Agreement Reached on Street Railway Track Removal
Alderman Robert H. Haskell reports a memorandum with Andros Coggin & Kennebec Street Ry on track removal after service ends. The city will remove exposed tracks at city ends while keeping rails elsewhere for Bail Box Co and Ceramics Feldspar Co to switch with Maine Central tracks. An aldermanic motion authorized the order and payments follow. The council voted to buy a compressor up to 1700 and noted a 390 allowance on the current compressor amid WPA concerns. Presiding Alderperson Frank F. Turner led a meeting of the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Haskell
Ward
Androscoggin & Kennebec St. Ry
Street Railway Company
Bail Box Co
Ceramics Feldspar Co
Maine Central Railroad
Edward M Robbins
Board of Highchats and Sewers
WPA
City finance committee to review damages claimed by Spinney
Ward 2 member Horace B Woodman and Ward 7 members join the finance committee to consider an adjustment of damages Mrs. Effie Spinney alleges from street blasting near her 1069 High Street home. All members attend except Robson Wallace Tardiff and Henderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace B. Woodman
Effie Spinney
High Street
Robson and
Wallace
Tardiff
Henderson
Hunt Peck Wedding Set for February in Malone
Mr and Mrs Isaiah W Hunt of East Brunswick announce the marriage of their daughter Elizabeth M to Burton L Peck of Brushton N Y on February 12 in Malone N Y They are attended by Charles I Peck and Miss Mary Peck Elizabeth M is valedictorian of Lawrence High School Fairfield 1933 and a NYU Normal School honor graduate 1936 teaching at Massena N Y Peck son of the late Burton L Peck of Minneapolis is Brushton High School alumnus and a furniture dealer in Brushton The couple will honeymoon three weeks in Canada Plattsburg and Augusta Maine before residing in Brushton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaiah W. Hunt
East Brunswick
Elizabeth M
Malone
N. Y
Burton L. Peck
Brushton
Charles I. Peck
Mary Peck
Massena
Peck
Minneapolis
Chamber of Commerce
Canada
Plattsburg
Augusta
Leningrad Foundation Ties to St Petersburg History
Leningrad, renamed Saint Petersburg, traces its origins to the 1703 founding of the city then called St Petersburg by Peter the Great. The era marks a shift in imperial capital status and enduring European influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leningrad
St. Petersburg
Bathman in charge of 1200 flood refugees in Terre Haute
Edwin M. Johansen a Bathman was placed in charge of 1200 flood refugees from Evansville Indiana during a recent disaster. Writing from Terre Haute on March 4 he describes long hours caring for men women and children and praise from local Red Cross officials and Terre Haute leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin M. Johansen
Evansville
Ind
Terre Haute
Olaf G. Johansen
Bath
California
Mr. Johansen
Indiana
Terre Gaute
Navy
Navy Department
Red Cross
Washington
Brunswick Dramatic Club Selects Play The Groove
The Brunswick high Dramatic Club chose The Groove by George Middleton from four one act plays to enter the district contest in Bath on April 2. Mrs Mildred Thalheimer directed with Miss Muriel Farnum assisting. Merline Lowell and Sylvia Hammond starred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dramatic Club of
Brunswick High
Town Hall
Bath
Mildred Thalheimer
Muriel Farnum
George Middleton
Merline Lowell
Sylvia Hammond
Winifred Douglas
Mary Johnson
Caleb Stoc
Martin Flavin
Anton Chekhov
Glenn Hughes
Lincoln Smith
B. Holmes
Herbert Ross Brown
Western Hubbard
Will O the Wisp
Doris F. Halman
Winslow High
Bowdoin
Talk on Oil Paintings at the Fireside Club
At the Winter Street Fireside club Harry Titus of Portland spoke to 47 youths on understanding and interpreting religious paintings. He praised their interest and guided them on painting messages. Next Sunday Judge Max Pimansky will discuss The Challenge of Modern Life to Christianity, led by Miss Charlotte F. Page with plans for a fast banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Titus
Portland
Winter Street
Fireside Club
Max Pimansky
Interracial Fellowship
Charlotte F. Page
Senator Sewall Seeks Public Opinion On Liquor Store Hours
Sagadahoc Senator Sewall urges Maine residents and business interests to express views on a proposed amendment to extend liquor store hours. The measure would set seven o'clock on weeknights and ten o'clock on Saturdays as the universal closing time, with Liquor Commission guidance on store hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewall
Sagadahoc
Maine
House of Representatives
Varney
Berwick
Senator Sewall
Liquor Commission
White Ribboners Hold Monthly Meeting in Nazaren Church
The White Ribboners of the W C T U held their regular monthly meeting in the Church of the Nazarene vestry with Mrs. Nella S. Stover presiding. Topics included devotionals on "Service" and a broadcast on alcohol education read to be shared in March across unions. plans were announced for a world Penny party on March 23 and a Brunswick union institute March 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C.T.U
Church of the Nazarene
Nella S. Stover
Nellie Brown
Carrie H. Trott
H-E-R-E
Bertha Rachael Palmer
United States
May Blanchard
Walter Schoepfer
Mary Sims
Marjorie V. Stover
Bath
Woman's Field Army For
Woman's Field Army For the Control of
Lizzie B. C. Chaney
Brunswick Union
Berean Baptist Church
Washington
D. C
Myra Kelley
Elva Libby
Alma Reid
Alice May Douglas
Alice Pratt
Lois Palmer
Easter Seals Campaign Aids Crippled Children in Bath
Bath progresses with Crippled Children Seal sale from March 1 to Easter March 28. The campaign promotes local state and international effort to help handicapped children and invites donations via Pine Tree Society for Crippled Children. Mrs Clyde H Smith attended a national women’s press dinner in Washington with notable guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
P.T. Avs
Club Garret
Cosmopolitan Club
Vna
Crippled Children, Ltd
John B Parson
Pine Tree Society
Roscoe P. McFadden
Leroy F. Colby
Society
Clyde H Smth
Skowhegan
Smith
Washington, D. C
National Women’s Press
Capital
Elizabeth May Craig
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Willard
For Sale Kentucky Bred Mare Molly O and Farm Goods
Auction notice lists Kentucky bred mare Molly O aged 13 by Harvester Worthy and Pal O Mine dam. heavy team and good moderate workers. Also five cows with two freshening within a week and other farm goods including side-deliver rake cordwood saw furniture two radios phonograph. Contact Earl Packard White Road Machinga deg Hay for sale good quality hay. Vines Mank Woolwich Me Tel 1074 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly-O
Harvester Worthy
Pal-O-Mine
Aloo
Jersey
Durham
Earl Packard
White Road
Local Social News Circles Bowdoinham Bath and Richmond
Neal Bishop Otis Gray attend Knights of Pythias meeting in Bath. Samuel Dorrance named tax collector and town treasurer of Richmond. Death of John Spittell reported. funeral in Richmond. Attended by numerous Bath Richmond and Augusta residents, including dances dinners and visits. 50th wedding anniversary of James and Mary Pratt noted with planned reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal Bishop
Otis Gray
Bath
Knights of Pythias
Sidney Higgins
Hattie Andros
Karl Hatch
Charles Hackett
Margaret Gile
Helen Britt
George Cutler
Ida Mackay
Roland Mackay
Augusta
Samuel Dorrance
Bowdoinham
Richmond
Robert Webber
Freeport
Webber
R. H. Webber
U. of M
Hotel Sedgwick
John Spittell
Attleboro
Mass
Laura Dinsmore Spittell
Harvey
Frank Given
Harry Purington
Portland
Allan Naugler
Naugler
Richmond- Dresden
Fort Richmond
Harry Little
Cora
Samuel Little
Baltimore
Gilman Clough
Stamford
Frances Merrill
O. C. Barnard
Randolph
J. N. Palmer
Ernest Jones
Canton
Myron Heenie
Frank Siegars
Milicent Page
Lewiston
Ida Fowle
Clara Fogg
WCSH
Carrie Kendall
Inez Gowell
Barbara
Rumford
Eleanor Rogers
Lisbon Falls High School
Erland Rogers
Flora Lord
Ernest Sylvester
Wilbur Small
Ladies’ Farm Bureau
Alvah Nickerson
Myrtle Gordon
Newcastle
Gordon
Lelia Douglass
Maynard Hinckley
Gardiner
James Pratt
James M. Pratt
Bowdoinham 4-H Club Meeting and Local News
Bowdoinham 4 H club Healthy Happy Home Helpers met at the Adams homestead Friday evening to discuss pig care and play games with refreshments. Next meeting is planned there Saturday March 20 featuring a bound buttonholes demonstration by Mrs Erlind Rovers. Little Phyllis Starbird visited the Starbird family on Haigh road while Bowdoinham area families report maple sap runs from Millay Brothers and various local visits and illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Happy Home Helpers
Adams Homestead
Erlind Rovers
Phyllis Starbird
Clifford Starbird
Haigh Road
Adams School
Opportunity Precedes Success
An aphorism noting that opportunities arise daily but only sustained work converts them into success. The quote emphasizes effort as the mechanism linking chance to achievement.
Mrs H. Riley Dies at Brunswick After Long Banking Career
Thomas H. Riley 79 longtime Brunswick Savings Institution president died at his Brunswick home after coronary thrombosis. Born Philadelphia 1757, he moved to Maine, led Bowdoin College boards, served 25 years town clerk, and guided local library and Masonic and fraternity activities. Survived by two sons, six grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Riley
Maine Bankers
Brunswick Savings Institution
Brunswick
Mr. Riley
Philadelphia
Thomas Harrison
Lydia Sturtevant Riley
St. Marks School
Bowdoin College
Thomas Harrison Riley Jr
Savings Banks Association of Maine
Riley
John W. Riley
William J. Curtis
New York City
Maiden
Thomas H. Jr
John W
Baseball Picture Shown At Central Church Men’s Club
W Emery Chase Jr an assistant safety engineer spoke to Central church Men’s club on Playing the Game Right a baseball film featuring stars and world series highlights The talk preceded by supper and business session led by Roscoe G Bailey with March 23 meeting skipped for Holy Week and next gathering set for April 13
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Emery Chase, Jr
State Department of Labor and Industry
Central Church
Detroit
Cubs
George J. Perry
Perry's
Karcher Jackson
Roscoe G. Bailey
Memorial statue of Strauss in Vienna City Park
The Vienna city statue honoring Strauss, unveiled in 1921, shows the composer in gilded bronze with a violin, a white marble pergola behind him, and relief figures dancing to his waltz. Other memorials mark his life in Vienna. His birthplace is 15 Lerchenfelderstrasse, and his childhood composing cottage lies at Salmannsdorf near the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strauss
Vienna
Stadtpark
Danube
Lerchenfelderstrasse
Clericus Meeting of Kennebec Penobscot District in Bath
The Kennebec Penobscot Clericus held its monthly meeting in Grace Church Bath opening at 11 with Holy Eucharist led by Rev. Charles M. Tubbs assisted by Rev. J Harold Bessom. The gathering included clergy from Bangor Rockland Gardiner and Camden among others and planned a joint meeting with Southwest Clericus in Portland for May 11. Lunch followed in the parish house hosted by Women’s Auxiliary and St Mary’s Guild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec-Penobscot Clericus
Diocese of
Maine
Bath
Grace Church
Charles M. Tubbs
J. Harold Bessom
St. James’ Church
Old Town
Ernest O. Kenyon
T. G. Akeley
Robert E. Merry
Benjamin Brewster
Mr. Akeley
William E. Berger
Charlies M. Tubbs
Howard D. Perkins
Southwest Clericus
Bangor Clericus
Stanley A. Macdonell
Aroostook County
Bowdoin Conference
Woman's Auxiliary
St. Mary's Guild
Arthur Sewall
Paul V. Mason
Edward W. Bridgham
Fred D. Hill
W. Dayton Hill
Herbert Calderwood
Eugene McGrath
Edwin H. P
St Patrick's Day Program at Dromore Grange
Dromore Grange held a St Patrick's Day event with a green attire theme and a varied program. Members enjoyed songs, readings, riddles, sketches, a radio contest, and a talk on the emerald Beryl with notes on its mythic beliefs across cultures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore
St. Patrick’s
Dromore Grange
Georgiana Thorpe
Minnie Woodman
Grange
Ray Campbell
Annie Malcolm Reading
Elfreda Perkins
Charlotte Owen Beony
Edward Waters
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Rics
A. & K. Railway
Pres Gwar Mua
Frank FL Turner
E. C. Plummer
Col
Henry W. Owen
Sachede
George Weymouth
Summer
the Times Co
Bathman
Terre-Haute
Brunswick Dramatic Club
Fireside
Brewster G. Sedgwick Optometrist
Arthur Allen Bath Trust
Woolwich
Rose
H. Riley
State Department of Labor
Paul Kelly
Rosalind Keith
He-Man
Wm. Boyd
Hop-a-Long
Cassidy
Trail Dust
Jimmie Ellison
George Hayes
Popeye
Bengal Tiger
Barton MacLane
Travis
Will Rogers
DR. Bull
Kennebec-Penobscot
Clericus
St. Thomas
Opera House
Lloyds OF London
Madeleine Carroll
Tyrone Power
Victor Moore
Helen Broderick
Victor McLaglen
Ida Lupino
Jane Withcers
Anthony Martin the Holy Terror
Joan Crawford
William Powell
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