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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jan 29, 1931

Page

4

Second June Probate Court Busy Under Judge Glidden

Sagadahoc probate court's second June session led by Judge Glidden with numerous actions. Petitions for probate of wills filed. administrations granted for several Bath Richmond and Phippsburg estates. inventories filed and allowed. multiple accounts and first and final settlements recorded. inheritance tax determined and petitions for guardian and license to sell personal estate granted.

Sagadahoc Glidden Isaiah King Bath Annie F. Eaton Mary B. McDonald Nancy F. Richardson Emma W. Colburn Richmond Henry E. Houdlette William J. Curran Ernest L. Goodspeed Donald Henry Foster Alice E. Foster Nathan W. Eaton Phippsburg Sidney L. Eaton William F. Small Bowdoin Louis S. Jack D.b.n.c.t.a Festate Samuel C. Mulcahy Abbie V. Mulcahy Albion E. Tedford Topsham George R. Tedford Jane P. Morse Cranston R. I Louise M. Miller Catherine Lennox Charles Lennox Parker F. Small Bowdoinham Henry B. Alexander Mollie C. Thomson Bow Arthur L. Perkins Arthur L. Perkins, Jr Edward C. Clarey Joseph Muse Georgetown Hattie E. Quinnam C. Jackson Quinnam Beatrice H. White Florence E. Tarr James A. Tarr G. Allen Howe Abbie F. Purington Frederick L. Norton Mary Blanche Norton Katherine B. Williams Bowdeinham Clarence E. Wright Harriet L. Johnson William S. Shorey William M Arthur D. Dolloff Amy C. Dolloff Alice M. Lovell Verna M. Brackett Donald H Foster Alice E Foster Annie M. Pusherd Henry J. Pushard Cyrille Couture Leticia Couture

For Sale Shore Properties Near Popham Beach Maine

For sale several Maine coast properties including acreage for development and a nine room cottage with electricity water and a small hotel near a premier beach view. Oceanfront appeal and shoreline lots available. Inquiries to Box 26 Popham Beach Me. 5 28 If.

Maine Popham Beach

Miss Helen Keyes Sails for Europe This Summer

Miss Helen Keyes of New York City sails for Europe for the summer. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter A Keyes who run a camp for boys at West Point and have spent several summers at West Point.

Helen Keyes New York City West Point Europe Miss Keyes Walter A. Keyes

Rare Elizabeth Stark portrait hangs in Bath residence

A portrait of Elizabeth Stark hangs above the fireplace at the home of William S. Newell, Bath Iron Works Corp. president, and his wife at 1080 Washington Street. The painting, about 95 years old, ties Newell to the Stark lineage, linking to Major General John Stark of Bennington and Saratoga.

William S. Newell Bath Iron Works Corp Newell Mr. Newell Elizabeth Stark John Stark Washington Bennington Burgoyne Saratoga Londonderry N. H Cambridge Mass Bunker Hill Samuel Newell Bath Samusel Newell Craigie House Longfellow Stark Molly Stark New Boston New Hampshire State Museum Concord Arthur W. Holt Charles Newell Lawrence New York City New York Volunteers Archibald Stark Dumbarton Scotland Boston Starks Massachusetts Bay Sheepscot River Wiscasset Old Country Ennington Pres, Newell

Bowdoin Celebrates Ninth Grade Graduation and Field Day

Bowdoin held ninth grade graduation in the grange hall with five graduates and joyful decor. The day also featured a Field Day of games and sports, a Sagudah EC grange gathering, and a tea service by local volunteers. Reverend Percy Vernon plans to speak at East Bowdoin chapel Sunday, and Farm Bureau women will meet June 23 at the grange hall to hear Reed with Mrs. Grant Woods and Mrs. Ella Adams in charge. Summer vacation closes local schools as rain delays farming and residents report attendance and visits in town.

Grange Erlin Joy Roberts West Bowdoin Church Sagudahec Grange Annie Cornish Louise Small Mae Skelton Percy Vernon East Bowdoin Chapel Farm Bureau Grange Hall Reed Grant Woods Ella Adams Hortense Welch Addie Williams Litchfield Wilson Freeman Grant—Woods Clyde Starvird Brunswick Clara Williams West Bowdoin Robert McAffee

Royal Visitor Dines Incognito at White Plains

The Queen of Siam with two ladies and gentlemen dined Friday at the Little White House in White Plains New York. Miss Annie Tarbox served them after the usual lunch hour. The visitors asked to be served and spoke excellent English. They departed before being identified by the hostess.

Siam White House White Plains New York Annie Tarbox J. H. Tarbox Wiscasset Miss Tarbox

Butler family ties noted in Maine visit and osteopathy graduate

Henry F. Butler of Boston spent the weekend at the home of his father Charles H. Butler in Moatsweag. LaRue Kemper, Mrs. Butler’s brother and Morse High School graduate, has recently earned a degree from Kirksville College of Osteopathy in Kirksville Missouri.

Henry F. Butler Boston Charles H. Butler Moatsweag

Bowdoinham social notes from a busy week

The Bridge club met with Mrs. Henry Cornish and saw Mrs. George Cutler win the high score. Numerous residents traveled to Portland, Lewiston, and Richmond. Highlights include Rev. Leroy V. Cleveland beginning a new pastorate, 4-H plans for a baked bean supper, and many visits among the town’s families and friends.

Bridge Club Henry Cornish George Cutler Mary Lilly Sagadahoc Fertilizer Co Portland Ida Fowle Merle Downing W. L. Maloon Bowdoin Maloon H. E. Cornish Caleb Mitchell Brunswick A. S. MacDougal Arthur Sarah Howe Colby College Betty Merchant Gaby Sprague Yacsad Farmington Miss Merchant Fides D. B. Cornish Richmond Favor Hot Springs Ark Arkansas W. B. Kendall Lewiston Pearl Raymond North Conway N. H Alvin Raymond C. O. Purinton Clifton Melvin Richmond Allen MacDougal Fort Fairfield Bertha Moulton Poland Cobb Ida Fowl Squirrel Island Elmer Jordan Agent Hunter State Road Hunter Leroy V. Cleveland Winter Harbor Bowdeinham Baptist Church George D. Pratt Philip Rideout Charles Hackett Vendella Mosher A. W. Wentworth North Deering Coombs High School Universalist Frances Hatch Jessie Ames Myrtle Lowell Lillian Barrett Mr. Palmer Clarance Blackman Waterville R. A. Dickinson Jessie Elizabeth Brown Kent’s Hill Alice Palmer E. C. Daley Bath C. P. Curtis Boys 4-H Club Broad Acres Farm Postmaster Curtis

Former Bathman speaks on international trade

Arthur E. Dunning former Bath man and longtime executive secretary of the American Chamber of Commerce in Berlin spoke on Problems of International Trade before the Louise Dickie Library Students Forum. He urged adherence to economic laws and warned against one way trade, regional planning, and tax disparities while noting global debts and borrowing gaps. The Paris edition praised him as a popular executive and friend of American students. Dunning was elected to the executive committee of the Washington Centennial and chairs a subcommittee on cooperation of business organizations. Mrs Dunning attended a tea hosted by Mrs Claire Schandein Best.

Arthur E. Dunning American Chamber of Commerce Berlin Germany Louise Dickie Library Paris Chicago Tribune Pauls International Chamber of Commerce Dunning Washington Claire Schandein Best

President of the American Women's ae in her villa

The fragment notes a president of the American Women’s ae residing in a splendid villa at Gruen wa. The readable text provides no dates, full organization name, or further context to confirm events or actions.

The American Women's Ae Gruenwa

Akron executive led Goodyear Zeppelin to airship project

Paul W. Litchfield, former Goodyear figure and Bath summer visitor, heads the Goodyear Zeppelin Corp. of Akron building the Navy airships ZR-4 Akron and ZR-5. ZR-4 to launch this summer, 785 feet long, 146 feet high, 133 feet wide, helium filled, lifting 182000 pounds, cruising 10000 miles at 84 mph. Litchfield recruited German Zeppelin staff to avoid foreign missteps, and prior praise in the Saturday Evening Post highlights his engineering talent.

Paul W. Litchfield Bath Goodyear-Zeppelin Corp Akron Navy Department Navy Charles F. Adams Litchfield Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co Zeppelin Airship Co Saturday Evening Post al Williams Mr. Litchfield Benjamin Owen Weeks

Lighthouse Keeper Proves Himself Hero

Eugene Osgood, keeper of Perkins Island light near Parker Head, saved Linwood E. Libby from drowning after Libby fell from his skiff into a fast running tide. Osgood turned his boat against the current, brought Libby aboard, and ferried him to shore where onlookers aided. Libby, a recent Parker Head resident, suffered a burst blood vessel but received immediate treatment from Osgood, who has hospital experience.

Eugene Osgood Perkins’ Island Parker Head Linwood E. Libby Mr. Osgood Mr. Libby East Rochester N. H

Bath Visitor Attends Bowdoin Graduation

Mrs. Stephen Pinkham of Buffalo New York visited Bath on Monday to see her son Stanley Pinkham graduate from Bowdoin College. She was joined by her daughter Elizabeth who has just completed her first year at Mt Holyoke College.

Stephen Pinkham Buffalo N. Y Bath Pinkham Rena Dunton Stanley Pinkham Bowdoin College Elizabeth Mt. Holyoke College

Also Mentioned on This Page

Senter’s Linc Walter S. Glidden High Street High School Arthur F. Mayo NEW York Life Thaddeus Orne New York Life Ins. Co Easthbay Harbor Woman Royal Visitor H. D. Cornish Lorenzo Minott Banton L. P. Temple Emma McCausland Charles Berry Rumford Grace Meserve Charles Keen Charles Fisher Gardiner R. B. Carey Hallowell Columbia Hotel Lee and Leeland Socony Bathman Parker Hatch’s Shoe Store Spencer Beatrice B. Rand Dummer Street
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