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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1934

Page

5

Richmond and area residents guest in town this week

A long list of visitors and locals seen in Bowdoinham Richmond and surrounding towns. Many stay at cottages in Pleasant Pond Georgetown Lakes Kennebec Point and Boothbay Harbor while others attend church events and celebrate a new birth. Notables include Capitain Charles Foster Mrs Mabel Cate and families visiting from Dresden Winthrop Bath and Bath. Intertwined are hospital news and road planning efforts.

Charles Foster Don Cate B. Corthll Robert Mabel Cate Dresden Elizabeth Haynes St. Barnabas Hospital Portland Carlton King A. A. Ring Brunswick Road Lawrence Thompson L. M. Thompson Dover-Foxcroft Perley Wedge L. H. Stevens Bethel George Hawkes Capital Island Enterprise Grang Ethel Foster Abbie McZenney Chester Foster Harpswell Center E. F. Pratt Hunter Harry Curran Sadie Wood Augusta G. E. Clifford Winthrop Roy Sedgley Pleasant Street Bertram Rice Norman William Salem Mass Gardner Cottage Pleasant Pond Florence Gray New York City Victor R. E. Carey Sidney W. Gray Bowdinham Cross Road Leroy V. Cleveland Bowdoinham Ridge Cemetery Otis Gray Clifford Kay Fred Gray Wilbur Sm Eunice Croteau Dorothea Croteau Cranston, R. I Gilbert Folgett William Meader William, Jr Auburn Ora Yeaton Gilbert Maxwell Naples Laurence Bond Jennie Gatchell Roslindale Elizabeth Hawthorne Beulah Rebekah Lodge Carl Bickford Belfast Wallace Bickford Garerner George Bickford George Dinnett Dayton William Whitney Ansonia Martha Rich Bowen Georgetown Lakes

New Canning Center Opens at Old Dummer Street School

The relief canning center in Old Dummer Street School operates smoothly this week. Bath residents may bring produce Tuesday and Friday, with Miss Marguerite Hanscom coordinating. Interest in extra workers grows as rates for cans and fuel are set and garden produce contributions are welcomed.

Old Dummer Street Bath Canning Center Marguerite Hanscom Canning Canning Relief Project

Cromwell Funeral Held for Woolwich Auto Tragedy Victim

Alonzo B. Cromwell of Woolwich, killed in a Woolwich dike automobile accident, was mourned by a large crowd Monday afternoon at his Nequasset district home. Rev. Walter W. Swank officiated. pallbearers included Percy Bailey and John Carter. Burial followed at Riverside cemetery.

Alonzo B. Cromwell Woolwich Nequasset Walter W. Swank Woolwich Union For Christian Service Percy Bailey John Carter Alton Erskine Frank A. Hodgdon William Hanson George Wright Riverside Cemetery

Public notice of claims for Walsh estate Bath Maine

State of Maine fadahoc ss August 23 1934 the undersigned commissioners to receive and decide upon the claims of creditors of Charles Walsh late of Bath deceased announce after August 14 1934 creditors may present and prove claims. They will attend at Gardiner R Deering 72 Front street Bath Maine at 10 00 oclock forenoon September 11 1934 and October 9 1934.

State OF Maine Fadahoc Walter. S. Glidden Charles . Walsh Bath Gardiner R. Deering Front Street Maine Charles Bartlett

Georgetown Social Notes Highlight Local Guests and Events

Georgetown residents host and visit relatives across Maine and New Hampshire while summer activities continue. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Walter Anderson of Sunapee New Hampshire and Mrs. J C Bearse visiting Sanford. Camp Farthest Out hosts a Lookout Point conference with 70 attendees amid art and music teaching by notable staff.

Walter Anderson Sunapee N. H A. G. Stedman H. E. Snow Bell Rock Camp Alex Cunningham Rhode Island Inez Spinney Brunswick William A. Todd J.C. Blaise Newport R. I Block Island Annie M. Jones Fred Reid Harmon's Harbor Sadie Drake Dedham Mags George Smith Sagadahoc Bay Ralph Scott Boothbay Harbor Lookout Point House Harpswell Center Glen Clark Gilpatrick Chicago Hunt Coombs Art Guild of New York City Glenn Harding Kennebec Point Daniel Bliss Boston Arthur E. Holt Florence E. Holt Charles Brewster Harold Allen Coaticook P. Q Bath Robert Helen Melrose Mass Raymond Taylor Natick Sewall Webster Augusta Scott Curtis Salem J. C. Bearse Sanford First Baptist Church Judson L. Cross Winchester Henry Reynolds Union Abbie Reynolds Hartley Boone Attleboro Jessie Taft Betty Edwin Taft Bay Point Jessie Charles Clarke Long Island

Winnegance Guests Travel Home From Buckhead Visit

Winnegance, Ga., Mr. and Mrs. Fred White and their sons Loring Charles and Grayson from Buckhead, are departing Tuesday after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Parks. Capt. William B. Perry arrives from New York to stay with Mrs. Perry at Campbell farm Beach Phippsburg aboard the Angelina, a Bull Line steamship recently launched and serving New York Porto Rico routes with Perry as its first commander. Miss Doris Moore of Houston visits Mr. and Mrs. Ormond Coggeshall. she and Mrs. Coggeshall were Gorham Normal school classmates.

Fred White Loring Charles Grayson Buckhead Fred L. Parks William B. Perry Angelina Bull Line New York Perry Doris Moore Houston Ormond Coggeshall Moore Coggeshall Gorham Normal School

Girls and Boys Baseball Duel Ends With 7 to 2

A playful Wednesday game saw boys dressed as girls and girls as boys, with the "girls" prevailing 7 to 2. Local social notes recount a Playhouse cabaret style event hosted by Mrs. Winkley featuring tables, a menu, punch, and a fashion show.

Gid Peck Winkley Bradford Craig Bob Spock J. Clifford Woodhull Mr. Woodhull Margaret Wheeler Katherine Craig Wheeler Cottage Boothbay Harbor Philadelphia Louise Mabel Searle James Stokley James S. Rogers Stokley Susan Doughton MacMahan Benjamin Franklin Memorial and Museum Parkway

Dromore Grangers Hold Regular Meeting

Dromore Grange met in its hall Tuesday evening with 19 members and one visitor. Hubert McCarty and Mrs. Belle Cutting led the program. Mrs. Annie Malcolm won a riddle contest and a fudge prize. A bean bag contest followed. Ruben Purington won in two rounds. Mrs. Malcolm invited all to a Sept. 5 picnic at her Quaker Point cottage.

Dromore Malcolm Quaker Point

William L Sprague Funeral Held at Home

The funeral for William L. Sprague, veteran shipsmith, was held Thursday afternoon at two at his home, 52 Richardson Street. Rev. Harley A. Shattuck officiated. Bearers were Everett G. Lemont and three nephews George Sprague Fred and William Kittridge. Burial followed at Oak Grove.

William L. Sprague Richardson Street Harley A. Shattuck Beacon Street

Five Islands News Roundup of Beach Picnics and Visitors

Five Islands weekend scene includes a Bible school for children led by Miss Entz and Miss Sutter from California, a Saturday beach picnic, and a notable list of visitors and residents staying at cottages. Local preacher Rev. Walter Shoepper may speak Sunday, with many townspeople and guests named visiting or stopping by Seguinland and Harmon's Harbor cottages.

Entz Sutter California Walter Shoepper Shirley Pollard Newton Mass Hodgdon Cottage Howard Gove Sherbourne Eleanor N. B. Carson Fremont N. H Marion Frost William Chase Madelyn Waterville Ray Hoffman Pittsburgh Seguinland Harry Reid Auburn Charles Jordan Hum W. J. Lord Melrose Marjorie Bartlett New York City Columbia University F. P. Bartlett Leagemers Road Leroy Moulton Moulton Charles MacMahan Malden Fredricka MacVicar Winchester George W. Blen Walter Chase Jack H. Chase Charles Chase Wiscasset Elbridge Southard Islands Horace Rittall Beverly Bath Joan Hinds Psjepscot Chester MacMahan Alton Reed House

Lewiston man charged in theft of Granite State car

Deputy Sheriff Frank E. Carver traced a stolen car from Rochester N H to Topsham leading to the arrest of Steve Browner of Lewiston. Browner pleaded guilty to larceny of a car and leaving the scene of an accident and was held on a $1000 bond by Judge John J. Keegan at Bath police headquarters.

Frank E. Carver Topsham Steve Browner Lewiston John J. Keegan Bath Rochester N. H Browner Brunswick Carver Lillian Cooke Steve Brownel Brownel

Old Alna Church Service Draws Big Coastal Crowd

The Alna church service featured Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick addressed by Boothbay Harbor speakers with quotes from the Bible. After the sermon Fosdick mingled with parishioners as 120 cars and many more parked around the meetinghouse grounds. In Bath observers included George E. Thompson and Ruth Thompson with Prof. Edward G. Mead and Misses Bess and Grace Dickinson.

Harry Emerson Fosdick New York Boothbay Harber Dr. Fosdick Cemtery Bath George E. Thompson Ruth Thompson Edward G. Mead Bess Grace Dickinson

Mrs Myrtie B Shepard Dies After Operation

Mrs Myrtie B Shepard 54 wife of Charles E Shepard of Bath died in a Portland hospital after an operation. Born in Bath she was the daughter of Alfred S and the late Helen Potter and had always lived there. She leaves her husband two sons Ernest L of Fairfield Herman S and Charles A both of Bath a daughter Shirley E Morong Bath and a grandson Charles A Shepard Jr Bath. Mrs Frederick H Kimball of High street visited Augusta with Milton S Kimball over the weekend.

Myrtie ‘B. Shepard Charles E. Shepard Bath Portland Shepard Alfred S Helen Potter Ernest L. Shepard Fairfield Herman S Charles A. Shepard Shirley E. Morong Charles A. Shepard, Jr

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