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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1929

Page

3

Navy Chief Constructor Rock Confirmed for Post

The Senate confirmed the promotion of a Navy chief constructor and head of construction and repair. He previously supervised Bath Iron Works during the 1902 03 build of the monitor Nevada and cruiser Cleveland, and resided in Bath with his family during a prior stationing on Washington Street.

Navy Washington, D. C States Navy United States Senate Nimn Rock Bath Iron Works Nevada Cleveland Bath Jacob R. Andrews Washington Street

Local Residents Return From Thanksgiving Break

Miss Marion Freeman and Miss Sorkee Berenson spent the Thanksgiving weekend with family and friends. Miss Freeman is a returned teacher from the high school and Mrs. Frederick W. Freeman resides on York Street. Berenson works as a clerk for the Profit Sharing Stamp office in Bath and visited her Portland home during the holiday.

Edward W. Bridgham Massachusetts Marion Freeman Frederick W. Freeman York Street Sorkee Berenson Stamp Office Bath Portland

Miss Emma Denham of Bowdoinham and Miss Hester Rose Return

Miss Emma C Denham of Bowdoinham is visiting Mrs C Mech an ic street. Miss Hester Rose of the Morse high faculty returned Sunday from her Brooks home where she spent the holidays.

Emma C. Denham Bowdoinham Mechanic Street Hester Rose Morse High Brooks

Miss Katherine O'Brien Returns From Bath Visit

Miss Katherine O'Brien arrives in Portsmouth New Hampshire Sunday after visiting Bath as guest of Miss Priscilla Hodge.

Katherine O’brien Portsmouth N. H Bath Priscilla Hodge

Central Church League Meets With Hostesses

The Central Church League met Monday night with hostesses Mrs. Edmund P. Briggs, Mrs. William V. Percy, and Mrs. Jesse Donnell assisting in the event.

Central Church League Edmund P. Briggs William V. Percy Jesse Donnell

Social Roundup of Bath Area Events and Notices

Mrs James T Bonney hosts a supper bee with Chrysanthemum decor and prizes for bridge at her home. Winners include Mrs Amos Perry first, Mrs Albion Corliss second, and Mrs Dura L Howard third. Nearby residents Harry Knight family spent weekends in Bath. Announcements: Miss Gertrude Rebekah Bardwell to Richard Crockett Hall wed Thanksgiving Day at the bride’s home. Richard Hall, Morse High 23, now Weldon hotel assistant manager. Eva Ripley guest of Miss A Johnson. farewell party for Mrs Edward Annis hosted by Mrs Frank Emerson. Attendees include Irene Mosby and Theo McNeil among others. Harry Beals of Wiscasset visiting sister Mrs Carlton Lowell.

Merton Dearing Crocker Roscoe Shaw Raymond Hart Archie Wishart Elsie Crocker Thelma Dearing Prank French James T. Bonney Amos Perry Albion Corliss Dura L. Howard Henry D. Bardwell Turner Falls Mass Bath Gertrude Rebekah Richard Crockett Hall Ivory Hall Morse High Copley-Plaza Boston Weldon Greenfield Sarah Pratt Chestnut Street Edward Annis Columbus Ohio Frank Emerson Spring Street Annis Ruth Emerson Morse High School Irene Mosby Eda Mcreen William Fraser Natalie McNeil Nina Lancaster Theo McNeil Iva Cromwell George Pratt

Bath residents welcome Thanksgiving guests in Boston visit

Various Bath families and friends gathered for Thanksgiving with relatives in Boston including Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe P. McFadden and Mrs. Georgiana Thibodeau. Other readers returned from Bath to Bates College or enjoyed visits with kin in Portland, Belmont and Camden.

Charles T. Jackson Portland Francis B. Hill Jackson Roscoe P. McFadden R. Clinton McFadden Addie P. McFadden Helen Downing This City Georgiana Thibodeau Waterville Cobbroad Boston Thibodeau Emily Thibodeau

Bath News Briefs Reflect Winter Strains and Local Happenings

Bath communities face winter travel challenges from ice and snow as cars carry Christmas trees through town. Key notes include civic expenditures for road work, retirements and health of local officials, shipyard rebuilding of the Constitution, new local businesses, and routine civic events in Bath and nearby towns.

Snowstorm Leaves Street Railway Awaiting Next Test

The street railway company has its plows and snow fighting equipment ready for instant use but Monday’s storm produced insufficient snow to require action. Officials say crews remain on standby for potential heavy snowfall.

Street Railway Company

Preservation plea for Erudition schoolhouse from Bath resident

A Bath woman and her husband urge preservation of the Erudition schoolhouse. They call for restoring it from behind the new high school, arguing locals and visitors alike should show interest and support and that old Bath buildings could be cleared to make space.

Bath Erudition the Independent

Personal Notes from Topsham and Nearby Towns

Mrs Bruce H M White hosted a luncheon bridge at her Topsham home on Wednesday. Portland visitors included Mrs Caldwell S Phillips Miss Mary Paine and Miss Marcia Moulton. Mrs Warren F Hawley hosted Grace church St Mary's guild on Oak Street Monday night. Herbert L Simpson of East Brunswick is ill and Dr Andrews of Brunswick attends him. Mrs John C Fitzgerald returned Monday after Thanksgiving with her mother Mrs Elizabeth Toole in Fitchburg Massachusetts. Billy Gove a Morse high school senior at 726 Middle Street is recovering from pleurisy likely to keep him home ten days to two weeks.

Bruce H. M. White Topsham Caldwell S. Phillips Mary, Paine Marcia Moulton Portland Warren F. Hawley St. Mary Elizabeth Toole Fitchburg Mass Billy Gove Morse High School Middle Street

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William A. Corfield Somerville Rupert H. Baxter Percival P. Baxter Fenton Tomlinson James Tomlinson Edward Tomlinson James F. Murphy Jane Murphy Mary F. Gibbons Harry W. Tucker Clarence W. Morse Clare Coombs Alden G. Smith Lydie Lucy Bailey White Mary Elise White Suzanne White Bruce H. M Whits, Jr Reginald Stacy Cobb Road John J. Keegan Jack Thomas J. Lundrigan Willow Street Charles and Angie London Ridlonville James McNeil Jack McNeil Jack Jr Arline Shirley R. B. Good Mary Helen Frank King Carolyn Winthrop A. J. McNeil Susan Ballou Bangor William R. Ballou Edward W. Hyde North Street Miss Ballou Eugene Desmond Lincoln Street Marias H. Page Donald Martha Charlotte Barbara Nellie R. J. M. Steussy Norma Jean Orville E. Pages Belle Hodgkins Chester Freeman Trott Andrews Road Trott C. C. Blagdon John Wiscasset Alfred Trott Woolwich Helen Hartwell Miss Hartwell Galen Low Brookline George Woodbury Ralph Brown Spencer, Mass Silas M. Oliver Cosmopolitan Club Christine Jockery Harriet Lord Joseph Terrell Harry Burnham Moses Swell Constitution Charlestown Mavy Yard William W. Dennison W. W. Payker Hampton, N. H Harold Oldis River Edge N. J Philip Eaton New York Sidney L. Eaton Rexford Stover Austin Keith Phyllis Auburn Samuel Stover Oak Street Marjorie Troop Miss Leslie Cambridge Carl C. Troop Helen Freeman Tatu Nows Bor Matson Navigation Co Rachel Nichols Nichols Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp Quincy George Copeland Jennie Merrill E. Randall Leonard Edward Gaudreau Bath Friends Davis Hatch, Jr Davis Needham Mr. Hatch Davis Hatch Green Street Arlene Youland Lewiston William Elliot Clinton D. Wilson High Street Gladys Besse New Jersey John Conti Carl C. Anderson Richard Kl. Sprague Mrs. Elliott_Puller Norway Charles Boyd Olive Guild Newton John H. Hyde Elmhurst Raymond H. Trott Providence, R. I Joseph M. Trott Chester Totman Western Avenue Raymond Bechard Patricia Constance Marjory Lewis Doughty James Fyfe Laughton Virginia Tanner Edwin Dodge Hardin Julia Main Katherine Gibbs Archie Main The Bath Tron Urban Hall Marjorie Lewis Livermore Falls William Elliott Lower High Street Bayside Park Marion Watson Sidney Watson Candy’s Harbor Ada Deering Walter Austin Vivian LeMont Mrs Lucius LeMont Gwendolyn Vaughan Braintree Edward Vaughan Corliss Street Alice Hartnett Lynn, Mass Fred Hartnett John Grindell Alfred Rowe Mrs. Rowe Joseph Blaisdell Five Islands A. E. Rowe Georgetown Archie Seekins Wentworth Institute Ralph Seekins Charles Keyes Martha Allen Carl Theodore Hyre Toledo Mrs. Davis Hatch Needham, Mass James McLellan St. Albans Church South Portland J. Houghton McLellan McLellan James Amory Rockland Hallowell Worster House Natalie Smith Bliss College William Yule Upper Dora Day John A. Lord Charlestown Navy Yard Alene G. Smith of Gertrude C. Greenleaf Hendel Guerb Hamburg Germany Bath Iron Works Corp David L. Wilson Central Church Parsonage Guerb America Atlantic Henry W. Butler Chester Plant Horace Leeman Artell Hayward Harold Leeman Charles Crosby Nellie Leeman George M. Stinson Marcia Stinson Milton C. Trott S. M. Club Marjorie Lemont Lower Washington Street Julia Paisley Weeks Street Frank J. Walker Maine Walter J. H. Morrell 30 Meadow Way Winthrop A. Morrell Ruby Burkhart Skowhegan Sarah Reynolds Edna Mae Charles A. Harriman Brookline, Mass John Crosby Donald Henderson University of Maine Sheriff Albert Henderson N. d Agnes M. Fahey Elsie Wakefield Maine General Hospital Phyllis Rockwell Wakefield Frank S. Wakefield South Street Richard Sprague Mrs. Gardiner Deering Donald Leavitt Morse Bingham Bruce H.,m. White Robert B. Miller Seymore Webster Penobscot County Millinocket Mrs. Clyde Lake Upper Washington Street Louise Bucknam Brooklyn, N. Y Carrie Stone James Tabor Knapp Baer Cunnard Fred C. Cox Walter Pendleton U. S. Scythia Mr. Cox Mr. Pendleton Southampton Eng Capetown Harold Miller Rumford Milan Street Walter A. Wright Keene, N. H Percy Rolfe Fred Cary East Brunswick Grace Coombs Morse India Bombay Weston P. Holman Beacon Street Methodist Church A. M. Curtis Leeds Helen Conley Anita Conley Academy Street Boston University Alfred Hughes George Dale Robert of Ralph O. Dale Ethel Huse Alderman Harry M. Huse Snow Park E. C. Dunning Harpswell Robert White Mr. White Frank Dunning Fred L. Andrews J. R. Andrews Edwin R. Andrews Frederick and Richard Philip Gildart O. M. Redlon Abbott Evelyn West Bath Winter Street Helen Parker Bates College Elizabeth Deering Caroll A. Deering Sargent School Carroll A. Deering Carolyn Turner Lulu Turner Leslie Kindergarten Training School C. L. Mitchell Southstreet Helen Gow Bestion John Johnson Harry Knight Harry Jr Eva Ripley Ger Miss A Johnson Raymond Court Harry A. Beals Carlton Lowell Pine Street Elizabeth McGrath Mildred Varney Irma Gilman Stanley Gilman Gilman Belmont William H. Gilman Phippsburg Howard Rice Alice Reynolds Thomas F. Reynolds F. K. Lewis Cushman’s Bakery Mr. McCourtney S. W. Baker Brockton, Mass N. L. Stover E. A. Garcelon New England Retail Grain Dealers Association Hotel Statler Mr. Trott Edward Gaudreau, Jr Charles I. Madden Charles I. Madden, Jr Neal Street Christine Leland Camden Brenton Ayer Winship Street Harry F. Morin Ralph Seeking Mattawamkeag Harry Bowie Walter Higgins Farrin Street Walter Garth Sanford Chester Cram Arthur MacVane MacVane A. A. Pierce Westport A. H. Pierce Perth Amboy, N. J Helen Shepherd Old Town Alphonso Burnham Brunswick—road George Colby Paris Russell Colby Pleasant Street Canada Lawrence J. Colgan Augusta Maine State Prison Thomaston Eas Goddard Pond Roscoe E. Perkins George C. Pease Phippsburg Center Oakhurst Dairy Co Center Street Edward E. Morse Cooks’ Corner Harry L. Thompson Oak Hill Portland- Brunswick Brunswick Dromore Bay Waldo Weston Phippsburg Woods Arrowsic Bridge State of Cook’s Corner Solar Lodge of Masons Oscar F. Williams Babe Ruth P! S Cone Owen Baldpate H. Augustus Huse Augusta Opera House Augusta Lodge Ellis Kerr & Houston Bath Tron Works Winter Street Church Owen E. Rogers Bath Opera House Augustus St. Pierre Mr. St. Pierre St. Mary's Usical Billy Pinkham Miss Pinkham
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