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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 13, 1933

Page

3

Veterans hold district council meeting in Bath area

A gathering of Roland Smith post members and guests of the Knox Lanola Sagad ahoc district council met in Friendship with Williams Brezier post as host. A lobster stew was served at six and a parade formed for a march to Borsa's hall for the meeting and entertainment. The group voted to annex Waldo county to the district council, now totaling 11 posts.

Roland Smith Post No. 21 American Legion Friendship Knox, Lanola and Sagadahoc A. L Williams-Brezier Post Po Hall Borsa’s Hall Waldo County Uiel A&kron Bia Harbor Janie Lo Boyle Waterville Arthur L. Leveh Kennebunk William B.D. Gray Thomston Myarkstmen Tiop Raymond Te Rendall Alive Mane Boothbay Harbor Bath Clippisen Ruscoe Bo Pertus Walter Mf Hill Timothy Bo Wiener Fusene Giliatt Gieorte Wo Mebecai Wallian Pialmer Russel Sted Percy W. Robbing Gardiner F Rovers Bande Stert HY Mw Bo Shand

Hamm of Boston connected with Unite Shor Machinery Co

Farle L Hamm of Boston a Bathvist on Friday formerly lived in this city and graduated from Morse High School. He is now connected with the Unite Shor Machinery Co. So Sum is a new club formed Thursday afternoon at Masone Temple by 18 women. Any woman with a Mason relative is eligible for membership and the group expects to do service work. The club starts next Wednesday afternoon with no food sale in McFadden's drug store, committee in charge led by Mrs Ernest L Heal. Other organizers are Mrs Dural L Howard Mrs James T Bonney and Mrs Walter F Abbott. Miss Jane Hyde of Elmhurst was a weekend guest of Miss Anna Perkinis of Portland.

Ladies' Aid Wesley M. E. Church D. Wylie Lemont School Street Lemont Charles E. Ripley Harris T. Rodick Dora O. Lowell William Davis Aid Forest L. Littlefield Rodick Ripley William A. Coombs Davis Coombs Littlefield Farle L. Hamm Boston R Friday Mr. Hamm Morse High School Unite Shor Machinery Co Masone Temple McFadden Ernest L. Heal Dural L. Howard James T. Bonney Walter F. Abbott

Thespians Enjoy Supper and Spirit Message Night

The Solid South and The Thirteenth Chair casts shared an informal supper at Mr. and Mrs. Fred D Hill home Sunday. A message reading by a trance medium highlighted the evening for seniors of the club who previously staged The Thirteenth Chair on March 30. A kitchen shower followed for Mr. and Mrs Edwin Tietig, recent brides. Mrs Mamie Rich returned from Boston after attending the Victory convention of the Spencer Corset Co. and ranked among the top production winners in New England.

Solid South Fred D. Hill Edwin Tietig Mamie Rich Spencer Corsetiere Boston Spencer Corset Co., Inc Bradford Hotel Annie Cutting Washington Street Spencer Corset, Co, Inc Bradford Cutting Bath Maine

Bath social notes and visiting guests reported

Mrs. Margaret Hyde Davis of Concord New Hampshire visited Bath as a guest of Miss Alice F. Norris. Miss Gertrude Freeman hosted a party at 41 Beacon Street with Edith Barter Evelyn Coleman Eunice Hanscom Luella Hanscom Doris Jones and others. Mrs. Hazel Ulf of Auburn spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Merton Brackett. Annie R Tarbox of Westport, daughter of Mrs. J. H. Tarbox, was in Rome when banks closed and tourists were alarmed. Central Hanover Bank of Paris aided her in exchanging traveler’s checks for foreign money. She attended a Papal audience and the hats ceremony for cardinals. Arthur Shorey vice president of International Banking Corp. New York City, spent the weekend in Bath with his father, W. Scott Shorey.

Brunswick Bowdoin Institute of Modern Literature Memorial Hall T. S. Eliot Edward Lear Margaret J. Adams Sarah A. Adams Alice E. Norris Margaret Hyde Davis Concord N. H Bessie Mikels Edmund M. Staples Louis Orkin Cleveland Bath Percy W. Marks William W. Dennison Sophie G. Greenblatt Jean Ogden George Baer Connard C. Lissa Dearborn Alice FE. Norris Weeks Street Gertrude Freeman Beacon Street Edith Barter Evelyn Coleman Eunice Hanscom Luella Hanscom Doris Jones Alfred Staples Clifton Legard Clarence Avers Richard Johnson Jimmy Jones Annie R. Tarbox Westport J. H. Tarbox Rome Central Hanover Bank Paris Arthur

Deering Sargent School Students Visit Over Break

Miss Elizabeth B Deering a BU Sargent School senior spends spring vacation with her parents at 398 Washington Street. Miss Mary Lowry of Rockland a Sargent School pupil was an overnight guest of the Deerings during the week while returning home from Boston.

Elizabeth B. Deering Boston University Sargent School of Physical Education Carroll A. Deering Washlington Street Mary Lowry Rockland Sargent The Deerings Boston

Boston trip for Pirates Daughter performance

Mr and Mrs Percy W Scott with Miss Mary H Conley and Miss Elizabeth A Conley traveled to Boston Monday afternoon to attend a performance of Pirates Daughter described as New England's Passion Play by the Mission Church at St Alphonsus Hall Roxbury. They returned early Tuesday morning.

Percy W. Scott Mary H. Conley Elizabeth A. Conley Boston New England St. Alphonsus Hall Roxbury

Bath women attend Portland guilds play at The Playhouse

Mrs. Frederick H. Kimball of High street joined Bath guests at the Portland dramatic guild performance of The Last of Mrs. Cheney at The Playhouse on Friday night. She attended a pre show supper hosted by Rev. and Mrs. John Shroeder.

Frederick H. Kimball High Street Bath Cheney Portland Dramatic Guild Playhouse Kimball John Shroeder

Gorham Normal students return home for Spring vacation

Among Gorham Normal school students arriving home Thursday for Spring vacation are Margaret Huse Morse 30 Marjorie Palmer Morse 32 Burnette Bailey Morse 31 Roberta Hathorne Morse 31 both of Woolwich Nellie Leeman Morse 31 Nellie King Morse 32 plus Hilda Scott Morse 34 who is a junior. Adolescent study group of the North Center PTA met with Mrs Trott and discussed economy in learning poetry prose creative writing and science.

Gorham Normal School Margaret Huse Morse Marjorie E. Palmer Burnette L. Bailey Roberta B. Hathorne Woolwich Nellie V. Leeman Nellie E. King Bailey Hathorne Hilda G. Scott John W. Scott Court Street North Center Milton C. Trott High Street Wilmer I. Voorhees Bedford Street

Theatre as social force in Rice talk and Russian stage

The lecture notes discuss Elmer Rice's view of theatre as a social force shaping audiences like a church. Censorship and profit drive harm to enlightenment, with Russia portraying theatre as a substitute for church and a vehicle for propaganda. Rice's career highlights include Street Scene winning the 1929 Pulitzer and plays such as On Trial and Counsel lor-at-Law.

Mr. Rice St. Mark's Venice Rice Hitler Stalin Mussolini Will Hays Russia Lenin America Elmer Rice Charles Harold Gray New York City New York Cock Robin

Easter Monday ball for Bath Country Club at Arcade ballroom

Announcement of an Easter Monday benefit ball to raise funds to pay a remaining electric refrigerator bill for Bath Country Club. Proceeds from the event at the Arcade ballroom on Easter Monday night aim to clear the balance. ladies pledge to raise the money.

Bath Country Club Arcade

Card Party Plans and Local Meetings Noted

Rol and Smith post and Auxiliary set a card party next Wednesday at 8 in the Legion hall with Mrs Eugene M Desmond, Mrs Free man A Trott, Mrs Russell H Stodder, John P Crosby, James A Clappison and August Walter listed. Monthly Workers Conference at Corliss street church with Lucien R Ames presiding drew about 12 attendees and urged Easter flowers fund. Salvation Army meeting led by Mrs Wilfred W Chaney covered by Miss Oma h C Trott illness. next session set for April 25 on Temperance and Missions led by Mrs Lucien R Ames. Sagadahoc county convention to meet in June with West Bowdoin union.

Roland Smith Post No. 21 A. L Legion Hall Eugene M. Desmond Freeman A. Trott Russell H. Stodder Auxiliary John P. Crosby James A. Clappison August Walter Post Corliss Street Lucien R. Ames Young People’s Branch

Five Masted Schooner Marie De Ronde towed to Portland as barge

The Marie De Ronde, long a silent figure in Rockland harbor since the shipping bust, will soon be towed to Portland for conversion into a barge with the tug Tamaqua providing escort duty.

Marie de Ronde Rockland Haror Portland Tamaqua

Probate petition for Ethel Lockery in Sagadahoc County

Ethel M Lockery petitions the Sagadahoc Probate Court Bath to prove the will of Nettie H Snow who died March 17 1933 and appoint her executor without bond. Heirs at law listed include Ida Cotton Lillian Blaney Hudson Hall Thomas Genthner Fred Genthner Luella Morang Foster Barstow Austin Barstow Nellie Hitchcock Marion Pinkham Herbert Barstow Annie Cook Hester Barstow. Notice ordered to appear May 2 1933. publication to Bath Independent for three weeks.

State OF Maine Sagadahoc Ethel M. Lockery Bath Nettie H. Snow Ida I Cotton Revere Mass Lillian M. Blaney Waldoboro Hudson A. Hall Brewer Thomas L. Genthner Nobleboro Fred A. Genthner Gorham Luella Morang Lexington Foster S. Barstow Wakefield Austin S. Barstow Berwick Nellie Hitchcock Marion Pinkham Herbert Barstow Fair Haven Annie Cook Saranac Lake N. Y Hester S. Barstow A. D Arthur J. Dunton Walter S. Glidden Gardiner R. Deering Maine Independent al ‘Alter S. Glidden Fred H. Thompson William F. Dunham Allan Spear Rachel Jane Elwell Philadelphia Penn Bath Independent Bath National Bank Sarah M. Wells Mary M. Pinkham

Probate notices from Bath Maine disclose multiple estate actions

A sequence of probate notices from Sagadahoc County Maine details petitions for administration and inheritance tax determinations. Names include George C. Fuller, Viola M. Fuller, Maude A. Avery, Joseph E. Avery, Archie E. Doyle, Maude A. Avery as executrix, and Archie's request to appoint an administrator without bond. Also listed are final accounts for Sarah M. Wells estate, Mary M. Pinkham guardianship, and Isabel Hyde estate administration with publication in the Bath Independent.

State OF Maine Sagadahoc George C. Fuller Woolwich N. Augustus Fuller Bath Viola M. Fuller M. Fuller John J. Keegan Sea A. D Myrna M. Avery Court St Joseph A. Avery Maurice W. Avery College Place Williamstown Mass Maude A. Avery

Stanley Hatch Plans New York Visit

Stanley Hatch of Washington street left Thursday for New York. He will spend a few days with Elmer Norton and then visit his uncle Stanley W. Pierce of Ridgewood, New Jersey.

Stanley Hatch Washington Street New York Mr. Hatch Elmer Norton Stanley W. Pierce Ridgewood, N. J

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