Editors respond to Court plan poll in Maine and nation
Industrial News Review surveyed 12 586 editors and received 349 replies. Most oppose expanding the Supreme Court or curbing Congress power. few favor retirement ages or constitutional limits. In Maine 12 of 61 papers answered, with similar voting patterns showing no support for key changes.
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Industrial News Review
Portland
Oregon
Supreme Court
Congress
Maine
Christmas Cruise Ads Emphasize Shipboard Pleasure
Holiday promotions in city papers push tropical cruises featuring young women in swimsuits and shipboard pleasures. Advertisers stress swimming pools promenades palm lined decks lounging chairs and oversized umbrellas to mirror land pleasures at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tropics
Christmas Goods Dominate Bath Merchants Window Displays
Thanksgiving fades as Bath retailers rush to Christmas stock. Early shoppers gain wider choices and attentive clerks. Merchants report an unusually fine line of holiday merchandise and will feature images in Times ads and store windows to entice customers.
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Bath
Times
State Highway Commission advances road reconstruction to Augusta
The State Highway Commission plans major work on the Augusta route passing through Topsham and the Tops ham Richmond Corner cut off. Annual progress aims to yield a first class road to Maine's Capital City within a few years. The east Kennebec route remains shorter with lighter traffic and good roadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Augusta
Topsham
Richmond
Maine
Kennebec
Pensions to be Paid in Full Soon, Official Assurance
Representative Clyde H. Smith in Washington assures that back payments on old age pensions suspended last August will be paid in full and new allotments promised within a short time, easing fears that due amounts might not arrive.
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Clyde H. Smith
Washington
Residents Hope New Meadows Causeway Fast Tracks Completion
People near Hardings advocate for a timely finish of the New Meadows Causeway to avoid the detour around Cook's Corner when visiting the city. Local residents push for quicker construction to ease travel.
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Hardings
New Meadows
Cook's Corner
Morse Team Sets Ambitious 15-Game Schedule
Morse high school opens the season December 3 against an alumni quintet with 11 games lined up and potential for a 15-game slate. Key games include Kents Hill December 15 and two tilts with Cheverus Lewiston and Rockland plus invitations to face Camden Portsmouth Rumford and Cony in various venues.
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Morse High
Kents Hill
Cheverus
Lewiston
Rockland
Bath Boys
Portsmouth
N. H
Camden
Morse
Rumford
Cony
Bath
Henry D. Small
Bar Mitzvah Reception at Bath Synagogue Honors Robert Levin
A Sunday reception at Beth Israel Bath hosted by Mr and Mrs Samuel Levin for their son Robert Daniel Levin marked his Bar Mitzvah. The event drew 100 plus attendees from Bath and nearby cities despite a storm, with speeches, vocal solos, dancing, and gifts for the graduate. Notables included Rabbi May and several Levin relatives and friends from Lewiston Portland Brunswick and Bangor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth Israel
Samuel Levin
North Street
Robert Daniel Levin
Bath
Bangor
Brunswick
Lewiston
Lisbon Falls
Portland
Levin
Rabbi May
Canada
Morris H. Cohen
Benjamin S. Gediman
North Grammar School
Cyrus Schiro
Louis Abelon
Esther Abelon
Israel Abelon
Max H. Singer
Goldie Singer
Joseph L. Singer
John Bramson
Gwendolyn Bramson
Brownstone
Thelma Goldstein
William Goldstein
Charles Levin
Robert Levin
Abraham Sizer
Benjamin Supovitz
Warren Supovitz
Morris C. Robinson
Lisboy Falls
Jacob Ross
Charles Farber
David Farber
Ethel Farber
Jesse H le
Bowdoin College
William D. Levin
Dental School of Tufts College
First Baby Born at Topsham Barron Memorial Hospital
The first child born at the new Barron Memorial Hospital in Topsham is a nine pound thirteen ounce boy named Barron Edward Marsters. He arrived November 24 to Mr and Mrs Edward Marsters of Bath. Dr Paul A Greenare attended the delivery.
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Barron Memorial Hospi Melan Tansham
Edward Marsters
Washington Street
Barron Edward Marsters
Paul A. Greenare
Topsham
Marsters
Thanksgiving Day Wedding in Bath Notary House
In Bath on Thanksgiving Day a wedding occurred at county attorney Ralph O. Dale's home. Notary public Dale united Charles A. Nickerson of Brunswick and Nettie E. Cobb of Brunswick with Charles Nickerson noted as a truck driver and Nettie Cobb as a housekeeper. Nettie is a daughter of Mrs. Asa Cobb of Belfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Ralph O. Dale
Mr. Dale
Charles A. Nickerson
Nettie E. Cobb
Brunswick
Guy A. Nickerson
Nickerson
Sher
Asa Cobb
Belfast
Battery to Sponsor Winter Basketball Team
The Battery plans to sponsor a city basketball team for the coming winter and will hold its first meeting this Thursday evening at the Armory. Committee members are Glenn H. Easton Jr, Percy King, John Osborne, and Charles Osborne as candidates and others interested join. The battery may apply to City League officials for admittance.
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Ssotsery H
CAC
Armory
Glenn H. Easton, Jr
Percy King
John Osborne
Charles Osborne
Mrs. Clarence Seavey Admitted To Bath Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Clarence Seavey of 502 High Street is listed as a patient at Bath Memorial Hospital. Strong local resident noted in hospital roll.
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Clarence Seavey
High Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Alumni Dance Proves Enjoyable Affair On Thanksgiving Night
The Bath High School Alumni Association held its eighth annual Thanksgiving Night dance in Morse High School gym. Leon Douglas Melody Men of Augusta provided music from 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. Decorations featured orange and brown streamers and fir trees. Patronesses, committee members, ticket sellers, and supplies were listed, with Elmer Norton as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Bath High School Alumni Association
Elmer Norton
Leon Douglas
Melody Men of
Augusta
Warren F. Hawley
John Parker
Hanover
N. H
Harold S. Avery
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Herbert Calderwood
Sophie G. Greenblatt
Howard C. Bates
Alex Burden
Association
Clifton S. Nickerson
Edwin R. Andrews
Netta Briggs
John M. Conley, Jr
Paul V. Mason
Margery J. Scott
Jeannette F. Shackford
Donald N. Small
Janette W. Smith
Hallet
Foder
Shaw
Mohiba Returns At Morse High In Big January Fair
Morse High School announces a major campus event titled Mohiba Returns to be held mid January. The plan features class booths in the afternoon with diverse displays, a vaudeville show at night, a mascots chase led by Frank Buck, and a grand ball to conclude the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Morse High
Frank
Buck
Colonial Club Holiday Dance Plans Unveiled
The Colonial club announces its holiday dance on December 10 at the Arcade xO. Tickets go on sale the first week. Doc Harmon’s orchestra will play from 9 PM to 1 AM. Refreshments provided during intermission in the club rooms. Dance committees are listed for decorating music tickets and refreshments.
Ice Box to Open on Wold Property
Calvin Kimball plans to open an ice rink named Ice Box on the Wold property Court Street as soon as weather allows. The rink will be 90 by 190 feet with electrical lighting for night skating and dressing rooms, and may host hockey games if local teams form. school is free after hours.
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Court Street
Calvin Kimball
Boston Garden
Principal Lewis L. Gray Resigns From Liberty High
Lib erty High School principal Lewis L. Gray resigns at term end to take a higher paying job in Montecello. The faculty and pupils hosted a reception at Community Hall on Friday in honor of Mr and Mrs Gray with Supt Tibbetts and the school board members invited along with the pupils’ parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis L. Gray
the Liberty High School
Montecello
Gray
Supt
Jason Tibbetts
YMCA Church Basketball League enrolls 200 plus players
More than 200 youths and men participate in YMCA Church Basketball League activities this season. Competition appears keener, with seven teams in the running for the championship. Team rosters list representatives, managers, captains, and players across Beacon Central Corliss Elm Grace St Marys Universalist Wesley Writer.
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Y. M. C. A. Church Basketball League
Justices Assigned for Coming Year 1938 Sagadahoc Court
Clerk Fred H. Thompson announced 1938 assignments for Sagadahoe Superior Court. Arthur Chapman of Portland will preside in January, George In ery of Biddeford in June, Albert Beliveau of Rumford in October, with Bath hosting his first sitting. Court stenographers set: Fred B. Rand Augusta January, Fred L. Wilson Portland June, Fred L. Hayden Portland October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred H. Thompson
Sagadahoe Superior Court
Arthur Chapman
Portland
George In Emery
Biddeford
Albert Beliveau
Rumford
Bath
Fred 8. Rand
Augusta
Fred L. Wilson
Fred L. Hayden
Car stolen from Walter J Anliker Jr is found burned on highway
A Chevrolet sedan owned by Walter J Anliker Jr was reported stolen at 2 15 a m Friday and found abandoned at 3 05 a m on the Brunswick highway opposite Arthur W Brown home. It had crashed into a telephone pole breaking it off with minor front end damage. Frank L Edgecomb of Upper Washington Street spent Thanksgiving at West Point with his daughter Mrs Elliott Gilliam and Mr Gilliam.
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Walter J. Anliker, Jr
Western Avenue
Aarauigntsiman Works Corp
Brunswick Highway
Arthur W. Brown
Frank L. Edgecomb
Upper Washington Street
West Point
Mrs
Elliott Gilliam
Mr. Gilliam
New England Florida map issued for 1938 season
The 1938 edition of the New England-Florida map published by the American Automobile Association is now available. It shows Southbound routes avoiding major cities via U S routes such as 202, promising clear roads, scenic and historic areas, with free copies obtainable from AAA offices in Washington DC or auto clubs, and Bear Mountain Bridge in New York City.
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American Automobile Association
Bear Mountain Bridge
New York City
Newark
Jersey City
Trenton
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Del
Pennsylvania Avenue
17Th Street
Washington, D. C
Broadway
Winter Street Ladies Plan Christmas Sale and Dinner
Winter Street church Ladies' Aid holds a Dec 8 sale at 2 30 featuring aprons books candy jellys and more plus a supper with chicken soup salad chips peas hot rolls Washington pie and coffee Tickets for the supper are by call to Mrs Lemont Purdue or Wilband with Mrs Lemont in charge of the supper and Mrs Wilband of the dining room Residents are asked to reserve tickets by the end of next week.
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Ladies’ Aid of
Winter Street Church
Joseph O. Purdue
J. Edward Drake
Harry M. Huse
Alice G. Shorey
Washington
Arthur C. Lemont
Purdue
Clifford B. Wilband
Lemont
Venison Supper At Bath Lodge Of Elks Delights Members
Bath Lodge of Elks served a venison supper for about 75 members and guests before the regular meeting. The menu included venison steaks and roasts with sides and pie. dishes prepared by Mrs. Katherine F. Ayer and servers Miss Eunice E. Hanscom, Mrs. Julia P. Ayer, Mrs. Emma Robertson, and Miss Emily Larrabee. Venison donated by Edward J. McMann, Ralph O. Dale, and Donald Hunt. Committee led by McMann, Genthner, Albert H. McMann, and Joseph H. Breault. Business meeting followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lodge of Elks
Katherine F. Ayer
Eunice E. Hanscom
Julia P. Ayer
Emma Robertson
Emily Larrabee
Edward J. McMann
Ralph O. Dale
Donald Hunt
Brunswick
Churchill Lake
Mr. McMann
Leon M. Genthner
Albert H. McMann
Joseph H. Breault
Drive for Y funds still $200 short of goal
YMCA fundraising report shows 750 prospect cards issued, over 500 cash contributions, and many pledges toward a $3,500 minimum. Despite pledges, $200 remains unmet as contributors list includes H. P. Hood & Sons, Raymond C. Small, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Central Grammar School Teachers, American Legion, Bath Opera House, and numerous individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Hood & Sons
Raymond C. Small Forest
B. Potter
Margaret Mackinnon
Fraternal Order of Eagles
William P. Hill
Bath Opera House
Mary D. Kenyon
American Legion
Clyde P. Pinkham
Loyall F. Sewall
Aston C. Bowker
Edward C. Ralph Clarence N. Flood
Sarah I. Dinsmore
Arthur Sewall
Robert Stone
Walter G. Lyden
John N. Rines
John P. Carey
Houde
Harry E. Stetson
Ralph G. Stetson
A. D. Stetson
Benjamin P. Coombs
John A. Morse
Ruth H. Farnham
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Thaddeus Hedrick
Hubert O. Foster
Harris T. Rodick
George W. Stangel
John G. Morse
Henry S. Farrell
Thatcher B. Pinkham
A. A. Stott
Miss Minnie Lord Injured in Bangor Auto Crash
Miss Minnie Lord of 54 Court Street Bangor, sister of Everett Lord of Bath, was injured in a Thanksgiving Bangor crash. Struck by a car driven by Beatrice Gallagher at Hammond and Ohio streets, she suffered two fractures, six broken ribs and multiple cuts. Taken to Eastern Maine General Hospital, condition listed as fairly good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Lord
Court Street
Bangor
Maine General Hospital
Lord
Everett Lord
Bath
Beatrice Gallagher
Hammond and
Ohio Streets
Daniel T. O'Connell
Porter
Elliott
Mrs Mary Marr Visiting Quincy Family
Mrs Mary Marr of Park street is spending several days in Quincy Massachusetts with her son John Marr and his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Marr
Park Street
Quincy, Mass
John Marr
Bowdoin 1937 hockey schedule frames seven games
Bowdoin's 1937 hockey team has seven games booked in the New England Intercollegiate circuit. Three games will be played at Brunswick. The league includes Boston College Boston University Colby MITMiddlebury Northeastern and New Hampshire State. Linn Wells freshmen football coach handles the squad again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin
New England
Brunswick
Boston College
Boston University
Colby
Middlebury
Northeastern
New Hampshire State
Linn Wells
Polar Bear
Navy names six destroyers honoring dead officers
Secretary of the Navy announced six destroyers named for fallen naval officers. The Benson and Mayo at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Quincy honor Admirals William Benson and Henry Mayo. Gleaves and Niblack at Bath Iron Works honor Admiral Albert Gleaves and Vice Admiral Parker Niblack. Madison and Lansdale at Boston Navy Yard honor Commander James Madison and Lieutenant Philip Lansdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Navy
Benson and Mayo
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp
Quincy
Mass
William Shephard Benson
Macon
Henry Thomas Mayo
Burlington
Gleaves and
Cosmopolitan Club Christmas Fair and Supper
The Cosmopolitan club hosts a Christmas fair and supper on Thursday December 4 at the club house. The fair opens in the afternoon with supper served from 430 pm featuring lobster salad scalloped clams chicken patties and peas potato chips rolls cake pie and coffee. Ruth H Farnham leads the supper. aprons cooked foods greens handkerchiefs and novelties will be for sale and Beano will be played in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Ruth H. Farnham
King Parshley Wedding Held in Portland at Congress Square
Howard FE King and Lorena Parshley wed Thanksgiving Eve at Congress Square Hotel Portland. Rev Francis W OBrien officiated. Guests included Mr and Mrs Edward P McLellan of Portland. Couple plans a honeymoon to New Hampshire and Boston and will reside at 3 Elsinore Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard FE. King
Lorena Parshley
Congress Square
Portand
Francis W. O’brien
D. D
Edward P. McLellan
Portland
Weekly Crossword Puzzle Clues Mixed Listing
Readable puzzle hints include 12 Conceited 13 Newt 17 Cigaret slang 26 19 Pretended 21 Cakes of 28 consolidated 30 ase cards 31 A golf club milk 82 To corner 23 Female 34 Organ of deer hearing 25 A dish of 36 Flowed dhopned meat and vegetables Afuira Law Employ Vala.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newt
Fire Laddies Dance Aids Comrade At Bath Event
Nearly 600 attendees filled Bath Arcade ballroom for a Thanksgiving Eve benefit dance by the Bath Fire Department. Chairman Fred D. Perry reports a little over $200 raised to aid a department member recovering from a several weeks injury. Henry's Rhythm band played from 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. A grand march led by Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Lee, with Perry and fellow firefighters assisting: William F. Parks, Charles A. Thayer, John Burgess, Clarence A. Merrill, Andrew C. Flaherty, Maurice D. Perry and George W. Breed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Fire Department
Arcade
Fred D. Perry
Henry
Edward J. Lee
Perry
Department
William F. Parks
Charles A. Thayer
John Burgess
Clarence A. Merrill
Andrew C. Flaherty
Maurice D. Perry
George W Breed
Brunswick Pastor Weds Miss Charlotte W Young in Brunswick
The Rev. George L. Cadigan rector of St. Pauls Brunswick Missouri married Miss Charlotte W Young of Brook at Harvard church. The ceremony was conducted by Rev Ashley Day Leavitt with Rev Charles H Cadigan of Amherst as assistant. Miss Ruth E Cohen daughter of Morris and Mrs Cohen of 10 Old South place was home for Thanksgiving recess from Simmons College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte W. Young
Brook
George L. Cadigan
St. Paul's Church
Brunswick
Harvard Church
Ashley Day Leavitt
Charles H. Cadigan
Grace Church
Amherst
Ruth E. Cohen
Simmons College
Morris H. Cohen
Old South Place
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Battery
Morse. High Gymnasium
Mohiba
Colonial Club
WOLD
Y.M.C.A
Beacon
Maynard McFadden
Thornton Henderson
James Steen
Clifton Jewett
Kendall Lord
Theryl Robbins
George Kenyon
Clarence Gowen
Herbert Fraser
Haviland Chaney
Leroy Lord
Raymond Belanger
Waldo Weston, Jr
David Clark
Charles Plummer
Lawrence Kenderdine
Nimard Fifield
Gordon Estes
Millard Green
Central Durward Shorey
Robert Sutherland
Redington Reed
Donald Page
Clayton Thibodeau
George McKellar
George Wade
Richard Farnham
Franklin Hallowell
Ellison Estes
Russell Young
James Morse
David Rich
James Sutherland
William Rogers
Frederick Hoffman
Russell Gasser
Edward Avery
Manley Ellis
Hal Pride
Corliss
Harold S. Walker
Donald Cromwell
Rupert Lewis
Clyde Stilphen
Herman McCrater
Willard Radley
Willis Hall
Frank Staples
Donald Knight
Leroy Stover
Cleveland Elsemore
Stanley Lewis
Mark Harrington
Milton McCrater
John Clark
Ernest Brown
Freeland King
Robert Reno
Edward Stilphen
Elm Harold J. Carter
George Moody
Philip Oliver
Herbert Closson
Harold Fuller
Carleton Stover
Harold Dunton
Abraham Greenblatt
Edmund Furber
Roger Oliver
Grace Harry Day
Earl Lowery
Nelson Lowery
Stephen Johns
Edmond Guynn, Jr
John Lowery
Henry Middleton
Howard Holmes
John Voorhees
James Middleton
William D. Hill
Maynard Carleton
Harry Fullerton
Edward Sewall
Edward H. MacMahan
Alonzo Curtis
Arthur Lowery
Harlan Guynn
St. Mary’s
Oscar J. Tanguay
Edward Hogan
Ernest Sarkis
Henry Sarkis
Edward Gallant
Henry Gallant
Robert Perry
Donald Perry
Fernand Pomerleau
John McLaughlin
Clarence Arsenault
James Skaling
George Wilson
John Bourque
William Kerwin
Frank Curran
Joseph Lee
Charles Sullivan
Harold Footer
James McGuiggan
Jere Desmond
Albert Desmond
Wilfred Gaudet
Richard Cummings
Edward McLaughlin
Richard Madden
George Hart
Francis Sullivan
Arthur Sturtevant
Martin
William Sylvester
William Hill
Frank Knight
Richard Hogan
Buddy Miller
Palmer Groves
Wesley Robert S. Gordon
Alfred Neal
Everett Norton
Clinton Child
Norman Seekins
Wesley Plummer
Harold Burns
Iscar Greenblatt
John Staples
Morton Holbrook
Kenneth Bertrand
Harold Peasley
Norman Reynolds
Ellsworth Darling
Franklin Melville
Frank Harvie
William Stilphen
William Greene
Carl Earlbach
Harold Stanton
David Alkazin
Frank Gallagher
Maurice Puffer
Barton Morrison
Norman Alkazin
Frank Danforth
Robert Huse
Vinal King
Charles Camach
Florida
Winter Street Ladies’ Aid
Wdom Hockey Team
New Hampshire
Boston
Waterville
Durham
Gleaves
Niblack
Cosmopolitan Club Christmas Fair
King-Parshley
Fea
David
Atrie
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