City council debates transfer from bond fund to adjustment fund
The January council meeting near failed a transfer of 10,000 dollars from the bond sinking fund to the adjustment fund for the unemployed. Aldermen Youland Whitney Wright supported. Povich Whittemore voted no. Other actions include granting 100 dollars to the First Baptist Church and approving street and hydrant projects, with a year end balance transfer to loss and gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitney
Youland
Whittemore
Wright
Povich
Small
Finance Committee
Knight
Billings
Martin
Haynes
Aldermen Hear Petition for Two 1000 Gallon Gas Tanks
Wilbur C. Oliver sought a permit to install two 1,000 gallon gasoline tanks at the northwest corner of Center and Lincoln streets. Opponents led by Walter H. Bowker argued the corner is residential, unsafe, and would lower nearby property values. a hearing was granted. Oliver, a Bath resident of 60 years and longtime city voter, defended his plan while noting a potential store and garages could also be built. The officers later granted the request in executive session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur C. Oliver
Center
Lincoln Streets
Walter H. Bowker
Parks
Fire Department
Mr. Bowker
Robert W. Perkins
Mr. Oliver
Bath
Bowker
Lincoln Street
Oliver
Sedgwick Square Named By Council In Bath
Ward 7 Councilman Dyer presented an order to name the square by the Soldiers and Sailors monument atop Center street hill in honor of General Sedgwick. The move follows a petition signed by Vernon W. Miller and more than 40 others and received unanimous aldermanic concurrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyer
Ward 7
Soldiers’ and Sailors
Center Street Hill
Sedgwick
Thomas W. Hyde
Bath Iron Works
City Expenditure Reports Tabulated By Departments
City clerk instructed to notify department heads and committees handling city funds to prepare a tabulated statement of all expenditures for the current year. The move aims to consolidate annual financial reporting and improve transparency for the council.
Brunswick municipal notes outline city actions and licenses
The report lists salaries and fines across the city. Dr. H. B. Duce continues as health officer at 800 dollars. Judge Keegan’s five month financials total 667.88 costs and fines to city, 433.73 to outside officers. A gasoline storage tank permit is referred to the chief engineer. Harrington’s burial lot is approved. Hersham B. Oliver gains a victualer license. Mayors appoints two constables. Absentees noted. The Brunswick-Topsham PTA plans a card party January 13 at Wheeler Hall with reserved tables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Duce
Keegan
Percy L
Fred E. Oliver
Oak Street
Supt. Ward
Cemetery and Park Board
H. Elizabeth Harrington
Phippsburg
Oak Grove
Hersham B. Oliver
Front Street
Small
Brian M. Jewett
William F. Ham
Brunswick
76 year old woman walks 21 miles to Bath and back
Mrs Harry Allen of Richmond road aged 76 walked 21 miles to Bath on Friday in five hours ten minutes and returned Saturday by bike after a visit to Mr and Mrs Edwin E Pinson at 81 Washington Street. She left at six and maintained a little over four miles per hour while visiting friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Allen
Richmond Road
Bowdeinham
Sewall Orchards
Bath
Edwin E. Pinson
Washington Street
Ten pounds boy is tenth child born to Johansen family
A son weighing ten pounds was born Friday at two in the afternoon to Mr and Mrs Hans Johansen of 2 Pleasant avenue, making ten children in the family. Three are boys and seven are girls with twins Pearl and Beryl born sixteen months ago. two boys have died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Johansen
Pleasant Avenue
New Destroyers To Be Speediest Ships In History
Five destroyers to be built for the United States Navy at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co. will reach a speed of 36.5 knots and a 400 foot length with 1,500 ton displacement. Plans include new five inch guns on center-line mounts and eight 450-caliber machine guns on Ranger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Uncle Sam
United States Navy
Navy Department
Ranger
Newport News
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co
France
England
Bruce
Preston
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Saratoga
Lexington
Talk on Naples by Dr. Snipe at the Cosmo Club
Dr Langdon T Snipe recently back from Naples gave a lively talk to Cosmopolitan club members at January meeting. He contrasted France and Italy, praised ships between New York and Naples, and described Naples beauty, militarism, and recent changes in its streets.
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Naples
DR. Snipe
Cosmo Club
Langdon T. Snipe
Cosmopolitan Club
Snipe
Miriam W. Kimball
Naples and
Die
Booster Club of
Laval
Grandi
France
Italy
New York
Augustus
Kennebec
Mediterranean
Santa Lucia
Herculaneum
Pompeii
Goethe
Alice Johnson
Carolyn Stackpole
Elsie L. Trott
Reginald Stacy
Minnie White
Johnson
Charles R. Farnham
Dramatic Club
Clinton D. Wilson
George Washington
Ella J. Douglas
Helem Walker
Bessie Hunt
George Washing
January Session Opens With Justice Manser in Auburn
A light term of Sagadahoc superior court opened Tuesday in Auburn with Associate Justice Manser presiding for the first time in the city. The docket includes a reckless driving trial for 18 year old Woolwich resident Sherwood B. Baker, appealed from a $25 municipal court fine. The Bath area tragedy of Sept 19 involving James Mallett and Charles Coffin is linked to the case. County Attorney Dale and Edward W. Bridgham will represent the state and defendant respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Manser
Auburn
Sherwood B. Baker
Woolwich
Baker
Keegan
James Mallett
Charles Coffin
Bath
Dale
Edward W. Bridgham
Justice Manser
Don't
William Davis
Sheriff Henderson
Weston P. Holman
Bew Dexter
Traverse
John P. Carey Jr
Ralph O. Dale
Gardiner R. Deering
Arthur J. Dunton
E. T. Richardson
Portland
Henderson
Norman E. Curtis
Bowdoin
Frank Carver
Topsham
C. W. Gray
Bowdoinham
Charles W. Messenger
Richmond
Loring ©&Hall
West Bath
Abram C. Oliver
Fred H. Thompson
Brunswick
Harry C. Chase
Bowdeinham
John P. Carey, Jr
J. A. Aldred
Andrew S. Merrill
George W
Percy R. Ryder
Camden
Zelma M. Dwinal
Carey
Patten Free Library corporators hold annual meeting
Forty corporators attended the Patten Free Library annual meeting in the reading room. Judge Walter S. Glidden was re elected president for the eleventh year and Arthur K. Pring ton was chosen secretary. Trustees and committees were chosen, with several vacancies filled by death. The session lasted 35 minutes and included remarks on library staff and the children's department reaching over 16 000 books issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patten Free Library
Small
Pres. Quicksall
Common Council
Walter S. Glidden
Arthur K. Prington
James S. Lowell
William S. Newell
Purington
Judge Lowell
Edward W. Hyde
Allan Spear
Carroll Watson
Henry A. Magoun
Leland R. Mitchell
Charles C. Law
Margaret R. Poste Ubrarian
Alive K. Robbins
Bertha R
Arline Tro?p
Charlies R. Donnell
Langdon T. Snipe
Snipe
Charles R. Donnell
Willian S. Newell
Joseph Torrey
O. W. Folsom
Charles R Donnell
Dr. Snipe
Ernest F. Kelley
Judge Glidden
Pres. Glidden
Judge Gudden
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Prudential Committee
First Baptist Church
Stephen Litchfield
Nichols Street
Edgett Street
Farrin Street
Cato Avenue
Committee On Water and Water Works
Bath Water District
Middle Street
Marshall Street
James E. Cameron
Board of Highways and Sewers
Spring
Pine Streets
John P. Crosby
Shenandoah Road
Eeeeeres
Seeree Neeeere
Batheliiist Co
Bath National Bank Tenne Eee
First National Bank
Sedgwick Square
AI Stuart
Optometrist
Front St
Decering
Stacy
Belanger
Cutting
Sheldon
Steeves
Bath’s Patten Free Library
Superior Court
Arthur K. Purington
Wetherbee
Frederick H. Kimball
Allan M. Irish
Newell
Rupert H. Baxter
Treas
Low
Henry W. Owen
Baxter
Hoi
Charles H. Cahill
Cahill
Law
Lowel
Charles P. Wethesbee
Edwin R. Andrews
James A. Bimson
Edmund P. Briggs
Edward E. Brrry
Harry L. Way
Daniel T. Dougherty
Arthur J. Dunion
Margaret R. Foote
Edwin Dodge Hardin
John H. Houghton
Agnes W. Humphreys
Edward W.arrabee
Charles C. Low
Eben J. Marston
Frostina E. Marston
J. Houghton McLellan
Harry F. Morin
John A. Morse
Jane S
Phi Peeve Ordeer
Deering
Johnson Brosco
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