Maine Water Power Issue Dominates 1928 Campaign
Governor Brewster vetoed the Smith power bill and Senate failure to override leaves water power policy unresolved. Leaders on both sides may meet to frame a public plan, hoping to win public confidence and regulate export under interstate and state authorities. Easter weather and church attendance are noted amid politics and policy.
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Brewster
Senate
Immury
Interstate Commerce Commission
Public Utilities Commission
Maine
Bath City Hospital to receive state funds boost
The Bath City hospital will gain $500 more annually from the State for the next two years, a welcome increase for the hospital and the city, seen as a boost to the institution’s success and community importance.
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Bath City Hospital
Easter Sunday Service at Corliss Street Baptist Church
Corliss Street Baptist Church held Easter morning services with organ, choir anthems including Christ Arose and Risen As He Said, scripture readings, responsive readings, prayers, offertory, and a sermon titled Sidelights on the Resurrection. The program featured solos by Mrs. Stearns Scott and a final benediction.
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Corliss Street Baptist Church
Christ the Tord
Te Adams
Christ
Wilson
Stearns Scott
Temple
Dorenz
Hodgdon Swett Wedding Sealed In Wis casset Church
Miss Anne Cleveland Swett of Bath area and Lewis Percival Hodgdon of Wiscasset wed March 2 in a double ring ceremony at Wis casset Congregational church. Rev Henry W Webb officiated as bride wore blue crepe and carried bride roses.
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Anne Cleveland Swett
Dyecomb
Bath
Lewis Percival Twodgdon
Wiscasset
Wiscasset Congregational Church
Henry W. Webb
Cape
Cleveland T. Swett
Easter Guests From Portland Visit Woolwich Couple
Mr and Mrs Richard Maxey and children of Portland were Easter guests of Mr and Mrs George Wright at their Woolwich home.
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Richard Maxey
Portland
George Wright
Woolwich
Bath Independent Grange Department invites timely letters
Members are urged to contribute items to the Grange Department. Letters should be addressed to Grange Department The Bath Independent and reach the newspaper by Tuesday nights.
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Grange
Bath
Sixty Grangers Visit Topsham From West Bath
West Bath Grange hosted a Saturday evening program led by Lecturer Everett Go Temont with performances by Dromore Merrymeeting and Diriga granges. The event featured duets, solos, tableaux, and readings, with Mrs Morse on piano and a large turnout ending with dessert and dancing.
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West Bath Grange
Go Strong
Topsham Grange
West Th Hall
West Bath
Everett Go Temont
Dromore
Merrymeeting
Diriga Gringes
David Henderson
Wilbur Phigan
Mildeed Morse
Pine
Telind Simes
Marion Vlaummer
Annie Henderson
Thelma Sylvester
Antoinette Peeling
Eleanor Blake
Hope Ward
Livemienen
Puavid Tenderson
Thirold Freeman
Morse
Pianae
David Venderson
Vincent Henderson
Thelia Sylvester
Leigh Reed
Wilbur Hagan
San Sela
Eleanor Lake
Torbert Cavanaugh
Aster
Thelen Rogers
Thela Sylvester
Lily
Marion Dlunmimer
O Angel
Annie Trenderson
Devotion
Topsham Grange Hall Hosts Tine Tree Club Meeting
The Tine Tree club met at Topsham Grange Hall with 15 members and three visitors. President led, flag salute, and America sung. Alfred Rackley spoke about the 4-H club and university agriculture.
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Tine Tree Club
Topsham Grange Hall
America
Jordeau
Robert Towle
George Edgecomb
Walter Furbush
Christine Rackley
Alfred Rackley
Pine Tree Club
University of Maine
Tie
Sturday Oat
Woolwich Grange Confers Two Degrees and Social Night
The Woolwich Grange conferred the third and fourth degrees on Louise Grover at the latest meeting. A harvest feast was replaced by cake and ice cream as patrons shared stories and posed conundrums. An invitation was extended by Huntoon Hill Grange for its next meeting to hear Abraham Bromfield discuss the North. Mary Hinnewell was installed as Ceres after returning from Boston. Five visitors attended from Huntoon Till and Merrimuce granges. Tonight a dance in the hall is planned under the direction of Hollis Bailey, Percy Bailey and James Soule.
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Louise Grover
Woolwich Grange
Huntoon Hill Grange
Abraham Bromfield
Mary Hinnewell
Boston
Ceres
Huntoon Till Grange
Merrimuce Grange
Massachusetts
Grange
Hollis Bailey
Percy Bailey
James Soule
Dromore Grange Holds Lively Regular Meeting
After a two week recess Dromore Grange met Tuesday evening with about 25 members. The session included a discussion of the four cents gasoline tax conundrums by members a duet by Mrs Bertha Tibbetts and Mrs Bertha Coombs and a committee to draft resolutions on the death of Herbert W Cutting former master of the grange. A box lunch is planned for the next Tuesday meeting hoping for large attendance.
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Dromore Grange
Bertha Tibbetts
Bertha Coombs
Harry (. Webber
Times and Independent
Marion Ruuffnell
Mina Morse
Herbert W. Cutting
The
Grange
Merry Meeting Grange Friday Night Program
The Grange held a Friday meeting with singing and readings by Mrs Weeks, Mrs Tibbetts, Edith Rowe, and Mary Webber. Roll call on why Tum is granger led to a discussion of whether earning a dollar requires more wisdom than spending it. Current events noted by Purinton.
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Merry Meeting Grange
Roll Call
Weeks
Mrs. Tibbetts
Edith Rowe
Mary Webber
Purinton
National Grange to Meet in Cleveland Next November
Grange members nationwide plan for the annual session to be held in Cleveland Ohio at the municipal auditorium next November With about 100000 members in Ohio and strong neighboring state organization Cleveland is seen as a premier Grange center Attendance is expected to approach the 15000 member Boston 1982 convention a historic high A vigorous Ohio Grange drive has organized new groups revived dormant ones and started at least a dozen new juveniles signaling a record year for the state
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Grange
United States
National Organization
Cleveland
Ohio
Boston
Bodwell Grange Hails Independent New Grange Department
Rodwell Grange of Small Point met Friday evening with one application read and an excellent program. A whist party and plays are planned, and members praised the Independent New Grange Department. The program featured comic readings, conundrums, and a banjo solo. A Ladies aid of the grange will be formed this week.
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Rodwell Grange
Small Point
New Grange
Pinneselo
Eleanor IT
Pye
Banjo Sole
Ladies Aid of the Grange
Five Islands Grange Sends Get Well Wishes
Mr and Mrs J G Stevens of Five Islands recently received support from the Five Islands Grange while Mr Stevens recuperated at Bath hospital. Grange members sent a floral basket a post card shower and a blooming plant during his eight week stay. The couple remain with Mrs Stevens sister Miss Isabel Stevens and hope to join the group again soon.
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J. G. Stevens
Islands
Stevens
Isabel Stevens
Bath Hospital
JL. H. Rowe
Grange
Jie
Progressive Grange Confers Degrees and Fundraising Event
At the Progressive Grange meeting the first and second degrees were conferred on a class of candidates with the regular team for the first degree and a new youth team for the second. Next week more candidates will be processed. Bowdoinham high school students hosted an event at the Grange hall with a drama and dance raising $22 for the chair fund, with Berry's broadcasting orchestra providing music.
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Progressive Grange
Progressive Grange Hall
Bowdoinham High School
Berry
Broadcasting Orchestra
Brunswick
Grange backs gasoline tax for roads funding
In many states the Grange supports a gasoline tax to raise revenue mainly for highway maintenance and new permanent roads. It also backs a refund proposal routing one cent per gallon back to the selling locality, with New Hampshire pushing a three cent per gallon rate.
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Grange
New Hampshire
Granges Push Clean Fairs and Ban Gambling Devices
Granges nationwide press for clean fairs and elimination of gambling devices. Through Grange influence several states enact laws to bar bounties on fairs that tolerate questionable practices.
Grange Program Aims For Statewide Enactments
The Grange urges present and future statewide adoption of its program to promote fairs and eliminate questionable practices. Grange members say such reforms yield better financial results and set an exemplary standard for local events.
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Frounda
Aluminum Display At West Tenth Grange Demonstrates Utensils
West Tenth grange members attended an aluminum utensils demonstration replacing the usual program. A chafing dish supper for members is planned for May 2 to raise funds for new songs books, with committee members Annie Peterson, Harriet Bonney, Hope Ward, Mabel Brown, Lizzie Haggett, and Joanna Hodgkins.
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West Tenth Grange
Annie Peterson
Tfarriet Bonney
Hope Ward
Mabel Brown
Lizzie Haggett
Joanna Hodgkins
State Grange opposes armory bonds endorses forestry and college improvements
The Pennsylvania State Grange opposes commonwealth bond issues for armory construction but endorses bonds for reforestation and for new buildings and improvements at the state college. It also opposes centralized tax assessment, endorses no manufacturers tax, and supports special taxes on automobiles and freight bus lines using public highways.
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Pennsylvania State Grange
Commonwealth
State College
Pennsylvania Granges
Hard Work Saves Woolwich Schoolhouse from Fire
A forest blaze in Woolwich on Thursday threatened the Montsweag schoolhouse on Mountain road. About 150 acres burned across timber and lumber plots, but no buildings were destroyed as local crews from Woolwich and nearby Bath area volunteers battled the flames for most of the day and night.
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Montsweag
Mountain Road
Woolwich
Wiscasset
Parks
Bath
Bath High School Alumni to Bid for Banquet Service
Bath High School Alumni Association seeks competitive bids to furnish and serve its annual banquet in June during graduation week. Last year about 240 attended. this year expected to be similar. Bids with menu to Mrs. Frank A. Hodgdon in Woolwich. contact by phone for details. After banquet a concert and dancing follow. organizers aim to make this reunion memorable.
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Bath High School Alumni Association
Frank A. Hodgdon
Woolwich
Association
Four Town League Seen As Likely in Bath Area
Bath hopes rise as Brunswick Lisbon Falls and Yarmouth discuss forming a summer amateur baseball league. A Brunswick representative will seek agreement with Lisbon Falls and Yarmouth while Bath plans to field a stronger but still amateur team. Further developments are expected in a few days.
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Bath
Brunswick
Lisbon Falls
Yarmouth
Pine Free League
Senator Drake Secures Extra State Aid for Bath City Hospital
Senator J Ed ward Drake of Sagadahoee county announces a $500 increase in state aid to Bath City Hospital, bringing annual support to $1 500 for two years replacing the usual $1 000. He also notes success for the State Military and Naval Orphans Home. Ad journment is anticipated Saturday.
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J. Edward Drake
Sagadahoee County
Bath
Drake
Military and Naval
Four Cent Gasoline Tax Measure Passes
The Senate and House concurred on a four cent gasoline tax replacing the existing three cent rate. The measure, urged by Ways and Bridges and Taxation committees, faced two rejected amendments including a September referendum and full exemption for motor boats tractors and farm machinery.
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Senate
House
Bridge Men Seek New Plan to Reach Bed Rock
Workers target deeper bed rock, claiming the world record depth, with only partial bed rock contact on one side. The shaft sits about 16 feet below estimates and requires divers to endure 48 pounds of compressed air for limited hourly work windows.
Creditors Notified of Trustee's Report in Court
Referee William T. Hall lists Israel Snow Jr of Newcastle as creditor with $1359.98 in deposit. Attorney John W. Hill of Portland seeks $125 in fees and $46.19 disbursements. A second creditors' meeting is set for May 17 at 11 a.m. in Bath to consider Hill's petition. Also notes barge Tamanend arriving from Philadelphia with 975 tons of anthracite for Fred N. Boston Co. of Randolph and related movements by tug Seguin.
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William T. Hall
Israel Snow, Jr
Newcastle
Clarence A. Richards
John W. Hill
Portland
Secord
Bath
Hill
Tamanend
Philadelphia
Fred N. Boston Coal Co
Randolph
Wis
Seguin
Tohickon
Stone & Cooper's
Augusta
Meadowbrook Hall and Farmhouse Destroyed by Fire
Meadowbrook Hall and the home of Mrs. Laura Cutting at Meadowbrook, Phippsburg, were burned Friday when a brush fire spread to the structures. Mrs. Cutting, who spent winter in Kittery with her daughter Mrs. Samuel Jordan, is reported to be in New York. The wooden two story building and outbuildings were all destroyed. the hall, recently repaired, was noted as exceptionally attractive.
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Laura Cutting
Meadowbrook Hall
Meadowbrook
Phippsburg
Garden Club Teath Sees Members Join and Contest Planned
The Garden Club of Teath held its fifth meeting in the library on April 18 with 30 members present. Miss Jane S Murphy presented a paper on Succession of Blooms Through the Season and a committee was formed to organize a vegetable and flower garden contest for boys and girls this summer, with details to be announced at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club of Teath
Jane S. Murphy
Williams College to Compete at Great Bowdoin Meet
Williams College from Williamstown Mass will enter the New England Intercollegiate track carnival at Whittier Field May 20 21 with 30 men the largest out of state squad. Holy Cross and Boston College also plan squads of 20 and 20 respectively and will stay at the Phoenix hotel.
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Williams College
Williamstown
Mass
New England
Whittierfield
Hotel Phoenix
Williams
Holy Cross of
Worcester
Phoenix
Boston College
Bath
Whittier Field
Williams’ College
Belanger Surrenders to Authorities After Arrest Ties
William Pelanger held on $1000 bond in liquor offense case linked to Clarence Reed. He was surrendered Thursday afternoon by sureties and jailed at Bath police station. Sheriff Henderson then moved him to Portland to hand over to federal authorities. he was released on his own recognizance to return home.
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William Pelanger
Clarence A. Reed
Henderson
Bath
Portland
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Davis
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Swett
Frank St. Hodgdon
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Wiscasset Academy
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Topsham
Merrymeeting Grange
National Grange
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Five Islands Grange
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