Federation Home Department Plans Maine Meeting Program
The sixth annual meeting of the American Home Department of the Maine Federation of Women's Clubs will be held at the University of Maine on Tuesday March 27. Out of state speakers include Mrs Clara Ingram Judson of Evanston Illinois and Mrs Ola P Malcolm of Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Home Department
Maine Federation of Women's Clubs
University of Maine
Dick A. Young
Bangor
Estelle Nason
Maine
Clara Ingram Judson
Evanston
Illinois
Ola P. Malcolm
Washington, D. C
Judson
Malcolm
Federated Club
Frederic Snyder
Kingston
New York
Rena C. Bowles
Ruth Crosby
Charlotte Cleaves
Penobscot
Jessie Lawrence
Knox- Lincoln
Asa S. Adams
Orono Club
Pearl S. Green
Harry H. Burnham
Biddeford
Federation
Harold S. Boardman
Mrs Gillies Hosts Junior League at Washington Street
Mrs James A Gillies Jr entertained the Junior League at her Washington street home Tuesday evening. The Kansas City Times quotes a philosophy that true education comes from developing individuals and stirring mental processes rather than mere storage of books or materials.
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Kansas City Times
James A. Gillies, Jr
Washington Street
Grass fire season nears in Spring warns officials
Agricultural authorities urge against Spring burning to protect wildlife. C Mortimer Palmer of the American Game Association notes only benefit is thinning broom sedge when done under supervision. Plowing or patch burning may help, but no marsh burning or post April 1 plowing as nesting birds begin then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Mortimer Palmer
American Game Association
Mr. Palmer
Mrs. Sewall Guests in Washington Street Home
Mrs. Frank Sewall of Los Angeles visiting New York for the winter is staying with Mrs. William D. Sewall on Washington Street for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sewall
Los Angeles
Cal
New York
William D. Sewall
Washington Street
Bath Democrats Endorse Brann and Roosevelt at City Hall
A Bath Democratic caucus unanimously endorsed Governor Brann and President Roosevelt. It set 22 delegates and 22 alternates for the Bangor state convention on March 27. Committeewoman Ruth Farnham and ex-Alderman Covel led the resolutions amid applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall Auditorium
Governor Brann
Roosevelt
Ralph C. Covel
L. Eugene Thebeau
Bath
Bangor
Louis J. Brann
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Stanley M. Brown
Common Council
John P. Carey
Charles H. Cahill
John J. Mulcahy
James Lester Morse
Ernest F. Kelley
D. Joseph Doyle
Parker E. Lewis
Morris E. Povich
John C. Fitzgerald
Clara E. Corliss
Martha M. Bridge
Daniel T. Dougherty
Daniel E- Mc- Phee
William E. Sturtevant
Frederick W. Humphreys
Sadie J. Garcelan
Huse
Perry
Shipbuilders to Meet Brunswick All Stars Thursday
The Bath Shipbuilders, famed as one of the city’s strongest basketball teams, are invited to a charity game against an all-star Brunswick lineup at the town hall Thursday at eight. Bowdoin College stars join Bath players, with Al Kent granted special permission to play.
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Bath
Brunswick Town Hall
Brunswick
Bowdoin College
Bathites
al Kent
Bowdoin
Carter
Kaminsky
Phil Coffin
Bridgton Academy
Bill Mariiner
Husky
Shorty” Parks
Allie Jewett
Johnny Greene
Needy” Brewster
Gus Meister
Mark Hayes
Rupe Lewis
Training Children Topic At Meeting
A Dike P. T. A. meeting Tuesday afternoon discussed home training for child benefits in coming years. A card party with bridge and pitch is planned Friday at Mrs. Walter W. Smith 1299 Washington street. Rehearsals for a junior minstrel begin in April. next regular meeting is April 3.
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Dike P. T. A
Summer Street
Walter W. Smith
Washington Street
Girl Scouts Study Morse Code at Wise Owl Meeting
Wise Owl troop of Girl Scouts met at the Legion hall Tuesday afternoon at four with about 30 present. Mrs Sumner Sewall led assisted by Miss Harriet Lord Miss Bertha Lord and Miss Katherine Shellenbarger. The group studied Morse code and took ten derfoot and TM second class tests before games. Both boys are expected home from the University of Maine for supper Friday as spring vacation begins Friday noon.
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Wise Owl
the Legion Hall
Sumner Sewall
Harriet Lord
Bertha Lord
Katherine Shellenbarger
Derfoot
University of Maine
University
Keels Laid For Two U S Destroyers
Keels for two U S destroyers the Drayton and Lamson were officially laid at Bath Iron Works Corp Tuesday afternoon at three o clock. A welder joined the structure marking the official keel laying with no ceremony. The Dewey remains under construction about 82 percent complete and launching is planned for mid summer as material arrives for the two new vessels.
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U.S
Drayton
Lamson
Bath Iron Works Corp
Public School Survey Discussed by P T A
Large attendance at North Center P T A meeting in Grace church parish house. Mrs Wilmer I Voorhees read letters from the public school finance commission chaired by Kenneth C M Sills and from the public school survey commission.
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North Center P.T.A
Grace Church
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Public School Finance Commission
Kenneth C. M Sills
Bowdoin College
Public School Survey Commission
Child Health Institute
Merrill Hall
University of Maine
Child Welfare Magazine
David Y. Alkazin
Morse High School
Alkazin
Roosevelt
Paul A. Gregware
Gregware
Edward Sewall
Arthur Sewall
Clinton D. Wilson
Albert Richard
South End PTA to Observe 20th Anniversary
South End P T A plans a 20th anniversary on April 13 with a Tuesday meeting in Washington Street rooms. The group votes to donate to the Y M C A and to host a card party on April 3 to meet immediate needs. Five new members joined in the past month. Mrs Chester A Roberts to chair preschool Summer roundup. ways and means panel to handle refreshments.
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South End P. T. A
Washington Street
Chester A. Roberts
Ways and Means
Carroll A. Deering
Alfred E. Carpenter
J. Albert Redson
John Burgon
Russell M. Colby
Tables
Card Party Planned by Girl Scouts at Grace Church Parish House
The Community Council of Girl Scouts will host a card party at Grace church parish house on Monday afternoon April 9 at 2 30. Committee members include Mrs. Robert W. Ferrell, Mrs. Milton C. Trott, Mrs. John C. Fitzgerald, Mrs. Louise Staples, Mrs. David Cogan, Mrs. W. S. Voorhees and Mrs. Edward Sewall. Reservations for tables may be made by calling Mrs. Edward Sewall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Council of Girl Scouts
Grace Church
Robert W. Ferrell
Milton C. Trott
John C. Fitzgerald
Louise Staples
David Cogan
W. S. Voorhees
Edward Sewall
Bowdoinham News Roundup Includes Weddings and Death
Bowdoinham residents note Ann Spofford arrival in Seattle with her son after leaving New York City. Community updates include visits, illness, home moves, local club meetings, a basketball win 47 34 over Freeport, a fatal death of Henry Dunklee, and the Kennebec lodge installation.
Federal aid planned for Atlantic coast fishermen gear needs
A federation of fishermen's associations surveys required gear for needy commercial fishers across the Atlantic coast Chesapeake Bay Gulf of Mexico and Great Lakes. Findings will be presented to President Roosevelt in April to secure exact relief for nets rope boats engines and repairs to restart fishing this spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federation of Fishermen’s Associations
Atlantic Coast
Chesapeake Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Great Lakes
Roosevelt
Eastern Fisheries Association
Harold F. Turner
Fishing Magazine
Joseph H. Gleason
Thrilling Snow Coaster Tale From The Sixties
A reminiscence recalls Wellington Sprague Hattie Berry and a sharpshooter on Winter street hill. The speediest coaster owner loaned it to thrill Miss Berry who rode the slope to a near miss at the bridge railing and a plunge 20 feet to the railroad track below.
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William P. Hill
Middle Street
Wellington Sprague
Hattie Berry
Peleg Sprague
Union Street
Johnson House
Summer Street
Edward Potter
Bath
Chicago
Forbes
Gertrude Potter
Lee Place
Kennebec
Mr. Hill
Winter Street Hill
Miss Berry
Bowdoin Center Grudge Meeting Features Music and Games
Sagadahoc residents gathered at Bowdoin Center on Saturday evening for a community program of music readings and stories. Young attendees played games late into the night while celebrating George Iverson’s eighth birthday with cake ice cream and treats. Nearby, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Card welcomed a baby boy and Clifford Starbird visited Lewiston. Town schools opened after five weeks off.
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Sagadahoc Grudge
Bowdoin Center
George Iverson
Grant Woods
Edward Card
Clifford Starbird
Lewiston
Bessie Small
Woolwich
Alden Small
Angie Purinton
L. C. Starbird
Sibley Gilbert
Gilbert
Ernest Carr
Grange
Richmond Corner
Permanent Motor Vehicle Branch Opens in Bath Town
Mayor Harold P Small announces a permanent Bureau of Motor Vehicles branch at 155 Front street Bath. Office hours 9 to 11 and 2 to 5 daily excluding Saturday afternoons. It will issue licenses registrations and plates transfer records and test new drivers. Applicants must show excise tax receipts from their home towns. First such Bath service, aligning with other Maine cities.
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Harold P. Small
State Motor Vehicle Department
Bureau
Front Street
Bath
Maine
Bath Delegation Fills Vacancies at Conventions
The Bath delegation to the Republican state and First district conventions filled vacancies caused by the declination of Miss Bessie E. Dickinson Fred W. Quimby and Mrs Arletta M. Yates by selecting Arthur H. Price Mrs Harold P. Small and John W. Conway from the alternate list They added to the alternate list E Mason Wright Leon J Billings Frederick E Drake Judge Arthur J Dunton Mrs Jennie S Butler Mrs Arletta M Yates Mrs Chester A Plant Mrs R Clinton McFadden Mrs Sumner Sewall Mrs James A Bimson and Mrs Frank A Small The two latter refused to serve.
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Bath
Bessie E. Dickinson
Fred W. Quimby
Arletta M. Yates
Arthur H. Price
Harold P. Small
John W. Conway
E. Mason Wright
Leon J. Billings
Frederick E. Drake
Arthur J. Dunton
Jennie S. Butler
Chester A. Plant
R. Clinton McFadden
Sumner Sewall
James A. Bimson
Frank A. Small
Obituary of Miss Abbie E Hinckley in Portland
Word reached Bath of the death of Miss Abbie E Hinckley who died suddenly in Portland where she had lived with Mrs Harold B Fobes at 1476 Forest Avenue. She was born in Athens Maine daughter of the late James and Mary Hinckley and survived by a sister Mrs Annie Gleason of Medford Massachusetts. Burial will be in Worcester Massachusetts where she lived before moving to Bath.
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Bath
Abbie E. Hinckley
Portland
Harold B. Fobes
Forest Avenue
Miss Hinckley
Albert H. Shaw
Athens
Maine
James
Weekend in Boston and social notes from Bath Iron Works
Mr and Mrs Walter M Hill spent the weekend in Boston. Mrs Ralph G Stetson hosted her contract club at lunch at her Washington street home. L Eugene Thebeau treasurer of Bath Iron Works Corp left Wednesday for Boston for several days on business. The grain exchange is a device for making agriculture profitable to gents who dislike to wear overalls.
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Walter M. Hill
Boston
Ralph G. Stetson
Washington Street
L. Eugene Thebeau
Bath Iron Works Corp
Grain Exchange
San Diego Union
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REAL
Goodyear Welt Shoes
Morris S. Povich
Shipbuilders
College Town
Dike School
P.T.A
Girl Scouts
Wise Owl Troop
Legion Hall
Bath Iron Works
South End P.T.A
Association
Arthur Allen
Optometrist Bath Trust Bldg
Center St. Mon
Bowdoinham
Ann Spofford
Seattle
Washington
New York City
Grace Lund
Minnesota
Nathan Fowler
Clifford Gray
Charles Browne
Mabel Lancaster
Eva, Palmer
J. E. Cornish
Newtonville
Mass
Europe
Emma Ferguson
Virginia Sherman
Dorothy Dickinson
Topsham
Palmer
George Hamilton
Geraldine Merchant
Paris
William Given
Emily Rideout
West Bath Orange
Jessie Cromwell
Auburn
Belle Umberhind
Kenneth Wilson
Connecticut
Fannie Williams
Freeport Firemen
Ralph Purington
Middleton, Conn
Lee Emmett
William Sallies
George Cutler
Helen Britt
Herbert Merrill
William Gould
Wilbur Browne
Sarah Elizabeth
Geraldine Browne
Alvin Huntoon
Woodfords
Charles Hackett
R. D. Purington
Bridge Club
A. S. Mac Dougal
Clara Fogg
Mary Lilly
Wallace Hunter
William Wood
Farmington
Margaret Gile
Wood
Glen Lamoreau
Eddie LaRochelle
Leon Dunklee
Augusta
Samuel Dorrance
Richmond
A. S. MacDougal
Charles MacEwen
Charles Dunklee
Boston Post
Mr. Dunklee
Rockingham
Co. I
4Th Regiment
Vermont
Mary Billings
Guilford
Greenfield
A. E. Dunklee
Providence
R. I
Richard Woodbury
East Northfield
Prescott Eames
Brattleboro
Hazel
Kennebec Lodge
K. of P
Bennett
Yarmouth
C. C
William Adams
V. C
Ralph McEwen
Edward Graves
William Adams, Jr
Yarm Bureau
Hortense Welch
Ivan Lang
Louise Sparks
Waterville
Merrymetting Grange
Lucy Williams
Minot Williams
Reed Jack
A. Berry
Winter Street Bridge
Sheepscot Hide CO
Wiscasset, Maine
Opera
Convention City
Dick Powell
Joan Blondell
Charles Ruggles
Mary Boland
Lone Cowboy
Jackie Cooper
Lila Lee
John Boles
Rosemary Ames
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