Doris Leavitt Named Maine Delegate to National Council
Doris Leavitt of Bath was chosen as the Maine delegate to the 38th national council of the Girls Friendly Society USA in Chicago. The event drew over 1,000 attendees with speakers including Shailer Matthews of the University of Chicago and Jane Addams of Hull House. The council meets every three years to transact business, elect officers, and amend laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Leavitt
Maine
National Council of the Girls’ Friendly Society of the United States of America
Chicago
Boston
Shailer Matthews
Divinity School
University of Chicago
Campbell Gray
T. D
Indiana
Jane Addams
Hull House
John P. Aaron
Madras
India
Robert Gregory
National Council
Superior Court Ends Short Term In Sagadahoc County
The traverse jury was discharged Friday morning without hearing a case as court closed in the afternoon. Most of Friday was taken up by the Harford vs Cote suit for 2000 dollars in damages from an automobile accident. Associate Justice Powers, with attorneys Bridgham and Carey, visited the accident scene at Spring and Middle streets before ruling. A Richmond divorce action was continued to January due to illness of attorney Drew. The Perkins versus Staples petition to require support for their father was dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traverse
Sagadahoc County
Richmond
Henry R. Drew
Eugene Perkins
William R. Staples
Bishop Brewster Delivers Sermon at Girls Friendly Society Event
Visiting delegates to the Girls Friendly Society annual diocesan council gathered at Grace church in Bath for a festival service led by Rector Rev. Charles M. Tubbs and assisted by Rev. William Patterson. Bishop Benjamin Brewster preached on Charity never faileth and the weekend included elections for next year’s officers and a talk on India by Miss Marguerite Ogden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls’ Friendly Society
Grace Church
Charles M. Tubbs
William =. Patterson
St. Saviour’s Church
Bar Harbor
Benjamin Brewster
Bath
J. Arthur Glazier
St. Luke's Cathedral
Portland
J. B. Shepherd
J. B. Waterbury
Camden
M. L. Jordan, Jr
Old Town
Mary E. Norton
Harbor
Olive M. Smythe
Bangor
Effie Lenfest
C. M. Tubbs
Edythe Clough
George Beard
Society
Women's Auxiliary
St. Mary's Guild
Marguerite Ogden
Maine
Women’s Auxiliary
India
State Aid Road Opened Tuesday In Bath
The Washington street State Aid highway from Pins to Weeks opened for travel this week after rain and a carload of road oil delays. A Lincoln street project from Center to Cobb possibly to Andrews will widen to 30 feet with reduced crown depending on funds. Richard Mackey, killed in a Trenton plane collision, had participated in the Rockland airport opening flying a Curtis Condon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Pins
Portland
Bath
Lincoln Street
Center Street
Cobb Road
Andrews Road
Board of Highway and Sewers
Richard Mackey
Trenton
N. J
Mr. Mackey
Rockland Airport
Rockland
Mr.Mackey
Curtis Condon
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Mysterious Drill Transfer Rumors Stir City
A garbled report suggests a 16 inch iron drill and City Marshall Walter L. Whitney are involved in a mystery. The text hints at a drill linked to a superior court hearing and a possible transfer through desks during phone calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter L. Whitney
Marshall
Gray Squirrels Threaten Bath Family Home
A Bath family on Washington Street endures a squirrel invasion as rodents swarm the three story house. Despite box traps, multiple squirrels invade attic and cellar making the home a constant nuisance while neighbors observe crews moving through the grounds. The head of the household resists harsher measures and relocates captured pests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Shimal
Civil Service Exams Announced for Bath Maine
The U S Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams in Bath Maine and elsewhere in the First Civil Service District. Positions include Junior Typist at 1260 dollars annually and Junior Stenographer at 1440 dollars. Applicants must be 18 to 49 years old by application close. men may apply for Typist and women for Stenographer. Applications due by November 3 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Bath
Maine
Federal Classified Service
Secretary of the Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners
First Civil Service District
Customhouse
Boston
Mass
Disappearance Delays Lyden Case. Sheriff Seeks Clay’s Arrest
The State’s star witness vanished forcing a postponement to the January term of superior court. Lyden faces combined fines of 1500 dollars and up to a year and a half in jail, appealed to the January term. Sheriff Henderson says Clay vanished from Bowdoinham to avoid arrest. deputies continue the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyden
Superior
Sheriff's Department
Clay
John J. Keegan
Bath
Traverse
Henderson
Bowdeinham
John P. Crosby
Everett King
King
Bowdoinham
Michael Lyden
Joseph Ritchie
Cumberland County
Superior Court
Bathman Injured in Bus Accident
Robert Suttenfield a 21 year old former Bath Iron Works cleaning crew member was injured when a Red Star bus traveling from Boston to New York skidded and crashed into trees at Clark's hill East Main street. He was taken to Stamford Conn hospital for observation. Suttenfield had recently moved from New York to Bath and roomed with Harry L Thompson. He is believed single with no immediate family in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Suttenfield
Bath Iron Works Corp
Baltimore
Stamford
Harry L. Thompson
Dummer Street
Brennan elected national chairman of Paper and Pulp safety group
Mr and Mrs Harry B Sawyer of 18 Dummerstreet learn their son in law Walter J Brennan was chosen national chairman of the Paper and Pulp section of the National Safety Council. Brennan is safety chief chemist and safety director at St Croix Paper Co Woodland, noted for its safety honors in recent years. World opinion recalls Herbert W Keep of Rockland reflecting on a similar era in 1886 as autumn weather shifts from mild to heavy rain by November 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry B. Sawyer
Dummerstreet
Walter J. Brennan
National Safety Council
St. Croix
Delegates arrive for girls diocesan council meeting
Rain and wind greet delegates arriving for the girls diocesan council gathering. The morning session opened with prayers by Rev C M Tubbs, roll call deferred, and reports read. New branches forming in Rumford Gardiner and Rockland. national dues set at 1 per member with 15 cents extra per branch member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Waterbury
Camden
C. M. Tubbs
Portland
Olive M. Smythe
Bangor
Effie Lenfest
Old Town
Also Mentioned on This Page
Survey of State
of Girls Friendly Soc
United States
National Institute of Public Administration
New York
Gardiner
Nan Institute of Public Administra
Council
Secretary of State
Constra
Bet
Gov
Department of Finance
Public Health
Arthur
Bishop Brewster
Girls’ Friendly Society of
Marr’s Hill
Optometrist Tel
W. Bath
Mianne
Hartford
Bathman
Rennan
Herbert W. Keep
Oak Street
Grace Episcopal Church
Doris IT. Leavitt
W. Bury
M. Ljordan
OM Row
Mes
Louise Wat
Erbury OF Camden Girls’ Friendly Society
Rutland
Rutland Fire Clay Co
Rui 5
Vermont
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