City Council Approves 1938 39 Budget With 365,749.06 Total
The city council passed an itemized appropriation of 365,749.06 for 1938 39, up 5,246.03 from last year. Key line items include a 10,000 reduction of city debt, 24,000 for Overseers of the Poor, 15,000 for police protection, 88,000 for the school department, 45,000 for highway and sewer, and a 10,000 city debt reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald N. Small
Merritt A. Mitchell
Ellery E. Whittemore
Walter C. Rogers
Alexander A. Burden
Walter F. Day
Charles T. Small, Jr
D. N. Small
Sewall
H. P. Small
Lord
Cahill
Insurance City Property
Board of Health
Sons of Veterans
Veterans Foreign Wars
Firemen
Pibit -Gabrarys Hye
Worss Ake
Bs Ral Peel Wea Pests Ee
AMO Sal Tax
Gaeta Esha
Municipal Board of Mothers
BTM Ogaie E Parergtadeae
Municipal Board of Childrens Muapoiatis
Esse Eps
Mayor Pushes New Athletic Field Amid Budget Debate
Mayor Donald N. Smal questioned allocating funds for Kelley athletic field saying it is unsuitable for its intended use. He urged aldermen to study a west side land parcel between Center and Academy streets for possible sale and outdoor sports. If viable, he favors obtaining an option to purchase for a future baseball park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelley Athletic Field
Donald N. Smal
Kelley Field
Small
Center
Academy Streets
Labor Federation Meeting Ends in Stormy Climax at Bath Iron Works
A Bath Iron Works mass meeting led by American Federation of Labor officials grew stormy as CIO sympathizers challenged speakers. AFL leaders defended union rights under the National Labor Relations Act and urged workers to join the Metal Trades Department. Speakers highlighted dues, benefits, and government wage expectations in the naval build program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Arcade Hall
American Federation of Labor
Charles D. Keaveney
Lynn
Mass
A.F.L. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
C.I.O. Hecklers
Alonzo F. Young
Bar Harbor
A.F.L
William McIntire
Providence
R. I
Committee On Industrial Organization
Keaveney
Young
Louis J. Brann
Bath
South
New York City
Metal Trades Department
Mr. Keaveney
Naval
Reginald T. Anderson
Lakewed
International Brotherhood of Machinists
United States
Anderson
John L. Barry
Manchester
N. H
Joseph Lavelle
Horace E. Howe
Portland
Portland Central Labor Union
Richard H. Baird
International Brotherhood of Operating Engineers of America
Charles A. Yunckert
C.I.O
City Council Finalizes Annual Appropriation Bill
City resolves the $365 749.06 appropriation after a brief contest over $225 for Kelley field and South End playground. A committee compromised to divert $50 from the contingent fund for Kelley field with athletic committee oversight. A $300 special investigation account for welfare appeals was approved for potential use. Constables and a malt liquor license were set, and dog destruction warrants issued for unlicensed animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Small
Kelley Field
South End
Mitchell
Powers
Blair
Elmer W. Rogers
Morse
Finance Committee
Ward 7
Welfare Department
Rogers
Burgess
Times
Hubert W. Eldred
American Legion National Disaster and Emergency Relief Committee
Small
Robson
Pres
Leavitt
Weston
Gardiner D. Rogers
Richard Frates
Board of Fire Engineers
Edgett Street
Center Street
Committee On Fire Department
Harry Comeau
Alderman Burgess
Patten Free Library
T. W. Hyde
U. W
Winter Street
Joseph A. Butler
Sadie Fogg
Marshal Butler
Lawrence Palmer
Mark Harrington
Ernest G. Kingsbury
Constantine Gurgiotis
Crystal Restaurant
McCausland
Bath Man Heads Masonic Grand Lodge in Portland
Members of the Grand Council of Masons attended a four day Grand Lodge meeting in Portland electing Dr. David L. Wilson of Bath as Grand Master. Other officers named include E. Murray Graham H Hooper Saco conductor of work Edwin F. Hillman grand treasurer Converse Leach Portland grand recorder Edgar R. Comee Brunswick master of ceremonies Emrey Mitchell Rumford captain of the guard Milton Stevenson Rockland conductor of the council and Harry S Grindall Waterville steward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Council of Masons
Portland
David L. Wilson
Bath
E. Murray Graham
H. Hooper
Saco
Edwin F. Hillman
Converse. Leach
Edgar R. Comee
Brunswick
Emrey Mitchell
Rumford
Milton Stevenson
Rockland
Harry S. Grindall
Waterville
Education Board Adopts Budget for School Year
The Board of Education approved a budget for the coming year based on an $8,000 city grant. It elected the same teachers for 1938–39 and restricted after hours use of school yards to protect property and reduce disturbances. Reports showed a high school balance of $1,162.31 and bids were to be sought for coal for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
William L. Skelton
Allin Spear
Arthur J. Dunton
Donald N. Small
Final accounting postponed to June 7 session
In Sagadahoc probate court Judge Brackett postponed the final accounting in the estate of Jane Hyde to June 7 due to Judge Glidden’s illness. Jane Hyde, now of legal age from her Winter marriage to Converse G. Fenn, may receive about three quarters of a million dollars from her grandfather John Sedgwick Hyde.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Hyde
John H. Hyde
Mabel A. Thwing
John W. Brackett
Lincoln County
Walter S. Glidden
Sagadahoc
Glidden
Emma Hatch Celebrates 90th Birthday in South Dresden
Mrs Emma Hatch marked her 90th birthday at the home of her daughter Mrs Willard Stesgara in South Dresden. Born in 1848 in West Dresden, she taught school in Cresden and Swan's Island and is mother to seven children including Amy Cromwell Nellie Soule Ida Gibbs Harry Hatel Arthur Hatch and Stella Siecars. Seventy grandchildren and twenty four great grandchildren joined relatives and friends for the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Hatch
Willard Stesgara
South Dresden
Hatch
West Dresden
Jude Pushard
Cresden
Swan's Island
Amy Cromwell
Woolwich
Nellie Soule
Ida “Gibbs
Wiscasset
Harry Hatel
Deesden
Arthur Hatch
Waldoke 5
Stella Siecars
Drest
Eagles Quarters to Be Renovated
Bathaern local group members announced after their annual officer election that quarters will be renovated and beautified in the coming weeks. Work should finish before the installation of officers June 26 including Walter Norton as president Edward Lesier chaplain and other named officers. Mrs Myrtle Billings of Cobbroad visits Newton Mass relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bathaern
FOF
Walter Ho Norton
Edward J. Lesier
Eadward J Lee
Walter L. Norton
Horace L. Norton
Ralph Boardman
Donald F. McRae
Myrtle Billings
Cobbroad
Newton
Mass
Bath Pupils Prepare for Friday Physical Education Show
More than 300 Bath public school students from fourth grade through high school will participate in Friday's year kickoff demonstration at the high school gym under director Duncan H. Farrell. The program includes drills, relays, calisthenics, and folk dancing led by teachers such as Miss Eleanor Danforth and Miss Anne Thompson, with assistance from Morse School faculty members Henry D. Small, John B. Madden, and Miss Gertrude J. Sievery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace P. Herrick
Mary H. Conley
Katherine Conley
Gertrude J. Diggery
Amy A. Irish
Hester M. Rose
Cecile Veilleux
Agnes Fahey
Mary L. Lord
Alma I. Kirkpatrick
Edward S. Wright
Henry D. Small
Harold E. Brown
John E. Madden
Catherine FE
Edith B Horne
Ella R. Jaquith
Mabel F. Libby
Jean L. Danforth
North Grammar
J. Gertrude Sibsby
Helen J. Hayes
W. Hazel Cunningham
Theo McNeil
North
Martha EF. Hooper
Margaret T. Mulligan
Celia McCormick
Carrie C. Smith
Central Grammar
Bessie M. Hunt
Ruth B. Wilson
Doris E. Humphreys
Almena A. Jaques
Margaret C. Scott
Berenice Colby
Enid Sawyer
Center Street
Ethel L. Higeine
Joan M. Harrison
Hope S. Hersom
Florence A. Hawley
Opportunity School
Frances Small
South Street
Laura Mitchell
Eleanor M. Ferguson
Dorothy Davis
Marjorie Troop
Bath
Duncan H. Farrell
Central Grammar School
Eleanor Danforth
Arthur Warner
Patricia Sewall
A. Newcomb
Sally
Catherine Ryan
Miss . M. Ferguson
Carmen Huse
Mitchell School
Anne Thompson
Helen Hayes
Dike School
A. Wand
Farrell
John BE. Madden
Gertrude J. Sievery
Morse School
Florence Nightingale Service Planned at Grace Church
A Florence Nightingale remembrance service is scheduled for Thursday at eight in Grace Church to honor the founder of modern nursing. Nurses across the city are urged to attend meeting at the parish house, 740, and wear caps and gowns if possible. The public is invited, and tea will be served at Bath Memorial hospital from two to four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Church
Florence Nightingale
Scenturie Nursing
Bath Memorial Hospital
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Labor Federation
Masonic Grand Lodge
Education Board
Judge Brackett
John Tyler
Mary R. Tyler
Laura E. Farnham
George Bradford Farnham
Lillian Quint
Topsham
Mary Q. Jack
J. Rupert Wing
West Bath
George J. Hopkins
Emma CG Small
Joseph T. Small
T.a
James A. Lander
James J. Landers
Wellington
FL Dunton
Edith Mo Dunton
Walter C. Katanann
Everett
Katherine F. Porter
Brooklyn
N. Y
Anson P.M. Given
Bowdeinham
Jane M. Given
Milton Given
Jennie M Morse
Walter K Morse
Arthur J Ward
Bertha Ward
Laura Ellen Farnhum
George B Farnham
Bion FL Shea
Arrowsic
Rosa D. Shea
Joseph Young
Phippsbury
Fred Po Younes
Elmire Bermi
Helen G. Morton
Walter A. Barker
John P. Carey
Franklin P. Sprague
Herter Adin
Loretta M. Riley
Dora L. Beal
Harriet P. Hathorn
Emma Hatch Smart
Dresden
Eagles
Paul Mason
Ter
Gay
Front Street
Jm Winthrop
Mr. Mason
F. A. Mason