Joint Standing Committees Named For Year At City Hall
Mayor Sewall and President Rogers announced the aldermanic and council appointments for the year to all joint standing committees plus special panels. Notable panels include Accounts, Athletics, Charities and Corrections, Finance, Insurance, Public Lighting, Public Safety, Taxes, Water and Water Works, plus licenses and state aid and pensions among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sewall
92Nd City Council
Walter C. Rogers
Turner and Small
Day
Burden
Hunt
Powers
Burgess
A. Parks
Greene and Harrington
Temple
Dunton
Footer
Small
Tabor
Harrington
Stinson
Day and Hunt
Legard
Carter, Tabor
G. D. Rogers
Turner and Legard
Wallace
McLaughlin and Haggett
Shepard
Crooker
Carter
Child
Mitchell
McLaughlin
Foctor
Haggett
Wallace and Hunt
Robbins
Carter and
C. Parks
Mitch
Sportsmen pay higher licenses under new Maine bill
A Maine emergency bill seeks to boost resident and nonresident hunting and fishing licenses to fund a self supporting Fish and Game department. The plan raises resident fishing permits from 1.15 to 2.15 and hunting licenses from 1.15 to 1.55, with a combined license moving from 2.15 to 3.65. Nonresident season fishing fees rise to 6.15 and 15 day permits to 3.15, while the 3 day license would be eliminated. Public hearing set for March 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Fish and Game Department
House of Representatives
Legislative Committee On Appropriations and Financial Affairs
Committee On
Appropriations and Financial Affairs
Inland Fish and Game
Evening School Exhibits Work At Annual Open House
Bailey Evening school held its annual exhibit and open house at Morse High School from 7 to 9 pm. Two hundred eight diplomas were awarded to classes meeting attendance and work requirements. Exhibits included art by Mrs. John Winchell, dressmaking by four teachers and students, manual training furniture pieces, mechanical drawing by J Edward Pomeroy, cooking samples, First Aid and Home Hygiene, and Commercial classes in Typewriting, Bookkeeping and Stenography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey Evening School
Morse High School
Bath
John Winchell
Addison Jones
David N. Heald
Gertrude Blaisdell
Eleanor Thebeau
J. Edward Pomeroy
Martha Grant
Lillian Fadden
Bath Shirt Co Produces Maine Made Sportswear
A Bath plant, Congress Shirt Co on Middle Street, ships a full line of sports wear from bath to ski and hunting garments. Julius Grossman and John O Connor of Boston oversee operations with about 85 workers. The firm expanded after city funds added an annex, boosting payroll and capacity. Production paths start with designers and pattern makers, move through cutting and sewing by about 50 women, then inspectors ensure quality before shipping to Boston for distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Wright
Bath
Congress Shirt Co
Middle Street
Julius Grossman
John O'Connor
Boston
Essex Street
Grossman
Maine
Kelley & Spear
Congress
Mr. Grossman
Samuel Korolick
Raymond English
MacyCo
New York City
Retiring boards join successors at banquet table
The Bath annual get together brought 56 in attendance as outgoing Mayor Donald N. Small hosted city officials and guests at Legion hall. Talks favored a city manager form of government, with remarks from Justus Miller, Dominique Tardif, and Attorney Charles Small Jr. Also discussed were school building needs, debt reduction, and highway operations in winter conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Hall
Donald N. Small
Arthur Sewall
Justus H. Miller
Dominique J. Tardif
Bath
Charles T. Small, Jr
James W. Temple
Small
Central Grammar
J. Frank Hunt
Frank O. Dunton
Carl E. Stinson
Charles E. Parks, Jr
William L. Greene
David D. Tabor
Harold H. Harrington
Wilbur H. Crocker
Charles L. Haggett
Forrest C. Legard
Tardif
Ralph C. Covel
Democratic City Committee
Alexander Burgess, Jr
Fred W. Quimby
Republican City Committee
Armory
Sherwood Aldrich
Joseph A. Butler
Ralph O. Dale
Highway Department
Bernard McCausland
McCausland
William O. Robson
Robson
John P. Carey
Carey
Harold P. Small
Mayor Small
Roland Smith Post
Clif Leeman
Henry Gediman
Banjo
Miller and
Quimby
Covel
Burgess, Jr
Attorney Small
S T Pcahoon
Donald D. Young
Elbridge R. Wright
Ernest Kingsbury
Gardiner D. Rogers
Samuel Jordan
Ralph W. Bragg
Merritt A. Mitchell
Edward A. Footer
Bernard Pratt
W. Percy Marks
Officers Chosen At Annual Cosmopolitan Club Meeting
Mrs. Ernest R. Avery elected president at last week’s Cosmopolitan Club annual meeting following the banquet. Other 1939 officers include Mrs. Herbert R. Lemont first vice president, Roscoe P. McFadden second vice president, Amy A. Irish recording secretary, Christine C. Curtis treasurer, Helen E. Hartwell corresponding secretary, and several directors. Retiring president Mrs. Carl F. Pierce presented a Past President’s pin to her successor, while committees for the year were announced and reports summarized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest R. Avery
Carl F. Pierce
Cosmopolitan Club
Herbert R. Lemont
Roscoe P. McFadden
Amy A. Irish
Christine C. Curtis
Helen E. Hartwell
Carroll A. Deering
Hiram T. Stevens
George Baer Connard
Elizabeth Deering
Garden Club
Carl F Pierce
Emma BE. Walker
Paul G. Bagdikian
Pierce
Avery
William D. Dennison
Trene H. Ingalls
Addie D. Palmer
House
Nellie K Goodrich
Earl P. Cahoon
E. Marguerite Hennessey
Leslie J. Wold
Harold W. DeLong
Run Off Primary Proposals Draw Maine Labor Fire
Benjamin Ward and Alexander Eagles labeled run off and convention candidate bills wedges to undermine the direct primary law. They spoke before the Legislative Judiciary committee while Rep. F Ardine Richardson urged cost limits on rotating candidate names. Proponents claim rotation favors fairness. opponents warn of political machine control and labor opposes changing the primary system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin G. Ward
Portland
Alexander Eagles
Maine Federation of Labor
Legislative Judiciary Committee
Ward
Eagles
F. Ardine Richardson
Richardson
Frank I. Cowan
U. S
Cowan
Maine
Clifford E. McGlauflin
McGlauflin
Donald W. Philbrick
House
Legion Marks 20th Birthday With Dinner Party
The Legion observes twenty years of service with a dinner at Roland Smith Post No 21. Miss Anne Miete entertained in a Finnish folk costume, and Past Commander Eugene Desmond toasted the organization, noting the Legion’s role for disabled veterans and orphans and recounting its wartime origins with Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and the formation in 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Roland Smith
Eugene Har
Eugene Desmond
Desmond
Legion
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
William Patterson
France
Roosevelt
the Legion
The
United States
Mother and Daughter Banquet Planned in April
The Ladies' Aid of Winter Street Church voted to host a Mother and Daughter banquet in April. Forty attended. Mrs. Arthur C. Lemont presided. Hostesses named for the event were Mrs. Walter F. Abbott Mrs. Harry A. Walters Mrs. Horace W. Ward and Mrs. John Atwood. A rummage sale was also approved for April with date to be announced. The March 31 all day session was scheduled. Rev. Joseph O. Purdue led Lenten talks on modern science and the group discussed James A. K. Aggrey of India. Upcoming topic will be Takeo Iwahashi of Japan. Mrs. Fred K. Sturtevant sang two solos Not a Sparrow Falleth and Ave Maria with piano by Mrs. Carl Albee. Next week’s hostesses listed. Radcliffe B. Pike of Lubec, currently on a world cruise, was nominated for the school board, endorsed by Republicans and Democrats, though he is at sea in the Pacific and unaware of his nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sewall
City Hall Auditorium
John W. Gilmore
92Nd
Merritt A. Mitchell
Sewall
New York
Miami
Nassau
Havana
Walter C. Rogers
Harold H. Harrington
E. R. Wright
Joseph A. Butler
Walter L. Whitney
C. Leroy Hutchins
Charles Osborne
E. M. Puller, Jr
Jacob Smith
Ada R. Crockett Almoner
Joseph D. Pennell
John J. Foley
Byron E. Clark
Percy W. Kingsbury
James D. de Capua
Dana W. York
Dean R. Bonney
Horace W. Pottle
Archie E. Doyle
Alexander A. Burden
Walter F. Day
J. Frank Hunt
Mr. Small
Small
P. M. Oli
Kennebec
Memorial Hospital
Old Folks Home
Jesse Kenderdine
Beacon Street Church
Ladies’ Aid
Winter Street
Arthur C. Lemont
Sheald
Walter F. Abbott
Harry A. Walters
Horace W. Ward
John Atwood
Lemont
Joseph O. Purdue
James A. K. Aggrey
India
Takeo Iwahash
Japan
Fred K. Sturtevant
Carl Albee
Werk
Sturtevant
Edgar Leavitt
Carl Y. Kennedy
Herbert Lemont
Radthife B. Pike
Lubec
Pike
Pacific
Hawaii
Cable
Social Eight Holds Monday Evening at Flora Thayer Home
Mrs Flora Thayer on Western avenue hosted Social Eight Monday night with sewing and cards. Refreshments followed. Next week’s host will be Mrs Nispy Guerrette. Attendees included Mrs Erving Burnham Mrs Guerrette Mrs Albert Pinkham Mrs George Darrah and guest Mrs Lawrence Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Thayer
Western Avenue
Nispy Guerrette
Erving Burnham
Guerrette
Albert Pinkham
George Darrah
Lawrence Young
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NEW City
Butler
Rogers
Aldermen
Small and
Powers and
Minnie A. White
Book Committee
Paul L. Boudreau
Isadore Singer
Board of Directors
Boudreau
Marcia Moulton
Wat Wreasurer
George A. Churchill
House Committee
Moulton
Chistine C. Curtis
Minnie A
Ada Y. Greenblatt
Evelyn T. Trott
George
William L. Skelton
Leonard F. Wetherbee
Pat G. Bagdikian
Entertainment
Winter Street Ladies Aid
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