Haleakala Silversword Rare Plant Found Only in Crater
In the Independent readers’ nature snapshot, the Haleakala silversword is described as a rare plant living on the rim and crater of Haleakala in Maui. It grows as a silvered sphere of leaves, then a tall stalk with flowering heads, and is protected by the National Park Service to prevent extinction.
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Haleakala
the Independent
E Independent
Science News
Maui
Hawaiian Islands
U. S. National Park Service
National Park
Orient
Park Service
Glacier National Park
Fanny
Lake McDonald Hotel
Gainesville
Fla
Florida
University of Florida
W. J. Humphreys
U. S. Weather Bureau
Venus
Humphreys
Coast Guard patrol boats Icarus and Perseus set dates
The Icarus will launch March 19 at 10 10 a.m. and the Perseus on April 11 at 4 30 p.m. This completes the Coast Guard patrol boat fleet unless Bath plant bids win the remaining two boats, with bids opened in Washington on March 8. The article also notes plant fire department activities and plant employee illnesses.
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Icarus
U. S. Coast Guard
Perseus
Coast Guard
Bath
Washington, D. C
Gerald Atkinson
Iron Works
Leo Migneault
Leo
Archie Main
Main
Bowdoin College
Main i
Morse High School
Merchants
Oscar Adams
Frankie Leavitt
Frankie
City hires 232 jobless men to curb work backlog
Mayor Harold P Small reports 232 men employed by the city to stave off joblessness. Workers clear Oak Grove cemetery land, haul wood to the city farm, and 18 laborers mine crushed rock for streets as a spring highway program begins. Work repairs schools, engine houses, defaced signs, and streets, with crews repairing and relettering addresses. Thomas P Black of Quincy, a Bathman at Deaconness hospital, suffered strokes Feb 12 and last Saturday and is in serious condition.
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Harold Panteen
Oak Grove
Bath
Bath Country Club
Country Club
Wellington A.moore
Oscar Wright
Small
Thomas P. Black
Quincy
Pees
Deaconness Hospital
Boston
Black
Fore River
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp
Sagadahoc Pomona February session held in Richmond
Seven granges with 139 members met in Richmond for Sagadahoc Pomona hosted by Enterprise grange. The day featured discussions on the gasoline tax and farm economic measures, Washington observance, and a planned Washington tree planting, with relations to the Maine Agricultural Fund drive.
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Richmond
Ahoc Pomona
Enterprise Grange
Bodwell
Small Point
Brunswick
Merrymeeting Bowdoinham
Progressive
Mond Corner
Sagadahoc
Bo Topsham
Topsham
West Bath
Grange
Bath Grange
Albert Henderson
C. O. Purinton
Bowdoinham
Joseph Larrabee
Topsham Grange
William White
Edwin C. Patten
Alfred Rackley
George A. Hawkes
Enterprise
Emery Purington
Emma Ferguson
E. Mason Wright
Leroy Cleveland
Richmond Corner
Rebecca Rogers
William H. Gould l
Clifford Gray
Pomona
Bertha Wright
George Washington
George B. Wolstenholme
People’s Baptist Church of
Stanley L. Tainter
Maine Department of Agriculture
Merilna Pushard
Milward Patten
Winnifred Rackley
Washington
Bertha Curtis
Beatrice Patten
Myrt Stewart
George Thompson
Home Grange
Paul Roberts
Minnie Waldron
Sagadahoc Pomona
Progressive Grange
Overseers of Poor appeal for clothing donations
The Overseers of the Poor issue a public appeal for clothing food and footwear for children and adults. Mrs Eaton at the overseers office will coordinate contacts and distribution with those who can donate. Morris M Petlock of Cut Price Market reports a Boston trip.
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Overseers of the Poor
Department For Clothing For Children
Morris M. Petlock
Center Street
Boston
Legion Minstrels Delight Crowds At Benefit Show
The American Legion Benefit Minstrels at the Masonic temple drew a large crowd Monday night. Eugene M. Desmond hosted with a lively program featuring the Six Black Birds and a 16 member singing corps in Legion uniforms. Jokes, songs, and encores filled the evening, with costuming by Hooker-Howe Studios and a Maine flag centerpiece on stage.
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Roland Smith Post
A. L
American Legion
Masonic Temple
Legion
Eugene M. Desmond
Reggie Stacy
John H. Grindell
Ned Rogers
George Field
George McLean
Frances Dunning Young
Jack Shaw
Minstrels
Black Birds
Harold
Dido” Cutting
Freeman Trott
Eddie Rowe
Wilbur Crocker
Herbert “Herby
Douglas
Selwyn Towne
Harold Fielding
Sheriff Albert Henderson
J. Haviland Torrey
Sam Povich
Perry Thompson
Walter Hill
Reinhold J. M. Steussy
John Burgon
Donald Sterling
Ralph Stetson
Timothy Wagner
Gardiner Rogers
Arthur Fuller
Robert Kingsbury
Howell Smith
Earl Allen
Harold Brown
Carl Swanton
Russell Stodder
Donald Young
Roscoe Perkins
Ralph Gay
Louise Carver
John Donald
Mac
Harold Cutting
Bobby Carver
Charles Avery
Herby Douglas
Crosby, Columbo and Vallee
Sheriff
Hooker-Howe
Haverhill
Mass
State of Maine
Wilburn Crooker
Ralph Kingsbury
John Minott
Roscoe Shaw
George Betts
Edward Fraser
Joseph Dinsmore
Otis Smith
Robert Feere
Leon Chaney
Kenneth Chaney
Archie Trainor
Clarence McIntyre
Times Print Shop
the Post
John Fitzgerald
John Murphy
J. L. Morse
R. E. Perkins
R. H. Shaw
Ralph Wright
Charles Syde
Annual City Trust Funds Report Presented in Special Session
The annual report of the city trust funds was read to the board of aldermen by Treasurer Donald D. Young in a special session. Complaints about trees followed, with Malcolm L. Doble and James D. Fraser alleging danger and root damage, referred to Aldermen William Whitney and Morris B. Povich for investigation.
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Board of Aldermen
Treas
Donald D. Young
Malcolm L. Doble
Green Street
James D. Fraser
Washington Street
William Whitney
Morris 8S. Povich
Ward
Immigrant Bath Couple Relocate to Chicago for Government Work
Mr and Mrs Harold Battison formerly of Bath move from West Somerville Massachusetts to Chicago. Mr Battison now holds a position in the Agricultural department of the U S government.
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Harold Battison
Bath
West Somerville
Mass
Chicago
Battison
Agricultural Department
U. S
Maine Farmers Prune Pine Trees to Improve Lumber Quality
Extension specialist Albert D. Nutting notes widespread pruning of white and red pines in Maine to boost lumber quality. Demonstrations across pine counties, led by Farm Bureau and extension service, target trees three to six inches in diameter and about 16 feet long, with pruning limited to upper branches and limbs over an inch in diameter for clean, straight logs.
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The
Washington Post
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maine
Albert D. Nutting
E. W. Dolloff
Standish
George Keen
Bridgton
Cumberland County
Mr. Nutting
Norris Waltz
Damariscotta
E. V. Thompson
Livermore
Farm Bureau
Extension Service
York County
Nutting
Splendid Program by Single Women in Grange Contest
West Bath grange rivalry features a Monday program with about 135 attendees among married and single men and women. Contest outcome hinges on the readable portions of the program presented in the grange hall.
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West Bath Grange
West Bath Grange Hall
South End P T A Hosts Supper for School Leaders
South End P T A entertained Superintendent Clinton D. Wilson and Mrs. Wilson along with teachers from South Street Weeks Street Mitchell and Winneganee schools. New men members who joined the association attended the supper Tuesday evening.
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South End P. T. A
Clinton D. Wilson
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American Association For the Advancement of Science
New Orleans
Carl C. Speidel
University of Virginia
Speidel
Dr. Speidel
I Stuart
Optometrist
Front St
Bath Tel
Legion Minstrels
South End P.T.A
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