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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1938

Page

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Red Cross instruction class concludes with 25 graduates

The final Red Cross Instruction Course session led by Dr. Brice Atwood Newbaker of Philadelphia was held Friday at the Legion hall. Twenty five participants passed with 80 or higher. Instructors will receive cards from Washington for all but one who is too young. Names of graduates include Lynette Caverly Glenn Orrs Harold E. Cutting and others. A party followed with refreshments and remarks, and a permanent organization invitation for Sept. 7 at 10 Quimby street.

Red Cross Brice Atwood Newbaker Philadelphia The Legion Hall Washington Lynette Caverly Glenn Orrs Harold E. Cutting Clara Darling Lawriston Caton David Mullin Loring D. Small Martha Grant Elizabeth Collins Harry Boyd Brunswick Raymond English James Morse Iscar Greenblatt George Soule Earl Ryan Irene Hunt Philip Oliver H. G. Shulman Lillian Fadden Asenith Haggett George Wilson Granville M. Colby Dorothy Ryan Warren Bartlett Dr. Newbaker Allan Spear American Red Cross Ada Crockett Liberty Bottling Co Wiseman Farms Harold Cutting Quimby Street

Golden Harvest Days Expected to Bring Thousands

Bath merchants' association jumps into three day sale August 25 to 27预计吸引约一万五千人购物,市府与警务小组取消街区停车限制。Vennett表示这将开启 Bath 成为更大商业中心的行动,届时 Bath Daily Times 将向周边城镇分发特刊。赛事包含婴儿车游行、周五跑步比赛,并计划设大奖共两百美元,奖项分一等奖一百、二等奖五十及两个二十五美元奖。

Barbecue Luncheon For Garden Club Heads At Summer Home

Mrs Sumner Sewall entertained Tuesday with a barbacue luncheon at her Summer home at Small Point for conservation and nature chairmen of garden clubs in Maine. Talks were given by Burton Preston of Portland and Mrs Frank Lowe of Portland. Guests included many Maine club leaders and presidents from Portland Brunswick Kennebunk Belfast and Camden among others.

Sumner Sewall Small Point Maine Burton E. Preston Portland Frank E. Lowe Harrie B. Coe The Maine Federation Donald A. Fowler William B. Hay Fred S

Bath Country Club Ladies Night Plan With Handicap Tourney

Bath Country Club organizes a Ladies Night during the regular weekly tournament on Thursday at five o'clock. Members may invite guests, and the event includes a Dutch treat supper. Prizes from the pro shop will be awarded to winners, both men and women, with Lloyd E. Steeves, Edward Sewall, and David S. Henderson as committee members.

Bath Country Club Lloyd E. Steeves Edward Sewall David S. Henderson

Bids Open for Bath Armory Construction Project

Sealed bids for Bath State armory at North street extension and Lincoln street will be opened at 2 p.m. Friday Sept 9 in Augusta at the Adjutant General’s office. Proposals go to the State Armory Commission Augusta with right to reject all bids. Plans may be viewed at F W Dodge Corp Boston or Nisbet Griffin Inc Portland sets $2 each. Bond 50 percent of contract price. City of Bath contributes 10000 and State 25000.

Committee On Naval Affairs Congress Oliver Ellis L. Aldrich Topsham James C. Oliver Townsend Maine New Deal Bath State Armory North Street Lincoln Street Adjutant General State House Augusta State Armory Commission F. W. Dodge Corp Boston Nisbet & Griffin, Inc Middle Street Portland

Day's Ferry Club Do Good Work In Little Village

Day's Ferry, a scenic Kennebec village, sees the Community Club erect signs guiding visitors and speed limits to protect children. The group, led by Herbert Munsey for eight of eleven years, also plans to restore the pier and float stage for boating while noting local history from 1600s Hammond's Head to 18th century homes and old industries.

Day's Ferry Kennebec Carlton Bridge Highway Commission Commission Wiscasset Lizzie Snow Gardiner Herbert Munsey Hammond Richard Hammond Plymouth Company Kennebec River James Smith Kennebec Valley Samuel Harnden Old Nequasset William Phips Mary Phips White Kirkpatrick Ford Dave Ferry

Hyde Windlass Bake Proves Usual Success

Hyde Windlass Co. held its third annual outing at Brown's field West Bath drawing about 220. The Hyde Windlass softball team beat a destroyer from the USS Sampson 10 to 8 in the feature event amid a noon clambake for attendees. Staff and committees were led by Edwin Ramsay with Safford and Cahoon among organizers. Miss Gladys and Sherbon Marshall of Concord NH visited over the weekend.

Hyde Windlass Co Brown's West Bath Hyde Windlass Us.s. Sampson Bath Iron Works Corp Harold L. Safford Satfford Earl Cahoon Elmer Deering Edwin F. Ramsay George Soule Harold Cutting James Knight Carl Dearborn Otis Card Verna Lake

Gunmen Hold Up Bath Taxi Driver and Drive Away

Ralph E. Legard of Bath reported a gunmen hijacking his brown Ford sedan with license H-302 Friday night. The robbers forced him to drive from Bath toward Brunswick and Freeport, took his pants, wallet, and a watch, then fled amid a description that linked them to the Paul Dwyer murder case. Police traced suspects to a Vine Street filling station, while Legard recalled a casual, chilling ride and the gunman warning, This is serious business.

Ralph E. Legard North Street Bath 4 Point Brunswick Freeport Legard Washington School Academy Street North Lincoln Mr. Legard Jlatter Auburn Lisbon Joseph D. Donnell State Highway Police Portland Lewiston Joseph A. Butler Vine Street Mr. Levard Paul Dwyer

Heat drives 300 Bath Iron Works workers to quit

About 300 employees at Bath Iron Works Corp. in the shipyard division were authorized to quit work Tuesday morning as temperatures neared 110 degrees in the sun. Riveters, chippers, caulkers, welders and ship fitters left or remained until noon while the shade temperatures reached 96. The heat stemmed from galvanized steel on destroyers under construction in the south yard.

Bath Tron Works Corp Ito

Bath Bandits Confession Traces Long Flight From Bath

According to a confession, Alfred Labonte and Andrew Gallagher, both a Maine pair, fled in a stolen Packard from Bath on July 19. They rode taxis to Brunswick, rode freight to Dover and trains toward Boston, then Chicago and St. Louis before returning to Bangor and Bath. Gallagher was captured in Bangor. Labonte was later arrested on Hammond Street.

Lewiston Bangor Alfred Labonte Andrew Gallagher Carlton Bridge Drummond Street Bath Labonte Gallagher Brunswick Ferdinand W. Coombs Ralph E. Legard Dover N. H Boston New York Chicago Windy City St. Louis Queen City Maine Weat Enfield Woolwich Brider Caty Albert FE Bass Banco Driamond Street Beltant Front Bowery Washington Coombs Hammond Street

Plans Set for Bath Ladies Night Golf Tourney

Lloyd E. Steeves, chairman, says Bath Country Club will host Thursday evenings Ladies Night with a handicap tourney. About 100 men and women are expected to start at five o'clock. Each member may invite a guest or couple, and dinner will be Dutch treat in the clubhouse dining room. Clifton Nickerson works at Max Kutz clothing store.

Lloyd E. Steeves Bath Country Club

Sampson to Leave for Charlestown Friday Morning

Bath Iron Works ship U S Sampson, a 1600 ton destroyer launched April 16, sails at 6 am Friday with about 120 crew aboard under port captain William Blair. It will be handed to the Navy at Boston Navy Yard Charlestown with commissioning possible that afternoon or Saturday morning.

Bath Iron Works Corp William 5 Blair U. S Sampson United States Navy Boston Navy Yard Charlestown Mass Navy Department William T. Tarrant William Granat Portsmouth Navy Yard Sam William N. Price Portsmouth

Salvation Army Fund Reaches Half Way Mark in City Drive

Salvation Army annual appeal progresses with officials reporting the fund has crossed the halfway milestone toward a $3,000 goal to sustain religious and charitable work. Donations from local residents support meals, fuel, and emergency aid. highlights include aid to heat and food programs and stories of volunteers and donors from Indiana and nearby areas.

Salvaten Army Ba‘li Lewsimuidl Taav Water Street Daniel Wiliams Tus Fir National Bank

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Gov. Barrows Sagadahoc West Bath Grange Hall Lewis O. Barrows Louis J. Brann J. Fred O'Connell Republican State Committee Bangorite Democratic Party Brann O'Connell Dubord Nettie C. Burleigh Old Age Assistance Board Franklin D. Roosevelt Supreme Court Roosevelt Georgia Jim Oliver Bath Retail Merchants’ Association Frank A. Vennett Opera House Common Council Chamber City Hall Mr. Vennett Francis J. Gooch Uptown Biddeford Bowdoin Bowdoinham Richmond Dresden Georgetown Phippsburg Municipal Committee On Police Harold L. Troop Vennett Eugene M. Desmond John J. Desmond Clothing Co Troop Desmond Country Club Olive Guerin Priscilla Guerin Frank Sullivan Haverhill Helen Leach Republican Club of Edmund Staples Front Street Day’s Ferry Club Little Village Brown’s Field Gladys and Sherbon Marshall Concord, N. H Uptown Theatre Clifton 8_ Nickerson Max Kutz Clothing Store U. S. Navy Salvation Army Fund Army George Scholl Dideier Mildri Helen Sebasco Fire Islands Booker Gils Country Indiana Fall Baws Inn Mr Vu Ht M. Wrisht Burites
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