Bath City Grants 300 for New Municipal Playground
Bath city council approved a $300 appropriation from the contingent fund to establish a municipal playground on the vacant site behind the central grammar school. The plan includes separate directors for boys and girls and aims to add two more playgrounds citywide.
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Bath
Central Grammar School
Old High School
Rotary Club
Tres
C. Low
See
Faith Lear
Dresser
Anna Mullin
Ada Crockett
Red Cross
Scott M. Golder
North Center
IP. T. A
William C. Perkins
Oliver
John EB. Burkhardt
Board of Education
Burkhardt
Norman W. Howard
Middle Street
Maine Central Rails
Committee
Howard
Fire Department
Hose Co. 1
Hook & Ladder 1
Combination 3
Combination
Joseph Solovich
Front Street
Arch
Elm Streets
City Treas
Hall
Butler Couple Travel to Montsweag Farm for Summer
Hon and Mrs Charles Henry Butler plan a summer at Montsweag Farm with Mrs Butler staying through the season while Mr Butler travels to Washington for a few days this week. He hopes to return for most of July and August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Henry Butler
Montsweag Farm
Tides of Arctic Hint at Unknown Land mass
The MacMillan Arctic Expedition under the National Geographic Society may test Harris sea tidal theory about a land mass north of Alaska. Harris studied Arctic tides and currents, using Peary data from 1908 09 and Roosevelt era orders to observe tidal patterns along Grant Land and Greenland coasts to probe a possible Arctic continent or island.
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MacMillan Arctic Expedition
National Geographic Society
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
R. A. Harris
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Alaska
Stefansson
Pole
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
United States
Oyster Bay
N. Y
R. E. Peary
United States Navy
Navy Department
Grant Land
Greenland
Polar Sea
Coast Survey
Theodore Roosevelt
Oscar S. Straus
Commerce and Labor
Admiral Peary
Cape Sheridan
Cape Columbia
Cape Bryant
Fort Conger
Harris
Siberia
Yenisse River
Pitlekal
Chukotch Peninsula
Grinnell
Jeannette
Nansen
Fram
Polar
Harris Land
Tomatte
Committee On Naval Affairs
House of Representatives
Peary
Congress
Robert E. Peary
New York Times
Bowdoin in Bath Sees Major Engine Upgrade for Polar Voyage
Lieutenant Commander Donald MacMillan visits Bath to inspect the Bowdoin as Hyde Windlass Co. replaces a 45 hp engine with a 60 hp four cylinder unit, adds seven crude oil tanks, and installs a Delco electric system with radio, lighting, and refrigeration. A Hyde Windlass feathering propeller, radio room, photographic dark room, and oxide batteries bolster the ship for a three month Arctic expedition under the National Geographic Society. The Bowdoin will sail with the Peary and three seaplanes, aiming to locate a possible unknown polar continent and plant the American flag if found.
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Donald B. MacMilLan
Bath
Bowdoin
Arctic
Hyde Windlass Co
Delco
John M. Jaynes
Somerville
Mass
MacMillan
Edwin R. Andrews
H. C. Forbes
Zenith Radio Corp
Chicago
Alaska
North Pole
North Seas
Wiscasset
New England
Polar
United States
Peary
Pole
National Geographic Society
United States Navy
Lbowdoin
Boothbay Harbor visitors visit City Friday
Mrs EK and Mrs Hahn Mrs Cromwell Mrs Knight and Mrs Howard of Boothbay Harbor were in the City on Friday.
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Ef, Hahn
Mary Cromwell
Knight
Howard
Boothbay Harbor
Bronze tablet marks world flight landing at Mere Point Maine
The Maine state commemorates the Around the World Flight with a bronze tablet at Mere Point Casco Bay near Brunswick. Erected on a granite boulder, the 293 by 37 inch plaque was contracted in 1924 by Gorham Company and honors the Seattle start and the pilots who completed and those who fell short of the full voyage.
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Maine
Mere Point
Casco Bay
Brunswick
Ernor
Gorham Company
Providence
Rhode Island
Seattle
War Department
Bowdoin College Commencement Week Events Listed
Bath residents anticipate Bowdoin College ceremonies in Brunswick next week. Highlights include Alpha Delta Phi open house after Class Day, an Alumni Parade and exhibition baseball game, a noon flyover by Captain MacMillan, a Memorial Hall buffet, Alumni Association meetings, Centennial speakers Dr Perry and Forward Page Mitchell, a reception on the Art Building Terrace, a clambake on the gym grounds, and a production of Othello by the Masque and Go of the Art Building Terrace.
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Bath
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Alpha Delta Vhi House
Maine
Anne Kimball
Phillips
Whittierfield
Bowdoin
Bates
Donald MacMillan
Polar Air Squadron
Boston
Wicasset
Memorial Hall
College
Ihis Perry
Maine Adjutant General Names Medical Examiners for Battery
Special Orders No 6L from the Adjutant General of Maine names Dr BH M Ruler Jr as an additional medical examiner for the Coast Artillery battery recruiting here. A Monday armory session completed papers except medical exams. enrollment must finish by June 20 to allow equipment time before summer camp at Port Williams.
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Adjutant General of
Maine
Sles
BH. M. Ruler, Jr
Battery of
Coast Artillery
Armory Hall
Lr. Stott
Port Williams
Evelyn Oliver Returns From Mount Holyoke After Junior Year
M Evelyn Oliver of 704 Washington street returned home Monday night from South Hadley Massachusetts after completing her junior year at Mount Holyoke College.
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M. Evelyn Oliver
Washington Street
South Hadley
Mass
Mount Holyoke College
Bath Rotarians Hear Details Concerning Maine Booster Club
The Bath Rotary Club heard EF A Southwick of Portland describe the Maine Booster Club at a Tuesday luncheon. He outlined aims to mobilize Maine residents to boost state pride and tourism, likening it to California and Florida transformations. Rotarians enrolled in the boosters program, with focus on welcoming visitors and promoting Maine nationally.
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BATH
Maine Booster Club
Bath Rotary Club
King Tavern
Beast
Maine Club
EF. A. Southwick
Portland
Harry Mr. Stetson
Charles Henry Lutler
Montsweag Farm
Maine Boosters Elth
Maine
Elnb
Beaveng
Mace
Maine Coast Artillery encampment plans announced
General orders detail the 24th Coast Artillery Regiment encampment at Fort Williams Maine from July 6 to 20 with Col George K E Fogg named camp commander. An advance detachment of two officers and 27 enlisted men will prepare the camp and depart July 21 to dismantle it. Subsistence allowance is set per day per enlisted man, and training follows the Commanding General program with limited duties after supper.
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24Th Coast Artillery Regiment
Maine National Guard
Bath
Adjutant General of
Maine
Fort Willams
George KE. Fogg
Portland
Ebel
Girls' Friendly Society closes its activities
The Girls' Friendly Society ended its year with a well attended entertainment at Grace church parish house. The program featured costumes and songs, with Mrs. Charles M. Tubbs announcing numbers and awarding prizes for attendance.
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Girls’ Friendly Society
Grace Church
G.fls
Charles M. Tubbs
Spirit of the Girls’ Friendly Speaks
Emma Ayer
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Harold L. Troop
Charles R. Kidder
Russell L. Phinney
Mitchell C. Arel
Nathan E. Coffin
the Times Co
Allen M. Irish
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Kennebec River
Dands
C. H. Totman
Dewey Cafe
Aldermen
Fifield
J. N. Day
High Street
Alfred Simmons
Dummer Street
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Southport
Edith Small
Muakewli
Kawai Island
T.H
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Hondlulus
Alexander Young
Los Angeles
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Stewart Hotel
Harold VP. Small
John Winslow Williams
Lani Sewall
John W. Ud
Harold Sewall Williams
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Ralph Jr
Ruth
Orrin Frye
Sop Stewart
Percival P. Baxter
Rita
E. A. Southwick
Nitterv
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Boosters’ Club
New Bath Battery
Fort Williams
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Columbia
Gem of the Ocean
GPUS
Eilen Dolloff
Ruth Burns
Olive Rowe
Mary Anderson Wrag
Dorothy Welch
Johnson Bros Co
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