Maine to undergo large scale industrial survey plan
Lockwood Greene Engineers to survey 180 Maine towns from Penobscot to New Hampshire line for an impartial study of industrial possibilities. The project, funded by the New England Public Service Co, aims to attract new industries, assess sites, and produce area group reports within three to four months. Communities will provide data and host district conferences to support the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Penobscot River
New Hampshire
Central Maine Power Co
Cumberland County Power and Light Co
Berwick and
Salmon Falls Electric Co
Lockwood Greene Engineers, Inc
New York
Walter 5. Wyman Ay
New England Public Service Co
Lockwood Greene Engineers
Augusta
Bath
Bowdoinham
Phippsburg
Richmond
Topsham
West Bath
Woolwich
Sagadahoc County
Boothbay
Boothbay Harbor
Richmond Dresden Bridge Bill Signed by Governor Gardiner
Governor Gardiner signed the state toll bridge bill funding a $260000 Kennebec River crossing between Richmond and Dresden. Representative George A. Hawkes of Richmond introduced the measure and helped push it through the session. Gardiner used Hawkes’s pen to sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec River
Richmond
Dresden
Gardiner
George A. Hawkes
Representative Hawke
McCabe to Appeal Election Matter in Bath Ward One
Chester H. McCabe plans to appeal a Bath Ward One alderman election decree by Justice Pattangall. The ruling awarded Samuel Povich 220 votes to McCabe 217 after recounting 29 disputed ballots. McCabe had 213 votes initially. Povich 210.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester H. McCabe
William R. Pattangall
Samuel Povich
Kennebec County Court House
Augusta
Povich
Edward W. Bridgham
McCabe
John J. Keegan
Pattangall
Fred H. Thompson
Law Court
Justice Pattangall
City of
Bath
Vanda Departs Bath After Docking Stay
The yacht Vanda steamed from the Bath river at 12 45 PM marking farewell to Bath where she had been docked since last October. An official Bath Iron Works party plus designers from Greglow Henry J. Gieglow and Bessemer Co accompanied Captain Blair and Captain Cameron on the voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Vanda
Bath Iron Works Corp
Henry J. Gieglow, Inc
Bessemer Co
Charles A. Blair
H. A. D. Cameron
H. A. D. Cameron To Pilot the Craft Out of the River. Capt. Blair
Popham
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works
Archibald M. Main
J. W. MacDonald
Greglow
W. M. Rice
W. Corfield
Mr. Fredericks
L. McEwen
Mr. Allen
Bessemer Company
Iron Works
H. S. Wallace
Scott Morse
M. C. Gackenbach
L. Eugene Thebeau
Former Bath Man Becomes VFW Western Counties Commander
Mrs C F Holbrook of Chestnut Street reported Sergt Raymond D Porter formerly of Bath Massachusetts and World War I veteran was elected commander of the Western Counties council Veterans of Foreign Wars at a Holyoke meeting. Porter will serve a one year term. The council includes posts in Springfield Holyoke Chicopee West Springfield Greenfield Northampton Adams Brimfield Lee and Athol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Holbrook
Chestnut Street
Raymond D. Porter
Chicopee
Mass
Bath
Western Counties Council
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Holyoke
Porter
Springfield
West Springfield
Greenfield
Northampton
Adams
Brimfield, Lee
Ath
Local Amateurs Stage Dulcy Benefit At Columbia Theater
An enthusiastic Friday night audience enjoyed a three act Dulcy at the Columbia theater for the City Hospital fund. H. A. Huse directed with a capable cast led by Mrs Alden G. Smith and William Farber delivering strong turns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dulcy
George S. Kaufman
Marc Connelly
Columbia Theater
H. A. Huse
City Hospital
Junior Hospital League
Dulcinea
Gordon Smith
Edwin Lowell
Dalcy
Gladys Olm
Bath
Mrs. Forbes
Miss Miller
Mr. Forbes
Robert Ecke
Bowdoin College
Schuyler van Dyck
Andrew Flaherty
Cecil Rowland
Butler
Harry Horne
Elmer McFarland
Blair Patterson
H. Augustus Huse
Damages Awarded in Auto Smash Case
Associate Justices Dunn and Pattangall award 5365 in favor of Mr and Mrs Eugene Bridges Bath and Mr and Mrs John Cunningham Rockland against Joseph Fortin Brunswick after an automobile crash on July 29 1928 on Gardiner road injuring two women. defendant admitted liability and damages hearing followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunn and Pattangall
Eugene Bridges
Bath
John Cunningham
Rockland
Joseph Fortin
Brunswick
Gardiner Road
Bridges
John P. Carey, Jr
Bath and
Robinson and
Richardson
Bath People
Cook
April Snow Storm Prevails in Bath
After days of threatening weather the storm broke Friday afternoon and four to six inches of snow fell by night. Strong east to north winds and heavy seas reported at the Kennebec River mouth with near zero visibility at sea. The last snow storm in Bath occurred on April 22 last year.
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Coast Guard
Kennebec River
Serious charges filed against Lane in Portland forgery case
Orlando H. Lane Lewiston attorney and former Bath practiser and political activist faced a Portland district court on a forged World War veteran’s compensation checks indictment. He was ordered to post a $5,000 bond, failed to do so, and was jailed. He pled not guilty to the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando H. Lane
Lewiston
Bath
Ohneters
Ec District Court
Portland
Loyal Employes Present Plants to Pres Newell
Bath Iron Works staff greet President William B Newell upon return from Boston with two azalea gift pots. The note thanks him for keeping orders flowing for two new boats for the A and P Fish Co. Presidents Main and Thebeau also receive tokens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Pres
William 8. Newell
Boston
A. & P. Fish Co
Bath
Newell
Archibald M. Main
L. Eugene Thebeau
Si Anderson Named Senior Conductor of Maine Central
Silas H. Anderson of Lewiston and brother of Mrs. Benjamin F. Savage of Bath has been appointed senior conductor of the Maine Central railroad system following John A. Mace’s retirement after 59 years. Born in Bath in 1860, Anderson has 54 years of railroading service and now runs three Lewiston to Brunswick round trips daily. He first became a brakeman in 1875, rose to assistant conductor in 1881, and served as conductor from 1890, including 39 years in charge of a train. He helped operate the first regular train across the Carlton Bridge from Bath to Woolwich and is a popular figure in Maine railroading and Masonic circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas H. Anderson
Lewiston
Benjamin F. Savage
High Street
Bath
Maine Central Railroad
John A. Mace
Anderson
Brunswick
Mr. Anderson
Joseph E. Anderson
New Carlton Bridge
Woolwich
Kennebec Ferry
Rockland
Blue Lodge
Kora Temple
Mystic Shrine
Order of
Old Time Cruiser Chicago Now Used As Base Barracks
The famed cruiser Chicago renamed U S S Alton and the name moved to a new 10,000 ton cruiser under construction at Puget Sound Navy Yard. The article traces the Chicago’s naval history, its role in the Spanish and German wars, and compares the 1884 vessel to the 1929 modern ship.
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Chicago
Alton
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Maine
Bar Harbor
Boston
Atlanta
Dolphin
United States
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Manila Bay
San Francisco
Portland
Bath
Newark
Philadelphia
Yorktown
Bennington
Concord
Petrel
Vesuvius
Cushing
Fern
Mrs Ralston and daughter Return to Bath Home
Mrs Mary Ralston and her daughter Ethel Ralston a nurse in Lewiston have returned to their Bath home from a visit at the home of Mrs Emily Cahoon in Lower Middle street their sister in law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ralston
Ethel Ralston
Lewiston
Bath
Four Maine measures to go to referendum after long session
The 84th Maine legislature adjourned after a 15 week session with four bills heading to a statewide referendum this September. A highway program bond issue of 15 million dollars and a gasoline tax rise are part of the package, along with a 1.2 million dollar Penobscot bridge bond and export rules for surplus water power. The session also created a new three member highway commission to satisfy federal requirements and faced earlier disputes over cement shortages and federal aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Penobscot
Carlton
U. S
Agriculture Jardine
Highway Commission
Clyde H. Smith
Skowhegan
Charles Murray
Bangor
Edwin T. Clifford
Winthrop
Gardiner
Codee
Smith
Clifford
Murray
Gillespie
Frederick W. Hinckley
South Portland
Associated Press
State Supreme Court
Morse High Honor Roll List Features Freshman to Senior
Morse High announces an honor roll for Feb 8 to March terms. Seniors show 14 with 13 high honors, juniors miss high honors, while sophomores and freshmen list include multiple names across highest honors and honors categories. Notable seniors include Winifred Ad Jane Edgecomb and Sophie Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Winifred Ad
Jane Edgecomb
Sophie Green
Amy Irish
Marjorie Legard
Twomey
Mary Bryant
Edna Hallowell
Mildred Hooper
Muriel Elizabeth McGrath
Vivian Nye
Lyn Plant
Courtney Stover
Hazel Feero
Jane Eleanor Grenell
Raymond Ha Stanley Henderson
Alice Hovey
Ingalls
Anna Kaler
Gilggan
Margaret Bee Rollins
Helen Shorey
Ruth Watson
Picture recalls old days on flagship and ships in harbor
A reader recalls Christmas aboard the U S flagship Richmond in Manila harbor fifty years ago. He describes meeting Capt Allen and the band members Zack Allen and Joe Marton, sharing dinner, and notes the Richmond later was lost. A separate item reports four believed drowned after an auto backed into a swollen stream near Dixon Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easter Independent
U. S
Richmond
Manilla
Eric the Red
Zack Allen
Joe Marton
Capt. Allen
Joe
J. B. Costellow
Dixon
Ill
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Richmond-Dresden
Arthur Allen
Center Street
M’cabe
Vanda Toots
Sergt. Porter
Cornelius Brewster
Lane
LOYAL
Pres. Newell
The
Maine Central
New Gloucester
Solar Lodge
Cumberland Lodge
Sylvester H. Rowland
A. H. Price
K. S. Jackson
Ernest Wood
Harry C. Webber
Albert Henderson
H. A. Walters
W. S. Hunter
Ralph F. Small
Henry G. Shaw
Reginald Stacey
D. S. Young
J. A. Merrill
MORSE
Sophosmores
Miriam Doble
Alsbert Ingalls
Doris Lawrence
Katheriine Shorey
Virginia Rogers
John Black
William Bryant
Helen Davis
Roberta Christine Hilton
Nellie Stephen Marshall
Edward Morinna Ryder
Marjorie Stover
Mi Trott
Donald Wilson
Carol Stevens
Gilbert Atwood
Black
Mary Dunton
Clifton Fi
Ada Greenblatt
Eleanor Hall
W. Levine
Ruth Mank
Hadith Non
Marjorie Palmer
Junior Cynthia Rogers
Bea Ross
J: Temple
Corneille
Good Housekeeping Institute
Niles
Johnson Bros
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