Traffic Receipts Over Kennebec Bridge Hit New High
The Kennebec bridge traffic receipts for 1930 totaled 162 601 30 dollars, 4 381 55 above 1929. June to August lagged behind 1929 but other months rose, suggesting growing normal traffic despite a midyear slump. August remained the peak month in the three years since opening.
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Kennebec
Ana
Maine Central Railroad
Kennebec River
Bath
Woolwich
Demeter
Vina Eeecer Cls
Haravnvet Ave Re Consertioee Nes
Ieee Ene
Pomona Grangers Close Year With Lively Meeting
Sagadahoc Pomona and Merrymeeting granges met at Bowdoinham, 121 present. C Q O Purington and Alfred Rackley spoke. singing and piano solos followed. The group discussed grange problems, farm relief, and sanitary practices, with readings on trees and apples and a pantomime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Pomona
Merrymeeting Grange
Bowdoinham
C. QO. Purington
Alfred Rackley
Topsham
National Grange
Charles Berry
Mary Webber
Alfreda Perkins
Charles Brown
C. O. Purington
Harry Rackley
E. J. Rich
E. Mason Wright
Albert Henderson
Charles White
Augusta
Division of Markets
State Department of Agriculture
Massachusetts
Junior Leaguers Delightful New Year Party at YMCA
The New Year's Eve dance by the Junior League at the YMCA gym attracted a large, festive crowd. Decorations featured Christmas trees and silver stars. proceeds from the event benefited City hospital, earning nearly 250 dollars. Notable guests included Miss Hope Adams and Miss Aileen McCarthy, with hosts Mr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Drake and others entertaining out of town visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick E. Drake
Harold P. Small
E. Motley Fuller
Helen V. Downing
Mrs. Drake
Mrs. Small
Mrs. Fuller
Miss Downing
Royal Arcadians
Ellen Newell
Flora Main
Carrie Shaw
Ruth Skillings
Roger Skillings
Gladys Olin
Anna Trott
Mary Paine
Caldwell Phillips
City Hospital
League
Washington Street
Hope Adams
Augusta
Aileen McCarthy
Lewiston
Mary McKinnon
Topsham
Harold A. Burbank
Hartford, Conn
Paul Tiemer
New York City
Rodney E. Ross
High Street
Donald S. Sewall
Boothbay Harbor
John H. Hyde
Elmhurst
Past Matrons Club Hosts Fine Meeting at Colonial
The Past Matrons Club of Genesta chapter O E S entertained Thursday at the Colonial with Olive Corliss Annie Cox Bertha Dean Sarah Shaw and Lois McKiever as hostesses After supper they moved to Miss Coxs home 21 Somerset Place to plan hosting past patrons and their wives next Friday at Masonic likely with supper and cards Other attendees included Katie Perkins Edith Savage Maria Strout Ada Deering Anna Ward Carrie Thompson Mae Ward Esther Oliver and Eva Cahill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Club of Genesta Chapter
Colonial
Olive Corliss
Annie Cox
Bertha Dean
Sarah Shaw
Lois McKiever
Miss Cox
Somerset Place
Masonic
Katie Perkins
Edith Savage
Maria Strout
Ada Deering
Anna Ward
Carrie Thompson
Mae Ward
Esther Oliver
Eva Cahill
Pearson pleads not guilty to murder charge
Thomas H. Pearson of 11 Farrin Street pleaded not guilty in municipal court to murder after Harold O Wagner of 87 Summer Street was shot near the Old High School. A continuance was granted as autopsy results were pending. Wagner died at the city hospital. Witness Ralph McCabe described two shots fired. Pearson said he did it for his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Pearson
Farrin Street
John J. Keegan
Walter L. Whitney
Pearson
Harold O Wagner
Summer Street
Edward W. Bridgham
Ralph O. Dale
Langdon T. Snipe
A. A. Stott
Ralph McCabe
Augusta
Young Wagner
William O. Wagner
Old High School
Central Grammar
High Street
Winter Street
Wagner
City Hospital
Harold E. Footer
Center Street
Municipal
Marshal Whitney
Bath High School
McCabe
William Mann
Middle
Winter Streets
Daniel J. Perry
Harold Footer
St. Mary’s Church
Footer
Eugene Hart
Mann
Mac
Davenport Fund Grants Broad Aid To Bath Community
The Davenport Trust Fund, created by George Patten Davenport, funds support for needy children in Bath and religious, educational, and charitable causes in the area. Trustees report thousands spent on education, churches, Red Cross relief, Y M C A, and needy homes, plus $22,000 in city taxes aiding Bath’s finances and public works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport Trust Fund
Bath
Maine
George Patten Davenport
William 8. Bhorey
J. Edward Drake
Arthur J. Dunton
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Cobbesseecontee
Davenport
Old Ladies Home
New City Hall
Front Street
Center Street
George Davenport
Charles Davenport
Six Gloucester fishermen survive schooner sinking near Seguin Light
Fifteen miles off Seguin Light on Friday night the 71 foot Angie Mary sank after striking a submerged object. Six Gloucester men rode a dory for five hours to reach Small Point, then Bath, aided by coast guards. They planned to leave fishing after the ordeal, with families awaiting them.
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Seguin
Gloucester
Mass
Angie Mary
Davy Jones
Benjamin Favazza
Edward Tocco
Vito Tocco
Sam Legdger
Joseph Balbo
Joseph Fulo
Balbo
Fulo
Capt
Favazza
Producer Fish Co
Mains
Jarre
Atlantic
Wallace
Bath
Popham Beach
Timothy C. Maney
St. Mary's Church
Legard
Brunswick youth fined for leaving scene of Bath accident
Eugene T. Libby, 18, of Brunswick, pleaded guilty in municipal court to leaving the scene of an accident on December 19 in Bath. He was fined $10, plus $7.75 costs, with the fine suspended on payment of costs. The incident involved Libby driving across a car track in front of Councillman Beals home and breaking the front walk. Beals provided the auto number, leading to Libby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene T. Libby
Brunswick
Bath
John J. Keegan
Libby
Frank Beals
Brunswick Road
Beal
Mr. Beals
Walter L. Whitney
Miss Elizabeth Deering Returns From Holiday Break
Miss Elizabeth Deering of the Sargent School Boston returned Sunday after holiday recess at her parents home Mr and Mrs Carroll Deering of Washington Street in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Deering
Sargent School
Boston
Mrs
Carroll Deering
Washington Street
Two Men Die After Train Collision at Grade Crossing
Camden men Joseph A. Marshall and Harry Walker die in a morning crash when an eastbound Maine Central train strikes the Oldsmobile sedan carrying five men returning from Christmas holidays. Four youths injured at Bath and Wis casset hospitals. Marshall's body left in Wis casset.
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Joseph A. Marshall
Harry Walker
Camden
Belmont
Mass
Maine Central
Montsweag Crossing
Butler Farm
State Road
Walker
David E. Crockett, Jr
Orion Wadsworth
Sherman Mitchell
Bath Iron Works Lowest Bidder for Seven Coast Guard Boats
Bids for seven 165 foot steel patrol boats for the United States Coast Guard were opened in Washington. Bath Iron Works Corp. was reported by President William S. Newell to be the lowest bidder, with the contract worth about 1.5 million dollars. The boats will have twin screw Diesel engines at 1300 horsepower and a speed of 16 knots.
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United States Coast Guard Service
Washington
Bath Iron Works Corp
William S. Newell
Bath
Hunter’s shot injures hand in stray rabbit incident
Joseph Collins of Whiting suffered injuries when another hunter, seeing a flash of white from a rabbit he carried, fired and struck Collins’ hand with several pellets during a nearby hunt.
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Joseph Collins
Whiting
Collins
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Kennebec Bridge
Pomona Grangers
A I Stuart
Optometrist
Montsweag
Fred True
Rockland
Lowell Chapman
Wiscasset
B. A. Bailey
F. S. Day
Marshall
Wadsworth
Mitchell
C. E. Cowley
Crockett
Hudson Marshall
Pearl Street
Camden High School
Summer Avenue
Reading
Oxford College
Cambridge
Arthur Walker
Grove Street
David Crockett
Central Street
Bath Iron Works
New Windsor
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