Public funds set for 1932 highway work and costs
The 1932 program estimates 1.353 billion dollars for public road and bridge construction and maintenance. State departments would spend 882 million, local authorities 471 million, with total 1931 figures not yet known. States plan 36 thousand miles of road and maintain 314 thousand miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
New York
Connecticut
Florida
Bath considers municipal museum for marine paintings
City residents push for a safe, fireproof display in Davenport Memorial City hall. Harold Child proposes loaned works be hung for public viewing, preserving Bath's maritime art for future generations. Ex-Senator Zelma M. Dwinal urges Republican platform pledges to bind candidates to party principles at the Portland convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Child
Bath
Child
New
Davenport Memorial City Hall
Zelma M. Dwinal
Camden
Portland
Mr. Dwinal
York County Roadside Improvement Association Pushes Maine Roadside Beautification
The York County Roadside Improvement Association campaigns against billboards along highways. At a recent meeting they proposed the state appropriate 25000 dollars to beautify Maine roadsides and suggested planting trees if no law compels billboard removal, to obscure them in years ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County
Belfast City Manager Reelected For Two More Years
The Belfast city manager, two years in office under the manager form of government, has been reelected for another two years. Supporters credit him with improving finances and easing taxpayer burdens while critics say more work remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Final Y M C A City Basketball League Meeting
The final meeting of the YMCA City Basketball League was held with all reps present. Treas. Herbert McCorrison reported a post expenses balance of 26.85 and a banquet planned at Hotel Phoenix on March 30 with costs split among participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. M. C. A. City
Edward McMann
Independents
Herbert McCorrison
Oakhurst
James Knights
Hyde Windlass
Brian Jewett
The
Merchants
Oscar Adams
Bath Iron Works
William C. Perkins
League
Hotel Phoenix
James Callan
George McMann
Walter Lyden
Harold Lyden
Stanley Hunter
William Oliver
Cyrus Longley
Charles Dutton
Richard Hersom
Percy
Redington Reed
Frederick Gowell
Charles Miller
David Sprague
Donald Wilson
Joseph Butler
James Jenkins
Percy Kingsbury
Theodore Ham
Buair Wilson
Norman McCabe
Stanley Kingsbury
Harold Brown
Elwood Toothaker
William Perkins
Forrest Potter
Norman Norton
Bobby Callan
Melvin Comeau
Leroy Lothrop
Ralph MacDonald
John Green
Harry Ring
Paul Wilson
Governor's list includes 28 notaries and 15 justices nominated
The governor announced 28 nominees for notary public and 15 for justice of the peace on the bulletin board. Names span Portland Dennysville Belfast Blue Hill Bath Augusta Lisbon Madison Saco Unity Rockland and other towns with confirmation set before the Executive Council on April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justices of the Peace
Executive Council
Notary Public
John Howard Hill
Nerissa M. Kent
Herbert C. Woodman
Albion N. Rogers
Bessie M. Blake
George E. Morneault
Portland
Fred L. Gardner
Dennysville
Alton L. Johnson
Belfast
Frank A. MacKenzie
Askwith
Charles W. Atchley
Waterville
Thelma I. Grindle
Blue Hill
Wilford E. Levasseur
Augusta
Gustav L. Schultz
Lisbon
Prosper Gallant
Madison
Edward W. Bridgham
Miriam J. Murray
Bath
Otis B. Stevens
Presque Isle
Ralph Perry
Saco
C. W. Taylor
Unity
Frank H. Ingraham
Rockland
Ralph J. Webber
Bristol
Joseph Waterhouse
South Berwick
Inez E. Knowlton
Filisfield
Fred Burnham
Thomaston
L. R. Groves
East Millinocket
Phillip F. Stone
Norway
Edwin B. Dunn
Fairfield
Etta C. Monaghan
Lewiston
Lula M. Stiles
Calvin B. Young
Hancock
John R. Dunton
Harry M. Bickford
Chesancook Plantation
Frost P. Bailey
Harpswell
Katie M. Libby
Charleston
E. T. Clifford
Winthrop
Max F. Davis
Hollis
Arthur S. Holt
Clinton
E. 8. Farwell
Esther Young
Dixfield
M. H. Blackwell
Charles H. Gray
Prospect
Benjamin B. Douglass
Bowdoinham
Beth Israel Sunday School Delivers Purim Play
Members and friends of Beth Israel gathered in the vestry for a Sunday afternoon program by the Sunday school children celebrating Purim. The play The Story of Queen Esther highlighted costuming by Mrs. J. I. Smith with participation from Albert Povich and Ruth Cohen among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth Israel
Queen Esther
J. I. Smith
Albert Povich
Ahasuerus
Persia
Eleanor Gediman
Memucan
Donald Povich
Edward Cogan
Ida Cohen
Esther
Ruth Cogan
Mordecai
Bobby Levine
Haman
Bobby Smith
Ruth Cohen
Herod
Sylvia Katz
Purim
Emily Gediman
Isabel Gediman
Edward Cohen
Eli
Miss Alice Hovey Heads to Colby After Vacation
Miss Alice Hovey resumes studies at Colby College in Waterville after spending Easter with her parents Rev. and Mrs. Frank W. Hovey of Georgetown. She was valedictorian of Morse High School class of 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Hovey
Waterville
Colby
Frank W. Hovey
Georgetown
Hovey
Morse High School
State Entomologist Advises High Arsenic Use Against White Grubs
Dr. H. B. Peirson, state entomologist, reports experiments with 11 nurseries showing 200 pounds of crude arsenic per acre the first year to combat white grubs, then 150 or 100 pounds in subsequent years. Grubs feed on roots of conifer seedlings and tubers of potatoes. adults feed at night on tree foliage. The life cycle spans several years, with variations in northern New England. The Maine Forest Service coordinated field trials at forest nurseries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Peirson
Peirson
New England
Maine Forest Service
New England Summer Camps Cut Prices In 1932 Booklet
The Boston & Maine Railroad issues Summer In New England 1932 with major price cuts at camps hotels cottages and farmhouses to spur rail travel. The 68 page volume features 2500 listings and striking color cover by Charles Holmes and aims to promote resorts lakes mountains and seashore plus lower round trip fares May 14 to Oct 31 and improved weekend service to major cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Real Estate Transfers in Sagadahoc County
Real estate transfers recorded in Sagadahoc include Henry W. Howard to Harry C. Bloxom in Bath and several other transfers in Bath Bowdoinham Richmond and Topsham. Notable names include Emma Spinney Mer ton M. Oliver Frank P. Gilpatrick Vera E. Meserve and William A. Ray with births or movements of residents noted with a local angle. Charles Connor left Friday afternoon for Boston for business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Bath
Henry W. Howard
Harry C. Bloxom
Emma Spinney
Merton M. Oliver
Rutherford B. Parrish
Warren K. Davis
Edward Wren
Charles E. Leeman
Bowdoinham
Mary L. Lawrence
Robeus A. Douglass
Richmond
Frank P. Gilpatrick
Charles M. Morang
Ernest C. Meserve
Vera E. Meserve
Topsham
Albert L. Boucher
Camille Ray Et al
Mary Gleason
Geneva
Gustin Woolwich
William A. Ray
Stuart Chapin
Great Pocahontas Inspects Ramona in Maine Council
Mrs. Elsie Jackson of Springvale, a great Pocahontas, paid her annual dues to Ramona council No. 27 D of P. in a Thursday evening session at the Men's hall. About 90 attended including visitors from Alfaretta Brunswick Silver Cloud Orr's Island Wiscasset Lewiston. A 6:30 supper featured baked beans and pie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Jackson
Springvale
Great Pocahontas
Great Council of
Catherine Durgan
Jackson
Edward Garcelon
Joseph Yates
Pocahontas
Howard Blake
Thomas Donaldson
Maine's Tourist Business Seen as Key to State Prosperity
Maine’s tourism faces underfunding while advertising could unlock growth. The piece cites $3,000,000 in camps and over $3,000,000 in property value, with potential seasonal buyers and residents drawn by Maine’s scenery. It urges greater advertising budgets to boost recreational traffic and tax revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe
Bureau
Maine
Sebago Lake
Boston
Kansas
Chicago
Walter Emerson
Colorado
Herbert Swett
Maine Publicity Bureau
United States
America
Corsair Yacht in Winter Quarters at New York City
James Little of J Pierpont Morgan’s yacht Corsair visits his parents Mr and Mrs Edfielle Turner in New York City as the Corsair stays for winter quarters in the harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Little
of. J
Pierpont
Morgan
Corsair
Visi
Edfielle
Turner Court
New York City
Talk on Sino Japanese tensions draws Winter Street club
Lieut. John A. Lord recounts Chinese and Japanese history and conditions based on Orient residence and Asiatic fleet service. A. J. Conti Jr. is re elected president as John N. Taylor and others take officers. Next meeting April 6 features Prof. Stanwood and a roast beef supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Lord
Winter Street
Orient
A. J. Conti Jr
John N. Taylor
Fred J. Higgins
Horace W. Ward
Edwin D. Hardin
Charles A. Andre
Clifford B. Wilband
Robert Haskell
Central
First Baptist
First Universalist
Grace Churches
D. C. Stanwood
Bowdoin College
J. Edward Drake
Jacob Verheus
Olney Perry
Pres. Conti
W C T U Shows Boy Group A Series Of Novel Pictures
The New York Sun pictures were shown Friday afternoon in the y under W C T U auspices. A group of 35 boys watched as history from the California gold rush to modern news methods was portrayed. The last film traced how the paper is printed. The session urged boys toward newspaper work and highlighted Bath Times as a local example. The union stressed the educational value and free use of hall and equipment, noting no indecent content and no charge for the films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
California
Bath Times
Great Sun
Bath
Association
Swedenborgian Church of Bath
Legion Plans for Gun Foundation Fund Drive
A Legion Post committee led by Ralph Gay Eugene M Desmond and Allan Spear seeks funds to build a concrete foundation around a gun display and a surrounding walkway if money allows, with contributions requested by April 19 and a list of donors to be posted in the Legion building. Several donors are listed with small amounts as contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Smith
No. 21
A. L
Frederick Hale
Ralph Gay
Eugene M. Desmond
Allan Spear
Legion Building
Pun
Sets
Bcotbe Cteres Esleinlelatets
Stanley M. Brown
Wilber -Gi Gcahilly
Charles Donnell
Immles Hagens i. Ech
EAD Tyste, Srsvocsony Re
Peleletrisieteis G'S Starere
Cee Trussy
Boy Scout Meeting Noted At Troop 53 Rally Planned
Troop 53 of the Boy Scouts of America held a Thursday meeting in the American Legion building with 21 boys present under Scoutmaster Calvin Kimball. Activities included opening exercises, fire making, knot tying, and signaling. plans were made to attend the district rally at Brunswick on April 8. Any boy 12 or older is invited to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of America
American Legion
Calvin Kimball
Brunswick
Morse High Mohiba Show Opens Preparations On
Tickets are on sale for the 1932 Morse High Mohiba show in the high school auditorium April 7 to 9 for the benefit of the ADA. Rehearsals have run daily under Miss Carrie Shaw and John H. Grindel with over 100 students participating. The program features acts by Seth Parker and Amos and Andy impersonations, a Royal Acadians dance, and a teachers’ play with dialogue written by Errol Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse School
Royal Arcadians
Ralph “Bun” MacDonald
Seth Parker
Kathleen Scott
A. B. Scott
Mother Parker
Leonardo Buck
Captain
Russell Colby, Jr
Ceffus
Roberta Manson
Lizzie
Vern Chaney
Lafe
Georgetown
Five Islands
Errol Baker
David Y. Alkazin
Mary Conley
A. Parke Grindel
Y M C A to Host State Tournament at Auburn Y M C A
The Auburn Y M C A will host a State Y M C A tournament on Saturday April 2 featuring volleyball for business men and youth baseball basketball swimming for junior and senior divisions. Signups are at the Y M C A desk. Melvin Comeau and Alden Smith lead volleyball, Elwood Toothaker chairs senior basketball, Ralph Crocker runs junior basketball, Archie Main handles swimming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn Y. M. C. A
Melvin Comeau
Alden Smith
Elwood Toothaker
Ralph Crocker
Archie Main
Poverty party hosted by Mrs Dudley in West Poland
Mrs. E L Dudley of West Poland hosted a poverty party for the Bridge club Tuesday. Mrs A F Waterhouse won the poorest costume prize after a toss with Mrs C L Keene. Fernall won high score and Waterhouse low in the card game before a baked bean dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Dudley
West
Poland
Bridge Club
A. F. Waterhouse
Cc. L. Keene
Waterhouse
Keene
R. H. Fernall
Bath Boy Candidacy for Catcher at U of M
Don Ring, Morse high four year catcher and senior team captain, is likely to see substantial action as catcher for the Maine Black Bears at Orono this spring. He has been accepted as understudy to Clarke Abbott, who seems set as varsity catcher. Ring started catching in 1927 at Morse, later played behind the plate for Maine freshmen, and is also a capable pitcher noted for his hitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Ring
Morse High
U. of M
Orono
Ring
Clarke Abbott
Morse
Oliver
Maine
Harry Ring
Washburn Street
Applicants for C M T C Can Prepare Plans
Applicants for the C M T C may arrange to attend the annual military training camps at Fort McKinley Portland Harbor or Fort Ethan Allen Vermont from July 2 to 31. Sagadahoc county quota is 18 and all quotas stay open until May 14. Afterward applications will be filed to fill unfilled quotas in delinquent counties. John C Fitzgerald of Bath assists Fred D McAlary for Knox Lincoln Sagadahoc and Waldo. Stanley Hatch is local chairman and those considering applications should contact him or Mr Fitzgerald. Miss Alice Sturtevant is spending Easter vacation with her parents at 641 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort McKinley
Portland Harbor
Fort Ethan Allen
Vermont
Sagadahoc
John C. Fitzgerald
Bath
Fred D. McAlary
Knox
Lincoln
Waldo
Stanley Hatch
Fitzgerald
Across and the Puzzle Bank of Clues
A compiled set of crossword style clues spanning topics from animal behavior to railroad terms and historic periods. Includes hints for descriptors such as nocturnal creature social outcast and various abbreviations abbreviations and foreign language takes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erman River
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the Times Company
Prent Street
Bath, Maine
Ria Ates
Asketbgue
Phoenix
Sagadahoc County
Charles Connor
Fred S.cartise
Thomas
R. Huston
Lady AM
Ramona
W.C.T.U
Legion Plans For Gun Foundation
Morse High Mohiba
Athletic Association
ATE
Catcher
Bath Boy
University of Maine
C.M.T.C
Alice Sturtevant
Castine Normals School
William Sturtevant
Washington Street
Brazil
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadabock Block
Bath, Ma
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