New Books Added to Bath Public Library December
Bath Patten Free Library announces December acquisitions across genres. Autobiographies include Maud edited by Richard Lee Strout and Land Below the Wind by Agnes Newton Keith. Fiction features Bride of a Thousand Cedars, City of Gold, and Half Inch of Candle among others. Nonfiction travels and history are represented by Illusion in Java and Mexico. Technical and juvenile titles round out the new arrivals with works on metallurgy, shipbuilding, and scouting adventures.
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Maud
Richard Lee Strout
Maud Rittenhouse
Agnes Newton Keith
North Borneo
Bride of A Thousand Cedars
Bruce Lancaster
Lowell Brentano
Bermuda
Trevor Wyeth
Sally Cottrell
Gold
Francis Brett Young
Johannesburg
Mr. Young
Dr. Bradley
Frances Parkdinson Keyes
Honor Bright
Europe
Germany
A. Hamilton Gibbs
Java
Gene Fowler
Timberline
Louis Bromfield
Peking
Lin Yutang
China
Young Yutang
Anthony Abbot
Leslie Ford
David Frome
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Rex Strout
Reckless Angel
Belloc Lowndes
Lizzie Borden
Helen Topping
Miller
Texas
New York
Faith Baldwin
Robert O. Ballou
Friedrich Spiegelberg
Edward Ellsberg
Mexico
Evelyn Waugh
Books by Hazel Wilson Carol Nay and Mildred PF Meese
A listing of titles by Hazel Wilson Carol Nay and Mildred PF Meese including Red Dory Timmy Rides the China Clipper and Wagon to the Star suggesting a catalog of author works and children's/young reader titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Dory
Hazel Wilson
Timmy
Carol Nay
Mildred PF. Meese
Good Maine Food Widespread Reader Interest
Marjorie Mosser and Kenneth Roberts pair up for Good Maine Food with signed family recipes and regional dishes. Wingate Cram praises Harold M. Sewall of Bath for famed chicken curries bouillabaisse and coot stew. Roberts started from a 1937 Saturday Evening Post article that sparked reader letters and inspired the book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Marjorie Mosser
Kenneth Roberts
Wingate Cram
Bangor
Bangor and Aroostook
Harold M. Sewall
Bath
Orient
Marseilles
Saturday Evening Post
Mr. Roberts
Marine
Early History of Gunning at Merrymeeting Bay
William R. Donnell former Sagadahoc Red Gun and Skeet Association president spoke at Grace church on the early gunning history of Merrymeeting Bay and why waterfowl restrictions exist. He compared deer and moose rules with other states, noted efforts to promote hunting and stock ponds, and discussed salmon runs past Augusta dam and mill pollution. The talk spurred questions and a lively discussion before a baked ham supper served by St. Mary’s Guild and a brief business meeting led by Edward Sewall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Donnell
Sagadahoc Red Gun and Skeet Association
Merrymeeting Bay
Grace Church
Donnell
Kennebec
Augusta
Androscoggin
St. Mary’s Guild
F. D. Hill
Edward Sewall
Cecil L. Fullerton
Frederick P. Shaw
A. Farley Mayo, Jr
Central Church Holds Annual Meeting and Elects Officers
The Central Church held its annual meeting in the parish house with a devotional by Dr. David L. Wilson. Reports from church organizations outlined the year’s activities and several new members were voted in for welcome at Sunday’s Communion Service. Officers for the new year were elected, including Luther Thompson as clerk and Major William R. Kimball as superintendent of the church school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
David L. Wilson
Luther 8. Thompson
Clarence A. Peaslee
Charles T. Jackson
Margery Coleman
William R. Kimball
Everett Lord
George McKellar
Anna Severin
Irma Groves
Charlotte Page
Ruth Webster
Alice Coleman
Winni Gance Mrs Charles Entertains at Luncheon
Mrs Charles Winni Gance gave a contract luncheon at her home last week. First prize went to Mrs Frank Lemont and second to Mr Fred Sturtevant. Attendees included Mrs Harry Ring Mrs John Taylor Mrs Lena Shepard Mrs Earl Kimble Mrs John G Morse Miss Bessie Potter and others with out of town guests from West Newton Massachusetts and Kittery. The Jolly Luckies were hosted by Mabel Talbot with guests Margaret Red Woolwich and Mabel Cotten of Massachusetts. Refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Fewitt, Jr
Frank Lemont
Fred Sturtevant
Harry Ring
John Taylor
Lena Shepard
Earl Kimble
John G. Morse
Bessie Potter
Fred Nichols
Arthur C. Lemont
Frank Smith
West-Newton
Mass
Irene Cannon
Kittery
Jolly Luckies
Mabel Talbot
Winnegance A. C
Margaret Red
Woolwich
Mabel Cotten
Massachusetts
Iron usage survey shows most homes still use nonautomatic irons
The Wall Street Journal survey finds nearly all wired homes have an electric flat iron but fewer than half of about 22 million irons in use are automatic. The result highlights limited adoption of automatic models.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
The
Wall Street Journal
Phippsburg Items Highlight Candidacy and Local News
Raymond McIntire seeks Republican nomination for Legislature from class towns including Phippsburg. A Republican women’s meeting is called in Bath on January 25 1940 at 2 39 p m to discuss urgent business. Selectman Raymond Wyman reports progress on Federal Road aid and lower road completion. Community notices cover birthdays, post office history, school activities, a hospital visit, and winter social rounds in Small Point and Meadowbrook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selectman
Raymond Wyman
Augusta
Small Point
Popham Beach
George Ingalls
Leon Eaton
Ernest Rogers
Martin Eaton
Emily Wyman
Asa
Wilbur Wyman
Wyman
Board of Selectmen
Small Point Beach
Wilbur
Clifstone
Wymans
Mary Cullinan
Small Point School
Ceres McCourt
Dorothy Davis
Pauline
Kathleen Wyman
Gulliver
Bath Opera House
Owen Richardson
Baker Place
Woolwich
Charles L. Stevens
Alfred Congregational Church
Alfred
York Superior Court
Carrie Little
Allen
Ruth Blaisdell
Pearl Martha Hathorn
Bath
Annie Bowker
Cora Campbell
Walter Pierce
Kittery
Feero
Pitch Pine Hill
Capt
William Perry
St. Petersburg
Fla
Raymond Campbell
Foxboro
Mass
Dromore
Henry Minott
Phippsburg
Susie Barbour
Phippsburg Center School
J. Bradford Sprague
Bessie
Meadowbrook
Floyd Hamilton
Nellie Cutting
Aletha Campbell
Dromore Bay Farm
Ministers Discuss New Law on Religious Teaching
The Ministers Association met at Grace church parish house to discuss phases of the new state law for permissive teaching of religion in public schools. No action was taken. Rev. A Dole presided. Rev. C B Oliver was named chairman for the next meeting set for February 6. Attendees included Rev. Jesse Kenderdine Rev. Joseph O Purdue Rev. Charles M Tubbs Rev. Chester B Oliver and Capt. Charles F Bowles of the Salvation Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministers Association
Grace Church
Chester B. Oliver
Wesley Church
Reveais A. Dole
Church of the New Jerusalem
Jesse Kenderdine
Beacon Street Church
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street Church
Charles M. Tubbs
Capt
Charles F. Bowles
The
Salvation Army
Bay Point Community Notes and Local Happenings
Bay Point residents discuss conservation threats to American holly and ground pine and note use of other plants for Christmas decor. Reports cover wildlife like Myrtle Warblers, Echo Valley naming, clamming orders for Providence, and local visits including Charles Leeman, Herman Spinney, and residents from Bath Gardiner and Five Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Maine
Cahill
H. A. Spinney
Echo Valley
Providence
R. I. Charles Leeman
Bush
Sagadahoc
Bay Point
Leeman
Red Rover
George Sampson
Kennebec Point
Todd
Red
Mr. Sampson
Mr. Todd
Mr. Leeman
Mr Todd
Colonial Club Meets In Lively Session On Dues And Revisions
The Colonial Club held a large, enthusiastic meeting Monday discussing dues increases to be acted on at February’s session. Members debated revising the constitution and by laws, installing a kitchenette, room rearrangements for suppers, and offering facilities to wives of members. A survey committee led by Nathan Watson will prepare estimates, and a Woodfords tournament was proposed with E Everett Pierce chairing. The Feb 5 meeting may be the largest in years as officers are nominated for March 6 elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
Nathan Watson
G. Tom Murphy
Paul Stinson
Woodfords
E. Everett Pierce
Marius H. Page
Francis McLaughlin
Paul A. Gregware
Donald B. Wilson
Horace P. Morse
Women of the GOP Convene in Bath City Hall
A meeting of all Women of the Saxy ad hoc county Republican committee and related groups is set for Bath City Hall on Thursday afternoon June 25 at 2:30. Mrs Inez G Wing, vice chair of the State Republican committee, calls the assembly to coordinate women delegates and supporters. The notice urges full attendance from city and town committees and the 1st District congressional committee living in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saxyadahoc County
Republican Committee
1St District
Inez G. Wing
State Republican Committee
Bath City Hall
Popham Beach Winter Life and Visiting Artists News
Popham Beach hosts Stephen Etnier's exhibit in New York with 14 paintings sold in the first week, and repairs at Gilbert Head being supervised by Ellison Moody. Coast Guard towed a disabled Canadian schooner into Portland harbor after a wind damage incident off Small Point. Cottage break-ins at Popham raise concern as WPA road and summer access plans loom against cold winter weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Etnier
Gilbert ‘Head
Long Island
Milch
New York City
Ettier
Ellison Moody
Etniers
Einiers
Coast Guard
Rockledge Hill
Small Point
Thetis
Portland
Popham
Louis Gayton
Guy Crowley
Gayton
Ernest Oliver
O Popham
Lake Cottage
Auburn
Atkins Bay
Silver Lake
Bath
Ledgewood
Stanley Hyde
Yarmouth
Atlantic Shore
Popham Beach
Phippsbore
Beach
New Ireland
Maine
Etmers
Gilbert Head
Envzabeth Ette
Damariscotia
Neal D Boussela
District eyes state survey for school buildings
At the board of education meeting the group voted to invite the State Department to conduct a standard survey of local schoolhouses. Superintendent Parker noted an annual fire department inspection to curb fire hazards. Weeks Street vacancy filled by Miss Marjorie Cole, a Machias native and Gorham normal graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
State Department
Supt
Parker
Richard Frates
Weeks Street School
Louise Tupper
Lisbon Falls
Marjorie Cole
Warren Street School
Rockland
Cole
Machias
Gorham
Roakland Rollef
William L Skelton
Jude Arthur J Dunton
Edwin R. Andrews
Smallest Known Bird Mellisuga minima
The smallest known bird is Mellisuga minima a hummingbird of tropical America. An adult measures about two inches and weighs under 1/219 ounce. A Soviet agricultural show near Moscow will display 335 acres of farming progress prepared by 2 000 artists and 8 000 workers.
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Tropical
America
Soviet Union
Moscow
Parker Head Girl Scouts Plan Public Supper
Parker Head reports a Jan. 24 public supper in the vestry with proceeds partly for uniforms. Menu includes cold meat, baked beans, rolls, pickles, pie and coffee. Other town notes cover Sunday School, Boy Scout activities, local visits, illness, and upcoming yard and garden prize expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Libby
Jean Hamel
Earl Hamel
William Cushing
Arthur Kreidler
Charles Stevens
Alfred
Charles Perry
Allie Rollins
Charles Blaisdell
Leston Harrington
Lewis Lowell
George Moroney
Raymond Wyman
Raymond MacIntyre
Augusta
Portland
Phippsburg
John Terrill
Lowell
Mass
Harrington
Lloyd Perry
Allen Little
Carrie T. Little
Pearl
Natalie Hathorne
Donald Logan
Santa Elena
Herbert Doughty, Jr
H. D. Mank
John D. Libby
Fred
Sanford
Ora Hallett
John Kreidler
Herman Hallett
Bath
Alonzo Lowell
Sebasco
Earl Lowell
Sumner Lowell
David Rich
Harpswell
Walter Powers
Perkins Island
Brunswick
William Hallett
William, Jr
Woolwich
Cathance
William Schutes
Helen Cushing
Downing Ties Popularity to Loyal Neighborhood Crews
William J Downing of North Woolwich wins affection of youngsters Norene Edward and Florence Murphy who visit with a birthday cake. A recent family dinner featured Winter sports including skiing and a sleigh ride. Downing, once of Bath, retired fire history tales, now in excellent health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Downing
North
Woolwich
Norene
Edward
Florence Murphy
Carolyn Wing
Mr. Downing
Wing
Albert Wing
Richmond
William
Downing
Fred H. Thompson
Bath
Fred H., Jr
Dorothy Jane
Dorothy
Frank Thompson
Kennebec 3
Bath Fire Department
Ball
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Patten Free Library
Simeon Strunsky
New York Times
Times
Stewart H. Holbrook
Mackinaw
American Society of Heating and Ventilating
E. E. Houghton
A. F. Tulin
H. E. Russell
Architectural Forum
Ben
Robert Lamson
Death Valley
W. P. Eaton
Don Fendler
Cuba
Gordon C. Stables
Cinderella
Esther W. Reno
Grace Church Men’s Club
Wini
Gance
Raymond McIntire
Freeman H. Merritt
Sebasco Estates
Treas
Harry C. Webber
Phippsborg
Winfield W. Morse
Ministers’ Association
Herman A. Spinney
Everett Stevens
Chargetown
Howard Barter
Arthur Delano
Charles Burgess
Maurice Burns
Maple Lodge
Louise Howard
Gardiner
Edna M. Coolidge
Birchwood
Boston
Republican
Thompson Street
Charlie Higgins
Sherer’ Lane
Irving Dobbin
Leslie Greenlaw
Perkins’ Island
Alion Cheney
Seiin
Powham
Purol Pep
Harry Spencer
Spencer
Alvah Light
Frank Scott
Elishe Bridges
Marion
Henry Leonard
Herbert Sprague
Elisha Bridges
G. E. McNulty
Karl Hentz
Elizabeth Oliver
Clifton Morong
Seaman Drake
Moses Chandler
Walter Sprague
Christopher Marr
Fred Spinney
Morse High
Barbara Sprague
Yarmouth Academy
Morse High School
Harold Wallace
West Point
Louis Oliver
C. F. Hathaway
Cambridge
Florida
Grand Manan
Quodd
Quoddy
Canadian
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