Winnegance Club Hosts Hose Company Cribbage Tournament
Charles A Hunt hose company joined the Winnegance men at the club house for cribbage and pitch with Bath and Phippsburg players. The men's club triumphed 3272 to 3221, a tight series across seven tables, and plans for a follow up event at the hose house next Tuesday were set amid socializing and notices of forthcoming entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Hunt
Winnegance
Bath
Phippsburg
Hose Company
Charles’ L. Preble
Albert Morae
Charles Merry
Frank Allegrin
Omar Perry Robert
Manson
Charles F. Hewitt, Jr
Men’s Club
Percy Morse
Joshua N. Tibbetts
Harry (. Webber
Ernest Rogers Liloyd Rogers
John Bowie
Cribbage Joseph TE McCutcheon
Edward Morey
J. Parker Morse
Frank Talbot
Milton Morse
Charles L. Preble
Winfield W. Morse
Leon Pennell
Walter Rogers
Abram C. Oliver Arthur Brown
Thridge Hall
Invincibles of
George Rogers
Bridge Hall
Winneyance Men's Club Minstrels
Society Hall
Popham Beach
Winneganee
Morse Mill
Pitch Pine Hill
Bridge
Harry
C. Webber
Board of Selectmen
Fred Oliver
Walter Morse
Dirigo Films Co Formed In Maine To Produce Pictures
A new Maine film company named Dirigo Films Co was formed at a Falmouth hotel meeting. Miles B. Mank chairs the venture, with Charles M. Seay directing, aiming to feature Maine scenery and Longfellow poetry in early productions. The close corporation emphasizes premier theaters and assigns Frank Keiser as business manager with a large Maine based network backing the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falmouth
Dirigo Films Co
Miles B. Mank
Miles BR. Mank Motor Car Co
Maine
Longfellow
Charles M. Seay
Pine Tree Pictures, Inc
Milliken
Jan
James Oliver Curwood
Mr. Seay
Thomas A. Edison
Dirigo
Casco Bay
Sebago Lake
Frank Keiser
Rockland
Lake Sebago
State Railroad Commission
John Calvin Stevens
Charles K. Fenderson
Portland Nash Co
Herbert A. Harmon
William 8. Linnell
Bradley, Linnell & Jones
W. M. Swear Kurgeon
A. S. Littlefield
Rockland National Bank
John Howard Stevens
Howard Winslow
Deering
Winslow Co
N. T. Fox
Fox Lumber Co
W. B. Thombs
A. B. McKown
Gulf Refining Co
L. F. Cortell
Lyman 3B. Chipman
Henry F. Merrill
State Pier Commission
Randall & McAlister Coal Co
Gilbert Oakley
The
Fairfield Manufacturing Co
Public Debate at Morse High Tonight on Coal Mines
At Morse High Friday evening at 6 30 Bath residents can hear a Scholastic Debate League discussion on whether the United States should own and control the coal mines. Morse affirms Dorothy Brown and Wart Oliver with Elizabeth Gray. Morse negates Margaret Cummins and Robert Bloom with Douglas Armes. Debate ends before the Chapman concert. Principal Wilson hopes for large attendance by students PTAs and Board of Education members.
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Morse High
Bath
Teague
Morse
Rumford
Edward Little
Dorothy Brown
Wart Oliver
Elizabeth Gray
Margaret Cummines
Robert Bloom
Douglas Armes
Auburn
Eadward Tittle High
Chapman
Ton
Princinal Wilson
Morse High Hone
P.T.A
Board of Education
Town Meeting Yeas and Enactments Highlight Public Expenses
Lively meeting notes list officers elected including Moderator Frank Bowker and Town Clerk George Pease. Appropriations cover roads and bridges 1500 and schools 8000 with many line items such as snow care 175 and free textbooks 100. The town votes to defer sale of the town team and to start interest on unpaid taxes October 1.
Town Officers Elected in Lively Monday Meeting
A large town meeting Monday elected officers including Moderator Frank W Gould Town Clerk J B Fullerton Selectmen Asa C Hathorne Harvey T Bailey Cyrus Gilmore Treasurer and Collector J G Bailey Road Commissioners Samuel Hathorne Addison Rice William Leeman School Committee Wilson Bailey Constable John Gilmore and approved appropriations for text books repairs school buildings schools support of poor snow hills road repairs state aid and maintenance cemeteries debt payoff tuition Memorial day gravelling and other line items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Gould
J. BE. Fullerton
Asa CC. Hathorne
Harvey T. Bailey
Cyrus Gilmore
J. G. Bailey
Samuel Hathorne
Addison Rice
William Leeman
Wilson Bailey
John Gilmore
Snow Hills
West Bath chooses Nan E. Brown as town clerk and plans for a new town hall
In West Bath a large turnout elected Miss Nan E. Brown town clerk. A 1921 committee presented two building plans a single story town hall or a two story hall with school space costing about 5000 dollars. No action this year on building. several school costs outlined, and appropriations listed including roads bridges and schools.
Town Meeting Elects Officers and Appropriations
At a town meeting on Monday officers were elected including Moderator J W Randlett Clerk D R Gaubert and Treasurer Harold N Libby along with a list of roles for poor relief road and school committee members. Appropriations covering roads bridges schools poor relief books lumber utilities sewers and memorial day were approved with sums noted and a vote to add a new Emerson school expansion and a crash rock road project plus a signal whistle and equipment purchase.
Bowdoinham Votes for Fire Engine and Tax Exemption Plan
At its annual town meeting Bowdoinham voted to buy a chemical fire engine and to grant a ten year tax exemption to any industry locating in the town. A committee to select the engine includes Charles McEwen T P Temple Charles B Randall Albert Henderson and L H Lamreau with F K Jack serving as moderator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham
Charles McEwen
T. P. Temple
Charles B. Randall
Albert Henderson
L. H. Lamreau
F. K. Jack
Town Appropriations and Officials Listing
A town meeting approved officials Clerk George F Denham Treasurer R Benjamin Adams and others including Collector George TH Hackett and School committee Charles BE Hackett Road commissioner George A Hackett Auditor James HT Ames Fire warden C H McEwen. Allocations cover roads 5100 common schools 4600 high school 2250 care of poor 600 debt and interest 650 school books 400 State road fund 528 Supt of schools 575 contingent 1200 sidewalks 300 snow hills 700 repair of school houses 600 Memorial day 35 Soldiers Memorial lot 10 bushes 100 agricultural club 35 state highways maintenance 500 playground 15 improved State aid road 100 repair on town hall 500 permanent sidewalk 800 Interest Account 151 84 to be disbursed to various accounts totaling 352 41 and bond No 11 repayment 3800.
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Cty
James HT. Ames
C. H. McEwen
Snow Hills
Agricultural Club
Town Hall
Town meeting officers and budget approved
At the annual town meeting Monday officers were elected including Moderator W C Todd Clerk Harold F Hunt and a board of selectmen Hig as RE C Hig Overseers Hartley Harley Amos Steadman Edward C Clavey Treasurer Howard G Heart School committee Mrs Emma Billings Auditor Rev William T Boyd Roads and other appropriations listed with specific amounts for bridges schools poor debt books and facilities plus state road funds and contingencies
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W. C. Todd
Lerk
Harold F. Hunt
Thomas N. Williams
B. H. Woodside
Re.c. Higgins
Hartley Harley
J. Amos Steadman
Edward C. Clavey
Howard G. Heart
Emma _ Billings
William T. Boyd
Arrowsic Town Officials and Budget Totals
The document lists town officers and budget items: Moderator George M. Tarr, Clerk Frank H. Snipe, year officers George L. Tarr W. F. Hagan J. H. Currier, Treasurer and collector Collingwood Shea, School committee Grace Preble, Auditor G. P. Spinney. Road and bridge funds $550, schools $600, debt reduction $225, school books and miscellaneous $10, contingent $650.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Tarr
Frank H. Snipe
George L. Tarr
W. F. Hagan
J. H. Currier
Collingwood Shea
Grace Preble
G. P. Spinney
Bowdoin Town Meeting Elects Officers and Budgets
At a Monday town meeting Bowdoin elected officers including Moderator W I Maroon Clerk E B Baker and Treasurer George T L Coombs. Appointments named W C Batchelder road commissioner and Norman F Curtis on the school committee with budgets set for roads and bridges two thousand dollars and for schools thirty eight hundred dollars plus care of the poor eight hundred and other funds. Voted to allow the Adams school house to be moved under restrictions and to accept the jurors list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Il, Maroon
E. EB. Baker
W. E. Tarr
Nathan Doughty
Norman FE. Curtis
George TL. Coombs
F. C. Tarr
Norman F. Curtis
W. C. Batchelder
W. T. Maloon
Adams
Topsham town meeting elects officers and sets budgets
At a Monday town meeting in Topsham officers were elected including Moderator John A. Cone and W. M. Mallett. Elected officials include Treasurer and collector H. Phinne y, School committee Charles T. Giveen, Road commissioner J. P. Hayward, and Auditor Charles T. Giveen. Budgets list Roads and Bridges 6000, Common Schools 10000, High School tuition 2500, Books 1000, School repairs 2000, Industrial Education 600, Care of Poor 2000, Reduction of Town Debt 1000, State Road Fund 864, Contingent 1200, Highway appropriation 4915, Fire Department 500, Abatement of Taxes 8100, Interest 900, Town Hall 800, Water rentals 500, Street lighting 1400. Committees to study fire truck purchase and school house lot purchase were authorized. Chapter 70 authority allowing secret ballots and officer voting changes was accepted.
Let Us Have Peace on Earth Quote
Quote emphasizes that peace must be earned on earth, not expected in heaven. It warns that heavenly peace would be illusory if not enacted in practical, earthly action. The excerpt reflects a Ruskinian call for tangible social progress.
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Earth
Heaven
Wade
Ruskin
March Meeting of Cosmo Club Sets Officers for Next Year
The Cosmo club nominees were announced for the coming year with March 16 as the annual meeting date. Officers include Mrs. Mabel Southard president, Mrs. Seth S. Mullin vice president, and several secretaries and directors. The club also outlined monthly committees and a lecture series beginning March 14 on current events and armament limits. The annual supper is scheduled for March 15 at 6 15. The Bath area groups report equipment and fundraising plans including a handtub purchase and a shoe factory fund drive with stock subscriptions of 100 or 200. Proposals include land donation for a potential factory and tax arrangements for ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Alice Varney
Mabel Southard
Seth S. Mullin
Robert B. Hatch
Katherine Torrey
Margaret Whalen
Sonie Hodgkins
Ernest Fulton
Herbert Morse
Jane Moulton
Jane Goodman
Elliot Fuller
Ralph Bragg
Mildred Nichols
John Burkhardt
Bessie Hunt
Sdna Fall
Louise Haggett
Mollie Berry
Pearl Moody
Louise Staples
Arthur W. Hi Rand
Margaret Stewart
Philanthropic
Lena Donnell
Guy Crosby
Rodney Baxter
Hamlin
Portland
Gardiner Veteran Firemen’s Association
Granite Firemen's Association of
Quincey
Mass
Diamond Spring Ice Co
John McKay
North
Lincoln Streets
Bath
Bath Chamber of Commercce
Bath teachers plan city school advertisements
Bath teachers club with three Parent-Teacher associations intends to publicize Bath schools. Plans include student exhibits, evening school sessions for parents, a May festival, and other activities. The Board of Education approved using Morse high assembly hall for an American Legion meeting and set spring vacation from April 7 to 17 due to later autumn start. Accounts totaling 4061.90 were read and approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Teachers’ Club
Board of Education
Arthur B. Scott
Fred W. Courser
P.T.A
Charles H. Cahill
Morse High Assembly Hall
American Legion
Queen Esther Rebekahs Visit Lisbon Falls
Queen Mother lodge members braved the storm to Lisbon Falls for Nina lodge of that town’s 24th anniversary entertainment. A banquet at 6.30 preceded a business meeting and show. degree work was not performed. Names include Mae Congdon, Lillius Larrabee, Mrs. William Congdon, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Lisbon Falls
Nina Lodge
Queen Mother Lodge
Mae Congdon
Lillius Larrabee
Noble Grand
William Congdon
Leon Atwood
Delia Haley
Alice Shaw
William O. Harriman
Louise Pomeroy
Ernest Heald
Fred J. Lakin
Nathaniel Stover
Ralph Mank
Hattie Bunker
Annie Colby
Jennie Farrin
Hattie Richardson
The Trouble With Big Families
The passing quip from the Passing Show in London points to the strain of large families. A wry line about a father with ninety four children highlights quarrels and chaos as inevitable outcomes in big kinship groups.
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London
Citizens Elect All Candidates Win Big in Local Vote
The Citizens ticket swept wards with large margins as independents offered little opposition. John F. Burkhardt was unanimously elected to the Board of Education for a four year term, succeeding Frederick Drake who did not seek reelection. Aldermen canvassed returns and city council plans for year ahead, with mayoral and council votes detailed by ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John FE. Burkhardt
Board of Education
Frederick FE. Drake
Torrey McKiever Cit. Maj
Hoarry W.crosmar
Charles H. Harrington
Melvin H. Beerwort
William F. Ham
John A. Legro
Raymond J
Rogers
James TL. Morse
Bae Ward Syde
William S. Newell
Claude L. Fifield
Oliver Moses
Rupert H. Baxter
Supper at Nequasset Church Benefit at Hanson Home
Tindies aid of Nequasset Methodist Church will host a social and supper at William Hanson's home on Wednesday night March 15. The menu includes baked beans brown bread rolls salads cold meats pickles cake and doughnuts. A candy table and sale of fancy articles and aprons will also be offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Methodist Church
William Hanson
Littlefield and Whittam to Wed in Bath
Cards announce the marriage of Harry T. Littlefield of Auburn to Tola R. Whittam of Bath. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. Albion. The couple will be at home after March 12 at 78 Nicholweet Lewiston.
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Bath
Portia F
Harry T. Littlefield
Auburn
Tola R. Whittam
J. Albion
Congress Square
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Hoso Company
Kebrkng
Romford Falls
Ale
Edgar Oliver
Frank ‘Trask
Charles
North Cofway
N. H
Trask
Katherine Charles
Parker Head
Frank Perry
Milton O’. Morse
Olney C. Perry
Omar Perry
Harry C. Webber
Lloyd Rogers
Arthur Brown
Joseph TB. McCutcheon
Earl P. Morse
Almon R. Perry
Charles Rogers
Zinn M. Eaton
Albert Morse
John G. Morse
Hayden Conant
Charles BE. Hewitt, Jr
Milton T. Morse
Fred L. Parks
Thomas Allegrin
Means
Weidree
Lisbon
Priscilla Williams
Edgar
Williams
Harry (. Williams
Warren Pashard
Percy Plant
Norman Smith
Frances Cornish
Ladies Aid
Charles T. Small
A. Merry
Ralph Merry
Arthur Cromwell
Elen Hersey
Charles Stins
Phinnsburg
Harry F. Oliver
Harry Knight
Augusta
Onme
Forrest Drake
Frangelist Davis
Winnerance
Squaw
Davis
Squaw Club
Wintie Morse
Richmond
Bath City
Zina M. Faton
Boston
Edwin. Upton
St. Stephens College
Anandale
Harry C. Williams
Augustus Small
Gilbert Atwood
NEW Maine Film Company
Martin Wyman
Walter, Perry
Everett Harrington
Abner C. Johnson
George A. Oliver
Frank S. Bowker
George (. Pease
Alaton FB. Oliver
Page A. Wyman
J. Rodney Wyman
Charles V., Minott
Agnes Cutting
West Point Road
Small Point Road
Popham Road
Woolwich
West Bath
Nan E. Brown
Charles H. Bates, Jr
Lowell
Trufant’s Crossing
Littlefield School
Berry’s Mills
Supt. Smith
I. B. Neiley
Edward W. Haggett
A. H. Donnell
Lincoln Williams
Walter Larrabee
Lizzie Haggett
Walter H. Larrabee
Everett S. Stackpole
Llewellyn T. Rogers
J. W. Randlett
D. R. Gaubert
B. F. Curtis
H.L. Tarr
C.D. Utter
Harold N. Libby
C. FE. Hewitt
W. W. Gardner
F. Th. Peabody
Henry E. Smith
Henry C. Reed
Emerson School
Rock Road
the Bath Trust Company
George F. Denham
R. A. Dickinson
W. J. Graves
J. B. Douglas
R Benjamin Adams
George TH. Hackett
Charles BE. Hack
Georgetown
Bowdoin
Topsham
John A. Cone
Merk
W. M. Mallett
M. Mallett
H. W. Totman
W. M. Williams
FE. H. Phin
Cosmo Club
Queen Esther Rebekahs
Frank G. Purington
Edwin M. Jones
John N. Taylor
Edwin I. Cornish
James F. Tobey, Jr
Leburton D. Sheldon
John L. P. Burke
Harry G. Deering
John P. Hayes
Neil J. Smith
Fred Dwyer
Oeytave Breton
Archibald Miller
Just B. Wald
John H. Freeman
Frank A. Manion
Ralph FE. Legard
James R. McKay
Ward
Ralph H. Dunton
Owen JT. Ledyard
Horace G. Morse
John J. Mulcahy
Lena C. McQuarrie
Edward H. Wright
L. Eugene Thebeau
Albert F. Austin
Edward Sewall
Harry K. Brown
Frank Erskine
Woodbury Potter
George W. Dean
Walter W. Smith
John M. Howe
Ralph W. Bragg
Edward W. Sampson
Milton C. Trott
Wardens
Charles E. Shepard
Vernal V. Chase
Harold W. Child
John M. Kane
Frank FE. Pasha
James A. Ham
James Marr
Walter S. Russell
John W. Oliver
Frank C. Skillings
Frank H. Haggett
Ward Corks
Frank W. Robbins
Robert P. Baker
Harold FE. Cutting
Charles M. Boyd
Jameen T. McNeil
Neil McQuarrie
Fred H. Pratt, Jr
Uns
John R. Norton
Chris
Tonher J. Cushing
Frank I. Edgecomb
Frank P. Daley
Harry L. Burnham
Elisha C. Varney
Samuel C. Mulcahy
John S. Place
George Coffill
Alexander Mason
Hartley K. Dunton
William T. Puffer
Littlefield-Whittam
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