New Insurance Plan Promises City Big Savings
The city council insurance committee studies a lump sum policy covering city property for 632 430 dollars, with 90 percent of premiums to ten agencies and five percent each to two part time firms. Buildings total 594 690 dollars and contents 77 740 dollars, with estimated savings of 2 011 32 over three years. A detailed table lists schools, facilities, and city buildings under No 1 for buildings and No 2 for contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Brick
Mitchell School
South Grammar
North Street
Dike School
Winneyance
Center Street
Weeks Street
North Grammar
Washington Street
Upper Washington Street
Shepard Street
Marshall Street
High Street
Oak Grove
Sewall
Brunswick Road
New City Hall
Old City Hall
City Stable
Washington
City Home
Monthly meeting of Colonial Club elects two new members
At the Colonial Club monthly gathering, Charles W. Bemis and George B. Cunard were elected. A clambake report was approved, a radio installation for Worlds Series was offered, and plans for an entertainment and a golf tournament on Oct. 20 were approved with a committee named. A reported horned four-foot snake sighting near Howe Brook prompted expert doubt from a zoology professor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
Charles W. Bemis
George B. Cunard
Harold P. Small Co
W. Dayton Hill
Daniel Williams
Eugene M. Desmond
Mark W. Hennessey
Edward Sewall
Warren Hawley
Robert Brownell
George Hunt
October City Council session enacts new fire safety rules
The October meeting approved an ordinance to ease fire truck response and duties. Mayor Cahill named new constables and fire department officers. An unusual discussion covered cat disposal bills, with Constable Emmons explaining fees. Other items included hydrant placement, street layout petitions, and library tax abatement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Times
the Supreme Court
Cahill
Board of Fire Engineers
Edwin L. Emmons
Emmons
Gilmore
Davenport
Davenport Memorial
Common Council
Committee On
Western Avenue
George Tobey
Committee On Water and Water Works
Mary Carey
Fisher’s Court
Washington
Middle Streets
Patten Free Library
Samuel Povich
Morse High Senior Class Elects Officers
Morse high school senior class elected Edmund Rollins as president Seth Snipe as vice president Margaret MacKinnon as secretary and Helen Shorey as treasurer The student council includes Edmund Rollins Paul Hart Donald Ring Stanley Henderson Dorothy Ham Marion Whittier and Mary Newell Football interest rises as students plan to attend next Saturday's game at Gardiner Mrs Edith Fillmore Hancock of Newington Conn left for Portland after visiting Mr and Mrs Ernest King of Liberty Street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Edmund Rollins
Seth Snipe
Margaret MacKinnon
Helen Shorey
Paul Hart
Donald Ring
Stanley Henderson
Dorothy Ham Marion Whittier
Mary Newell
Gardiner
Autumn foliage brightest in years across New England
New England's autumn display is described as the most brilliant in a generation, with golds reds and greens dazzling across New Hampshire Massachusetts Maine and Vermont. Foresters credit a dry spell for early, intense color and predict the display to peak this weekend and end sooner than usual. A special Boston and Maine excursion to the Berkshires is planned to view the foliage, combining rail and motor coach travel through western Massachusetts.
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New England
New Hampshire
John H. Foster
Boston
Maine
Massachusetts
William A. L. Bazeley
Maine Forestry Department
Vermont
Forester Foster
White Mountain
Bazeley
Boston and Maine Railroad
Berkshires
New North Station
High School Auditorium Subject to Rentals
Bath Board of Education decided to rent Morse high school auditorium at 150 dollars for one night or 250 dollars for two nights. Applications will be considered if the building is to be used properly. The board also voted to offer public school pupils a chance to visit the annual fair at Topsham on Wednesday.
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Morse High School
Bath Board of Education
Topsham
Maine student guest stays with Cutts on Court Street
Harry Hunt of Brewer, a classmate of Cecil J. Cutts at the University of Maine, was an overnight guest of Mr. and Mrs. Cutts Monday at their home on Court Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hunt
Brewer
Cecil J. Cutts
University of Maine
Mrs. Cutts
Court Street
Princeton old grads reunite at Montsweag Farm
Ten Princeton Class of 1881 alumni gathered at Montsweag Farm for a three day reunion hosted by their classmate Mr. Butler. The group included the oldest John Linton Kirk of Summit New Jersey and the youngest George M. Sinclair of Philadelphia. Attendees toured the estate, held an apple picking bee, tea at the packing sheds, and a harvest home service at Moatsweag Baptist church. Henry G. Duffield joined Saturday along with Powers Farr and others from Princeton University.
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Princeton University
Montsweag Farm
Charlies
Henry Tler
Nassau
Princeton
Butler
Savannah
Mont- Sweag
Montsweag Manor
Harvest Home
Moatsweag Baptist Church
John Linton Kirk
Summit
N. J
George M. Sinclair
Philadelphia
Francis G. Landon
New York City
Princeton Club
New York
National Graduate Association
Landen
Charles E. Craven
Montclair
George L. van Alen
Swarthmore
Penn
William“J. Vigmen
Brooklyn, N. Y
Willis Fowler
J. Spencer Voorhees
Hartford
Fire wipes out Topsham garage and restaurant
Fire Friday noon destroyed the Topsham garage and restaurant on Main Street owned by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Labeau near Mallett curve. The blaze wrecked two autos a Cadillac touring car a Durant touring car a Durant sedan owned by Mrs Ella Brown and a boy's motorcycle. Losses range 5500 to 6000 with 4600 on buildings insured. Mrs Labeau said an oil stove exploded in the kitchen between the restaurant and garage. Firefighters saved about 200 in a cash register though 160 she had hidden in the garage was lost. Traffic was halted and rerouted via Middlesex road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph R. Labeau
Main _ street
Topsham
Mallett Curve
Labeau
Ella Brown
Middlesex Road
Promoted William Sherman Heads Maine Power Construction
William Sherman of Bath, long time division line foreman for the Southern division of Central Maine Power Co, is promoted to general foreman in charge of construction in the transmission department. He oversees high tension line work statewide and currently directs transmission line construction between Lewiston and Portland with more than 250 workers. Miss Priscilla Hodge, a grade school teacher in Arrowsie, is visiting her mother at 732 Middle Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sherman
Bath
Central Maine Power Co
Lewiston
Portland
Priscilla Hodge
Arrowsie
Marcia Hodge
Middle Street
Storm marks 1869 Bath court house blaze and vane loss
A Bath court house struck by lightning during a 1869 storm caused the vane and belfry to shatter while conductors, gutters, and telegraph lines carried the surge through the building. No injuries, but curiosity and remnants, including a bronze W fragment, surfaced as news described the scene and community memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Court House
Jack Mulcahy
O. M. Redson Co
New Court House
Bath Sentinel
Times
Center Street
Western Union Telegraph
Adams
Hayes
Willis
Mulcahy
Harnden
Charles D. Clarke
The
Times and Independent
High
Lincoln Streets
Walter H. Bowker
High Street
Montsweag Apples Featured At Legion National Convention
Delicious Montsweag apples from Montsweag farm were handed out at the National Convention of the American Legion in Louisville. Delegates from every state plus Hawaii France and Italy received boxes of the fruit. A case of 25 apples was shown with farm owner Charles Henry Butler and orchard expert Wooley. Boxes were specially packed for National Commander Paul V. McNutt and Governor Gardiner of Maine.
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National Convention of the American Legion
Louisville
Union
Hawaii
France
Italy
Charles Henry Butler
Mr. Wooley
Mr. Butler
Maine
Gardiner
Montsweag
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Orin Russell
Houston
Howe Brook
Orrin
Mr. Russell
North America
Arthur Allen
Optometrist
Mon
Fred H. Thompson
Bath Water District
Louis R. Staples
Seth S. Mullin
James E. Lockery
William H. Small
Clinton D. Wilson
Chester S. Kingsley
William A. Furber
Furber Davis
Frank W. Kenyon
Bath Trust Co
Case Esasor
Bath National Bank
First National Bank
Morse High
Edith Fillmore Hancock
Newington, Conn
Ernest King
Liberty Street
Sherman
Harry Edwards
Alfred Road
Biddeford
Mr. Edwards
Arthur Bowker
Virginia
Mr. Bowker
Frank Bowker
Gladys Olm
Paul M. Olm
Howard Hawley
DU Pont
Duco
Sherwin-Williams
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