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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1938

Page

6

Bath society notes mark birthdays and visits

Bath society brief highlights a second birthday party for Bobby Arsenault with family guests and out of town relatives. The column lists numerous readers visiting Bath for weekends, travels to Boston and Skowhegan, engagements, weddings, and planned ceremonies, with many social events and local club occasions.

Gloucester and Long Island visitors return home

Mr and Mrs Howard Etherington and family guests of Mr and Mrs C Leroy Hutchins from Gloucester New Jersey have returned home. Mr and Mrs William Grevers who spent the summer at Meadowbrook have returned to Rockville Center Long Island New York.

Howard Etherington Charles Etherington Eileen Anna May Etherington Gloucester N. J C. Leroy Hutchins William Grevers Meadowbrook Rockville Center Long Island N. Y

Greenwich Woman and New York Woman Return From Hospital Camp

Joan Thomes of Greenwich and Betty Breslauer of New York, both patients at Memorial hospital with bronchitis, have returned Monday to the Haskell camp at West Point.

Joan Thomes Greenwich, Conn Betty Breslauer New York Memorial Hospital Haskell West Point

Mrs Purington and daughter visit West Bath summer home

Mrs Marshall Purington and daughter Hilda of Houston Texas are guests of Judge and Mrs Arthur J Dunton at their summer home in West Bath. The visit is described as a social guests stay with potential local engagements noted in the region.

Marshall Purington Hilda Houston Texas Arthur J. Dunton West Bath

Local travel notes mention two New England visits

Miss Barbara Walsh departs Sunday to spend the week in Dexter with her parents Mr and Mrs Charles W Walsh. Mr and Mrs Harrison Jaquith with daughter June and sons Harry and Robert of Groton Conn are staying two weeks with Dr and Mrs H D Grant at their cottage on New Meadows in West Bath.

George Fields Janet and Carol Fields New Britain, Conn Barbara Walsh Charles W. Walsh Dexter Harrison Jaquith June Harry Robert Groton, Conn David Kidd William Ruth Baker Stratford, Conn Harry E. Litchfield Bath Street

Summer Hospitality Spreads Across Cities and States

W C Davis and Mr and Mrs Paul Davis of Pittston PA with Mrs Caleb Burns at Front Street plan to return home Saturday. Several Davis family members and friends visit Portland Augusta and Yonkers while others attend gatherings at Highland Lake Brigham's Cove and Birch Point. The yawl Baruna sailed into Small Point Harbor after the Newport Bermuda race. Everett Edward Adams born August 18 gains congratulations. Mrs Martha A Boyden of Cambridge returns home after visiting Litchfield family.

W. C. Davis Paul Davis Pittston Caleb Burns Front Street Eleanor Betty Davis Burns L. H Gordon Miller Boston Mrs Edward Sampson Dummer Street Brigham's Cove Bermuda Small Point Harbor Henry Taylor Martha A. Boyden Cambridge Mass Harry E. Litchfield

Summer residents, guests travel afar from Small Point

Mrs. Walter E. Edge sails from New York on the S S Norman Die of the French Line to Europe to join her husband in Paris then Hungary for weeks. Their three children stay at Small Point until Sept 20 as Mr. and Mrs. John Quirk host Edges’ parents. Sarah Libby Silverman returns from Highland Nature Camp on Lake Sebago Naples. Dr Eugene A Lehman fingerprints campers for safety at Highland Camp. Marie Jack and Fred Jack depart for Abbagahasset Point Bowdoinham for a week. Harry Robbins visits from Hingham as guest of the Rogers. Miss Gay Mason leaves for Winthrop to visit grandmother Mrs E P Mason. Francis Burgess travels to Prince Edward Island for two weeks with relatives.

Deborah Lombard South Portland J. Edward Drake, Jr New Meadows Deborah Capt Cason Walter E. Edge Small Point New York S. S. Normandie Europé Sarah Libby Silverman Highland Nature Camp Lake Sebago Naples Eugene A. Lehman Highland Camp Marie Jack Fred Jack Washington Street Abbagahasset Point Bowdoinham Francis Burgess Bath Iron Works Edward Footer Upper High Street Prince Edward Island

Lisbon Falls Woman Injured in Basement Stairs Fall

Miss Emma Webber arrives from Lisbon Falls to visit sister Mrs. Matthew Reid of Park Street. Reid tripped on basement stairs Sunday, fell onto cement wall, a glass splinter cut forearm. Dr Morin treated the injury.

Emma Webber Lisbon Falls Matthew Reid Park Street Morin

Bath Citizen recalls three supernatural events from Digest

An editor outlines three supernatural events from the Literary Digest. Dr. S Weir Mitchell helps a sick mother after a frightened girl delivers him to a cupboard with the daughter’s vanished shoes. Samuel Clemens dreams his dead brother then sees him after a steamer explosion. Abraham Lincoln dreams of a White House death.

the Independent Dictionary S. Weir Mitchel Philadelphia Pennsylvania St. Louis Samuel Clemens Mark Twain Henry Samuel New Orleans A. Lacy Memphis Henry Clemens

Ghostly bullet and family tragedy recounted in North Sandwich

The narrator recalls two supernatural experiences from youth in North Sandwich New Hampshire. In a cousin’s home he and an aunt heard a gun report and a bullet drop in a painted floor corner. Months later his uncle Joseph Varney died of quick consumption in that same corner room.

North Sandwich N. H Joseph Zeviah Varney Elizabeth Martha Stevenson

Trustees Elect Kershner to Old Folks Home Board

At a trustee meeting in Bath this week Warren E. Kershner was elected to fill the vacancy created by the death of Charles P. Wetherbee. In Auburn a reception and ball is planned by Alden M. Gayton unit for Olive M. Tinkham, Department President of the American Legion Auxiliary, at Odd Fellows hall on Sept 2 at 8 PM.

the Old Folks Home Warren E. Kershner Charles P. Wetherbee Roland Smith

A Pastor Recalls Daughter's Final Hug and Angels

A Newbury Mass pastor describes his six year old daughter Marion Elizabeth's death from capillary bronchitis. He recalls comforting her as she hugged him before she whispered about seeing angels in the corner of the room.

Newbury Mass Marion Elizabeth

Public opens The Crags for fourth year Silver Tea tour

The Crags at Tenant's Harbor, Sumner home of the Talbot Aldriches, opens August 25 for the Mary Elinor Jackson Memorial Library fundraiser. Visitors may tour the entire house including the Aldrich studio and second floor chamber. Talbot Aldrich will host guests. proceeds support library needs.

Tenant's Harbor Talbot Aldriches Mary Elinor Jackson Thomas Bailey Aldrich Spain

Colonial concert to open York Days of Our Forefathers

Singers in beautiful colonial costumes will perform at York Village town hall as part of the York Days of Our Forefathers celebration on August 20.

York Town Hall York Village

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Bobby Arsenault Joseph A. Arsenault Court Street Elaine Atkinson Virginia Gallagher Nancy Lord Barbara Pinkham Betty Shirley Stover Paul Burns Bobby Pellegrini Dicky St. Pierre David Thibeault Arline Lemoine Joyce Evelyn McDougal Vivian Irene Gallant Arthur Ruth MacKenzie Donald Edna Thibeault Albert Emanuel Arsenault Thomas Gallagher Marshall Brown Robert H. Haskell John W. Gilmore Morris W. Potter Albion M. Potter Phippsburg Miriam J. Murray John P. Moores Edward Street Howard O. Nash The Bath Iron Works Corp Albert Pinkham Albert Darrah Ervine Burnham Walter Thayer Walter Stover Sterling Burgess George Melzard George Darrah Social Eight Club Old Orchard George A. Churchill Dorothy Nason Peaks Island Miss Pearl Hathorne Morgan A. Stetson Martin Watrous Sedgemere Alice Barler Chicago Arthur Sewall Stephen M. Etnier Gilbert Head Leo Considine Kansas City Edward Henry M. Biggins Chestnut Street Roland Breton Kittery S. P. Duprey Spring Street Esther M. Hall Willow Street Marjorie Achorn Priscilla Wyman Miss Hall Beulah Doris Ferne Pettengill Stella Babine Priscilla Florence Wyman Lucille Cyr Patricia Hall Rockland Frederick E. Drake, Jr Frederick E. Drake Birch Point George B. Wolstenholme Glace Bay Nova Scotia Harvey P. Hathorne Ida M. Beals Sagadahoc Ferry Blanche J. Bunker Los Angeles Calif Lorenzo Ferry Milton Skowhegan Blanche Whipple Skowhegan Fair Gloria Greeware Nancy Greeware Pearl Street Robert Wishart Robert, Jr James Norwood, Mass Mr Wishart John Wishart Archie Wishart Oliver Street C. J. MacLaughlin Pelham Manor Robert P. Shaw Maynard Brown Jean Wollaston, Mass Mildred Nichols Washington Portland Carl C. Eaton Eastland Hotel Eric Thomee Frank Newcomb Bath Weltha Blossom Webster Augusta Edward Peck Holland Spruce Point Chapel Boothbay Harbor Spruce Point Inn Miss Webster Sewall Webster Wheaton College Massachusetts Institute of Technology Holland Cornell University Louise M. Stewart Bangor Theodore Pierson East Longmeadow Arthur J. Sarkis Charles J. Donnell Carroll Watson Barbara Mary Ellanor Donnell Philip M City Alice MacFarland H. L. Skinner Watertown Clarence W. Morse Clare Coombs Monhegan Ethel Doane Europe Alpheus H. Goodwin. Sabino Minnie Hubbard High Street Elmer Douglas Hallowell Sidney Mason New York City Lincoln Bailey Mt. Desert Long Beach Edgar C. Murphy Harry Byram Freeport Lola Reid Hugh Street Newport Ernest Chase Anna Palmer Oregon Molly Palmer Bernice Allen Woburn Charles Blaisdell Highland Street Percival S. Black Beatrice W. Black Grove Street Rochester Payne Webber Co Frederick P. Moffatt Corliss Street Baptist Church Ernest Leavitt James T. Gardenier Kalamazoo, Mich Popham Beach Charles R. Donnell Elena Bianchi Framingham Marjorie Furber Central Maine Power Co William A. Furber Edwin H. Given Gretchen Wakefield Sarah A. Given Valley Road Perleston Pert Lahey Clinic Palmer Cobb Thompson Ellsworth Jane Dorothy Wing Squirrel Island Marie Clough Grace Jewett Ethel Sutherland Mary Buckner Hazel Judkins Waterville Doris Jones Beatrice Lucas Jane Tapsley Katherine Cotter Martha Haskell Barbara Smith Hanover Dorothy Richardson Farmington Theodore Macauley Minneapolis Margaret and Mary Caldwell Hartford Ellen Stevens Office of Register of Probate Mabel Fiske Virginia Spear Harry T. Passmore Summer Street Miss Fiske Mark W. Hennessy Brigham’s Cove William Goldsmith Hilo Hawaii H. L. Estberg Yonkers Barbara Welloch Worcester Ralph G. Stetson Lake Placid James G. Dann Samuel Davis Edward Thomas Anne Kimball Miriam W. Kimball Lincoln Street Daniel Miller Roslindale Simon Moore Edgecomb Daniel Dan Henry C. Flower Loyall F. Sewall Small Point Beach M. F. Freeman West Roxbury J. L. Walker Walker Farm Woolwich Flora M. Randall Louise Babine Middle Street Camp Pesquasawasis Poland Folsom Norsworthy Chevy Chase Washington, D. C Omar W. Folsom Elsie Folsom Albert Loring Loring Ocean Point Sarah Marble Katherine Berry Wynburg Carol Stevens Betty Fuller Eleanor Shorey Netta S. Briggs Mary Ellen Cyr Mary Sewall Barbara Ross Jeanette Shackford Mary Kenney Lucille K. Johnson Margaret Austin C. Marjorie Trott Arline Cady Medford Louise Calderwood Clarence W. Dalton Billy McKellar David M. McKellar Richard Snowden Marjorie Fraser Dickie Torrey Frank Warren Robert Rowland Donald Harrison Joseph DiLiberto Ann Pennell Barbara Fraser David McKellar Kenneth Bertrand Harold C. Roberts Arlington, Va Roberts Frederick May Pine Street W. Dayton Hill Arthur E. Loeser U. S. S. Sampson Ridin’ Light Lodge Edward Foster Charles A. Bryant Bedford Road Almond Ripley Lincolnville Thomas Parkenson Belfast Maurice O. Ripley Marshall N. Allen Elyara Annis Willard Oliver Popham Elizabeth Oliver Alston E. Oliver Roscoe P. McFadden R. Clinton McFadden Georgianna Carrie Hall George McFadden William A. Perry Senter’s, Inc Elizabeth E. Thurlow Earl H. Morang William Chapman Lynn, Mass Sylvia Kutz David Lapham T. P. Allaire Concord, N. H Senter's, Inc Chesley Hutchins Beth Trott Langdon N. Thistle Doris Zorrilla Lebanon Zorrilla Mr. Thistle Charles H. Thistle Isabelle Ladd John K. Jayne Mrs. Jayne George C. Minard Donald W. Ring Harry E. Ring Washburn Street Nancy K. McManus John J. McManus Brunswick Marjorie Nichols Mary Anderson Piscataqua East Barrington James B. Drake Maine Edwin M. Fuller, Jr American Red Cross Roscoe Parker Woodman Lois Woodman Horace B. Woodman Gertrude Emelyn Wallace George W. Wallace Somerset Place George Carey Baltimore John W. Williams Williams Benjamin Brewster Sally Appelon Brookline Mrs. Perleyster Arrowsic Arthur Sewall 2d Forest Staples Somerville Mrs. Staples Edwin R. Andrews John Craven Newark Rodney E. Ross Kate Goodwin Edward Olsen Frank Healing Lordship Conn Thelma Hazel Olsen Conrad Olsen Ledge-o-Rock Olsen Ralph Steen Waltham, Mass Joseph Spears Arlington Heights Guy Hynes William Hynes Rita M. Cummings Louise M. Trainor New Hampshire David P. Surrette Massachusetts Charles Haggett Harold Haggett Charles F. MacDonald James C. Ledyard Waldo Marshall Charles T. Small, Jr Ralph Dunton Highland Lake Gardenier Edith Estabrook Sidney Nason Brooklyn, N. Y Hugh Yonkers, N. Y George A. Dickinson York Street Carl Stevens Albert Thompson Wilhelmina Gackenbach Mabel Redlon Alfred J. Rowe Wendell P. Stevens Sabine George Henderson Cumberland, Md Thomas L. Pierce Mr. Pierce Esther Mikels Louis M. Silverman Nancy Hyde Elmhurst Wiers, N. H George A. Cahill, Jr Rahway George A. Cahill Cahill Federal Shipbuilding Co Kearney Norman Adams Andrews Road Everett Edward Adams John Quirk Harvard, Mass John M. Conley Beacon Street Harry Robbins Hingham, Mass Mrs. C. W. Rogers Gay Mason Paul Mason Winthrop E. P. Mason Abraham Lincoln Ward Hill Lamon Lincoln White House Kennebec Virginia Lemont’s Field Bar Harbor Cadillac Mountain Charles Arthur Boyd Pewaukee Wis America Day’s Ferry Boyd Wiscasset Carlton Bridge James Blake Olive Harriman Herbert L. Crocker Hinckley Street Crocker Edith Ralph O. Dale Patten Free Library Allan Spear
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