Town Meeting Recap with Elections and Budget Actions
Town meeting elected Alvin W. Kirstead town clerk with one vote against and chose Philip Munsey as selectman with 151 votes to 55 for F L Robertson. Votes for fire chief were 39 for W B Lewis and 50 for B F Adams with 8 for Sewall. chief also inspector. W B Lewis led. town treasurer H W Hawes unopposed. Budget details include common schools 6000 and many line items totaling substantial appropriations. World Day of Prayer observed. engagements and local visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Yweatherbee
Bradford Redennett
Henry
Rey G. Evans
Byron Adams
Harold Bailey
Alvin W. Kirstead
Philip Munsey
F. L. Robertson
Eet
Soule
W. B. Lewis
B. F. Adams
Charles
Sewall
H. W. Hawes
A. H. Dodge
Westport Ferry
Redmen's Hall
Wiscasset Academy
Lowelltown
Old County Road
John F. Wright
James B. Clark
Wright
Holler Farm
Birch Point
Huntoon Hill
Bradford Street
Watch Clock and Jewelry Repairing in Wiscasset Maine
Stanley Raymond operates a watch clock and jewelry repair shop on Middle Street in Wiscasset Maine addressing service from 2 to 6 and offering repair expertise for timepieces and jewelry including watch calibrations and clock adjustments with local customer service emphasis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Raymond
Middle Street
Wiscasset
Maine
Wiscasset notes from the Lilliputi dated March 11 1839
The Wiscasset Gratin Mill remains busy with activity. Mrs Emerson and Macy visited Bath this week. Clarence Dickinson returns from Portland. H v B Nash and wife were in town. William D Pralterson is in New York on business. Miss Dora Albee returns home from Farmington Normal School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilliputi
Wiscasset Gratin
George L Tarr Re-elected to Arrowsic Board of Selectmen
George L Tarr has been re elected to the Arrowsic board of selectmen for his twenty fourth year. He enjoys wide esteem in town and has a record few selectmen in New England can match having also served in the Legislature representing his class towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Selectmen
George L. Tarr
Arrowsic
New England
Local notices and school contests wrap up in town
Mrs. Josephine Cunningham visits Mrs. Charlotte Wells in town. Families from Bath and Randolph visit relatives. Attendees speak at Dresden Bridge Academy contest. Albee Hotel reports strong patronage and plans expansion. Wiscasset academy junior prize speaking class 06 held in Franklin hall with prizes of five and two fifty dollars. Ethel Cushman and Harold M. Bailey win gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Cunningham
Boston
Charlotte Wells
Gratz Jackson
Chilee
Bath
Sunny
Theodore H. Cutten
George Emery
Randolph
Joseph Wells
Bedford
Mass
Lillian Christian
C. H. Metcalf
Winslow
Old Bridge
Sewall
Bridge ‘Academy
Dresden
Mamie Stinson
Lewiston
Journal
Albee
Wiscasset Academy
Franklin Hall
Miss Taylor
Earl Aines
Dan Periton
Charles E. Batley
Grace Day
Miss Southard
Harold M. Bailey
Alice Greenleaf
Mary L. Seekins
Emmerlyn F. Weeks
Miss Albee
O’grady
Guy T Dow
Roy Marston
Grandpa
Howard Pushard
Miss Poole
Ethel Cushman
Lincoln County
Victor Gorham
Nellie E. Lake
Cities Service Five Defeat Bath's Stars
The Cities Service Five of Wiscasset beat Bath's Stars 45 to 39 at the Y M C A gym. Overlock led Wiscasset in the closing minutes while Pooler and Red Perkins contributed strong early offense amid a crowded stormy crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cities Service Five
Bath’s
STARS
Wiscasset
Y.M. C. A. Gymnasium
Louis Pooler
Bath Club
Tiny Overlock
Augustance
Bath Boys
Q@verlock
Augusta
Red Perkins
G. F.G
Winslow
Rfeeney
Carlton
Sid Etek
Bees Wiley
Harrington
C Trask
Overlock
Perkins
Bath All Stars
Stover
Pooler
McCabe
Eens
Brewster
Stan Lyden
S. Kingsbury
McMann
P. Kingsbury
Butler
West Bath Farm Bureau Activity And Family Visits
West Bath reports include a visit by Mr and Mrs James Cameron and their son James of Columbus Ohio. A special all day session of the Women s Farm Bureau was held at Miss Annie Trufant s home with a lunch group and garment making for children. An upcoming all day meeting March 18 will focus on milk preparedness led by Hortense Welch from Auburn as Home Demonstration Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cameron
James
Columbus
John Larrabee
Women's Farm Bureau
Annie Trufani
West Bath
Red Cross
Annie Trufant
Ada Larrabee
C. C. Chesley
Lillian Roger
Lillian Mayo
Raymond Rokey
Mayo
York Village
Dennis Clark
Bath
Fred W. Larrabee
Walter Larrabee C. Woolwich
Auburn Bowlers Triumph Over Bath Team
Auburn bowlers defeated Bath by 43 pins at Park Allays. Auburn posted 1436 to Bath 1393. Bath’s Poke Farrar led with 307, while Auburn’s Smith scored 303.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Auburn
Park
Auburn McGrawer
Bewley
Oliver . Tee Eee
McClure Denies Candidacy for City Marshal
J Horace McClure denied being a candidate for city marshal and endorsed Whitney's method. He said his only public office interest is the county commissionership and he will seek the Republican nomination in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Horace McClure
New
McClure
Whitney
Game Law Changes Called to Attention
John H. Perkins, district game warden, advises sportsmen via the Independent on trapping rules and rabbit protection. Open trapping begins November 16 and trapping any animal ends January 31. Sagadahoc county rabbit rules set October 1 to February 28 in Androscoggin York Cumberland and Sagadahoc. other counties close March 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Perkins
Independent
Perkins
Sagadahoc
Androscoggin
York
Cumberland
Steagal to Address Maine Democrats at Lewiston
Hon. Henry B. Steagall, Alabama congressman and Banking and Currency Committee member, will address the Maine Democratic State Convention in Lewiston on March 19. A Biddeford newspaper item notes a local joke about an egg production idea using glass, which proved fatal to hens and proved the adage that experience is a dear school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Steagall
Alabama
House Committee On Banking and Currency
House of Representatives
Lewiston
Biddeford
Ourges
Royal Arch Masons host official inspection at Bath dinner
About 1000 Royal Arch Masons filled the Bath Masonic temple banquet hall for the Montgomery and St Bernard Royal Arch Chapter inspection by Maine Grand officers. The event featured a Genesta Chapter supper, speeches by Samuel B. Furbish and H. P. Small, and an evening of Royal Arch work with several candidates and a choral performance by chapter members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Washington Street
St. Benard Royal Arch
Grand Chapter
Royal Arch
Mackinnon-Henderson
Eugene McGrath
Genesta
O. E
G. H. P. Samuel B. Furbish
H. P. Small
W. S. Shorey
Oscar F. Williams
Herbert L. Grinnell
N. Gratz Jackson
Ringley
Rogers
Maine
M. E. Samuel B. Furbish
Brunswick
Montgomery
St. Bernard R. A. C
Jack Shaw
Otis Card
Lloyd Hooker
Luther Thompson
George Fields
Harold Cutting
John Wishart
Royal Arch Masons of
Bath
Benjamin D. Murray
Harold P. Small
R. E. George J. Goodwin
Ralph K. Hall
Edwin H. P. Lowell
William E. Sturtevant
Charles Nelson
Edward V. Coombs
Donald Small
J. Maurice Haynes
James W. Moulton
Sentinel
Charles H. Miller
John H. Freeman
Elnora Oliver
Nellie Congdon
Eunice Walters
Bernice Carr
Nellie Carr
Mildred Clark
Bessie Clark
Florence Seymour
Clara McGrath
Isabell Wishart
Jennie Small
Rose Rogers
Doris Leavitt
Sarah Shaw
Consuelo Alkazin
Amy Doyle
Mercia Craft
Sarah Munsey
Emma Ehlers
J P Morgan Visits Bath to Inspect Corsair at Bath Iron Works
J P Morgan arrived in Bath on a special New York City train and spent two hours inspecting his yacht Corsair nearing completion at Bath Iron Works Corp. No launch date was set for the project. Morgan was accompanied by Mr. King of New York, an attorney, on this visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Piermont Morgan
Bath
New York City
Bath Iron Works Corp
Mr. Morgan
New York
King
Public bequests in David C. Malcolm will
Five hundred dollars were paid from the estate of David C. Malcolm 72 of West Bath who died in Phippsburg Feb 3 and was buried in West Bath. He left 300 to West Bath for a town house fund and 100 each to Bath City Hospital and the Salvation Army. Malcolm lived many years in San Francisco and survived the 1906 earthquake. He died after a long illness. Principal W G Mallett of the Farmington State Normal School seeks graduates’ personal data for a spring graduate catalog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David C. Malcolm
West Bath
Phippsburg
New Town House
Bath City Hospital
Salvation Army
Malcolm
San Francisco
W. G. Mallett
Farmington State Normal School
Card Party Supports Track Teams With School Event
A school card party raised over 80 for the two track teams heading to the Kennebec Valley League meet. Prizes for ladies went to Mrs. Waldo Marshall Mrs. John Grindell and Mrs. R. Clinton McFadden. gentlemen’s prizes to Merton Dearing Errol L. Baker and Milton C. Trott after a scoring correction for Marvin Truss. Events featured creamed crab rolls coffee and peanuts with donations from local merchants and clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aoe
Ehinae
Waldo Marshall
John Grindell
R. Clinton McFadden
Merton Dearing
Errol L. Baker
Milton C. Trott
Marvin Truss
John J. Desmond Co
Joseph Charles Footer & Sons Co
Hallet’s
Harriman’s
A. G. Page Co
H. P. Bridge Inc
William H. Small
Colonial Club
Bath
Alfreda Skillings
Katherine Leonard
Elmer Campbell
Margaret Chaney
Genesta Corliss
Blanche Freeman
Lilling
Merry
Muriel Lane
Leora Stinson
Demorise Reno
Carolyn Footer
Janet Shackford
Anna Erwin
Bertha Brown
Thelma Richards
Alice Lovejoy
Doris London
Virginia Hamilton
Gladys Wade
William Bruce
Frederick Rowland
Mary Newell
Marion Doble
Hazel Feere
Katherine Hooper
Annah Chaney
Edna Potter
Christine Higgins
Bath couple wed in Wiscasset Methodist parsonage
Miss Lillian Shaw of Auburn married Lawrence Crooker of Bath at the Wiscasset Methodist parsonage with a single ring ceremony. Rev. Charles B. Titus officiated. The couple, attended by Frank and Mrs Quin nam, celebrate at a wedding supper before moving into a newly furnished Bath home. The bride, daughter of Mrs. Mabel Shaw, is a Morse and Edward Little graduate who worked at Auburn Shoe Mfg Co. The groom, son of Mrs. Lena Crocker, is Morse High School class of 1926 graduate and a former scowing worker now with Central Maine Power Co. in Wiscasset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. v. B. Nash
Tom G. Akeley
Newcastle
Bangor
St. Phillip’s
John Thompson
State Street Congres
Marguerite On
Trinity Church
Portland
Charles Titus
Andrew Wilband
China
Charlotte Hubbard
Joseph E. Hubbard
Somerville
Mass
Thomas Campbell
Elizabeth
N. J
Alice Taylor
Campbell
New Jersey
Helena Bellas
Richmond White
Beverley Farms
James E. White
Boston
Lawrence Pratt
Maurice Shoppe
Lewiston
Crosman
Schoppe
Pauline Crosman
Minnie Porter
Brookline
George M. Porter
Ralph Preble
Nathaniel Brown
Middle Street
Brunswick
H. Louise Lincoln
Carl Brandt
B. F. Blagdon
Dimrock Creek
Quebec
Walter H. Boggs
Waldoboro
U. S. Census Bureau
Jack Howard
Toronto
Canada
Lawrence V. Crocker
Lillian Shaw
Methodist Parsonage
Charles E. Titus
Crooker
Central Maine Power Company
Wiscasset
Bath
Tanyard
Federal Street
Tanyard Field
Danforth Street
Lillian Clark
Franklin Fairservice
Roy R. Marston
Fred F. Pendleton
C. A. Richards
Augusta
F. D. Southard
W. H. Keene
Bremen
A. W. Keirstead
Haggett Brothers
Lincoln County
Church School
Wiscasse
Sheepfest
South Newcastle
Epworth League
Auburn
Lawrence Crooker
Wiscasset Methodist Parsonage
Charles B. Titus
Frank Quinnam
Lena Crocker
Upper Washington Street
Morse High School
Central Maine Power Co
Master Elmer Rich installs Woolwich grange officers
West Bath master Elmer J. Rich installs Fred Soule as master and Anna Soule as secretary of Woolwich grange at a Wednesday night meeting. Officiating officers were absent. Miss Gertrude Potter, Portland lawyer, wins her first case with client Harry Potter, a local businessman, as defendant in a building code matter. The judge rules the alleged violations an innocent misunderstanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer J. Rich
West Bath Grange
Fred Soule
Woolwich Grange
Anna Soule
Gertrude Potter
Portland
Harry Potter
Potter
New Portia
Danish Airline Records First Single Service Start
Lene Danish Airline in Copenhagen Denmark operates a single commercial air service with 1740 passengers carried in 1929 marking an early aviation milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lene
Copenhagen
Denmark
Colonial Club Elects Officers For The Year
The Colonial Club elected officers for the year including J. Haviland Torrey as president and Edward Sewall as vice president. Edwin Ramsay was chosen secretary Allan Spear treasurer and Fred Higgins to a three year directorship. The retiring president W Percy Marks presented floor ash trays and plans were made for a game tournament for members over and under 35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward D. True
Dwight W
Harold J. Footer
Ralph W
Donald Sewall
Clinton D. Wilson
Reginald Stacy
George Field
W. Percy Marks
J. Haviland Torrey
Edward Sewall
Edwin F. Ramsay
Allan Spear
Fred J. Higgins
Leigh Reed
Cosmopolitan Club Nominates Officers for Next Year
Miss Alice Johnson was nominated for president at the Cosmopolitan club meeting last week. Officers named include Mrs. Frederick W. Freeman 1st vice president Mrs. Norman Y. Howard 2nd vice president Miss Elsie Trott treasurer Miss Christine Curtis recording secretary Miss Jennie Perkins corresponding secretary Mrs. Hazel Hartley auditor. Board nominees are Mrs. George A. Churchill Mrs. Daniel T. Dougherty Miss Mildred Nichols Miss Lillian Miller Mrs. Rachel Hodgdon Miss Bernice Quimby Mrs. J. Haviland Torrey Miss Marcia Moulton Mrs. William W. Dennison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Johnson
Cosmopolitan Club
Frederick W. Freeman
Norman Y. Howard
Elsie Trott
Christine Curtis
Jennie Perkins
Hazel Hartley
George A. Churchill
Daniel T. Dougherty
Mildred Nichols
Lillian Miller
Rachel Hodgdon
Berenice Quimby
J. Haviland Torrey
Marcia Moulton
William W. Dennison
Swain Bound Over To June Term Court
Clarence Swain aged 21 pleaded guilty in municipal court to breaking entering and larceny from the Swett residence at Summer and Washington streets. He was bound over to the June term of the superior court in 600 dollars. City Marshal Whitney recovered more stolen antiques including chairs from Rockland and Auburn dealers, traced through a middle man who bought the furniture from Swain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Swain
William H. Swett
Summer
Washington Streets
Superior Court
Walter L. Whitney
Rockland
Auburn
Swain
Mysterious tail injury befalls roaming Rockland cat
A Rockland woman reports her handsome black cat wandered off for days and returned dragging a nearly severed tail. The tail was cleanly cut and hung by a skin fragment with no blood, bruising, or pain evident in the cat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
Portland Woman Foils Attack With Ice Throw
A Portland woman faced a young thug who commanded her to put up her hands. She grabbed a chunk of ice and hurled it at him, and when police arrived there was no trace of the assailant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Margaret F. Damon
Sarah H. Barrett
Sol Holbrook
F. B. Haggett
Leon H. Grover
Daniel R. Sortwell
Wilson Munsey
B. A. Bailey
Zina Davis
Harvey R. Pease
Henry L. Doten
D. R. Sortwell
Y.M.C.A
Charles B. Bran
Hiram
Mr. Bean
Lester E. Higgins
Grace Church
Steagal
Atwood’s Medicine
Royal Arch Masons
J-P. Morgan
D.C
Carters
Dr. Carter
Carter
Crooker-Shaw
Bath Grain CO
Bath, Maine
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