Delightful Travel Talk Given Rotary
At the Bath Rotary Club luncheon Rev David L Wilson described his Caribbean cruise visiting Havana Jamaica Costa Rica and Port Limón with a train ride to San Jose. He praised the high altitude city and noted modern comforts. a live volcano trip accompanied his nature loving narration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Rotary Club
Hotel Sedgwick
David L Wilson
Central Church
Caribbean
Costa Rica
Havana
Jamaica
Panama
Frm
Port
Limo
Saul
San Jose
Mate
Wilson
Club Garret Special Meeting Before President Ball
Club Garret schedules a Thursday evening meeting in the club rooms to finalize last minute details for the President's Ball on Friday in the Arcade. Members should bring money for tickets and unsold stubs. the ball starts at nine with Nate Gold and His Commanders delivering music into Saturday morning. Proceeds benefit the infantile paralysis relief fund of Mrs Herbert W McCabe. 237 Warhunt on street is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Club Garret
Evergreens
Nate Gold
Portland
Pres. Roosevelt
Fund For the Relief of
Oufferers
Herbert W. McCabe
Warhunton Street
Nobl Urand
Esther Rebekan Toda
Tintas
Central Church Men Royally Entertained
Thirty five Grace church Men’s club members and guests attended a semi monthly meeting despite bad weather. President Everett E. Pierce presided as Karcher S. Jackson welcomed the visiting Central church club. After dinner Archibald M. Main introduced R. F. Symonds and James Grieg who spoke on trawler nets and gear, shown in films of the Bay State fleet. The next meeting is Feb. 4 led by W. Percy Marks, with Holmes and Fuller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Church Men's Club
Everett E. Pierce
Karcher S. Jackson
Central Church
Archibald M. Main
R. F. Symonds
New England Trawler Equipment Co
James Grieg
Booth Fisheries
Symonds
Bay State
Bath Iron Works Corp
Grieg
Pierce
W. Percy Marks
Francis Holmes
Elliott Fuller
Mr. Main
Norman J. Mackinnon
Warren F. Hawley
Garden Club votes to give for relief funds flood sufferers
At a Monday meeting the Garden Department voted five dollars toward relief for Ohio flood sufferers. Members already donated, while Mrs Roscoe P McFadden will assess vandalism resistant lighting for the Bath Wincome sign at the Brunswick entrance. President Mrs Frank A Hodgdon reported Maine Federation of Garden Clubs activities. Tea followed, with planning for February 8 duties. Melvin Menderson sent a photo of the decorated doorway prize for the club book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club House
Garden Department
Ohio
Roscoe P. McFadden
Bath
Frank A. Hodgdon
Maine Federation of Garden Clubs
Alice F. Johnson
Lews A. Bucknam
Carl Y. Kennedys
Bucknam
Kennedy
Maine Farmers to Get AAA Diversion Payments in Five Counties
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration announces diversion payments under the 1937 program for Maine. Eligible farmers include those with substantial soil-depleting crops in Aroostook Penobscot Piscataquis Somerset and Waldo counties with potato crops. W Manchester says statewide need is limited and most farms favor soil conservation through pasture and hay land. fewer payments mean more aid for those adopting outbuilding practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Aroostook Penobscot
Piscataquis
Somerest
Waldo
W. Manchester
Northeast
Lewiston sportsman Soule nets big catch at Lake Sabatius
Elmer Soule of Lewiston, famed last summer as Bates Mill baseball manager and slugger, added a feather to his cap Thursday by catching a four pound 12 ounce pickerel and a catfish at the northern end of Lake Sabatius near Johny Reichel’s camp. Accompanying Soule were Bob Corey and Leo Breton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Soule
Lewiston
Bates Mill
Androssegem Vend Hill Mill
Lake Sabatius
Izaak Walton
Soule
Johny Reichel
Talking Pictures Enjoyed At Meeting
An audience of 40 at the Winter Street chapel watched a set of talking pictures presented by the American Tel and Tel Co. A. John Conti Jr. announced high world telephone connections and a 85 percent reach from Bath. Films covered telephoning at sea radio broadcasting Chinatown San Francisco and Limehouse London. Supper by Ladies Auxiliary followed with community singing led by Dr Clyde Berry on piano. Harry Walters named a supper committee for Feb 4 and Frank Hackett will discuss the rise of General Motors and auto building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Winter Street Chapel
Tel. and
Tel. Co
Australia
Holand
Scandinavia
A. John Conti, Jr
Telephone Company
Bath
Chinatown
San Francisco
Limehouse
London
Arthur Gilley
Fred J. Higgins
G Gilbert Wyland
Harry M. Huse
Just Wold
Wilbra E. Billings
J. Edward Drake
Joseph O. Purdue
Clyde Berry
Harry Walters
Chester A Roberts
William H. White
Frank Hackett
Chevrolet
General Motors Corp
President's Ball Will Be Brilliant Event
Club Garret expects a full Arcade ballroom Friday night January 29 for the fourth annual President's Ball running to January 30, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s birthday. Nate Gold and His Commanders perform nine to one. the Arcade will be decorated. dress remains as in prior years with notable patronesses listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Club Garret
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nate Gold
Frederick E. Drake
Glenn
Samuel D. Hooper
Mary L. Lord
Archibald M. Main
Marcia Moulton
Arthur Sewall
Jeannette F. Shackford
Donald N. Small
Francis A. Winchenbach
South American Talk by Rev D L Wilson
Rev David Wilson finished his South America talk Monday at Central Church League in the Parish house. The event followed his October 26 trip talk. Thirty two members attended, with Miss Mirtha A Foote and Miss Agnes W Humphreys as hostesses. Mrs Arthur W King presided. program by Miss Addie D Palmer and Mrs Edward A Cummings. January program committee named. February hostesses listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davdd Wilson
South America
Central Church League
Mirtha A Foote
Agnes W Humphreys
Arthur W. King
Addie D. Palmer
Edward A. Cummings
William H Small
Lesnard M. Lord
Horace P. Morse
William Daley
Oscar Adams
Sleighing accident at Bath street crossing injures Palmer
In Bath and Center streets this forenoon two sleighs overturned injuring riders including Henry E. Palmer Esq who escaped serious harm thanks to nearby help. John Nocton, witnessing, noted slow driving though track caused the upset. Crossing complaints persist as Shaw and son Charles C depart for a Florida trip for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Center Streets
Henry E. Palmer. Esq
John Nocton
Mr_ Shaw
Charles C
Florida
Bath People Appeared In Augusta Concert
Francis S. McPherson and Mrs. Robert B. Hatch performed at the Cecilia club meeting in Augusta the previous Wednesday. Hatch sang two French numbers and the Jewel song from Faust, while McPherson played Romance by Mozart and two Spanish pieces. The event drew the season’s largest attendance, with two choruses and tea to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis S. McPherson
Robert B. Hatch
Augusta
Cecilia Club
Mr. McPherson
Edwin R. Fuller
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Les Camarades Musicaux
Stone Street
George S. Williams
Hatch
Gounod
Faust
McPherson
Aisusta
Bath
Wagner
Caroline F. Chase
S. Merritt Farnum
Lewiston
Maine Federation of Music Clubs
Gardiner
Chase Pourin
Allan H. Ramsay
Rubinstein Club
Rockland
Ramsay
Lydia Storer
Bath Girl's Wedding Takes Place Wednesday
Miss Yvonne Earle Kidder daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles H Kidder 86 Milan Street was married last evening to Leslie Ermond Totten son of Mr and Mrs O L Totten 53 Harpswell Street Brunswick at Beacon Street Methodist Church with Rev Harley A Shattuck officiating Guests from Brunswick included Mr and Mrs Totten Miss Violet Totten Miss Daisy Totten Mrs Pansy Tracey Mr and Mrs Phillip Theberge Those from this city included Mrs Carleton W Andrews Mrs Reginald Barter Mrs Howard W Mayo Miss Elizabeth Footer Mrs Alexander R MacDonald Mrs Roland G Crocker Mrs Roscoe E Robinson and Miss Louise McNeil
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yvonne Earle Kidder
Charles H. Kidder
Milan Street
Leslie Ermond Totten
O. L. Totten
Harpswell Street
Brunswick
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Harley A. Shattuck
Totten
Violet Totten
Daisy Totten
Pansy Tracey
Phillip Theberge
City
Carleton W. Andrews
Reginald Barter
Howard W Mayo
Elizabeth Footer
Alexander R. MacDonald
Roland G. Crocker
Roscoe E. Robinson
Louise McNeil
Townsend Club Set To Elect Officers Thursday
Townsend club No 1 of Bath will meet Thursday evening at 7.30 in the common council room for its semi annual election of officers. A large attendance is desired. Edward Brown presides with Percival O Johnson as vice president and Mrs Emma Leonard as secretary. The club’s membership has reached 500 and is growing. Dudley M Holman of Quincy formerly of Old Town recalls riding the Veazie railroad as a child on a trip to Old Town and notes engines left on a track behind his grandmother’s house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townsend Club
Bath
Edward Brown
Percival O. Johnson
FE Emma Leonard
Brown
Dudley M Holman
Quincy
Mass
Old Town
Maine Branch elects officers at Lewiston meeting
Mrs Wiliam Holt of Portland was reelected state commander of the Maine Branch of the American Society for the Control of Cancer at the annual meeting of the executive committee in Lewiston. Mrs Anna D Roach of Portland was named secretary and Joel C Herbert, superintendent of the Central Maine General Hospital, treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Holt
Portland
Maine
American Society For the Control of Cancer
Lewiston
Anna D. Roach
Joel C. Herbert
Central Maine General Hospital
Coombs Defeats Sabattus In Bowdoinham Basketball
Bowdoinham high school Coombs beat Sabattus 37 to 20 Friday at Town Hall. Millay and Sedgley starred for Coombs while Burnham led Sabattus. The game was 13-8 after one period and 18-14 at halftime before Sabattus faded in the third, Coombs widening the gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coombs High School
Sabattus
Town Hall
Bowdoinham
Millay
Sedgley
Coombs
Burnham
Bowdeinham
Howard Moody
Bath
Vernon Little
Son Blaine
Richmond
Avery Fides
Boston
John Miller
Electa Chapter
Masonic Hall
Mary Webber
Worhy
Gladys Raymond
Milton Given
Doris Raymond
Wallace Hunter
Mary Billings
Hazel Hunter
Nellie Cornish
Margaret Gile
Edith Moody
Caleb Mitchell
Mildred Given
Adah
Helen Mitchell
Ruth
Ethel Hackett
Esther
Elean Webber
Martha
Cora Denham
Electa
Marshal
Dorothy Dickinson
Hannie Jordan
Fireman's Association
Orr's Island
Fred Fides
Martin
Clayton
Mitchell
A. W Mitchell
Freeport
Forest Fides
Gardiner Hospital
Karl Hatch
George Cutler
Phillip Rideout
Brunswick
Leonard Bishop
South Portland
J. W. Bishop
Harold Cheney
Fred Cheney
Rockland
H. E. Cheney
Carrie Kendall
Inez Gowell
Gertrude Baker
J.T. Witham
Gardiner
Lynn Richardson
Myron Heenie
Topsham
Charles Berry
Frank Carver
Albert Fossett
Augusia
Linwool Skelton
Fiie Browne
Eric
Portland
Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary
Elise Browne
Frank Close
New York City
Red Cross Flood Relief Fund Appeal Sent
A plea to aid flood relief is addressed to Mrs. P. C. Nealey, secretary of the Red Cross, requesting prompt delivery of funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
P. C. Nealey
The
Bowdoin Grange Enjoys Evening of Talent and Dancing
Bowdoin Sagadahoc grange met at Bowdoin Center on Saturday with good attendance for the first night of a contest between married and unmarried members. The program featured singing, readings, a monologue, a Yeast Cake sketch, duets and a penny march with prizes won by Donald Garland and Donald Bickford. Dancing followed, and the next meeting will include a program by the married members. The article also notes the Healthy Happy Home Helpers 4-H club annual meeting in South Bowdoin, electing officers and enjoying games and refreshments. Nearby notes mention East Bowdoin Ladies aid, visits by Clyde Starbird of Lisbon Falls, and local residents' activities and illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin Center
Spade Lheel Arapaal
Guy Williams
Donald Bickford
Black Joe
Alma Skelton
Nellie Bickford
Donald Garland
Charline Bickford
Thelma Cornish
Maynard Carr
Harold Curtis
Winifred Freeman
Vance Harmon
Penny March
South Bowdoin
H. K. Adams
East Bowdoin
Record Smelt Catch Near Bean Rock Sets Season Mark
Bradford P. Belanger, a Bath Iron Works welder, hauled in 99 pounds of smelt at his Bean Rock camp near North Bath, setting what is believed to be the season's record. Nearby anglers report several large catches, including a 70-pound haul by Ralph F. Small, as creek waters run unusually strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford P. Belanger
Park Street
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bean Rock
North Bath
Belanger
Ralph F. Small
Bath Woman Receives Flood Region Update
In a Tuesday night call from Evansville Indiana Mrs George H Thorburn Jr learned that flooding reports are exaggerated. Clara Peters former Evansville Press editor says Evansville is not as badly flooded as claimed. Hamilton Ohio and Cincinnati face water shortages and outages but no epidemic is reported. James A Margedant a Evansville Press writer is in the flooded area. The 1913 flood memory spurred levee work in the Miami Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
George H. Thorburn, Jr
Washington Street
Clara Peters
F. Romer Peters
Cincinnati
Thorburn
Hamilton
Margedant
Maine
Miami Valley
Miami River
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Selter’s, Inc
Roger & Gallet Bath Soap
Roger & Gallet Buch
A. L. Burt Co
Valentines
David L. Wilson
Seas
Wieliitar Aru Ifsee
Wnisee
Farniscott Oype
Bridghan
Page
Harold L. Troop
Th Montsweag Packing Co
Cannons
E. C. Plummer
Col
Henry W. Owen
Dsc A OF
Lon Lidstraton
Torica
Abe
Arvange
Sachedehoes
George Weymouths
Plummer
Pasei
the Times Co
Grace Church Club
Garden Club
Winter Street Men’s Club
Rev
D. L. Wilson
Francis S. MacPherson
Mrs
Yvonne E. Kidder
Leslie E. Totten
Brewster G. Sedgwick Optometrist
Arthur Allen
Rath Trust
Opera House
Sonja Henie
Adolphe Menjou
Joan Perry
Ralph Bellamy
Joe E. Brown
Polo Joe
Dick Powell
Joan Blondell
Dodsworth
Walter Huston
Mary Astor
Bowdoin
Clyde Starbird
Lisbon
Ohto
Nino Martini
Ida Lupino
Gay Desperado
Henry Wilcoxon
Betty Furness
Richard Arlen
Secret Valley
Robert Young
Ann Sothern
Ray Milland
Heather Angel
Bulldog Drummond
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