Dangerous Corner At Vine And Washington Streets Sparks Traffic Fixes
The intersection of Vine and Washington streets is a dangerous blind spot due to parked autos and a nearby siding. Local residents urge moving box cars back a few feet and painting a no parking curb to improve visibility. A traffic light at Chase's Corner is favored, especially with the planned Bath Brunswick route over Center Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vine and
Washington Streets
Chase's Corner
Vine Street
Washington Street
Vine
Chase's
State Highway Commission
Bath- Brunswick Road
Center Street
High
Washington
Bath Brunswick road to start this spring under Witch Spring plan
State Highway Commission bids for the Bath to Brunswick project mark a late spring start. The Witch Spring route enters Bath via Court street with traffic undisturbed during construction. A cement work contract will be separate for the New Meadows river crossing, a concrete causeway like Winnegance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Bath- Brunswick
Witch Spring
Court Street
New Meadows River
Bath Military Strengths Highlight Legion and Battery H
Bath authorities note two strong military groups for support in need the American Legion drawing in veterans with rising membership and weekly activity and Battery H the National Guard company praised by the War Department for superior encampment target practice at Fort Williams, second only to one other unit in New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
American Legion
Battery H
War Department
Fort Williams
National Guard
New England
Bath hosts naval servicemen as club speakers
Bath enjoys a rich roster of clubs aided by naval servicemen stationed at the Bath Iron Works who have traveled widely and share thrilling adventures with local audiences. Their education and poise enhance meetings and enrich the community life for the duration of their stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Georgetown to gain electric lights this summer
Georgetown residents celebrate the town’s approval of electric lights. Men have begun building the lines and the Central Maine Power Company will install the system before summer guests arrive. The piece urges caution for schoolchildren and motorists to prevent accidents in streets as the new power goes live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Central Maine Power Company
Morse High Wins One-Act Contest In South Portland
Morse High School defeated South Portland in a district semi final, earning a spot with seven other district winners for the state contest at Bowdoin in May. Winners advance to the New England event in Pawtucket on May 14 with first and second places. The Morse entry Will O The Wisp by Doris F Halman was directed by Miss Margaret S Melcher of South Portland and featuring a 40 member band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
South Portland
Bowdoin
Bowdoing
New England
Pawtucket
R. L
Morse
Brunswick High
Bridge Academy of
Dresden
Will O' the Wisp
Doris F. Halman
Margaret S. Melcher
Morse High
Bates College
Ruth Shellenbarger
Alice Hogan
Margaret Brigton
Evelyn Tomlinson
Claire Grainger
Verdin Leighton
Comete de Guiche
Jason Tilton
Rameneau
Maurice Geneva
le Bret
Agnes Walsh
Margaret
Alberta Strout
Martha
Katherine Higgins
Claire
Linda Plummer
Alice Palmer
Mary Vanier
Barbara Silver
Marie Skillin
Maxine Nickerson
Paris
Morse High Glee Club Seeks Victor Records
Morse High School Glee club votes to collect discarded Victor records to win a free RCA Victor radio phonograph for the school. Led by Miss Cecile Veilleux and coordinated with RCA Victor distributor Charles W. Homeyer & Co. Residents urged to donate records by June 1 to support music appreciation programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School Glee Club
RCA Victor
Victor
Cecile Veilleux
Charles W. Homeyer & Co
North Center
Alice N
Magoun
Veilleux
Walter Damrosch
Bath
Miss Magoun
Miss Veilleux
Exalted Ruler Announces Bath Lodge Elks Appointments
After installation of Bath Lodge officers Exalted Ruler Edward J. McMann named the new year’s appointments. Joseph H Breault Samuel Povich Frank L Sheridan join the roster along with Walter L Whitney H Joseph Madden Albert H McMann as house committee members. Grand Loyal Knight Lester C Ayer of Portland attended the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lodge of Elks
Edward J. McMann
Joseph H. Breault
Samuel Povich
Frank L. Sheridan
House Committee
Mr. McMann
Walter L. Whitney
H. Joseph Madden
Albert H. McMann
Lester C. Ayer
Portland
Leon M. Genthner
Bartholomew O'Donnell
Frederick W. Humphreys
Dora L. Howard
Wesley Ladies Aid Meets on Friday
The Wesley M. E. church ladies aid met in the parsonage with Mrs. Ernest Heywood. New officers were named: Mrs. William A. Coombs president, Mrs. William Davis vice president, Mrs. Ellery E. Whittemore secretary, Mrs. George A. Cahill treasurer. A calling committee was chosen for April and May, and one new member was admitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley M. E. Church
Ernest Heywood
William A. Coombs
William Davis
Ellery E. Whittemore
George A. Cahill
Coombs
Heywood
Arthur C. Whittier
D. Wylie Lemont
William W. Hosmer
Charles E. Ripley
Harris T. Rodick
Wilfred C. Trott
Aid
Quilty
Mayo Not Candidate for Bath Fire Chief
Arthur F. Mayo of 819 High street denied rumors of seeking the Bath fire department chief job to replace the late Charles E. Parks. He praised the department and endorsed advancing Scott Morse to chief and Richard Frates to first assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Charles E. Parks
Mr. Mayo
Bath
Mayo
Scott Morse
Richard Frates
Club Garret Officers Honor Shackford Guests
Mrs. C. Roland Trott new Club Garret president and staff attended a Thursday buffet at the club on Center Street with retiring president Miss Jean nette Shackford and aides. Mrs. John H. Grindell led arrangements with help from Mrs. Mark W. Hennessey Mrs. Elwood Legard and Miss Bertha Lee Lord. Menu featured chicken salad hot rolls potato chips ice cream and coffee. A short business meeting planned the May Ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Roland Trott
Club Garret
Jeannette F. Shackford
Center Street
John H. Grindell
Mark W. Hennessey
Elwood Legard
Bertha Lee Lord
Club
Chimney Fire at Residence of Frank C. Knight
Firefighters from Engine 4 and Hook and Ladder 1 battled a chimney blaze at 53 Le mont street Thursday afternoon. A booster tank line was used and no damage was reported. Ex Senator N Gratz Jackson died Sunday in Wiscasset, sister Mrs Emma Stinson confirms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engine 4
Hook & Ladder No
Frank C. Knight
Lemont Street
N. Gratz Jackson
Wiscasset
Emma Stinson
Danish Americans plan unique memorial for King Christian X
Danish American societies in New York announce a hand illuminated memorial book for King Christian X in honor of his Silver Jubilee on May 12. Frederik Ornstrup Madsen is tasked with binding the 10 by 12 inch volume featuring red Morocco covers and white silk inner pages, with Royal Arms in silver and silver work by a noted silversmith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Christian X of
Denmark
Frederik Ornstrup Madsen
Madsen
and van Zandt Wheeler
West Point
Phippsburg
Maine
Bath
Myrtle lodge fund drives with quilt tacking and bingo
The April money raising committee of Myrtle lodge No. 8 LL O I O of I O L held a quilt tacking and beano game on Friday and a rummage sale Thursday in the former Thrift shop. A May 28 Anniversary night committee was set, with Mrs Curtis and others named. A card party is planned for next Friday in Odd Fellows hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Lodge
No. 8
LL. O
Odd Fellows Hall
Fred 8
Raymond M. Clark
Joseph Oliver
Frank Beal
Eugene W. Osgood
Osgood
Surprise party honors Henry Adams on birthday
Henry Adams of 558 Middle Street received a surprise birthday party on Thursday evening April 1. Guests included Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Marion Cromwell and family, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Morrison, and many friends from Woolwich and Cromwell area. The event featured music, cake, ice cream, cookies, and sandwiches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Adams
Middle Street
Adams
Marion
Cromwell
Donald
Stanley
Kenneth
Sam Morrison
Thomas Murphy
Woolwich
Wilfred Lavigne
Myers Reed
George Parshley
Bernard Clark
Walter
Charlie
Leroy
Marion Cromwell
Charles Worrey
Ed Savage
Buckmore
Leignt
Chapman
Pat Quinn
Mack
Miss Morrison
Bath Boxer Fined in Automobile Case
Bath boxer Young Guy Wright pleaded guilty in municipal court to improper automobile registration. Judge Arthur J. Dunton fined him 5 dollars plus 4.95 dollars in costs for using expired temporary plates. A separate intoxication case saw a local man fined 10 dollars and 4.95 dollars in costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Wright
Bath
Arthur J. Dunton
Langdon E. Green
Joseph D. Pennell
Dunton
SAIL UP PACIFIC FROM THE CANAL
A fragment from a page notes a ship carpenter at Bath Iron Works aboard a Santa ship with General Electric steam engines. The writer regrets leaving Los Angeles harbor tomorrow morning after few ships passed since the Canal Zone. The letter is signed F. B. Nichols and mentions Mr and Mrs Frank Hackett of Court Street who spent the weekend in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
General Electric
Los Angeles Harbor
Canal Zone
F. B. Nichols
Frank Hackett
Court Street
Bortland
Bath Iron Works Conducts Welding School For Workers
Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine operates a well funded welding school praised for advancing shipbuilding. The International Welding and Fabricating Society highlights Bath as part of a roster of firms receiving meritorious mention for welding achievements in 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Bath Iron Works Corp
Pres
William S. Newell
Norman J. Mackinnon
Hull
Lancelot Cooper
International Welding and Fabricating Society
Broadway
A. A. Primrose
Wallsend Slipway
Wallsend-on-Tyne
England
Lukens Steel Company
Coatsville
Bath
Vickers, Armstrong, Ltd
Barrow-in- Furness
Yarrow & Co
Glasgow
Scotland
Blohm & Voss
Hamburg
Germany
American Rolling Mills Company
Middletown
Ohio
Krupp Works
Kiel
Hobart Brothers Troy
N.Y
Westinghouse Electric Company
Pittsburgh
Metal and Thermit Company
New
Strange Young Man Asks for Clothing
A North End family reports a young man asked for clothing while claiming to be cold. He spoke of a town and family name unknown to the resident, wore a mackinaw, and fled when confronted. Earlier, a purse snatching was reported on Court Street. He matched descriptions of about 24 years old, five eight or nine inches, medium build, black wavy hair, rubber boots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court Street
North End
New Hampshire
Co-Workers class honors longtime teacher Mrs Gardner A Roberts
Mrs Gardner A Roberts of the Co-Workers class at First Baptist church was honored with a gift after 15 years of service. The event featured Miss Irma D Groves and entertainment by Helen M McIntosh and Groves, with 20 in attendance and prayers by Mrs Charles R Sims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner A. Robert
Co-Workers
First Baptist Church
Irma D. Groves
Raymond Court
Roberts
Barter's Island
Helen M. McIntosh
Miss Groves
Charles E. Card
Edward Cook
Leon R. Eaton
Rudolph Furber
Charles R. Sims
Lila M. Place
Frederick Gunder
Clifford F. Harrington
North Street
Cedric A. Martin
Willis B. Hall
Harrington
Edwy A. Sotheard
Ralph E. Legard
Joseph L. Dauphin
Foreign Wars vets elect delegates at Romford encampment
At Hostings of overactice post No 2197 Veterans Foreign Wars a meeting elected Edward C. Rolfe and Joseph G. Kelly as delegates and Jesse T. Sanders and Floyd H. Preble as alternates for the forthcoming Romford encampment on June 18 19 and 20 A poppy sale was planned and a committee was named to coordinate Memorial day events with other veterans groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romsford
Edward C. Rolfe
Joseph G. Kelly
Jesse T. Sanders
Floyd H. Preble
City Budget Proposes Salaries and Per Diems for 1937-38
The document outlines proposed salaries for City Physician Health Officer City Auditor and other posts including a Cemetery and Park Board Superintendent and night watch officers. It also calls for consolidating the Offices of City Treasurer and Tax Collector and directs per diem payments for night officers with all fees to be taxed into the City Treasury. May 3, 1937 figures shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ys Cps
Cemetery and Park Board
Board of Aldermen
House of Correction
Board of Health
Night Watch
Joint
Standing Committee On Finance
Warner Engagement Announced for Priscilla Warner
Mr and Mrs John Warner of 623 Middle Street announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Priscilla A Warner to Herbert E Ryan son of Mr and Mrs E H Ryan of Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Warner
Middle Street
Priscilla A. Warner
Herbert E. Ryan
E. H. Ryan
Augusta
City Overseers Void of Pay for Pauper Care
The court rules the city overseers had no authority to hire outside medics when a city physician was elected and available. A plaintiff, a city council member, created a forbidden contract under statute prohibiting city official involvement in such contracts. Plaintiffs nonsuited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Goodrich
W. T. Haines
F. W. Clair
Peters
C. J. Walton
Emiry
Foster
Has
A.S
Visit to Rockville Center by Mrs Gardiner Rogers and Sally
Mrs Rogers and her daughter Sally travel to Rockville Center to visit Mrs Rogers niece Mrs William Grevers. They will be joined by Mrs Grevers upon return to visit Mrs Edriel Little of Turner Court.
Weekly Crossword Puzzle Jumbles of Clues and Letters
A garbled crossword puzzle list presents numerous clues with partial words and broken phrases. It includes numbers mapped to vague definitions and fragmented terms, suggesting a mixed set of across and down clues from a weekly puzzle page.
Also Mentioned on This Page
B. Nichols
Treas
Harry
Webber
Maine Central
Maine Central Transportation Co
Public Utilities Commission
Bath, Brunswick
Lisbon Iis
Transportation Company
Lewiston
Brunswick
Maine Central Railroad
Lisbon Falls
Charles B. Doyle
Commission
Morse High Glee Club
Victor Records
Jennie Larrabee
Treassociation
Walter Larrabee
Trufant’s Crossing
Wesley Ladies’ Aid
Miss Shackford
Pacific
Gardner A. Roberts
Cony High School
Perkins
Foreign Wars Vets
Holland
Fridel
Fas
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