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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Aug 29, 1935

Page

9

Maine Women Gather for Belgrade Lakes Republican Conference

The first conference of Maine Republican women runs Wednesday to Friday at Camp Abena Belgrade Lakes with sessions at the Belgrade Lakes Hotel. Notable speakers include Percival Baxter Gail Laughlin and George Wyeth as organizers and hosts.

Republican Women of Maine Camp Abena Belgrade Nettie C. Burleigh Miss Hersom Lena M. Day Arthur E. Sewell Republican Committee Guy P. Gannett National Republican ‘Committee Percival P. Baxter Elena Perkins Boothbay Harbor Gail Laughlin Burleigh Leslie Cutler Needham Mass Women’s Republican Club of Massachusetts George A. Wyeth New York City Roselle Huddilston Catherine Curtis Women Investors In America, Inc Judson Hannigan Boston Republican Party Portland William R. Pattangall Round Table Republic William Veasie Pratt Wilbur T.davis Worcester Young Republican Club of Charles P. Nelson George A Wyeth Minute Women of J. Hasbrouck LeFevre Robert Williamson Ton D. C Chase Mellon

Bowdoin Youth Held on Arson Charge in Farm Fire

Joseph J. Murphy, 17, was arraigned in Bath on arson charges linked to a blaze in Bernard H. Coombs farm buildings. He pleaded not guilty amid alleged overwhelming evidence and was held on 2500 bond for the October term, with another count of larceny of a Chevrolet truck at 500 bond.

Young Farm Hand Confesses to Arson and Theft

County Attorney Ralph O Dale says he obtained a written confession from 17 year old Joseph J Murphy of Bowdoin admitting he set fire to employer Bernard Coombs dwelling and stole a Chevrolet truck. Murphy pleaded not guilty to arson in municipal court and investigators question his sanity. Sheriff Henderson and City Marshal Whitney witnessed the confession.

Ralph O. Dale Joseph J. Murphy Murphy Bernard Coombs Bowdoin Coombs Young Murphy Albert Henderson Walter L. Whitney Dale

Westbrook Chosen 1936 NN-E Florists Convention City

At Montpelier Vermont last Wednesday the Northern New England Florists association named Westbrook as the 1936 convention host city Hale Dow of Westbrook was elected vice president of the organization in the concluding session of this year s meeting.

Westbrook New England Florists Association Montpelier Hale Dow

Nick Mihalos Stung by Hornets in Bay Island Incident

Boxing promoter Nick Mihalos stirred a hornets nest at Merry Meeting Bay while demonstrating a float's propulsion for Kenney Edgecomb and friends on Sturgeon Island. Hornets moved into Mihalos trousers after he pressed his feet under the bow, taking ten minutes to leave the scene as the group watched his 10 second circling trek and occasional beltline sting.

Nick Mihalos Merrymeeting Bay Nick Kenney Edgecomb Sturgeon Island Mr. Mihalos Mihalos

Garden Club Show a Decided Success in Bath

The Cosmopolitan Garden club sponsored amateur show drew about 300 exhibits and a large Bath audience. Displays ranged from flower arrangements to a pre Civil War clipper ship model built by James C Love. Visitors noted extensive botanical and antique pieces plus a pet collection. Mrs Roscoe P McFadden led the club in celebratory remarks as members praised the event.

Cosmopolitan Garden Club Arabia Cosmopolitan Club Herbert L. Spinney Court Street Bath Maine George A. Churchill Leroy F. Colby William L. Skelton Roscoe P. McFadden James C. Love Flossie Sidelinger Canaries New Meadows

Naval Documents Seek Unpublished Warship Pictures

Navy officers call for unpublished documents and authentic paintings of older ships from private hands to aid a Roosevelt era project. Captain Dudley W. Knox directs the effort with local cooperation from Bath and along Maine’s coast, requesting logs, officers lists, and private photos of 1798 to 1801 ships and armed merchant vessels.

Navy Department Guysbert B. Vroom Us.n Naval Inspector of Bath Iron Works Corp Vroom Maine Historical Society Portland United States Navy United States Department France Knox Bath Naval Seaboard Kittery Regular Navy Ganges Portsmouth George Washington Merrimack Delaware Montesuma Baltimore Herald Norfolk Richmond Pinckney Retaliation Insurgente General Greene Adams John Adams Boston Connecticut Maryland Patapsco Warren Augusta Enterprise Experiment Congress Philadelphia New York Trumbull Pickering Eagle Scammel Jay Virginia Diligence South Carolina Greene Italy Amphitrite Sally Charleston Beaufort St. Marys Savannah Protector Williams Davie Mars

Bath Iron Works Workers Hold First Annual Clambake

Gov. Brann attends Bath Iron Works safety event at Brown's Field West Bath with 650 plus workers guests and 264 cars. Activities include footraces canoe tilting baseball and a 700-strong clambake with prompt service and orderly parade formation from BIW to the grounds.

Bath Louis J. Brawn Bath Iron Works Corp Brown's Louis J. Brann Walter J. Brennan Bath Concern Arthur Hoskins Harold Lyden John Wilson Stanley Brown Lyde Blues Reds Newell West Bath Washington Gov. Brann

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Maine and Uncle Sam Belgrade Lakes Louis J. Gulliver U. S Constitution United States Senate House of Representatives Navy Union Freeman ‘H. Morse House Committee For House England Amercan Morse Senate of the Eugene Hale Ellsworth Senate Naval Committee Frye Aldrich Rhode Island Penrose Pennsylvania Senate Senator Hale U. S. Naval Academy Annapolis Hale Spain Santiago Georgia Bath Iron Works Theodore Roosevelt Europe Asia Miss Nettie C. Burleigh The Woman’s Republican Club of Bernard H. Coombs Matilda Coombs Brunswick Forest City Marine Hospital John P. Crosby Coomb Man Elizabeth French Cora Mae Pearson Weeks Street Arthur Wilson Lincoln Street Machias Mrs. Wilson Commander Vroom Bangor Lion's Club Penobscot Exchange Hotel Lion Earle Hillman Albert J. Schiro S. N. Marsh Harry L. Wheelden King Mary Shaw Thaxter Frederick H. Kimball High Street Langdon T. Traxter Kimball Brann William S Newell Archibald M. Main John Johnson Walter Perry John Burgess Leburton Sheldon Mr. Main Sheldon Johnny Murray University of Maine Johnny Mullaney Mullaney Ernest Cunningham Lance Cooper Harry L. Thompson Brunswick American Legion Band Mr.Brennan
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