Popham Players Stage Lucky Seven at Popham Beach
The Popham Players presented the two act comedy Lucky Seven at Society hall to a large audience from Maine Massachusetts Connecticut New York New Jersey and Virginia. Edward Tietig Jr and Jane Donnell starred with James M. Kelsey leading the cast and the proceeds benefiting recreation equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Players
Popham Beach
Edward Tietig, Jr
Bath
Society Hall
Albert Willard Smith
the Playhouse
Portland
Vernon Mattson
Newton Center
Jane Donnell
Anne Windsor
Miss Donnell
James M. Kelsey
Billie Meekin
Katherine Hooper
Corinne Doane
Frances Shaughnessy
Eleanor Voorhees
Dorothy
Betty Mattson
Cub
Popham
Edward H. Owen
Wesley Marco
Philip Wyman
Corps of Charming Candy Girls
Betty Fuller
Carol Jevens
Ruth Powers
Barbara Pownell
Leon Buck
Mr. Smith
Vernon Mattson, Jr
Maine
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Virginia
Driver pleads guilty in Topsham accident case
William R. Fox of Dorchester Massachusetts pleaded guilty in Bath municipal court to reckless driving after an afternoon collision on the Topsham to Gardiner road. He paid a $20 fine plus $6.89 in costs for the crash that forced Harry W. Naven’s car into a ditch and injured nurse Priscilla Sullivan who was treated at the poor hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topsham-Augusta Road
William R. Fox
Roseland Street
Dorchester
Mass
John J. Keegan
Bath Municipal Court
John P. Crosby
Fox
Topsham
Gardiner
Harry W. Naven
Bouth Coventry
Conn
Ralph O. Dale
Priscilla Sullivan
Nebraska girl swims six miles to Seguin Island in two hours
Miss Lucille Sally LaSalle of Beatrice Nebraska swam from Morse's Mountain Small Point to Seguin Island a distance of six miles in one hour fifty nine minutes She trained at the Ogontz School and Camp and aims for a ten thousand dollar Toronto swim across Lake Erie next Friday Her feat, done against a strong current, shows her readiness for the hazardous Lake Erie crossing and drew praise from handlers and Bath Maine observers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille
Sally” LaSalle
Beatrice
Neb
Morse
Small Point
Seguin Island
Ogontz
Philadelphia
White Mountains
Toronto
Lake Erie
Miss LaSalle
Seguin
White Mountain
Atlantic Ocean
Local Hospital Tag Day Nets Bath Collections
Bath City hospital collections from tag day totaled 129.46 with additional contributions from Popham Beach and Wiscasset not included. Mrs. John A. Morse chaired the committee. Miss Lucille Johnson led donations with 23.57. A list of volunteers followed, noting support from multiple young ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath City Hospital
Popham Beach
Wiscasset
City Hospital
John A. Morse
Arthur Sewall
Charles H. Cahill
Clarence W. Morse
Lucille Johnson
Jane Hyde
Louise Briggs
Louise Calderwood
Elizabeth McGrath
Ruth Huston
Kathaleen Scott
Ellen Stevens
Netta Briggs
Marjory Dearborn
Mary Lord
Martha Cahill
Nellie, Perry
Ruth Gallagher
Priscilla Blake
Arline Preney
Carolyn Plant
Mary Newell
Josephine Ferrell
Sunday Bridge Tolls Reach Peak Yearly Total
The bridge saw its busiest day of the year on Sunday with tolls over 1300 dollars and traffic split roughly between east and west. Yearly receipts lead last year through August 20 with 19 76275 dollars, 5234 80 ahead of the same period a year earlier. Bath visitors included Mr and Mrs Edgar Sherrill of Brookline and Marshfield, Mass, who left for Marshfield after a visit at Foster's Point with Dr Jane Bunker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Harbor
Waldoboro
Edgar Sherrill
Brookline
Marshfield
Mass
Bath
Sherrill
Foster's Point
Jane Bunker
Mary
Louis Dolbeare
Defendants Win Law Court Decree in Damage Suits
The law court ruled for defendants in two suits from 1931 involving Emile J. Cyr and Leona Cyr against Roberta Barker Martha B. Bridge Lois C. Swett and Lewis B. Swett Jr. Mrs Cyr injured on a porch of a three family house after railing nails rusted. judges found no proven negligence or lack of due care. Damages claimed totaled 30 000. Attorneys Locke Perkins Willamson Augusta and Harold F. Dubord Wa terville represented the plaintiffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law Court
Fred H. Thompson
Emile J. Cyr
Roberta Barker
Martha B. Bridge
Lois C. Swett
Lewis B. Swett, Jr
Leona Cyr
Justice Thaxter
Potato growers can draw on fund to market 1933 crop
The Farm Credit Administration ruling on Aug 19 allows potato growers to draw 15 percent of the fob sale price for potatoes delivered to Maine Potato Growers Inc. Fort Fairfield. Financed from a revolving fund lent to the National Fruit and Vegetable Exchange, the move aids growers after bank closures hindered discounting potato drafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Credit Administration
Washington
Maine Potato Growers Inc
Fort Fairfield
R. Kent
National Fruit and Vegetable Exchange, Inc
Aroostook
National Fruit and Vegetable Exchange Inc
Rotary Club Plans Field Day at Sebasco Estates
Bath Rotary Club approved advancing a field day plan inviting Boothbay Harbor Civic Club to participate. A brief program was extemporized with Past President Clinton D. Wilson presiding and Rotary visitors sharing brief messages. Guests included Joseph Brazier of Portland and Sebasco Estates and members from Montreal and several U S and New England cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Rotary Club
Sebasco Estates
Civic Club
Boothbay Harbor
Clinton D. Wilson
Harry Passmore
Rotary
Joseph Brazier
Portland
F. W. Knowlton
Montreal
Can
Jim Hunt
Haverhill
Mass
Robert A. Hodgdon
Malden
Homer Whitford
Hanover
N. H
John R. Giles
Cambridge
Births Registered in Bath City Clerk Office
Birth records show a daughter Alice Estella Doughty born August 16 to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Doughty of 112 Court Street. A son Alvin Warren Low born to Warren Byron Low and Julia Hat tie Montgomery Low at Bath City Hospital. Mrs Low resides at 188 North Street and Mr Low is a night cook at Maine General Hospital in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Gilmore
Alice Estella Doughty
Ernest Doughty
Court Street
Alvin Warren Low
Warren Byron Low
Julia Hattie Montgomery Low
Bath City Hospital
Miss Olive Thompson Opens Century Year
Miss Olive M. Thompson celebrated her 99th birthday at the Old Ladies' Home on Tuesday. Born in Wiscasset to John and Charlotte Parsong Thompson, she trained as a tailoress in Boston and spent years in the city. Flowers, gifts, cake and ice cream were offered at noon, and she, in good health, continued to help by offering to wash dishes before being politely refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive M. Thompson
Old Ladies’ Home
John
Charlotte Parsong Thompson
Thompson
Wiscasset
Boston
Miss Thompson
Retreat for Study of Spiritual Life at Camp Shelta-Sea
A Maine retreat led by Glenn Clark and Gerrit A. Beneker runs Aug 22–31 at Camp Shelta-Sea Georgetown. Focuses on body mind and soul harmony through rhythm physical coordination art and spiritual study. Committee includes Dr. Arthur Holt Mrs. Fleming Rev. Bliss and Miss Ruth Kennell. Continued on Page Seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Camp Shelta-Sea
Georgetown
Glenn Clark
Gerrit A. Beneker
Truro
Mass
Franz Aust
University of Wisconsin
Vivian Combacher
Ruth Kennell
Arthur E. Holt
Chicago Theological Seminary
Chicago
Ill
D. J. Fleming
Union Theological Seminary
New York City
Daniel Bliss
Old South Church
Boston
St. Paul's Church
Chestnut Hill
Philadelphia
Jesus
Phippsburg Folk Observe Sunday as Old Home Day
The Phippsburg Congregational church held Old Home Day with about 130 attendees despite cloudy weather. Dr. Roy B. Chamberlain of Dartmouth College preached, and a sustaining membership was formed with many local and visiting members joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
Phippsburg Congregational Church
Dartmouth College
Hanover
N. H
Maria Gove Berry
F. Clark Bowker
Roy B. Chamberlain Jr
H. B. Wyman
Freeman Crosby
Chamberlain
Horace Holton
Holton
Clark Bowker
Alice
Abbie Minott
Emma Perry
J. F. Leach
Alvena Oliver
John C. Berry
Brightwater
Worcester
Mass
Camden
N. J
N. Y
L. B. Blachly
Montclair
N.J
Hazel E. Woodworth
Chester B. Oliver
Frank W. Bean
Saranac Lake
A. F. Williams
Portland
Marilla Williams
New York City
Allston
Ella Kerr
Richmond
Bessie E. Dickinson
Bath
Grace Dickinson
Georgia Eby
Sebasco
Rodney W. Roundy
Congregational ,Christian Conference of Maine
C. V. Minott
Abbie Minnott
Treas J. F. Leach
Alice Minnett
Robert C. Whitehead
Charles L. Stevens
Bessie Dickinson
F. W. Bevan
Hiram Wyman
Grace P. Dickinson
Frank W. Bevan
John H. Stacey
Lizzie Brown
C. V. Minnet
John A. Lord
Bertha Lord
Horace F. Holton
Old Home Service
Mayor Lord
Parker Head Village
Sagadahoc County Men Appointed To State Positions
John L. Jack of Topsham was nominated by Governor Brann to be Sagadahoc county probate register to fill the late William F. Dunham’s unexpired term, expiring Jan 1, 1935, with Laura Morse acting until confirmation. The appointments require executive council approval and a 1934 state election for the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Jack
Topsham
Brann
Sagadahoc
William F. Dunham
Laura M. Morse
Bath
Walter S. Glidden
Jack
Sagadahoc County
Albion S. Jack
Lisbon
Lisbon Falls
Adam Griffin
Frank O. Griffin
Gerald A. Jack
Republican Town Committee
Brunswick Club
Small
Joan C. Fitzgerald
Home Owners Loan Corp
William F. Tate
John C. Fitzgerald
F. Harold Dubord
Waterville
Federal Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Sanadahoc
Tate
Democratic Party
N. Gratz Jackson
Mr. Fitzgerald
Annie L
John E. Fitzgerald
Roland Smith Post
A.L
Fitzgerald
Board of Trade
Sagadahoc Repeal Association
NRA
Washington Street
City Schools to Open Fall Term Sept 18
Public schools of the city will reopen Monday Sept 18 as announced by Superintendent Clinton D. Wilson. The 1933-34 year will run 32 weeks with a five week vacation after the first term. The retrenchment plan includes closing Bailey Evening school and consolidating Morse high to a one-session schedule to save on fuel and lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton D. Wilson
Board of Education
Bath
Bailey
Morse High School
Lucinda Bailey
South Street
Jean Ogden
Frederick W. Humphreys
Raymond Browne
Edwin A. Cummings
Mrs Hodgdon Hosts Annual Mid-Summer Picnic
Mrs Frank A Hodgdon entertained 30 boys and girls from the State Military and Naval Children's Home at her Nequasset residence as part of the 13th annual mid-Summer picnic. Major William R Kimball and Miss Hazel E Wakefield assisted. Garry the collie joined in as the group swam and played.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Hodgdon
State Military and Naval Children’s Home
C. Lissa Dearborn
William R. Kimball
Hazel E. Wakefield
Lula Herbert
Nequasset
Percival P. Bixter
Garry
Legard
Maine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lucille la Salle
Nebraska
Harold Summerton
Barbara
Porter Cottage
West Point
Mr. Summerton
Mrs
Fred Summerton
Swett
Rotary Club
Civic Club of
Shelta-Sea
Camp
Kingdom of Heaven
God
Frank K. Jack
Bowdoinham
Register of Probate
Mrs. Hodgdon
LePage
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