Kindergarten Talk Shows Child Interest as Basis of Learning
Mrs. Charles E. Miller of Dorchester outlines in Grace church parish house how kindergarten centers on a child’s natural interests. She describes phases from infancy through spring activities, emphasizing play as growth, background learning, and social development to prepare children for formal schooling.
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North Center
Grace Church
Charles E. Miller
High Street
Boston Teacher College
Catherine McMorrow
Dorchester
Mass
Boston
Washington
Lincoln
Retired Tugboat Captain Recalls Kennebec Ice Era
Captain Charles E. Hewitt, 87, former tugboat commander and ice house superintendent for the American Ice Co., reflects on the Kennebec river ice trade. He recalls night work, breaking fields, perilous rescues of two men from a sinking skiff, and awe at 75,000 tons of ice afloat. Hewitt notes his time as deputy sheriff and his lasting interest in Kennebec affairs.
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Charles E. Hewitt
Kennebec
American Ice Co
Richmond
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Hewitt
Winnegance
Iceboro
Cedar Grove
Colby
Market Wharf
Modoc
Joshua Tasker
Knickerbocker Houses
John Roache
Tasker
Roache
Kennebec Market
New Bedford
Miss Carlton
Smith Town
Gardiner
Capt. Collins
Boston
City of
Lynn
Parker's Flats
Seguin
Casco Bay
Cosmopolitan Club Nominates Officers Ahead of March Meeting
The Cosmopolitan club nominated officers at the regular monthly meeting 30 members attended. Elections occur at the annual meeting after the banquet at 6 30 on Wednesday March 16 in the clubhouse.
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Cosmopolitan Club
Marcia Moulton
Paul L. Boudreau
Carl FP. Pierce
Alice FP. Johnson
Richard Quick
Isadore Singer
Paul G. Bagdikian
N. Gratz Jackson
Joseph I. Smith
Pred W. Quimby
Alice E. Norris
Bagdikian
William W. Dennison
Carl Y. Kennedy
Ann Elizabeth Colby
Ruth H. Farnham
William Yule
Davids. Cogan
Bertha V. Bellerose
Addie D. Palmer
Granville M. Colby
Minnie A. White
Walter A. Wiggin
Colby
John H. Hyde
Ann Gearing
Frank R. Davis
Bath
Charles H. Frost
Lucius LeMont
Leslie J. Wold
Jean
June
February Bridge Receipts Show Slight Decline
Carlton bridge receipts for February are down slightly from the same month last year yet traffic this region appears to hold its own. A table compares February 1938 with February 1937, showing modest gains in overall activity.
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Carlton Bridge
Waldo-Hancock
Sagadahoc Towns Annual Meetings Held on Monday
George L. Tarr, longtime moderator, was elected selectman for his 31st consecutive term alongside Merle Weeks and other officials. The town approved budgets including $10 for public health nurse, $150 for snow removal, $300 state aid construction, $50 town hall repairs, and $450 for road tar until state approval. If the state does not agree, selectmen may rescind the appropriation.
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George L. Tarr
Arrowsic
Merle
Town Officials and Budgets Reported for Local Governance
Moderator Norman E F Curtis and clerk Edwin E Baker listed along with first selectman Nathan Doughty and second selectman Ernest L Carr. Third selectman Weston R Allen with treasurer and constable Robert G Coombs. Road funds and upkeep totals include Roads and Bridges 2000 State Road 266 50 Upkeep Third Roads 1012 Amount Raised Last Year 15222 04.
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Norman EF. Curtis
Edwin E. Baker
Nathan Doughty
Ernest L. Carr
Weston R. Allen
Robert G. Coombs
Arthur E. Card
Wallace W. Rideout
Public hearing on liquor license in Bath near YMCA
State Liquor Commission hearings in City Hall opposed by clergymen and others over Mary C O’Hara hotel liquor license near the YMCA. Proponents cite fair treatment and tax impact. Donald N Small wins Bath mayoral race by 508 over Archibald Main as city sets a record vote total.
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State Liquor Commission
City Hall Auditorium
Mary C Ohara
Columbia Hotel
Y. MC. A
Edward W. Bridgham
Harold J. Boardman
Orono
Raymond M. Thurston
Rockland
Thomas J. Locke
Biddeford
William W. Gallagher
Bridgham
Ernest Heywood
Dunton
Sewall
Charles R. Sims
Joseph O. Purdue
Philip O'Hara
Henderson
Jesse Kenderdine
Beacon Street Church
William C. Perkins
Frederick P. Moffatt
Corliss Street
Nella Stover
Y.M.C. A
Emma Leonard
Miss Low Palmer
Lucian Ames
Messenger
Loring D. Small
Garrett J. Galvin
John W. Conway
Walter L. Whitney
Langdon Greene
Percy Kingsbury
Joseph D. Pennell
William J. Curran
John J. Poley
George H. McElman
Timothy C. Maney
George B. Wolstenholme
Columbia
Wolstenholme
Elizabeth Deering
Osgood M Redlon
Conway
Theotel
Joseph Solovich
Bath
Donald N. Small
Archibald M. Main
City Government Final Regular Meeting of the Year
Mayor Arthur Sewall presided over Bath's last regular council session of the year after returning from New York. Officials commended for fiscal prudence with debt reduced by over 10,000 dollars while Roll of Accounts No. 1 for 62,016.01 was approved.
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Arthur Sewall
New York
Ralph W. Bragg
Board of Aldermen
Donald D. Young
John W. Gilmore
Elbridge R. Wright
Harold W. Child
Sewall
Lucius M. Lemont
Board of Registration
Republican City Committee
Sanford B. Nickerson
Park Street
Standing Committee
James E. Ryan
Neon
Broad Street
Irvin J. Chapman
School Street
Scott Morse
Fire Department
Gardiner R. Deering
Municipal Committee On Water and Water Works
Thatcher ‘B. Pinkham
Lower High Street
Noyes Hill
Harriet E. M. Strout
Hubert J. Arsenault
Hotel
Sedgwick
High
Center Streets
Robert H. Haskell
William O. Robson
William T. Donnell, Jr
Harold P. Small
Ralph Gay
Frank T. Fortier
Wedding Invitation for Elmina Brewster and Sewall
Invites announce the wedding of Miss Elmina Brewster of Cher Sewall to Mr. Sewall of Bath. The ceremony will be held Thursday, April 7 at five, followed by a reception at Edgerton in New Haven.
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Elmina Brewster
Cher Sewall
Miss Brewster
Frederick Foster Brewster
Mr. Sewall
Frank L. Sewall
Bath
Edgerton
New Haven
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Lous W. West
The
South Baptist Church
South Boston
People’s Baptist Church
Daniel
Woburn
Central Press
Ministers’ Association of
Kennebunk
Kennebunkport
Wells and Ogtinquit
Baptist Parsonage
Ogunquit
Fred M Staples
Russell L. Wallace
Bowdoinham
Ralph McEwen
Parent-Teacher Association
Millay
George Sedgeley
Edward L. White
Jessie M. Ames
E. D. Baker
E. W. Prye
Fred L. Leavitt
Locke Crouse
Avery M. Pides
Ivan Lang
Emily Rideout
Ernest Millay
C. O. Purinton
Dorothy Lamoreau
Leon Batchelder
George Thompson
Philip C. Nealey
Stephen W. Billings
Farland Brown
A. Grant Hulse
Henry E. Cornish
Georgetown
Board of Selectmen
Sagadahoc
Donald N
Archibald M
Small
Merritt Mitchell
T. Edward McCormick
Alexander Burgess, Jr
George M. Emery
Henry M. Powers
David D. Tabor
Powers
Edward A. Footer
Capt
William
Blair
Waldo R. Weston
Forest C. Legard
Common Council
Bragg
Edward H. Hartwell
Legard
Times Bulletin Service
St. Patrick's
Roland Smith Post
Ellery E. Whittemore
William-O-Robson
Frederick E. Drake
O'Neil N. Houde
Swift & Co
Houde
Portland
Rotary Club
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