Sharp attack on two cemetery board members in Bath city notes
At a Bath Maine city council meeting Supt Horace W Ward condemned two Cemetery and Park Board members in a long message calling for a new deal. He blamed Haley and Knight for mismanagement, meddling in hiring and discharging workers, and political influence harming the department. Ward urged action or resignation, detailing past reforms and tensions within the board.
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Horace
W. Ward
Cemetery and Park Board
Gilmore
Pres
Edwin R. Andrews
Small
Supt. Ward
Bath
Maine
Raymond M. Haley
Haley
Mr. Haley
Knight
Garren
City Council Session Discusses Oversight and Eaton Vote
The city council continued a session discussing oversight with the treasurer's input. Alderman Donnelley questioned proceedings while Mayor Small noted the outcome would mirror Eaton's confirmation. Voting divided among Gillies Emery Donnell and Small versus Fortier Miller and Smith. Lyden, Ward 4, joined later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donnell
Eaton
August Walter
Arthur Sewall
Small
Alderman Forstier
Gillies
Emery
Miller
Smith
Fortier
Lyden
Rocick
Sewall
Finance Committee
Alderman Miller
Alderman Fortier
Mr. Eaton
United States
Donne
Conand Q
Andrews
Winnegance club hosts successful card party at community house
The Winnegance Women’s Auxiliary to the Community Club held a successful card party with 12 tables and a sizable treasury net. The Squaw club met with hostesses Mrs. Frank Perry and Mrs. Harry B. Williams, while plans for a May Frolic at Winneganee Community House were announced with Mrs. Walter Rogers and Mrs. Bernice Drake in charge. Rehearsals begin for the May event. next session Monday at the club house. Board actions include sewage abatement on Pleasant avenue and a city engineer resignation accepted with no immediate successor. James W. Dunton to cover duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Squaw Club
Frank Perry
Harry B. Williams
George M. Eaton
Frank Perow
Winneganee
Women's Auxiliary
Walter Rogers
Bernice Drake
Board of Highways and Sewers
Spring Street
Pleasant Avenue
Board of Health
Herbert R. Lemont
James W. Dunton
Lemont
FERA
Joint convention hears Cemetery Board dispute
The two boards met to hear Supt Ward of the Cemetery and Park Board criticize Haley and Knights over superintending authority. No action was taken. Alderman Miller and others nominated Emily J. Morgan for auditor with unanimous ballot. Arthur S. Crockett elected coal and goods weigher, and Harry McNeil elected lumber surveyor with unanimous ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt. Ward
Cemetery and Park Board
Raymond Haley
James Knights
Alderman Miller
R. Hart
Emily J. Morgan
Small
Mr. Miller
Torrey
Arthur S. Crockett
Miler
Gillies
Harry McNeil
Miller
Jackson
City committee acts on police reinstatement and staff appointments
Reinstatement petition for Melville Rice to the night police force referred to police committee. Frederick E. Perry named constable by Mayor Small with board approval. Appointment lists for ballot and election clerks approved for next two years. juror drawing by Alderman Miller. attendance notes show two councilmen absent due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Kidder
Melville Rice
Small
Aldeynan Miller
Frederick E. Perry
Rogers Farm
Leroy Burnham
Burnham
North
Lincoln Streets
Bond
J. Horace McClure
Republican City Committee
Fred W. Quimby
Mabel V. Harford
William W. Hosmer
Bates E. Stover
Thomas Nadeau
Alice M. Rideout
F. Alice MacDonald
Pearl M. Lemont
Annie J. S. Lemont
Arletta M. Yates
Lillian M. Springer
Lotta E. Card
Gertrude M. Wakefield
Elmer Edgecomb
Alfie E. Jacobs
Alderman Miller
Sagadahoc Superior Court
Charles E. Blaisdell
Edward Harrington
Charles T. Henderson
Harry A. Plummer
William O. Robson
Alden G. Smith
Sturtevant
Woodman
Dromore Grange Plans May 23 Pomona Event
Dromore Grange will hold its regular meeting in the hall at Dromore Tuesday evening to plan entertaining Pomona on May 23. Mrs Evely Beals has prepared an entertaining program. Ralph Kenney’s bus will carry those wishing to make the trip. East Orrington Congregational church marks its 100th anniversary with a three day program including a Friday evening banquet on May 18 and a pageant on the founding of the church led by pastor Roland E Johnson a Bangor Theological Seminary student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Grange
Dromore
Pomona
Evelyn Beals
Ralph Kenney
East Orrington
Bath Area Social Roundup Includes Weekend Visits
A Bath community social round up lists visitors and residents with weekends spent at Sebasco Meadowbrook and camps. Names include Perry Tench Risteen Curtis Eaton Grevers Libby Watson Gilmore Thompson Durwent Kenyon Cushman McFadden Oliver Leavitt Rogers McCourt Pushard and Stacy. Interment for Maurice Pushard occurred at Oak Grove cemetery following a Bath funeral.
Mother's Day program at West Bath Grange features speakers and songs
A May 13 observance at West Bath Grange drew 139 attendees including 28 visitors. County Attorney John P. Carey Jr spoke on the home and law, with musical numbers, readings, and a tableau. Raymond A. Smith was installed as steward, and next week’s program will be led by Miss Lillian E. Lewin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Grange
John P. Carey, Jr
Marilyn Booker
Paul Lemont
Lillian E. Lewin
Dorothy A. Welch
Emma G. Brown
Charles B. Doyle
Helen E. Hartwell
Bernice M. Carr
Doris R. McKay
Helena Hadley
Brunswick
Catherine P. Emmons
Dorothy Waterman
Fred Cary
Raymond A. Smith
Edwin W. Haggett
Kenneth Smith
Sidney Holbrook
Doris
First Penobscot salmon arrives at Bangor market
R A Whitmore, a weirman, brought in the season’s first salmon from a Penobscot River weir. The ten pound fish was bought by Jones' Sea Food Market and shown in the market windows Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Whitmore
Bangor
Penobscot
Mr. Whitmore
Jones’ Sea Food Market
LeRoy Allen Dies After Life of Adventure and Travel
J LeRoy Allen 79 of South Thomaston died Friday April 27 after a life filled with travel and mining. He spent 20 years gold mining in Colorado and the Black Hills, worked for Ashanti Goldfields on the Africa coast, and later served as superintendent of the Broker Stone Co in Quincy Massachusetts. He leaves his widow Serena Stonefield and a son. one of five children survives. Burial was in Ash Point cemetery Owl's Head following a funeral at Memorial Baptist Church Rockland. He had been ill with asthma in youth and spent years abroad before returning east to settle in Bath with family. He belonged to Masonic lodge Knight Templar and the Baptist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester L. Allen
Washington Street
Thomaston
West
Colorado
Black Hills
Ashanti Goldfields Corp
Africa
Mr. Allen
South Thomaston
Serena Stonefield
Leeds
St. Dakota
Allen
Bath
Florida
Mexico
Broker & Stone Co
Quincy
Mass
Masonic Lodge
Baptist Church
Funeral Services for Dr. R. H. Donnell
The funeral for Dr. Robert H. Donnell lieutenant commander USNRMC who died Jan 26 in San Diego Calif was held Saturday at two in the Masonic Temple. Rev David L Wilm officiated followed by a full Masonic ritual by Solar lodge officers and bearers. Burial was in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Donnell
U.S.N.R.M.C
San Diego
Calif
Masonic Temple
David L. Wilm
Central Congregational Church
Solar Lodge
Cecil L. Fullerton
Karcher S. Jackson
Arthur W. King
Walter K. Morse
John W. Gillespie
John Wishart
Oscar 8. Adams
William H. Daley
Pullerton
Morse
Adams
Daley
Oak Grove
Charles Pike Dow Dies After Prolonged Illness
Charles Pike Dow of 319 Main Street Winchester Massachusetts died at Docktors Hospital New York early Tuesday morning April 24 after a prolonged illness. He had summer home at Westport and was active in business and civic life in Orlando Florida and Boston. He was a 32nd degree Mason and served in Masonic bodies. Survived by wife Caroline H Dow three daughters Mrs Guy B Howe Mrs Elisha G Pierce and Miss Eleanor P Dow of Winchester three grandchildren Guy Burnam Howe Jr Charles Pike Howe Elisha George Pierce III and his oats Mrs Grace Fosgate of Orlando.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Pike Dow
Mainstreet
Winchester
Mass
Docktors’ Hospital
New York
Mr. Dow
Bath
Westport
Orlando
Fla
Boston
General Electric
Dow
Caroline H. Dow
Guy B. Howe
Elisha G. Pierce
Eleanor P. Dow
Guy Burnam Howe
Charles Pike Howe
Elisha George Pierce
III
Grace Fosgate
Clarence Savage 50 Dies After Emergency Operation
Mrs. Harry W. Crosman was informed Thursday of the sudden death Wednesday night in Cambridge Massachusetts of her cousin Clarence Savage 50 who died after an emergency operation Monday night in a hospital. He is survived by his mother Mary Hodgkins Savage widow of Edward C. Savage. She was a Bath native daughter of Asa and Martha Hodgkins. His father was once a prominent Bath shipbuilder. Clarence Savage followed his father as manager of Savage Express, a longtime family business. He often visited Bath each summer for a short stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Crosman
Cambridge
Mass
Clarence ‘Savage
Mr. Savage
Mary Hodgkins Savage
Edward C. Savage
Bath
Asa
Martha Hodgkins
Clarence Savage
Savage's Express
Abbie Viola Pushard Passes Away at 48 in Bath Area
Abbie Viola Pushard 48 wife of Maurice I Pushard of Phippsburg died Friday afternoon at Bath Memorial hospital She was born in Biddeford daughter of Samuel and Abbie Mulcahy and lived in Bath before moving to Phippsburg five years ago She was a Past Pocahontas of Ramona Council D of P and a Dro more grange lecturer Survived by husband mother two daughters a son and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbie Viola Pushard
Maurice I. Pushard
Phippsburg
Bath Memorial Hospital
Biddeford
Samuel
Abbie Caton Mulcahy
Bath
Pocahontas
Ramona Council
D. of P
Dromore Grange
Pushard
Samuel Mulcahy
George Savage
Clarence Wallace
Maurice C. Pushard
Clarence Goddard
East Harpswell
Miss Margaret Toole Returns to Fitchburg
Miss Margaret Toole has returned to Fitchburg Massachusetts after visiting a week with her sister Mrs John E Fitzgerald on Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Toole
Fitchburg, Mass
John E. Fitzgerald
Washington Street
Edward F. Johnson Dies at 82 in Bath
Edward F. Johnson 82, founder of Johnson Brothers hardware in Bath, died Friday in Union after living there 11 years. Born in Bath, he started at Swanton & Jameson, later forming Johnson Brothers with his brothers George and Ernest. Survived by two granddaughters. son Clarence E. Johnson died last fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Johnson
Johnson Brothers
Bath
Union
Mr. Johnson
Edward A
Mary K. Johnson
Swanton & Jameson
Front and
Broad Streets
Bath Savings Institution
George W. Johnson
Ernest A. Johnson
Johnson
Odd Fellows
Polar Star Lodge
Masons
Kennebec
Charles 8S. Bradeen
Montreal
Lucille Johnson
Andrew L Felch 88 longtime Boston and Maine clerk dies
Andrew L Felch aged 88 a retired chief clerk for the Boston and Maine railroad died Sunday at Memorial hospital after a three year illness. He lived at 3 Ashburn Street Somerville with cousin Mrs Luella M Peterson. Survived by wife Paulina E Felch who died years ago three daughters Mrs George Lawrence Melrose Mass Mrs George Haskell Somerville and Mrs Robert Eisner Somerville and son Levi E Felch Boston. Burial likely in Chelmsford.
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Andrew L. Felch
Boston & Maine Railroad
Memorial Hospital
Somerville
Mass
Chelmsford
Mr. Felch
Lowell
Levi A. Felch
Bert D. Coombs dies after operation in Lewiston
Bert D. Coombs 63 a Lisbon Falls grain merchant died Friday at Central Maine General hospital Lewiston after an operation Wednesday from which he failed to rally. Born Bowdoin son of Abner and Mary Ann Small Coombs he earlier ran a Bowdoin Center store before moving to Lisbon Falls in 1910. Survived by sister Delvina Beal and four nephews, with wife Cor ris Gray deceased in 1932. He belonged to Columbia lodge K of P.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert D. Coombs
Lisbon Falls
Emma Small
Bath
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Mr. Coombs
Bowdoin
Abner
Mary Ann Small Coombs
Shaw's Business College
Portland
Bowdoin Center
Corris E. Gray
Delvina Beal
Keith Coombs
Auburn
Kenneth Coombs
Waterville
George E. Beal
South Portland
Raymond C. Beal
Columbia Lodge, K. of P
Nellie Morse Powers Dies After Illness at 72
Nellie Morse Powers 72, wife of Frank M. Powers, died at home on Middle street after a four month illness. Born in Bath to Scott and Pauline Morse, she lived in the area most of her life and belonged to Genesta chapter O E S. Survived by husband, two daughters Mrs Carl C Troop of Bath and Mrs Henry P Caddy of Medford Mass, three grandchildren Marjorie Troop, Arline Caddy, William Caddy, and one sister Mrs William H Black of Perth Amboy New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Morse Powers
Frank M. Powers
Middle Street
Bath
Scott
Pauline Morse
Genesta Chapter
O. E
Carl C. Troop
Henry P. Caddy
Medford
Mass
Johnson Brothers founder Edward F. Johnson dies in Union
Funeral services for Edward F. Johnson, last of the three Johnson brothers who organized Johnson Brothers Co., were held Sunday at 2 PM at his daughter in law’s home on Summer Street. Rev. David L. Wilson officiated. Bearers included Michael J. Durgin and John H. Sylvester, with Chester H. McCabe and Thatcher B. Pinkham from Polar Star lodge, Masons. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Johnson
Johnson Bros
Union
Clarence E. Johnson
Summer Street
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Michael J. Durgin
John H. Sylvester
Johnson Brothers Co
Chester H. McCabe
Thatcher B. Pinkham
Polar Star Lodge
Masons
Bu.Tial
Oak Grove
Funeral for Abbie V. Pushard Held at Home
Funeral services for Abbie V. Pushard wife of Maurice I. Pushard of Phippsburg were held Monday afternoon at two at her mother's home Mrs Samuel Mulcahy 12 Russell street Rev Charles R Sims officiated Bearers were George Savage Clarence Wallace Charles Hughes Loring Pushard Burial was in Oak Grove cemetery
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William B. Perry
New York
Newport News
William Tench
Cleveland
William
Bowdoin College
Sebasco
E. L. Risteen
Earl Risteen
Thomaston
Fred S. Sawyer
Flora Risteen
Fred Curtis
N. W. Eaton
Ashdale
Bath
William Grevers
Lynbrook
L. I
Meadowbrook
James Perry
Omar Perry
Arthur
Harpswell
Walter Libby
Sylvester Cushmian
Portlans
Ambrose McFadden
Lena Oliver
F. P. Leavitt
Gardiner Rogers
Rogers
Ernest Rogers
Walter McCourt
Frank Gilliam
Frank, Jr
Frank Edgecomb
John Stacy
Portland
Stacy
Popham Beach
Charles L. Stevens
Alfred
Henry Minott
Martin Wyman
Asa
John D. Rogers
Webster
George C. Beals
Maurice Pushard
Samuel Mulcahy
Russell Street
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Clarence Wallace
George Savage
Charles Hughes
Loring Pushard
Oak Grove Cemetery
Abbie V. Pushard
Maurice I. Pushard
Phippsburg
Bangor High Student Athletic Week Funds Rise
Between fifty and sixty dollars has thus far been realized from Athletic Week projects begun last Friday at the Bangor High School morning classes and closing Thursday. Proceeds will go to the athletic department for baseball and track.
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Bangor High School
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Ity Council
Wilbur F. Higgins
Higgins
Cemetery and and Park Board
Mrggins
Mig- Haley
James 8S. Knight
Harry W. Witham
Witham Wold
C.W.A
Mr. Higgins
Wilbur Higgins
Ralph G. Stetson
Mary A. Hewey
Stetson
Horace W. Ward
Board of Fire Engineers
Annie Peters
John Peters
Industrial Accident Commission
Peters
Committee On Public Buildings
Charles Leeman
Old City Hall
Salvation Army
Rman
Rodick
Raymond C. Hart
Alderman Donnell
Joseph I. Smith
George Melzard
T. W. Hyde
U. V
Dora O. Lowell
Bedford Street
Dike
Ward 1
Cherry Street
Lauroy Allen
West Africa
R. H. Donnell
Boston & Maine
E. F. Johnson
Atwood’s Medicine