Board and Bath Box clash over Washington street rails
City boards clash with Bath Box Co. over the Washington street rails between the Maine Central tracks and the Bath Box operation. Bath Box submits a detailed counter proposal on rail use maintenance liability taxes and title arrangements while the Board remains firm on its original terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Highways and Sewers
Bath Box Co
Washington Street
Maine Central Railroad
Box Company
Arthur J. Dunton
Phoenix Hotel
Androscoggin & Kennebec Railway Co
Maine Central
Education headlined by Supt. Parker at Central Men’s Club
Central church Men’s Club heard Supt. John Parker speak on objectives in education. He outlined seven aims including fundamentals, health, vocational prep, leisure use, citizenship, home life, and character. A supper followed. next meeting set for Jan. 13 with John Magee of Bowdoin College as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
Roscoe G. Bailey
John Parker
Parker
George Perry
Perry's Diner
Pres. Bailey
Karcher
Jackson
Mark A. Jackson
John Magee
Bowdoin College
Nativity to be staged by Winter Street Auxiliary
The Auxiliary of Winter Street church presents The Nativity by Rosamond Kimball on Tuesday evening December 21. The annual pageant draws diverse parishioners and features enhanced setting and costumes. General chairman is Mrs. Roscoe P. McFadden. cast members and rehearsal details will appear in the Times columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Rosamond Kimball
Roscoe P. McFadden
Katharine Conley
Alice F. Johnson
Janette W. Smith
the Times
Morse High School financial report and truant officer vote
A satisfactory financial report of Morse High School activities was submitted to the Board of Education. The election of a truant officer to succeed Byron Clark was deferred. Police and school departments will cooperatively handle issues until a successor is chosen. Roll of accounts No. 10 totaling $795.53 was ordered paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Board of Education
Byron Clark
Geiger Receives Chilean Decoration for Public Health Work
Dr J C Geiger husband of former Anna Morse of Bath and San Francisco public health director has earned the Cruz de Caballero de la Orden del Merite from Chile. Consul Mario Illanes notified him a week ago, with the diploma and insignia to be sent soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Geiger
Anna Morse
Bath
San Francisco
Cruz de Caballero de la Orden del Merite
Geiger
Mario Illanes
Chili
Orient
Maximianco Errazuris
Ilanes
Maine Highway Traffic Record Falls in 1937 First 11 Months
The six New England states saw highway fatalities drop 4 percent from 1936 to 1937 in the first eleven months, per Motor Vehicle Commissioners data compiled by Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. Figures show Connecticut 360, Massachusetts 659, Maine 125, New Hampshire 133, Rhode Island 103, Vermont 92.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Aetna Casualty & Surety Co
Ie Pett
Connecticut
SnGi Umaine Joi Reese
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
Bath Native Earle Thompson Tops In Water Works Field
Bath born Earle E. Thompson son of Mr and Mrs George E Thompson now of Brunswick has been elected president of American Water Works and Electric Company of New York. He is a Bowdoin graduate and former Bowdoin overseer with long service at Hornblower Weeks prior to rising to executive vice president and director roles. He serves on multiple company boards and is known as a bachelor in his mid forties with many local admirers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Lee Hooker
Dunlap Commandery
E. T
Walters
Glidden
Blue Lodges
Fred D. Hill
George D. Field
Harry Smith
James Royal
Ancis McPherson
Grindell
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Dunlap
Maine
Oscar F. Williams
Charles E. Curtis
Chester H. McCabe
Carl E. Albee
John H. Freeman
Langdon E. Green
John Wishart
Harold E. Cutting
Natt F. Howe
Forest C. Legard
George C. Quicksall
Sentinel
Frank A. French
James C. Chambers
Howard M. Rice
Arthur B. Stilphen
Eugene McGrath
Mr. Hooker
Mr. Lowell
Charles F. Nelson
Polar Star Lodge
A. M
E. L. Pinkham
Charles Stackpole
Solar Lodge
John
Stilphen
J. Maurice Haynes
Thomas R. Huston
Harris T. Rodick
C. Lloyd Hooker
Bath
Earle
Thompson
George E. Thompson
Brunswick
American Water Works and Electric Company, Inc
Broadstreet
New York City
Morse High School
Bowdoin College
The
Potomac Edison Co
New England Quota Outlined for National Crisis
In a Montgomery speech Colonel Sanderford Jarman described War Department mobilization plans for a national emergency. The New England quota would total about 20,000 to 25,000 volunteers in the initial 30 days, with six divisions plus two National Guard units and three reserve divisions needing staffing. The plan calls for a draft system and selective service to mobilize millions within 45 to 60 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
New England
National Guard Association
Montgomery
Ala
Sanderford Jarman
General Staff
Adjutants General
Massachusetts
National Guard
Girl Escapes Serious Injury After Street Collision
Hilda Staples 14, daughter of Mr and Mrs George W Staples of 4 Pratt Street, was struck by a car driven by Mrs George J Reynolds of 193 North Street at Lincoln and Chestnut. She suffered a bruised hip and left leg and was treated by Dr Hugh D Grant. Mrs Hyde of Elmhurst left Monday for Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda Staples
George W. Staples
Pratt Street
George J. Reynolds
North Street
Lincoln
Chestnut Streets
North Granuar School
Eaton's Market
Reynolds
Lin Col Street
Chestnut
Robert D. Green
Twin County Farm Bureau Marks 25 Years of Service
The Twin County Farm Bureau spanning Androscoggin and Sagadahoc counties celebrates a 25 year milestone this Saturday. The article traces its origins from 1917 with early leaders, offices, and staff including first county agent Harold J. Shaw and the development of home demonstration and 4-H roles, noting ongoing soil conservation and extension projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Twin County
Auburn Hall
J. A. Ness
Auburn
E. C. Patten
Topsham
Harry G. Crowley
Lewiston
George Bridgham
Poland
Wilfred Waterman
E. L. White
Bowdoinham
A. L. Merrill
G. A. Young
Livermore
Ray Purinton
Bowdoin
Harold J. Shaw
F. E. Daggett
Main Street
Postoffice
Esther Miller
Miriam Pike
Harold B. Howard
Edith Flint
Androscoggin
Lucile Royal
Augusta
Sagadahoc
Miss Platts
Martha York
R. N. Atherton
Atherton
Helen Cooper
Avard L. Richan
Thelma Randlett
Ernest Small
Catherine Cook
Massachusetts
Hortense A. Welch
Charles L. Eastman
Evelyn Pynes
Wayne S. Rich
Henry Anderson
Police Department shifts keep five man night force
City Marshal Walter L Whitney announced a new schedule to maintain a five man night force. Officer Curran moves to night duty and four officers join the night shift: Curran Rice Foley Green and Capt McElman. The day force drops from four to three as Horace W Pottle is removed to save 140 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Curran
Walter L. Whitney
Municipal Committee On Finance
Horace W. Pottle
Pottle
George H. McElman
Marshal Whitney
Langdon E. Green
Joseph D. Pennell
Curran
Melville Rice
John Foley
Robert Green
McElman
Talented Couple Residing in View of the Kennebec River
Painter Stephen Etnier and wife Elizabeth settle at Gilbert Head near Georgetown Maine. They convert an old Colonial home, build a garden, and Elizabeth keeps a diary that becomes the basis for her best selling book On Gilbert Head. The Etniers gain recognition for coastal scenes and plan to pursue art and writing from their Maine home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec River
Old Ocean
Stephen Etnier
Elizabeth
Gilbert Head
Harry C. Webber
Maine
Kennebec
Stephen
New World
Popham
Sabino
Parker Head
Bath
Moosehead Lake
Pond Island
Seguin
Clark's Point
Atlantic
Ftrnter
Gilbert Mead
Finter
Georgetown
Mayon
New York
Noles Inter
Aeence Aioubie
Elizabeth Etnier
Etnier
Elizabeth Ethier
America
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Hooker
City
Supt
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Winter Street Church
DR. Geiger
Bath Man
Blank & Stoller
Earlers. Thompson
Believe Girl
John H Hyde
Elmhurst
Boston
Twin-County Farm Bureau
Committee On Finance
Bangor Municipal Court
Stevens
Waterville
Elmers
Stephanie
Stephen and
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