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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 28, 1938

Page

3

Hotel Sedgwick Opens Modern Restaurant With Show

Hotel Sedgwick formally opened a new two hundred seat restaurant in its basement annex with a turkey dinner and floor show by Portland Three Arts Studio. Main policy sets popular priced meals 7 am to 1 am daily with Friday orchestra. space allows dancing and banquet use. notable furnishings include oak floor, indirect lighting, and adjoining cocktail lounge.

Sedgwick Three Arts Studio of Portland Harvid E. Footer John Grindell Grindell Walter Ey Reginald Stacy Ernie George Vincent Henderson Frank A. Vennett Bath

Winter Street Auxiliary elects officers and fixes meeting date

The Winter Street Auxiliary of the Winter Street church met in the Ladies parlor with 22 members. Mrs. Arthur S. Crockett presided in Miss Janette Smith’s absence. The group voted to hold the annual meeting on May 10 preceded by a covered dish supper. A nominating committee was named: Miss Catherine Leonard, Mrs. Robert P. Manson, Mrs. Charles Walsh. Hostesses for the evening included Mrs. Charles Walsh, Mrs. Ernest Freemain, Mrs. Edgar D. Leavitt, Mrs. David Alkazin, Mrs. Russell Colby and Mrs. Howell Smith.

Winter Street Arthur S. Crockett Janette Smith Catherine Leonard Robert P. Manson Charles Walsh Ernest Freemain Edgar D. Leavitt David Alkazin Russell Colby Howell Smith

Junior Prom Honors at Morse High Gymnasium

The junior prom Friday in the Morse High gym featured Edward Hamblett class president and many couples including Mr and Mrs Earl L Ryan and Lieut Com Roger F McCall. Decorations were by Henry D Small and underclass helpers with P M Olm donating tulips. About $40 was netted.

Morse High Edward Hamblett Earl L. Ryan Henry W. Owen Edward B. Hamblett Marius H. Page Roger F. McCall Cecilie Veilleux David Y. Alkazin Henry D. Small P. M. Olm

Corliss Street Men's Club hears travel talk on Labrador

Corliss Street Men's club heard Charles Sewall discuss his Labrador souvenirs from a recent trip. Raymond Cummings led the opening hymn with a prayer by Rev. Frederick P. Moffatt. Over 50 members attended as Harold S. Walker and Robert C. Mitchell served refreshments.

Charles Sewall Wiscasset Academy Corliss Street Men’s Club Labrador Raymond Cummings Frederick P. Moffatt Harold S. Walker Robert C. Mitchell

Wiscasset Woman's Club Dinner and Installations

Forty three members and guests attended the annual dinner in the Library building. The evening featured a program of music by Marjorie Bailey Pinkard and Betty Sortwell, speeches by Mrs Maude Clark Gay and Mrs Esther Averill, and the installation of officers led by Mrs Gertrude Myer. A marriage was announced for Miss Helen Keirstead and Cyril R Grant.

Wiscasset Woman's Club High Street Elizabeth Webb Laura Evans Verne Bimson Gertrude Myer Nellie P. Munsey Clara Elliot Maude Clark Gay Waldoboro Esther Averill Worcester Helen Tufts Paris Evelyn Hodgdon New York Vivian Dunn Newcastle Hermina Coxe Jane Murphy Bath Vivian Moulton Day's Ferry Howard Worden Grace Cowley Dorothy Fischer Carrie McKenney Antoinette Plumstead Mary Hobson Nellie Dowling Ruth Haggett Edna Southard Frances Plumstead Fannie Ingalls Irene Ingalls Louise Malcolm Marjorie Pinkard Inez Rothwell Ethel Bailey Frances Harding Helen Keirstead Alvin W. Keirstead Wiscasset Cyril R. Grant Boston Emmanuel Chapel St. Luke's Cathedral Portland Benjamin Brewster Herman Lloyd Noyes Saco Eastland Hotel Oly Grant Connecticut

Central League Elects Officers At Annual Meeting

At the Central Church league annual meeting Mrs Francis Hill was chosen president with Mrs Harold S Avery as vice president and Mrs Albert S Noyes secretary. Miss Flora Bacon will handle the flower fund. Thirty five members attended the supper and business session presided by Mrs Arthur W King.

Central Church League Francis Hill Harold S. Avery Albert S. Noyes Bowen Torrey Flora Bacon William H. Small Martha A. Foote Belle W. Welch Arthur W. King Joan M. Harrison King Small Leonard M. Lord Welch

West Bath Red Cross meeting items and social notes

West Bath Red Cross met in the grange hall on Tuesday. Members tacked two comforters and sewed patchwork and boys clothing. The May 10 dinner committee includes Hamblett Wilband McGlinchy and Henderson. The column lists residents visiting, returning, and traveling between Bath Uxbridge Waterboro and other towns with several deaths noted and travels to Winthrop Boston and Ontario locations.

West Bath The Red Cross Grange Hall Harry Peterson Melvin Comeau Charles B. Doyle A. B. Snow E. W. Haggett F. W. Larrabee J. E. Mayo Lincoln Williams L. D. Rogers Bath William H. White Charles 2d Margaret K. McGlinchy George Emero E. W. Hamblett Clifford Wilband Lulu Herbert Charles Henderson Fred Kittredge Harry Wallace East Brunswick Audrey William H. Powers Joseph B. Day Herbert Cavanaugh North Bath David Henderson Owen Rogers Woolwich Morton Baker Hamblett Wilband McGlinchy

Henderson Deering Henderson Wedding in Portsmouth N H

Mr and Mrs Arthur A Gilley announce the marriage of their daughter Bernice C Deering to Frederick A Henderson on July 24 1937 in Portsmouth New Hampshire The groom is a machinist at Bath Iron Works and member of Sagadahoc Rod Gun Skeet Association The bride is active in Club Garret and they will reside at 16 Andrews Road

Arthur A. Gilley Court Street Bernice C. Deering Maurice R. Deering Frederick A. Henderson Charles T. Henderson High Street Portsmouth N. H Henderson Bath Iron Works Corp Sagadahoc Rod, Gun & Skeet Association, Inc Garret Andrews Road

Mrs Clancy Returns Home After Hospital Stay

Mrs Edward Clancy of 16 Granite Street returned home from St Mary's hospital Lewiston where she had been with her husband since last week. Mr Clancy submitted to operations on both legs Thursday morning after he was seriously injured January 15 in an automobile accident on the Lewiston highway.

Robert Pierre Robert University of Maine W. P. Robert Robert Bath Road Leota Merry Bernita Dresden Mills Leon Flood Dickie Gardiner Fort Ethan Alien Vermont Bailey Raymond Sherman Fort Hill Street Water Street Publi Garrison Hill Order of the Eastern Star Anne Miete Fannie Stone Stella Doe Selina Verney Robert Applin United States Naval Training Station Newport R. I Santiago California Ruth Jackson Daugh- Middle Street Bath Memorial Hospital Frank H. Gray Maine Central Wis- CasSet Edward Clancy Granite Street St. Mary’s Hospital Lewiston Clancy

Ladies Night At West Bath Grange Ends With Mock Wedding

West Bath Grange hosted a ladies night with 117 attendees including 23 visitors. Women filled chairs, led a variety program, awarded Silver Star certificates to Marjorie Cavanaugh and Lily Donnell, discussed career options for the young, and closed with a mock wedding featuring an all female cast and reception.

West Bath Grange Charlotte Doyle Annie Lemont Ida Sandelin Grace Waterman Barbara B. Freeman Nellie Booker Esther Andrews Ethel MacDonald Iva Comeau Marjorie Cavanaugh Ceres Beatrice Millett Pomona Bernice Achorn Flora Annie Henderson Brothers Lizzie Haggett Beatrice Leavitt Bernice Sturtevant Margaret Walsh Bertha Henderson Mary Arck Stone Edgar Guest Joanna Hodgkins Lily Donnell State Grange Charles B. Doyle Herbert Simpson James B. Lemont David Henderson Justus H. Miller Harry E. Peterson Bessie Snow Mercie McFadden Frances Clark

Tuesday Bowlers Banquet Honors Redlon Champions

The first annual Tuesday Night Bowling league banquet drew 16 attendees at Hotel Sedgwick with steak or chicken. The O M Redlon quintet received a three year cup, presented by Lloyd L Steeves, with captain Arthur L Plant accepting for the winning team.

Hotel Sedgwick O. M. Redlon O. M. Redson Lloyd L. Steeves Chester A. Plant Steeves Chevrolet Arthur L. Plant

Plan Alumni Banquet for Graduation Week

Bath High School alumni executive committee met at Mrs. Warren Hawley’s home to discuss plans for the annual banquet during graduation week and to approve contributing to a new amplifying system at Morse High School. Attendees included Alexander Burden, Elmer Norton, Mrs. Voorhees, Mrs. Hill, and Mrs. Hawley. Mr and Mrs Alex St Pierre and sons Dickie and Donald returned after visiting Brunswick, ill with rheumatic fever.

Alumni Association the Bath High School Warren F. Hawley Morse High School Alexander Burden Elmer Norton W. S. Voorhees Secretar Alex T. St. Pierre Dickie Donald Mr. St. Pierre Charles St. Pierre Brunswick

Woolwich May 1 Service and Local Church News

Woolwich and nearby towns fill May 1 with church events and civic notices. Bowdoin Christian Association hosts a program at Nequasset Church with student readers and a Baffin Island talk, followed by morning worship at Day’s Ferry and North Woolwich. The Woolwich Union for Christian Service meets May 2 with a public supper in the vestry. Other items include parish notes, member visits, and upcoming church activities and volunteer efforts around the community.

Nequasset Congregational Church Bowdoin Christian Association Baffin Island MacMillan Norman Dupee Waban Mass Louis Bruemmer West Newton Woolwich Union For Christian Service Day's Ferry North Woolwich Nequasset Church Avis A. Carter Rae Rita Goss Augusta C. E. Bousfield Northeast Harbor Woolwich Center Baptist Montsweag Alton Berry Marion Berry Richard Hunnewell Bowdeinham Association Anna Soule John Carter George Farnham Wellesley Alec St.Pierre Brunswick Edward V. Reed Noble Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge Paris Clifton Gainsley James Thorpe Southboro Guy Bussey Sanford Frank J. Walker Capitol Island Alec Robertson Manchester By the Sea Kennebec Frank Farnham The Pioneers New England Tel. & Tel Co Woolwich P. T. A Sagadahoc Ferry Clara Hawthorne New Bedford Annie Grace MacKowan Annie MacKowan E. A. Dolloff Arthur Pinette Boston Ralph Reynolds Leah Strout Milton Percy D. Marston Woolwich Bath Memorial Hospital Greta Sanders R. N Marston Helping Hand League of Woolwich Farm Bureau Ada McConnell Grange Hall Hortense Welch

Montsweag Notes Social Guests At Local Homes

Mr and Mrs Leon Eaton and daughter Phyllis who works in Augusta were guests of Mrs Harold Shaw and Mrs George Shaw. Also visiting were Mr and Mrs Leonard Lord and son Lawrence, Mrs Paul Gilmore, Mrs Harry Watson and son Nathan.

Leon Eaton Phyllis Augusta Leonard Lord Lawrence Paul Gilmore Harry Watson Nathan Harold Shaw George Shaw

Woolwich Book Club Explores Rural America and Church Role

Woolwich Book Club met Thursday with Mrs. Percy Bailey to discuss Rural America's Problems and the Church. Mrs. Beltran Crocker and Mrs. Wilson Wright led readings from Dawber Morse White Lowrey Palmer Mathews and Cubberley, plus fiction, outlining rural changes, education needs, medical services, and social organizations. Fourteen members and two guests attended, with a tea planned for May 19 at Mrs. Wilson Wright's home.

Woolwich Book Club Percy Bailey America Beltran Crocker Wilson Wright Mark Dawber Herman Morse Edwin White Edith Lowrey Albert Palmer Basil Mathews Cubberley Crocker Melvin Howe Charles Haley John Bown Carlton Reed Mary Dodge Farm Bureau Wright

Amateur Night At Woolwich Grange Aces Top Prizes

Woolwich Grange hosted amateur night drawing a large crowd last Wednesday. Hubert McCarty won first prize of 3 dollars for acrobatics, Dorothy Thompson took second with 2 dollars for tap, and the Hill Billies earned 1 dollar for third. Refreshments followed the program featuring music, solos, dances, and acts by local students and groups.

Woolwich Grange Hubert McCarty Dorothy Thompson Hill Billies Grange Orchestra Aline Leeman Ned McGuiggan Pleasant View School Murphy's Corner Jessie Spaulding Anna May Berry Kenneth Swasey Hollis Bailey James Dudley Clarence Morrison Freeman Dudley Chester Grover June Dunton Dolly Grover Walter Dudley Esther Grover John Bailey Merton Bruce Fred Brown Donald Bailey Helen Franklyngham Ruth Shellenbarger Little Old Lady Florence Smith Elinor Sutter South School Wiscasset Leola Weeks Leele Grover Albert Erskine Marcele Erskine Bernard Grover Eva Gorham Evelyn Gorham Donald Brookings Duct Margery Grover Glenda Wright the Hill Billies

Nazarene minister heads to New England Assembly in Malden

Rev. E. T. French of the Church of the Nazarene leaves Monday for the New England District Assembly in Malden Massachusetts. En route he plans to visit his son Irwin French a Babson Institute student in Wellesley Hills and will return to Bath early next week.

E. T. French Church of the Nazarene New England

Also Mentioned on This Page

Three Arts Studio Louise Nelson Barbara Murray Aldana Fuller Patricia Peabbles Anna Mena Mary Amabile Richard Finney Miss Fuller Miss Peabbles Amabile Miss Nelson Mr. Finney Helen Desmond Soule Corliss Street Men's Club Edgecomb Scott Somes William Cochran Organ Society Vestry Viola Adams Sophia Preble Edith Hutchins Harriet Frye Maine General Hospital Charles Cowley Donald Petrie Book Club George Bemis Federal Street Bernard Bailey Florida Miami New Orleans John Palmer Addie Merry Simon D. Crosby Adella Walsh Rockland Harvey R. Pease Josephine Merry Donald Leavitt Merrill M. Smith Damariscotta R. E. Maass, Jr Arrowsic Maass the Ledges John Blagdon Alice Quinnam M. A Good Horatio Shea Donald Shea Huntoon Hill Grange Vincent Spear Spear William Rines Clarence Cowley Harry Quinnam S. S. Quinnam Barbara Lee Quinnam Foster Perkins Stanley Soames Stoneham Llewelyn Rogers Wilbur Lowell Hodge Street Georgia Gove Bertha Beane Colonial Everett Cromwell Miss Cromwell Five Islands Donald Kenney Addie Moulton R. Cleveland Coxe A. J. Myer F. M. Hammond Harry D. Mosher Lewis Spicer Lowell Central League Carlton Andrews Charles Andrews Howard Phoenix Uxbridge Waterboro Barbara Eleanor King Richmond Jesse Tarr Erlon Umberhind Chester G. King J. C. Willard East Braintree Stella King Caroline Harrison Chatsworth Ontario Richard Young George Bobby Natick Robert R. Coombs Ernest Williams Stanley Dwight Hale Winthrop W. J. Bonney Elsie B. Chapman James Gallacher Chapman Elsie Adams Percy Low Fred Thompson Birch Point Paul Olm M. Gordon Egbert Oak Park Illinois I. B. Neiley Florence Edmund Wilson Hannah Allen Pejepscot Courtney E. Stover Charlotte Colby Alfred Cargill Cooper's Mills James Brann Pare Jack Lisbon Falls Charles Nelson Rosedale Ibur Hendrickson Valley Stream Long Island N. Y Henry Daron Irwin Larrabee's Grove Phyllis Mank Lannes Fuller Dorothy Waterman Martha Hamblett Audrey Ramey West Somerville Trafton Swain York Joseph W. Larrabee Topsham Walter Larrabee Marguerite Donnell Wollaston Clarence Whitlam Priscilla Carolyn Ernest Heywood Thomas F. Baxter Quaker Point Charles H. Bates North End Old North Church Paul Revere House Faneuil Hall Deering Redlon Frank Pepper Park Memorial Hospital League Pepper Albert Thayer Herbert McCabe Ralph Philbrick Leslie W. Piant PLAN Montsweag Church Fred Soule Edward Clarence Plummer OF Bath Henry W. Owen, Jr the Times Co Front Street Telephone Bath
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