Bath Hospital fund grows with out-of-town donations
A Bath loyalty fund drive shows a total of 27 145.01 as out-of-town gifts pour in, tracked by Mayor Cahill and the Red Cross Rooms. The list includes numerous individuals and organizations from Maine and beyond, with pledges ranging from 1 to 500 dollars and supporting groups such as American Legion Auxiliary Bath Lodge of Elks Bath Rotary Club and Bath Veteran Firemen’s Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Hospital
Cahill
Red Cross
Wiggin
Somerville
Rachel A. Getchell
Woolwich
W. J
A. J. Downing
Butler
William S. Newell
A. B. B. E. Corp
Cnet
Samuel
Sewall
Redlands
Cal
Mary
Humphrey
I N
Wwalter E. Edge
Washington
Chaest Tdsiielemiats Oye
Alice Shaw Merryman
Eleanor Hyde Phillips
Thomas W. Shaw
Portland
James B. Fintar
Quincy
Mass
Robert Cochran
Masa
H. Rowe
Five Islands
W. L. Berry
Margaret D. Foster
June M. Pendexter
St. Peters- Buts
Georgetown
Dr. Jefferson
Parker Head
Harry E
Mason
Crosby
West Palm Beach
Georgia
Edwin _ Covel
Lovell-Cove
Scott R. Frye
Los Angeles
Hughes-Faulkrod Co
Philadelphia
Hon
I. P. Baxter
A. W. Haskell
Brunswick
Mrs
Bernardine Fitch
Ardmore
Palins
Raymond H. Trott
Providence
RK I
William T. Cobb
Rockland
William F. Warden
Boston
Edwin Henderson
Cambridge
Abbie F. Minott
Phippsburg
FE. E. Wood
API
Montsweag Farm
Charles Henry Arthur Sewall
New
D. T. Percy
Jack McGrath
R. W. Conforth
Saco
Mansfield Newdick
Lena G. Sewall
Marcia B. Duncklee
Charles M. Lincoln
Montclair
N. J
Carolyn S
Sarah
Varney
Mischbheg
Veteran Firemen’s Association
Kennebec Bridge Lift Span First Test Under Way
The Kennebec bridge lift span was hoisted about 45 feet Sunday afternoon under Supt Bullard of McClintic Marshall Co. The gas engine powered the lift while electric motors wait until operation. Counterweights of 600 tons per span balance 64 cables bearing about 19 tons each. Engineers expect the span to rise full distance by Monday or Wednesday with final span No. 6 closing the bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec Bridge
Supt. Bullard
McClintic-Marshall Co
Supt
Bullard
Bath Woman Returns From Lecture Trip
Miss Alice May Douglas returned Sunday from a lecture trip in Oxford county to attend her mother Mrs. J. L. Douglas on her 50th birthday at 23 York Street. She spoke on writing for the press before Norway High and on Maine Indians at South Paris Junior High. She formed Band of Mercy classes in Norway South Paris and West Paris and visited friends in Norway including Cora Kingsbury and authors C A Staples and Hugh Pendexter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice May Douglas
Oxford County
J. L. Douglas
York Street
Miss Douglas
Bethel
Band of Mercy
Norway
South Palis
West Paris
Norway High School
Maine
Elliot Fuller
Bath
Mrs. Fuller
Fuller
Kiwanis Club
Blue Lodge of Masons
Harley True
Cora Kingsbury
C. A. Staples
Hugh Pendexter
Stephens
Dr. Stephens
Rockefeller Foundation
Isle of Springs
England
James L McQuarrie Sends Hundred Dollar Bath Hospital Gift
James L McQuarrie a former Bath man now based abroad sent a 100 dollar check to fund Bath hospital relief. Mayor Cahill of the gifts committee received the cable Monday morning noting McQuarrie’s role as vice president and chief engineer of International Tel and Tel and International Standard Electric. He was in Paris after returning from Spain and promptly sent the pledge to relieve Hix Honor. Mrs Heal and son Wendall and Mrs Oliver visited in Portland Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Mc Quarrie
Mc Quarrie
Charles H. Cahill
McQuarrie
International Tel. & Tel. Corp
International Standard Electric Corp
Paris
Spain
Thief of Automobile Tires Located in Bath Case
Police traced a string of thefts to Fred Alley an engineer on the power boat Norman II after his confession at Boothbay Harbor The Bath Garage Co secured tires tubes rims and a used storage battery totaling several items The case involved Albert Eames Farley Stone and Alley who bought and sold the items Alley confessed and was placed on probation for a year with six months suspended and ordered to pay court costs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Alley
Norman II
Boothbay Harbor
Bath
Emil J. Morin
Portland
Albert Henderson
Sagadahoe County
John V. Kelley
Lincoln County
Alley
Bath Garage Co
Eastern
Eastern Steamship Wharf
Wortland
Waterhouse Detective Agency
Morin
Henderson
Kelley
Albert Eames
Eames
Farley Stone
Dvportland
Bath Police Force
John J. Keegan
Hoothbay Harbor
Bath Girl Married at Brooklyn Sunday
Alfred W. Mackay of Brooklyn married Miss Gladys A. Hart of Bath Sunday afternoon at Our Lady of Mercy church Brooklyn. The ceremony featured songs by Evelyn Bruce and a bouquet of white roses and lillies of the valley. They will reside at 1828 Brooklyn Avenue after a Catskills honeymoon. Mackay is a traffic manager and Mrs. Mackay is the former Miss Hart, longtime secretary to Smith Bruce Inc. in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred W. Mackay
Brooklyn
Gladys A. Hart
Bath
Our Lady of Mercy
Schemerham
Neving Streets
Evelyn Bruce
Gotlnod
Lawrence J. Hart
Mereille Geenens
Joseph N. Schwen
Hollis
William Mackay
John Harley
Mackay
Catskills
Brooklyn Avenue
Joseph Hart
Charles Street
New York
Smith & Bruce, Inc., Jewelers
Fifth Avenue
Board approves new filling station and storage tank plan
The Board of Aldermen granted approval to United Motor Fuel for a filling station at Vine and Water streets subject to the chief engineer's review. A 15,000 gallon gasoline storage tank for Warrants for a special primary election were also discussed. Orange Vale Grange No 354 in California reports rapid membership growth, rising from 29 to 125 by July. Mrs. John A. Legro hosted a dinner in Snow Park Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Motor Fuel Corporation
Board of Aldermen
Vine and
Water Streets
PD. A. Bishop
Washington Street
United States
Orange Vale
California
Judge Glidden Dismisses Guardian Plea in Topsham Case
In Sagadahoc county probate court judge Walter Glidden dismissed Norris G. Curtis and others petition to appoint a guardian for Fannie R. Curtis. The ruling stresses that unsound mind requires clear proof of incapacity and notes Miss Curtis, age over 70, shows normal understanding and independence with assistance as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norris G. Curtis Et Als
Topsham
Fannie R. Curtis
Sagadahoc County
Walter 8
Glidden
Ralph O. Dale
Bath
Clarence E. Sawyer
Brunswick
Ellis L. Aldrich
Miss Curtis
Tripp
Holley urges retention of primaries at Bath Rotary
Frank H. Holley former Bath resident and Maine Senate president spoke at the Bath Rotary luncheon on the direct primary law noting its adoption by popular vote 3 to 1 and urging continued support. He argued the primary increases citizen responsibility and compares state government to a shareholder driven corporation. He cited Maine progress and named Milliken Baxter Fernald White Nelson as exemplary public servants. Capt. Freeman attended as a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Holley
North Anson
Bath
Maine Senate
Phoenix
Holley
Maine
Milliken
Baxter
Fernald
White
Nelson
Kershner
Dougherty
Poland Spring
William R. Freeman
Missing Brunswick Girl Found in Bath
A 16 year old Brunswick girl who had been missing for three weeks was found in Bath Monday evening by Officer John Vlace and brought before Judge Keegan Tuesday morning. Her mother had alerted Bath police and officers were on the lookout. The girl spent the night at the Bath police station and was sent back to her mother after questioning. She had also visited Augusta during her three weeks away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Bath
John Vlace
Judge Keegan
Vince
Keegan
Augusta
George Legard Buys MacDonald Property in Lewiston
George E. Legard, longtime livery and garage proprietor, purchased the Allan A. MacDonald property at North and Lincoln streets from the Old Folks Home via Fred B. Reed. The deal includes three houses and a large land lot. Legard denies any definite plans for tourist overnight camps or a filling station. He has also sold property at Water and Vine streets to Maine Motor Fuel Corp. The page also notes odd bets from boxing night and a comic street stunt, plus a minor domestic fire scare involving Rev. Elton H. Timberlake and janitorial mishaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Legard
Old Folks Home
Fred B. Reed
Allan A. MacDonald
North
Lincoln Streets
Legard
Mr. Legard
Water and
Vine Street
The
Maine Motor Fuel Corp
Pretty Bath Lady Weds at Sebago Lake Garden Ceremony
Miss Virginia Hope Paine of Bath married Robert Frederick Smythe of Benton Harbor Michigan in an outdoor Sebago Lake ceremony at Cecil E Paine’s Suramer residence. Rev Culbert McGay officiated the single ring rite as guests and bridal party gathered in green coral and tan hues with butterfly roses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suramer
Cecil E. Paine
Sebago Lake
Virginia Hope Paine
Bath
Robert Frederick Smythe
Lenton Harbor
Mich
Culbert McGay
New Milford
Margaret Carter
Glen Ridge
N. J
Ruth Skillings
Bruce H. M. White
Winifred Johnson
Eleanor Shorey
William 8. Shorey
Edwin Sheridan
Smythe
Bowdoin College
Eliot Coulter
Essex
Last Kennebec Bridge span placed amid river ceremony
The final Kennebec bridge span was set at 1.33 pm with Governor Breitel watching. A flotilla saluted as the 275 foot steel span eased onto its piers linking Bath and Woolwich, marking a milestone for the $3,000,000 structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Ralph O. Brewiter
Henry W. Butler
Seguin
Texas Yard
Thomas 8. Gibbons
Kennebec Towboat Co
George B. Drake
New York
Fred N. Boston
Gardiner
McClintic-Marshall Co
Bath
Woolwich
Nahanada
Ferdinando Gorges
Kennebec River
Long Beach
Kennebec Bridge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nellie C. Baker
Muncie
Ind
F. J. Morse
Harrison
N. Y
Fred E. Hooper
Shenandoah
Penn
Charles A. Murray
Perth Amboy
Arthur Allen
Optometrist
Center St
Trust
Eedhssure
Wies
James L. M’quarrie
Ernest L. Heal
Wendall
Catherine Oliver
John A. Legro
Snow Park
Guardian
George Legard
M’donald
Lewiston
Auburn
Bertha Harris
Minot
Susan Duncan
Wise and Cooper Shoe
Railroad Street
Elsa Rowe
Edna Tremblay
Lawrence Swift
Lisbon Street
Pine Street
Union Square
Elton H. Timberlake
Mr. Timberlake
William Tudor Gardiner
American Legion Convention
Europe
Col
Phipps Point
Virginia Paine
R. F. Smyth
Miss Taine
Wellesley College
Cecil KE. Paine
High Street
Hyde Windlass Co
Junior Hospital League
Robert A. Smythe
Benton Harbor
Beta Theta Vi
R. O. Brewster
Johnson Bros Co
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