Bank Night Report Discharged by Law Court in Bath
The Maine Law Court discharged the Bank Night case against Frank F. Colburn Jr., Bath Opera House manager, finding the facts insufficient to decide the issue of a so called bank night. The action, tied to alleged illegal lotteries and devices of chance, was heard via an agreed statement and directed to the law court. The court ruled the entry must read Report discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law Court
Frank F. Colburn, Jr
Bath Opera House
Clyde R. Chapman
William R. Pattangall
Clerk of Courts
Fred H. Thompson
Frank F. Colburn
Sagadahoc
Bath
Buzzell Seeks Republican Nomination for Congress
Belfast official Hodgdon C. Buzzell announced his bid for the Republican nomination to represent Maine's Second District. He backs constitutional preservation, immediate soldiers' bonus, universal wartime draft, aid for aged and unemployed within ability to pay, sound money, and national neutrality legislation. Principal Arthur B. Scott of Morse High School spent part of vacation in Waldoboro.
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Hodgdon C. Buzzell
Belfast
Congress
United States
American Legion
Legion
Arthur B. Scott
Morse High School
Waldoboro
Nursing care wanted for elderly ee in Wisconsin Maine
Wanted notice seeking nursing care for an elderly person either in an institution or private home. Requesting full particulars including re generation. Respond to Mrs F 8S Lunt General delivery Wiscasset Maine.
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Lunt
Very
Wiscasset
Maine
Three Bath youths appeal after larceny conviction
Sherman Lewis 24 Frank Cole 18 and Edward Fraser 18 were found guilty in Bath municipal court of stealing a gallon of paint from Harry Passmore’s Commercial Street business. They appealed to the January term of Sagadahoc Superior Court with bonds set at 500 each. Lewis received six months in Kennebec County jail Augusta Fraser and Cole received indeterminate sentences at the South Windham men’s reformatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sherman Lewis
Frank Cole
Edward Fraser
Bath Municipal Court
John J. Keegan
Harry T. Passmore
Commercial Street
Sagadahoc Superior Court
Lewis
Kennebec
Augusta
Fraser
Cole
South Windham
Henry T. B. Leeman
Passmore Wharf
Baxter for Maine Governor Again a Possibility Say Critics
Merle R. Griffith writes that Maine citizens anticipate Percival P. Baxter may be induced to run again for governor. Baxter, lauded for industry and thrift, is praised by leaders and women’s clubs, with background on Baxter family and Baxter State Park.
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the Independent
Maine
Percival P. Baxter
Baxter
Nettie C. Burleigh
Vassalboro
Woman's Republican Club of
William R. Pattangall
Augusta
State House
Falmouth
Mackworth
Fenton Tomlinson
Low Re-Elected President of Y M C A
Charles C. Low was re elected president of the Y M C A for a second term at the annual directors meeting. Other officers were re elected and a new three year board of trustees was chosen. Committees were named and the Dum mer Sewall chapter D A R was granted use of the gymnasium for a banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Low
Frank B. Nichols
Charles H. Cahill
Edward Sewall
Roger D. Skillings
Arthur Sewall
Harry F. Morin
William 8S. Newell
J. Edward Drake
Dummer Sewall
Miss Elia McAllister and Mrs Niles Take Portland Weekend
Miss Elia McAllister chief operator at the local telephone exchange spent the weekend with Mrs. Helen Wheaton Niles in Portland visiting friends and enjoying leisure time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elia McAllister
Helen Wheaton Niles
Portland
Engagement of Miss Roselyn Hall to George Carey announced
Mr. and Mrs. Willis B. Hall of 16 Corliss street announce the engagement of their daughter Roselyn Ella to George Robson Carey, son of Mr. and Mrs. George B. Carey of 3 Winship Park Malden Mass. Carey is a 1927 Malden High School graduate now with Hutchins Parkinson Boston brokers. Hall is a Marsh High School 1931 graduate and class historian now employed at Newberrys.
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Willis B. Hall
Corliss Street
Roselyn Ella
George Robson Carey
George B. Carey
Winship Park
Malden
Mass
Carey
Malden High School
Hutchins & Parkinson
Boston
Miss Hall
Marsh High School
Newberry’s
Bowdoin Ladies Aid Holds Annual New Year Tree
Bowdoin Ladies Aid held its New Year tree at Mrs Er land Rogers home on Jan 2 with a baked beans dinner and a gift exchange. Twelve members and two children attended. The next meeting is set for Jan 16 at Mrs Grant Woods. Local notes mention students and illnesses and a school reopening after vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies's Aid
Erland Rogers
Lulu Douglass
Grant Woods
Leonard Curtis
Gorham
N. H
L. C. Starbird
Clyde Starbird
Ella Adams
Harold Adams
Melrose
Mass
Charles Babb
Fred Douglass
Brunswick
Bath
Arrives in California for Winter Visit from Maine
Mary G. Pierce reports from Los Angeles that she arrived safely to spend winter with her brother and daughter. She calls the city lovely with cool mornings and warm days, and looks forward to Pasadena rose carnival on New Year’s Day while missing the Maine Independent.
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California
The
Independent
Los Angeles
Cal
Mary G. Pierce
Maine
Pasadena
Miss Marie LeMont Returns Home to Skowhegan
Miss Marie LeMont went back to Skowhegan on Sunday after spending three weeks with her parents Mr. and Mrs. L. Earle LeMont of 15 Valley Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie LeMont
Skowhegan
Mrs. L. Earle LeMont
Valley Road
Bowdoinham Notes on School, Obituaries and Local Arrivals
Bowdoinham reports the Millay school will close for winter with students bused to the village. Hattie Hackett broke her right shoulder and was treated at Brunswick hospital. Eleanor Webber visited Richmond. Miss Marjorie Rogers wed Randall Goombs in Portsmouth. The gold cane from the Boston Post now goes to Marshall Small after John Sedgley’s death. Funeral services were held for John Sedgley, Bowdoinham’s Civil War veteran and oldest resident. Stephen Pratt died in Richmond after a long illness, leaving a wife, daughter, son, and five granddaughters.
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Millay
Hattie Hackett
Brunswick Hospital
Eleanor Webber
Richmond
Sarah Small
Massachusetts
Boston Post
Bowdeinham
Marshall Small
John Sedgley
Marjorie Rogers
Portsmouth N. H
Randall Goombs
Robert Coombs
Lisbon Falls
Nelson
Iiong
James Carr Place
Mi Iuy
Massachusets
Winte
Frank Hackett
Rochester
N. H
Think Siegars
Mr. Siegar
Blowdoinham
Emily Tyndall
Siegars
Frances Cook
Portland
Frank Siegars
Stephen Pratt
Bowdoinham
Stephen
Jane Coombs Pratt
Alice Pratt
Grace Powers
Gardiner
Bowdoinham Post Road News Brief
Mr. Severance and family moved from the Hobbs house to Gardiner. Arthur Payne from Brunswick vacationed with Willis Sewell and is doing well at Brunswick High School. Mrs. Annie Cobb, ill, slowly improves with Dr. Pratt attending. Frank Heath hosted guests including Herbert Heath, Marguerite Heath, and Evelyn Heath on December 25. An early Sunday auto skid near Mr. Hobart’s residence involved a tree. a wrecker removed the car.
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Severance
Hobbs House
Gardiner
Millay Bros
Arthur Payne
Brunswick
Willis Sewell
Arthur
Brunswick High School
Annie Cobb
Dr. Pratt
Herbert Heath
Marguerite
Mary Heath
Evelyn
Frank Heath
Emma Temple
Frances Billings
L. H. Berry
Hobart
Christmas Program At Millay School Delights Large Audience
Millay school pupils presented a Christmas entertainment on Wednesday evening December 18. The program featured a committee led by George Millay with Donald Grant Richard McDowell and Pelham Noyse. Performances included songs recitations original pieces and reader pieces with a festive curtain call by The Frost Ponies and a dramatized snowball surprise ending.
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Millay School
George Millay
Donald Grant
Richard McDowell
Pelham Noyse
Pelham Noyes
Telephone Employes Host Christmas Party for Kids
New England Tel and Tel employees held a holiday party in the company rest room. A Christmas tree offered gift cards for clothing, and each child received sweets and ice cream cones, ensuring a joyful season for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Compa
Christmas Spirit Emerges From Snowball Display At School
A snowball scene led to Helen Grant as Christmas Spirit with candy sacks around her while Donald Grant steadied the ball behind Mrs. Santa Claus. Gifts followed with each child receiving a classroom gift, candy bags, oranges and bananas. Mrs. Sylvester, teaching 35 years, organized a large school party and later the Millay pupils were invited to Bowdoinham village.
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Santa Claus
Donald Grant
Helen Grant
Millay School
Broadway and
Summer Street
South Portland
Presque Isle
Hayden School
Allen
Augusta
Bowdoinham Village
State D A R Convention Set for Bath March 17 18
Colonel Dummer Sewall chapter of D A R names committees for the state conference to be held in Bath March 17 18 and part of 19. Twenty nine attendees at the January meeting. new members elected. ongoing February sessions planned. program includes lessons on the Constitution Bill of Rights and readings with an original playlet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.A.R
Bath
Dummer Sewall
Central Church Parish House
Harry E. Ring
Annie E. Cox
Clara N. Fogg
Charles M. Tubbs
Leonard M. Lord
Winnie F. Durgin
Fred
Optician Brewster Sedgwick Opens Center Street Practice
Brewster G. Sedgwick, recommended from Springfield Massachusetts and a regular optics graduate, locates with optometrist Arthur Allen at 15 Center Street to practice eye care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Allen Brewster
Sedgwick Optometrists
Center Street
Brewster G. Sedgwick
Springfield
Mass
Arthur Allen
Dinner and Banquet Honoring Bowdoin Officials
Mrs Charles C Low lists attendees for a banquet with roles in decorations pages music reception hospitality and dinner. Selectmen Nathan Doughty and Ernest Carr of Bowdoin were business visitors in Bath Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Low
Jane Lemont
Agnes W. Humphreys
James T. Bonney
Harry G. Deering
Annie E. Cox
Archibald M. Main
William E. Palmer
James E. Lockery
Owen J. Ledyard
Albert Henderson
George W. Merrill
Corrie H. Varney
Alice G. Shorey
Fred N. Sanborn
Thomas S. Gibbons
H. E. Pierce
Jane S. Murphy
Margaret R. Foote
Mark P. Pendleton
Fred 8. Curtis
Almena A. Jaques
Alice K. Robbins
Fred W. May
David L. Wilson
David Curtis
Clara N. Fogg
W. 8. Given
Harold K. Smith
Nathan Doughty
Ernest Carr
Bowdoin
Bath
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Ann Sothern
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Clark Gable
Loretta Young
Joe Penner
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