Maine Prohibition Officer Addresses Colonial Club
James B. Perkins, federal prohibition officer for Maine, tells Colonial club members that national prohibition is here to stay and enforcement rests with citizens. He explains the Volstead Act, Maine’s stricter laws, and limits on medicinal liquor, notes few doctors hold permits, and reports drugstores punished for noncompliance while fines and jail terms rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Perkins
State of
Maine
Colonial Club
Verkins
United States
Palmer
Perkins
Federal Prohibiton
Customs House
Free and India Streets
Portland
Federal
Cosmopolitan Club Elects New Directors and Plans Sale
The Cosmopolitan club held its first board meeting at the club house on Washington street Wednesday night with Mixx Alice Varney presiding. A gas hot water heater was purchased for installation this week. A cookbook edition is planned to replace sold copies, inviting members to send in receipts. The president will form a committee to explore winter entertainment series in Bath. The meeting adjourned at ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Washington Street
Mixx
Alice Varney
Mixs
Margaret Foster
Jane Goodman
Elliot Fuller
Cosmopolitan
Bath
Joseph White
J. Mo Lemont
Mary Philpot
Fred W. Larrabee
Brotherhood
Elm Street
Red Crox
Lincoln Williams
Elmer Rich
BE. W. Haggett
E.R. Crown
Fred Bubier
Foeter’s Point
James Cutting
Charles Oates
Dukeshire and Lermond wed in Bath ceremony
Stillman A. Dukeshire and Mrs Jennie R Lermond both of Bath were married Saturday night at 8 30 at the home of the bride's sister Mrs Justine Eldridge South Gardiner. Rev F Cecil Hunt of The Bangor Theological seminary officiated in the presence of many friends and relatives. The groom is a machinist at Bath Iron Works Ltd and the bride is a Bath woman with a host of friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillman A. Dukeshire
Jennie R. Lermond
Bath
Justine Eldridge
South Gardiner
F. Cecil Hunt
Bangor Theological Seminary
Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Carpenters Begin Work on Verey House Ell
Carpenters started tearing down the ell of Capt. Samuel R. Verey’s house on Union and Washington Streets. A new wider ell with a basement will be built, with two extensions planned on the north side of the main structure. Orvis Bonney returned to Phillips Academy in Andover after a ten day visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Weston L. Bonney of Washington Street. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Card of Portland drove to Bath on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel R. Verey
Union
Washington Streets
Orvis Bonney
Phillips Academy
Andover
Mass
Weston L. Bonney
Washington Street
Mrs. Wallace Card
Portland
Bath
West Bath News Briefs Highlight Local Life and Incidents
West Bath residents share tales from a bruising milk wagon incident to a week of social events, church activities, school openings, and travels. Notes detail a struck wagon by a motorcycle, local moves, Red Cross meetings, Knights of the Golden Eagle drills, and Easter baptisms with multiple community figures and venues across Bath, Brunswick, and Lewiston.
Bridghams Return From Boston Visit
Mr and Mrs Edward W Bridgham and their children Edward Jr and Janet have come back after a week with relatives in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Bridgham
Edward Jr
Janet
Boston
Public bequests made in a will in Bath Maine
Judge John J. Keegan filed the Clarke will in Sagadahoc probate. Bequests include Psi Upsilon Wes leyan University $1000 and as much to the university, Bath city hospital Lincoln and High Center streets for a central station or maternity home, Wesley M. E. Church, St. Marys Parochial School, and Patten Free Library. Remaining funds to city of Bath after funeral expenses, with specific bequests to individuals and institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Keegan
Charles Davenport Clarke
Sagadahoe County
Bath City Hospital
City of Bath
Wesleyan University
St. Mary's Parochial School
Psi Upsilon
High Center
Lincoln Streets
Sis
Wesley Mo BL Church
Bath
City of
Lincoln Lodge
Lo.ole
Elisha Clarke
Patten Free Library
Joseph Clarke
Eva Clarke
Cambridge
Mass
Moscoe Plan
SLO
Silas Owen
Charles WL Clifford
Willian DB. Kendall
Bowdoin- Nan
Bathman backs measure on registration board sessions
Roxcoe Wy Hain, Bath Board of Registration chair, told a legislative committee in Augusta last week in favor of a bill to extend opening and closing sessions of registration boards before elections. The act would set three days of closed sessions in cities and adjust open-session numbers by city size and registration demand. The committee on salaries and fees proposed higher pay drafts for Judge John J. Keegan and Bath public buildings superintendent Charles Brown, shifting Keegan to 1500 and Brown to 320 for oil services with no fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Keegan
Sim
Charles * Brown
Bath
Petlock Owner’s Hurdler Makes Record Run
Nathan Petlock of Franklin street owned a remarkable hurdling horse. The horse bolted after an electric car near Johnson Cross store, leaped a fence and sidewalk, smashing fence sections as wheels crashed. It then returned home along Water Street Center to its owner with no damage to horse or wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Petlock
Franklin Street
Mr. Vetlock
Front Street
Johnson Cross Store
Water Street
Center
Home
Quick Effort to Align Maine Liquor Law With Federal Prohibition
The Maine Legislature's temperance committee failed to file its report on state liquor regulations mirroring federal enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment. After Friday’s hearing with Federal Prohibition Director Perkins Sheriff Oliver and inspector Sampson opposing, the committee issued an ought not pass report Saturday morning in the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Congress
James DB. Perkins
W. ©. Oliver
Edward PL. Sampson
House
Curious collection at 438 High Street owner shows stamps and post cards
Joseph Boardman, a noted collector, displays a wide array of world stamps and coins at his Independent window. Among items is a 70 year old Wandbill advertising Barnum's Museum with Jenny Lind noted, plus unused Central American, Cuban, and Porto Rican postcards and a seven page Japanese newspaper. The state house flags rise again after 60 days of official mourning for Gov Parkhara.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Boardman
High Street
St Wandbill
Barnum's Museum
7Th and
Chestnet Streets
Philadelphia
Jenny Lind
Boardman
Central American
Cuba
Porto Rico
Bath Travelers In The Land Of Summer Weather
Editor, The Independent: A. first trip to the far West with Mrs Nichols describes improved rail service Boston to California via Chicago with through tickets. Stops include Chicago and Kansas City. views Lake Erie open, Great Lakes, and a grand tour through Emporia, New Mexico, and Williams to the Grand Canyon. Details of Indian funeral, Rio Grande, and Grand Canyon vistas, plus El Tovar Inn meals and Canyon depths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Independent
Mareh S
Great Lakes
Lake Erie
Chicago
Marshall Mield
Jackson Park
ISM
Mield Museum
White City
Aunignht
Santa Fe
Kansas City
Texas
Emporia
Kansas
New Mexico
Rio Grande
Mexico
San Dis
Albuqueque
Williams
Grande Canyon
el Tovar
Fred Trarvey
Grand Canyon
Hopi House Visit and Desert Impressions in California
The afternoon featured a lecture on the Canyon and a tour of Hopi dwellings with Navajo begans. A fine collection of Indian relics in Hopi House was shown and a daily dance entertained guests, marking a memorable experience. March 28, 1921, Los Angeles.
Plummer urges American Shipping policy before Grace Club
Edward Plummer expressed a hopeful view on American shipping at Grace Church Men's Club noting postwar policy aims. He cited the Jones Shipping Bill, potential treaty cancellations by President Harding, and a bid for U S dominance in South American trade. He praised Senator Fordney and faulted re election focus, while women voters may alter politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Plummer
Grace Church Men's Club
Washington
America Shipping
Mir
Vlammer
Germany
Congress
Harding
United States
South America
England
America
Joe” Fordney
Senator Lodge
Senator Fordney
Massachusetts
Mar. Plummer
Bowling League To Finish Season
The Associate Bowling league has endured recent difficulties and is expected to complete a full season. A grand finale is likely, though details like the usual banquet remain uncertain. Standings are unclear due to interruptions, and the secretary is urged to crunch records to show team and individual standings up to date.
Veteran Firemen May Buy Building
The Veteran Firemen's association, outgrowing its hall at 66 Summer Street, seeks to buy the building at 16 Broad Street from Joseph Charles Footer if arrangements suit. A committee including Christopher Cushing Fred Proctor Fred Sears and Joseph Everard will confer with Footer. Entry blanks for July 4 musters exist for Quincy and North Adams Massachusetts and Topsham, with decisions on participation pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tath Veteran Firemen’s Association
Summer Street
Broad Street
Joseph Charles Footer
Personal notes from East Boston and Manila voyage news
Alonzo Parks, formerly with Lawley's shipyard in East Boston, is spending a few days here. Miss Carrie King has returned to Boston to teach in public schools after Easter in Bath with her sister Mrs Henry R White. Mr and Mrs Joseph Solovich recently received a cable from Manila announcing the arrival of their daughter Mrs Abraham S Shwartz and Mr Shwartz. They have visited Yokohama and Shanghai and will be in Manila for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bi. Lemont
West Bath
Annimal
Lemont
Marion Purington
Gorham Normal School
Miles Varington
Mixx Warington
Mixx Doris Purington
West Watd
Massachusetts Fye and Ear Infirmary
Boston
City Hospital
Chester Freeman
Donald
Bath
Freeman
Samuel Baten
Harrys Peterson
Brunswick
Annie Trufant
The
Red Cross
Joseph M. Lemont
George Cutting
Mason
Fred Larrabee
Clarence Johnson
Lucille
Sabine
Stanley Peterson
Portland
Harry E. Peterson
Fred Brown
Jooeph Larrabee
Frank Higgins
Knights of the Golden Eagle
Grange Hall
Lewiston
Everett Quinlen
Harry FE. Peterson
Humphrey Owen
Vaughn Smiley
Smiley
Marguerite Williams
Martha King
Charles Cummings
Littlefield School
J. Fwerett Mayo
Mixx
Jennie Silsby
Chester Verrill
Cumberland Center
Margaret Peterson
Fred W. Larrabee
Lowell
Paxing
G. A. Cahill
Joseph W. Larrabee
Margaret
Eleanorates
Beachmont
Everett
Mass
Stephen Wright
John McDougal
Richardson Street
Lath
Margaret McDougal
Frank Leavitt
Lemont Street
Fred Winter
Leavitt
Alonzo Parks
Lawley
Carrie King
Henry R. White
Joseph Solovich
Manila
Abraham
Shwartz
Bath Men Honor Basketball Team With a Banquet
Bath holds a banquet at the YALCLA gym in honor of Morse high basketball players. Mayor Cahill awards each player with gold charms as tokens of civic pride, while speakers from the business and education communities praise team spirit, sportsmanship, and the value of high school athletics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Charles T. Cahill
N. Gratz Jackson
Morse High
Yalcla
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Colonial Club
American Legion
Soch
Willard Sprague
Leslie Wold
Bill Perkins
Elmer McFarland
Plummer
Lowdoin College
Bowdoin
Morse
George E. Thompson
South Grammar School
Maine
New England
William E. Hogan
M Thompson
Kennebec
Thompson
Morse High School
Allan Spear
Spear
Roll of Honor Pupils Growing at Morse High School
Ninety six names appear on the honor list for the past six weeks read by Principal Clinton J D Wilson at Morse High School. The list shows growth from forty four names earlier in the year to about one fourth of the student body. Senior and junior and sophomore classes feature highest honors and honors recipients, with numerous students named across all grades in the long roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Perkins
Bill
Perkins
Spear
Clinton D. Wilson
Clinton JD. Wilson
Morse High School
Mildred Dolloff
Elsie Patten
Susan Fletcher
Marian Hill
Madelyn Rich
Mae Witter
Anna Conley
Stella Duprey
Delphine Toward
Irene Lennox
Anna Lindenburg
Virginia McVey
Frieda Mikelsky
Evelyn Norton
Pauline Olinto
Eva Palmer
Goldie Sheridan
Sophie Weinblatt
Lottie Wilson
Drake Jr. Resumes Kent School Study After Vacation
George B. Drake Jr. left Monday morning to resume studies at the Kent School in Connecticut after spending vacation with his parents Mr and Mrs George B Drake of Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Drake, Jr
Kent School
Connecticut
George B. Drake
Washington Street
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Dukeshire
Lermond
J. B. Lemont
Clarence M. Fogg
Corliss Street
Freeport
Methuen
Jennie Harvey
Charles D. Clarke
Bathman
Petlock
State House
Parkhara
West Coast
Montains
Colorado River
Los Angeles
Cal
Py Nicnols
Speaker
Wilson
Salem, Mass
Morse-Salem
Salem
Dexter High School
Maurice Walbridge
Dexter
South Iend Darent-Teacher Association
Guy Sprague
Mars
Ralph Whitehouse
Chester Plant
Stanley Antworth
Blouch Hewett
James EE. Lockery
William DD. Rich
Orvin M. Gray
South End
Pasent-Teacher Association
Leland R. Mitchell
Robert C. Mitchell
Thames Gillespie
Charles Soule
John Hant. Mes
William LL Small
Carroll Deering
Harold Dunn
Dorothy Sheldon
Rachel Webster
James Hanson
Miriam Rice
George McFadden
Raymond Williams
Evelyn Oliver
Dorothy Davin
Dorothy Bucklin
William Stewart
Emile Burlet
Wilber G. Cahill
John Shaw
Parker Moulton
Lucien JD. Fuller
Otis S. Trafton
Harry W. Crosman
Charles A. Tlarriman
Wilbur (. Oliver
Peter A. Clinto
G. Stuart DeMott
W. Dayton Hill
James Ll. Morse
Charles M. Fitzgerald
Ralph Gay
Charles A. Harriman
Anna Averill
Josepine Freeman
Dorothy Furber
Helen Jones
Randolph Maney
Lillian Miller
Josie Rich
Lillian Rogers
Blanche White
Beatrice Wright
Vinseilla Tsondreau
Margaret Cummings
Elsie Lake
Marcia Moulton
Teletra Rodgerson
Hallowell Rogers
Carolyn Stackpole
Helen Stearns
Rachael Webster
Adelaide Coombs
Edith Courser
Malcolm Loring
Warren Oliver
Katherine Stinson
Marshall
Jacob Arenstan
Barbara Austin
Rodney Bailey
Faith Blake
David Brown
Dorothy M. Brown
Baetella Higgins
Rose Lindenberg
Carl Pinson
Louise White
Thelmas Barbour
Drucilla Bornheimer
Frederick Boudreau
Gertrude Bowie
Grace Henderson
Eleanor Jane
Catherine Leonard
Louise Mc
Thee
Ellen Newell
Carrie Shaw
Kenneth Sheldon
Janette Smith
Byron Spinney
Paul Thompson
Walter Thompson
Leslie White
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