Prohibition Debate Draws Bath Citizens in Maine Meeting
Reverend John E. Blake of Brewer led a Sagada thée Repeal Association gathering as he showcased denatured alcohol, canned malt, and flavor extracts to argue for repealing the 18th Amendment. He urged education to master alcohol and touted tax revenue from repeal to fund schools while condemning enforcement costs and prohibition perils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Blake
Brewer
City Hall Auditorium
Bath
Sagadathée Repeal Association
Bangor
Hancock Street
Methodist Conference of
Maine
Repeal
Blake
John C. Fitzgerald
Maine Methodist Conference
United States
Abe Lincoln
Piscataquis County
Tagus
Brann
Castine
Washington
Presque Isle
Pomona Grange hears details of recovery plan
County Attorney John P. Carey Jr led a Bowdoin Center meeting of Sagadahoc Pomona Grange on the National Recovery Act. About 166 attendees heard how the act aims to restore employment, set minimum wages, shorten hours, and expand public works, with Bath projects and early employment gains highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Carey, Jr
Sagadahoc
Pomona Grange
Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin Center
Woolwich
Allison P. Howes
Pittsfield
E. E. Addison
Auburn
Sagadahoc Pomona
Miss May Heenie
Merry Meeting Grange
Mr. Carey
Roosevelt
Congress
Bath
America
London
N. R.A
Sagadahoc County
Pomona
Independent
Public urged to spend, not save, under NRA drive
Roger Mc Grath of Portland told a Bath public meeting that citizens should spend money to back employers and the national recovery program. He argued consumer pressure sustains recovery, emphasized NRA goals, and urged contacting Williamson about local projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger McGrath
Portland
Jimmy Roosevelt
McGrath
Bath
Common Council
Williamson
NRA
Mr. McGrath
Frank B. Nichols
New York Life Insurance Co
Frank Gulliver
City of New York
Louis J. Gulliver
Constitution
John Buckner
New York Ife
John C. Fitzgerald
John P. Carey, Jr
SERVICES AT CENTRAL CHURCH REOPENING
The Central church choir resumes rehearsals Thursday at 7 15 in the Parish house. Rector John Shaw urges prompt attendance. Morning service next Sunday at 10 30 with Holy Communion at four. Church school resumes at noon Sunday. superintendent William R. Kimball asks pupils and teachers to attend.
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Central Church
John Shaw
William R. Kimball
Bathman Placed on Probation for Pineapple Theft
A Bathman pleaded guilty in municipal court to larceny of six pineapple cans from Fred J. Tobey’s Water street store Tuesday evening. Judge John J. Keegan sentenced one year probation after a boy reported the thief to City Marshal Walter L. Whitney. Tobey did not press the charge. The cans were taken through a broken window between five and six o’clock.
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Fred J. Tobey
Water Street
John J. Keegan
Tobey
Walter L. Whitney
Adjustment Committee Named for NRA in Bath
The Bath Board of Trade executive committee announced an adjustment committee to handle minor difficulties with the National Recovery Act. It includes N. Gratz Jackson as chairman, and Charles D. Bartlett and Harry E. Cooke. Grievances regarding fair competition codes should first go to this committee before any appeal.
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Board of Trade
N. Gratz Jackson
Charles D. Bartlett
Harry E. Cooke
Ewewr
Pledges Exceed 1500 in Bath NRA Drive House to House Campaign
More than 1500 Bath families pledged support to the Presidents Emergency Re-Employment program through NRA patronage in a week long house to house canvass by 14 teams led by Harold P. Small and Roscoe P. McFadden. District by district tallies show totals from 53 to 223 signers, with Emma Leonard and 28 team captains assisting across the city.
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L. B. Pinkham
Priscilla Williams
Ruth Hughes
Barbara Hogan
R. W. Hanscom
Pinson
Betty Toomey
Coleman
H. Gott
E. Gott
Harry Cressey
Reynolds
Cohen
Harold Avery
William Palmer
Granville Colby
Charles Avery
Dorothy Davis
Alice Johnson
Ruth Huston
Leroy Colby
Arthur W. King
W. Percy Marks
Beatrice Noyes
Betty Brown
Marjorie Troop
Mary Brown
Ernest Freeman
Leslie J. Wold
Madelyn Rowe
Marie Andre
Jane McPhee
Elinor Noyes
Marjorie Smiley
Russell Stodder
Evelyn Trott
Fred Quimby
George Nugent
Lottie Wilson
Donald D. Young
Harriet Lord
Bertha Lord
Edna Hallowell
Charles R. Farnham
Ralph O
Arthur J. Nichols
Eugene M. Desmond
Fred J. Higgins
Catherine Leonard
Albert H. Thompson Meutenant
Warren A. Parris
Marie Ayer
Catherine Marr
Elsie Shaw
Does Not Approve Midnight Dances
Sheriff Albert Henderson of Sagada hoc county condemns midnight dances after a brawl at Society hall Popham Beach. Officials investigate the Popham riot and inciters, thought to be Boston men returning from Labor Day, tied to a Bath girl incident that sparked the fight and injuries.
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Albert Henderson
Sagadahoc County
Society Hall
Popham Beach
Popham
Boston
Labor Day
Massachusetts
Maine Voters Face Two Ballots in September Referendum
Voters will receive two ballots on election day September 11 in Maine. One selects delegates to the Constitutional Convention while the second covers four issues including voting machine use, raising the state debt limit, and tax laws on corporations and intangible property. The article urges studying the specimen ballot and notes dry vs wet factions with named nominees.
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Maine
Arthur J. Dunton
Bath
George A. Hawkes
Richmond
Sumner Sewall
William F. Tate
Topsham
Capitol
Augusta
United States
Meets Sister After 44 Years Reunion at Holiday Weekend
Joseph Sears of Quebec met his sister Mrs Walter G Marco of Winneganee for the first time in 44 years during the holiday weekend. He arrived with Mrs Sears their sons Albert and Alfred and Mrs Albert Sears. The siblings had not seen each other since he left Bangor at age 19. They had exchanged letters but never met in person.
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Joseph Sears
Quebec
Walter G. Marco
Winneganee
Sears
Albert
Alfred
Albert Sears
Mr. Sears
Bangor
Popham Beach Library Transfers Property to New Society
At a Saturday meeting, the Popham Beach Library Association transferred its property to a newly formed society to maintain a public library for local civic use. Herbert J. Kellaway was elected chairman and treasurer John H. Stacey was instructed to sign the required papers. The deed covers two parcels from Donnell of Bath and M. G. Shaw Lumber Co. dating to 1909.
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Popham Beach Library Association
NEW Society
Popham Beach Improvement Association
Herbert J. Kellaway
John H. Stacey
William T. Donnell
Bath
M. G. Shaw Lumber Co
Library Association
Grosvenor
D. T. Percy
van Antwerp
Philadelphia
Nathaniel Perkins
Harry W. Oliver
George A Oliver
Lyman Oliver
Ernest Hodgkins
Galen Daley
Hiram T. Stevens
Lottie M. Stevens
State of Maine
Ross Jr Wins Presidents Cup At Bath Country Club
Rodney E Ross Jr a 15 year old Morse high school senior defeated Vincent Henderson 3 2 in a dramatic 18 hole playoff to claim the Presidents Cup Handicap Tourney at Bath Country Club Ross built a late rally from a two up deficit and sealed victory on the 16th with a final margin of three strokes Henderson carried a hot stretch early but Ross recovered with clutch putts and long approach shots to win setting the stage for the season shield inscription at the club President Rodney E Ross presented the cup to his son and Henderson received the runner up medal
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Rodney E. Ross Jr
Morse High School
Bath Country Club
Vincent Henderson
Ross
Henderson
Vinny Henderson
Rodney E. Ross
Missing Car Recovered In Bath By Local Officers
Alfred J. Michaud of Amesbury with Officer Langdon Green located a Cadillac on Meadow Street that had been stolen recently from Chelsea. Michaud named the alleged thief, the same man sought by Lewiston police in Bath Sunday. Also notes holiday visit by Reginald Lombard family in Portland and travel of Frank Perkins to New Hampshire for Wheeling Steel duties.
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Alfred J. Michaud
Amesbury
Mass
Bath
Langdon Green
Meadow Street
Chelsea
Michaud
Lewiston
Frank W. Perkins
North Street
New Hampshire
Wheeling Steel Corp
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Pomona Grangers
John P. Carey Jr
Rodney E. Ross, JR
Ross J
Ross Jr
Reginald T. Lombard
Deborah
Reginald, Jr
J. Edward Drake
Washington Street
Birch Point
U. S
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