City to reach accord with Bath Box Co on rail dispute
City officials and Bath Box Co representatives met in Mayor Sewall's office to discuss the Washington street rail controversy between the box plant and the Maine Central tracks. An amicable settlement is likely, with a plan to present an agreement to the city council on Dec 1 for ratification. Participants included Board of Highways and Sewers chair William O. Robson, Alderman Ralph W. Bragg, Council President Forest C. Legard, attorney Charles T. Small, Bath Box Co officials James A. Gillies Jr and Judge Arthur J. Dunton, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Highways & Sewers
Bath Box Co
Sewall
Washington Street
Box Company
Maine Central
Androscoggin & Kennebec Railway Co
Maine Central Railroad
Board of Highways and Sewers
William O. Robson
Ralph W. Bragg
Pres. Forest C. Legard
Common Council
Charles T. Small
James A. Gillies, Jr
Arthur J. Dunton
Rotarians Hear Bath Boys Conference Report
The Bath delegation led by John Shepard spoke at the Rotary luncheon about the Y M C A Boys Conference held in Augusta. He outlined preparation by Secretary Perkins and noted large attendance, with Bath boys prominent in programs. The meeting covered church and city venues, parades, banquets, and trips to the Blaine House and State Capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Sedgwick
Augusta
John Shepard
High Street
Bath
Perkins
Augusta Y. M. C. A
State Street Congregational Church
Cony High School
City Hall
Blaine House
State Capitol
Thomas R. Huston
Charles F. Small, Jr
Treas
Carl Y. Kennedy
Treasury
Calvin Kimball
Goddard
Wold
Kimball
Elbridge Stetson
Brunswick Rotary Club
Hand shaved shingles endure after 140 years
Evidence of long lasting hand made materials from the C. O. Gardner stables at Eastport shows shingles taken from exterior walls remain in good condition after more than a century. Made from pine, they resemble modern cedar shingles in size and form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yars
C. O. Gardner
Eastport
Pomona Grange Holds Annual Meeting at Topsham
Pomona Grange of Sagadahoc county elected and installed officers at the annual meeting held at Topsham with six West Bath members attending. Edwin C. Patten was reelected treasurer after 31 years of service as the group discussed educational aids and heard poems, vocal solos, and a sketch. The next session will be with Merry Meeting Grange in Bowdoinham on December 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Pomona Grange
Pomona
Topsham Grange
Lorenz Masse
Dirigo Grange
Harry Rackley
Clifford Gray
Progressive
Edwin C. Patten
Grange
Millward Patten
Topsham
Harold
Ruth Hilldreth
Margaret Carter
West Bath
Edwin Patten
William Eves
Katherine Sprague
E. B. Sprague
Lorenzo Masse
W. H. Gould
Vincent Canham
Auburn
Millward’ Patten
Otis Gray
Richmond Corner
Charles Thompson, Jr
Eleanor Ripley
David Henderson
Bath
Harvey Jordan
Brunswick
Joanna Hodgkins
Merry Meeting Grange
Bowdoinham
Grange Rejects Crop Production Control Policy
At its 71st annual convention the National Grange opposed broad crop production control while naming cotton and tobacco as possible exceptions. Delegates warned drastic curtailment or destruction of food products harms the public, and favored improved distribution and increased purchasing power. Southern delegates pressed to keep an open door for cotton and tobacco. Proposals include marketing agreements on surpluses with 65 percent producer consent and extensive use of Section 32 subsidies to stabilize prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Grange
Organization
United States
Grangers
Lecture Postponed on Ancient Ships by Har lan Trott
The talk by Har lan Trott of Boston and Woolwich titled Ancient Ships at Nequasset Congregational church is postponed from November 26 and will be rescheduled for a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Trott
Boston
Woolwich
Nequasset Congregational Church
Bath to Organize Sea Scout Branch at Once
Plan to form a Bath Sea Scout branch is advancing with role assignments for Bath Iron Works and Hyde Windlass officials. Freder ick Van Anken leads Ship No 1 Bi workco with C F Bland as chief boatswain. Ship No 2 Hywindco to be led by Walter McElnan. Navy officers, Bath leaders, and instructors will conduct training, drills, exams, and possible cruises aboard Navy ships. Membership capped at 100. transfers from local Boy Scout troops allowed. Navy uniforms sought at Navy cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea Scouts
Boy Scouts of America
Roland Smith Post
American Legion
Bath
Bath Iron Works Corp
Hyde Windlass Co
Navy
Boy Scouts of
Biworkco
Frederick van Anken
van Anken
Capt. van Anken
Us.n
Leon M. Genthner
W. P. Robert
C.C
Glenn H. Easton
Roger F. McCall
PF. R. Davis
Williams. Blair
Bath Iron Works
Edwin R. Andrews
Harry B. Briggs, Jr
Boy Scout
Col. H. W. Eldred
Navy Office
Maine
Navy Department
U. S
Bank checking out $32 000 to club Christmas fund
The First National Bank mailed Christmas Club checks to over 1,000 members, totaling more than $32,000, with about $7,000 more paid than last year. The program boosts local merchants as savers recover financially and the bank plans to open a new Christmas Club account. Carlton Rice of Turnercourt ends three weeks of home confinement and can go outside again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National
First National Bank
Bath
Carlton Rice
Turnercourt
Red Rolfe to Visit Bath Neighboring Dartmouth Link
Robert Red Rolfe, third baseman for the New York Yankees, will visit Bath New Hampshire next weekend as guest of John Parker and Mrs. Parker at 83 South Street. A former Dartmouth captain, Rolfe played shortstop in college and batted .277 in the season while with the Yankees. He will join Joe DiMaggio in the Yankees’ World Series runs after his Dartmouth ties and coaching at Concord Business College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert “Red” Rolfe
Rolfe
Penacook
Concord
N. H
Concord Business College
Tragic 15 year old killed by truck wheels in Bath
John Edward Lemont 15, son of Mr and Mrs John G Lemont of 17 Washburn street, died after being fatally injured on Middle street near Shepard while attempting to catch a ride to school. Harold A Skelton driver of a potato truck said speed was eight to ten mph as Lemont fell between the truck’s front and rear wheels. Achorn a fellow student witnessed the tragedy and police investigated. Lemont died at Bath Memorial Hospital about an hour after the 12:40 p m incident. The truck was loaded with about one and a half tons of potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Edward Lemont
John G. Lemont
Washburn Street
Middle Street
Shepard
Central Grammar School
Bath Memorial Hospital
Harold A. Skelton
Bowdoin Center
Ralph Achorn
Deering Street
Wiliam J. Curran
Young Lemont
Curtis
John Parker
Skelton
Achorn
Bath Iron Works Corp
Water Street
Bernice F. Achorn
Miss Olive Sewall Home For Thanksgiving Visit
Miss Olive Sewall daughter of State Senator and Mrs Sumner Sewall of Washington street arrived Wednesday from New York to spend Thanksgiving at home She studies voice at Juilliard School in New York and is accompanied by Mrs Bem in Charles of St Louis Senator and Mrs Sewall will host guests Robert Charles and William H Charles of St Louis arriving Thursday morning
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Sewall
Sumner Sewall
Washington Street
New York
Miss Sewall
Juilliard School of Music
Benimin Charles
St. Louis
Conservation Education Keynote In Maine Garden Clubs
Conservation of nature through education was the keynote at a Thursday Augusta meeting of the Garden Club Federation of Maine conservation committee and the Kenebec district, held at Mrs. Frank J. Ham On Wainthrop street after lunch at Pioneer House. A 103-page leaflet is to be compiled listing wild flowers that should not be picked, those to be picked in moderation, and those that may be picked freely, to be shared with Federation members and all state school children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Conservation Committee
Garden Club Federation of Maine
Kenebec District Conservation Committee
Federation
Frank J. Ham
Wainthrop
Pioneer House
Garden Club Federation
Christmas Party Planned by Cosmopolitan Garden Club
The Cosmopolitan Garden Club voted to host its annual Christmas party for children at the club house on Monday afternoon. Mrs. Sumner Sewall named coordinators for tree, refreshments, music, and other arrangements, and members discussed highway greenery, deer conservation, and local dump cleanups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Cosmopolitan Club House
Sumner Sewall
Roscoe P. McFadden
Frederick N. Sanborn
Leroy F. Colby
Frank A. Hodgdon
Jane S. Murphy
Alice F. Johnson
Louis M. Silver
Mother Club
Irene H. Ingalls
Maine
Garden Club
Kelley Field
King’s Dock
North End
Carl Y. Kennedy
Wilson Gets His Deer Tuesday at Montsweag
Donald B. Wilson of 894 High street shot a 150 pound buck Tuesday morning in Montsweag five miles from home while hunting alone in the Burnt Region between Bath and Wiscasset. He was at a well known sports camp near Fustis with Mrs. Wilson after a week of gunning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Woods
Donald B. Wilson
High Street
Montsweag
Bath
Wiscasset
Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Bridge Toll House
Fustis
Dogs Invade Hen Yard Wreck Poultry Loss
Dogs strayed into the hen house of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred F. Carpenter at 696 High Street, destroying laying hens. Mr. Carpenter corralled the dogs and summoned City Marshal Whitney. One dog with a collar was held. the other was shot. The owner promised restitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred F. Carpenter
High Street
Morse High coach leads deer hunting party to Jackman trip
Henry D. Small director of athletics and football coach at Morse High School leads a party of four Bath weekend on a deer hunting trip. David Y. Alkazin Harold E. Brown and Arthur E. Hutchins complete the party. They left Wednesday afternoon motoring to Jackman and travel 35 miles into the woods with Small as a licensed State guide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry D. Small
Morse High School
Bath
David Y. Alkazin
Harold E. Brown
Arthur E. Hutchins
Jackman
Coach Small
Causeway work at New Meadows in danger of sinking again
Work on the Bath Brunswick highway faces delays as the New Meadows river fill sinks repeatedly. Engineers report thousands of yards of fill dumped into tidal water, with ongoing annual repairs likely until a solid bottom is reached. Poor weather and ongoing causeway issues push completion past year’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Meadows
Bath-Brunswick
Brunswick
West Bath
Upper
Cook’s Corner
Lane Construction Co
Old King Turnpike
New Brunswick Bath Highway
Maine Granger convention to open December 6
The sixty fourth annual Maine State Grange session will be at Lewiston with business beginning Tuesday morning December 7 at 9 30 o'clock. Delegates begin arriving Monday afternoon and a banquet for delegates and Grange members is introduced as a new feature this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine State Grange
Lewistor
All Grange
Bath Salvation Army provides Thanksgiving dinners and baskets
Adjt. Edward J. Tripp announced that Thanksgiving baskets will gladden 65 Bath families and a Salvation Army dinner for homeless men will be held, with baskets delivered Wednesday afternoon and the usual meal distributed to those in need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Adjt
Edward J. ‘Tripp
Salvation Army
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Bertram E. Packard
Cumberland County
Round Table
Columbia Hotel
Portland
Packard
Aroostook
Penobscot
Washington
SEA Scout
New York Yankees
John E. Lemont
Brown's Corner
Lewiston
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