Bath Citizens Vote Next March on School House Proposal
Bath Board of Education unanimously approves placing a bond issue before voters at the March municipal election to erect a modern central school building for the South Street Center Street and Central Granary pupils. The plan aims to reduce repairs and delay other costs, with taxation kept minimal. The board notes the need has long been stressed and dates for holidays and meetings are set with officials to attend regional conferences and adjust school sessions.
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Bath
Ctizerns
Bath Board of Education
South Street
Center Street
Bath boy's production presented in London
Bath native James Plaisted Webber presents Peter's Statue in London with two child actresses Miss Beryl Seton and Miss Anne Bolt in leading roles. Mme Lillian Grinnett directs as the piece debuts in the city, while other works by Webber have appeared locally. The article also notes an operetta The Land of Dolls by pupils and an American Legion convention slated in Paris.
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Peter's
James Plaisted Webber
Bathard
Phillips Meter Academy
London
Sibs Thorndike
Huglish
Beryl Seton
Aeolian Bath
Anne Bolt
Ibsen
Mme
Lillian Grinnett
Mr. Webber
Frances and
Francis
Peter
West Bath Grange event opens weekly program series
A West Bath grange meeting kicked off a weekly program series with 12 member arranging committees. The night featured piano solos, readings, songs, a WWI memorial ceremony, and a costume march. Seated 81 attendees observed Armistice day customs.
Probate court handles vast Sagadahoc estates
Second November session before Judge James S. Lowell saw numerous matters including petitions for probate and administration for multiple estates such as Sirene F. Mallett Sarah J. Allen James Nichols Lena Chatman Inez Ervine and more. Inventories accounts and licenses to sell real estate were filed approved or determined for several Bath Richmond and West Bath estates with actions by administrators executors and guardians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
James S. Lowell
Sirene F. Mallett
Topsham
Ralph A. Mallett
D.b.n
Sarah J. Allen
Bath
John VI’. Carey, Jr
D.b.a
James 8. Nichols
Richmond
Adam J. Nichols
Lena B. Chatman
Inez L. Ervine
William C. Pearson
Ethel C. Pearson
Annie Andrews
David Andrews
George P. Hill
Harry I. Houdlette
Mabel BB. Coombs
Harry G. Coombs
Thomas D. Potter
Frank M. Lemont
Mary C. F. Whittam
West Bath
Lillie A. Donnell
Harry Whittam
Sarah PV. Baker
William K. Baker
Harry W. Whittam
Henry Rose
Amma S. Rose
Edward W. Dunham
D.bamellan
Francea
A. Dunham
J. Houghton McLellan
James A. McLellan
Arthur J. Dunton
Jesse Tibbetts Lite
Louise Hh. Maxwell
Gertrude Maxwell
Louise H. Maxwell
Charles G. Maxwell
Arthur J. Danton
Buth
John King
Chester G. King
Frances A
Dunham
Edward AW
D. B.n
Warren A. Lowell
Carlton W. Lowell
Secretary Jardine to Receive Seventh Degree in Portland
Secretary of Agriculture William M Jardine will visit Portland on Friday to receive the seventh degree from the National Grange during its 10 day annual meeting opening Wednesday. Gov. Robert P Robinson of Delaware will attend, while Sen Arthur Capper and Sen William Borah will be unable to attend due to a Senate special session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Jardine
Portland
National Grange
Robert P. Robinson
Delaware
United States
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Grange
William EK
Borah
Idaho
Senate
TO. Atkeson
Washington
D. C
Atkeson
Ohio
New York
Lewis J. Taber
Co- Thinbus
Porthind
Taber
Woolwich Residents and Visitors Highlight Busy Week
A long list of local visitation and travel notes from Woolwich and nearby towns outlines residents visiting relatives in Bath Lewiston and Boston. Events include church services at Day’s Ferry Congregational and agriculture notes from the Farm Bureau.
Bowdoin Chapter DAR Holds All Day Meeting
Gov Bowdoin chapter D A R met at Clara Jones home for an all day session. Bylaws were completed and forwarded for typing. Regent Mrs Rachael Cox assigned tasks and led a short drill. Papers on the American Revolution and French and Indian War were read. The historic research committee seeks Bowdoin Bowdoinham records and pioneer references. volunteers urged to share or locate copies.
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Bowdoin
D. A.R
West Bowdoin
Clara Jones
Rachael Cox
Susie Roberts
Delphina Beal
Committee On
Bowdoinham
Benja Ella Iweay
Hart Jones United in Dover New Jersey Nuptials
Miss Kathleen Jones of Kings county New Brunswick and Raymond Hart of this city wed Sunday in Dover New Jersey. Attended by Miss Gladys Hart of New York City and Arthur Mackay of Brooklyn New York. The bride, a Bath City Hospital graduate, taught at the Dailey Evening School in home nursing. The groom is son of Mrs Joseph Hart of Charles Street. They plan to reside in Newark New Jersey after a honeymoon.
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Kathleen Jones
Kings County
New Brunswick
Raymond Hart
Dover
Gladys Hart
New York City
Arthur Mackay
Brooklyn
N.Y
Bath City Hospital
Dailey Evening School
Cliss
Joseph Phart
Charles Street
Hart
Newark
N. J
Dover General Hospital
Dover, N. J
Co-Workers class presents a play at First Baptist Church
The First Baptist Church Co-Workers class met at South Street Friday night hosted by Mrs. Arthur I Stuart. A two act farce No Cure No Pay delighted over 40 members with performances by Mrs. Stuart Mrs. Eaton and others and a post show social with gifts and recitations.
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First Baptist Church
Arthur I. Stuart
South Street
Leon Eaton
Clifford Harrington
E. C. Murphy
Nella Stover
Lotta Eaton
Freeman Crosby
Gardiner Roberts
L. L. Hooker
Washington Street
Elsie Lake
Charles Stuart
William Wakefield
Miss Lake
Stuart
Lincoln Bailey
Steel arrives for Kennebec bridge project dispatches in Maine
Carloads of steel for the Kennebec bridge reach the former Texas Steamship Co yard. McClintie Marshall Co will build the superstructure as large sections await transit via Maine Central Railroad. A 55 ton locomotive crane toppled into the dock and will be repaired while another crane of similar capacity is brought in to avoid delays.
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Kennebec
Texas Steamship Co
McClintie Marshall Co
Maine Central Railroad
Front Street
Nurses Club Enjoyable Evening at City Hospital
The City hospital Nurses of the City held their regular New Endeavor club meeting at the nurses home on Monday evening. Rev. B H Hardin spoke on his trip abroad with Edith Cavell as the subject, close to Armistice Day. Guests Delva Smith Mstelle Bowden Florence Seymour John Sampson and Mrs Leon ard Munsey attended and refreshments followed with songs.
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City Hospital
New Endeavor Club
BH. B. Hardin
Edith Cavell
Delva Smith
Mstelle Bowden
Florence Seymour
John Sampson
Leonard Munsey
Fuller-Woodward Wedding in Bath City
Miss Viola M. Woodward and Augustus Fuller were married Monday night by Justice William T. Wallday at Mr Fuller’s residence on Edward Street. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs George A Didley of Sydney, has lived in Bath. Fuller, an optometrist on Keavard Street, is son of Daniel D. Fuller of Auburn. They plan a brief wedding trip and will reside at 89 Edward Street.
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Viola M. Woodward
Ths City
Augustus Fuller
Justice of Peace
William T. Wallday
Fuller
Mdward Street
George A. Didley
Sydney
Bath
Buller
Keavard Street
Daniel D. Fuller
Auburn
Edward Street
Red Cross Meeting Sets Bath Chapter Canvas Plan
Executive committee of Bath chapter American Red Cross held a Monday afternoon meeting to outline the annual canvass. Mrs Carroll A Deering and Mrs Charles R Farnham will direct the drive starting Thursday and lasting through the week.
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Bath
American Red Cross
Carroll A. Deering
Charles R. Farnham
Dodgers Lead Park Alley League Standings
The Park alley bowling league shows the Dodgers in first place with an upcoming postponed match to roll. Athletics and Red Sox follow in second and third, with detailed team records and high individual averages listed among the standings.
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Park Alley
Dodgers
Athletics
Red Sox
P.C. Dodgers
Amos En Ciidecese
Esses JL
Qube
Bcaver Fassett Hiss Ae
Reynolds
Senators
Yankees
Park Alley League
Frates
Vlant
Lothrop
Pete Oliver
Robinson
Boardman
Daley
Heath
Wirate
Asic Cistiaane
Arapiomirt
Wietnis
Stetalschets Wierstesies
Cnreteiseeseieretere
OURO
Ig Eis Sais
Aiasis Racic
PRURR
Fleer Fast Et Tiete
Cote Seissielsss
Marnhavia
Puppr Aioe
Vgmeer
BOYER
Deererereis
Nurses Alumni Card Party and Christmas Sale Planned
The Nurses Alumni association of City hospital will host a card party at Central church parish house on Wednesday 17 November to aid the Central District Nurses Association. Tables can be reserved through committee members Leona Spicer Ralph Small Madelyn Footer and Edwin Bonney. The group will also hold a Christmas sale at Small's Radio shop on Tuesday 7 December for the Doris Purington memorial fund to support City hospital scholarships. committee Stella Bowden Earl Wing Issa Brown Coletta Keenan Laura Rogers spearhead.
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Nurses Alumni Association
City Hospital
Central Church Parish House
Central District Nurses Association
Leona Spicer
Ralph Small
Madelyn Footer
Edwin Bonney
Small
Doris Purington
Stella Bowden
Earl Wing
Issa Brown
Louise Keane
Coletta Keenan
Laura Rogers
Annie Talbot Cole Lecturers Announced at Bowdoin
Bowdoin College President Kenneth C. M. Sills announced the Annie Talbot Cole lecturers for the year. Prof Chauncey Tinker of Yale and Norman Angell will speak. Tinker will lecture in December on American literature and poetry. Tinker has taught at Yale since 1918 and served as a wartime captain in Military Intelligence. Angell is a prolific writer known for World War I works.
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Kenneth C. M. Sills
Bowdoin College
Annie Talbot Cole
Bowdoin
Chauncey Tinker
Yale
Norman Angell
Tinker
General Staff of
Army
Johnson and Boswell
Personal Notes From Bath Visits And Weekend Guests
Emery Footer visited Portland on Monday on business. Thomas Lynch from Quincy Massachusetts worked as a timekeeper at Bath Iron Works and spent the weekend in Bath. Alfred Douglas Perow is the newborn son of Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Perow of 168 Center Street. Ernest Kenney, former Gentral Maine Power Co store manager in Bath, resumed duties Monday at the Bath store. Frank Kelley of Boston, a Bath native, weekend visitor staying with Ernest F. Kelley. Mrs. Larla Atkins and daughter left Monday for Boston to visit for a few days. Charles Smith of Brunswick, meter reader for Central Maine Power Co Bath district, enjoys his annual vacation. Farward Biggins, Rice shipyard worker in Boothbay Harbor, visited home on Chestnut Street. Beatrice Nichols of Gorham Normal School spent the weekend in Bath with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Morton Young and daughters of Quincy Mass were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Morse of 15 Andrews Road. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Conley and Mr. and Mrs. James McLaughlin drove to Portland for the Jefferson theatre show. Leslie Whitten, traveler through Northern New England, spent the weekend with his parents on High Street. Mr. and Mrs. Dora L. Howard and Mrs. E. E. M. Howard drove to Union Sunday for a two week visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Williams and Mrs. Miriam Murray were Sunday guests of Mrs. Williams’ and Mrs. Murray’s mother in Lis on Falls. Bartlett Smith returned to Hebron Academy Sunday after visiting his parents, driven by Ledward Powers who visited the school.
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Emery Footer
Portland
Thomas Lynch
Quincy
Mass
Bath Tron
Bath
Alfred Douglas Perow
Augustus Perow
Center Street
Ernest Kenney
Gentral Maine Power Co
Frank Kelley
Boston
Ernest F. Kelley
Larla Atkins
Reginald Stacey
Charles Smith
Brunswick
Central Maine Power Co
Farward Biggins
Rice
Boothbay Harbor
Chestnut Street
Beatrice Nichols
Gorham Normal School
Arthur J. Nichols
Morton Young
Scott Morse
Andrews Road
John M. Conley
James McLaughlin
Jefferson Theatre
Leslie Whitten
New England
L. Arthur Whitten
High Street
Dora L. Howard
EE. M. Howard
Union
Be, M. Howard
Daniel Williams
Miriam = Murray
Williams
Murray
John Moore
Lison Falls
Bartlett Smith
Hebron Academy
Edward B. Smith
Hebron
Ledward Powers
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Giant Metro Production
Richard DIX
Jack Hoxie
the Fighting
Getty Bronson
THE
Wilderness
Eddie Cantor
Aileen Pringle
Board of Education
Clinton D. Wilson
L. F
Atwood Bitterg
L. F. Medicine Co
Portland, Me
Dike
North
Center
Assembly Hall
Morse High School
North Center
Parent-Reacher Association
Waya and Means Committee
Roscoe V. McFadden
American Legion
Paris
West Bath Grange
Millie Morse
Annie White
Annie Peterson
Hannah Miller
Joanna Hodgkins
the Grange
Lizzie Haggett
Fred Brown
Sadie Coulthard
David Henderson
Home, Sweet Home
Owen Rogers
Carrie Cary
Eva Atwood
Emma Copeland
Charlotte Owen
Fred Cary
Charles Getchell
George Manson
Glara Getchell
William R. Kimball
Ethel Lee
Fred Bubier
Mabel Brown
Sewing Circle
Grange Hall
James M. Lemont
William H. White
BE. S. Stackpole
Elmer D. Hodgkins
Delmar Bates
Mary
Bates
Samuel Bates
Sabine
Fred Kittredge
Will Kittredge
Everett Lemont
Lemont Cottage
Sheldon
Emma Sears
Joseph W. Larrabee
Helen Rogers
Llewellyn Rogers
A. Owen
Owen Cottage
Charles Huff
James Lemont
Lemont Farm
Andrew Leach
Frank Ford
Gwendolyn
Bernard
York Harbor
FB. W. Haggett
Ford
Dowdoin College
Frank Duren
Fred Duren
Namuel F. Bates
Patricia
Mr. Duren
Charles Haggett
Wh. W. Tragget
Wittery
Arthur Lemont
James B. Lemont
James, Jr
Walter T. Brown
Ruth
Barbara
Jb. R. Brown
Henrys Brown
Ernest BE. Williams
Fred TD
Augusta
Pepius
Whitefield
Red Cross
Orange
Laura Lemont
Annie Stackpole
Carrie Hodgkins
Nan Brown
and Aite
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Violettis
Dames Bo Leniuent
J. J. Mayo
PB. Neiles
Fred Larrabee
Norway Mepicing Co
Norway
All
Lowell
Sarah S. Allen
Charles M. Webber
Frances A. Dunham
Jardine
Secretary of Agriculture
Ha Abbott
Walter Abbott
Western Avenue
Woolwich
the Independent
KE. W. Spinney
Arrowsie
Edward Soule
Harold Leeman
Artell Hayward
Aid of the Baptist Church
Maude Paquet
Arthur
Edgecomb
Fred Carlton
Samuel P. Buck
Malden
Charlotte Buck
Day's Ferry
Andretta Reed
Dresden
John Reed
Lillian Watson
Medfori
Farm Bureau
Charles Perkins
Frank Whittum
Lewiston
Ralph
Novella
Trott
Julia Decker
Frank J. Walker
Maxine
Wiswcasset
Annie Goff
David G. Reed
Worrell Lemont of
Hdward Crocker
Burton Hodgkins
Dana
John C. Gilmore
Harold
Herbert Light
Palmer Street
Bleike Reed
Ralph Rice
Angie Tunnewell
Della Sunnewell
Herbert Miller
Bradford Belanger
Lawrence Ryan
Philadelphia
George Carlton
Congregational Church
Edwin D. Hardin
Hart-Jones
Donnell Care Orbsine
Charles Carr
Mr. Carr
Woolworth
Wortsmouth
Co-Workers Class
Nurses’ Alumni Society
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