Justice Manser Opens Sagadahoc Superior Court
Sagadahoc Superior Court grand jury returned four indictments after under two hours deliberation. One defendant faces a felonious assault charge with a loaded revolver against Howard King dated August 28 1933. Other indictments involve Harry C Chase for assaulting his wife Emily Chase and Charles Baker of Richmond charged with larceny from Cobb homes. An appeal case by Leo Purtell from a $100 fine and $15 costs for operating a motor vehicle under the influence is also on the docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Richards
South Street
John J. Keegan
Harry C. Chase
Bowdoinham
Emily Chase
Ames
Charles Baker
Richmond
Charles H. Cobb
Leo Purtell
Harry Manser
Auburn
Jo O. Purdue
Winter Street
Josiah W. Reed
Woolwich
Central Maine Power Co
Reed
Power Company
D & Fitzpatrick
Gardiner
Nathaniel W. Wilson
Augusta
Myrtle F. Whiting
Machias
Amos D. Bridges
Bath
Matthews
South
Middle Streets
Lyden
Paul A. Gregware
Middle Street
Middle
Gregware
Lydon
John P. Carey
Ellis L. Aldrich
Topsham
George D. Emero
City of Bath
Emero
Oliver Street
Donald Emero
Ralph O. Dale
Gardiner R. Deering
City of
Burnside Powers
Georgetown
Levi Powers
Frank H. Beal
Fred H. Pratt Jr
Wilber G. Cahill
John M. Conley
Thatcher B. Pinkham
Owen E., Rogers
George A Alexander
Charles A. Rogers
E. D. Baker
J. H. Denham
Burns
Bowdoin
William L. Leeman
Wool Wich
I. B. Neiley
West Bath
Llewellyn J. Oliver
Phippsburg
George E. Potter
S. M. Towle
Walter F. Powers
Bion F. Shea
Arrowsie
Bathman Elected Great Sachem of Red Men in Maine
Ernest R. Avery of Bath was elected great sachem of the Maine Council, Improved Order of Red Men, at the 45th great council fire in Portland. The Bath news notes his prior service as great mishinewa and keeper of wampum, with Mrs. Howard E. Blake and Mrs. William Puffer taking Pocahontas roles and Portland chosen for next year’s convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest R. Avery
Union Street
Portland
Maine Council
Great Council
Pythian Temple
Avery
Sagamore
Mishinewa
Sachem
Sasanoa Tribe
Wampum
Ramona Council
Pocahontas
Howard E. Blake
Crescent Street
Bar Harbor
Alvan R. Rand
Standish
Clinton V. Williams
Jesse B. Crosby
Dennysville
Harry Barraclough
Sanford
Henry Allen
Orrs Island
Ambrose P. Alley
South Bristol
Harry W. Bishop
Perry
Maud Caler
North Perry
Alice Genthner
Biddeford
Frances Blake
South Portland
Elizabeth Lewis
Eastport
Alverna Newcomb
Pownal
Mabel Shapleigh
Kittery
Teepee
Lois Lewis
New Gloucester
Harvey O. Burnett
Harrisburg
Great Council of
United States
Eva Knowles
Woodfords
Federal engineers map Bath area road survey routes
Federal surveyors completed routing work for Highway No. 1 into Bath. They inspected the Corner of North and Lincoln streets and North street extension and reviewed the Bath Center street entrance route. The Center street route to Bath-Brunswick corridor was staked from Bath through Center street and toward the New Meadows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
North
Lincoln Streets
North Street
Center Street
Brunswick
New Meadows
Convict Caron Recaptured After Thomaston Escape
Joseph Caron alias Joseph Libby, 32, of Portland, escaped from Thomaston State Prison Thursday evening. A deputy warden at the Kennebec bridge toll house near Woolwich arrested him Friday morning after recognizing him in a private car, with no resistance. Caron was serving four to eight years for forgery after sentencing May 11, 1932. He climbed the prison wall Thursday after leaving a shop job. a motorist who gave him a ride earlier that day was later relieved of his passenger. The motorist declined to be named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Caron
Joseph Libby
Portland
Thomaston
Kennebec Bridge
Woolwich
Toll House
Caron
Libby
Thomas Caron
Cumberland County Superior Court
Wiscasset
Bath
City Hall
Methuen
Mass
Sebasco Golf Course Gets Major Improvements
Sebasco Golf Course undertakes a dam construction at the lake foot enlarging water area. A gasoline digger clears the marsh from the apron to the ninth fairway while dirt piles along the shores. The cranberry bog becomes solid land with deep water beyond, changing play on the ninth hole and promising a broader course upgrade before next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebasco
Shore Acres
Car Hits Pole Damaging Piazza At White Home
Barbara Cox of New York driving with her mother Gertrude Forbes skidded about 200 feet on the Brunswick side of the Maine Central crossing at Cook's Corner. The car broke a telegraph pole five feet above ground and demolished the White piazza, sparing the infant on the day’s sun bath due to chilly winds. Auto hauled by wrecker. Cox and companion were en route to Phippsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Cox
New York
Gertrude P. Forbes
Brunswick Village
Maine Central
Cook's Corner
A. E. White
Maine Teachers to Meet at Lewiston for Convention
The first annual Maine Teachers' association convention gathers in Lewiston October 25 to 27. Governor Brann and Maine educators head a program with a pre convention social at Chase Hall Bates College, plus speeches by Charles A. Lee and Wilson MacDonald. The All State School Orchestra and Band perform Friday night, with housing and meals arranged across Lewiston and Auburn for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Teachers’ Association
Lewiston
Adelbert W. Gordon
Augusta
Chase Hall
Bates College
Louis J. Brann
Auburn
State Department of Education
Lewiston Armory
Farmington Normal School Singing Club
Maine
Governor Brann
Charles A. Lee
Missouri
Wilson MacDonald
Canada
House of Magic
Association
America
Oliver Ayer
General Electric Company
J. Edward Parks
Wheaton College
Payson Smith
Massachusetts
Donald A. Laird
Psychological Laboratory
Colgate University
R. G. Reynolds
Horace Mann School
Teachers College Columbia University
Marston H. Morse
Harvard University
James Edward Rogers
National Physical Education Service
New York City
R. L. Lyman
University of Chicago
Lillian M. Gilbreth
Montclair
N. J
Walter Butterfield
National Music Supervisors’ Association
Providence
R. I
Charles A. Warren
Brunswick
Frank J. Rigby
Portland
E. S. Pitcher
Pittsfield
John L. Hooper
Committee On
Bangor
Poland Spring
Charles W. Bickford
William E. Wing
Dean W. Rollins
Dexter
Emery R. Bowdoin
Bethel
Erudition Schoolhouse Saved by Dyer Flaherty Post Efforts
Bath’s Erudition schoolhouse dating to 1794 will be moved from Morse high school site to a West Brunswick road plot donated by the Cemetery and Park board. The Dyer Flaherty post VFW, with volunteer labor, aims for dedication on Armistice Day with about $500 in removal and repair costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyer-Flaherty Post OF
Veterans OF Foreign Wars
Joshua Page
Brunswick Road
Bath
Morse High School
Municipal Committee On Public Buildings
Dyer-Flaherty Post
Harold Corliss
The
Post
High
Center Streets
Albert H. Shaw
Col. Dummer Sewell
Committee On Public Buildings
Dyer Flaherty
Cemetery and Park Board
Burnham
State Highway Commission
Fall From Tree Brings Death To Bath Workman
Charles W. Thing, 56, died at City hospital from injuries after a 30 foot fall while removing a tree on the Cahill property at 781 High street. He sustained crushing fractures of the fourth and fifth vertebrae and was assisting H. Percy Richardson when a limb swung back and struck him. He leaves a son Edwin and grandson Edwin Jr., plus a brother and sister. Funeral at Arthur F. Mayo funeral residence Friday at one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Thing
City Hospital
West Kennebunk
Charles H. Cahill
High Street
Webster and
Delia Thing
Bath
R. C. Ham
West Haven
Conn
Arthur F. Mayo
Thing
Chandler's Market
H. Percy Richardson
Albert H. Shaw
Cahill
Mr. Richardson
Mayo
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Executive committee named with college and normal school officials
Adelbert W. Gordon of Augusta serves as treasurer and Supt. Walter J. Rideout of Hartland is named. The committee includes the president first vice president secretary and treasurer with Harry W. Rowe of Bates College Miss Mary L. Hastings of Gorham Normal School and Supt. William B. Woodbury of Skowhegan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelbert W. Gordon
Augusta
Walter J. Rideout
Hartland
Harry W. Rowe
Bates College
Mary L. Hastings
Gorham Normal School
William B. Woodbury
Skowhegan
Birth date in doubt shapes prison transfer decision
Sagadahoc Superior Court faced a birth date dispute for Amy J. Stuart of Auburn, the sole woman inmate at Thomaston State Prison. The Maine Department of Health and Welfare seeks her transfer to Skowhegan Woman’s Reformatory, which requires a under 40 age. Stuart claims she was born November 10, 1894, while a trial witness put 1888, complicating whether she qualifies for transfer. If she is 38, Justice Manser may order the move. otherwise the status quo stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy J. Stuart
Alburn
Thomaston
Harry Manser
Sagadahoc
Maine Department of Health and Welfare
Skowhegan
State Convention Report Delivered at PTA Meeting
At Grace church parish house Mrs. Leroy Colby summarized the Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers fourteenth annual convention in Brunswick. Speakers included Mrs. Charl O Williams on the Education Crisis and Prof. Charles T Burnett on Whats the Matter with Tommy. The parish rummage sale on Oct 10 was a success and welfare committee work continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Center
Alice Sowers
Parent Education
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Charles T. Burnett
Bowdoin College
Tommy
W. S. Voorhees
Also Mentioned on This Page
Justice Manser
Bathman
Order OF Red Men
Arthur P. Mayo
Montreal
Rochester
N. Y
National Funeral Directors Association
White Mountains
Cook’s Corner
Harry L. Day
Allan Spear
Montpelier
Hanover
N. H
Tilton
Institution of Learning
North Hill
Shaw
P.T.A
Johnson Brosco, Gath
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