Social notes from Bath society and clubs scene
Augusta correspondent recounts Maine State Highway Safety Campaign speech by John J. Maloney Jr and a 67 attendee Winter Street Ladies' Aid meeting. The report lists committee members, luncheon details, upcoming session, local visits, engagements, travel, and community notices across Bath and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Maloney, Jr
Augusta
Maine State Highway Safety Campaign
Winter Street Ladies’ Aid
Langdon T. Snipe
Elizabeth Beal
David Black
Walter H. Bowker
Bessie E. Dickinson
Grace P. Dickinson
Elwina F. Durgin
Helen C. Foster
Edward H. Hawley
Fred C. Hill
Elmer D. Hodgkins
Warren E. Kershner
FE. Randall Leonard
Charles C. Low
Sylvester H Rowland
Alice FE. Varney
Corrie H. Varney
Ashton E. Wardwell
Clinton D. Wilson
Aid
Neighborhood Sewing Club Meets in East Brunswick
Mrs Harold E Freeman hosted the Neighborhood Sewing Club at her East Brunswick home with a luncheon and sewing hour. Attendees included Mrs Charles Andrews Mrs Herbert B Cavanaugh Mrs Dean Bonney Mrs Weston L Bonney Mrs Charles Doyle Mrs William Powers and Mrs Everett Quinlan. The group plans to meet Thursday afternoon at Mrs Dean Bonneys Brunswick road home. Virginia and Jeanette Hastings escorted the body of Richard Hastings to Bath. Warren Atkinson is home ill with the mumps. Mr and Mrs Russell Grant and daughters Jane and Sally now reside in Staten Island New York where Mr Grant is employed.
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First Baptist Church
Edward Burnham
Leonard Court
Senter’'s
Everett Wright
Union Street
Freeman Crosby
Cedric Martin
Elmer Rogers
George McLellan
Harold E. Freeman
Neighborhood Sewing Club
East Brunswick
Charles Andrews
Herbert 8. Cavanaugh
Dean Bonney
Weston L. Bonney
Charles Doyle
William Powers
Everett Quinlan
Brunswick
Brunswick Road
Fred B. Kittridge
High Street
Richard Hastings
Bangor
Richard
Russell Grant
Jane
Sally
Milan Street
Staten Island
N. Y
Grant
Children undergo crutches free walk at Shriners Hospital
Roberta Reno of Washington street, 12, leaves Monday for Springfield Massachusetts to reenter the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children. She has been there before, was improved, and doctors expect months of treatment to help her walk without crutches. Her father, William Reno, drives her.
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Samuel D. Hooper
Washington Street
Newtonville
Mass
Winthrop B. Sargent
Goddard Hospital
Brockton
Mr. Sargent
Joseph B. Sargent
Hooper
Alfred Mine
J. Bradford, Jr
Englewood
N. J
Masonic
Boston
Marble-Nye Company
Roberta Reno
Springfield
Shriners Hospital
Roberta
William Reno
Elizabeth Howard's 13th birthday party in Washington
A Friday celebration at Mr and Mrs Normen Howards on Washington street marked Elizabeth Howard's 13th birthday. Guests enjoyed games with prizes, a cake with 13 candles, ice cream and cookies, and Miss Helen Cormier and Miss Pauline Nickerson won games. Several locals attended including Ruth Murphy and Madeline Jones. Other news includes club gatherings, visitors, and social events around Bath.
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Normen Howard
Washington Street
Elizabeth
Helen Cormier
Pauline Nickerson
Miss Howard
Ruth Murphy
Dorothea Fulton
Norma Jean Steussy
Gertrude Haskell
Madeline Jones
Beatrice Doble
Glenda Howard
Bowdownham Tax Rate To Be Increased
The annual town meeting opened at nine o'clock in the morning. Officers elected include Selectmen Edward D. Baker Ernnest W. Frye and Edw. L. White with Baker named chairman. Town Clerk Jessie M. Ames to remain in post. Budget items cover highways schools and miscellaneous town expenses. Tax discounts and delinquencies policy set, and roads to be closed in winter. A committee was named to study a town farm for the poor. Total appropriations total 26,607.75 dollars with detailed line items for various departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie M. Ames
B.ly
White
Emily M. Rideau
Helen Robinson
Clarence O. Purinton
Norman L. Rowe
Edward D. Baker
Ernnest W. Frye
Edw. L. White
Locke Crouse
Otis C. Gray
Zina W. Maxwell
Howard W. Moody
Fred L. Leavitt
Awlitor
C. O. Purinton
James H. Ames
Wm. S. Given
A. S. MacDougal
Kenneth MacDougal
Ira D. Allen
Merry Meeting Grange Hall
E. D. Baker
William S. Given
Dingley Road
Frank Curtis
John Tarr
Cross Road
Millay’s Corner
Ridge Road
Cross
C. E. Lamoreau
Dingley
Hall Blenn
Fred Munster
Dinsmore
Carding Machine
J. P. Cars
Cushman Road
Chester Hobart
Wilde
Richmond Town Meeting Debates Revaluation and Elections
At the Richmond annual town meeting moderator Joseph W. Randlette was elected auditor and a fire warden. Discussion centered on Article 25 to revalue the town and reduce debt to meet legal limits. the article was dismissed after two hours. Deputy Sheriff Charles W. Messenger led votes for treasurer and collector with 524. Selectmen results showed Lester Umberhind 506 and Harry Douglass 432, with Wallace Gardner and John Parker also chosen. Afternoon session moved to the high school gym after the opera house fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephw. Randlette
Richmond
Charles W. Messenger
James Lothridge
Charles W. Whitney
Whitney
Lothridge
James A. Hinckley
Byron Ludwig
Board of Selectmen
Lester Umberhind
Harry Douglass
Wallace W. Gardner
Ludwig
John Parker
J. W. Randlette
Homer Alexander
Lester
Phippsburg Meeting Proves Harmonious
Phippsburg held its annual town meeting on Monday with few controversies and mild contests for town offices. Key elected officials included Moderator Owen A. Richardson, Clerk Everett A. Harrington, and Treasurer Walter J. McCourt, among others. The town approved budgets for schools, roads, and public services, and rejected plans to vary selectmen terms. Overseers of the poor were authorized to repair the town farm, and half of automobile excise taxes were allocated to state free passage over the Carlton bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
Owen A. Richardson
Everett A. Harrington
Walter J. McCourt
Raymond Wyman
William R. Bowie
Elijah P. Bartlett
John G. Morse
Eugene Harrington
Theresa Wyman
Meadowbrook
West Point
Small Point
Sebasco
Popham
Carlton Bridge
Topsham Town Meeting Held On Monday
Topsham residents gathered for a town meeting chaired by Moderator Ellis L. Aldrich with Clerk Alice Merriman and First Selectman Edwin W. Fallett. Second Selectman George A. then spoke on local governance and budgeting priorities for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis L. Aldrich
Alice Merriman
Edwin W. Fallett
George A
Town Financial Estimates Include Roads Bridges and Schools
The town presents appropriations totaling 47753 with seven officials listed including Walter Williams as Third Selectman and Alice Merriman as Treasurer. Road and bridge funds amount to 8000 with state aid 1728 and WPA 1100, while school and health costs cover repairs, books, high school tuition and the health officer stipend. The tax rate stands at 41 per thousand and total raised compares to 45203 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter M. Williams
Alice Merriman
Charles I. Giveen
Ernest Y. Small
Ralph Patten
Charles G., Wheeler
Woolwich Accepts Budget Report and Elects Local Officials
Woolwich town meeting approved a budget with total appropriations around 20,000 dollars. A expanded board now includes five assessors serving with selectmen and overseers of the poor. New offices include moderator Filmer J. DeMeritt, town clerk Edward V. Reed, and treasurer Harry F. Fitch. Road commissioners are Hartley Hathorne, George M. Ames, and William L. Leeman. Tax discounts of 3 percent for payment before July 1, 2 percent in July and August, and 6 percent interest on late payments after January 1 were set.
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Woolwich
Wilson L. Bailey
J. Gould Bailey
Samuel P. Buck
James F. Dunton
George E. Wright
Filmer J. DeMeritt
Edward V. Reed
Harry FE. Fitch
Clara. M. Reed
Hartley Hathorne
George M. Ames
William L. Leeman
Georgetown Voters Choose Town Officers at Meeting
The annual Georgetown town meeting elected Harold J. Brown moderator and town clerk Elizabeth I Powers, selectmen assessors, and a roster including Percy MacGillivary standard treasurer Howard G Heald and John R Blackie overseer of poor Maynard Thibodeau superintendent of schools John H Carter school committee Eleanor Thibodeau road commissioner Walter Powers George Laskey Russell Harford constables Walter Powers Maynard Thibodeau George Gray auditor Walter Cummings Other actions set appropriations to reduce debt and pay interest two thousand dollars for debt service eighteen hundred for schools fifteen hundred for town roads one thousand for town officers one thousand for contingent account one thousand and one thousand for state aid roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Harold J. Brown
Elizabeth I. Powers
Harold J
Walter Powers
George Laskey
Russell Harford
Maynard Thibodeau
George Gray
Walter Cummings
Largely Attended Meeting At Bowdoin Center
Annual town meeting at Bowdoin Center drew large attendance. N E Curtis chosen moderator and town clerk E E Baker named selectman. Weston R Allen finished second, N E Doughty beat Curtis by five votes for third. R G Coombs elected town treasurer and tax collector, Mason Marshall edged Wallace W Ride for road commissioner. Arthur Card re elected to three year school committee seat. Town approved the wage parity with state for men and teams. East Bowdoin Ladies aid served sandwiches pie doughnuts and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin Center
N. E. Curtis
E. E. Baker
Weston R. Allen
N. E. Doughty
Ernest Carr
Roland Cornish
R. G. Coombs
Wilson Freeman
Mason Marshall
Wallace W. Rideout
Arthur Card
East Bowdoin Ladies' Aid
Annual Town Meeting in Arrowsic elects Tarr again
Hon George L Tarr of Arrowsic serves as moderator and is reelected first selectman at the annual town meeting held Monday. Merle A Weeks and John H Currier join him on the board. Other officers elected include Collingwood C Shea as constable collector and treasurer, Norman H Drummond auditor, with Norman H Drummond and Ora L Nye on the school board. Total appropriations run about 2400 with 1000 for state aid and highways 800 for schools and 500 for contingencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Tarr
Arrowsie
Merle A. Weeks
John H. Currier
Collingwood C. Shea
Norman H. Drummond
Ora L. Nye
Steininger leaves Manhattan to head Bath Iron Works machinery
Edward Steininger of New York, chief engineer of the S. S. Manhattan, United States Line, accepts a superintendent of machinery post with Bath Iron War Corp. He and his wife and daughter will move to Bath within days, residing at 709 High Street, former home of the late Elwell S. Crosby.
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Roland F. Hill
Bath Iron Works, Corp
New York
Edward Steininger
America
S. S. Manhattan
United States
Bath Iron War Corp
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Irma Berdine
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Addie Rog
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Clinton
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Fred Williams
Harvey Henderson, Jr
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Day's Ferry
Maine General Hospital
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R.I
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Maine General
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Park Street
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Waterbury, Conn
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