North Center PTA Urges Attendance at Hearing on Education Bill
North Center PTA members urged attendance at a Thursday hearing in Augusta on an education funding bill. The group planned upcoming programs including a March 18 talk by Dean Dawn Nelson on vocational education and outlined hospitality and fundraising activities for the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Center
P T. A
Grace Church
Augusta
Frederick W. Humphreys
Dawn Nelson
Nassan Institute
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Arthur J. Nichols
Carl C Anderson
Charles M. Tubbs
Seth S. Mullin
J. Gertrude Silsby
Leroy F. Colby
Milton C. Trott
Arthur S. Crockett
Daniel Williams
Bird A. Shellenbuarger
Marius H. Page
Humphreys
Harold S. Avery
Clinton J. Wilson
National Congress
NBC
North
Haven Sawyer
Rotary Club
William W. Dennison
Page
Clinton D. Wilson
Joan C. Fitzgerald
Colby
Shellenbarger
Dennison
Fitzgerald
Hospitality committee members named for event
Mrs. David Y. Alkazin and Mrs. Ernest Freeman served on the hospitality committee for the event, handling refreshments and guest arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Y. Alkazin
Ernest Freeman
South End P T A Seeks Strict School Rulings Enforcement
The South End PTA votes to back rigid enforcement of Board of Education rulings on liquor and tobacco at school social functions, following a letter from William L. Skelton. The meeting in Washington street rooms also discussed March fundraisers and Augusta hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Skelton
Board of Education
South End
Rotary Club
John H. Hunt
William H. Small
Augusta
Nate Young
Washington Street
Redlon
Lemont Street
Wellington A. Moore
Alfred E. Carpenter
Young
Redson
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Charles D. Perry
Edward Brown
Leila Oliver
Carroll A. Deering
Chester A. Roberts
William Crowley
Vivian Brown
N. Gratz Jackson
Missionary Society Meeting at First Baptist Friday
The Women's Missionary Society of First Baptist held a public vestry program before about 100 attendees. Rev. Charles R. Sims opened with prayer as a varied program of music readings drama and remarks proceeded, ending with invitations to join and to attend the World Day of Prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Missionary Society
First Baptist Church
Charles R. Sims
Jason A. Merrill
Crawford
Jean
Laura Hall
Elizabeth Pinkham
Clifford Harrington
Crawfutr
Europe
A. D
Elizabeth Eaton
Jan
Crawford No. 2
Evelyn W. Sotheard
Jeanie
Mary Child
Cedric A. Martin
Marie Merrill
Ah Sen
Chee Lin
Arthur Seekins
Paul Legard
Frank Martin
M. Helen Sims
James Smith
Alberta McLellan
Freeman Crosby
Charles Card
Herbert Worrey
Edwy A. Sotheard
Sims
Inez Carr
Eleanor Wright
Linna MecNinch
Anna McNinch
Lucy Rogers
Martin
Sotheard
Arthur J. Dunton
Leon Eaton
Miss Pinkham
Miss Rogers
Brotherhood
Philippine Islands
Africa
Connecticut
West Virginia
Mather Industrial School
Beaufort
South Carolina
Girl Scout Meetings Held For Wise Owl and Brownies
Wise Owl troop led by Mrs Sumner Sewall met Tuesday at North street with Mrs Wilmer Voorhees Miss Catherine Shellenbarger and Miss Bertha Lord in charge Miss Francis Shaughnessy attended 28 members passed tender foot tests and reviewed Scout laws next week focuses on cooking Robin Hood Brownies met Monday at Winter Street chapel led by Mrs James A Gillies Jr with Miss Ruth Shellenbarger overseeing stories told by Shellenbarger brownies to sew next week.
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Wise Owl
Sumner Sewall
North Street
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Catherine Shellenbarger
Bertha Lord
Francis Shaughnessy
Robin Hood Pack
Winter Street Chapel
James A. Gillies, Jr
Ruth Shellenbarger
Pine Tree Troop
Girl Scouts
Shellenbarger
Court Denies New Trials in Pejepscot Trolley Case
Seven suits arising from a trolley rail crossing accident near Pejepscot were decided in Sagadahoc and appealed for new trials. The supreme court upheld the jury verdict against Donoghue's Express and Androscoggin Kennebec Railway, denying all motions for new trials.
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Pejepscot
Supreme Court
Sagadahoc
de Fred H. Thompson
OWS
Androscoggin and
Kennebec Railway Company
Donoghue’s Express Company
Charles Norman Wakely
Pro Ami
William Schofield Rogers
Charles J. Wakely
Harrison Jack Wakely
Pro Ams
Arlene Rogers
Per Curiam
Donoghue
S Express Company
Electric Railway Company
Express Company
Railway Company
Bedell
Androscoggin & Kennebec Railway Company
Bath merchants urged to fund Boothbay Harbor bridge toll relief
Local taxi driver Ralph E. Legard suggests Bath businessmen donate half of Boothbay Harbor’s excise tax to the State so Harbor residents gain free Kennebec bridge use. He cites Woolwich’s free bridge precedent and argues increased Bath trade could offset the tax cost. Legard notes Bath merchants benefited from Woolwich shoppers after their toll-free move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph E. Legard
Bath
Boothbay Harbor
Harbor
Kennebec Bridge
Legard
Woolwich
Wiscasset
Four Bath men jailed for intoxication pleas
Three Bath men and a fourth from Portland were arraigned by Judge Keegan on intoxication charges. They pleaded guilty and received 30 day sentences with fines totaling 10 dollars and 7.30 dollars in costs, plus keeper and meal fees while in lockup. The Portland man, crippled by leg loss, got 30 days in Kennebec county jail and the option to leave the city within one hour to avoid the sentence. All were arrested Tuesday afternoon and four pleaded guilty.
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Bath
John J. Keegan
House of Correction
City Hall
Portland
Kennebec
Augusta
Bowdoinham Social News and Local Obituary Note
Community gatherings mark birthdays at the Siegars home with Betty Wilson and Frank Siegars honored. Clifford Heenie of Bowdoinham dies after months of illness. services held with Rev. J. N. Palmer officiating. Leonard Gowell and Ruth Simpson wed at the Bowdoinham parsonage. local residents attend church and meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Siegars
Betty Wilson
Frank Siegars
Karl Hatch
Frances
Malcolm
Maynard Dow
Glencora
Brunswick
Dow
Avery Fides
Mary Lilly
Portland
Lilly Remnaining
Clifford Heensec
Fairfield
Bowdeinham
New Haven
Conn
Mary Lamoreau
Presque Isle
Lorraine
Myron
Wendall Heenie
J. W. Palmer
Glencora Dow
Barbara Siegars
Frey Rideout
Phillip Rideout
Charles Mills
Fred Heenie
Clifford Heenie
Emma Ferguson
Sara Howe
Emma Brown
Bath
Hazel Cornish
Charles Berry
Leon Shepard
Gardiner
Sheriff
Albert Henderson
Fred Jack
Merton Wright
J. N. Palmer
Geraldine Brown
Charles Browne
Coombs
A. I. Oliver
Lewiston
Epworth
Methodist Church
Leonard Gowell
Ruth Simpson
Bowdoinham
May Leavitt
Wolfboro
N. H
Local Nearby Residents Hired and Moved In Bowdoinham
Miss Charlotte Blodgett continues employment with Mrs. L. H. Berry. Miss Pearl Bragg leaves Mrs. L. H. Berry for Mrs. R. A. Dickinson. The Ware family and their daughter relocate to a tent near the garage. Loomis Dyer joins Ware's garage staff. Mrs. Harry Allen recovers from illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Blodgett
L. H. Berry
Pearl Bragg
R. A. Dickinson
Maurice Ware
Loomis Dyer
Ware
Harry Allen
Lively Contests For Some Offices Continue
Summary of budget items lists high school tuition 6500 dollars books and supplies 500 library 200 Memorial Day 50 police 500 fire 2000 and a tax rate of 40 mills with General Government 3500 dollars.
West Bath re elects officials at annual town meeting
Chairman E W Haggett Earl C Donnell and Loring D Small were reelected selectmen in West Bath. Harry J Rich re elected clerk Edward K Thompson treasurer and collector Mrs Lillian Donnell on school committee Llewellyn D Rogers auditor. Town votes toll exemptions over Carlton bridge 31 13. Principal appropriations listed include 2328 20 for schools 1200 for roads 250 patrol 50 patrol 50 50 basis 300 special roads 226 third class maintenance 1066 State aid road 750 snow removal 69 town reports 350 discount on taxes 5 Memorial day 600 salaries 500 contingent 70 Bath Fire Department 50 fighting forest fires 557 50 note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Haggett
Earl C. Donnell
Loring D. Small
West Bath
Harry J. Rich
Edward K. Thompson
Lillian Donnell
Llewellyn D. Rogers
Carlton Bridge
Bath
Woolwich Town Meets Endorses Kennebec Valley Action
Woolwich endorsed a regional effort with other Kennebec Valley communities to bolster the declining fishery industry started by Carlton Day Reed who was re elected chairman of the selectmen. Election results included Reed 128 Dana 95, Henderson 73 over Dunton, Wright over Bailey, Fitch treasurer, Reed clerk, Bailey school director, and road commissioners Ames Bailey Leeman. Appropriations rose about 3000 with 5000 for common schools and funds for roads and state aid maintenance.
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Woolwich
Carlton Day Reed
Kennebec Valley
Mr. Reed
Eben Dana
Harvey
Henderson
James F. Dunton
George Wright
J. Gould Bailey
Harry E. Fitch
Edward V. Reed
Wilson L. Bailey
George M. Ames
William L. Leeman
Snow Hills
Maine Highway Survey Report Praises and Warns
The Maine Highway Survey by Mr and Mrs W L Lawton for the Federated Garden Clubs of Maine details efforts to protect roadside beauty amid rising traffic. It highlights state and federal projects from Ellsworth to Bar Harbor, notes needed controls on billboards and hot dog stands, and calls for better planning and funding to keep Maine's landscapes attractive for tourists and locals.
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National Council For the Protection of
New England
Maine
W. L. Lawton
National Council
Federated Garden Clubs of
America
Ellsworth
Bar Harbor
Western Maine Association For
State Highway Department
Federations of
Garden and Women's Clubs
Boston Post
House
Lawton
Rotary
Federated Garden Clubs
Charles J. Bragdon
Gardiner
Central Church League Holds Annual Roll Call Meeting
Central Church League gathered for a supper at 6 30 and roll call with 38 members answering. A business meeting followed led by president Mrs Marius H Page. Next meeting will feature Pine Tree troop No 1 Girl Scouts entertainment and fundraising plans were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church League
Adolph Ehlers
Horace Morse
Lula Turner
Charles Soule
David L. Wilson
Perry Thompson
Marius H. Page
Pine Tree Troop
Girl Scouts of America
Linwood F. Carr
Page
Owen Ledyard
E. Motley Fuller
Archibald M. Main
Fred A. Fuller
Martha Foote
William H. Small
William S. Newell
Luther S. Thompson
Charles He
Sagadahoc Grange Holds Special Bowdoin Center Meeting
A special Sagadahoc grange session at Bowdoin Center on March 2 transacted pending business after a digest update from the National Grange. Worthy Master Ernest Carr led with over 100 at noon, then a program featured speeches, music, recitations, and a $300 Ella Adams Kendall trust gift for hall beautification.
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Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin Center
National Grange
Ernest Carr
W. B. Kendall
Merrymeeting Grange
Ella Adams Kendall
Bro. Kendall
Ella Adams
George Burns
Elizabeth McAfee
Progressive Grange
Cecmou Cides
Ramona Allen Biiginga
Cacs Sa Eas
Merrymeeting
Progressive
Riverview
Pine Tree Granges
Bath Iron Works welder charged with assault at Red Men’s hall
James F. Mauk of Cleveland faces municipal court on assault and battery charges after a Saturday night incident at Red Men’s hall. Paul C. Savage and Dorothy M. Pearson accuse him of striking Savage and injuring Pearson. Mauk pleads not guilty. case postponed to next week. Savage and Pearson are Bath Iron Works welders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Mauk
Bath Iron Works Corp
Cleveland
Paul C. Savage
Dorothy M. Pearson
Mauk
Red Men's Hall
John P. Carey, Jr
Edward W. Bridgham
Savage
Miss Pearson
Boy Scouts observe 25th anniversary with Winter carnival
Brunswick marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America with a Monday afternoon Winter carnival at Standpipe Hill where Scouts from Troops 33 and 38 participated. An annual District Council committee meeting followed, and Anniversary Week concludes Friday March 1 with a Court of Honor in the town hall court room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of America
Brunswick
Standpipe Hill
Scouts of Troops
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Metropolitan Travel CO
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ERA
Harry Jones
Charles Toomey
Athol
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Bates College
Bridgton Academy
Bridgton
Bates
First Baptist
Brotherhood Orhestra
Fred Coombs
Winneyance
Merrill
Gladys
Plinette Allen
Lauchlim MacInnes
William W. Denni
Lotwipeatcee
Aswel Meee
Tommy
Montsweag
E. Melvin Pratt
Anne T
Ming
Crosby
Girl Scout
Arthur
Clerk of Courts
Thompson
Geneva
Bowdoinham Post Road
Maine Highways Survey
Codman House
Arthur Flint Brown
Stanley P. Chase
Bowdoin College
Red Rose
Court St. United Baptist Church
D. 1
Clements
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Ite Bros
Bowdoin
Marion Curtis
John Curtis
Auburn
Thelma Cornish
Friends
Dorothy
Margaret Carr
Maynard Carr
Donald Bickford
Libson Falls
S. S. Enman
Richard
L. C. Starbird
Clifford
Clyde
Starbird
Central Maine General Hospital
C. A. Babb
Fred Douglass
James Cornish
Bata
OF Exa House
Myrna Loy
Cary Grant
Wings IN the
Friday Peck
Bad Boy
Jackie Cooper
Thomas Meighan
Murder ON
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James Gleason
George Raft
Carole Lombard
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