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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 28, 1935

Page

5

Richmond Community News Highlights Local Events

Richmond reports include a Child Welfare Clinic at the Methodist church, Emphasizing Epworth League social with old fashioned costumes, and updates on residents such as Rufus Maxwell and Miss Ruth Curran. Shorthand and typewriting certificates awarded at Richmond High, plus local marriages, obituaries, and club meetings across town.

Epworth League Methodist Church Rufus Maxwell Ben Roy Varney Thelma Higgins Bath Joan Smith Lincoln Street E. O. Tarr Litchfield Plains Gregg Richmond High School Christine Toothaker Josephine James Edith Hatfield Glenys Terrell Elinor Curtis Evelyn Farley Dorothy Witham Lara Leavitt Donald Mosher Ella Meserve Franklin McKenney Stanley Griffin Hilda Toothaker Dorothy Averill Velma Longley Billa Tarr Ethel Robin Tarr Ida Oliver Portland Thomas James Dresden Adelaide Dolley Augusta General Hospital George Clarke River Road E. B. Dunn Depositors Trust Co Spring Cove Pleasant Pond A. C. Seavey Randolph Richmond Charles Hackett Bowdeinham Emerson Grammar School Earl Dickinson Robert Carey Helen Walton Howard Bodwell Augusta MacMillen WRDO State House Number Five Sewing Club May Alexander Inez Stinson St. Ambrose Church Tristram I. Lattle Ada Ruth Anderson Main Street C. P. Bryant Adelaide Hamilton Carl Anderson Harry Cole Quincy Mass Mrs. Little Boston Front Street Favor House Mr. Little Herbert L. Stuart

Tar bucket Day recalls quiet Washington birthday in Saco

Old timers call the day Tar bucket Day and note its quiet observance as banks closed and flags flown. Horns sounded from morning to night in Peppere] square bonfires lit up the city while Rev. Percy L. Vernon and Rev. Charles W. Helsley debated censorship and morality at the Lewiston church.

Washington Saco Peppere] Square Board of Control Percy L. Vernon Lewiston United Baptist Church Charles W. Helsley High Street Congregational Church Legion of Decency

Georgetown Town Notes on Taxes Roads and Bridge

Georgetown officials report a heavy year from town expenses including poor relief and fire costs. Harold F. Hunt issues town identification cards for free Carlton bridge tickets. Various residents’ activities include schooling, travel, moving, and social visits. Town meeting set for next Monday and local events at Bath Carnival and Morse high school vacation noted.

Harold F. Hunt Carlton Bridge Lester Powers Center School Harry Heald Portland Leo Pertell Thomas Joseph Higgins Working League William A. Todd Roscoe P. Todd Warren M.lrose Alice Cromwell Five Islands T. M. Hagan Eleanor Cunningham Morse High School J. H.brown Sumner West Newton B. H. Woodside Nancy Russell Frank Hollis Dorothy Hagan Yarmouth Academy Ruth Farnham Bath C. L. Hinckley Raphael Rowe Marion Hunt Aileen Hunt Edward Wren Boston T. M. Hagan, Jr Auburn N. Williams Williams Alec Cunningham Carlton Cunningham Arrowsie-Georgetown Marr’s Island Harold J. Brown

Westport Social News Highlights in Wiscasset Region

Arch ie Cunningham and Mr and Mrs Thomas Woodbridge visited in Wiscasset on Tuesday. Many neighbors and relatives were mentioned visiting homes in Wiscasset Newcastle Bath and Washington with events ranging from errands sick visits and a carnival ball to a winter road effort and a dance canceled by a storm.

Archie Cunningham Thomas Woodbridge Wiscasset Herbert Cromwell Lawrence Colby Frank Thomas H. A. Swanton Joseph Hodgdon Amos Knight Mechanic Falls Capt Thomas McLaughlin Memorial Hospital Damariscotta G. D. Pastorious Newcastle Sarah Welch Hodgdon Ann Louise H. M. Jewett Washington Street Amos Greenleaf Robert Higgins Ethel Alfred Hodgdon Owen Boothby Wesley Gren Hatc Betty Richardson John Harrison Southport Brian Jewett Dewey Richardson J. P. Harrison Orono M. A. Cromwell M. O. Webber Maude James Apt William Clancey Dresden

Former Bath Woman Delivers Paper at Rubinstein Club

Ada C. Holman of Camden addressed the Rubinstein Club of Rockland at the Universalist vestry on a talk titled The development of the dance. She traced pantomime origins through religious and secular dances to ballet, noting its rise in 1439 and highlighting the Russian school and figures such as Nijinsky Pavlova Duncan and Shawn.

Rubinstein Club Rockland Ada C. Holman Camden Universalist Vestry France Catherine di Medici Gitano Catherine the Great Nijinsky Pavlova Ruth St. Denis Ted Shawn Isadora Duncan Edna Gregory

Rebekahs Visit Lisbon Falls from Bath Lodges

A crowd from Bath Rebekah lodges traveled by car and bus to Lisbon Falls to attend a Washington party supper hosted by Nina Rebekah lodge. District deputy president Marie Hoffman and other Maine Rebekah leaders spoke. a candidate received the degree in the evening.

Ae Ee Tere J. E. Purinton Doyle McWinnie Gardiner Benjamin Irish Elmer Purinton Ernest Brunswick Bath Melvin J. Verrill Dexter Maine Richmond Smith Cemetery Vérrill Main Street Earle Harry Verrill Hallowell Harold Castner Elmer Scribner Springfield Harold Jack Thomaston Martha Janet Jack S. D. White Brunswick Road Lewiston Esther Parker Portland Town Grange Lincoln The Washington John Gilpatrick Cora Little R. N Massachusetts Hazel Gardiner Spruce Street Miss Gardiner Marion Young Wallace W. Gardiner Florence Young Leslie Gardiner Hazel Mealey Marion Mealey Florence Weeks Cecelia Robinson Bertha Sencabaugh E. F. Pratt E. S. Small Farmington Richmond High School Rebecca Rogers Lalia Card Noble Eula Shaw Beulah Rebekah Nina Rebekah Lodge Lisbon Falls Cora Osborne Sadie Good Augusta Blue Bird Beulah Rebekah Lodge Evening Star Marie Hoffman Auburn District No. 9 Laura Hardy Berwick Rebekah Assembly of Hoffman Elizabeth Ricker Lisbon Margaret Peabody Belle Lewis Henry T. B. Leeman District No. 14 Ralph P. Mank Shirley M. Mank Leonard M. Munsey Wallace L. Atwood Harry L. Knight Herbert W. McCabe Clara Donaldson Lillius Larrabee Chester W. Clement Margaret Yates Charles O. Nelson Frank J Farrin Victor Pinkham Albert H. Thompson John E. Atwood Roger Pierce Herbert Huggard Howard A. Parks Charles H. Ansert Alfred Bunker Minnie C. Woodman Harry E. Cornish Leeman Otis Card Lula Herbert Horace W. Ward Frank Beal Rose Gene Charles Doyle Warren Parris Alice M. O'Brien

City drops plan for new fire alarm system

The municipal fire department committee canceled plans to install a new fire alarm system and to apply for $900 in Public Works Administration aid. Estimated costs were about $3,000, and PWA blueprint and bid requirements prompted the withdrawal and revocation of the federal allotment. Maine’s state flower note follows.

Municipal Committee On Fire Department Public Works Administration PWA

Washington birthday program at Five Islands school draws large attendance

Five Islands school staged a Washington's Birthday entertainment at the Grange Hall on a Thursday. The program featured readings and songs by pupils including Mary Louise Pinkham, Charlotte Gray, Gertrude Carr, Russel Harford, Peggy Gray, and Edgar Carr, among others. After the show ice cream and cake were sold and a good sum was raised.

Five Islands Washington Grange Hall Mary Louise Pinkham Lincoln Peggy Gray Tommy Tommie Hanna Charles Carr Russel Harford Columbus Lortie Delbert MacMahan Marie Rittall Eddie Carr Audrey Pinkham George Washington George Ehence Howard Chase Ida MacGillivary America Leon Williams Prue Apr Nee Dennis Moore Olive Williams Irving Hanna Lena MacMahan Walter Moore Hallowell Sedgemere Road Percy Savage Lermond H. Rowe Bath Helen Rowe Harold Pinkham Grange L. H. Rowe Cora Mac Hanna Bath Memorial Hospital Harry Rodick Charles MacMahan Horace Rittall Georgetown Center William Chase Freeport Chase Howard Gertrude Carr Charles Jampbell Arrowsie George Gray Herman Barter Gilbert Lewis Georgetown Thomas M. Hagan Hagan Herbert Raymond Belanger James T. MacMahan Chiester MacMahan Clinton Hanna Belgrade George Hanna Alice Cromwell Thomas Hagan Percy MacGillivary Woodrow Gray Charles Lewis Portland Savage Orville Rowe George Laskey Robinhood Islands Boston T. E. Cromwell Friends Grange Circle Franz Stevens Joseph G. Stevens Carlton Bridge James M. Stevens Yarmouth Academy Theo McNeil Chester MacMahan

All-Grammar School Teams Chosen by Six Captains

The six captains in the Y. M. C. A. Grammar School Basketball league selected first and second all-Y Grammar teams from 18 players. Clayton Thibodeau and Steeven John were named co captains of the first team. Arthur Warner was picked by every captain for a guard spot. Central Blues and Central Greens supplied multiple players, with Weeks Street and St. Mary’s also represented.

Y. M. C. A. Grammar School Henry Gallant John McLaughlin James £Aling Maurice Puffer Frank Gallagher David Gavagan William Stilphen Clayton Thibodeau Steeven John Arthur Warner Weeks Street Epocrat John North Grammar Clyde Stilphen Central Greens Weeks Harold MacMahan North ,Grammar

All-Intermediate League Teams Picked

The league officers named two honorary teams from votes by captains who could not select players from their own squads. Freshmen placed six players and Central Grammar Eighth graders four, totaling nineteen players. Ten earned top votes for first or second teams. three others earned minor honors.

Central Grammar Earle Brown Earl Lowery Manley Ellis

City clears 1933 state tax payment to avoid conservator

The city paid the overdue 1933 state tax of 24 398.78 on Feb 20 to avoid a state conservator. The treasurer reported 95 875.82 owed on state and county taxes for 1933 and 1934 at Feb 7. The city still owes 47 452.88 to the state for 1934 and 24 024.16 to Sagadahoc County for 1934 and 1933 taxes totaling 71 477.04.

Holley Small Finance Committee Treas Young Sagadahoc County

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Joseph L. Hackett Hartley Ranger New Vineyard Leon and Deborah (Ridgeway) Hackett Herbert Hackett North Anson Union Church Fred 8 S. Curtis & Co Fred S. Curtis & Co Westport James A. Gillies, Jr Washington Party of Nina Lodge Fay Hyland University of Maine Maine Floral Emblem Society Arthur Sewall 2d Woman's Auxiliary of Grace Church Harold DeLong Frederick E. Drake St. Mary’s Guild Kentucky R&d Cross House of the Good Shepherd Fred D. Hill Harry L. Day Paul Mason Central Church League Adolph H. Ehlers Lulu H. Turner David L. Wilson Horace Morse Charles Soule Perry L. Thompson Bath Savings Institution Harold Footer St. Mary's Morton Holbrook Central Blacks Alonzo Curtis Frank Lee Edward Hogan Wesley Plummer Tie Thaxter Hill Central Blues George McKellar Grays Franklin Melville Robert Lee Central Whites Harold Stanton Oranges Herbert Closson Charles Grace Edmund Guynn Maynard MacFadden Franklin County Association of Court House Ralph E. Eustis Strong Eustis Willis Hardy Phillips C. H. Leighton Clarence A. McCully L. F.” Atwood Century Indemnity Company Hartford D. M. Humphreys & Y Federal Mutual Fire Insurance CO Tremont Street
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