New Fiction and Nonfiction Arrivals at Patten Free Library
December additions at Patten Free Library bring a wide slate of fiction by Janet Beith Alice Tisdale Hobart Frances Parkinson Keyes and others plus notable nonfiction titles. Highlights include Sand Castle Riverside Drive Yang and Yin Honor Bright Maiden Castle and The Fortunes of Captain Blood among many. The collection also features works by Jolan Foldes Rafael Sabatini P. G. Wodehouse Pearl S. Buck and Karl Geiringer with biographies studies travel and art titles enriching the shelves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Beith
Yang
Yin
Alice Tisdale Hobart
China
Frances Parkinson
Keyes
Patten Free Library
Sand Castle
Ian Hay
Beith
Alan
David Stewart
Manchester
Highlands
Richard Blaker
Hester
Riverside Drive
Beth Brown
New York
Hudson River
Florrie
Carol
Julie
Farrell
Janet Ayer Fairbanks
America
Jolan Foldes
Elizabeth Jacobi
Yang and
Hobart
MacKinley Kantor
New Jersey
Richmond
United States
Whitman
Eugle Ann
Honor Bright
Frances Parkinson Keyes
Forsyte
Senator Marlowe
France
Patrick Quentin
New Department of Murder and Detective Stories
Captain Blood
Rafael Sabatini
Sabatini
Idylic Farm Life Remembered in New Hampshire 80 Years Ago
Omar W. Folsom recounts farm life 80 years past in New Hampshire. He recalls family routines, home-made tasks, and neighborly acts. The piece highlights a shared abolitionist sentiment, community feasts, and farm labor marked by orchards, cider, sheep, and the husking bee.
Phippsburg Notes on Visits and Local Doings
Dr George C Nichols visited his sister Mrs George J Ingalls in Phippsburg Sunday and returned to Boston Sunday evening. The Gilmore couple are improving after three weeks of severe colds. Alva Holbrook and daughter Maud are ill with Mrs Winnie Brown of Robinhood caring for them. Mrs Raymond Wyman and infant daughter returned from Bath Memorial hospital. Mrs Lyman Barbour resumed teaching at the Center after a two week illness. Syvilla Ada is the name of the newborn daughter to Mr and Mrs Raymond Wyman. Marion Rafnell hosted the Dromore grange Ladies Aid Jan 19 with six members present and one guest. Men’s Night is Feb 16 at Dromore grange hall. Welfare club meeting postponed due to illness. Frank Higgins and sons Willie and Leslie visited the Bowkers. Myron Wyman returned from two weeks with the Rogers. George C Beals is ill with a cold. Capt Asa Smith of Squirrel Point Light has returned home from the…
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Nichols
George J. Ingalls
Boston
Harry Gilmore
Syvilla Ada
Raymond Wyman
Marion Rafnell
Dromore Grange
Weeks
Washington Streets
Dromore Grange Hall
Welfare Club
Frank Higgins
Willie
Leslie
Howard Bowker
Myron Wyman
Ernest A. Rogers
George C. Beals
Capt
Asa Smith
Squirrel Point Light
Bath Memorial Hospital
Ethel Osgood
Odd Ladies’ Lodge
Mrs Osgood
Pauline Morong
Shirley Morong
Gerry
Bobby
Bath
Frances Roberts
Bronx
N. Y
Nathaniel Perkins
Roberts
Eleanor Thayer
Thayer
Lisbon Falls
Joseph Stover
Portland
Seaman Drake
Edgar N. Drake
Georgetown
Karl Hentz
Long Island
Phyllis Campbell
Little River Farm
Campbell
Evadna Drake
Leon Fickett
Pond Island
Fred Osgood
Moses Chandler
Helena Oliver
William R. Bowie
Frank Scott
Worcester
Clinton Newdick
Augusta
Perlie Chandler
Pnday Eison Moody
Marguerite McNulty
Ernest W. Oliver
Sherman Campbell
William Collins
Leslie Greenlaw
Little Son
Portsmouth
N. H
Hatch Camp
Greenlaw
Kennebec River Station
Lawrence
Phillip Wyman
Bath ‘Acre
Dorothy Moore
Small Point Road
Rrene Perkins
Moore
Formcy
Iso
L. G. Giles
Eva
Lillian
Guy
Boothbay Harbor
Gile
Eugene Stover
Eugene W. Osgood
Eugene Osgood
Fred
Marine Hospital
Forrest Legard
Earl
Carol Drake
Edgar Warren
Bay Point
Jackie
Eugene, Jr
Joseph
Stover
Katherine Mullaney
Park Street
Ohio
Morse Camp
Employment Agency Opens At City Hall
A junior employment agency opened at City hall on the second floor to register unemployed Bush men and women aged 18 to 25. David P. Mullin of the NYA will supervise, with office hours 2 to 4 pm. Sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce, it will file and provide access to statistics for job seekers and employers without charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
David P. Mullin
NYA
National Youth Administration
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Iip
Richmond and Dresden Bridge Wage Scale Discussed
The article continues on page one outlining wage scales for skilled, intermediate, and unskilled labor. Minimums cited are 80 cents for skilled, 50 cents for intermediate, and 40 cents for unskilled workers.
Four Responders arraigned before Judge in Augusta
Four responders appeared before Judge Arthur J. Dumont in municipal court Monday. One defendant, charged with drunken driving, pleaded not guilty and the case was continued to February 15 due to extenuating circumstances. The other three defendants, all charged with intoxication, pled guilty. An old offender was fined $5 plus $5.30 costs or 30 days in Kennebec county court. The two first offenders, including one woman, were ordered to pay $4.95 in costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Dumont
Kennebec Court
Augusta
Queen Esther Lodge Card Party At Odd Fellows Hall
The January money making committee of Queen Esther Rebekah lodge hosted a card party in Odd Fellows hall. Auction contract and pitch games drew attendees. Prizes went to Mrs Charles A Soule and Mrs John M Conley for overall, and to Maud Vicker Forest T Putnaum Harry Warner and Leonard M Lord for contract and pitch categories. Light refreshments followed.
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Odd Fellows Hall
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Charles A Soule
John M. Conley
Maud Vicker
Forest T. Putnaum
Harry Warner
Leonard M. Lord
Albert H. Thompson
Charles E. Helah
Ralph P Mank
Charles Nelson
Sunbeam visits town as Rev Bousefield tours coast
Popham notes Rev. Neil Bousefield aboard the Sea Coast Mission boat Sunbeam calling on friends in town. The Sunbeam docked at the State wharf before heading to Boothbay Harbor. Local residents attend meetings, visits, and illnesses while schools resume after a flu-related break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Bousefield
Sea Coast Mission
Sunbeam
State Wharf
Poopham
Bousefield
Boothbay Harbor
Nellie King
Marie Leonard
Kenneth
Charles
Betty
Henry Bickle Fractures Wrist in Street Fall
Henry Bickle foreman at Hyde Windlass Co. and longtime employee, fractured his right wrist in a Tuesday morning fall on an icy Federal Street while en route to the pattern shop. He had taken the street car as usual and worked at the propeller and windlass plant for over 40 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Bickle
North Street
Hyde Windlass Co
Federal Street
Bickle
Mr. Bickle
Mrs Elsie Davis Dies at Home in Saugus Mass
Mrs Elsie Davis wife of Clare Davis Morse 1908 died Wednesday forenoon at her Saugus Massachusetts home after four weeks at Deaconess hospital She was Woodstock Vermont born sister in law of Carroll E Davis of 121 Bowery Street She leaves husband son Raymond mother Mrs Sarah Gilbert Woodstock and siblings Mrs Rupert Wheeler and Clinton Gilbert Woodstock
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Elsie Davis
Clare Davis
Morse
Saugus
Mass
Deaconess Hospital
Carroll E. Davis
Bowery Street
Davis
Woodstock Vt
Bath
Raymond
Sarah Gilbert
Woodstock
Rupert Wheeler
Clinton Gilbert
Winnegance Lake Habitat Plan Seeks Lake Revival
Ralph M Merry of Malden Mass urges state action to raise Winnegance Lake and install a fish ladder to allow alewives and smelts to spawn. He argues the move would revive fishing, boating, and local recreation, turning the lake into a true community asset with improved habitats and access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fineries and Game Commission
Kenebec
Winnerance
Oder
Jared
Wintesance Lake
Maine
Soc
Cies
Myr
Ernest W Barnes
State House
Boston
Winnegance Lake
Mill Pond Ice Co to Begin Harvesting Ice
Harvesting about 4,000 tons of ice at Mill Pond will be underway Thursday. Edward Sewail of The Ca announced today machines have delivered and compared ice with Homma. End of text is garbled but notes weather and employment details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mill Pond Ice CO
Edward Sewail
Bath Pastor Attends Freeport Funeral
A bath pastor attended the Freeport funeral on Sunday after a mistimed slide caused a mishap near Marston's home. Witnesses noted slippery conditions as the motorist skidded, leading to minor injuries and a cautious procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Freeport
Feneral
Squaw Club Meeting Postponed After Death in Isle au Haut
Winnegance reports a weekly Squaw club gathering postponed when Mrs Sherman L Morse learned of her brother in law Elmer Lufkin’s death at Isle au Haut. Haw Women's auxiliary to Community club met and reelected officers. Out of town mourners attended the Bath burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squaw Club
Sherman L. Morse
Morse
Elmer Lufkin
Isle An Haw
Orman Cogveshall
Winfield W. Morse
Harry C Williams
1Ster Gross
Elmer
Lenincton
Clara Eaton
Rockland
Seth Lufkin
Lester Blake
Lucy Lufkin
Yarmouth
Alice Benner
Portland
Richard Bowditch
Alexander Eustis
Anna Frye
Martha Oustman
Dor+ Barter
Boston
Hob Barter
Isle Au Haut
Bath
Frank Oliver
Ques
Mas
Suuan Cish
Saeiime L. Morse
Hish Street
Thuryhivev
Redson's Team Takes Lead Over Chevrolets In League
Redson's team overcame the Chevrolets Tuesday night led by Steeves with seven points and Rexdon men totaling 2437 to 2400. High scorers included Plant with 534 and 518 by Chevrolets Rexdon's Ace Trueworthy, with others around 475. Team records show O M Redlon's 2437 and 528 team single, 528 team total.
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Twe OM_ Redion
Chevvies
Steeves’ Ren
Totune
Steeves Marke
Fweure
Les Plant
Arthur Plant
Sam Rogers
Bernard Plummer
Ace Trueworthy
Bill Allard
Gey Reglowasee
Orly
Stertress
Girl Scout Notes Pine Cone troop meets for contest planning
Pine Cone troop No. 4 met in Winter Short chapel for a regular meeting to plan a scout contest from February 1 to May 17. Mrs Easton led with Mrs Honsinger assisting. Jane Stevens directed code work. Robin Hood Brownies met in Winter Street chapel making pin cushions and learning sewing basics. Mrs Bird A Shellenbarser supervised.
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Pine Cone
Short Chapel
Jane Stevens
Art Birch
Glenn H. Easton
LeRoy V. Honsinger
Leutenant
Robin Hood
Adea
Winter Street Chapel
Bird A. Shellenbarser
Lof
Browmves
Wests
Maine Senate Proceedings January 6 1937 Legislative Actions
Fragmented text records state of Maine Senate actions on January 6 1937. Mentions concurrence of House and Senate and references to legislative orders and referrals. Contains garbled phrases about committees sessions and secretaries.
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Maiden Castle
John Cowper Powys
Dorchester
Scaramouche
Columbus
R. A. J. Walling
Combe
Mr Walling
Rolefres
Farrar
Guy Fawkes
P. G. Wodehouse
Hollywood
Reggie Havershot
Hallett Abend
Anthony J. Billingham
Far East
New York Times
Kipling
G. C. Beresford
Stalky & Co
M'Turk
Dunsterville
Stalky
Rio
Heath Bowman
Stirling Dickinson
South America
Pacific
Fighting Angel
Pearl S. Buck
Old
Winthrop Chanler
Ethiopia
Louis Agassiz Fuertes
Wilfred Hudson Osgood
Fuertes
Osgood
Field Museum
Chicago
Brahms
Karl Geiringer
Prahms
tLne Museum of
Pherds of Music
Vienna
Sam Adams
John Miller
Harvard College
Webb Miller
Julie B. Morse
Africa
New Hampshire
Stanley
Rev
O. W. Folsom
the Independent
John Coffren
John Cook
John Brown
Harper's Ferry
Omar W. Folsom
Phippsburg
National Youths’ Administration
Richmond and Dresden Bridge
Queen Esther Lodge
Popham Beach
The
Saugus, Mass
Malden, Mass
Ipophinas
Marstons
Redson
Chevrolet
L. Plant
M_. Oliver
O. M. Redlon
Girl Scout
Las T McKiever
Erscely i
State of
Senate
Misao
Marne
de Heoose
Hody Ma
Voor
Thurdig
Sieet Com St Bislines
Sentris Tren
Royden
Brown
Ned
Sagadahog and
Cumberland Counties
Batie Cyvey Galt
Brunswiek Town Hall
Department OF State
Motor Vehicle Division
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