Peleg Tallman Foremost Citizen of Bath over a Century Ago
A portrait of Peleg Tallman highlighting his charitable acts and strict discipline. Anecdotes recount gifts to the destitute, debt settlement through labor, devout Sunday attendance in all weather, and sharp retorts. His stern yet generous nature is illustrated by family tales, church ties, and a notable will favoring his wife and son Henry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peleg Tallman
Bath
Tallman
North Church
Gen. King
William Jenks
South Church
Scott
Capt. Tallman
Henry
Kempy is a lively two act comedy staged by the Thespians
The Thespians presented Kempy at Columbia theatre to an appreciative audience. Miss Mary K Kenney debuted as Ruth Bence, with Howard Bates as Ben Wade and Mrs. Edwin H. Given as Jane Wade delivering strong performances. Kate Bence and Kempy’s ambitions drive the plot as he falls for Kate and marries her, then loves her sister Ruth. The cast includes Mrs. Fred D. Hill, Lillian C. Miller, and Charles F. Cummings. The show was well received and a smooth, humorous production.
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Thespians
Columbia Theatre
Mary K. Kenney
Ruth Bence
Dad” Bence
Gus” Huse
Miss Kenney
Nassau College
the Thespians
Howard Bates
Ben Wade
Edwin H. Given
Jane Wade
Ben
Kate
Ruth
Sterling
Fred D. Hill
Ma” Bence
Lillian C. Miller
Katherine Bence
Charles F. Cummings
Duke Merrill
Kempy
The
Elliot Nugent
J. S. Nugent
Miriam W. Kimball
Boston
Mary Young
Sagadahock
Mr. Huse
Baer Connard
Miss Miller
Henry W. Owen
Richard Haskell
William Owen
Miss Kimball
Charles W. Avery
Priscilla E. Colby
Adam Y. Greenblatt
Sophie G. Greenblatt
Margery C. Haskell
Marie Merrill
Central Church
David L. Wilson
Wilson
Owen J. Ledyard
Edmund P. Briggs
Luther S. Thompson
Charles T. Jackson
Marius H. Page
Karcher S. Jackson
Carl J. Severin
William R. Kimball
John Shaw
Frederick J. Hoffman
Hoffman
Clifton Leeman
Shaw
Marcia Hoffman
Frederick Hoffman
Liszt
Howard M. Steen
Leslie
Peggy
Cox
Howard A. Parks
Carol Wood
Margaret Brimiston
Andrus L. Coleman
Shirley M. Mank
Frank A. Hodgdon
Hoffmans
Miss Greenblatt
Dr. Wilson
Harold P. Small Declines Mayor Nomination
Harold P. Small announces he will not seek the Republican nomination for mayor after four years in office. He endorses Mayor Sewall’s leadership and says he will not pursue the role, while noting the administration’s strong financial prospects. Also, Mrs. Carl Stinson of Andrews Road improves after a major operation at Memorial Hospital.
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Harold P. Small
Carl. Stinson
Andrews
Road
Memorial Hospital
Republicans Greet Bridges at Stone House Meeting
A Saturday night meeting of the Republican city committee at the Stone House welcomed Mr. and Mrs. Ronald P. Bridges of Sanford as guests. Bridges, a candidate for Representative to Congress from the First district, spoke on party renewal and fiscal policy while attendees praised Mayor Sewall and discussed ward caucuses ahead of the March 2 election.
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Republican City Committee
Common Council
Arthur Sewall
Stone House
Ronald P. Bridges
Sanford
Sewall
Wi 2
Bridges
Congress
Sagadahoc County
Tony
Republican Party
Marie Colby
Maine
Berenice Colby
Sumner Sewall
Georgia
James Bimson
John A. Lord
Arletta Yates
Harry Wallace
F. Alice MacDonald
Irving C. Varney
Roscoe P. McFadden
Charles H. Kidder
Granville Colby
Charles H. Cahill
Frank A. Small
William D. Sewall
William S. Newell
Fred H. Lord
Bessie Dickinson
Harold P. Small
Elver Stickney
Roscoe G. Bailey
Fred Quimby
Carrie Moses
Howard Blake
Anne Kimball
Harold Tobey
New England Currier & Ives
Bath School First With A Contribution
Bath Maine schools participate in Naismith week by donating a penny per admission to the Dr James Naismith fund. Bath high school contributed 3 06 from local fans at a Morse high school event, while Morse high collected a penny per attendee at the Morse Westbrook game earlier this week.
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Milwaukee
Maine
Naismith Fund
Bath
National Association of Basketball Coaches
James A. Naismith
Morse High School
Dr. Naismith
Morse-Westbrook
Bath School
Girl Scouts Present Sunday Program at Masonic Temple
Despite a daylong storm the first Scouts Own for Bath Girl Scout troops filled the Masonic Temple Sunday afternoon. Annie King sounded taps, as Patricia Sewall chaired, with readings and songs by Pine Cone troop and Wise Owl troop members, under Local Council sponsorship led by Mrs. Wilmer I. Voorhees.
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Masonic Temple
Annie King
Pine Tree Troop
Scouts’ Own
Pine Cone
Elizabeth B. Deering
Lincoln
Laurada Jordan
Marion Warner
Wise Owl Troop
Sumner Sewall
Ida Cohen
Wild Rose Troop
Donald F. Preble
Geraldine Nickerson
Kathleen Harkins
Troop 3
Madelyn Jones
Linwood F. Carr
Harp
Almira Jones
Benjamin Franklin
Troop 2
Doris Stickney
Alice Dennison
Richard
Mary Anderson
Jean Dennison
Elizabeth Williams
Edith Berg
Dorothea Fulton
Committee weighs how to spend $10,000 Palmer trust in Bath
A Bath committee elected under Miss Annie L. Palmer's will faces ideas for the $10,000 trust income about $300 yearly. Proposals include a summer manual arts program for grammar school children, city beautification projects, hospital care for disabled children, milk distribution for the undernourished, and expanding playgrounds, with plans still undecided.
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Bath
Annie L. Palmer
Former Vice President Curtis Dies Sudden in Washington
Charles Curtis former vice president and longtime Kansas senator died in Washington at 76 after a heart attack. He served in the House from 1892 to 1907 and in the Senate from 1907 to 1929 before becoming VP in 1929. He is survived by relatives and had planned to back Landon. Grief spread at the Capitol as officials spoke of him.
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Charles Curtis
Kansas
Washington
Curtis
House
Senate
Edward Everett Gann
Alf M. Landon
Dolly Gann
Gann
Lola Williams
Webster Knights
Providence
R. I
C. P. George
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Harry Curtis
Taos
N. M
Elizabeth Coldin
Topeka
Kan
City Officials Eye Legal Aids for Shirt Plant Expansion
City committees weighing public support for Congress Shirt Co in Bath. Idea to raze part of Kelley Spear shipyard property and use lumber for a plant addition via WPA labor was reviewed after legal opinion questioned public funding of private industry. A referendum plan was dropped and report urged further study.
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George C. Quicksall
Board of Common Council
City Council
Congress
Middle Street
Walter S. Glidden
Kelley, Spear & Co
Board of Trade
Chamber of Commerce
Congress Shirt Co
Alderman Powers
Bath Board of Trade
Glidden
Sewall
Bath Winter Carnival promises wide range of junior events
Bath hosts the Second Annual Winter Carnival with nearly a dozen schools and about 200 competitors. A Rotary Club sponsored meet features 15 ice and snow events across morning skating and afternoon skiing and snowshoe races. Girls events are exhibition only and do not count toward the Rotary trophy. The program includes multiple dash races, distance events, a downhill, slalom, cross country, and a four man medley relay.
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Bath
Rotary Club
Also Mentioned on This Page
Peleg
Eleanor
Clark) Tallman
James Clarke Tallman
Phillips Academy
Andover
Mass
Mrs. Sewall
H. Baxter
H. W. Tucker
Portland
Girl Scouts
Warren E. Kershner
Rupert H. Baxter
N. Grate Jackson
William
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