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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 01, 1934

Page

6

Women Missionary society meets at Mrs Harrington’s home

The Women Missionary Society of First Baptist held a Friday meeting at 209 North Street with ten attendees. President Mrs Charles R Sims led devotional and business sessions, announcing February 23 as a combined meeting and White Cross sewing event with an afternoon session.

Women’s Missionary Society of First Baptist Church Clifford B. Harrington North Street Charles R. Sims A. I. Stuart Society Stuart Smith Freeman William Wakefield Oak Street Clifford F. Harrington Simon Moore Everett Wright John Robert Maine General Hospital Portland Union Street

New York Wedding for Miss Steinberg and Mr Brisk

Miss Frieda Steinberg daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Steinburg of New York and Philip W Brisk son of the late Mr and Mrs J S Brisk of Gardiner were married Sunday January 28 at high noon at the Hotel New Yorker New York by Rev Bernard Schram. The bride wore ivory velvet with ivory tulle and carried an ivory prayer book. Her maid of honor Miss Marion Steinberg wore gold lame and blue velvet and carried a muff of tali spar roses. The groom’s brother A L Brisk attended. The ceremony was under a canopy of white carnations with Lohengrin’s wedding march by Jerry Friedman and NBC orchestra. The couple left for a honeymoon in Miami Havana and Nassau.

Frieda Steinberg Harry Steinburg New York Philip W. Brisk Gardiner J. S. Brisk Fremont Street Hotel New Yorker City Bernard Schram Samuel Green Brighton Mass Bath Marion Steinberg A. L. Brisk Jerry Friedman NBC Orchestra Lauren Steinberg Sally Lepins Barnard College Amherst College Miami Havana Nassau Harriet Green Boston

Girl Scouts Hold Meeting At Y M C A For Second Class Tests

Pine Tree troop No 1 meets at the Y M C A headquarters to study code fire prevention first aid and flag for second class tests. A Court of Honor precedes the meeting while Betty Watson Annie King Barbara Hopkins Lillian Goodwin and Jane Stevens lead patrols for an upcoming first aid program at the North Center P T A.

Pine Tree Girl Scouts of America North Center P. T. A Betty Watson Annie King Barbara Hopkins Lillian Goodwin Jane Stevens

Dinner Party Honors Miss Norton With Out of Town Guest

Mrs Arthur C Norton hosted a Friday dinner at High Street for friends including Miss Barbara Norton. Miss Margaret Sterry of Houston attended as an out of town guest and the group later watched the Morse Lewiston game at the high school.

Mary K. Kenney Nassan Institute Springvale Russell L. Kenney Bath Street Margaret Sterry Houston Jeannette Shackford Phyllis Eaton Nassau Roy FP. Shackford Turner Court Leon R. Eaton Oak Street Barbara Norton Arthur C. Norton High Street Boston Deaconess Hospital

Surprise Shower for Mrs Hart at Park Street Home

Mrs Dominique Threiff hosted a birthday week event on Park Street Wéd day evening for Mrs John Hart. A surprise shower honored the guest with prizes for toilet articles going to Mrs Arline Johnson and a consolation prize to Mrs Josephine Renault. Refreshments followed. It listed attendees including Mrs Lida Costain Miss Elizabeth Conley Mrs Ethel Web ber Mrs Arline Johnson Mrs Josephine Renault Miss Annah Chaney Miss Carolyn Plant Miss Elsie Genthner Mrs Kathleen Hart Miss Irene Footer Mrs Andrew Hart and Mrs John Hart.

Dominique Threiff Park Street John Hart Arline Johnson Josephine Renault Lida Costain Elizabeth Conley Ethel Webber Annah Chaney Carolyn Plant Elsie Genthner Kathleen Hart Irene Footer Andrew Hart

Weekend visits and naval assignments noted in local items

Miss Marjorie Palmer spent the weekend at home while Percy Wilson sails aboard the Portland on the Pacific coast and is now a pharmacist’s mate. Francis Lee visits from Quincy with his parents as the Far and Near Missionary Society met at 34 Weeks Street with 17 in attendance and plans a White Cross meeting on Feb. 9 at Mrs. John L. Russell’s home.

Marjorie E. Palmer John T. Palmer Marshall Avenue Gorham Normal School Percy Wilson Leora C. Mitchell Bath Pacific Portland United States Navy Morse High School Francis Lee Quincy, Mass Mrs Edward J. Lee Pearl Street

Bath News Roundup of Visitors and Travel

Frank K. Jack of Bowdeinham was a business visitor in Bath Thursday. Mrs. Milton C. Trott and Mrs. E. R. Andrews motored to Portland on Saturday. Mrs. Stephen Nolan Mrs. Jack Leutritz Stanley Footer all of New York and Mrs. Richard Angus of Philadelphia arrived in Bath Thursday evening called by the death of their mother Mrs. John Footer. Mr. Leutritz and Mrs. Stanley Footer came on Thursday while Mr. Angus and Mr. Nolan arrived Sunday. Mrs. J. Houghton McLellan of 990 Washington left Saturday for Boston to join her son before leaving on Feb. 2 from New York on the Carinthia for a trip to South America visiting Venezuela West Indies and eight other ports.

Stella Brown Senter Boston New England Hairdressers Association Copley Plaza Elizabeth Arden Switzerland Miss Brown Senter's Ruth Skillings High Street New York S. S. Pennsylvania California Panama Canal Miss Skillings Sylvester Cushman Portland Charlotte I Meeker Washington Street John R. Bradlee Montclair N. J Mrs. Bradlee Prout’s Neck Miss Meeker Emma Houghton Frank K. Jack of Bowdeinham Bath Stephen Nolan Jack Leu J. Houghton McLellan J. Houghton McLellan, Jr Carinthia South America Venezuela West Indies

Boy Scouts Promise Summer Outing Plans Highlight Meeting

Troop 53 of the Boy Scouts met at the American Legion hall with 22 members and 18 visitors. Speakers Sumner Sewall and Earle B. Lermond outlined activities for the coming year, including hiking, camping and sports in Bath. The troop was organized under scout master Earle B. Lermond with Donald G. Stirling as assistant, and new pledges were issued along with refreshments after the session.

Troop 53 Boy Scouts of America American Legion Hall Sumner Sewall Roland Smith Post A. L Small Point John C. Fitzgerald Harry Hall The American Legion Earle B. Lermond Lermond Bath the Legion Donald G. Stirling Scout Committee Court of Honor Winfred Scott Massachusetts Stirling J Warren Murray Murray Connecticut Summner Sewall Elver A. Stickney Earle B

Thespian Play Dates Shuffled by Columbia Event

The Thespian play The Late Christopher Bean will be presented at Columbia with a local cast under H Augustus Huse Jr. Officers of Winter Street Sunday school were elected. Joseph O Purdue named superintendent. Ruth Dale Bertha Lord Eleanor Erwin Mary McClure named assistant duties. A mailbox move to Bank block noted. Hounds supper at Masonic temple drew a large crowd and another is planned. Ex service men must report to Bath re employment office with discharge papers. Earle Lermond named Boy Scout master. meeting scheduled at American Legion hall. A road accident at Chase's corner involved a sedan towing a roadster and a frozen brake. Nequasset Farm Bureau to hold all day session Feb 16 with Home Organization topic. Maine Progressive Union lunch planned at Cosmopolitan Club house with menu details.

Christopher’ Bean Columbia H. Augustus Huse, Jr Winter Street Joseph O. Purdue Allen M. Irish Elver A. Stickney Ruth Dale Bertha Lord Eléanor Erwin Mary McClure

Scouts Form Court of Honor for 24 Members

Lermond scoutmaster J Warren Murray and assistant Donald G Stirling lead 24 scouts including a bugler and a scribe in a Court of Honor and Examining Board session chaired by Harry Hall Sumner Sewall.

Disabled veterans make poppies at Augusta for Memorial Day

The American Legion Auxiliary of Maine employs 45 disabled World War veterans at the Veterans Administration facility in Augusta to manufacture the Veterans Made red paper Legion poppy. Under Col. Keith Ryan and Major W. T. Hanley with Chaplain P. F. Hershey guiding the shop, 76 000 poppies are on hand. Workers include bookkeepers, typists, packers, and janitors. Poppies sell for any price before Memorial Day, and material orders will follow if demand rises.

American Legion Auxiliary of Maine Veterans Administration Augusta Keith Ryan W. T. Hanley PF. H. Hershey Legion and Auxiliary Brann Legion Daniel S. Dexter Lewiston Legion: Auxiliary Amme P."snow Rockland Paul’ Bartlett Lee Lovet Town

Maine dry law repeal campaign ships out of state money talk

Out of state liquor interests may fund the Maine repeal effort as September endures a statewide vote. The piece recalls Bath area history from a beans store childhood meeting with Emma Eames to old streets, a 1883 police killing, and the anchor foundry turned Howard Coal Co garage. It notes naval yard access tightening and a frigid winter with a Bath family heated by collected wood.

Maine Commercial Street Robert Lilly Howard Coal Co Mr. Lilly Bath Lilly South End

Farm leader Alexander Legge leaves fortune to Farm Foundation

Alexander Legge, president of International Harvester and first Federal Farm Board president, died recently and bequeathed the bulk of his fortune to the Farm Foundation. The foundation aims to stimulate and conduct research and experimental work to aid agriculture.

Alexander Legge International Harvester Co Federal Farm Board The Farm Foundation

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Daniel Doyle Lisbon Falls Oliver Moses Mary Carlton Joseph Peter Carlton Grace Cunningham Middle Street Arthur Sewall Stone House John A. Lord Archibald M. Main William S. Newell Frederick E. Drake John H. Hyde Guysbert B. Vroom Robert W. Ferrell George P. Hunter Edward C. Craig Edward Sewall Carroll Watson Charles J. Donnell Edwin R. Andrews Rodney E. Ross Alden G. Smith Edwin H. Given James A. Gillies, Jr William D. Sewall Rupert H. Baxter Byron F. Barker Mary F. Gibbons Anne Kimball Miriam W. Kimball Jane S. Murphy Henry C. Wright Francis A. Winchenbach John McCole Roger D. Skillings John W. Williams Baltimore E. R. Andrews Muriel Staples Frank L. Staples South Street Welfare Island Austin H. MacCormick Mr. MacCormick Bowdoin Milan Street Court Street Percival P. Baxter Exorchorda Gibraltar Palma Genoa Naples Alexandria Beyrout Palestine Minnie White Joseph T. Smith West Street Theresa Dall Maurice A. Libby Arthur MacDonald Charles L. Merry Marcia Petlock Dorothy Renaud Edith Renaud Ernesto Fabbri Palm Beach Fla Charles E. Cushing Green Street Geraldine Stott Ardeene A. Stott Eve Curry Brooks Mima Statendam Madeira Cadiz Spain Algiers Monaco Monte Carlo Beirut Haifa Holy Land Port Said Cairo Egypt Athens Venice Cannes France Mayland Barker Charles Andrews of Hardings Brunswick Hospital Margaret Little Swarthmore Jane Ward Kingston N. Y Boston University Sargent School of Physical Education Elizabeth B. Deering Sargent Miss Deering Morse Miss Little Miss Ward G. A. Lawrence D. Joseph Doyle Mr. Doyle Girls Friendly Society Persis Hoyt Eleanor Voorhees Kathleen Pepper Barbara Tubbs Charles Donnell China Walter Ey Woodfords Mae Bickle Reginald T. Lombard South Albert Henderson Timothy C. Maney St. Mary’s Church Charlotte Wyman Reading Paul Mason Roland F. Hill Lincoln Street Guysbert Vroom Alvah A. Morse John Waterhouse Deering Street Winnie Merry Herbert Anderson, Jr Keith Atwood Harold Brown Charles L. Burgess Harry Comeau Pauline Fogg Charles H. Morse Otis Morse Harold Trask Anderson Burgess Miss Fogg J. Horace McClure Madison Moore McClure Hotel Statler Paul A. Gregware Carrie M. Sampson Arthur P. Sampson Columbia Road Langdon T. Snipe Winter Street Church Robert Haskell Sturtevant Arthur C. Lemont Andrew S. Merrill Garden Street Christine Stacey Peter E. Carlton St. Mary's Church Eugene Whitten Bessie McKay Cora Savage Kerwin Butcher Roy Burnham Rachel Potter Annie Bickle Marion Wakefield Mary Cunningham Annie Cummings Marguerite Hennessey Percy Oliver Fred Oliver Anna Cummings Jennie Brown Blanche Huston Kathleen Leonard Dorothy McAllister Edward Cummings Florence Oliver Fred Bowie Drummond Street Young Ladies’ Contract Club Ruth Johnson Alma Daley Carmen Lewis Mark Hennessy Eric Blair Merton Dearing Edwin A. Rogers Memorial Hospital Damariscotta Chandler Edwin Bernice McDonald City Hospital Bailey Street Anne Gearing Frank Stone John Newell Massachusetts Institute of Technology Isabelle Gallant Rowland Beal Bedford Street James B. Drake Bath and Phippsburg A. F. Williams Carl C. Anderson Charles Andrews Dunlap A. Hatch Everett Quinlan Brunswick Town Hall Elwood Legard John Levyn Archie Main Lewis Swett Hebron Academy Milton C. Trott James D. Curtis West Bath Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary Walter E. Edge School of Politics Women's National’ Republican Club Arthur S. Pepper Mr. Pepper Elizabeth Pepper Cosmopolitan Singing Club Alice F. Johnson George A. Churchill Muriel H. Howe Christine C. Curtis Charles W. Avery Lulu B. Barnes Worcester Clyde Pinkham Nellie V. Leeman Henry T. B. Leeman Somerset Place Dorrothy Knight Unity Elizabeth Hagland Waterville Gorham Bath Opera House Glenn Anne Claude Beal Beatrice Muriel Allen Street Beal Bath Iron Works Henry P. Healey Belmont Charles Henry Jean Wylie Barbara King Betts Hudson N. H P. C. Thompson Nashua Massachusetts State Police Anna M. Ward Bath City Hospital John Freeman Snow Park Ruth M. Johnson Maxwell Powers Thomas Murphy Virginia North Reading Carl Meister Portsmouth Stanley Peterson Fred Wheelock Joseph Swanton Carl B. Swanton Donald S. Sewall Boothbay Harbor Parent-Teacher Association of George S. Nevens Louise Dennison George A. Gregory John Trask Wilder Blake Eva Carlton Beverly Hopkins Mr. =merstreet Rumford Agnes Fahey Andrew Flaherty Miss Fahey Far Missionary Society of Corliss Street Church Lucian R. Ames Weeks Street Ruby Preble John L. Russell Commander Sewall Sagadahock Block Municipal Building Court Bank Block Masonic Temple Thomas F. McCabe Ralph Wright A. Trott Clarence Merrill City Hall Roland Smith Earle Lermond Boy Scouts Asall Chase's Corner Nequasset Farm Bureau James A. Colby Nequasset Hortense Welch Jordan C. Wright Alton Berry Flora Story William Robson E. B. Shaw Cosmopolitan Club Maine Progressive Union Leslie J. Wold Washington Streets Webb George F. Jackson Pred W. Hartnett Emma Eames Grand Opera Mme. Eames Mr. Jackson Private Way Ferry Street Daniel C. Gould Broad Street Front and Broad William Lawrence Wilkinson Thomaston State Prison Jesse Allen Hotel Phoenix Jesse Eldredge Johnson Caroline Florida Mary Russell Rufus Weeks Mr. Weeks Poe- S&kontas Herbert E. Cole
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