Maine displays diverse state features at Eastern States Exposition
Maine showcased its potato industry, blueberries, seafood, and outdoor resources at the Eastern States Exposition. Gov. Lewis O. Barrows opened the state exhibit, highlighting Maine's agricultural and fisheries strengths. The sprawling display included a modern potato exhibit, a blueberry booth with pies, live fish tanks, salt water systems, and recreations of Maine forests and streams to attract visitors.
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Maine
Lewis O. Barrows
Gordon Benn
Washington County
Aroostook
Barrows
State of Maine
Avenue of States
Department of Agriculture
Frank F. Washburn
Department of Inland Fish and Game
Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries
Charlestown
Mass
Charles M. White
White
Bessie Brush
Harold Lee
David White
Augusta
Evelyn Dufour
Madawaska
William Haley
Caribou
Booth
Corinna
Thomas McKinney
Rockland
McKinney
Eugene Loud
Vinalhaven
Everett Bryant
Owen Richardson
West Point
Washburn
Dick Fogg
New York
Maine Development Commission
Fish and Game
Local Visitors and Summer Residents Return from Maine Spots
Social notes list residents and visitors from Melrose Brunswick Portland and Yonkers who spent the summer at Small Point Beach Sebasco Estates Winneganee and Little Wood Island. Mentions include Ken neth Peterson Mrs. Walter Peterson Captain William Perry Mr. and Mrs. James Morse Mrs. Charles Minott and others with returns to New York Roxbury and Bath. A birthday celebration marks Donald Morse’s 11th.
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Walter Peterson
Kenneth
Melrose
Mass
George J. Ingalls
Ingalls
William B. Perry
Kittery
Forrest Glidden
Bath
Morse Field
Winneganee
Forbes
Kennebec
Edward Larrabee
Brunswick
Lena Oliver
Fred A. Oliver
Lucia Ferguson
Boston
Charles V. Minott
Abbie F. Minott
Walter J. McCourt
Hamilton
Carol
Ceres
Freeport
Raymond Jackson
Walter McCourt
Ada Catherine
Roxbury
Ernest A. Rogers
Robert Hyde
Henry M. Minott
Alice
Irene Graham
William W. Grevers
New York
Martha Hutchins
William Grevers
Meadowbrook
Rockville
N. Y
Winfield Blair
South Portland
John Kelley
Jessie Kelley
Mary Sylvester
Alvin Py
Eleanor Percy
Brooktine
Frederick Percy
Small Point Beach
Gertrude Eastman
Somerville
William Smith
Augusta
Duer D. Breck
Raymond Trott
Anne
Virginia
Providence
R. I
Houghton
Deerfield
Deerfield Academy
Sylvester Cushman
Portland
Burnt Coat Island
Charles Pennell
Alexander Brown
Harry B. Briggs, Jr
Netta
Sebasco Estates
Joseph Brazier
Edward and
Joseph, Jr
Francis Quick
Jean
Little Wood Island
Yonkers
Howard MacDonald
Blaisdell Farm
John Evans
Jack Evans
Morse Farm
Joseph McCain
Harold Cushman
Robert
Charles
Clifton
George Ballou
Maine Building Show Highlights State History Exhibit
Visitors tour a Maine Building exhibit featuring a 25 light historical map revised by Marshall Washburn and a color narrated history by Kenneth L. Roberts. A replica schooner deck and ship components decorate the room. Commercial displays include Woodman Potato Co and Old Town Canoe Co among others. About 400 000 people expected to visit.
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Maine
Dick Fogg
Gerry Wade
Bill Coney
Joe Wilson
Marshall Washburn
Kenneth L. Roberts
Eddie Johnson
Department of Agriculture
Dorothy
South Addison
Everett Bryant
Rockland
Woodman Potato Co
Presque Isle
Ault Williamson Shoe Co
Auburn
Shaker Colony
Sabathday Lake
Old Town Canoe Co
Burnham and Morrill
Portland
Banton Brothers
Newport
Passamaquoddy
Keyes Fibre Co
Fairfield
Popham Beach Visitors and Harbour News
Local residents and guests frequent Popham Beach area, with numerous visits to Bath and surrounding towns. Notable mentions include Capt. Milliard Urquehart visiting family, Mrs. Ethel Osgood hosting lodge outing, and several out of town families at cottages and boats. The lobster stew supper by Popham Ladies' Sewing club drew a large crowd, while cranberry bogs prepare for harvest and autumn blooms decorate society hall events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurence Taylor
Ethel Luke
East Boothbay
Milliard Urquehart
Seguin Island
Jonesport
Myrtle Flemmings
Bucksport
Pauline Morong
Maris Leonard
Bath
Roland Alley
Boothbay Harbor
Alley
Kennebec River Station
Shirley Morong
Bobby
Gerry
Charles Jackson
Owen Cottage
Jackson
Harvey Henderson
Woolwich
Hennessy Cottage
Christopher Marr
Seaman Drake
David
Carol
Harold Delong
Ethel Osgood
Myrtle Ledge
S. O
Osgood
Frances Cl
L. G. Gaton
Lewiston
Francis Cooke
Washington, D. C
Webber Cottage
Laura Harding
Popham School
Frank Scott
Union 48
Marguerite McNulty
Frank Irving
Biddeford
Harry Spencer
Phyllip
Lawrence Wyman
John Carter
Howard Rice
Leon Fickett
Pond Island
Walter Oliver
Virginia Preney
Joan Killarney
Marie Smith
Vernon Mattson
Newton Center
Mass
South Shore
Roscoe Shaw
Walter Sprague
Capt. Sprague
Togus Veterans’ Hospital
Togus
Joseph Oliver
Norma Hutchins
E. W. Osgood
Howard Spinney
Spruceville
Popham Ladies’ Sewing Club
Society Hall
Wilmer T. Voorhees
Viola Sudds
Auburn
Light House
Barbara Sprague
North Yarmouth Academy
Sherman Campbell
Bay Point
Alvah O. Light
William Rogers
Long Island
Bodwell Grangers Host to Dromore
Bodwell Grange was hostess to Dromore Friday night as Bodwell candidates and 12 from Dromore received third and fourth degrees. A harvest supper followed the initiation and meeting. Booster’s night is set for Sept. 30 at Bodwell. The event drew 850 attendees including Deputy Leon Masse from Dirigo Orange, with 42 Dromore members, one Maplewood and two Woolwich residents. Mr and Mrs Octave Breton attended the funeral of Mrs Elie Langlier in Lewiston on Saturday.
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Bodwell Grange
Dromore
Bodwell
Leon Masse
Dirigo Orange
Maplewood
Woolwich
Octave Breton
Washington Street
Bath Iron Works notes and gossip
A Bath Iron Works column reports on Arthur Wilson King Selwyn H Towne Jr and Norman J Mackinnon receiving James F Lincoln Are Welding Foundation awards for arc welding and all welded diesel fishing trawler study. It also notes the Jouett launch team and various office and shop anecdotes with local figures and light humor.
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Arthur Wilson King
Selwyn H. Towne, Jr
Norman J. Mackinnon
Hull Construction
James F. Lincoln
King
Ranger
Towne
Mackinnon
Scarecrow tale unfolds in yard with big suit and helpers
A family conference follows Rastus Jewett plan to scarecrow, as he dons a remarkably oversized work suit. Ray Swett from Southport and Ray Baker discuss mending leg cuffs and sleeves for the first immersion. Deke Hill adds an operatic note to the scene.
Newell to Speak Before Group at Bangor Thursday
William S. Newell president of Bath Iron Works Corp will address about 40 members of the British Newcomen Society in Bangor on shipbuilding in Maine a brief history. The group tours Bath Iron Works sites and nearby historic forts before launching festivities conclude in Bath.
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British Newcomen Society
South Kensington Museum
London
Bangor House
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Maine
Sebasco Lodge
Jouett
Bath Iron Works
Robert Tristram Coffin
Bowdoin College
Bangor
Maine Seaboard Paper Co
Bucksport
Fort Knox
Penobscot Maine Museum
Searsport
Parker's
Montpelier
Gen. Knox
Thomaston
Fort William Henry
Pemaquid Beach
Old Fort Edgecomb
Davis Island
Wiscasset
Maine Committee
Edward M. Graham
L. Eugene Thebeau
Bath
Dana C. Douglass
Portland
Davis Vessel Dock Trial Ahead In Busy Week
Warble notes friends describe a wild cat sound at two am on a windy night. Pete Newell recovers from sprains and mental strain after a field day. Mickey McCrater and Frankie Wright recover from ruptured appendices at Bath Memorial hospital. Davis crew updates include Gackenbach back to work, Putnam with a burned leg, Gannon out with a cold, and Trask covering gates. Dock trial scheduled for Monday with sailing to follow Wednesday.
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Warble
Bath Memorial Hospital
Mickey McCrater
Frankie Wright
Rigger
O. M
Mickey
Frankie
Maine grid squad to stop over here
The University of Maine football squad of 35 will pass Friday night before the Bowdoin Maine game in Bath. Theodore S. Curtis, faculty athletics manager, has reservations at Hotel Sedgwick. The game is at Whittierfield, Brunswick, Nov. 5. The team arrives Friday evening by bus and is quartered at the Sedgwick until noon game day.
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University of Maine
Bath
Theodore S. Curtis
The
State University
Hotel Sedgwick
Whittierfield
Brunswick
Maine
Sedgwick
Hotel Sedgw
Doyle Family Returns After Weekend With Farnhams
Mr and Mrs Charles Doyle and their son Charles 2nd return to Brunswick road home from Waterville where they spent the weekend with Mrs Doyle's parents Mr and Mrs Dean Farnham
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Charles Doyle
Charles
Brunswick Road
Waterville
Bay Point social round up notes visits and guests
Bay Point residents hosted visitors and attended gatherings this week. Mrs. Newell Hamilton and family joined Mr. and Mrs. Perlie Chandler for dinner. many locals welcomed guests from Bath and Portland while friends and kin made cottage trips and attended bridge evenings. Post office tours and seasonal departures marked the wrap.
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Newell Hamilton
Robena
Malcolm
Perlie Chandler
Bremmer
Earl Blake
Buy Point
Maurice Burns
Boothbay
Norman Swift
Donald
Middletown
N. Y
J. Otis Swift
Hastings-on-Hudson
Ham
Chester McCabe
Brunswick
Bay Point
Andrew Butterfield
Elizabeth
Louise Briggs
Edward
Roslindale
Louise Howard
E. J. Stewart
Kennebec Point
Doris Leclair
Auburn
William Adams
Edward Cook
E. I. Willard
Portland
Dave Noyes
Blue Bell
Dave
Tolman
International Potato Picking Championship Set for Fort Fairfield
Plans center on the International Potato-Picking Championship at Fort Fairfield on Sept 28 at the Katahdin potato field owned by Austin Buck and B S Smith. Governors Barrows of Maine and Clark of Idaho will participate in a special potato picking match and a major town welcome follows, with a banquet planned after touring local fields. Last year’s winner was Robert Hallet of Mars Hill with 86 specks in 15 minutes.
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Fort Fairfield
Austin Buck
B. S. Smith
Lewis O. Barrows
Maine
Barzilla W. Clark
Idaho
Aroostook
Barrows
Robert Hallet
Mars Hill
Hallet
John Carney
Ashland
Roy Cloney
Albert Dunphy
Houston
Missing pocketbook leads to recovered money in Lewiston
Mrs Prank Bussiere of Taft Avenue Auburn reported to Capt Picard that her $50 pocketbook vanished at a local store. Later a Lewiston woman returned the pocketbook with the money after finding it in a pile of underwear at the store. An identification card was found among the items.
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Prank Bussiere
Taft Avenue
Auburn
Picard
Lewiston
Gunning License Rush Foreseen in Bath Details
City Clerk John W. Gilmore expects the annual rush for gunning licenses to begin Friday as plants pay day. The duck season opens October 1 and lasts to November 15, with licenses at $1.15 and a migratory waterfowl stamp of $1. a combined hunting and fishing license costs $2.15.
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John W. Gilmore
Bath
Merrymeeting Bay
Maine
The
Bay
Bill Cunningham
New England Sports Authority
Frank EF. Lowe
Portland
Sturgeon Island
Fish and Game Commission
George J. Stobie
Local Notes On Residents Visits And Public Notices
Westport updates list Miss Katherine Harriman and her sister in Melrose Highlands visiting Harriman Farm last week. Virginia Jewett returns from Bath to stay through week, then departs for Orono to join University of Maine Sophomore class. State Aid road work begins with Earl Hagan of Georgetown as foreman. A portrait of Maine congressman Jonathan Cilley, who fell in a duel 100 years ago, is hung in the state house corridor, gifted by grandson Vernet Cilley of Buenos Aires.
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Katherine Harriman
Melrose Highlands
Mass
Marcus Wright
Gardiner
Harriman Farm
Virginia Jewett
Staples’ Drug Store
Bath
Jewett
Orono
University of Maine
Ida Greenleaf
Clarence
South End
Warren Hoffman
Watertown
Matthews
Harriman’s Point
Earl Hagan
Georgetown
Elaine Stacey
Edmund Chisholm
Cornish
Wesley Green
East Brunswick
Guy Payne
E. O. Boll
Milton Osborne
Gordon Harvey
Shirley
Brian Jewett
Annie
Dorothy Tarbox
Jonathan Cilley
Maine
State House
Vernet Cilley
Buenos Aires
Theodore S. Lazell
West Newton
Cilley
Nottingham
Washington
William J. Graves
Kentucky
Vacationing New Yorker In Boothbay Harbor Wreck
Mrs. Malcolm McFaull of New York City vacationing at her Boothbay Harbor summer home was involved in a wreck with Mrs. Louise Mosley of Weeks Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm McFaull
New York City
Boothbay Harbor
Louise Mosley
Weeks Street
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APPLE
Montsweag Farm
Popham Beach
Bodwell Grangers
John W. Costain
Bill Daley
Don Avery
William S. Blair
Carroll Watson
Blair
Herr Topsy” Cooke
Harry Farrell
Archie Hall
Frank Fortier
Blues
John Osborne
Fortier
Stanley Brown
Harry Briggs
Sports Committee
Sid Eaton
Osborne
Topsy
Sid
Frank Plummer
Duck Hunters
Winnie Quinn
West Indies
Isabel Kennedy
Carinthia
Winnie
Arthur King
Fach
Charlie Parks
Billy Lundrigan
Office Force
Eric Anderson
Machine Shop
Portland Eye and Ear Infirmary
Cy Reynolds
Cherry Street
Vachon
Joseph Damase
Flntes
Gus Snow
Mr. O
Gus
Davis
Deke Hill
Pete Newell
Johnny Newell
Pres. Newell
Gen. Supt. Hill
Richard C. Gackenbach
O. M.s
Lawrence Putnam
John “Grip
Gannon
George Trask
Joln
Rose
Fred P. Taylor
Clayton
Richard Taylor Hagan
Sea-Hohm
Walter Quance
Walter
Evelyn
Walter Gordon
Fred Taylor
H. S. Keen
Jamaica
Karl Hentz
the Willows
Edgar Warren
Cedar Cove
Coleen Radley
Ramblers
Robert N. Craigin
WGY Radio
Schenectady
Harry Stone
Green Pastures
B. F. Gordon
Greene
Walter H. Gordon
Merline Thompson
Charlotte Cahill
Leila Oliver
Deerings
Ionit
Gilmore
Westport
National Consumers Tax Commission
William M. Greene
Kennebunk
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