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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1933
Page
3
A Brunswick crowd including Mr. and Mrs. Clinton D. Wilson and many locals attended a Wednesday lecture by John Masefield, post laureate of England, at Bowdoin College’s Institute of Literature. The list of attendees included prominent residents, students, and teachers from Bath and nearby towns.
Patricia Sewall, daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Sewall of High Street, entertained several friends on Wednesday of last week for her twelfth birthday. Guests included Margaret Farrell Mary Joan Farrell Barbara Hopkins Barbara Trott Mary Eleanor Donnell Ruth Pratt and Frances Gallant.
Mrs D Hill Mrs Farnham and Mrs N Klip motored to Portland Monday for a day trip.
Mrs. George Andrews of Camden New Jersey came home Saturday night after staying several days with Mrs J R Andrews of Washington street Mrs Andrews was summoned to Bath by the death of Mrs Fred Andrews Miss Alene G Smith of Auburn was a weekend guest of her cousin Miss Gertrude Greenleaf of Washington street
Mrs Edwin H Given entertained with a small luncheon at her Cobb road home on Wednesday noon. In the afternoon two contract games were played with Mrs Rodney E Ross achieving the highest score.
Ry J. Scott, previously confined by illness for a time, returned to work on Thursday as a switchboard operator at the Bath Iron Works Corp, resuming normal duties.
Mr and Mrs James A Bimson and Mrs Frank A Small were dinner guests of Prof and Mrs Frederic W Brown of Brunswick before attending the Masefield lecture on Wednesday evening of last week.
Mrs Alden G Smith Miss Marcia Moulton Mrs Gladys Olm and Miss Carrie Shaw prepare to sail on March 10 for Bermuda. They will stay several days at the Hamilton hotel in Bermuda.
Miss Virginia M. Clark entertained the Discord club Thursday evening at her home located at 217 High Street.
Miss Anne Kimball and her aunt Mrs. Frederick H. Kimball stayed at Eastland Hotel in Portland Friday night for a talk on new contract rules led by William H. Buxton. Mrs. Hatch remains home ill with a severe cold. Cosmopolitan Players plan Feb. 14 appearance by play-reader Mildred Rieger Thalheimer and offer tickets through players. Miss Winifred Quinn visited Boston weekend.
Mrs Allan Spear and Miss Louise Johnson led a weekly gathering of the Young Ladies Contract club held Tuesday last week in Bath Savines Institution rooms. Three tables tested skill. first prize went to Mrs Mark W Hennessy, second to Miss Josephine Fraser, and third to Mr Rollin K Morgan. Mrs Arthur Sewall hosted her contract club luncheon at the Stone house on Monday noon.
Nearly 200 Morse high students gathered at the Central Church parish house Wednesday evening after the Lewiston versus Morse basketball game. The dance lasted from 9:30 to midnight with Ken Trask and his Colonial club orchestra providing music. Morse players stayed for the social. Lewiston left earlier. Elsie L. Trott returned to duties at Bath National Bank after a week with influenza.
Mrs Eva J Call of Boston formerly Eva Curtis of this city is passing a few days in Bath with a friend and in West Bath with her brother Eugene Curtis.
Miss Winifred Dodge recovers from flu as many Bath residents report travel and family events. Mrs. Gott of 614 Washington Street visits Berlin with her son in law and daughter Kleber Perry. Mrs. Meister returns from a month with her daughter in Flushing. Bridges called to Bucksport by his father Moses A. Bridges death. Weekend guests at 976 High Street include Dot and Hope Smith. Mrs. Kimball attends Portland visit and hospital meeting. Victor Paquet returns to Waterville after break at home. Geraldine Liszt works after flu convalescence. The Donnells travel to Malden after their father William H. Donnell dies. Sanborns return from Boston. The Fogwills visit Bath from Auburndale with their son William A. Fogwill.
Mrs. Chester A Plant hosted Free Will Workers of Corliss Street church on Wednesday. Mrs Warren E Kershner returned from Flagstaff after a break in her Kershner cottage. Ex alderman Reginald Stacy is home ill. Capt and Mrs Samuel R Percy depart for San Diego to spend winter via Santa Fe. Nathan Petlock returns from Boston on business. West Bath Red Cross held an all day sewing session with 27 people. lunch served by three Bath area ladies. Committee members named for February 1 meeting include Mrs Miles S Purington and others. An invitation from Mrs J Edward Drake to Sunnyside Lodge date unset. Miss Edna Antworth ill at 426 Washington St. Four Masefield lecture tickets sent to Morse high for English pupils John Skelton, Marjorie Brown, Margaret Higgins and Iona Dunton. Mrs Chester Dana fills in at Dr A A Stott’s office during Miss Flossie Beals illness. Singing club unable to meet due to illness and travel. next meeting set to decide operetta.
Henry I Gediman local manager of the Postal Telegraph Co was taken to his home at 59 Academy street Friday morning from work after being attacked by illness.
The first of a series of duplicate contract tournaments was held Monday night at the Cosmopolitan club house with Miss Minnie White and Mrs. Daniel T. Dougherty leading north and south, and Mrs. Donald D. Young with Mrs. R. Clinton McFadden toping east and west. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday of next week. Mrs. Frank H. Beal of Brunswick road has returned from North Weymouth Mass after her daughter-in-law Mrs. W. A. Beal fell ill. Commander Guysbert B. Vroom spoke to the 240th Maine Regiment Corps Coast Artillery of the Maine National Guard in Portland on Saturday night. The event opened with a dinner at the Falmouth hotel where Adjt. Gen. Hanson spoke, followed by a session at the Armory where Vroom presented war plans, Army and Navy maneuvers, and joint coordination and aviation topics. The meeting was attended by regiment officers and several non-commissioned officers.
Miss Ottilie Krantz of New York Miss Marie Gignoux of Portland and Huntington Erhart of New York are visiting for a few days as guests of Loyall F Sewall on Washington street.
Miss Virginia Lee daughter of Mrs Clifton Lee of Richmond Virginia and former Miss Jessie Ramsay of Bath will depart for Bermuda in February to serve as hostess at the Hamilton hotel.
The Ladies aid of the First Baptist church hosted a well attended bake bean supper in the vestry with Mrs. C. E. Card and others in charge of the kitchen and dining room. Meanwhile Myrtle Lodge members gathered at Mrs. Clark’s on High Street for Christmas jokes, gifts, games and refreshments. Central church League planned a February parish social and card party with named committees. Mayor Harold P. Small recovers at home from a bad cold.
Portland residents attended a Nelson Eddy concert at City hall auditorium under the Portland Music Commission. Guests included Dorothy Welch Rachel Hodgdon Ruth Hodgdon Bessie Mikels Edith Mackinnon Isabelle Mackinnon Persis Hoyt Meda Peron and Mrs Fred H Thompson. Eddy, a rising concert baritone and radio star, heads toward a coast to coast tour as ex-Alderman J Fred Tobey recovers at home from illness.
William J. Perry assistant postmaster and Charles E. Plaisted clerk at the post office are confined to their homes by illness.
William Blackwood formerly of Bath and member of the Colonial club, now residing in Washington D C, gave the welcoming address at a father and son gathering of the Bethesda Episcopal church Men s club near Washington He is married to Anne Merryman Hall of Brunswick Cumberland Street Guests of honor were Walter Johnson Joe Judge Sam Rice Nick Altrock and Ossie Bluege famed ball players Altrock closed the meeting with comedy antics Blackwood served as president of the entertaining club.
Mr and Mrs Walter M Hill of North street were dinner guests Thursday of Mr and Mrs M Langdon Hill of Falmouth Foreside in a clear social exchange noting local families hosting visitors.
Mrs Henry Matthews returns to Old Town after a week in the city as guest of Mrs Arthur F Mayo. Mrs Mayo also entertained Thad St over the weekend and Miss Louise Messer of Kennebunkport.
Charles W Avery linked to government inspection duties at the Bath Iron Works Dewey project returns to work after illness confining him to home at 11 Andrews road Mrs Avery remains home sick with flu Farley Mayo travels back to Boston to resume studies at the New England Institute of Anatomy and Embalming after visiting his parents in the city
Charlotte E O Brien, Morse 1929 and Nason Institute 1932 graduate, now works in Washington DC in the office of Hon Breckinridge Long. A Morse classmate, Winifred Aderton, Boston University 1931, also employed there. O Brien is the edist of her Morse class and daughter of Mrs Charles W Shaughnesy of 3 Cobb Road. Ex Alderman Harry M Huse of Snow park spent Tuesday after confinement at home with influenza.
Mrs. Sarah A. Shaw, worthy grand matron of Maine, will install officers in Cumberland Mills Wednesday night after recent installs in Gardiner Lisbon Falls Farmington Fairfield and Lewiston. During the week she also installed chapters in Bar Harbor Ellsworth Biddeford Saco and Skowhegan. Mrs. Harry Deering drove to Portland for the day.
Miss Margaret M. S. Mackinnon of 276 Washington Street will join the New York University chorus of 350 for Handel's Messiah at Carnegie Hall on Saturday night January 28. Proceeds go to the emergency unemployment relief committee. Mrs. Smith Freeman is confined to her home at 810 Washington Street.
Mr and Mrs Charles J Donnell of 37 Washington Street express interest in the current war between Japan and China The recent engagement at Shanhaikwan occurred where the great wall meets the Bay of Pechili Their former summer home near a summer colony of 500 cottages overlooks the area with mountains meeting the sea.
Amory Houghton Jr of Bangor is spending a few days in Bath with his mother Mrs Amory Houghton of Washington street.
A group of Morse High School students presented the physics laboratory class play Moving Day as a special assembly Tuesday morning directed by Wesley H. Lemont. Cast included Mrs Goodspeed, Marjory Haskell, Mr Goodspeed, Franklin Hallowell, Tom, Sidney Knight, Mary, Jennie Hodge, Aunt Isabel and Stella Jewett.
Mrs Lincoln Bailey hosted the Ladies' Aid of the First Baptist church at 111 Bedford street on Tuesday afternoon. Members organized plans for church work for the coming year.
Raymond Davis American consul at Prague Czechoslovakia died by his own hand Tuesday in his Prague hotel. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1905 and belonged to Psi Upsilon. Davis formerly resided in Portland and was rooming with Charles J. Donnell of Washington Street during college.
Mrs. Frank S. Wakefield shows improvement after illness at her home 53 South Street. Her daughter Miss M. Elsie Wakefield a registered nurse who has cared for her the past two weeks returned to Portland Wednesday morning.
Guests from out of town attending the funeral Thursday afternoon for R. Rodger McInnes include George Olsen Philip R Delphos Charles W White Willard Tibbetts Julius Russo of Boston Barrett C Nichols of Belmont Mass Howard Ingraham of Augusta Amory Houghton Jr of Bangor and other locals.
St Mary's guild of Grace church met at the Parish house on Oak Street Monday night and sewed garments for the Red Cross.
Mrs. John H. Grindell and Mrs. Harold P. Small were named to lead the weekly Young Ladies contract club meeting. Tuesday's session with three tables saw Miss Josephine ser win first, Miss Louise Johnson second, and third place to Miss Carmen Atkinson. Committee for the week included Mrs. William Esmond. Miss M. Edna Hallowell arrives from Brookton to spend six weeks with Capt. and Mrs. Jed F. Hallowell at 157 Oak Street.
Mrs Walter E Rowe, bedridden for four months with rheumatism, entered City hospital on Tuesday for a brief period.
Ernest Smith of Elsinore avenue shot a red fox in Arrowsic, the 48 inch animal measured from nose to tail. In Bath area, automobiles driven by Jack London and Mrs. George Brown collided at Crescent and York streets Friday afternoon with minor damage. City Marshal Walter L. Whitney helped adjust damages, insured drivers. Harriman’s jewelry store will stay open with George Hunt and Harry Hall in charge after the death of Charles A. Harriman’s associate.
The Associated Press reports British sovereigns once common are now nearly vanished from daily life. By 1932, about £7,000,000 in gold coins and a similar amount in standard gold from jewelry and scrap left private hands. Sir Robert Johnson notes ongoing but reduced gold selling and the shift toward ingots due to Bank of England actions.
An excerpted feature from the National Republic recounts General Israel Putnam as an Indian fighter and explorer beyond his Revolutionary War fame. It notes his lineage, Salem birth in 1718, rugged early courage, and disdain for schooling, with anecdotes of his boyhood brawls and outdoor education shaping his later military life.
A mass meeting of taxpayers appointed a taxpayers association committee which met Monday to draft by laws for a public meeting. Officers tentatively selected include Harrison E Bowie as president Allen M Irish as first vice president J Haviland Torrey as second vice president Mrs Clarence W Morse as treasurer Charles J Donnell as secretary dues will cover basic costs of the new organization.
Bill a black and tan hound dog died after eating raw beef suspected to be poison found in his stomach. Police hold the facts but lack evidence for action. Owners M J Racine believe the dog was poisoned and fear similar deaths may follow. An analysis of the material will be pursued.
At the close of last Wednesday the attendance roll at the University of Maine showed that the sickness and flu epidemic was almost over. Absences were largely due to severe colds or grip as the rate dropped from 56 to 16.
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