Patten Library corporators at annual meeting
The Patten Free Library reports 5,000 card holders and 27,479 volumes, with Miss Margaret Foote noting the library’s growing city influence. New trustees include J. Haviland Torrey and Arthur Séwall. Judge Walter Glidden re-elected president. A $1,500 gift funds steel shelving. a six-masted Wyoming model was also presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patten Free Library
Margaret R. Foote
J. Haviland Torrey
Edwin R. Andrews
J. Houghton McLellan
Arthur Séwall
Arthur K. Purington
Glidden
George P. Davenport
Wyoming
Samuel R. Percy
Percy & Small
James A. Bimson
Edmund P., Briggs
Edward E. Brrry
Harry L. Day
Charles R. Donnell
Daniel T. Dougherty
Frederick E. Drake
Oliver Moses
Frank B. Nichols
Henry W. Owen
Alice K. Robbins
William D. Sewall
Roger D. Skillings
Martha P. Small
Langdon T. Snipe
L. Eugene Thebeau
Charles P. Wetherbee
David L. Wilson
Henry C. Wright
Pres
George C. Quicksall
Annual Report of Treasurer Charles C. Low
The annual report of Treasurer Charles C. Low details the operating account and related financial activity. It outlines receipts, disbursements, and balance movements for the year, highlighting key revenue sources and expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treas
Charles C. Low
Dr Berry Honored Again by Japanese Press
Worcester physician Dr John C Berry lauded by Osaka newspaper for his Japan work as medical missionary and prison reform pioneer. The clipping notes his age near 82, his hospital in Worcester, and associated figures Count Terajima and Count Ito, with a history of his prison reform reports and gifts to translators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Berry
Worcester
Mass
Japan
Bath
Osaka
Jiji Shimpo
Arthur
John Cutting Berry
Boston
Kosuke Toreoka
Toshitake Okubo
Kobe
U. S
Brigham
Terreshima
Okubo
Shikama
Hiojo
Ito Miyiji
Mr. Ito
Dr. Berry
Arima
Tokyo
Mother and Daughter Banquet Proposed by Y M C A Auxiliary
Regular Y M C A auxiliary meeting reports plans for a February Mother and Daughter banquet replacing the Father and Son event this winter. The idea is new for Bath though common in Maine communities. A lively program and guest speakers are promised. Tickets available from members or by calling Earber. Committees set to update magazine covers and add nine new tables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine
Annual Bath Red Cross reports summarize 1929 work
The Bath Chapter American Red Cross presents annual reports for 1929 noting average Executive Committee attendance of 11, with officers Mullin chairman Hyde vice chairman Low treasurer and Crockett secretary. Highlights include 764 members and 839 dollars raised for Roll Call, Nursing Service plans, Junior Red Cross enrollment of 11 schools, disaster and home service activities, 18 Christmas bags produced for foreign service, and Davenport Welfare Fund relief totaling 4423.30 dollars with 150 cases, 51 expenditures, 401 calls, and 535 visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
American Red Cross
Ada R. Crockett
Charles ©. Low
Mullin
E. W. Hyde
Charles C. Low
Red Cross
Davenport
Junior Red Cross
Rosanna McFadden
West Bath
Home Service
Home Service Department
American Legion
Brunswick
Maine State Conference of Social Welfare
Portland
Red Cross Davenport Welfare Fund
West Bath Red Cross Year In Review
West Bath Branch reports a busy year with an average of twenty members at each meeting and sixteen all day sessions. illness and travel limited meetings in spring and summer yet twelve meetings were at Miss Annie Trufant’s home. members attended Brunswick regional conferences and the chapter produced and donated clothing and quilts for children ages four to twelve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Wylie Stackpole
West Bath
The
Red Cross
Clara Trufant Smith
Herbert Worrey
Bath
I. B. Neiley
Trufant’s Crossing
Annie Trufant
Brunswick
Maine man wins President's Medal for saving boy
George L. Higgins of Brunswick received the National Safety Council President's Medal for using the Schaefer Prone Pressure Method to partially resuscitate 12-year-old Ralph Savage after a bay rescue on Maquoit Bay. Arthur W. Chandler also earned a certificate of merit at the Brunswick Rotary event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Safety Council
George L. Higgins
Brunswick
Schaefer
Maine
Maquoit Bay
Ralph Savage
Arthur W. Chandler
George S. Williams
Central Maine Power Co
Brunswick Rotary Club
Higgins
Lester Grant
Young Savage
Day's Ferry couple surprised by distant New Year greeting
Mr and Mrs Harvey Henderson of Day's Ferry hosted family for dinner when their daughter Grace Henderson, a Milwaukee stenographer, phoned in a New Year greeting. Grace, Morse High class of 1924 graduate, formerly a Wiseman Co bookkeeper, is engaged to Willis Mayers of Milwaukee and plans to visit Bath this summer. she keeps up with the Bath Independent weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Henderson
Day's Ferry
John Henderson
John Jr
Marshall MacDonald
Barbara
Ruth Henderson
Bath
Grace Henderson
Milwaukee
Minn
Henderson
Central
Miss Henderson
Morse High
Wiseman & Co
West
Willis Mayers
Bath Independent
Farewell Party for Popular Woolworth Manager Heath
A large Elks crowd gathered Saturday at Lombard street club rooms to bid farewell to Charles Heath who is transferring to Meriden Connecticut. Heath received an Elks ring from presenter John P. Carey Jr. Others in attendance included Parker KE Lewis L Eugene Thebeau Percy Robbins and many more. Also noted is Reginald Edwards a Mechanic Falls high school senior who carves wooden objects with a jack knife and showcases artistic talent plus cartooning and poetry. Mrs Hill Mrs Hill and Mrs Freeman drove to Portland on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks
Lombard Street
Charles Heath
Woolworth
Meriden
Conn
Heath
John P. Carey Jr
Parker KE
Lewis
L. Eugene Thebeau
Percy Robbins
Lucius M. LeMont
D. Wylie Lemont
Andrew Rice
Herbert Grindell
George Arata
Edward
Reginald O. Edwards
Mechanic Falls High School
Oliver EB. Edwards
Mechanic Falls
Safe hour control urged to curb forest fires in four western districts
A Forest Service report by District Forester Evan W. Kelley calls for safe-hour control across Northern Rocky Mountain Pacific Northwest California and Intermountain districts. It maps needed roads trails equipment and manpower to reach and extinguish fires quickly and reduce acres burned and denuded land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Forest Service
Forest Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Evan W. Kelley
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Northwest
California
Intermountain
Kelley
Rocky Mountain District
Major Kelley
National Forests
Louisiana
Washington
North Pacific
Iowa
New Hampshire
National Forest
Trinity and
Klamath National Forests
Sedway National Forest
Idaho
National Forest Fire Guard
Round the World Cruise on the Empress of Australia
The passenger account on the Pacific liner Empress of Australia details the ship’s design and amenities including a ballroom, two pools, libraries, bars, two elevators, and dual orchestras. It notes passenger names from Maine and New England, the voyage leaving New York in a snow delay, and sailing toward Funchal Madeira with a Gulf Stream crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Independent
Empress of Australia
Canadian Pacific Line
Admiral von Turpitz
Gulf Stream
Madiera
Funchal
Dunlap Install Officers Before Invited Guests
Thomas R. Huston was installed eminent commander of Dunlap Commandery K T for the year by Eminent Sir Walter Glidden assisted by Arthur Stilphen. The ceremony featured a flawless drill by the escort, floral gifts, and praise for Oscar Williams as standard bearer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas R. Huston
Dunlap Commandery
K. T
Walter 8
Donald D. Young
Sir Glidden
Herbert L. Grinnell
N. Graig Jackson
Seth S. Mullin
William A. Furber
Sylvester H. Rowland
Glidden
Judge Glidden
Maine
New England
Williams
John O. Moulton
Oliver Moses
Daniel E. Kelley
Lisbon Falls
Edward W. Sampson
William L. Skelton
Charles E
Curtis
Enn
Harold E. Cutting
Oscar Williams
Ee Coombs
Edwin Lowell
George Centinel
John H. Freeman
Wos Bailey
J. Maurice Haynes
Moulton
Brenda Hill
Luther Thompson
Jack Shaw
Ernest Wood
Grindell
E. Frances Dunning
Also Mentioned on This Page
Patten Library Corporators
City of Bath
Davenport Trust Fund
Betas
Davenport Pene Eee
Hyde
W. Marr
E. Patten
Bailey
M. Sewall
W. Patten
W. Humphreys
Palass
Oko
Giive
Arthur Allen
Optometrist Bath Trust
Chapter OF
West Bath Branch
Pritoro
STRY
F. D. Hill
Walter M. Hill
William R. Freeman
Dunlap
Johnson Broscq
Bath- Maing
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