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Forest Commissioner Rendall Calls For Volunteers For Bar Harbor Fire Patrol, Wlbz Radio

WLBZ Radio Station Records

Maine State Forest Commissioner Raymond E. Rendall explains that fire-fighters are exhausted and there is a need for volunteers to assist with patrol of the area of the Bar Harbor fire of 1947. He provides a list of clothing to gather and explains how to report for volunteer duty.

Coverage Of Bar Harbor Fire Of 1947, Wlbz Radio

WLBZ Radio Station Records

WLBZ announcers John Wellington and Ellis O'Brien interview several individuals involved in disaster recovery efforts toward the end of the Bar Harbor fire of 1947. Wellington interviews Mr. Zwickert, Deputy Manager of the North Atlantic Area for the Red Cross. O'Brien interviews Deputy Fire Chief Asa Wasgatt, New England Telephone and Telegraph Company Manager John Conte, Bar Harbor resident Maurice Gilley, and chairman of the Bar Harbor Board of Selectmen Seth E. Libby.

Interviews At Jackson Laboratory Following Bar Harbor Fire, Wlbz Radio

WLBZ Radio Station Records

WLBZ reporter Irving Hunter interviews several research assistants, including Richard Desjardins, John Lardman, Bill Stone, and Tote Parsons, about items lost and what was saved at Jackson Memorial Laboratory during the Bar Harbor fire in 1947. Hunter also speaks with Dr. Jason Scott of the Division of Behavior Studies at Hamilton Station, a branch laboratory of Jackson Lab.

Coverage Of Maine Forest Fires, October, 1947, Wcsh Radio

WLBZ Radio Station Records

W. W. Chaplin on NBC's News of the World with several reports of the 1947 Maine Forest Fires. His final report describes the situation in Bar Harbor, shared from Ellsworth over the facilities of WLBZ.

Memorial Day Dedication Of The Bangor Book Of Honor, Part 1, Wlbz Radio

WLBZ Radio Station Records

The first portion of a live broadcast narrated by Irving Hunter of the ceremony held at Bangor Auditorium May 30, 1947 to present the Book of Honor, a volume compiled as a memorial to the 110 men from Bangor who died during World War II. Includes the remarks of City Manager Horace Etsey, Vice Admiral Carleton F. Bryant, Dr. Henry C. Knowlton, and the beginning of the remarks by Senator Owen Brewster.

Memorial Day Dedication Of The Bangor Book Of Honor, Part 2, Wlbz Radio

WLBZ Radio Station Records

The second portion of a live broadcast narrated by Irving Hunter of the ceremony held at Bangor Auditorium May 30, 1947 to present the Book of Honor, a volume compiled as a memorial to the 110 men from Bangor who died during World War II. Includes the remainder of remarks by Senator Owen Brewster and continues with Rabbi Moses Zuckor, Governor Horace Hildreth, Reverend Louis M. Brehaut, librarian L. Felix Ranlett, and Frederick M. Meek.

This is the portion of the audio that includes the reading of the names in the Book of Honor, beginning at 24:39.

The Bar Harbor Fire, John Heath, David A. Sleeper

Maine History Documents

An account of the response to the forest fires that burned one third of the total Bar Harbor area in October, 1947.