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05 Feb 1931

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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 05, 1931

Page

7

Women Club Hosts Auction At Leeman Home

Members of the Noble Grands club met at Mrs. Henry T. B. Leeman's Somerset place, hosting three tables of auction. Prizes went to Mrs. Annette Pinkham first, Mrs. Mae Ward second, and Mrs. Ralph Mank consolation. Officers for the coming year were nominated, including Lois McKiever as president and Annette Pinkham as vice president. Several attendees were listed, with others noted in a later luncheon and hospital league reports.

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Noble Grands Club Henry T. B. Leeman Somerset Place Leeman Lillias Larrabee Annette Pinkham Mae Ward Ralph Mank Lois McKiever Annnette Pinknam Nellie Leeman Lois McKieever Ralpi Mank Eva Atwood Eola Atwood Elizabeth Tedford Harriet Huggard Lillas Larrabes
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West Path Red Cross to host all day session at Trufant home

Mrs Charles Lemont Mrs Julia Johnson and Mrs Belle Donnell were appointed to oversee dinner arrangements for the all day West Path Red Cross session yesterday at Miss Annie Trufant home Trufant Crossing. The group sews for needy children and meets weekly rather than twice monthly. A daughter Helen Dorothy King was born to Mr and Mrs Everett King at 77 Court Street weighing seven and a half pounds. Mr and Mrs Wilbur Crocker hosted an auction night at 18 Park Street with Mrs Carl Blaisdell as ladies high and Howard Rice as men high. Present were Archie Wishart Carl Blaisdell Howard Rice and the Crockers. Helen Shorey Bates College student visiting her parents Alton and Mrs Shorey Center Street.

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Charles Lemont Julia Johnson Belle Donnell West Path Red Cross Annie Trufant Trufant Crossing Everett King Court Street Helen Dorothy King Wilbur Crooker Park Street Carl Blaisdel Howard Rice Archie Wishart Carl Blaisdell Crocker Helen Shorey Bates College Alton Shorey Center Street
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Knick-Kneck-Klub Meets At Liberty Street Home

Mrs. Percy Miller hosted her sewing group at her Liberty street residence on Wednesday of last week. Attending were Mrs. John Sylvester Mrs. Roy Lutz Mrs. Harold Safford Mrs. Gerald Holland Miss Evelyn Burgess Miss Mary Sylvester Mrs. Walter Mosher and Mrs. Edna Wilton of the Edna Mae Shoppe who left Sunday for New York to visit corsetieres schools.

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Percy Miller Knick-Kneck-Klub Liberty Street John Sylvester Roy Lutz Harold Safford Gerald Holland Evelyn Burgess Mary Sylvester Walter Mosher Edna Wilton Edna Mae New York
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Local Families Host Birthday Celebrations and Travels

Abraham E Greenblatt and Riva Civia Greenblatt celebrated joint birthdays at a family party at 233 Washington Street. Abraham turned 14 and Riva Civ ia her second. Victor Payne visited from Colby College at his mother Made Paquet’s home on Russell Street. Miss Winifred Aderton and Miss Helen Conley returned to Boston University after exams. Lettie Wilson and Catherine Emmons traveled to Portland for an automobile show. Mrs Freestick H Kimball returned home from New York. Mrs Lemuel Levin of Bath Department Store travels to Boston for millinery shows. Mrs Frederick B Cullen went with her infant son Albert Harvey back to Granite Street from Bath City hospital.

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Abraham E. and Riva Civia Greenblatt Simon K. Greenblatt Washington Street Abraham Riva Civia Victor Payne Colby College Winifred Aderton Helen Conley Boston College of Practical Arts and Letters Boston University Mrz Frederick B. Cullen Albert Harvey Granite Street Bath City Hospital Cates Ae Yormerly Mise Marios Cloutier
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Women from Bath Attend Lewiston Meeting of Divisions

Bath Central Maine Power Co women employees traveled to Lewiston Friday afternoon for a meeting of the southern and western divisions. The Bath group included Miss Ida Coffie, Miss Margare Daley, Mrs Elford A Stover, Miss Margare Coombs and Miss Mary O'Donnell. Frederick H Cullen, injured in a October motorcycle accident, was discharged from Bath City hospital Sunday and returned to his Rockland home.

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Bath Central Maine Power Co Lewiston Ida Coffie Margare Daley Elford A. Stover Coombs Mary O’donnell Frederick H. Cullen Bath City Hospital Rockland
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Local residents and visits feature Bath social notes

Mrs. Howard Parks returns to Mechanic street to resume soloist duties at Central church after a Boston visit with her engineer husband aboard the steamship George Washington. West Bath sections report Mrs. John Larrabee and son John Jr visiting Endicott New York with relatives, joined by Mr. Larrabee and Mrs. Walter Larrabee. Barbara Wiggin of Mars high school spends weekend in Thomaston with Ralph Wig William Lone of Sagadahoc Ferry resumes duties after Bath hospital treatment for injuries. Elizabeth McGrath visits Bates College home in Bath. Frank Colburn of Bath Opera House leaves for Bangor where his ill wife stays with her parents. Katharine E O’Donnell begins as operating room supervisor at Bath City hospital after completing training. John Newell returns home after Mass Tech exams. details unclear from fragment.

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Fred C. Potter Washington Street Quincy Mass Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp Potter Rachel Mr. Potter Pine Tree Limited Brunswick William J. Craft Russell L. Phinney Howard Parks Mechanic Street Boston George Washington New York John Larrabee John Jr West Bath Endicot N. Y Barbara Wiggin Mars High School Thomaston Ralph Wig Frank Colburn Bath Opera House Bangor Colburn That City
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Mrs Margaret Adams of Brunswick Passes Priday

Mrs Margaret Adams of Brunswick died at daybreak, with her daughter Mrs Wellington A Moore of Washington present. Family era notes indicate a quiet funeral will be held in Brunswick with close relatives in attendance.

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Margaret Adams Brunswick Priday Welliington Moore Washington
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City Forester Returns Home After Hospital Stay

City forester James P. Sutherland who has been a patient at City hospital since December 20 with a broken ankle returned Monday afternoon to his home at 298 Center Street. The Sewing Circle of the First Baptist Church met Tuesday of last week with Mrs. Russell Dalrymple on Middle Street to plan a February vestry supper. Committees and the exact date will be announced at the meeting next week with Mrs. Everett Burnham of 1 Leonard Court.

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City Forester James P. Sutherland City Hospital Center Street First Baptist Church Russell Dalrymple Middle Street Everett Burnham Leonard Court
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Auction Bridge at Andrews Road Hosts Two Tables

Mrs. Annette Pinkham hosted an auction bridge evening at her home on Andrews road. High score winner Mrs. Albert Thompson received a bathroom set as first prize, while Mrs. Lois McKiever earned a consolation personal gift. Refreshments were served. Also noted is Hermond McCrater, son of Mr and Mrs Earl McCrater of Tarbox Street, improving after a severe cold at Bath City hospital.

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Martin Powers Roberta Irving Estelle Bowden Powers Oliver Street Edwin Powers Orvis Bonney Ina Small Kathryn Lennox Jane Haggett Louis Spicer Gertrude Freeman Edwin W. Bonney Ethel Blake Clarence Fullerton Rodney E. Rorse High Street Priscilla Magoun Harry F. Morin Harold Burbank Hartford, Conn Robert B. Hatch Young Ladies Pridge Club Mark Hennessy Arline Footer Hennessy Ruth Johnson Harry Cook John J. Keegan Emily Morgan Annette Pinkham Andrews Road Albert Thompson Lois McKiever Hermond McCrater Earl McCrater Tarbox Street Bath City Hospital
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Cavalier London Confined to Portland Hospital

Cavalier London of 76 Oliver Street has been confined to State Street Hospital in Portland for four weeks after injuries from a ladder collapse. Previously he was treated at his home and Bath City Hospital following the incident months ago.

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Cavalier London Oliver Street State Street Hospital Portland Bath City Hospital
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Donnells Attend Portland Automobile Show

Mr and Mrs Charles J Donnell of Washington street spent Saturday in Portland to attend the automobile show at the Exposition building showing local interest in cars and new models amid a weekend outing in the city.

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Charles J. Donnell Washington Street Portland Exposition Building
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Local social notes and student updates from area residents

Miss Charlotte I Meeker hosted the Monday club at her Washington street home for Mrs. John R Bradlee of Montclair New Jersey. Miss Dorothy Louise Purington of Sebasco graduated Friday from Central Maine General Hospital School of Nursing in Lewiston. Miss Clarice Berry a student at Eastern Nazarene College arrived Friday to stay with her parents Rev and Mrs Charles H Berry. Middle Helen Conley, a Boston University student, is spending midyear recess with her mother Mrs Anna Conjex.

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Charlotte I. Meeker Washington Street John R. Bradlee Montclair N. J Dorothy Louise Purington Sebasco Central Maine General Hospital School of Nursing Lewiston Clarice Berry Eastern Nazarene College Wollaston Mass Charles H. Berry Middle Street Helen Conley Boston University Anna Con- Jex the Nazarene College
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Hyde Windlass Exec Visits Westinghouse Institute

Pred L. Andrews general manager of Hyde Windlass Co paid a visit to the Westinghouse Lighting Institute at Grand Central Palace during a meeting of the National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers in New York.

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National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers New York Pred L. Andrews Hyde Windlass Co Westinghouse Lighting Institute Grand Central Palace
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Bath women cap at Maine General Hospital in Portland

At a capping service in the memorial building three Bath women Miss Hinzer MacDonald Miss Dorane Wakefield and Miss Marjorie Legard received their caps after successfully passing examinations following four months of probationary work. Henry C. Wright president of Bath City hospital was invited to attend the new seven serving at Maine General Hospital in Portland Friday. Donald Henderson son of Sheriff Albert Henderson is home from the University of Maine for the weekend after passing exams and will graduate in June with high honors. he has excelled in his course at Maine.

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Memorial Building Maine General Hospital Portland Bath Hinzer MacDonald Dorane Wakefield Marjorie Legard Henry C. Wright Bath City Hospital Donald Henderson Sheriff Albert Henderson University of Maine Henderson Maine
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Brunswick hospital adds Dr J T Smith on staff

Dr J T Smith joins Brunswick hospital staff. Miss Evelyn Clough hosts Eeho club at Park Street last Wednesday with members Helen Clough Evelyn Perry Charlotte Robbins Mary Grainger and Marie LeMont. Marjorie Mullin returns to Attleboro after days in Bath. Henry T B Leeman and wife visited Kent's Hill to see their son Arthur Leeman a student. They report roads poor and driving hazardous. Fannie Gass of South Portland returns from visit with Sheriff Albert Henderson. Caroline Henderson of Woolwich mourns her mother.

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Evelyn Clough Eeho Club Park Street Helen Clough Evelyn Perry Charlotte Robbins Mary Grainger Marie LeMont Henry T. B. Leeman Kent's Hill Arthur Leeman Fannie Gass South Portland Albert Henderson Middle Street Caroline Henderson Woolwich
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Bath Visitor and Local Social Roundup

Mrs. John R. Bradlee of Montclair N J visits Bath to stay with Miss Charlotte I Meeker in Washington street. Local exams finished at colleges. Maine nat Donald Henderson and Edward Stapler return from University of Maine with Mr Merryfield as guest. Bath motorists attend Portland auto show. Mrs Edward Coneland and Mrs Lillias Larrabee visit Portland on business. Rev Weston P Holman returns from Bangor Convocation week. Miss Gladys Bessey visits sister Mrs Conti then heads to Portland for a few days. Michele Pecci family to arrive Feb 15. daughter and relatives traveling, returning on the Augustus to New York. Mrs L Earl LeMont slowly improving at home.

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New York Cunard Carinthia Mediterranean Raymond Whitcomb Co Madeira Gibraltar Nice Naples Venice Athens Constantinople Haifa Holy Land Cairo Toulon France Carcassone Biarritz Chateau Paris John R. Bradlee Montclair, N. J Bath Charlotte I. Meeker Washington Street University of Maine Donald Henderson Edward Stapler Mr. Merryfield Michele Pecci Antonio Pelegrimo Florindo Pecci Rom Augustus
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Miss Nancy Hyde Hosts Valentine Birthday Party

Miss Nancy Hyde celebrated her eighth birthday with a Valentine party at Elmhurst on Monday. Prizes went to Rita Jenkins for the peanut hunt and for various party games, with guests including Virginia Hamilton, Helen Reynolds, and others. Supper and cake followed the festivities.

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Nancy Hyde John H. Hyde Elmhurst Rita Jenkins Leah Merrill Frances Lemont Virginia Hamilton Helen Reynolds Ellen Jewett Mildred Cutting Jane and Sally Hyde
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Mrs Hyde Returns From Florida On Unseasonable Weather

Mrs John H Hyde came back to Elmhurst on Monday after ten days in Miami Beach and Belleair Florida. She found Miami rainy and cold with many hotels closed and beaches deserted, while Belleair offered delightful weather and many golf and bathing enthusiasts. Thomas R Huston visited Portland Tuesday on business.

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John H. Hyde Elmhurst Miami Beach Belleair Fla
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Hospital Toe Amputation for Local Man

Joel T. Mains of Richardson street was taken to City hospital Monday afternoon for removal of a toe on his right foot after weeks of trouble and a fall that caused blood poisoning. The physician ordered the operation following the toe injury and resulting infection.

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Joel T. Mains Richardson Street City Hospital Mr. Mains
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Bath Iron Works Master Painter Hospitalized After Operation

Charles S. Kidder master painter at Bath Iron Works Corp is at Knox General hospital after a serious operation last Friday. Wellington A. Moore manager of Bath Portland attended the automobile show. John McCole a Tufts student spent the weekend with his parents on Court Street.

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Rockland Courier Gazette Camden Charles S. Kidder Bath Iron Works Corp Knox General Hospital Wellington A. Moore Bath Portland
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Bath News Roundup of Meetings and Local Events

City Council and D of P held a pleasant Thursday meeting with a 6:30 supper prepared by a committee led by Mrs Celina Des jardin. Two men faced municipal court for intoxication with sentences of 30 and 10 days respectively. Community activities include a Valentine dance, Girl Scout and American Legion Auxiliary events, and a sign unveiling for W E Noyes Co. A police note counts unlocked doors at 205 establishments in 11 months and a class activity humorously altered framed pictures with brown crayons.

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Ramona Council D. of P Celina Desjardin Mary Gallant Annie Johnson Florence Robinson Lucelia Blake House of Correction John J. Keegan
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Winter Street parish annual supper and local notices

Annual supper of Winter Street parish planned for Thursday night in the vestry of Nequasset Congregational church. Frozen water pipes prompted Tuesday morning calls to plumbers. Center Street School sent $4.25 to Bath Red Cross drought relief fund. pupils raised $4.18. Free lecture by David Knapp on Civic and Domestic Problems at 8 PM. Mrs. Haile reported 28 below zero Tuesday near East Brunswick. Fire call at North Bath due to furnace backfire. no fire. Rabbits bagged by Sheriff Henderson in Phippsburg woods. Whist party at the G.A.R. hall tonight. Cosmopolitan club Current Events to start at 3:30 with Famous Women of Today. Maine Alumnus cover features Merrill Hall Home Economics Building and local advertisers.

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Center Street Charles C. Low Bath American Red Cross Drought Relief Fund Nequasset Congregational Church David Knapp Portland Boston Jerry L. Haile East Brunswick Ria Center Strees Ethel L. Higgins Red Cross Drought Relief Fund Clinton D. Wilson Driver Green Engine Two Harry Plummer North Bath Maine Alumnus General Alumni Association of The University of Maine Merrill Hall E. O. Chandler Co
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February Birthdays Topic At DAR Meeting

Miss Alice E Varney read a February birthdays paper to Col Dummer Sewall chapter DAR members at American Legion hall. Debates included scheduling Activites committee on Feb 18 at Mrs Melinda T Allen’s Topsham home. Delegates to Continental Congress in Washington and State Conference in Skowhegan were elected.

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Alice E. Varney Col. Dummer Sewall D.A.R American Legion Hall Activities Committee Melinda T. Allen Topsham Continental Congress Washington D. C Skowhegan Ethel Fisher Willes Florida Margaret R. Foote Miss Varney Willes Alice K. Robbins Clara Newhall Fogg Hazel Cornish Lillian G. Plummer Edith P.vanderkleed Collingswood N. J Alma S. Kendall Alice N. Minott Abbie F. Minott Stella N. Given Agnes W. Humphreys Clara N. Fogg Emily M. Rideout Jane H. Browne Nellie R. Lord Annie R. Low Annie S. Bonney Leonice B. Morse Frances M. Webber Corrie H. Varney Florence R. Calderwood Pearl B. Wilson
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Spanish Adventurer to Speak at Local Club Talk

The Men's club of Greco church will hear Manuel Biasco Cruz, a Spanish adventurer, speak on Thursday night about his 8000 mile voyage attempt from Bath to the South American coast in a 16 foot boat and his rescue at sea after his craft foundered. Carroll Watson will serve lunch after the talk.

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Greco* Church Manuel Biasco Cruz Bath South America Mr. Cruz Spain Carroll Watson
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Mary F. Gibbons Muriel E. Ayer Robert H. Ayer Helen R. Furber William A. Furber Central Maine General Hospital Training School Androscorzin Friedric Hall Morse High School Aver Miss Furber Parber Melvin Comeau Spring Street Cock End Reddington Reedlef William Potter C. Beals North Street Richmond Albert Murphy Ruth Mary Dana Augusta Jennie Manson Bruce H. M. White John Baxter Rodney E. Ross Alden G. Smith Mr. Hyde Mrs. Caldwell S. Phillips Archibald M. Main American Bureau of Shippine William S. Newell Lloyd's Shipping Bureau E D. Hardin Charles A. Blair Ladies Aid of Universalist Church Haggett William Hosmer Blair William Coombs Charles A. Harriman Charles F. Rideout Emma Moses Addie Reed Nellie M. Peckham John T. Parris Lydia Moses Henry G. Hodgdon Harry Foote Addie Roberts Ella Chase William W. Hosmer Annie Ward Edmund Gay Deering Street Illnes Dr. Stott I. A. Harris Greenville Gus Hallet Fred C. Cox Charles H. Cahill Andrews Hallet Moosehead Lakes Wilton Faye West Medford, Mass William D. Sewall Yorkhall Carrie Shaw Junior Hospital League Green Street Harry F. Merin John McInnes McInnes Frederick E. Drake Sewall Webster Philadelphia Dexter Fowles Frank Call Ruth Thompson A. J. Warren Miss Thompson Salvation Army Training College Werren Concord N. H Albert H. McMann W. E. Noyes Co Priscilla Sawyer Ellsworth L. Ross New York City Ross Barrett C. Nichols Frank B. Nichols New York Telephone Co Robert Smythe Chicago, Ill Cecil E. Paine Clyde B. Holmes Gibbons Coal Co., Inc Clyde B., Jr Belfast San Juan Porto Rico Sorinquen New York & Porto Rican Steamship Co Holmes Amos J. King Clyde Hayden Hawthorne Central Fibre Co Beth Gardiner Henry A. Magoun Lettie Wilson Catherine Emmons Lemuel Levin Bath Department Store William Lone Sagadahoc Ferry Maine Central Railroad Bath Hospital Elizabeth McGrath Eugene McGrath Katharine E O'Donnell John Newell Masszachu Institute of Technology Soo Heacides J. T. Smith Brunswick Hospital Marjorie Mullin Attleboro, Mass Clifford Wilband Edward Coneland Larrabee Weston P. Holman Beacon Street Methodist Church Gladys Bessey A. J. Conti L. Earl LeMont Valley Road William Dennison Frank R. Blake D. L. Foote Foote Mechanic Falls J. A. Williams Dr. Williams Emma Hooper Murray Club of Universalist Church League of Central Church League Almen R. Perry Ralph Whitehouse Marius Page Perry Thompson Horace P. Morse Benjamin Savage T. Emma Magoun Annie Cox George McKellar Hazel Wakefield Thomas R. Huston Eileen Bowker Nassau Institute Orvis Kendall O. M. Gray Donnell House Gray Pendleton Ship Yard Donnell Yard Norman Rand Portsmouth, N. H Stanwood C. Gilman Morse Laconia High School New Hampshire Gilman Massachusetts Harriman Senior High Ion Mechanic Arts Pennsylvania State College Isadore Arck Bates David S. Cogan Rear David Sprague Somerville Bryant & Stratton Business College Harry Crosman Charles Morss Joseph Larrabee Walter Anstress Emily Marguerite Marriner L. D. Sheldon Edgett Street John McCole Tufts College John P. Crosby George Poulos T. W. Horsfield Universalist Church Grace Church Oak Street Caribbean West Bath Grange Hall J. Edward Drake Alice Johnson Charles Chesley Washington, D. C Hoover William J. Hunefield Monroe's Pine Tree Troop Girl Scouts Carr American Legion Auxiliary Walter Hill Freeman Trott C. W. Wilson Helen Shaughnessy William Freeman Republican City Committee Chester H. McCabe Lizzie B. C. Chaney City Hall H. B. Duce United States Herbert C. Hoover Secretary of the Interior Murphy’s Corner William Tudor -Gardiner Grindell Winter Street Fred Wilson A. & K. Line Phippsburg Woods G.A.R. Hall Cosmopolitan Club Jane Addams Marie Curie Lady Astor Allan Arthur Allen Optometrist Bath Trust
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