Legion Auxiliary District Meeting Set for Wiscasset
Mary Knox Hodgkins state vice president calls district council meeting for Thursday November 15 at 1 30 pm in the Congregational vestry Wiscasset Delegates from 27 units will attend welcome by Commander Carroll Berry and Bradford Redennett Rev Charles Titus to speak Committee chairs to be announced social hour refreshments served by Anna Holbrook Nellie Dowling and Jessie Stinson Maine Society D A C officers and honorary regent named semi annual meeting planned for June at Paris Hill
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Mary Knox Hodgkins
Damariscotta
American Legion Auxiliary
Congregational Vestry
Wiscasset
Hodgkins
Irene Metcalf
Blanche Morton
Rockland
Mary Murphy
Bath
Agnes Bradley
Rumford
Bertha Abbott
South Paris
Blanche Swan
Auburn
Anne Snow
Legion Auxiliary Service
Carroll Berry
Wiscasset Legion
Bradford Redennett
Charles Titus
Wiscasset Auxiliary
Anna Holbrook
Nellie Dowling
Jessie Stinson
Sir William Phips Chapter D.A.C. Meets in Brunswick
The Sir William Phips chapter of the Daughters of the American Colonists met at the Brunswick home of Mrs. Earl Richardson on Nov. 5. Speakers included Mrs. William R. Pattangall of Augusta on beautifying Maine highways and a gavel gift from Lewiston’s Mrs. Summer S. Peck carved from the Gardiner estate. Mrs. Frank Peck presented a book about Sir William Phips. Miss Mary Pelham Hill of Topsham attended.
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William Phips
Daughters of the American Colonists
Earl Richardson
Brunswick
Frank Peck
Sir William Phips
Mary Pelham Hill
Topsham
Beacon Street Club Meets Despite Stormy Weather
A large Beacon Street Brotherhood gathering heard United States Naval inspector Theodore Urbanowitz speak on construction and destruction in a talk about Navy materials and high explosives. The evening included a church Christmas tree plan, a new member push, and door baseball with Everett Lemont’s Punks defeating Martin Power’s Dunks 7 to 5.
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Pres
H. Martin Powers
Beacon Street Brotherhood
Central Office of
Methodist Brotherhoods
Harley A. Shattuck
Pres. Powers
Elmer Norton
John Williams
Clifton Tedford
Eugene McGrath
Everett G. Lemont
Theodore Urbanowitz
United States Naval
Bath Iron Works Corp
Navy
Everett Lemont
Martin Power
Maine confronts school funds allotment problem
Maine Public School Finance Commission lays out fixes for public funding. It urges precise budgeted amounts, early returns of some taxes for operation, and using surplus to cut statewide property tax. Calls for equalization by revaluation, study of academy endowments, and reforms to state aid and academy tuition practices.
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Maine Public School Finance Commission
Maine
Boston Visitors And Winter Trip Notices
Personal notes record Boston visitors William Gove Frederick Hart Herbert Henderson and Albert Douglas over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Calvin W Rogers left Tuesday for their winter home in West Palm Beach Florida. A group went to Brunswick Tuesday night for college pool swimming including Herbert Antworth Dr C A Berry Elizabeth Conley George Comeau William Donne l Herbert Douglas Katherine Duprey K Dahlrup Frank Given Gwendolyn Leavitt Elizabeth McGrath Walter Norton Addie Palmer Florence Robinson Caroline Rogers Henry Schoffield Dorothy Scott Louise Stewart Stanley Wallace.
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William Gove
Frederick Hart
Herbert Henderson
Albert Douglas
Boston
Calvin W. Rogers
West Palm Beach
Fla
Brunswick
College
Herbert Antworth
C. A. Berry
Elizabeth Conley
George Comeau
William Donne
Herbert Douglas
Katherine Duprey
K. Dahlrup
Frank Given
Gwendolyn Leavitt
Elizabeth McGrath
Walter Norton
Addie Palmer
Florence Robinson
Caroline Rogers
Henry Schofield
Dorothy Scott
Louise Stewart
Stanley Wallace
Surprise party for Bowdoinham family marks October birthdays
In Bowdoinham Mr and Mrs Elmer W Raymond and son Wesley celebrated recent October birthdays with a Tuesday afternoon and evening surprise at their home. Guests included Mr and Mrs George W Weirs and Mr and Mrs Alfred C Kelley of Portland and Mr and Mrs Milton Baker of Bowdoinham.
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Elmer W. Raymond
Wesley
George W. Weirs
Alfred C. Kelley
Portland
Milton Baker
Bowdeinham
Ida Fowle
Frances Merrill
Betty Wilson
Lewiston
Bates
Bowdoin
Addie Perry
Sylvia Weeks
Gardiner
Frank Jack
Raymond Rendall
Alfred
al Douglas
Sagadahoc Fertilizer Co
Cathance
A. S. MacDougal
Clara Fogg
Walter Rogers
Billy
Gertrude
Roger
Abbi Graves
Ella Temple
Shirley Lancaster
Charles Berry
Methodist Ladies Aid
Grange Hall
Walter Reed
South Freeport
Lorenzo Small
H. E. Cornish
J. Hall Denham
Maynard Dow
Brunswick
November D A R meeting in Central church parish house
Colonel Dummer Sewall chapter D A R met Tuesday afternoon in the Central church parish house with thirty-two in attendance. Mrs David L Wilson spoke on her summer trip to Hawaii as hostesses planned refreshments and a luncheon gathering. A planned all day session with luncheon for members was announced at Mrs Charles C Low’s High street home. Radio broadcasts were set for November 9 and 23 with topics Old Doorways and National Old Trails respectively
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Dummer Sewall
Central Church Parish House
David L. Wilson
Hawaiian Islands
Harry E. Ring
Fred H. Cary
Mary E. Barry
Ways and Means
Charles C. Low
High Street
WCSH
Portland
Maude Clark Gay
Waldoboro
WHEB
Portsmouth
William Smith Shaw
Interclub card tournament resumes Thursday night
Bath camp Modern Woodmen and Sagadahoc council Knights of Columbus will resume their interclub card tournament Thursday at eight in Knights of Columbus hall. These groups have played several tournaments recently and anticipate much pleasure during the coming winter. Cribbage sixty three whist pitch or any card game may be played. A season ending banquet will terminate the contest.
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Bath Camp
Modern Woodmen
Sagadahoc Council
Knights of Columbus
Randlette Nominated Sagadahoc County Commissioner
J. W. Randlette of Richmond was nominated by Governor Louis J. Brann to be Sagadahoc County Commissioner, succeeding the late Charles J. Dain. Dain had two years remaining in his term.
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J. W. Randlette
Richmond
Sagadahoc County
Louis J. Brann Monday
Charles J. Dain
Mr. Dain
Bowdoin Social Roundup Highlights and Visits
The Bowdoin Ladies aid held a yearly supper at Mrs. Grant Woods home with 57 attendees. Sagadahoc grange met at Bowdoin Center with a good program and dancing after. Teachers hosted a reception for new Lisbon Falls superintendent Byron, featuring pupil performances and remarks by Byron. Various local residents visited relatives and neighbors, plus plans announced for another Ladies aid meeting.
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Ladies Aid
Grant Woods
Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin Center
Byron
Lisbon Falls
Charles Babb
Leonard Curtis
Miss Lunt
Durham
Lunt
Marion Curtis
Eva Nichols
Ernest Carr
Carrol Williams
Portland
Clara Williams
West Bowdoin
Addie Williams
Orman
Myron Douglass
Willis Douglass
Bridgton
Mary McAffee
Newcastle
Robert McAffee
Ella Adams
Harold Adams
Group hospitalization seen as hospital care solution
A Hospital Standardization Conference in Boston explored group hospitalization as a moderate income care solution. Speakers, including Robert Jolly and Dr. Malcolm T. MacEachern, described plans in Dallas Houston and other cities, noting lower annual rates, 21 day coverage, and less doctor fee interference while disputing socialized medicine concerns.
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American College of Surgeons
Copley Plaza
Boston
Robert Jolly
Houston
Tex
Floyd Gibbons
Houston Memorial Hospital
American Hospital Association
Malcolm T. MacEachern
Chicago
College of Surgeons
Dallas
Mr. Jolly
Hospital Service Co
Jolly
MacEachern
San Antonio
New Orleans
Orange County
N. J
Sacramento
Seattle
Dr. MacEachern
United States
Education Meeting at Wiscasset November 23
A regional education assembly urges equal Maine school opportunities. Meetings in Bath Augusta and Wiscasset will cover legislative reports and expert discussions on school problems. Teachers in surrounding towns may close early to attend, pending committee approval.
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Lincoln County
American Legionnaires
Women’s Club
Maine
Bath
Morse High
Augusta
Wiscasset
Congregational Church
Alna
Dresden
Edgecomb
Pittston
Traffic Up at Carlton Bridge Despite Lower October Receipts
Lawrence Hart reports October traffic on the Carlton bridge rose from 1933 to 1934 with 15 464 people and 33 815 vehicles versus 73 176 people and 32 359 vehicles in 1933. Cash receipts fell to 12 447 30 dollars from 12 866 80, blamed on eliminated 2 cent books and stormy weekends.
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Carlton Bridge
Gaatie Aos
Sirscsteese Pertetaines
Banks discuss housing plan and FHA loans progress
A Monday conference in the Maine town's common council chamber featured Roger Sherman McGrath and Arthur Congdon from the FHA Maine branch. Bank representatives and contractors reported over $2,000 in loans for real estate improvements to five applicants, with many inquiries ongoing.
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Federal Housing Administration
Roger Sherman McGrath
George M. Williamson
Arthur Congdon
Maine
Common Council
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