Happy Christmas Greeting From Bath Independent
A long standing Christmas message from Bath Independent editor to readers near and far. The piece reflects on decades of sending seasonal wishes through Bath papers and honors loyal subscribers from Bath and Sagadahoc County while extending greetings to readers across the United States.
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The
Independent
Little Green S UN
Bath Enterprise
Bath Independent
Union
Bath
Sagadahoc
Making a Will and Local Museum Exhibition Move
The article urges readers to make wills to ensure desired beneficiaries receive property and describes safe storage options. It also reports the Kennebec Marine Museum’s request to display paintings and models at Davenport Memorial City Hall, with approval given and steps planned for early exhibition.
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Bath
Kennebec
Howard
Organizaneve
Museum to feature marine architecture history and gifts
Great interest surrounds the museum as former residents offer gifts or loans of value. The museum will educate visitors on marine architecture of past and present and welcome new donations as it prepares to receive them.
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Tion
Black Raiders Set to Clash With Winslow on New Year’s Night
Shipping City fans await the New Year’s Night showdown with Winslow high’s Black Raiders after Morse-powered wins over Westbrook 28 22 and Boothbay Harbor 20 11. Reservations go on sale Monday Dec 28 at the high school as Winslow’s Bill Mansfield again fields a strong quintet. If Morse men upset Winslow it would cement them as a top Western Maine powerhouse.
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Morse
Westbrook
Winslow High
Johnny Madden
Boothbay Harbor
Central Maine
Winslow
Black Raiders
Maine
Bill Mansfield
Raiders
Bangor
Queen City
Morsemen
Anchor Ice Forms on River and Sea Beds
Ground ice forms on and encrusts river beds and shallow seas, sometimes lifting anchors and moving moored vessels. In swift streams stones trap ice, and in seas like the Baltic and Gulf of St Lawrence ice can encase bottoms. Causes include cold surface water and freezing of bottom water, with hypotheses about fresh water springs in the sea bottom.
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Baltic Sea
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Solar Lodge No 14 Officers Installed Monday
Solar Lodge No 14 F and A M held a Monday installation led by Right Worshipful N Gratz Jackson. Past Masters Delmar E Bates and Arthur W King served as grand marshal and grand chaplain with a full slate of officers named. Walter K Morse received a past master's jewel from Ernest Heywood, as John Gillespie became master and a full line of officers including Wishart Adams Alkazin Morse Litchfield Hill Stackpole Levyn Thurlow Lake were installed.
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Solar Lodge
No. 14
A. M
N. Gratz Jackson
Delmar E. Bates
Arthur W. King
Sylvester H. Rowland
Henry G. Shaw
William L. Skelton
John W. Gillespie
Karcher S. Jackson
Ralph W. Blakeney
Ernest Heywood
Walter K. Morse
John Wishart
Oscar Adams
David Y. Alkazin
William Daley
Harry E. Litchfield
Fred D. Hill
Charles Stackpole
John Levyn
Harry M Thurlow
Vernon Lake
Tyler
Queen Elizabeth Helped Serve Troops at Glamis Castle
Mrs John Clark of Kennebunkport recalls assisting the future queen Elizabeth to serve Tommies at Glamis Castle after the war. Elizabeth described as small plump with curly hair and blue gray eyes. The castle owned by Earl and Lady Strathmore provided a hospital wing for wounded soldiers.
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England
Elizabeth
John Clark
Kennebunkport
Lady Elizabeth
Glamis Castle
Clark
Macbeth
Earl and Lady Strathmore
Hand Trawl Then and Now in the Now Atlantic Fisheries
The article traces the transition from the hand trawl to the modern otter trawl in the Now Atlantic fishery. It describes gear details from 800 foot lines to 12 inch hooks, and contrasts coastal harbor use with offshore banks. It notes hazards, hardship, and the brutal winter conditions faced by crews aboard dories and mother ships.
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Atlantic
Acadia Lodge Elects Officers and Plans Winter Entertainment
Acadia lodge R of P held a large meeting at the Pythian Temple naming officers including Owen, Hanscom, Murray, Danforth, Kenney, Melzard, Hill, Freeman, Tibbetts, McLellan and Gebhardt. The group voted to host monthly winter entertainments with playlets and a minstrel show as many knights seek advancement.
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Acadia Lodge
R. of P
Pythian Temple
Clinton V. Owen
Roland Hanscom, Jr
Harold Murray
Frank Danforth
Russell Kenney
George Melzard
Fred D. Hill
Earl Freeman
Joshua Tibbetts
Edward McLellan
Arthur Gebhardt
Grand Lodge
Harry Watson
Harry Williams
Acadia
Temple
New England
Mitchell School Pupils Stage Christmas Program
Mitchell School pupils presented a Grade 4 committee led program for Grade 3 students on Friday morning. The bill included songs poems and stories such as Silent Night Christmas Cheer The Little Christmas Tree Jolly Little Fellow and It Came Upon a Midnight Clear.
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Mitchell School
Anne M. Thompson
Millicent Hecht
Willard McCabe
Lucien Tardif
A. eBee
Hazel McCoor
Billy Babine
Irene Denham
Agnes MacDonald
Betty Harper
Martha Williams
Iva Rogers
Evelyn Johansen
Stella Alley
Frances Ae
Willard eCabe
Harry Barrett
Co-Workers' Class Elects New President at First Baptist
Mrs. Joseph L. Dauphin was chosen president of the Co-Workers' class at First Baptist church during a Friday meeting at 209 North Street. New officers are Mrs. Elmer W. Rogers vice president, Mrs. Bates E. Stover secretary, and Miss Helen M. McIntosh treasurer.
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Joseph L. Dauphin
Co-Workers
First Baptist Church
Clifford F. Harrington
North Street
Elmer W. Rogers
Bates E. Stover
Helen M. McIntosh
Evelyn W. Sotheard
Vernon W. Miller
Florence M. Rowe
Lila M. Place
William W. Wakefield
Farrel in Charge During Vacation at Morse High
Duncan Farrell Morse High assistant basketball coach will oversee the varsity during the Christmas recess while John Madden is away in Pittsfield Massachusetts. Varsity practice set for 1 p.m. Monday Tuesday and Wednesday next week with JV at 2 30.
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Duncan Farrell
Morse High School
John Madden
Pittsfield
Mass
Farrell
Weekly Crossword Puzzle Clues Solve Offbeat Terms
A fragmented crossword puzzle from the weekly page lists clues numbered 22 to 43 with partial hints and an answer line referencing the prior puzzle. Clues include 22 Born 35 A foot like 23 A metal organ 26 Demolished 36 An irregular 27 Diminutive form of a of Edward moving part 28 Together 37 Hasten prefix 39 Greek letter 29 ee 40 Form of the pret verb to be 38 0 Any power 42 Mama ful deity 43 A form of 31 A fop en before 34 A large deer and the prior puzzle’s answer remain unreadable.
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Edward
School Christmas Program Shines with Glee and Drama
At Rauay MO, students staged a Christmas program before dismissal. Frances Wallace led the dramatic club with Doris Perry as chair, Janette Smith coached teammates, and Beth Trott instructed glee club girls. A decorated tree, musical numbers, and a nativity story highlighted the event along with football letter awards and classroom exchanges.
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Frances Wallace
Doris Perry
Peoria
Janette W. Smith
Gertrude J.ery
Beth Trott
Glee Club
Manual Arts
Virginia Preney
Pauline McNeil
Priscilla Bryant
Rita Lewis
Bethlehem
Alice Hogan
Claire Grainger
Herald Angels
Booth Opens for Sale of Little Health Seals
Bath runs a Christmas Health Seals booth in the post office to fight tuberculosis. Pine Tree Troop No 1 Girl Scouts volunteer to staff the booth with Bea trice Doble and Betty Howard in charge. Proceeds support Bath and other cities' Health Sale campaigns selling seals pins Santa Claus buttons and a new Santa pencil.
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Bath
Charles H. Cahill
Pine Tree Troop
Beatrice Doble
Betty Howard
Augusta
Bangor
Portland
Calais
Bar Harbor
Lewiston
Milo
North End Club backs city league basketball team
The North End Community club voted to put a basketball team in the City League during Friday’s meeting. They also planned a member family party for Saturday and completed plans to distribute 25 Christmas dinner baskets to the needy. A shooting gallery was installed and drew member interest. John M. Conley was named press reporter.
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North End
John M. Conley
Fireside Club Sings Christmas Carols and Meeting
Forty youths from the Winter Street Fireside club gathered Sunday night in the men’s room to sing carols hear a Christmas story and hold an informal business meeting. A joke Christmas tree is planned for next Sunday. Attendees should bring a ten cent gift. John E. L. Huse, on Christmas furlough, will speak on Life at West Point.
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Gracechurch Men's Club
C. W. Hussey
North Berwick
Hussey
Maine
New England
Robert L. Brownell
Edward Sewall
W. J. Voorhees
William M. Adams
Winter Street
Fireside Club
John E. L. Huse
West Point
Huse
Maine Farmers Satisfied As Income Shifts Across 1932 to 1935
Maine farm income shows little rise from 1932 to 1935, with dairy output down yet cash returns up. Real estate values edged higher while tax loads slightly declined. Few government aid payments for 1932–35, but up to 6,000 farmers may claim irrigation and soil-building subsidies totaling 300000 to 400000, with initial checks issued.
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Maine
Joseph Small Arrives for Christmas Visit
Joseph Small of New York will arrive to spend Christmas with his mother Mrs. Frank A. Small.
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Joseph Small
New York
Frank A. Small
Russell Grant
Jane
Sally
Pine Street
Portland
Football at Morse Ison of 1936 balances out
An itemized school report shows Morse High football finances for 1936 with gains from tickets, season sales, and a $179.90 ending balance after expenses. The document lists revenues from home games against Boothbay and Brunswick and payments to medical service and equipment, noting the Junior Chamber of Commerce as J.C. and access to the high school office for details.
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Senna
Morse High School
Merce
F. A& Ice
Direct
Henry Small
Brunswick
College Town
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Boothbay
Cheverus
Board of Education
Gardiner
Rockland
Hallowell
Deering
TCG
Danes
Carr Returns to Northeastern Amid Cooperative College Plan
Gerald F. Carr son of Linwood F. and Mrs Carr of 34 Snow Park returns to study at Northeastern University after a ten week work period in Division B of a two group cooperative plan. He is a Morse High School graduate where he played basketball and ran track. The divisions alternate ten weeks of work and study with Carr set to resume classes after the Christmas weekend at home.
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Gerald F. Carr
Linwood F. Carr
Snow Park
Northeastern University
Morse High School
Northeastern
Carr
Hallowell Seals Booth Open in Post Office Lobby
Mrs. John E. Wilson tuberculosis seal chairman advised Hallowell citizens a seal booth will be open in the Post Office lobby. Barns from Hallowell High School will assist in selling which will run until Thursday evening.
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John E. Wilson
Hallowell
Oere of
Barns
Hallowell High School
Wilson
Bath's New History Having Large Sale
Bath residents and bibliophiles prepare for a major sale of Bath's new history by Henry Owen. The work, praised for its thorough research and 45 chapters, includes 118 portraits and maps, appealing to scholars and casual readers alike.
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Bath
Oormer
Hoth
Yes
Ougut
Acadent
Gel Enry
Owen
Young People's Society Forms At Corliss Street Vestry
The Intermediate Young People's Society held its first meeting in the Corliss Street vestry on a Friday evening. It elected Beulah Pratt as secretary and Marilyn Cummings as news reporter and plans a 35 cent monthly pledge to the church. A social hour followed. the next meeting is set for Friday Jan 29 and invites all local children aged 12 to 16 without a home church to join.
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Intermediate Young People’s Society
Corliss Street
Frederick P. Moffatt
Beulah Pratt
Kentucky Mountains
Marilyn Cummings
Life Memberships Awarded by Genesta Chapter OES
Four members were honored with life memberships at Genesta chapter No. 73 O E S during its final 1936 meeting in the Masonic temple. Recipients: Grace Wescott Emma Morse Eva Cahill and Benjamin Savage. Morse and Wescott are charter members Cahill a past matron 1913 and Cahill and Savage each served 32 years.
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Genesta Chapter
Masonic Temple
Grace, Wescott
Emma Morse
Eva Cahill
Benjamin Savage
Miss Morse
Miss Wescott
Cahill
S. Cahill
Paul G. Bagdikian
Edward Coombs
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