N.Y.A
M’millan
Emma Hunt
Sarasota
Fla
A. E.small
Donat Allaire
Sanford
J. W. Randlette
Harold L. Mitchell
Spring Cove
Frederick W. Wright
Somerville
Mitchell
U.S. Route 201
Georgetown
Fowlers
West Georgetown
Fowler
Bernice Hill
Miss Hill
Bear Mountain
N. Y
Kendall
Kentucky
Gardner Hanson
Cambridge
Howard Trafton
Trafton
Woodbury
Melrose
Annie Ireland
Freeport
Everett Higgins
Howard Noble
J. S. Smith
Malden
Noble Camp
Back River
Elizabeth Hortenay
Walter Williams
Rufus Stone
Fishermen’s Relief Corporation
Maud P. Thayer
B. H. Fowler
Thayer
Woolwich
Union Bridge
Hathorne
Shirley N. C. Hicks
Ruth
Jamaica
L. I
The
Independent
Caroline Fisher
Caroline Fiske
Walter ‘Williams
George Williams
M. Levine
Stephen G. Hirsch
Landauer
Levine
Ruth Powers
Center School
Five Islands
A. S. Cunningham
Robinhood
Belle Heald
Bay Point
F. T. Littorin
Baptist State Convention
Keehwetter
T. M. Hogan, Sr
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bertha Todd Curtis
Salem
H. M. Trafton
Herman Spinney
Stott
Curtis
Wendell P. Todd
Ruth Miller
A. E. Rowe
Arthur S. Rowe
Harmony
R. I
Woodside
Center
State of Maine
Dominion of Canada
Europe
Atlantic Ocean
Battle
Canada
France
United States
War Department
Great Northern Paper Company
Ripogenus
Seboomook
South Twin Powerhouse
Bowdoin
Greenleaf
A. Mayo
American Legion
Malden Island
Allie Hinckley
Sagadahoc Bay
Laura Harding
J. J. Gibson
Almon Marr
William D. Walker
Walter Chisholm
Francis Fitzpatrick
Marr
Harry E. Rose
M. J. Currier
E. M. Lawes
West Newton
Briggs’ Cottage
Lawes
Basil MacMahan
Ellsworth Pinkham
Merle Wilkins
Donna
Beulah Miller
William Marr
North Adams
Edith Davison
Harrisburg
Marion Butman
Mambie
Christine Allard
South Danville
Marion L. Stevens
Clara West
Francis Baker
Dyer
Will Reid
Walter Prosser
Joan
Pejepscot
Hind Cottage
Seguinland
Hallowell
Waltham High School
Herbert Moore
Herbert
Anne Johnson
Quebec
Exeter
Charles M. Bigelow
Piney Point
Orville Rowe
Richard Potter
Brookline
G. T. O'Donnell
Mrs. Carolyne, Turner
Henry W. Owen, Jr
G. A. Dunton
Leslie W. Mayo
Mary P. Vamvakias
Mrs. Sawyer
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
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