Cosmopolitan Club Hosts Its Annual Silver Tea
The Cosmopolitan Club hosted a Christmas Silver Tea in its decorated clubhouse attended by about 50 guests. Mrs Ruth H Farnham welcomed attendees and Miss G Eunice Whittall led the program with carols and solos, while Mrs J R Andrews and others poured at the tea table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club House
Carl Y. Kennedy
Margaret R Foote
Ruth H. Farnham
G. Eunice Whittall
Miss Whittall
A. Bernard Henderson
Kennedy
Edward A. Rowe
Clarence A. Merrill
Reginald Stay
Louis M. Silverman
Elizabeth D. McGrath
Muriel H. Howe
Phyllis E. Wright
Lilian C. Miller
Tanker Normad Beached on Arrowsic Shore
The tanker Normad of Atlantic Transportation Operations Rockland arrived Sunday, was transformed by Bath Welding Co., and while near the bridge encountered trouble as floating ice damaged its seams. The tow line was cast off and the vessel headed toward the Arrowsic shore for grounding or salvage.
Geiger Named President of San Francisco Medical Society
Dr John C Geiger San Francisco health director received unanimous approval Wednesday night as president of the San Francisco County Medical Society His wife was Anna Morse and their daughter Anita a rising young horsewoman won prizes in riding events at the St Francis Riding Academy show Anita was pictured with Demosthenes in the Chronicle showing her hunter class second place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Geiger
San Francisco
San Francisco Chronicle
Anita
Demosthenes
St. Francis
Grace Church Young People Fellowship Plans Events
Grace Church Young People’s Fellowship met in the parish house to map the calendar of upcoming events. David Alkazin of Morse High School spoke on ancient Syrian legends about Christ, replacing Lieut. Com. Robert W. Ferrell who was absent. Refreshments were provided by Netta Briggs, Barbara Donnell, and Harriet Lord. next refreshments will be supplied by Dorathy Anliker and M. Virginia Armstrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People's Fellowship of
Grace Church
Robert W. Ferrell
David Alkazin
Morse High School
Christ
Netta Briggs
Barbara Donnell
Harriet Lord
Bath residents greet Christmas with doorways contest
The Cosmopolitan Garden club sponsors a Beautiful Christmas Doorways contest to decorate homes in Bath. Entries due by Saturday Dec 22, volunteers include Mrs. Carl Y. Kennedy chair and committee members Mrs. Edmund A. Rothwell Mrs. J. R. Andrews and Miss Irene H. Ingalls. Judges chosen from outside the club will assess doorway displays anonymously. Prizes are 5 3 and 2 dollars. The club also invites bird-friendly ideas such as Christmas trees, popcorn cranberries or animal crackers strings, and epsom salt sprayed white trees. A doorway tran som may feature a silhouette of the Nativity or Three Wise Men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Carl Y. Kennedy
Edmund A. Rothwell
J. R. Andrews
Irene H. Ingalls
Garden Club
New Seagrave Pumper Joins Bath Fire Department
Bath receives a 600 gallon Seagrave pumper costing 6600 dollars, delivered by rail and stationed at Engine 4 on Water Street. Local tests at City Landing planned for Thursday or Friday, with Boston representative Philip N. Putney assisting commissioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Engine 4
Water Street
City Landing
Philip N. Putney
Boston
Columbus
Ohio
Women Republicans Complete Program Maine club forms plan
The Program Committee of the Women's Republican Club of Maine, with Nettie C. Burleigh of Vassalboro as president, has completed its work and will soon send the 1935 plan of work to county club presidents for use in meetings. The club aims to promote Republican principles and encourage greater female involvement in civic affairs and good government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Republican Club of
Maine
Augusta
Nettie C. Burleigh
Vassalborough
Republican Party
Dike P T A Aids Needy Families With Mittens
Dike P T A held a regular meeting in the Teachers room of Dike school. Seven pair of mittens were made and, with stockings and other clothing, would be distributed to needy families before Christmas. A letter from Frank F Colburn Jr manager Bath Opera House praised local theatre support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike P. T. A
Dike
Frank F. Colburn, Jr
Bath Opera House
Lena Shepard
John Sampson
Summer Street School
Charles MacDonald
Archie Wishart
Dominique Tardif
Wanda Lemoine
Cecil Fullerton
Arthur Gilmore
Reginald Barter
West Bath Grange Christmas Tree Plans
West Bath Grange will host a Christmas tree at its meeting on December 31 with attendees asked to bring a small gift. The Grange also announced a Christmas Eve meeting is omitted, a dance next Friday, and a Monday night program conducted by Mrs. A Bernard Henderson featuring tableaux, pantomimes, and songs. An attendance of 90 including eight visitors and a memorial for Mrs. Scott Morse were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Grange
Scott Morse
Morse
Joseph M. Lemont
George R. Booker
Harry E. Peterson
Grange Hall
A. Bernard Henderson
Barbara Freeman
Edward A. Footer
Helen E. Hartwell
Leland S. Plummer
Fred K. Sturtevant
Edwin W. Haggett
Arthur C. Lemont
Henderson
Emily Larrabee
Edward Jenks
Charles T. Henderson
Helena Hadley
Brunswick
Leon Genthner
Sturtevant
Haggett
Rotary Drive Aims to Send Bath Boy to Warm Springs
The Bath Rotary Club backs a campaign to raise funds for James W. Temple a Maine University student stricken with infantile paralysis to receive immediate treatment at Warm Springs Foundation. A meeting at Edward W. Bridgham’s law office organized volunteers from service groups to plan a short drive, supported by Bath citizens confident the public will contribute generously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
James W. Temple
Warm Springs Foundation
Edward W. Bridgham
Bank Block
Temple
University of Maine
Eastern Maine General Hospital
Bangor
Bath
Arrowsic and Woolwich Newsnotes And Local Visitations
Maurice Shea and Norman Drum mond, with trucks, are active in Woolwich. Mr and Mrs Roland Raynes report their son William recovering well after appendicitis surgery at Bath Memorial Hospital nearly two weeks ago. Town hall dances draw good attendance with Pratt orchestra. Roy I Lawrence Phi Kappa Sigma and his sister Doris Lawrence, All Maine hockey team member and Phi Beta Pi member, host of honors, return home for holiday. Irene Lawrence of Portland visits family. Santa Claus visited the school this week to discover children’s wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Shea
Norman Drummond
Woolwich
Roland Raynes
William
Bath Memorial Hospital
Town Hall
Pratt Orchestra
Roy I. Lawrence
Phi Kappa Sigma
Doris Lawrence
Pi Beta Phi
Phi Kappa Phi
U. of M
I. K. Lawrence
Irene Lawrence
Portland
Santa Claus
Oldest Birds in World Size Compared to Crows
The oldest birds in the world measured about the size of crows indicating remarkable ancient avian forms.
Civil Employee Training ad seeks clerks for government work
A classified recruitment notice offering government clerk positions with monthly wages from 105 to 175 dollars. No experience needed, only a common education. Applicants are instructed to write Civil Employee Training, Inc., Box L, in this newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Employee Training, Inc
Box L
Christmas concert and town news in Bowdoinham
Christmas concert at the Methodist church Sunday evening. Fire destroyed the Tibbetts home. Bowdoinham and Richmond fire departments saved the Coombs high school nearby. Monday Night club met for supper and bridge. Various residents visited Brunswick and Richmond. a basketball game at town hall ended 40 32 for South Gardiner. Merry meeting grange elected officers. installation in January. Community notices include school, grange delegates, and local events with many names and places.
Speaking contest draws students from four towns
Mrs Emma Temple illness is noted as Dr Pratt of Richmond tends her. Under Superintendent Spinney the grange hall speaking contest includes pupils from Pejepscot Brunswick Topsham and Bowdoinham. George Millay—son of Horace and Mrs Millay—wins first prize. Nellie Sylvester teaches at Post Road School. A B M Transportation milk truck caught fire near Ernest Sylvester farm last week. fire engines responded from the village. Visitors include Mrs Charles Sylvester and her son Joseph Morton of Winthrop. Bertha Temple, employed at Gardiner, visited home over the weekend. The Millays’ younger daughter is under care of a Portland specialist. James Cornish steadily improves and can sit up modestly each day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Temple
Pratt
Richmond
Spinney
Grange Hall
Pejepscot
Brunswick
Topsham
Bowdoinham
George Millay
Horace Millay
Post Road
Nellie Sylvester
B. & M. Transportation Co
Ernest Sylvester
Charles Sylvester
Joseph Morton
Winthrop
Bertha Temple
Gardiner
Ernest Millay
Portland
James Cornish
Solar Lodge Masons Install Officers for New Year
Solar lodge Masons installed officers Monday night with Henry G. Shaw as grand master Rev David L Wilson as grand chaplain and David E Rich as grand marshal. The next meeting January 7 will see Arthur W King as worshipful master and the new officers perform the entered apprentice degree. But if someone invents a death ray it will be another device to make robberies easier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solar Lodge
Henry G. Shaw
David L. Wilson
David E. Rich
Arthur W. King
Walter K. Morse
John W. Gillespie
Harry E. Litchfield
Fred D. Hill
Cecil L. Fullerton
Charles S. Stackpole
John Wishart + Adams
David Y. Alkazin
William H. Daley
Vernon B. Lake
Tyler
Central Grammar eighth graders present current events programs
Four divisions at Central Grammar school held Monday morning programs led by Miss Marion L. Jaques. Division I covered war debt and Antarctic claims. Division II discussed the New Deal, the White House, inventions, and homemaking. Division III addressed old age pensions, gossip, and gypsy moths. Division IV topics included industrial leaders, Father Coughlin, foreign affairs, and discovery. Pupils then discussed government product destruction and the need for monetary adjustment over crop changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Grammar School
Marion L. Jaques
David Rich
Symond
Earl Hill
Stalin
Helen Joy
Antarctica
Uncle Sam
Howard Barter
Louise Norton
New White House
George Tinney
Winifred Richard
Doris Pettengill
United States
Constance Morin
Francis Sullivan
Margaret Anderson
Read Pitman
Harold Marston
Europe
Raymond Watson
Neil Haskel
Kenneth Chaney
John Clark
Marjorie Fisher
Carolyn Belanger
Frances Quinn
Gordon Pinkham
Milton McCrater
Priscilla Warner
Father Coughlin
New Social Justice Society
Frances Ginty
Howard Reynolds
Dorothy Safford
Charles Norton Home at Wiscasset Burns
Fire destroyed the Charles Norton homestead on Birch Point road in Wiscasset Tuesday morning. Most belongings were lost. only a few personal effects and some furniture were saved as the blaze, started on the roof likely from a chimney spark, overwhelmed efforts to control it. Neighbors helped save the barn and hen house while insurance covered the damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Norton
Wiscasset
Norton
Birch Point Road
Eugene McGrath
South End PTA Sells Out Christmas Sale Funds
South End P T A sponsored a successful Christmas sale on Tuesday afternoon in its rooms on Washington street. About $30 was gained from aprons fancy work cooked foods preserves and candy. Tea was served. Mrs William H Small directed the sale. 500 candy bags were filled for Southend schools. Next meeting New Year’s day includes business session and supper by the finance committee followed by a New Year’s tree for members and their husbands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End P. T. A
Washington Street
William H. Small
Southend
Finance Committee
Winter boxing program planned at Arcade arena
Promoter Nick Mihalos maps a busy winter card at Arcade arena with reduced prices and top contenders from prelims to the main bout. Friday features Golf Ball Bernard of Portsmouth NH vs Pancho Villa of Waterville in Bath, a likely crowd pleaser after Bernard’s win over K O Tardiff last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Mihalos
Arcade Arena
Golf
Bernard
Portsmouth
N. H
Bath
Pancho Villa
Waterville
Fang
K. O
Typhus Carried by Mice and Woodchucks Found
A study shows that typhus fever is carried not only by rats but also by mice and woodchucks. The finding expands understanding of disease vectors and may influence public health efforts. Researchers emphasize further verification and monitoring of wildlife-borne transmission risks.
Bowdoin Adahoc Grange Meeting and Holiday Plans
Bowdoin Adahoc Grange met at the hall for a regular gathering with good attendance and a strong program. E A Rogers Brunswick gave an engaging talk on clam seeding and raising. The evening featured other well received numbers. A Christmas tree with gift exchange is planned for Saturday evening, attendees should bring a small gift. Annual installation of officers will be January 19 with Mr Richards, state overseer, as installing officer. Ladies' Aid meets this Thursday with Mrs Ella Adams. W S Cobb of Brunswick visited the Starbird home after a Sunday call. Mrs Angie Cornish broke her wrist last week. she is recovering with Mrs George Burns caring for her. Mrs Vesta Ackley left Sunday for Belmont Mass to spend winter with her daughter Mrs George Sweet. Otis Ackley of Portland stayed overnight with Mrs Grant Woods. Orman Douglas of Wiscasset visited his sister Mrs Ernest Carr. Ladies Auxiliary will meet the first Wednesday in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Tibbetts
Richmond Fire Department
Bowdoinham
Coombs High School
Tibbetts
R. D. Purington
Karl Hatch
Abbie Hulse
Nolan
Varina Denham
Charles Hackett
Brunswick
Alvin Huntoun
Portland
Henry Cornish
Helen Britt
I. C. Irish
George Cutler
Merry Meeting Grange
William Gould
William Ingalls
Gladys Ingalls
Charles Sherman
Mr. Hobart
Georgia Berry
Vera Sherman
Sarah Frye
Ceres
Mary Webber
Flora
Prudence Hamilton
Pomona
Mae Heenie
Hobart
Ruth Jones
Massachusetts
James Brown
Richmond
Clifford Gray
Maine State Grange
Lewiston
Progressive Grange
Charles Lamoreau
Ernest Purington
Presque Isle
Hame
Hazel Cornish
Bridgton
Herbert Cornish
Guy Siegars
Florida
Carrie Kendall
Inez Gowell
Gertrude Baker
Charles Berry
Roger Robinson
Hall Denham
Peter Hodges
Maynard Dow
Ida Fowle
Caleb Mitchell
Jessie Cromwell
Auburn
Mary Lilly
Pleasant Street
Lilly Farm
Bay Road
Sagadahoc Fertilizer Co
Robert Patten
Falmouth
Clara Fogg
Adahoc Grange
Wdom Center
E. A. Rogers Brunswick
Richards
Ella Adams
W. S. Cobb
L. C. Starbird
Angie Cornish
George Burns
Vesta Ackley
Belmont
Mass
George Sweet
Otis Ackley
Grant Woods
Orman Douglas
Wiscasset
Ernest Carr
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Former Bath People Win Card Tourney
Lieut and Mrs. George P. Hunter now residents of Honolulu won the Hawaii duplicate contract tournament for 1934. Finals were at the Honolulu Bridge club, with four preliminary nights of play, sponsored by the club and the Star-Bulletin. The victors also previously won the 1933 Maine duplicate contract tournament in Augusta. Mrs. Hunter led the opening round in the first annual Service Women's golf championship the same day, finishing 86-8-78 amid rainy conditions. The Hunters left Bath last spring to live in Honolulu, after two years at Bath Iron Works Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Hunter
Honolulu
Hunter
U. S. S. Breese
Hawaii
Maine
Augusta
Lieut. Hunter
Bath Iron Works Corp
Salvation Army Christmas Dinners Drive in Crosstown Stores
Donations for Salvation Army Christmas dinners are collected in Front Street A and P, First National, Crosman’s South End, and Powers North End stores, with additional drop points at the Salvation Army hall, 215 Water Street. The fund aims to feed 125 to 150 families and many single men, though on hand is only 105.37 dollars, about 200 dollars short of last year, as officers strive to ensure no one goes without a Christmas meal. Grantors include Frank Allegrin, Sidney B. Lermond, Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Cook, Lillian Leonard, Philathea class, Corliss Street Sunday School, Mrs. Susan Quick, Odd Ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Front Street
Army
Frank Allegrin
Sidney B. Lermond
Fred M. Cook
Lillian Leonard
Philathea
Corliss Street
Susan Quick
Highway Commission Takes Luncheon Here
Maine's State Highway Commission with Col. Edward E. Farnsworth Paul C. Thurston Chief Engineer Lucius D. Barrows and Bridge Engineer Max L. Wilder stopped in Bath Tuesday noon for lunch en route from Wells to Stockton Springs They had attended a bridge hearing in Wells that morning and planned a similar meeting in Stockton Springs in the afternoon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
State Highway Commission
Edward E. Farnsworth
Paul C. Thurston
Lucius D. Barrows
Max L. Wilder
Bath
Wells
Stockton Springs
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senter’s, Inc
Chiffon and Service
Susanne
Northmont
Cosmopolitan Club
Seguin
Normad
Kennebec
Rockland
Arrowsic
Grace Church Young People’s Fellowship
Morris S. Povich
Seagrave
Dike P.T.A
Cracker & Winsor
West Bath Grange
Rotarians
Warm Springs
Arthur Allen Optometrist Bath Trust
Center St. Mon
Bowdoinham Post Road
Solar Lodge Masons
Central Grammar
South End P.T.A
Bowdoin
Bath People
Highway Commission
Opera House
Sylvia Sidney
Gene Raymond
Mary Boland
Ned Sparks
Bruce Cabot
Judith Allen
Jimmy Durante
Maxine Doyle
Eddie Quillan
Betty Furness
W. C. Fields
Baby Leroy
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