Public figures urge thrift and common sense in 1930s reform
W M Jeffers of Union Pacific warns bankers that government overreach hampers business and urges less government, more confidence, and practical, homegrown policy. He argues for fewer restraints and more common horse sense to restore employment and trust. Separately, Bath discusses excise tax receipts for free bridge tickets and the transition from 1939 to 1940 numbers to prevent nonresidents from obtaining passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah Bankers Association
W. M. Jeffers
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Bath
New Year's Day Holiday Across Regions Cited
The article notes New Year's Day as a holiday in the United States and District of Columbia, with European and colonial observances across Africa Americas Australasia and Asia. it lists exceptions including England Northern Ireland Wales and Saudi Arabia. A cold wave froze ponds aiding skating as January sales approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
District of Columbia
Europe
England
Northern Ireland
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Wales
London
Dublin
Bermuda
Africa
Liberia
North
Central
South America
Australasia
Oceania
Asia
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
European Bank
Bath Buildings Condition Linked to Debt and Funds
Ex mayor Donald N. Small argues Bath’s public school buildings are in deplorable condition but cites tight bonded debt limits and lack of WPA funds as the main obstacles. He notes fire stations also pose hazards and urges safety actions while placing responsibility on prior administrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Donald N. Small
Bath Iron Works Corp
the Times
Small
Board of Aldermen
PWA
Mr. Small
St Marys P T A Guests At Exercises
Pupils in grades five and six at St Marys parochial school presented a Christmas program directed by Sister Eleanor at a St Marys P T A meeting. Mothers served refreshments. A supper is planned for Jan 17 in Daughters of Isabella hall for P T A members and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor
St. Mary’s P.T.A
Theresa Cotten
Rita Durant
Catherine Burgess
Marie Hamblett
Daughters of Isabella Hall
Jane McPhee
R. N
Ruth W. Henry, R. N
The
Red Cross
Dramatic Club Christmas Assembly at Central Grammar
Central Grammar School’s dramatic club staged a eighth grade Christmas assembly last Wednesday. Members pay five cents weekly dues with Mrs. C D Wilson as adviser. Officers include Marjorie Black president Mahlon Niles vice president Lucille Geneau treasurer Betty Anderson secretary. The program featured carols Bible reading The Christmas Story The First Noel choral reading Long Long Ago Down The Christmas Street and a Christmas Grouch play with Larry Wold Lucille Geneau Miss Jones Mahlon Niles Mary Morse Sadie Clayton Richards in roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Grammar School
C. D. Wilson
Marjorie Black
Mahlon Niles
Lucille Geneau
Betty Anderson
Herald Angels
Bethlehem
Larry Wold
Mr. Richmond
Miss Jones
Mary Morse
Sadie
Clayton Richards
Messenger
Former Smith store leased by firm for re opening
Russell J. Ploughman announced that Ham's Cigar Store has leased the former Neil J. Smith cigar store at 144 Front Street and will reopen it as a branch of its Center Street shop. After the New Year a remodel will add modern fixtures and a full line of cigars cigarettes and tobaccos along with newspapers and magazines. The Smith store was purchased last summer by William Bruce who operated it until recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell J. Ploughman
Ham
Center Street
Neil J. Smith
Front Street
William Bruce
Senator Sewall Discusses Aviation Unit for Maine
Sen Sumner Sewall of Bath spoke at Auburn to the Aero Club of Maine on a proposed National Guard Aviation Unit for Maine. He cited a $50,000 annual Federal payroll and noted aviation facilities serve military and peaceful commerce, offering training and job prospects while boosting airport development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Sewall
Bath
Maine Senate
Aero Club of Maine
Auburn
National Guard
Maine
Wallace H. White, Jr
Ralph O O. Brewster
Nunzi Napolitano
Portland
Adrian Cote
Lewiston
Capt. Burtis Fowler
Herbert Folsom
Augusta
Guy P. Gannett
Despin
James C. Oliver
Lewis O. Barrows
Frederick G. Payne
Erin W. Page
Skowhegan
Sewall
New England
Cosmo Garden Club Hosts Christmas Party for Needy Children
About 30 needy children aged four to ten attended Cosmo politan Garden club's annual Christmas party in the club house. Mrs. Roscoe P. McFadden led as general chairman with Mrs. Bowen Torrey heading the decorated tree. Volunteers prepared treats and distributed caps, clothing, toys, and fruit as children sang carols and recited poems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Roscoe P. McFadden
Bowen Torrey
Alice F. Johnson
Leroy F. Colby
Thomas Murphy
Elizabeth Deering
Garden Club
Leonard F. Wetherbee
Louis M. Silverman
Littlefield School Christmas Program Presented
Pupils of Littlefield school West Bath under Miss Barbara E Fisher presented a Christmas program on Wednesday afternoon. Students performed titles include Bundles Merrill Barter Santa Claus Candles Betty Adams Donald Weed Anita Barter Santa's Helpers Nancy Coombs Cowboy Jack Graydon Smith Pine Trees Richard Tremaine Christmas Magic Perry Thompson Christmas the whole school What Shall I Be Dana Small Christmas carol Graydon Smith Play Santa Claus Helpers the whole school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littlefield School
West Bath
Barbara E. Fisher
Bundles
Merrill Barter
Edward Thompson
Betty Adams
Donald Weed
Anita Barter
Nancy Coombs
Cowboy Jack
Graydon Smith
Richard Tremaine
Perry Thompson
Dana Small
Santa Claus
Missing Fragments From Early Maine School Report
Five year old Clara Eleanor Hanscom daughter of Mr and Mrs Roland Hanscom of Meadow Way is noted as absent from school during the Fall term and late only once. Miss Renee a first grade pupil enjoys school so much she hates Saturdays and Sundays. Edward E Sonia of 103 Beacon Street employee at Bath Iron Works left Friday evening for Somerville Mass to visit his sister Mrs Ernest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Eleanor Hanscom
Roland Hanscom
Eadow Way
Renee
Edward E. Sonia
Beacon Street
Bath Iron Works Corp
Somerville
Mass
Ernest
Dromore Farm Bureau selects projects at day session
Dromore Farm Bureau held a day session with Mary L. Wright in charge. The group elected officers, planned 1940 projects including health, clothing and foods tasks, and noted loom weaving and chair caning as major crafts. The annual report cites 12 regular meetings, 189 attendees, and a Tops ham blue ribbon for square meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Farm Bureau
Mary L. Wright
Home Nation
Miss Wright
Arthur L. Deering
Orono
Esther McCourt
Velma Young
Lynette Caverly
Bureau
Eva Rogers
Evelyn Beals
Stewart Day
Bath
Phippsburg
Velma White
White Spot
Popham
Topsham
Stetson Named Maine Chairman for Finnish Relief Fund
Clarence C. Stetson of Bangor is named Maine state chairman for the Finnish Relief Fund Inc. He will coordinate public activities and work with Maine newspapers to raise funds for Finnish women and children made homeless by war. Former Hoover aide in the Commerce Department, Stetson will head Maine drive and appoint local committees statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence C. Stetson
Bangor
Maine
Finnish Relief Fund, Inc
Stetson
Herbert Hoover
Department of Commerce
Hoover
Funch
Morse High Gridiron Honors Coach with Two Gifts
Morse High School players from the season presented coach Henry D. Small with two tokens of appreciation, a bakelite desk cabinet with a clock and a penknife watch charm, at the final assembly before Christmas. The team finished five wins, one loss, and one tie under his leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
Henry D. Small
Morton Holbrook
Small
New Year's Eve Party Planned by Legion Post
Roland Smith A L and Auxiliaries organize a Legion hall New Year’s Eve event. Dr Albert Owen Post commander Senator Sumner Sewall and Gardiner Leavitt lead the program committee. Dancing starts at 12 01 a m and continues to 3 a m. A January dinner for sustaining members will invite the speaker Sewall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Smith
A. L
Legion Hall
Albert
Owen
Sumner Sewall
Gardiner Leavitt
Sweater Sewall
Day's Ferry Resident Undergoes Surgical Operation
Samuel H. Kirkpatrick of Day's Ferry is reported as a patient at entree after a surgical operation performed Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel H. Kirkpatrick
Day's Ferry
Entree
Christmas Program Recital By Grade Students
Lavithei Miss Palmer presents a Christmas program on Wednesday with multiple grades performing carols and readings. Actors include Anne Thompson Mitchell and Billy Donnell with a lineup of students such as Pauline Hurd Beverly per Marilyn Elwell and Charles Shepard. The program features carols Oh Little Town of Bethlehem Silent Night Away in a Manger and The Night Before Christmas read by Barbara Travis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Palmer
Lavithei
Anne M
Thompson
Mitchell Ee
Billy Donnell
Os In Berry
Marjorie Rogers
Winifred Salon
William Seavey
Ooer Seventy Denham
Arth' Helenurray
Charles Shepard
Ronald Larrabee
Pauline Hurd
Beverly Per
Marilyn Elwell
Little Town of Bethlehem
Peggy Safford
Barbara Jean Holderness
Lewis Donnell
Long
Santaland
Helen Witham
North Grammar School Christmas Program Recital
Last week grade six at North Grammar presented a multi item program featuring carols like O Little Town of Bethlehem and The First Noel sung by the class. Performers included Evelyn Berry Marlo Bennett Ernest Walls Roy Durgan and others with monologues and a play Christmas Cookies and My Christmas Gifts among numbered pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Spicer
Robert Paulin
Audrey King
Gerald Cogan
North Grammar School
Little Town of
Bethlehem
Evelyn Berry
Marlo Bennett
Ernest Walls
Roy Durgan Doane CY
Ccnean
Marion Corliss
Lawrence Kilbreth
Henry Adams
Richard Jackson
Donald Morse
Harold Davis
Sarah Silverman
Dorothy Wilson
Nellie Page
Jeanne Pearson
Horace Morse
Tom
John Canacaris
George
Jean Small
Kate
Lois
Alice Lorraine Purdue
Mrs. Allen
Billy Kelly
Lois McLellan
Russell Stodder
Edward Mosher
Barbara Burnham
Annie McCabe
Nola Belanger
Edwin Small
Allen Gregware
DATOS
Hs Evs
Beverly Curran
Ys Arnaeseatrenentionplanne Voorhees
Santa Claus
Serre
Bruce Buttrick
Daniel Wing
Lens and weapons optics produced under Ministry review
The article notes a year long effort at a factory supervised by the Ministry of Supply to develop a scientific instrument output. Two men performed calculations as plans matured, producing items such as gun sights and height finders along with telescopes prisms and fuse receivers while some details remained confidential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pole
Subantan
Modern Woodmen Observe Birthday in Bath Camp 7407
Bath Camp 7407 Modern Woodmen of America marked its 40th anniversary at Red Men Hall. State Manager George C. Woods, unable to attend due to weather, sent regrets and congratulations. Past consuls filled chairs. a birthday poem was read. an oyster stew supper followed. About 26 Catholic Guild members plan carol singing in Lewiston for Auburn Home for Aged Women and other institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Camp
Modern Woodmen of America
Red Men's Hall
George C. Woods
Bangor
The
Agree
Fred A. Bowie
Wilfred J. Roy
Rolvin H. Bowie
Clifton W.tedford
Elbridge R. Wright
Joseph Brown
Charles C. Toothaker
Fred L. Stover
Walter I. Norton
Milee Roy
Donald Avery
Harry ‘Arner
Catholic ‘Guild
Lewiston
Auburn
Marcotte
Sarah C. Frye
British Royal Name Changes Mirror World War Era Reinventions
King George V renamed the royal house from Guelph to Windsor and anglicized German titles during World War I. Prince Louis of Battenberg, later Louis Mountbatten, resigned as First Sea Lord due to origin fears and served as Mountbatten. His son Louis Mountbatten, born 1892, became a Royal Navy officer and later married Edwina Ashley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fe Dally Tit
London
Offic
George V
Guelph
Windsor
Battenberg
Mountbattel
Hesse and the Rhine
Henry
Beatrice
Prince Louis
Louis
Darmstadt
Louis Mountbatten
Queen Victoria
Prince of Wales
Edward VII
George’s
Windsor Castle
Prince Louis-Frances of
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Edwina Ashley
Barons of
Mount Temple
New York
Christmas Party At Busy Plant And Legion Convention Plans
The article notes a Christmas party at a busy plant with attendees listed and mentions Congress Shirt Co. nearing the end of a busy period with strong demand and potential samples for next season. It also reports the 1940 American Legion Convention for Maine to be held in Houston June 21 to 23, with the Convention Corporation announcing trustees and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Lewis
Genevieve Mallett
Harry Schottler
Nellie Burns
Tillie Pushard
Geneva Spaulding
Vernon W. Miller
Edna Carter
Congress Shirt Co
Next Goseos
Ase
Kennebec
American Legion
Department of Maine
Houston
Convention ‘Corporation
Convention Corporation
Phillip H. ‘Woodworth
Earle 8. Barton
John Chapman
John R. Hall
James C.madigan
Stanley McElwee
John K. McKay
Roland H. Hovey
Ralph L
South Street School Pupils Present Christmas Program
Visiting parents and friends saw South Street School pupils perform a Christmas program Tuesday night. Grade by grade, students sang carols such as It Came Upon a Midnight Clear and The First Noel, with solos by Carol, Betty Anderson, and Paul Burns. Jean Leonard and Victor Grace contributed harmonica and solo performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Street School
Robert Marr
Hark
The
Herald Angeli
Joanne
Patsy Burns
Sally Wilson
Lesser
Carol
Betty Anderson
Jean Leonard
Victor Grace
Barbara Green
Paul Raines
Robert Haley
Christine Briggs
Dorothy Anderson
Marjorie Spaulding
Rodger Grace
Roland Black
Paul Burns
PUPILS NOT ABSENT AT SOUTH STREET SCHOOL
PUPILS at South Street School who were neither absent nor tardy during the first 15 weeks include Ralph W. Alley Audrey E. Anderson Betty F. Anderson Arlene Carr Anna M. Coffill Margaret L. Grant E Hinds Darwin K. Nolan M Quimby Richard Wong grade four Jean Anderson James Callan Carr Gloria Christiansen Tommy Cof fill Leone Day Jean Drake Jack Anderson Betty Hill Doris Lavigne Dor grade five Christine Striggs Sally Grant Thomas Tracy Joyce Mac Curdy grade two Richard Coffill Marion Ferris Clifton Given Patrick Smart ela aie
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Street School
Ralph W. Alley
Audrey E. Anderson
Betty F. Anderson
Arlene Carr
Anna M. Coffill
Margaret L. Grant
E. Hinds
Darwin K. Nolan
M. Quimby
Richard Wong
Jean Anderson
James Callan
Carr
Gloria Christiansen
Tommy Coffill
Leone Day
Jean Drake
Jack Adderson
Betty Hill
Doris Lavigne
Dor
Christine Striggs
Sally Grant
Thomas Tracy
Joyce MacCurdy
Richard Coffill
Marion Ferris
Clifton Given
Patrick ‘Smart
Ela Aie
Honor Pupils Mitchell Tendance During the Fall Term
Mitchell students receive honor status for academic performance during the fall term. Records highlight top scholars and classroom achievements across grades led by the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell Tendance
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the Times Company
Bath, Maine
F. B. Nichols
Pres
Treas, Harry
Webber
Dramatic Club
SMITH
Senator Sewall
Air Corps
Cosmo Garden Club
Littlefield
Newt
Board of
Siam
Clotho
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Iain Lic
North Grammar
Wee
Great Britain
South Street
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