Thespians Stage Cock Robin Opening Season at Columbia
The Thespians premiere their third season at The Columbia with Cock Robin by Huse and the Cosmopolitan club. The mystery drama features backstage action and a knife twist as guilt shifts among cast, with Huse, Margery Given, Ethelyn Spinney, and Charles Avery in key roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Thespians
Cock Robin
Columbia
H. Augustus Huse
Cosmopolitan Club
George M. Cohan
the Tavern
Sidney Howard
Christopher Bean
Clare Kummer
Pomeroy
Rachel Crothers
George McAuliffe
Margery Given
Kodaks
Maria Scott
McAuliffe
Charles Cummings
Handcock Robinson
Cecil Rowland
Clark Torrence
Robinson
Edgar Grace
Henry W. Owen
France
Carlotta Maxwell
Ethelyn Spinney
Helen Maxwell
Ruth Wilson
Maria
Mr Cummings
Rowland
Charles Avery
Carlotta
Lisips
Charles Bartlett
Julian Cleveland
Alberto Warren
John Jessup
Mrs. Wilson
Lillian Lewin
Alice Montgomery
Bath Seeks CWA Aid To Relieve City Unemployment
The Bath re employment office reports about 700 men and 50 women jobless in Sagadahoc County with 911 unemployed countywide. City leaders press Augusta for nearly 7000 to repair Bath schools using Civil Works Administration funds start Friday December 1.
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Bath
Federal Re-Employment Office
Civil Works Administration
Sagadahoc
Topsham
Lucy W. Coombs
Emily M. Rideout
Bowdoinham
C.W.A
Kelley Field
Clinton D. Wilson
Joseph Charles Footer
Arthur Sewall
John A. Lord
Augusta
Supt. Wilson
W C T U Appoints December Calling Committee
Mrs James A Goodwin and Mrs Frances G Rand are named a calling committee for December at a W C T U meeting in Salvation Army hall. Reports are shared and future plans discussed. The society meets again December 26 with Miss Alice May Douglas in charge. Supt and Mrs Clinton D Wilson and children will spend Thanksgiving with Mr Wilson's brother Rev Arthur Wilson in Providence Rhode Island.
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James A. Goodwin
Frances G. Rand
Salvation Army Hall
Alice May Douglas
Clinton D. Wilson
Ann
Robert
Mr. Wilson
Arthur Wilson
Providence
R. I
Civil Works Plan Brings Jobs to Bath At Right Time
Bath faces rising costs for welfare as Civil Works Administration projects start. About 70 relief recipients are to begin work at Kelley field, replacing city pay with $15 weekly wages and a weekly payroll shift of roughly $680 to the federal program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Civil Works Administration
Kelley Field
Sidney L. Eaton
Eaton
Welfare Department
Welfare
Lewiston
Summer Resident Won High Honor At New England Council
Thomas L. Pierce president of Providence National Bank was elected secretary of the New England Council at a Boston meeting succeeding John Byrne of Hartford Connecticut Trust Co. Pierce, a Bath resident, built a Birch Point cottage last summer and plans to spend summers there. A World War II veteran, he served with the 26th division in France and was severely wounded. He graduated Bowdoin College in 1898 and is a friend of Frederick E. Drake of J. B. Drake & Sons, Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. Pierce
Providence National Bank
New England Council
John
Byrne
Hartford-Connecticut Trust Co
Bath
Birch Point
Bowdoin College
Frederick E. Drake
J. B. Drake & Sons
Successful Tag Day for Holiday Dinners
The Salvation Army raised 55.75 on Saturday to fund Thanksgiving dinners for 50 families, with an estimated 200 dinners expected. Staff and volunteers including Mrs. J. Tripp, Mrs. Fox, Miss Fox, Mrs. Hoyt, Mrs. Fleming, and others sold tags. Also noted is Majella and Caroline Miller visiting Lisbon Falls for Thanksgiving with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Prest
Ruth Tripp
Wesley H. Lemont
Justus Miller
Majella
Caroline
Lisbon Falls
Bath to receive federal funds for athletic field remodelling
The city of Bath secures a 16100 federal appropriation from the Civil Works Administration to remodel Kelley Athletic Field. A city committee led by Joseph Charles Footer secured approval near 16000 and planning begins with Horace W. Ward supervising work. Seventy nine workers will be employed with wages starting at 50 cents for laborers and higher for skilled trades.
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Bath
Civil Works Administration
Kelley Athletic Field
Joseph Charles Footer
Leslie J. Wold
Arthur Sewall
Augusta
Horace W. Ward
Cemetery and Park Board
Mill Pond
Footer
Supt. Ward
Wiscasset Girl Disappears Prompting Sheriff Search
Gladys Cushman 18 of Wiscasset, member of the Academy basketball team, vanished on November 22 after morning recess. Sheriff Arthur Greenleaf and deputies searched in Harpswell and Massachusetts, noting she had previously spoken of leaving home after turning 18. The Cushman family moved from Boston about a decade ago. Gladys is the second of five children.
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Arthur R. Greenleaf
Lincoln County
Gladys E. Cushman
Wiscasset
James Cushman
Wiscasset Academy
Miss Cushman
Massachusetts
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange Reelects Officers at West Bath Meeting
Sagadahoc Pomona No. 9 P of H held its annual meeting in West Bath with 150 attending. Officers were reelected except one, as members from Bodwell, Dirigo, Dromore, Enterprise, Five Islands, Merrymeeting, Progressive, Sagadahoc, Topsham, and Woolwich granges joined in the session. A memorial for three long members opened the program, followed by reports, installation, musical numbers, a panel on produce quality, and a December 27 session planned with Merrymeeting grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Pomona Grange
West Bath
Sagadahoc Pomona
Bodwell Grange
Phippsburg
Dirigo
Brunswick
Dromore
Enterprise Grange
Richmond
Five Islands Grange
Five Islands
Merrymeeting Grange
Bowdoinham
Progressive Grange
Richmond Corner
Sagadahoc
Bowdoin
Topsham Grange
Topsham
Woolwich
J. Sumner Bailey
Woolwich Grange
Annie Hildreth
Elmer J. Rich
West Bath Grange
Edwin W. Haggett
Harvey Jordan
Albert Henderson
Harry Rackley
Edwin C. Patten
Herrietta G. Sawyer
Bath
Pomona
D. Wylie Lemont
Ceres
Lillian
Holy City
Leland S. Plummer
Harold E. Freeman
Haggett
Frank R. Bailey
David S. Henderson
Henderson
Mr. Freeman
Charles B. Doyle
James B. Lemont
Freeman
David
William A. Coombs
Albert F. McFadden
Charles T. Henderson
Wallace L. Atwood
Harry 8. Wallace
Fred J. Rose
Raymond A. Smith
Everett G
Past and Present Great Chiefs of Maine Presented in City
Approximately 200 guests from Bath West Bath Orrs Island Biddeford Portland and other towns attended a Red Men reception in Red Men's hall for Ernest R. Avery great sachem and Mrs Lu Celia E Blake great Wenonah. Avery is the first in 33 years from this city to become great sachem and Blake the first past Pocahontas of Ramona council to hold elective office.
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Red Men
Front Street
Sasanoa Tribe
Order
Ramona Council
Degree of Pocahontas
Ernest
R. Avery
Lucelia E. Blake
Wenonah
Avery
Blake
Pocahontas of
Bath
West Bath
Orr's Island
Biddeford
Portland
South Portland
Woodfords
Falmouth Foreside
East Deering
Cumberland Mills
Wiscasset
Henry
Henry I. Gediman
LaForest G. Coombs
Andrew Lemoine
Maude Stickney
Pocahontas
Bradford
Redennett
Alice Genthner
Henry Allen
Ors Island
Mishinewa
Rue
Howard E. Blake
Alex MacDonald
Priscilla Blake
Horace B. Woodman
Florence Robinson
Kennebec Greenhouses
Bert Johnson
Joseph L. Yates
Evelyn Coughran
Alfred Thiboutot
Charles W. Pratt
Seth Stewart
Edmund Ford
Minnie C. Woodman
Ralph J. Boardman
Charles H. Ansert
Alden P. Denham
Denham
Lewis J. Avery
Herbert B. Seal
Bradford C. Redennett
Clifford Blake
Frances Blake
Gertrude Jordan
James Hawkes
Rhetta Hawkes
Eva M. Knowles
Gertrude Meserve
Maurice Snow
Pownal
Henry Doughty
Mollye Mitchell
Falmouth
Kapla Council
Wilma York
Cumberlane Mills
Ralph Blair
Iona Black
James Thurston
Raymond Wilson
Ort’s Island
Doris Clough
Arthur Blake
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Thespians
Wells
County Pomona
Maine
Sasano Tribe
Woodman
Ramona
Great
Ernest R. Avery
Leighton
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