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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1937

Page

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Talk On Physical Education Draws Bath Audience

North Center P T A with about 60 guests at Oak Street parish house heard C Henry Edwards state director of physical education blame Bath for neglecting school physical education. He praised Bath’s high school gym but urged broader programs and intra mural athletics, citing Newton and Quincy improvements and noting costs and staffing for a Bath program.

North Center Oak Street C. Henry Edwards City of Bath Edwards Colby College Newton Quincy Mass Phi Beta Kappa Maine Clinton D. Wilson North Center P.T. A William W. Dennison Horace P. Herrick Morse High School Frederick W. Humphreys Milton C. Trott Leroy F. Colby

Redecorated Quarters for Colonial Club

The Colonial Club marks its thirty-fifth anniversary on March 17 in newly renovated quarters. A clean up is underway, with storage items removed, rooms to be cleaned, redesign planned by Central Maine Power Co, and tapestries cleaned as the club enters its thirty-sixth year. Fred D. Hill travels to Boston for the Massachusetts Bank cashiers quarterly meeting at Parker House.

Colonial Club Central Maine Power Co Fred D. Hill Bath National Bank Boston Massachusetts Bank Parker House

Bath Memorial Hospital annual report shows 1936 totals and metrics

The 1936 Bath Memorial hospital year reports 733 admissions with 497 residents admitted and 727 dischargers. Daily average patients slightly over 30, with an average stay of 14 days. July had peak admissions at 77. December only 36. Medical and surgical cases favored men over women. obstetrics had 92 births from 98 admissions, with 54 female births.Admissions by month and age distributions are detailed. affiliations with Boston City Hospital noted. staff updates include Dr Albert S. Owen joining associate staff.

Bath Memorial Hospital Helen V. Downing Common Council Chamber City Hall OK Btautte Bath Wiscasset Brunswick Phippsburg West Bath Woolwich Georgetown Arrowsic Sebasco West Point Winnegance Edgecomb Five Islands Westport Bowdoinham North Woolwich North Bath Popham Small Point Boothbay Harbor Damariscotta Parker Head Portland Robinhood Richmond Sheepscot Sebasco Estates South Orange, N. J Syracuse, N. Y Taunton, Mass Waltham, Mass Washington, D. C

Officers elected for Old Folks Home in annual meeting

Trustees re elected at the Old Folks Home Corporation annual meeting held in Bath Trust Co. offices. Capt Percy serves as president with Dr Lincoln and Mr Nichols as vice presidents. 40 guests occupy all rooms as finances show strength and no vacancies despite desertion applications.婚

Arthur Sewall Bath Memorial Hospital Davenport L. Eugene Thebeau Harry W. Crosman F. E. Drake Henry W. Owen, Jr Bertha V. Bellerose Roger D. Skillings Miriam W. Kimball Board of Trustees Charles H. Cahill F. H. Lord Edward W. Bridgham Samuel R. Percy J. A. Redlon Harry B. Sawyer Arthur Sewall II Harry G. Deering Edwin R Old Folks Home Corporation Bath Trust Co James O. Lincoln Rupert H. Baxter Allen M. Irish Walter S. Glidden Williamt .S. Shorey William Te Skelton Daniel T. Dougherty Charles P. Wetherbee Rodney E. Ross Frank B. Nichols Capt. Percy

Pejepscot Paper seeks Bath yard lease for pulpwood terminal

Pejepscot Paper Company plans to lease part of the Kelley Spear yard in Bath to build a modern pulpwood terminal. It would unload by 24 hour steamers into a river boom, use conveyors and trucks to move wood to Topsham, and employ about 50 workers over a three year lease at $300 yearly rent.

Pejepscot Paper Co Kelley, Spear Co Bath Paper Company Maine Central Dock Topsham Cc. C. Young Department of Woodlands Arthur Sewall Special Industrial Committee Kelley Spear Yard Municipal Industrial Committee George M. Emery Sewall James C. Mulligan Co Maine Central Young City Maine Pejepscot Paper Company Pejepscot Mills

Mrs Dura Howard Hurt In Bath Car Accident

Mrs. Dura L. Howard of 694 Middle Street was seriously injured in a Bath crash on Washington Street near Masonic Temple. A Ford sedan driven by Robert D. Crean struck her as she crossed after alighting from an electric car. she sustained a compound fracture of the right leg and facial bruises with shock. Crean reported the incident after driving Mrs. Howard to Bath Memorial Hospital, where Dr. Francis A. Winchenbach treated her. no witnesses testified.

Genesia Order of the Eastern Star Masonic Temple George W. Merrill Genesta Henry G. Shaw John H. Grindell Paul G. Bagdikian David FE. Rich Clifford B. Smith Archie M Wishart Frank H. Reinoehl Luther S. Thompson Frederick Edney Reinoehl The Temple Edney William T. Tait Catherine E. Leonard Shaw Leonard Donald D. Young Bath Memorial Hospital Wallace L. Atwood Harris T. Rodick Annie E. Cox Catherine E. Leonard David Y. Alkazin George Larrabee Clifford B Smith Willam J. Craft Andrew Cahill Marshal Philip Roberts Adah Carl Pinson Ruth Laurence A. Lowell Esther Doris I. Leavitt Martha Bernice M. Carr Electa Elwood A. Hathorne Harold FE Cutting Sentinel Dura L. Howard Middle Street Washington Street Robert D. Crean Meadow Way Bath Iron Works Rp Ford Howar West Street Portland Howard Francis A. Winchenbach E. Motley Fuller Winchenbach

Slight Decrease Seen in Highway Tragedies in New England States

Traffic deaths in six New England states fell 95 percent in 1986 vs 1935 per Motor Vehicle Commissioners data compiled by The Aetna, with New Hampshire and Connecticut showing declines. Maine stayed level, while Massachusetts Rhode Island and Vermont posted increases in 1936 over 1935.

New England Aetna Casualty & Surety Co New Hampshire Connecticut Maine Massachusetts Rhode Island Vermont Connecticut Maine

Ancient ship model donated to Kennebec Marine Museum

The museum received a model of a ship built by Willam Weston in the 1830 era at New Meadows. Lt. John A Lord U S N Ret president announced the gift from Weston's heir. The model will stay the museum’s property during its existence. Weston lived at Hardings and worked on the New Meadows river for years.

Willam Weston New Meadows Kennebec Marine Museum, Inc Middle Street John A Lord U.S.N Weston Hardings

Kennebec Boston Steamboat Service Early Coastal Line History

A historical survey traces 1835 to Civil War control of the Kennebec Boston line by Capt Sanford and family. It notes vessels such as the New England, MacDonough, Huntress, and John W. Richmond, their routes, speeds, and incidents including the Curlew collision and boiler investigations shaping early Maine coast steam travel.

Boston Kennebec Seward Porter Porter New England Gardiner Menemon Sanford Maine New York Eastern Bangor Portland Steam Packet Co Philadelphia Cape May Norfolk Sanford T. B. Sanford Edward H. Sanford Nathaniel Kimball Edward C. Hyde Bath Charles B. Sanford Kennebec River Cape Cod Thomic Waterville Hartford Conn Connecticut River Jonities Boon Isla Thomaston Bostor New England Alnissing Standish Providence MacDonough Hallowell Portland Sanfords Cuba Lincoln Telegraph Eastport St. John Fire Portland Jabez Howes Independence Thomas Howes Andrew Brown S. H. Howes Royal Tar Reed Clifton C. Vanderbilt Brown Vanderbilt Commodore Vanderbilt Huntress Lawrence and Sneeden Thorn T. G. Jewett Confederacy Commerce John W. Richmond Long Island Sound Kennebec & Boston Steam Navigation Co Nashimiel Kimball Richmond Kennebec and Boston Steam Naviration Co Stephen Collins King Philip Fall River Kennebes Daley

Mrs Webb and daughter to return to New York after visit

Mio Stuse Wo Webb and her daughter Mrs Ciwarre Hulm will return to New York Wednesday after a short visit with Mayor and Mrs Arthur Sewall at their home. Mrs Webb visited on business connected with the estate of her aunt Miss Emma M Honelstan.

Mio Stuse Webb Ciwarre Hulm New York Arthur Sewall

Also Mentioned on This Page

Bath Memorial Hospital Corporators John W. Gilmore Leland F. Green Bowery Street Everett T. Green Bernice Robinson Railroad Avenue Rockland Oscar E. Robinson Kelley, Spear Shipyard Dura Howard Dora L. Howard Howard Cigar Co., Inc Crean Medford Lakes N. J Fred P. Wilson Mrs. Howard Fulton Clermont
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