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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1929

Page

6

Gravel and Gauvin Triumph in Arcade Arena Bouts

Rocky Gravel of Lewiston and Eddie Gauvin of Bath upset opponents Friday at Arcade Arena. Gauvin staged a sensational late comeback to narrowly shade Eddie King, while Gravel earned a close decision over Mac Kelley. Kingsbury beat Eddie Clancy. Al Singer stopped by Referee Sutherland. Fred Pecci edged Jackie Fields.

Rocky Gravel Lewiston Eddie Gauvin Bath Arcade Arena Maceater Johnny King Gravel Kelley Gauvin Shade King Eddie King Boston Mac Kelley Mac Kingsbury Tiger Kingsbury Bath Iron Works Corp Eddie Clancy Hyde Windlass Co Tiger Clancy Kinesbury al Singer Brunswick Farmer Brown Bowdoinham Sutherland Singer Fred Pecci Jackie Fields Brooklyn N. Y Slone

Property changes ownership W T Donnell

The Ponertyv at 281-299 Washington street, formerly owned by the heirs of William T. Donnell, was sold by Field S Pendleton of New York to Mrs Maud Case Elliot of Hyannis Moes s a niece of the late William T Dennell. The deal includes the Avelline shin yard and land. The transaction was handled through the offices of John P Carey Jr attorney.

Washington Street William T. Donnell Field S. Pendleton New York Maud Case Elliot Hyennis Moess William T. Dennell Filiot William ®. Palmer High Street Hyannis John P. Carey, Jr

MANY CHANGES IN ZOO NOTED

A fragment from page one notes ongoing changes at the zoo and includes quotes about a resident’s adjustment to life there. Kenneth Sanders, second assistant engineer on board the USS Ossinie, arrived to spend the weekend with his parents at 1206 Washington Street.

Heaven Kenneth Sanders

Lithuanian Arrives in New York After Bremen Delay

Mrs. Rivkas Kutz arrives in New York from Baltermanz Lithuania aboard the Bremen after a three day storm delay. She is to live with her son Max Kutz and his wife at 5 Cobb Road in Bath where she will reunite with Louis, who has been away for 19 years.

Max Kutz New York City Rivkas Kutz Baltermanz Republic of Lithuania New York Bremen Cobb Roads

Morse Opens Season With Narrow Win Over Gardiner High

Morse high school opened its season and dedicated a new gym with a 26 to 22 victory over Gardiner. Sophomore Harry Ring led Morse with three final-quarter baskets, while Gardiner kept a tight lead through the game. Gardiner’s Berry scored 23 of her team’s 24 points in the girls game, and Morse’s Mary Larabee struggled to find her form.

Morse High Reth Gardiner Socals Morse Harry Ring Ring Gerdiner Whitehouse Crocker Cutts Kevyn Levard Holt Littlefield Hewett Andrews Berry Mary Larabee Woilerr Pear Leah Crockers Ars Lbe Akers Tavis Atelier

Sunday Silver Tea at Cosmopolitan Club

The Silver Tea at the Cosmopolitan Club on Washington Street drew about 59 members and friends. Guests enjoyed candles and berry baskets as tea ran from four to six. nearly $25 was raised for the poor and needy at Christmas. Committee chair Mrs. Frank Hodedon led with assistance from Mrs. R. R. Farnham and others. Miss Gwendolyn Vaughn, a Braintree teacher, will visit over Christmas with her mother at 29 Corliss Street.

Cosmopolitan Club Washington Street J. R. Andrews Frank Hodedon

Community club notices and events preview

Winnegance Squaw club met Friday with Mrs. Fred L. Parks hosting and prizes worn by several members. An auxiliary party honored retiring and new officers, with gifts for Mrs. Robert P. Manson and plans for a New Year’s tree on Jan 2 for auxiliary members. Illness updates include Louise Morse and Charlies Hewitt 3d. Regular Evening Workers events and a tack bee were noted, plus Herbert Morse rejoined the Sagamore.

Squaw ‘Club Fred L. Parks Oliver Harry ©. Webber Parker O. Rogers Community Club P. QO. Rogers Winfield W. Morse Robert P. Manson Harry, F. Oliver Harry C. Williams Omer R. Perry Louise Morse Charlies E. Hewitt Nellie Totman Charlotte Owen Annie Malcolm Lena Preble Susie Schofield Bernice Sturtevant Walter Marco Cleora Coombs Bessie Hunt Herbert Morse Sagamore

Gardiner Named Maine Governor With War Service and Deep Roots

Gardiner, aHarvard trained lawyer and former legislator, is named Maine governor. He served in the 56th Pioneer Infantry during World War I rising to first lieutenant, is married to Margaret Thomas with four children, and holds multiple civic memberships including Bates College trustee and an overseer at Harvard. He received an honorary degree from Bates last June.

Harvard Gardiner William Tudor Gardiner Margaret Thomas Washington B. Thomas Pittston Tudor Thomas Margaret Sylvester 56Th Pioneer Infantry France The Grange State Chamber of Commerce Maine Sheen and Wool ‘Growers’ Association Maine

Sunday program at dedication in Portland church

The afternoon and evening service in Portland featured a Sunday program at dedication. The article lists past church pastors including H M Rinke H R Abbott A J Church H Nickerson S S Wetherbee C Fuller J F C Sawyer and others with the present pastor Weston P Holman. It also names the board of trustees Milton H Novelas William Thistle Clifton W Tedford William Z Craft Charles E Oliver Fagene McGrath Charles J Dair Charles T Henderson Edward J Batchelder. A Lewis ton pianist once read Victor Hugo during performances and tore out pages as he finished each age, yet was described as a fine pianist.

Portland H. M. Rinke H. R. Abbott A. J. Church H. Nickerson S. S. Wetherbee C. Fuller J. F. C Sawyer Charles Munger Rosere Sanderson Kinsman Atkinson L. H. Bean S. Adems W. S. Jones Gershom Cobb H. &. Foss S. Whiteside W F Holmes M. C. Penderter Miller Co F. Parsons W. P. Merrill W. F. Holmes Hosea Hewitt George Stanley M. EF. Cook Thomas H. Kelley F. Hilton John R. Browne John C. Roeers Lewis Wally Weston P. Holman Milton H. Novelas William Thistle Clifton W. Tedford William Z. Craft Charles E. Oliver Fagene McGrath Charles J. Dair Charles T. Henderson Edward J. Batchelder Lewiston Theatre Victor Hufo

Phippsburg Center Brief On Seasonal School Closure

Phippsburg Center school closed for the holidays with a Christmas tree and seasonal decor. Local teacher Mrs. Alice Galvin returned to Bath for two weeks. A series of Bath visits and weekend trips followed among residents, with neighbors and relatives listed visiting, shopping, or traveling in the area.

Phippsburg Center Alice Galvin Bath William Brown Basin School Walter Rogers Ernest Rogers Dromore B. Coffee Percy Holbrook Clark Bowker Osman Perry Arthur Richard Hogan Winneganee Walter Hill James E. Perry George Ingalls Flora Risteen Gor Robert Hyde Brunswick High Street Ora Hallett William Topsham Fred Harrington Frances John Kriedler Mildred Harrington Edward Thomas, Jr Andrew Harrington Bert Young Allie Rollins Popham Beach Elkanah Wyman

Morse High School Honors List for Second Marking Period

Morse High School publishes the honor roll for Oct 28 to Dec 6. Miss Alice Hovey leads with highest honors among 38 students. list includes seniors, juniors, sophomores, and freshmen with varied honors across all grades. The second item notes rural sleighing decline in Saco as autos replace horse drawn transport.

Morse High School Alice Hovey

First town meeting listed in Pepperellboro records

The Pepperellboro, now Saco, town book notes Old Orchard Beach records. It records the first town meeting in 1658, which also included Saco, Biddeford, and Old Orchard Beach.

Pepperellboro Saco John Haley Old Orchard Beach Biddeford

Genesta Chapter Holds 29th Annual Inspection Friday

The 29th annual inspection of Genesta chapter O E 8 was a largely attended event on Friday evening in Bath. Worthy Matron May Ward presided assisted by Worthy Grand Patron Patterson and other grand officers. A Pioneer Lisbon Falls delegation and Winneganee Yarmouth group attended.

Genesta O. E Anne 8. Mills Milo Bath D. Saunders Patterson Rose of Sharon Augusta Henry G. Shaw Sarah G. Shaw Pioneer Lisbon Falls Everett Plummer Winneganee Yarmouth Mills Patterson May Ward Genesia Oliver Corliss Anne Deering Alice Shackford Elizabeth Jackson Susanna Congdon Alice Soule Agnes Perry Clara Coombs Nellie Carr Sadie Wakefield C. E. Helah Edward W. Coombs Genesta Chapter Luther Thompson Mabel Merrill Frieda Bagdikian Elnora Oliver Kate Perkins Annie Cox Caroline Thompson Nellie Congdon Marshal Ethel Sampson Adah Lucy Pike Ruth Ella Wright Esther Hazel Hartleb Martha Joséphine Coombs Lois McKiever Mildred Morse Frank S. Wakefield Sentinel

New York Man Buys Phippsburg Property

Ford Moran of Flushing New York purchased through Fred B Reed agency Bath a large Phippsburg Center estate. The deal includes Frank S Bowker shipyard and wharf plus about 12 acres east of the main highway and three acres on the opposite side. Moran gains river views and river frontage of about one third mile with 18 feet of water at low tide at the wharf. Moran, a New York City businessman, is seen as the first of several New Yorkers seeking summer homes in the area.

Ford Moran Flushing N. Y Fred B. Reed Bath Phippsburg Center Frank S. Bowker Great Bluff Square House Moran Kennebec River New York City

Planning meeting for Sagadahoc Farm Bureau joint session

The annual joint planning meeting of the Men s Farm Bureau of Sagadahoc county and the Women s Farm Bureau of Lincoln county will be at Montsweag Grange Hall today at 10 30 a m. The program includes a piano solo by John Carter an address on The Needs of Our Young People by Charles Sewall principal of Wiscasset Academy performances by Mrs Alton Soule Helen Hodgdon and remarks by Charles L Eastman Saga dahoc county demonstration agent. A dinner will follow and plans for next year s work will be made.

Men’s Farm Bureau Sagadahoc County Woman’s Farm Bureau Cof Lincoln County Montsweag Grange Hall John Carter Charles Sewall Wiscasset Academy Alton Soule Helen Hodgdon Charles L. Eastman Stunt

Mrs E A Altree Returns Home To Brockton After Bath Visit

Mrs. E. A. Altree comes back to her Brockton home from Bath where she had stayed several months with her sister Mrs. William T. Powell of Andrews Road.

E. A. Altree Brockton Mass Bath William T. Powell Andrews Road Publix Theatres

Russia Talk at Bath Rotary Club Tells Pariah or Pioneer

Bath Rotarians heard a Russia by proxy from Harry Bridge with notes from Skowhegan. The talk titled Russia, Pariah or Pioneer traced Russia from 1917 to the Soviet republic and contrasted life under the regime with potential American advantages.

Bath Russia Harry Bridge Roland T. Patten Skowhegan Patten Harry Kennebec Valley United States Rotary International Charaers Clint Wilson Chester Plant Salvation Army Cc. C. Low Rotary and Garden Clubs Carrie Shaw Morse High John Grindell Morris Riley Augusta

Morse High Literary and Commercial Club Joint Meeting

The Literary and Commercial clubs of Morse High School held a joint meeting in the high school gymnasium Monday with about 50 members and teachers attending. The program by the Literary club featured readings and discussions.

Morse High School

Hose One Observes Thirtieth Birthday

Members of Hose Company No. 1 marked 30 years since formation with a lobster supper Friday night inviting wives. Twenty one attendees ate lobster stew by Ellery Whittemore and other treats by Ed Robbins. A social hour followed. no speeches were made. Women praised the neat hose house and the spotless hall and apparatus.

Hose Co. No. 1 Twentyone Ellery Whittemore Ed Robbins W Hose House

Obituary of Grace Louise Cobb in Ardmore Pennsylvania

Word reached Bath on Sunday of the sudden death of Grace Louise Cobb age 20 at her uncle William Plummer in Ardmore. Born in Berlin Germany she spent summers in Bath and Birch Point. She studied in Lausanne Paris and Philadelphia. Funeral held in Philadelphia Tuesday afternoon.

Bath Grace Louise Cobb William Plummer Plummer Ardmore Penn Miss Palmer Cobb Harriet A. Plummer Frederick E. Drake Lausanne Switzerland Paris Philadelphia High Street

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Gravel and Shades King W. T. Donnell Hyanis, Mass Ose W. Folsom Kilbourne Place Washington, D. C Ickeren Gardiner High New Gymnasium Morse Girls Governor Loves Lakes OF Phippsburg Edward Bridgham Edward DeLong Hazel Feero Jane Feero Eleanor Grinnell Irma Groves Dorothy Ham Amy Hovey Eugene Ingalls George Littlefield Margaret Mackinnon Mary Newell Helen Shorey Nathan Watson Marion Whittier Carolyn Plant Silas Plant Lorraine Balkan Miriam Doble Doris Lawrence Katherine Shorey Robert Hatch Stephen Marshall Edward Morin Virginia Rogers Foster Russell John Black Percival Black Emma Colby Ada Greenblatt Edith Mackinnon Carol Stevens James Temple Twis Swett Edwin Bates Martha Cahill Iona Dunton Marjorie Furber Donald Jewett Dorothy Martin Alma Pierce John Skelton Geraldine Stott Dwelling and Bowker Shipyard Farm Bureau Danny Bath Savings Institution Bath Rotary Club Harry P. Bridge Hazel Feere Mackinnon Edith Isabelle Mackinnon Alice Williams William Bruce Theo McNeil Frank Harvie Seth Snipe Patricia Smith Arthur B. Scott Ruth Wilson Mary Conley Ellen Turner Agnes Fahey Rose Drisko Alfreda Skillin Roland Trott Frederick Rowland Merritt Trott Christine Higgins Republican Journal W. F. Whitcomb City Point Belfast Waldo Shorey Whitcomb Out West Bobby OVSE Angeone BY P. Leipziobr
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