Why Not New Industries Bath Seeks Industrial Growth in New Year
In a year of national shipbuilding prestige Bath urges renewed effort to attract diverse industries. The Tessas yard on the North End offers a large waterfront site and favorable conditions for manufacturers. The city aims to connect with plants considering new locations and showcase Bath as a promising site in northern New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine City
Batt
Tessas
New England
New Year Greetings From The Independent
The Independent wishes readers a prosperous 1937 and reflects on Bath near the Kennebec avoiding flood damage, a stable post depression year, and hopes for peace. It notes ongoing European and Asian armaments, funding hurdles, and the wish that war be discarded as barbaric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Independent
Bath
Kennebec
End of December Brings Bare Ground and Mild Winter
The text notes days lengthening toward spring, near zero temperatures and almost no snow. Ground remains bare as in summer, suggesting a shorter winter. In about three months, April’s approach hints at spring days ahead.
Central church school children host Christmas party
A large audience of junior and kindergarten pupils attended a Christmas entertainment at Central church school in the parish house on Wednesday afternoon. Major William R. Kimball led the event with a committee including Mrs. Carl J. Severin and several teachers. Presents and candy followed the program as children sang, recited, and acted in short plays and readings directed by Rev. David L. Wilson and teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church School
William R. Kimball
Carl J. Severin
Irma D. Groves
Charlotte F. Page
Andrus L. Coleman
Eleanor M. Ferguson
Donald McKellar
Mary Ellen Cyr
David L. Wilson
Paul Gregware
Anita Bagdikian
City League Opens With January Fifth Basketball Schedule
The YMCA city basketball league announces a two round schedule beginning January 5. Each team plays all others twice, with a round winner declared and a possible best out of three championship if different round winners emerge. Uniforms are being arranged for Iron Works teams North End Merchants and Blues.
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Iron Works
North End
Merchants
Farley Mayo
Blues
Office
Reds
North
Girl Scout Meeting Time Changed and Meeting Postponed
Wild Rose Troop of Girl Scouts will meet Thursday at 10 o clock at the Oak Street parish house instead of the usual time. The Local Girl Scout Council has postponed its annual meeting to next Wednesday afternoon January 6 at 2 30 rather than this week. In 1936 Gardiner saw gains and flood hardship, with the March flood and Black Friday the 13th standout events shaping a year watched by residents.
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Wild Rose
Girl Scouts of America
Oak Street
Girl Scout Council
Gardiner
Kennebec
Bath to rely on Superior Court judge as municipal recorder
With Owen Ledyard’s term ending Bath loses a municipal judge and must have a Superior Court justice hear police court matters. Governor Brann’s refusal to reappoint Judge Keegan leaves Bath without a judge, while debate grows over a proposed law changing the recorder’s duties and pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen J. Ledyard
Bath
Louis J. Brann
John J. Keegan
Brann
John P. Carey, Jr
Keegan
Deering
Executive Council
Lewis O. Barrows
Dunn
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Bath Court
Recent Real Estate Transfers Noted in Sagadahoc Registry
In Bath Bowdoin Bowdoinham Georgetown Richmond and Topsham transfers are listed with buyers and sellers such as Cyrus 8 Pembroke to Sidney R Higgins Harold D Larrabee to Frank W Danforth and Clara H Williams to Philip E Williams. Other filings include Hattie M Purinton to Clara H Williams Levi W Powers to Wilton S Campbell Carrie E Heald to Frank S Heald and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Bath
Cyrus
Pembroke
Sidney R. Higgins
Harold D. Larrabee
Frank W. Danforth
Et al
Harry S. Hosmer
Fred A. Curtis
Fred E. Ames
Orville L. Jameson
Alice L. Hartnett
Charles E. Stinson
J. Herbert Mosley
Louise R. Mosley
Bowdoin
Hattie M. Purinton
Clara H. Williams
Pierre Laberge
Philip E. Williams
George H. Staples
Lida O
Bertha S. Graves
Bowdoinham
Nathan L. Leavitt
Lewis Sucy
Prudence A. Lucy
Georgetown
Levi W. Powers
Wilton S. Campbell
Carrie E. Heald
Frank S. Heald
Ida M. Hinckley
Sarah I. Staffeld
Richmond
Myrilla Harris
Phyllis J. Ricker
Benjamin B. Douglass
Ethel M. Temple
Melvin M. Randall
Charles B. Millett
Topsham
Wilfred Riendeau
Walter W. Larrabee
Joseph O. Lavoie
Thomas E. Michaud
Maine Visitors Spend Huge Sum in Publicity Push
The Maine Commission disclosed record publicity outreach for the year, noting coverage across all states and into Europe and South America. It spent under the $25,000 appropriation on newspaper radio and magazine ads as well as shows, exhibitions, and publicity. A fall recommendation urged identifying Maine foods shipped out of state to help buyers recognize local products. Shippers and growers supported the plan, with a future program envisaged to boost Maine foods’ advertising and merchandising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Commission
Maine
Europe
South America
Maine Foods
Local Resident Dorothy Thebeau Returns from Vacation
Miss Dorothy R Thebeau returned to Bath Wednesday of last week after a two week vacation in Miami Florida She appeared in a Christmas play and service at the college on December 21 taking the role of an angel
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Dorothy R. Thebeau
Bath
Good Coun
Weekly Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Answers
Across clues include Appointed 34 A Consoli 6 A walking and many others with entries like 11 An article of mountain superior size top or quality 18 A chart 37 Read 14 Thirteenth 39 Japanese letter of the coin 40 Curious alphabet scraps 16 Bestows literature 18 Proceed 42 A saucy girl 19 A watch 44 Rhode ribbon Island 21 Of a city abbr 23 Referring to 45 An ancient the past city of 25 A citrus Lycia Asia Minor 27 A lizard Acts xxvii 5 29 Adored 47 A cargo 32 Form of the 49 Put in verb to be action 50 Pack away DOWN 2 Like 8 Scold 9 A series of 4 Heroic perce 5 7 rm of the 10 Realat verb to be openly 12 Carouse 15 A satellite 17 One of the apostles 20 Concoct 22 Bays 24 A wide mouth wa ter pitcher 26 Positively not 28 Neat Indians 30 A fabric 46 Euphonic used in make form of act ing overalls 48 A trick 31 Accuse colloq Answer to previous puzzle 83 Wicked 36 A variety of quartz 38 Masculine name 41 Form of the verb to be 43 A carved memorial post made by N A
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Rhode Ribbon Island
Lycia
Asia
Fruit Minor
Carouse
Apostles
Neat Indians
Sunday School Pups Hold Christmas Tree at Corliss Street
Sunday school pupils and parents gathered at Corliss Street Church for a Christmas Eve program by Sterling Bible class. Two decorated trees loaded with gifts, candy bags for local children, and 48 boxes for shut-ins followed a student recital and songs led by Mrs. Hunt and Mrs. Cornish with Rev. Moffatt assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
His Street
Sterling Bible Class
John H. Hunt
Ralph M. Cornish
Robert C. Mitchell
Lee Scott
The
Herald Angels
Silas E. Plant
Cummings Motors Moves to Front Street Opposite Park
Saturday night Cummings Motors Inc moved from Lewiston Buick garage on Broad Commercial and Arch streets after two years to new quarters on Front Street opposite the Park. Lewiston Buick Co will return to its own building with Earle Dow manager and Guy Nichols head mechanic preparing the plant, painting walls and upgrading the garage for better service and sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cummings Motors, Inc
Lewiston Buick Co
Front Street
Earle Dow
Guy Nichols
Santa Claus at Winter Street Sunday school party
Approximately 200 attended the Christmas party given by the Winter Street Sunday school on Tuesday evening. Horace Morse played Santa, gifts were exchanged, ice cream and candy served, and a program of carols recitations and songs followed led by Mrs. Robert Haskell and committee members Miss Catherine Leonard and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Robert Haskell
Banta Claus
Horace Morse
Catherine Leonard
Elizabeth Colby
Lydia Atwood
Roger Holden
Clayton Helden
Jesus
Barbara Wyland
John Alden Morse
Donald Sylvester
Richard Hersom
Russell Cahill
Dorothy Bubier
Santa Claus
Richard Cahill
Robert Rowland
David Brownell
Teddy Sturtevant
Philip Haskell
Billy Po
New
Ran
A Senta
Helen Tabor
Freida McAlister
Legionnaires Boost Post Membership Drive
Roland Smith post No 21 A L held its regular meeting with 18 members present. Meetings will be every Tuesday at eight. All Legionnaires are urged to attend and help the new crew. The drive lasts three months and the top shot wins a prize with runners up also rewarded. A paid up membership card is suggested as a year long gift for veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Smith Post
No. 21
A. L
Legionaires
Girl Scout Troops Hold Christmas Party and Visits
Wise Owl troop No. 3 held its annual Christmas party at the Y with games carols and refreshments. Eva Kingsbury provided the decorated tree and gifts while Mrs Sumner Sewall donated ice cream. Members later visited the Old Folks home with Wild Rose troop No. 2 to sing and give gifts and greens. Rockwell Kent to speak at Bates College Jan 11 on Art Is for Everyone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wise Owl Troop
Girl Scouts
Eva Kingsbury
Court of Honor
June Sullivan
Patricia Webster
Sumner Sewall
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Wild Rose Troop
Catherine T. O'Hara
Anne King
Elizabeth Williams
Ruth Richter
Ruth Cogan
Dorothy Gilchrist
Donald F. Preble
Ida Cohen
Helen Cormier
Alice Dennison
Jean Dennison
Margaret Elliott
Eleanor Gediman
Catharine McAllister
Marjorie Nichols
Doris Stickney
Phyllis Young
Eleanor P. Danforth
Old Ladies’ Home
High Street
Rockwell Kent
Bates College
Kent
Foreign Wars Veterans Elect New Committees
At the Dyer Flaherty post No. 2197 VFW regular meeting on Front street the trustees were elected and installed: Edward Rolfe 18 months Wendall Nelson 12 months Arthur Wilson six months. Committees named for the year include Investigation Floyd H. Preble chairman with Nelson and Wilson. Amusement Arthur Wilson chairman with George E. Frost and Preble. Housing by the trustees. A social hour followed with Post Auxiliary and United Spanish War Veterans and Auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyer Flaherty Post
V. F. W. Hall
Front Street
Edward Rolfe
Wendall Nelson
Arthur Wilson
Floyd H. Preble
George E. Frost
Post and Auxiliary
United Spanish War Veterans and Auxiliary
Bailey Drives Rodent To Take To Pipeline
County Commissioner Roscoe G Bailey awoke Saturday morning to a loud splash in his bathroom. Armed with a yardstick he confronted a large, resistant rat that leaped into the toilet and disappeared down the drain. The creature had traveled from interior sewer to bathroom and then to the street main, showing persistence in its bid for exit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe G. Bailey
Bailey Street
Commissioner Bailey
Board Sustains Rule and Grants Auditorium Use
The board decided to sustain the rule while offering the auditorium to petitioning groups at actual school costs. It also granted President Winchenbach's request and declared Feb 18 a holiday for the proposed Carnival, with schools closed the next day for the annual vacation.
Modern Woodmen Plan Installation at Eye Camp
Modern Woodmen of America plans installation of officers on January 27 at Eye Camp. Incoming officers include F. Higgins consul, Charles Toothaker past consul, Truman J. King advisor, William White treasurer, Roscoe P. Higgins secretary, Wilbur J. Ketchum wenen, Harry Warner sentry, Wilfrid Roy manager. The camp and its degree team will also attend Brunswick camp installation on January 65 and Auburn public ceremony on January 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eye
M.W
F. Higgins
Charles ©. Toothaker
Truman J. King
William #. White
Roscoe P. Higgins
Wilbur J. Ketchum
Harry Warner
Wilf
Roy
Brunswick
Brunswick Camp
Auburn
Health Seal Sale a Successful Bath Scouts Drive
The Christmas health seal table at the Bath post office ran from Saturday to Wednesday and may continue after Thanksgiving next year. Proceeds go to the Maine Public Health Association to combat tuberculosis. Postmaster Cahill and staff are thanked. Girl Scouts Betty Anderson and others and Boy Scouts Stanley Cressey and C. Bruce Wright staffed the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine Public Health Association
Charles H. Cahill
Betty Anderson
Beatrice Doble
Eleanor Fullerton
Dorothea Fulton
Sophie G. Greenblatt
Betty Howard
Madeline Jones
Ruth Murphy
Pine Tree Troop
Priscilla Trott
Wild Rose
Ruth Cogan
Anne King
Wise Owl
Stanley Cressey
C. Bruce Wright
McLean and McEachern Wed in Christmas Parsonage Ceremony
John Richard McLean of Waterville and Elva McEachern of Woolwich were married on Christmas afternoon at the Beacon Street parsonage with Rev. Harley A. Shattuck officiating. Attendants were Robert and Sarah McEachern. The groom, a baker in Waterville, is son of Mr. and Mrs. Simon McLean. The bride is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward McEachern of Woolwich. They will reside in Waterville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Richard McLean
Brook Street
Waterville
Elva McEachern
Woolwich
Beacon Street
Harley A. Shattuck
Robert
Sarah McEachern
Simon McLean
McLean
Edward McEachern
Patrons for New Year Dance Named by Junior League
The Junior Hospital League hosts the annual New Year’s Eve dance at Arcade ballroom with patronesses Mrs L Eugene Thebeau Mrs Arthur Sewall Mrs Frederick E Drake Mrs Arthur Sewall 2d Mrs Arthur J Dunton and Miss Helen V Downing Tickets are from league members or Hallet's drug store Ernie George and His Royal Arcadians provide music for dancing Proceeds fund hospital equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcade Ballroom
L. Eugene Thebeau
Memorial Hospital
Arthur Sewall
Frederick E. Drake
Arthur Sewall 2d
Arthur J. Dunton
Helen V. Downing
Junior Hospital League
Hallet
Ernie George
Royal Arcadians
Contributions to Salvation Army Christmas Fund
The Salvation Army Christmas fund has received 397.45 to date and is expected to grow as totals are announced soon. Donations from New England Tel and Tel plant department employees join contributions from Arthur Sewall and Co and individuals such as Mrs Jane M Houghton Margaret J Adams Charles C Low Edward W Bridgham and groups including Local Union 717 Sheet Metal Workers Sons of Union Veterans and the Sons of Union Veterans Auxiliary Davenport Trustees Old Ladies Home and Mrs B F Barker. Lewis E Wilson provided a 21 pound turkey for the Men's Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Arthur Sewall and Co
Jane M. Houghton
Margaret J. Adams
Charles C. Low
Edward W. Bridgham
Sons of Union Veterans
Sons of Union Veterans Auxiliary
Davenport
Old Ladies’ Home
B. F. Barker
Lewis E. Wilson
Fire alarm prompts long run to chimney blaze near Thorne’s Corner
At 10 03 p m Thursday Lewiston firemen answered Box 715 at Thorne s Corner to the Field homestead on Old Greene road a two mile plus trip. They quickly extinguished a chimney fire but the tenant s reaction remained unknown and the caller who rang the alarm is unidentified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorne’s Corner
Lewiston
Chain-letter scheme returns large sum
A report notes a new chain-letter scam returning about $1,560.20 to participants. The item highlights the fraudulent nature and warns readers about pursuing such schemes.
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the Times Company
Bath, Maine
Nichols
Harry C. Wesber
Orient
Japan
Samuel
of Church School
Billy McKellar
Nancy Gregware
Walter Longley
Eleanor McRae
the Letter Coy
Arnold Parker
Gloria Christenson
Sutherland
Anarey King
Fred Andrews
Joseph Torrey
Nellie Page
Richard Andrews
Marion Small
Barbara Page
Louis Wilson
Martha Torrey
Arthur Morse
Marcia Hoffman
Donald Morse
SAS
Dorothy Thayer
Girl Scout
N. A
SLW
Neale Slacet
Guueou
Aidiow
Zazalia
HVA
Iliezzat
Corliss Street
Barbara Bracey
Albert Cummings
WBA
Theresa Trainor
Robert Cummings
Lois Cornish
Billy Cummings
Audrey Tinney
Frederick P. Moffatt
Wee E
Florence Armstrong
Santy
Santa
Albert Berry
Virginia Bowker
Billy Hill
Arthur Berry
Marjorie Cummings
Glenn Smith
Velma I. Cornish
Norma Cummings
Florence Darling
Dolly
Anna Day
Betty Hopkins
Pearl
Delutra Hill
Alaivo
Jacqueline McMann
Horace Morse Perfo
Winter Street Sunday School
Legionnaires
POST
City Farm
Amber F. Carr
Elizabeth Collins
Glenda Howard
Barbara Stodder
Arline Philbrick
Audrey Hill
Theis
Agoual
Bailey
Rat
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