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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 11, 1929

Page

7

Richmond Baptists Choir Speaker and Benefit Comedy

Rev H H Bishop spoke at the Richmond Baptist church Sunday evening. A charity performance of The Old Soak was held at the opera house Friday April 19 for St Ambrose church. Shirley Marie Lang born eight pounds at Gardiner hospital Thursday morning to Mr and Mrs Clarence Lang. Emerson Lane Post American Legion minstrel show last week raised funds for a high school shower bath while broadcasting announcements to the audience.

H. H. Bishop Yarmouth Baptist Church Mernagheever Ipswich Mass Opera House St. Ambrose Church Clarence Lang Shirley Marie Gardiner Hospital Georgia Wakefield Augusta Harley Everson Cedar Grove Kennebec Richmond and Dresden Emerson Lane Post American Legion Iva Ring Victor R. E. Carey Leslie W. Grundy Russell Hatfield Victor Carey Ladies’ Aid Frank Cheney Grange Ladies’ Aid Fredericon Fellows Roscoe A. E Paul Richard

Richmond church groups elect officers for year

The church elected Mrs Mildred Harford superintendent and George Yeaton assistant among others. Richmond Cemetery association named James Gallagher president and James Hinkley director. The Private Tutor farce will be staged by Richmond high seniors at the opera house. Local residents and visitors were noted with several trips and social events around town.

Mildred Harford George Yeaton William H. Haynes Melita Leavitt Lillian Haynes May .Williams Catherine Soule Bangor Susie Denham Massachusetts Long Island Charles Hewett A. A Williams Arthur Archer Pead George Kimball Pend Richmond Cemetery Association James H Gallagher Thomas J. Southard James H. Gallagher Edwin H. Page George W. Thompson James A. Hinkley Richmond High School Opera House Ing Paul Jack Kenneth James Ervine Waltz Aerd Knight Dorothea Terondin Madelyn Umberhind Ken Fisher H. L. Stilphen Portland Horace Manwarren Durrand John Young Gardiner Grange Jesse L. Tarr Grants Don Cate Charlotte Benton Herbert L

Excellent program at Topsham Grange event

A large attendance filled Topsham Grange on Saturday evening for a program arranged by George Clifford. It featured an orchestra, a feather contest, vocal duets by Brother and Sister Atwood, and special features including April Ist. The event was set with multiple arrangements by Marietta Wilson and Bessie Libby, with Ralph Mallett contributing to the program details.

Topsham Grange George Clifford Alb Meen Erclatd Crake Voles Ie Tuel Oles Marietta Wilson the Grange Sister Atwood April Ist Bessie Libby Eleie Ralph Mallett Sifecohly Pate Apusethht Theo

Bath Iron Works Given Contract

Bath Iron Works received a contract for Vanda built for Ernest B. Dane of Brookline Massachusetts. The yard also has orders for Paragon for Charles J. Davos Providence R I Hi Esmaro for H E Manville Pleasantville N Y Corsair for J P Morgan New York and others. It built the tug Don Jorge for Venezuelan waters and three beam trawlers Boston College Georgetown Holy Cross for the Atlantic Pacific Fish Co Boston. The plant contracted two more beam trawlers for Bay State Fish Co Boston and delivered a utility boat to The Brown Co Bemis for Rangeley Lakes use.

Vanda Ernest B. Dane Brookline Mass Charles J. Davos Providence R. I H. E. Manville Pleasantville N. Y J. P. Morgan New York Boston College Georgetown Holy Cross Atlantic & Pacific Fish Co Boston Bay State Fish Co Brown Co Bemis Rangeley Lakes

Snipe Funeral Held at Arrowsic Foreside

Edward B. Snipe funeral conducted Tuesday afternoon at two at his Arrowsic Foreside home. Rev. David L. Wilson of Central Church Bath officiated. Bearers were Hartley Higgins Roland Raynes Charles Brown and Eugene Cromwell. Burial followed in the family cemetery in Arrowsic.

Edward B. Snipe Arrowsic David L. Wilson Central Church Bath Hartley Higgins Roland Raynes Charles Brown Eugene Cromwell

Merger Talks Unite Boston First and Economy Grocery

Boston First National Stores Inc and Economy Grocery Co announce negotiations toward a merger. The combined group would run about 2 400 grocery stores and 125 markets, with headquarters in Hartford Connecticut.

Boston First National Stores Inc Economy Grocery Co Hartford, Conn

Georgetown Notes on Local Happenings and Roads

The weekly Georgetown column records visits and moves among residents. Mrs Earle and Superintendent Carter call on town schools, while logs are cut for a forthcoming Indian Point cabin project. Several residents travel between Bath, Robinhood, Five Islands, and West Georgetown, with church and road work updates and a long awaited Arrowsic bridge toll repeal anticipated by locals.

Earle John Carter Woolwich Rom Ferris Leonard F. R. Woodside Thomas Hagan Silas Traton Morse Marrtown Indian Point Everett Higgins H. W. Hildreth Boothbay Sagadahoc House E. C. Higgins Edgar Warren Bath W. ©. Todd Boston Victor Pinkham Mary Louise Five Islands Robinhood Annie McMahan Lewis Trafton Edward Grant York Village Ferris Leonard Burnside Powers Edward Wren East West Cove First Baptist Church F. W. Hovey Alex Cunningham Cove Maude Thayer Westbrook West Georgetown John R. Blackie Topsham Marshall Stevens Arrowsie Bridge House Senate Georgetown Rose Whitney Smith Lexington Mass Sagadahoc Bay Roy Newman Brunswick William Todd Newman Ruth Hinckley C. L. Hinckley Abbie Reynolds Henry de Alvah Linwood Stevens Drummond Stevens Fire Islands

Splendid Program at Woolwich Grange

Woolwich grange met last Wednesday evening and presented a fine program. Albert Soule and Wilmer Suter gave current events, Anna Soule led a talk on Building of the Statehouse, Louie Grover sang a solo, and girls and boys performed parodies. Winifred Erskine and Mabel Grover discussed famous Maine births, six characters each, followed by a lively Maine travel question. The roll call named Maine cities and counties before the closing hymn.

Woolwich Grange Albert Soule Wilmer Suter Statehouse Anna Soule Louie Grover Mary Maine Winifred Erskine Mabel Grover

West Bath School Board Sees Meeting After Town Session

West Bath school board met in the office of C D Wilson superintendent of Bath and West Bath school union. Members Mrs Lor ing Small Mrs Earl Donnell and Joseph W Larrabee elected chairwoman secretary and truant officer respectively. They voted to keep schools open April 19 and 20 to makeup two lost days and set Spring vacation from April 22 to 29. A drinking fountain was approved for Lowell school.

West Bath C. D. Wilson Bath and West Bath School Union Loring Small Earl Donnell Joseph W. Larrabee Small Supt. Wilson William Bailey Lowell

Marriage Returns For Thommas Gagnon And Mary Ann Reno

The couple from Bath were married Monday by Rev. T OC Maney at St. Marys rectory and filed marriage returns Tuesday.

Thommas Gagnon Mary Ann Reno Bath T. OC. Maney St. Mary’s Rectory

Five Islands Notes Include Birthdays and Local Visits

Five Islands community pages recall A L Marr turning 72 with a party in Malden and readers noting many guests from Watertown to Medford. Local visits include Bath, Georgetown, and Five Islands residents, with church and grange activities, a Friday cottage prayer gathering, and a weekly Norman II ferry schedule to Seguinland.

Wheaton New England Conservatory of Music Carr Beverly High School Iion New Parker House Boston A. L. Marr Malden Mass Arthur Beulah Miller Marr J. P. Lewis Watertown W. H. Davis Melba Thelma Medford D. Potter Alice Cromwell Newton Center Harry Miller Melrose Fannie Wyley C. E. Tucker J. G. Stevens Norman Oliver V. E. Gray Bath Lloyd Pinkham Alec Cunningham Georgetown Five Islands L. H. Rowe Oscar Snowman A. B. Thibodeau Clara Davis Farber Davis Clinton Hanna Belgrade George Hanna Chester MacMahan James T. MacMahan C. A. MacMahan Frank MacMahan Mr. MacMahan Bangor Cambridge Grange F. P. Carr J. T. MacMahan Horace Rittall T. D. Reid Seguinland L. H. Putnam Woolwich F. W. Carlton

Nequasset Farm Bureau meeting and Sagadahoc probate notices

Nequasset Farm Bureau met at Mrs Costello P Hall with 26 members to discuss Home Furnishings led by Hortense Welsh. a 75th birthday for Mrs Sumner Bailey was noted. In Sagadahoc, pro bate notices from Bath record multiple estates and executors, with orders for notices published in the Bath Independent and court dates in May 1929.

Nequasset Farm Bureau Costello P. Hall Hortense Welsh Rachel Gilmore Wendall Leavitt Ruth Dubar Sumner Bailey Bernice Soule Murphy’s Corner Sagadahoc Bath Edith Lemont Mason M. Lemont State OF Maine Helen G. Morton Wal A. Barker Walter 8. Glidden State OF Maine Apri Charlies J. Dain Jennie S. Rideout Charles F. Rideout Sagadahood Ted Insaid Walter Adahoc SP Baie Lemont Ida F. Lemont H Independent Della T. Adams Henry L. Adams Bata Independent Eo Ae Joseph M. Trott Celia E. Lincoln Allersons Walter 5 Sadge Herbert L. Simpson Brunswick Augusta A.nee West Bath George L. Tarr Arrowsic Manfred L. Stinson George L Tarr Jances S. Stinson Arrowssc George L. Tacree Ralph O. Dale Alonzo R. Donnell Sarah E. Lindsey N &. Lindsey Werel Lindsey IAM P. Li ’ Snear Eh O. Dale State OF Mai Sagadahoc Walter S.S. Glidden William F. Dunham Bath Independent Glidwen Joseph E. Sewall M. Trott Sagapeace Glidden Lillie M. Leonard William T. Hall of Sagadahoc William M. Marshall Joseph B. McCutcheon John J. Harris Mary Amelia Gorman Providence Rhode Island James P. Gorthe Mary A. Gorman Amelia Gorman Saeses Cormeen A. D Joan P. Carey Notay Public Seal Ofdahoc le Perea Anne Arthur J. Dunton J. Edward Drake William &. Shorey George P. Devenport United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company Baltimore Maryland Bats Independent Newspeet Cne Edward W. Bridgham Orance Peter Frank M. Talbot Charles A., Hunt

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