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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Sep 22, 1938

Page

3

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Malcolm McFaull New York City Boothbay Harbor Louise Mosley Weeks Street

Also Mentioned on This Page

Gov. Barrows Springfield Phippsburg 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 Commission
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