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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jan 30, 1936

Page

5

Social and club notices spotlight Bath society events

Bath society notes record a winter card party for Troop 55 Boy Scouts. Silver Tea raises funds and features a student program. numerous visits, engagements, and social calls mark weekends and holidays with churches, lodges, and civic groups across Bath.

Winter Street Boy Scouts of America William M. Partington Gerald Atkinson Horace W. Ward Ernest Freeman Edgar D. Leavitt Fred J. Higgins Elbridge R. Wright Joseph O. Purdue Olney C. Perry

Photographer Herbert Douglas sails to Bermuda for vacation

Herbert L. Douglas a well known commercial photographer of 43 York Street left Thursday morning by train for New York City. He then sailed on the Monarch of Bermuda on Saturday to begin a two week vacation in Bermuda.

Loyal F. Sewall Edward T. Hetzier New York City Arthur Sewall 2d Washington Street Sewall Anne Kimball Lincoln Street New York Margaret Cargill William P. Drake Philadelphia Rodney E. Ross High Street Herbert L. Douglas York Sireet Jett Monarch of Bermuda

Highland woman returns from Michigan after sister-in-law's death

Mrs Harold Walker of Highland street traveled from Ann Arbor Michigan after being summoned ten days ago by the death of her sister in law Pier in Betewde and accompanied her to his home. Mr Snipe is Lp Ar rowsic boy.

Harold Walker Highland Street Ann Arbor Mich Pier Betewde Accomer Snipe Arrowsic Boy

Water District Woolwich valuation dispute settled in court

State Assessor Frank H. Holley approved a settlement of the Bath Water District Woolwich valuation dispute. Woolwich reduced the district's assessed valuation from 7500 to 4960 dollars, leading to taxes of about 248 to 282 dollars under different rates, with prior dispute totals and comparative valuations for several lots shown.

Bath Water District Woolwich Frank H. Holley Water District Reed & Haggett Sagadahoc Holley Hollevy American Ice Co Miller Carter D. J. Hathorne Spinney

Elizabeth Colby Leads Winter Carnival Queen Contest

Elizabeth Colby surged to the lead in the Winter Carnival Queen Contest with about 64,700 votes by Tuesday 6 p.m. Gladys Comeau trailed at 60,600 while Marilyn Hatch surpassed 40,000 votes. The contest extends to next Monday to allow more ticket sales for the 100,000 bonus votes, potentially affecting President’s Ball ticket sales.

Elizabeth Colby Mary McClure Gladys Comeau Comeau Woolwich Marilyn Hatch Tis Elizabethe Coipy Ecu Este Ee Manlvin Oathsore Dorothy Renaud Barbara Walsh Arline Reniderule

Bath Girl Scouts Active Society Update

Elizabeth Deering serves as captain with Mrs Glenn Easton as lieutenant for Silver Birch troop. Eleanor Danforth is captain of Miss Catherine Shellenbarger as lieutenant. Troop 1 committee includes Mrs Joseph Cyr as chair and Mrs Arthur King and Mrs Norman Howard. Peter Pan Pack of Brownies lists Mrs Frank S Saunders as Brown Owl and Robin Hood Pack lists Bird A Shellenbarger as Brown Owl with Alma S Kirkpatrick as Tawny Owl. Treasurer’s report shows receipts $343.25 expenditures $275.69 balance $67.56.

Elizabeth Deering Glenn Easton Silver Birch Eleanor Danforth Catherine Shellenbarger Joseph Cyr Arthur King Norman Howard Peter Pan Frank S. Saunders Robin Hood Pack Bird A. Shellenbarger Alma S. Kirkpatrick

Longest-Serving Sumner Man Oscar Newell Turns 86

Oscar L. Newell, Sumner’s oldest man and Post Lane holder, celebrated his 86th birthday on Wednesday. He and Mrs. Newell are in good health, and after a recent snowstorm he was seen outdoors shoveling the snow.

Oscar L. Newell Sumner Mrs. Newell Mr. Newell

Junior champ defeats senior in YMCA rotation pocket billiards

Clarence Arsenault wins the YMCA rotation pocket billiards junior division after defeating William Mussenden in the playoff for the overall championship. The event drew 64 participants and featured rounds from first through final, with Arsenault also topping Gaudette in the junior final.

William Mussenden Clarence Arsenault Mussenden Pocket Billiards Y.M.C. A Walter Rogers Joseph Robinson Willis Hall Warren McNeill Donald Page Robert Reardon William Owen Harold Footer William Rogers George Moody Steeven Johns James McQuarrie Arthur Sarkis Edward Brown Jack Keegan Henry Sarkis Maynard Pinkham Wilfred Gaudet Gerald Carr Clarence Atwood Haviland Chaney Wilfred Chaney Charles Plummer Whitney Craige George Perry Robert Stevens Frederick Hart Francis Stover Donald Perry C. Richard Farnham Maurice Owen David Alkazin, Jr Leland Fortier Hall Rogers Page Alkazin Stevens Sarkis Henry Middleton Donald Knight Ellison Estes Hubert Miller Donald Belanger Robert Roderick Henry Gallant Louis Couture Frank Danforth Richard Cummings John Gaudette Camille Puiia Jere Desmond Edward Hanson Edward Sewall Clarence Gowen Carleton Stover Frank Hinds Norman Alkazin Clayton Thibodeau Frank Gallagher Thaxter Hill David Gavagan Maurice Puffer Edward MacMahan John Sprague Norman Seekins Estes Middleton Ingraham Belanger Gallant Danforth Gaudette Desmond Sewall Stover Gallagher Arsenault Puffer Sprague

Frances Willard Day Plans Discussed by W C T U

At a Y M C A meeting the W C T U outlined February Frances Willard Day events. Carrie H. Trott reported on the January third institute and will lead the Frances Willard Memorial program on February 25. Mrs. Sims spoke on evangelism and Sunday schools.

Frances E. Willard W.C.T.U Institute of the Union Carrie H. Trott Mary P. Sims Department of Evangelism and Sunday Schools Alice May Douglas Peace and Mercy Agnes Roberts Department of Social Morality Miss Trott Nella Stover Sims Marjorie V. Stover Frances Willard Douglas The Sons of Temperance Long Reach Bath Lillian Mayo Lizzie Chaney

Mrs Berry Celebrates 106th Birthday Amid Visitors

Mrs Caroline Staples Berry marked her 106th birthday on Sunday though confined to bed. She is cared for by her daughter in law Lizzie Berry with whom she has lived for years. Despite the storm she received many visitors and a flood of cards and telegrams.

Herbert L. Hopkins Hyde Windlass Co Spring Street Albion Hopkins Bath Lissa Dearborn George Hopkins Donald Hopkins Harold B. Wing Wing Donald N. Small Small Lindell J. Chadbourne Fred Kittridge High Street Bangor Richard Hastings Caily Caroline Staples Berry

City Notes Mixed with Robins and Toll Evasion

A Waterville car owner reported his vehicle found on Trufant street after failing to pay a bridge toll with the display ticket taken by the operator and police notified. Robins visited Mrs. Angus Burden during a snow storm eating berries outside her windows. Charles Haskins was arrested for intoxication and panhandling and pleaded guilty before Judge Keegan, given permission to leave the city. State officials will visit Bath February 3-4 to assist 1936 car registrations and operating licenses. Birthday Ball at the high school expects large attendance with spectator tickets at 50 cents.

Harold Salley Waterville Trufant Street Angus Burden Highland Street Charles Haskins Melville Rice John J. Keegan State Motor Vehicle Department Bath Augusta City Hall

Farmers Get Credit and Pasture Advice in Local Meetings

Notes for Farmers in Sagadahoc County report upcoming Farm Credit meetings in Androscoggin and Sagadahoc counties Feb and March by University of Maine Extension Service. Topics include credit sources and statements, maintaining credit ratings, and doubling hay protein with new methods. High Quality Roughage and Pasture Improvement sessions feature Oscar Wyman and R F Talbot with locations and dates to be announced.

Androscoggin Sagadahoc Extension Service College of Agriculture Orono C. L. Eastman Sagadahoec Oscar Wyman Wyman Piscataquis Rumford University of Maine R. F. Talbot

Bar Harbor native Dr. Clarence C. Little elected president abroad

Bar Harbor residents celebrate Dr. Clarence C. Little being named president of the American League of Birth Control in New York. His main focus is cancer research and he serves as managing director of the American Society for Cancer Research, which kept him from attending the Birth Control League session this year.

Bar Harbor Clarence C. Little New York American League of Birth Control

No School Declared After Severe Snow Storm in Brunswick

The Brunswick fire alarm issued a no school signal 2 2 2 at 7 30 a m on Monday due to a heavy snow storm. Officials canceled the morning session and repeated the 2 2 2 alert at 12 30 p m for no afternoon classes. The message was also broadcast on WiCSH Portland at eight o'clock.

Brunswick Wicsh Portland

Attending the President's Ball For Polio Fight

The event invites readers to join the President's Ball on Thursday night supporting infantile paralysis efforts. Prominent sponsors and hosts call for attendance to boost fundraising and public awareness.

Birthday Ball for President draws large Bath crowd

The Third Annual Birthday Ball at Morse High School gym is expected to attract 500 people. Proceeds aid infantile paralysis research with 70 percent staying in Bath and 30 percent to the Warm Springs Foundation. Royal Arcadians provide music, and Gov Brann may attend.

Morse High School Ralph G. Stetson Bath Royal Arcadians Redlon’s Louis J. Brann Hallet’s John P. Carey, Jr Warren E. Kershner Bath Fund National Committee Warm Springs Foundation Leroy W. Hubbard Georgia Warm Springs Foundation Ball Warm Springs Hubbard James W. Temple Carey Times

Sagadahock Fire Anniversary Observed In Bath

Tuesday marks the 41st anniversary of the Sagadahock House fire of January 28 1894 which destroyed many business blocks and drew help from neighboring cities. The Bath Iron Works fire of February 13 followed, then Gen Thomas W Hyde debated moving his plant before deciding to stay and rebuild.

Sagadahock House Bath

Granite tablet sent from Saint Croix to Calais in exchange

A red granite tablet from Saint Croix Island near Caribou, linked to Champlain and DeMonts 1604 settlement, was sent to Calais, France as a gift. Earlier, during Normandie’s inaugural American voyage, Calais sent a mahogany chest with soil from its oldest cemeteries.

Saint Croix Island Caribou Champlain Sieur DeMonts Florida Calais France Normandie America

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Carl Anderson Green Street Beacon Street Sanford B. Nickerson Wilbur M. Crocker William Belanger Chester H. Worrey Samuel Morse Edward Lemoine Carl Pinson Arthur Gilmore Clarence Fullerton H. Martin Powers Maurice Shea Curtis Hughes Archibald Main Middle Street Roger Nickerson Frank A. Sillimand Edward P. Ricker, Jr James Riker Poland Spring Carleton Pike Lubec Malcolm Doble Boston William P. Hatch South End Alfred Carpenter Leland Mitchell Chester Roberts Maxwell Street Ruth Dale Nassau College Springvale Ralph O. Dale Henry P. Caddy Arline William West Medford Mass Frederick Cheney Bowdoinham Curtis Publishing Co First Baptist Church Mae Blanchard Bath Street Charles E. Card Roland F. Hill Bath Iron Works Corp Marjorie Trott Lasell College Auburndale Lasell Leaves Milton C. Trott Olive L. Wotton Cushing Elwood J. Campbell Perry L. Thompson Elm Street Salem N. H Howard S. McPhee Jackie McPhee Margaret Adams Weeks Street Ernest Stanwood Westminster Avenue Garden City, L. l James Dann E. W. Mills Bureau of Engineering Navy Department Washington, D. C Stuart W. Webb Arthur Bewall Stone House Webb Mr. Webb John Wishart Oliver Street Wollaston Maynard O. Brown Brown Genesia Edithe Lemont David L. Wilson Primrose Chapter O. E Belfast Fred Carlton Florence Carlton Robert Fulton Corliss Street High Store Carl Albee J. Herbert Mosley Frank Hunt Lemont Street Harry W. Crosman Earl Armstrong Brooklyn N. Y Noble Grands Club John Atwood Horace Ward Carlton Pike Henry C. Wright Harry B. Briggs, Jr Pearl Street William S. Newell Henry O. Trowbridge Agnes Trowbridge Archibald M. Main W. Dayton Hill Everett Pierce Seth Mullin J. Edward Drake, Jr Plinette Allen Loughlin MacInnig Boothbay Montsweag John E. Robbins Memorial Hospital Herbert Mosley E. G. Howes, Jr Hingham, Mass Arthur Sewalld Howes F. M. Shepard Byron Higgins Alden G. Smith Bath Girls Athletic Club Raymond Pleasant Street Weeks Street School Blair Wilson Cynthia Anne Rudolph Trafton Mr. Trafton Howard Trafton Bedford Street Arthur Richmond William D. Sewal Marilyn Lee Myer Willis Myer Milwaukee Wis Walter Wiggin York Street Brookline Arthur Giles Isabel Gediman Pratt Street Joseph Mack Central Church League League Owen J. Ledyard Adolph H. Ehlers Dora L. Howard Lula H. Turner Luther S. Thompson Ethel Blake Horace P. Morse Ehlers M. W. Sewall & Co John Thomson Sebasco Middle West the Times James Green Waterbury, Conn Annie Green Harley A. Shattuck Beacon Street Church Lincoln Lodge John K. Jayne New Canaan, Conn Jayne William D. Sewall Fryeburg Jeanette Shackford Margaret Mackinnon Beatrice Duprey Doris Scott Louise Stewart Arthur Haskins Paul Golambos Henry Schofield Paul Fatt Henry Antworth Abraham Boucher Frank Filliman, 3d Andrews Joan Brownies Winter Street Chapel Jane Stevens Barbara Kenney Hazel McDonald R.N Harvey Henderson Day's Ferry Dorothy McDonald Davis Hatch Haddonfield N. J Earle Twitchell Twitchell Needham Davis Hatch, Jr Girl Scouts Active Society Sagadahoc County Sagadahock
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