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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1956

Page

4

Portland highlights reflect ships, streets, and summer life

The Bath area notes include the leak­ing schooner Ada E Brown at Rio de Janeiro and cargo survey plans. Street work on Washington street with rock and sewer upgrades aims to smooth traffic. Local vacations and visits abound with Elliot Fuller, E W Penley, Miss Dora Hathorne, and more. A Sloane speech energizes Topsham rally as Maine Central counts autos.

Ada E. Brown Rio de Janeiro New York Brown Charles B. Minott Washington Street Linden Washington Streets

Social life at Small Point and local activities Aug 23 1916

Mr and Mrs William Warden enjoy luxury at the Small Point clubhouse with fine swimming days and popular beaches. Laura B Palmer hosts a sewing bee at her Allen Street home. Children may get free automobile rides tomorrow at nine from the Cosmopolitan clubhouse with cars volunteered by local owners. E W Hyde visits Augusta while Grace Morse stays with Mr and Mrs Leslie Reed in Gardiner. Capt McIntire and Harry McIntire attend a lively encounter.

William Warden Laura B. Palmer Allen Street Cosmopolitan

Bath Children Enjoy first rides as Cosmopolitan club aids

About 125 Bath children were treated to their first automobile ride as part of a Cosmopolitan club philanthropy. Automobiles loaned by local prominent residents lined Winter to Linden streets, with games on the green and music by the Drum Corps.

Cosmopolitan Club London Bridge Linden A. H. Shaw Fred H. Kimball William D. Sewall Amory Houghton Galen C. Moses John McInnes Harry B. Sawyer Frank B. Nichols Charles R. Higgins F. R. E. Dean Jack Holmes Hyde Sheriff Oliver Joseph McCole Scott Frye

Bath News Summary of Aug 1916 Social and Local Events

Aug 25 1916 Beacon Street Men plan Labor Day field day clambake at Foster's Point with lunches. Bath residents attend dances at Theta Delta Chi with notable guests from New York and California. Grace church to install a memorial organ built by Moller Co to honor Mrs Thomas Worcester Hyde. Local outings include Ridley camp visit to King's Point and Bay Point trips. Bath ball team to face Lewiston Nationals. Monhegan reports a 25 foot 8,000 pound shark caught and drowned. Naval Militia cruise on the Kearsarge and local hay crop news. Weather storms cause damage near the Huff residence. Dancing at Sebenon hall with Kelley's Banjo Orchestra.

Grace Church Arthur S. Hyde St. Bartholomews Church New York City Thomas Worcester Hyde Moller Organ Co Hagerstown

Bath Dance Orchestra to Headline Kennebec Yacht Club Hop

The Cos mopolitan club members will enhance Monday evening as the Bath Dance Orchestra is engaged for the hop. August committee manages the program and includes Misses Helen Wheaton Bessie Mooers and May O'Brien.

Kennebec Yacht Club Cosmopolitan Club Bath Dance Orchestra Helen Wheaton Bessie Mooers May O'Brien

Peninsula Shipyard Builds Wooden Vessels in Portland

Aug 27 1956 Portland briefs report Alonzo B Parks in charge of craft drawings at Peninsula Shipbuilding with son Howard aiding. Paul Blackwood home from New York for vacation, soon sailing to France as engineer on St Paul. Local social notes mention Woolwich belles minstrel program profits, motor boat trip to Concord NH, and a Maine Bowdoin College Student Loan Assoc formed with Bath Bath pres Rupert Baxter and Portland director Philip Clifford. The item also notes Loyal Farragut Sewall returning from France where he served with the American Ambulance Corps, and a touring Ohio party visiting with a large luggage laden car. Fresh eggs 40c a dozen. Excursion steamship Virginia offers Sunday outing from City Landing at 9 am.

Phe Oregonian Portland, Ore Peninsula Shipbuilding Company Alonzo B. Parks Howard Paul Blackwood William. Blackwood New York Panama France St. Paul State of Maine Bowdoin College Student Loan Assoc Rupert Baxter Bath Robert K. Eaton Brunswick Philip T. Clifford Portland Donald F. Snow Bangor

Visitor Returns After Weeks in Town Guests of Mrs Leonard

Master George son returned today after a two week stay in town as the guest of Mrs Merrill’s daughter Mrs E Randall Leonard on High Street.

George Iing Merrill E. Randall Leonard High Street

Hughes to Speak in Bath on Saturday

Justice Charles Evans Hughes Republican presidential candidate will address Bath on Saturday September 9. Rupert H Baxter Sagadahoc county State Committee member and candidate for State Senator organized the visit after a week of effort. Other local items note visitors and outings around Bath including Woolwich residents to the movies and area excursions. Squirrel Island to get a new cottage by John E Oldham at the west shore.

Maine State Librarian Bulletin Henry O. Thayer Maine State Library Bath Nequasset Sagadahoc Damariscove Topsham Hall Charles H. Sloane Nebraska Charles Evans Hughes Justice Hughes Rupert H. Baxter Sagadahoc County Squirrel Island John E. Oldham West Shore

Lakewood to Welcome Jane Morgan Russell Nype in Two for Tonight

Lakewood theater opens Labor Day with a return engagement of Jane Morgan and Russell Nype and comedienne Frances Brandt in Noel Coward's Two for Tonight. The musical features a score by Cole Porter and Irving Berlin and marks Lakewood's first back-to-back guest stars in a single season due to demand. Morgan and Nype will also perform their own numbers as the third act of the show.

Lakewood Farest Lakewood Theater Jane Morgan Russell Nype Frances Brandt Noel Coward Cole Porter Irving Berlin Grant Mills Paris Europe Americas

Henrickson Family Vacation at the White Mountains

Mr and Mrs Joseph H Henrickson and daughter Marie and Sylvia with Mr and Mrs Henry Henrickson spent the weekend at the White Mountains.

Joseph H. Henrickson Marie Sylvia Henry Henrickson City White Mountains

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The Bath Daily Times George C. DeMott Congregationalist St. John’s Church Jersey City St. Stephens Church Elliot A. Fuller J. J. Desmond Co Sebasco Estates Alonzo G. Fisher Foster’s Point E. W. Penley Auburn E. H. Duncan Morse’s Mountain Dora Hathorne Crockery Department D. T. Percy & Sons Charles Davenport Camilla May Page Buenos Aires Davenport Baltimore Page Gulf Kelley, Spear Co Electric Road Westmoreland E. C. Stinness Providence R. L J. C. Higgins North Street Mr. Stinness Wyman Maine Central Gatetender William McLean Edgecomb Amos Perry Eleanor and William Perry Richmond D. L. Wilson Liberty Mrs. Wilson J. A. Redlon Birch Point Harry Richardson Irene Ingalls Westport Boston Buick Cyrus W. Longley Register of Probate Bath Orchestra Mildred Bowen Chelsea Mass Morse High School Florence Dunton Dunlap Hatch Bath National Bank E. W. Hyde Augusta Miss Grace Morse Mrs. Leslie Reed Gardiner Capt. McIntire Harry McIntire Front Street Gauvin and Gay Huse Center Street Leon Belanger Joseph Huse Hubert McCarthy John A. Morse Leonice Monterey Saratoga Emilio DeGogorza Miss Fetridge Quebec Rupert Wing Peta Nate Baroness Rosentwist Georgetown Madame Sandells Metropolitan Grand Opera Co Fred B. Percy Brookline, Mass Small Point Cushings Patience Philadelphia Bath Society Theta Delta Chi Henry Haskell Beacon Street Labor Day Hugh Mitchell Miriam Kimball Dorothy Sewall Carol Percy Elizabeth Houghton Bel Bacon Eugenis Shaw Leslie Smith Los Angeles Calif Sumner Sewall W. Emery Chase Horace Morse Arthur Sewall This City Donald Percy Brookline Tom Percy Clifford Windberg Arlington Alden Denham New Meadows Ridley King’s Point Walter Marco Bay Point Abram Oliver Marion Clark’s Point Kennebec James Hawley Deering Street Day's Ferry Woolwich Tuessie Hall Kelley Field Nationals Lewiston Maine Trolley League Kenney McNeil and Stover Monhegan J. J. Keegan Mrs. Keegan Lubec Vicinity Joseph Sewall John Houghton Kearsarge Newport Messrs Sewall Houghton Rosedale Henry Rose and Sons Frank Robbins Pine Street W. Marshall MacDonald Massachusetts Mt. Herman School W. A. MacCormick Earl Warren Harold M. Sewall Oxford B. R. Btowne Capt Ed Huff Huff Home Huff Gardiner Coombs Miss January Lynn, Mass Pearl E. Dunar Louise Irish Sebenon Hall Kelley Boothbay State OF Maine State Control G. Presley Edmund S. Muskie Executive Council 97Th Legislature ATARZ General Fund 97Th Inland Fisheries and Game Fund Nm Institutional Service General Administration Maine Employment Security Commission Renere Ee Scastesnee Jon Woes Werner Eenee Highway Fund Highway and Bridge Bonds Public Service Enterprises Bangor-Brewer Fore River Waldo-Hancock Kennebec Bridge Calle Thargs Public Eee Trust Maine Highway Special Revenue General Service Uss Ate TYS Funda - Onsea Aela le Sul Se Irplus Ainemployment Securi Fundus Anti Harbor Termina Fice Building Authority PEAR Dee Isle-Sedgwick Bridge Inland Fisheries and Game Concord, N. H Joseph Torrey Virginia Popham Farragut Sewall Hon American Ambulance Corps States Ohio City Landing D. T. Dougherty Rexall Mrs. Dougherty Old Orchard John Freeman Sabine Chester Freeman Gould J. Brown A. Stearns Edward Kimball John H. Kimball F. M. Briggs Fryeburg State Association of Church of New Jerusalem Frank L. Staples Murial South Gardiner Sanford L. Fogg George Merrill Mrs. Davis Hatch Davis, Jr Point Shirley Green Street Davis Hatch Wilbur Howe Mrs. D. L. Howard Frank H. Peterson North Land C. C. Mengel, Jr Africa North Woolwich Dexter Baker Methodist Church Marion Dain Sawyer’s Island William Mussenden Mary Oak Grove East Boothbay Oliver Moses E. M. Fuller Master Edwin East Sunday Robert B. Hatch Stanley Emma Pierce A. A. Percy Damariscotta Christmas Cove John Clark Raymond Clark Fannie Trott Bluff Head Charles E. Gahan Mrs. Gahan Henry W. Cobb Eugene Hartnett Back River Resort
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