Independent Holiday Notes and Local Political Moves
The Bath Maine Independent carries holiday wishes and a year-end look at local and state affairs. Charles Murray resigns from the Maine Highway Commission amid criticism of the executive council. Governor Barrows heads to Arizona for Christmas and urges cautious driving. Christmas bell and fire safety plans spread from Massachusetts to Maine. Maine gains a spot at an international conference with Senator White named to lead the U S delegation in Cairo. Lewiston adopts a daylight school signaling plan replacing fire whistles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Murray
Bangor
Maine Highway Commission
Murray
Barrows
Executive Council
Arizona
Maine
Massachusetts
Wallace H. White, Jr
Roosevelt
United States
Cairo
Egypt
Mr. White
Burglars Visit Eseley Store On High Street
Eseley's grocery at 1171 High street was entered in the early Friday hours. Thieves took three cartons of cigarettes eight pounds of butter five pounds frankfurts canned goods tea and jam. Tracks led from the smashed south window to High street. An automobile may have aided the getaway as a car was heard and seen nearby. This marked the third city break in 72 hours with Rowe Motor Co and Morse high school also entered earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eseley
High Street
Louis P. Eseley
Walter L. Whitney
Langdon E. Green
Rowe Motor Co
Morse High School
Debated Regulations for Striped Bass on Kennebec
A Maine meeting discussed regulating striped bass fishing with proposals including daily bag limits of five or ten, banning netting and sale, and possible permits for unemployed fishers. Witnesses compared California protections, considered a closed season during spawning, and debated netting versus rod and reel limits with votes on unaffordable bans and potential bounty questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Sewall
R. H. Stone
Bath Iron Works Corp
Pacific
McCausland
Edward Gediman
George W. Hibbs
Kennebec
Foyler
Dr. Hibbs
Walter J. McElman
H. Reinoehl
Mr. Stone
California
Maine
McElman
Arthur L. Plant
Ralph F. Small
Donnell
Sportsmen's Association
Sewall
Sumner
Fishermen oppose striped bass regulations
A speaker voiced disapproval of any regulations on striped bass, arguing the fish are abundant and laws would ruin livelihoods. He claimed eight to ten years of fishing activity would be halted and warned that stricter rules would stop daily wages for fishermen who rely on river catches.
Les Camarades Meet With Mrs Carl Albee Wednesday Evening
Les Camarades Musicaux hosted by Mrs Carl E Albee of 678 Washington street featured guest soloist Mrs John H Labbie and pianist Mrs Thelma W Dearing. Miss Margaret J Melcher presented a Theodore Thomas paper before a program including piano quartets, duets, arias, and multiple solo and duet numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Labbie
Carrie F. Luce
Thelma W. Dearing
Bath
Carl E. Albee
Washington Street
Les Camarades Musicaux
Theodore Thomas
Margaret J. Melcher
Rohm Miss Magoun
Miss Melcher
Albee
Mr. Royal
Clair de Lune
Debussy
Liszt
Labbie
Lucantoni
Sturtevant
Mr. Ramsay
DeBennot
Sprague
Andrews
Highland Joy
Rice
Gavotte
Gluck
Alt Wein
Godowski Miss Magoun
Kindergarten Pupils Entertain Relatives at Party
Pupils of Mrs. Charles E. Miller's kindergarten at Mrs. David 8. Cogan's home on 1037 High street entertained their mothers and younger siblings Friday morning. A doll house crafted by Louis P. Nelson served as a backdrop for the program, featuring songs by Jimmy Smith and others and a Santa Claus chimney entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Miller
David
Cogan
High Street
Louis P. Nelson
Center Street
Santa Claus
Jimmy Smith
Douglas Champion
Arnold Cogan
Nancy Small
Dickie McMann
Charlie Burden
Jack and Jill
Diddle Diddle
North End grocer injured in icy York Street fall
Herbert W. Norton a well known retired North End grocer was injured when he slipped on York Street crossing near Washington and struck the icy roadway he was unconscious and later removed to Bath Memorial hospital by a passing motorist after initial treatment at 36 Dummer Street by Dr E Motley Puller Norton was taken to hospital for further care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert W. Norton
Bath Memorial Hospital
York Street
Washington
Harry T. Passmore
Dummer Street
E. Motley Puller
Auto theft link eyed after car found wrecked
A stolen Portland auto from November 26 was found abandoned by state police at Orrington, its wrecked interior holding several jimmies a bit stock bits and wires suggesting a possible link to a Morse high school break last week. The high school break yielded two bit stocks four bits two jimmy bars and a keyhole saw from the manual training department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Orrington
Walter L. Whitney
Morse High School
Manual Training Department
Fire drives Wakefield family from Buxton road home
Nancy Wakefield, 18 months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Wakefield, sick with bronchitis after their Frank Price residence on Buxton road burned ten days ago. The family is temporarily living at the home of Mr and Mrs Thomas Garside in Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy
Lawrence Wakefield
Frank Price
Buxton Road
Saco
Thomas Garside
Biddeford
Puritan Judges Harsh Sentences Revealed in 17th Century Records
Historical Records Survey uncovers Court of Assistants papers from 1630 to 1692 in Boston detailing brutal punishments. Cases include Maria burned for arson in Roxbury 1681, Jack hanged and burned in Northampton the same year, and multiple lashings and branding for burglary and other crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stern
Pitiless
Massachusetts
Boston
Court of Assistants
Maria
Joshua Lambe
Roxbury
Thomas Swan
Jack
Northampton
Anna
Rebecca Lynd
Charlestown
James Fuller
Satan
George Fairfax
Walter Crendall
Joseph Gatchell
Marblehead
Sir Walter Raleigh
William Pope
Leonard Pomery
Closing Meeting of Genesta Chapter No 73 OES
The Genesta chapter No 73 OES held its year end meeting in the Masonic temple with plans to remember shut-in and sick members at Christmas. An entertainment followed featuring Mrs. Philip Roberts and Miss Evelyn Greenleaf with carols a piano solo by Mrs. Carleton Andrews a reading by Miss Marie Merrill and a vocal by Harold Cutting. Refreshments of chicken salad crackers and coffee were served under the direction of several members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta Chapter
O.es
Masonic Temple
Philip Roberts
Evelyn Greenleaf
Carleton W. Andrews
Marie C. Merrill
Harold E. Cutting
David Y. Alkazin
George Larrabee
Clifford B. Smith
Wallace L. Atwood
Harris T. Rodick
Bath People Attend State of Maine Dinner
The Maine Society of New York held its annual dinner at the Waldorf Astoria with over 200 attendees. Speakers included Bates College President Clifton Gray, Miss Marian Martin of Bangor, and author Ben Ames Williams. attendees listed include Mr and Mrs Sewall and several Shaw, Crosby, and Sewall family members. Stanley Bickle arrived from Washington to spend Christmas with his father on North Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Society of New York
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
New York
Clifton Gray
Bates College
Marian Martin
Bangor
Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Ben Ames Williams
Loual F. Sewall
John K. Jayne
Frank Shaw
Charles Shaw
Carl K. Crosby
William B. Smith
Arthur Sewall 2d
Mr. Shaw
Crosby
Stanley Bickle
Washington, D. C
Henry Bickle
North Street
Maine aims to form Childrens of the American Revolution
Miss Carmela J. Appleby state director for Maine reports encouraging progress in forming C A R groups across the state. Promoters, organizing presidents, and future leaders will guide junior and senior groups using plays, music, and history lessons as Maine becomes the 45th state to activate the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Palsifer Sylvester
Lisbon Falls
Carmela J. Appleby
Maine
National Society of the Children of the American Revolution
Montana
Nevada
Utah
Eleanor Seeber
Thomaston
Donald Piper
Portland
Samuel Woodbury
Auburn
Freq C. Morgan
William H. Shoppe
Grube B. Cornish
South Portland
Sons of the American Revolution
George Baer Connard Is Guest Of Honor
George Baer Connard, whose wedding to Miss Clarabell Quick will take place New Year’s Day, was guest of honor at a dinner Saturday night at the Hotel Sedgwick hosted by Bath Iron Works office employee. Attendees included Archibald M. Main and Theodore A. Earle among many others. entertainment featured songs by Norman Mackinnon and Henry O. Trowbridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Baer Connard
Clarabell Quick
Sedgwick
Bath Iron Works
Connard
Norman Mackinnon
Henry O. Trowbridge
Archibald M. Main
E. Everett Pierce
Harry B. Briggs, Jr
Theodore A. Earle
John Watson
Malcolm Blanchard
Thatcher Pinkham
Harry Thebeau
Marvin Truss
Harold Avery
Eugene Eberhard
Donald N. Small
John Taylor
George Hopkins
Walter Anliker
Rowland Beal
Delmar Bates
E. P. Steininger
Sidney Eaton
Capt. Williams
Blair
Samuel Wakeman
W. Dayton Hill
Thomas Allen
Famous Negro Tenor Delights Brunswick Audience
Roland Hayes, renowned tenor, performed the second Co operative concert at Town Hall Brunswick Friday night before a packed house. Encores kept him on stage as the crowd applauded long after the program. Accompanist Percival Parman contributed, composing and arranging spirituals. Nearly 100 attendees, including many schoolchildren, enjoyed the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Hayes
Brunswick
Mr. Hayes
Town Hall
Percival Parman
Mr. Parman
Robinson Donnell wedding in Portsmouth Maine
Miss Mildred Louise Donnell and Joseph Leroy Robinson were married Saturday afternoon in Portsmouth New Hampshire in a single ring ceremony officiated by a justice of the peace. The couple, both of this city, will reside in West Bath. A sister of the bride attended as Mrs Ralph Campbell of Greene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Louise Donnell
Joseph Leroy Robinson
Portsmouth
N. H
Ralph Campbell
Greene
Robinson
Robert Wiley Donnell
Rear 67
Court Street
Grace Donnell
B Square
Mr. Robinson
Edmund C. Robinson
South Street
Agnes Robinson
Bath
West Bath
Club Garret Hosts Christmas Party in Gielstrup Building
About 40 members attended the annual Club Garret Christmas party in the Gielstrup building. The event featured a decorated tree, lights, and refreshments, with group carols led by Edith A Mackinnon and piano by Margaret Mackinnon. A charity drive for Salvation Army was proposed, and Kathleen V Leonard presented a musical program with accompanying pieces listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Club Garret
Gielstrup
Hazel P. Cooke
Herbert F. Pierce
Ruth
Hodgdon
Eleanor Mullaney
Edward J. Lee, Jr
Vanona A. MacDonald
John H. Grindell
Margaret Austin
Mark W. Hennessy
Elwood W. Legard
C. Roland Trott
Santa Claus
Edith A. Mackinnon
Margaret M
Salvation Army
Kathleen V. Leonard
Miss Leonard
Les Camarades Musicaux
Margaret Mackinnon
Albert Durnford
Victor Herbert
Parke Grindel
Luigi Arditi
Franz Schubert
Golden Wedding Anniversary Celebrated by Mr and Mrs Bowie
Mr and Mrs Fred A Bowie hosted an open house at 26 Drummond street on Friday to mark their Golden Wedding anniversary. Daughters Bessie L Bowie Marion D Bowie and daughters in law Nelson Rice Richmond Mass and Stanley F Jensen Hartford attended along with four generations. A family dinner followed Saturday at Pythian hall with 42 guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred A. Bowie
Drummond Street
Bessie L
Hartford
Woolwich
Samuel Frink
Richmond
Mass
Stanley F. Jensen
Bowie
Pythian Hall
Seniors Present Their Class Play At Morse High
Morse high school dramatized a mystery play in which Clifton S. Nickerson portrayed the stricken garden er who is later found murdered. The production featured Melvin Henderson as the detective and Gordon W. Lake delivering much of the humor with Miss Margaret Tourtillotte as Darkey Aunt Sue. The cast included Miss Jacqueline Bisson, Arthur Cormier, and Wesley Harrington with Miss Mackinnon directing the orchestra and Miss Fahey guiding programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton S. Nickerson
Nickerson
Mary J. Scales
Elm Street
Melvin Henderson
Charles T. Henderson
High Street
Gordon W. Lake
Morse High
Margaret Tourtillotte
Ethel Tourtillette
Center Street
Darkey
Sue
Jake
Mr. Lake
Marse
Somerville
Mass
Gordon A. Lake
Shepard Street
Margaret M. Mackinnon
J. Edward Pomeroy
M. Agnes Fahey
Cummings Motor Co
Vernal Chaney
George Costain
Lucien Bisson
Jacqueline Bisson
Arthur Cormier
Wesley Harrington
Phippsburg
Dorothy Bourque
Lillian Goodwin
Kathleen Lewis
Dorothy White
Edward B. Cohen
Howard Kirkpatrick
Francis Sullivan
Doris Henderson
Marguerite Brown
Avis Marston
Maine Guide Down East on Holiday Bookshelves
A new Maine guidebook, Maine a Guide Down East, appears from the Federal Writers' Project and Houghton Mifflin, aiming to be both a travel atlas and encyclopedia of Maine. It covers cities, tours, history, crafts, and state life with maps, illustrations, and a 1937 transport map, spotlighting Bath, its shipyards, and notable local figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Federal Writers' Project
The
Works Progress Administration
State of
Houghton Mifflin Co
Boston
Federal Writers’ Project
Maines
Maine Development Commission
New England
Writers’ Project
United States
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Pine Tree State
Dorris A. Westall
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Bath
Harry L. Hopkins
Joseph Gaer
New England Guides
Col. C. A. L. Samoson
Woodbury Potter
Bath Iron Works
Davenport Memorial
Davenport Memorial Museum
Madame Emma Eames
Herbert L. Spinney
Smithsonian Institution
Peterson
Stone House
Carlton Bridge
Finding Corrections for New Directory
More than five thousand corrections were needed for the 1938 directory with Bath alone accounting for over three thousand updates on addresses occupations removals and deaths These changes cover only the alphabetical section not the street and house directory or corrections for outlying towns Publishers note Bath adds 1591 new names and 1009 erasures yielding a net gain of 582 The directory is due early next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
C. H. Lunt
Crowley & Lunt
Modern Woodmen Elect Bath Camp Officers
Modern Woodmen of America Bath camp elected officers Wednesday night last week Roy served as past consul John Stewart became adviser Roscoe P Higgins took the secretary post William H White is treasurer W J Ketchum is escort Harry Warner watchman Ralph Boardman sentry Fred Stover chief forester Fred A Bowie joins the board of trustees for three years Mr and Mrs William M Adams were Portland visitors Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Camp
Modern Woodmen of America
Roy
John Stewart
Roscoe P. Higgins
William H. White
W. J. Ketchum
Harry Warner
Ralph Boardman
Fred Stover
Fred A. Bowie
Board of Trustees
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the Times Company
Prent Strest
Beth
B. Michols
Treas
Barry
Weeeer
Postomtice
Merry Christmas
Independent
Sagadahoc County
Lewiston
Mitchell
Horace “Son” Mitchell
LES Camarades
Carl Albee
North End
Genesta
State OF Maine
Patriotic Society For Young People
Children of the Revolution
Roy L. Fernald
Winterport
Mrs. Bowie
Janet S. Murphy
Workers of Federal Writers’ Project
Woodmen
William M. Adams
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