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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 07, 1938

Page

7

Mrs Samuel S Sewall Marries Honolulu Resident March 30

Mrs Samuel Swan ton Sewall of Bath married Burton Edgar Newcomb in Redlands California on March 30. The ceremony at the bride’s home featured Rev Herbert Chandler Ide. Guests from Montreal Winnetka San Francisco Little Boar’s Head New York attended. The couple plans a two week Redlands stay, then two months on the East before summer at Prout’s Neck Maine.

Samuel Swanton Sewall Bath Burton Edgar Newcom Hensitu Summit Avenue Redlands Calif Herbert Chandler Ide D.D First Congregational Church Sa. Matic Wdeo Sewall Dubonnei Mrs. Newcomb East Prout’s Neck Robert P. Jellett Montreal Dorothy Shepherd Edgar Newcomb San Francisco Newcomb Horace Armstrong Jean Armstrong Winnetka Ill William P. Mason Little Boar's Head N. H Stuart Webb New York John Randolph Meeker Sidney J. Meeker Houghton Bros Hawaian China Honolulu

Bath W C T U Holds Regular Meeting at Home

Mrs Laura Harrington hosted the Bath W C T U at 209 North Street with members present. The Youths Temperance Council was the topic as devotionals were given by Miss Elva Libby and roll call cited current temperance events.

Laura Harrington North Street

Talk on handicrafts presented at DAR meeting

Mrs Harry E Ring spoke at the Col Dummer Sewall chapter meeting in Central church parish house on Handicrafts of New England Old and New. She displayed laces quilts sheets baskets embroidery caps bonnets nets samplers stockings and afghans with items from Maine and other states.

Harry E. Ring Col

Holy Week Services at Central Church Schedule

Holy Week services will be held at Central Church each evening next week at 7 15 starting Monday and ending Thursday. Dr. Wilson leads brief talks on The Way of Jesus: Denial Way Love Way Humble Way and Holy Communion with new members welcomed on Thursday. Friday opens for prayer noon to three. Mrs Walter Morse and sister Mrs Page Wyman have returned from Somerville Mass after ten days with Mr and Mrs Walter Small.

Central Church Wilson Walter Morse Phippsburg Page Wyman Mechanic Street Somerville Mass Walter Small

Plans for Mobilization of Relief Forces in Bath

The American Legion Disaster Relief Committee in Bath Maine mobilizes volunteers and equipment for emergency aid. Businesses including Swift & Co Bath Laundry Bath Water District New England Tel Co Central Maine Power Co and American Railway Express pledge vehicles with Emergency Ambulance signs. Volunteers gather at the Armory to pick up National Guard Co H 240th Coast Artillery. State Police coordinate traffic and safety as crews deploy to protect the park. John R Parker leads School Disaster Committee with a meeting planned at Bath High School to review M day duties. Seventeen chairmen list names and roles as a county booklet of contacts is prepared.

The American Legion Swift & Co Bath Laundry Co Bath Water District New England Tel. & Tel. Co Central Maine Power Co American Railway Express Co Bath Maine Bath Maine Washington Street Oak North Freeman Trott National Guard Co 240Th Coast Artillery Elver N. Stickney Summer Battery H Eugene Hart Co. “H Sergt. McCabe Lieut Marks John R. Parker Parker

Council of Youth Proposed for Bath

Bath ministers discuss forming a Council of Youth to spur youth work at their monthly meeting in Winter Street chapel. No action taken. further discussion planned. Easter morning community service plans deferred. eight o’clock outdoor service proposed. Louis Dole named to the program committee as Thorburn moves to Biddeford. Next meeting set for May 2 at Winter Street chapel.

Joseph O. Purdue Winter Street Church Bath Ministerial Association Winter Street Charles R. Sims First Baptist Louis A. Dole Newchurch George H. Thorburn, Jr Biddeford View Sims David L. Wilson Central Church

Yankee Club Meets Friday Afternoon

Central Grammar school sub division four reports a Friday afternoon meeting. After business the pupils previewed year end trip with a variety program including Harmonica, song and dance, readings, and dances. Puppet committee met next day at Ruth Cogan's home. Local residents feed many seagulls with at least 154 ravene birds breakfast served in a single episode.

Central Grammar School Stanley Brimigion Barbara Jenkins June Stover Norma Steussy Ruth Cogan Germaine Bonney Audrey Hill Kennebunk Silas Perkins Wells Road

Canvassers Named for Women Field Army Cancer Control

Miss Ruth Skillings announces the personnel of house to house and store to store canvassing teams for dollar memberships during Cancer Control week. City and ward captains and workers are listed for Business District and Wards 1 through 7, plus Arrowsic Georgetown Phippsburg West Bath and Woolwich divisions.

Ruth Skillings Women's Field Army Cancer Control James A. Gillies, Jr George Baer Connard Seth S. Mullin Mary Newell R. Clinton McFadden Arthur Sewall Joseph I. Smith Barbara Ross Francis A. Winchenbach Elizabeth Deerine Marguerite Brown Edna Besaw Marie Berry Mildred Cutting Annie Colby Margaret Ralph Gay William Grace James Jones Ward Percy R. Low Wendall Heal Robert Linekin Cecil Rowland Ruth Shellenbarger Kenneth Thayer Walter Thayer Edwin Whitehouse Leslie J. Wald Howard Bates William M. Adams Donald N. Small Ralph W. Breer Ralph O. Dale Ruth Dale Gertrude Diggery Mary Lord Dwight W. Pierce Ralph G. Stetson Milton C. Trott Marvin Truss Anna Trott Paul W. Mason Roger Skillings Bowen Torrey Ralph Warren Harry Watson Melvin L. Comeau William &. Blair Edwin W. Bonney Charles MacDonald Herbert Fierce Archie Wishart Arrowsic Norman Drummond

Former Bath woman charged with armed robbery in Brockton

Beatrice Fasenello 36 of Brockton is jailed on $5,000 bail for armed robbery. Police say she held up Mary Washburn in West Bridgewater with a revolver taking $60 in the Washburn yard last Tuesday. Washburn identified Fasenello in a Brockton lineup wearing a red wig.

Beatrice Fasenello Brockton Mass Boston Bath Beatrice P. Washburn Morse High School Middle Street Pollard Brunswick A. Lester Washburn John B Fasenello Fasenello Mary Wathburn West Bridgewater Washburn Washburn Yard

Yankee Traders Estate Sale In Parker Head Village

To settle an estate a nine room house with barn must be sold in Parker Head village overlooking Kennebec. Located near Kennebec river with $800 cash required. Frances J Bennett Portland Me contact 30 Beckett St Portland Me 4 T mo. Also farm and city share property lists with Fred B Reed Co Manager Stanley E Wallace Bath. Tel 514 W 12 30 tf.

Parker Head Village Kennebec Frances J. Bennett Beckett St Portland Fred B. Reed Co Stanley E. Wallace Front Street Bath

Death of Frank Curtis in Bowdoinham district

Bowdoinham heralds the death of Frank Curtis 83, a Bowdoinham native, who died in Bath Memorial Hospital after a week as patient. He leaves wife and two daughters, including Mrs. Purington of West Bath and Mrs. Patterson of Topsham, plus three grandchildren. The town notes visitors, local events, and routine appointments surrounding the Curtis family and Bowdoinham community life.

Funeral services for Willetta Court er Gildersleeve

Funeral services were held Tuesday at St Agnes Episcopal Church East Orange New Jersey for Willetta Courter Gildersleeve wife of Rev Nelson B Gildersleeve rector of the church. A memorial Eucharist at 10 a m was led by Rt Rev Benjamin M Washburn bishop of Newark with Rev Charles M Tubbs of Bath Maine and Rev Mr Gildersleeve assisting. The burial office followed at 2 p m with the church filled and committal in Greenwood Cemetery Brooklyn New York conducted by Rev Tubbs.

St. Agnes’ Episcopal Church East Orange N. J Willetta Courter Gildersleeve Nelson B. Gildersleeve Benjamin M. Washburn Newark Charles M Tubbs Bath Maine Mr. Gildersleeve Washburn Greenwood Cemetery Brooklyn N. Y Ubbs

Mrs Rachel Hodgdon Funeral in Bath Grace Episcopal

Funeral for Mrs. Rachel S Hodgdon wife of Frank A Hodgdon of Woolwich was held Wednesday at Grace Episcopal Bath with Rev Charles M Tubbs officiating. Choir members attended in a body and bearers were Bath men. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery Bath.

Rachel S. Hodgdon Frank A. Hodgdon Woolwich Grace Episcopal Church Bath Charles M. Tubbs Fred D. Hill Harry L. Day Thal Church Hodgdon Charles BE. Brown James W. Dunton Roland F. Hill Richard Frates Fred Klippel Hiram T. Stevens Oak Grove Cemetery

Auto Death Rate in Maine Reduced During the Month

Maine Highway Safety Director Sergeant Francis J. McCabe reports March shows a brighter trend in auto fatalities with nine to seven deaths compared to last year a 22 percent drop. He notes declines in Washington York Hancock Kennebec Oxford and Penobscot and calls for improved pedestrian safety and public cooperation to reduce fatalities further.

Francis J. McCabe Maine Androscoggin Somerset Aroostook Washington York Hancock Kennebec Oxford Penobscot Portland Augusta Waterville Highway Safety Division

Past Masters Present A Religious Drama

After the regular meeting of Solar lodge F and A M in the new Masonic building the religious drama The Greatest of These was presented to a large audience. The forty minute production featured past masters of the lodge all letter perfect with a cast including Ralph L Blakeney Cecil L Fullerton John W Gillespie Walter S Glidden Arthur W King Edwin H P Lowell Jason A Merrill Sylvester H Rowland Henry G Shaw Luther S Thompson and John Wishart.

Solar Lodge A. M Masonic Hall Masonic Building Ralph L. Blakeney Cecil L. Fullerton John W. Gillespie Walter S. Glidden

Berkeley Woman Among Torture Murders Victims

Miss Nancy Frome of Berkeley and her mother Mrs Weston Frome were victims in a torture murder at Van Horn Texas. An acquaintance Miss Kate McCarty of Bath learned of the tragedy and recalled a girls camp in Brooks where their friendship began.

Nancy Frome Berkeley Calif Weston G Frome van Horn Texas Kate McCarty Bath Brooks

Former Jane Hyde to Receive Trust Fortune

Jane Hyde Fenn, daughter of Eleanor Hyde, is set to inherit about 750000 from a long held Bath Iron Works trust. Under Maine law she becomes an adult at marriage, and guardians will file an accounting in Bath probate court for a May 3 hearing after April terms. Jane, now Mrs Converse G. Fenn of Brighton, is married and living with her husband who runs Converse Sales Corp after attending Dartmouth and Choate.

Johns. Hyde Maine Commonwealth Avenue Brighton Mass Eleanor B. Hyde Mabel A. Thwing John 8. Hyde Bath Boston Fenn Dartmouth Converse Sales Corporation Beacon Street Haseen Ogontz School Ogontz Westbrook Junior College Russell S. Fenn New Haven

George W Morse Dies After Week Long Illness

George W Morse 79 longtime Shipping Commissioner of Bath died Tuesday afternoon after a week with bronchial pneumonia at his home 11 Corliss street. Born in Bath he lived there his entire life and earlier sailed aboard Bath built square riggers. He later ran a stevedoring business, was appointed shipping commissioner by President Grover Cleveland, and in later years served as janitor of the South street school. He belonged to several fraternal orders and leaves a wife, sister Emma Morse, and multiple relatives.

George W. Morse United States Shipping Commissioner Bath Corliss Street Mr. Morse Augustus Mary Larry Morse Cape Horn Parker Oliver Grover Cleveland South Street Polar Star Lodge Masons, Montgomery and St. Bernard

Colby College Senior Alice Mulligan Returns Home

Miss Alice Mulligan a Colby College senior returns Wednesday after a spring vacation spent with her mother Mrs John Huskins on Winship Street.

Alice Mulligan Colby College John Huskins Winship Street

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Senter’s, Inc New Red Cross Headquarters For Children’s Samuel S. Sewall Prout Lizzie Chaney Nella Stover Mary Pratt Elizabeth Trott Omah Snipe Maud Russell Agnes Harris Chaney Maude Flood Annie Flood Carrie Trott Temperance and Missions Missionary Societies Mayo Libby Harrington Kelly W.C.T.U Temperance and Mission Brewster G. Sedgwick Optometrist Arthur Allen Bath Trust D.A.R Colonel Dummer Sewall Council OF Youth Yankee Club CES Women’s Field Army University of Maine Roy M. Peterson Bowdoinham Frank Curtis Bath Memorial Hospital Mr. Curtis Stephen Mary Curtis West Bath Curtis Ernest Purington Purington Gladys Patterson Topsham Albert Henderson George Cutler Co. F. Lewis Sadie Smith Needham Elise Brown Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary Poland Miriam Marion Baker Monmouth Linwood Skelton Roger Robinson Linwood Rideout Coombs High School Carne Lang Washington, D. C Philadelphia West Point George Haraghey Emma Ferguson Haraghey Main Street Bowdeinham Mystic Conn Miriam Browne Poland Spring House Earl Brown Charles McEwen Norman Rowe Ernest Curtis Clyde Benner Brunswick Hospital Clyde Betty Hobart Barbara McCloud Quincy Farm Bureau Edward Baker Frank Currier Harpswell Zina Maxwell Emma Sturtevant George Hacket Richmond Mary Bonney William Bonney Gardiner J. W. Bishop Presque Isle Merry Workers 4-H Club Ralph MacEwen Elisha Webber Charles Randall Leonard Curtis Caribou Norman Curtis Arnold Shatney Alice Webber Shatney Wilford Jones George Hamilton Jane Hyde Opera House Wayne Morris June Travis Dolores del Rio George Sanders Gene Autry Judith Allen Katherine Wepburn Cary Grant Melvyn Douglas Virginia Bruce Arsene Lupin
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