City Council Approves Budget and Delinquency Debate
The Bath city council unanimously approved a budget of 362 733 99 dollars for the coming year, 343 90 less than last year, with total expenditures listed as 404 130 34 and receipts estimated at 41 396 35. Alderman Legard led a push for a full time trained woman juvenile worker and police matron, but Mayor Haskell opposed the immediate establishment, suggesting study by the police committee before acting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Burgess, Jr
City Council
Legard
Ward
Committee On Police
Alderman Legard
Robert H. Haskell
Rogers
Hunt
Burgess
Parks
Footer
Daley
Haskell
Special Police Committee
Butler
Catherine O'Hara
C. E. Davis
Bowery Street
Frank H. Reinoehl
Washington Street
Board of Highways and Sewers
Board of Health and Public Safety Committee
Committee On Public Safety
United States Marine Corps Reserve
Marshall Street
Alderman Hunt
Highland and
Corliss Streets
Fire Department
Finance Committee
Alderman Burgess
Center Street
Fred L. Brackley
Robinson Street
Corliss Street
Middle
High Street
T. W. Hyde Camp
U. V
First Baptist Church
Bath
Central Maine Power Co
New England Tel & Tel Co
George J. Goodwin
Harmon O. Barter
Morris Brown
Barter
Committee named to meet with Stobie on stocking local area
A Sagadahoc Rod, Gun & Skeet Association committee of three was formed to meet with Inland Fish & Game chief George J. Stobie to discuss stocking expectations for fish and upland game. The panel includes William T. Donnell Converse G Fenn and Chester A. Plant.
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Sagadahoc Rod, Gun & Skeet Association, Inc
State Armory
George J. Stobie
Inland Fish & Game Department
Pres
Nicholas S. Michalos
Willian T. Donnell
Converse G
Fenn
Chester A
Raymond A. Vachon
Lester Brown
Gray Road
Lewiston Man Arrested on Warrant and Swindling Charge
John Hartley of Lewiston, wanted on a joint warrant with Fred McCormack, was arrested on Lisbon Street by Officer Kelley. The pair are accused of attempting to obtain $20 from John Howaniec by false pretenses after Howaniec’s son drowned, with McCormack posing as a diver offering body recovery services and boat rental.
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John Hartley
Lewiston
Fred McCormack
Lisbon Street
Kelley
John Howaniee
Howaniec
McCormack
City finances addressed as Burgess submits bill
Members receive individual copies of the appropriation bill to follow items read by Chairman Burgess. Mayor Haskell says future meetings will provide each member with the monthly financial statement for review.
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Burgess
Finance Committee
Haskell
Maine Highway Safety Reports April Death Toll Declines
Maine Highway Safety Director Francis J. McCabe reports April fatalities fell 27 percent from a year earlier, though year to date deaths rose 10.5 percent. Counties show mixed changes with several decreases and others rising. pedestrians and risky behavior are noted as leading causes.
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Francis J. McCabe
Maine State Police
Maine
Hancock
Knox
Oxford
Piscataquis
Androscoggin
Somerset
Cumberland
Kennebec
Washington
Penobscot
Aroostook
York
Lincoln
Waldo
Highway Safety Division
Dairymen Urged to Attend Final Association Meetings
Final meetings of the Androscoggin Valley Artificial Breeding Association are scheduled at Bowdoinham Grange hall on May 9 for Bowdoin and Bowdoinham, Richmond Corner Grange hall on May 11 for Richmond Corner and Richmond River road, Topsham Grange hall on May 13, and West Bath Grange hall on May 14. New information may be presented as organizers consider a 25 mile radius to control costs, with a second association planned later for lower prices. All dairymen are urged to attend to finalize arrangements efficiently.
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Androscoggin Valley
Bowdoinham Grange Hall
Bowdoin
Bowdoinham
Richmond Corner
Richmond River Road
Topsham Grange Hall
West Bath
Mrs. Foote MacDougall Plans Bangor Summer Visit
Internationally known restaurateur Mrs. Alice Foote MacDougall, famed for her New York eateries and as a self-made millionaire, has written to friends in Bangor expressing a wish to spend the summer there. Details of her plans are not yet settled.
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Alice Foote MacDougall
New York
Bangor
Bettison Fatally Injured in Auto Crash
Llewellyn Bettison 51 of 1343 Washington street died after being struck by an auto driven by Emil V. Smith while crossing Washington street to board a northbound bus. Bettison, a World War veteran and local worker, died Saturday morning at Memorial hospital. The collision occurred near the bus stop with witnesses James Koehling and James Sutter. Funeral held Monday at 2 p.m. at Arthur F. Mayo Funeral Residence.
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Washington Street
Llewellyn Bettison
Torrey Roller Bushing Works
Emil V. Smith
West Point
Bettison
Memorial Hospital
M. Bettison
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Spring Street
Smith
Washington
James Koehling
Phippsburg
James Sutter
Isaac
Deborah Wallace Bettison
Deborah Standish
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Frederick P. Moffatt
Corliss Street
Bath N A L C elects McMann president at Hotel Phoenix
Edward J McMann was re elected president of the Bath branch Ng 92 National Association of Letter Carriers at the branch annual meeting held Monday night at Hotel Phoenix C Lloyd Hooker was elected secretary and James E McLaughlin was re elected treasurer A dinner preceded the business session delegates selected for the State convention in Portland May 18 19 with Joan W Gillespie Carville L Douglas Oscar J Tanguay and McLaughlin as alternates The program includes a ball on Saturday a buffet lunch Sunday and the annual meeting and banquet later Members Elmer D Hodgkins Hartnett and Cyril Varney attended others note McMann is a past president and Hartnett a past secretary.
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Edward J McMann
Bath
National Association of Letter Carriers
Hotel Phoenix
C Lloyd Hooker
James E. McLaughilin
Busiess
Portland
Joan W. Gillespie
Carville L. Douglas
Oscar J. Tanguay
Mr. McLaughlin
Elmer D Hodgkins
Edward N. Hartnett
Cyril Varney
McMann
Hartnett
Ashland Pulpwood Drive Opens to Load Largest Supply
The Ashland effort to load nearbi cnt pulpwood advances as logs exit the Machias River at 11.10 Tuesday morning. The vanguard moves to the Aroostook then two miles to the Sheridan loading plant. Over the next two weeks 60,000 cords of Maine spruce will follow.
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Ashland
Nearbi Cnt
Machias
Aroostook
Sheridan
Maine
Bangor Symphony finishes 44th season with Brill guest
The Bangor Symphony Orchestra closed its 44th season with a varied program on Friday evening. Guest artist Herbert Brill, former Bangor member, performed in a group of violin works. He was accompanied by Annette Solomon from the Eastman School of Music.
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Angor City
Bangor Symphony Orchestra
Herbert Brill
Bangor Orchestra
Annette Solomon
Eastman School of Music
Sewall demands strong defenses for this country
Sumner Sewall, Maine State Senate president and Republican gubernatorial candidate, spoke at a Tri County American Legion Council in Rumford. He urged a robust navy and coast defense plus an Air Force stronger than any potential foe, while stressing that defense must protect sovereignty and that voting rights keep a free government.
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American Legion
Sumner Sewall
State Senate
Tri-County
American Legion Council
Rumford
Maine
Sewall
United States
Catholic Women hold state convention in Bangor
Mrs Muriel Tardif and Mrs Marie Hamblett led Bath and St Mary groups as delegates returned from the National Council of Catholic Women meeting at the Penobscot Hotel. Hamblett joined the nominating committee, Tardif attended the state board meeting, and district plans for Bath were approved. Bishop McCarthy spoke at a Saturday banquet, and Maine history notes recalled early rail lines from Boston to Portland.
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Muriel ‘Tardif
Bath Group
Marie Hamblett
St. Mary’. PT
Anne Perry
Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Rosanna McFadden
National Council of Catholic Women
Penobscot
Bangor
Hambiett
Tardit
Anvitation
Bath
Stephen Gaffney
Pardis
Theresa Callatian
Lewiston
Biddeford
Bangor and
Waterville
Joseph E. McCarthy
Maine
Naturalization Plan Affects 26 Applicants in Sagadahoc
Twenty six applicants examined by a Department of Commerce and Labor representative in Boston are listed at the Court House for naturalization yet barred from admission until the January 1941 term of Sagadahoc Superior Court due to election timing rules. The list includes English Danish and Canadian born individuals, with marriages and citizenship changes outlined, and notes the next court terms and election dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce and Labor
Boston
Court House
Superior Court
Sagadahoc County
Poppy Sale Sponsored by Foreign Wars Vets in Bath
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2197 announces its annual Buddy Poppy sale in Bath on May 18. Proceeds aid disabled ex service men and dependents, funding veterans hospitals, widow and orphan care, burial plots, and liaison work with Veterans Bureaus. A son weighing eight pounds was born in Rockland Monday to Mr and Mrs D Joseph Doyle.
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Flaherty Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bath
Vrchguel
Veterans
Rockland
D. Joseph Doyle
Court Street
City
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