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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1934

Page

4

Richmond Beano Party Fetes 26 At Ideal Home Corner

The Ideal Home Corner club met at Mrs. May Groves home on River road with 26 present. a Christmas program, gifts, and treats followed. Mrs. Doris Holman and Theodore Mitchell of Bowdoinham married Dec. 15 at the groom’s mother’s home in Bowdoinham. Rev. J. N. Palmer Lee officiated. The couple will reside in Richmond.

May Groves River Road Doris Holman Richmond Theodore Mitchell Bowdeinham Harry Chase Bowdoinham J. N. Palmer Lee Mitchell Augusta Leon Dunklee Charles Elizabeth Small Paul Jack Portland Frank Beedle Bert Skinner Herbert Stewart North Front Street Lillian Johnson Bertelle Skinner W. H. Johnson Dresden Elizabeth Watson Behr Millinery Co Port Arthur Texas Lake Charles Louisiana Hazel Gardiner Roger Baker Margaret Muise Glenn White Roger Gibbs Betty Lou Paul MacLeod Audrey Prosser Marjorie Rice Helen Herbert Jean Morris Corine MacKenna Phyllis Strout Wilbur Small White Road Brunswick Road William Dingley Bowdoinham Village Ray E. Tibbetts Richmond Lion's Club William McGinn Anderson, Ind Edward Mcvnn Fred Joyce Lisbon Falls Mary Page A. D. Page Della Staples Auburn C. O. Baker Bert Baker FE. E. Baker Bowdoin Center E. O. Tarr Gwendolyn Tarr Eva Libby H. A. Tarr Portland Tuesay Dorothea Temple University of Maine B. R. Temple Emma Bowley Litchfield Gertrude Baker S. M. Preble Harriet Colesworthy Madeline Douglass The Ideal Home Corner

Georgetown Geotown residents and visitors spend Christmas week

Sumner Mains and family occupy rooms with Clarence Oliver while others travel to Bath Portland Rowley and Manchester for holidays. Local events include a Christmas program at Center School and First Baptist Church music, plus multiple visits and moves among Georgetown residents and nearby towns.

Sumner Mains Bay Point Clarence Oliver Walter V. Cummings Bath Edward Wren Graymore Portland Ralph Hasty Clarence Wade Elizabeth Hunt Walter Powers Dorothy Hagan Yarmouth Academy L. Earle Hagan Roy Moore Barbara Clarence Kneeland Rowley Mass Emma B. Billings First Walter Schoepfer Francis Oliver Berlin N. H Joseph F. Higgins Harold F. Hunt Eleanor Cunningham Morse High School Melvin Cunningham Perley Chandler Popham Charles Clark Long Island Lester Powers William Wardwell Methuen Massachusetts Harry Heald Gaston Lachaise New York Center School First Baptist E. C. Higgins Georgetown Arrowise Marjorie Higgins R. N Sagadahoc Bay Bath Memorial Hospital Frank Heald Melrose Highlands Howard G. Heald John Hunt West Georgetown Alex Cunningham Newburyport

Westport residents announce new mail carrier routes

Violet Colby of Westport appointed mail carrier for Route No. 4 starting January 2. Ross Beaton named substitute carrier. Several locals visit Bath, Arrowsic, and Massachusetts. others holiday travel and family visits noted across Westport, Boothbay, Bath, and Friendship.

Violet Colby Westport Ross Beaton Lillian Knapp Boothbay Lawrence Colby Norris Beatrice Colby Bath Ralph Brooks St. Petersburg Fla Mary Buckley Ashland Mass Herbert Cromwell Annie R. Colby Massachusetts Virginia Jewett Nellie G. Davis Friendship Ordway Lewis Stoughton Etta V. Lewis Ralph Grant Jewett Arrowsic Freeman Colby Fred Cromwell Wiscasset Ethel Wass Dorothy Higgins Lester Hodgdon Carl Genevieve Luther Cromwell di Perri S. F. Higgins

Morse High Pupils Enjoy Christmas Trees and Gifts

Morse high school students held Christmas celebrations before recess. Sophomores in room H exchanged gifts with treats. seniors in L room shared presents and sandwiches. Santa, Walter Butler, distributed gifts as other rooms held parties.

Morse High School Hester M. Rose Evelyn Perry Lynnette Walker Walter Butler Santa Claus Blair C. Wilson Manual Arts Club

Bath Rotary Appeals to Aid Temple for Warm Springs Treatment

A Bath Rotary Club committee solicits over fifty organizations to fund James W. Temple's treatment at the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation. They plan a meeting at City Hall to organize a drive beginning January 1 and seek representatives to join the fund effort. Temple, a Morse High School graduate and University of Maine sophomore, faces near total paralysis and will need $42 weekly for care plus incidental costs. The Davenport Fund has allotted $500 to assist.

James W. Temple Georgia Warm Springs Foundation Bath City Hall Morse High School University of Maine Bath Rotary Club Warm Springs Georgia Davenport Fund Warm Springs Foundation Rotary Club Committee

Youngster Injured by Shell Explosion

Willis Doughty five year old son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Doughty was injuredSaturday afternoon by a 12 gauge shell explosion in a Portland hospital Eye and Ear Infirmary doctors fear the right eye may be lost and gravelled powder burns on hands and eyes resulted from the blast.

Doughty Court Street Willis Ernest Doughty Eye and Ear Infirmary Portland Center Street Hugh D. Grant

Georgetown Church Receives $1000 Bequest in Will

The Georgetown Baptist church gains 1000 from Rev. Charles W. Williams of Georgetown who died in Becket Massachusetts. The sum funds preaching at the church and a memorial fund of 500 dollars for Becket churchs benefit. Any residuary estate goes to the Massachusetts Baptist conference and charitable society. Williams body returned to Georgetown for burial. Hibbert L. Norton visits during Christmas vacation.

Baptist Church At Georgetown Charles W. Williams Becket Mass Pittsfield Williams Charles W. and Clara B. Williams Conference of Baptist Ministers of Massachusetts Massachuetts Baptist Charitable Society Mr. Williams Walter Savage Kittery Mr. Savage Percy Savage L. H. Rowe W. E. Gray Percy MacGillivary Portland Reginald Gray Pinkham Bath Lloyd Pinkham E. M. Horton New York City Clearwater Fla C. M. Bigelow Orville Rowe Wiscasset Leon Williams Waltham Helen Rowe Yarmouth Academy Lermond H. Rowe Fred Carr Bath Memorial Hospital Irving Campbell Arrowsic Carr T. M. Hagan Marjorie Berry Walter Schoepfer Cleve Rowe Russell Pinkham S. M. Cubbage

Christmas program at church features many acts and carols

The church held a Monday evening Christmas entertainment with a long program including "Angels Are Singing" and "Our Christmas Celebration." Performers included Donald Shoepfer, Ida MacGillivary, Louise Pinkham, and many others. The event ended with a tree-based gift distribution funded by the Grange Christmas Fund and a promise to report on gifts next week.

Walter Shoepfer Donald Shoepfer Chester MacMahan Edward Carr Delbert MacMahan Gene Stevens Leon Williams, Jr Ida MacGillivary Barbara Pink Shepherds Cecil Stevens Dolly Peres Betty Rittanham Charlotte Gray Ee Louise Pinkham

Miss Shaw Pupil Recital Delights Local Audience

Piano pupils of Miss Carrie Shaw performed at 18 Green Street before parents and guests. The program featured Elizabeth Butterfield in In Stately Rhythm and a sequence of solos and dances including The Rabbit Romps Away, Mill by the Brook, Birdie With a Yellow Bill, March of the Gingerbread Men, Indian Dance, Sur la Grace, Mermaid Song, Gypsy Danceray, A Night in May, Romance Sibelius, In the Cotton Fields, March of the Scouts, Skating Carnival, Japanese Dancing Girl, Dance of the Flowers, The Tailor and the Bear, Arena March, and others as listed by student.

Carrie Shaw Green Street Tee Ro Ae Chaminade Elizabeth Butterfield Marjory Nichols Williams Mary Anderson Maclachan Thomas Morse Birdie Lydia Smith Betty Lou Hill McIntyre Virginia Trott Crawford Webber Linna Marie Purdue Krenzlin Barbara Freeman Dorothy White Mary Bates Maclachan Beatrice Doble Scouts Mason Edward Sewall Aaron Eleanor Wilson Merry Roené G.c Canschals Barbara Priscilla Trott Adams Barbara Hopkins Er We Johnson Patricia Sewall

Drunken driving case dismissed and driver fined in Bath court

State Patrolman Crosby reports Desire Belanger of Lewiston faced intoxication charges and paid court costs after an automobile accident in Topsham. Fred Ricker of Gardiner pleaded guilty to leaving the scene, paid a $50 fine and $10.35 costs. Crosby identified Ricker as the operator of the Ford owned by Simard's Bakery, with extensive damage to three vehicles but no injuries.

John P. Crosby Desire Belanger Lewiston Topsham Bath Fred Ricker Gardiner Crosby Belanger Ricker Keegan Topsham-Augusta Cormier Simard Opin Aseasant Street August Zeegers Bowdoinham

Hutchins Re-engaged as Bath Country Club Professional

Bernard E. Hutchins is rehired for the 1935 Bath Country Club season with expanded duties including caddie oversight. Dues set: Men 35, Women 15, under 17 5, 17 to 21 15, greens fee 1.50. Non-playing membership 10. Club to restrict dining and course to members and guests, with guest greens fee limits.

Bernard E. Hutchins Bath Country Club Bath Trust Company Hutchins

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