Powers Campaigns for Street and Sewer Commission
Democratic city committee hearing favors returning to a Street and Sewer Commission with three year terms and one vacancy yearly. H Martin Powers argues a permanent body would craft a stable program for street and sidewalk construction and resist political debt. Meeting drew many committee members and ward candidates. next supper planned at Red Men's hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Highways and Sewers
Democratic City Committee
H. Martin Powers
Common Council
Powers
Cemetery and Park Board
Board of Aldermen
Board of Common Council
City Council
Charles E. Hyde
Red Men's Hall
Leslie J. Wold
Edward F. Miller
Alex Burgess, Jr
Robert E. Wagner
Ralph C. Covel
Day Advocates Study of Trailer Problem in Maine
Charles B Day of Richmond and Maine member of the New England Councils Recreational Development Committee urges 412 Maine towns to address the influx of trailers this summer. The committee finds the issue is local and should be handled by town boards with planners focusing on parking, zoning, fire police traffic and health rules. A national planning report also suggests trailer taxation.
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Maine
Boards of Selectmen
Charles B. Day
Richmond
Rangeley Lakes Hotel Co
New England Councils
National Planning Associations
Nickerson and McMann Nuptials Filed in Brunswick
Marriage records filed by City Clerk John W. Gilmore show Harold E. Nickerson Jr of Brunswick wed Mary McMann of Bath in Brunswick on February 15. Rev. Co D Nutter of Berean Baptist Church officiated. Nickerson is son of Harold E Nickerson and his wife. McMann is daughter of Herbert H McMann and Abbie Mearns. A Lewiston theatre outing last week featured a man believed to be Herman Cotton, half brother of Mrs William Cotton, seen in a flood among attendees. Cotton last resided in Auburn and had not been in contact with relatives since a Portland, Oregon visit in 1935. His mother resides at 87 Manley Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Gilmore
Harold E. Nickerson, Jr
Brunswick
Mary McMann
Bath
Co. D. Nutter
Berean Baptist Church
Nickerson
Harold E. Nickerson
Herbert H. McMann
Abbie Mearns
Clayton Siver
Edward Little
Lewiston
Herman Cotton
Auburn
Portland
Oregon
William C. Cotton
Manley Street
Errold Blaisdell
Wollaston
Mass
Abbie Minott
Ada Catherine Minott
John C. Minott
Beacon Street
Harry Berry
Eleanor
George J. Ingalls
Lena Oliver
Westport
Fred A. Oliver
Ambrose McFadden
Frank P. Leavitt
John Libby
Sanford
Arthur Lear
Leslie Logan
Donald
Boston
Harry Mank
Grace Williams
Parker Head
Eleanor Brown
William Blaisdell
James L. Morse
Harold Mott
John Loring
North Bath
George Betts
George Derwent
Ray F. Campbell
Diamond Spring Pond
Francis Landers
Lewis Lowell
Ernest Poland
Norman Pierce
Waldoboro
Virginia Logan
Harry Mank, Jr
Cora Campbell
J. Harry Blaisdell
Eric Carlson
Feldspar
Allie Rollins
Lena
Hazel
Jane Feero
L. C. Feero
Harry Hosmer
Russell
Philip Roberts
William W. Hosmer
Ashdale
Bodwell Grange
Carrie Pye
Leon Pennell
Gardiner
Harold Small
Gardiner General Hospital
Elmer Lufkin
Isle-au-Haut
Sherman L. Morse
High Street
Quincy
Frank Oliver
John G. Morse
Winneganee
Sewing Club
Leon B. Pennell
Lower High Street
Freeport
George Dennison
Bath and area residents gather for weekend visits
The Bath area notes include visits by Errold Blaisdell and family to Wollaston Massachusetts, Abbie Minott and Ada Catherine Minott celebrating John C. Minott’s 100th birthday in Bath, and various weekend guests arriving from Portland Roxbury Lewiston and East Boston.
Dromore Grangers Celebrate Washington Birthday Parade
Dromore grange held a Washington birthday costume parade with an after meeting program. Martha Washington won first prize and George Washington a box of cigars won second. Prize judges included Mrs Emma Ferguson and Mrs Grace Kenney. The event featured songs, recitation, cake contest, readings, a surprise feature and dessert favorites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dromore Grange
Charlotte Owen
Martha Washington
Annie Malcolm
Raymond Campbell
George Washington
Emma Ferguson
Merrymeeting Grange
Grace Kenney
Pearl Barter
Hubert McCarty
Celina Desjardins
The
Grange
Edward Kenney
Aletha Campbell
Evelyn Beals
Georgiana Thorpe
Marion Rafnell
George Ingalls
Humphrey Owen
Bath England teacher visits Bath Maine reader near for exchange
Miss M. Dorothy Baker of Bath England, head mistress, is visiting Bath Maine at Hotel Sedgwick. She spent the weekend in town, tours New England, and notes differences in teaching between American and English schools. Baker describes English early language study and Shakespeare and shares impressions of American scenery and culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine
M. Dorothy Baker
England
Sedgwick
Miss Baker
America
Malden
Mass
English Speaking Union
United States
South Carolina
Great Britain
Europe
New England
Robert A. Hodgdon
Five Islands
Baker
Arthur Sewalld
Washington Street
Popham Beach News of Residents and Island Lights
Miss Viola Osgood visits at the lighthouse reservation while Coast Guard crews return from flood relief in Illinois. Local residents travel to Bath, Georgetown, and Concord for visits, funerals, and events. Popham school closes for three weeks as vacations begin and ice conditions shift with milder weather.
Ketchum Reelected Secretary of Rural Carriers
William H. Ketchum of this city was reelected secretary treasurer at the 32nd annual Tri County Rural Letter Carriers association meeting in Wiscasset. R A Mallett Topsham was reelected president and Charles Plumstead North Edgecomb vice president with Ralph Pearl Detroit Me as state executive committee guest. A large turnout despite bad weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Ketchum
Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Wiscasset
R.A. Mallett
Topsham
Charles Plumstead
North Edgecomb
Ralph Pearl
Detroit
Farmington
Ketchum
Wells
Coast Guardsmen back on duty at Popham
Coast Guardsmen Guy Crowley Eugene Stover Henry Leonard and Irving Dobbin of the Kennebec River Coast Guard station Popham Beach return to routine after four weeks aiding flood rescues on the Ohio River. Their 26 foot motor surf boat was shipped to Bath then returned by rail and crew. Dobbin reached Popham after care at Cairo Illinois. Clifton Morong and Leslie Greenlaw also returned from four weeks with Gloucester Massachusetts station duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Sudds
Auburn
Eugene W. Osgood
Clinton Newdick
Augusta
Norman Perkins
Bath
Seaman Drake
Carol
David
Drake
Edgar N. Drake
Georgetown
Eugene Stover
Guy Crowley
Henry Leonard
U. S Coast Guard
Illinois
Ethel Osgood
East Boothbay
Eth Luks
Vilda Barlow
Fred
Osgood
Irving Dobbin
Dobbin
Red Cross
Tinois
Marguerite McNulty
Phillip
Lawrence Wyman
Madelyn Bridees
Marion
Roy Chase
Concord
N. H
Chase
Elizabeth
Harpswell
Edna M. Coolidge
Edgar L
Katherine Mullaney
Park Street
Barbara Sprague
Walter Sprague
North Yarmouth Academy
Portsmouth
Ida French
Jonesport
Kennebec River
Popham Beach
Ohio River
Popham
Coast Guard
Ohio
Eldorado
Harrisburg
Coleonda
Til
Paducah
Memphis
Tenn
Cairo
Clifton Morong
Leslie Greenlaw
Gloucester
Mass
Massachusetts
Past Lecturers Night Observed
A list of attendees includes Mrs. Scott M. Golder Walter Snipe Miss Grace M. Waterman Leon M. Genthner Arthur C. Lemont Miss Emma G Brown Miss Barbara Walsh Mrs. Paul L. Boudreau In charge on March 8 are Mr. and Mrs Joseph N. Day Mrs Raymond M Clark Mrs Frank R Durant David Fields Mrs Edwin W Haggett Mr and Mrs Jerry L Haile Miss Helen E Hartwell Mrs Ethel Tourtillotte
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott M. Golder
Walter Snipe
Grace M. Waterman
Leon M. Genthner
Arthur C. Lemont
Emma G. Brown
Barbara Walsh
Paul L. Boudreau
Joseph N. Day
Raymond M Clark
Frank R. Durant
David Fields
Edwin W. Haggett
Jerry L. Haile
Helen E. Hartwell
Ethel Tourtillotte
Lost ice fishing gear returns with a four pound pickerel
A Bath party fishing at Boyd Pond on a Sunday found their ice fishing rigging disappear from one hole. About two hours later while fishing another hole, Natt F. Howe hauled up the missing rigging and a four pound pickerel was on the line with a half hitch still about its head.
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Bath
Boyd Pond
Bristol
Levi W. Steward
Lewis W. Sanborn
John L. Sanborn
Natt F. Howe
Georgetown
Paul G. Bagdikian
Lawrence H. Putnam
Woolwich
Mr. Howe
Bates College appoints John A. Curtis as assistant alumni secretary
John A. Curtis of Boston, Bates College 1933 graduate, becomes assistant alumni secretary and director of Chase Hall at Bates, succeeding James Nelson Jr. who resigned November 28 for a sales job with American Oil Company after teen months in the dual role. Curtis joins after work with New England YMCAs and Huntington Avenue Boston club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Curtis
Boston
Bates College
Chase Hall
Bates
James Nelson, Jr
American Oil Company
Curtis
New England Y.m.c.a.’S
Huntington Avenue
Boston Association
Beacon Street Jesters Plan April Play and Palm Sunday Drama
The Jesters of Beacon Street church held a stormy Monday meeting at Miss Marion Bowie s home to select the cast for Katy Did a two act mystery to be staged in early April. Rehearsals start immediately. A Lenten radio drama The Man With the Withered Hand by Rev H A Shattuck will be presented at Palm Sunday service March 21. Washington s Birthday social followed with national color decor and favors. Next meeting March 8 at the church with the refreshment committee listed. All Katy Did cast members to attend first rehearsal next Monday night at seven in the church parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
Marion Bowie
Drummond Street
Katy
Man
H. A. Shattuck
Marie Smith
Carl P. Meister
Muriel Howe
Carroll Morse
James Steen
Pine Tree Circle Social Night Held at Red Men Hall
The February social night of Pine Tree Circle No. 826 C of F of A was held in Red Men hall. Supper was served at 6 30 by the committee. Cards followed with bridge prizes to Mrs. George Parshley and Mrs. Charles H Ansert while whist prizes went to Mrs. Annie Wilson and Mrs. Cavanaugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Tree Circle
Red Men's Hall
Anna Conley
John J Cavanaugh
George Parshley
Charles H. Ansert
Annie Wilson
Cavanaugh
Emery Rideout
Masterly Talk by Judge Glidden
Judge Glidden lauds the Court as the greatest in the world and recalls the motto Sub legibus tutis while stressing faith in the legal system. Four Richmond High seniors run a lunchroom shoe shine parlor and candy shop to raise funds for a trip to Washington, D. C., with classmates planning to depart in the spring.
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Supreme Court
Richmond High School
National Capital
Washington, D. C
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Day
M'Mann
Phippsburg
Dromore Grangers
Penobscot Valley Stamp Club
Bangor Y. M
Elmer_O. Whitten
Vernon H. Ware
Frederic H. Stetson
Raphael A. Leavitt
James Chandler
Stetson
Leavitt
Dorothy Baker
Nellie King
Marie Leonard
Kenneth
Charlie
Napoleon T. Fickett
Pond Island
Hill
Seguin Island Light
McNulty
Ernest Oliver
Moses Chandler
Silver Lake
Walter Williams
West Georgetown
G. E. McNulty
Tri-County Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Charles Andrews
Hardings
Judge Glidden
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Motor Division
General Motors Sales Corporation
Detroit, Michigan
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