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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 27, 1930

Page

2

Local residents travel and gatherings noted in Wiscasset area

Mumps reports appear among town notes. Numerous residents and guests are listed visiting Rockland, Bath, Portland, Boston and other points. A bridge survey between Wiscasset and Woolwich is underway. Several locals sell businesses, travel for vacations, attend meetings, and attend sports events with fireworks observed Saturday night.

China W. Matthews Rockland Pauline Hilton South Dresden Wiscasset E. E. Leighton H. H. Kalkenson Hi. G. Howard Bridge Department State Harold Treworgy Brunswick Brunswick Hardware Bert” Haggett Harry Haggett Lawrence Marston Roy R. Marston Ann Clisby Helene Clisby Portland E. H. Crossman Medford Mass A. W. Keirstead Lisbon Falls Lennox Southard FP. D. Southard Stanley B. Miller Boston Dan McGrath Melrose Lulu Atkins Bath Sidney G. Evans Emery Gibbs Grace York Damariscotta Mills Etta Blair Blackstone Charles Hills Ipswich Ruth Chapin Emerson Smith Bob Baldridge New York John Alden Dwight Simpson Louise Batchelder Harold R. Smith Abrney Weston M. Hilton Robert B. Watts Court House Lawrence Soule Augusta Wiscasset Academy Ray Sewall Philip Richard Edgecomb Winthrop Mildred Holbrook Winchester Eliza Holbrook Gamage South Bristol Ethel Reed Jane Tucker Thomaston Dorothy Chase Carrol McFadden Auburn Edith McTeer Damariscotta Anna Holbrook Main Street

Church and club notices brighten Westport shore town

The community page lists Church Family Night at Sheepscot and Methodist Woman's Association meetings at the parsonage. Attendees last Friday included about 75 at a vestry social with pantomimes And the Lamp Went Out and The Birth of a Nation. Gov Gardiner to speak at Woman's Club.

T Haggett Sheepscot Woman's Association of the Methodist Church Charles E. Titus Westport Mabel A. Rhoades Wellesley Hills Ruth Isley Saco Emma W. Asley Union Street Dorothy Sewall Chandler Secretarial School Boston J. Sewall Lee Street William Tudor Gardiner Woman’s Club George W. Dusseault Josephine Plumstead Birch Point Suh Portland C. A. Richards Josie Blagdon Bath Effie J. Poole Federal Stre i Fred Blagdon Gardiner Road M.s. A M.s. A. W. Keirstead and Mrs. A. HH. Doage Maine Hastland Katheryn Pinkham York Penn Earl D. Rines Grace Yorke Hodge Street Pleasant Street Federal Street Bridge Frank R. Hodgdon Lewis P. Hodgdon Harry Donnell Bath City Hospital

Miss Geraldine Albee Visits Alna Friends

Miss Geraldine Albee of Alna is visiting friends in town. The note appears in a brief local item from the Sheepscot Echo dated February 25, 1905, with continuation on Page Five.

Sheepscot Geraldine Albee Alna

Morse High overwhelms Lincoln Academy in 47 to 10 win

Morse High School defeated Lincoln Academy 47 to 10 to run their season record to eight wins in ten starts at the new gym. Jimmy Miller Billy Gove and Jack Conley led Morse with strong scoring while Whitehouse and McElman added key baskets. The Morse reserves beat Lincoln Academy 2nds 31 to 11.

Morse High Lincoln Academy New High School Morse Jimmy Miller Billy Gove Jack Conley Whitehouse Dick MecElman Bath Boys Blake Vannah Lincoln Cutts Harry Ring Rocklatin Bates Belfast Wiscasset Miller R. McElman Nickerson Conley G. Buzzell Belfast Aces Legard Cities Service Henderson Crocker, Ig Winslow Tet Ietes Lovye, YR Ns Wye Lis Carleton Harrington Janponneens Agreens Bree Crverignlis Sion Soasiuee Paillér Wannahart Oo Ocean Belfast A. C Crete Bales Eile Whitcomb, Tre Corimbna i Aos

Entertaining program at West Bath Grange delights crowd

West Bath Grange hosted an evening of variety led by chairwoman Mrs Eva Lemont. Acts included The Flivver Family farce and The Family at the Movies with local performers plus songs readings and a Washington birthday theme. A young Ellsworth boy, Whitney Austin, saved a companion from a truck at risk to himself and is hospitalized with serious injuries.

West Path Grange Eva Lemont Flivver Hope Ward Ya Day Eleans Danforth Edna Higgins al Henderson Ila Day Eleanor Danforth Frances Day David Henderson Leland Plummer E. W. Haggett Harry S. Peterson Leign Reed William H. White Washington Ellsworth Whitney Austin Austin

Woolwich News Roundup From Beete and Nearby Towns

In Beete and surrounding towns, residents report visits from relatives and friends with several local social notes. Illnesses, journeys to Bath and Boston, and a Bath hospital birth are mentioned alongside political meeting attendance and farm bureau planning.

Beete Capital Island Emma Hathorne J. E. Hughes Bath Hattie Adams Waterville Leland Savage Augusta Harvey Getchell Lewiston William Downing Benjamin Shaw Shaw Stewart Little Ralph Wright Westport Rufus Savage Howard Miller Somerville Mass Louise Miller Days Ferry Samuel Buck Portland Charlotte Buck Harvey Bailey Elsie Bailey Mrs. Smith Portsmouth N. H Justus Miller Bath City Hospital Irving Gilmore West Mary Wright Boston Laforest Savage Yarmouth Frank Hodgdon Richard Marston Woolwich Farm Bureau Jesse Mains Lincoln Houdlette Hall Cedar Grove Alton Reed State Road Charles Rogers Winnegance Elizabeth Wright Bates College

Watch Clock and Jewelry Repairing in Wiscasset

Stanley Raymond operates a watch clock and jewelry repair business on Middle Street in Wiscasset Maine. The listing notes a 2-5-0 contact or identifier.

Stanley Raymond Middle Street Wiscasset Maine

Community Notes From Bath and Vicinity

Local columns recount visits and guests at homes of Larrabee Chesley Mayo and others in Bath and Campbell's Pond. Missing school week at Lowell and Littlefield, outings to Brunswick game, theatre trip to Bath, and a long feature on Mary O Childs of Minot Corner, famed for longevity and frontier upbringing.

Grange Richmond Joseph W. Larrabee Anstress C. C. Chesley Fred W. Larrabee John Larrabee W d Ann Reid Russell Street Bach J. Everett Mayo Harriet. Johnson Springfield High School Lucinda Sprague Bath Jennie Larrabee Portland Waltez C. GC. Chesley Topshora Fred Toothaker Raymond Cynthia Lemoine Edward Lemoine Malden Mass Harold Haggett Boston Howard P. Jett Marion Rafnell Ann Leonard Brawn Hayden Rogers Helen Rogers Carolyn Rogers Walter Larrabee Anstress Larrabee Lowell School Columbia Theatre Littlefield Shirley Bickford Stanley Bickford Leslie Bates Beachmont Tibbetts Farm Brigham’s Cove Carolyn Stackpole B. H. Stackpole Campbell's Pond Irving Combs Natick Mary O. Childs Minot Corner Peru Franklin Plantation

Evening grosbeaks sighted in Presque Isle hedge

Flocks of the evening grosbeak have been seen in Presque Isle with a farmer reporting six birds nesting in a hedge. The species has yellow bodies with black and white striped wings and a black head and tail. The pine grosbeak, red in color, has also been seen recently, but the evening grosbeak is rare in this area.

Presque Isle

Insurance Balance Findings From Historical Ledger

The fragment shows figures for net unpaid losses and unearned premiums with a surplus over all liabilities. It includes the year 1929 and monetary totals such as 6,159,336.85 and 9,028,042.9, indicating a financial snapshot from a late 1920s insurance ledger.

Bath Tissue Show Hopes for New Home Appliance Plant

Bath Board of Trade hosts a Bangor backed pitch by General Utilities Co officers seeking a Bath factory for washing machines dishwashers and refrigera tors. They outline a 250000 capital plan 50 60 jobs at start and 50000 to 60000 cost to connect buildings plus a Bangor Portland Lewiston distribution network and stock subscription drive with local banks to follow.

General Utilities Co Bath General Motors General Electric Bangor Maine New England East Nomely Furber Thompson William Furber Quicksall William A. Furber Exchange Street Ralph Wharff Winterport Percy & Small Yard Wharff Harry A. Walters Bath National Bank Portland Waterville Lewiston Fitch Harry Fitch Bath Motor Mart Mr. Wharff Andrew Merrill Andrew S. Merrill Mr. Whittington Mr. Merrill Mr. Quicksall President Quicksall Clinton D. Wilson Melvin J. Marco Fred D. Hill The Commercial Trading Co Hill Ilase Harry M. Huse Mr. Huse Arthur Sewall Hotel Phoenix Read Whittington Lewis C. Atwood Forrest H. Bond Waldoboro H. C. Buzzell Senate Belfast Arthur A. Crafts Greenville Edwin M. Foster Frank H. Leighton Henley Kimball Co Wilfred H. Lord Henry F. Merrill Randall & McAllister Co Walter N. Miner Calais John B. Roberts Caribou National Bank George E. Simmons University of Maine Guy E. Torrey Bar Harbor George W. Walker Warren John W. Whittington National Life Underwriters Asso H. C.buzzell Philip Sheridan Frank Fellows Cummings Feldspar Co Temple Board of Trade George P. Larrabee the Eastern Star

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Morse Basketeers West Bath Grange Woolwich West Bath Dr. Carter Carter North Britisy ‘& Mercantile Ins, Co. Ltd Willams Street N. Y Baltaeee Oes M. Humphreys & CO Apts Path Libery Iool & Garage Co Providence, R. 1 Bath Appeals Mark W. Sewall Arthur Sewall Representative Butler Henry W. Butler George A. Churchill Walter E. Chase Walter BE Chase Butler Sidney L. Eaton Solovich Joseph Joseph Solovich Harry Walters Clark Island
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