Lieutenant Lord Nominated for City Mayor in Large Caucus
Lieutenant John A. Lord United States Navy retired won the Republican nomination for mayor in a crowded city caucus by a 307 to 193 vote over incumbent Harold P. Small. Lord had initially planned to skip caucuses but supporters pressed for his name after ward results signaled desire for change and possible tax relief through economical city government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Lord
United States Navy
Harold P. Small
Lieutenant Lord
Small
Bath
Maine Development Commission biennial report notes balance
The Maine Development Commission released its biennial report showing a credit balance of 1898.05. It highlights tourism, agriculture, and industry support as key, noting Maine’s summer tourist business brings about 100 million dollars annually and that competing states and big steamship lines are boosting vacation cruise advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Development Commission
Maine
National Commander Johnson Attacks Communism in Maine Speech
National Commander Johnson of the American Legion departed from a prepared speech in the Maine Hall of Representatives Thursday to spearhead a strong anti Communism message. The remarks followed an attempted attack on President elect Roosevelt and party members in Miami, Florida the prior night. The Legion pledged loyalty and support if needed against efforts to overthrow the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
American Legion
Maine
Captain Edwards Dies After Heart Attack at Sea
Captain Joseph F. Edwards, commander of the last whaling vessel to sail from New Bedford, Massachusetts, died Friday from a heart attack. The port once served as the whaling hub, and Edwards led the final expedition in 1927 aboard the schooner Manta toward the whaling grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph F. Edwards
New Bedford
Massachusetts
Edwards
Army posts to shelter jobless youths under discipline
If Congress approves $22,000,000 for the program, unemployed youths will receive shelter beds and meals at army posts. They will be under strict army discipline with tasks similar to those in Citizens Military Training Camps every summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Winter Heart Attacks Prompt Calls for Checkups
A winter surge in heart attack deaths prompts experts to urge more frequent physician checkups. Families are advised to seek routine wellness reviews and monitor warning signs to reduce fatalities.
Philathea class holds monthly meeting with Valentine program
Corliss street church Philathea class met for its regular business session led by Mrs. Mildred Walker with Miss Velma Cornish, roster includes two new members. A Valentine program followed featuring readings, musical numbers, a comic chorus, and a piano duet. Refreshments, games, and a box of valentines were shared. next gathering set for March 13 at Mrs. Vivian Plant’s home on High street.
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Philathea
Corliss Street
Velma Cornish
Weeks Street
Mildred Walker
New England
Eula Morang
Old Shanty Town
Vivian Plant
Ion High Street
Thespians Present Solid South A Light Southern Comedy
The Thespians stage Solid South this Friday, a lively comedy of romance with a happy ending. A nine member cast features Marjory Given Martha Bridge Marjory Troop Frances Young H A Huse Charles F Cummings Dr Winchenbaugh Harold Cutting and Edwin Tietig in key roles. The production promises strong humor and broad entertainment from start to finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thespians
Marjory Given
Martha Bridge
Marjory Troop
Frances Young
H. A. Huse
Charles F. Cummings
Morning Wedding at St. Marys Church
Mr and Mrs Philip J Gormley Jr wed Monday morning at nine in St Marys Church. They left for New York after breakfast at the bride’s home and will reside on Grant Street Portland after their trip. The bride Rosena Ann Tracey wore white with tea roses. sister Mrs Kenneth Percival was bridesmaid in periwinkle blue with pink carnations. Best man was Frederick Gormley. Rev Samuel A Dougan officiated. Breakfast followed for local and out of town guests including Portland residents from the Gormley family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip J. Gormley, Jr
St. Mary's Church
Russell Street
New York
Grant Street
Portland
Gormley
Rosena Ann Tracey
Thomas A. Tracey
Kenneth L. Percival
Philip J. Gormley
May Gormley
Frederick Gormley
Catherine Lowe
Hazel Conrad
Elizabeth Leasch
Lieut Lord Wins the Nomination
After caucus scores, Lieut Lord received numerous congratulatory calls and visits at his home, 50 Pearl Street, with Mrs Lord and friends expressing happiness at his nomination. Farmington Normal Kappa Delta Phi plans a minstrel show and dance Saturday at the new alumni gym to raise funds for outfitting the school library, featuring a mix of melodies and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieut. Lord
Pearl Street
Lord
Kappa Delta Phi Fraternity
Farmington Normal School
Morse High School Class of 1936 Wins One Act Play Contest
The Morse high school auditorium hosted a four-class one act play contest Friday night. Class of 1936 won first place with its piece Not Quite Such a Goose, the 1934 class took second, and 1933 had previously won first. Judges emphasized interpretation over scenery, with about 300 attendees and a planned March 18 district contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Mary H. Conley
Katherine Conley
Dorothy Anliker
Ronald Oulton
Barbara Nickerson
Merton Sprague
Jane Bridgham
Ruth Dale
Carleton Pye
Arlene Littlefield
Mary L. Lord
Russell Colby
John Skelton
Edwina Thornton
Isabelle Mackinn
Eugene Oneill
Morse
Brunswick
Lewiston
Freeport
McClure
Herbert McCorrison
Charles E. Parks
Franklin Morse Wins In Friends Tournament
Franklin Morse wins the YMCA Friends tournament champion by defeating John Chaney 3 to 1 in the final after advancing through rounds including byes and several decisive matches. Morse becomes the first champion of this new YMCA game with Chaney as runner up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Morse
Friends
Franklin W. Morse
Morse
John Chaney
Chaney
W. Hawley
E. Brown
J. Chaney
G. Carr
D. Crosby
R. Young
C. Plummer
F. Sullivan
D. Perry
R. Donnell
H. Mayo
A. Sarkis
H. Henderson
G. Sarkis
F. Hamlin
G. Perry
J. Preney
W. Mussenden
R. Smith
G. Moody
F. Morse
L. Lord
H. Closson
L. Fortier
John Mullaney
H. Burns
H. Ring
FE. Larrabee
H. Donnell
W. Gaudet
R. Oliver
L. Swett
W. McNeil
E. Lowery
Veteran fireman presented with retirement gifts
Edward H. Cook, a veteran fireman with over 50 years of service, received a handsome easy chair and side table Saturday morning as a retirement gift from the fire department and board of fire engineers. Elmer W. Rogers and John T. Dwyer presented the items at Cook's home, 62 South Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward H. Cook
Fire Department
Board of Fire Engineers
Elmer W. Rogers
John T. Dwyer
Cook
South Street
Rogers
Mr. Cook
Lobster Found In Fresh Water At Whiskeag Creek
A smelt fisherman pulling ice near Whiskeag Creek reeled in a live lobster remains unheard of in freshwater. He handed the creature to Samuel Morse’s sons who hope to keep it alive by salting the water.
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Samuel Morse
Hi-Y Club Holds Regular Meeting at YMCA
The Hi-Y club met at the YMCA on Thursday evening. Ralph MacDeonald discussed a planned summer playground project and gained club support. John Murray was elected assistant secretary and a committee led by Merritt Trott Kenneth Snowdon and Ivan Kirkpatrick was set to stage a mock trial next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M.C
Ralph MacDeonald
John Murray
Merritt Trott
Kenneth Snowdon
Ivan Kirkpatrick
Vernal Chaney
Leon Buck
John Huse
O.K
Wind Break Nearly Complete On Kennebec Bridge
The wind break on the north side of the Kennebec bridge was finished this week and will shield travelers from north winds until May. Erected by five workers under the State Highway Commission, the six foot six inch high structure spans eight foot sections secured to iron posts with bolts and uses Maine spruce sheathing. It runs from the Bath end to the draw and resumes from the east end of the draw to near the Woolwich shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec Bridge
Maine
State Highway Commission
Bath
Woolwich
Sacred Heart Circle Observes Birthday Dance
First anniversary dance of Sacred Heart circle No. 551 Daughters of Isabella attracted a capacity crowd in the Arcade hall with Ken Trask's orchestra. Mrs Grace Cunningham chaired the committee and sang. vaudeville acts were by Miss Mary Cunningham Thelma Fogg Marion O'Hara and Pearl Oliver. Patronesses included Mrs Stephen McPhee Mrs Joseph C Foot er Mrs Joseph McCole Mrs Charles Fitzgerald Mrs Catherine O'Hara Mrs Cunningham Mrs Nora Mc Laughlin. Regent Andrew C Flaherty could not attend due to a family death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Arcade Hall
Ken Trask
Grace Cunningham
Mary Cunningham
Thelma Fogg
Marion O'Hara
Pearl Oliver
Stephen McPhee
Joseph C. Footer
Joseph McCole
Charles Fitzgerald
Catherine O’hara
Cunningham
Nora McLaughlin
Andrew C. Flaherty
Douglas and True Return From Cruise
Herbert L. Douglas of York Street returned Friday from a 12 day West Indies and Panama Canal cruise. Edward D. True of A Hallet & Co accompanied him and visited New York with his son Edward D. True Jr. in Bath. Douglas praised the trip though Maine air felt cooler than the voyage. He earned over 150 feet of moving picture film and many photographs while noting the South’s near 110 degree heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert L. Douglas
York Street
West Indies
Panama Canal
Edward D. True
A. Hallet & Co
Mr. Douglas
New York
Edward Pd, True Jr
Bath
Douglass
Maine
South
Crowds Tour Frigate Constitution On Pacific Voyage
Lieut John A Lord reports Commander Gulliver says visitors exceed 150000 in 18 days at San Diego. The Constitution will visit 19 Pacific coast ports, sailing again by August 21 unless ordered elsewhere. Miss Doris E Cluff suffers a fractured ankle while tobogganing but continues working at Auburn city auditor office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Lord
Louis J. Gulliver
Constitution
San Diego
Gulliver
Pacific
Doris E. Cluff
Orchard Street
Auburn
Candidates Names On All Three Tickets For City Race
Lieut John A Lord appears on Republican Democrat and Citizen tickets posing a likely victory over Mayor Harold P Small who runs as an Independent after losing the Republican nomination In Ward 2 Alderman Youland faces Joseph Charles Footer on two tickets while Goodwin Kingsbury run on one ticket and Brown Atkinson and Rodick appear on multiple tickets The piece details alderman and council candidates across wards noting cross endorsements and triple ticket appearances highlighting election dynamics and party strategies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Lord
Citizen
Harold P. Small
Eugene A. Youland
Joseph Charles Footer
Goodwin
Walter P. Kingsbury
Stanley M. Brown
Joseph F. Atkinson
Harris T. Rodick
George M. Emery
Leslie J. Wold
Wallace R. Ham
Cyrus Longley
John J. Mulcahy
Lawrence L. Houston
Amos F. Perry
Harold W.delong
Council
Edward F. Miller
John E. Hart
Henry S. Gediman
Reginald Stacy
R. Clinton McFadden
Gardiner R. Deering
Daniel T. Dougherty
Allen M. Irish
Harry L. Day
Charles J. Donnell
Walter W. Smith
Leon J. Billings
Raymond M. Haley
Raymond C. Hart
Henry Martin Powers
Melvin H. Savage
Sumner Sewall
Daniel E. McPhee
Edwin R. Andrews
Arthur Sewall
Philip R. Blaisdell
Sidney A. McPherson
Roy F. Shackford
Citizens
Veteran Firemen Best Odd Fellows In Interclub Meet
Lincoln lodge Odd Fellows hosted Bath Veteran Firemen Association for a league night. Firemen won three of four tables with Cribbage results 1499 to 1552 for Odd Fellows and 105 to 125 in another event. Final scores show Firemen prevailing across several matches led by Cressey Stover Blake Sawyer and Hagan Norton among participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Lodge of
Odd Fellows
Bath Veteran Firemen’s Association
Firemen
Cressey Stover
Blake E. Sawyer
Cribbage Thompon Stover Boyce Rogers
P. Boutin Hagan H. McNeil Norton
Cressey T. Campbell
Democrats Name Lieut J A Lord Ward Committee Members
A new Democratic city committee was elected at the general caucus Thursday night. Ward 1 members are William C Temple and Leslie Robbins. Ward 2 members are Ralph C Covel and Stanley M Brown. Ward 3 members are John J Mulcahy and Leslie J Wald. Ward 4 members are Amos F Perry and Charles H Cahill. Ward 5 members are Herbert B Luce and Charles C Toothaker. Ward 6 members are Henry M Powers and Charles M Fitzgerald. Ward 7 members are Daniel E McPhee, Sidney A McPherson, Mrs Roy Shackford, and Mrs Clara Corliss.
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Covel
William Temple
Stanley M. Brown
Leslie J. Wald
Amos F., Perry
Charles C. Toothaker
Charles M. Fitzgerald
Daniel E. McPhee
Ernest F. Kelley
Harry M. Huse
D. Joseph Doegle
Joseph Torrey
Harles H. Cahill
Lord
William C. Temple
Leslie Robbins
Ralph C. Covel
John J. Mulcahy
Amos F. Perry
Charles H. Cahill
Herbert B. Luce
Henry M. Powers
Charles M., Fitzgerald
Sidney A. McPherson
Roy ’ Shackford
Clara Corliss
Puzzle of language and meaning across a grid
A dense word puzzle lists clues and answers across vertical and horizontal axes. It pairs numbered hints with definitions for terms such as travel to holy places devotee tooth sphere merit plunge eyes thrive skill appointment meet part of be lift level each abbr gay periods time printing measure set up donkey carmine appointed place pine tree flaky precipitation affirmative price implement melodies cow’s ululation elevate diminish solution.
Trip to Cari Topic at Men's Club
Rev. David L. Wilson spoke four times in a week on his Caribbean trip to Grace Church Men's club at the parish house. W Dayton Hill led the meeting in the absence of the president. Members imagined travel through the Panama Canal and Jamaica while questioning followed the talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David. L. Wilson
Grace Church Men's Club
Harry B. Briggs
W. Dayton Hill
Charles M. Tubbs
Hill
New England
Roland Hill
Wilson
Bath
High Seas
Panama Canal
South America
Jamaica
Great Canal
United Fruit Co
William P. Hill
Carroll Watson
Rupert H. Poe
Royal Arch Chapter Inspects In Large Gathering
The Montgomery and St Bernard Royal Arch Chapter No 2 held its annual inspection at the Masonic Temple with District Deputy Grand High Priest Leon Helson of Portland presiding. Officers and past high priests were shown in Mark Master Mason work, followed by a banquet at 6 30 served by Genesta chapter No 73 O E S. The next convocation is March 16 with the annual meeting. Population of the Philippine Islands has risen from 6 to 13 million over 30 years due to sanitation improvements under American rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
St. Bernard Royal Arch
Masonic Temple
Leon Helson
Portland
Edwin H. P. Lowell
J. Maurice Haynes
Charles F. Nelson
Harold E. Cutting
Arthur B. Stilphen
Sewing Circle of
Genesta Chapter
No. 73
Philippine Islands
Archipelago
Independent nomination papers filed for Mayor H P Small
Mayor Harold P Small filed independent nomination papers after losing Republican renomination to Lieut John A Lord. Lord also filed Citizens, Republican and Democrat papers. Signers include Roscoe Clinton McFadden and Ellen Bickle among others. some initials only invalidated five signatures. Lord’s signers include Joseph Torrey Ena B McLean Jacob W Haley and several McCabes. Frank B Nichols verified signers for Lord with the city clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold P. Small
John A. Lord
Lieut. Lord
Citizens
Smail
Albert McLellan
Ralph Kennerson
John Peters
Arthur L. Perkins
William A. Fogwill
R. E. Jones
L. E. Robinson
Frank C. Thompson
John E. Wade
Henry E. Savage
Alfred W. Simmons
Emanuel Arsenault
Chester Worrey
Lillian Billings
L. E. Simmons
Leon F. Brown
Ernest B. Heald
Fred L. Sutherland
O. W. Leeman
P. M. Bowdoin
William A. Staples
Ellen Bickle
Annie E. Bickle
Woodbury
Woodbury W. Bailey, Frank Allegrin, Clayton A. Rowe
Flora Hey
Charles F. Nelson
Percy W. Liver
Bertha W. Scott
Lorenzo J. Fletcher
Jessie M. Mayers
Roscoe Clinton McFadden
Elsie Mae Allegrin
Arlene Footer
Josephine C. Fraser
Ruth P. Johnson
Helen M. Larrabee
Agnes Cooke
Evelyn B. Truss
John W. Gilmore
City of
Bath
Lord
Joseph Torrey
Ena B. McLean
Jacob W. Haley
Anna F. McCabe
Henry O. McCabe
David S. McCabe
Alfred R. McCabe
Charles O. Nelson
Charles H. Coombs
Charles H. Coombs, Jr
Margaret A. Coombs
Rhoda C. Coombs
Herbert W. McCabe
Elizabeth V. McCabe
Edmund Arsenault
Maron Genthner
Allen M. Irish
Gardiner S. Rogers
Frank E. Emmons
Earl H. Allen
Edward Sewall
Merritt
Pierce and Dennison Lead at Colonial Club Contract
Pierce and Dennison top a crowded field in the Colonial Club contract-bridge event with 6220 points, edging Merrill and Hayes who scored 6210. Potter and Burden followed in third with 5380, while Spear-Skelton led a three-way battle at 4150 and 4140, with Footer-Davis and Hunt- Andrews close behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight
Pierce
William Dennison
Andrew Merrill
John Hayes
Pierce-Dennison
Merrill-Hayes
Homer Potter
Alex Burden
Allan Spear
William Skelton
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the Times Company
Front Street
Bath, Maine
F. B. Nichols
Treas
Harry C. Webben
Advvancr
Ment
Solid South
ST. Mary’s Church
Miss Rosena Ann Tracey
Lieut
Paris
Hi-Y Club
Douglas and True Return
Frigate Constitution
J. A. Lord
Sart
Sitia
Aio
Western Newspaper Union
David.l. Wilson
Grace Church
Royal Arch
H. P. Small
Dennison
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