Maine believes in prohibitory law enforcement letter to Senate panel
Governor Ralph O Brewster urges strict enforcement of the Volstead Act in a night letter to the Judiciary Sub-Committee, noting Maine's experience from nullification to enforcement. He argues honest enforcement is the only solution and cites a recent conviction for drunkenness in a mill town. Continued on Page Two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph O. Brewster
Judiciary
State OF Maine
Augusta
Judiciary Committee
United States Senate
Care
Rice W. Means
Washington, D. C
Maine
Camp Overlook At Georgetown A Maine Camp For Girls
Mr and Mrs H H Bowen arrived at Camp Overlook from Fitesburg Massachusetts to devote full time to the camp work. The camp opened June 2 and has been a success with Protestant girls prioritized to attend Georgetown Center church. The Kennebec Point site offers water sports nature study tennis archery and a large recreation hall. A Kohler electric system and running water serve all buildings. A diving pier was built in 1925 for swimmers who pass tests. Grover Hill farm supplies milk eggs and vegetables. Water from Tom Cod Rock spring tests 100 percent pure. A catalog is available upon request by addressing Georgetown Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Bowen
Camp Overlook
Fitesburg
Mass
Georgetown Center
Cample
Maine
Kenneber Point
Georgetown
Nate Department of Health
Kohler
Overlook
Sagadahoe Tay
Grover Hill Farm
Tom Cod
Bath City Hats Finances On Athletic Field Repair
Bath faces limits on annual spending with 4100.00 cap, delaying Kelley field improvements. Finance committee discussion highlights that youth and adults lack a proper recreation site as Supt. Wilson pleads for action and local fund-raising to create a suitable outdoor facility for Bath students and teams from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Finance Committee
Kelley Field
Clinton D. Wilson
Bath Schools
Supt. Wilson
Vortland
Augusta
Auburn
Brunswick Lewiston
Lisbon Falls
Gardiner
Hallowell
Sagadahoc County Candidates File Nominations
Sagadahoc county candidates filed primary nomination papers on Saturday at the Department of State. James B. Lemont of West Bath seeks Democratic sheriff, Fred I. Thomason of Bath and George J. Goodwin of Bath aim for Republican clerk of courts, and L. Aldrich of Topsham runs Republican for the House from the Arrowsic West Bath Topsham Woolwich Phippsburg district. Ralph C. Cover of Bath is a Democratic House candidate. Out-of-town attendees at James J. Spinney’s funeral included Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lawrence of Boston, Mrs. Royal Boston of Portland, and Karl Wike of Lyon, Maine. Edward L. White of Bowdoinham visited Bath on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Department of State
James B. Lemont
West Bath
Fred I. Thomason
Bath
George J. Goodwin
Iis L. Aldrich
Topsham
House of Representatives
Arrowsie
Woolwich
Phippsburg
Ralph C. Cover
Eugene Lawrence
Boston
Royal Boston
Portland
Karl Wike
Lyon, Maass
James J. Spinney
Walter S. Glidden
James S. Lowell
John J. Carey
William TF. Dunham
Richmond
Thomas BE. Conley
Ath
Chorge J. Goodwin
Roscoe KE. Verkins
Tarry E. Litchfield
Fred H. Thompson
Fred H. Thoumpson
Tath
Register of Deeds
Hiram T. Stevens
Stanley M. Brown
Edwin C. Datten
Roscoe TP. Higgins
J. Yorace McCluce
John A. Norriy
James BK. Lemont
Thomas J. Lynch
James I. Lemont
Arthur 7. Dunton
George M. Stinson
Owen J. Ledyard
Benjamin H. Woodside
Georgetown
Foster B. Meyerve
Walter MM. Mallett
William B. Huldreth
John L. Jack
Charles J. Cain
Albert I. Strout
Edward W. Sampson
Clarence A. Pesslee
George A. Baker
Henry W. Butler
Marshall A. Haraden
Ralph C. Covel
Raymond Powers
Bowdoin
Bowdeinham
W. Leslie Maloun
Weet Bath
North Center PTA Show A Big School Event
A large Friday night program at North Center High School raised funds for a Center Street school piano. Principal organizer Mrs Roweve P McFadden led committees while teachers and many pupils performed songs dances recitations and orchestral numbers, with costumes flowers and a patriotic finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Center P.T.A
Bath
North Center P. T. A
Wilko
H. Sminy Mugoun
Hateb
Miss Curtis
Mitchel
Miss Boynton
Davis
Higgins
Smith
Black
Hooper
Mulligan
Marston
Percy
Lake
Staples
Vaughan
Libby
Frances Dunning
Mabel Whitten
Adelaide Boynton
Jizabech Curls
Roy
Olby
Carrie Smith
Mabel Ayer
Imusic
Scott Golden
Lewis Berry
Mabel Libby
Edmund Staples
Kimi Magoun
Dike School
Center Street School
Mary Bates
Jack Coss
Kenneth Jiquith
George Rice
Minerson Webster
Edmund Webster
Hermat
Florence Tait
Mary Lowell
Marjorie Gilmore
Herbert Closson
Kenneth Clough
Isabellie Gedimap
Katherine Miller
Charles Rkobinson
Shirley Alvin
Winifred Kevnerson
Dorothy White
Gwendolyn Vaughan
John Staples
Jeannette
Raige
Inez Kennerson
Kenneth Chaney
Lorraine Mitchell
Martin Vigne
Marjorie Fraser
Edward Hutchins
Ruth McAllister
Eugene Harmon
Pauline McNeal
Paul Daley
Donald Felton
Nadine Sawyer
Melvin Henderson
Doris Armstrong
Basil Cornish
Isabella Hagan
Elwood Coffin
Doris Henderson
Doris McIntire
Land of Nod
Earl Staples
Pearl Oliver
North Primary
North Grammar
Frances Crocker
William Lundrigan
Martha Cychill
Stuart Rye
Lois Swett
Maxine Maton
Edward Drake
Vanona MacDonald
Daedara Nickerson
Betty Puller
Barbara Tubbs
MacDonald
Donald Page
Myra Plumnoer
James Kaler
Center Street
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Nomination filings scale up in Sagadahoc county primaries
Dozens of candidates filed partisan primary papers by Monday midnight. Among them appear figures on both parties tickets including Probate Judge James S. Lowell and Clerk of Courts Fred H. Thompson. The list covers state senate races, probate, county offices, and multiple contested clerkships with candidates from Bath, West Bath, Topsham, and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of State
James S. Lowell
Lowell
John P. Carey
Bath
Fred H. Thompson
Corliss Street Church Names Rev Carey Pastor
Corliss Street Baptist Church unanimously called Rev R H Carey of Pride's Corner Woodfords to pastor the church. The vacancy followed Rev Elwin O Taylor leaving in November for Rhode Island near Providence. Deacon James W Coombs moderated the meeting with Mrs John J Hunt as clerk. Annual parish meeting set for May 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carer
Pride's Corner
Woodfords
Corliss Street
Personal notes and local family updates
Mrs. Frank V French and daughter Elisabeth of Auburn visit Mrs. French's parents Me. and Mrs. Mdwired Rice of Highland Street. James Bosemont, who recently injured his knee, is improving and uses a cane to get around. Helene Stearns returns to Bates College after a weekend with her parents. Vivian Miller of the Central Maine Tower Co Brunswick office is ill and confined at home, with Margaret Daley from Bath taking her place in Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank V French
Elisabeth
Auburn
Margaret Daley
Bath
Brunswick
M MacMillan Heads Arctic Field Museum Expedition
The Field Museum plans a sub Arctic expedition led by Capt Donald B MacMillan funded by Frederick H Rawson. Ten explorers will depart from Wiscasset around June 10 aboard the Bowdoin for a summer voyage to Labrador Baffin Land and Greenland collecting zoological geological anthropological and botanical specimens to expand the museum collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
MacMillan
Museum
Sidney
N.N
Battle Harbor
Labrador
North America
Baffin Land
South Greenland
Elesmere Land
Sachem
Rowe TB
Field Museu
Field Museum
Arctic
Bowdoin
Ashley Hine
Walter Koelz
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Rawson
Kenneth Rawson
MacMillan Navy Geographical Society
Explorer MacMillan to Lead Sub Arctic Expedition from Wiscasset
News from Chicago reports Commander Donald M. MacMillan will head a Field Museum sponsored sub Arctic expedition financed by banker Frederick H. Rawson. The Bowdoin will sail from Wiscasset in June with scientists aboard the Sachemn yacht accompanying from Thomaston. Mrs. Metcalf and sons join the party. Past work included Norse ruins in Greenland and Labrador with plans to use a small airplane for interior surveys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Donald M. MacMillan
Field Museum of Natural History
Frederick H. Rawson
Wiscasset
Bowdoin
Wiccasset
MacMillan
Labrindor
Greenland
Sachemn
America
Aimerview
Labrador
Mr and Mrs Charles Randall Return After Holiday Visit
Mr and Mrs Charles Randall of Somerville Massachusetts visited over the holiday with Mrs Randall's parents Mr and Mrs George Farvin of Middle Street and returned to Somerville on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chrles Randall
Somerville
Mass
Bath Loan and Building Association Applies for Receivership
At a Tuesday afternoon conference Bank Commissioner John G. Smith and most directors agreed the association’s condition warrants liquidation. The court was asked to liquidate, with notices returnable May 10, and a restraining order in effect. Directors expect a board member to oversee liquidation to minimize costs. Factors include prior defalcation, city decline, withdrawals, no new loans, and foreclosures at losses. The association aims to pay 90 percent to shareholders if conditions improve, with assets disposed of gradually. Officers and directors listed. December 16 1925 statement shows 282 shareholders and 241 borrowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Smith
Bath Loan & Building Association
Hank
Smith
Walter
Glidden
Association
Scott Wilson
Portland
Wilson
Peer A
Bath Iron Works
The
Joseph Torrey
H. W. Crosman
Charles A. Corliss
W. B B. Hage Gett
Walter S. Glidden
Walter F. Abebott
Fred H. Thompson
Charles Hh, Cahill
William L. Skelton
Arthur L. Pratt
Bath Loan and Building Association
No Boston-Kennebec Steamers To Be On Route This Summer
The Eastern Steamship Lines will not operate its Kennebec division in 1926 as automobile travel has reduced demand. The City of Bangor and Brandon will run Portland to Boothbay Harbor on select days, while Boothbay division service to Bath and islands will not be run this season. The plan includes connecting steamers at Boothbay Harbor with other lines, with Haraden among speakers at a Northland banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Boothbay Harbor
Bath-Boothbay
Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc
Kennebec
City of Bangor
Brandon
Marshall A. Dtlaraden
Leastern Steamship Lines, Inc
Boston
Bangor
Bath
Gardiner
Old Dominion Line
Eastern
Eastport
Boothbay
Islands
Virginia
Islander
Augusta, Gardiner & Boothbay Steamboat Co
Haraden
Northland
Eastern Steamship Lines
Inec
Social Notes From Bath Honor Guests and News
Mrs. William M. Hatch hosted the Monday Evening club at her Washington street home. A Clear speech by President Coolidge and a fine radio program were enjoyed. Mrs. Arthur Hagan will host next Monday. War visitor Thomas I Quincannen of Portland visited Bath. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Van Amargé and Mrs. Samuel Blackwood of Boston returned from Patriots' Day with Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Lombard, known as Misses Bessie and Lottie Lombard. Mrs. Amuarige is wife of a Dorton lawyer. Mrs. Blackwood is wife of Copley Plan assistant manager. Mrs. H Dorman Perkins is ill at home with influenza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Hatch
Monday Evening Club
Washington Street
Mond
President Coolidge
Bridge
Arthur Hagan
Robert van Amarigé
Samuel Blackwood
Boston
Rufus Lombard
Bessie
Lottie Lombard
Amuarige
Dorton
Blackwood
Copley Plaun
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Bowen
Sagadahoc County
Edward L. White Esq
Bowdoinham
the Bath Independent
Independent
Bath, Maine
North Center P.T. A
J. Edward Drake
Edward 2. Brivy
Fred W. S. Blanchard
R. H. Carey
M'Millan
sub-Arctic
Donald B. MacMillan
Mrs. Metcalf
T. Fletcher
AO. M. Washburn
Bob. Doughty and
Clifford and
Frank
Snow
Coee Remem Nesses Eens
Ed Taigag Luills
Eeeer Eeeeteere
Thomas I. Quincannen
Johnson Bros Co
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