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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 27, 1939

Page

3

Birthday party and society notes fill Bath pages

Ronald Larrabee hosted a ninth birthday with games and prizes while neighbors like Mary Elizabeth Donnell and Norman Kenney won peanut hunt prizes. The Discard club met with Mrs. Raymond Palmer, and many Bath residents visited Portland, South Portland, or Worcester for family events, travels, and hospital visits. The column records numerous social calls, birthdays, illnesses, and weekend excursions across Bath.

Ronald Larrabee Merton Wright High Street Mary Elizabeth Donnell Norman Kenney Wiliam Donnell, Jr Donald Kenney Marilyn Towne William Donnell Charles Kenny Wright John Larrabee West Bath

Country Club Dance Proves Great Success in Bath

Bath social highlight of the season drew more than 500 dancers to the Armory for the Bath Country Club ball raising over 350 for the club. Grand prize of 100 went to H B Cranmer of Milton Mass, with 14 piece Fenton Brothers band providing music. Details note festive setting with patriotic decor, large crowd, and praise for efficient coat checks and club organizers despite modest overrun in expenses.

Armory Bath Country Club Country Club James G. Jenkins H. B. Cranmer Milton Mass Vere Copper & Brass Co New Bedford Cranmer Edwin R. Andrews Battery H Arthur Paulin William S. Newell Sumner Sewall Rodney E. Ross Archibald M. Main Cecil E. Paine Edward W. Bridgham Jenkins Pres. Andrews John M. Conley, Jr Robert L. Brownell Alden G. Smith Mary Newell W. Dayton Hill Marcia Moulton Elizabeth E. Fuller Lucille Johnson

Dromore Farm Bureau Chooses Rep for Farm and Home Week

At April meeting Dromore Farm Bureau voted to send the chairwoman and project leader to Farm and Home Week at Orono in 1940 with expenses paid. Members set a goal to raise one dollar per member by May 18 for a sweater project. Mrs. Day oversees an in between meeting.

Dromore Farm Bureau Ase Orono Phippsburg Carolyn Day Esther McCourt Evelyn Beals Eva Rogers Grace Baker

B'nai Brith Lodge Installs Its Officers Sunday Evening

Installation of Bath lodge and Auxiliary officers was held Sunday April 23 in Beth Israel Synagogue vestry. Harold J. Rubin and Dorothy Rubin led as new lodge and auxiliary presidents. Present were local legal, medical and civic members with dancing to Henry's Stringed Rhythm and a May 14 banquet invitation from Cumberland Lodge.

Bath David 8. Cogan Harry Berman Lewiston B’nai Brith Sylvia Burston Sally Shible Ida Scolnik Zelda Diamond Ida Levin Esther Abramson Lottie Lipinsky Goldie Bloom Auburn Dorothy Rubin Bath Auxiliary Bessie Singer Laura Sher Evelyn Petlock Jeanette Miller Monitor Mary Aick Sentinel Betty Cooper Cohen Bangor Women's Grand Lodge District 1 Caplan David I. Brownstone Portland Cumberland Lodge Brownstone Jewish Community Center Bangor Westerly R. I Ottawa Ontario Harold J. Rubin Bath Lodge Benjamin Bernstein Edward Jaffee Samuel Lerman Morris L. Fireman Abraham Berenson Rose Berenson Jack Berenson Thelma Goldstein I. A. Miller Harry Persky Joseph Lilansky Molly Baker Max Singer Goldie Singer Joseph Singer Samuel Sher Brunswick Morris Robinson Lisbon Falls

Engagement of Martha Cahill to Walter Wilhelm

Hon and Mrs Charles H Cahill of High Street announce the engagement of their daughter Martha Cahill Woodbury to Walter Navarre Wilhelm son of Mrs Woodburn Potter of Philadelphia and the late Capt Walter M Wilhelm. Wilhelm was VP of Eddystone Munition Co. Martha Cahill is a graduate of Emma Willard School and Connecticut College for Women class of 1938. Wilhelm attended William Penn Charter School and Phillips Exeter Academy class of 1927.

Charles H. Cahill High Street Martha Woodbury Cahill Walter Navarre Wilhelm Woodburn Potter Philadelphia Walter M. Wilhelm Wilhelm Eddystone Munition Co Miss Cahill Emma Willard School Troy N. Y Connecticut College For Women William Penn Charter School Philips Exeter Academy

Snowy 1785 memory in a Newcastle school book

Mrs James E Lockery owns a 18th century school book once owned by Priscilla Glidden of Newcastle who married Bolomon Dunbar. The fly leaf notes April 18 1785 snow so deep three feet and crust too hard to travel then the next day crusted enough to ride home on horseback. Joseph Glidden is the daughter’s father.

James E. Lockery Washington Street Priscilla Glidden Newcastle Bolomon Dun—bar Joseph Glidden

Bath residents to attend New York World's Fair opening

Bath people will attend the World’s Fair opening on Sunday April 30. Former Bath mayor Oliver Moses sits on the National Advisory committee for Maine and will travel Friday with Mrs Moses. Mrs William S Newell and daughter Miss Mary Newell led Bath’s group to the Maine era, with other Bath women planning attendance at a tea hosted by regional directors and Mrs Courtland Barnes at the National Advisory committee HQ to meet Mrs Vincent Astor.

Bath Oliver Moses National Advisory Committee Maine Moses William S. Newell State Advisory Committee Mary Newell Reginald T. Thaxter Portland Milton S. Kimball Augusta Frederick H. Kimball Courtland D. Barnes Vincent Astor Women’s City Club of New York

Lily gift to First Lady from Bermuda link

Virginia Lee of Bath Mississippi presented Easter lilies to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt at the White House in Washington. The Bermuda grown lilies were sent by Lady Hildyard of Bermuda, arranged through Miss Lee, daughter of Clifton Lee, with Betty Hopkins also present from the Commerce Department.

Washington, D. C Bath Virginia Lee Eleanor Roosevelt White House Betty Hopkins Bermuda New York Miss Lee Clifton Lee Washington Jessie A. Ramsay John H. Ramsay Bath High School Capital George Washington University

District Governor Visits Bath Rotary

District Governor Percy L. Vernon of Lewiston visited the Bath Rotary Club at its Hotel Sedgwick luncheon with three Lewiston-Auburn members. The program highlighted fellowship, club service, and rotary aims, with Bates College professor Ray Gould outlining finances and upcoming district events in Quebec and Cleveland.

Rotary Club Percy L. Vernon Lewiston Hotel Sedgwick Rotary Fred D. Hill Chester Plant Dominique Tardif Frank Vennett Dr. Berry Fred Cary Rotary Ams Lewiston-Auburn Phil Pottle Bath Bowdoin Gelan I. Veago Twin City Ray M. Gould Civics Bates College 193Rd Quebec Cleveland Vernon

Cosmopolitan Garden Club Plans May Breakfast

Cosmopolitan Garden club members held a May breakfast planning session with Miss Jane Murphy presiding. The event, May 1 from 6 to 9 am at the club house, will feature a special seating for business guests and a menu of juice cereal bacon eggs muffins and coffee. Proceeds fund nature courses tree planting and roadside beautification.

Cosmopolitan Garden Club Jane 8. Murphy Sumner Sewall Roscoe P. McFadden Herbert R. Lemont Garden Club Henry Biggins Bath Hogg Island Brunswick Road Elizabeth Deering

R H Houston plans wharf expansion after razing old mill

The R H Houston Construction Co with Portland ties razes the former Passmore Co mill on Commercial Street to gain a 110 foot wharf frontage and storage space expanding local operations. The project aims to accommodate large lighters and extend waterfront capacity.

R. H. Houston Construction Co Portland H. T. Passmore Co Commercial Street The Construction Corporation

Elks Charity Ball Floor Show Tonight at Columbian Hall

Miss Kathleen Harkins Morse high school accordionist and dancer will headline the Elks Charity Ball floor show on Monday May 1 at Columbian hall. The event raises funds for crippled children of Maine with eight to nine pm performances and dancing to the Fenton Brothers 14 piece band from Lewiston. Tickets via A Hallett Co or Elks members.

Bath Lodge of Elks Columbian Hall New State Armory Elks Maine Portland Kathleen Harkins Morse High School Harkins Mohiba Fenton Brothers Lewiston Myrna M. Avery Charlotte E. Cahill Miss Harkins Beverly Curran Madelyn Oliver Helen Gallagher Marion Getchell West Bath A. Hallett & Co Lombard Street

Edward Cooke Recovering After Recent Surgical Operation

Edward Cooke of Willow Street is satisfactorily recovering from a recent surgical operation.

Edward Cooke Willow Street Memorial Hospital

Thompson duo from New York visit Bath area relatives

Earl S Thompson of New York and his father George E. Thompson of Brunswick formerly Bath were in the city Saturday, calling on relatives and friends.

Earl S Thompson New York The American Water Works Association George E. Thompson Brunswick Bath City

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Robert Stevens Peartland Robert King Highland Street Discard Club Raymond Palmer Everett White Truman King Francis Norton Rodney Upham Palmer Clifford Smith Billy Bedford Street South Easton Mr. Smith William Smith Charles I. Madden Charles I. Madden, Jr Mechanic Street South Portland G. Clifford Madden Barbara John Wishart Oliver Street Wollaston Maynard Brown Marion Spinney Miss Spinney Florence Darling Ruby Talbot Misses Inn Virginia Rogers C. Vaughn Overman Waldoboro Charles R. Sims North Street Edward Gaudreau, Jr Dover N. H Gaudreau Edward Gaudreau John T. Parris Upper Mr. Gaudreau Louis Perry Quincy Arthur King Isobel King Edgett Street Lucy White Topsham Bruce H. M. White Brunswick Hospital Oak Grove Seminary Vassalboro Mary Baxter Earle R. Legard Robert Earle John Williams Hyde Windlass Co Dummer Street Lawrence Weston Donald Wishart Franklin Alvin Whittemore Ellen Ashenden Wakefield Leonard Wetherbee Arline Caddy Henry P. Caddy West Medford Simmons College Carl Troop Middle Street Abigail Carter Isabelle Carter Edward Carter Carter Langdon T. Snipe Garden Street Harold A. Burbank Hartford, Conn Frank H. Phillips Reading St. Petersburg Fla James T. Bonney Southport Esther Mikels Brookline Davids. Smith Agnes Lugdon Hyde Park Harry Y. Cressey George Cressey A. J. Orr Moncton N. B William S. Tait Beacon Street Orr James R. McNeil Pine Street Waltham George Beley Malden E. L. Maybe Florence Barnes Nathan A. Cushman John F. Skillings Harold Howe Ernest Howe Harvey Bates Richard Hughes Richard Mc-Crea Mary Richardson Eleanor Mc-Crea Buddy Lewis Donnell Edward Albert Arthur Berry Charles Shepard Arthur Bowker Robert Mc-Crea Edwin Howe Norman Howard Glenda Betty Howard Kenneth Howard Fred R. E. Dean Gainesville Thomas Arthur Sewall Jane S. Murphy Maine Senate Senate Fred Kittridge Richard Hastings Raphael McAvoy Theresa Ann Kittery McAvoy Mabel Shaw Shaw Joel Lilly Raymond H. Trott Providence, R. I Joseph M. Trott Carl C. Langbehn North End Knitting Club Perleston E. Pert Wilbur Crocker Donald Green Archie Wishart Maurice Shea Judith Ann William A. Boyce Academy Street American Mercury Reginald Wright Kaufman Sebasco League of Nations Theodore Watson Richard Westbrook Mary Perkins Central Telephone Office Barbara Grout Springfield Charles Avery Olney C. Perry Horace McClure Perry Thompson Ralph Gay Mr. Perry Shirley Mank Ada Anderson Leo Pratt Biddeford Pratt Swift & Co Cobb Road John Huskins Winship Street Brockton Goddard Hospital Capt. Huskins Craigsmere Tracey Line Marine Hospital Chelsea Huskins Lincoln Monahan Lowell, Mass Roger Pierce Raymond Hart Park Street Mrs. Pierce Sherman Clark Frank G. Reed Saco Howard P. Hill Donald Hill Lewis Young, Jr Lewis Young Barbara Preney Katherine Pert Dawn Avery Barbara Madden Janice Conley Aileen James Gloria Young Dorothy Holmes Carolyn St. Martin Janice Hogan Edward van Buren Joseph Araba Raymond Ayer Bertram Smith Joseph Hibbs Joseph Saint John Hayward Edithe G. Small Edwin M. Fuller, Jr John M. Britt James Jenkins Albert F. Austin, Jr Wiscasset William D. Simpson Charlotte O’brien Charlotte Ellen Mr. Simpson Mrs. Simpson Philip O'Hara Columbia Wichita Annie King Baypath Institute Exgett Street Herbert Jones Roy Squantum Albert Reed Fred Abbott Wayne Bristol Carrie Whittier Ladies Aid of Wesley Church Russell Street Ernest Heywood Calais William FE. Fraser Chestnut Street Maine General Hospital Barbara Fisher M. F. Brown Boston Herbert T. Caverly Lardine Ann Herbert, Jr Caverly Edward W. Vaughan Corliss Street Dr. Caverly Orrin Caverly Estelle McCabe Orphans Home South Street Alice Mulligan Elmer MacFarland Ethel Blodgett Berlin Harry L. Horne Pearl Street Georgetown Ida K. Harjula Thomaston Eino Partanen Monson Harjula William H. Daley Donald S. Sewall Boothbay Harbor Frank Martin U. of M Cedric Martin Ralph O. Dale, Jr Ralph O. Dale Martha Cahill William F. Plummer, Jr Eastham Guild, Jr Newton, Mass Cora Mae Hanna Thomas J. Hanna Five Islands Harris T. Rodick Elsinore Avenue Arline Perkins Popham Beach Mrs. Herbert Spinney Eugene W. Osgood Fort Popham Light Station Fred Osgood B’nai Brith Lodge Mrs. Roosevelt Rotary Anns Cosmo Garden Club Esquire Stephen M. Ethier Gilbert Head Harry Salpeter Ethier Carroll Rockwell Kent Hergesheimer New State Armory Ofland Smith Post, A. L William Zorach Marguerite Lewis Ken Magazine Mr. Zorach Robinhood Sail Loft Independent Masonic Temple William F. Ham Kennebec Bartlett O. Smith Ivan Murphy Sebasco Estates Lincoln Center Streets Lincoln Street Joseph A. Butler Thomas E. Artis Harry W. Lemont Bath Iron Works Corp Shell Co Lee Ases Josef Dunner B'nai Brith United Jewish Appeal For Refugees Joint Distribution Committee of First Baptist Church Helen Sims Overman Nobleboro Baptist Church Harold Chandler
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