Maine Publicity Bureau Promotes Tourism Across States
The Maine Publicity Bureau, a private funded nonprofit, markets Maine tourism via windshield stickers and joint advertising with hotels, camps, and businesses. Letters from Michigan and Florida promoters praise the effort, while the bureau urges aggressive selling to expand Maine’s recreation driven economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Maine Publicity Bureau
Babson
United States Chamber of Commerce
Maine
Col Charles Nason Dies at 90 in Gray Maine
Civil war veteran Col Charles E Nason 90 died at his Gray home pneumonia after returning from the G A R encampment in Madison Wisconsin He served in the 14th Maine Infantry as a standard bearer and fought in 21 engagements He was a Maine G A R department commander and held several lodge and fraternal posts He leaves a son Frank in Chicago and three daughters Mrs Mabel Hall Mrs Grace Darting and Mrs Ella Andrews along with relatives in Canada and New Haven Conn
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Gray
Loneville
Kentucky
Lodge of Elks
Knights of Pythias
Maine
George
Pasadena
Calif
Grace Darting
Gray
Ella Andrews
New Haven
Topsham's 92-Year-Old Miss Whitten Preserves Era Treasures
Miss Sarah Whitten of Pleasant Street, aged 92, lives alone in a house she bought 108 years ago and preserves rare furniture and Civil War era items. Her attic shelves hold a long family heritage including a first baby carriage, antique silverware, a gold-banded china set, and handmade textiles. She tends her garden, does housework, braids silk mats, and relishes blackberrying in summers while recounting childhood memories of a Red Schoolhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick Record
Topsham
Sarah Whitten
Pleasant Street
Miss Whitten
Virginia
Whitten
Lewis Jordan
Morse High Gridders Prep Under Coach Hank Small
Morse High’s grid coach Hank Small begins training for the fall schedule with about two dozen candidates. Small, a former University of Maine back and Maine coach, aims to lift the team after recent defeats, aided by assistant Danc Farrell and interim coach Johnny Madden who arrived Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Hank” Small
Small
University of Maine
Maine
Little South Paris
Danc Farrell
Bath Schools
Johnny Madden
Pittsfield
Mass
Freeto Lord Wedding at Glendale California
Miss Harriet Curtis Lord daughter of Lieut and Mrs John A Lord of Pearl street married John Frank Freeto 3d son of Mr and Mrs John F Freeto Belmont Mass in a single ring ceremony at Forest Lawn Park Glendale. The couple left for their Los Angeles residence where he works in the Technic for Development Corp technical department. Attendants included matron of honor Mrs Hugh Montgomery and best man Hugh Montgomery a Harvard classmate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Curtis Lord
John A. Lord
Pearl Street
John Franklyn Freeto
John F. Freeto
Belmont
Mass
Forest Lawn Park
Glendale
Cal
Com. C. J. Murray
U. S
Westminister Arms
Hollywood
Morse Fog g Wedding Unites Morse and Fogg in Wesley Church
The City Clerk filed returns for the wedding of Wilater K Morse son of Mr and Mrs Charles Morse of 47 Washington Street and Pauline Lillian Fores daughter of Forest Ash ton Foxe of Washington Street and the late Mrs Maud Fogg. The ceremony Friday Sept 3 at Wesley M E church parsonage 33 Union Street officiated by Rev Ernest Heywood. The couple were unattended. Morse trained as a dental medic and Fogg formerly a stitcher at Congress Shirt Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Gilmore
Wilater K. Morse
Charles Henry Morse
Washington Sreet
Pauline Lillian Fores
Forest Ashton Foxe
Washington Street
Maud Fogg
Wesley M. E. Church
Miss Fogg
Congress Shirt Co
Seed Potato Acreage Rises in Maine for 1937
Maine reports 1937 certified seed potato acreage at 25767 acres, up 5602 from 1936. BE L Newdick notes Green Mountain gains 4690 and Irish Cobbler 1258 as total acreage reaches 30000 after inspections. Also mentions Edward Bonelli’s hospitalization and social visits of local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
BE. L. Newdick
State Department of Agriculture
Newdick
Green Mountain
Engagement of Bertha Lee Lord to Robert Langmuir Announced
Lieut. and Mrs. John A. Lord announce the engagement of their daughter Bertha Lee Lord to Robert Vose Langmuir of Englewood New Jersey at a Bath Country Club party. Attending were family friends and out of town guests. Miss Lord is a Morse high school graduate member of Club Garret and Brunswick Riding Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Lord
Pearl Street
Bertha Lee Lord
Robert Vose Langmuir
Englewood
N. J
Bath Country Club
Lord
Dean Langmuir
Clyde Turnere
Lowell
Mass
Allan Spear
Morse High School
Club Garret
Brunswick Riding Club
C. C
United States
Constitution
Navy Yard
Boston
Langmuir
Dean
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Kenneth Orr
New York
Betty Barnhill
Miami
Fla
Mary Louise Arnold
Evanston
Ill
Jane Donnell
Barbara Donnell
Kalamazoo
Mich
Evelyn Langmuir
Colin M
Newlyweds F. Newell Hodge and wife to start life in D C
Mr. and Mrs. F. Newell Hodge wed Sept 2 in Arlington Virginia and left Sept 6 for Washington to set up home. Mrs. Hodge, former Martina Pangle, is from Arlington and will reside at 512 C street N E. He will work in the Navy Yard x ray room arsenal department. They visited Mrs. Marcia A. Hodge in Arlington after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Newell Hodge
Arlington
Washington, D. C
Hodge
Marcia A. Hodge
Middle Street
Martina Pangle
Mary Pangle
Arlington, Va
Arlington High School
Perry L. Mitchell
First Baptist Church
D. P. Robertson
Morse High School
Washington
Navy Yard
Arsenal Department
Three Driving Cases Heard in Municipal Court
Three automobile cases in municipal court with Judge Arthur J. Dunton presiding involved State Highway Officer John P. Crosby as the complainant. Fred L. Jean of the city pleaded guilty to operating while intoxicated and was fined 100 dollars plus 7.07 dollars costs. he had been arrested on Bath Brunswick road after attempting to flee but traffic delays blocked him. Herbert H. Brown known as Farmer Brown pleaded guilty to reckless driving on Bath Brunswick road near Foote place. fined 10 dollars plus 4.95 dollars costs. Fred H. Winslow of Boothbay Harbor was fined 5 dollars and 4.95 dollars costs for operating an overloaded truck in Woolwich on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Dunton
John P. Crosby
Fred L. Jean
Bath-Brunswick
North
Lincoln Streets
Crosby
Jean
Herbert H. Brown
Brown
Bath- Brunswick Road
Foote Place
Woolwich
Fred H. Winslow
Boothbay Harbor
Bowdoinham Garage Closes For Summer at Morang Home
The Bowdoinham Garage operated by Mr and Mrs Charles Morang for the summer season closed on Wednesday. The report notes various local visits and movements including students entering Gorham Normal school and social calls among Bowdoinham residents with several trips to Bath, Lewiston and Portland.
Personal Notes on Visits From New York Family and College Plans
Miss Helen Gackenbach and sister Miss Laura Gackenbach from New York City, guests of their father Richard Gackenbach in North street, will return Friday. Walter Pierce of Richmond, Virginia, plans a late-week visit with his aunt and uncle in Washington street before starting Bowdoin College on Sept 23 after high school honors. Miss Constance Morin of Washington street leaves to resume studies at Oak Grove Seminary in Vassalboro after a summer visit with her father Dr Harry F Morin, and recently returning from Napanee Ontario with aunt Miss Helen A Grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham
Charles Morang
Burton Curtis
Old Orchard
Clifford Shay
Curtis
Ernest Curtis
Gorham Normal School
Paul Hatch
Ypsulanti
Charles Hatch
John Rich
Bath
Ida Fowle
Millard Hatch
Arthur Downing
Martin Stadtmiller
Bernard
Boothbay Harbor
Murl Downing
I. M. Fowle
South Portland
Downing
Charles Hackett
Donald
Kenneth
Leona Hackett
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Lena Hackett
William Hardie
G. Fred Kimball
Woodbury
Westbrook
G. A. Gray
Portland
Humphrey Hamilton
Boston
George Hamilton
Olive Tarbox
John Purington
Alice Maxwell
Clara N. Fogg
Lawrence Averill
Wiscasset
Averills
Elisha Webber
Belmont
Mass
Helen Townsend
New Haven
Ralph Denham
Scarboro
Henry Ramsky
James Merrill
Lynn Hinkley
Gardiner
Melvin Pratt
James Pratt
Carrie Frost Marson
Massachusetts
Mary Hardie
Mary Ronalder
Margaret Wilson
Mary Patten
Lakewood
Garnet
Kenneth McDougal
Mississippi State College
Raymond Vigue
Winslow
Robhers Douglass
Vigue
Sheppard
Vigne
Gardiner Hospital
Helen Gackenbach
Laura Gackenbach
R. N
New York City
Richard Gackenbach
North Street
Walter Pierce
Stanley Pierce
Richmond
Robert B. Hatch
Washington Street
Bowdoin College
Constance Morin
Oak Grove Seminary
Vassalboro
Harry F. Morin
Morin
Napanee
Ont
Helen A. Grange
Mrs. Raymond Moore Peabody Dies After Operation
Verona Moore Peabody 29 wife of Raymond Peabody of Newburyport Mass formerly Bowdoinham died Thursday in Brunswick hospital after an emergency operation. She was daughter of Mr and Mrs William Moore and a 1926 Coombs high school graduate. She worked in the local telephone office and is survived by her husband two children Raylene and Raymond her mother a brother Ellis Moore and grandmother Mrs Eulala Sedgley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verona Moore Peabody
Raymond Peabody
Newburyport
Mass
Bowdoinham
Brunswick Hospital
Peabody
William Moore
Coombs High School
Raylene
Raymond
Ellis Moore
Eulala Sedgley
Milk truck fire near Bowdoinham injures driver
A large B M milk truck bound for Boston overturned north of R A Douglas’s home and burned completely. The driver was injured and taken to Gardiner hospital. Nearby residents relocated or moved, including Gott family to Aroostook County and Morang closing Brown’s Corner garage. Walter Frye and family visited Ernest Frye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
R. A. Douglas
Gardiner Hospital
Gott
James Blodgett
Aroostook County
Morang
Brown's Corner
Ellis Moore
Stockman Place
Walter Frye
Ernest Frye
Mail collection times moved earlier in city
Night mail collection has been advanced one hour due to the absence of the 10 o'clock west bound bus to Brunswick. Mail to go on the night dispatch must be in by 7.15. Box collections start at five, with final pickup at seven from City Hall square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
City Hall Square
Mrs Morse and sister from High street depart for New York
Mrs. Sherman Morse and her sister Mrs. Elmer Lufkin of lower High street leave Sunday for New York City to spend a fortnight with Morse's husband the chief engineer of the S. Bearn Hudson Navigation Co. Upon return they will be joined by Mr. Morse who will spend the winter at his home in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Conley
John M. Conley
Beacon Street
Canada
Olean
N. Y
Conley
Stanley Hatch
Robert B. Hatch
J. ©. Penny Co
Sherman Morse
Elmer Lufkin
Lower High Street
New York City
Morse
Bear
Hudson River Navigation Co
Mr. Morse
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senter’s, Inc
Maine Publicity Bureau News
Michigan
Florida
Tom Marston
East Michigan Tourist Association
Paul Conant
Lake Wales Florida
Chamber of Commerce
Kiswasset
New Brunswick
Twin Pine Cottaze
Twin Pine Cottae
Twin Pine
Charles E. Nason
G.A.R
Wisconsin
Charles BE. Nason
Victor Victrol and Records
E Dilley
Jene St
Bath, Mgr
Muriel Hows
Thomas Jules
Brewster G. Sedgwick
Optometrist
Arthur Allen
Bath Trust
Topsham Home
Edward Sewall
High Street
Priscilla Magoun
Roger D. Skillings
H. Warren Halterman
Fort
Leavening
Hank Small
Henry D. Small
Freeto
Morse-Fogg Wedding
Wesley Parsonage
Edward Bonelli
St. Andrews Hospital
Squirrel Island
Helen
Oulton
Florence ‘Warner
Milo
Fila White
Hancock
Maine Cieneral Hospital
Miss Oulton
Allen W. Oulton
Bedford Street
Bertha Lee
Dunton
Vernon Howes
Belfast
J. N. Palmer
Karl Hatch
Richard Sparks
Fairfield
William C. Sparks
Billy
Philadelphia
Lang Farm
Samuel Putnam
Arnold Fellowes
James Wynn
Fred Parkhurst
Althea Fellowes
Margaret Small
Fitchburg
Mary Mayo
Ann Reville
Leominister
Mt. Vernon
Marie Josephine Powers
Thomas Powers
Francis Young
Bowdoin
George Young
Freeport
Columbia
Warren Hull
Michael O'Halloran
Edgar Kennedy Comedy
Dick Foran
Dick Tracy
Edna May Oliver
Miss Aldrich
Walter Pigeon
Sybil Jason
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers In
Mrs
Raymond Moore Peabody
Bowdoinham Post Road
Opera House
George Murphy
William Gargan
Joe Penner
Robert Taylor
Eleanor Powell