Genesta Chapter Installs Officers in 800 Attendance Night
Genesta chapter O E S holds its 28th annual officer installation at Magonle temple with 800 attendees. Mrs Millward G Patten of Hawthorne Brunswick installs, assisted by Hertha Dean grand chaplain and Nellie G Congdon grand marshal. Officers installed include Lucy Pike worthy matron and Luther Thompson worthy patron. The evening features remarks by Mrs Pike, musical selections, gifts, banquet, and dancing. A pocketbook found by Mrs Sarah Shaw was later claimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta
O.E
Kate Perkins
Magonle Temple
Millward G. Patten
Hawthorne
Brunswick
Hertha
Nellie G. Congdon
Mildred Morse
Lucy Pike
Luther Thompson
May Ward
Assoviate
Caroline Thompson
Annie Cox
Mabel Merrill
Freida Bagdikiai
Marshal
Ethel Sampson
Adah
Madeline Skelton
Ruth
Hinorn Oliver
Esther
Hazel Hartley
Martha
Edith Rich
Electa
Josephine Coombs
Frank 8. Wakefield
Sentinel
Imatron
Sarah Shaw
Patten
Altavy
Fred Edney
Albert Henderson
Cecil Rowland
George Barker
Shaw
Susan B. Quick
Perkins
Mel
Bertha C. Dean
Pike
Anne Deering
Emma Gledhill
Lewiston
Oak Street
Bath Iron Works starts Monday new signal system
Bath Iron Works begins a new signal system on Monday with time clocks across departments. Three short whistle blasts warn gates close in ten minutes, two short blasts at 7.25 signal gate closure, and one long blast at 7.50 ends work. The plant shifts to eight hours, planning a nine hour schedule from May 20, while work on the yacht accelerates with drawing rooms three nights weekly and molds lofts over time. Steel deliveries arrive daily from Worth Steel Co and Phoenix Steel Co, teak from India, and a 2200 volt high tension generator from Central Maine Power ready to run. The yard modernizes with new furnaces, machines, and pneumatic tube airline system upgrade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works, Corp
Tao
Tam
Bath Trgn Works, Corp
Enes
Central Maine
Lerv
W N. Best Co
New York
Keyes Fibre Co
Forty Colonial Club Members at Meeting
Forty Colonial Club members attended the monthly business gathering. Officers and directors were nominated for the new year, with election set for March 6. A February 2 return tournament date with the Brunswick club was approved, and new members Burgess and Sprague were elected while Potter transferred to active status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
Colonial
Chester S. Wingsley
W. Percy Marks
Mewin F. Ramsay
Allan Spear
George A. Hunt
Harry N. Day
Marks
Francis E. Parry
Wilson
Marius H. Page
Carroll Watson
M. Worthley McPhee
George DB. Wolstenholme
Ada Crockett
Cosmopolitan Club Public Card Party Planned for Feb Twenty First
The Cosmopolitan party date is set for Tuesday evening Feb 21. Taubies for the occasion may be reserved by calling the club house. A gala social affair is planned with a committee including Mrs Paul Bagdikian Mrs Allan Spear and Mrs J Haviland Torrey. The city street department is praised for its Wednesday sidewalk sanding which prevented many tumbles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Bagdikian
Allan Spear
J. Haviland Torrey
Voter Enrollment Declines Across Bath Ward Counts
Bath reports 8717 registered voters today, down 149 from last year, with Republicans 1040 and Democrats 134. Ward 2 leads in voter totals and male registrations, while Ward 6 remains smallest. female and Republican enrollments peak in Ward 2, and Democrats peak in Ward 2 as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Ward 2
OSI
Ward 1
Ward 6
Ward 5
Simoullest
Ward
Ward 4
Wer O
Hare Ted
SN Ale
Iloo Teeth
Ata
Ust Vie St
Aor
Ogg
Wardeia
Wari Tela
Mvarmagh
Democrats
Mt Gas Carl Sie Ohn
Witter
Arerhes mi
Avuardek Pieters Ae
Adl
Maso
Rotary Club Hear About Physical Culture at Bowdoin
Bath Rotary heard Prof. Roland Cobb outline Bowdoin College's physical education program including posture training, silhouette machines, and corrective work. Cobb invited members to visit the college gym and swimming pool, with tours offered weekdays, while Rotary activities featured music and local guests. John T. Crowley of Beverly Rotary attended, and Ira Snow of Vacuum Oil was a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Rotary Club
Roland HW. Cobb
Bowdoin College
Cobb
Bath
Dougherty
Chester Plant
Chevrolet
Sheri Tenderson
Henry
Lizzie
John T. Crowley
Beverly Rotary Club
Ira Snow
The
Vacuum Oil Co
Brave Old Lady Risks Life For Cash Of Church
An elderly Nequisset resident, Mrs. Rachel Gilmore, 81, saved church funds by rushing through flames to recover money kept in the Methodist church chest as her home burned on Barley Neck Road Woolwich. The Bath Fire Department arrived after delays due to lacking selectmen permission, bringing 2000 feet of hose and five men. Volunteers aided, little furniture survived, a clock valued at 1000 was spared, and the historic Gilmore homestead suffered extensive damage. Continued on Page Two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Bath Fire Department
Barley Neck
John Gilmore
Nequisset
Rachel Gilmore
Cyrus Gilmore
Methodist Church of
Enginee
Nequasset
Amon
Gilmores
Bridge Pageant Dates Set Ahead for Maine Dedication
Maine officials set a four day pageant program to celebrate a new 3 million dollar bridge at Bath with public dedication planned for late June and early July. Tickets will fund most costs as thousands attend nightly performances featuring colorful costumes and a pageant written by Virginia Tanner of Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muaiue
Bath
State House
Maine
SOC
Plymouth
Bennington
Virginia Tanner
Cambridge
Miss Tanner
Mass
Portsmouth
N. TE
Genington
Ralph O. Brewster
J. Edward Drake
Harold Bishop
Boothbay Harbor
Col
Ke, A. Robbins
Camden
Drake
Bishop
Gilchrest
Thomaston
William S. Linnel
Old Bath landmarks to be razed for city hall site
Two historic Bath blocks the Davenport block and the estate of Pages and Weeks are being razed to clear space for the new City Hall. The buildings housed past prominent locals and businesses including a hatter shop, a barber, a drug store, and offices for The Bath Independent and other early enterprises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Davenport
Posts Page
FW. Weeks
Woolden
TSS
Oliver Moses
FL Wo Woolworth
Street Railway
Benjamin
Charles Davenport
City Hall
Ter
Divenports
Benjamin Davenport
Prverrports
George I Davenport
Joshi Page
B. W. Weeks
Israel Putian
Will of William T Hall filed for probate in Saga dahoe
The late William T Hall, a noted lawyer and bankruptcy referee, named Miss Lillie M Leonard executrix. The will dated December 1, drawn by John D P Carey Jr, directs no bond, provides income for several beneficiaries, and allocates remaining estate thirds between Bowdoin College and Bath City Hospital. The estate is valued at about 55000 in personal property. The will names Leonard, Mary E Berry, three surviving Hall sisters, and niece Mary Hall Rhodes as principal beneficiaries, with trustees to manage after the passing of legatees. The document was witnessed by Bernice MacDougall, Leonis W Hagap, and Carey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Hall
Lillie M. Leonard
John DP. Carey Jr
Hall
City
Pall
Sagadahoe
Bath City Hospital
Bowdoin College
Leonard
Mary E. Brrry
Grove Street
Mollie Hall Rhodes
Dporthind
Mary Hall Rhodes
Sowdoin College
Sintye
Rachel
Bath City
Bernice MacDougall
Leonis W. Hagap
Carey
Harold P. Small files nomination papers for Bath mayor
Harold P. Small of Center Street, proprietor of Smalls Radio store, filed nomination papers for Bath mayor on the Citizens' ticket with John Gilmore, city clerk, Wednesday afternoon. His petition lists 84 signatures. A six year veteran of the radio business, he recently moved to quarters in the Dunton block at Water and Center streets and is son of the late Cape. He belongs to Masonic lodges Bath Kora Temple Shrine Lewiston Colonial Club and Bath Rotary Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold P. Small
Lincoln Street
Smalls Radio
Center Street
Bath
Citizens
John Gilmore
Maar
Small
Dunton Block
Water and
Center Streets
Tfe
Cape
Masonic Lodges of
Kora Temple Shrine of
Lewiston
Colonial Club
Mrs John Summerton Recovers From Severe Laryngitis Attack
Mrs John Summerton of Western Avenue is reported recovering from a severe attack of laryngitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Summerton
Western Avenue
School Banking Plan Encouraged at Morse High
The Morse high school thrift program expands with Miss Madelyn Rich of Bath Trust Co guiding deposits and a student teller team led by Agnes Pabey. About 120 people attended a minstrel event by West Bath Grange, addressing road maintenance and winter logistics, with Dirigo and nearby granges represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Morse High School
Miss Rich
Agnes Pabey
Ralph Marr
Seth Snipe
Marie Ayer
Muriel Howe
Ruth Colby
Universalist Church Hosts Reception for Pastor Rev Spoerko
The Universalist church will tender a reception to its pastor Rev Howard Davis Spoerko on Friday evening at eight. Those interested are cordially invited to attend. Poor road conditions hindered travel Wednesday morning as automobiles and trains struggled to move, with a bus slipping on Peterson’s hill at New Meadows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Universalist Church
Howard Davis Spoerko
Peterson's Hill
New Meadows
Mrs Hathorne Visits Nephew in Sagadahoc Kerry
Mrs Christine Hathorne of Augusta is a guest of her nephew Waldo Hathorne of Sagadahoc Kerry as noted in local society notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Hathorne
Augusta
Waldo Hathorne
Sagadahoc Kerry
Also Mentioned on This Page
Genesta Chapter
Arthur Allen
Optometrist Bath Trust
Bath Iron Works
City Street Department
Roland H. Cobb
James Tughes
Bath Independent
Charles D. Clarke
Little Green
John Oo
Independent
Bath Pines
Times
Postel Telegraph Co
J. Frank Hayden
West Bath Grange
Morse High
Thrift and System
Sheriff Henderson
James Lemont
Elmer J. Rieh
Harry Peterson
Johnp. Carey
Edwin W. Haggett
Leland Plummer
David Trenderson
Fred Brown
William Jr. White
Prank TE. Beal
William I Hateh
Wilbur Dd. Burns
B. W. Haggett
Tivold Safford
Evan Jokes
EL W. Haggett
David Henderson
Lesland Plummer
Wilbur Burns
Frank Beal
Mr. Buros
Boyer
Johnson Bros Co
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