City Council and Department Heads Banquet at the Phoenix
City leaders and department heads gathered Tuesday night at the Phoenix for a year end banquet. Speakers included retiring Mayor Harold P. Small and incoming Mayor Arthur Sewall, with talks on budgeting, health work, schools, and municipal welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Phoenix
Pres
Edward R. Andrews
Board of Aldermen
Harold P. Small
Arthur Sewall
Small
Young
Johnson
Arch Street
Clinton D. Wilson
Aris
Pres. Andrews
Maine Public Health Association
Fairfield Sanatorium
Paul A. Gregware
Oscar F. Williams
Williams
City Government Meets Last Time for Love Feast
City Council bids farewell to Mayor Harold P. Small as Arthur Sewall, Ward 7, now mayor elect, presides at the final regular session. Officials praise Sewall and Powers, approve accounts, discuss PWA projects, toll identification fees legality, and plan a leaving banquet for outgoing members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sewall
Small
Henry M. Powers
Democratic City Committee
Sewall
Harold W. Child
Edwin R. Andrews
PWA
Clinton D. Wilson
Board of Education
Carlton Bridge
Walter S. Glidden
Glidden
Public Utilities Commission
Pres. Andrews
Pres. Powers
E. R. Wright
Miller
Gilmore
City Treas
Young
City
Child
John W. Gilmore
Frank T. Fortier
Harold P. Small
Edward F. Miller
Andrews
Gillies and Miller
Pres
Jackson, Cahoon
Raymond M. Hart
Smith
Brackley
Chaney
John E. Hart
Sturtevant
Torrey
Whitehouse
Girl Scouts Observe Organization Birthday Across Nation
March 12 marked 23 years and 350000 members for the Girl Scouts. From the first 1912 troop, the movement spread to all states and territories and became a core part of national life. Juliette Low founded American Girl Scouting, aiming for fun and service in daily life.
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Girl Scouts
America
Juliette Low
White Rose Patrol
Georgia
Gabriel
Bowwow
Kittle
Polly Poons
Blue Bird
London
Zoo
Savannah
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Scenic Beauties of Maine Highways Seen in Pictures
A large Cosmopolitan Garden club turnout in Portland viewed slides by Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Lawton showing Maine highways and scenic beauty from a survey for beautifying Maine roads. The event covered federation reports, a $50 Maine display vote for a California National meeting replica, and notes on garden activities, billboard hearings, a third house building contest, and a flower fund committee.
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Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Cosmopolitan Club
Maine
W. L. Lawton
Maine Federation of Garden Clubs
Carl V. Kennedy
Garden Club Federation of Maine
State Street Church
Portland
Emma E. Walker
Augusta
Bath
Augusta House
Sumner Sewall
Walker
Margaret R. Foote
Garden Club
Mary E. Campbell
William C. Perkins
Winter Street
Thanking Coast Guard Crew For Lifeboat Service
John T. Sullivan expresses gratitude to the officers and crew of the Kickapoo after attending his child’s funeral. He describes the Coast Guard’s unavailability, the Kickapoo meeting them, and a lifeboat crew rowing through heavy skim ice to reach him outside the breakwater, praising their skill and speed.
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Rockland
John T. Sullivan
Kickapoo
S. S. Hartwellson
the Shoals
Bucksport
Coast Guard
Would Not Swap Bath for All of Florida Says Georgetown Man
B F Perry of Georgetown encloses a photo and writes to the Independent from Pass A Grille Beach Florida. He says Maine and Bath are preferable to Florida noting high rents and gas prices. He urges Maine tourism promotion and asks why Maine does not advertise as a summer resort.
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Florida
Georgetown
Pass-A-Grille Beach
Fla
B. F. Perry
the Independent
Maine
St. Petersburg
Five Islands
Bath
Michigan
United States
New Jersey
Missouri
F Elizabeth Rice Receives DAR Honor in Maine
Miss F Elizabeth Rice of Turnerourt is chosen by Morse High to represent Colonel Dummer Sewall chapter DAR in a Maine contest for a free trip to Washington. She serves as president of the Latin club orchestra and student council member. One Maine girl from each chapter is drawn at the Bangor state conference, with expenses paid by chapters.
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F. Elizabeth Rice
Carleton L. Rice
Turnercourt
Morse High School
Dummer Sewall
Daughters of the American Revolution
Maine
Washington, D. C
Maine Federation of Women's Clubs Annual Meeting in Bangor
The Maine Federation of Women's Clubs will hold its annual meeting in Bangor from May 15 to 17 with District No. 2 hosting. Headquarters and events will be in a nearby church auditorium, with a luncheon honoring past presidents, department conferences, a club institute, and a forum. Literature Day is set for Bates College on May 25.
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Maine Federation of Women’s Clubs
Bangor
Willings
Bates College
Cosmopolitan Club Names Officers For Ensuing Year
The Cosmopolitan club presented its officer slate for the coming year at the regular monthly meeting, led by Miss Minnie A White. Election occurred at the March 13 annual meeting with 76 members present and several new active members admitted.
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Cosmo Club
Cosmopolitan Club
Minnie A. White
Miss White
Emma E. Walker
Edwin D. Tietig
Leland R. Mitchell
Evelyne L. Donnell
Leslie J. Wold
Gardiner R. Deering
Sarah A. Adams
Frank F. Colburn, Jr
Edward A. Cummings
Samuel Korolick
J. Harold Labbie
J. Herbert Mosley
Yule
Paul G. Bagdikian
Maine Progressive Union
House Committee
Elizabeth B. Deering
Barbara Page
Edith Berg
Pine Cone Troop
Ellen Cyr
Jane Stevens
Pine Tree Troop
Ruth Cogan
Geraldine Nickerson
Wise Owl Troop
Kathleen Lewis
Mary Ellanor Donnell
Wild Rose Troop
Mexico High Offers Practical Amplifying System Project
Maynard Young of Augusta heads the project under the science department at Mexico High school. An amplifying system now serves the building lacking a general assembly hall. Young, a 1918 Cony High School alumnus and former Cony faculty member, led planning with Gerald Rose from physics, Laurence Roy a senior, and other Mexico High students. He is a Naval Reserves lieutenant and heads the Naval Reserve communication school in his district.
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Mexico High School
Science
Maynard Young
Augusta
Young
Cony High School
Cony
Gerald Rose
Laurence Roy
Naval Reserves
Naval Reserve Communication School
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Phoenix For
Horace W. Ward
Cemetery and Park Board
Mayor Small
Sidney L. Eaton
Roscoe P. McFadden
Whitney
James A. Gillies, Jr
Special Committee On Police
Marshal Whitney
Committee On Fire Department
Council
Martin Powers
Phoenix Hotel
Donald D. Young
Alderman Fortier
Board of Highways and Sewers
Mr. Fortier
Clem Sohn
Daytona Beach
de Rozier
Wright Brothers
Central Press
George A. Churchill
Eastland
Alfred Benedict
D.A.R
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