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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Aug 10, 1933

Page

2

Wiscasset Hosts Rural Letter Carriers Convention Work

At the 29th Maine Rural Letter Carriers convention held in Red Men’s hall, officers were elected with Charles A. Carter of Saco re-elected president and Mrs. Carter as auxiliary president. Dover-Foxcroft named 1934 convention town. Des Moines banner planned for national display. Speakers included WC Armstrong and Edward Moran among others. 159 attended Friday banquet.

Maine Rural Letter Carriers’ Association Red Men's Hall Charles A. Carter Saco Carter Auxilary Gilbert E. Ellis Stockton Springs E. A Worcester Jonesport H. M. Lawrence North Vsemouth Qirter Ellis E. R. Milliken West Baldwin Nellie Downs Dixmont Secreary EF. A. Worcester Harold Fitz Kendyskeap Dover-Foxcroft Des Moines WC Armstrong Niles Mich National Association

WISCASSET 25 YEARS AGO LISTS LOCAL VISITORS

Wiscasset notes from August 8 1908 record visitors and residents in town. George E Crowley from North Leeds Col Orrin McFadden Cedar Grove E H Winslow Damariscotta Mrs Richard Coffin and wife leaving for Boston Ed Stinson visiting from Springfield Clarence Cowley Augusta work Joshua Hilton Watertown J mass J W Walker piano tuner Fred Marsh Somerville Annie Hanson Beverley Barbara Andrews Chicago George Poole Everett camping Charles A Walker Attleboro Verna Josslyn Portland among those listed.

George E. Crowley North Leeds Orrin McFadden Cedar Grove E. H. Winslow Richard Coffin Boston Ed. Stinson Springfield Mass Clarence Cowley Augusta Leland L. Wallace Joshua Hilton Watertown J. W. Walker Fred Marsh Somerville Annie Hanson Beverley Will Bourdin Followsbee Barbara Andrews Chicago George Poole Everett Charles A. Walker Attleboro C. H. Walker Verna Josslyn Portland

MacMahan Colony Summers On Island Traditions

MacMahan cottagers enjoy Maine coastal summer with cool nights and open fireplaces. Nine families represent a third generation at Treasure Island. Miss Elizabeth Given hosted over 50 guests at the Lodge last Sunday, praised for MacMahan activities led by W. Clinton Allen.

Maine Coast MacMahan Florida Pennsylvania Massachusetts Treasure Island Elizabeth Given W. Clinton Allen

Island notes and summer guests at MacMahan 1894

Silas Rines enjoys a two week vacation while Grace Hilton and many visitors arrive in town. The piece catalogs dozens of summer residents and guests at Robins Hood Cottage to MacMahan Island including Tafts, Rogers, Nealley, Lee, Bates, Little, and Gifford families among others with social events, forestry day, and ongoing resort activities at the Bath Country Club and Boothbay Harbor Links.

West Bath Vacation Notes From Birch Point And Sabino

West Bath residents report summer stays and visits at Birch Point Sabino and surrounding cottages. People from Weymouth Natick Everett and Northampton join extended family gatherings and routine activities in Bath during a busy shore season.

Nequasset Farm Bureau Holds Posture and Grooming Meeting

Nequasset Farm Bureau met at the Woolwich home of Mrs. John W. Brown for an instructive session on posture and grooming with over 20 attendees. Speakers Miss Helen Spaulding of Orono and Miss Hortense Welch of Auburn shared tips as plans formed for future sessions and a hairdressing training class in Auburn on August 7.

Nequasset Farm Bureau Woolwich John W. Brown Helen Spaulding Orono Hortense Welch Auburn Twin County Brown Charles R. Farnham Bath Carrie D. Wing Costello P. Hall Loring K. Soule Edwin L. Holbrook Nequasset Maurice T. Hathorne Farnham Holbrook Frank R. Bailey James A. Colby Percy D. Marston John C. Gilmore Jordan C. Wright

Good Times in Bath Twin Destroyer Contracts Bring Jobs

The Kennebec area sees two destroyer contracts boosting employment for about a thousand skilled workers over at least two years. The pay will stimulate local business and benefit shopkeepers as payroll circulates through the economy. Mrs Reginald T Lombard of South Portland visited with her children Deborah and Reginald and with her mother Mrs J Edward Drake in town and at Birch Point.

Kennebec Rockland Reginald T. Lombard South Portland Deborah Reginald Birch Point J. Edward Drake

Ulfelders Visit Huse Family in Cambridge

Mr and Mrs Howard Ulfelder and their son Junior stay two weeks with Mrs Ulfelder’s parents ex Alderman and Mrs Harry M Huse at 19 Snow Park Cambridge Massachusetts in a family visit.

Howard Ulfelder Cambridge Mass Ulfelder Harry M. Huse Snow Park

Sabino Improvement Association Elects New Officers

At the annual meeting Henry Henderson of Winthrop Massachusetts was re elected president Arthur G Oliver was elected vice president Kathryn Pratt secretary Loring D Small treasurer and John Pooler of Waterville trustee Also Mrs Arthur G Oliver Mrs Henry Henderson and Mrs Horace Aitken were appointed to plan a bridge party for Thursday evening and Mr and Mrs Bernard Pratt to arrange a series of dances for the season

Sabino Improvement Association Henry Henderson Winthrop Mass Arthur G. Oliver Kathryn Pratt Loring D. Small John Pooler Waterville Horace Aitken Beachment Bernard Pratt

Swift & Company Works With NRA Labor Code

Melvin H. Beerwort of Swift & Co Bath says the firm is cooperating with President Roosevelt's recovery program. As a Institute of American Meat Packers member, Swift & Co. is drafting a labor code with the NRA in Washington and hopes for quick signing. Perishable packing supply varies day to day. code would be implemented on approval.

Melvin H. Beerwort Swift & Co Bath Roosevelt Institute of American Meat Packers NRA Washington

Resolutions of Respect for Ebenezer Reed Main

The Partridge Cemetery Association of Woolwich adopts resolutions mourning the loss of Ebenezer Reed Main a charter member and director. The group expresses sympathy to his family and directs copies for the family and publication in the Bath Independent.

Ebenezer Reed Main Main Partridge Cemetery Association of Woolwich Bath Independent

Social Notes From Salem and Nearby Towns

Dr and Mrs George Percy of Salem Mass pass August at their cottage at Popham Beach Barbara Ann named daughter born recently to Mr and Mrs Donald Peters of Court Street George H Pride of New York City visiting Mrs Edward H Kimball Lincoln Street Miss Helen Scruton of Pottsville Pa arrives for a visit stopping at Hotel Phoenix Mrs Fred K Sturtevant and Teddy of Cottage Park guests of Mrs Fred Cook Boothbay Harbor Mr and Mrs Edmund C Tarbell of New Castle NH visiting their daughter Mrs Robert F Farrell and Com Farrell of High Street Miss Priscilla Magoun returns home after four months in Philadelphia and Haddonfield Mrs Caroline Liscomb visiting sister Mrs William D Sewall at Small Point Beach Hugh Shaw of Oakland Cal visiting aunt Mrs Frederick H Kimball and passes Wednesday at Popham Beach with Charles J Donnell.

Henry Sewall Mr. Sewall Charles S. Sewall Sewall Hodge Street Egbert Sewall Bobby Providence Richard Taylor Boston Castle Doggett Westport Gertrude Murray Annia Soule Damariscotta Grace Campbell Elizabeth N. J Alice D. Taylor Randall Cummings Deaconess Hospital Henry Lucy Patterson Pearl Nelder Bristol Garden Club Royce A. Quinnam James Holleran S. S. Quinnam New York Samuel Burk Boothbay Harbor W. D. Boudin Miss Alberta Beverly Mass Sidney Evans Farm Bureau Federal Street Ethelyn Shea Arrowsic M. B. Quinnam the Ledges Harry Quinnam Fern Anderson Wylie Munsey's Wiscasset Church School Sheepscot South Newcastle Epworth League Charles E. Titus North Chapel Dorothy Wells Elizabeth Sewall Virginia Pease Dorothy Hilton Methodist Church Daniel R. Sortwell St. Philip's Parish Henry Butler Montsweag Wilder Clapp Rochester N. Y Hanshaken Orchard House Kenneth Burnham Mary Susan Jesse Brownie Metcalf Lincoln Home Congregational Vestry Newcastle Rye Minnesota Elder Brewster Stephen Hopkins Allen MacMahan Bowdoin Wellesley St. Cuthbert’s Arthur N. Taft Andover F. B. Reazor D.D New Jersey Reazor Rathborn Detroit Mich James R. Rogers, Esq Philadelphia J. R. Wescott Papineau Miss Rennee Jacqueline Montreal H. A. Nealley Ellen Nealley Cambridge Robinhood Cottage Gage Bailey Arlington Edward Nealley Harvard John U. S. Army West Point Rebecca Taft Bryn Mawr Frederick Taft Episcopal Church Wakefield John Seaver Cleveland Robert Stevens Larchmont Clarence W. Morse Bath Benjamin W. Spock New Haven Peggy Jade Charles Whittemore John K. Lee Philadelphia Stock Exchange H. H. Lee Evan Lester Betty Helen D. M. Bates J. Clifford Woodhull Woodhull Charles C. Woodhull John Stone Summit Stone New York Stock Exchange Philip Little Salem Mr. Little Maine Joshua Gifford Merchants National Bank of Gifford Littles Herbert Painter Mabel and Louise Searle Margaret Wheeler Short Hills W. Masters Mary Strong Masters School Dobbs Ferry Theodore S. Lazelle West Newton Gray Rock Captain Dunton Bath Country Club Victor Swart Weymouth Stevens Birch Point Harold Gay Natick Robert Coombs Robert D. Metcalf Campbell's Pond Harvey Friend Whitman Philbrook Cottage Friend Daniel H. Philbrook Norwood Massachusetts James A. Scott Everett, Mass Scott James, Jr Joseph Swan Cottage Florence Swan-Chadwick Everett Ralph McIntire Northampton New Meadows Charles L. Haggett Senter's, Inc Joseph W. Larrabee Alexander Skulin Falmouth White Mountains Cyrus Purinton Donald Purinton Bueere Hoyt Rumford Larrabee Larrabee’s Grove Emily Larrabee Leburton D. Sheldon Edgett Street Blanche E. Freeman Ernest R. Freeman Dike Road James B. Lemont Carolyn B. Rogers First National Bank Camp Overlook Georgetown Florence A. Neiley Greenfield Denton J. Neiley Neiley Alice Bertha Cromwell Camp Illawarra Owen Cottage Sabino Horace W. Aiker Beachmont Clifford Aiken Aiken Charlotte Roslindale Aiken Cottage Eugene W. Foster Chestnut Street Thorpe Cottage J. Henry Cotreau Eleanor Cotreau Malcolm L. Doble Warren E. Kershner Doble David Cleyton Humphrey A. Owen Sabino Buda Cameron Theo Nelson Sabine Anne Eliza Rich West Bath Wesley Church West Bath Grange Frank W. Jaques Marion L. Jaques Almena A. Jaques High Street Berry's Mill Road First Baptist Church Fred W. Larrabee Larrabee's Grove Smith Freeman Everett B. Wright C. Rudolph Furber Herbert E. Worrey Charles E. Card George Percy Popham Beach Barbara Ann Donald Peters Court Street George H. Pride New York City Edward H. Kimball Lincoln Street Helen Scruton Pottsville Hotel Phoenix Fred K. Sturtevant Teddy Cottage Park Fred Cook Edmund C. Tarbell New Castle N. H Robert F. Farrell Com. Farrell Priscilla Magoun Green Street Haddonfield Caroline Liscomb Petersham N.H William D. Sewall Small Point Beach Hugh Shaw Oaklands Cal Frederick H. Kimball Charles J. Donnell Nequasset Farm Bureau John W. Brown Woolwich Charles R. Farnham Roscoe P. McFadden Adelbert W. Hall George Carlton Lawrences. Ryan Frank R. Bailey Maurice E. Hathorne Costello P. Hall Jordan C. Wright Henry T Marston Bar Harbor Bunker Strout Beals Hathorne Florence Leonard Flossie Beals Nathan E. Coffin Elwood Coffin Miss Beals Mothers’ Club of Nequasset Tuessie Hall Harry Allen Bowdoinham North Woolwich Sundsey Ira Grover Moatsweag Jay Bailey Day's Ferry Charlotte Btinson Henry Dubar Sara Bailey Edithe Keene Rockland John Gilmore Warren Trott Dorchester Jon Blossom Singers Mississippi Will Inn Christmas Cove John Carter Frank Carter Livermore Falls Frank Bailey Sebenon Hall Everett Rice Windham Naugatuck Conn John Reed Capital Island Kenneth McDougal Trott Farm Marcia Stinson William G. Hubbard, Jr William Church George M. Carlton

Woolwich notices detail Aug meeting and town events

Attending the Aug 2 Nequasset Farm Bureau meeting in Woolwich were numerous residents from Woolwich Bath Philadelphia and nearby areas. The article lists visitors from Los Angeles and Coatesville and describes planned sales entertainment dances and fundraisers at Sagadahoc Ferry Tuessie hall and Sebenon hall with proceeds aiding local charities.

Death of Mrs Delia B Card of Woolwich

Mrs Delia B Card widow of J Frank Card died at Bath City hospital after a long illness. A Woolwich native and nurse she cared for many families and hosted home gatherings for her children and grandchildren. Survived by four daughters, one sister, 12 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Funeral held at Baptist church with Rev Robert Bell. interment Laurel Grove. Bearers named. New Meadows Inn reports strong business and regional visitor activity.

Delia B. Card Woolwich J. Frank Card Bath City Hospital William and Mary Crawford The Baptist Church Ladies’ Aid Eugenia Bartlett Brunswick Moses Kennerson Bath Mary Wright Winship Reid George Hathorn the Baptist Church Robert Bell Card Laurel Grove Cemetery Frank Reed Earl Kennerson Vernon Ayer Milton Hathorn

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H. Y. B. Nash Annie Dodge Jack Myer William F. Woodfield Myer A. J. Myer George Huff Lynfield North Edgecomb Roy Marston Main Street Ernest G. Spinney Mildred Miller Charles E. Pugh Haverford Pugh Samuel J. Sewall Lee Street Dell Henniger Fuller Wilbur Lowell David Dodge Charles Weeks Wahington Street Currier Frank K. Frey Frances A. Creamer Alta Ferguson Creamer Frank A. Creamer Washington Street Lillian Crocker B. A. Bailey Damariscotta Lake Effie C. Irvine Vera Hazel Lundy Lawrence Haggett Florence Dunton Thomas Bowman Council Bluffs Barker Edna Winfield Malden Thomas Taylor Medford Albce Ernest White White Lucy Lambert Frank Lambert Bernice Marjorie Junior John P. West W. P. Bourdin Water Street W. B. Pottle Dr. Dorr Dresden Everett Crommett Albion Charles Coffin William Hewlett Brooklyn Albee E. G. Hodge Donald F. Preble Optician Center St Over Steeves Mark Sheepscot Echos M’mahan Old Files Sheepscot Echo Silas Rines Grace Hilton Sewall Southard Isabella Boyd E. D. Boyd Eliza White McRitchie Frank Barker John West Alfred Call Stapleton Denver Dr. Hurd L. R. Gibbs Messrs Harvey, Dunham Merritt and Payson R. H. Tucker David G. Stinson Arrowsie Caroline Geddes New Orleans Hilton House G. M. Whitney Miss Boyd Blanch Trufant Willis Miss McCray Otto Mears Col Mears Southern Railroad E. H. Cowan China N. Gratz Jackson Bath Grammar School J. W. Lambert Mildred Aldrich Boston Journal Folly -Island Annie—Clark Fred Greenleaf School Street Nellie Devitt Roxbury Richard Hollings Sewall Groves Hobarts Cove James L. White Nequasset Bureau Sabino Improvement Association Meeting Swift & Company L. F Atwood Atwood’s Medicine New Meadows Inn
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