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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 03, 1938

Page

3

O'Brien to Supply Pulpit in New York February

Society news notes Rev Francis W O Brien D D former Brookyn pastor now living in Portland has been invited to supply the pulpit at Baptist Temple Third and Flatbush Avenues New York City during February He and Mrs O Brien left for New York to stay at St George Hotel He has also invitations to summer supply in London and in Boston Virginia Kingsley of Caribou has joined the Kingsley family in Bath for health and social rounds.

Francis W. O'frien D.D

Boothbay visitors and Portland guest spend day in Bath

Rev. Plinette Allen of the First Baptist church at Boothbay Center and Miss Laughlin McInnis were all day visitors in Bath. They were joined by Mrs. W A Adams of Boothbay Center visiting with her brother Guy Lewis and family at 40 Court Street. Mrs. Guy Lewis of Court Street visited Portland on Tuesday.

George Baer Connard Hoy Land Richard Quick Connards Gibraltar Boston B.Y.P.U First Baptist Church H. Chester MacKenzie C. Lloyd Hooker MacKenzie Marjorie V. Stover Edmund Furber Miss Groves Oak Street Plinette Allen Boothbay Center Laughlin McInnis Bath W. A. Adams Also Guy Lewis Court Street Portland

Seek Elimination of the Unsightly Roadside Signs

The National Roadside Council launches a drive for a signless countryside funded by about fifteen organizations. It cites Maine and Delaware as precedents and notes mounting state bills in 1938, while urging zoning to ban roadside advertising and stressing aesthetic aims alongside AAA efforts for safer rural roads.

National Maine Arkansas Colorado Kansas Michigan New York Pennsylvania Rhode Island Tennessee Wisconsin Connecticut Indiana State Highway Commission Massachusetts Virginia The American Automobile Association

Electrician Bowlers Upset Carpenters at Park Alleys

The Electricians from Bath Iron Works toppled the Carpenters from the shipbuilding plant in a three-string match at Park Alleys. Allie Jewett led with 336 total and a 138 first string, as Don Ring added 285 for the victors while H. Atwood led the losers with 268.

Electricians Bath Iron Works Corp Carpenters Park Alleys Allie Jewett Jewett Don Ring H. Atwood

Colonial Bowlers Showdown at Park Alleys

Top matches in the Colonial Club bowling league Thursday at Park Alleys. At 6:30 Old Golds meet Fatimas and Murads, at 8:00 Lucky Strikes collide with Marvels and Wings, at 9:30 Kools face Spuds and Camels.

Upstair Park Old Golds Fatimas Murads Lucky Strikes Marvels Wings

St Marys Guild Members Prepare Easter Dresses

St Marys guild of Grace church members began making dresses for girls at the House of the Good Shepherd in Gar diner. Hostesses were Mrs Paul Mason and Mrs Daniel Williams.

St. Mary’s Guild of Grace Church Met House of the Good Shepherd Gardiner Paul Mason Daniel Williams

Master Varney Returns To Dike School After Illness

Master Malcolm Varney son of Cyril B Varney and Mrs Varney of 8 Cummings Street has returned to Dike school after three weeks at home due to swollen glands and sinus trouble.

John McInnes Washington Street Maine General Hospital Duncan McInnes Boston Bath Malcolm Varney Cyril B. Varney Cummings Street

Fishing Careers Fail to Attract Modern Youth

A Boston era survey shows American youth not drawn to fishing despite claims of labor shortages. Veteran captains note aging crews and native maritimes dominance while newer trawlers attract more workers. Americans dislike sea life for long duty periods. many skippers come from Newfoundland and Iceland.

Washington Patrick McHugh Fishermen's Union McHugh Flray Prior Gloucester Master Mariners Association Massachusetts Maritime Newfoundland Iceland Scandinavia Fred O'Hara Gloucester North Atlantic

City Chat on Fares Freight Costs and Local Events

The column notes higher travel and freight costs since the Boston steamer was withdrawn, with ink prices rising to 2.51 per 500 pounds, plus trucking charges, while railroads face losses from taxes and labor costs. It also reports Bath ice harvest success, a robin sighting, health seal quotas for several towns, praise for Bath in the Pine Tree Bulletin, Rotary Annes meeting, and Democratic city committee activity including mayoral candidacy uncertainty ahead of the 1938 election.

Boston Times Phippsburg West Bath Woolwich Maine Public Health Association Bath Pine Tree Bulletin Democratic City Committee Common Council

Bath Residents Attend Portland Concert by Kirsten Plagstad

The Bath group including Mr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Drake Mr. and Mrs. James A. Gillies Jr Mrs. Charles P. Wetherbee Alden G. Smith and daughter Lydia and Miss Mary Newell were among those from Bath who attended the concert in Portland Tuesday night given by Kirsten Plag stad.

Frederick E. Drake James A. Gillies, Jr Charles P. Wetherbee Alden G. Smith Lydia Mary Newell Bath Portland Kirsten Plagstad

Maine chicken farmer ex-court reporter changes life course

Daniel F. Murphy, once a top New York supreme court reporter, becomes a Maine chicken farmer in Swanville. He runs 3,000 pedigreed Barred Plymouth Rock chicks weekly with modern electrified incubators, aiming for 25,000 to 35,000 birds this season. His wife adapts to farm life while Murphy plans to leave reporting for good in spring and build Maine’s largest chicken operation.

Swenville New York Supreme Court Maine Daniel F. Murphy Murphy Seabury Dan Murphy Swanvile Murphys University of Maine New York

Redlon Bowlers Narrow the Gap in Tuesday League

Redlon's trio edged Chevrolets 9 to 6 while Steeves' Market rollers earned 3 in a tight Tuesday Night league session. O. M. Redlon's 567 and team total 2512 led, with Plant's 508 and a 2360 team score delivering high marks. Frates led Steeves' with 422 including a 127 string.

Redlon Chevrolets Steeves A. Jewett O. M. Redlon Steeves’ Market Rollers Les Plant Redlonites Chevvies Ralph Philbrick H. McCabe A. Plant Redson Dick Frates Steeves’ Market Five

Keene Returns to Portland for Junior High Teaching

Mar Keene resumes teaching duties at Portland junior high after a weekend visit with Miss Barbara Fisher and Miss Barbara Grout in Washington.

Edward Noonan Cheverus High School Portland Edward and Henry Biggins Mar. Keene Barbara Fisher Barbara Grout Washington Street

Miss Martha Hamblett Returns From Natick Visit

Miss Martha L Hamblett of Pratt Street returns from a three weeks visit in Natick Massachusetts. She was accompanied to Bath by Miss Ruth Malcomson of Natick who is visiting her.

Hawthorne Brunswick Henry G. Shaw Weeks Merrymeeting Shaw Abenaki Winthrop Clyde A. Turner Lowell Mass Concord N. H Turner Concord Electric Co Goldie Lord Bath John A. Lord Pearl Street Public Service Commission New Hampshire Harvard Law School Faulkner & Bell Keene, N. H Martha L. Hamblett Pratt Street Natick Ruth Malcolmson

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