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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jan 02, 1941

Page

5

Bath Society Notes Full of Christmas Visits and Guests

A Bath society column records Christmas greetings and holiday visits. Gloria Wilson hosts an eighth birthday party with games and treats at 24 Elsinore Avenue. Numerous families from Bath and nearby towns share celebrations, engagements, births, and travels across December and Christmas week.

Gloria Wilson Freeman C. Wilson Elsinore Avenue Sally Wilson Mickey Mouse Arthur Burns June Tondreau Marilyn Lonchey Joan Longley Sasha Hu

Bath and County Year in Review Highlights Local Events

A June summary lists Bath and nearby towns events from 1930s era Maine. Notable items include visits by Eddie Rickenbacker and Senator Sumner Sewall, town improvements, school activities, church dedications, and civic gatherings. It notes court sessions, graduations, firemen services, and community milestones across Bath, Brunswick, Topsham, and surrounding areas.

Tardif Elected Clerkship and Rotary Presidency in Bath

Dominique J. Tardif elected to clerkship at Bath Trust Co. and assumes Presidency of the Rotary Club. July notes mention a municipal bonfire at Gard's pond near High and Marshall, with discussions of safety. Prof. George C. Minard of New York University dies suddenly in New York after visiting Bath, as a large crowd attends a municipal bonfire at Sligh and Marshall.

Young Dominique J. Tardif Bath Trust Co Rotary Club God- Gard’s Marshall George C. Minard New York University New York Bath Sligh and

Bath area diary of civic events and disasters

A long list of Bath Maine area notes covers naval ships and trials, local officials and weddings, fires, drownings, parades, club meetings, civic anniversaries, road work, and storm damage. Highlights include destroyer Livermore launch and christening, multiple obituaries, Bath Iron Works activities, public utility actions, and community events across dates in August.

September 1 Maine events and notable occurrences

This dated bulletin lists incidents and happenings across Maine. Charles Cragin of Revere fatally wounds himself when a gun discharges during a roof jump near Phippsburg Basin. Lodging and labor day events appear, including striped bass arrivals in the Kennebec river and Albert Babb’s personal crisis via a shooting in Sagadahoc Ferry, Woolwich. The Bath Iron Works yard notes keels for Exceller and Macom, while Samoset Steamboat Gor votes to liquidate due to repair costs on the steamer Virginia. Attendance at a Democratic rally delays Paul V. McNutt’s speech, and Sumner Sewall gains a governor’s victory amid tributes. Rev. Raymond Putnam begins at Central church, replacing Dr. Wilson. Schools reopen and a large parade celebrates Sewall’s election with a reception on the Park bandstand alongside ex-Gov Baxter.

Eddie Rickenbacker Maine Sumner Sewall Boothbay Harbor Islands Myrtle Lodge Corliss Street Fast Brunswick Chapel Bath Iron Works Corp Morse High School Bath Lions Club Hotel Sedgwick Bath Memorial Hospital Nurses Hotel Eagle Brunswick Timothy C. Maney West Coast St. Charles Church L. Eugene Thebeau Bath Morse High Winter Stree Church Joseph O. Purdue Sagadahoc Superior Court Edward P. Murray Bangor Batt High School Aluimai Association Gleaves Charlestown Navy Yard Daniel H. Morrison Solar and Polar Star Winter Street Senate Dunlap Knight Templar St. John'’s Day Boothbay Norris Lord Dresden Mills Maine Commandery Gardiner Bovine T Virginia J. Edward Hughes Bath Trust Co Washington Street Employis C. O Maine Rural Letters Association Shirley Stinson Woolwich David P. Surette Father Maney St. Mary's Church John J. Desmond Charles Cragin Revere Mass Phippsburg Basin Labor Day Kennebec River Albert Babb Sagadahoc Ferry Exceller Macom Samoset Steamboat Gor City Hall Paul V. McNutt Topsham Grange Hall Raymond G. Putnam Central Church David L. Wilson Fulton J. Redman

October 1 Bath area news highlights prominent citizens

Frank A. Winslow addresses notable people met. U.S. Senator Wiltord E. Edge arrives in Bath. Home Guard sponsorship proposed. George B. Connard elected Bath Water District trustee. Captain Samuel R. Percy, veteran mariner, remembered. Destroyer Livermore delivered to Navy. Selective Service Board for Sagadahoc County organized. Dr. David L. Wilson elected vice president of Maine Osteopaths. Bowen Torrey works with Torrey Roller. Library board reelects officers. Sagadahoc Superior Court convenes with Fellows. 21st birthday registrations tallied. 56th wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Perkins. Trustees elect Allen M. Irish president. Yacht Aletes towed for scraping. Car crash injures Martha Hamblett and Edith Estabrooks.

Frank A. Winslow Rock and Courier-Gazette Ratury ¢Lih Tim U.S Wiltord E. Edge New Jersey Roland Smith Cies George O. Melzard Sons of Union Veterans JT. W. Hydecamp Samuel R. Percy Livermore Bath Iron Works Corp U.S. Navy Navy Yard Charlestown Gov Lewis Barrows David L. Wilson Bath Joseph C. Brannnigan Topsham Arthur K. Purington Selective Service Board Sagudahoce County Blovd Bailey Bath Appeals Joseph J. Smith Cosmopolitan Club Sumner Bewill Vicw Maine Association of Osteopaths St. Frederick Harry B. Sawyer Spear Sagadshoe Superior Court Raymond Fellows John H. Freeman J. Emery Footer Sugadaboc County Thomas F. Perkins Old Folks Home Allen M Rockland Martha L. Hamblett Catholic Cemetery Bath Road Brunswick Edith &. Estabrooks Nellie I. Burgen

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Armes High Street Chock States Springfield University of Hawaii South America John Sonia John W. Sonia Ray McDonough West Roxbury Joseph W. Allen Air Corps Sacramento Cal Earl H. Allen Allen Chanute Field Rantoul, Ill Livermore Falls Pheleval Bartlett Rantoul Arthur C. Norton Elmer Norton Mrs. Norton Howard Peterson Reed Street Westbrook Sybil E. Leonard James F. Leonard Martha Elizabeth Kenry Alexander Middleton Mro George Middleton Miss Leonard Mr. Middleton Iron Works Harry A. Beals Gardiner and Wiscasset Phillip S. van Hook Thorndike van Hook Harry J. Briggs, Jr Stokes Teddy Massachusetts Samuel Guptill Edward Anderson Clarence H. Ayer Judy Allston Chester Lorentsen Lorentsen Mechanic Street Muriel Blake Falmouth Foreside Marjorie Blake South Street Grammar School Moore North Yarmouth Frank H. Chesman Janice Mary Mazabeth Quincy, Mass Chesman Scott M. Golder Winship Street Malcolm McKinnon Watertown McKinnon Mary Steele Joron Steele Arthur Lemont Walter Smith Upper Washington Street Avon, Conn Harmon Smith Avon John Stinson Front Street Margaret Agnes Albert Thiboutot Robert Thiboutot Miss Stinson Mr. Thiboutot William P. Adams John Howard Adams Joan S. Palmer Bristol R. I Stephen S. Marshall Miami Fla Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore Trimble Edwin M. Fuller, Jr Fuesday Ais Draws Road James B. Drake St. James’ School Hagerstown Frederick KE. Drake Bath and County Arthur Sewar Red Cross Fort Williams Portland Harbor Sheepscot Bay Sisters Black Rocks Sherwood Aldrich Department of State Raymond MelIntire Phippsburg Cosmopolitan Garden Club Frank O. Dunton Ralph O. Dale Solar Lodge Masons William King Hyde Windlass Co Bath Savings Institution Sedgwick Joseph O Archue Niblack 3Ath Iron Works Corp Senator Sewall State Committee Lewiston Fairview Cemetery Association Winnegance Bernard A. Bailey Wiscasset Bath High School Charles C. Skinner South Carolina Longness Rock Hill Inn West Bath Chase Washington and Center Streets Galen C. Moses Grove Streets Anchorage Sapradahoe Council K. of C St. Mary's Jack Verheus Holland Damaritotta Navy Rabbi Abraham May Linden Street Guy H. Sturgis Supreme Court of Maine Jarrows Charles P. Barnes Harold H. Murchie Sturgis Inez Wing Kingfield Republican State Committee Frances Perkins Newcastle Destroyer Livermore Bath Tron Works William S. Newell Everard W. Upjohn Ereat Samuel Livermore J. W. Hunnewell Sagadahoe Ferry Sandahoe Raymond MacIntire Hibiscus Winnevance Bay New Meadows Dingley’s Island Alfred H. McKay Small Point Murray Secretary of State Sagadahoc County Oscar Gilliam West Point Bath Iron Works Brown's Reis Cosmopolitan ‘Garden Club Supreme Court Arthur Sewall Stonehouse Memorial Hospital Frederick G. Morse, Jr Alfred McKay Arrowsic Dummer Street Edward L. Risteen Thomaston Earle D. Risteen N. Y Haskell George F. Cary Miriam L. Doble Malcolm L. Doble Sabine James C. Oliver 1St District Popham Beach George L. Emery Superior Court Maine Municipal Judges Association Bath Country Club J. Edward Drake, Jr Birch Point Boston Yacht Club Clarence C. Little Bar Harbor University of Maine Public Utilities Commission Della Gaudette Harry W. Moulton Russell Street Masonic Temple Joseph A. Butler 240Th C. A Rowe Thorne’s Municipal Committee On Fire Department Marshall Street Central Fire Station Water Street Committee On Fire Department Gene Tunney Robert H. Haskell Holly Inn Christmas Cove Eberle Ranard Walker Eberle Mildred Eberle Providence Union Temperance Service Wesley Church U. S. Army Rocco Zoppo Roslindale Bath Water District City Council Friends Gilbert’s Pemaquid Sagadahoc Skeet Club Oscar F. Williams American Legion United States Charles F. McCann N. J Grand Worthy Bath Acri Flo Das Tratt Pomeroy Percival P. Baxter
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