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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1934

Page

4

Wiscasset Social Notes Highlight Travel and Local Events

Mrs A J Myer sails for England with son John Walden Myer aboard S S Paris on Aug 30 to marry in London on Sept 7 Miss Martha Rosalie Humphrey of New York the groom’s fiancee accompanies her mother abroad for weeks Honeymoon trip to Italy planned for the couple Other notices report visits from Brooklyn and Boston guests, school openings and St Philip's church events in North Edgecomb and nearby towns.

A. J. Myer New York Joanna Evans Edward Evans Belfast Lucile Merry Walter Avery Brockton Mass Lincoln Merry Federal Street Sidney G. Evans Bangor James Wadlow Brookyn Somerville Hubbard Frances Clifford Collins Plainfield N. J Charles H. Collins North Edgecomb Frances Creamer Detroit Frank A. Creamer Washington Street Evelyn McGill Boston Frances Hubbard Alice D. Taylor Hodge Street Arthur Sewall Capt. Sewaill St. Petersburg Annie Huff Wiscasset Edgecomb Hws Brooklyn N. Y Monhegan Joseph E. Hubbard Charles E. Pugh Wade Betty Peggy Firicskii Clarence A. Richards Portland Bernice Webber Katherine Gibbs School State House Augusta Grace L. Knight Harold J. Hardy Barbara Yonkers Ernest G. Spinney Helen Dickinson Maine Grace Bean Virginia Pease Dorcas Club Medomak Herbert Lewis Sanford Lewis Summer Street Providence Herbert W. Hawes Montsweag Farm Bureau Grangé Hall Turner Gregoire Zina Davis Winona Leavitt Frances Plumstead Josephine Merry Lowell Town Pauline Hilton Birch Point Helen White Elizabeth Sewall Anna Holbrook Charles S. Sewall Eulela Pray Lawrence Soule Stead Philadelphia Benjamin F. Webber Bowdoin Lermond Thomaston Barbara Sargent Brewer Leon Flood Joseph H. Wade Richmond Georgianna Lilly Hooper Street Mary Ella Case Charles A. Day George Bemis Mary Hobson Helen Clarke Edward C. Wheeler Arlington Heights Lucia W. Eames May Groves Juanita Helen Wellesley Hills Bar Harbor Daniel Ames Ames Dorothy Bailey Woolwich Chauncey Paul Bruce B. F. Blagdon George Sproul Eleanor Phyllis Quinnam Robert E. Maass, Jr Arrowsic Saint Philip's Church Rosamond Borland Beverly Farms Robert Hale dudy,Chase Fisher Nesmith Cambridge Parker Moreau Edwards-Daires A. Williams Liman H. B. Nash Main Street Robert Murray Blake Emerson Smith George Smith Frances Fossett Maine General Hospital

Waldoboro Man Shot Sent To Bath Hospital

Jesse Havener of Waldoboro was brought to Bath Memorial Hospital Monday night after being sprayed with number eight buckshot. Doctors said he would likely lose his right eye and removed 150 to 200 pellets from his body. Deputy Sheriff Ludwick was at the hospital. investigators had not established exact circumstances.

Jesse Havener Waldoboro Bath Memorial Hospital Warren E. Kershner Francis A. Winchenbach Havener Kershner Winchenbach Ludwick Rockland Bath Hospital

Swain and Pinkham Marry at Wesley M E Church Parsonage

Returns filed with City Clerk John W. Gilmore record the marriage on Saturday August 18 between Clarence O Swain and Louise Marion Pinkham. Reverend Ernest Heywood presided at the Wesley M E Church parsonage.

John W. Gilmore Clarence O. Swain Elmer Oscar Swain Louise Marion Pinkham Martha Roderick Ernest Heywood Wesley M. E. Church

Two Golf Teams Split Honors in Local Event

Ed Clark and B E Hutchins led the day with best ball scores. Readouts list pairs from Webhannet Bath Wawenock Northport and others with final scores and four-ball totals, detailing participants and venues across multiple clubs.

Ed Clark Webhannet B. E. Hutchins Bath Wilfred Girard Best Ball Pete Moran Wawenock Charles Prescott Larry Rowe Purpoodock Howard Ives Portland Jim Jones Northport Felix Salmond Fred Ryall Bridgton E. T. Kennedy Martindale Bill Burns George Wentworth Charles Emery Meadowbrook W. E. Bass Clayton Sweeney Riverside A. S. Baake Jim Flannagan Rockland Robert Miller Carroll House Wesley Marco Ernest Ryall Willowdale Oscar Smith Chet Taylor Fairview Dr. Needleman Les Tate Summit Elliot Haas Atlanta Frank A. Gilman Augusta W. B. Williamson Best al Waterhouse P. E. Perry Fred Desjardin Brunswick R. Morrill Walter Johnson Royce Abbott Auburn

Westport Notes: Local Visits and Cottage Life

Miss Nora Brewer returns from Boothbay Harbor after visiting her sister. Westport residents attend a Waldoboro Democratic rally. Ernest Colby and Ellsworth build schoolhouse steps and shingle. Families from Cambridge and Andover vacation at local cottages. Numerous relatives and friends visit cottages in Edgecomb, Wiscasset, Woolwich, and Bath, with several local travelers returning home from visits in Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Nora Brewer Boothbay Harbor Edwin Cromwell Matthew Greenleaf Sanford Fred Greenleaf Westport Waldoboro Ernest Colby Ellsworth Hazel Kehail Mabel Haven Cambridge Mass Miss Kehail P. T. Kehail Trefethern Golden Clare Greenleaf Robert Higgins Dorothy Doris Ethel Wass Carl Hodgdon Lawrence Haggett Modockowando Trail Edgecomb Russell Stoddard Bath Thomas Cromwell Helen Weymouth M. A. Cromwell Miss Cromwell Fred Ladd Philip West Andover Prescott McPhee West Roxbury Rehail Philip Leavitt Woolwich C. L. Cromwell Philip Harriman Ida Greenleaf Wiscasset Mr. Dodge Newcastle McFadden John Pierce Ruth Cannon Harland Worthley State College Albert Thompson Small Point Maurice Burns Damariscotta Mills Archie Higgins Albert McLeish Everett Annie R. Colby James Lawrence Gardiner North End Lawrence Brown Allen Gray Friend Gray Cottage Carl Smith Melrose Florence Williams

Farm Bureau Field Day Set for Today in Androscoggin

Farm Bureau and Grangers of Androscoggin and Sagadahoc counties plan a field day and barbecue today by Sawyer Farms Greene. Four 4-H clubs in Lisbon will sell fixings as members offer steak, lemonade, coffee and more at 25 to 35 cents. If rain comes, events may move to Friday or Saturday.

Farm Bureau Androscoggin Sagadahoc Sawyer Farms Greene Lisbon Pomona Rotary Clubs Kiwanis Clubs Lions Clubs

Waterfowl baiting control proposed regulation details

The Bureau of Biological Survey outlines a plan to curb waterfowl baiting abuses by requiring seasonal, noncharge permits to shoot on baited premises. Permits go to occupiers or clubs after review, and reporting is required within a month after season close detailing shooters, species, bags, blinds, foods, and feeding intervals.

Bureau of Biological Survey Secretary of Agriculture United States Biological Survey

Equal Educational Privileges in Maine Studied

The Maine Public School Finance Commission led by Bowdoin College President Kenneth C. M. Sills says children in Maine lack equal educational opportunity. Findings to be released at intervals over the next two months urge public read in policy reform to remedy the basic right denied to many pupils. Joseph Couture begins a weeklong vacation visiting relatives in Boston Woonsocket and Whitinsville Massachusetts while employed at Morris S Povich clothing store.

Maine Maine Public School Finance Commission Kenneth C. M. Sills Bowdoin College Joseph Couture Boston Woonsocket Whitinville Mass Couture Morris S. Povich Clothing

Sabino Outing Draws West Bath Residents to Small Point

West Bath residents joined a full day at Small Point on Saturday led by Ralph W. Kenney in the Blue Bird bus. The gathering featured games fishing and swimming with picnic lunches on the rocks. A long list of attendees from Bath and nearby towns enjoyed a summer holiday with visits to Sabino cottages and related social events across the area.

Bath area social roundup reports weekend visits

Grace and Marjorie attend old home services at Phippsburg Center church. many local families, including Haile of East Brunswick and Larrabee relatives, visit camps and cottages at Birch Point, Pleasant Point, and Crystal Lake. Anstress Larrabee returns to Bath Memorial hospital training school. Mrs. Paine and children visit Bath.

Grace Marjorie Phippsburg Center Brown Harry Gilmore Phippsburg Joseph C. Haile Jerry L. Haile East Brunswick Orono University of Maine West Bath Samuel Cole Lewiston Fred W. Larrabee Larrabee’s Grove Bailey's Island Orr's Island Joseph W. Larrabee Edwin C. Patten Topsham Pleasant Point Walter W. Larrabee Billy Lottie Adams Homestead Fla Walter H. Larrabee Larrabee's Grove Anstress C. Larrabee Bath Memorial Hospital Julia Coombs Portland Campbell's Pond Amy Coombs Chester Stevens Madelyn Jefferies Stevens Camp Birch Point Roscoe P. Higgins Barbara Bobby Westfield N. J

West Bath hosts combination party and mis cellaneous shower

Mr and Mrs C P Higgins hosted a West Bath gathering last week for Mr Higgins 77th and a shower for Mr and Mrs Stanley Hilton of Yarmouth. Guests and relatives from Bath Freeport West Bath and Yarmouth enjoyed music refreshments and a doll carriage gift presentation for the honorees.

Mrs. C. P. Higgins C. P. Higgins West Bath Higgins Stanley Hilton Yarmouth Christine Hilton Freeport Eunice Doughty Miss Doughty Elmer F. Higgins Helen McIntosh Bath Mabel Holden Roger Clayton Lewiston Harold Manson Charles Holbrook Raymond Charles Small William Hilton Kent Hilton

Burnhams Purchase Birch Point Cottage

Myr and Mrs Leroy L Burnham bought the Seeley cottage and lot at Birch Point from Hon J Edward Drake Jr The Burnhams plan to occupy the cottage this season Drake also sold a Birch Point lot to Miss Fanny L Tinkham of Everett Mass for a bungalow Edward D True of Bath bought the late Mrs J Edward Drake s property at Birch Point making a third Birch Point Village Corp deal this season The section has seen increased realty interest and a summer boom in West Bath real estate letting prospects.

Myr Leroy L. Burnham J. Edward Drake Seeley Birch Point J. Edward Drake Jr D. Howard Spear Charles W. Clifford Burnham Drake Fanny L. Tinkham Everett Mass Edward D. True Bath Birch Point Village Corporation West Bath

Obituary of Mrs Adeline Bates 78 widow of Francis Bates

Mrs Adeline Bates 78 widow of Francis S Bates died Sunday evening at 433 Middle Street born in Jefferson daughter of Allen and Sarah Glidden moved to Bath 22 years ago living with her son Harvey Bates until his death in April then with her daughter in law Dora M Bates Survived by one sister one nephew two grandchildren and one great grandson A group including James G Jenkins Emily Jordan Edith Mackinnon Edward Lee Jr and Raymond Palmer traveled to Bar Harbor for Cadillac Mountain drive while Herbert Anderson Jr and wife visited Milton Mass with relatives.

Fred Sanderson Lynn Mass Camp Cozy Sabino Albert J. Horley Arlington Sabino Hall Sabino Improvement Association Horace W. Aiken Beachmont Charles E. Hewitt, Jr Bath Henry W. Henderson Winthrop Henry Henderson Hewitt John Eade Peabody Donald Horley Humphrey A. Owen Henderson Robert Coombs West Bath Albert Horley Alston E. Oliver Carlton Jensen Sabine Marian Beatrice Rose Fred J. Rose Rosedale Farm Ad Lorentsen Grace Brown Alvena Oliver Phippsburg Basin Allan Brown Adeline Bates Francis S. Bates Middle Street Jefferson Allen Sarah Glidden Harvey Bates Dora M. Bates Esther M. Wallace Waldoboro Austin Wallace James G. Jenkins Emily Jordan Edith Mackinnon Edward J. Lee, Jr Raymond Palmer Boston Bar Harbor Cadillac Mountain Drive

Bath enforces parking rules in business district

Mayor Harold P. Small ordered Bath police to strictly enforce all parking regulations in the business district with extra patrols. The focus is Front Street from Summer to Vine and Center Street from Front to Washington, including the one hour limit and no parking near hydrants and yellow lines. He urged merchants and citizens to avoid long parking to ease congestion and aid transient and local shoppers.

Harold P. Small Bath Small Whitney Front Street Vine Streets Center Street Front Washington Streets

Past Ladies Meet For Day's Outing In Maine

Odd Ladies association of Maine met at Mrs. Arthur C. Lemont's New Meadows cottage last Wednesday. Officers elected for next year include Emily Shaw as president and Gertrude Stewart as first vice president. New second vice president post created for the year. About 35 members from Auburn Lewiston Portland Brunswick and Bath attended after arriving between 11 and 11:30 and leaving after four. Next year’s meeting set for Mrs Lillian M Bishop's Cape Shore cottage in Portland.

Past Ladies Association of Maine Odd Ladies Arthur C. Lemont New Meadows Emily Shaw Lewiston Gertrude Stewart Mary S. Curtis Nettie Verrill Auburn Elsie Alexander Brunswick Curtis Curtis, President of the Past Ladies' Club Myrtle Lodge LL. O Evelyn Jordan Portland Shaw Ladies Club of Bath Lillian M. Bishop Cape Shore

Surprise party honors Rev. Francis O'Brien in Bath

A Wednesday gathering at Luther S. Thompson's Andrews road home in Bath honored Rev. Francis O'Brien D D of Brooklyn New York on his birthday. O'Brien once led the People's Baptist church in Bath and now presides for a second time over the New York Baptist preachers meeting. The guests included Dr and Mrs O'Brien Fred W Barron Olive and Frances Barron Katherine Smith Clifford B Smith Lawrence Greenwood and Bill Smiths son. Also noted is the Cremation burial of William E Jordan in Burr cemetery Freeport New York the first in about forty years.

Luther S. Thompson Andrews Road Francis O’brien D.D Brooklyn N. Y O’brien Baptist Preachers’ Meeting New York Fred W. Barron Olive Frances Barron William E. Jordan Brookline Mass Freeport Burr Cemetery Ed Griffin Mr. Griffin Jordan Martin and Emily Jordan Mount Auburn

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John E. South Edward South M. A. Plum Ford Chevrolet Ford Tudor Haggett Garage Co Ford Sales and Service Swain—Pinkham Donald F. Preble Ross Beaton Thomas Brewer Sheepscot Annie Dunton Massachusetts DiPerri ARM Bureau Atwood L. F Atwood’s Ralph W. Kenney Blue Bird Charles Charlotte Aiken Walter Gilpin Donald Janet Charles H. Bates Leon Jean Bates Trenton Thure G. Nelson Buddy Cameron Thure Nelson Marblehead John McNary Chelsea Betty McNary Elmer D. Hodgkins Noyes Marion L. Jacques Almena A. Jacques High Street Frank W. Jacques Jacques Hillcrest Berry’s Mill Road Annie Lee Marion Rafael Elizabeth Brown Ruth H. Parks Elizabeth Charles E. Vanderkleed Collingswood Jacques Farm Berry's Mill Road West Bath Grange Topsham Grange Raymond A. Smith Albert H. Thompson Vanderkleed J. Leslie Hawes Pennsylvania Everett G. Lemont Stewart Day Winneyance Malcolm L. Doble Miriam Béatrice Doble Doble Cottage Clark Edward Noyes Mary Wollaston Bernard Pratt Harold Adams Bates Cottage Reuben Purington Elbridge B. Malcolm Malcolm Quaker Point Cole Norfolk Thorpe Cottage James Wolverton Ann Calif Burnhams Herbert Anderson, Jr Milton, Mass Francis W. O’brien
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