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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 14, 1938

Page

8

Hendersons Celebrate 25 Years of Marriage With Surprise Party

Mr and Mrs Charles T Henderson of upper High street marked their 25th wedding anniversary with a surprise gathering attended by more than 30 friends as they left a Lenten service. The couple married April 10, 1913 at Nequassec Methodist church and have four children present. The event featured wedding march table decorations and gifts of an electric percolator. Records of attendees and well-wishes followed at the couple’s home of the bride’s parents in Sagunador Ferry.

Charles T. Henderson Upper High Street Henderson Nequassec Methodist Church Fred Carlton Sagunador Ferry Herber Pierce Frederick, Thornton Melvin Henderson Fred Kittridgs Hermon Crocker Clifford Wilband Raymond Smith Roger Pierce Carlton Andrews Melvin Comeau Lulu Herbert Everett G. Lemont Wiliam Kittridge Bernice Deering Westworth Smith Otis Smith Herbert Pierce David S. Henderson Jeanette Hastings Richard Hastings Bangor

Football Coach Speaks At Fireside Club Meeting

Henry D Small of Morse High School spoke to 49 youths at the Winter Street Pirride club about sportsmanship. He outlined amateur status rules, the ten commandments of conduct, and the importance of good manners on and off the field.

Winter Street Henry D Small Morse High School

Joint Standing Committees Named For Present Year

Mayor Donald N Small named aldermanic members and Pres Charles T Small appointed council members to the citys joint standing committees at the monthly meeting last week. Executives serve on all committees with the first named alderman as chairman.

Donald N. Small Charles T. Small

Nazarene Church Holds Annual Meeting Report

At the Nazarene church annual meeting Rev. Earl T. French was named to serve another year. Alfred J. Back elected Sunday school superintendent and trustees chosen for the coming year include Miss Louis J. Palmer Mrs. Lilliam H Mayo and Charles L Kenney. Officers named include stewards church school board delegates to assembly and church reporter Lois Palmer. The church reported strong finances and ownership of a parsonage with garage and church property free of indebtedness with a small treasury balance.

Nazarene Church Earl T. French Alfred J. Back Louis J. Palmer Lilliam H. Mayo Charles L. Kenney Nellie Brown Lilian Bates Edith G. Stewart John Larrabee William Daley Eva Fraser John Larrrabee Edna Johnson E. T. French Lois Palmer Iva Kenney French Mayo Young People’s Society Womans Missionary Society

Club Garret Elects Officers At Annual Meeting

Miss Margery J. Scott was elected president and Miss Margaret A. Mackinnon became vice president at the Club Garret annual meeting held Thursday evening on Center Street. Louise M. Stewart was named treasurer and Beatrice E. Duprey re elected secretary. A new council includes Elsie L. Trott Edith E. Mackinnon and Jeannette F. Shackford with Mrs Elwood S. Toothaker and Mrs C Roland Trott. A banquet for the new officers was approved and a committee chaired by Kathleen B. Leonard was appointed for arrangements.

Margery J. Scott Club Garret Center Street Margaret A. Mackinnon Louise M. Stewart Beatrice E. Duprey Elsie L. Trott Elwood S. Toothaker Edith E. Mackinnon C. Roland Trott Jeannette F. Shackford

Brother McMann Installed Exalted Ruler in Bath Lodge

Albert H. McMann is installed exalted ruler of the Bath Lodge of Elks on Friday evening succeeding Edward J. McMann who served two years. Walter S. Spaulding Jr. will install officers with a supper preceding the 8 PM meeting. Brunswick’s Joseph Paquette named trustee. other officers include Leon Genthner, Joseph Breault, J Joseph Madden, and Daniel Dougherty.

Albert H. McMann Bath Lodge of Elks Brother Edward J. McMann Maine Elkdom Walter S. Spaulding, Jr Portland Lodge Royal Lodge Mr. McMann Leon M. Genthner Joseph H. Breault J. Joseph Madden Daniel T. Dougherty Joseph Paquette Brunswick

Salvation Army Home League Rally Draws Bath Delegation

A Bath Salvation Army corps sent a large group to the Home League rally in Port last Wednesday at the Chamber of Commerce building. An estimated 300 to 400 women attended the all day session with a supper provided by Portland church members. The Home League promotes better homes and holds Thursday sewing meetings open to all for a social afternoon. Bath attendees included Mrs. Dorothy Fleming, Mrs. Clinton Fleming, Mrs. Alice Hoyt, Mrs. Georgia Fox, Mrs. Alice McEachern, Mrs. Katherine Green, Major E. J. Tripp and Bandmaster Clinton Fleming. Mrs. Wilfred W. Chaney, 23, of Russell Street, is ill and at home.

Bath Salvation Army Corps Salvation Army Home League Port Chamber of Commerce Congregational Portland Home League America Bath Corps Dorothy Fleming Clinton Fleming Alice Hoyt Georgia Fox Alice McEachern Katherine Green E. J. Tripp

Snow White outing and local notes in Bowdoinham

Bowdoinham pupils visited Brunswick to see Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs with chaperones and parent transport. The town's news covers sermons, visitors, Farm Bureau talks, 4 H club meetings, birthdays, hospital and travel updates, and local oblique notes on dairy cattle lineage.

SEED POTATOES AND PROPERTY SALE NOTICE

Classifieds item lists seed potatoes Northern Gold and Irish Cobblers for home gardens and an nine room house with barn for sale in Parker Head village overlooking Kennebec for $800 cash. Frances J. Bennett 30 Beckett St Portland Me 4 7T mo. Also farm or city share property buy sell listing via Fred B Reed Co Stanley E Wallace 93 Front St Bath Tel 514 W.

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

Bowdoin Ham Post Road News Update

In Augusta Hospital observation discharge noted for Mr. Given. Mrs. Given visited her son Roscoe in Augusta during his absence. Mrs. Chase of Bowdoin visits her daughter Mrs. Babb. Mrs. Sedley Berry and young daughter returned from a Boston hospital. Mrs. Chester Hobart and Mrs. George Ade Farm Bureau event held at Mrs. Edward Baker’s River Road home on April 8. Harry Allen, 81, died at Dr. Esmond’s home after days of declining health.

Gladys Raymond Ella Purington Brunswick Snow White Seven Dwarfs Grammar School John McCart Arthur Johnson George Millay Burton Tome Joan McCart Jennie Roderick Richmond Kendall Pleasant Street Inez Gowell Clara Fogg Portland John Palmer King of Hearts Ruth Thompson Belmont Macss Merrill Jose George Cutler Ernest Merrill Robert Augusta Herbert Stewart Orleans Mass Leon Batchelder Farm Bureau Edward Baker J. N. Palmer Chester Hobart Hortense Welch Edward Kendall St. Petersburg Fla Nellie Kurtz Philadelphia Merry Workers Ralph McEwen Shirley Marshall Mason Marshall Barron Memorial Hospital Topsham Ralph Purington Doris Raymond Delmar Curtis Eleanor Rogers Merton Webber Donald Hackett Ruth Jones William Stewart William Kendall William Given Augusta Hospital Clifton Babb Kathleen Martin Randolph Martin Elise Brown Poland Maine Eye and GC. C Erla Browne George McElman Bath Frank Siegars Merrymeeting Club Raymond Rendall R. A. Dickinson Alfred Sedley Berry Diana Coe Boston Milton Given Hall Denham Carrie Merrill Caleb Mitchell James Merrill Neil S. Bishop Willis L. Skelton Oxford W.S. Given Mr. Given Esmond Allen

Local Notices Highlight Funeral and Home Updates

The obituary notes a man leaving a widow with a funeral from his late home scheduled Monday at 10 oclock, with Miss Carrie Kendall delivering the burial at Cumberland Center. W H Gould served as undertaker. Augusta visitor Mr Bagdon spoke with locals about Old Age Assistance. George E Ackley installed home electric lights. R A Douglass bought a new Chevrolet. Gott family moved from Charles Douglass farm to Curtis farm near Fisher road. A niece of Mrs Harry Allen stayed with them briefly.

Carrie Kendall Cumberland Center W. H. Gould Mr. Bagdon Augusta George E. Ackley R. A. Douglass Alvin Gott Charles Douglass Curtis Farm Fisher Road Harry Allen

Bowdoin Family and Community Notes Trimmed

Mrs S Lester Nelson, a surgical patient at Dr Lowell's Brunswick hospital, is gaining. Grant Woods is ill at home under Dr Richardson of Brunswick. Mrs Sibley Gilbert of Lewiston and Mrs Irving Clough of Hallowell visited L C Starbird. Mason Marshall ill with measles at home. Maude Kendall staying with her mother Mrs Mary Plunket in Bowdoinham. Harold Starbird and family visiting L C Starbird in Waldoboro. Morris Skelton injured in a truck skid, treated at Brunswick hospital and returned home. Harold Durand of Upton visiting cousin Richard Eamon. East Bowdoin Ladies' aid suspends meetings. Lane Construction Corp started unfinished road work linking route 201 with cement road last fall.

S. Lester Nelson Lowell Mary Plunket Harold Starbird Waldoboro Mr. Starbird L. C. Starbird Morris Skelton Brunswick Hospital Harold Durand Upton Richard Eamon East Bowdoin Ladies’ Aid

Whitney Announces Candidacy for Sheriff

Walter L. Whitney veteran Bath city marshal announced Monday he would seek the Republican nomination for sheriff in the June primary with about 500 signatures from Sagadahoc county voters on papers circulated by friends. He said he was surprised by the support as he reviewed the lists.

Sagadahoc County Walter L. Whitney Bath

Marshal Orders Precaution For Bath Ship Launch

City Marshal Joseph A. and a nine-man force plan extensive coverage Saturday afternoon for the U S S Sampson launch at Bath Iron Works. Night officers will be placed at Carlton Bridge approaches and plant approaches to manage expected heavy traffic and crowding.

U. S. S. Sampson Bath Iron Works Corp Joseph A Kennebec Carlton Bridge

Knights of Dunlap Observe Easter Parade Route Plan

Dunlap commandery Knights Templar will observe Easter with Divine Worship at First Baptist church. A parade forms in front of Masonic Temple Sunday at 2 PM led by Sir Knight Harry A. Walters, with Rev. David L. Wilson and Edwin H. P. Lowell among speakers. Marchers and riders proceed via Washington, Center, Front and Linden streets back to the Temple.

Dunlap Commandery Knights Templar Charles R. Sims First Baptist Church Masonic Temple Harry A. Walters David L. Wilson United States of America Edwin H. P. Lowell Maine Washington Street Washington Center Street Front Linden Streets the Temple

Dartmouth Professors and Deans Guest in Parker Home

Prof Ralph A Burns head of the educational department at Dartmouth college and Dean Frank A Garran of Thayer School of Engineering at Dart mouth, accompanied by Mrs Burns and Mrs Garran, were recent guests of Supt and Mrs John Parker at 83 South Street.

Ralph A. Burns Dartmouth College Frank A. Garran Thayer School of Engineering Dartmouth Burns Garran John Parker South Street

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Sagadahock Selby L. A Little Folk’s Senter’s, Inc Gibson Girl Mrs. Henderson Clifton Nickerson Purdue Sumner Sewall South America Andes Durward Shorey Club Fireside Club Henry D. Small Brewster G. Sedgwick Optometrist Arthur Allen Bath Trust Whittemore and Mitchell W. C. Rogers, Burden and Day Powers Bragg McLaughlin Blair H. P. Small Charities and Corrections Avery and Marks Drake McCausland Webber Mitchell and Whittemore Fire Department Robson and Drake Jackson E. W. Rogers Morse Drake and Bragg Marks, Avery and Robbins Powers and Drake Hart, McLaughlin and Morse Robson Leavitt Drake and Powers Robbins Footer Bragg and Whittemore Carter, Avery and Hart Public Buildings Mitchell and Robson Robson and Whittemore Weston, Carter and Webber Burgess and Mitchell McCausland, Carter Burgess and Bragg Leavitt, Weston and Footer Whittemore and G. D. Rogers Jackson and Water and Water Works H. P. Small, Morse and Small Mitchell State Aid and Pensions Burgess Albert McMann Elks Salvation Army Wilfred W. Chaney Russell Street Bowdoinham Georgetown Bowdoin Ham Post Road Bowdoin Lane Construction Corp Whitney Toone Shepard Knights OF Dunlap The Lloyd Lee Hooker Dunlap Chester H. McCabe John Wishart Carl E. Albee Opera House Joan Bennett Henry Fonda John Barrymore Bulldog Drummond Zday Tseh Caudette Colbert Cooper William Boys Nora Lane “Cassidy BAR
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