Towns Told How To Seek State Aid For Roads
State highway commission members urge municipal officers to insert in town warrants a Yes or No vote on state aid road appropriations. They outline maximum town contributions, maintenance duties, and criteria for identifying improved state and state aid highways taken over for joint maintenance since 1905 through 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Charles H. Innes
Saco
William J. Lanigan
Waterville
Charles Murray
Bangor
New England Telephone Plans Boothbay Harbor Cable Expansion
The executive committee authorizes $25,000 for aerial cables in Boothbay Harbor central office area. Work starts now with completion expected by August first, adding extensive lengths of cables with multiple wire counts while removing older lines. Also notes the death Feb 11 of Herbert A. Gillespie in Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
Boothbay Harbor
East
Boothbas
Harry Cressey
Washington Street
Augusta
Herbert A. Gillespie
State Education Chief Delivers Marathon Speech at Father and Son Banquet
Dr. Augustus O. Thomas, state commissioner of Education, spoke to nearly 250 men and boys at the Y M C A banquet, calling life a marathon. He praised the boys as inheritors of knowledge and invention, and lauded the event as one of the winter’s standout community gatherings. The evening featured a social hour, a high school band, a formal dinner, floral gifts, and extensive auxiliary participation by local women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus O. Thomas
Y. M
Dr. Thomas
Thomas
Woman's Auxiliary
Mabel Ayer
P. M. Olm
Kennebec
Lillian Frost
Allan Spear
Richard Quick
E. M. Fuller
Luther Thompson
Roy Colby
Lewis Gannon
Lewis Berry
H. H. McCarty
Harold Avery
Robert Hatch
John Evans
John Lord
Charles RR. Oliver
George Merrill
Ralph Whitehouse
Edna Verry
Ada Crockett
N. Gratz Jackson
William Palmer
Seth Mullin
William Small
Leland Mitchell
Scott Golder
Frederick Drake
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Honor to Donald Wilson as inspirer of school cheers
A student named Donald Wilson receives lavish praise for leadership and spirited cheering. The high school orchestra and band, led by Miss Ayer, perform Bennett’s The Golden Magnet and Our Merrie Sailor Boys March, with solos by students Warvey Huardleb Harold Safford and others. Miss Ayer, a public school music teacher, earns much credit for the ensemble’s success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald
Wilson
Harvard
Yale
Miss Ayer
C. W. Bennett
Bennett
Warvey Huardleb
Harold Safford
Elarionets
Harold Armes
Edwin Fuller
Philip Evans
Clifford Russell
Wibur Hagan
Emery Freeman
Victor Vuquet
Earl Kenner
Song Leader Leads Large Gathering in Familiar Hymns
Eugene Desmond led a big crowd in singing favorites such as School Days the Quilting Party Long Long Trail Smiles My Bonnie Auld Lang Syne and Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet at a testimonial gathering for Mr and Mrs William M Hill celebrating their golden wedding anniversary Gratz Jackson suggested the tribute and Sec Verkins of the Y M C A instructed a telegram of felicitation to the Hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Desmond
Bonnie
Gratz Jackson
William M. Hill
Sec. Verkins
Mrs. Hill
Mayors Dinner Toasts Honor Cahill At Morse High Event
Mayor Charles Cahill presided over a Morse High School senior event where Dr Langdon Snipe served as toast master. Alfred G Gannon gave "Our Dads" speech, Billy Lundrigan performed, Gratz Jackson spoke on "Our Lads" and Edward Bridgham delivered the keynote address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Cahill
Langdon T. Snipe
Snipe
Cahill
Wilson
Alfred G. Gannon
Morse High School
Billy Lundrigan
Gratz Jackson
Edward W. Bridgham
Address by Dr Thomas lauds father and son firm spirit
The final speaker praised the father son firm as the strongest worldly alliance and urged masculine guidance from fathers to sons. He extolled American opportunity and the rise of Lincoln Webster Edison and Ford as exemplars of self made achievement.
Bath State Ferry seeks winter schedule amendment
Bath State Ferry chief engineer Paul D. Sargent asks the Public Utilities Commission to amend winter service from Jan 1 to March 31. Proposed: weekday runs 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., extra Saturday trip from Woolwich around 6 p.m. and return from Bath about 10:15 p.m., Sunday first trip 8:40 a.m. to 6 p.m. The request follows traffic and revenue analysis showing winter losses and higher post 6 p.m. costs, including crew wages and coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath State
Paul D. Sargent
State Highway Commission
Public Utilities Commission
Woolwich
Bath
Sargent
Merrill Wins Wayland Water Plant Contract
Andrew S Merrill was awarded the contract to install a complete water plant in Wayland Massachusetts. The project, favored by bidders, totals about 200000 dollars with work to begin in April and run six to eight months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew S. Merrill
Wayland
Mass
Mr. Merrill
Harvard Trust Co
Two Fine Talks Before P T A on Friday Evening
Miss Florence M Hale Maine state supervisor of rural schools praised Bath P T A for its record of accomplishment. At Morse high school she urged cooperation with school authorities and stressed mutual understanding between parents and teachers, noting the value of home visits and educational demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Florence M. Hale
Morse High School
Parent Teacher Associations
Parent Teacher Association
James E. Lockery
Board of Education
Minnie Ed. Furbish
Miss Hale
Maine
Miss Furbish Praises Nursing Opportunities For Women
Miss Furbish spoke on nursing as a path to success and service, noting a need for 100000 more nurses nationally and detailing differences between training schools, schools of nursing, and hospitals. She described admissions, ward duties from 7 am to 7 pm, and the value of accredited programs for state board eligibility and higher pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Furbish
Miss Forbish
Mayor Cahill Unopposed for Re election in March Polls
The 1908 Republican caucus deferred a mayoral nomination echoing 18 years earlier while Mayor Cahill, backed by Democrats and Citizens by petition, runs unopposed. Ward changes occur across tickets as various candidates accept or decline nominations, with several shifting to Citizen's tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George K. Hughes
John W. Ballou
Wilbur C. Oliver
Clarence A. Weaslee
Arthur K. Warington
Cahill
Democrats
Citizens
Ward Nominations in Blizzard Conditions Highlight Local Races
Republicans and Democrats held ward nomination meetings amid heavy snow. In Ward 2, Alderman Mulcahy defeated Rival Eugene Youland 14 to 11, Fred Bragg beat Chester Clement 17 to 11, Walter Kingsbury won 18 to 9 over Adelbert Blair, Harold I Adams secured nomination for third councilman, with remaining ward ticket unopposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel C. Mulcahy
Eugene A. Youland
Mulcahy
Fred LE. Bragg
Chester Clement
Bragg
Walter P. Kingsbury
Adelbert O. Blair
Kingsbury
Harold 1
Adams
Contable
Republican caucus nominations list for ward officials
A long roster enumerates ward by ward the Republican nominations for chairman of caucus secretary alderman councilmen warden ward clerk and ward constable with names such as N Gratz Jackson Charles E Shepard Harold E Cutting Harry Thurlow Elson F E Harford Wilfred W Chaney James S Knight Fred Dwyer Jane P Led yard Owen J Ledyard Fred H Pratt Jr Gardiner D Rogers Bates E Stover John F King J Edward Drake Clarence A Peaslee Roger D Skillings Eugene W Bridges Roscoe G Bailey William Mann Leon R Eaton Edward W Vaughan William Wakefield Albert L Strout Harry D Robinson Elmer W Rogers William M Congdon Frank J Clark Langdon E Green Parker N Moulton Charles H Kidder Howard E Blake Russell L Phinney Joseph K Haley Roscoe E Robinson Harry B White Thomas L Morrison Rupert Miller and others profiled as ward officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry D. Hall
George H. Johnson
George J. Hart
Walter S. Russell
Augustus A. Percy
Warden
Edward McAuliffe
William W. Wakefield
Constable
Ralph O. Dale
Frank J. Clark
Arthur A. Brown
Cleveland B. Swett
George A. Bragdon
Sanford Lb. Nickerson
Bragdon
George T. Conway
John Dwyer
Brunswick
Joseph Yates
Allan Spear
Rerablicans Sea Democrats
Carrollyn
Republican City Committee
Alren
Roger D. Skillings
J. Haviland Torrey
Torrey
Mulcahy
Fred W. Quimby
Mitchell
Arel
Harold J. Troop
Bath
Edgar Oliver
Bath Retinning Co
Nathan Coffin
Wiliam A. Armstrong
Beard
N. Gratz Jackson
Charles E. Shepard
Harold E. Cutting
Harry M. Thurlow
Elson FE
Harford
Wilfred W. Chaney
Fred A. Norton
Jamess. Knight
William M. Adams
Fred Dwyer
Samuel €. Mulcahy
Fred E. Bragg
Walter LV
Kingsbury
Harold L. Adams
Roscoe KE. Perkins
Janes P. Ledyard
Fred. Wyn Quimby
Allan Spears
Oliver F. Brown
Leigh W. Reed
James C. Ledyard
Gardiner D. Rogers
Bates E. Stover
John F. King
Eaucus
Fred H. Pratt, Jr
Owen J. Ledyard
Harold L. Troop
Charles A. Carr
Karcher Jackson
David Y. Alkazin
Arthur Gediman
George F. Reynolds
Eugene W. Bridges
Roscoe G. Bailey
William Mann
Leon R. Eaton
Edward W. Vaughan
Albert L. Strout
Harry D. Robinson
Elmer W. Rogers
William M. Congdon
Frank L. Edgecomb
Langdon E. Green
Parker N. Moulton
Charles H. Kidder
Howard E. Blake
Russell L. Phinney
Joseph K. Haley
Roscoe E. Robinson
Harry B. White
Thomas L. Morrison
Rupert Miller
Democratic Nominations for City Ward Officials
The notice lists Democratic nominations for ward officers including Ward Alderman William L B Temple Ward Councilmen Orville E Page Samuel Povich John T Dowling Warden Benjamin L Cressey Ward Clerk John L Perry Ward Constable Abram C Oliver Ward 2 Alderman Ralph C Covel Councilmen Joseph F Atkingon Frank L Fortier Stanley M Brown. Continued on Page Three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William LB. Temple
Orville E. Page
Samuel Povich
John T. Dowling
Benjamin L. Cressey
John L. Perry
Abram C. Oliver
Also Mentioned on This Page
Highway Commission
Telephone Company
State Commissioner OF Education
L. T. Snipe
Son
Arthur Leeman
Linwood Russell
Donald Preble
Cecil Rowland
George Barker
David Mullin
Beatrix Duprey
Vesta Hinckley
John Aflen
Philip Faton
Iva Hagan
Wilbur Hagan
Mabel Whitlam
the Bath Independent
Sagadahoc County
Home News OF
Bath and Vicinity
Bath, Maine
Company of Father & Son
Mother
Father
Smith & Son
Brown & Son
Jones & Son
America
Lincoln
New Hampshire
Webster
Tom Edison
Henry Ford
Andrew S. Merrilt
Epor
Barbara
IL. T. Wing
Ere
Hartford
Conn
P.T.A
Citizen's
Committee On
Edward H. Hartwell
Aldermanlce
Citizen’s
John Burgess
Ward 5
J. Edward Drake
Clarence A. Peaslee
Lily
Johnson Bros Co
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