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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 25, 1930

Page

3

Bath Social and Holiday Gatherings Chronicle

Local society notes detail sewing circles and bridge clubs meeting through December. Attendees include Harriet Wright, Julia, Ida White, Arthur Price, and Annah Chaney. various homes in Bath host parties, gifts, and raffles as Christmas vacation begins.

Ord Harrington North Harriet Wright Julia Ida White Arthur Price

Holiday visitors and college students return home for Christmas

Miss Elsie Crooker of Shaw's Business College Portland arrives to stay with her parents and work at Desmond's during the holiday rush. J Edward Drake Jr Homework from Huntington School Boston. Mrs McPhee of New Hampshire and infant Evelyn S McPhee visit Bath relatives. Gilbert Maxwell now in Hollywood and many locals travel for Christmas celebrations with family.

Elsie Crooker Shaw's Business College Portland Herman Crooker High Street Miss Crooker Desmond’s Clothing Store J. Edward Drake Jr Huntington School Boston Gilbert Maxwell Richmond North Adams Maz Hollywood Calif

Marriage intentions filed in Bath Machias couple

Marriage intentions of Ira A. Berry of Machias and Velma H. Lay of Bath were filed with City Clerk John W. Gilmore. Berry, a Coast Guard serviceman, is son of Mr. and Mrs. George R. Berry of Machias. Lay, a school teacher, is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Amos J. Lay of Brownville Junction.

Ira A. Berry Machias Velma H. Lay Bath John W. Gilmore Berry Coast Guard Service George R. Berry Miss Lay Amos J. Lay Brownville Junction

Local families plan holiday visits across Massachusetts and Maine

Mr and Mrs Hiram Tobey of Malden Mass will spend holidays with relatives in Western Avenue and Union Street. Mrs Fussell Grant visits Boston as guest of sister Eleanor Thurston. Allan Spear attended a Maine referees meeting in Portland to hear Oswald Tower discuss game rules. Mrs Augusta Rowe visits Bath to spend winter with sister. Frank Reynolds and family travel from Brookline to Bath to join Christmas dinner with Reynolds relatives and friends. Mrs Drake and son William Drake drive to Portland for the day. Charles Madden joins wife and son over holidays in Mechanic Street and Elmer Hayes will stay in Brookline for Christmas with daughter Frances.

Hiram Tobey Malden Mass George Tobey Western Avenue Arthur S. Pepper Union Street Mrs. Fussell Grant Boston Eleanor Thurston Franklin Square House Allan Spear Central Board of Basketball Referees Maine Eastland Portland Oswald Tower Andover Charles E. Madden Essex

Christmas Guests Visit from Nearby Towns and Cities

The notice lists residents visiting relatives over Christmas including Mr and Mrs Chauncey Lewis and sons from Everett Mass visiting Mrs Lewis’s sister Mrs Albert McFadden in Park Street due to Mrs Josephine McFadden’s death. Vera Howe arrives from Worcester to spend Christmas with Aunt Mrs M C Gackenbach in Cobb Miss Madelyn Rich of Chase National Bank in New York City will visit Christmas morning with her parents on High Street. Raymond H Trott and wife from Providence return after a weekend in Bath with his mother on High Street. Leonard Munsey and family plan to spend Christmas with Leavitt Wyman in Ogunquit. Various Portland, Bates College, and Peaks Island residents are noted as holiday visitors and guests with several mentions of family ties and addresses.

Willams Rich Nngel Madelyn Rich Chase National Bank New York City George Wright Betty Woolwich California Wright Josie Rich Clifford Russell Lyndhurst N. J Bath Lee Thelma Ric R. Clifton McFadden Cobb Road McFadden Edward Lamb Marie Santa Barbara Cal George Thibodeau Waterville Lamb McFaddeng Emily Thibodeau Boston Marie Louise Calif Georgiana Thibodeau Martin Thibodeau Washington-Lee University Lexington Chauncey Lewis George and Malcolm Everett Mass Lewis Albert McFadden Park Street Mr. McFadden Josephine McFadden Vera Howe Worcester M. C.gackenbach William D. Rich High Street Raymond H. Trott Providence 8. S Mr. Trott Joseph M. Trott Leonard Munsey Leavitt Wyman Ogunquit Wyman Albine Munsey

Local families plan Christmas visits this week

Mr. and Mrs. Parker N Moulton and son Nash of Washington Conn visit Rufus D Moulton on Drummond street. Miss Alice Hartnett from Lynn Mass visits her mother Mrs Mary Hartnett. Mrs Bertha Mitten of Connecticut travels to Dover Foxcroft for the holidays. Mr and Mrs Robert P Shaw arrive Christmas morning from New York to stay with his parents. Mr and Mrs Frederici P Shaw of 18 Green Street. Miss Frances O Weeks arrives to spend Christmas with her mother Mrs Frances Weeks of Grove Street. Miss Ina Bates, employed in Springfield Mass, comes home to Worcester parents Mr and Mrs John L Bates.

Roger Duncan McInnes Boston John McInnes Washington Street New York Parker N. Moulton Nash Washington, Conn Moulton Alice Hartnett Lynn Mass Mary Hartnett North Street Bertha Mitten Connecticut Stanley Jewett Mechanic Street Dover- Foxcroft Robert P. Shaw Frederici P. Shaw Green Street Frances O. Weeks Frances Weeks Grove Street Miss Weeks Bancroft School Worcester Ina Bates Springfield John L. Bates Andrews Road

Miss Mary Steele Arrives for Two Week Visit

Miss Mary Steele of Watertown Massachusetts arrives Saturday to stay two weeks with Mr and Mrs Arthur Lemont on Lemont street. Mrs Sarah Dowling and Mrs Harold Dowling spent Monday in Portland.

Mary Steele Watertown Mass Arthur Lemont Lemont Street Sarah Dowling Harold Dowling Portland

Miss Mabel Redlon Visits Augusta Parents for Weekend

Miss Mabel Redlon of Augusta spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs J Albert Redlon on Lemont street. She arrived with her parents. Miss Barbara Wiggin Morse High school French teacher left Saturday to pass Christmas with her parents in Rockland.

Margaret Miller Melrose Mass Archibald Miller Granite Street Howard S. McPhee N. H Bath Evelyns. McPhee Dorothy Crooker Boston Herman Crooker High _ street Mabel Redlon Augusta J. Albert Redlon Lemont Street Miss Redlon Barbara Wiggin Morse High School Rockland

Colby Student Harry Pinson Back Home for Christmas

Harry Pinson a Colby college student is spending the Christmas vacation with his parents Mr and Mrs Pinson in their hometown. The brief item notes family plans during the holiday period.

Harry Pinson Colby College Mrs

Miss Alice M O Brien Visits Aunt During Holiday Recess

Miss Alice M OBrien, a grammar school teacher at Flagstaff, arrived Friday to pass the holiday recess with her aunt Mrs A E Whitney on Floral Street.

Alice M. O'Brien Flagstaff A. E. Whitney Floral Street

Owl Draws Bath Street Crowd With Sudden Flyby

In Bath lower High street an owl drew a crowd as autos disturbed its peace. Nearby, gunners chase a batch of redhead ducks at Day's Ferry while locals discuss cracking corn and the taste of shellrake. A Bath jury awards $1,400.26 in a July road crash case.

Lower High Street Georgetown Androscoggin Superior Court Fred Ebert Lewiston John Foote Bath Ebert Bath-Brunswick Foote

Miss Mary Perry Passes Away in Wellesley

Miss Mary Perry, a school nurse in Wellesley Massachusetts, has died. The obituary highlights her service to the town’s schools and her dedication to student health, noting colleagues and local officials plan to honor her long career.

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Annah Chaney Lena Shepard Sherman McQuaide Charles Blaisdell Horace Ward Albert Henderson J. Frank Hunt Joan of Bertram Willis Natalie McNeil George Worrey John H. Hyde Elmhurst Fred Higgins Lincoln Street Emery Footer Ralph O. Dale Almon Perry Lucile Bailey of Wiscasset A. C. Preney Newport News O. F. Thornton Preney Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co Amy Irish Bates Fred E. Irish Chestnut Street Jed Hallowell Oak Street Farmington Edna Hallowell Farmington Normal Hallowell Victor Paquet University of Maine Carl Swanson Marjorie Walter J. Peterson Gerda Harvey Ingalls Place North Bath Hesta Rose Brooks Clarence E. Johnson Mary Paine William P. Nealley Nealley Clinton D. Wilson Miss Wheeler R. I Hall Barrett C. Nichols Bowdoin College Alpha Delta Everett Lemont Joseph Thurlow Earl Morang Mary Newell William G. Newell Kendall Hall Pride's Crossing Newell Soccr Tabernacle Church Salem Miss Newell Morse High Eva J. Lemont School Street John B. Crosby Marilouise Allston Fred Potter Pomfret Centre Conn Visting George Levy Turner’s Court Amines Bridge Alvah Morse Deering Street C. H. Morse Peter Strack Edward Miller Jake Ferro Adele Burton Richard Carolyn Plant Mgr Chester A. Plant Plant Miss Ira Morse High In Dorothy Ham Gorham Normal School Bowdoin Lila Wood Oxford David ¥. Alkazin Dike Road Robert E. Linekin Irving Daley George Barrette West Warwick the Times Co Rhode Island Emma and Mary Denham Bowdeinham Charles Blair Charles Foose Grace Line Santa Rita George Larrabee Brunswick Road Valparaiso John McCole Tufts University Joseph McCole Court Street George Wade, Jr George W. Wade Maine School For the Deaf John Hyde Nancy Jane Sally Warren D. Oliver Herrick, Smith, Donald & Farley Arthur G. Oliver Ernest Wood Corner Brook Foundry & Machine Co Grand Rapids John A. Loring Priscilla Alden Balboa Canal Zone Janet Mann Greenock Scotland Milton H. Douglas York Street Brookline Dorothy Conley Anna M. Conley Academy Street Miss Conley Nassan Institute Anna Kaler Charles Kaler Monroe's Earl Dow Sagadahoc Vivian LeMont Lucius M. LeMont Middle’ Street Montreal Charles C. Bradeen Richard L. Sprague St. Mi Bas Hospital Helen Freeman Waterville High School F. W. Freeman Josephine Munsey Mary Sewall Arthur Sewall Stone House Waynflete Latin School Waynflete Manor Miss Sewall Lord Waynflete Arthur Leeman Kent's Hill Henry T. B. Leeman Somerset Place Fred J. Potter Ben Grosvenor Inn Pomfret Center Conn Turner Court Lawrence J. Hart Gloucester Hart Joseph Hart Charles Street J. Houghton McLellan, Jr J. Houghton McLellan Ruth Colby Phyllis Eaton Sylvia Allen Mildred Estes Elsie Moody Diana Cloutier Edith Gotte Frances Mather Inez Carr Doris London Muriel Lane Woolworth’s Augusta Rowe Stearns Scott Frank Reynolds Frederick E. Drake William P. Drake Elmer F. Hayes Frances Hayes Marion Dain Elizabeth McGrath Wilbur C. Oliver Thomas P. Gibbons Helen Shorey Street Harold Armes Harold Everett Davis Harry J. Ward Peaks Island Sheldrake Day's Ferry King Street Harry Bath Board of Health N. Gratz Jackson H. B. Duce Kennebec Police Department of Sheriff's Department Sagadahoc County Alexander McDougall Central Maine Power Co Kenneth Witham Bob Messenger Witham Henderson Sasanoa River Genesta Chapter O. E Brunswick Mary O'Donnell Elford A. Stover Margaret Daley Margaret Coombs Florence Lamb Charles Wentworth C. J. Lamb Evelyn Hosmer Bruns Wick Sue Carr New England Red Cross Sagadahoc Block St. Mary’s Genes Shore Acres Sebasco No. 8 Phippsburg George Poulos Chisholm James P. Sutherland City Hospital Wesley Lane Mr. Sutherland Jim Buxton Bath Hospital Sutherland John P. Crosby Abram Oliver Central Church Betty Fuller Carol Stevens Louise Briggs Mary Kenney Katherine Shorey Vanona MacDonald Owen Sasanoa Gut St. Mary's William D. Sewall Mark W. Sewall Hotel Phoenix United Fuel Corp William McLaughlin Ralph K. Hall George W. Jewett Wet Bath T. W. Horsfield Universalist Church Thompson Corner Center Street Hugh J. Chisholm Aras Bath Iron Works Corp Masonic Temple Grindell Colonial Club Front Street Genesia Chapter Prescott Abram C. Oliver Mary Perry Wellesley, Mass Iit Us ARTHUR _ ALLEN Optometrist Bath Trust
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