Town votes on disputed project amid resident concerns
At Parker Head a town meeting addressed a project seen as forced on residents. School head Gil called the opposition deplorable while noting many pupils never reach high school in areas with roaming moose. Letters from Celeste Wallace and others supported the debate as selectmen and residents discussed the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hongest
Parker Head
Gil
Celeste Wallace
Will
Evi
Selectman
Shirley Pratt
Thomas Totman
Local Bath Area News Roundup From Week
Residents from North and West Bath and nearby areas attend a Bureau meeting amid cold, with six of thirty four members present. West Point road crews worked last week on icy conditions. Personal items note Mrs Edward Hawkes shopping in Bath and Miss Cora Campbell injuring her wrist. Blaisdell children resume school after measles. Local visitors include Butler in Bath and Maurice Libby with Gardiner Rogers visiting Meadowbrook and Brigham’s Cove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Blaisdell
le High
Bath
Wiscasset
Small Point
Waonenenes
Drooisvar Bureau
Endance
West Point
Edward Hawkes
Cora Campbell
William Pierce
Iry
Gilmore
Dromore
Jede
Melrose
Vicey Blaigdell
Blaisdell
Butler
Bowker
Pleasant View
William Grevers
Susan
Norwalk
Ohio
Hutchins
A Aes
Darling
Harrington
Belpreens
Phippsburg
Mary
Dannenfelser
W. T. Wyman
Parker Head
Lewis Lowell
Francis Lander
Walter Cushing
Pedro
Leston Harrington
Bert Nisbet
Charles Blaisdell
Eugene Harrington
George Morong
H. D. Mank Sr
Earl Hamel
Sandra Mank
Mank
John Rollins
Lloyd Lowell
Ramon Hamel
William Hallett Jr
Rollins
Albert Gray
Bath Memorial Hospital
William T. Wyman
Parker Head Community News and Farewell Sermon
Parker Head vestry held a Monday committee meeting to discuss activities. Farewell sermon at Tremont Temple by Rev. A Bernard Webber praised gospel work and plans for a Florida vacation after new duties with a missionary service. Numerous local residents and visitors share updates on visits, illnesses, celebrations, and school events across Parker Head and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker Head
Activi
Otman
Kip
Jacob
Herbert Scott
Tremont Temple
A. Bernard Webber
Webber
Florida
PTA
Popham Beach Winter Roads Improve After January Thaw
Motorists welcome warmer weather as ice on highways recedes. Winter travel has been hampered by severe ice. local residents report several trips to lobster traps and visits to relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wallace
Clarence Wallace
Arthur Harrington
Parker Head
P.T.A
Herbert Sprague
Candy’s Harbor
Marguerite I. McNulty
Orr's Island
Snipe
Pocahontas
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Maine Employment Rises Slightly Amid Industry Shifts
Maine total manufacturing employment climbed to 114,700 from mid-November to mid-December, up 1 500 workers. Lumber and textiles added jobs while food industry fell by 1 300. Mrs. William S. Newell died in Augusta after a luncheon hosted by Mrs. Fred Lord and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Wendell D. Macdonald
Bureau of Labor
U. S. Department of Labor
William S. Newell
Augusta
Fred Lord
Charles S. Brown
Bath
Milton Kimball
Brown
Newell
Dresden Winter News Highlights and Community Notes
Friends at Clermont report warm Florida days as Olive Branch chapter initiates officers in Dresdent Mills with Richmond visitors. Yale film Wolf and Montcalm shown Friday afternoon, Charlie McCarthy film Friday night, local basketball, bowling, and toboggan races noted. Smelt camps burned by stove blaze. Eastern river bridge trailer arrives. Malcolm Bailey received discharge papers and heads home from Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Wentworth
Clermont
Fla
Courtney Hinkley
Joseph W. Randlette
Ivy Ames
Albertalette
Olive Branch
Dresdent Mills
Richmond
Bridge Academy
Yale University
Eastern River Grange
Linwood Bailey
Margery Perkins
John Knowlton
Elmer Berry
Berry
Nellie Knowlton
Walter Darling
Harold Jones
Eastern River
Ee Chester Dorr
Earl Carlisle
Malcolm Bailey
Germany
Birth Announced for Son to Mr and Mrs Brooke Lee
Cards announce the birth of a son on January 10 to Mr Brooke Lee and Mrs Brooke Lee of Princeton New Jersey. The infant was named Brooke Lee Jr. The mother Mrs Lee is Camilla Edge formerly Miss Camilla Edge daughter of Hon and Mrs Walter E Edge of Trenton New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooke Lee
Princeton
N. J
Brooke Lee, Jr
Lee
Camilla Edge
Walter E. Edge
Trenton
Thaw and Snow Parade Through Town on January Day
Local residents describe a white winter scene as thaw gives way to snow. Brunswick visits and family mentions fill a note of daily life with Mrs. Sumner Mains and Eleanor noted among several calls and errands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Brunswick
Kenneth C
New B Conn
Sumner Mains
Eleanor
A Doon
Dorothy Falls
Wright, Jr
Wright
H. A. Spinney
Bath
Ralph W
Quith
Forrest Drake
Birchwood
Willam Adams
Louisa Howard
Edna Coolidge
Ralph Wright
Walter Cunningham
Alice Hinckley
Earl Payson
Ee Crafts
Maine Elks executive attends Eighth Annual Sports Night in Portland
Edward J. McMann and Joseph W. Larrabee joined Elks leaders at the Eighth Annual Sports Night in Portland. Milan O. Welch hosted as master of ceremonies while Del Bisso nette, ex big league base player from Winthrop, led Portland’s New England league team and praised the city. Mr and Mrs E W Osgood of Portland arrived to visit their son and his wife, the Fred Osgood couple from Bedford et al.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. McMann
Maine Elks’association
Bath Lodge
Joseph W. Larrabee
West Bath
Portland
Milan O. Welch
del Bissonette
Winthrop
E. W. Osgood
Fred Osgood
Bedford Et
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Meadowbrook
George Buchanan
Charles
Bath Works
Cold Springs Vein
Long Island
N. Y
Sherman Morse
Winneganee
James Little
Charles Hughes
Leroy Perkins
Florence Rollins
al Harrington
Carole
Melba LaRose
Es. Ae Harrington
Priest Center
Lendell Greene
Sebasco
Popham Beach
Mertie Shepherd
George Watson
Lewis
Clarence Sheffield
Perkins Island
Harpswell
Herman Hallett
Beatrice Denningham
Boston
John W. Libby
Presque Isle
Aroostook
James Gilman
Leo Hamel
Ashdale
Grace Kraft
Arthur Farris Jr
Phillip Jacob
Arthur Brown
United States
England
Séars
Big New
Sears
ONC. O. D
Center Street
Kenmore
Saltt
Quesranti
China
Masraen Mint
Cnariel
Dresden
D. R
Adhesium
Yept
Handy
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