Canadians Inspect Bath Feldspar Plant for Bulk Shipments
A five member Canadian delegation including H J Emery James E Wilder and S F E Melkman visited Bath to negotiate 12 000 to 20 000 tons of high grade Canadian spar with J W Cummings Co The group noted tidewater mills ease of water transport and expected Bath grinding to support Canadian spar exports with Melkman sailing for London next week representing his 98th Atlantic crossing in 27 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
John W. Cummings Feldspar Co
Canada
H. J. Emery
British Metal Corporation of Canada, Ltd
James LE. Wilder
Montreal
John Stadler
Thomas H. Higginson
Canadian Automatic Sprinkler Co
S. F
J. W. Cummings
Melkman
Cummings
Mr. Melkman
London
Atlantic
Hearing on Winnegance Smelters Nets Ban Debated
A lively Augusta hearing before the Tuland Fisheries Committee discussed a bill to ban nets in Winnegance creek smelt fishing. Hand-line and bagnet fishermen clashed over net impact while lawmakers and county officials debated the measure and the opposing views of Winnegance residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Committee On Tuland Fisheries
Winnegance Creek
Isaac Waltons
N. Gratz Jackson
Bath
A. C. Stilphen
Dresden
Alton Wright
Ralph O. Dale
Harry C. Williams
Edgar Oliver
Joseph Day
Sagadahoc Measures at the Legislature
Representative Blaisdell reported a Thursday draft empowering the Governor and Council to convey Bath State Ferry property to the City of Bath. The committee also considered road reserves for Georgetown West Point and Popham Beach. Mrs Edward Sewall hosted a luncheon for Mrs Robert Smythe of Chicago previously Miss Virginia Paine of Bath. two auction tables were present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaisdell
Committee On Legal Affairs
Bath
Wright
Committee of Ways and Bridges
Georgetown
West Point
Popham Beach
Edward Sewall
Robert Smythe
Chicago
Virginia Paine
High Street
Small Nominated by Republicans at Caucus for Mayor
Harold P. Small won the Republican caucus nomination for mayor in the municipal building. With illness sidelining chair man Whittemore, ex-Alderman Fred W. Quimby opened the meeting, Lucius M. LeMont presiding and George C. Quicksall secre tary. Quicksall presented Small’s name and the caucus cast a unanimous ballot. The paper notes Cahill also seeks Citizen’s nomination and lists other ward by ward nominations and party movements for council and alderman seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold P. Small
Common Council
Gam
Whittemore
Fred W. Quimby
Lucius M. LeMont
George C. Quicksall
Quicksall
Small
Quimby
Roger D. Skillings
Council
Charles H. Cahill
Harry M. Huse
Gilmore
Cverald Atkinson
Stanley M. Brown
Ralph C. Covel
Citizen's
Frank T. Fortier
Joseph F. Atkinson
Frank A. Hall
Citizen’s Movement
Mark W. Hennessy
Leslie J. Wald
Marius H. Page
Harold L. Troop
Arthur W. Gediman
James JD. Crane
Ernest T. Pulten
Fred W. Aderton
Bertha C. Powers
James C. Mulligan
William B. Temple
Harold Fielding
James Knights
Constable Seaves
Warden
Constable
Amos F. Perry
Edward Sewall
Carrol Watson
Maxwell Powers
Frank H. Beal
Edward McAuliffe
Benjamin Gedman
William A. McCullum
Scott Golder
Charles T. Henderson
Morse High List of Honor Pupils
Morse High prints the six weeks to Feb 8 and semester list to Feb 8. Senior highest honors include Winifred Aderton and Jane Edaecomb among others with honors noted. Juniors, sophomores and freshmen are listed with highest honors and honors recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Morse High School
Winifred Aderton
Jane Edaecomb
Bopihte Greenblatt
Edna Hallowell
Marjorie Legard
Elizabeth McGrath
Mary Twomey
Mary Bryant
Duncan Farrell
Mildred Hooper
Muriel Howe
Amy Trish
Courtney Stover
James Jackson
Alice Hovey
Eugene Ingalls
Hazel Feero
Jane Feero
Eleanor Grinnell
Margaret MacKinnon
Washington Party at West Bath Grange Enlivens Local Meeting
West Bath grange members, about 100, gathered Monday in Colonial attire for a Washington program. Marion Plummer read a Washington paper, Albert Henderson sang Song of the Flag, and Jo Anna Hodgkins delivered Washington as a business man. A male quartet and readers offered selections and papers. next week’s program and a Thursday bridge party were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
William R. Kimball
Herbert Simpson
David Henderson
Leland Ames
Lizzie Hagggett
David
Vincent Henderson
Washington
Joanna Hodgkins
Harold Freeman
Robert Oliver
BE. W. Haggett
Albert Henderson
William White
Annie Henderson
Herbert Henderson
Sthel MacDonald
the Grange
Bunch
Amy Irish
Eleanor Danforth
Marguerite Lemont
Alice Johnson
Annie Petersen
Golden 50th Wedding Anniversary Celebrated
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shaw of Congress Street Portland marked their golden anniversary with a June luncheon hosted by Mrs. William Bierce at the Lafayette hotel. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. W. 3. Newell of Washington Street. Shaw, born in Bath, long Maine Central paymaster, and uncle to Fred P. Shaw and Jack Shaw, received many gifts as flowers filled their Congress Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. 3. Newell
Washington Street
Newell
Thomas Shaw
Congress Street
Portland
Mrs. Shaw
William Bierce
Lafayette Hotel
Fred P. Shaw
Jack Shaw
Democrats Nominate Cahill for Mayor and Names for Ward Seats
Democrats renominate former mayor Charles H. Cahill as standard bearer at a crowded caucus in the common council room. Aaron C. Covel presided with Mark W. Hennessy as secretary. The amity committee announced ward slates with two women candidates for Ward Six and lists for Wards One through Seven, detailing aldermen councilmen ward clerks wardens constables and city committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Cahill
George W. Dean
Aaron C. Covel
Mark W. Hennessy
Cahill
Woolwich Grangers Celebrate Lincoln Program
Woolwich Grange held a Lincoln birthday program last Wednesday with a strong turnout. Anne Soule presented a Lincoln history and current events, music by the Grange, stories by John Carter and Nellie Wowling, a young people’s song, a Lincoln reading by Nellie Dowdre, and games concluding with a roll call about a favorite winter dish. The meeting closed with a Washington birthday tribute.
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Lincel
Woolwich Grange
Gattleamn of the Republic
Lincoln
Anne Soule
The
Grange
John Carter
Nellie Wowling
Nellie Dowdre
Washington
Republicans Meet in Ward Caucuses Wednesday Night
Republicans gathered in seven ward rooms to nominate ward tickets and empower committees to fill vacancies. In Ward One about 25 attended with Trott elected chairman and Shepard secretary. other wards reported attendance and a series of Alderman, Councilmen, Warden, Ward clerk, Constable, and City Committee nominations by local chairs and secretaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley F. Brown
Frank Fef
Fortier
Joseph F. Atkinson
Frank A. Hall
Harold EF. Tobey
George Emro
Josefin A. Smith
Ralph CC. Coyel
Edward Seowall
Ristus A. Hall
Forest C. Legare
Edward McAuliffe
William A. McCullum
Francis W. Norton
John M. Conley
City Commirite
Timma Leonard
J. Havilard Torrey
Edtuard N. Hartnett
Wilfred C. Trott
Charles FE. Shepard
Chester H. McCabe
Ralph P. Mank
Harold E. Cutting
Charles A. Coombs
Charles E. Shepard
John A. Norris
Ellery E. Whitmore
Lizzie
Samuel C. Mulcahy
Eugene A. Youland
Arletta Yates
Florence Wallace
Fred W. Quimby
Gerald S. Atkinson
George M. Emery
Edward A. Perry
Harry L. Haynes
James P. Ledyard
D. W. Lemont
Charles King
J. Horace McClure
Harriott
Mabel A. Thwing
J. Owen Ledyard
Marius W. Page
Fred J. Higgins
Marius H. Page
Roy A. Donnell
Owen J. Ledyard
Fred H. Pratt
William Mann
Harriet. Morse
J. Edward Drake
George C. Quicksail
Frank H. Beal
Walter S. Russell
Chester C. Aderton
Arthur H. Price
Roscoe G. Bailey
Jane B. Spinney
Frostina E. Marston
Harry W. Owen
F Eugene McGrath
Elmer McFarland
Joseph Haley
Edward J. Lee
Harold Blake
Burt Dyer
McFarland
Everett G. Lemont
Burt M. Dyer
Charrles T. Henderson
Harry B. White
Leland S. Plummer
Elmer T. McFarland
Beatrice Rand
Chester Colby
Bath Office to Spend Thousands on Equipment Upgrade
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company will spend 39,300 dollars to upgrade the Bath central office. The work, planned to begin in May, aims to add facilities for toll calls among Portland Bangor and other exchanges. Clarence Eaton of Hebron Academy and roommate George Hatch of Reading Mass stayed overnight with the Eatons in Middle Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bath
Portland
Bangor
Clarence Eaton
Hebron Academy
George Hatch
Reading
Mass
Sidney L. Eaton
Middle Street
Final Tributes for St Mary's Pastor James P. Gorman
Funeral crowds fill St Mary’s Church for the Rt Rev John Gregory Murray led Requiem Mass for Rev Fr. James P. Gorman oldest ordained priest in the diocese 35 priests in attendance. Body in mahogany casket placed in state. pallbearers named. burial planned in Providence R I after arrival on Pine Tree Limited from Brunswick. Fr. Gorman came from Ireland at age six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Mary's
James P. Gorman
John Gregory
Murray
D. D
Portland
Brunswick
Chadbourne
Providence
R. 1
Fr. Gorman
Ireland
That
Honolulu Sees Like American City In Tropics
A Honolulu letter from Feb 7 1929 reflects on Hawaii as a modern American city set in a tropical milieu. It contrasts old Hawaii and missionary traditions with new development while recounting Captain Cook's discovery and the islands’ path to unification under King Kamehameha I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
the Independent
United States
Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii
New England
James Cook
Cook
Pacific
China
Kauai
Oahu
Molokai
Maui
Kamehameha I
Boston
Mass
Orient
Vancouver
Liholiho
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Winnegance Smelters
Sagadahoc
Arthur Allen
Optometrist Bath Trust
Belbween
Mr. Small
Percival Black
Corneille Davis
Mary Dunton
Clinton Fleming
Eleanor Hall
William Levin
John Murray
Frank
West Bath Grange
Thomas P. Shaw
C. H. Cahill
Ward
Mark W Hennessy
Leslie J. Wold
Thomas C. McCabe
Eva J. Lemont
John S. Place
Levi T. Thompson
Aniss F. Perry
William H. Miller
Brune
Scott M. Crolder
James CL Mulman
Bertha Powers
Scot
Mo Golder
Thomas J. Cummins
Alderan
Arthur Sewall
Councilen
Piemas & Neagle
Sidney B. McPherson
Edward W. Sampryn
Woolwich Grangers
ST. Mary’s
Father Horan
T’r Nicholas J. Horan
St. Domnes Church
St. Mary's Church
Maine
New Hampshire
Gorman
Betty Bright
Food Choppers
Johnson Brosco
Winchester
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