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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 1929

Page

3

Bath Notables and Social News Highlights

Personal notices chronicle Harry E. DeWick of Cape Elizabeth delivering miniatures to Taft and others in Cincinnati Asheville and Palm Beach. Bath society details grocery dinners, committees, club events, travels of Bowdoin faculty, a funeral at St Luke's, and local visits, with numerous names and places including Bath Brunswick Portland and Washington.

Election registration sessions set for February 1

A local board announces public sessions on February 1 for voter registration ahead of the March 4 municipal election. Miss Sarah Pratt of Chestnut and Mrs Thomas Pratt attended the previous gathering, with further sessions planned weekly and a focus on ensuring eligibility and proper filing.

Meret Maren Phe Wall Oises Sessons Washington’s Sarah Pratt Portland Thomas Pratt

Bath club hosts costume party equity and plans

The Bath Business and Professional Women's club held a Monday night costume party in the South End P T A room with members in inventive outfits. Miss Madeline Moore joined as a new member, and plans covered a Feb 18 board party with each member bringing a guest, a luncheon, and events for National Business Women's week March 10 to 16, plus a late April play led by Miss Emma Brown. The next meeting is March 4 and the social on the third Monday.

Bath Business and Professional Women’s Club South End Harry Thurlow Madeline Moore Emma Brown

Bath civic meeting eyes mayor race and ward officers

Notes from Bath Maine report Democratic and Republican city committees set February 13 for ward caucuses and February 14 for the mayoral caucus. Lincoln birthday observance planned by Central church men’s club. Bath Woodsman photos used in Zimmerman murder probe. a torn Liverpool Tavern letter aided the trail to Bath. New steam trawler Boston College arrives with 136000 pounds of fish. crew pay reported. Local events include dances, luncheons, and parish suppers. various Bath residents named honorary game wardens.

Bath Zimmerman Portland Liverpool Boston College Bath Iron Works Corp Boston Georges Banks Magnus Manson Republican City Committee Common Council

Latin club plans public card party and dance event

Plans by the Latin club Legion Nova Romana of Morse high school with Kilmer Norton Stanley Hatch Elizabeth McGrath and Edna Hallowell for a Feb 19 public card party at the Masonic temple and a 4 p m dance to raise funds for pictures for the Latin room walls of the new high school.

Kilmer Norton Stanley Hatch Elizabeth McGrath Edna Hallowell Legion Nova Romana Morse High School Masonic Temple New High School

Bath Iron Works officials dine with naval designers

A luncheon at the Colonial gathered Bath Iron Works executives led by President William S. Newell and Archibald M. Main with engineers Henry O. Trowbridge and L. Eugene Thebeau. Also present were W. Merton Rice of Henry J. Gielow in New York, Danes yacht projects Van da Hi-Himaro Corsair, J P Morgan yacht, and Kearfoot Engineering’s Herbert along with General Electric representatives Watson Dickinson Wildes and Ives.

Bath Iron Works Corp William S. Newell Archibald M. Main Treas L. Eugene Thebeau Henry O. Trowbridge W. Merton Rice Naval Architect Henry J. Gielow, Inc New York J. P. Morgan

Bath District awards pipe laying contract to General Contracting Co

Trustees of the Bath Water District awarded a $14,080 contract to General Contracting Co Inc of Bath for laying 700 feet of 12 inch water pipe on the New Meadows river bed. Andrews S Merrill of Bath leads the firm as president treasurer and general manager. completion is estimated in ten weeks from start. The pipe renews the existing line to the auxiliary pumping plant at Thompson's brook Brunswick.

Bath Water District General Contracting Co., Inc Bath New Meadows Andrews S. Merrill Thompson's Brook Brunswick

Death Visits Robshaw Family Twice In A Week

In the week, two of William and Ethel Robshaw’s children died at 859 High Street. Jan 29 saw two year old William Albert Jr die from pneumonia with funeral held Friday. Tank on Tuesday, Edward Taylor Robshaw, aged one, also died of pneumonia. his funeral set for Thursday at ten at the parents home.

David L. Wilson Central Church Ladies’ Aid and Central League Wilson William “Billy” Lincoln City Hospital Bachelor's Hall William J. Rouse Lincoln Dr. Rouse Mr. Lincoln Rouse Billy William Ethel Robshaw High Street William Albert Jr Edward Taylor Robshaw Edward

Personal notes from Bath area social and court activity

Mrs Stearns Scott stays home ill on Andrews Road. Trial Justice James H Ames of Bowdeinham reviewed county court records from the past year. Mrs George Levyn and Mrs Thomas MacDonald attended the auto show in Portland. Helen Seavey left for Gardiner and Randolph to visit brothers Lester and Raymond Lewis. Mrs Frank Perkins of North Street travels to Portland to rejoin her husband after a week in New Hampshire for the auto show. Eugene Upham, from Waltham, Mass, arrives to visit his mother Lillian Upham on Corliss Street. Walter Madden Herman Barter and Arthur Eseley drive to Portland for Morse High versus Deering High. Harold Hunt and family visit Elizabeth Hunt on Plant Street. Mr and Mrs Frank Wakefield welcome a daughter. Mrs Wakefield is Alice Justason, Bath hospital graduate nurse of 1927.

Stearns Scott Andrews Road James H. Ames Bowdeinham George Levyn Turner Court Thomas MacDonald Oak Street Portland Helen Seavey Middle Street Gardiner Randolph Lester Raymond Lewis Frank Perkins North Street New Hampshire Eugene Upham Waltham Mass Lillian Upham Corliss Street Walter Madden Herman Barter Arthur Eseley

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