Society and Clubs Notes from Bath in February
Bath society column lists residents and visitors in town and away, including Mrs. Huskins visiting Holbrook and New York plans, theatre moves by Francis J. Gooch, hospital updates on Dr. Thaxter and Miss Sutherland, knitting and contract clubs, and various travels and engagements of Bath families, with multiple brief notes on birthdays, marriages, and social gatherings.
Sagadahoc Town Meetings Monday
Sagadahoc town votes to bond for 17 000 at four percent to pay debts. Officers reelected include Moderator Harold J Brown and Clerk Elizabeth I Powers. Budget allocates 44 917 raised. roads bridges schools poor and taxes set at 40 cents per hundred with previous year 47 153.
Phippsburg Selectmen and officers reelected at town meeting
At the annual town meeting in Phippsburg Monday the following were elected selectmen assessors and overseers of the poor Raymond M. Wyman William R. Bowie and Elijah P. Bartlett the same board which served in 1936 Other officers elected were Clerk Everett A. Harrington Treasurer Walter J. McCourt Collector Walter J. McCourt Road Commissioner Albert Thompson School Committee Elmer Hilton The following appropriations were made Snow removal to March 1938 1480.00 Repairs roads and bridges 1500.00 Patrol Maintenance 300.00 Repair town buildings 150.00 Road resolves Meadow brook 25 West Point 50 Small Point 75 Sebasco 100 Popham 25 Basin 25 Share of 50-50 road work 50.00 Patrol Maintenance third class EGREEN Patten crate outs tots i 458.00 State Aid Roads 799.50 Road from York Place to George Wallace's 200.00 Cutting bushes along highways 400.00 Support of poor ol. 3,200.00 Contingent expenses 900.00 Indebtedness: hiserence 3,500.00 PNET est icawn secress 1,100.00 Town Officers .! BY ietaaaeela 2,500.00 Abatements . Reece 600.00 Care State Children 200.00 Graveling road near Raymond WYMess Vote cae ehitens fates 50.00 BLNOO!TATE iece cinews 953.00 Support of schools 6,200.00 Repairs and insurance on school buildings 400.00 General fund for emergencies 3,000.00
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Phippsburg
Raymond M. Wyman
William R. Bowie
Elijah P. Bartlett
Everett A. Harrington
Walter J. McCourt
Albert Thompson
Elmer Hilton
Meadowbrook
West Point
Small Point
Sebasco
Popham
Basin
Egreen Patten
York Place
George Wallace
PNET
Icawn
Ietaaaeela
Reece
Raymond Wymess
Ehitens Fates
Tate Iece Cinews
Voters pick Dorrance for treasurer as Lothridge wins road post
In a heated town meeting on Monday voters chose Samuel Dorrance for treasurer and tax collector over Carroll Terrell and Charles Cobin by 422 votes to 100 and 68. James Lothridge was re elected road commissioner with 347 votes while Charles Whitney and Alden McBernie polled 145 and 83. Total appropriation asks amount to 56844 with various line items set for schools roads and services.
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Dorrance
Carroll Terrell
Charles Cobin
James Lothridge
Charles Whitney
Alden McBernie
Town elects three selectmen in quiet annual meeting
Town affairs settled quietly at the annual town meeting. Rev. Harry Chamberlain opened with prayer. All three selectmen were reelected: Edwin W. Mallett 30 years in office, Walter M Williams 26 years, George A. Sprague six years. Vote totals show Sprague 416, Mallett 354, Williams 324, Harold Ward 246, Wilfred Hart 118, John Loewe 94. Ernest Small defeated Eleanora Tot-
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Harry Chamberlain
Edwin W. Mallett
Walter M Williams
George A. Sprague
Sprague
Mallett
Williams
Harold Ward
Wilfred Hart
John Loewe
Ernest Small
Eleanora Tot
West Bath town meeting selects officials and sets budget
Edwin W. Haggett moderated the Monday West Bath meeting while Harry J. Rich was re elected clerk. Courtney E. Stover Albert J. White were re elected selectmen and Joseph W. Larrabee became the new member. Edward K. Thompson was re elected collector and treasurer and Mrs. J. Everett Mayo joined the school committee to succeed Mrs. Earl C. Donnell who did not run. Total appropriations amount to 8764.89 slightly above 1937’s 7107.35 with main allocations of 2786.20 roads 2615.52 schools 375 discount on taxes 40 cemeteries 1000 contingent fund 700 salaries and 1248.17 miscellaneous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin W. Haggett
West Bath
Harry J. Rich
Courtney E. Stover
Albert J. White
Joseph W. Larrabee
Edward K. Thompson
J. Everett Mayo
Earl C. Donnell
Woolwich selects Buck Dunton and Wright. Reed reelected clerk
In Woolwich annual town meeting on Monday, Samuel P. Buck James F. Dunton and George E. Wright were reelected selectmen overseers and assessors Edward V Reed was reelected clerk and J W Hunnewell became collector and treasurer Roads chosen are George M Ames Fred P Hathorn John Soule The meeting opened at ten and adjourned around four with lunch at noon Total appropriations total 20595 50 up about 800 from 1937 Includes 1500 for Sagadahoc Ferry school house enlargement and large town officer and school budgets plus roads bridges snow removal and various maintenance bills
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel P. Buck
James F. Dunton
George E. Wright
Woolwich
Edward V. Reed
J. W. Hunnewell
George M. Ames
Fred P. Hathorn
John Soule
Clarence Baker
Ida E. Ames
Edward Murphy
Carrie Houdlette
Wendall Nelson
Elmer DeMerritt
Sagadahoc Ferry
Rare Newfound land Yellow Warblers join Maine museum collection
The New England Museum of Natural History receives two Newfound land Yellow Warblers new to its collection and a first migration sighting in New England. Found in Attean Township Jackman Maine they were collected by Allan R. Phillips of Tucson Arizona and displayed by Miss Juliet Richardson in the Department of Birds.
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New England Museum of Natural History
New England
Attean Township
Jackman
Maine
Allan R. Phillips
Tucson
Arizona
Juliet Richardson
Department of Birds
Personal Notes From Bath Social Roundup
Notes detail visits and hosting in Bath with multiple families and friends. Mrs. Joseph McCole returns from Lynn Mass to Court street after a week with sister Mrs. Mary Hartnett and Miss Alice Hartnett. Several households share gatherings including the Murray club farewell to Rev. George H. Thorburn Jr. and Mrs. Thorburn, presentations, and upcoming events.
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Joseph McCole
Court Street
Lynn
Mass
Mary Hartnett
Alice Hartnett
Charles I. Madden
Charles I. Madden, Jr
Madden
Barbara
Mechanic Street
South Portland
G. Clifford Madden
Pine Street
Everett Burt
Woodfords
Melvile Rice
Dummer Street
George H. Thorburn, Jr
George Merrill
Amos Perry
Alfie Jacobs
Charles A. Corliss
Martha Hooper
William Staples
Fred Hill
Rachel Nichols
Augustus Percy
Dennis Clark
Horace McClure
Charles Cummings
Arhur Nichols
Emma Hoopler
Arthur Perkins
Natalie Perkins
Sarah Adams
Republicans Elect Small Council Officials for Seven Wards
The ticket lists candidates for Ward positions including councilmen ward by ward with names such as Charles T. Small Jr Ward 1 and Walter C. Rogers Ward 2, plus wardens clerks and constables across seven wards. Several incumbents are noted as re elected and previously served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Small, Jr
Edward M. Robbins
Mark A. Jackson
Walter C. Rogers
Earl P. Morse
Walter F. Day
Harold
Avery
Gardiner D. Rogers
Elbridge E. Webber
Harold P. Small
Edgar D. Leavitt
John E. Hart
Edgar B. McCausland
Harold J. Carter
Joseph A. McLaughlin
Bertha M. Dunbar
Earle Temple
Elizabeth Deering
Edith E. Abbott
Caroline G. Carpenter
Gertrude M. Boardman
Janette W. Smith
Frances T. Clark
Antoinette L. Teeling
Clarence A. Warner
Fred E
Local Aldermen and School Board Election Totals
City wards report partisan results with Stronghold R candidates leading in most districts. Alden G. Smith ran unopposed for Board of Education as overall poll count reaches 2,836 with scattered votes remaining unreported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Alden G. Smith
City chat and local notices wrap up week in Bath
The Puritan Candy Shop on Center and Washington streets closed Thursday noon with plans to reopen soon in a cheaper area. Sagadahoc Pomona grange to confer fifth degree in West Bath hall Thursday evening. A new deputy Internal Revenue collector will assist Bath taxpayers at Room 24 in the post office building. Laval Lebel assigned to the office. A car with a portable saw mill skidded into Goddard's pond on High street. no injuries, minor damage. Morse High School observed Temperance Day with speaker Rev. Jesse Kenderdine. Star Flower operetta in preparation by Morse High Music Club with officers listed. Tanker M. A. Powers brought 250,000 gallons of range oil and gasoline from Boston for Maine Petroleum Service Co. at Woolwich, then departed for other stations.
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Puritan
Center
Washington Streets
Clinton A. Clauson
Internal Revenue
Sagadahoc County
Post Office
Bath
Laval Lebel
Brunswick
Goddard's Pond
Morse High School
Jesse Kenderdine
Beacon Street
M. E. Church
Frank Curran
M. A. Powers
Boston
Maine Petroleum Service Co
Woolwich
Thorburns move to Biddeford. Olive Sewall books three trips
Rev George H Thorburn Jr and family relocate to Biddeford after his acceptance at the First Universalist Church. Olive Sewall heads to New York City for three weeks then St Louis for a visit, with her wedding to Robert Charles planned for July. Social Eight hosts sewing and a white elephant sale at Court Street home. Flor ence Etta Tait to marry David Dinsmore White. Florence, Morse High graduate, works at Senter's. White runs Otterbrook Farm and lumbering interests. Wedding set for early spring.
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George H. Thorburn, Jr
Little Son
Biddeford
First Universalist
Saco
Olive Sewall
Washington Street
New York City
Margaret Prentiss
St. Louis
Benjamin H. Charles
George Darrah
William I. Tait
Beacon Street
Florence Etta Tait
David Dinsmore White
Annie H. White
Robert J. White
Otterbrook Farm
North Harpswell
White
John G. Morse & Sons
Phippsburg
Brunswick High School
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Herbert L. Douglas
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Duncan McIiness
New York
Langdon T. Thaxter
Portland
Earle S. Thompson
Charles S Bradeen
Charles, Jr
Sarah
Montreal
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Essex
Conn
Evelyn I. Trott
Quincy, Mass
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St. Petersburg
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Kansas City
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Sea Island, Ga
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Star Theatre
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Columbia Theatre
Marion Anderson
Augusta
Ernest Perry
Auburn
Arthur J. Dunton
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Joseph T. Small
Donald N. Small
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North Street
Doris Zorrilla
Vera Putney
Tallman Street
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Helen Downing
Memorial Hospital
Miami Beach
South End Contract Club
William H. Small
Pleasant Street
William P. Hatch
Arthur Lenant
Bessie Potter
Guy Sprague
Elbridge R. Wright
Small
Arthur Brown
Maine General Hospital
North End
Margaret Pickering
Freeport
Hiram Annis
Milan Street
Harry E. Peterson
Brunswick Road
Portsmouth
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Jamaica Plain
Leon Berry
Richard Neagle
Dike Road
Hattie Hathorn
William Sheldon
Kate Goodwin
Hartford
Evelyn Sutherland
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Robert Sutherland
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Edward Sewall
John Grindell
Mark Hennessy
Katherine McCarty
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Readfield Depot
William Mann
Frances Conley
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N. J
James Duncan
Maloney Beauty Shop
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Richard Cote
Elsinore Avenue
Park Street
William Fields
Hardings
Katherine Mullaney
Fields
William Bell
Snow Park
Marjorie Cummings
George Cox
Gardiner
Phyllis McCoubrey
Ernestine Avery
Mary Cox
Gwendolyn Roberts
Cox
Francis G. McDonald
Trufant Street
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Albert Austin
Bedford Street
James T. Gardenier
Robert
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Mary Gardenier
John Gardenier
State Street Hospital
Eastern Steamship Co
Geraldine Farnham
Lorma Turmel
Waterville
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Charles Doyle
Doris Trafton
Melrose
Howard Trafton
Barbara Freeman
John Freeman
Miss Freeman
Mary Darrah
Phyllis Darrah
Virginia Preney
Barbara Mank
Barbara Walsh
Betty Watson
Ellen Cyr
Ruth Pratt
Isabel King
Philip Trainor
Norman Chase
Charles Genthner
Leland Fortier
Melvin Henderson
Russell Young
Richard Cummings
Robert Perry
John Preney
Robert Pletts
Charles W. Teagle
West Medford
Eunice Pert
Howard B. Everett
Presque Isle
J. Horace McClure
Garden Street
Florida
Miami
McClure
Roland F. Hill
Jacob Killian
Helen Sims Overman
Waldoboro
Charles R. Sims
C. Vaughan Overman
Nobleboro
South Waldoboro
Damariscotta
Ladies’ ‘Aid
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Warren M. Stilphen
Aid
Frederick E. Drake
Philadelphia
Roland Taylor
Drake
Palmer Cobb
Ralph Nowell
Rose Rice
Roslindale
Nina Harnden
Harry T. Passmore
Mary L. Bates
University of Maine
Esther H. Drummond
Arrowsic
College of Arts and Sciences
Robert C. Feero
Barbara T. Brown
Deutscher Verein
John W. Gilmore
Herbert R. Haas
Ida Swett
Southport
Haas
Charles H. Haas
Cincinatus
N. Y
Miss Swett
Leon P. Swett
Genesta
Masonic Temple
Harold Grindell
Camden
E. A. Garcelon
Llewellyn Holbrook
Oakland
Clifton Robert
Catharine Legard
Central Maine Power Co
Roland Hill
Lincoln Street
Thompson
Western Avenue
Bertha Lord
John A. Lord
Pearl Street
Albert F. Austin
Acme Supply Co
Commercial Street
Harold A. Burbank
Hartford, Conn
Archibald M. Main
John W. Costain
Camilla Jane Costain
Russell Street
Lewiston
Annie Anderson
Floral Street
Ellen Stevens
Westbrook Junior College
Hiram T. Stevens
W. N. Landers
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Frank J. Walker
John Reed
Maxine Walker
Arthur Sewall
Stonehouse
Wallingford, Conn
William D. Sewall
Mary Sewall
Doris Kingsbury
Louise Stewart
Miss Stewart
Ruth Hodgdon
Hazel C. Adams
Jeannette Duncan
Beatrice Duprey
Doris Scott
Jeannette Shackford
Sagadahoc
Georgetown
Harold J. Brown
Elizabeth I. Powers
Seward E. Emmons
Alex 8. Cunningham
Percy MacGilvary
Howard G. Heald
John R. Blackie
Forrest Hanna
Roy Newman
Harry Heald
George Powers
Walter Powers
Harry A. Rackley
Alice Merriman
Walter M. Williams
Charles I. Giveen
Ralph Patten
William Field
Richmond
J. W. Randlette
H. E. Alexander
Harry Dougass
W. W. Gardner
Earl McFee
Samuel Dorrance
Harry Douglas
J. A. Hinckley
William Berry
Emerson School
Topsham
Forest C. Legard
Ind
Henry M. Powers
David D. Tabor
Roscoe P. Higgins
Dominique J. Tardif
Alden P. Denham, Jr
James W. Temple
Ward
William E. Sturtevant
Lawrence E. Sprague
George J. Nugent
Harolds. Avery
Guy A. Nichols
Andrew B. Hart
Ralph D. Millett
Hubert O. Foster
Alfred Pomerleau
James A. Clappison
Joseph R. Melrose
Carlton W. Perry
Edward A. Footer
Williams. Blair
Waldo R. Weston
David P. Mullin
Whitman R. Mitchell
Edward G. Billings
William P. Marks
Alexander A. Burden
Elmer W. Rogers
John M. Conley, Jr
Daniel E. McPhee
Nicholas
Michalas
Wardens
Gladys S. Donnell
Harold F. Dowling
William W. Hosmer
John H. Wilson
Bessie E. Dickinson
Arthur J. Sarkis
George F. Oliver
Edward H. Hartwell
Harry A. Plummer
Lauriston P. Caton
Hubert J. Arsenault
Mabel E. Ansert
Charles E. Robbins
Francis W. Lyons
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Star Flower
Margaret MacKinnon
Morse High Music Club
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Jean McCall
Jane Stevens
Dorothy White
Betty Ryan
Alice Hogan
Morse
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