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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1930
Page
8
Local Bath items show council, lodge meetings, and a busy week. A Bath wedding unites William Hogan and Estelle Kellett with Rev J O Fiske officiating. sleigh rides, ice operations, and vessel work mark early March 1890 in Bath Maine with many notices and social events.
March 10 1880 notes a poverty ball by the South Enders tomorrow evening and a private exhibition of new scenery at Columbian Opera House this week. The Morse Bros will launch a three master this week.
Booth led a nationwide expansion of Salvation Army work from 1905 onward. Last year saw 1,735 posts with thousands of officers and volunteers, hundreds of homes and hospitals, and 49,224 patients treated. A Young Women’s Residence and new headquarters on 13th and 14th streets, NYC, funded by John Markle at $500,000, aim to open in April 1930.
At a council meeting the mayor elect and aldermen from wards 1 5 6 and 7 reflected on a hard fought term. They expressed regrets about not returning but pride in cooperation with City Treasurer Hall and in serving the city. Ward 1 incumbent Ralph Mank announced a fourth year while Charles Coombs Jr and Harold Povich prepared to return.
City officials and council members bade farewell after a year of service. Leslie J. Wald of Ward 3, the sole Democrat, will leave the council but stay active in city affairs. Others praised colleagues, noted retirements, and highlighted the year’s financial work and the new municipal building.
The individual accepted full responsibility for the cushion and expressed a wish to match or surpass the contributions of his predecessor to the city. He emphasized continuing public service and support for municipal projects.
Morse high basketball beat Lincoln Academy 36 to 23 at Newcastle to extend its schedule. Jimmy Miller led Morse with 21 points while Jack Conley and Billy Gove also scored, with nine players used and strong free throw shooting. The rest of the text covers unrelated probate notices and estate actions from Sagadahoc County, Maine.
A true copy records petitions for inheritance tax and guardianship accounts in Sagadahoc County with orders to publish notices in Bath newspapers. The document lists executors and guardians including Deering, Wyman, Johnson, Hennessy, Arnold, and Malcolm, with dates in March and April 1930 and court appointments for estates in Bath and Phippsburg.
A partial ledger shows numbers including 8,169,370.00 and 1,265,862,79 with notes on Net Unearned Premiums and All Other Liabilities. It lists Voluntary Contingent Cash Capital and Surplus over all Liabilities as items in the balance sheet.
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