School Board Minutes Detail Teacher Salaries and Postponed Meeting
The record lists numerous staff names and salaries by category for Primary, Rural, and High School divisions, including sub masters and janitors. It notes per week rates for several workers and states the meeting adjourned to July 1 to let Superintendent Flood attend a conference in Castine the week of July 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Hamm
Fred FE. Witham
SOL Cnatives Ld
George H. DeWolfe
William A. Poor
Upper Grammar
Dummer St
Warren Munsey
Weeks Street
Ralph Trask
Center Street
Peter MacDonald
Washington St
Otis Hunt
Prp. R. Pushard
North Bath
Eddie Johnson
Flood
Castine
Maine Life Savers Patrol Eyes Maine Coast Cruising
A new Life Savers Patrol forms in Portland using the cruiser Rena to aid ships and sailors from Wittery to Bar Harbor while regular U S Life Saving crews rest for summer. Captain Atherton and his four officers plan coastal patrols through September, with Old Orchard Beach possible for a permanent crew. The Rena is 40 feet long with a 20 horsepower motor and proven seaworthiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
United States
Portland
Rena
Edward N. Atherton
George —Hill
Noah F. Davidson
Joseph T. Davidson
Wittery
Bar Harbor
Atherton
Old Orchard Beach
Life Savers Patrol
Volunteer
Life Savers
Bath city notes and local happenings reported
Local jottings describe street and park maintenance in Bath, lectures by Bicknell Young, summer street paving, fishermen amid fog, store hours, and social gatherings. Highlights include Morse High Glee Club reception, electric car delays caused by ducks, and preparations for the Wadsworth torpedo boat destroyer trial spins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bicknell Young
C.S.B
Music Hall
Washington St
Pearl
Jack
Bowdoinham
Bath
the Wick, Chase Co
Beacon Street Dorcas Guild
Leslie Hall
Turner's Court
James FE
C. Sawyer
Lewiston
Tacoma
Pilgrims
Morse High Glee Club
Bach Iron Works
Navy Department
Wadsworth
Rockland
Hatch
Colonial Club
Audo
Rogers Farm
M. Holbrook
Fireflies glow over town as busy week winds down
Allen Spear repaints his Pearl Street residence while Judge Keegan is named Notary Public by Governor Curtis. Morse High notes its seniors, Polar Star Lode meets, wharf repairs proceed, and river traffic updates show Tug Seguin towing the Oakes Ames and other vessels. Public events include a Morse High School exhibition and a tense athletic meet with Holbrook and Bacon posting strong scores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Spear
Lehigh
Wallace
Marshal Pattes
Horse Island
Willis
South St
Hockomook
Virginia
Hamilton
G. W. Bowie
L. A. & AW. Street Railway
Bath
Street and Sewer Department
Washington St
North
Grove Sts
Southport High School
Jack O
Mary Hart
Olive Nickerson
Winthrop Hart
Richard Rand
Dr. Hart
Ralph Campbell
Mary Robinson
Lois Stetson
Letty Dwyer
Estelle Rand
John Ames
Warren Payson
Jack Botsford
Thomas
South Gardiner
New York
Parker's Flats
Henrietta Simmons
Ariel
Portland
North Boothbay
Macarthy’s Flats
Longest day approaching and regional notices abound
A week remains until the summer solstice as local markets offer Massachusetts strawberries at 20 cents a box. Portland hosts the Wo man s Home Missionary Society convention with Raymond A. Christensen arriving to oversee Elm Street Baptist Church decorations.
Flag Day Observances and Local Happenings
Flag Day events loom as James M. loads sand upriver while 18 of 20 KYC boats remain moored. Central Maine wells run low amid drought and a long rain is hoped for. A new Coast and Geodetic Survey vessel, Survey, is planned for Alaska, at 186 feet with about 1900 tons gross.
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James M
K.Y.C
New Meadows
J. F. Sheffield
George E. Warren
New York
Mexico
Maine
Jane Palmer
Glaeser
Percy & Small
Hampton Roads
Ernest Hodgkins
Popham
Lila
Mr. Page
Milo
Page
Harriet Peters
Meadow St
Harriet
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
The
Survey
Alaska
Bath News In Brief From Local Strips Of Life
A Boston bound Pejepscot barge loads stone for New York while 25 Popham residents visit Bath to watch moving pictures. A Merrymeeting Park casino is torn down for lumber by Daniel Bishop. T. F. Moores opened a candy shop on Popham Beach. A 20 foot high surf raged at Fox Island as a storm hit the coast. The G A R veteran candy man is noted at Popham Beach. The E W Society of the First Baptist Church meets at 2 PM at the parsonage. Tug Pejepscot left Bath with barges 4 and 2 for Salmon River. Bath folks watched a Corpus Christi parade in Brunswick with 2000 in line. Bath Y M C A baseball lost to the high school 12 to 19 in 10 innings at Bootsbay. The annual First Baptist Children's Day concert is set for tomorrow evening with Margaret Bakeman directing music. Rev C Raymond Chappell attended Newton Theological Commencement this week. Blooms include lady's slipper and lily of the valley on a woodland stroll. First Baptist Church auditorium redecorating began by the same firm that did Winter Street. A Lime Rock hill brush fire near Druid Park brought a general alarm and extinguished by 2 PM. Automobilists report dusty roads and caution to avoid collisions as cars kick up dust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrymeeting Park
Daniel Bishop
Popham Beach
T. F. Moores
Fox Island
E. W. Society of the First Baptist Church
North St
Tug Pejepscot
Bath
Salmon River
Brunswick
Y.M.C.A
Bootsbay
First Baptist Sunday School
Margaret Bakeman
C. Raymond Chappell
Newton Theological Institution
Chappell
Star of Bethlehem
Turner Fields Wedding Quiet and Simple in Portland
James Fields and Dorothy Turner wed at St. Lawrence Street Church in Portland with Dr. Clifford Snowden officiating. Fields hails from Manchester England and Turner from Montreal. couple plans residence in Bath after a Montreal wedding trip. Mrs Fields wore white traveling suit with sweet peas. best man Fred Morton. maid of honor Miss Ward. Fields works in Bath Irons Works machine shop.
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St. Lawrence Street
Portland
James Fields
Dorothy Turner
Clifford Snowden
Mr. Fields
Manchester
England
Fields
Montreal
Bath
Miss Ward
Fred Morton
Bath Irons Works
Locke and Purrington Tie Knot in Harpswell Ceremony
Frederick Stockbridge Purrington of Harpswell wed Matilda F. Locke of Lewiston Tuesday. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. George H. Ackerman, pastor of the Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Stockbridge Purrington
Harpswell
Matilda F. Locke
Lewiston
George H. Ackerman
Methodist Church
Morse and Blackington Tie Knot in Portland Ceremony
Scott Morse and Mildred F Blackington of this city wed in Portland Saturday ceremony performed by Rev. F S Walker. They will reside here after the nuptials.
Fire destroys multiple Main Street structures in Thomaston
A blaze damaged four buildings on Main Street Thomaston including the Knox House the town hotel the Watts block a livery stable and a four story mercantile block early Sunday. The fire left the Watts block in town ownership and damaged several shops. No injuries were reported and cause is under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main St
Thomaston
Knox
Watts
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James P. King
Viola G. Hogan
Alice N. Maszonn
Alldred Bower
Izie J. Liane
Gai
Lillian M. Lowell
Gah Stenberaphy
Emma Iy Winton
Germain
Verna M. Cores
Mipsaret Bylmians
Miarsart
Adams
Susan M. Ditley
Fannie C. Kendall
Nellie J. Marr
Fllen Mair
Edith L. Hopkins
Nellie Th. Turner
Frostina E. Marston
Gavinith Silshy
Susan E. Reed
Annie BE. Trask
Florence M. Andrews
Mari M. Stinson
Minnie F. Barnes
Eina HW
Besate MM. Huns
Mate HH. Coley
Charlotte
TF. Conk
Grave KE. Lightlady
Agnes J. Tarbox
Olive M. Warray
H.emima Magoun
Florence Dunton
Margaret T. Mulligan
Ethel Hawley
Bila J. Wonstas
Margaret Westcalfe
Martha E. Hooper
Marguerite Hennessy
Michel J. Lake
Hazel H. Wins
Gertrude Gilman
Jennie S. Foster
Madelyn Hunt
Laura Mitchell
Grace ©. Walter
Carrie H. Trott
Effie C. Wright
Sarah E. Coombs
Lillian F. Fisher
Maude C. Seymour
Bertha C. Jones
Elinor W. Ferguson and
Evelyn Waugh
Arew
Wiwarna
Mystic Theatre
Boothbay Register
Walter Godfrey
Damariscove
Kelles Field
St. Claire
Kennistown
Billings
McNeal
Miller
Tsa Ss
McGinnes
Soneton
Cass
Morse
M. R. Chase
Ralph Baker
Yarmouth
Yarmouths
Morse High School
Yesterdauy
SLPOM
Holbrook
Pickard
Imark
Nfoushton
Susriss
M. Holrock
Pont
A. Houghton
Small
R. MeKenn
Bacon
Jones
Heaney
Massachusetts
Woman’s Home Missionary Society of Portland
Wesley M. E. Church
Raymond A. Christensen
Dorchester
Elm Street Baptist Church
Forest Libby
Buffalo
Libby
Sam M. Dawson
Corliss Free Baptist Church
Five Islands
Edgecomb
B. P. Browne
Ephraim French
James Knight
Cora Small
Elizabeth Hodgkins
C. A. Jewell
A. Evans
People’s Baptist Church
Men's Union For Christ
Corliss Street
Harry Cornish
Arrowsic Bridge
Myers Reed
Reed
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
Daniels
Henry K. Carroll
Federal Council of Churches
Woodward Building
Washington, D. C
Seth Shaw
Walker St
Phippsburg
Abner D. Young
Guy
Silas
Arthur Reed
Richmond
Mildred Oliver
Perry Colby
Chestnut’ St
Keegan
George C. Nichols
John A. Wright
Combination No. 4
Chief Parks
O’brien
Woolwich
Corliss St. Boy
Wesley
Kelley Field
Corliss St. Scouts
South End
Mitchell
Pejepscot Co
Boston
Roy Mayer
Turner-Fields
Eagle
Iee
Broadway
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