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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Sep 05, 1929

Page

6

Yes Vote Urged On Surplus Power Export Bill in Bath

A letter urging a yes vote on the surplus power export bill argues it will raise state income via a four percent excise tax on gross receipts and boost taxable property. Signatories include Bath Iron Works, Bath National Bank, and Bath Savings Institution leaders and Bath mayor Charles Cahill.

Maine Charles C. Low High Street Bath Savings Institution Charles H. Cahill Bath

Kelley backs export of power and plans to vote yes

Ex postmaster Ernest F. Kelley publicly endorses and will vote yes on the Smith Carlton Bill to allow surplus Maine electrical power exports. He argues modernization of power creation and distribution lowers costs, enables large territory supply, and shifts power to a broader market while warning against restrictive Fernald laws.

Kelley Ernest F. Kelley Maine

Sabino Association Holds Final Meeting and Improvements

The Sabino Improvement Association finished its season with a Monday forenoon meeting in the Sabino hall, reporting over 300 in the treasury and bills paid. A veranda enlargement and roof were approved. Saturday's resort festivities began with a 5:30 supper for over 100, followed by the annual minstrel show led by Dr. Ralph McNary with assistants, and guests Mrs. Palmer Cobb and Miss Leichen Cobb arrived to visit Mrs. Drake in September.

Sabino Improvement Association Sabino John Pooler Ralph McNary Lynn Mass Palmer Cobb Leichen Cobb Haverford, Pa

MacDonald and Blake Wed in Grace Rectory Ceremony

Alexander R. MacDonald of Fremont street and Eleanor L. Blake of Crescent street were married by Rev. Charles M. Tubbs at Grace rectory on Saturday at eight. The bride wore white and blue and was given in marriage by her father, with both sets of parents present and two friends as guests. The couple departed Bath for a wedding trip after the ceremony.

Alexander R. MacDonald Fremont Street Eleanor L. Blake Howard Blake Crescent Street Charles M. Tubbs Grace Rectory Bath

Rotary rest room has many callers in holiday lists

Visitors at the Rotary club rest room over the holiday included a long list of named guests from cities across the region. The crowd featured residents from Boston, Worcester, Newton, Newtonville, New York, Lynn, Everett, Malden, Chebeague, Wiscasset, Bloomfield, Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, Portland and more, with numerous couples and individuals noted by name.

Rotary Club Alice Marks Harwood Boston Mathew Newton South Lawrence Mass F. S. Putnam Worcester Vernon M. Mattson Newtonville Wilbur B. Marple New York Edith M. Leach Malden Susie Teach Chebeague Hazel Dyer Ada Pushard Wiscasset Lucille Wilkins

Winnegance News Highlights Hills Family Reunion and Local Events

The Hills family gathers for the forty sixth annual reunion at Bridge street with a picnic dinner, program and music. Milton Morse's house is being replanked. Winnegance Bridge repairs in progress may not close traffic long. Numerous locals travel between Maine communities for visits and work.

Milton T. Morse Hayden Conant Bridge Street Hills Bridge Hall Maine Massachusetts Dwight Cummings Union Winneganee Winnegance Bridge Phippsburg Marietta Parshley Gardiner Arthur Totman Nellie Brooklyn Lincoln Parks Bath Iron Works

North Bowdoin Residents Listed as Visitors and Events

Miss Thelma Sheene visited Sabattus while Oscar Hatch and his children stayed home due to illness. Bowdoinham's Elbridge Small called in the area as South Portland visitors returned home. The town welcomed several relatives from South Portland and Lewiston, and the local schools in the vicinity opened on Tuesday.

Thelma Sheene Sabattus Oscar Hatch Elbridge Small Bowdoinham Grover Morrison Jean Elizabeth Elizabeth MacDonald South Portland Horace Marshall Wallace Hatch Ethel Sheene N. C. MacDonald William Wales Viola Grover Martha Lewiston Joel Alexander Charles

Will Vote in Favor of Export Power Law

Editor notes voters will consider amending a rule prohibiting power export as economically unwise and out of date. The Carlton amendment is urged with civic support from a nonfinancially interested advocate, aiming to unlock Maine’s development. the piece is dated September 3, 1929.

Maine the Independent Central Maine Power Co Carlton

Social notes from Fast Bridgewater and nearby towns

Mr and Mrs Lester Washburn spend weekend at their Fast Bridgewater home on Middle street. Donald Ring and Harry Ring Jr visit Rockland with friends. Evelyn Dodge stays with grandmother Mrs Dodge in Portland. Agnes and Marguerite Hennessey enjoy days at their Popham Beach cottage. Edith McPherson weekends with Myrtle Poe in Augusta. Rev David L Wilson and son Paul return after five weeks in Freneau. Frances Sprague heads to Boston with Eugene Sprague and daughter. Patricia Whitehouse returns from Squirrel Island where she worked at Squirrel Inn.

Lester Washburn Fast Bridgewater Middle Street Donald Ring Harry Ring, Jr Washburn Street Rockland Evelyn Dodge Dodge Portland Agnes Hennessey Marguerite Hennessey Popham Beach Edith McPherson Corliss Street Myrtle Poe Augusta David L. Wilson Paul Frenchboro Eugene Sprague Frances Sprague Boston Patricia Whitehouse Squirrel Island Squirrel Inn Anita Phippsburg Center Lusia Ferguson Roxbury Mass Emma Perry Harry Bowker Concord N. H F. C. Bowker J. E. Perry Martha Small Bath Agnes McLeod Somerville J. F. Skillings Sebasco M. P. Small Angus McLeod Fred Blackley Washington D. C R. L. Ewing New York Brightwater Robert L Ewing George Cutting Samuel Lancaster Bangor Everett Higgins Georgetown Mattie Fielding Clinton Beals Eugene Stover C. C. Marsh East Orange N. J Popham Gardiner Rogers William Grevers Plainfield Meadowbrook Lucinda Sprague Ruth Mary Warren Ryan Waltham John Pease Alston E. Oliver Andrew Holmes Watertown M. J. Brady Mamoroneck N. Y New Meadows Inn Frank Manson John Terrell Parker Head A. E. Olver Oliver Tewksbury Wollaston W. R. Bowker Hattie Edwin Jackson Waterville Frank Higgins Alonzo Terrell E. L. Risteen Albert Risteen Phyllis Thomaston Fred Sawyer Albert E. Smith Bradford Harry Berry Eleanor South Standish George Ingalls Frank Conant Jesse F. Dolloff Elinor Evelyn Winthrop A. R. Elwell Dorothy Brunswick Frank Gonant John T. Leach John G. Leach Edith May Jaynes Chelsea J. F. Leach Frank Leach Pauline Wyman Marilla Williams Louise Briggs Turner McCarty Everett James Percy Jennie Woodward Hibbard Sophie Shepherd Lucia Ferguson Viola Bonney Alice Abbie Minott Martha Cutting Bessie Grace Dickinson Edmund P. Briegs Louise Raymond Campbell Alonzo Oliver Hyte Wyman W. V. Percy J. O. Wyman

Phippsburg Summer Socials and Bride’s Reception

Local notices detail summer visitors and seasonal guests at Phippsburg centers including Miss Lucia Ferguson Roxbury and Miss Emma Perry. A May wedding reception for John G Leach and Edith May Jaynes at the Center Congregational church is described with gifts and attendees. Rev C L Stevens oversees church events as summer wanes.

Local visitors in Westport and surrounding towns

Captain Samuel D Hodgdon of Boothbay and Chester D McCullam with Mrs McCullam were visitors in Westport on Sunday. McCullam is employed as an engineer at the Western Maine Sanatorium Greenwood Mountain Maine. Carrie L Collins of Collins cottage East Side returns to Lynn Massachusetts to resume duties as a public school teacher. Dorothy M Tarbox superintendent of nurses at Boston Eye and Ear Infirmary visits her parents J H Tarbox. Mr and Mrs Carl B Smith of Melrose Massachusetts stay at Williams cottage East Side.

Samuel D. Hodgdon Boothbay Chester D. McCullam Westport McCullam Western Maine Sanatorium Greenwood Mountain Carrie L. Collins Collins Cottage East Side Lynn Mass Dorothy M. Tarbox Boston Eye and Ear Infirmary J. H. Tarbox Carl B. Smith Melrose Williams Cottage

Social News Briefs From Oak Street to Bar Harbor

Local notices report Harry MacDonald starting work at Commercial market on Tuesday morning and Mrs. Harold Boutin resuming duties at PF. W. Woolworth Store after vacation. numerous family travel and illness updates, births, hospital stays, weekend trips to mountains and beaches, and relatives visiting from Concord Boston New York and Maine locations with dates around Labor Day and Aug 26.

Harry MacDonald Oak Street Harold Boutin PF. W. Woolworth Eer Natalie Donald Hall Jen Siemaine Pennhquid Point George * Savage Phippsburg City Hospital Byron Higgins F. A. Shepard Walter Higgins Carrol A. Deering Florence Seymour R. N Albany N. Y Ella Gilman Middle Street Bay Point Harry Thompson Brewer Ross Blair Hodge Marcia Hodge Brunswick Hospital Madam van Zandt Whedien Team York Wheeler Camp West Point Connecticut Howard Nash Miriam Murray White Mountains Canada Frank B. Chellis Florence Lis William D. Sewall MacKenna Mass N. L. Stover Fred Stover Julius Ansert Raymond Davis Boston Lowell Mary H. Curtis Concord N. H Laura Farnham Everett D. Bowie Vernon Harry L. Bowie Frances Trainer Reading Islands Marjorie Legard Mary Larrabee Hazel He Eade Lower High Street Frederick E. Drake, Jr William Grevers Plainfield N. J Meadowbrook Grevers

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Ves Jozeph Torrey Torrey Reller Bushing Works Fred L. Andrews Washington Street Hyde Windlass Co Wellington A. Moore Bath Box Co William S. Newell Bath Iron Works Corp Rupert H. Baxter Bath Trust Co Henry A. Magoun Green Street New York Shipbuilding Co Rodney E. Ross William B. Mussenden Garden Street L. Eugene Thebeau William D. Sewell Bath National Bank Sabino Association M’donald-Blake Grace Church Rotary North Bowdoin Cattell Leon Berry Roscoe Perkins Rogers C. L. Stevens Henry Minott Mrs. Leach Priday Pleasant Street Robert Whitehead Mt. Vernon Center Congregational Church God Whitehead Center Berrys John C. and Gordon Horace Helton Wynburg Katherine Berry Dromore South Deerfield Riverview Minott Agnes Oliver Farr Alvena Oliver Trere Grace Nou Tfatu Terrib I van Loons
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