Bath and Central church mark centennial and library heritage
The article traces the formation of Bath and West Bath parishes from Georgetown roots, detailing Central church’s century of community influence, its prominent pastors and families, and Bath library’s philanthropic origins led by the Pattens and Moses. It notes 34 of 100 corporators attended Bath Library’s annual meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
Massachusetts
Georgetown
Sheepscot
New Meadows
Merrymeeting Bay
Sasanoa
Arrowsie
Winneganee Creek
Bath
West Bath
Winter Street
Andrew Carnegie
Sterling
Pattens
John
George F
Galen C. Moses
Toll Road Plan Between Bath and Brunswick Becomes Debate
The proposed Bath to Brunswick toll road by private parties faces practicality questions. Past experience with King's toll turnpike shows limited profit due to parallel shun-pike and active free competition. Locals favor aligning with the old route, but tolls seem unlikely while an alternate Brunswick artery exists. The Atlantic Highway project between Bath and Brunswick is expected to proceed eventually.
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Bath-Brunswick Road
King
King's Turnpike
Bath
Brunswick
Judge blocks price fixing under lumber code in Tennessee case
A federal judge ruled Congress could not authorize price fixing under the lumber code to ensure fair competition and enjoined the district attorney from prosecuting violators. If sustained, the decision would strike at price controls across the entire system.
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Tennessee
Congress
Officers Chosen by Sacred Heart Daughters
Mrs. Margaret Flaherty is reelected regent and Mrs. Anne Perry treasurer of Sacred Heart circle No. 551 Daughters of Isabella at a Friday meeting in Knights of Columbus hall attended by about 70. New officers include Marion O’Hara vice regent and Mary J. Cummings chancellor with a full slate announced. Focus shifts to Halloween party plans and inter-circle invitational events with Brunswick and Portland groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret C. Flaherty
Anne C. Perry
Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Circle
Knights of Columbus Hall
Mary E. Hartnett
Flaherty
Marion T. O'Hara
Mary J. Cummings
Catherine Talbot
Vivian Kronstrand
Perry
Hannah McCole
Margaret McGlinchy
Muriel C. Burgess
Monitor
Geraldine McGuiggan
Annie M. Skaling
Nora McLaughlin
Catherine Burgess
Annie M. Arsenault
Grace Cunningham
Margaret E. Allen
Marie L. Allain
Catherine C. O'Hara
Vera E. Pagurko
Father Remy
Brunswick
Odd Fellows Hall
Pleasant Street
St. Elizabeth Circle of
Portland
Mary A. Royal
Sagadahoc Council
Knights of Columbus
Minstrel Show at Day's Ferry Enlivens Friday Evening
Day's Ferry community presented a minstrel show at Tuessic hall directed by Mrs. Donald H. Fogg of Bath. A post show dance featured Dorothy Joy of Brunswick as pianist with Elliot Bold, Cecil Rowland, and Charles Dorsey. The program included vocal solos, tap dances, a recited poem, and musical numbers by Miss Joy and Mr. Howe.
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Tuessic Hall
Day’s Ferry
Donald H. Fogg
Bath
Dorothy Joy
Brunswick
Elliot Bold
Cecil Rowland
Charles Dorsey
Miss Joy
Edgar Blanch
Samuel Ward
Melvin Howe
Robert Reed
Dorsey
Mabel Jack
Esther Wade
Mrs. Fogg
Miss Fogg
Mr. Sanders
Ezra Johnson
First Meeting in New Quarters for Lowell Temple No 31
Large attendance of Lowell temple No 31 Py thian Sisters at their first meeting in the new quarters in Pythian Temple 810 Washington Street. Plans were made to entertain District 5 on Oct 31 and furnish the social room. 50 to 75 members expected. District includes Glen Royal temple Yarmouth Eureka Freeport Alvah Young Brunswick McDonald Bowdoinham Mizpah Boothbay Harbor.
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Lowell Temple
Pythian Sisters
New Quarters
Pythian Temple
Washington Street
District 5
Glen Royal Temple
Yarmouth
Eureka
Freeport
Alvah Young
Brunswick
McDonald
Bowdoinham
Mizpah
Boothbay Harbor
Real estate transfers recorded in Sagadahoc registry
Over two weeks, transfers filed include Ruth J. Carlton to Gilbert Hudson Fowles Jr in Arrowsic and Emma Spinney to Sadie L. Jackson in Bath, with numerous other deeds across Bowdoinham Georgetown Richmond Topsham and West Bath. Separately Adjutant and Mrs. Albert Wilbur left Lewiston for New London to take charge of Salvation Army post.
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Sagadahoc
Arrowsic
Ruth J. Carlton
Gilbert Hudson Fowles, Jr
N. Louise Spinney
Robert L. Hogan
Bath
Emma Spinney
Als
Sadie L. Jackson
Arthur A. Brown
Lelia E. Moore
Bowdoinham
Robeus A. Douglass
Charles E. Lamoreau
Georgetown
Media
Media E. Nocton To Elliott Lum, Andrews Realty Co. To Stephen M. Etnier
Phippsburg
Byron C. Stevens
Lillie Parsons
Harrison B. Wright
Dorothy Sewall Jayne
Richmond
George B. Jenkins
Maurice B. Reynolds
Charles I. Lewis
Walter James
J. B. Ham Co
William H. Farley
Topsham
Lawrence B. Stone
Linnie B. Mack
Frederick Edgecomb
Harry A. Rackley
Calixte J. Bernier
Emile Pelletier
West Bath
Ellis F. Coombs
Harold L. Safford
Elmer B. Williams
Dorothy Baldwin Hilliard
Albert Wilbur
Lewiston Corps
Salvation Army
New London
Conn
Wilbur
Charles Carpenter
Lewiston
Ducks Endure Worst Opening Day At Merrymeeting Bay
The 1934 duck season opened with a half hour before sunup prohibited. Hunters ignored the zero hour, firing at 5.05 a.m. In Woolwich Arrowsic and Nequasset Lake there were fair kills, with Milton Savage and Warren Munsey each taking 15 birds on a single float.
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Merrymeeting Bay
Bay
Woolwich
Arrowsic
Nequasset Lake
Milton Savage
Warren Munsey
Research Class All Day Meeting At Corliss Street Church
The Corliss Street church research class held an all day meeting at Mrs. Anna Allen’s home on 341 High Street last Wednesday. President Mrs. Alan led a business session planning a Friday vestry gathering and a November first Wednesday all day meeting with Mrs. Julia Johnson. About 20 members attended. lessons, readings by Mrs. Lermond and Mrs. Bonney, and a noon dinner prepared by Mrs. Allen with assistance from Mrs. Burden and Mrs. Worrey.
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Corliss Street
Anna Allen
High Street
Alan
Julia Johnson
School Street
Lizzie Lermond
Neilie Bonney
September Bridge Receipts Show Gain
Report of Carlton bridge traffic for September 1934 vs 1933 shows gains in people, vehicles, and cash. Counts indicate 0.117667 vs 0.115193 people, 2474 vs 47187 vehicles, and 21120.85 vs 20990.65 dollars in receipts.
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Carlton Bridge
Large Signing Up For Pullorum Disease Test In College
More than 115000 hens have been enrolled for the Pullorum Disease test announced by Dr. E R Hitchner head of the Bacteriology Department at the College of Agriculture. The count is the highest for this season in over a decade with 117000 birds tested last year and expected to be surpassed this fall. Owners apply to the department, tests are conducted, and reports issued. an accredited flock list free of Pullorum will be published around January 10 1600 helping buyers choose disease free chicks and eggs.
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College of Agriculture
E. R. Hitchner
Bacteriology
Hitchner
Brig
Department of Bacteriology
Walsh
Newsprint price stabilized at $41 per ton
The newsprint committee of the American Newspaper Publishers Assn reports a stabilized price of 41 dollars per ton for 1935 newspapers. Delivered to New York and Chicago, the rate includes port allowances and is announced by W. G. Chandler, committee chairman.
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American Newspaper Publishers Assn
New York
Chicago
W. G. Chandler
Bowdoin to decide fate of Cram house as faculty club
The Cram house at 83 Federal Street in Brunswick, left to Bowdoin College by the late Prof. Marshall P. Cram, will become Bowdoin property this June. The building and grounds committee, chaired by Ripley L. Dana, will report to the governing boards on disposal and potential use as a faculty club or guest house after current undergraduates move out.
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Cram
Federal Street
Brunswick
Bowdoin College
Marshall P. Cram
Bowdoin
Ripley L. Dana
Boston
Mass
Philip W. Meserve
Stanley P. Chase
A. E. Burton
Philip G. Clifford
Portland
Walter W. Wentworth
Old Town
John A. Waterman
Gorham
William M. Emery
New Befiford
Surprise 35th Anniversary Party For Mrs Hunt
Mrs. John H. Hunt of 362 Middle Street celebrated her 35th wedding anniversary with a surprise party hosted Thursday at 418 Washington Street. Twelve attended including four former Times Co. employees. gifts were given to the guest of honor.
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John H. Hunt
Middle Street
William P. Hatch
William H. Small
James E. Lockery
Leland R. Mitchell
Lockery
Hunt
The
Times Co
Pearl Dunbar
Elbridge R. Wright
Clara Coombs
Lillian F. Fisher
Edward Coombs
Wellington A. Moore
Girl Scouts Meet at Pine Tree Troop No 1
Full attendance at the Pine Tree troop No 1 Girl Scouts of America meeting in the Y M C A building. Pauline Nickerson led opening exercises as Evelyn Nickerson directed nature study. The program included code health judging heights games songs and patrol corners. An all day hike was planned for Monday.
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Pine Tree Troop
Girl Scouts of America
Pauline Nickerson
Evelyn Nickerson
Morse high boys condemn petting and value marriage criteria
At the Bath Y M C A Fireside Hour about 50 Morse High School youths debated whether war does more harm than good and the propriety of petting. They favored war harm over good and opposed petting, adding that a man should marry only if 21 or older with sufficient income and the right partner.
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Morse High
Bath Y
Cosmopolitan Club Sings In Session With Officers Elected
Cosmopolitan Singing club opened the season at the club house with Mrs. Leroy F. Colby presiding and Miss Christine C. Curtis as secretary treasurer pro tempore. Miss G Eunice Whittall elected secretary treasurer replacing Miss Edith F Wheeler who is leaving town. The music committee includes Mrs Colby Miss Curtis and Miss Whittall. The social committee chaired by Miss Evelynne L Donnell with Miss Lucy W Coombs and Miss Curtis plans a party on Oct 18.
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William E. Wing
South Portland
Garden Club
Cosmopolitan Club
Mutch
Ruth H. Farnham
Edwina Mayers Hall
Rose Hunter
Irene H. Ingalls
Frank B. Nichols
Charles W. Avery
Ella J. Douglas
Minnie A. White
Charles E. Cushing
Farnham
Lewiston
Colby College
House
Guy Crosby
Walter S. Wigein
Lucy W. Coombs
Paul G. Bagdikian
Barbara Vigne
Marion Small
Betty
Nancy Fitzgerald
Eleanor Oliver
Constance Gilmore
Leroy F. Colby
Lillian E. Lewin
Carl Y. Kennedy
Bath
Wing
Maine
England
Kennedy
Mary Louise Lord
Bertha Bellerose
Edwin D. Tietig
Gardiner R. Deering
Cosmopolitan Singing Club
Christine C. Curtis
G. Eunice Whittall
Edith F. Wheeler
Colby
Curtis
Whittall
Evelyne L. Donnell
Albert Henderson
Mildred G. Nichols
Three Boys Returned to State School for Burglary
Three boys who confessed to breaking into Central Grammar and Morse high schools were ordered sent back to the state school for boys by Municipal Judge John J. Keegan after being apprehended Wednesday. Two were returned for parole violations and the third, discharged earlier from the school, was committed again. Also before the court were three intoxication cases. one got 30 days at the House of Corrections, one was dismissed, and the third paid $6.30 in court costs.
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Central Grammar
Morse High Schools
John J. Keegan
Keegan
House of Correction
Williamses Return From Intervale Visit
Mr and Mrs Williams came back Thursday from Intervale New Hampshire where they spent two weeks away from home.
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Mrs. Williams. Shorey
Intervale
N. H
Instructive TA at Farm Bureau on Dental Hygiene
Miss Dorothy Bryant of Augusta, state dental hygienist, gave an instructive talk to Nequasset Farm Bureau at Mi grange hall last Wednesday. About 26 attended with a morning business session, noon dinner, and plans for the Nov 2 Montsweag fair. The next meeting on Nov 7 will feature Tooled Leather, with dinner committee and a nominating slate announced.
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Dorothy Bryant
Augusta
Nequasset Farm Bureau
John W. Brown
Percy Bailey
Hollis Leeman
Montsweag Grange Hall
Bureau
Arthur Williams
Asathorne
Duncan McIntosh
John C. Gilmore
Frank R. Bailey
Three Inebriates Before Judge Keegan
Police arrested three for intoxication and they appeared before Judge John J. Keegan in municipal court. One Boothbay Harbor lobster fisherman pleaded guilty and received a suspended sentence. he has seven children, two of whom are Boothbay Harbor high school seniors. A Bath man with a long record pleaded guilty and got 30 days in the House of Correction. The third did not appear at the morning session.
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John J. Keegan
Boothbay Harbor
Ani
House of Correction
Kellar Lived One Night in Bath Then Vanished
Harry Kellar, famed illusionist who twice faced death attempts, gave 16 Middle Street Bath as his residence. Police found the same name listed as a Bath lodger at the police station on Sept 5, a month before his reported death attempt, suggesting his only Bath ties were a night in the municipal jail.
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Harry Kellar
Ticonic Bridge
Waterville
Middle Street
Bath
Lotal
Mr. Kellar
Kellar
Chevrolet appoints H. K. Bragle New England manager
Chevrolet Motor Company announces H. K. Bragle as manager of the New England region with headquarters in Cambridge Massachusetts. He succeeds W. M. Packer and arrives from Detroit where he was zone manager. Bragle has worked for Chevrolet in various roles since 1922.
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Chevrolet Motor Company
H. K. Bragle
New England
Cambridge
Mass
Bragle
W. M. Packer
Detroit
Chevrolet
Puzzle Answer Key From Old Newspaper Clues
The page lists a long set of crossword style clues with numbers and partial letters. It appears to be an answer key or crossword puzzle companion from a historic issue, providing solutions for across and down entries across many definitions and abbreviations.
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the Times Company
Front Street
Bath, Maine
B. Nichols
Harry
Webber
NEW Plan
Prof. Cram
Girl Scouts
Ruth Couturier
Veterans Administration Facility
Gladys Gilman
Winifred Little
State Apartments
Couturier
Fort Portland
Togus
Adelina Couturier
Eastland
Paris
France
Herri Simon
Egypt
Grange Cro
West Bath Hall
Pomona
Edwin W. Haggett
Almon Perry
George Stetson
Dirigo
Farm Bureau
Louisiana
Pennsylvania
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