City council reopens lighting contract with power firm
The council recommitted the Central Maine Power lighting contract to the new committee on public lighting after a tabled vote. Aldermen had approved it February 24, then did not concur with the initial acceptance. Mayor Sewall, recovering from surgery, welcomed members as he reappointed policemen and announced standing committees. The long debate also covered the city physician race, with Dr. Paul A. Gregware defeating Dr. Jacob Smith 16 to 5, and plans floated for a flat salary medical payment to the city. Emergency services offer from Roland Smith post was received for patrol, fire, flood relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Maine Power Co
Harold P. Small
Paul A. Gregware
Jacob Smith
Sewall
Pres. Legard
Frederick E. Drake
Edgar B. McCausland
Gregware
Haskell
Poor
Edwin E. Pinson
Archie E. Doyle
Alden G. Smith
Joseph I. Smith
Health Department
William O. Robson
Horace B. Woodman
Arthur W. Gediman
Ralph W. Bragg
Gediman
Walter C. Rogers
Smith
Alden Smith
Roland Smith Post
Adjt
John H. Williams
Appointed seven assessors for ten days in April
Seven assistant assessors were appointed for ten days' service starting April 1 with compensation of 30 dollars for all wards except Ward 7 at 40 dollars. The appointees listed include Ward 1 Malcolm C. Witham Ward 2 Albert Flint Ward 3 Bates E. Stover Ward 4 Mrs. Charles A.
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Malcolm C. Witham
Albert Flint
Bates E. Stover
Charles A
Bailey Evening School awards 129 certificates
Certificates were given to 129 members of the Bailey Evening School of Industries for completing 18 weeks of attendance and work. Open House showcased four dressmaking classes and cooking demonstrations at Morse High School, with Principal Paul V. Mason receiving a briefcase from teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey Evening School of Industries
Morse High School
Alice Heald
Gertrude Blaisdell
Nellie Jones
Eleanor Thebeau
Mary Cummings
Paul V. Mason
Cecil L. Fullerton
Arthur Allen
George Benson
Dennis Boud
Edwin T. Thing
John W. Warner
Priscilla A. Warner
J. Edward Pomeroy
Duncan Bragg
Elwyn Haskell
Douglas MacDonald
Laurence MacDonald
Daniel H. Marver
Thomas A. Mitchelson
Carroll Morse
Douglas Pierce
Arad Richmond
Paul L. Boudreau
Charles E. Hewitt
Leonard Pottle
Cleveland L. Rowe
W. B. Vachon
Charles Andre
Catherine Huse
John F Larrabee
Evelyn N. Mosher
Charlotte F. Page
Charles B. Shaw
Thomas E. Tracey
Charlotte F. Doyle
Harold M. Rogers
Shirley Tobey
Charles H. Tobin
Seth N. Snipe
Edna Durant
Barbara Louise Nickerson
Mary P. O Brien
Margery J. Scott
Edith C. Stone
Margaret Twomey
Pearl Lewis
Alex J. Miller
M. Jane Fecro
Helen F Shorey
Helen M. Shaughnessy
Beatrice M. Jenkins
Elinor Hall
Mary O'Brien
Margery Scott
Margaret Twome
Priscilla Wyman
Harriet Wright
Eleanor Brown
Alice V. Cotter
Emma B. Cummings
Mary Deering
Elizabeth M. Erskine
Mary Louise Kirouack
Phoebe Lemoine
William A. Melville
Ruby FE. Melville
Ora Parks
Edna Perry
Irene Savoie
Isabel Tanner
Isabel B. Wiley
Electricity to Replace Oil in Lighthouse at Doubling Point
The Doubling Point range lights will switch from oil to electricity on Thursday April 1, raising intensity from 2500 to 33000 candlepower. Keeper Capt. Harry L. Nye plans to start about six and run until daybreak, with future electric fog bell operations pending completion by government experts. The keeper walks half a mile every three hours to wind the apparatus, and the keeper’s home and buildings already use electricity.
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Doubling Point
Harry L. Nye
Capt
Nye
Three Morse High seniors named top graduates for June
Morse high school will graduate about 75 seniors in June with Miss Frances A. Wallace as valedictorian, Miss Dorothy Wing as salutatorian, and Miss Barbara Hogan as first honor essayist. Miss Virginia Jewett Miss Glenys Mank and William W. Owen tied for fourth, sharing second honor. Principal Horace P. Herrick announced the rankings Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances A. Wallace
Dorothy Wing
Barbara Hogan
Morse High School
Horace P. Herrick
Virginia Jewett
Glenys B. Mank
William W. Owen
Farmers Endorse Rise in Potato Acreage for 1937
Intentions reports from thousands of farmers project U S potato acreage at 3,231,900 for 1937, up 5.7 percent from 1936 and below the 1928–32 five year average. New England states show gains with Maine planning 168,000 acres and total New England acreage about 235,500. Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Idaho lead increases, while Minnesota forecast drops. The report notes weather, prices, labor and soil conservation influence actual harvest.
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United States
New England
Maine
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Wisconsin
North Dakota
South Dakota
Idaho
Minnesota
Eight Bath women enroll in NYA waitress course
Eight Bath young women aged 18 to 25 have registered for an eight week NYA sponsored training course to prepare them as waitresses for Maine hotels restaurants and tea rooms. David P Mullin NYA head in Bath announces his office at City Hall and invites additional registrations. Officials hope at least 20 will enroll with promising prospects for summer employment, urging Morse high school senior girls to consider.
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Bath
NYA
Maine
David P. Mullin
City Hall
Morse High School
DUNLAP COMMANDERY HOSTS DIGNITARIES FOR SPECIAL MEETING
Maine Grand Commander Rue Em. Si Waiter PB Dow and Bath leader David J Wilson attended a special Dunlap commandery meeting. Eminent Willard Knight and visiting Portland officers praised the Malta degree work. Harry F. Merrill led the evening as soloist with Fred Lincoln Hill at the piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PB Dow
Grand Commandery
Maine
Cienesia
E. S
Trans Portland
Su Willard Knight
Dunlap
Siurcesree
Portland
Dunlary
Harry F. Merrill
Fred Lincoln Hill
Winter Street Pastor Addresses North Center P T A
Rev Joseph O Purdue of Winter Street Congregational church spoke on The Effects of Mental Conflict on Personality at North Center P T A in Grace church parish house Oak Street About 30 attended Mrs Clinton D Wilson presided Mrs Edwin H P Lowell secretary treasurer for the afternoon Lloyd W Fisher Bates College geology associate will speak at the next meeting April 12 in Morse high school auditorium at 7 45 p m on Who Owns the World The district meeting in Woolwich April 7 sessions three to five and seven to nine was announced by Mrs Joseph I Smith district president The program will include music a short skit and a question box Miss Sowers P T A field worker will be present in the afternoon Mrs Smith read a letter from Mrs Noel C Little state president in Europe Mrs Harold S Avery reported progress in the drive for cancer fund Volunteers were sought in the Summer roundup The real drive by Pine Tree society for crippled children reached quota Cooperation among P T As may obtain a school nurse for Bath Miss Stella Dolloff RN and the Dike PTA president spoke to councilmen and aldermen about a school nurse Ahee No Magoun Miss Ce ee Veilleux of the Morse High faculty spoke on music in the schools urging government officials to consider a music teacher and a radio tree to bring talks on music appreciation to high school students
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Wallace
Frank L. Staples
State Military and Naval Children’s Home
South Street
Morse
Miss Wing
Harold B. Wing
North Street
Miss Hogan
Ardell H. Hogan
High Street
Mank
Lannes Fuller
Westport
Owen
Henry W. Owen
Oak Street
Edward C. Plummer
Bath
Hogan
Edward H. Owen
Bowdoin College
John F. L. Huse
West Point
Miss Wallace
Dramatic Society
Glee Club
Morse High
Miss Mank
Miss Jewett
Ralph O. Dale, Jr
Ralph O| Dale
Ask Middle
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street
Morse High School
Fisher
Joseph I. Smith
Woolwich
Wilson
Stella Dolloff
Ahee No Magoun
Ceee Veilleux
Morseneh
Mis
Mise Veilleux
Charce
Che Vietor
Pine Tree Troop
Wild Rose
Linwood F. Carr
Donald F. Preble
Leutenant
Portland
Lewiston
Brunswick
Howard's Cottage
Islands
Doble's Cottage
Sabine
Girl Scouts
Benjamin Franklin
Sir Richard
Archibald M. Main
Juliette Low
Bath Council
Red Cross
Helen
William W. Dennison
Y.M.C. A
William C. Perkins
Forrest Bo Porter
Raymond C. Small
Nathan W. Watson
Alwasl
Chub
Treasury
Normian W Howard
Almira Jones
Malcolm L. Doble
Norman W. Howard
Janette W Smith
Margaret Jo Adams
Hester Rose
Ho Kenneth Stith
Arthur W. Kink
Lewis F Spicer
Clock Resumes Duty After Long Rest
The great timepiece in front of Ao Hallet & Co. on City Hall square resumed operation after seven weeks of repair. A cable broke during winding, halting it, but workers fixed the mechanism and the clock now tells time again for workers and residents who rely on it to gauge the whistle.
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Tront
Ao Hallet & Co
City Hall Square
Interest Gains In Girl Scouts Movement Here
The Silver Jubilee banquet for mothers and daughters signals rising interest in Girl Scouts. Pine Tree Troop No. 1 and Wild Rose Troop No. 2 report active 1935 36 seasons with 20 and 14 scouts respectively, many events, trainings, church activities, rallies, and awards.
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Girl Scouts
Wild Rose Troops Report Active Scout Numbers 1936 1985
A 1936 and 1985 troop census records the active members on December 31 at 70 in 1936 and 23 in 1985, with 1986 notes showing eight members transferring or dropping for reasons including moving out of town or loss of interest. It details tenderfoots and total scouts by year, camp attendance, leadership change February 1 1936, and various merit badges and courses completed or planned. A winter hike in February 1936 and outdoor dinner are noted, with continued Girl Scout activity ending with only a partial line indicating the 1936 note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wild Rose
Dennison
Leven
Eagles Bowling Teams Guests At Banquet Monday
Bath Aerie of Eagles bowling league celebrated its second season with a banquet at Perry's Diner for 38 members, officers, and trustees. Toasts by league officers followed a full course dinner and cigars, with plans discussed to potentially split into two leagues next year and to continue prizes to be debated.
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Bath Aerie of Eagles
The
Aerie
Perry
Fred L Stover
Stover
Richard Frates
Wilfred F. Skaling
Maurice E. Oliver
Ralph J Boardman
Rudolph D. Gilchrist
Gilchrist
Eagles
Walter J. McElman
Skaling
Walter I. Norton
the Aerie
Edward T. Whitehouse
Cedric A. Martin
Harold W. Child
Frank Fortier
Pete” Oliver
Oliver
Mr. Fortier
Bob Burns
Stars
Mr. Burns
Dick Frates
Fords
George Croadwin
Pontiacs
Ralph Boardman
Plymouths
Walter McElman
Buicks
Harry Farrell
Donald F. McRae
Frank Pepper
Park Alles
Tvoastmaster
Mining Chevrolets
Maurice Oliver
Robert Boxsee
Frank King
Raymond Davis
Robert Burns
Chester Rines
Herbert Husrard
Karl Fortier
John Stewart Biehind Frates
Ofteou
Bates Student announces editorial team changes
The Bates Student lists staff appointments and roles including editor Edward Pishinga, managing editor Mas Mamaiping, port editor Samuel Leard, news editor Roland Martone, women's editor Marion Walsh, business manager Robert Chiluers, and advertising manager Robert Rimmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bates
John EB. Leard
Edward Pishinga
Mramtoithian
Samuel Leard
West Roxbury
Mass
Roland Martone
New Haven
Conn
Marion Walsh
Marblehead
Robert Chiluers
Auburn
Robert Rimmer
Quincy
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Gregware Winson
Bailey Evening School
Douglas
Frances Wallace
Dunlap Commandery
Order of the Temple
Portland Commandery
Meeting OF
North Center
Harold S. Avery
Women’s Field Army
Arthur S. Crockett
P.T. A
Francis Hill
Pine Tree Society
Wild Rose Report
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