Saga dahoc Pomona votes against sale of hard cider
At a regular Saga dahoc Pomona meeting in Bath and Dromore, Charles M. White of Augusta was informed that the Pomona opposes a Maine bill allowing sale of hard cider by the state to farmers and then selling it as a beverage. The group discussed disposal options for surplus apples and heard from Rev. J. O. Purdue and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
Dromore Grange
Phippsburg
Pomona
Charles M. White
Augusta
Maine
State Liquor Commission
Elfreda Perkins
J. O. Purdue
Winter Street Congregational Church
Bath
Joanna Hodgkins
Eleanor Ripley
Topsham
C. W. Gray
W. H. Gould
Bowdoinham
Lincoln
Washington
Hubert McCarty
Emma Ferguson
J. W. Randlette
Richmond
West Bath Grange
State House
Carlton Bridge
George A. Baker
Francis H. Friend
Skowhegan
Sewall
Damariscota
Waldoboro
Thomaston
Rockland
Cleveland Sleeper
Bath and Vicinity
N. Gratz Jackson
Jackson
Harold P. Small
Raymond M. McIntire
Justus H. Miller
Elizabeth A. Deering
Arthur Sewall 2d
Carroll A. Deering
John H. Hunt
J. Albert Redson
Lloyd Lee Hooker
Forrest C. Legard
Morris Povich
Roscoe G. Bailey
Bessie E. Dickinson
Woolwich
Legislative Committee On
Elizabeth Deering
Times
Deering
Committee On Ways and Bridges
Maine Central Railroad
Richard Quick
John P. Carey
Scouts Aid Elks Iron Lung Fund Tag Day
Eight members of Troop No. 57 cooperated with the Elks in a tag day for the Iron Lung Fund. Participants included William Barter James Elliott Edmund Hagan Walter Elliott Leroy James Robert Starling Maynard Stevens and Elwood Robbins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of America
Muin Club
Batdge of Elks
Elks’ Iron Lung Fund
William Barter
James Elliott
Edmund Hagan
Walter Elliott
Leroy James
Robert Starling
Maynard Stevens
Elwood Robbins
Maine Chief urges cooperation for safer highways
In his first monthly report State Police Chief Henry P. Weaver urges motorists and pedestrians to help cut Maine highway deaths. February fatalities rose 18 percent from January, with five of thirteen deaths pedestrians. He cites two preschoolers and three men aged 57 to 65. He calls for safety education, warns pedestrians and motorists, and asks for public input to improve road safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry P. Weaver
Maine
Shipworker McCorrison Hurt At Bath Iron Works
Urban K. McCorrison a shipfitter's helper at Bath Iron Works was cut on the thigh when a plate fell Monday afternoon. He was taken to Memorial hospital as a precaution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urban K. McCorrison
Center Street
Bath Iron Works Corp
McCorrison
Memorial Hospital
Mrs Dunton Visiting Daughter in Portland
Mrs. Ralph Dunton of Portland is spending a few days with her daughter Mrs. Edward St. Martin on Upper Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Dunton
Portland
Edward St. Martin
Upper
Washington Street
Maine WPA defense funds threaten loss if projects stall
Fitzgerald warned American Legion members that about $3,000,000 of Maine's WPA defense fund could be withdrawn if projects start late. He cited military road work, airport surveys, and new airport sites from Bath to Bangor, with $4,500,000 total defense costs and July 1 deadlines to use funds. Governor Sewall and state agencies are urged to accelerate clearance and start work immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Work Projects Administration
Works Projects
John C Fitzgerald
American Legion
Washington
Maine Administration
Fitzgerald
W P.A
Forts Preble
Williams
Portland
Fort Foster
Kittery
Bangor
van Buren
Fort Kent
Eastport
Bath Brunswick
Skowhegan
Farmington
Dexter
Rockland
Belfast
Norway
Pittsfield
Houston
Millinocket
Brunswick
Auburn-Lewiston
Waterville
Presque Isle
Princeton
Bath-Brunswick
Oxford Plains
Bath- Brunswick
W.P.A
Bath Iron Works
East Brunswick
Sumner Sewall
Maine State Highway Commission
Sewall
Legionnaires
Town Meeting Minutes Outline Tax Rise Possibility
Voters heard from First Selectman Nathan Doughty about a possible tax rate increase from 62.27 mills to 68 or 70 mills at the annual meeting. The appropriation totaled 15,109 dollars, up from 13,435.47 last year, with several projects approved and others rejected including resurfacing of roads and purchase of fire equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Selectman
Nathan Doughty
Wallace Rideout
Bowdoinham Holds Town Meeting Appropriations Rise
Bowdoinham voters approved school and fire protection funding but reduced total by about 600 from last year. A two member committee was named to locate housing for a fire truck as a small crowd attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Tarr
Arrowsie
Frank H. Snipe
John H. Currier
Russell C. Sturmer
Sead
Collingwood C. Shea
Norman W. Drummond
Francis W. Rittall
Charles L. Crosby
Susie W. Snipe
Bowdoinham
Max Ewen
S. W. Billings
Walter C. Rogers Wins Mayor in Republican Sweep
Walter C. Rogers, Republican, captured the mayoralty by defeating Democrat Robert Haskell by 456 votes as Republicans swept both city council branches. Ward 2 aldermanic winner Rogers led a party-line victory that produced six Republican aldermen and multiple tied or disrupted races. The Democratic slate suffered in Ward 3 and Ward 7, while ward clerks and constables saw mixed results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter C. Rogers
Robert Haskell
Rog
Constable
Joseph Melzard
Rebecca Miller
Alex Burgess, Jr
Ward
Chaiman
God
Walliam Dt Daley
Duncan Melnnes
Ernest G. Kingsbury
Harold J. Carter
Edward A. Footer
Bath Iron Works expands with new destroyer berths
A late photo shows the Bath Iron Works expansion along four acres of Maine Central Railroad property. Reed and Reed excavate about 12 000 yards to foundations and deeper river access for two new ship ways running northwest to southeast. Ellis Snodgrass builds the platform. Alonzo Harriman leads design and engineering for the expansion including new buildings between the ways and iron works boundary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Central Railroad Co
Bath Iron Works Corp
Reed & Reed
Woolwich Contractors
New Hampshire
Ellis Snodgrass
Portland
Alonzo Harriman
Iron Works
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Sagadahoc
E. W. Haggett
Charlotte Owen
Annie Wilson
BOY Scouts
M'Corrison
Bowdoin
Roland Cornish
Edward Baker
Herbert Jones
Erland Rogers
Robert G. Coombs
Arthur Card
Frederick Meacham
Edward L. White
Jessie Ames
Ernest Frye
Fred Leavitt
Locke Crouse
Wilford Jones
CO Purinton
Dorothy Lamoreau
Ernest Millay
Leon Bachelder
Mary Nealey
Erle Brown
A M. Fides
Karl Hatch
Caleb Mitchell
Cleora Rollins
Henry
Wildes
Sumner
Snow Hills
Rogers
J. Frank Hunt
Charles A. Thayer
Arthur W. Gediman
Duncan McInnes
Charles A. Shepard
Charles A. Coombs Jr
Foster M. Pratt
Chester W. Clement
Donald H. Benson
Stanley E. Wallace
Cyrus W. Longley
Edgar D. Leavitt
Herbert L. Anderson Jr
John F. Osborne
John E. Hart
Wil Se
Phys Oliverity
Edmund A. Rothwell
Stanley R Hunter
David
Tabor
Kerwin B. Butcher
John F
William P Marks
Newel
Roger M
Nellie CG. Hunt
Hazel W. Lowell
Fred H. Lord
Marion Stinson
Inez I. Rothwell
Bertha M. Dunbar
Eliot A. Fuller
Miriam A. Clement
Ethel M Tourtillette
Edith H. Page
Ruth L. Dennison
Frances T. Clark
Antoinette Lo Teeling
Harry E. Cornish
Edward Clancy
Albert Pinkham
Chester C. Aderton
Frank A. Danforth
Frank W. Lyons
Maurice Brown
Maine Central Freight Yard
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