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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1936

Page

4

West Bath Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits and Gatherings

Mrs Velma Patterson and children from Portland visited West Bath for a week with Mrs Sophia Getchell. Beverly Curran and the Patterson children attended Marion Getchells birthday. Local Republicans at Hotel Sedgwick luncheon featured Loring Small and Edwin Haggett. A Topsham rally drew Haggett Larrabee Harry Rich and Odie Rich supervised by Small. Visitors from Arlington Mass including Emil Ringbergh and daughter Virginia stayed at Larrabee grove. Emma Cox visited Bath with the Luce and Skolfield families and Vida Skolfield of Hartford. Jennie M Larrabee of Portland weekended with W H Larrabee family.

Velma Patterson Portland Sophia Getchell West Bath Beverly Curran Bath Virginia Elizabeth Jean Patterson Donald Douglas Patterson Marion Getchell Hotel Sedgwick Loring D. Small Edwin W. Haggett Haggett Joseph W. Larrabee Harry Rich Odie Rich Topsham Emil Ringbergh Arlington Mass Larrabee's Grove Emma Cox Herbert B. Luce High Street Thomas Skolfield Skolfield Vida Hartford

Everett papers note various cottage visits and guests

Mrs Rexford Clarke returns to Everett after a visit with Mrs Luella Noyes at the Noyes cottage. Quincey couple C B Ferris and wife come home after two weeks at a Delmar Bates bungalow. Several families and guests are listed at Sabine and Lloyd Hooker cottages with outings including a weenie roast at the hall for the association and friends.

Rexford Clarke Everett Mass Luella Noyes Noyes Cottage C. B. Ferris Quincy Delmar Bates Cottage Edward W. Haggett Arthur Charles Harold Haggett Charles Haggett Lemont Cottage Anderson and Son Beachmont Aitken Ray Perry Hyde Park Roy Perry Belmont Walter Gilpin Sabine Kelley Lynn Lloyd Hooker Samuel Bates Eleanor Portland George Bailey South Portland Fred Duren Patricia Richmond Duren Henry Henderson Winthrop Harold Bates Warren Rouse Trenton N. J Charles Bates Jean Bates Bates Leslie Mayo Winterport Edwin C. Upton Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson N. Y

Engagement of Bath Young People Announces

The engagement of Miss Iva Hagan to Melvin Comeau was announced at a Brunswick Road party hosted by Mrs. Charles Doyle. Guests passed heart shaped cards signaling the engagement, with prizes awarded for card tables and refreshments later served. Miss Hagan, Morse High School 1926 graduate, studied art in Portland. Mr. Comeau, Morse Class of 1924, works as a machinist at Hyde Windlass Co.

Iva Hagan Melvin Comeau Miss Hagan Charles Doyle Brunswick Road Mr. Comeau Gladys Comeau Everett Quinlan Brunswick Morse High School Portland Harry E. Peterson East Brunswick Comeau Estelle Comeau Spring Street Hyde Windlass Co Quinlan Edgar Leavitt Bernice Carr John Sanborn Elsie Crocker Wilbur Hagan Edward Ford Kathaleen Leonard Vaughan Smiley Philadelphia

Bath Country Club to Host Pro Amateur Tourney

Bath's Country Club prepares for the weekly pro amateur tourney drawing a large field from Bath and Shipping City. Prizes include low professional score and a potential cash award for breaking the course record of 69 set by Royce Abbott, an area high school star. The record stood last year at 70 before the pros challenged it.

Bath Royce Abbott Edward

New Device Proposed to Tag Maine Lobsters for Trade Mark

A New York survey shows most New York market lobsters come from Canadian waters though sold as Maine product. Sturges Dorrance proposes a patent trade mark device using enlarged wooden plugs with lithographed metal coverings to identify origin from Maine New Brunswick or Nova Scotia and aid consumers. Maine Development Commission backs the effort.

New York City America Maine New Hampshire American New Brunswick Nova Scotia New York Canadian California Florida Idaho Hawaii Sturges Dorrance Dorrance Sullivan & Co Maine Development Commission

Walter A Murtaugh Addresses Bath Rotarians

Walter A Murtaugh of Western Electric in New York City spoke at the Bath Rotary Club weekly luncheon. He recalled Bath roller polo days in the 1890s, noted players, and the absence of drinking, ending with a recitation of an office boy’s version of Hamlet.

Hotel Sedgwick Bath Rotary Club Winchenbach North End Walter A. Murtaugh Western Electric Co New York City Bath Harry H. Donnell Billy Leyden Nick McGilivary the Mooneys Walter Elwood Toothaker Warren E. Kershner Rotary Edwin D. Hardin Massena N. Y Ernest W. Blodie Meriden, Conn Carl Mountier Charlevov, Pa

Montsweag Woolwich Churches Schedule Week

Church services and activities listed for Montsweag and Woolwich Center including morning worship at 10 30, church school times, youth meetings, and a weenie roast. Auxiliary groups plan all day meetings and visiting. several residents’ movements and health and social notices wrap the community calendar.

Community Events Highlight Woolwich Congregational Activities

Thirty one youths visited Rev Willard Rand at Day s Ferry for games and a discussion with mountain trip movie screenings. Outdoor worship drew over 100 despite rain in Nequasset Grove with performers including Thelma Klett and David Cash. Church Council met at Nequasset Methodist. Daily Vacation Bible School ends Thursday. A parish program in Sebenon hall Sunday night depicts school activities. Padre Sahib film planned Aug 12 at Nequasset Congregational. An all parish picnic Aug 14 in Nequasset Grove is planned with rain date. Ellsworth men recently caught a swordfish eight feet long and 800 pounds.

Willard Rand Day’s Ferry Nequasset Grove Thelma Klett Merrymeeting Camp Ave Marie David Cash Jesus Harold Metzner Lloyd Doty Arrowsic Ernest Heywood Bath Henry Weston Montsweag J. W. Reed Nequasset Methodist Church Sebenon Hall Nequasset Congregational Church Woolwich

Farm land values back in line with commodity prices

The National Association of Manufacturers Agricultural Cooperation committee finds farm land values align with commodity prices after a period of speculation. The bulletin notes higher living standards, new uses for products, and scientific advances boost demand while erosion and soil exhaustion do not threaten major losses.

National Association of Manufacturers’ Committee On Agricultural Cooperation Committee of Industrialists Lewis H. Brown Johns- Manville Corporation Congress of American Industry The Bulletin Nature United States Lewis Brown

Egg Prices Forecast Upswing As Summer Nears

Economists from the Maine Extension Service predict egg prices will rise above 1935 levels by summer end due to seasonal factors. Feed costs have surged on drought, while poultry prices may dip if drought worsens. Domestic markets show higher receipts but lower storage stocks, with broad evidence of economic improvement in June and early July including strong auto sales and freight activity.

R. N. Atherton Maine Extension Service Atherton Bureau of Agricultural Economics

Republican women entertain after Sedgwick Hotel talk

Mrs. Arthur Sewall and Sagadahoc county Republicans hosted at a Stone House Monday afternoon. Guests included Mrs. Wallace H. White Jr, Mrs. Lewis O. Barrows, Mrs. James C. Oliver, and Miss Marion Martin after a Sedgwick Hotel speaking event and before a Topsham grange rally that night.

Arthur Sewall Sagadahoc County Republican State Committee Stone House Wallace H. White, Jr Lewis O. Barrows James C. Oliver Marion Martin Sedgwick Hotel Topsham Grange

Winnegance Vacation School Set For August

Miss Barbara Allard of Mechanic Falls visits July with her parents and will stay with grandparents in Winnegance in August. Winnegance Church Vacation School will run two weeks starting August 10 in the vestry led by Mrs. Harry Oliver and Mrs. Thatcher Pinkham. Pupils should register with Mrs. Pinkham.

Barbara Allard Mechanic Falls Elmer Allard South Harpswell Samuel McElroy Winnegance Winnegance Church Harry Oliver Thatcher Pinkham

Salvation Army drive nears goal amid late donations

The Salvation Army reports 2100.82 dollars raised of a 63000 goal after Way day totals added 121.31. Post office staff John Hancock Life Insurance employees and Bath Iron Works promise further contributions, with many local names listed among recent contributors.

Salvation Army Post Office John Hancock Life Insurance Co L. Eugene Thebeau Bath Iron Works Corporation Tripp John P. Carey I. A. Trueworthy J. Sampson Bath Fuel Co Harry T. Passmore A. D. Stetson &Son A. McAllister J. S. Rideout W. B. Blanchard Povich Edwin Powers J. Lemont Elizabeth G. Gould J. I. Smith M. D. J. Houghton McLellan Davenport Fund George Willis A. Ellers John Dupont William Manson Edward W. Bridgham Charles C. Low A. Rollins Rodney E. Ross Sarah J. Hitchcock Mary Hobson Helena Bell Charlotte I. Meeker John McInnes Postoffice Employes Read Nichols Co Frederick Edney

Miss Jane Murphy Attends University of Hawaii Session

Miss Jane Murphy of Bath is among 1160 students at the University of Hawaii Summer session in Honolulu. She stays at the Niumalu hotel as six states and one foreign country are represented in the student body. The Seminar Conference on Education in Pacific Countries runs July 2 to August 7 with attendees from 18 Pacific countries.

University of Hawaii Jane Murphy Bath Murphy Niumalu Honolulu Hawaiian Islands Canada the Orient England Graduate School of Tropical Agriculture and Oriental Institute

Funeral Services for Mrs. Sadie A. Lakin

The funeral will be held Wednesday at 2 30 P M at Arthur F Mayo Funeral Residence Bath for Sadie A Lakin widow of Albert Lakin who died Sunday in New York City Born in Bath in 1877 she lived here years and worked seven years as a seamstress at the State Military and Naval Children's home Survived by daughter one sister one stepson and a cousin Rev Charles R Sims of the First Baptist Church will conduct the services Also notes a prairie schooner gift and its date of 1811 connected to William Gladman from Baltimore to Deersville Ohio.

Wiscasset Main Street Village Improvement Society Maine White Elephant Club Frank E. Quinnam Biscay Pond Raymond E. Farmer A&p Farnham House Federal Street Farmer Lawrence H. Marston Malden Mass Roy R. Marston Lindon Robinson Bath Wood Greenleaf Lisbon Falls Sweet Pennsylvania Forest Preble Albert Galloupe Hallowell Stanley W. Dodge Damariscotta Pond Blanche Plumstead Camp Sargent Nashua N. H Frances Creamer Frank A. Creamer Washington Street Detroit Boston Helen Keirstead Alvin W. Keirstead Joseph P. Tucker Josephine Varney Rockland Ruth Sewall Charles B. Sewall Bowdoinham Frank H. Hutchins Russell Waters Waterville Maine Beautiful Camps Bath Road Harold Perkins Mr. Perkins Niagara Falls Perkins Billy Jackie New York Royce Quinnam Doris Quinnam Samuel S. Quinnam Gardiner Road Josephine Plumstead Portland Birch Point John W. Myer Mr. Myer A. G. Myer Payson Rex Webber Rutland Webber M. C. Webber James McCarthy Mildred Eugene McCarthy Lois Ann Christine McCarthy M. A. Plumstead Timothy Timmerman Miami Okla Neil H. McIntyre Marion Lownes Alex Cunningham Gov. Smith High Street George P. Hobson Squirrel Island Mary Hobson George Bemis Andrea Getchell Moatsweag Food Products Cannery Allen Berry Carroll T. Berry Berry Anna Sibley Brookline Elm Lodge Friendship Grace Lucy Hildreth Beverley Grace L. Knight Charles M. Legrow Guy L. Vannah New England School of Theology Congregational Parsonage Summer Street L. J. Boynton Augusta Johnson Harland Johnson Clinton Ethelyn Bickford Smith’s Corner George Dill Auburn Knight Home Wilbur F. Merrill F. D. Southard Southard Hooper Street C. A. Richards Granville Moulton William Clisby Earl Rines Rail Hill Frank Houdlette Smith Field St. Philip’s Church Milford Griffin Henry Dyer Roy Dow Herbert Pushard Ralph Wakefield Alvin Keirstead A. F. Sortwell Horace Day Verne Farnham Alfred Higgins Julia Lewis Harry Quinnam Frank Haggett A. J. Myer A. H. Lennox Leland Bryant William Gove Virginia May Orne Everett C. Orne Boothbay Harold Walter Leavitt Walter C. Leavitt Plinette Allen Baptist Church Parsonage Masonic Hall Garrison Hill Louise Blagdon Lettie D. Hubbard Order Nellie Blagdon Antoinette Plumstead Rose Trask Annie Webber Bradford C. Redennett, Jr Washington, D. C Bradford C. Redennett Hodge Street Eames Wiscasset Inn Good Turn Studios New York City Josephine Merry Gardiner Lee Merry Donald W. Leavitt Edna Jones Edith Robinson Laura Pearl Ladner Carlisle Macurda State Street Congregational Church Henry Bradley Macurda South Montsweag Woolwich Center Sarah Bagley Wright Henry E. Weston Glennys Mank Helene Leavitt Duncan McIntosh Lexington Agnes McIntosh John C. Gilmore Harold Laura Hall John Reed Capital Island George M. Carlton Nequasset Camden Victor Gott Brunswick Eugenie Hunnewell Josiah L. Walker Roslindale Frank L. Decker Philadelphia Ruth Hume Richard Robert Decker Mable Thwing North Woolwich Earl Gainsley Cambridge George Gainsley Fred Carlton Florence Carlton Charles Henderson Melvin Herbert Pierce Ssaphene Dolloff Elster Dolloff Harvard Miss Dolloff Bates College Hotel Sedgwick Women's Republican Club Sagadahoc County Tudor Gardiner Emma Head Olive Corliss John G. Reed Georgie Walker Charles Crosby Frank R. Bailey James McFarland Harold G. Hall Harold, Jr A. W. Hall Men's Forum Henry Dubar Good Will Club Katy Bell Lynn J. H. Whittum Flushing L. I Day's Ferry Louise Sidelinger Sadie A. Lakin Albert Lakin Arthur F. Mayo Lakin Edward Ellen (Sampson) Winslow State Military and Naval Children's Home R. C. Jones

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Cyprian H. Bryant A. Meredyth Lewis Lee Lewis Newport Ralph A. Smith C. R. Smith Exeter Bryant Prank Houdlette Lewis Worcester House White Mountains Ralph Smith Keith Smith Elizabeth Smith Blake Smith John McKeon Clinton Condon Donald Couster Margaret Wahlund Bloomfield Walter Dow Ira Redonnett B. C. Redonnett Herbert Lewis Sanford G. Lewis Providence R. I Charles L. Macurda Carlisle Moore Harbor Paul Macurda Newtonville Grace Hatch Quebec Sabino Bath Country Club Edgar Beaudoin Norway Village Mill Pond Ord‘way John Wood Pike Hill Road Lake Road Thad B. Tobey Clifton Thomas H. Bird Paul Moore Moore Bath Street Arthur W. Brown Montreal Woolwich Church News Ellsworth Manufacturers’ Committee Salvation Army Drive Sadie Lakin Barre Vermont Kinsman & Mills, Inc
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