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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 23, 1931

Page

3

New Books Added to Patten Free Library List

March additions include works by Einstein Chesterton Miltons and Gann as well as biographies histories and children titles. Notable entries include Life of Abraham Lincoln and History of the Maya alongside Girl Scout titles and Boy Scout publications for the library’s children room.

Patten Free Library Andrew Johnson G. F. Milton Count Keyserling Anthony Wynne Gertrude Linnell Gilbert K. Chesterton Albert Einstein Delaware Christopher Ward Shirland Quin Marie Grand Duchess Russia Pamela Wynne Wilhelm Mattenklodt Great Oaks Ben Ames Williams Buck Cayenne Carl Bartz Thomas Gann Eric Thompson Carolyn Wells Opie Percival Read Abraham Lincoln John D. Long Shylock Ludwig Lewisohn Lacemaker Lekholm Gustav Hellstrom Louis Colman Roberts Burns Catherine Carswell Charles Fert Francis Foster Len Ashton Bridge Anne Austin Oswald Roy L. McCardell Berta Buck Arthur Train William Adams Brown Abba Hillil Silver Rene Chambe Yukon Robert W. Service James Edmund Jones Goldsmith and Lescaraboura David Burnham K. T. Knoblock Tad Lincoln Julia Taft Bayne Underworld of Paris Alfred Morain Achmed Abdullah Pierre Villey Boy Scouts Charles H. Serrigo Eliza Oo. White Carroll W. Rankin Edith Lavel Miss Allen West Point Paschal N. Story

Current Events Club holds annual meeting at Cosmopolitan club

The third annual meeting of the Current Events department of the Cosmopolitan club was held Thursday at the club house. Membership rose to 40, funds to be given to the main club, and officers were named with one vacancy to fill. Tea followed as Engine 4 quelled a grass fire on the Peru estate field to prevent spread.

Cosmopolitan Club Cosmopollitan Club Susan Howard Day’s Ferry T. W. Pease H. Emma Magoun Frostina E. Marzion Alice N. Magoun Lillian I. Frost Frederick W. Freeman George A. Churchill Freeman Churchill Harry G. Deering Frank A. Hodgden Peru Center Street

Phippsburg Social Roundup and Local Travels

A busy week in Phippsburg details a successful Community club card party with prizes for contract auction and whist, plus meals served. The report also tracks transfers, family visits, cottage openings, and summer-home activity around Bath, Popham Beach, Cox's Head, and Meadow Brook, including road conditions and local travel.

Winneganee Dromore Farm Bureau Maud Larrabee Imme Copeland Dora Beals Walter Sprague Pipham Beach Merrimac River Newburyport Mass E. Sylvester Cushman Portland Ruth Skillings Bath Sebasco Martha Small Popham Beach Frederick Sawyer Thomaston Arthur Risteen Carl Haskell Nelson George Ingalls Wendell Robert White Boston Warren White Charles Phillips Arlington Dora Crowley Yarmouth Academy Walter Perry J. D. Rogers Leon Eaton Ernest Rogers Emma Perry Reoxbury Swanton Wyman Emily Wyman Ralph Kenney Small Point Walter Hill James Perry Horace Aiken Beachmont J. E. Perry Henry Jackson George Mann Hamilton Gardiner Rogers Meadowbrook Annie Cutting Dromore Wyman M. E. Wilbur Cox's Head Wilbur Waltham, Mass A. H. Bond Burton Bond Frank Muldoon Milton J. E. Percy Cox’s Head William P. Morrison Cushman’s Bakery Popham E. J. Carlson Elmer S. Tibbetts Eleanor Revere Beatrice Tibbetts Bertha Cosmics Phyllis Priscilla Reed Fred Spinney Ernest Oliver E. P. Thomas Frank Mulficon Glendmere Bond Percy Gladys Dyer Gardiner Edwin Dyer Florence Wyman Morse High School Frank Wyman

Winnegance Club Hosts Weekly Meeting and Card Party

The Winnegance Squaw club held its regular weekly meeting at Mrs. I. A. Trueworthy’s home with auction prizes to Mrs. Elmer Coggeshall Mrs. Harry C. Webber and Mrs. Walter Small. A later Dromore Farm Bureau card party produced three prizes across auction contract and bid whist.

Squaw Club I. A. Trueworthy Elmer Coggeshall Harry C. Webber Walter Small Harry F. Oliver Albertha Williams Westerly R. I Carolyn Oliver Alice Williams Fred L. Parks Lewiston Lillian Parks Clarence Willis Margaret Bayonne N. J Sherman L. Morse Isle Au Haut Elmer Lufkin Dromore Farm Bureau Winnegance Belle Sawyer Aletha Campbell Bess Manson Clara Oliver Copeland Maud Larrabee Dora Beals Ray Oliver Quincy Mass Alfred S. Oliver Winneganee Community Club Clifford Road Oxford County Abram C. Oliver Edgar W. Oliver Fairview Cemetery Association Ellen Williams Sewing Club Betty Rogers Marion MacDonald Ruth McMann Lo's Conant Roxie Merry Dorothy Morse Winnie S. Merry Lower High Street Malden Ralph “Merry

Maine Central Rail Schedule to Shift for Summer Season

The Rockland Branch timetable will change April 26 to align with Daylight Saving Time. Portland to Bath trains arrive 7.44 am 11.59 am 4.57 pm on weekdays and 8.30 am Sundays. Bath to Portland trains depart 10.00 am 3.55 pm 6.06 pm with Sunday 4.20 pm in summer. A May 30 tri weekly link Philadelphia New York Ellsworth precedes the June 16 peak schedule for the New York Bar Harbor Rock and Express. Summer extra trains to Rangeley Moosehead and Maritime Provinces resume.

Rockland Maine Portland Bath New York Washington Maine Central Philadelphia Ellsworth Reguar New York Bar Harbor Rangeley Lakes Moosehead Lake Maritime Provinces

Ramona Council Completes Successful Card Party and Dance

Ramona council D. of P. conducted a well attended sale and social event in Red Men hall with six bridge tables and a whist round. Prizes went to Mrs. Lawler, Mrs. Carcelon, and others. a dance followed with a local orchestra. James Brooks Fowle, 83, longtime conductor for Boston Elevated, dies at his daughter's home after living with her.

Ramona Council D. of P Red Men's Hall Arletia Yates Mary Gallant Celina Desjardin Sadie Garcelon Pearl Barter Clara Troop Minnie Roderick Arthur Preney Arletta Yates Lucelia Blake Nellie Lawler Sadie Carcelon Leola Atwood Ruth Strack Margaret Robbins Grace Reynolds Lizzie Haggett Harold Safford Linwood Miller James Brooks Fowle Boston Elevated Raymond W. Dolloff Southport Westport John Ruth Fowle

Funeral Services for Frank W. Gould

Funeral rites for Frank W. Gould were held at Knowlton and Hewins with Rev. Pressy officiating. The service included Woolwich and Free Will Baptist church ceremonies in Woolwich led by Mrs Plinette Allen with rich floral tributes. Masons and Woolwich grange members attended and conducted separate services before burial in Woolwich cemetery.

Frank W. Gould Knowlton and Hewins Herbert E. P. Pressy St. Mark's Episcopal Church Lowell Brown E. L. Newdick John Austin Gardner Heath Woolwich Woolwich and Wiscasset Free Will Baptist Church Plinette Allen Woolwich Grange Lincoln Lodge A. M John Carter Mary Hunnewell

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