Bath City Council sets tax collection and debt plans
At the first regular meeting of the Bath city council, the annual report from the joint committee on subordinate officers and salaries was approved with two dissenters. Measures authorize tax collection suits, state aid road funding, strict purchasing controls, discounts for the Bath Tax club, and poll tax adjustments. Additional items cover dog licensing enforcement, bond refund study, quit claim deeds for tax property, and various petitions, with routine accounts approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New City Council
Board of Aldermen
Temple
Merritt A. Mitchell
Arthur Sewall
Nassau
Walter C. Rogers
E. R. Wright
Legard
Alderman Temple
Joint Standing Committee On Finance
Joint
Standing Committee On Finance
Standing Committee On
City of
Bath
Statutes of
Maine
Alderman Turner
Bath Tax Club
Alderman Burgess
Standing Committee
Alderman Legard
City
Jedger
Finance Committee
Bath Band
Alderman Powers
Alderman Small
Ward 5
E. Emma Leonard
Committee On Fire Department
Leonard
North Street
John Emerson
Central Maine Power Co
Oak Grove Avenue
High Street
Acme Supply Co
Washington Street
Committee On Public Safety
Lewis B. Swett
Front Street
Commercial Street
Fire Department
Swett
Aldermen’s Chamber
American House
William McLaughlin
Waldo Weston
Gardiner R. Deering
Bailey Island Tuna Club Pitches August 5 Tournament
The Bailey Island Tuna Club plans an August 5 event featuring a big tuna tournament plus governor's day and a clambake. Gov Barrows and likely Gov Saltonstall of Massachusetts are expected guests as the community backs the effort to attract thousands, with Sea and Shore Fisheries Commissioner Greenleaf aiding. Proceeds aim to aid the club amid broad local collaboration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wideawake Bailey Island Tuna Club
Elroy Johnson
Lewis O. Barrows
Saltonstall
Massachusetts
North Haven
Orr’s Island
Ana
Johnson
Arthur R. Greenleaf
Maine Officers Await Extradition Decision After Long Delay
Maine officials pressed Maryland authorities to extradite Richard H. Wainford to Bath on morals charges but were delayed as Maryland officials requested two weeks. The journey covered about 1520 miles with little progress amid other routine municipal business and local social notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Maryland
Richard H. Wainford
Bath
Sherwood Aldrich
Charles W. Messenger
Joseph A. Butler
Phippsburg Homes Entered At Popham Beach
Cottages on the south shore of Popham Beach were burglarized with broken windows and door locks pried. No valuables reported stolen. Sheriff Messenger and deputies investigated at Voorhees Matson and Gayton cottages. no major damage found. Health official repairs at Winnegance school prompted a temporary closure. Plans inch toward completing the Small Point to Popham road and word of electric lighting for West Point. Several local boat builders plan entries in New Meadows races. Sebasco Lodge addition nears completion with 16 rooms and baths. Tax assessors update valuations. expected tax rate near 50 mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Beach
Coast Guard
Voorhees
Matson
Gayton
Messenger
Herbert Scott
Winneganee School
Scott
Sheriff Messenger
Small Point
Popham Road
WPA
Popham
West Point
Sebasco
Central Maine Power Co
Gomez Boat Shop
New Meadows
Sebasco Lodge
Bath
J. F. Leach
Phippsburg
Malden
J. E. Percy
Parker Head
New York
Pacific Coast
J. W. Doughty
Syracuse
N. Y
Rutherford, N. J
T. E. McCarty
Death of Frank J Hackett in Portland Heart Attack
Frank J Hackett died at his home on Congress street Portland after a heart attack shortly after rising. He had earlier worked with Plant's Garage in Bath and lived with Mr and Mrs Just Wold on Court street. Clayton V Sweeney of Riverside municipal golf course in Portland visited Bath and attended a New England division PGA meeting in Boston on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Hackett
Congress Street
Portland
Mr. Hackett
Plant
Bath
Just Wold
Court Street
Clayton V. Sweeney
Riverside Municipal
Boston
New England
United States Professional Golfers Association
Easter Services and Community Actions at Parker Head
Easter services held at Parker Head vestry with Boys and Beginners class crafts and a bunny frieze. Awards given for Sundays attended. local residents, visits to Sanford Small Point Bath Winnegance noted. parade at Bath for Easter launching. community club activity includes a resignation and a new secretary. multiple residents involved in visits and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasbdale
Parker Head
Marion Cushing
Masters Lloyd Lowell
Jean Hamel
Fred
Phippsburg Center
Parker
Charles Savage
Barbara Mank
Lucy
Sally Pearl Lowell
Doris Savage
Jerry
Clayton Savage
Dorothy Cushing
Sandra Mank
Carolyn Wallace
Power
Jesus
Winter Street Ladies Hold Rummage Sale
Mrs. Fred Foote chaired a successful rummage sale in Winter Street church on Tuesday afternoon, with Mrs. Archie E. Doyle as cashier. Sponsors were the Ladies Aid. committee members met in the morning and opened the sale at two oclock after dinner. A silver tea is planned in the chapel and tickets for the April 20 mother and daughter banquet are available from listed aides. Several local residents are noted visiting or traveling on brief trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Foote
Winter Street Church
Archie E. Doyle
Ladies Aid
Comattee
Elmer D. Hodgkins
Charles W. Walsh, Jr
Phyllis Bowie
Fred P. Emmons
Charles Nelson
Hiram K. Annis
Edgar D. Leavitt
Fred K. Sturtevant
Addison F. Pendleton
Arthur K. Purington
Walter H. Bowker
Corrie H. Varney
Joseph O. Purdue
Walter F. Abbott
William Potter
Clifford B. Wilband
John A. Lord
Horace W. Ward
Walter S. Wiggin
Aid
Arthur C. Lemont
March Committee
Alice E. Varney
Treasuer
Coast Guard ten game match at Fort Popham ends 2945 to 2537
Kennebec River Coast Guard Station crew led by Cirone Leonard Osgood Taylor won a ten game match at the Coast Guard Station with Cirone top scoring 1487 and Henry Leonard setting a high single game of 172. A return match is planned at Fort Popham light reservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec River Coast Guard Rolalot
Charles Cirone
Henry Leonard
Eugene W. Osgood
Laurence Taylor
Coast Guard
Fort Popham Light
Osgood
Kennebec
Westport Residents Visit Colbys and Local News
Westport residents including Mr and Mrs Lawrence Colby and family and Mrs Colby s parents Mr and Mrs Brown of Dennysville were guests of Mr and Mrs Charles Colby last week. James Greenleaf is building a house north of the Greenleaf homestead. Annie Augusta Higgins named for a newborn daughter to Mr and Mrs Archie Higgins. Several locals attended the Bath launch and parade with Robert Greenleaf Amos Knight Verlie Greenleaf and Frank Knight among attendees. The local school resumed after a four week vacation. Adeline Tarbox of Rochester arrived to stay at Coverley Farm. Ethel Higgins returned home after weeks in Boston area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Libby
Sanford
Leston Harringen
Bath
Olive Deejay
Evelyn Huff
Althea Wallace
Sewing Circle
Leston Harrington
Walter Cushing
Floriner Rollins
Burleigh Williams
Winneganee
Lewis Lowell
Allie Rollins
Herman Hallett
Earl Lowell
Maurice Pashard
Frances Cook
Mildred Harrington
Winnegance
Parker O. Rogers
Ralph Watson
Ralph Lenney
Dartmouth College
Hanover
N. H
Leon Fickett
Pond Island Light
Ellison Moody
Freeport
Popham
Moody
Nassau
Erma Huntley
Delora
Muriel Huntley
Eva Dobbin
Bath Iron Works
U. S
Sims
Jack Greenlaw
Lubec
Carol Drake
David Drake
Edith Fickett
Pond Island
DeShon
Seguin Island Light
Allan Urque
Karl Hentz
Long Island
Ernest Oliver
Frank Scott
Scott
Marguerite McNulty
George E. Hoyt
Richmond
Stephen Etnier
Hersilia
Annapolis
Gilbert Head
Grant
Kennebec
Silver Lake
Lawrence Colby
Robert Greenleaf
Amos Knight
Verlie Greenleaf
Frank
William Mains
Oscar Shea
Robert Leask
Lizzie Cromwell
Adeline Tarbox
Rochester
N. Y
Easter program at Winnegance Sunday school
The Winnegance Sunday school held an Easter program with hymns and recitations. Alice Cromwell supervised with Bertha Holbrook and Bernice Drake as pianist. many participants presented devotional pieces and Easter themed readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnegance Sunday School
Alice H. Cromwell
Millicent Merry
Jeanette Atwood
Donald Christensen
Barbara Morse
God
Jean Drake
Virginia Rogers
Florence Darling
Iva Rogers
Chloe Deraps
Alice Cromwell
Bertha Holbrook
Bernice Drake
Patriots Day notice shifts Independence press day
The Independent will next publish on Tuesday night instead of Wednesday April 19, a holiday. Correspondents are asked to submit their news copy one day earlier than usual.
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Independent
Outstanding Acts Performed by Eagles to Help Fellow Men
James Tevlin of Cambridge spoke to Bath Aerie No. 875 on humanitarian Eagles works. He noted 600,000 members with strong chance of 100,000 new members this year and Bath Aerie near its 60 member quota. He cited mothers pension and workers compensation laws shaped by Eagles, many states adopting social safeguards, and praise from President Roosevelt. He described Eagles efforts to end depressions via employment stabilization and the Eagles-Ludlow bill in Congress, plus Mother’s Day campaigns and a $1,000,000 Patriot Fund for war service deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Tevlin
Cambridge
Mass
Grand Aerie of Eagles
Bath Aerie
Tevlin
Eagles
Roosevelt
The
Buffalo Aerie
United States
Order of Eagles
Congress
Grand Aerie
Order
Probate notices from Bath court in Sagadahoc County
Court of Probate at Bath Sagadahoc County prints notices for multiple matters. Names include Horace W Swett, William Mussenden, Charles Cahill, Abbie Reynolds, Henry Reynolds, Sara Oliver, Robert Garfield Gray, Otto Bullmann, and Marguerite Cutting. Proceedings call for guardianships executors administrators and a possible letters testamentary. A public hearing is set for the first Tuesday in May 1939 with publication in the Bath Independent for three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Horace W. Swett
William B. Mussenden
Charles H. Cahill
Abbie F Reynolds
Georgetown
Henry N Reynolds
Sara Elizabeth Oliver
Robert Garfield Gray
Otto F. Bullmann
Donald N. Small
Marguerite R. Cutting
Bay Point visitors and local events area wide
Edward C Clarey and George Gray visited Bay Point from Robinhood and Five Islands while Burton Radley improves after illness. Bay Point residents recall bird sightings, Easter services at Georgetown First Baptist, Army Day parade, and a Sunday school cantata with solos and a duet. Weather cleared after a snowy day as locals walked home under starlight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C. Clarey
Robinhood
George Gray
Five Islands
Bay Point
Burton Radley
H. A. Spinney
Earl Payson
Portland
Here
Georgetown Center
Georgetown
Clyde Pinkham
John R. Blackie
West Georgetown
Elizabeth Deering
Eva Gaudet
Bath
John Blackie
Koehlwetter
Walter Powers
Winnegance Notes Patients Guests and Local News
Mrs. Harry L. Knight, recently released from Sisters Hospital Lewiston, returns home under Dr Haskell care. Auxiliary of the Community club met at Mrs Spinneys 62 High St with Contract played. prizes to Mrs Charles E Hewitt Jr and Mrs Frank Pero. Lois Ione Wilson daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilson Saco recuperating from throat operation in Portland Children s Hospital. Barbara E Grout of 842 Washington St left for two weeks in Massachusetts with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. Knight
Sisters Hospital
Lewiston
Haskell
Herbert Spinney
Eugene Haggett
Community Club
Spinney
High Street
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Frank Pero
Orman Coggeshall
Winfield Morse
Harry Williams
Harold Walker
Parker O. Rogers
Peter Gagnon
Lena Eaton
Lois Ione Wilson
Barbara E. Grout
Washington Street
Mass
H. Martin Grout
Probate notices from Bath court final accounts and petitions
A Bath court of probate bulletin lists estates including ALICE K ROBBINS MARIETTA TRUFANT WALTER E CHASE FRANK W CARLTON JOHN KLIPPEL CHARLOTTE STREET GORRIE SAMUEL HOOPER JOHN H PEASE MARGARET JANE PEASE JAMES S McFARLAND SALLY HYDE NANCY HYDE GEORGIANA K BLAIR JOHN A CAVANAUGH ARTHUR J DUNTON with details of final accounts administrations and petitions for probate distribution and letters testamentary without bond as issued by Bath National Bank. The document notes dates and names as part of legal proceedings. A true copy of the original order is attested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
ISO
Alice K. Robbins
Ruth W. Holt
Marietta Trufant
Mary
Curtis
Mary S. Curtis
Walter E. Chase
Walter E. Chase, Jr
Madelyn C. Jackson
Frank W. Carlton
Woolwich
Sarah E. Carlton
Harvey P. Hathorne
John Klippel
Sarah E. Klippel
Charlotte Street Gorrie
Phippsburg
Edward W. Bridgham
Margaret Jane Pease
James 8S
McFarland
Arrowsie
Catherine M. McFarland
Sally Hyde
Eleanor B. Hyde
Mabel A. Thwing
Nancy Hyde
Georgianna K. Blair
Elizabeth E.ale
John A. Cavanaugh
Herbert Cavanaugh
Arthur J Dunton
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Bailey Island
Governor Barrows
Wainford
Harlan P. Small
Springfield
William 8. Newell
Newell
High School Activities Association
William L. Bkelton
Arthur Dunton
Alden G
Hardy F. Keller
Manning
S. C
Keller
Mr. Keller
Marion Higgins
Blackshire
George Savage
Augusta
Winter Street
J. R. Grant
Union _ street court
Memorial Hospital
Hughdene Duncan
Bertha Davis
Pansy Ward
Hartford, Conn
Harry J. Ward
Peaks Island
James A. Gillies, Jr
New Haven
Conn
Westport
James Christensen
Marion Holbrook
C. R. Sims
Goodrich Murphy
Sumner Sewall
Artland K. Rogers
Jay Albert Rogers
Anselma Lauriat
Medford
Anne L. Reed
James F. Bonness
John P. Carey
Eugene W. Freeman
Joseph G. Stevens
Annie E Riley
John William McGuire
E. Kendall
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa‘Des Moines National Bade and “Trust Company
N. E. Kendall
Iowa-Des Moines Bank and Trust Company
Arthur J. Dunton
John L. Jack
Register
John L, Jack
John J. Jack
Charles H. Smith
G. Ronald Smith
Said Bath
C. J
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