Geography Society Explains The Global Drought
A National Geographic Society bulletin from Washington explains that droughts reflect under distribution to markets rather than global undersupply. It notes warmer conditions in Alaska and Canada, drought in England, and North Atlantic high pressure shifting weather belts northward, with limited data from the southern hemisphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington D. C
National Geographic Society
North America
Europe
Ben
Alaska
Canada
United States Weather Bureau
European
Russia
Siberia
North Pole
United States
Rockies
North Atlantic
England
London
Switzerland
Marines
St. Lawrence Valley
Middle Pacific
Atlantis
Arctic
America
Canadian
Atlantic
Norway
Hudson Bay
Greenland
Local ladies tour Prout's Neck as guests of Mrs Sewall
Mrs I Houghton Kimball, Miss Katherine Payne, Miss Emma Moses, Miss Lily Moses and others traveled to Prout's Neck to spend a day as guests of Mrs Samuel B Sewall. The group included Mrs Edward H Kimball Miss Charlotte I Meeker and Mrs George P Addison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katharine Payne
Emma Moses
Lily Moses
Edward H. Kimball
Charlotte I. Meeker
George P. Addison
Prout’s Neck
Samuel 8
Sewall
Odd use of Canton crepe frocks trend
Canton crepe is the favored material for fall frocks for young girls and matrons with black as the leading color. A demure gray Canton crepe frock features a plain blouse with shoulder neck cut, bound front opening, gathered tunic over a full under skirt, and fringe trim simulating hem stitching.
Bath Board Considers Moving Pupils to New Dike School
Bath Board of Education discussed closing the 70 year old Washington street school and transferring 61 pupils and the teacher to the Dike school to save about 2000. The plan would slightly extend some commutes while simplifying administration. Miss Carrie Hall’s penmanship and drawing position was terminated and a new hire authorized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Washington Street
Dike
Bath Board of Education
Washington Street
Mechanic
Upper High Street
High Street
Nellie Temple
Board of Education
Carrie Hall
Morse High
Leland R. Mitchell
William A. Furber
Frederick E. Drake
Charles Lester Smith
Personal notes from Bath residents and visitors
Mrs Paul Dressey of Middle Street heads to Little Chebeague Island for a few days. Mr and Mrs S H Lancaster of Bangor return after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs George T Cutting. Mr Mark Conley returns from three weeks with relatives in Springfield and Medford Massachusetts. Mrs Walter Rogers and Mrs Raymond Sherman of Attleboro Massachusetts touring Maine visit Mrs Ernest Heald Bath. Mrs William B Osgoodfield of Lenox and New York leaves Bath after visiting Mme Emma Eames. Miss Mary Nixon of Troy Ohio arrives to visit Miss Elsie Folsom. Nixon and Folsom were schoolmates at Bradford Academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Dressey
Middle Street
Chebeague Island
Casco Bay
S. H. Lancaster
Bangor
George T. Cutting
Mark Conley
Springfield
Medford
Mass
Walter Rogers
Raymond Sherman
Attleboro
Maine
Lelia Oliver
Ray Oliver
Bay Point
Oliver
Charles EK. Hewitt, Jr
Charles
Capitol Islind
Charles KE. Hewitt
Richmond
Charles BE. Hewitt
Charlotte Heald
Bath
Charles Rogers
George L. Rogers
Charles Talbot
W. H. Cromwell
Gilbert Atwood
Coombs
Charles Pearson
Reginia
Northeast Harbor
Fred S. Coombs
Freeport
Jessie Kelley
Phippsburg
Henry Carlton
Woolwich
Edward Blaisdell
New York
Henry Blaisdell
Social club planned for Winneganee men and winter sessions
Steps are taken to form a village social club limited to Winneganee men with headquarters for winter gatherings. The group aims to back local sports, foster fellowship and community spirit, and initial membership is expected to reach about 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth ‘Toothaker
Auburn
Thomas Oliver
Wortland
Arthur Maxfield
Rose Higgins
West Bath
George Murphy
Robert Manson
Almon Perry
Abram
Oliver
Thomas L. Perry
Eugene Spinney
Edwin Small
Henry Potter
Elbridge Morse
Parker Head
John Scholfield
Small Toink
George Merritt
Small Point
Eugene Knight
Ernest O. Knight
Augusta
Elwyn ©. Taylor
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Fred Dwyer
People’s Baptist Church
Augustan
Knight
Frank Farnsworth
Porthind
Seymour Hayden
Leon Pennell
Sirch Point
Ora Toothaker
Harlin Bell
Arctic Glory and Air Travel Move New York Clergy
The Rt. Rev. Arthur Lloyd and Rev. Dr. H P Silver describe climbing the North Cape at 1 am under the midnight sun and a Paris to London flight. They traveled from Newfoundland to Norway, Scotland, England, Belgium, France, noting Norway’s coast as unmatched and London’s woes. An Atlantic voyage, a $10 extra air fare, and many icebergs marked the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Cape
Arctic Circle
Paris
London
Arthur
Lloyd
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
New York
H. P. Silver
Church of the Incarnation
Caronia
Newfoundland
Norway
Scotland
England
Holland
Belgium
France
Dr. Silver
Cape
Merck
America
Holand
Melgium
Bishop Lloyd
Iceland
Cosmopolitan Club Notes Activities and Members
The employment agency runs nine to two with many applications this week. A food sale is planned for next Saturday afternoon. A dress making class is planned for winter. Five missing books were returned this week. The dining room serves 27 members, including Nellie Sawyer Esther Hawkes Beatrice Spinney Christenden Alice Warnum Arlaene Farnham Ruth Morgan Etta Burnham Knowles Frances Hall Ida Taylor Eva Pratt Margaret Foster Mae Tole Jane Moulton Verna Brackett Vera Howe Sonie Hodgkins Grace Harmon Sthelyn Nye Margaret Kimball Helen Winslow Minnie White Jennie Harvey Mrs Edwina Mayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Sawyer
Esther Hawkes
Beatrice Spinney
Christenden Alice Warnum
Arlaene Farnham
Ruth Morgan
Etta Burnham
Miss Knowles
Frances Hall
Ida Taylor
Eva Pratt
Margaret Foster
Mae Tole
Jane Moulton
Verna Brackett
Vera Howe
Sonie Hodgkins
Grace Harmon
Sthelyn Nye
Margaret Kimball
Helen Winslow
Minnie White
Jennie Harvey
Edwina Mayers
Local Social Notes Include Dinners Trips and Visas
Dr and Mrs F L Norton pass the week with Mr and Mrs R Rosner Mere Point. Miss Estelle Burnham of Portland visits Bath with her cousin Mrs George Burbank. Duncan Mellnes pledged to Phi Gamma Delta at Worcester Polytechnic Institute for fall. Mrs Mary Bonney returns to Newcastle after a few days. In Bath guest of Mrs Ellis Tedford Mechanic street. Mr and Mrs Warren F Hawley and Dunlap A Hatch depart for a White Mountains auto trip. Mrs Frank G Aderton and daughter Winifred return from Bonavista N F to Trufant street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Norton
R. Rosner
Mere Point
Estelle Burnham
Portland
Bath
George Burbank
Duncan MelInnes
Phi Gamma Delta
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Mary Bonney
Newcastle
Ellis Tedford
Mechanic Street
Warren F. Hawley
Western Avenue
Dunlap A. Hatch
White Mountains
Frank G. Aderton
Winifred
Bonavista
N. F
Trufant Street
Gunning at Merrymeeting Bay yields small bags on windy opening day
Ducks remained scarce as a strong southerly wind hindered early gunning at Merrymeeting Bay. Amateur shooters posted minimal returns while Game Warden Spinney reported arrests planned for two Topsham and two Brunswick men caught shooting early. Nearby gunners reported notable teal and pintail flocks with several hunters claiming full quotas, but two youths survived a skiff capsize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrymeeting Bay
Haung
Randall W. Leonard
Fred King
Herbert L. Spinney
Commissioners of Inland Fisheries and
Gane
Topsham
Brunswick
Warden Spinney
Mr. Spinney
Tie
Spinney
Rotarians to Hear L O Armstrong Lantern Slides
Rotarians are promised a talk by L O Armstrong of the Bureau of Commercial Economies Washington on Labrador to Alaska. The Oct speech will feature lantern slides and motion pictures illustrating a life explorer who worked for governments and railways for 40 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. O. Armstrong
Bureau of Commercial Economies of
Washington
Labrador
Alaska
Ile
Governent
Cty
Quebec
United States
New York
Vermont
Jake Champlain
Exciting YMCA Volleyball Game Ends In Comeback
Friday evening a YMCA volleyball match featured captains Harry E Thompson and David Alkazin with referee C H Volz. Thompson’s team won game one by one point, Alkazin’s men led 15 0 in game two, then Thompson’s squad rallied to win the third game. Players included Thompson Merritt Ferguson William Field Arthur Miller Clinton McFadden George Libby Benjamin Shane Loraine Price Robert Wishare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wit
YMCA
Harry E. Thompson
David Alkazin
C. H. Volz
Thompson
Alkazin
Merritt Ferguson
William Field
Arthur Miller
Clintom McFadden
George Libby
Benjamin Shane
Loraine Price
Robert Wishare
Bath Woman Raises 32 Pound Garden Squash
Mrs Mary Cary of 19 Fisher Court grows a 32 pound Marblehead squash this summer. She placed it on exhibition in the Independent window and it draws compliments as neighbors admire the oversized specimen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Cary
Fisher Court
Marblehead
Cary
Carey
Pinkham Levya Wed In Wiscasset Episcopal Ceremony
Sanford Pinkham of Bath and Miss Ema Levyn of Wiscasset wed at St Philip's Episcopal Church in Wiscasset at noon on September S. The ceremony featured a simple decor, the organist Miss Rebecca Nash and choir aiding, with Roy Gilson of Brunswick officiating in a single ring rite. A reception followed at the bride’s parents home on Bradford Street. Initial steps in a $100,000 drive for Westbrook Seminary improvement were also begun last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford Mansfield Pinkham
Bath
Ema Levya
Wiscasset
St. Philip's Episcopal Church
Rebecca Nash
Miss Levyn
Ntev
Roy Kt. Gilson
Brunswick
Thomas Levyn
Bradford Street
Westbrook Seminary
Gunners Sweep Open Season Duck Claims Across Bay Area
Reports from Merrymeeting Bay on Tuesday detail a renewed gunner push four days after Open Season. Hunters like Roland Brown and Horace Morse led scores of ducks, with totals ranging from four to seven birds in various local spots including Woolwich Brook and nearby farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrymeeting Bay
Scason
Roland Brown
Horace Morse
George Conway
J. M. Mansir
Berry Milixs
Bath
Mr. Sawtelle
Augusta
Darton
Woolwich Brook
Henry Carleton
Carlton
Leonard Stilphen
Woolwich
Louis Weert
Arthur Thistle
Frank Reed
Morse and Olinto Named to Manage Morse High Team
John Olinto and Herbert Morse were elected assistant managers of Morse high football at a Morse high athletic association meeting. Mark Hennessy trailed Morse by one vote. An election may follow if Olinto and Morse resign as they are football squad members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Olinto
Herbert Morse
Morse High
Morse High Athletic Association
Mark Hennessy
Morse
Olinto
George A. Cahill
George McFadden
Athletic Council
Prinipal
Baxter Veterans To Muster In Somerville Mass
Bath Veteran Firemen's Association to transport the tub Senator Baxter to the muster in Somerville Massachusetts on October 12 under East Somerville Veteran Fireman's Association auspices which owns the tub Fire Queen. A test on Water Street reached 197 ft five inches against wind with 25 men braking. Many members plan to travel by boat after the Boston boat leaves Bath Tuesday night with possible Wednesday night delay in Boston to allow return time.
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Bath Veteran Firemen's Association
Tub
Senator Baxter
Somerville
Mass
East Somerville
Tub Fire Queen
Baxter
Water Street
Boston
Bath
Bowdoin Grid Schedule Highlights Rhode Island State Oct 1
Bowdoin College announces a home game against Rhode Island State on October 1 in Brunswick. Other season games include S Williams in Williamstown October 8 Trinity in Hartford October 15 Colby in Brunswick October 22 Maine at Orono November 5 and Tufts at Brunswick or Portland November 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin
Rhode Island State
Brunswick
Williams
Williamstown
Mass
Trinity
Hartford
Conn
Colby
University of Maine
Orono
Tufts
Portland
Partridge Hunt Opens October 1 Near Bath
Women bath gunners look toward October 1 as open season begins on rabbits partridge woodcock. Covers near Bath hold many partridge this season. It is unlawful to possess a loaded rifle or shotgun in a motor vehicle on highways fields or forests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Handsome Birds Pheasants Shown at Franklin House
Joseph C Footer proprietor of the Franklin House on Franklin street received three mounted pheasants from his brother Fred Footer of Woonsocket Rhode Island. The birds were shot over a dog given by Alonzo G Fisher of the city. Football season opens officially on Saturday across the East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph C. Footer
Franklin House
Franklin Street
Fred Footer
Woonsocket
RB. I
Footer
Alonzo G. Fisher
Maine Investors Face Surprise in Shaw Affairs
Maine investors in the Union Light & Driver Company learned of Hollis M. Shaw of Watertown Massachusetts bankruptcy petitions. Mrs Audrey Hitchborn of Augusta seeks 16000 against Shaw in Maine courts after a 14000 master’s finding. Creditors totaling about 60000 accuse Shaw of misusing funds. investigations plan to proceed locally before any federal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis M. Shaw
Watertown
Maine
Union Light & Driver Company
Union
Shaw
Audrey Hitchborn
Augusta
Farmington
Winthrop
Massachusetts
Hitchbern
Miss Stanley
Harold BE. Cook
Gardiner
Kennebec County
Light and Power Company
C. O. Sturtevant
Man Held For Home Made Liquor in Shore Town
Peter Budreau of the New Meadows river cottage was arraigned in municipal court for alleged manufacturing of intoxicating liquor. He pleaded guilty with sentence deferred to Tuesday when held for the October term grand jury under a new law mandating a 1000 dollar fine and two months in jail. Deputies found a working boiler still, hot brew, and mash at his place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Budreau
New Meadows
Bull Rock Bridge
John J. Keegan
Supreme Judicial Court
Budreau
Chester C. Aderton
John A. Norris
Grand Jury
Sheriff's Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
Geographic Society
Bulletin of Society
Charles H. Volz
Bath Y. M. C. A
State Y. M. C. A
By Eloise
Saving Made
Winneganee
Tigers
Winnegance
Indians
Winnegance Battery
Talbot
Rice
Cross
Tommy Nichols
Jlorace Morse
Edgar Oliver
Merry
B. Plummer
Gilmore
Plummer
Thistle
Hunt
Sprague
H. Norse
Nichols
Grdak Ye Small
Rogers
Perry
Savage
Powers
Higgins
F. Plummer
Dean
McClure
Essie
Sess
Glory OF the
North Cape Wilds
Cosmopolitan Club
Kent
al Robinson
Son Roscoe
The
Bay
George Warshley
Harry W. Berry
Harry Farnham
Swan Island
John Hunt
James Bonney
James Knight
Edward I Hunt
George Rook
Allen Eggleston
Lawrence Crocker
George Brown
Young Crocker
Pinkham—Levya
the Bath Trust Company
Gunners
DUCKS
Bowdoin Schedule
East
Shaw Affairs
Home Brew
Henry Sprince
Bowdoin College
Lewiston
Old Orchard Beach
Mr. Sprince
Montreal
McGill University
Leonard Marks
Barbara
Leonard, Jr
William Marks
Mr. Marks
Southern Pacific Pacific Steamshipe
William A. Jack
Maine Detective Association
Ethel Blake
Boothbay
Morse High School
Leonard Lord
Fitts Street
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