Small salaries burden Portland Methodist pastors
Rev. John M. Arters, district superintendent, reports 35 pastors in the Portland district cannot afford illnesses. Benevolence funds from the centenary campaign shrink next year from 4850 to 3600, risking privation for many ministers. He urges sacrifice and wider giving to help the needy and maintain church sustenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
John M. Arters
South Portland
Bath
Mr. Arters
China
Methodist Episcopal Church
Russia
Africa
Methodist Church
Arters
Streets Hold Up Well After Heavy Storm
Despite a heavy rainstorm, the Board of Highways and Sewers reported little street damage. Crews cleared plugged catch basins and began repairs, with forecasts of near normal travel conditions as weather improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Highways and Sewers
City Fault in Replacing Street After Water Work
Bath Water District funded street restoration after pipe work, paying the city 2244 in six months. Rates of four dollars per square yard for tar macadam, two fifty for paving, and two dollars for water bound macadam applied. City blamed for road bumps, Water District technically financed the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Water District
Water District
Bath Girl Wins First Prize in Elizabeth General Training
Miss Margaret Dorothy Kelley of Bath led her class of five at Elizabeth General Hospital training school graduation in Bath. She received $60 in gold for high marks, with Miss Marjorie Martellarber of Elizabeth taking second prize. The event marked the school’s 30th anniversary with ceremonies at Central Baptist church and a reception at the nurses home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Dorothy Kelley
Catherine F. Kelley
Farrin Street
Bath
Elizabeth General Hospital
Elizabeth
N. d
Cranford
Jersey City
Central Baptist Church
Kelley
New York
Frederic J. Faulkins
Board of Managers
Carrie Helen Tucker
Martha Cameron
Marjorie Martel Larber
C. T. Orcutt
Elks Club
Westfield Avenue
Mary Woodward
John A. Kelley
World's Finest Sugar Refinery Opens in Baltimore
The American Sugar Refining Co. inaugurated a major Baltimore refinery at Locust Point with the presence of president Karl D Babst and more than 1000 guests from financial and sugar industry circles across multiple states. The facility spans a half mile frontage on Baltimore harbor and already handles cargoes of raw sugar, with expectations to boost both imports and exports through the port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Karl D Babst
American Sugar Refining Co
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Locust Point
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Kentucky
District of Columbia
Abst
Philip Stockton
Old Colony Trust Co
Newcomb Carlton
Western Union Telegraph Co
Samuel MeRoberts
Metropolitan Trust Co
Charles Francis Adams
Samuel Carr
James H. Douglas
Chicago
George H. Frazier
George IF. Baker, Jr
Edrwin S. Marston
Albert H. Wiggin
Baltimore Harbor
Eagles Conduct Annual Party Despite Rain Storm
Bath aerie Eagles hosted their annual May hall with dancers as music by Mr and Mrs Hi Perkins Clarence Reed and George Freld kept guests entertained near midnight. The group decided to continue weekly card parties and dances on Thursday nights instead of ending with the ball. Edward T Whitehouse announced the change to applause. D L Whitehouse Edward Lee William Voertner Edward Arsenault Amos F Perry led the dance committee. Mr and Mrs Michael Cavanaugh and daughter Ann Helen plan to move to Detroit Michigan Joli Cavanaugh will work there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Aerie Eagles
the Aerie
Edward T. Whitehouse
TL. Whitehouse
Edward Lee
William Vpoertner
Edward Arsenault
Amos F. Perry
Five Islands Daily Life Highlights and Passages
Five Islands notes record social visits, travel to Bath and Portland, cottage life on Malden Island, hospital transfers, church attendance, and local events. Mentions of O'Brien death in Lowell, arrivals by auto or boat, and seaside activities across families like the Grays, Stevens, Davis, and Rowe, with a Grange program announced for Memorial Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester MacMahan
C. A. MacMahan
Portland
L. G. Lewis
Albion Davis
TD. R. Stevens
T. J. Hanna
Malden Island
J. G. Stevens
Bath
Harry Tarr
Richmond
Ss. T. W. Blaisdell
Charles Nocton
Georgetown Center
Isabel Stevens
Oscar Snowman
A. G. Lewis
Fred Baker
Gardiner
A. A. MacMahan
C. H. Meehan
Cambridge
Mass
Walter Reed
Moulton
Seguinhind
Mabel Rowe
Vernon Gray
Georgetown
Gray
Clarence Oliver
S.A. Evans
Islind
Victoria Snowman
Della
Mays
Snowman
Harry Lewis
Montreal
Quebec
South Portland
Walter Rowe
Reed
Ree Ee Ae
Davis
Aurelia Grey
Delia Davis
Addie Davis
Family trouble followed up by the Red Cross
The Bath Red Cross Home section details a two year case of a Canadian army veteran and his wife, their three children, and repeated domestic and financial crises. Despite extensive aid, keeping the family together proved elusive as efforts to stabilize debts, housing, and health continued with 58 in person visits and many calls, leaving the future uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Bath
Mr. A
Mrs. A
Domettic
A's
Women Revive Auxiliary at Bath YMCA
The Bath YMCA women’s auxiliary was reorganized last Wednesday to boost activities for the boys and young men. President Mrs. S. S. Mullin leads committees for immediate service, with plans for a social rest room and enhanced social rooms. The next meeting is scheduled for June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M.C.A
Bath
Ymucla
S. S. Mullin
Violalogan
Eva Traines
A. FE. Buzzo
John Evans
Sylvester Rowlands
John Burkhardt
Seth Mullin
Maxwell Powers
Charles G. Sanborn
Mabel Lake
Enina Magoun
Charles Low
Roscoe McFadden
John Lord
Louise Staples
J. A. Redlon
William Small
Bath City Plans Two To Three Week Street Tree Spraying
The Bath city spraying program began Monday near the cemeteries and will continue about two to three weeks. Officials aim to spray all shade trees along streets, funded by taxation. For details contact Herbert R. Lemont Newers or J. A. Maley of the State Department of Agriculture. Public spraying along the jetty is free. private work costs actual expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Herbert R. Lemont
J. A. Maley
State Department of Agriculture Oil
Georgetown Baptists Hold Meetings and Elect Officers
The Bowdoinham Association of Baptist churches met in Georgetown for two days last week with Rev. H. H. Bishop of Brunswick directing the business and Rev. W. T. Boyd elected moderator. Rev. Clarence Fogg and Rev. A. Evans spoke, Miss Hume of Cuba contributed in the afternoon, and services continued nightly for two weeks with attendees expressing good interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham Association of Baptist Churches
A. Evans
H. H
Brunswick
W. T. Boyd
Georgetown
Clarence Fogg
Freewort
Ernest Holman
First Baptist Church of
Waldoboro
Damariscotta United Baptist Association
S.A. Evans
Carl A. Scott
W. C. Todd
George F. Oliver
Willard
Bath
Harold Hunt
Hunt
W. N. Wilkains
Sabine
Leon E. Oliver
Newburyport
Mass
Charlies Oliver
James Stuart
Edgar Hunt
Everett
Oliver
Roy Moore
Ruby Moore
Gladys Oliver
Ethel Todd
Harry Horne
Owen Marr
Boston
Arthur Rowe
Edward Wren
Roslindale
Mark Marr
Marrtown
Marr
William Thompson
West Georgetown
Charles Clark
S.t Georgetown
Webster Harley
Legioners Attend Regular Memorial Day Observance
Roland HT. Smith post 21 scouts Memorial Day plans with a large turnout of ex service men expected. A resolution committee will draft remarks on Comrade John S. Clancy. Sons of Veterans invited to Sunday church services. Memorial exercises at Legion hall at 1 pm with parade afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland HT. Smith
Post Hall
Freeman Crosby
Ri. E K. Perkins
Howell Smith
John S. Clancy
Sons of Veterans
Deacon Street Methodist Church
Sons of Veterans Hall
Wsacm
Legion Hall
John Williams
Perry Thompson
Hersham Oliver
Edward Arsenanuit
Archie Pennell Hewell Smith
Eugene Hart
John Minott
John Willis
Bath man Frank Craven dies in Los Angeles aged about 70
Frank Craven a Bath native aged about 70 who had lived in San Pedro California for the last 15 years died May 19 at a Los Angeles hospital. He was a son of the late Thomas F. Craven and spent years in the barbering and installment businesses. He left Bath 11 years ago and did not return. He is survived by a daughter Madeline of San Pedro a sister Mrs Jennie Lounsbury of Bath and a brother Albert E Craven of Bath. The funeral was Monday and burial was in Wilmington California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Frank Craven
Bath
San Pedro
Cal
Los Angeles
Jennie Lounsbury
High Street Court
Craven
Thomas F. Craven
Bath II
Madeline
Lounsbury
Albert E. Craven
Union Street
Wilmington
Hill entertains with fine talk at Bath Rotary
Fred D. Hill, Bath National Bank cashier, spoke on his sea voyage from the Atlantic to the Pacific via the Panama Canal. He showed photographs along the route. Bath Rotary members heard the talk Tuesday at King Tavern with 35 members and three guests present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Hill
Bath National Bank
Atlantic
Pacific
Panama Canal
Bath Rotary Ath
King Tavern
Cashier Hill
Henry F. Butler
Mountsweag Farm
Charles Henry Butter
Washington, D. C
Montsweag Farm
J. Frank Ryder
Ohio
Charles A. Knight
Gardiner
Jackson
Girl Scout Ruth Keen Earns Golden Eaglet Honor
Ruth Elizabeth Keen a 14 year old Newtonville Mass girl who passes every Summer at Bay Point and leads Pine Cone troop of Girl Scouts in Bath last year has become a Golden Eaglet the highest honor of the Girl Scouts of America Miss Keen formerly lived in Brooklyn and received the award at the rally in the 13th Regiment Armory after joining troop 38 in Brooklyn October 1919 She earned merit badges across multiple crafts and organized Vine Cone troop here earning a thanks badge at Adelphi Academy summary of schooling shows high scholarship and many awards
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Elizabeth Keen
Newtonville
Mass
Bay Point
Bath
Charlotte Cook
United States
Girl Scouts of America
Miss Keen
Brooklyn
N. Y
Henry Keen
Ruth
Girl Scouts
Adelphi Academy
Alder
Adelphi
Bath Boys Exhibit Shows Fine Manual Training Work
There is a fine exhibit of manual training work in the north window of Thompson Bros Inc. It honors instructor David Alkaz for unusual excellence. Displays include shooters by Emil Barker Harvey Hartleb C Walsh and Joseph Doyle candlesticks by C Burgess and L Towers stool by K Hunt frames by W Wescott S Gilman and G McFadden chest by S Gilman checker boards book racks by W Bucklin L Garter and RR Small lamp holder by DT Jones electric Tibbetts foot stool by C Burgess necktie holder H Vinson wooden spoons by Robert Reynolds Albert Cloutier and David Mullin class projects and items such as a mission arm chair and bed table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson Bros., Inc
David Alkaz
Emil Barker
Harvey Hartleb
C. Walsh
Joseph Doyle
C. Burgess
L. Towers
K. Hunt
W. Wescott
S. Gilman
G. McFadden
Exhibit of inlaid trays and airplanes draws crowd
The exhibit features Ralph Merry and Forest Knight displaying inlaid trays while Everett Quimby and C C Dutton showcase airplanes. Merry records 19 feet 6 inches in four seconds and Dutton 9 feet 10 inches in three seconds. The display aims to teach children practical skills not learned in school, promising broad citizen interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Merry
Forest Knight
Everett Quimby
C. C. Dutton
Memorial Day Observed by Knights of the Golden Eagle
On Memorial Day the Knights of the Golden Eagle held observances at Lincoln castle. Members traveled to cemeteries for graveside services and returned to the hall for a 2 30 ceremony with readings from the ritual. District Grand Chief Lucius M LeMont gave an address praised as deep and significant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of the Golden Eagle
Lincoln Castle
L. L. Hooker
Dephine Howard
Mr. Ames
F. Wilbur Brown
Knight L. L. Hooker
Lucius M. LeMont
Bir
Iknight LeMont
Morse Argument Delayed Over Indictment Jurisdiction
Benjamin W. Morse of Boston challenges a federal indictment charging conspiracy to fraud and stock promotions for the United States Steamship Co. The case, including Morse and related defendants, is postponed to June 1 at Judge Rockwood's request as Morse seeks extradition defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin W. Morse
Boston
Charles W. Morse
New York
Bath
Morse
Rockwood
Erwin A
Harry F. Morse
United States
United States Steamship Co
Telegraph Wires Faulted By Storm Hit 18 Lines
Storm Thursday damaged telephone service for New England Tel and Tel with 18 lines out. Poor insulation caused most outages while Central Maine Power reported no faults. Marriage intentions filed for Howard A Deering of Bath and Manola Coburn of Lewiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Central Maine Power Co
Howard A. Deering
Bath
Manola Coburn
Lewiston
Cerk
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Beaver
L. Farnham Co, Inc
D. M. Humphreys & Co Fire and Marine
Room
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Margaret Kelley
Eagles
Michael Cavanaugh
John Cavanaugh
Ann Helen
Detroit
Mich
Joli Cavanaugh
F. S. Curtis
Center Street
Bath, Maine
Sunshine Circle
Misses Gray
Aurelia
Kathleen Gray
Hannah Oliver
Ida
T. W. Blaisdell
Flora Moore
Addie Stevens
Elson Field
Boothbay
St. Andrew's Hospital
Ralph Davis
Ida Oliver
Robert Hodgdon
Hodgdon
Lena Lewis
Malden
Edward Boynton
Montpelier
Friend
Sky Pilot
George Hanna
George Rowe
William Gage
Augusta
Bowdoinham Association of Baptists
Grammar School
Jersey Union
Athletic Union
John J. Desmond
Golden Eagles
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