Radical basketball rule changes adopted in New York
A joint Y M C A and NCAA committee in New York adopted three major changes to basketball rules. Zones are abolished, backboard edge plays remain in play, and a backboard face must be painted white. High school overtime periods become three minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Collegiate Athletic Association
New York
Oswald Tower
Andover
Mass
Official Guide
Joint Committee
William H. Ball
George T. Hepbrow
Ralph Morgan
Philadelphia
National Collegiate Ath
Local athletic group reelects treasurer and editor
The association re elected its treasurer and re elected Tower as editor of the official guide, confirming continuity in leadership for the upcoming period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letic Association
Tower
Patriots Day Golf Tourney at Brunswick
Daily improvements on the Bruns wick Golf Club course with a tractor rolling greens and fairways. Mid season conditions expected if weather cooperates. About 75 entries received. reserve playing times by writing to John Baxter Brunswick or arrange hotel reservations for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick Golf Club
John Baxter
Brunswick
Fishermen Return With Good Catches at Belgrade and Sebago
Ralph Small spent the weekend at Belgrade lakes and brought back an 18 inch trout weighing two and three quarters pounds. He displayed the prize at the Independent office and refused to part with it. Others including Jesse Good Harold Willis Harry Mathers and Lewis Stewart fished Sebago lake returning with good catches and three salmon, one two and three quarters pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Small
Belgrade Lakes
Independent Office
Ralph
Jesse Good
Harold Willis
Harry Mathers
Lewis Stewart
Sebago Lake
Ramsay's Composition A Pleasing Number at Easter Service
One of the most beautiful pieces in the Winter Street church Easter program was Easter Gladness. Allan F. Ramsay wrote and composed it, and he performed a duet with Mrs. Robert B. Hatch, showcasing his musical talent and expression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Allan F. Ramsay
Robert BB. Hatch
Ramsay
Final Bath bankruptcy report filed for McBurnie case
Referee William T. Hall notifies creditors that trustee Hon. Carl A. Weick has filed a final report showing no assets. The final meeting is at 72 Front Street Bath on April 21 at 2 p.m. to pass the report and conduct related business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Hall
William J. McBurnie
Bath
Carl A. Weick
Presque Isle
Front Street
First Shipment of Herring From Sasanoa
Levi Powers and Sons of Robinhood shipped the season’s first herring from the Sasanoa on Monday. Twenty two barrels head to Bath for export to New York via American Express as fishermen expect a few weeks of good fishing after last year’s strike.
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Levi Powers & Sons
Robinhood
Bath
American Express
New York
Railway crew wires new trolley line to Hyde Windlass Co
Aulesenggin and Kennebec Railway Co. ran a night shift installing 20 trolley wires from Sagedahes Lanare to the Hyde Windlass Co. The firm also moved an electric welder to Front Street, welding rails and bends across several days.
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Aulesenggin & Kennebec Railway Co
Sagedahes Lanare
Hyde Windlass Co
West Bath Grange marks weekly meeting with diverse program
A large West Bath grange crowd attended a competitive class program led by Mrs. Mabel Brown. Next Monday the last contest will be judged by Mrs. Sadie Couillard as supper arrangements follow for the winning team. Readings, sketches, solos, duets, tableaux and a colored mock wedding highlighted the evening, with many community members noted in attendance and return to Providence, Bath, Portland, and Sabine for various events.
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the Grange
Mabel Brown
West Bath Grange
Sadie Couillard
Ada Larrabee
Elmira Fairservice
I. B. Neilly
Lopsnam Grange
Ejla J. Douglas
Lucy Ward
Charles Kenney
Leland Ames
Fred Bubier
Lillian Donnell
Lacy Ward
Catherine Emmons
Alice Bowie
William Hatch
Charley Kenney
Leland Plummer
Personal notes on travels and visits across towns
Mrs. Josephine Golder returns home from Portland after a visit with her daughter Mrs. Charles Curtis. Mrs. Susan J. Leeman comes back from Melrose Mass with her daughter Mrs. Parl Locke for a brief visit. Duncan Melunes leaves New York University to resume Easter vacation. Mrs. William Freeman, nee Marion Hill, passed Easter with her brother in Boston before returning home for the Sumner. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Wetherbee return from a visit to Melrose with his sister Mrs. Elmer Prey and reside in Woolwich where he leads an auto repair shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Stackpole
JB. UH. Stackpole
Campbell's Pond
Providence
Loring Small
Charles Oates Jr
Beachmont
Mass
Chester Freeman
Donald
Eleanor Bates
Portland
Samuel F. Bates
Sabine
Carolyn Stackpole
Bates College
Lewiston
B. HL. Stackpole
Campbell’s Pond
Alvah J. Higgins
Massachusetts
Kk. W. Hyde
Bath
Charles Foote Place
Dennis Clark
New Meadows
Annie Williams
Bowdoinham
J. S. Mayo
Cathance
William Foster
Freeman
Kerk. Moore
Ida Moore
Brunswick
Fred W. Larrabee
BE. W. Haggett
State House
J. Everett Mayo
Gideon Roy
Emily Nason
Elanor Craig
Warry Williams
Foster's Point
Lincoln Williams
Fred
Cundy’s Harbor
Josephine Golder
Winsuip Street
Charles Curtis
Susan J. Leeman
Cummng Street
Melrose
Parl Locke
Duncan Melunes
Jet Melunes
Washington Street
New York
New York University
Willian Freeman
Marion Hill
Walter Pla
Boston
Sumner
Leonard Wetherbee
Mr. Wetherbee
Elmer Prey
Wetherbee
Woolwich
Mr. Wetherbe
Three Big Schooners Going At Auction
The schooner Edward J. Lawrence one of six masted coal carriers to be sold April 21 by U S Marshal Woodman from the Custom House steps in Portland. Two other schooners, the Oakley C Curtis and the Cora F Cressey, will follow April 24 and 25. All three idle for nearly a year, they are seaworthy but in poor financial prospects for shareholders.
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Edward J. Lawrence
U. S
Marshal Woodman
Commercial Street
Custom House
Wortland
Oakley C. Curtis
Cora F. Cressey
Curtis
Judge Veters
Fort Gorges
Wyoming
Ing
Ruth KB. Merrill
Dorothy Palmer
Complete Estimate On Opera House Loss
An estimate places the Bath Opera House fire loss at 13178.61 excluding contents, with pre fire value set at 395,555.83. Charles Tracey of Tracey & Metcalfe and Chester Colby represent local theatre interests. contents adjustment postponed due to lack of inventory. Builders say only one steel girder damaged and repairable. loss details sent to Famous Players New York office.
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Bath Opera House
Charles Tracey
Augusta
Tracey & Metcalfe
General Adjustment Bureau
Chester 1. Colby
Famous Players Co
New York
The
Famouslayers
Playboys Guests at Elks Clambake and Installation Night
Bath lodge of Elks hosted Jimmy Evans and his company with an indoor clambake after a matinee. The evening included musical numbers by the company ladies and installation of several officers led by Francis B. Torrey Jr. Matted by officers-elect and assisted by Lucius M. LeMont and John Summerton, the event followed the Evans Revue performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lodge of Elks
Jimmy Evans
Elks
Lucius M. LeMont
John Summerton
Francis B. Torrey, Jr
Horatio A. J. Mikels
Archie Miller
Thomas Cummings
Fred L. Sutherland
Roscoe H. Shaw
George Rogers
Tyler
LL. Eugene Thebeau
Grand Lodge
Elks Home
Fine structures in Washington continue to shape acoustics
Continued page one report explains how new architectural elements and soundproofing reduce reverberations in rooms. It details methods that reflect and absorb sound to project clear human speech, even at low tones, across large spaces in public buildings.
Golden wedding leads to mistaken identical names
Mrs Willismn AJ McNeal of SO Duim ner street and Mr. McNeill recently celebrated their golden wedding anniversary and received a det er from Mrs AL M Prike of Wilton. Although they never met, Mrs Drake noted the same maiden name shared by Annie May Jordan and Mrs. Drake. Meanwhile Crosby and daughter Made-janof High street left for New York, then Miss Crosby sailed to Miami for a wedding to Edward Rowe. She will visit Bingham, N.Y. with her daughter Mrs Ernest Davis.
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Meston
Crosby
Made- Janoef
New York
Miami
Fla
Edward Rowe
Path
Yond
Ernest J. Heal
Elsinore Avenue
Bingham
N.Y
Ernest Davis
James Facdyard Goes to New York as Mrs Swan Chauffeur
James Facdyard left Tuesday for rookisn New York to be chauffeur for Mrs Ella Swan. Mrs Swan leaves Sam wers math and expects to come here about the middle of June.
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James
Rookisn
N.Y
Ella Swan
Beatrice Wright Elected YWCA President at Bates College
Woolwich notes highlight Beatrice Wright daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilson M Wright elected president of the Bates College YWCA where she is a junior and has long led U W work plus athletics and clubs. Nearby items report visits, minstrel show plans, hospital patients and local social updates across Woolwich Bath and Augusta.
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Beatrice E. Wright
Bates College
Lewiston
Y.W.C.A
College
Wilson M. Wright
Woolwich
Wright
U. W
Bates
Althea
Phil Hellenic
John Kelley
Waterville
Henry Carlton
Leonard Wetherbee
Bath
Maurice Shea
Henry Dubar
Augusta
Maude Hayward
Harold Leeman
William Leeman
Woolwich A. A
Sebenon Hall
Virginia
Millard Hanson
Jasper Mains
Woodfords
Morton Soule
Milton Wathorne
Ralph Rice
Mary Wright
Portland
Susan Preble
Gorham Normal School
Hollis Leeman
Artell Hayward
Boardman Reed
Sarah Bagley
P. E. Hathorne
Charles Corliss
Sumer
Day's Ferry
Harold Walker
D Bath
Sarah P. E. Hathorne
Henry I. Carlton
M. E. Hanson
Duncan MacIntosh
H. BB. Allen
Jd. G. Reed
Walter Baker
Bath City Hospital
Morse Seniors Plan A Fine May Ball
Vickers went on sale Tuesday for the May ball of the senior class to be held at Central church parish house on May 1. Charles Cummings, class president, announced committees including Decorations Harriet Brown chair, Elizabeth Randall, Althea Levin, Pauline MacDonald, Granville Colby, Harold Brown. Card tables Dorothy Hogue chair, Christine Lockery, Elizabeth Wright. Refreshments Howard Miller chair, Forrest Higgins, Alexander Donaldson, Ruth Merry, Win S. Lindsay returned to his Court street home after visiting son Arthur Lindsay of West Roxbury, Massachusetts.
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Vickers
Central Church Parish House
Charles Cummings
Tlarriet Brown
Elizabeth Randall
Althea Levyn
Pauline MacDonald
Granville Colby
Harold Brown
Dorothy Hogue
Obituary of Capt Henry M Randall Port Jefferson Methodist leader
Captain Henry M Randall a Port Jefferson resident and Bank of Port Jefferson founder and longtime president died at home. Born July 21 1844 in Middle Island New York he sailed the seas for years before entering banking and church work. Survived by wife Margaret Hayes three sons and a daughter the funeral included prayers and scripture readings by local clergy.
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Henry M. Randall
Port Jefferson
J. L
Bath
Florence Randall
New England Co
Middle Island
N. Y
Tirty
Bank of Port
Mrs Mary E H Soule Dies In Augusta At 46
Mary Emily Hilton Soule 46 wife of A M G Soule chief of the bureau of inspection in the State department of agriculture died Saturday at her Augusta home after influenza and pneumonia. Survived by husband five children two brothers and her mother she was active in church and civic groups. Funeral at St Mark's Episcopal Tuesday at ten. Burial in Woolwich.
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Mary Emily Hilton Soule
A. M. G. Soule
Bureau of Inspection
State Department of Agriculture
Augusta
Gilmore Weston Soule
William Hilton Soule
David Bradford Soule
Mary Morton Soule
Frances Gilmore Soule
Mary K. Hilton
Damarisecotta
Weston
Armitage Club
Augusta League of Women Voters
Parent- Teacher Association
Smith School Kindergarten Mothers’ Club
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Woolwich
Beverly man dies suddenly at Beverly hospital
Hervey E. Patch age 55 died Friday morning at Beverly hospital Beverly Mass Born in Beverly he was son of Nathan Woodbury and Susan Farrar Patch The body was brought to Richmond for funeral Sunday at his Gardiner street home He is survived by wife Harriet R Vautch four sons Roy and Philip of Richmond Roger and Harold Watch of Lynn Mass one brother Milton Patch of California
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Hervey E. Vatch
D Beverly Hospital
Beverly
Mass
Nathan Woodbury
Susan Farrar Patch
Richmond
Gardiner Street
Harriet R. Vautch
Roy
Philip
Roger
Harold Watch
Lynn
Milton Patch
California
Emma P Smith Dies at 86 in Richmond Home
Emma P Smith aged 86 died at her daughter Mrs KE N Dearborn’s home on the Brunswick road Richmond on April 8. She was born in Marlboro Massachusetts daughter of Elbridge and Ajubah Brown. Funeral services were held Friday at 2 30 pm Rev Miles Folsom officiated. The body was taken to Massachusetts for burial. She is survived by one daughter Mrs FE N Dearborn of Richmond.
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Emma DP. Smith
KE. N. Dearborn
Brunswick Road
Richmond
Marlboro
Mass
Elbridge
Ajubah Parkington Brown
Miles Folsom
Gardiner
Massachusetts
FE. N. Dearborn
Funeral service for Frank IK Wright in Woolwich
The funeral for Frank IK Wright was held Wednesday April 2 at two at his Woolwich home. Rev I S Hardin of Winter Street Church Bath officiated. Organ selections were played by John Carter. Bearers were Lewis Dodge William Hanson Cleveland Wright and Lothair Lowell. Burial followed at Nequasset Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank IK. Wright
Woolwich
Hardin
Winter Street Church
Bath
John Carter
Lewis Dodge
William Hanson
Cleveland Wright
Lothair Lowell
Nequasset Cemetery
Mrs. Mary E K Burnham Funeral Held at East Edgecomb
The funeral for Mrs. Mary E K Burnham widow of Mphramn Burnham of East Edgecomb was held Friday afternoon at her daughter Mrs. Levi S Wiley’s home at 1016 High Street with Rev. David L Wilson of Central Church officiating. The body was taken to Boothbay for burial in Ocean View cemetery.
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Mary EK. Burnham
Mphramn Burnham
East Edgecomb
Levi Ss. Wiley
High Street
David L., Wilson
Central Church
Boothbay
Ocean View Cemetery
Firefighters Battle Forest Fire Near West Bath
A forest fire broke out early Wednesday in woods west of High Street spreading across the Gallant lots and toward the Berry Mills district in West Bath. Volunteers fought the flames through the afternoon and night and by morning the blaze was extinguished with no buildings damaged.
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Tire
High Street
Rich
Joseph Gallant
Berrys Mills
Bath Fourth Graders Receive New Language Books
Fourth grade classrooms in Bath schools receive language books featuring a poem by Alice May Douglas titled Who Loves the Trees Best It first appeared in the New York Independent and is used in four textbooks In addition it has been set to music for classroom use as an Arbor Day selection.
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Bath
Alice May Douglas
New York Independent
Pastor Receives Gift at Wesley M E Church Meeting
During the teachers training class season finale at the Wesley M E church parsonage on Wednesday April 5 Rev Charles E K Brooks was presented a gold pen knife for water chain by the class in a surprise ceremony led by Mrs Lloyd G Daley. A separate note states a car brakes travel 22 feet in a half second at 80 mph.
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Wesley M. EB. Church
Charles EK. Brooks
Lloyd G. Daley
Brooks
Rand Dies After Brief Illness in Bath at 37
Arthur W. H. Rand aged 37 died at his Bath home after a short pneumonia illness. He was born in Portland and moved to Bath as a boy. A Morse High graduate, he worked at Bath Iron Works, then as a bookkeeper in the Times office and with several Boston agencies before returning to Bath twelve years ago to serve as secretary to William D. Sewall. Survived by wife Emma I. Rand, two sons Arthur Jr. and Philip, mother, sister, and two brothers. He belonged to Colonial club Solar lodge and Wesley M. E. church. Luke
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Arthur W. H. Rand
Dummer Street
Mr. Rand
Portland
Emma
James F. Rand
Morse High
Bath Iron Works
Times
Worcester, Mass
Telegram
Julius Matthews
Boston
Bath
William D. Sewall
Colonial Club
Solar Lodge
Wesley M. E. Church
Rand
Arthur, Jr
Philip
Emma I. Rand
Herbert Calderwood
Harold Rand
Binghamton
N. Y
Ralph Rand
Quincy
Mass
Ernest E Coombs Auburn businessman dies after stroke
Ernest E. Coombs 57 a noted Auburn merchant with ties to Bath died Friday after a Thursday stroke from which he did not recover. Born Bowdoin April 18 1868 he moved to Auburn twenty years ago joining Oscar Holway Co and later forming Coombs and Son Co He served as Bowdoinham Baptist deacon Auburn school board and belonged to United Commercial Travelers and Knights of Pythias He survived by his wife two sons Kenneth and Keith two grandsons a sister and two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest E. Coombs
Auburn
Bath
Oscar Holway Co
Commercial
Broad Streets
Trott Bros. Co
Mr. Coombs
Bowdoin
Wortland
Coombs & Son Co
Baptist Church of
Bowdoinham
Court Street Baptist Church
Auburn Board of Education
United Commercial Travelers
Knights of Pythias
Kenneth L
Keith C. Coombs
Minott
Kenneth Coombs
George Beals
Lisbon Falls
Elisha Coots
Portland
B. D. Coombs
Cora E Beals Dies After Long Illness in Whippsburg
Cora E Beals widow of Samuel I Beals died at home in Whippsburg on April 8 after 20 years invalidism. Born in Arrowsie to George C Higgins and Martha Higgins, she lived in Whippsburg 16 years and is survived by two sons John C and Alfred Beals both at home, one brother Everett C Higgins of Georgetown, and four sisters Mrs D W Abbott of Farmington, Mrs Annie Ireland of Freeport, Mrs Charles H Hooper and Mrs Martha Fielding of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Etta Beals
Samuel I. Beals
Whippsburg
Arrowsie
George C
Martha Higgins
John C
Alfred Beals
Everett C. Higgins
Georgetown
D. W. Abbott
Farmington
Annie Ireland
Freeport
Charles H. Hooper
Martha Fielding
Bath
Hammons Rites Held For Belfast Man Luther A Hammons
Luther A Hammons of Belfast died Thursday. One of five sons of Dr Luther Hammons of Bath, he was born in Munroe years ago. Survived by his widow, Bath area family, four brothers and two sisters: Charles F Rosswell Karl Hammons of Belfast Seldon Hammons of Portland formerly of Bath Mrs Addison Pendleton Bath and Mrs Grace Knowlton Belfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther A. Hammons
Belfast
Luther Hammons
Bath
Munroe
Charles F
Rosswell
Karl FF
Seldon
Hammons
Portland
Addison Pendleton
Lincoln Street
Grace Knowlton
Funeral service for Arthur W. H. Rand held at home
Funeral of Arthur W. H. Rand was at 2.30 Saturday afternoon at 48 Dummer street. Rev. Charles B. Brooks of Wesley M. B. church conducted the service and read poems. Bearers were Harold and Ralph Rand, Herbert Caldwell, and Walter Mosher. Burial was in Oak Grove. Flowers from Wesley Sorority and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. H. Rand
Dummer Street
Charles BE. Brooks
Wesley M. B. Church
Harold
Ralph Rand
Herbert Caldenwood
Walter Mosher
Oak Grove
Wesley Sorority
Mrs. Rand
Wesley Church
Arthur Sewall Co
Solar Lodge
Tee Asn
Mrs Coratta Beals Funeral Observed In Whippsburg
Funeral for Mrs Coratta Beals widow of Samuel J Beals was held Saturday at ten at Meadow Brook road home. Rev George B K Wolstenholme of People's Baptist church Bath officiated with bearers Jerry M Starrington Hezekiah Harrington Sidney D B Coffie and Herbert W Cutting. Burial followed in Georgetown. Also notes Kennebec shad fishermen scarce this spring as long time vet and gear investor will not fish again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coratta Beals
Samuel J Beals
Meadowbrook Road
Wlippsburg
George BK. Wolstenholme
The
People's Baptist Church
Bath
Jerry M. Starrington
Hezekiah Harrington
Sidney DB. Coffie
Herbert W. Cutting
Georgetown
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Bath Savings Institution
Y.M.C.A. and Colleges
the Bath Independent
Universities
West Bath
Washington
Aaa
Norway Mephrye Co
Norway
MORSE
Win S. Lindsay
Court Street
Arthur Lindsay
West Roxbury, Maas
Mariner
Port Jefferson, L
Mary E. H. Soule
Emma P. Smith
Frank K. Wright
Mrs. Burnham
Bath Woman's
A. W. H. Rand Funeral
Cora E. Beals
Kennebec
Atwood
L. F. Medicine Co
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