Cleansing and Dye Works to Have New Home
The Bath Cleansing and Dye Works, burned out three weeks ago on Front Street east of Commerce and Summer, will move into the Columbia hotel garage. A fireproof boiler room and rebuilt interior are planned as offices stay on the hotel ground floor while Auburn work continues. Owner Mr. Walsh, veteran Maine cleaner, leases the space for years. the former Dreamland Liberty theatre becomes the plant's base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Cleansing & Dye Works
Front Street
Commerce
Columbia Hotel
Dreamland and Liberty Theatre
Walsh
Maine Cleansing and Dye Works
Auburn
Bath Opera House
Columbia To Pictures
Dreamland
Liberty
Columbia
Funeral held in Augusta for Thomas Clarke
Edward E. Moore and Mrs. Wallace Reed attended the funeral in Augusta for their brother in law Thomas Clarke at his 135 Cony street home. Rev A T McWhorter presided and the Odd Fellows ritual was observed. Burial followed at Mt Hope cemetery with delegations from the Spanish War post Augusta lodge of Masons Maine Consistory and Friendship lodge of Springvale. Clarke survived by his wife Olive Morse Bath, two daughters, four sisters and one brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward E. Moore
Wallace Reed
Augusta
Thomas Clarke
Cony Street
A. T. McWhorter
D. D
Congregational Church
Odd Fellows
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Olive Morse
Bath
Edwin J
Governor's Tournament at Bath Country Club
The Bath Country club tournament committee voted to hold a Governor's Cup Tournament with no handicaps. Open to senior and junior members with a one dollar entrance fee to fund a final day banquet. Qualifying on Saturday. 16 lowest scores advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Country Club
W C T U Meeting Plans Fall Institute
At the Salvation Army hall the W C T U voted to hold a fall institute directed by Mrs Irving Varney, to instruct W C T U workers. Sirge B C Chaney reported on the state convention in Waterville with 260 delegates, the largest ever, and urged prayer gatherings and using moving pictures that uplift morals to protect the young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C.T.U
Salvation Army
Irving Varney
W.C.T.U. Works
Sirge B. C. Chaney
Waterville
Bath Man Cables Laconinc Message From Puerto Rico
A Bath resident receives a brief cable saying “Safe” as her husband works near Rio Piedras during a hurricane in Puerto Rico that battered San Juan and its surroundings for two days. Mrs. Bregger, née Marie Anderson, has four children and was visiting Bath. Her husband is with an agricultural station near the city. she is the daughter of Charles L. Anderson of 1401 Washington street and sister of Carl C. Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Thomas Bregger
Marie Anderson
Puerto Rico
Rio Piedras
Bregger
San Juan
Breggers
Charles L. Anderson
Washington Street
Carl C. Anderson
A. Hallet & Co
Bowdoinham News Roundup Covers Obituary and Local Notes
Mrs. Kendall remembered for community work with funeral and burial at Bay View cemetery. Train schedule changes announced for Bowdoinham station. Local visits, school notices, society events, and community updates across Bowdoinham and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendall
J. N. Palmer
Gould
Colonel
Dummer Sewall
Bay View Cemetery
Harry Adams
California
Bowdoinham Station
Local Grange Meeting Ends with Lectures and Plans
Sagadahoc county hosts a Saturday evening program with singing readings and talks by Lenora Coskery and Charles of the State Department of Agriculture. The 4 H Boys and Girls Club will lead the remaining program. The Grange plans an October exhibit at the Topsham Fair and an October 5 local 4 H contest. Reverend Percy Vernon preached a large sermon at the chapel. he cannot return this season due to parish duties. Various community members and families are reported visiting, with several children ill with German measles and several locals attending services. The event is open to the public and a large turnout is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoeris Creadliiciana
Lenora Coskery
Percy Vernon
Lewiston
Vernon
Charles Babb
Walton Adams
Vermont
Adams
Ella Adams
Marjory Rogers
Lisbon Falls
L. C. Starbird
Bath
Hattie Purinton
Edward Beals
Richmond
Bert Purinton
Frank Jenkins
Augusta
Jenkins
Addie Williams
Grace Hagerman
W. D. Rogers
Carleton
Portland
Grange Hall
Study in Masonic Education Proposed
Solar Lodge F. and A. M. to host a study course on Masonry at the Oct 3 meeting drawn from Grand Lodge of Maine questions. Past masters act as a grand jury. attendees to participate in debate. Copies available at Masonic Temple from Ralph L. Blakeney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solar Lodge
Grand Lodge of
Maine
Masonic Temple
Ralph L. Blakeney
Partridge Opening Marks Maine 1932 Hunting Season
Shotguns sound reveille in Maine woods to start the 1932 hunting season with partridge opening before noon and other game phased in as the day progresses. Daily bag limits set four partridge four woodcock and 20 Wilson or jacksnipe. Two weeks later ducks geese coot and deer and bear in Aroostook county. Commissioner Stobie says game is plentiful. Maine Development Commission offers full laws and conditions. Also, cantaloupe growth reported at Brunswick dump by David Cimon and Mrs. Evan Ball confirms melons at same site.
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Maine
David Cimon
Highway Department
Brunswick
Water Street
Evan Ball
U S Chamber Backs Forty Hour Week Plan At Annual Meeting
The United States Chamber of Commerce approved a general 40 hour workweek for the current emergency. The move followed talks with President Hoover and support for the share the work initiative led by Walter Teagle. The meeting also reviewed proposals to cut veterans benefits and ease export restrictions to boost employment and trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Chamber of Commerce
Henry S. Harriman
Chamber
Hoover
Walter C. Teagle
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Foreign Commerce Committee
James A. Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
Federal
Matthew S. Sloan
New York
Sloan Committee
Harriman
White House
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Bath
Federal Reserve Banking and Industrial Committees
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Wcrc Src
Sze
U S Export Trade Amid Foreign Exchange Controls
The United States previously conducted an export trade of about 750 million dollars in 31 countries now under foreign exchange controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Errol Baker Elected Head of Lincoln County Teachers’ Association
Errol Baker of Bath is elected president of the Lincoln Sagadahoc County Teachers’ Association at the Wiscasset meeting on September 22. Clinton D. Wilson of Bath is named executive committee member, with delegates and alternates from Sagadahoc and Lincoln counties set for the Maine Teachers’ Association assembly in Bangor October 26 to 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Errol Baker
Morse High School
Lincoln County Teachers’ Association
Wiscasset
Clinton D. Wilson
Sagadahoc County
Representative Assembly
Maine Teachers’ Association
Bangor
Baker
Ruth W. Powers
Georgetown
National Education Association
Lincoln-Sagadahoc County
Teachers’ Association
Bath
Arthur Jellison
Boothbay Harbor
Sherman Graves
Topsham
N. A. Lord
Dresden Mills
Graves
Blynne Allen
Newcastle
Sagadahoc
Lester Harriman
Richmond
Bernice Burbank
Arthur B. Scott
John H. Carter
Woolwich
David Y. Alkazin
Edmund M. Staples
Grace Hagerman
Edna Currier
Lincoln County
Prin
Robert Clunie, Jr
Mary Kenniston
Zina Davis
Earle Spear
Waldoboro
Damariscotta
Lila Leavitt
Coopers Mills
Agnes Creamer
Hope Hodgdon
Boothbay
Birthday Dinner Bridge Honoring Mrs Crosman on Brunswick Road
Mrs Harry W Crosman and Mass Edward Coombs hosted a dinner bridge at Mrs E Petersons on Brunswick road to honor Mrs Crosmans birthday. Guests included Mrs David E Rich who gave a crystal bead necklace and several prize winners among four table auction. Fire destroys Melvin Gross farm home in East Jay with loss around 2000, stock perished.
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Harry W. Crosman
Edward Coombs
Horace W. Ward
Lillian F. Fisher
John H. Hunt
Guy Sprague
N. Gratz Jackson
Clara F. Coombs
Carroll A. Deering
Paul G. Bag‘dikian
Nellie C. Congdon
Richard Quick
Edward Sampson
William H. Small
Livermore Falls
Melvin Gross
Borough Road
East Jay
Jay
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Senter'’s, Inc
Tansareia
Ault-Shackford Shoe Co
Air-Tred Ske
Columbia Garage
Dreamland Theatre
Opera
Paramount Publix Theatre
Lee Tracy
Mary Brian
Clive Brook
Lila Lee
Pinkerton
Jean Blendell
George Brent
James Cagney
Marion Nixon
Helen Twelvetrees
Robert Young
Salvation Army Hall
Lizzie B. C. Chaney
Bath Man
Bowdoinham
George Wedge
Scbago Lake
Charles E. Hackett
Nettie Brown
Gardiner
Della Rideout
Harold Hackett
Webster
Betha Tibbetts
Hazel Denham
West Bath Grange
F. K. Jack
Ed Merchant
Belgrade
L. P. Temple
Charles Hackett
Hampton
Lawrence Finckett
Hazel M. Cornish
Washington
Dcc
Helen Darton
Eastland
Emma Millay
Brunswick Hospital
Baptist Society
Lena Patten
Winthrop
Courtney Nealey
Lesley School
Cambridge
Mass
Bernham
Amos Knight
Mechanic Falls
I. M. Fowle
Ida Fowle
Sunshine Society
Verona Moore
Newburyport
Eulala Sedgley
Miss Moore
John Jewell
Wellesley
A. P. M. Given
Mary Hatch
J. E. Cornish
Masonic Block
Robert Temple
Capt. Staples
Cora Wilkinson
Wakefield
Jane Browne
Clara N Fage
Emma Ferguson
W. A. Richardson
Malden
Arthur Carr
Beverly
Erland Rogers
Sarah Small
J. E Browne
West Medford
Browne
Pleasant Pond
Bowdoinham P. T. A
C. P. Curtis
Phillip Rideout
Frank Seigars
Karl Hatch
Edith Rowe
Stephen Bil
Victoria Flood
Selectmen
Merrymeeting Grange
Shotguns Sound
Reveille
U. S. Chamber OF Commerce
Reese Eeeeemennee
Lincoln and
Sagadahod Counties
Peterson’s
Ice
Hatch’s Shoe Store
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