Bath plans centennial boost using bonds and gifts
William B Kendall proposes Bath’s 150th anniversary be marked by a Citizen Interest Century plan. Individuals donate eight thousand dollars to fund city bonds earning interest for 99 years, with gifts reinvested to extinguish four hundred thousand dollars in debt and create a living memorial with personal messages opened at future anniversaries.
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W. B. Kendall
Bowdeinham
Bath
Kennebec
Popham
Portland
Maine
Davenport Fund
France
Bath Iron Works
City of Bath
City of
NSM
Brim Jewett entertains Bath Rotary luncheon speaker
The Bath Rotary Club heard Brim Jewett entertain for half an hour at a Tuesday noon meeting in Phoenix. Power Mooney of Augusta and Sherwood Norris of Lewiston Auburn attended as visitors. Eugene Desmond outlined plans for Ladies Night on April 14 at Smith Post American Legion with supper, entertainment, and cards. Members chose club officer ballots for next year, with elections in May and new officers seated in July. Harry P. Bridge resigned, and Julius Gediman visited from Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Hall of
Smith Post
American Legion
Harry P. Bridge
Henrietta Libby
Pleasant Street
B. B. Douglass
Bowdoinham
Thomas Borjesson
Bridge
Amandus Borjesson
Irene Jones
Gardiner
Cora Little
Portland
Percy Little
Norman Stewart
Edward
Lawrence Coughlin
Ella Graham
Richmond
Lyte
Baptist Sunday
Richmond Lions Club
Lions Club
Celia Piper
Fairfield
Don Cate
Richmond Folks Note Spring Events and Visits
Richmond column recalls visits from Haynes of Bath and Pray family, Barbara Douglass in Augusta, and local socials including a Baptist supper and Beulah Rebekah anniversary. Easter plans at the Methodist church feature soloists and a three act play by Epworth League, with community figures like Margaret Little and Phoebe Whittier among participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Haynes
Bath
Joseph Pray
Ida Hosmer
Portland
Odrey Holman
Oak Grove Seminary
Congress Square
Barbara Douglass
Augusta
Ellsworth Reed
Waltham
Swan Island
Strong
Carl Dixon
Maynard Lewis Dixon
Kennebec
Edwin Farnham
South Gardiner
Elmer Knight
Bowdoinham
St. Ambrose Church
Margaret Scott
Louise Riley
O'Neil
Dailey
Miller
W. McGwin
E. Kelley
Hurley
G. Gilbert
F. Cheney
Margaret Kearns
Della Grondin
Bessie Mayhew
R. Tregambo
Harold Ballard
Dresden
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Jane Little
R.N
Harry Little
Philip Randall
Lloyd Chetley
University of Maine
Amy Bradley
U. V
Legion Hall
Ralph Small
Brunswick
Robert Blake
Temple
Longwood
Fla
Blake
Harry Douglass
Everett Douglass
Pleasant Street
H. L. Tarr
Frank Preble
George Wilson
Everett Gipson
Marguerite West
Mabel Bryant
Freedom
Augusta Penny Memorial Church
Louis Gipson
Richmond
Richmond Methodist Episcopal Church
Muriel Ross Sinden
Lillian Haynes
Christian Endeavor Society of the Baptist Church
I Am
the Resurrection
Phoebe Whittier
Judge Lanier
Freeman F. Wood Parker Lainer
Harold Harford Vininrrr
Puneene Cc
B. Linden Stradwarus Crippen
Dennie Champney
Tibbie ‘Lauter
Katherine Soule
Edith LeClair
Adele H. Maloy
Moselle Minot
Lucille B. Bailey
Sonya Machuri
Viola Waltz
Annigesiakes von
Missian
Lucille Utter
C. B. Sinden
Edith Edgecomb
Gardiner
Ella Jones
Charles Jones
Jones
Jefferson
Amos
Mary Hopkins
Anna
Gladys Meader
F. W. Bosworth
South Jefferson
Alne Center
Davis
Alna Center
Frances Libby
Col
Enlistment Drive For Maine C M T C Camp At Fort McKinley
Fort McKinley on Great Diamond Island Maine will host another Citizens Military Training Camp in July with about 900 youths expected. Applicants may obtain blanks from army posts recruiting stations American Legion Posts or by writing to Fred D. McAlary Waterville civilian aide to the Secretary of War for Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort McKinley
New England
Citizens
Great Diamond Island
Casco Bay
Maine
United States
Fort Mcixinley
Fort Mciinley
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Fred D. McAlary
Waterville
Secretary of War
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Bath
Sagadahce
John C. Fitzgerald
Edward P. Gile
Bowdeinham
Victor R. E. Carey
Richmond
Georgetown Community Notes and Weekend Visits
Georgetown residents and visitors are listed for weekend activities and local errands. Several residents travel to Bath, Portland, and Brunswick for visits, shopping, and work. Church services at First Baptist feature Palm Branches sung and Easter sermon topics.
Winnegance Club Wins Four Out Of Seven
Winnegance Community club visited Bath lodge of Elks for an Interclub League match and took four of seven tables. Refreshments followed as hosts entertained the guests. Notable results include Winnegance and Elks table scores across bridge and cribbage events.
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Winnegance Club
Bath Lodge of Elks
Winnegance Community Club
ELKS
Winnegance
Legion Wins Match With Veteran Firemen
Roland Smith post, American Legion, entertained by Bath Veteran Firemen's Association on Monday. Legion won for first time this season in Bath Interclub League. Matches featured Legion and Firemen scores such as 1471 Firemen 1351. 140-79. 129-114. 108-93. 131-98. Also notes on a Lewiston Journal item about a novel music box pergainette by a monk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Smith Post
American Legion
Bath Veteran Firemen’s Association
Bath
Cribbage Thompson Johnson Ekiene McClure Legion
Firemen
Pitch
Lemont Maxwell Rue Minott Firemen
Legion
Cressey Povich
Haggett Hart Legion
Trask Hagan Hodedon
Lewiston
Eno
Five Islands Grange Receives Victrola Records and Library Books
Mrs. E M Horton of New York sent thirty Victrola records to the Five Islands Grange, following a previous 25 records. Six books were purchased for the local library. Various residents and visitors are noted, including Shaw Moulton from Freehold Military School spending Easter vacation with his mother, and multiple weekend visits and travels among the town’s families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
E. M. Horton
New York
H. W. Fossett
Berlin
N. H
Chester MacMahan
Portland
Gilbert Standish
Bath
George Gray
Ladies Aid
Madelyn Berry
Hersh
Dicky
Oriille Rowe
Linwood Stevens
Robinhood
D. R. Stevens
Mark Hanna
Five Islands
L. D. Moulton
Bertha Newall
C. W. Nocton
George Smith
Cleveland Rowe
Sagadahoc Bay
S. G. Haskell
Chester, Jr
William Penaud
Renand
Charles Moore
Alfred MacMahan
Boothbay Hospital
J. T. MacMahan
Officers Elected At Town Meeting In Georgetown
Georgetown town meeting at Five Islands grange hall drew about 200 attendees. Elections named L. Earle Hagan first selectman and Harold J. Brown moderator, with a full slate of officers. Appropriations funded poor relief, schools, bridge and road repairs, and other municipal needs. The piece notes Forest hall demolition and a Bath native’s weekend visit to parents in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Five Islands Grange Hall
L. Earle Hagan
Orville Rowe
Harry Heald
Harold J. Brown
Harold F. Hunt
Edward Clarey
Harry G. Heald
Charles MacMahan
Eva Campbell
Forest Hall
South Gardiner
Wilbur Bacheldor
Central Fibre Company
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William B. Kendall
Northwestern Fire and Marine Insurance Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
CasApita
Brim Jewett
Julius Gediman
C.M.T.C
Henry W. Owen
Sagadahoc
Frederick W. Hinckley
South Portland
Irene Hayden Seavey
Marlborough Apartments
Forest City
Harry E. Townsend
Westbrook Universalist Church
Whittian T. Gehigan
Bangor
John Mahoney
T. N. Williams
West Georgetown
Gilbert Gunnell
Mass
Gunnell
William A. Todd
Working League
Ruth Powers
Center School
Sumner Mains
Colleen Barnes
Ernest Stilphen
Woolwich
Edgar Warren
Herman Spinney
Ferris Leonard
Edwin Soule
Ernest Spinney
Bay Point
Howard Heald
W. A. Todd
W. T. Newdick
William Farnsworth
John R. Blackie
Grace Stevens
Ralph Reynolds
Abbie Reynolds
E. C. Clarey
Clyde Pinkham
Walter Cunningham
Gladys Hallett
N. F. Howe
Alvah
Henry Reynolds
Rapheal Higgins
E. C. Higgins
Kennebec Point
Arrowsic
John Thibedeat
Bath City Hospital
Alex Cunningham
Harry
H.G. Heald
W. O. Oliver
Clifton Cunningham
Boothbay
Elbridgeunningham
Alex
Alfred Rowe
First Baptist Church
Frank Hovey
Christ
Bridge Dale J. Morse Povich
E. Footer
McMann A. Perry Plant
Hartnett Winnegance
Cribbage Cowley Perow Arata
Purington Elks
Grindie Malcolm Nash
A. Oliver
Pitch Redion Brown Bonness Knight
Reiland Smith
Francis Lee
Quincy
Edward J. Lee
Pearl Street
Boton
Hollywood
Arlington and Marvard
Athletic Union
Union
Tommy Tucker
Max Katz
Elm Street