Baths youngest mayor first to take oath of office in new city hall
The Bath inauguration of Harold P. Small as mayor drew a large crowd the largest since 1905. He thanked retiring Mayor Cahill for six years of service and outlined goals including efficiency and a city manager form of government. The ceremony featured clergy Rev. David L. Wilson and City Clerk John W. Gilmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BATHS
Harold P. Small
Bath
Elwell S. Crosby
Cahill
Small
David L. Wilson
Central Church
John W. Gilmore
Child
City Marshall
Wright
Harold
Mr. Small
Wilson
Smalls
Rollin K. Morgan
Meergan
Ters
Mayor's Address to City Council Opens Session
The eighty third City Council prepares to begin a formal address by the mayor. The speech outlines initial priorities and calls for attention to municipal issues and public service.
Old Age Pensions Discussed Before Grace Church Men
Ward 1 officials reelect Stanley M. Brown as board president amid unanimous votes. The joint session also renominated John W. Gilmore as city clerk and established meeting rules. A Brown tail moth alert closes the night with notes on alms houses and pension costs across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley M. Brown
E. Mason Wright
Board of Common Council
Elbridge R. Wright
Ellery E. Whittemore
Eugene A. Youland
Elford A. Stover
Harceld E. Tobey
George C. Quicksall
Leslie J. Ward
E&. Mason Wright
Alderman Brown
Bradford P. Belanger
Quicksall
Ward 1
Ralph P. Mank
Quicksall Eee
Frank H. Beal
Ward 5
Marius H. Page
Ward 4
Wright
John W. Gilmore
Small Ted
Reginald Stacy
Harry D. Robinson
Mr. Gilmore
Arthur Sewall
Gilmore
Small
Williams Whitney
Pres. Quicksall
Whitney
Sewall
Pres
Page
William A. Fall
Belanger
Woki
Stacy
Board of Aldermen
Cutting
Mayor Small
City Hospital
Quicksal
P. M. Olm
Kennebec
Grace Church
Old Ironsides Re floated at Charlestown Navy Yard
After three years of work the U S frigate Constitution known as Old Ironsides was re floated at the Charlestown Navy Yard on a Saturday. A small crowd watched as youngsters from across the country who donated pennies helped fund the project, totaling about 490000 dollars. The vessel dates back 132 years to its first voyage and had long remained a waterlogged hulk before the renovation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Constitution
Navy Yard
Charlestown
Maine Governor urges home employment for youth at banquet
Governor Gardiner addressed the Y M C A banquet urging Maine youths to seek and find jobs at home. He noted earlier departures for work elsewhere and predicted a turning point with more local opportunities in manufacturing farming and recreation. Other speakers praised dads and lads while a high school orchestra performed and donations funded banquet decor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Gardiner
Phipps Point
Woolwich
William Phipps
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Phipps
Gardimer
Edmund J. Rollins
Morse High School
Edwin E. Pinson
John Grindell
Chester A. Plant
Eugene M. Desmond
Marie Colby
Grace
Kenneth E. Morse
First Baptist Church
Charles H. Berry
Corliss Street
P. M. Olm
Kennebec
T. F. Perkins
Perkins
Central Council
Daniel Williams
Charles R. Farnham
YMCA City Basketball League Leads and Scoring Totals
Dad Leavitt, league statistician, reports Hyde Windlass star Louis Pooier led with 153 points. Mac McCabe edged Stretch Harrington for second with 92 as Colonial posted 37 points per game while Iron Works averaged 32. Nine games drew about 5,000 fans, roughly 555 per game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ym.c.a. City Basketball League
Dad “Flash” Leavitt
Louis Pooier
Hyde Windlass
Mac McCabe
Coloni
Stretch Harrington
Oakhurst
Windlass
Colonial Club
Iron Works
Bath Fire Dept Records Busiest 24 Hours in History
Bath firemen battled five calls on Sunday and then an eight thousand dollar blaze at the Sanford store on Center street that spread to the nearby Sanford and Sturtevant homes. Miss Jennie Perkins alerted the elder Sanford, saving lives as crews cut the fire off at the attached ell and freed the two oil drums containing furnace oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Joseph R. Sanford
Center Street
Sanford
Anna M. Sturtevant
Morse High School
George A. Sanford
Jennie Perkins
Cosmopolitan Club
Mr. Sanford
Miss Perkins
Sturtevant
Academy Street
Page Street
Edward Morse
Snow Park
Bath Tourists Arrive at Colombo First Glimpse of Ceylon
From the Empress bound for Colombo, a first view shows a low coast fringed with palms and the interior peaks at dawn. Colombo, a major seaport, handles tea rubber coconuts and gems, with fourteen daily arrivals, and hosts coaling and oil depots as ships pass. The city sits along a long beachfront, and locals display varied dress from nudity to loin cloths as the ship notes an inviting landscape and people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colombo
Ceylon
the Independent
Bombay
Chance
Boston
Australia
Java
Tod
India
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eighty-Third City
Arthur Allen
Bath Trust
John W. Brown
Montana
Wisconsin
Union
New Mexico
United Oncrete Eek Eeu Archane
Committee of
Sagadahoc
Roland F. Hill
Edward Sewall
W. Dayton Hill
Carroll Watson
Mr. Watson
THE
Father and Son
Y.M.C.A
Joe Arsenaul
Wally Marshall
Ray Small
Percy Kingsbury
Walter Lyden
Stan Kingsbury
Allie Jewett
Eugene Thebeau
William Perkins
Oscar Adams
Hap Blair Wilson
Elmer McFarland
Mac McCab
John Noonan
Red McMann
Benny Stover
Sammy Cutts
James Knight
Louis Pooler
Jerry Gilmore
Hank Carter
Dido Cutting
Roland Breton
Steve McPhee
Dud Leavitt
Duncan Farrell
John Levyn
Ollie Berg
Percy Pratt
Needy Brewster
Worthley McPhee
Percy Marks
George McMann
James Callan
Dick Hersom
Charlie Miller
Eddie Rowe
Jimmy Grant
Stretch Harringten
Carroll Davis
F.G. Tot Ooler
H. W. Co
McCabe
C.cheaeneeee
Harrington
C.D
Butler
B.lw
Stover
C.C
Jewett
Cutts
Fire Department
Johnson Brosco
Mainge
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!