New England Industry Adopts Progressive Policy Study
Edward F. Gerish of the Commerce Department presents a second phase of New England's commercial survey. He notes a shift toward coordinated action under the New England Council, with industries like textiles and shoes facing problems and seeking remedies. Population and market access are analyzed, alongside manufacturing prospects for Bath Iron Works and other plants amid national policy debates on prohibition enforcement and tariff discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Edward F. Gerish
Commerce Department
New England Council
New
Middle Atlantic
Hoover
Bath Iron Works
Bath
Brewster Enters 1930 Senate Race in Maine
Former Maine governor Ralph Brewster announces candidacy for the Republican nomination to succeed Senator Arthur Gould. He faces Wallace White Jr. in a contest seen as favorable to White, who has earned broad support for his House service and wartime merchant marine legislation aiding the Maine economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph O. Brewster
United States
Arthur R. Gould
Hale
Gould
Maine
Wallace H. White, Jr
White
National House
Jones-White Merchant Marine
Congress
Mr. White
William P. Frye
Brewster
Dexter
Aroostook County
Ir. White
Auto Registration Delays and Plate Identification Issues
The article discusses motorists delaying registration and plate pickup until year end, cites new tax receipt requirements, and notes Maine and Massachusetts plates closely matching in color. It warns of potential identification confusion for cross-border vehicles and urges early filing and harmonized state colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motor Vehicle Department
State House
Maine
Massachusetts
Nurses to Meet in Bangor January 3 and 4 1930
The Maine State Nurses Association holds its annual meeting at the Dorothy Memorial in Bangor on Friday and Saturday January 3 and 4 with about 200 members expected. Miss Carrie M. Hall and Miss Julia P. Williamson are scheduled speakers on nursing registries and league programs. Reservations urged. program details cover executive sessions, public health topics, and a banquet at the Penobscot Exchange Hotel.
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Ellen Williams
Dorothy Brown
Maine State Nurses’ Association
Bangor
Dorothy Memorial
Park Street
Carrie M. Hall
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Boston
National League of Nursing Education
Julia P. Williamson
American Nurses Association
New York City
Penobscot Exchange
Eastern Maine General Hospital
Penobscot Exchange Hotel
Aurora Michaud
R. N
Barbara Hunt
Herbert E. Thompson
Louise P. Hopkins
Federation
Edith Soult
R.N
Winifred L. Fitzpatrick
Providence District Nursing Association
Alma S. Johnson
University of Maine
League of Nursing
Mary Osborn
Real Estate Transfers in Sagadahoc Registry
Recent transfers listed by registrar Hiram T. Stevens include many conveyances across Sagadahoc towns such as Arrowsic Bath Bowdoinham Georgetown Phippsburg Richmond Topsham with parties including N Louise Spinney Percy Small Maine Conference Association of Seventh Day Adventists Edward Vipne Blanche Pendleton Annie Huntley William Kendall Horace Heath Elizabeth Cromwell Iva Cromwell George Coggeshall Ford Moran Harry Leavitt First National Granite Bank of Augusta and others.
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Sagadahoc Registry of Deeds
Hiram T. Stevens
Arrowsic
N. Louise Spinney
Bath Box Co
Bath
Bowdoin
Andrew Burns
Leandre Morin
Bowdoinham
Annie C. Huntley
William B. Kendall
Gerald H. Frederick
Susie M. Frederick
Myrick S. Heath
Horace L. Heath
Georgetown
Elizabeth Cromwell
Iva B. Cromwell
William F. Marr
Alberta H. Marr
Walter T. Newdick
Elizabeth Isley Thorpson
Phippsburg
Harry F. Oliver
George Coggeshall
Walter H. Bowker
Ford Moran
Richmond
Harry M. Leavitt
William H. Farley
Llewellyn McMaster
First National Granite Bank of
Augusta
Topsham
Josephine Atus
Harold E. Groves
Wealthy A. Colby
Clarence W. Colby
Salvation Army Band Joyful Pung Ride At Murphy’s Corner
The Salvation Army Boys band enjoyed a festive outing Friday night for Sunday school at Murphy's Corner. Mrs Warren sang a solo, Rev Plinette Allen led prayer and a Christmas tableau with 15 costumed children. Gifts from the tree and candy bags were shared. Lieut Potter of Boston led the song service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Murphy's Corner
New Hazard Appears In Electric Service
A new hazard along electric service lines after the recent storm causes anxiety among power officials and may interrupt service for months. Ice-laden branches, some still upright, contact wires and create short circuits while broken fixtures attached to homes strain under ice. Officials urge prompt reports of fallen wires, limbs in trees, or branches across lines to minimize outages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. S. Williams
Central Maine Power Co
Maine
Governor Gardiner Keeps Busy Day With Duck Hunt And Charity Ball
Governor William Tudor Gardiner spent Thursday night with John G. Morse and Friday duck hunting on the Kennebec. After returning to Winneganee in the afternoon he and Mrs. Gardiner attended a dinner in Augusta before the charity ball for Augusta Hospital. Attending the reception were Mrs. and Mr. Burleigh Martin, Mayor and Mrs. Robert A. Cony, Mr. and Mrs. Alden Hichborn, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Kimball, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Titcomb, Mr. and Mrs. William MacDonald, Mrs. Susan Gillen, and Representative Henry C. Wright of Bath, president of the Bath City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Tudor Gardiner
John G. Morse
Winneganee
Mr. Morse
Kennebec
Augusta
Mrs. Gardiner
Augusta Hospital
Hospital Aid Society
Burleigh Martin
Robert A. Cony
Alden Hichborn
Milton Kimball
Samuel Titcomb
William MacDonald
Susan Gillen
Henry C. Wright
Bath
Bath City Hospital
Gardiner
People's Church School Christmas Tree Event Shines
The vestry of People's Baptist church hosted a festive program last Wednesday featuring a popular Saturday night repeat, with adults and youths enjoying popcorn candy gifts and decorated trees. Also noted was details on the Boston boat for next summer's race with Sir Thomas Lipton, measuring 125 feet overall, 84 feet water line, 24 feet 4 inches beam, 14 feet draft, 165 foot masts and 75,000 square feet of canvas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People's Baptist Church
Boston
Sir Thomas Lipton
Seven Payson True Children Living Ages Total 551
Seven of Edward and Olive Payson True’s ten children survive with combined ages of 551 years. Names and ages listed: Rose Wilder 91 Lowell MA, Lizzie Spear 83 Rockport, L P True 80 Hope ME, G N True 78 Hope ME, H L True 76 Camden ME, Fannie P True 73 Lowell MA, E P True 70 Hyde Park MA.
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Edward
Olive Payson True
Hope
Maine
Rose E. Wilder
Lowell
Mass
Lizzie C. Spear
Rockport
L. P. True
G. N. True
H. L. True
Camden
Fannie P True
E. P. True
Hyde Park
Golden Wedding Poems For Jones Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Walter Jones of Strong recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary and received two poems in appreciation. One was by Mrs Fremont Scamman of Phillips and the other by F L Worthley of Strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Jones
Strong
Fremont Scamman
Phillips
F. L. Worthley
Cross Word Puzzle Horizontal and Vertical Answers
A historical crossword puzzle listing clues for horizontal and vertical entries with numbers and abbreviations. Clues include frog, cancel, gracious, seed French, lad name, signs, permit, turns aside, hawk like bird, born French, ensnare, appoint, fly type, Persian coin, brood of an eagle, enclosure, horned ruminants, dead letter office, horsemen, aerial, silly, obsolete teen, permanent skin spot, increases, archaic robbed, missile weapon, Syrian captain of the host, poisonous snake, add into one total, pad, evergreen shrub, rector abbr, Ar after tong, common Indian antelope, printer’s measure, writing fluid, allude, course of thought, foot covering, division of N. E. Abyssinia, infatuate, straightened, guardian of Gorgons, lettuce variety, consumed, large ox like, atricarry antetops, neat, units, compass point abbr, grassy meadow.
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Tong
Christmas Concert At Central Church Recital Highlights
Central Church hosts a Christmas program by Sunday School Orchestra and young people featuring recitations by Edward King Paul Avery and others plus songs The Brightest Star In the Night A Wonderful Story and Away in a Manger with gifts candy and refreshments served after the performances on Thursday.
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Y.ises
Edward King
Paul Avery
David L. Wilson
Buddie Monk
Edith Berg
Isabel King
Beverly Shorey
Barbara Nickerson
Ethel Sutherland
Lillian Goodwin
Patria Sta
Clifton Nickerson
Dorothy Durgan
Christ
Soc Po
Jane Stevens
Roland Norton
Louise Briggs
Ellen Stevens
Mary
Jesus
David Rich
Barbara Mank
Charlotte Page
Chaing Shorey
Robert Sutherland
Lawrence MacDonald
Martha Page
Barbara Kenney
Miss Sprague
Barbara Page
James Sutherland
Nickerson
Shirley Moore
Pauline Nickerson
Roland Smith Post Dancing Party Opens New Year 1930
Roland Smith Post American Legion hosted a private dancing party Tuesday evening with 30 couples in attendance. Refreshments at intermission, paper hats and noisemakers passed out before midnight, and 60 dancers greeted the New Year with a round of applause. Paul Joneses and square dances kept up the entertaining program, making it one of the post’s most enjoyable affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Smith Post
American Legion
Paul Joneses
The
Post
Bath Trust Co. Employees Share Christmas New Year Party
A party of 25 including the employer and trustees of the Bath Trust Co attended the annual Christmas New Year's party Monday night at Mrs Brown's Hardings. A bountiful shore dinner was served and the members passed the evening in a social manner.
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Bath Trust Co
Bath Lodge of Elks Officially Inspected
Bath Lodge of Elks was officially inspected Thursday evening on Lombard Street by District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler L Kenneth Green and his suite including Grand Esquire Fred L Sylvester. One candidate was initiated and a supper followed. The inspecting officer praised Bath Lodge officers led by Harold V Fielding for high quality work.
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Bath Lodge of Elks
Lombard Street
L. Kenneth Green
Fred L.sylvester
Howard Doe
Frank K. Allen
Lewiston Lodge
Mr. Green
Harold V. Fielding
Bath Lodge
Alden G. Smith
John P. Carey, Jr
William A. Perry
Bradford P. Belanger
Lucius M. LeMont
Roscoe H. Shaw
Dora L. Howard
Charles Heath
Arthur E. Sprague
Tyler
Morse Cony Game Friday Night at New High Gym
Morse faces Cony in a Kennebec Valley Conference basketball tilt at the new high school gym Friday. Tickets go on sale Thursday and Friday 3 15 to 4 30 pm with phone reservations and box office opens at 6 30 pm. Morse seeks a second straight league win after beating Gardiner. a record crowd is expected.
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Joe MacDonald
Sanford
Ned Ferris
Arcade
K. O
Ferris
Sanford Battler
MacDonald
Ned
Mihalos
Bath
Cyclone Sawyer
Jimmy Bagley
Portland
Bagley
Sawyer
Pecci
Jackie Fields
Young Pecci
Fields
Sutherland
O.K
Yattaw
K. O. Yattaw
Bath Box Co
Johnny Arsenault
Boothbay Harbor
Yattan
Arsenault
Pulla
Wop” Pulla
Bobby E Barrett
Eastport
Puna
Morse-Cony
Kennebec Valley
Cony
Morse
Gardiner
Montreal Excursion Over Maine Central Road
Maine Central Railroad offers a winter round trip to Montreal from Portland at 18.15 with return within 15 days. Montreal draws U S tourists for winter sports and side trips to Quebec and nearby Canadian points. The Crawford Notch to White Mountains route adds scenic value.
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Maine Central Railroad
Montreal
Portland
Canada
States
Quebec
Laurentian Mountains
Ste. Anne de Beaupre
Mount Royal
Crawford Notch
White Mountains
Drake returns to Deerfield after Christmas home visit
William P. Drake arrived Wednesday at Deerfield Academy in Deerfield Massachusetts after spending Christmas vacation with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Drake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Drake
Deerfield Academy
Deerfield
Mass
Frederick E. Drake
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the Times Company
Front Street
Bath, Maine
B. Nichols
Pres
Treas
Harry
Webber
NEW England Survey
Dity
Borah
Norris
Senate
Representative Garner
Texas
House
Nurses’ Association
MISS
Fortier
Roaring Joe
League of Nursing Education
Edith L. Soule
Ashley A. Smith
John Wilson
Rachel A. Metcalf
Reading
Effie Inch
Alma S. Gilman
Robena Riley
State Board of Registration
Agnes Nelson
Lou S. Herne
Alice E. Clark
A. N. A. Relief Fund Committee
Betsy Edgecomb
Sarah L. Mason
Red Cross Committee
C. Maude Culton
Theresa R. Anderson
Corinne Fortier
H. P. Small Co
Bath Opera House
Silver
Miss Fortier
Santa Claus
Frank T. Fortier
Corinnne
Fortier Sens
Elien Williams
Dorothy
Bana Wilsohem
Uriel GG
Evelyn Middleton
Beatrice Greenleaf
Beatrice Cressey
Alice Sturtevant
Sarai Prachi
Gertrude Hudson
Salvation Army Band
Governor Gardiner
People's Church School
Buxton
Buxton Rheumatic Medicine Co
Abbot Village
N. E
Abyssinia
Guardians of the Gorgons
Atricarry
Atbr
Fiz
Upi
the International Syndicate
Central Church
Neg Gymnasium
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