Small Renominated as Mayor in Colorful Republican Caucus
In City hall auditorium Mayor Harold P. Small won renomination over ex mayor Oliver Moses by 351 to 66 amid cheers. The vote followed a spirited session with challenges to caucus officers and protests over Moses papers. Small pledged to cut city debt without raising taxes and received strong support from a packed audience as officials outlined an orderly, efficient admin.
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Harold P. Small
City Hall Auditorium
Oliver Moses
James W. Wakefield
Frank E. Southard
Old City Hall
Southard
Edward W. Bridgham
George C
H. H. McCarty
Bridgham
McCarty
Chester H. McCabe
Ralph O. Dale
Quicksall
Fred W. Quimby
Glidden
Moses
Harry Wallace
Robert B. Brownell
Arthur H. Price
Albert L. Strout
Joseph K. Haley
Small
Arthur Sewall
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Bath Democrats shift to Carey for mayor slate
The Bath Democrats ended a three cornered mayoral race by nominating John P. Carey Jr. after a 45 minute recess to learn the Republican caucus choice. Carey, who had initially declined, agreed to run to unite the party, as alderman Wold’s bid failed 8-6 and the ticket spans several wards with no candidate in Ward 6.
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Bath
Oliver Moses
Harold P. Small
John P. Carey, Jr
Ralph C. Covel
Common Council
Moses
Small
Covel
Harry M. Huse
Emma Leonard
Leslie J. Ward
Huse
Jack Mulcahy
Ward 3
Joe Bones
Rufus Hall
Hall
Carey
Charles Toothaker
Alderman Wold
Mulcahy
Democratic City Committee
Leslie J. Wold
Wold
Citizens
Mr. Carey
Chester A. Plant
Stanley M. Brown
Amos Perry
Daniel McPhee
D. Joseph Doyle
Bessie L. Dickinson
Charles A. Carr
Benjamin Gediman
George D. Emero
Republicans Name Ward Candidates for the Election
Republicans name ward candidates for the election as ward caucuses draw strong turnout. Alderman Reginald Stacy wins Ward 4 renomination over ex Alderman Owen J Ledyard, while Ward 7 sees Morris Povich defeat Cedric A Martin and Alden G Smith for the aldermanic nod. Ward by ward results list nominees for aldermen clerks constables and vacancies with leads in several wards. Ward 1 Whittemore defeats Plant for alderman 35 to 13, Ward 2 Youland tops Brown 44 to 6, Ward 3 Deering unopposed for alderman, Ward 4 Stacy renominated 12 to 7, Ward 5 Quicksall renominated 29 to 17, Fall renominated 22 to 17 for second spot, Ward 6 Wright renominated 23 to 10, Ward 7 Povich wins 43 to 22.
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Reginald Stacy
Owen J. Ledyard
Morris Povich
Cedric A. Martin
Alden G. Smith
Harold E. Cutting
Williams Whitney
Ellery E. Whittemore
Bradford P. Belanger
J. Maurice Haynes
Robert L. Brownell
George C. Quicksall
William A. Fall
Carroll Watson
Raymond M. Haley
Fred W. Aderton
Leon J. Billings
Bessie E. Dickinson
Charles A. Carr
Jane B. Spinney
Albert L. Strout
Frank H. Haggett
William T. Donnell
Arletta M. Yates
Eva J. Lemont
Ward
Florence E. McClure
Frank L. Edgecomb
Beatrice E. Rand
Fred FE. Witham
Edwin L. Emmons
Charles M. King
Peter Innes
Edwin A. Russell
Langdon Green
Charles E. Robbins
Felows
City Committee
City Committee Ward 2—No Committee Ward 3.—City Committee
Small
Stacy
E. Mason Wright
Charles E. Shepard
Lizzie B. C. Chaney
Chester A. Plant
Fred E. Bragg
Alvah A. Morse
Stanley M. Brown
Board of Aldermen
Democrat
Eugene A. Youland
Gardiner R. Deering
Gerald S. Atkinson
Emery I. Freeman
John King
Arthur J. Dunton
R. Clinton McFadden
Brierly
Watson
B. Gediman
Henry W. Owen
Elford A. Stover
George A. Bragdon
Edward W. _ Bridgham
Eric
New Ordinances Proposed for Bath Cemeteries
The Bath city council considered new cemetery ordinances drafted by Page and Supt Ward. The measures would create perpetual care agreements, direct funding into a Permanent Perpetual Care Fund, and require a superior court adoption for final effect, while existing ordinances remain in force until the new rules take effect.
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Page
Superior Court
Cemetery and Park Board
City of
Bath
Maine
Fr. Cree
City O of
Thisi Cues Asv
Tery
City of Bath
Bath Iron Works to Launch Five Private Yachts This Year
Bath Iron Works Corp plans five yacht launches this Spring and Summer, led by the 279 foot Caroline built for Eldridge R. Johnson of Camden New Jersey former Victor Talking Machine Co president. The Caroline will be diesel powered with 1500 hp engines and a 100,000 pound gyroscope, possibly voyaging to Easter Island with scientists aboard.
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Bath Iron Works Corp
Caroline
Eldridge R. Johnson
Camden
N. J
Victor Talking Machine Co
Lewis Carroll
Alder
William Boyce Thompson
Yonkers
Henry J. Gie Jow
Cooper-Bessemer
Helene
Charles E. Sorsasen
Ford Motor Co
Frank H. Goodyear
Buffalo
Halonia
Charles H. Thorne
Chicago
Pasadena
Calif
Chairman Sewall Attacks Finances In City Budget
Arthur Sewall, chairman of the finance committee, states the 1939 administration’s expenditures will not exceed 10 006 above the budget. He notes past estimates appear low by about five dollars, with no figures ready yet. The treasurer calls it a fair estimate, while the mayor pledges no tax or budget increases and a substantial reduction of city debt. In other news, Virginia Richards, an eighth grade pupil at Winthrop Junior High, wins 250 dollars for best health essay.
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Faitor
Astel
Small
Virginia Richards
Winthrop
Kineo's Civil War Service Highlights in Naval Fleet
The Kineo served aboard the USS Aineco later, serving under Farragut. Built at Portland in 1801 as a 90 day gunboat, 153 feet long, 181 tons, it carried a heavy battery and a crew of 81. It advanced up the Mississippi in 1862, endured Forts Jackson and St Philip, suffered casualties and a collision, and patrolled below New Orleans before resuming upriver actions.
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Aineco
Portland
Maine Mountain
Farragut
New Orlans
Maoissippic
Kineso
J. W. Dyre
Kineo
West Gulf
Mississippi River
Jackson
St. Philp
Cayusa
Pensacola
Mississipp
Oneida
Varuna
Katahdin
Wissahickon
U.S.S. Brooklyn
Une Chalmen
New Orleans
G. M. Ransom
U.S
Vicksburg
Kinvo
Essex
Baton
Founders Day Observed by North Center P T A
The North Center P T A held Founders Day at Grace church with a candle lighting ceremony by students. A 34 candle birthday cake symbolized 34 years of the P T A, honoring Alice Birney and Phoebe Hearst. Tea followed as 50 members and helpers contributed to the program and fundraiser.
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Parent-leader Association
Grace Church
North Center
P.T. Association
Frosuna E. Marston
Alice McLellan Birney
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Seth S. Mullin
LeRoy F. Colby
Barbara Tubbs
Constance Morin
Isabelle King
Helen Joy
Esther Hall
Ida Joy
Phyllis Small
Margaret Srimigion
Patricia Sewall
Ruth Pratt
Virginia
Kingsbury
Mary McClure
Barbara Donnell
Isabel Gediman
Ruth Gallagher
Barbara Hunter
Dorothy Wing
David Alkazin
Gertrude Gilmore
Sponer
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John P. Carey
Optometrist
W. Bath
Bath Cemeteries
The
City
United States
Sewall
Chaiting Finance Committee
Front Street
Bath Savings Institution
Shaw
NAVAL
North Center Association
Johnson Brosco
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