Bath City Audit Sparks Heated Debate Over Costs
At the final Bath city session of 1931 32 aldermen and council members sparred over R M Millett and a 1975 audit cost that exceeded prior estimates Councilman Steeves and others challenged the audit figure while George C Quicksall defended the process saying it aimed to recover losses and safeguard taxpayers He alleged illegal tax handling and unrecorded fees and claimed the audit would save the city 100 000 while exposing past mismanagement
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd L. Steeves
Harold P. Small
R. M. Millett
Portland
Millett, Fish & Dresser
J. Maurice Haynes
J. Maurice Haynes of Ward 4
Millett
Morris S& Povich
Ward 7
Stetves
Thomas C. McCabe
Ward 3
Haynes
George C. Quicksall
Common Council
Quicksall
Small
Bath
Mr. Quicksall
Young
Hall
Times
Mr. Young
Bath mayor thanks supporters after reelection victory
Mayor Harold P. Small celebrated his Monday win with a busy Tuesday of office work and congratulations from friends. He thanked the Republican city committee and opponent John P. Carey for a dignified campaign and urged citizens to back the administration in facing another difficult year for Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold P. Small
City Hall
Bath
Republican City Committee
John P. Carey
Ak Ee Canal
Dienes Ae
Bath Rotarians Hear Father Maney Describe Rail Trip
Bath Rotary Club heard Father Maney recount a 400 mile rail journey through major cities to attend Bishop Murray's elevation ceremony in St. Paul. He described visits to grave sites of McKinley and Harding, the Harrison monument, and gas wells and coal mines in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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Bath
McKinley
Harding
Harrison
Cincinnati
Merry Meeting Camp
Maine
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Ohio
Pennsylvania
John Conti
the Phoenix
Emile Tondreau
John W. Riley
Willis E. Roberts
Brunswick
James Phelan
Milford
Connecticut
Ice cutter Kickapoo frees Kennebec to Bangor port
Ima Wanderer cites Boston papers claiming the cutter Kickapoo cleared ice from the Kennebec River to Bangor. She notes surprise at the journey and cheekily suggests an ice breaker crossed country, praising out of state papers for the information.
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Boston
Kennebec
Bangor
Ima Wanderer
Waterville Sentinel
Legion post reports on unemployment work and district plans
Roland Smith post No. 21 A L held a long meeting at American Legion headquarters. Stetson reported on the unemployment committee which has an office in the Steeves building with donated utilities. Plans for the March 17 district council meeting were outlined with 150 expected attendees from several towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legionnaires
Roland Smith
No. 21
A. L
American Legion
Ralph G. Stetson
Mr. Stetson
Harry F. Morin
Rosooe E. Perkins
James A. Clappison
Roscoe H. Shaw
Steeves
Reinhold J. M. Steussy
Rockland
Damariscotta
Vinalhaven
Wiscasset
Camden
Union
Thomaston
Boothbay Harbor
American Legion Auxiliary
Ur Crocker
Perry L. 'Pson
James A. Ene
Allan Spear
Herman Johnson
Eugene Desmond
Ralph Gay
Frank W. Robbins
Pine Street
Robbins
Eugene M. Desmond
Democrats Gain in Maine Municipal Elections Monday
Democrats win two new mayoralties and hold two others in seven Maine municipalities. Eastport votes Democratic for first time since 1927, electing Wallace Mabee over Edgar Cherry. Lewiston returns to Democrats with Henry Paradis and allies, beating Thomas White. Saco reelects Mayor John Fernald. Waterville keeps Mayor Dubord despite narrow win for Republican challenger. Bath and Ellsworth stay Republican. Bath reelects Mayor John Carey Jr. and Ellsworth keeps Charles Alexander with a Republican majority.
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Maine
Bath
Ellsworth
South Portland
Joshua F. Cobb
Eastport
Wallace F. Mabee
Edgar M. Cherry
Lewiston
Henry N. Paradis
Parad
Thomas ©. White
Wallace H. White
John D. Fernald
Saco
Richard A. Armstrong
Waterville
F. Harold Dubord
Luther G. Bunker
John J. Carey, Jr
Harold P. Small
Charles E. Alexander
Alexander
Harold A. Moore
John P. Carey
Small
Charles H. Cahill
Carey
Monday
Oliver Moses
Eubra F. Troop
Commer Mediate
Edward F. Miller
J. Maurice Haynes
Roscoe Clinton McFadden
Henry J. Gediman
Williams Whitney
J. Haviland Torrey
Leslie J. Wold
Thomas C. McCabe
William L. Skelton
Board of Education
Edward W. Bridgham
Board of Aldermen
Coburn Will Bequeaths $15000 to Auburn Newsboys
Portland man John Allen Coburn leaves a 15000 dollar estate to Auburn newsboys. The dinner is to be served at either Portland city hall or the Exposition building per the will’s terms.
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Auburn
Portland City Hall
Exposition Building
John Allen Coburn
Portland
Officers Named For Coming Year At Cosmopolitan Club
Cosmopolitan club elects Miriam W. Kimball president for next year with Mildred Goss chairing the nominating committee. The article covers officers nominated, committee reports, a dramatic club setup, a charity card party, and a large 60-member entertainment event. Mayor Harold P. Small re-elected in a 1579 to 1198 mayoral race amid city council results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miriam W. Kimball
Cosmopolitan Club
Mildred Goss
D. T. Dorty
Bessie Hunt
H. Emma Magoun
Minnie A. White
Clinton D
Emma E. Walker
Sophie G. Greenblatt
Jennie P. Perkins
Bertha
Alice Johnson
R. Clinton
Ding
Ruth Thompe C. Curtis
Lillian E. Lewin
Charles R. Farnham
Addie’ D. Palmer
Evelyne L. Donnell
Frances Sprag
Helen Hartwell
Miss Hartwell
Roscoe P. McFadden
C. D. Wilbon
Mary Campbell
Philanthropic
John A. Morse
Addie Palmer
Maine Progressive Union
Johnson
Dramatic Committee
Clinton D. Wilson
Bessie F. Greenblatt
Cecile Veilleux
John Shaw
Ply
Roger Wheeler
Elizabeth H. Ames
Helen
Harriet C. Lord
Elmer
Lillian N. Norton
Harold
Lucy W. Coombs
Wilson
Carolyn Stackpole
H. Benjamin Duce
Marcia Moulton
Lillian Miller
Annie Quinn
Williams Whitney
Greenblatt
Ruth Henry
Mildred
Nichols
Merritt Mitchell
H. B. Duce
Carolyn Biggnole
Leroy F. Colby
Mary Lord Smart
Miss Howe
Hon. John A. Small Dies at 77 After Public Service
Hon. John A. Small, 77, three times mayor of Bath, died Monday night at City hospital after complications. Known as Honest John, he led Bath politics with a workingman focus and won mayoralties in 1915 and later contests. He held various shop and yard roles, served in many fraternal orders, and was honored for bridge rebuilding and the New Meadows river project. He married Harriet Tibbetts in 1879. survived by his wife, daughter, two sisters, and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Small
Bath
John
E. Randall Leonard
J. Edward Drake
Edward W. Hyde
Fred H. Thompson
Mr. Small
East Bowdeinham
Orrington L
Martha Small
Treat and Lang
Knox & Lincoln Railroad
Fitchburg
Charlestown
Mass
Arthur Sewall & Co
Maine Central
Waterville
Thompson's Point
Portland
Wiscasset
Farmington
Bath Iron Works
Lincoln Lodge
Polar Star Lodge
Masons
Montgomery & St. Bernard
Dunlap Commandery
K. T
Maine Lodge
Sasanoa Tribe of
Red Men
John Small
Arthur J. Dunton
Fire Department
Music Hall
Herbert L. Hall
Brunswick
Small
Hiram R. Pattee
City Marshall
Iron Works
Texas Steamship Co
New Meadows
Blind Crossing
Police Department
Harriet Tibbetts
David E. Foster
W. G. Burnell
J. F. Young
Fryeburg
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Whitney
Dyer
Williams
Oscar Williams
TA Era Club
Timothy C. Maney
Stuart
St, Bath
Relief Committee OF Legion
Cosmopolitan
Miriam Kimball
Ellery E. Whittemore
Eugene A. Youland
Amos F. Perry
Leon J. Billings
Burt M. Dyer
James
Knight
Edward M. Robbins
Mark A. Jackson
Harold E. Tobey
Walter P. Kingsbury
George J. Goodwin
George M. Emery
Leburton D. Sheldon
Guy A. Nichols
Stanley J. Bickle
Arthur L. Pratt
Daniel Brierly
Raymond M. Haley
Walter W. Smith
Elford A. Stover
Horace B. Woodman
Howard E. Blake
Frank E. Freeman
Stanley M. Brown
Ward
Leslie J. Ward
Reginald Stacy
H. Martin Powers
Daniel E. McPhee
John J. Mulcahy
W. Percy Marks
J. Haynes
Roscoe Clinton McFedden
Henry I. Gediman
Herbert B. Luce
Wing
Charles E. Shepard
Fred E. Bragg
Forrest B. Potter
Bessie E. Dickinson
John C. Hart
Charles A. Carr
Edward T. McCormick
Charlotte F. Grace
Ben- C
Johnson Brosco