Harold P Small is GOP mayor nominee at big caucus
Harold P Small 84 Lincoln Street was the unanimous Republican mayoral candidate after a highly attended caucus at City Hall. The session saw 250 to 300 attendees, with Recordings showing Roscoe G Bailey opening the meeting and Edward W Bridgham serving as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold P. Small
Lincoln Street
Small
Edward W. Bridgham
Chester H. McCabe
Arthur H. Price
Edwin E. Pinson
Henry W. Butler
George C. Quicksall
Common Council
Roscoe G. Bailey
McCabe
Mr. Small
Bridgham
Congressmen White in City for Brief Visit
Congressman Wallace H. White Jr of Maine visited Portland for the Lincoln Club banquet at the Eastland before heading to Rockland for a speech. He seeks the Republican Senate nomination in June and plans to tour Maine after Congress adjourns, with ongoing support from across the state. He traveled by car to Bath with Willard H. Cummings but switched to train due to slick roads between Woolwich and Rockland. They dined at the Colonial.
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Wallace H. White, Jr
Maine
Rockland
Lincoln Club
Eastland
Portland
Washington
Congressman White
United States
Congress
Bath
Willard H. Cummings
Skowhegan
Woolwich
Democrats Name Covel Chairman In City Committee
The Democratic city committee met Monday night in John P. Carey Jr. office to re elect Ralph Covel as chairman and to elect Mrs. E Emma Leonard as secretary and treasurer. The roster lists ward delegates led by John J. Crane Joseph F Atkinson and Levi T Hennessy among others with further members. George Horton and family from Fall River are visiting Bath friends.
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Democratic City Committee
John P. Carey Jr
Ralph. Covel
E. Emma Leonard
John J. Crane
William Temple
Sadie Garcelon
Joseph F. Atkinson
Ralph Cc. Covel
Edmund Arsenault
Mark W. Hennessy
Levi T. Thompson
Charles H. Cahill
Harold L. Troop
Henry I. Gediman
Paul Gurney
J. Haviland Torrey
Scott Golder
Mary C. Golder
Bertha M. Powers
Edward W. Sampson
John W. Conway
Nicholas Michales
George H. Horton
Fall River, Mass
Bath
Lucien R. Armes
Harold E. Cutting
Cutting
James S. Knights
Stanley M. Brown
Board of Aldermen
Dr. Williams Whitney
Ralph P. Mank
Harold V. Fielding
Aston C. Bowker
Albert J. Gallant
Frank E. Moses
Russell Kenney
Robert E. Wagner
Edward T. Whitehouse
Frederick E. Burgess
Harry L. Haynes
Edward Perry
Bradford P. Belanger
Robert Brownell
George C. Quicksall
Fred E. Bragg
Harry T. Passmore
James P. Ledyard
Harry C. Sullivan
Whitehouse
Benjamin F. Gediman
Eva J. Lemont
Peter G. Innis
Florence E. McClure
Edward W. Vaughan
Langdon T. Snipe
Board of Education
Old Age Pension League Formed At Bath Eagles Hall
A Monday evening meeting in Bath Aerie of Eagles formed an Old Age Pension League. John W. Brown was elected president Cedric A. Martin secretary and Elmer W. Rogers treasurer. A by laws committee was named. The group argues for a national old age pension law citing rising elderly poverty and job discrimination against seniors. The next meeting is scheduled for Friday February 28 in the Eagles hall.
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Hall of Bath Aerie of Eagles
John W. Brown
Cedric A. Martin
Elmer W. Rogers
Brown
Charles M. Tubbs
Martin
Eagles Hall
United States
James J. Davis
Davis
Maine
Committee On
England
Splendid Showing by New England Revealed in Survey
New England's population grows rapidly with one new resident about every four and two thirds minutes. Between 1919 and 1926 incomes rose 14 percent while national per capita income grew 3 percent. The region shows higher taxes, more telephones, more electricity, and more savings per 100 people. The New England Council reports wealth exceeds area share, with manufacturing as key income, and education expanding with more schools and higher enrollments.
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New England
New
People of
Governor Gardiner Buys Lot at Westport Point
Governor Gardiner and Mrs. Gardiner have purchased an acre on Newdick's point at Westport facing Goose Rock and Little Sheepscot. The Gardiners own Castle Island in Hockomock bay and run a sheep farm on Phipps point. A Portland boy who slept through a film night scene frightened, then walked home after helpers freed the exit doors.
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William Tudor Gardiner
Sasanoa River
Phipps Point
Hockomock Bay
Westport
Newdick’s Point
Goose Rock
Little Sheepscot
MacMahan Landing
Soldiers’ Point
Georgetown
Knubble Bay
Robinhood
Big Sheepscot
Isle of Springs
Sawyer’s Island
Boston Island
Boothbay
Southport
Samoset
Gardiner
Castle Island
Bartholomew H. Coughlin
Bath
Portland
Johnny
Nominations for Ward Tickets Close in City Council Race
Nominations for mayor and council seats closed Thursday with 3,360 ballots to print. Harold P. Small heads the Republican mayoral ticket, John P. Carey Jr. leads the Democratic side, and several wards show cross ticket nominations with incumbents and new names filling aldermanic positions.
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Harold P. Small
Republican Party
John P. Carey Jr
Reginald Stacy
Marius H. Page
Bradford P. Belanger
Elford A. Stover
Patriotic societies hold Washington and Lincoln birthday exercises
Rev Kenneth E Morse of First Baptist and Edward W Bridgham spoke on Lincoln and Washington at the annual Washington and Lincoln birthday exercises conducted by T W Hyde camp S of A V the Ladies of the G A R and the Camp auxiliary at Grand Army memorial hall. The program included readings songs and a Betsy Ross tableau with community members serving as organizers and performers.
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Kenneth E. Morse
First Baptist Church
Edward W. Bridgham
Washington
Mr. Morse
Forrest Legard
Hyde Camp
Betsy Ross
Harry W. Moulton
Thomas K. Haley
Tillie Blake
Frank Saunders
Henry Gediman
Linwood Miller
Sadie Garcelon
T. K. Haley
Eleanor McDonald
Vernon W. Miller
Gardiner Crocker
Charles Brown
G.A.R
Harry
Edith Miller
Florence Robinson
Mary Pratt
Helen McIntosh
Bertram E Packard Maine education chief long career
Bertram E Packard longtime Maine commissioner of education, with a 3 million dollar annual budget, began teaching before Bates College graduation in 1900. He held roles from elementary teacher to deputy and then commissioner, earned a law degree, led Maine Teachers Association, and led New England superintendents group. He summers at Litchfield, writes Maine history, and is married to Helen E. Bisbee with two daughters.
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Bertram E. Packard
Maine
Bates College
Lewiston Institution
University of Maine
Sanford
Augustus O. Thomas
Litchfield
Packard
Maine Historical Society
Old England
New England
Pownalborough
John Gardiner
Maine Teachers’ Association
New England Association of
Helen E. Bisbee
Bethel
Parsonsfield Seminary
Martha Bisbee
Lucia Martin
Miller Tells Rotarians of Russia at Bath Luncheon
Charles M. Miller addressed Bath Rotary Club members at Hotel Phoenix, recounting his Russia memories. He explained Russia as diverse, with many nationalities, and stressed differences between Czars era and equal opportunity found in the United States.
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Bath
Rotary
W. A. Furber
Board of Trade
D. T. Dougherty
Charles M. Miller
Russia
War on Browntails Begins in City
A city crew started Monday morning to remove brown tail moth nests from trees. They began on Washington street at Harvard's dock and moved south to Winship, planning to cover the entire city and then High street, Middle street, and cross streets. Officials Alderman Huse and Councilman Hennessy were named to oversee the operation after the Feb 5 council meeting.
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Washington Street
Harvard
Winship Street
Huse
Hennessy
Merritt Announces Candidacy for Regional Representative
Freeman H. Merritt of Sibasco has returned from Greenwich Conn and formally announced his candidacy for representative to the legislature from Arrowsic Phippsburg Topsham West Bath and Woolwich. Nomination papers are now in circulation for the June primary.
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Freeman H. Merritt
Sibasco
Greenwich
Delightful Bath Visitor Tours India on Empress Voyage
The Independent recounts a Bath traveler aboard the Empress of Australia in Bombay harbor on January 10 and 11 1930. The account details harbor sights the Gate of India and a cobra show tours to Agra Delhi and Benares, local dress such as double Terai hats and two Indian girls who accompany a car ride and offer shop prospects while describing Parsee life temples markets and private homes in Mumbai and surrounding areas.
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the Independent
Bombay
Apollo Bunder
Gateway of India
Bath
Bedlam
India
Agra
Delhi
Benares
Ceylon
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Arthur Allen
Optometrist Rath Trust
OLD Age Pension League
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E. E. Morse
Washington and
Lincoln
Charlie Miller
Merritt
Grace L. Morse
The
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Johnson Brosco, Bath-Maing
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