Federal Aid Roads Establish New Highway Allocation Rules
The article outlines federal aid for road construction under the Federal Highway Act. It details apportionment to states, limits on interstate and intercounty highway shares, and conditions for matching funds, maintenance, and project approval. It notes past funding of 275 million dollars and 60 million spent, with 27,000 miles of roads under construction or completed as of October 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretors of Agriculture
State Highway Department
Secretary of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
New York
San Francisco
Bureau of Public Roads
States Receive Surplus War Materials for Road Building
The War Department distributed about 1.54 billion dollars worth of surplus war materials to states via the Department of Agriculture for road building. The shipments include 27,108 motor vehicles and 172 locomotives, with rails, powder, TNT, and parts. Maine alone received 873,500 dollars in deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Public Bounds
France
Ull 2
States
Maine
Road mileage totals over twenty one thousand miles
The report states 1 555 miles are completed and contracts discharged. 17 445 miles are in construction at 69 percent complete as of October 31, giving an equivalent of 1 000 miles completed. Therefore total road completed to date exceeds 21 000 miles.
Thanksgiving Proclamation Declares Nov 24 in Maine
Governor Baxter follows the President by designating Thursday November 24 as Thanksgiving Day in Maine. He lauds Maine people for inherited character and self control from forefathers and urges family gatherings and thanks in homes and churches for divine blessings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
Baxter
Ile
Maine
Bath man pulled from icy waters after river accident
Linneus Colby, a riveter at Bath Tron Works, owes his life to John Rucker who rescued him from the Kennebec River Friday afternoon after Colby’s overloaded boat swamped near shore. Rucker used a long plank to reach Colby and drag him to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linneus TL
Colby
Bath Tron Works, Ltd
John Rucker
Nennebec
Rucker
Reed-Cook Construction Co Forms In Boothbay Harbor
Fred M. Cook a Bath Tron Works draftsman teams with Irving W. Reel of Boothbay Harbor to launch Reed-Cook Construction Co. Cook becomes architectural head and Reed construction superintendent. They plan Boothbay Harbor shipyard work and expect a large yacht contract soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred M. Cook
Bath
Bath Tron Works, Ltd
Irving W. Reel
Boothbay Elarbor
Reed-Cook Construction Co
Reed
Cook
New London
Conn
Boothbay Harbor
Needlework guild notices delayed. exhibition in two weeks
Unavoidable changes in officers delayed notices for the Needlework guild. Notices will be sent this week and the exhibition occurs in two weeks. Generous support is urged due to great need this year, with many calls for garments. A rough night was reported off Popham Beach by the coast guard station. winds were east northeast and no ships passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
Popham Beach
Double Alarm Fire Flares at Rowe Home on Beacon Street
A woodwork fire broke out in the ell of Lawrence Rowe Wits home at 81 Beacon Street. two alarms from boxes 65 and 712 brought Engine 26 and 4 and then Engine 54. Mrs Rowe and her six year old son escaped to a neighbor, and the blaze was confined with no spread. The cause is under investigation, with faulty wiring suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
Lawrence Rowe Wits
Everett Green
Combination Zoo
Hnte
High
Oliver Streets
North End
Tose Toof Marshall
South End
Rowe
Parks
Pejepseat Paper Co
Pejepseat
Haines
Park
Post Office Urges Early Mail and Prohibits Small Envelopes
The Post Office Department asks the public to mail early, placing letters and parcels at least three or four days before Christmas to ease congestion and ensure safe delivery. It also bans small odd sized envelopes and cards, recommending a minimum size of two and three quarters by four inches to prevent damage, delays, and misrouting.
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Post Office
Vno
Early Sleighing of Distant Past On Armistice Morning
Charles Jordan recalls remarkably early sleighing on Armistice morning in Bath. He mentions snow for sleighing, recalls a Thanksgiving with snow long ago, and remembers Bath men racing trotters on Washington street. He lists horsemen including Sam Jordan, Frank Reed, Galen Moses, Arthur Daley, and George Gould.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Jordan
Bath
Washington Street
Sewall’s Hill
Mr. Jordan
Sam Jordan
Prankin Reed
Galen Moses
Arthur Daley
George Gould
Obituary of Joseph Barnes 87 in Malden and Bath ties
Joseph Barnes age 87 died at his daughter Mrs El I Mabey’s home in Malden Massachusetts after a telegram announced his death. He leaves four daughters and one son Miller Barnes of Saugus and Newton Center Bath many friends among Bath Military and Naval Orphans and Corliss Street Baptist Church attendees. Burial is planned in Moneton New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McNeil
Pine Street
Joseph Barnes
EL 1. Mibey
Malden
Mass
Tle
Ell. Mabey
Path
Florence Barnes
Newton Center
Alfred Orr
Sunny Brae
Miller Barnes
Saugug
Moneton
N. J
Barnes
Bath
Death of Mrs Emma L. Laskey in Welchile Burial in Bath area
Word has been received of the death on November 3 of Mrs Emma L Laskey widow of Charles Laskey formerly of Bath at the home of her niece in Welchile Burial was in that village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma L. Laskey
Charles Laskey
Bath
Welchile Buerial
Pastors and laymen urged to be worldwise church partners
At Wesley M. E. church a program featured A. B. Tedford and Rev. John Roy Browne arguing the need for ministers to be spiritual leaders and for lay members to know world and local conditions. Tedford urged pastors to devote full time and be strong conversational hosts while Browne pressed laymen to study church work, world issues, and to act as stewards. 119 attended the roll call and a supper was served by the Ladies Aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley M. BE
A. B. Tedford
Brunswick
John Roy Browne
Beacon Street
M. BE
Tedford
Brown
Mr. Browne
Tle
Ife
Charles E. Ripley
Fred W. Armes
Edward TH. Cook
John O. McBean
Raymond Colburn
Walter BP. Abbott
Annie Truffint
John T. Gage
Ida Pierce
Merton O. Webber
Gi. A. Cahill
W. H. Missionary Society
Lloyd G. Daley
Choral Society
Annie Wylie Stackpole
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
Ena Bucknam
Sorority
Edgar A. Farrar
Sunday
Sarah Black
Epworth League
Robert S. Gordon
Messrs
Douglas Armes
Erlon M. Dunlap
Edgar Dunbar
Armes
Crossing Gate Drops on Auto at Washington Street Crossing
Charles R. Oliver, secretary of the Board of Highways and Sewers, and Mrs. Oliver escaped serious injury when Maine Central gates dropped on their Nash at the Washington street crossing. A gate arm smashed the windshield and thrust the top. the couple were showered with flying glass but unharmed beyond minor cuts. The gateman said he lowered gates after Oliver drove through, then raised them briefly before they dropped again, narrowly missing deeper injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Oliver
Board of Highwings and Sewers
Oliver
Praise for Bath Girl Miss Miriam Kimball Honored
Joe Lorraine lauded Miriam Kimball for her unselfish and untiring war work in Bath where the YMC A had organized entertainments for soldiers at Forts Popham and Baldwin. Lorraine recalled her hospitable care and leadership of local War Work efforts during 1917 while the Northeastern YALCLA operated in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Lorraine
Bath
Y.m.cla
Forts
Popham
Baldwin
Boston
Miriam Kimball
Lorraine
Ports Popham
Kim- Dall
Yalcla
Georgetown Hunters Lead Deer Shooting Wave This Month
Georgetown shooters dominate deer harvest this month with Levi Trotman and Chester McMahan each credited for a deer. Ernest Ward and Roland Brown bagged 1% birds at Merrymeeting Day Friday. Frank Cassoni took seven rabbits on Tuesday and a Bath gunner’s dog was mistakenly shot during a rabbit chase this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Levi Trotman
Chester McMahan
Ernest Ward
Roland Brown
Frank Cassoni
Bath
Magno Beats Lewis in Lewiston City Hall Bout
Italian fighter Magno defeated Greek rival Harry Kid Moskus Lewis of Lewiston Thursday night at City Hall. Lewis kept pace until Magno landed a solid right eye shot prompting the observant club doctor’s careful judgment on the moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magno
Harry Kid Moskus Lewis
Lewiston
Lewiston City Hall
Lewis
Infant Son of Robson Family Dies of Pneumonia
William O. Robson Jr. infant son of Mr and Mrs William Robson died Monday morning from pneumonia. Mrs A F Wardwell of Washington street is visiting friends in Boston for a few days.
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William O
William ©. Robson
Marshal Foch Visited by Crowd in Awe Inspiring Scene
Stuart DeMott reports on Marshal Foch's arrival witnessed by boys, girls and women who cried as they laid white roses and chrysanthemums at his feet. The famed general, though slight in stature, impressed by the thunder of cannons and cheers as he met praise from a world at war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Foch
Stuart DeMott
Bath
Detroit Journal
George (. DeMott
Portland
Germany
Clara Elizabeth Cobb Dies at 77 in Brooklyn
Clara Elizabeth Cobb died November 4 at 3S Schermerhorn Street Brooklyn where she had lived 40 years. Death due to acute indigestion after a long invalidism. Born Boston February 18 1844 daughter of Charles and Mary A Low Cobb she is survived by brother Frederick Cobb. Funeral conducted by Rev Dr Richard Roberts pastor of the Church of the Pilgrims on the Heights. Buried Bathy Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Elizabeth Cobb
Schermerhorn Street
Brooklyn
Miss Cobb
Boston
Charles
Mary A. Low Cobb
Frederick Cobb
Church of the Pilgrims
the Heights
Richard Roberts
Funeral for Charles Nichols Held at Home on Bath Street
The funeral for Charles T. Nichols occurred Friday afternoon at two at his Bath Street home. Universalist Reverend Francis A. Gray officiated. Bearers were Augustus A. Percy, Robert Batch, Charles H. Tileoper, and M A Taggett. Burial followed at Oak Grove. Outsiders included his son George SK Nichols of Philadelphia and Mrs. A. W. Drew of Wenonah New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Nichols
Bath Street
Francis A. Gray
Universalist Church
Augustus A. Percy
Robert Batch
Charles H. Tileoper
M.A. Taggett
Oak Grove
Strange coincidence in deaths of Deering and Donnell partners
The late Gardiner Deering, long-time partner of the late William T. Donnell, died on the same day of the month and same day of the week as Donnell did eleven years earlier, with funerals held at the same time. The firm was once named Deering & Donnell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner Deering
William T. Donnell
Deering & Donnell
Good Showing for State Ferry At Bath Raises Interest
Lincoln County News notes the Bath state ferry showed an unexpectedly small deficit during the past season. A robin is lingering nearWarren A Lowell’s yard at 23 Medford Street for three days.
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Bath
Lincoln County News
Robins
Warren A. Lowell
Medford Street
Living Cross pageant highlights Epworth Week at Wesley church
Epworth League staged a missionary pageant The Living Cross during Win My Chum week at the Wesley M E church Pastor Frank H Hall preached in the morning The pageant featured Miss Evelyn Oliver as Spirit of America and included depictions of Indians Mountaineers Hawaiians Italians Chinese and others urging Christian action and the cross living through sacrifice education and prayer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Wesley M. FE
Frank H. Hall
Living Cross
Board of Home Missions
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ovelyn Oliver
Miss Oliver
George Dow
Dorothy Hogue
Miss Hogue
Spirit of America
Columbus
Georgia
Alabama
Elizabeth Gray
Miss Gray
Shakespeare
Hawaii
Pansy Ward
Isle
Miss Ward
America
East
Thelma Barbour
United States
Anna Averill
Elizabeth Randall
China
M. Cahill
Alaska
Miss Cahill
Ena Buecknam
Flanders’ Field
Otis N. E. Card
Jesus Christ
Marjorie Dearborn
Louise Stewart
Leora Gulliver
Frances Stilphen
George Stetson
Archie Seckins
Edmond Hall
George Wotton
Pageant Impresses Congregation With Finishing Motion
After a church pageant directed by Miss Sarah Black, the service closed with drapery from America and a draped flag, the church darkened and the cross illuminated. The climax drew praise and an almost unanimous verdict that the production was well done.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Sarah Black
Morse Minstrels Pleasing Show Draws Standing Ovation
Morse High brings a well received minstrel program in the assembly hall for the athletic association benefit. Premier ends George Moses and George McFadden headline a lively evening with songs jokes and local talent led by Raphael Haley. About 65 attended with encore ends and a later dance by Miss Myrna Avery's orchestra.
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Georgie
George Moses
George McFadden
Morse High
Assembly Hall
Athletic Association
Moses
McFadden
Richard Baker
Lloyd Coombs
James Callan
Joseph Doyle
Raphael Haley
Florence and
Rachel Webster
Katherine Harrington
Madelyn Chandler
Margaret Cummings
Helen Powers
Eleanor Doyle
Thelma Kich
Marline Thompson
Bernice Worrey
Dorothy Sheldon
Haley
Florence Webster
Love
Hortense
Peggy O'Neil
Thelma Rich
Melinda
Doyle
Thompson
Cummings
Mimi
Lizzie
Warren D. Oliver
Byron Spinney
John Clinto
Theodore Burns
Vincent Whalen
Myrna Avery
Gagne Pays Fine in Assault Case
Ada C. Dyer filed against Louis Gagne in municipal court with Judge John J. Keegan presiding. Gagne pleaded not guilty. trial followed a dispute over a statement to his wife at his house in Tented City. The judge found Gagne guilty and fined $1 with $8.50 costs, paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada C. Dyer
Louis Gagne
John J. Keegan
Ralph ©. Dale
Charles M. Fitzgerald
Gagne
Miss Dyer
Keegan
Bath Elder Frank G Arsenault Dies at 97
Frank G Arsenault age 97 died at his Bath home after a long life as a ship carpenter. Born in Prince Edward Island he moved to Bath 22 years ago and leaves 12 children 64 grandchildren and 35 great grandchildren. Funeral set for Saturday at St Marys Church. A Sagadahoe Square police report notes a silent policeman was taken in for winter by Patrolman Harry J Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank G. Arsenault
Bath
Middle Street
St. Mary's
Ste. Jean de Baptiste
Union de America
Mr. Arsenault
Prince Edward Island
Frank Arsenault
Greaterend
St. Mary's Church
Sagadahoe Square
Harry J. Thompson
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the Times Company
F. B. Nichols
Pres. and
Treas
Front Street
Bath, Maine
Department of Serivulture
Uider
Pedeoat Pghway
Pedersrh Gyan
Delbar
Treasuries
Aetna General
Janet
Pepukition
Quileane
Asib
Dhlware
New Ehuapelire
Rhode Island
Verronr
Posses
Bathman
Needlework Guild
Wesley Church
William O. Robson, JR
D’mott Pictures
Charles Nichols
Wesley League
Donald Stewart
Clayton Hall
Victor Paquet
MORSE
Fletcher
Castoria
Astoria
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