Bath City Park’s Old Common and $10,000 Purchase
A historical overview recounts how Bath's city park formed from the Tallman lot bought for $10,000 in 1858. It details predecessor houses, the early fence, 1883 improvements funded by private subscriptions, and the transformation of surrounding parcels into the park and pond. It also covers the old nine pounder cannon’s journey from the British ships Glasgow and Somerset to Cox's Head, then Hallowell, and finally to a granite mount.
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Peleg Tallman
William Webb
Tallman
Front
Washington Streets
Oak Street
Crosby Sewall
Oak
Front Streets
Scott
Linden Street
Webb
John Scott
Summer Street
Michael McCormick
High Street
Frank W. Jaqua
Win Reed
Charles E. Moody
John Patten
Charles E. Patten
Arthur Sewall
John H. Kimball
G. H. Nichols
Summer
Glasgow
Somerset
Boston
Bunker Hill
England
Cape Cod
Sagadahoc
Cox’s Head
Hallowell
Nazarene Church Holds Annual Meeting with Recall Honors
The Nazarene church held its annual members meeting on Tuesday night. Rev. Howard P. Jett, pastor for three and a half years, received an enthusiastic recall for another year. Reported progress showed growing Sunday school attendance, expanding Young People's societies, and strong prayer meetings.
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Nazarene Church
Howard P. Jett
City faces 346000 state tax debt and overdraft
The city owes about 346000 on state tax and carries a similar overdraft for 1931, per CPA Millett retained by Mayor Small to review finances. He notes borrowing from the bond sinking fund happened previously, favors notes to cover the overdraft, and urges a clear statement of bond fund, indebtedness, and floating debt for the caucus. Also coverage of Morse seniors' production It Won't Be Long Now with Robert Preston and Ann Winston in a play at Morse High.
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R. M. Millett
Millett, Fish & Dresser
Portland
Small
Millett
Ralph K. Hall
Bath
Davenport
City Hall
J. Edward Drake
Arthur J. Dunton
William S. Shorey
Rupert H. Baxter
Treas
Charles H. Cahill
Hall
Charles Lee
Morse High School
Lee
Robert Preston
Ann Winston
Dr. Talley
Preston
Ann
Vivian Darrell
Talley
Vivian
Jeannette Shackford
Stanley Wallace
Walter Talley
Farley Mayo
Charles Dobson
Margaret Twomey
Edward Larrabee
William Meek
Ralph MacDonald
Thomas
Frances Mather
Miss Wilkes
Thomas MacDonald
Dr. Loring
Leslie Larrabee
Frank Cullen
People’s Party
Richard Haskell
Doris London
Olga
Hope Rowe
Frances
Vernal Chaney
Franklin Mors
Mary H. Conley
Morse
Milton Herbert Gropper
Longmans, Green and Company
Miss Conley
John Grindell
Hibbert Norton
Mary Kenney
Louise Calderwood
Ada Greenblatt
Edith Mackinnon
Kathleen Leonard
Marjone Palmer
Barbara Fisher
Catherine Harnish
Legion District Council Formed In Rockland Meeting
Roland Smith post selects committee to entertain 150 Legionnaires on March 17 in Rockland. Delegates Walter Hill and Perry Thompson among organizers, with alternates Rogers Clappison. Unemployment drive discussed with National Commander Stevens in Portland. Freeman Trott leads dance committee for Friday Legion HQ event.
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District Council of
Legion Posts
Rockland
Roland Smith
Legion Building
Reinhold J. M. Steussy
Perry Thompson
Arthur Fuller
Howell Smith
Walter Hill
Gardiner Rogers
Robert Kingsbury
Timothy Wagner
George McLean
Carl Swanton
Roscoe E. Perkins
Sam Povich
Mr. Steussy
District Council
James A. Clappison
Freeman Trott
Legion
Scouts Plant Walnut Nuts at Montpelier Grounds
Boy Scout troops from Rockland and Thomaston planted nuts from a Washington estate black walnut tree at Montpelier the Knox memorial. The nuts placed in a box will stay in a greenhouse until the sapling is large enough to be transplanted to Montpelier grounds as part of Boy Scout foundation anniversary ceremonies.
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Boy Scout
Rockland
Thomaston
High Tribute Paid W S Newell and Bath Iron Works
The Bath Iron Works under William S Newell nears completion of project 154 a destroyer for the American Navy amid celebrations in Bath Maine The plant reopened in 1927 and has since riveted and welded vast steel while employing thousands. Newell recalls the 40 year revival and the yard’s motto Bath will always build good ships with 1300 workers at peak and current work for over 40 percent of capacity.
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Bath Iron Works
Newcastle
Bath
Iron Works
Bath Iron
Masonic Hall
William S. Newell
Newell
Kennebec
Popham
Sasanoa Bluff
Archibald M. Main
Aride
Eugene Thebeau
Nwell
New York
Southampton
Santos
Sewall
Houghton Brothers
Goss, Sawyer & Packard
New York Shipbuilding Yard
Camden
N. J
Church Basketball League reaches 10th annual season
Secretary William C. Perkins of the Bath Y M C A notes 60 games across 15 evenings draw nearly 5000 fans. Corliss leads with St Mary's close behind and Central still mathematically able to tie or win as three more Saturdays host key clashes.
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William C. Perkins
Bath Y. M. C. A
Corliss
St. Mary's
Central
Winter
Wesley
Beacon
Elm
Grace
Winnegance
St. Mary’s
Protests Over Foreign Pulp Dumping Warn Maine Mills
Clarence C. Stetson of the Maine Development Commission warns in Washington that tariffs are needed to block cheap pulp imports from countries with debased currencies. Maine’s forest products sustain the state’s economy but unemployment and wage cuts surge as foreign pulp enters the U S. If unaddressed, this hurts farmers, loggers, railroads, banks, retailers, and state tax revenue, risking reforestation and the long term stability of Maine’s natural resources.
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Maine
Tariff Commission
Washington
Clarence C. Stetson
Maine Development Commission
United States
Stetson
Mr. Stetson
Clericus Meeting of Kennebec Valley Clergy At Grace Church
The Kennebec Valley Clericus met at Grace Church rectory Tuesday at 11 with Rev. Nelson W. Bryant of Gardiner leading devotion. Rev. Joseph H. Bessom of Hallowell opened the session as president. St. Luke's Cathedral Portland spoke on extra liturgical services and their value, followed by discussion. A luncheon and business meeting followed.
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Kennebec Valley
Grace Church
Nelson W. Bryant
Gardiner
Joseph H. Bessom
Hallowell
St. Luke’s Cathedral
Portland
C. M. Tubbs
Arlington Estate Tied to Lee Becomes National Shrine
The Arlington mansion once home to Gen. Robert E. Lee across the Potomac has become a national shrine. Tracing the estate back to Washington’s era, the piece details the Lee family history, Mount Vernon lineage, and Arlington’s origin through George Washington Parke Custis, ending as Lafayette’s visit is recalled.
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the Independent
Arlington Estate
Potomac
Washington
Robert E. Lee
Lee Mansion
Arlington
Lees
Virginia
Richard Lee
England
Robert
George Washington
Jefferson
West Point Military Academy
West Point
Adams
Engineer Corps
Lee
John Brown
Harper's Ferry
Brown
Arlington Heights
United States
Mount Vernon
Abington
Alexandria
Martha Washington
George Washington Parke Custis
Custis
Gen. Washington
Bushrod Washington
Arlington Mansion
Theseus
Athens
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Stuart
Optometrist
Front St
Newell Wilson
Leon Genthner
Chester Horne
Austin Morse
Franklin Morse
Netta Briggs
Arthur F. Mayo
Auburn
W. S. Newell
Church Basketball League
Bath Y. M. C. A. Church
Tariff Board
Clericus Meeting
Gen. Lee
S.W
Sherwin-Williams
Flo-Lac
Bypt
Johnson Brosco
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