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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 25, 1926

Page

2

West Bath Grange Turns Washington Birthday Into Pageant

West Bath Grange held a Washington birthday program with over 90 attendees. Martha Washington and George Washington performed in period costume, a choir and readings celebrated Colonial days, flag songs, and a sinat contest between Washington and Cornwallis sides.

George Washington West Bath Grange Grange Washington Martha Washington Charlotte Owen George Himself David Henderson Annie Peterson Harriet G. Bonney Annie Henderson Joanna Hodgkins William ST. White The Martha and George Slope Ward David Vincent Henderson E. W. Haggett Leland Plummer Alice Smith William H. White Carrie Carey Hope Ward Ruby Wilson Betsy the Grange the. W. Hoggett Wiliam HT. White Cornwallis Vernon Lake Bath Foster's Mount Myra Coombs Attleboro Mars Amy Coombs Campbell’s Land Delmar Bates Wre Quincey Gath Hame Samuel IP. Bates Sabine IL. A. Owen J. E. Mayo Alice Sturtevant Brunswick Elmer Craig Stackpole Lemont and Son James B. Jr Harold B,reemin East Brunswick Cora Southard Frank Emerson Jennie Silsby Alfred Cornish New England Telephone Co Wiscasset Hardings Emily Larrabee Frank Jaques Charles Stackpole Lewiston Bfl. Stackpole Campbell’s Pond Marion Jaques Mise Dary TL Watssalboro Carolyn Stackpole Tine Vellage UL Stackpole Campbells Pond Fred Cools Barbara Ruch Teown Meo BR. Brown Edna Wiggins Mia Topeham Piggip Neyiey John Rings Pred AL Urssins Elle Higgins

Sargent's gubernatorial bid stirs Rotary circles in Nashua

The article profiles Mayor Enton D. Sargent of Nashua as a Democratic gubernatorial candidate and notes his wide Rotary connections across New England. It highlights his popularity, past roles, and influence, including leadership in the Young Men's Christian Association and the White Mountain Freezer Company, while discussing potential Republican opposition and Nashua's political significance.

Enton D. Sargent Nashua New Hampshire Bath Sargent Rotary Clubs New England Brunswick Rotarians Boston Herald Granite State Rotarians Rotary Winenenden Tie Congress Maassachusetts Mayer Young Mews Christian Assoecition New Plampshire Manufacturers’ Association Rotary Club White Mountain Freezer Company Husiness Enterprises Florida Tle George A. Randall

Colonials to Visit Brunswick for Club Contests

The Colonials travel Thursday at seven by electric car to Brunswick for renewal of friendly hostilities with the Brunswick club. Events include canis games pool and billiards with noted players listed for both clubs and a social gathering of local business leaders.

Colonial Club Brunswick Brunswick Club Pool Marks and Whalen Dillards Dumphreys Watson Cribbage Furber Williams Haut Perkins Freeman Hall Fielding Teeling Dol Whist Reneau Turner Powers Atd Tlegre Anetieonbridge Kingsley and Day Merse and Bagdikien Gietion Lelge Merrill and Ross Hacgert Ail Metale

Untitled obituary of Mrs Sarah Lowell grieves family

The fanerd of Mrs. sarah BL Lowell wae held Morel after saster. The Rev Charles M. Pals and Willary Temple officiated. She will be taken to Phippeture for Yaqatal with burial at a local street, and the community mourns her passing.

Sarah BL Lowell Willary Temple Tinshles Charles M. ‘Pals Phippeture Yaqatal

Woolwich notices and social items from Day's Ferry region

Local brief from Woolwich and Day's Ferry covers an annual cemetery meeting at the Day's Ferry schoolhouse and social visits in Augusta Bath Portland Gardiner and Brunswick. Reports include ill health updates and a new baby for Mr and Mrs Carlton of Brunswick plus fox hunting in North Woolwich and a church Ladies aid note.

Day's Ferry F. W. Carlton Bath Alton Strout Portland Strout Maine General Hospital Sarah Bailey Gardiner Frank Carlton Brunswick Charles W. Wright Waldoboro Baptist Church

Phippsburg Town Meeting Articles Listed

The Phippsburg town notes outline many articles for voters including paying school committee members, maintaining 82 weeks of school, funding a town physician as health officer, supporting Bath Fire Department costs, selling schoolhouses, closing several district schools, relocating a schoolhouse, purchasing land for a playground, lighting rents for Winnegunee streets, improving Copham Beach walk, rail guards for several roads, and poll tax exemptions for seniors. The document also references state aid funds for state highway projects and notes residents’ visits and local social updates.

Whippsburg Bath Fire Department Milton Morse Werbert Pettingill Winneganee Dromore Walker Head Verey Ashdale Parker Head West Point Central Maine Power Co Winnegunee Copham Beach Riverside Lt. Oliver's Stonybrook Pitch Vine Hill State Highway Commission

Ex tortion theme at local outing noted in town items

Mrs Ciarl Meister of Park Street is extorted to return this week from Nimes bers Massachusetts where she vied by the Me er. Mrs Roy Shackford and daughter Jeanette of Turnercourt enjoy a week’s outing in Waterville as guests of Mr Shackford’s mother Mrs Jennie Shackford and sister Miss Meverett Shackford.

Ciarl Meister Park Street Nimesbers Mass Stier plals @ stutent Roy Shackford Jeanette Turnercourt Waterville Mr. Shackford Jennie Shackford Meverett Shackford

Women in Europe and the world celebrate famed French and Turkish stars

The report surveys Helen Wills and Suzanne Lenglen as fashion icons in Cannes and Paris, notes Calve and Cavalieri influencing Paris salons, and describes Turkish women petitioning for political participation while Armenian actresses recede in Istanbul. It also covers Sophie Elliott-Lynn's aviation push and cultural customs in Kenya and London society.

Cannes Helen Wills Suzanne The Riviera Helen London Sophie Elliott- Lynn England Lynn

Fiddlers Contest Set for Bath Opera House Thursday

Manager H A Huse announces a March 4 fiddlers contest at Bath Opera House with three prizes. Public acclaim will determine the winner as performers play varied tunes recalling old time music and amateur nights. Entry is open to all fiddlers and other instrumentalists performing for the audience.

H. A. Huse Bath Hlouse Opera House Bath Theatre

Bowdoin Tax Record Shows Only One Unpaid Estate

Local jottings note Bowdoin's strong tax collection with just one tax unpaid on an estate in Probate court. W. N. Maroon receives praise in Bath for Bowdoin’s performance as sleighing and street work ease winter. A Wall dog at Kepnebee Store is praised for fire eating antics that could avert future fires.

Bowdoin W. N. Maroon Board of Selectmen Bath

Former Bath Pastor Dies at South Bristol

Rev. A. Frederick Duniels age 61 died suddenly Sunday at his South Bristol home after a week long illness. He served Central Congregational Bath for 14 years and had pastored in East Orange Fitchburg Lowell and Marblehead. He is survived by his wife Miss Lillius Humphreys and two nieces. Funeral services were held in South Bristol and the body sent to Everett, Massachusetts for burial.

A. Frederick Dunnels Central Congregational Church Bath South Bristol East Orange N. J Duniels Boston Andover Theological Seminary Central Church Fitchburg Mass Lowell Mast¢Urange Lillius Humphreys Walter Goldthwaite Hanover N. H Martin Goodwin Concord Sumner Hootpade Darharigcotta Everett

Income Tax Returns Blanks Issued and Changes Noted

The Collector of Internal Revenue announces 1040A forms for individuals with net income under thresholds and March 15 filing deadline. Other forms 1040 and 1120 await Washington authority. Exemption amounts and rates shifted to 14 percent with higher personal exemptions. calendar year 1919 state income tax receipts totaled over 20 million, then dropped to about 8 million last year. Revenue act of 1926 will cut individual returns by about 30,000, reducing tax collections.

Internal Revenue Washington

Brunswick Democrats Hold Low Turnout Caucus

Brunswick Democrats conducted a caucus Thursday with only one contest. Independent James Merrill ran for the board of selectmen and finished fourth with 15 votes while William Booker led with 61. Other nominations and town committee members were named, with Charles Burnett chair and Miss Hdna Crimmins clerk.

Brunswick James A. Merrill Board of Selectmen William G. Booker Emile A. Tondreau Samuel I. Furbish Mr. Merrill Edward W. Wheeler John We Rsley Samuel T. Forsaith John KR. Stanwood Kenneth C. M. Sills Thomas EB. Dolan Harry F. Thomas Franklin C. Webb Charles T. Burnett Hdna Crimmins Perley No Watson Lillian Odiorne Mdna Crimmins Otto Roaner I. Snow Eugene H. Andrews J. Philip Caron Ernest Denoit Lorenzo Brillant Emile A. Tondreal Thomas FF. McMahon Alice Dunning Eugene J. Morin Blanche Journeault Samuel A. Lavalle Philip Deneville William Earle Florence Lovell Alice Lincoln Herman L. Stover Arthur DL Thomas Manet Isaiah G. Elder Henry Morin

Willis couple returns from weekend with Shaw Street and Highland Street kin

Mr and Mrs Bertram Willis of Hyde Park Mass return after visiting over the weekend and holiday with Mrs Willis’s parents Mr and Mrs John Dowling of Shaw Street and Mrs Fanny Thurlow of Highland Street.

Bertram Willis Hyde Turk Mass Willis John Dowling Shaw Street Fanny Thurlow Highland Street

Old Fiddlers Contest to Be Staged Here in March

Bath opera house manager Huse announces an Old Fiddlers Contest in March as part of the regular program. Open to contestants over 50, the event offers three cash prizes and may include a Charleston exhibition after the fiddling. Charles B. Brooks, former local band leader, is expected to compete. applications through Manager Huse.

Huse Bath

Obituary Duncan Fraser 87 Bath resident and Civil War veteran

Duncan Fraser 87 died Monday night at his Commercial street home after a short illness due to hemorrhage. Born in Prince Edward Island, he moved to Bath at age four and lived there most of his life. A noted teamster from the shipyard era, he served four years in the U S Navy during the Civil War. Survived by daughters May Steadman and Kate Covel of Somerville Mass, and caregiver Eliza Atkins in recent years. His wife died seven weeks earlier. burial was in Bath.

Duncan Fraser Commercial Street Prince Edward Island Allen Fraser Bath United States Navy Somerville Mass May Steadman Kate Covel Eliza Atkins

Mrs Ellen Nelson, Bath resident, dies at 58

Ellen Nelson formerly Ellen Mac Donald, 58, died Monday at Maine General hospital Portland after a short illness. Born in Clifton Calway Ireland, she moved to Bath at 18 and resided there. She leaves husband five sons Matthias G Thomas Clarence KR Thomas Harry W Thomas Alexander R MacDonald Donald D MacDonald two daughters Mrs George RK Winters Mrs Charles C Duncan two sisters Mrs Francis Holmes Mrs James Lyden and brother Matthias Gorham New Orleans La. Funeral Thursday at 2 30 pm from 1 Fremont Street Bath.

Ellen Nelson Ellen MacDonald Maine General Hospital Portland Matthias G. Thomas Clarence KR. Thomas Harry W. Thomas Alexander R. MacDonald Donald D. MacDonald Bath George RK. Winters Charles C. Duncan Francis Holmes James Lyden Matthias Gorham New Orleans Fremont Street

Frank P Guthrie entombed after Bath funeral services

Frank P. Guthrie died in Dorchester Massachusetts on Friday and was buried in Bath after funeral services at St Marys church. He was a Bath native son of Watrick and Margaret Guthrie and survived by his wife and a son Frank plus a sister Mrs Charles Hamilton and a brother Roger. He was once a famed roller polo player for Bath and a long time member of the Bath team that held the state championship.

Frank P. Guthrie St. Mary’s Church Guthrie Dorchester Mass Watrick Margaret Guthrie Bath Frank Charles Hamilton Charlestowe Roger Andrew D. Guthrie Medford New England

Mrs Sarah P Lowell Dies After Illness

Mrs. Sarah Pearl Lowell 37 of Truth died Saturday morning at City Hospital. Born in Phippsburg, she was daughter of H Blaisdell and his wife. Survived by husband Louis N Lowell son Karl three sisters and three brothers. Funeral Monday from sister Mrs William Pemple’s home 19 Hinckley Street with burial in Phippsburg.

Sarah Pearl Lowell City Hospital Elwood Thithorne Cath C. L. Blaisdell Maurice Blaisdell Bath Willian ‘Pemple Hinckley Street Phippsburg

Mrs Genevieve Duren of Bath Dies in Auburn

The body of Mrs. Genevieve Duren widow of Albert H. Duren arrived Tuesday from Auburn where she died Burial was in Oak Grove The Durens lived at 557 Washington Street Bath She was a past matron of Genesta chapter O I S and is the first matron to die since its organization.

Genevieve Duren Albert H. Duren Bath Auburn Oak Grove

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West Bath Grangers Mrs. Lowell Stepan Berean Orb Peer Wis Poe Sennen Prin Baxter’s Maine J. C. Baxter & Bro Brunswick, Maine Woolwich Day’s Ferry Reily Holt Margaret Perry Andrey Perrys Meadowbrook James EL Percy Cox's Head Venvrietta Webber Jas Small Point Nibridge Morse Parker Ial Mes Lucius Douglin Betty Cainesville Drengtas Qauns Sears Europe the Times Pauris Marquise de Sevigne France Paris Carlotta Zambelli Legion of Honor Tillingsborough Spas Nico Wisteria Vines Emma Calve America Calve Madame Calve Lina Cavalieri United States Madame Cavalieris Amsterdam Constantinople Turkish Woman's Union People’s Party New Republic Nezihe Mouhieddine Anatolia Alverien Republic Bs Oachef Angora Nationalint Turish Werman Tional Dramatic Company Turkey Cinderella Grey Coat School Westminster Kisma Kenya Patrick Ness Victoria League City Road Street Railway Company Hiram T. Stevens Register of Deeds Sagadahoe County Aa Ac Columbia Theatre Bath Opera House Columbia Kepnebee Fruit Co Center Street A.F. Dunnels Brunswick Democrats Navy Mrs Sarah P. Lowell Brown Norway Medicine Co
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