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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1936

Page

9

Recital Highlights Norton and Conservatory Soloists

Hibbert L Norton joined by notable Conservatory performers in Boston led by Arthur Foote celebrating his birthday. Reading list includes Lillian Duchin Gertrude Pratt and other local students, with campus life notes and community visits.

Hibbert L. Norton New England Conservatory of Music Boston Arthur Foote Conservatory Alice Fischer Wilkesbarre Walter Scheirer Mahoney City Leigh Eider la Crosse Wis Mr. Norton Lillian Duchin Cambridge Mass Gertrude Pratt Roxbury Donald Steele Plaistow N. H Alice Nordstrom Gardner Kramer Hartz Shaw

St Patrick Day Supper and Choir Social at Central Church

The Central church choir hosted a St Patrick’s day social in the parish house on Thursday evening. Forty two guests sat to a cross-shaped table setting with Irish decorations and a menu including baked ham and coffee. After supper the choir rehearsed for Easter, gifts of shamrock adornments were given, and guests enjoyed songs and social activities.

Central Church Ruth Huston Shirley Mank Frank Hodgdon Vernon B. Lake Frank A. Cromwell

Regular meeting of Roland Smith unit 21 American Legion Auxiliary

The Regular meeting of Roland Smith unit No 21 American Legion Auxiliary was held Thursday evening in the Legion building with good attendance. A card party was planned for next week. the date to be announced and the committee named. On April 11 the Auxiliary will meet for sewing in the afternoon, supper hosted by the sewing circle, and an evening meeting with a speaker. Menu committee and supper committees are named as listed.

Central Church League Owen J. Ledyard E. Motley Fuller Dora L. Howard Adolph H. Ehlers Margaret R. Foote Leonard M. Lord Charles E. Helah Lula H. Turner Roland Smith American Legion Auxiliary Legion J. Parker Crosby Walter M. Hill Helen M. Shaughnessy Guy Crosby Perry L. Thompson Edward J. Murphy John W. Costain John Hart Gardiner D. Rogers

Portland Social Notes and Local Moves Highlight Week

Portland residents attend gatherings and chores across the week. Notable items include Girl Scouts meeting at the Y with first aid and tests. movement of Mr and Mrs Carl C Anderson from 23 Andrews road to 33 Green street. planned April relocation. Others mention visits by George Hunt and friends, a contract club hosted by Mrs Milton C Trott, and student Paul Wilson ill in Hannibal Hamlin hall.

Carl C. Anderson Andrews Road Green Street Preble's Lane Charles Woodcock Anderson Paul Wilson University of Maine David L. Wilson Hannibal Himlin Hall

Local Visitors Share News at Bath and Topsham Gatherings

Mrs. Fred Hector of Fargo arrives Sunday to visit her mother in Washington street while daughter Miss Mary Hector visits Hillside school in Norwalk and spends Easter in Bath. Portland residents Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Doten stayed with George A. Baker in Milan street. Topsham Grange members gathered Saturday for third and fourth degrees with many couples and individuals attending. A harvest supper and dancing followed the ceremonies with Carver’s orchestra. Anne Kimball and Miriam W. Kimball hosted their luncheon contract club on Lincoln Street.

Ernest R. Avery Great Council of Te Red Men Maine Howard E. Blake Pocahontas Mr. Blake Portland Fred Hector Fargo, N. D William D. Sewall Washington Street Bath Hector Mary Hector Hillside School Norwalk Conn Charles E. Doten Topsham Grange Everett G. Lemont Raymond A. Smith Edward Footer J. M. Howe R. M. Clark Richard Johnson Albert H. Thompson Charles B. Doyle Harry F. Smith Kenneth Smith Marjorie Smith Ernest Snow Carver Anne Kimball Miriam W. Kimball Lincoln Street

Myrtle lodge Past Ladies Club entertains at Kingsbury home

Mrs. Walter P Kingsbury and Mrs W Frank Higgins hosted the Past Ladies club of Myrtle lodge No 8 U Co of S O L at 38 Richardson Street. Bridge after the meeting saw Mrs John H Hunt win first prize and Mrs Amos F Perry take the consolation. Other attendees included Mrs Wallace L Atwood Mrs Howard E Blake and others. The next meeting is set for April 20 with hosting duties by Mrs Perry and Mrs Blake at 32 Summer Street. Edwin F Ramsay of Hyde Windlass Co is in New York City on business staying at the Hotel Lexington.

Walter P. Kingsbury W. Frank Higgins Myrtle Lodge U. Co Wallace L. Atwood Howard E. Blake Fred S. Cutis Emma Daley Mary Lowell Lois McKiever Robert C. Mitchell Charles O. Nelson Jennie G. Oliver Perry Blake Edwin F. Ramsay Bath Street The Hyde Windlass Co New York City Lexington

Easter Sale Planned By Baptist Sewing Circle

Mrs L L Hooker hosted the Ladies Sewing circle from First Baptist at her Washington street home. Plans for an Easter sale and supper were set for March 20 in the church vestry. Mrs Laura Harrington presided and appointed a two week calling committee. Next meeting set for March 23 at Mrs Harringtons home 209 North Street.

L. L.hooker Ladies Sewing Circle First Baptist Church Washington Street Laura Harrington Lincoln Bailey Noth Street

Local social notes in Portland trip and flower show

Mr and Mrs Charles J Donnell and others visited Portland for the day. Miss Ruth Powers, daughter of Dr and Mrs Maxwell Powers, attended the Massachusetts Horticultural Society Spring Flower exhibition in Mechanics Building Boston with a group. Mrs Edwin R Andrews hosted a three table contract luncheon at her High Street home Friday.

Muriel A. Spinney Court Street Melrose Mass Frederick T. Wiggin, Jr Ruth Noble Spinney Mechanics Building Boston Anna Trott High Street William Partington Milton C. Trott Charles J. Donnell Carroll Watson Clarence E. Johnson John A. Morse Portland Ruth Powers Maxwell Powers Vesper George School of Art Massachusetts Horticultural Society In Mechanics Edwin R. Andrews

Snipe Family Back Home After Boston Flower Show

Dr and Mrs Langdon T Snipe return to Green Street home after attending Bath residents at the annual Flower show in Boston Horticultural Hall. Six and one half pound daughter born Wednesday last week to Mr and Mrs Harold W Summerton 1281 Washington Street.

Langdon T. Snipe Green Street Boston Mrs. Snipe Bath Horticultural Hall June Summerton Harold W. Summerton Washington Street

Local residents enjoy visits and birthdays around Bath area

Mr and Mrs William F Pond and others travel to Portland and Boston for short visits. Milton Trott and daughter Marjorie return from Boston. Mrs Albert Bailey, patient at City hospital in Woolwich, is visited by her husband from New York. Families in Kennebunkport, Exeter and Washington Street share news of trips and greetings. Oscar Williams’s 84th birthday brings letters from Akron and Bath ties resurface with Mrs Litchfield’s 60 year subscription to the Bath Independent.

William Edgett Joan Adella Edgett Edgett Street City Hospital William Lumsden Boston Merton Dearing Bath Street Albert Bailey Woolwich New York Oscar F. Williams Julia Weeks Litchfield Akron

Flowers Share Talk At Winter Street Ladies Aid

Isabel E. Carter speaks on general flowers and Boston exhibition visiting Mechanics Building as Mrs. Langdon T. Snipe notes. 53 members attend in the ladies room. next meeting promises an all day session with Rev. Joseph O. Purdue reading a story. Patricia Janette Smith is born to Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett O. Smith.

Isabel E. Carter Massachusetts Horticultural Society Mechanics Building Boston Langdon T. Snipe Winter Street

Sampsons and Haynes Start Bermuda Cruise from New York

Mr and Mrs Edward W Sampson and Mr and Mrs J Maurice Haynes left Thursday in the Haynes car for New York then sailed Saturday afternoon on the Holland American liner Rotterdam for a Bermuda vacation cruise. The party stopped in Worcester Thursday night and completed the motor trip to New York Friday. They expect to be away about ten days.

Edward W. Sampson J. Maurice Haynes Haynes New York Rotterdam Bermuda Worcester Mass

Funeral Service For George Kimball Conducted In Topsham

Reverend Weston P. Holman pastor of Beacon Street M E church was called to Topsham Saturday to officiate the funeral of George Kimball.

Weston P. Holman Beacon Street, M. E Topsham George Kimball

Miss Maryanne Wentworth Recital At Philharmonic Studio

Au burn singer Miss Maryanne Wentworth will present about 15 pupils aged seven to sixteen in a varied program of dancing and dramatics at the Philharmonic studio on Thursday evening, April 26.

Maryanne Wentworth Auburn Philharmonic Studio

Local Social Notes From A Busy Weekend Roll Call

Edward G Morin at Harvard spent the weekend with his parents Dr and Mrs Harry F Morin of Washington street Henry Brown returned from visits in Rochester N Y and Nashua N H to resume work in Rochester Celia Gurewitz Dorothy Halperin and Molly Robin visitors of Miss Bessie F Greenblatt all former Gorham Normal school mates Several others visited or traveled including Mrs Charles M Tubbs trip to Pepperill Mass Mrs Eunice Whittall birthday surprise Sewing club gathering at Mrs Horace Wood mans home Miss Stella Brown under care of City hospital surgeons Stanley Rogers recovering from appendicitis at home Clara Bergeon engaged to Albert Bergeon wedding date set Rita Henderson and family in Portland Virginia Lee to return to Richmond after Bermuda stay George Baer Connard in Boston Joseph Sewall and family visiting Bath Boston during weekend Busy social round from Bath to Richmond and Boston venues.

Celia Gurewitz Dorothy Halperin Auburn Molly Robin Bangor Bessie F. Greenblatt Washington Street Gorham Normal

Easter sale and supper by First Baptist Ladies' circle

Annual event held Tuesday afternoon and evening by the Ladies sewing circle at First Baptist Church. Mrs. Everett Wright and Mrs. Cedric Martin led fancy work and white elephant tables while Mrs. L. L. Hooker and Miss Evelyn Sotheard ran the candy table. Dining room and kitchen committees were chaired by several members, with Mrs. Nella S. Stover handling tickets and Mrs. Clifford Harrington supplying table decorations.

First Baptist Church Everett Wright Cedric Martin L. L. Hooker Evelyn Sotheard William Wakefield Charles B. Doyle Leon Eaton Simon M. Moore Vernon Miller Zetta St. Clair George McClellan Lillius Larrabee Jessie Spaulding Edwy A. Soethard Willis B. Hall Charles Card Rudolph Furber Jennie Oliver Annie Oliver Lincoln Bailey Clifford F. Harrington Russell Dalrymple Nella Stover Clifford Harrington

Y M C A. Church Basketball Banquet Arrangements Noted

Mrs. Hermon W. Crooker directed the YMCA church league banquet preparations at the Y gym last week with help from P. M. Olm of Kennebec Greenhouses who donated 300 car nations and cut flower bouquets. The article also lists moving of the Metropolitan Insurance Co. office to front offices of Bath National Bank block and various local civic updates.

Hermon W. Crooker Y. M. C. A. Church Y Gymnasium Metropolitan Insurance Co Bath National Bank A. D. Richards Frances A. Winchenbach James O. Lincoln

Care of Home Grounds Discussed at Farm Home Week

L C Young assistant in horticulture at the Fredericton Experimental Station speaks at University of Maine Farm Home Week March 26 29 on home lawn care. Peter J Goodie greenskeeper Bangor will discuss making and care of lawns. Roger Clap and W T Snyder Maine instructors offer lawn care and weed control guidance.

L. C. Young Fredericton New Brunswick University of Maine J. H. Waring Mr. Young Mt. Allison University Sackville Ontario Agricultural College

Interesting tidbits from the era on leaders towns and trivial facts

A collage of trivia notes including James Madison’s height, Adrian Missouri’s naming, methods to remove ice from trays, a distance joke about Cleveland and Washington, a recent English marriage, beer drinking liberties, Carlyle’s stomach troubles, and a remark on the 13-month year affecting holidays.

James Madison Adrian Missouri Cleveland Washington Elizabeth Teasdale Kirkdale England Anthony Fisher Thomas Carlyle Kansas City Star

Boothbay Visitors Stay in City on Wednesday

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dunton and Mrs. Belle Wiley of Boothbay were visitors in the city on Wednesday.

Fred Dunton Belle Wiley Boothbay City

Increased Potato Acreage Planned for Coming Season

Reports from thousands of farmers indicate U S potato acreage to harvest about 3 412000 acres the largest since 1998. Maine New England show rising plantings with 12 and 14 percent gains while most states plan increases except Pennsylvania and Ohio.

United States Maine New England Pennsylvania Ohio New York Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Idaho Colorado

Auburn Junior Hi-Y Team Wins Contest

The Auburn Junior Hi-Y team came from behind in the last period Saturday afternoon to beat the Bath Juniors by a 33 to 30 count. Rogers, visiting forward, scored 13 of Auburn’s 33 points as Bath lost guards Sarkis and Thayer in the fourth period.

Bath Juniors Auburn Bath Bath Boys Rogers Sarkis Thayer

Roadside Marketing Program Aims to Boost Sign Use

Charles M White head of Augusta Markets announces a roadside marketing program during Farm and Home Week at the University of Maine on Tuesday March Estey of greater Boston and a Boston BU graduate will speak on roadside stand growth and the value of official roadside signs Wells grower Clyde Dagegstt will share experiences while General Johnson notes no method to codify cold waves found yet.

Charles M. White Division of Markets Augusta U of Maine Robert A. Estey Greater Boston Mr. Estey Boston University College of Business Administration Massachusetts Clyde Dagegstt Wells

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Leon Buck Kents Hill Carrie Smith Oak Street William Ham Pearl Street Irving Libby Louise Guiven Francis A. Winchenbach Framingham Helen F. Shorty Bates H. Alton Sheerey York Street Department of Physical Education For Women Bates College Randhall Gymnasium Women's Athletic Association Fred B. Reed House of the Good Shepherd Gardiner Girs’ Friendly Society Ruth Field M. Wilhelmina Gackenbach Mrs Charles Cummings Mortimer Warren Robert Payson Congress Street Charles Andrews Hardings Elizabeth Conley Catherine Conley Charles McDonald Biddefort Edward Cooke Willow Street Walter Ey Woodfords Harold Small Edward Cohen Boy Scouts of America Marie Clough Park Street Evelyn Clough Ida Schofield Harriet Grant Miss Clough Doris Crocker Betty Swanton Alma Swanton Marie Smith Grace Jewett Loraida Jordan Barbara Pitman Shirley Higgins Constance Gilmore Cynthia Lemoine Marie Lewis John Gilmore Melvin Henderson N. Elwood Coffin, Jr Waldo Weston, Jr Ardene McFadden Robert Dwyer Maynard McFadden Errol Baker Skowhegan North Street William Ketchum West Bath Walker Street East Brunswick Herbert McCorrison Grace D Maine General Hospital Jennie Harvey Percival Yarmouth Harry L. Day Frederick E. Drake W. Dayton Hill Henry C. Wright Grace Church Rupert H. Baxter James B. Drake George D. Field Edward Sewall Fred P. Shaw Daniel Williams William S. Newell Bath Iron Works Corp Kate Smith Bowdeinham Gertrude Greenleaf William Daley Pear Street John J. Keegan Harry Cooke John Grindell Arline Footer Mark Hennessy Ruth Johnson Edwin E. Pinson Lower Washington Street Gilbert L. Cromwell Spokane Wash Jackson, Mich E. J. Harriman Millers Falls Thomas B. Reid Tarbox Street Mildred Colby 15 Weeks Street Jean Craig Edward C. Craig Garden ‘Street George P. Hunter, Jr Alexandra Sewall Rita Collins David Sewall George P. Hunter Andrew Hunter Ralph G. Stetson, Jr Robert Craig Bert Adams J. Fred Tobey Chestnut Street Nathan E. Coffin Coffin Independent Reporter Sewall P. Strout Malden Albert L. Strout Chancellor Blagdon Wiscasset George Hunt Charles F. Rideout Oscar Thornton Williams Whitney Pine Tree Troop Girl Scouts of America Carrie Shaw Greenstreet M. Elsie Wakefield R. N Frank S. Wakefield South Street James T. Bonney Union Street Court Frank H. Phillips Reading St. Petersburg Fla Phillips Southport St. Mary’s Guild of Grace Church Carolyn M. Moses Fred Frost Cosmopolitan Club Carl F. Pierce R. Clinton McFadden Marcia Moulton Edwin H. Given Walter S. Wiggin Louis M. Silverman Allan Spear Epworth League Beacon Street Methodist Episcopal Church Charles Plummer Pauline Robbins Gertrude Wallace Laura Lemont Edwin Haggett Berry's Mill Road James B. Lemont William F. Pond Herbert Huggard Roger Pierce Marjorie Frank Daley Beacon Street Kennebunkport Guysbert B. Vroom, Jr Phillips Andover Exeter Guysbert B. Vroom Jerry Geneau Stanley Geneau Lemont Street Stanley Hanscom Bobby Huse Albert Margery Cummings Charles A. Soule Edwin E. Pinson, Jr Norman Howard Howard Joyce Cook Frank H. Reinoehl Helen Craft Grace Crowley Gwendolyn Lewis Georgia Kakos Iva Hagan Harry Peterson Dr. E. Motley Fuller Mary—Sewall Emma Willard School Troy N. Y Arthur Sewall Stone House Martha Cahill Troy, N. Y Charles H. Cahill Lucy Rogers Merle Orne Bartlett O. Smith Patricia Janette Smith Edward G. Morin Harvard University Harry F. Morin Henry Brown Rochester Nashua Charles M. Tubbs Pepperill Andrew Butland Alton Butland Eunice Whittall Birthday Sewing Club Horace Woodman Middle Street Miss Whittall Howard Blake Kate Whittall Eleanor McDonald Minnie Woodman Lettie Thompson Stella Wade Amy Wade Stella Brown Senter’s Beauty Salon W. E. Kershner F. A. Winchenbach Stanley Rogers George Rogers Peter Couture Center Street Clara Albert Bergeon Joseph B. Bergeon Brunswick Maine Central Railroad Charles Henderson Rita Henderson Melvin and Thornton Clifton Lee Richmond Jessie Ramsey Byrd Flying Field George Baer Connard Joseph T. Sewall Boothbay Harbor Mark W. Sewall Joseph Sewall Joseph Thomson, Jr Dunton Watson T. Barter Chehaven Front Streets Ladies’ Aid M. E. Church John Howe Raymond Clark Antoinette Teeling Leland F. Plummer George Worrey Clifton W. Tedford Langdon Green Bathaerie of Eagles Front Street Auburn JR Rf Perreereveae Pratt Serene Enews L. Parker C Wee Smith Tee H. Parker Teeta Getchell Bath Suntors F.G Nickerson Seen Eees Stanton Seduee McQuarrie Neenee Closson Teens Fraser Ced Thayer Hugh Johnson
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