New England Families

1940; Census Place: Bangor, Penobscot, Maine; Roll: T627_1486; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 10-31. (at ancestry.com)
at 806 State St

Everett C Knowlton 53
Margaret Knowlton 32
Marion Knowlton 11
Max C Knowlton 7
Imogene L Knowlton 3

Bangor Daily News, January 6, 1950

DOG RESCUED FROM PENOBSCOT—Arrow in TOP PHOTO shows Jo-Jo, two-year-old dog belonging to Leonard E. Oliver, 730 North Main street, Brewer, just before he was rescued yesterday afternoon about 3:45 o’clock from a precarious position on the ice about a half-mile above the Water Works dam. In the LOWER PHOTO Bangor police officer, Clifton E. Sloane (right) and Max Knowlton, 16, are looking at the dog’s tag. Young Knowlton and his father, Everett A. Knowlton. (left) took more than 15 minutes to reach the dog, hacking their way through an inch of ice with an axe. (Staff Photos by Maher).

Bangor Man And Son In Canoe Hack Way Through Penobscot River Ice With Axe To Rescue Brewer Canine

Jo-Jo, a two-year-old Brewer dog, was rescued by a Bangor man and his son from an icy perch on the Penobscot river late yesterday afternoon, after the animal had become stranded on a piece of ice, surrounded almost completely by open water.

Everett A. Knowlton of outer State street, and his son, Max, 16, used an axe to hack their way through an inch of ice in a canoe to reach the dog.

The situation was dramatic enough to cause between 30 and 40 motorists to halt their cars about a half-mile above the Water Works dam to watch the rescue of the dog, which was crouched in a little ball about half way across the river.

It took Knowlton and his son about 15 minutes to reach the dog and another five minutes to coax the frightened animal into their canoe.

The dog belongs to six-year-old Michael L. Oliver, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard E. Oliver, 730 North Main street, Brewer.

 

Max Knowlton's Social Security information says he obtained his SSN in 1951 or 1952 in Connecticut.

Bangor Daily News, December 4, 1952, page 12

Two Men Fined Here On Drunken Driving Charges

Two men were fined Wednesday in Bangor municipal court on charges of drunken driving.

Max E. Knowlton, 19, of Bangor, who was taken into custody early Tuesday morning after a wild police chase in which shots were fired on outer State street, was fined $125 and costs. He had not paid the fine when court closed for the day and was sent to the county jail.

 

1952 Bangor City Directory
Knowlton, Max E (Barbara A) emp EMGH h 806 1/2 State
his parents Everett A and Marguerite V at 806 State

Bangor Daily News, January 26, 1955, page 24
Max E. Knowlton Promoted In Rank At Overseas Base

Max E. Knowlton, a former Bangor boy who achieved fame in 1950 by rescuing a dog stranded on an ice floe in the Penobscot River, has been promoted to the rank of Corporal in Germany where he is serving with the 78Hth Army Unit, NASC., of the famous Ninth (Go-Devil) Infantry Division.

Cpl. Knowlton, son of Mrs. Marguerite Knowlton of Hermon and Everett A. Knowlton of Orono, received his promotion as the result of outstanding aptitude in specialized service.

A student at Garland Street Junior High School in 1950, he) chopped his way through the ice to rsecue a dog stranded on a floe above the Bangor Water Works dam.

 

 

Bangor Daily News, September 3, 1965

STATE OF MAINE
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE
Augusta, July 26, 1965

Notice is hereby given that a Petition for the Pardon of MAX KNOWLTON (Max E, Knowlton), Bangor, convicted of the crime of operating automobile under influence of intoxicating liquor is now pending before the Governor and Council and a hearing thereon will be granted in the Council Chamber at Augusta, on Wednesday the sixth of October 1965, at ten o'clock A.M.

Kenneth M. Curtis
Secretary of State

 

Bangor 1965 City Directory
Knowlton Max employee Hudson Bus Lines house 217 Broadway (2)

Publication: The Portsmouth Herald
Location: Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Issue Date: Tuesday, May 1, 1973
Page: 1

In Maine
Farmer Crushed by Tractor
KENDUSKEAG VILLAGE, Maine (AP) Officials say a local man William H. Hooper. 74. has died in a farming accident in this Penobscot County hamlet. Pcnobscot County Deputy Sheriff Max Knowlton said the man was crushed under his tractor Monday after it tipped over as he tried to drive the vehicle across a small brook on the Stetson Road.

 

Publication: The Portsmouth Herald
Location: Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Issue Date: Monday, June 24, 1974
Page: 17

No One Injured In Plane Crash At Winterport

WINTERPORT, Maine (AP) The two occupants of a single-engine seaplane escaped unharmed after the plane crashed into the Penobscot River when its engine stalled. Officials said the craft, which was involved in the search for a body, crashed into Bald Cove on the Penobscot near here Sunday. The pilot, Sherwood Chaison, 51, of Bangor and Max Knowlton of Hermon were picked up by fisherman shortly after the crash. Both men are Penobscot County deputy sheriffs and were searching the river for the body of Wayne Stantial, 21, of Bucksport. Stantial was reported missing and presumed drowned after a canoeing accident on the Penobscot at Bangor last week.

Chaison, who owns the craft reportedly was making a banked turn about 30 feet above Bald Cove the river when the engine stalled. The plane was badly damaged and removed from the river by a crane.

 

Bangor Daily News, March 20, 1993
Max Knowlton will celebrate his 60th birthday March 26. He was Max Kay on the Curly O'Brian Show during the 1960s. Send cards to Max Knowlton at RFD 2, Box 2400, Bangor 04401.

The show's name should be Curly O'Brien.

Bangor Daily News, May 7, 1993, page 11
Armed Man arrested in trooper's dooryard

STATE POLICE prepare to load 60-year-old Max Knowlton into a cruiser following an armed standoff in Carmel about noon Thursday. Knowlton was charged with reckless conduct with a firearm and operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Police confiscated a loaded handgun and a knife from
Knowlton after subduing him. (NEWS Photos by Bob DeLong)

After an armed standoff in a Carmel dooryard Thursday, state troopers pulled Max Knowlton from his car, subdued and arrested him.

The 60-year-old Carmel resident, a former sheriff's deputy, was charged with reckless conduct with a firearm and operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor.

The standoff started about 11:20 a.m. when Knowlton drove his old white Lincoln into the driveway of Trooper Bernie Lindsay who lives on Route 69 near Interstate 95. Lindsay was away tending to personal business.

An off-duty trooper, Cliff Sibley, was clearing pine trees for Lindsay. Sibley said he approached the car,

""He wanted to talk to Bernie. I told him he wasn’t here. I asked him. whether he’d been drinking. He reached out and punched me. He kept reaching to his right side. I figured he had a gun, (I) went inside and made the call," Sibley said.

Several troopers and a game warden quickly arrived, "We tried to get him out of the car," said Trooper David Bowler. "He reached and pulled out his gun. He was drunker than the devil."

While the others diverted Knowlton’s attention, Trooper Phil Dawson went around the back of the house.

They kept him talking,” Dawson said. “When both hands were in view, I got the signal. I got to the car and put the Capstun to him.” Capstun is a chemical weapon made from a potent concentration of hot peppers.

“I opened the door and got him,” he said. A .44-caliber Magnum, part way cocked, was on the seat next to Knowlton, Dawson added.

In addition to the gun, police took from the car a holster, hunting knife and half-empty bottle of vodka.

Knowlton worked as a full-time patrol deputy for the Penobscot County Sheriff's department for a couple of years in the early 1970s.

“We really don’t know why he did what he did,” Bowler said. ‘All he said was that he had some information for the trooper who lived there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SSDI:
Name: Max E. Knowlton
Last Residence: 04429 Holden, Penobscot, Maine, USA
BORN: 26 Mar 1933
Died: 30 May 2004
State (Year) SSN issued: Connecticut (1951-1952)

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June 1, 2004 Bangor News

DEDHAM – Max E. “Max Kay” Knowlton, 71, died at his home in Dedham with his ever faithful dog, Archie, at his side. He was born March 26, 1933, in Bangor, the son of Everett and Marguerite Knowlton.

Max lived a busy and varied life. His education, service, work and interests included serving with the U.S. Army during the Korean War, graduating from the Criminal Justice Academy, flying planes, driving tractor-trailer trucks, working as a garage mechanic and entertaining with his country music.

Surviving are his wife, Patricia; one son, Greg Knowlton and his wife, Rhonda; one daughter, Gail Grondin and her husband, Rick; one granddaughter, Heather Hazelton; several nieces and nephews.

At his request, there will be no formal services. Those who wish may make memorial contributions to the Bucksport Animal Shelter. Cremation arrangements by Cremation Basics, Inc., Bangor

Bangor Daily News
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