Legion Auxiliary District Council Meets in Bath
Members of the American Legion Auxiliary gathered in the Bath American Legion building on Tuesday for the December meeting of the Second District Council, hosted by Roland Smith Unit No 2. Mrs Edward J Murphy was feted as a longtime member and first council chairman. Mrs Blanche M Swan presided, discussing the district Christmas rehabilitation program and unit efforts. State president Mrs Emily A Dexter spoke on highlights from the national conference and noted Dexter’s work with school funds and Red Cross and youth organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
Murphy
Lewiston
Blanche M. Swan
Auwuodurn
Prezent
Emily A. Dexter
Dexter
National Auxiliary
Indianapolis
Ind
Gov. Brann
Red Cross
Roland Smith
Post
Aldermen table $1200 school funds extension proposal
City finances block further school funding to extend Morse high school year from 32 to 36 weeks. Board of Education request tabled. Armistice day funds: Roland Smith post returns $25 to city. Public committees discuss emergency expenditures and state aid impact amid acute distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Board of Education
Lord
Ife
Sumner Sewal
Roland Smith
A.L
Algerman Dougherty
Finance
Morse Hich
Bath Board of Education
Aerate
Crty
Gilmore
Sewall
Municipal court report continued on page seven
The municipal court report continues on page seven with brief summaries of cases heard, including arraignments, plea descriptions, and upcoming court dates. Judges’ schedules and administrative notes may appear, along with administrative actions affecting local defendants and docket status.
Driver pleads not guilty as case continues in Bath
Edward F. Carleton of Medford is arraigned on manslaughter charges after a Pejepscot waiting room crash killed Larrison Wakeley 10 and Gidys Harriman 15 and injured four others. He pleads not guilty. case pushed to Thursday for witness summons. Bonds set at 253,000 on each manslaughter count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Carleton
Medford
Mass
Pejepscot
Lewiston
Bath
John P. Crosby
John J. Keegan
Larrison Wakeley
Harrison
Brunswick
Norma
Norman Wakeley
Billy Rogers
Arline Rogers
Tops
Lisbon Palls
Herman LeBourdais
Avon Street
Unusual island sighted near Fernando de Noronha during Lindbergh flight
The Lindberghs’ recent Pacific Atlantic route near Fernando de Noronha revealed an unusual island formation noted by Nathaniel T. Palmer of Bath. He recalls the sight as a towering natural structure rising from the sea, witnessed from about 50 miles away while the Spartan carried castor oil beans bound for Jersey City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Charles Lindbergh
Iland
Fernando Do Noronho
Batthurst
Africa
Natal
Brazil
Nathaniel T. Palmer
Bath
Mr. Palmer
India
Jersey City
Cape of Good Hope
J. P. Crosley
Providence
Pernando Do Noronho
Hi-Y Reorganizes For Busy Season
Omar King leads a Hi-Y reorganization at the YMCA with charter members Wisley Lemont Franklin Hallowell Wesley Marco Carl Dearborn Gerald Carr Edward Owen Maurice Skaling Paul Hayes and Donald Jewett present. Plans include four Thursday meetings weekly for start up and initiation events with constitution votes and committee appointments planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omar King
Y. M.C.A
Wisley Lemont
Franklin Hallowell
Wesley Marco
Carl Dearborn
Gerald Carr
Edward Owen
Maurice Skaling
Paul Hayes
Donald Jew
Bors
Donald Jewett
Wesley Lemons
Pranklin Hallowell
Maine notables list features Bath natives in Atherton volume
The forthcoming One Hundred Famous Maine People by Rev. David F. Atherton profiles Bath natives and nearby figures like Edward P. Mitchell Emma Eames and Samuel Gilman Brown. It highlights Bath connections from Brunswick to Yarmouth and cites Maine’s prominent literary and academic names. The piece notes Atherton’s Brunswick origins and quotes his claim that Maine yields many distinguished figures. It also mentions Mrs Atherton and their Bath links alongside portraits of other notable Maine figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine
David F. Atherton
Buffalo
N. Y
Atherton
Brunswick
Bowdoin College
Bangor Theological Seminary
Woolwich
Edward P. Mitchell
Abie
The
Sun of New York
Charles A. Dana
Mitchell
Martin Brewer Anderson
University of Rochester
Rochester Institution
Emma Eames
Charles P. Meserve
Shaw University
Meserve
Southport
Squirrel Island
Boothbay Harbor
Fred H. Albee
New York
Alna
Abbott
Jacob Abbot
Frank A. Munsey
Mr. Atherton
Seba Smith
Jack Downing
Downingville
Charles Farrar Browne
Artemus Ward
Edgar Wilson Nye
Bill Nye
Washburn Brothers
Livermore
United States
Ban
Theological Seminary
Public bequests in will of Miss Lina Sewall
The will of Lina G Sewall of 44 Pear Street Bath Bath states income from 10000 goes to Elizabeth and Josephine Sewall with remainder to Winter Street parish upon survivor's death for general parish use. Remaining 5900 income goes to Old Ladies Home for general expenses, honoring her mother Evelina Hill Gove. Misses Sewall in Oak and Washington streets now with Tarbox, died since will was drawn. Patten Free Library receives 2000 income for general expenses and Bath City Hospital 1000. Probate filed in Bath. Judge Glidden noted estate Lina G Sewall among wills filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mes Bina G Sewall
Pear Street
Winter Park
Pia
Cowin
Elizabeth
Josephine Sewall
Winter Street Parish
Get
Frederick Dummer Sewall
Old Ladies Home
Evelina ‘Hill Gove
Bath City Hospital
Walter 5
Glidden
Harry L. Tarr
Richmond
Marilla B. Tarr
Lina G Sewall
Bath
Remarkable Series of Paintings at Elmhurst Hall
Elmhurst hosts a set of four marine panels by Charles Robert Patterson depicting the Henry B. Hyde. The works honor the ship from her 1884 build to Cape Henry stranding in 1903, including maiden voyage and Cape Horn passage. Capt. Phineas Pendleton III sailed her on her first voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmhurst
Charles Robert Patterson
Bath
John H. Hyde
Mr. Hyde
Henry B. Hyde
Cape Horn
Golden Gate
John MacDonald
Henry Lermond
Chapman & Flint
Benjamin
John M Cole to Join Staff of Central Grammar School
John McCole son of Mr and Mrs Joseph F McCole will replace Harold Brown as teacher of mathematics and history at Central grammar school by the Board of Education action at its Monday meeting Brown moves to Morse high school to teach mathematics succeeding Errol Baker McCole graduated Wentworth Institute Boston Tufts engineering and holds an AM from Tufts Also the Junior League Winter ball to be held Jan 29 in the gym with restrictions on outside dances after Jan 1 School closes Friday for 38 days with no pay for teachers and executives Board to inform towns and individuals in arrears for tuition that nonpayment by Jan 22 will bar admission until paid Rell of accounts No 10 63206 ordered paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McCole
Joseph F. McCole
Harold Brown
Central Grammar School
Board of Education
Brown
Morse High School
Errol Baker
McCole
Wentworth Institute
Boston
Engineering
Tufts College
Tufts
Maine State Golf Association Elects Officers at Augusta
John H. Hyde of Bath and Homer E. Robinson of Rockland were reelected vice presidents. Paul Harmon of Portland was elected president and Edwin C. Barnard of Portland was re elected secretary treasurer and handicapper. Portland municipal course to extend to 18 holes and other Maine courses to be improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Hyde
Bath
Homer E. Robinson
Rockland
Maine State Golf Association
Augusta
Paul Harmon
Portland
Edwin C. Barnard
New England
Maine
Poland
Association
Portland Municipal
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American Legion Building
Board OF Aldermen
Legion
Doughety
Donnell
Young
Sumner Sewall
City Treas
Oes Ee
Calleta Pe “Seizmzs
Bath Trust: Co
Eell Soci
Bath National Bank
First National Bank
Bath Shipbuilder
Colby College
Kennebec River
Frank Matten
Lawrence
Lomae
Maine Central Railroad
Lina Sewall
Winter Street
Old Ladies’ Home and Hospital
Kennebec
Seguin and
Knickerbocker
Atlantic
Henry BR. Hyde
John M’cole
Will
Maine State Golf Association Meeting
Aladdin
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