Governor Signs Resolve for the Kennebec Bridge
Governor Brewster signed a constitutional amendment authorizing a combined highway and railroad bridge across the Kennebec river between Bath and Woolwich. The plan moves to a September special election for final approval, with Senators Carlton and Hinckley and other officials witnesses to the signing.
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Brewster
Kennebec River
Bath
Woolwich
Drewster
W. Carlton
Sagadahoe County
Frederick W. Hinckley
Cumberland
Willian
Linnell
Vortland
Executive Council
Charlies E. Dustin
Dustin
Maine
Wuston
Ceriton
Gov. Brewster
Carlton
Carlton Bridge honor births accompany Sagadahoc senator
Sagadahoc Senator FF W Carlton is called the happiest man in Maine as a movement to name the Bath to Woolwich Kennebec bridge in his honor gains momentum. Late Friday a grandson named Carlton Kelley was born to his daughter Mrs Leon Kelley of 673 Washington Street. The 52nd legislature approved a concurrent order naming the bridge the Carlton Bridge amid applause.
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FF. W. Carlton
Sagadahoc County
Maine
Kennebec
Bath
Woolwich
Carlton Kelley
Leon Kelley
Washington Street
Eartier
Allen of
York
Carlton
House
Bath City Hospital Loses Superintendent
Mrs. Marguerite Robert, superintendent at Bath City Hospital for five years, has resigned effective at the trustees' convenience. She will assist her successor and the hospital management until action is taken at the trustees' regular meeting on April 10.
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Marguerite Robert
City Hospital
Robert
Hospital At Heart
Laurence Stallings to Lecture at Bowdoin
Laurence Stallings author of What Price Glory will lecture at Bowdoin College Institute of Modern Literature on May 4. The program also features Frost Sandburg Morley and Stephens. Stallings, a former Marine captain, has the play running in New York and draws varied critical reaction. A post-lecture Roundtable with undergraduates will follow, with a Bermuda note from friends Mr and Mrs William Choate.
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Laurence Stallings
Maxwell Anderson
Bowdoin College Institute of Modern Literature
ISX
Robert Frost
Carl Sandburg
Willa Catha
Christopher Morley
James Stephens
Marines
New York
Capt. Flagg
Anderson
Stalling
City Council Begins Regular Meeting With One Way Street Plan
The Bath city council opened the first regular monthly meeting on April 1. An order to create one way streets on Ferry and Summer from May 1 to November 1 passed unanimously to aid traffic. Other actions include budget talk on fire department pay, highway signs, tax policies, dog licensing, and several appointments and referrals.
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Comeman
Charles R. Oliver
Kelley
Ferry Street
Summer Street
Washington Street
Commercial Street
Front Street
Board of Highways and Sewers
Scott Morse
G. Edward Clough
Board of Fire Engineers
Finance Committee
Dean
Charles A. Carr
Hook and Ladder Company
Hyde Park Visitor Daley Staying With Cahill Relatives
Willard H H Daley of Hyde Park Massachusetts visiting his sister Mrs G A Cahill of Middle Street is spending a few days in Warker Head with relatives.
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Willard HH. Daley
Hyde Park, Mass
G. A. Cahill
Middle Street
Warker Head
Aged physician marks milestone on long Maine career
Dr. Albert M. Card, 77, celebrated his birthday March 26 by driving 54 miles to see 22 patients, underscoring a half century of active practice. A Maine staple, he is known across Lincoln County and beyond. He will begin 50 years of practice on April 10.
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Dr. Card of
Aina
Albert M. Card
Card
Maine
Lincoln Country
Publicity Bureau Annual Meeting in Maine
The State of Maine Publicity Bureau will hold its annual meeting in Portland on Wednesday April 15. An evening banquet at the Falmouth hotel begins at 6 50 pm. Officers will be elected, reports read, and subscribers from Maine and New England expected.
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State of
Bureau
Maine
Chambers of Commerce
Hiudries
Coal and Wood Company
Iumber Company
Portland
Charles IL Mogg
Houston
Mortimer L. Harris
Worthand
Arthur G. Staples
Lewiston
W. A. Hennessey
Danger
Brewster
Cumberland
Westbrook
Porthrod
Bath Methodists Hold Quarterly Meeting Sunday
The Bea con Street church fourth quarterly conference met Saturday evening with Supt. John M. Artis presiding. Rev. Si. Lewis Wall announced his transfer for health reasons and a new pastor will be chosen at the Augusta conference. Officials and committees were elected, and a permanent parsonage for the district superintendent was favored. Rev. H. L. Arnold joined by letter and was admitted to membership.
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Beacon Street Church
John M. Artis
Si. Lewis Wall
J. B.C. Sawyer
Eugene McGrath
Charles J. Cain
Augusta
Milton H. Douglas
George P. Davenport
William Thistle
William J. Crafts
Charles H. Oliver
Charles J. Dain
George R. Verry
George W. Dean
Alice M. Douglas
Nettie Teeling
H. W. Crocker
C. H. Oliver
H. §. Adams
W. J. Crafts
Aid
Lizzie Tedford
Ella Willis
Georgia Knights
Hr. S. Adams
H. A. Beals
M. H. Douglas
J. Cain
W. J. Bonney
H. Oliver
Trier of Appeals
H. L. Arnold
Woolwich
Jie
Sermon by District Supt. Artery at Wesley Church
Large Wesley church congregation hears District Superintendent John M. Artery deliver a sermon from Acts 16 30 What must I do to be saved He emphasizes four words God Duty Christ Service It was Artery s first visit to Bath as DS and he may resume a pastorate at Maine Conference in Augusta April 22 Bishop Thomas Nicholson presiding A young people quartet Dorothy Hogue Thelma Barbour Linwood Wiley Paul Brooks sing A quarter conference follows with reports praising cooperation and earnest work Pastor Charles L E Brook asked to remain for a fourth year Officers and committees elected including trustees stewards and delegates Andrew Butterfield named lay delegate with John Stewart as reserve delegate (Continued on Page Two)
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Wesley Church
John M. Artery
God
Christ
Arters
Bath
Maine
Augusta
Thomas Nicholson
Young People's Quartet
Dorothy Hogue
Thelma Barbour
Linwood Wiley
Paul Brooks
Charles LE. Brook
Andrew Butterfield
John Stewart
KF. W. Armes
R. Os. Gui ‘Don
HL. A. Walters
H. J. Hopkins
Jean Stewart
A. M. Butterfield
T. FP. Perkins
G. Dr. Watson
C. M. Resnol
FF. W. Armes
R. S. Gordon
H. A. Walters
H. L. Lopkins
W. FL Day
K. A. Farrar
O. F. Brown
EB. H. Davis
Eva Cahill
Ida Vieree
A. G. Oliver
Edith Abbott
Carrie Sampson
Lucy Wetherbee
Sarah Black
Trier of Appeals
State of Maine float wins first prize at St Petersburg
The Maine float in the St Petersburg Festi val of States won first prize. Designed by Mrs I A Whittier of Auburn wife of the Maine society president in St Petersburg the float featured a daisy covered side with 2000 handmade blooms and depicted a Maine summer scene with canoes tents woodsmen guides and children.
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State OF Maine
ST. Petersburg
Fla
I. A. Whittier
Auburn
Maine Society
Maine
Brunswick fire loss may reach sum of $100000
Scores of Bath motorists watched a Brunswick blaze that nearly destroyed half of the Dunlap block and ruined the rest of it. Damage is estimated at nearly $100,000. The Baxter Paper Box Co. occupied upper floors, while The Brunswick Record and the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. were on the ground floor. The fire, started by an overheated boiler near an elevator shaft, spread rapidly to the upper story. The building is owned by Mrs. Musela Wilson of Wortland and was built in 1550.
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Bath
Brunswick
Baxter Paper Box Co
Brunswick Record
Atlantic and Wacifice Tea Co
North
Lincoln Streets
Oak Grove Avenue
Combination No. 2
Edward Clough
Joseph Cloutier
Brunswick Department
Brunswick Publishing Co
Datk Times
Odd Fellows Block
Pleasant Street
Musela Wilson
Wortland
Cable replaces across the Kennebec in Bath and Woolwich
The New England Telegraph and Telegraph Co. condemns the failed under river cable. A new 140 pair capacity line is ordered and due in five months. A branch exchange will serve Woolwich via Sagadahoc ferry. Diver Frank Hansen descends to free the entangled cable with swift river current. The old 2,600 foot cable, laid 19 years ago, lies from Bath Broad Street to the Woolwich docks. A second cable 8,200 feet long will be built in Hawthorne. Crockett's orchestra played in Bowdoinham town hall Saturday.
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Fugland Tel, & Tel, Co
Kennebec
Bath
Woolwich
Sagadaloe Ferry
Frank Hansen
Mildred Goudy
Broad Street
Maine Central
Bath State Ferry
Hawthorne
Veteran Mason Performs Work On Anniversary
The regular meeting of Richmond Judge, No. 63, F. and A. M. was held Monday evening. William H. Whitney performed the first degree on his sixty third anniversary of being made a Mason. Whitney, nearly 87, did the work exceptionally and was presented a box of cigars by J. Franklin Harris, W.M.
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Richmond
A. M
William H. Whitney
Whitney
J. Franklin Harris
W.M
Proposal for New School Grade Debated by North Center PTA
At a North Center PTA meeting the advisability of adding a sub primary or ninth grade was discussed. The issue centers on current law allowing five year olds into school and concerns about delaying or accelerating high school completion. A joint meeting with the South Granmar PTA is planned at the Red Cross rooms to report to Bath Board of Education via a special commission. Miss Frosting Marston spoke on discipline tardiness ranking homework and civics and urged closer parent teacher cooperation and a teacher viewpoint.
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North Center
Red Cross
Special Commission
Bath Board of Education
Woolwich Switchboard Becomes Operational
The Woolwich switchboard is now in operation replacing the failing 15 pair cable. Wire Chief Larra bee spent the morning at the new site located at Alonzo Hunt and Miss Bessie Stimpson’s home with Miss Alamede Stacy starting duty. Mrs. Freak Hunt of Lawrence, Mass. visits her parents in Lemont Street.
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Woolwich
Larrabee
Alonzo Hunt
Bessie Stimpson
Alamede Stacy
Bath Exchange
Mrs
Freak Hunt
Taawrence, Mass
J. Albert Redlon
Lemont Street
Board Calls New South Street School Near Necessity
The Board of Education, citing 76 year old South street school buildings, urges a new building. It proposes a dedicated fund, annual carryover of unspent educational funds, and yearly city appropriations to ease future costs and reduce interest charges.
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South Street
Board of Education
Finance Committee
Ety
Successful Supper Aids Needy Children In District
The South End P T A held a chowder supper at Washington street rooms Tuesday, clearing 383 to buy eye glasses for needy public school children. Chairwoman Mrs. John Hunt led a committee including Mrs. Carroll A. Deering Mrs. N Grate Jackson Mrs. Leland R. Mitchell Mrs. William T P Hatch Mrs. Wellington A. Moore and Mrs. Chester A. Plant.
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South End
Washington Street
John Hunt
Carroll A. Deering
N. Grate Jackson
Leland R. Mitchell
William TP. Hatch
Wellington A. Moore
Chester A. Plant
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Kennebec Bridge
Sagadahoc
Bath City Hospital
Bowdoin
William Choate
Old Folks Home
Greenfield Clubs
Greenfield
Mass
Bermuda
Alderman Quimby
Board of High-Wiys and Sewers
Coffin
Mulcahy
Fifield
Alderman V Plant
City of
Avel
Armstrong
R. I. Wiggins
York Street
Thurlow
Frank Ff. Shepard
Rope Walk
Llerbert S. Harris
Rolvin HW. Bowie
Charles C
Harry Knowlton
George FE. Reynouds
John A. Small
Horace W. Pottice
Rupert Miller
Melville Rice
Kilwin Gi
W Pinkfam
Roscoe Robinson
Ernest Pinkham
Greenleaf Mayo
John A. Norris
Edward Brown
Water Street
H. A. Huse
Columbia
Jimmy Evans
Moving Picture
Harry C. Farrington
John T. Doyle
Sis Middle Street
Willard A. Oliver
Goddard Street
City Treas
Ralph K. Hall
Union
Brown
Publicity Bureau Annual Meeting
Wesley Epworth League
League of the Methodist Church
Wesley Epworthians
Sarah Blick
Eliazabeth Lowell
Alice Hogue
Eleanor Veron
Toelma Barbour
Mona Edwards
M. Evelyn Oliver
Sadie Paul Bromwood Wiley
Ralph Burden
James B. Drake
Treadwell A. Robertson
Phillips- Andover Academy
Mr. Drake
Frederick E. Drake
Bath Methodists
Beacon
I. A. Farrar
Carrie Arms
Louise Watson
F. W. Armes
Ida Vierce
St. Petersburg Times
George Crockett
Bowdoinham Town Hall
Mason
P.T.A
Miss Marston
Johnson Bros Co
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