City Council Reorganizes Subordinates and Cuts Officials' Pay
The Middleton city council approved a salary cut averaging 10 percent for most officials and eliminated the $100 city auditor allowance. Tax sale commissions were abolished for the year, yielding a net gain of about $3,557. Daniel T. Dougherty lost a tax assessor race to Harry E. Litchfield. Horace W. Ward became forester with no salary, and Burt M. Dyer joined the Cemetery and Park board. A committee report recommended adjusted salaries for several posts including the city physician and city clerk, with overall adjustments outlined in the document.
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Small
Donald D. Young
Young
Daniel T. Dougherty
Harry E. Litchfield
Horace W. Ward
Cemetery and Park Board
Burt M. Dyer
Marius H. Page
Joint Special Committee
Bath
Maine
Ward
Pdoug Eeente Em Ninien
Knox and
Lincoln
Pear Ab
Ates
Board of Alder- Cty
New City
Common Council
Board of Asses- Res
Park Board
City Treasury Office
Easter Services Draw Large Crowds At Wesley Church
Templars attend Easter services at Wesley Church with morning afternoon and evening gatherings. Members of Dunlap Commandery, K T appear in uniforms with flags. The day features baptisms, new members, a cross to crown message, and a crowded evening pageant The Way of the Cross with detailed roles, solos and choir participation.
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Wesley Church
Ladies Aid
Sorority
Amber Carr
Dunlap Commandery
K. T
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
Ena McLean
Church School
Wesley
R.S. Gordon
Lloyd Daley
Leland Ames
Thelma Dearing
Christ
Knights
Calvary
Golgotha
Lanees
Paradise
N. Gratz Jackson
Marilyn Cummings
Ruth Shellenbarger
Martha Hall
Anne Mary Magdalene Shellenbarger
Edna Besaw
Barbara Organist
Omah Trott
Georgia Ripley
Arthur Fletcher Dies From Woodcutting Accident
Arthur Fletcher 23 of Bath died in Eastern Maine General Hospital from a blood loss after a power saw fragment struck his leg in Ellsworth while helping his brother cut cord wood. Born in Ellsworth he lived most of his life in Bath and worked at Bath Iron Works. He is survived by his wife Ethel M. Osgood, his father Lorenzo Z. Fletcher, two brothers John and Robert, and two sisters Mrs. Harry E. Nelson and Elizabeth Fletcher.
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Arthur Fletcher
Bath
Eastern
Maine General Hospital
Ellsworth
Fletcher
John Fletcher
Mr. Fletcher
Bath Iron Works Corp
Ethel M. Osgood
South Portland
Lorenzo Z. Fletcher
Pratt Street
John
Robert
City
Harry E. Nelson
East Brunswick
Elizabeth Fletcher
Many Maine Women to Attend Prohibition Reform Conference
A thousand women delegates from 40 states will arrive April 12 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington to open the Third National Conference of the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform. Mrs. Charles H. Sabin will formally open the event at 3 PM after a reception for state groups. The Maine Division is led by Mrs. Clinton Davis with a slate of officers and a Cumberland county chair, Mrs. Samuel Shartle, both set to depart April 10 to represent Maine.
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Mayflower
Washington, D. C
Women’s Organization For National Prohibition Reform
Charles H. Sabin
Maine
Clinton Davis
James W. Ricker
Miriam Kimball
Robert Dennison
Charles Donahue
David Gray
Donald M. Payson
Robert Payson
John B. Payson
Samuel G. Shartle
Deane B. Small
Langdon Thaxter
Mortimer Warren
Samuel Shartle
Cumberland County
Bath youths blamed for string of window breaks
City Marshal Walter L. Whitney investigated three break ins blamed on young boys. The Maine Central ticket office freight shed and Atlantic Motor Express offices were entered with windows broken but little loot found. Footprints in snow supported the theory. Meanwhile Mt. Waldo Granite sheds planned a two shift schedule and a new cutting shed 250 feet long with modern ventilation and heating.
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Walter L. Whitney
Maine Central
Atlantic Motor Express
Atlantic Express
Mt. Waldo
Easter Sunday Attendance Emphasized Across Churches
Seasonal weather drew large crowds to churches with floral decor and special music. Central church opened balconies as pews filled while Winter Street and other churches reported full houses and many wearing new Easter attire despite the early date.
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Central Church
Everty
Winter Street Church
Easter service at First Universalist draws large crowd
One of the largest congregations in years attended Easter morning at the First Universalist church. The auditorium flourished with Easter flowers and ferns as Mrs. Fred D. Hill and Miss Mae Morse provided music with Leon Rancour on violin. Ellis delivered the Easter Hymn and a sermon titled The Riseh Life, praised as one of the best in the church. The service was noted for inspiration. The twenty second annual banquet of Alpha Chapter Phi Kappa Epsilon met at Bangor House dining room with 32 members and alumni. Fred erick Littlefield served as toastmaster.
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First Universalist Church
Fred D. Hill
Mae Morse
Leon Rancour
Brunswick
Ellis
Alpha Chapter
Phi Kappa Epsilon
Bangor House
Frederick Littlefield
Free Toll Probe As Boothbay Region Plans Portland Trip
A protest about tolls for worshipers on the Bath Bridge is poised to test an old law allowing free crossing to attend religious services. About 100 Boothbay Harbor region residents plan to march to Portland for the April 3 Class 13 service, prompting reviews by state officials and local authorities.
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Boothbay Harbor
Portland
A. P. Greenleaf
Samoset Steamboat Co
State Highway Commission
The
Boothbay Register
Boothbay
Public Utilities Commission
Bridge Directors
Highway Commission
Bath lad Steve Marshall rises in Maine athletics
Steve Marshall of Bath emerges as a strong all around athlete at the University of Maine this year. He played halfback on the Freshmen football team last fall, forward on the basketball quintet, and hopes for a regular outfield berth on the Freshman baseball nine.
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Steve Marshall
Morse High
University of Maine
Steve
Orono
Bath
Marshall
Stephen S. Marshall
High Street
Morse
Sammy Cutts
Stan Henderson
Maine Frosh
Presque Isle
Henderson
Universalist Church
Shipping City
Don Ring
Maine’s Tourism Stands as State’s Greatest Asset
Roy H. Flynt argues Maine’s tourism is the chief economic driver, tracing booster efforts from 1845 to the Maine Publicity Bureau and state funding. He notes rising tourist income, tax contributions from nonresidents, and recreation supporting Maine’s economy amid pulp and paper declines. Continued on Page Two.
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Maine
Roy H. Flynt
Augusta
Maine Publicity Bureau
America
Edward Everett Hale
Mt. Katahdin
United States
Rockies
Henry David Thoreau
Concord
Maine Woods
Theodore Winthrop
James Russell Lowell
Coe
Bureau
Longfellow Square
York Corner
Five ton liquor seizure in Sagadahoc County shocks county
Sheriff Albert Henderson led a 1.25 am raid that toppled a loaded five ton Reo truck near Blind Crossing with 200 sacks of imported whiskey and gin valued around 20000 dollars. Deputies Chenault Small Oliver pursued a roadster and sedan as shots rang out. cargo moved to Bath for inspection and possible re packing. Authorities suspect Elite Trucking Co of Boston as the truck’s owner and vow to identify the car’s driver from the case.
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Sagadahoc County
Albert Henderson
Blind Crossing
John P. Crosby
Bath
New Meadows
Brunswick
Foster’s Point
Loring D. Small
Abram C. Oliver
Bubier’s Mill
Brown Cottage
Sheriff's Department
Oliver and
Small
New Meadows River
Oliver
Smail
New Meadows Road
Dunton’s
Webster House
John Foote
Stepping Stones Inn
Foote
Court House
Woolwich
Maine
Massachusetts
Henderson
Elite Trucking Co
Boston
Crosby
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City Council
Board of
Washington
Stuart
Front St
U. OF M
Stephen S
Steve” Marshall
Hiram Ricker
Brewster
Maine Development Association
Maine Development Commission
Stoves
Johnson
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