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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 09, 1939

Page

5

Forty Years Ago in Bath Feats and Local Happenings

A Bath Chronicle page recounts deaths from grip and pneumonia, local training for indoor meets, yacht club regatta planning, stage and theatre notes, and various Bath residents’ activities. Mentions include Albert A. Anderson, Mrs. Susan R. White, and local teams Perkins Coombs Rogers and Kelsky, plus maritime, school, and social events across Bath and surrounding towns.

Albert A. Anderson Arrowsie Susan R. White Unday Mr. Anderson Alameda Perkins Coombs Rogers Kelsky Brunswick High School College Town Brunswick Lewiston

Junior League to Furnish Memorial Hospital Room

The Junior Hospital League voted to furnish a new reception room at Memorial hospital using profits from this year’s New Year’s dance. The event, at Miss Janette Smith’s Middle Street home, funds hospital equipment and patient comfort. Mary Newell presided, with Mrs Royal A Johnson, Mrs James A Gillies Jr., and Mrs Edwin R Andrews named to supervise purchases and plans for a raffle to open the new Reeon on February 21.

Junior Hospital League Memorial Hospital Janette Smith Middle Street Mary Newell Royal A. Johnson James A. Gillies, Jr Edwin R. Andrews League Newell Theeneral Ohege Anna Trott

North Grammar Boys and Girls Win 17th Annual Y M C A Track Meet

North Grammar boys win 43 to 19 over St. Marys in the 17th annual YMCA Grammar School Track Meet at the Y gymnasium. Bernard Pratt leads with five events and 15 points, while Arlene Haley and Frances Flaherty pace the North Grammar girls to a clean sweep in their events.

Y. M. C. A. Grammar School Y Gymnasium North Grammar St. Mary’s Dike Central South Bernard Pratt Arlene Haley Frances Flaherty Pratt Coad Charles Footer St. Mary's Herbert Belanger North Alfred Green Lloyd Hudson Raymond Small David Y. Alkazin George McKellar Albert Desmond Edward Cummings Alfred Neal Arthur Warner Robert Cummings Donald Cromwell Joseph Gillo

Advertising talk at Bath Rotary luncheon

Wilfrid Guerin of the Times office spoke on More Business Through the Printed Word at the Bath Rotary Club lunch in Hotel Sedgwick. He stressed thoughtful copy, up to date wares, and using publisher aids, showing samples and noting monthly anniversaries of famous births as timely ad hints.

Bath Thomas Huston Win

Fluorescent Lighting Demonstration Set for Rockland

C M Snyder chief illuminating engineer for General Electric New England will speak on fluorescent lighting to several Rockland groups the week of February 6. The device will be shown in Rockland for the first time after a World Fair display.

Rockland C. M. Snyder General Electric Company New England

Colonial club plans entertainment for Woodfords visit

The Colonial club mapped preparations at a Monday meeting for the Woodfords delegation visit on the 15th. About 60 to 75 members are expected to travel by bus for the first round of a game tournament. Plans include new chairs and linoleum on card room floors.

Colonial Club Woodfords Paul Buckley Lawrence Crocker Allan Spear Clayton Fortier Elwood Toothaker Mark W. Hennessy Horace P. Morse Edwin F. Ramsay Donald W. Ring Frank H. Turner

Wild Boy of Hanover: Peter the Wild Boy in 1725

In 1725 a boy called Peter the Wild Boy was found in a wood near Hanover and described as about 13, walking on hands and feet, living in trees, eating grass and moss, and speechless. He was taken to England in 1726, exhibited to King George I, and placed under a farmer with a pension. He reportedly understood animal and bird language, showed sharp senses, and died in 1785.

Hanover Peter London Answers Magazine England George I London

How Crown Jewels Were Saved According to Scott 1819

Sir Walter Scott recounts the 1652 saving of Scotland’s crown jewels from the English. Mrs Granger and Lady Ogilvie devised a clever escape with the crown hidden in clothes and a sword and scepter concealed in a flax bundle. The gems remained hidden until moved to Edinburgh Castle in 1707.

Walter Scott Scotland Edinburgh Castle

Three Natural Fuels Abundant in the United States

The three natural fuels in the United States are coal gas and oil with coal described as the most abundant resource.

United States

Sagadahoc Probate Court Handles Broad February Session

Judge Arthur J. Danton clears extensive probate business in the February term. Wills are admitted for Nathaniel Perkins and Charles E. Plaisted, while numerous estates gain executors or administrators without bond or with bonds as filed.

Arthur J. Danton Sagadahoc Nathaniel Perkins Phippsburg William A. Todd Georgetown Charles E. Plaisted Bath Minnetta L. Plaisted Mary F. Patten Mary Caverly Patten Bowdeinham Charles Berry Jesse P. Bailey West Bath William M., Bailey Carlton B. Bailey Dora O. Lowell Carleton W. Lowell M. Elizabeth Burden Charles E. Ripley Georgie Page Ripley Millie V. Emmons Seward P. Emmons Mallard C. Lilly Rose Lilly W. L. Maloon Bowdoin Maud M. Maloon Allison P. Furbish Topsham Mary J. Furbish May Florence Gillespie Leonora Coskery John R. MacDonald Viola M. Childs Walter B. James, Jr Walter B. James Lavonia M. Coombs Earle H. Coombs Henry Rose Fred J. Rose Irma M. Rackley Torsham Alfred L. Rackley Elizabeth V. Hathorne Richmond Marcia M. Stinson D.b.n Arthur E. Brown Wellesley Mass Waldo M. Brown George G. Page Albert D. Page D.b.n.c.t.a William H. Ryan Martha McAuliffe Lilla J. Curtis Augusta Trust Co Lydia Smith Alden G. Smith

Delegates Chosen At DAR Meeting In Bowdoinham

Miss Clara N. Fogt of Bowdoinham was elected delegate to the Continental Congress in Washington D C set for April. Alternates include Miss Alice G. Shorey and Mrs Carl E Albee. State Congress delegates were named with several alternates. A flag was voted for the Elizabeth Lawrence Society C A R. A tree will be planted in honor of the late Harold M Sewall. Three new members joined the chapter.

Clara N. Fogt Bowdoinham Continental Congress Washington D. C Alice G. Shorey Carl E. Albee Col. Dummer Sewall Central Church Parish House Elmer D. Hodgkins H. L. Haws Haverford Regent's Leonard M. Lord Portland Elwina F. Durgin Clara N. Fogg Fred May Ada E. Deering Charles M. Tubbs Ernest T. Fulton Elizabeth D. Gibbons O. E. Page Harry E. Litchfield Margaret R Bath Almena A. Jacques Falmouth Witch Spring Long Beach Jane Murphy Edward H. Page Boston David L. Wilson William E. Palmer Albert Henderson

Giant's Causeway a World Wonder on Ireland's North Coast

The Giant's Causeway in Ireland features about 40 000 basalt columns forming perpendicular cliffs up to 500 feet high. Columns range 15 to 36 feet tall and 15 to 30 inches in diameter, mostly pentagonal or hexagonal, appearing carved by design rather than natural forces. The site lies near Bengore head eight miles from Portrush, linked to a legend of a giant bridge to Scotland. Geologists note a Tertiary period basalt upheaval with erosion shaping the landscape.

Ireland Bengore Head Portrush Scotland Staffa Island

Manila and Cotton Rope Types From Farm Use

The article explains Manila rope made from Philippine hemp used for general farm tasks. It describes how fibers are spun into cords then twisted into strands and finally formed into three or four strand ropes. The four strand rope is heavier, more pliable and stronger than the three strand version.

Manila Philippine Islands

Miss Ruth Elvedt Returns From Portland Visit

Miss Ruth Elvedt of Lexington Massachusetts returns after visiting Mr and Mrs Leonard Wetherbee of upper Washington Street They attended a Tea Lodge Camp reunion in Harpswell Maine where Miss Elvedt teaches swimming and Mrs Wetherbee teaches dancing

Ruth Elvedt Lexington Mass Leonard Wetherbee Washington Street

Also Mentioned on This Page

Knickerbocker Atlantic Transportation Co East Boston Knickerbocker Towage Co Ralph Dunton Rena Owen Iron Works Water Street Harry Fawcett Grip Freda Drummond F. D. Andrews Brunswick Opera House Iron Works Brass Foundry William Edgett Baltimore Fred Footer John Tarbox Mollie Gibbons 63 Club Silas Owen Southport John R. Kelley Kennebec Sagadahoc Teachers’ Convention The Bath Choral Society Mabel Estelle Franks Front Street Wesley M. E Winneganee Creek Conk. Colby’s Seamen's Bethel Colby Alfred Tarbox North Street William Phimmer Ladies and of Grace Church Stewart Grove Street Parshley Boston Globe Men Ocouncil Maine Fireman's Association West George Jennie Everline Walter Beacon Street Epworth League Jane Coombs Katherine Robert Co and R. Higgins Hatch Stud Arthur Hyde Pennell George A. Sanford York Street North End Ernest Mitchell Tron Works Arthur S. Donnell Robert M. S. Silsby Woodward Coal Co George E. Hughes William Quigley Brooklyn Hiram Cornish Ira Mason Commercial Street Ferry Street G. G. Deering Arthur Sewall Sewall Yard Sadie Cook Abram C. Oliver Winneganee Frank Morse M. W. Sewall New York Shinwack Herman Hayes Union Shannon House A. A Percy Vernie Blagdon of Wiscasset D. T. T. Percy & Sons New Meadows Inn Marion Luce Forward Movement Mrs. O'Brien Ansa Waas J. E. Manter Bertha Woodbury Auburn Grace Woodbury Lermond Rowe Montsweag F. W. Mower American Express Co Augusta Susie Pease Lila Burns Columbia Havana Lon Fisher Peakskill Military School U. S Castine Bath Iron Works San Juare de Porto Rito Dewey Gibraltar Thomas Lundrigan James Fish Charles Furber Frank Edgecomb Dock Bridge Harvard Bridge Mr. Edgecomb Frank Eaton Dorchester Harry Baker Consolidation Coal Co N. Gratz Jackson Mrs. Jackson Baby Boothbay Harry Colby Mt. Hermon Frank Shepard Upper High Street James C. Ledyard Alfred Maling Mechanic Street Kennebec Canoe Club Perry D River H. & J. Blendermen Philadelphia Diver Andrews Capt. Tibbetts New Wesley M. E Troy N. Y Read Nichols Co Brunswick Road Pearl Street Jordan Alice Randall Waverly Whist Club Madden Monitor Wyandotte Charles G. Davis Bath Naval Charlestown S. T. Snipe John O. Shaw Charles Vickery Academy Street Mary Minshane Dominique J. Tardif Pine Street Andrew Hart Hilda Staples Judith Dennison William Middleton Ralph Huston Mary Morse Julian Pomerleau Paul Leeman Robert Hart Rotary Wilfrid E. Guerin Terry A. Hurlburt Western Electric Allie Jewett Johnny Levya Don Jewett Johnny Sanborn Dick Hersom Jewett Ea J. Levya D. Jewett Denee Steet J. Sanborn Hersom Parks Hayes Pe Toothaker Settee Powers Trott Turner Ewe Lambie Wee Ese Wweee Ethel Trask Maryette Trask Maria G. Harris Harry R. Harris Walter E. Reid Eugene W. Freeman Freeman A. Trott Novella J. Trott Woolwich Alfred E. Trott Mary M. Adams Marcia Ellen Adams William H. Wyman George M. Wyman George B. M. Soule Lillian L. Soule Nancy Sally Hyde Eleanor B. Hyde Eva J. Call Hazel M. Wharff Nathan W. Thompson William M. Bailey Ella C. Gray Flora FE. Denham Ly Smith Rosalen Preble Clarence A. Preble Frank Kenyon George H. Kenyon Roscoe Higgins Andrew J. Kauffman Mary B. Kauffman Reginald W. Kauffman D.A.R Elizabeth Lawrence Society C.A.R State OF Maine Walter S. Glidden Arthur H. Kateon Bathinsaid Sagadahoe Charles T. Small, JR Carl M. P. Larrabee
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