Bath Girls' Team Triumphs 23 15 Over Lewiston Visitors
Bath Girls' athletic club sextette enjoyed a 23 15 win at the high school gym against Bliss Business College of Lewiston. Bath jumped to a 10 0 lead, led 15 4 at halftime, used reserves late, and held Lewiston scoreless in the opening quarter. Lydia Baxter Smith and Kate McCarty anchored defense while Leola Ward Armes scored 13 of 23. Mrs. Truss and Mrs. Smith added six each, with Miss Colburn scoring all Lewiston points. Next week Bath aims to host Portland Y W H A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bliss Business College of
Lewiston
Bath Girls’ Athletic Club
Shipping City Lassies
Bath Crew
Lydia Baxter Smith
Kate McCarty
Deering
Bath Lassies
Leola Ward Armes
Mrs. Truss
Mrs. Smith
Billy Thompson
Miss Colburn
Portland
Bath
Knights of Columbus and Woodmen battle to a tie in league play
Knights of Columbus and Modern Woodmen split two-table weekly tournament with strong scoring. J B Curran and Joe Brown top Knights while P Gurney and R Bowie anchor Woodmen. Final tallies include Knights 91 Woodmen 47 and Knights 115 Woodmen 97 with close cribbage by N. Woodmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
Modern Woodmen
Knights Woodmen
Pitch J. B. Curran
Joe Brown
A. J. Lozier
Fred Bowie
Bath Girls' Athletic Club Opens Season With Win
Bath girls' athletic club defeated Old Orchard high school girls' alumni sextet 32 to 18 at Morse high gym. Billy Thompson led scoring for Bath, with Lola Armes Evelyn Truss and Louise Briggs aiding. More than 200 attended. The box score is misplaced and will be published if found.
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Bath Girls’ Athletic Club
Morse High Gym
Old Orchard High School Girls
Bath
Morse
Billy Thompson
Lola Armes
Evelyn Truss
Louise Briggs
Donald Small to Speak at Winter Street Club
Winter Street Men's club hosts Donald N. Small as speaker with moving pictures from the Century of Progress Chicago. The show, previously shown at Grace Church Men's club, earns praise. supper at 6 30 served by basketball team. funds aid new uniforms and supplies. The Lass from Limerick Town musical by Sanford High School students under Miss Skillin drew a full hall Thursday evening and was enjoyed by all.
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Winter Street
Donald N. Small
Chicago
Grace Church
Limerick Town
Sanford
Sanford High School
Agnes L. Skillin
Motors Warned Of Carbon Monoxide Danger On Roads
Massachusetts engineers report 62 percent of cars contain measurable carbon monoxide and 10 percent have enough to impair drivers, a hazard echoed for Maine motorists. Tests show 16 percent under 50 percent efficiency and many vehicles run below par. Even low doses can dull judgment, with fatal mixtures possible over hours. Proper maintenance and awareness can reduce risk. drivers must become CO conscious.
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Augusta
Department of Labor
Massachusetts
Maine
Governor's Committee On
Connecticut
Nine Maine counties seek more funds for 1935
Nine Maine counties forecast higher expenses for 1935 than 1934 and sent estimated county tax needs to the Maine House of Representatives. Counties named include Aroostook Hancock Lincoln Penobscot Piscataquis Sagadahoc Semiset Waldo Washington and York with figures showing increases from 1934.
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Maine
House of Representatives
Secretary of State
Lewis O. Barrows
Committee On
Aroostook
Hancock
Lincoln
Penobscot
Piscataquis
Sagadahoc
Semirset
Waldo
Washington
York
Cummings Motors Wins Maine State Garage Contract
Cummings Motors Inc, local Ford dealers, learned Wednesday morning their bid to supply 1935 Ford V-8 cars to the State of Maine departmental Garage was accepted. The contract covers 12 cars and was announced in Presque Isle by Secretary Clayton Steele. The Northern Maine Fair Association posted a $7,000 profit last fall, reduced to $5,000 net after officer salary increases. At the annual meeting, officers were reelected with Herbert Kitchen president, Edwin Parkhurst vice president, Mr Streie secretary, and M. S. W. Dinzall treasurer, and a 4 percent dividend was declared. Judge Ira G. Hersey and Mrs. Hersey of Houston attended the Order of the Eastern Star annual meeting, celebrating the golden anniversary of their wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cummings Motors, Inc
State of Maine
Presque Isle
Clayton Steele
Northern Maine Fair Association
Herbert Kitchen
Edwin Parkhurst
Mr. Streie
M. S. W. Dinzall
Ira G. Hersey
Houston
Order of the Eastern Star
Winter Street Ladies Hear Talk On Books
The Winter Street church ladies auxiliary met Tuesday evening in the parlor with 36 members present. Mrs Langdon T Snipe spoke on literary trends and how to choose books, citing reviews, advertising, radio programs, prize awards, and friends’ reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Winter Street
Langdon T. Snipe
Times
Alice F. Johnson
Edna N. Bliss
Archie Doyle
Stella Brown
Christine C. Curtis
Russell M. Colby
Richard Hersom
Charles Andre
Carl Albee
George Hibbs
Ralph Wright
Beatrice Black
Robert Haskell
John A. Lord
Jane Killian
Almira Jones
Clinton D. Wilson
Governor Brann to Attend Big Bath Festival at Morse High
An enthusiastic Bath group plans a three night festival January 23 24 and 25 at Morse High gym to raise funds for infantile paralysis victim James Temple and support the High School Athletic Association. Governor Brann is slated for Thursday with amateur night Friday and a mystery attraction planned for opening night. A final planning meeting is set for Sunday at City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple Fund
Bath
Morse High School
James Temple
High School Athletic Association
Jack" Mulcahy
Governor Brann
City Hall
First Baptist Sunday School Elects New Officers
A group of 17 officers and teachers met at the parsonage on North Street for the First Baptist Sunday school. New officers were elected at the January 6 meeting and plans were made to boost membership and attendance. A finance committee was appointed and monthly meetings set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Sunday School
North Street
A. I. Stuart
C. Lloyd Hooker
Lily S. Pray
Charles R. Sims
Thelma Thornton
Lucy Rogers
Chester McKenzie
Jessie B. Spaulding
Cedric A. Martin
Evelyn W. Sotheard
Mayo Wins Rotation Pool at YMCA Tournament
Howard W Mayo captured the annual YMCA rotation pool crown after a winner's round robin. Mayo won all his games while Chaney Sanborn Owen each won one of their matches, leaving Mayo with the best percentage. The event also notes the George C Chase Chapter Ahepa installation in Auburn with District Governor Chachamute and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard W. Mayo
Mayo
Haviland Chaney
John Sanborn
William Owen
Sanborn
Chaney
Owen
George C. Chase
Order of Ahepa
Abou Ben Adhem Hall
Auburn
Nicholas Cachamute
Peter Victor
Biddeford
Chachamuti
Nick H. Condes
Augusta
Ahepa
Bowdoinham Defeats Freeport Pire Team In A Fast Game
Bowdoinham town team beat Freeport Pire by 21 to 20 in a lively road game. The article lists a string of local visits, social events, illnesses, and community notices including club meetings and family updates from Bowdoinham and nearby towns. Notable mentions include Miss Clara Fogg and Miss Inéz Gowell traveling to Boston, a birth announced for Ralph McEwen, and Electa chapter officers elected for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham Town
Freeport
Soetnoe
Freeport Pireman
Clara Fogg
Inéz Gowell
Boston
Miss Gowell
Phillip Rideout
Robert Hughey
Gerald Frederick
Clifford Gray
Ralph McEwen
McEwen
Washburn
Erland Curtis
McCarty
Curtis
James H. Ames
Bath
Joseph Morton
Winthrop
Charles Sylvester
A. S. MacDougal
Raymond Rendall
Alfred
R. A. Dickinson
Grant
Wilbur T. Emerson
Croydon Hotel
New York City
del Bissonnette
Abagadassett Road
Elmer Raymond
Portland
Malcolm Baker
Sybil Briany
Lewiston
Mabel Baker
John Purington
Somerville
Hazel Cornish
Bridgton
Herbert D. Cornish
Sara Howe
Norway
Emma Ferguson
Ralph Purington
Paris
Merton Curtis
Herbert Cornish
Vernon Lowell
Brunswick
Anson Given
Samuel Dorrance
Richmond
Bowdoinham
Bowdoin College
Sigma Nu
Town Hall
Mary Webber
Gladys Raymond
Nettie Merrill
Henry Cornish
Cora Denham
Stella Given
Charlotte White
Lottie Cobb
E. O. Tarr
Brunswick News in Brief Local Moves and Historic Milestone
Maurice Ware plans a garage near the Shell station and will move in after completion. Charles Philbrick’s Millay road property bought by Mr. Hanson, to be occupied in spring. Bertha Temple on vacation from Gardiner to help ill mother. James Cornish recovered and resumes outdoor activities. Mr and Mrs Leighton moved to Mulligan place on Clay Hill. Charles Temple works in Portland. Roland and Mrs Grant recently visited her parents in Boothbay Harbor. January 29 1812 marked Brunswick citizens founding the First Universalist Society of Brunswick. Sunday sermon January 13 celebrated the church anniversary titled One Hundred and Twenty-Three Years of Religious Pioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Ware
Shell Station
Mr. Hanson
Charles Philbrick
Millay Road
Mrs. Hanson
New York
Bertha Temple
Gardiner
James Cornish
Herbert Leighton
Mulligan Place
Clay Hill
Charles Temple
Portland
Roland Grant
Boothbay Harbor
Brunswick
First Universalist Society of
Sheldon Christian
How the Tonnage of Ships Is Figured
A concise explanation of ship tonnage concepts from gross and net register tonnage to light and loaded displacement and deadweight capacity. It clarifies how measurements relate to enclosed spaces, cargo, stores, and ballast, with examples comparing passenger liners and cargo vessels.
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Samuel Pepys
Board of Admiralty
Norman A. Leslie
London Times
Nequasset Farm Bureau Holds All Day Meeting
Nequasset Farm Bureau met on Tuesday for an all day session at Mrs. Henry T. Dubar’s home. Hor tense Welch of Auburn led the Home Laundry topic with 22 members present. Mrs. Rachel J. Gilmore celebrated her 92nd birthday with a cake and carnation bouquet. January birthdays were recognized with cakes. Next meeting set for February 6 on Supper Dishes led by Mrs. Dubar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Henry T. Dubar
Hortense Welch
Auburn
Maurice T. Hathorne
Carolyn D. Wing
Rachel J. Gilmore
Bureau
John C. Gilmore
Dubar
Frank R. Bailey
Duncan McIntosh
Dike School P T A Council Sees Busy Meeting
A lively Dike school P T A session drew 22 members Tuesday afternoon in the teachers room. Reports covered the New Year tree social with 40 attendees, weather delaying the public supper, and upcoming card parties at members' homes led by president Mrs. Crooker. The group voted to aid the James Temple fund with hostesses Mrs. E Mason Wright and Mrs. Raymond A Smith assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike P. T. A
Dike School
Charles McDonald
Walter Smith
Herman W. Crooker
High Street
Charles G Allen retires as Portland National Bank president
Edward W Cox succeeds him as chairman after Allen requested removal from the office. Allen served 46 years with the bank, joining in 1889 as its first cashier and later becoming vice president before his 1926 rise to the presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Allen
Portland National Bank
Edward W. Cox
Allen
Bowdoin Grange Meeting Prepares for Officer Installations
Bowdoin Center grange met with Worthy Master Ernest Carr presiding and nine visitors from Progressive grange attended despite cold weather. Upcoming officer installations will feature state overseer F R Richardson of Strong and State Master Harry B Crawford. visits to Central Maine General Hospital noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
Ernest Carr
Progressive Grange
Richmond Corner
F. R. Richardson
Strong
L. C. Starbird
Clifford
Clyde
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Starbird
Harold Curtis
Bliss College
City owes state 84000 in back taxes
Bath owes the State 84000 for 1933 and 1934 taxes and Sagada hoe county 24000, totaling 108000. The state will charge interest only on 1934, with payments urged to ease the city’s financial dilemma as residents are asked to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoe County
Young
SAY LOAN MAY AFFECT COUNTY BORROWING
City council members discussed the passage of a temporary loan order for 200000, instead of 160000, noting its potential impact on the county’s ability to borrow. The city pays about five-eighths of the county assessment and aims to help save money for the county. Commissioners expect to borrow but expect less favorable terms from Bath brokerage, with a rate of three quarters of one percent plus a 2.50 per thousand carrying charge. They were told Bath may offer a better rate when the county tax is overdue.
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Bath
Caucu ses deadlines set for municipal nominations
Nominating deadlines for the March 4 municipal election are February 14 for caucuses, with caucus calls due by February 7 and nomination papers due 14 days before voting day. Democratic and Republican city committees plan to set caucus dates early. Also noted are gifts to Knox Hospital, cap adoption by Alumnae Association, and a story of Lois Ford winning $20 after capturing a wild bobcat near Wilmot.
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Lois Ford
Danbury
N. H
Wilmot
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Senter’s, Inc
Candlewick
Demask
Bath Girls
Bliss Business College Club
Armes
Truss
Lf Thompson
Abbott
Cummings
Webster
Sc Moses
Orf
Smith
Quinn
Colby
le Thibeault
Mallet
Stanger
Rf Hubert
Rf A Colburn
Placzankis
Webber
Scott
Sc Clark
Jordan
Hutchins
McMann
Donald Small
Morris S. Povich
State Department of Labor, Safety Division
Cracker &Winsor
Mass
First Baptist School
Howard Mayo
Bowdoinham Post Road
Arthur Allen Optometrist Bath Trust
Center St
Mon
Woolwich
P.T.A
Bowdoin
Knox Hospital
Rockland
M. E. Wotton
Alumnae Association
Irene Fitch
Margaret Pilley
Belfast
Anna Hibbert
Helen Hart
Damariscotta
Tom Brown
Anita Louise
Hollywood
Alice Faye
James Dunn
Charles Starrett
Sally Blane
Will Rogers
Judge Priest
Edward Arnold
Peggy Conklin
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