Petitions circulate in Phippsburg on road fund division
The March town meeting boosted state aid road funds to a joint pool of 9061 stirring questions on how to divide benefits. Locals push for Highway Commission to amend August 1925 recommendations to favor below junction work. Some towns use annual fund surpluses to ensure fair yearly distribution.
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Phippsburg
Division OF State Road Fund
State Highway Commission
Phippaburg
Highway Commission
Maine
Sagadahoe County
Winnegannee Bridge
Small Point
Popham Beach
Popham Selow
W. D. Cutting
J. J. Spinney
J. P. Rogers
Dromore
G. J. Ingalls
H. W. Cutting
A. C. Morse
T. J. Small
Morse
T. F. Small
J. FL Upton
J. W. Davis
N. F. Heald
J. W. Minott
H. M. Heald
W. Eaton
G. L. Cutting
N. W
F. A. Oliver
J. J. Wyman
Alvin Pye
G J. Ingalls
R. Houdlette
EH. W. Cutting
Winmeganee Bridge
Bald Head
Phippsburg Center Village
Parker Head
O¢hians
Salmon Tipped the Scales Nine Pounds at Winnegance Creek
Percy Plant of the South End captured a nine pound salmon at Winnegance Creek long a bass fishing site before the mill dam. Nearby, Mr. Stani netted alewives and also caught the large salmon. The fish sold at a local market, believed to be the season’s first Kennebec salmon. A wealth of local social notes follow, including Squaw club activities, car purchases, teaching duties, and community events in Winnegance, with observances of road work, new gravel pits, and old marble fireplace pieces for sale.
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Winneganee Creek
Percy Plant
South End
Stani
Kennebec
Squaw Club
Winfield W. Morse
Roberta Manson
George M. Eaton
Frank Veron
Reuben Purington
Bath Motor Mart
Sherman
Morse
Fagar Oliver
Marion Morse
Portsmouth
Walter Morse
Ernest Williams
Campbell's Pond
Phippsburg
J. A. Trueworthy
Rockland
Williams
Edgar Oliver
Harald Troop
Portland
Robert P. Manson
Winneganeee
Norfolk
Charles T. Small
Earle
Robert I. Manson
Woman's Auxiliary
Ilbridge
Parker O. Rogers
A. D. Adams
John G. Morse & Sons
Joseph N. Day
Dromore Grange
Grange
William F. Campbell
Wortland
High Street
Winnegance
Campbell
Maine
Roberts & Withington, Inc
Grace Trask
Ernest O. Knight
Augusta
Arrowsie
Community Club
F. Oliver
Frank Perry
Henry VP. Potter
Parker Head
Elbridge IR. Morse
Westport Families Move Amid Ferry Repairs and Florida Trip
Russell Stodder and family left town for Bath on Friday where he works as a Woolwich side ferry ticket seller. A (. Stacy) with family returned from Sharon Massachusetts. George WB Richardson family returned from Florida. A baby girl arrived for Robert Greenleaf, Katherine Harriman of Melrose. The Westport ferryboat is off for reconditioning.
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Russell Stodder
Bath
Lady Diana Manners Sued for 31000 in Chicago Case
Report notes Lady Diana Manners allegedly faces a 31000 claim filed in Chicago by Dr Schriopsen over a payment related to an alleged lifting of her ce. The brief item cites the suit and location with minimal detail.
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Diana Manners
Dr. Schriopsen
Chicago
Bowdoin President Addresses Sagadahoc Pomona Granges
Bowdoin College President Kenneth M. Sills spoke at Sagadahoc Pomona meeting in West Bath with Dirigo grange Brunswick. He discussed college community cooperation and library and Walker Art Museum open to the public, urging town residents to engage with students. The gathering mourned the death of chaplain Fred Rackley Topsham with a one minute tribute. W H Gould Bowdoinham to chair remainder of year.
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West Bath
Dpromore
Sagdahoc Pomona
Dirige Grange
Brunswick
Fred Rackley
Topsham
Pomona
William H. Gould
Bowdeinham
Kenneth (. M. Sills
Bowdoin College
Dres. Sills
College
Walker Art Museum
Boston
IP. L. Cushing
Tetty Berguson
Margaret Sylvester
Leatrice Higging
Nellie Snow
Dirigo Grange Orchestra
John Randall
Thomas Randall
Forrest Jackson
William Bennett
Hattie Sfodgdon
Bessie Randall
FE. A
Engagement Party Delights Miss Evelyn Rowe and John Grindell
The engagement was announced at a candle light dinner hosted by Miss Evelyn Erdene Rowe at her parents’ home on S58 Washington Street. John Henry Grindell, popular violinist and leader of Grindell’s Colonial club orchestra, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Grindell of 674 Middle Street. Guests included a dozen young ladies. prizes were awarded in a post dinner whist game.
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W. G. Jefferson
Parker Head
Norwood
Mass
Eliss
Bartlett
Charles Knoles
Boston
Clifford A. Slocum
Chicago
BE. P. T Bartlett
HE. F. Young
Portland
Helen Morin
I. Bartlett
Sebasco
Phippsburg
W. S. Kenyon
Judge Kenyon
Iowa
Sebasee
Alice
Abbie Minott
Emma A. Perry
Atd
Rosa Knight
Deering High School
L. Knight
Squirrel Point Light
J. D. Eastman
Toothbay
Capt. Eastman
Ruth Morrison
Porthind
Charles T. Morrison
M. Ns. Wallace
Basin Inn
Ina Pease
George 8. Davis
Bath
W. H. Bowker
Bowker
Fred A. Warrington
Thomas J. Cole
Dromore
Falmouth
Squirrel
Charles A. Morton
Brunswick
Evelyn Erdene Rowe
John Henry Grindell
Miss Rowe
Alfred J. Rowe
Washington Street
Morse High School
Grindell
Thomas HH. Grindell
Middle Street
Colonial Club
New York
Dresed
Parker House
Margaret Tooter
Francesiver
Thomas Cummings
Lillian Lee
Hazel Footer
Irene Footer
Madelyn Davis
Bernard Toothaker — of
Tortland
Margaret Footer
Mune Foose
Catherine Grindell
Priscilla Footer
Frances Oliver
Morse High Glee Club Offers Fine Opening Concert
Morse High opened after spring break with a special assembly by the Glee Club and orchestra. Edwin Spaulding led a program including Rosebuds Morning Invitation Bonjour Maelle Just a Cottage Small Remembrance Over the Foaming Wave and other selections. The Bowdoin quartet will entertain Wednesday. Members aiding the assembly included Marion O Hara Lillian Leeman Pauline McDonald Margaret Lord and others. A Mass. hound dog tracked a fox for 63 hours, then the fox was killed by the owner.
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Morse High School
Glee Club
Edwin Spaulding
Margaret Lord Altosolo
Iva Hagan
Winifred Kennerson
Seth
Bowdoin Quartet
Marion O'Hara
Lillian Leeman
Pauline McDonald
Margaret Lord
Clarabell Quick
Marion Whitten
Carolyn Plant
Edna Hallowell
Dorrce Campbell
Edwin Spauldin
Lloyd Scudder
Philip Stackpole
Donald Melto
Walter Anliker
Condemnation of Belfast Primary School Building
North Belfast primary school building once the McLellan homestead has been condemned as unsafe healthwise after a thorough inspection by a school board committee and city building inspectors. The item also notes local civic and youth award committees and various regional updates.
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Belfast
McLellan
Fryeburg Academy Alumni Meet in Boston Friday Evening
The Fryeburg Academy alumni plan their annual meeting for Friday evening May 7 at Hotel Bellevue Boston. Secretary is Mary Barrows of Boston. The note also lists regional events including Eastport sardine industry preparations and Maine Good Templar Grand Lodge sessions in Biddeford with hotel headquarters and attendee details.
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Fryeburg Academy
Hotel Bellevue
Beacon Street
Boston
Mary Barrows
Tuntingtone Avenue
Grand Lodge of Maine
International Order of Good Templars
Biddeford
Hotel Thacher
Wortland
Order
Maine
Grand Council
K. of P. Trail
Main Street
Maine University Vote On Prohibition Referendum
Students and faculty at the University of Maine cast ballots on prohibition with opposition to the current system. Three hundred forty eight of thirteen hundred eligible students voted. faculty polls showed a seven vote margin in favor of the current stand.
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University of Maine
Institution of Higher Learning Prohibition
oIn
Ambiguous Legislative Phrase on Modifications and Repeal
A brief legislative snippet notes ten votes for modification and one vote for repeal, indicating a narrow majority in a decision affecting proposed changes. The text does not specify the bill, jurisdiction, or dates, leaving the precise context unclear.
Town Meeting on Mast Landing bridge repairs
A special town meeting is called for Freeport to discuss repairs at the Mast Landing bridge whose supports have failed and threaten to fall into the stream. The meeting is set for Saturday at two at the Town Hall.
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Freeport
Air Force officer to review Camp Keyes air field
Adjutant General James W. Hanson reports Gen Preston Brown will send an Air Force officer to Camp Keyes this Thursday or Friday to offer suggestions for organizing the landing area. Elizabeth Neal and others from Cong high school party in Washington met President Coolidge after being chosen to represent the group. Augusta party toured the Capitol, House and Senate, the Supreme Court, and climbed the Washington Monument.
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James W. Hanson
Camp Keyes
Augusta
Hanson
Preston B. Brown
Boston
First Corps
Air Service
Preston Brown
U.S. Air Force
Elizabeth Neal
Charlotte Carleton
Arthur Davis
Horton Flynt
Vincent Lathbury
Eleanor Littlefield
Cong
Washington
Coolidge
Capitol
Senate
Supreme Court
Washington Monument
Turks Move to Seel Coastwise Sea Trade Monopoly
The coastwise shipping trade of Turkey is to be a Turkish monopoly after June 1. No foreign vessels will be allowed to carry on coastwise trade between Turkish ports of the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. Turkey will have to build several vessels to assure the service.
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Turkey
Black Sea
Mediterranean
From Bin to Biscuit Flour Talk at Bath Rotary Club
Percy L. Nickerson of Bath Grain Co spoke on the long history of wheat cultivation and flour milling. He traced early grinding methods through the 1877 introduction of roller mills in Minneapolis and noted modern mills' chemical labs and protein testing. Visiting Rotarians attended. next week’s speaker will be Philip R. Shorey, Maine Associates.
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Bath Rotary
King Tavern
Percy L. Nickerson
Bath Grain Co
Egypt
China
Budapest
Hungary
Minneapolis
Mississippi
Ehai
Nickerson
Scott Bailey
Portland
Power S
Mooney
Augusta
E. W. Nash
Damariscotta
G. Parker Runyan
Perth Amboy
Bath
Philip R. Shorey
State of Maine Associates
Scouts Called Out To Aid West Side Man
Boy Scouts were summoned Sunday morning to assist in locating a man who had wandered toward the woods and was feared to be a danger to himself. He was later found by relatives and did not harm himself.
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West Side
President Coolidge to Abolish White House Hand Shaking
President Coolidge follows medical advice and orders the White House handshaking to end. Freight car shortages are reported as almost vanished, signaling improved supply conditions.
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Coolidge
White House
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Elbridge Morse
Fred Files
Orr's Island
Frank H. Beal
Marrtown
Chester Gerrish
M. EE. Wilbur
Cox's Head
James KE. Percy
Mark L. Percy
Lida Oliver
Lynn
Delia Trannaford
Plainfield
Willis Jefferson
Porthinl
Edwin Marsh
East Boston
Eugene Harrington
Massachusetts
Leslie Logan
David Leon
Willard H. Daley
Rin Tin Tin
Westport
Bowdoin
Grangers
Sagadahoc
John H. Grindell
Morse High Glee Club
Winchendon
Brewster
Philadelphia
United States
Bert M. Fernald
Frederick Hele
Carroll L. Reedy
Wallace H. White, Jr
John BE. Nelson
Jue G. Hersey
Ernest L. McLean
Lindsay M. Griffin
Portland Lions’ Club
Fred W. Burrill
John G. Towne
Waterville
Herman R. Mansur
Rotary Club
Tohn W. Hallilihan
Frank EB. Mace
Augusta Kiwanis Lab
Esrig David
Carl N. Garland
Joseph G. Small
Westbrook
Blaine SS. Wiles
Anna C. Witherlee
Castine
Maine Federation of Women's Clubs
Gertrude Bates
Dora BR. Pinkham
Fort Kent
Eva, Mason
Dover-Foxcroft
Gertrude M. Pattangall
Tlenry B. Merrill
Lake Moxie
Troutdale
Frederick Owen, Jr
Edwin ©. Lee
Country Club
Augusta Country Club
John Patridge
Gardiner Rotary
Ralph R. Littlefield
Gardiner Rotary Club
Wallace N. Price
J. F. Anderson
Herbert A. Marston
Fred N. Boston
Frank L. Gray
David F. Kelley
Rotary
Paris
Chapmans
Booth Fisheries Co
Eastport
Washington County
Florida
John W. Martin
L. M. Autrey
Orlando
John T. Aslop, Jr
Jacksonville
the Mutual Savings Bank
Bath Savings Institution
William Cobb
Topsham Heights
Legion
James Fitzgerald
American Legion
Calumet Club
Legionnaires
Fred Chandler
Jonesport
Auburndale
Bla
William Hinckley
Athonesport
Georgia
Chandler
Lenn Andrews
Fred Andrews
Johns-Manville
Read Nichols.co
Commercial Street
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