Maine urged to pursue Public Works Recovery funds
State officials say Maine could receive between 12 million and 15 million dollars if requirements are met. Two projects approved so far include Ellsworth sewer and building plans, with Back Bay Portland development seen as a major future effort. Eligible applicants include municipalities, utilities, and hospitals, with up to 30 percent grant and 70 percent loan via bonds over thirty years at four percent interest.
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Maine
John Clark Scates
Westbrook
Scates
Ellsworth
Back Bay
Portland
Public Works Fund
State Advisory Board
National Recovery Administration
Deserved Tribute to Bath Fire Chief Charles Parks
Friday night's testimonial dinner honored Bath Fire Department Chief Engineer Charles E. Parks. The event praised his leadership, noting the department's efficiency in preventing fires and keeping losses low. Citizens lauded his long service, judgment, and respect among his crew, calling the banquet a heartfelt tribute to his faithful work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Charles E. Parks
Parks
Governor Brann Urges Early Fund Applications
Governor Louis J. Brann urges county advisory boards to submit projects and apply for federal funds now to create immediate work for the unemployed. He notes the funds offer thirty percent outright gift only until January 1, and delaying applications may miss the opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis J. Brann
Maine to Convene Session on Prohibition and State Issues
Governor plans a November special session to repeal the eighteenth amendment and address other urgent Maine matters. Maine receives a 199 man Civilian Conservation Corps quota for October 15 enlistments to provide winter employment, housing, and meals. The federal government awards the largest peace time lumber contract for barracks for I Corps, and Kennebec bridge tolls may end in about ten years with improved approaches from Bath and Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Civilian Conservation Corps
I Corps
Augusta
Kennebec
Bath
Woolwich
Bath Loses Veteran Citizen Frederic H Low
In the death of Frederic H. Low Bath loses one of its oldest and most respected citizens who had long been active in business and held numerous trusted positions. He maintained health to an advanced age and stayed engaged in Bath affairs, and his passing will bring sadness to many current and former residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic H. Low
Bath
Gunning Licenses Granted In Last Minute Rush
City Clerk John W. Gilmore issued nearly 50 gunning licenses on Saturday morning as offices closed at noon. The list includes Robert A. Snowden, 10 Andrews road, Albion S. Bartlett Jr., 21 Russell street, Maurice Taylor, 23 Dummer street, Oscar R. Hunt, 352 Middle street, and many more with addresses across Albion, Brunswick, and Washington streets. Two licenses were issued out of state to John W. Lasel in Whitinsville and Arthur L. Richmond in Needham, Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Gilmore
Robert A. Snowden
Andrews Road
Albion S. Bartlett, Jr
Russell Street
Maurice Taylor
Dummer Street
Oscar R. Hunt
Middle Street
Raymond Clark
Washington Street
Robert W. Oliver
High Street
William E. Belanger
Chestnut Street
Donald S. Hall
Jesse T. Saunders
Leburton D. Sheldon Jr
Shaw Street
John F. Besaw
E. A. Avery
Joseph T. Smith
Farrin Street
Russell H. Stodder
Snow Park
Edmund A. Rothwell
William Green
Leonard Court
Corliss Street
Robert P. Haley
Lewis Harmon
Mechanic Street
Arthur E. Hutchins
Cherry Street
Paul M. McCole
Court Street
E. Malcolm Pratt
Highland Street
Guy Wright
Horace Mitchell
Willis C. Lake Jr
Getchell Street
Sumner Sewall
Harry B. White
Howward A. McNeal
Edward Street
Walter L. Blethen
Marshall Street
John L. Sanborn
John Green Jr
Leonard Street
Joseph McLaughlin
Bedford Street
Ralph M. Cornish
Harvey E. Groves
Bath Street
William Scott
Herbert J. Hagan
Winship Street
George W. Rook
Bath
S. B. Lonn
Albion K. Edgecomb
Milan Street
Leighton M. Coombs
E. L. Craig
Garden Street
John D. McEachern
Wallace J. Sheldon
C. E. Leeman
Cummings Street
Gilbert H. Fowles
Charles Lennox
Pine Street
William F. Mussenden
George E. Sonia
Beacon Street
John W. Lasel
Whitinville
Mass
Arthur L. Richmond
Needham
Annual Dike School PTA reception honors teachers
A pleasant evening at the Dummer Street Schoolhouse marked the annual reception by the Dike P T A for teachers and pupils’ parents. A brief program featured an overture, whistling solo, a piano duet, and a playlet on mothers of fifty years ago and today. Ice cream and cake followed with ushers and a social atmosphere enhanced by spotlights and flowers.
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Dummer Street
Dike P. T. A
Dike School
Daniel A. MacDonald
Samuel A. Morse
Chester H. Worrey
Roscoe L. Carver
Reginald Barter
Dike
William A. Furber
John W. Gilmore
Clinton D. Wilson
Herman W. Crocker
Edmund M. Staples
Mary Brown
Leona B. Houstis
Carolyn E. Turner
Chester B. Horne
Mabel F. Libby
Celia M. McElman
Ella R. Jacquith
Daniel J.perry
Scott M. Golder
John Sampson
Ralph P. Dunbar
Raymond M Clark
Daniel L. Lord
Posture and Grooming Topic at West Bath Farm Bureau Meeting
West Bath Farm Bureau met at the grange hall with 13 members and one visitor, Miss Hortense Welch of Auburn led posture and grooming as the second session on the subject. Attendees from West Bath included Mrs. Fred J. Rose and several others, with plans for the October 19 meeting on hairdressing and for the Richmond Farm Bureau gathering on October 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Weston L. Bonney
Humphrey A. Owen
Herbert Hodgkins
Farm Bureau
Richmond
Fred J. Rose
Jerry L. Haile
Fred L. Brawn
Morse High School Elects All Four Class Officers
All Morse high school classes have elected officers. Sophomores chose Alfred Cormier as president Ruth Brown as VP Nellie Burgon as secretary and Jane Wing as treasurer. They join council members Alfred Cormier Carroll Morse Edward McLaughlin Maxine Wallace Janet Bridgham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Alfred Cormier
Ruth Brown
Nellie Burgon
Jane Wing
Stueent
Caroll Morse
Edward McLaughlin
Maxine Wallace
Janet Bridgham
John E. Pomeroy
William Owen
John Wakefield
Mary McClure
David Vachon
Barbara Donnell
John Shaughnessy
Blair C. Wilson
Engineers survey Bath for Kennebec bridge approach
Civil engineers from the State highway department survey Bath streets serving the Kennebec bridge approaches. They measure Center street from Courthouse to Washington, mark the data, and study Washington to Vine. Calculations for Vine street direct approach are under way, with no firm plan yet announced. The work suggests any new road may still enter Bath on Center street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Bath
Kennebec Bridge
Center Street
Courthouse
Washington Street
Center
Vine Street
Brunswick-Bath
City
School
Vine Streets
Former Sagadahoc official James Purinton dies at 68
James C. Purinton of Topsham, 68, longtime Sagadahoc county register of deeds, former superintendent of schools, town clerk and health officer, died at his home after a failing eyesight illness. He leaves his wife, two daughters, and a niece. He had been a Democrat who narrowly missed election to the Legislature last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Purinton
Topsham
Sagadahoc County
Ellery C. Day
Jenny Purinton
Brunswick
Harold Danforth
College to host lecture series on public activity
Arrangements are being made by Ondoln College for a series of lectures at the Moulton Union in coming months. The first lecture is tentatively set for Tuesday evening Oct 3 with Frederick M. Davenport formerly a New York Congressman speaking on The Profession of the Politician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ondoln College
Moulton Union
Frederick M. Davenport
New York
Daughters of American Colonists hold annual meeting in Maine
The Sir William Phips Chapter Maine Daughters of American Colonists announce their annual meeting on Oct. 4 at North Harpswell home of Mrs. Edmund N. Lippincott who is second vice regent of the state chapter. Members will join her for luncheon following the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir William
Bath Ball Players Enjoy Fine Banquet
Thirty Bath base ball players and guests gathered at the Phoenix Thursday evening for a turkey banquet starting at 7 30. A large decorated table held fruit salad roast turkey and dessert. The group sang for about two hours with Stan Whitehouse at the piano, featuring solos by James Callan Sam Povich and Clyde Holmes of Belfast. Guests included Sam Povich John Gillespie Harold Wing Alexander McDougall John P Hayes Joseph Atkinson and Mr Holmes of Belfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Phoenix
Stan Whitehouse
James Callan
Sam Povich
Clyde Holmes
Belfast
John Gillespie
Harold Wing
Alexander McDougall
John P. Hayes
Joseph Atkinson
Mr. Holmes
Memorial Tree Requested in Honor of William B Stevens
Miss Edna Sturtevant of Atlanta requests Bath send a tree to the Memorial Forest in memory of William Bacon Stevens born July 13 1815 in Shipping City. Stevens served Georgia as an Episcopal clergyman taught at the University of Georgia and became an early historian. Mayor Lord will act to fulfill the request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Sturtevant
Atlanta
Bath
William Bacon Stevens
Shipping City
Memorial Forest
Georgia
Miss Sturtevant
Stevens
University of Georgia
Lord
Mrs J L Douglas is 95 years old in Lewiston
Mrs J L Lufkin Douglas marked her 95th birthday Thursday at 23 York Street with friends visiting and her enjoying embroidery. In Lewiston two women Brunswick residents were struck by a Studebaker sedan near Ste Marie’s General Hospital. Emery F Roberge admitted to hospital and police were notified.
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Ste. Marie’s General Hospital
Lewiston
Florian Binnette
Charles Binnette
Brunswick
Emery F. Roberge
Knox Street
Studebaker
Roberge
Sabattus Street
Abolition of Child Labor Transforms Gastonia Mills
A Gastonia survey by William G. Shepherd in Collier's Weekly depicts a revolution in textile towns as child labor ends. Thousands of children left mills August 1 under the new textile code, with Gastonia preparing to absorb 1,000 more in schools as the era of child labor fades and American childhood gains value.
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Gastonia
N. C
William G. Shepherd
Collier's Weekly
Mr. Shepherd
America
Europe
Gystonia
Former Morse teacher owned fatal car in Orono crash
Elizabeth H. Ames of Somersworth New Hampshire a former Morse high Latin instructor now at Ellsworth was the owner and operator of the car that struck and killed 70 year old Peter Burton of Veazie Thursday evening near the home of Mrs. Lucy Goodie in Orono Police Augustine Dall and Harold Carson said the accident was unavoidable. Colby Echo announces a one hundred dollar scholarship for Colby College students with financial need and high scholastic standing funded from surplus of last year’s issue marking a first-time extra curricular aid program.
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Elizabeth H. Ames
Somersworth
N. H
Morse High Latin
Ellsworth
Peter Burton
Veazie
Orono
Lucy Goodie
Associated Press
Augustine Dall
Harold Carson
Colby Echo
Colby College
Colby
October Weather Forecast Predicts Cold Stormy Periods
Sam Morrill of Lewiston forecasts October will mirror September with normal to below normal temperatures and normal to above normal precipitation. Three storm periods are anticipated from the 4th to 10th, 16th to 22nd, and 25th to month end, with early frosts and possible earthquakes late in October. Albert C. Morse retires from Brunswick post office after 40 years as one of the original carriers.
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Sam Morrill
Lewiston
Sam
Albert C. Morse
Brunswick Post Office
Mr. Morse
Shakespearean Plays Presented by Shakespearean Players
Shakespearean Players led by James Hendrickson and Claire Bruce present The Merchant of Venice at 3 p.m. and Macbeth at 8 p.m. on Tuesday in Morse High School auditorium under the Student Council. Admission is nominal since the event is educational, with the traveling company renowned for sets and costumes and national tours to schools and universities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hendrickson
Claire Bruce
Morse High School
Arthur B. Scott
Morse
Scott
Shakespearean Players
United States
Work in Gardens to Be Done in Fall
Advice on fall gardening tasks emphasizing planting evergreen varieties, preparing perennial beds for spring and summer, and feeding ferns begonias and soil with leaf mold sand and bone meal or balanced plant food. Warns against overfeeding and treats garden care as parallel to human eating habits.
Penobscot County Teachers’ Association Officers Named
The slate for next year lists W H Robinson of Old Town as president H D Ridlon of Charleston as vice president Miss Gladys Baker of Brewer as secretary Russell I Morgrage as treasurer The executive committee includes Frederick I Quigley Dexter Aubrey Snow Howland and Miss Barbara Milliken Corinna Nomination committee members were Prin Eugene Gordon Brewer High School Prin Elmer Eddy Kenduskeag and Miss Alice Bradford Dexter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penobscot County
Teachers’ Association
W. H. Robinson
Old Town
H. D. Ridlon
Charleston
Gladys Baker
Brewer
Russell I. Morgrage
Frederick I. Quigley
Dexter
Aubrey Snow
Howland
Barbara Milliken
Corinna
Prin
Eugene Gordon
Brewer High School
Elmer Eddy
Kenduskeag
Alice Bradford
Bath Couple Return From Chicago Fair
Mr and Mrs F B Nichols returned from a two week trip to the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. They visited Barre Vermont on the way and saw their son Barrett at the Peoples National Bank. They stayed five days at the fair amid heat and vivid lights noting contrasts with the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and enjoying sailing on the Gloucester schooner Gertrude Thebaud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Nichols
Chicago
Barre
Barrett
Peoples National Bank
Montreal
Stevens
Michigan Avenue
Mr. Nichols
Gertrude L. Thebaud
Thebaud
Nichols
Principal Ingraham Faces Student Walkouts in Brunswick
Herbert S. Ingraham, former Brunswick high school principal now in Newburyport, Massachusetts, faced two student protests over replacing a woman teacher. After Monday's brief walkout and return, Tuesday's strike kept the class in the basement for the period while Ingraham was at lunch and unaware until class ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert S. Ingraham
Brunswick
Newburyport
Mass
Prin. Ingraham
Mr. Ingraham
Upsets Shake Brunswick Record Tennis Doubles Round
In the Brunswick Record tennis second round two upsets toppled last year’s singles finalists. Nathaniel C. Kendrick with Carleton C. Young fell 6-4 6-0 to Edgar S. Catlin and Charles A. Sadler, while Dean Paul Nixon and Herbert R. Brownest defeated Morgan B. Cushing and Charles W. Powser 7-5 5-7 6-2 after a tight match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick Record
Nathaniel C. Kendrick
Carleton C. Young
Edgar S. Catlin
Charles A. Sadler
Dean Paul Nixon
Herbert R. Brownest
Morgan B. Cushing
Charles W. Powser
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the Times Company
Front Street
Bath, Maine
B. Nichols
Treas
Harry C. Webber
Public Works Funds
Gilmore
P.T.A
West Bath Farm Bureau
Grange Hall
Washington
Register OF Deeds
J. L. Douglas
N.R.A
Vnahaonewe
China
Hawaiian Islands
Derby
Sinews
Gascogne
Long Island
Royal Historical Society
ISO
Western Newspaper Union
Independent
Gloucester
Piccadilly
45Th Street
Boaseway
New York City
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