Peleg Tallman Foremost Citizen of Bath
A profile of Peleg Tallman detailing his early political career representing Woolwich and Bath, his Senate terms, and his bid for Congress in 1810. It notes his pacifist stance in Congress, retirement from national politics, and later Maine Senate service, plus his role in Bath academies, the King Turnpike, and banking ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peleg Tallman
Bath
Capt. Tallman
Woolwich
Lincoln County
William King
Senate
Wiscasset
Wood
Carlton
Orchard Cook
Congress
Tallman
Alden Bradford
Washington
Maine
Bath Bridge & Turnpike Co
King Turnpike
Bank
Insurance Company
King
Lincoln and Kennebec
Gen. King
Bath Bank
Lincoln Bank
Jonathan Hyde
Boston
Rhode Island
Gov. King
Bath President's Ball Delights At Anniversary Event
Bath hosts its Third Annual Birthday Ball for the President with strong local support for infantile paralysis relief. About six thousand heard President Roosevelt’s radio address. seventy percent of proceeds stay local, thirty percent go to the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation. Royal Avi cedans perform as spectators fill the balcony amid peach blow decor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
National Committee
Roosevelt
Georgia Warm Springs Foundation
Ernie George
Royal Arcadians
Redlon
Helen V. Downing
Archibald M. Main
Seth S. Mullin
John P. Carey, Jr
Vaudeville and Ball for Iron Workers Ends Safety Contest
Bath Iron Works to stage a Safety Contest finale at Morse High School Feb 28 with eight vaudeville acts and a grand ball. About 1500 workers expected. Joe Gaudreau’s 10 piece orchestra to play for both events. Reds trail Blues 430 to 460 points. losing team pays $1 per member toward costs. 800+ workers involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Board of Education
Morse High School
Harold L. Adams
Joe Gaudreau
Portland
Bath
Adams
Boston
Metropolitan Theatre
West Bath
Reds
Blues
Pomona Grangers Hear A Fine Talk At Their Meeting
West Bath sent 20 members to the Saga dahoc Pomona meeting at Topsham with 148 total attendees as Prof. Ernest C. Helmreich Bowdoin College delivered a noon lecture on Governmental Measures in Relation to Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Sagadahoc Pomona
Topsham Grange
Bodwell
Ernest C. Helmreich
Bowdoin College
Steward
Pomona
Flora
Joseph Larrabee
Bertha Wright
Doris Edgecomb
C. O. Purinton
Bowdoinham
Eleanor P. Ripley
Augusta
Grange
Frederick B. Lyman
Maine State Grange
Naples
Harry Rackley
Topsham
W. H. Gould
Merrymeeting
Myrtle Cutler
Ruth Hildreth
Carver
Elaine Rackley
Alfred Rackley
Ceres
Pomona Grange
Helmreich
Winifred Rackley
E. C. Patten
Charles M. White
James B. Lemont
West Bath Orange
Betty Jane
Christine Rackley
Gertrude Tarr
Lorenzo Massee
Dirigo Grange
Traffic on Carlton Bridge Nearly Doubled in January
January traffic over the Carlton bridge nearly doubled from 1935 figures. Cash receipts dropped despite higher vehicle counts. totals include 3,279.20 in cash and 432.55 to an individual, with a breakdown of receipts and personal payments. A separate fire report describes Peter F. Clancy, 69, escaping a blaze at Togus hospital in zero weather after his home burned near Mount Vernon, losing 17 cocker spaniels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Bridge
Losc Pease Alent
Leah Ficklar
Peter F. Clancy
Spain
Togus Hospital
Mr. Clancy
Maine Features Its Fishing At The Sportsmen's Show
The Maine display at the New England Sportsmen's and Boat Exhibition in Boston highlights coastal and inland fishing scenery. A nine by twelve foot fishermans shack from Port Clyde and Capt. Whitney Thompson, a saltwater fishing nostalgia figure, anchor the exhibit. A 183 pound tuna caught off Ogunquit by Wendell Power is featured with other saltwater catches, while an artificial lake holds live trout and salmon from Sebago and Rangeley. George J. Stobie, Maine Inland Fisheries Commissioner, leads the Maine exhibit with Wardens Stickney and Moses Jackson among the delegation assisting visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Hall
State of Maine
Maine
Joseph 8. Stickney
Saco
Port Clyde
Whitney Thompson
Captain Whit
Whit
Jack of All Trades
Fish and Game Department
West Indies
South American
Boston
Stickney
Ogunquit
Grover Perkins
Wendell Power
Wellesley and
Maine Tuna Club
Maine Development Commission
Sebago Lake
Rangeley
Izaak Waltons
George J. Stobie
Inland Fisheries and Game
Stobie
Pine Tree
Moses Jackson
Bradley
Rodney Foyler
Thomas T. McKinney
Frank G. Hallowell
Rockland, C
Founders Day Observance Highlights North Center PTA
North Center P T A marks Founders Day at Grace Church parish house with Mrs Clinton D Wilson elected president. Milk aid planned for undernourished local children while discussion covers Pettengill and Copeland bills. New library books on child care available through PTA study groups. Tributes honor Mary Grinnell Mears with reflections from Grinnell College and Stanford University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Center P.T.A
Grace Church
Frank F. Colburn, Jr
Clinton D. Wilson
North Center
Parent-Teacher Association
Wilson
Parent Education
State Congress
Morris H. Cohen
Fred W. Humphreys
Walter M. Hill
Samuel Korolick
Pettengill
Copeland
Haven Sawyer
Henry E. Dunnack
Leroy F. Colby
Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers
Mary Grinnell Mears
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
John 8. Nollen
Grinnell College
Grinnell
Iowa
David 8. Cogan
Elliot G. Mears
Stanford University
California
Frostina E. Marston
Mears
Seth
Mullin
David
Cogan
Ghost stories debate at Dike PTA meeting
At North End Community club rooms 15 members discussed whether ghost stories injure children. Founders day observance moved to Feb 18. a welfare fund card party is planned for Feb 19. Flower fund report and hostesses listed.
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North End
Wilbur H. Crocker
Charles T. Henderson
Welfare Fund
Walter Smith
Elmer Sidelinger
Stella Dolloff
Archie Wishart
Wilbur H. Crooker
Fernando T. Hutchins
Flower Fund
Edward Lemoine
Arthur G. Gilmore
Founders Day Planned by South End P T A
The South End P T A held an all day session on Washington street with a noon meat pie meal. Officers and speakers included president Mrs Chester A Roberts and March 3 program chairman Miss Margaret E Huse. Four pupils Millicent Hecht Agnes MacDonnel Stacy and Willard McCabe performed a silent reading class demo.
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South End P. T. A
Washington Street
Horace P. Morse
William P. Crowley
Chester A. Plant
William P. Hatch
Chester A. Roberts
Alfred E. Carpenter
William L. Skelton
Board of Education
Margaret E. Huse
Mitchell School
Millicent Hecht
Agnes MacDonee Stacy
Willard McCabe
High Fountain at Wilhelmshoede Castle
One of Europe’s tallest fountains stands at the Castle of Wilhelmshoede in Cassel Germany. It shoots a water jet 190 feet high with a diameter of twelve inches.
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Europe
Castle
Wilhelmshoede
Versailles
Cassel
Germany
First Slave Sale in America Involving English Youth
A colonial exchange at Jamestown in 1609 saw Captain John Smith broker a trade that brought Henry Spelman, an English youth, into slavery with Taux Powhatan. Spelman escaped a week later, prompting the Jamestown colonists to return him to avoid conflict. (Continued on Page Eight)
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America
Africa
Jamestown
John Smith
Captain Smith
Matoaka
Smith
Europe
England
Henry Spelman
Falls
James River
Taux
Little Powhatan
Powhatan
Taux Powhatan
Henry
Young Spelman
Bath Red Cross names Spear chapter chairman in annual vote
Allan Spear elected chairman of Bath chapter of the American Red Cross at the annual meeting in Sagadahock block. Harry L. Day named first vice chairman. Mrs. Edward V. Reed of Woolwich named second vice chairman. Long list of executive committee members announced along with staff pins and various reports, including volunteer services and baby conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Spear
Bath
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Sagadahock Block
Henry W. Owen
Harry L. Day
Edward V. Reed
Woolwich
Charles C. Low
Arthurs. Crockett
J. Edward Drake
Frederick E. Drake
Cecil E. Paine
Clarence Morse
Arthur Sewall, II
John Hyde
Carl C. Anderson
Ruth H. Farnham
Joseph O. Purdue
Charles P. Wetherbee
Leroy P. Colby
Mark W. Hennessy
John H. Hunt
Wilmer Voorhees
John J. Keegan
Seth S. Mullin
William H. Small
Arthur
Mary Newell
J. Edward Drake, Jr
Red Cross Public Health Nursing Service
Ruth W. Henry
Arthur Sewall
Stella Dolloff
Duncan H. Farrell
Carolyn Moses
West Bath
Everett S. Stackpole
J. Everett Mayo
W. J. Voorhees
Also Mentioned on This Page
Morse
Pomona Grangers
Bowdoin
Ann W. Sherwin
William
Percy 4
Bath Red Cross
Spear
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