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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 06, 1930

Page

4

Modern Woodmen install officers in Bath Camp No 7407

Bath Camp No 7407 Modern Woodmen officers for 1930 were installed by Past Consul Charles C. Toothaker with Post Consul Elbridge R. Wright. A supper preceded the ceremony. New officers include George F. Moody consul and Joseph Brown manager for three years. Plans included forming a degree team, a box social, and a Valentine party. The Bath Board of Trade and Rotary club discussed industry prospects. a January 26 banquet in Boston was announced.

Bath Camp Woodmen of America Charles C. Toothaker Elbridge R. Wright Henry Cotteau Matthew Arsenault George F. Moody Clifton W. Tedford W. Joseph Roy Roscoe P. Higgins William H. White Rolvin H. Bowie Frank Gallant Louis Dorazio Joseph Brown Mr. White Consul Toothaker Harold Holmes Holmes Battery H Woodman Hall Frank Chellis George Quicksall Bath Board of Trade Bath D. T. Dougherty Fred H. Thompson Bangor Maine Rotary Club Alden Sprague Waterville Harold L. Everett Harry A. Magoun Clint” Wilson New England Hotel Statler Boston

Rotary Talk Highlights Chevrolet Growth in Bath

E. P. Warren of the Portland Chevrolet Motor Co. spoke at the Bath Rotary Club luncheon at Hotel Phoenix. He traced the company’s rise from 300,000 cars in 1924 to 1,350,000 last year and showed a film detailing new models and mechanical features. A classified line follows with a house to house canvass opportunity from Maine Sales Co. in Portland.

E. P. Warren Portland Chevrolet Motor Co Bath

Bowdoinham Baptist Conference Friday at Belean Brunswick

The Bowdoinham Association Missionary Conference will convene at the Belean Baptist church in Brunswick with delegation from Bath’s three Baptist churches. Rev. Charles H. Berry opens, Rev. Kenneth E. Mors and Rev. George B. Wolstenholme lead sessions, featuring themes on a Christ Like World and missionary questions.

Bowdoinham Association Missionary Conference Berean Baptist Church Brunswick Bath Charles H. Berry Corliss Street Kenneth E. Mors First Baptist Church George B. Wolstenholme People’s Church Frederick Barnes B. C. Whittemore C. D. Hazelton C. H. Berry Pastor Barnes Roddy Jerusalem H. H. Bishop

New Day in the World’s Oldest Nation Schedule

Program listing for a church gathering features Miss Ina E Burton Rev P R Bakeman and Rev G B Wolstenholme. Sessions cover missions church giving and the missionary problem with evening songs and talks concluding with Christ in Action and Benediction.

Ina E. Burton P. R. Bakeman East China G. B. Wolstenholme Presiding Davie

Phippsburg Ponds Protected To Boost Fishing

George J. Stobie announced at Phippsburg Center that Sprague's and Meeting House ponds will close to ice fishing for two years and a six fish per day limit will apply when ice clears. The department plans stocking with about 50 000 fingerlings and will collaborate with locals to improve pond fishing. The move followed a town hearing with selectmen and Bath representatives in attendance.

Phippsburg George J. Stobie Inland Fisheries and Game Sprague’s Meeting House Bath Daily Times Hubert H.mccarty Edward W. Bridgham Maurice Deering Samuel Belanger Harry M. Huse Henry C. Wright Bath Stobie

Bowdoinham Whist Club Postponed Amid Local Events

Bowdoinham notes show a postponed Whist club meeting with Mrs. A. S. MacDougal, a Saturday ice race where Elm B. led by Pearl Cannon won two heats over Hanley B. and Kitty Gatewood, and numerous social visits, club activities, and community updates including timber sale, dances, and local engagements.

Hanley B Kitty Gatewood Wilbur Browne Geraldine Brunswick Doris Cornish Bath Charles L. Browne Ralph John Denham Portland Vinnie Denham Mockler Bros Bowdoin Town Hall Merrymeeting Grange MacDougal Emily Rideout Charles A. Newton Waterville Ralph McEwen Bowdeinham Irving Campbell John G. Morse & Sons Winneyance Alice Sake Dexter Libby Gardiner W. H. Gould Given Pomona Topsham Silas Hamilton Coombs High School George Hamilton Fred Cheney Blase Mansion C. B. Randall Zelmers Dwinal Camden B. B. Douglas Stanley Hamlet Henry Fulton Charles FE. Hackett Carl Hawes Winslow State Library P. Kendall Cliva Fogg Ba'lls Farm Bureau Emma Ferguson Betty Dorrance Edith Rowe Hazel Denham George Thorn Lewiston Electa O. EB Wil

Bowdoinham’s Oldest Citizen Reaches 95 Today

Lor D Minott, Bowdoinham native born in 1255, is noted as the town’s oldest resident at 95. The brief notice lists him as one of many children with two siblings surviving. It mentions Mrs Danny Miso of Lienseid and Elizabeth J as a spouse, indicating a family context for the landmark birthday.

Bowdoinham L. D. Minott Peb. G Lor D. Minot Bowdoin Danny Miso Lienseid Mr. Minott Elizebeth J

Professor Gillott Dies in Wyoming After Illness

Prof P R Gillott a renowned language scholar and former Wesleyan and MIT student died in Wyoming after a long illness. He taught Latin and Greek at Wyoming Seminary and was famed for his linguistic fluency, reading knowledge of a dozen languages, and teaching excellence. He leaves wife Mary F Lincoln of Wiscasset and two children Rita Louise of Brooklyn and Mary Lincoln.

Gillott Mary F. Lincoln Wiscasset Rita Louise Brooklyn Mary Lincoln Pedro Ramon Gillett Y Fernandez Cuba Maine Conference Seminary Wesleyan University University of Heidelberg Germany Squire New England Wyoming Seminary W. EF. Lake Gillett United States Maine Prof Phi Beta Kappa Society Margne Pennsylvania Nist Massachusetts Institute of Technology Abe

Old timer Minott recalls a life from shipyards to farming

Brown born 1063 recounts decades in shipbuilding across 14 states from Virginia to Bath and Bowdoinham. He sailed into California gold country, dredged on Texas rail work, wed in 1663, then farmed and fruit raised after the eighties. He cherishes visits from Varina Denham and his eleven great grandchildren.

Brown Bowdoinham Virginia Bath California San Francisco Butte Texas Louisiana Connecticut Maine Michigan Varina Denham Grandpa Minott

Plum blossoms bloom on Livermore family's table

A Livermore family showcased a bouquet of plum blossoms picked from their own yard. The flowers opened while placed in water on the table after being cut from a branch days earlier.

Livermore

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