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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 13, 1930

Page

7

Visit to Palestine and Jerusalem Interesting to Former Bath Resident

Editor of the Independent recounts a sea voyage on the Empress of Australia arriving Haifa December 24 and a land tour through Nazareth Cana Galilee Mount Tabor and Jerusalem. The party includes diverse sights from the Church of the Annunciation to the Mount of Olives and a view of the Dead Sea.

Palestine Jerusalem Bath Australia The Independent Haifa Upper Palestine Tiberias Christ Nazareth Egypt Gath Hepher Jonah Cana Galilee Hittin Herod Antipas Sea of Galilee Bethsaida Capernaum Esdraelon Mount Tabor Endor Nain Shiloh Bethel Rama Mizpah Nob Mount Scobus Mount of Olives

Richmond area notes and community events summary

Community notes from Richmond include residents Mrs. Carl Cipbe improving after an operation, Mrs. Dora Mariner hosting a Ladies' aid gathering, and St Ambrose set a February 13 Kist. Mabel Cate of Dresden visits Don Cate. Mrs. Wallace Nichols recovering. Emerson Lane Post hosted a minstrel show event with a chicken supper and awards. Miss Freda Mariner honored. Calls to duty, social events, and local visits populate the week.

Carl Cipbe Ladies' Aid of Enterprise Grange Dora- Mariner Flora Shepard St. Ambrose ' S Mabel Cate Dresden Don Cate Wallace Nichols Frances Watson R.N Emerson Lane Post American Legion The Auxilary Grange Hall Auxiliary Libby Legion Freda Mariner Edward Heath Charles Blake Andy Munroe Cecil Rickards Blanchard Chapman Hallowell Annie W. Jack Georgie Quimby Gardiner C. W. Lowell Harlowell Methodist Church H. L. Tarr Portland Perley Joy John Parker Christian Endeavor Society Baptist Vestry Progressive Grange Pomona Grange Topsham Grover Bunker David Lambert Bar Harbor Ida M. Harlow Roberts R. G. Quigg Harlow Richmond William H. Harlorv Roy Cleveland Ohio Cotter’s Gerald Grondin Ida Harlow Eva Libby Blanche Humphrey Harold Baker Augusta Granville Douglass Litchfield Gladys Humphrey Ella Foster Phillips Robert Emily (Foster) Booker Dover-Foxcroft Henry L. Foster Ethel Foster Chester Donald Foster Cotton Cemetery Henry Tarr

Westport Town Opens Spring School Form and Board Meeting

Westport officials close town accounts for the municipal year. John H. Carter district superintendent of schools attended a school board meeting at H. A. Swanton's home. The Spring term opens March 24. Rural Carrier Cromwell laid off for a cold. substitute Beaton covers. A Winter house party was hosted by H. A. Swanton. Attendees, including Katherine Bates, Bowdoin student Arthur Sperry, and MIT students John R. Swanton and Ted Morrill, departed Friday.

John H. Carter H. A. Swanton C. L. Cromwell R. T. Beaton John R. Swanton E. H. Morrill Ted Morrill Katherine Bates West Medford Mass Arthur Sperry Bowdecin College Paul Sperry Washington D.C Massachuset Institute of Technology

Five Islands Daily Life Notes and Local Socials

Five Islands and Bath readers share routine updates from the week including visits by D L Howard of Bath at his cottage and Charles Crosby of Arrowsic at Five Islands. A Wednesday prayer meeting led by Mr and Mrs Charles Moore. J M Stevens injures leg while gathering wood and is taken to Bath hospital. Grange installation under J G Stevens includes officers L H Rowe master and W L Berry overseer with a ham meal to follow. Death comes to Charles Amazeen from pneumonia after a week’s illness. Swift & Co representative visits the stores. Ice cutting on Robinson’s pond and Howard pond reported. Ladies aid meets with Mrs E A Freeman. Rev F W Hovey dines with Miss I L Stevens. families from Nobieboro visit Bay Point and Portland trips noted.

D. L. Howard Bath Charles Crosby Arrowsic Five Islands Charles Moore J. M. Stevens George Gray Bath Hospital Grange Run J.G. Stevens C. D. MacMahan L. H. Rowe W. L. Berry Orissa Carr F. P. Carr Horace Stall Katherine Rittall Ceres Lulu Hanng Pomona Addie Gray Fiora Geneva Rowe J. G. Stevens Cloper Charles Amazeen Amazeen Swift & Co J. T. MacMahan John Hinckley Portland Robinson's Pond Ladies Aid E. A. Freeman Alonzo Thibideau Nobieboro Mr. Thibideau G. H. Worthing F. W. Hovey I. L. Stevens Percy Savage W. E. Gray Bay Point S. G. Haskell Met Howard Pond

Ronald Colman in Condemned at Opera House Wednesday

Ronald Colman stars in Condemned a United Artists talking drama based on Blair Niles novel. Ann Harding Dudley Digges and Louis Wolheim lead a strong cast with Sidney Howard adapting the screenplay under Wesley Ruggles direction making it a tense suspenseful romance on screen.

Ronald Colman United Artists Blair Niles Devil's Island Opera House Ann Harding Dudley Digges Louis Wolheim Wesley Ruggles Bulldog Drummond Colman Sidney Howard

Bowdoin Local Notes Move and Work Updates

Mrs Alice Green and her son Harry now stay with Mrs Grant Woods after visiting Miss Frances Withers. L C Starbird helped Ernest Sylvester harvest ice at Bowdoinham. Mrs Lester Nelses spent Monday with Mr and Mrs Frank Jenkins. Robert McAfee worked a few days at Millay Bros. Ladies aid meets Thursday at Miss Helen Mockler's home. Samuel Enman has recovered from an accident and returns to work. Town schools closed for winter vacation and out of town teachers have returned home. Merwin Jasper of North Bowdoin visited Richard Enman. S Lester Nelson visited Bowdoinham on Friday. Rural Carrier Karl Haten, home sick with a cold, resumed duties Monday.

Alice Green Harry Green Frances Withers Grant Woods L. C. Starbird Ernest Sylvester Bowdoinham Lester Nelses Frank Jenkins Rovert McAffee Millay Bros Helen Mockler Samuel Enman Merwin Jasper North Bowdoin Richard Enman S. Lester Nelson Karl Haten

Mrs. Errol Baker Heads to Bates College

Mrs. Errol Baker of Thomaston formerly Miss Nellie Sawyer and a Morse high school teacher stopped by the school. She is taking a special course at Bates College. Her husband is the new teacher filling the vacancy left by Albert Noyes who resigned as head of the mathematics department.

Errol Baker Thomaston Nellie Sawyer Morse High School Baker Bates College Albert Noyes

Mrs Nichols Hosts Church Club on Bath Street

Miss Rachel Nichols entertained the church at her Bath street home Monday evening with sewing and chatting. Refreshments were served. The club will meet next Monday evening with Mrs Ralph JQ Dale on High street.

Rachel Nichols Bath Street Ralph JQ. Dale High Street

Georgetown Community Notices and Obituary Remembrance

Georgetown residents share social news from Mrs. Roy M. Newman’s Working League gathering to scarlet fever recoveries and a funeral for Mrs. Levi Powers of Robinhood. Center school reopens as Town meeting plans loom, with multiple visits between Georgetown Bath Robinhood and Portland, including clams, apples, and family notices.

Roy M. Newman Maude Thayer Westbrook West Georgetown Percy Savage Vernon Gray Five Islands Edward Clarey Robinhood Alex Cunningham Scarboro Edwin Taft Dr. Mullin Bath Thomas Williams Center School Georgetown Levi Powers Powers Leslie Carroll Walter Powers Bessie Agnes Stella Powers

North Bowdoin News Roundup Delays and Visits

Master Haviland Hatch has returned home after a week with his aunt and uncle in South Portland. Visitors included Mr. Litchfield of Brunswick and A. N. Reid in Bowdoin Center. A Monday blizzard affected the area while Mrs. R. O. West visited Richmond and Constance Hatch was on the sick list.

Haviland Hatch H. C. Marsh South Portland Mr. Litchfield Brunswick A. N. Reid Bowdoin Center R. O. West Richmond Constance Hatch A. Trembly Lewiston John Randlette Litchfield

Father Maney Tells Of Interesting Life At Bath Rotary

Bath Rotary club luncheon featured Rev. Timothy C. Maney sharing missionary priesthood experiences in northeastern Maine with humor and pathos. Edwin E. Pinson urged trophies for the church basketball league, raising funds. Brunswick Rotary endorsed Rev. Arthur Stray for governor of Rotary district 38. William A. Furber reported Bangor visit on a potential large industry site in Bath, board to decide next steps.

Bath Rotary Club Phoenix Timothy C. Maney Edwin E. Pinson Brunswick Rotary Club Arthur Stray Brunswick Bath Club Stray Bath William A. Furber Bangor

Morse High School Notes Theater Trip and Events

Morse High School notes plan a theatre party to Portland by the girls basketball squad. The Parent Teachers Association meets in the auditorium tonight. Special Lincoln birthday exercises are set for Wednesday in the auditorium. Vacation starts a week from Friday following the current eight week cycle. A move to form a girls track team at the high school is under consideration.

Portland Abraham Lincoln

Trust funds tied to Bath Y M C A under cy pres ruling

Judge Glidden directs payment of one quarter of a $9,000 trust to Bath Y M C A to aid young women, with remaining funds to be distributed among Bath Y M C A Red Cross Salvation Army and Bath Y M C A, plus allowances for administration and counsel. Credits and accretions pass to four charities as principal under will.

Bath Young Womens Christian Association City of Bath Young Womens Christian Association Bath Y.M.C.A Red Cross Salvation Army Carpenter Ve. Perkins New Jerusalem Church Beth City Hospital Theresa A. Philbrook Sete Bath Young Mensation Mary Bey Jason Vation Army Bath Young Mens Christian Association Bath Red Cross Bath Salvation Army Bath Young Womens Association

Obituary Arthur J Leydon 40 of Bath dies in Lewiston hospital

Arthur J Leydon 40 a Bath born resident died early Wednesday from pneumonia at Marcotte hospital Lewiston where he had been a patient since October He was the son of James H Leydon and the late Mrs Leydon He left Bath to work in Worcester Mass 1912 1914 later returned and lived as an invalid for years Survived by three children Arthur Jr Dorothy and Gladys Sardo of Providence R I and siblings Harold W and Thomas W Leydon and several sisters three in Newton Center and one in Boston with numerous friends mourning his passing

Arthur J. Leydon Marcotte Hospital Lewiston Mr. Leydon Bath James H. Leydon Worcester Mass Sprinkler Co Massachusetts Lewiston Hospital S.H. Mildram Boston Margaret Leydon

Bath and area social notes from Meadowbrook to Gardiner

Personal notes list callers and visits across Bath, Meadowbrook, and nearby towns. Names include T. C. Hughes, Mrs. Dayton Hill, Carl B. Newcomb, Annie Gaudet, Eugene Upham, William Sherman, Roscoe Shaw, Albion K. Parris, and others. Social activities cover entertainments, dinners, club meetings, and family visits, with references to opera, grand opera attendance, and local clubs.

T. C. Hughes Meadowbrook Bath Dayton Hill Middle Street Carl B. Newcomb Boston George Coombs Cherry -Street Annie Gaudet Joseph F. Gaudet Howard’s Ensee Fred Cary Brunswick Brookline Mass Stephen Plant Eugene Upham Newton Upper Falls Lillian Upham Park Street William Sherman Donald Gardiner Upper High Street Helen Mulligan High Street Roscoe Shaw North Street Brunswick Hospital Robert Brownell Goble Road Robert B. Hatch Albion K. Parris Charles W. Leavitt Portland Parris Edwin B. Parris Upper Washington Street Betty Rice Janet Bridgham Jane Wing Marjorie Haskell

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J. Henry McLellan Hotel Allenby Greece Bethlehem T Lem Edward’ Blatchford Charles Blatchford Theentral Railroad East Kantarah West Kantarah Cairo Savoy Shepheard Turkey Syria Nile Westport Bowdoin Father Maney MORSE Carters Carter Y.M.C.A Theresa A. Phil Walter Glidden Maine Anne Lindy Bath Independent Bath, Maine
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