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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jan 14, 1932

Page

6

Miss Clare Coombs delayed European voyage plans

Miss Clare Coombs and her Boston cousin Miss Alice Cowin have postponed their departure from New York. They will sail Friday January 22 on the Conte Bi ancano for Naples after a Mediterranean cruise with stops at Gibraltar Algiers and Palermo before reaching Paris via the Rivera.

Clare Coombs Alice Cowin Boston Europe Miss Coombs Havre France West Indies Miss Cowin New York Lloyd Sabanda Line Naples Mediterranean Gibraltar Algiers Palermo Italy The Rivera Paris

Bath residents attend Sophie Braslau concert in Portland

Bath residents joined others at City Hall in Portland to hear Sophie Braslau, a leading Met Opera contralto, perform a concert noted for her powerful voice and stage presence. The review praises her deep tones and emotional quality while detailing attendees and a social gathering at Mrs Cir Sir AL Plaont’s home with hymns, psalms, and a festive New Year cake.

Fred D. Hill Herbert S. Harris Charles L. Oliver Arthur Sewall Frederick E. Drake Miriam W. Kimball Edna Bliss Mary Sewall Jane Hyde Frank A. Hodgdon Ruth Hodgdon Bath Sophie Braslau City Hall Portland Mies Braslau Metropolitan Opera House New York

Community Notes from City Hospital to Coast Guard Events

A daughter was born at City hospital to Mr and Mrs Nicholas Michalos 1184 High Street Sunday morning. Mrs Eugene Desmond hosted her card club Monday at Lincoln Street. Mrs Andrew M Butterfield hosted Wesley sorority at 69 Granite Street Tuesday last week with a New Year joke tree and Santa Edward Butterfield distributing gifts. Numerous attendees listed. Other items include church group sewing, officers elected for Odd Ladies sewing club, Kora Temple shrine annual meeting in Lewiston, contract games at Mrs John J Keegan’s, and marriage intentions filed for George S Betts Jr Bath and Helen Frances Hinds Lewiston. Coast Guard officers W W O Stee n and James H Hirshfield visiting Lewiston related to patrol boats. Additional notes mention Mrs William Ham of Pearl Street leaving for Quincy and Mr Wallace Trufant of Topsham with hosts in Lewiston.

City Hospital Nicholas Michalos High Street Andrew M. Butterfield Wesley Sorority Granite Street Biterfield William Davis George Goodwin Edward Butterfield Santa Claus Loyd Daley Sanford Nickerson Bird A. Shellenbarger Linwold F. Carr Robert Gordon Delmar Bates Edward Cooombs Ralph Burden Forest L. Littlefield Odd Ladies’ Sewing Club Mary Gillespis Washington Street Nellie Hunt Mary McIntire Mary Gillesps Lizzie Goodwin Mary Gillsspie Middle Street George S. Betts, Jr Bath Helen Frances Hinds Lewiston Mr. Betts George S. Betts Phippsburg Hinds John A. Harmon Scarboro Corliss Street Ruby Preble Mary Bowker Ida Plant Mary Gillispie Mildred Walker Bessie Knowlton Amelia Mitchell Annie Towle

Jolly holiday gatherings at two local clubs and churches

The Aloha club hosted a New Year joke tree event at Mrs. Walter Mosher’s Washington street home with gifts and sewing time after a decorous Yule theme. Stearns Baptist class held a New Year tree and covered dish supper in the repaired church parlor with gifts for Lily Pray and guests including Rev. and Mrs. Sims. Lieut. John Rountree is due in two weeks from New London to command a patrol boat at Tron Works.

Aloha Club Walter Mosher Washington Street Christine Curtis Natalie McNeal Louie Robbins Doris Hutchins Irene Douglas Evelyn Deehan John Rountree New London Conn Tron Works

Bath residents attend Bowdoin organ recital

Mr and Mrs Frederick Drake of Washington Street were among Bath people who attended the organ recital at Bowdoin College Thursday night by Prof Raymond C Robinson professor of music at Boston University. Robinson is choirmaster and organist at King's Chapel Boston and leader of several musical societies. The program consisted of ten numbers including various types of organ music.

Frederick FE. Drake Washington Street Bath Bowdoin College Raymond C. Robinson Boston University Robinson King's Chapel Boston

Mrs Wright Home From Brunswick Hospital With Infant Son

Mrs. Ralph E. Wright returned to her Dummer street home from Brunswick hospital with her infant son Rodney.

Ralph E. Wright Dummer Street Brunswick Hospital Rodney

Local Social News From New London and Area

Mrs. Grant M. Harris and son Grant Warren return to New London with little Bobbie Gwynn due to Mrs. Harris’s mother Hazel A. Gwynn’s illness at City hospital. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hyde and Loy all F. Sewall spent Monday at Poland Spring with James W. Ricker hosts. Crystal club’s New Year gathering at Mrs. Thomas F. Haley’s featured prizes won by Mrs. Waldo F. Marshall Mrs. Grace Hagan and Mrs. Thatcher Pinkham and a festive Santa gift exchange. Annah G. Chaney resumes duties at Mikelsky's store after a week home. Mrs. Augusta Rowe wintering with sister Stearns Scott. sister Nancy Russell of Georgetown visited. A son, Paul Edward, born to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Raynes of 55 Shepard Street. Dan and Mrs. Karcher S. Jackson visited Portland for the day. Elmer F. Campbell learns of Earl Hutchinson’s birth to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hutchinson in Barrett on Sunday morning. Adelaide B. Campbell is Mrs. Hutchinson’s former name.

Grant M. Harris Grant Warren Bobbie Gwynn New London Conn Harris Hazel A. Gwynn City Hospital Thomas F. Haley Crystal Club Waldo F. Marshall Grace Hagan Thatcher Pinkham Santa Claus Andrew Raynes Shepard Street Paul Edward Elmer F. Campbell High Street Earl Hutchinson Barrett Hutchinson Adelaide B. Campbell

Wedding of Ernest Dane Jr and Barbara Welch in Milton

The ceremony occurred Saturday at noon at St Michael's church in Milton Mass. The bride wore ivory satin on medieval lines with an old lace veil and carried white orchids and lilies of the valley. Attendants wore blue velvet gowns with matching hats and carried Easter lilies. Dane, a Harvard graduate of 1927, is son of Ernest B Dane of Chestnut Hill owners of the yacht Vanda built by Bath Iron Works Corp.

Ernest B. Dane, Jr Chestnut Hill Mass Barbara H. Welch St. Michael's Church Milton Dane Harvard Ernest B. Dane Bath Iron Works Corp

Bridge Club Visit At Mrs Smitey’s On Dike Road

Miss Marjorie Smitey entertained her contract bridge club at her home on Dike road Thursday evening. Attendees included Mrs. Scott Morse Mrs. LeRoy Colby Mrs. Louise Smiley Mrs. Charles R. Farnham Mrs. William Davis Mrs. Maud Larrabee and Miss Dorothy Davis. Refreshments were served.

Marjorie Smitey Contract Bridge Club Dike Road Scott Morse LeRoy Colby Louise Smiley Charles R. Farnsham William Davis Maud Larrabee Dorothy Davis

Bath Shriners attend Kora Temple meeting in Lewiston

The Bath Shriners listed attendees at the annual Kora Temple meeting in Lewiston, naming Donald Small John Wishart Benjamin Murray Winfred M. Hagan David Y. Alkagin Charles Miller and Louis Sanborn. Mrs Raymond Marr of Everett Mass is ill from pneumonia per Bath relatives.

Bath Kora Temple Lewiston Donald Small John Wishart Benjamin Murray Winfred M. Hagan David Y. Alkagin Charles Miller Louis Sanborn Raymond Marr Everett, Mass Marr

Judge's Decision Upholds Voter Book Inspections

The Georgetown selectmen kept books at the chairman's home and the assessors at Union Hall, both open to voters during usual business hours. The December 14 action was not a willful refusal and the case concludes with a not guilty verdict.

Georgetown L. Earle Hagan Union Hall

Bath area notices and community events summary

Local notes report a caterpillar sighting by Harold Burns at 19 Maple Street and a series of club meetings and readings. Updates include Trinity of Rotary, Boy Scouts activities, Girl Scout hike, Morse gym practice, and a Buick essay prize win. Public notices cover Red Cross, WCTU pledge drive, Bath schools finances, and Masons visit outreach.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Edward V. Reed Bath National Bank Willian HH. T. Gove Putnam Ellen Newell Eleanor Randall Falmouth Yates Stirling Pearl Harbor Bass T. H Hawaian Naval Fsres Honolulu Joseph Kahahawai Granville Fortescue Thomas Marie Bath Tisa Thomas McDonald Bailey Street Petersauys R. D. Boy Daytona Ist Peersboro Jennie Moulton Dorchester R. D. Moulton Drummond Street Ruth Henry Red Cross Estelle Bowden R. N Seth S. Mullin Nursing Activities Committee Bath Chater Arthur Crockett State Nurses Association Fastland Hotel Elizabeth Neylor Waldoat Association C. E. A. Winslow New Haven, Oecan Visiting Nurses Association Ida Cannon Massachusetts General Hospital Jo Hn Wharff West Bath Hallowell Leon Buck John McCarty George Littlefield Henry Mank Leland Plummer Waterville Augusta Robert Burgoyne Carl Dearborn Ronald Smith John Murray Robert Cressy A Con Was Claude Fifield Auburn Maine Federation of Women's Clubs Albert E. Chittenden Frank A. Hodg¢don Woolwich Division of Conservation and Gardens Henry W. Webb Wiscasset Department of Home Extension Kenneth C. M. Sills Bowdoin Department of Fine Arts Edward B. Smith John A. Morse Pauline Moulton Eva Kimball Mary F. Gibbons Frederick F. Drake Benjamin F. Brewster F. B. Lonn Boston College George Oliver Lincoln Street John Atwood Stearns Scott Thomas K. Haley Andrews Road Edna Antworth Harry Waterville High School Miss Antworth Isa McBean Herbert Senter's, Inc Grant Harris Hazel Guinn City Harold Freeman Barbara East Brunswick Quincy Freeman Jack Pinnell Inez Dunton Marjorie Reay Morse High Mrs Adelbert Hall Bedford Street Margaret Yates New York City Western Avenue Maurice Small Priday AL Plaont Philathea Wich Eugene Desmond James A. Bimson Edward Street Playhouse Central Church Clarence Peaslee Lillius Dunnells Alfred Rowe Legall F. Sewall Harold P. Small George C. Quicksall Common Council John J. Keegan Josephine Fraser Harold W. Lupovitz Andrew Flaherty Arline Footer Margaret Fraser John G. Haskell Fairfield Fred P. Emmons W. W. O'Steen Washington, D. C U. S. Coast Guard Iron Works James H. Hirshfield Hermes United States Coast Guard Lieut Hirshfield New London, Conn George Badger William Ham Pear] Street James Ham Wallace Trufant Topsham Raymond Davis Mill Pond Ice Co John H. Hyde Loyall F. Sewall Poland Spring James W. Ricker Annah G. Chaney Mikelsky Augusta Rowe Five Islands Andrews Nancy Russell Dan Mrs. Karcher S. Jackson Portlanday E. R. Andrews Henry Betsmer Alice Betsmer Calypso Thetis Aurora Stapleton N. Y Coast Guard Harry W. Tucker Wesley Lemont Wylie Lemont School Street Mr. Lemont Morse High School Jean Danforth Eleanor MacDonald Fimice Hanscom Muriel Howe Dorothy Welch Bernard Henderson James Thurston Carlton Perry Frank Manion Alice Johnson Lemont Gardiner R. Deering Linwood F. Carr Inez F. Carr Sophie G. Greenblatt William O'Brien Quincey Everett G. Lemont Upper High Street Jacob Smith Brunswick Burlington University of Vermont Mediciechoo Samuel Smith Union Street Smith Joseph TJ. Smith Joseph Solsvich H. E. Davis William J. Sewall Fred Hector Fargo N. C New Cannon Virginia Clark Trufant Mary R. Sylvester Clarabel Quick Richard Quick Susan Quick Eastman School of Music Rochester Edward H. Given Cobbroad Dwight 8. Robinson DuPont Cellophane Co Old Hickory Tenn DuPont Tacoma Wash Franklin C. Robinson Edward W. Hyde North Street John H. Morse Roy Smith Augustus Peterson Herbert Grover Helen Lidrrabee Young Ladies Bridge Club John Footer Brian M. Jewett John W. Magoun Harry F. Morin Carroll Watson Charles J. Connell Jane Porteus Prince Jefferson Theatre Alice Cromwell Charles Kenney Arthur Sewall 2d Sewall Nancy Harold Cynthia Girls’ Friendly Society Augustus Perow Flora Leonard Sagadahoc Clara Corliss Corliss Nellie Warren Day's Ferry Oliver Moses Associated Industries of Maine Hazel Cook Harry Cook Willow Street Miss Cook Carmen Atkinson A. & E. Railway Co Front Street Orville E. Page Marius H. Page Academy Street Memorial Craftsmen of Maine Eastland Cleveland Rowe Lexington Hershel Dickey Walter T. Brown Eugene Brown Berry's Mills Harold Burns Maple Street Independent Chester A. Plant Frank Given Leland Bryant Howard Moody Hollis Leeman Plant Schubert Theatre Statler Chevrolet Motor Co One Hundred Car Club Mr. Given George M. Stinson Stinson Biddeford-Saco Rotary Cascade Lodge Saco Joe R. Hanley Ontario Buffalo Toronto Hanley New York State Assembly Auto John Conti Harry W. Owen Bath Club George E. Keith Co Campella Brockton Frank Danforth Bath Daily Time Pine Tree Troop American Legion Hall Carr Morse Mary Lord Helen Moses Sebacco Shore Acres New England South Portland Connecticut Middle West Roland Smith No. 21 A. L American Legion Helen Shaughnessy Karcher Jackson Horace McClure Wilbur Crocker Eugene Hart Gardiner Rogers Henry M. Biggins Senter’s Inc Lincoln F. B. Carpenter Carpenter Women’s Auxiliary of Grace Church Drake Harold W. DeLong Henry W. Owen, Jr Emma B. Reed No. 64 Domhegan Ernest R. Avery Ralph Boardman Everett White Edward Garcelon Harold Corliss Edward Perry Erving Burnham Carlton Rideout Emery Rideout Emery Rideout, Jr Thomas Lyons Harry Barrett Oakley Thibodeau Horace Woodman Arthur Haggett Eugene Haggett Nate Young Howard Barter Henry Wilson Paul West University of Maine Dan J. N. Hart Fort Kent High School Bangor High School Portland High Silas H. Anderson Maine Central Railroad Kennebec Bridge Rumford William CC. Fields Farmington Arthur C. Spaulding Saint John Penobscot Valley Country Club Bangor Larry Stanley W.c.t.u.'s Board of Education William A. Furber Edward W. Bridgham Langdon T. Snipe Frostina E. Marston Clinton D. Wilson W.C.T.U Temperance Charles R. Sims Crusaders Forest L. Little Ae Union Sienah Charles H. Berry Wilfred W. Chaney Alice May Douglas Union Douglas Masonic Temple Cosmopolitan Club House David L. Wilson St. Albans Commandery Arthur B. Stilphen Eben J. Marston Dunlap Wilson Arthur Aellen Optometrist Center Street
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