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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1935

Page

6

Interesting Personal Items Concerning Friends and Officers

A Bath naval officer Lieut Edward C Craig U S N may be ordered to Honolulu next April after 18 months at Bath Iron Works in the office of the Superintendent Constructor. The column also tracks social visits, club meetings and family news around Bath including Mrs Ruth H Farnham’s trip to Boothbay Harbor and remarks on Maine Federation of Women's Clubs, plus engagements, hospital stays, and party gatherings through Bath society notes.

Edward C. Craig U.S.N Honolulu Craig Bath Iron Works Corp Jean Robert Garden Street

Bath Woman Presidents Attend Maine Federation Meeting

Mrs Ruth H Farnham and Mrs Carl F Pierce of the Cosmopolitan club attended the mid Winter meeting of the Maine Federation of Women's clubs in Augusta on Friday The event drew 154 due to a storm Bath women traveled by trolley and train to Brunswick and back The next session will be in Bangor with the Bangor Federated clubs hosting.

Ruth H. Farnham Boothbay Harbor Mary G. Higgins Monday Club Carl F. Pierce Cosmopolitan Club Farnham District 11 Maine Federation of Women's Clubs Augusta Bath Brunswick George M. Chase Lewiston

Mrs Maxwell Powers Travels for Bath Eye Strain Care

Mrs. Maxwell Powers of Middle street left Tuesday for Boston. Her daughter Miss Ruth Powers will spend a month in Bath due to severe eye strain from overwork at the Vesper George School of Design. Mrs. William R. Freeman left Sunday for New York and then the Merchant & Miners steamer to Norfolk to meet her husband Captain Freeman of the Isthmian & Knoxville City from London, due there Tuesday morning.

Byron F. Barker Boston New York California Panama Pacific Line San Francisco Panama Canal Monterey Santa Barbara Los Angeles Grand Canyon Charles H. Cahill High Street Cahill Martha Cahill Connecticut College New London Robert Payne Shaw, Jr Bath Memorial Hospital Robert P. Shaw Pelham Manor N. Y Shaw Bath Portland Marion Dean Madeline Miller Frank £. Galloupe Rockland William Coombs Ferdinand Coombs Deaconess Hospital Rev Ernest Heywood Maxwell Powers Middle Street William R. Freeman Merchant & Miners Norfolk Captain Freeman Isthmian & & Knoxville London

Friends of Walter E Chase Share Recovery News

Walter E Chase is recovering from a recent illness that confined him to bed for four weeks. He can now dress, go downstairs, meet friends, and hopes to be able to go out in a few days.

Maynard Stevens Omar Stevens Oliver Street Dike Walter E. Chase

Registration service for Bath motorists boosts license work

Secretary of State Lewis O Barrows announces February temporary offices in Sagadahoc County at Bath City Hall for February 4 and 5. An inspector and clerks will issue operators licenses and number plates, continuing a successful program begun last year to improve public service and Department efficiency. Citizens urged to avoid last minute rushes and ensure 1935 plates by March 1.

Lewis O. Barrows Sagadahoc Bath Maine Augusta Barrows

Maine clubs urged to form education support committees

Through Mrs. Harry H. Burnham the president urged all Maine clubs to create committees of education supporters. The groups should include club members and others interested in education to back proposed legislation based on the public school finance commission's recommendations and to attend hearings to gauge public sentiment.

Harry H. Burnham Maine Friends of Education Public School Finance Commission

Cosmopolitan Garden Club Luncheon and Meeting

The Cosmopolitan Garden Club hosted a 28 attendee luncheon at the clubhouse preceding the regular meeting hosted by president Mrs. Roscoe P. McFadden. Valentines and kindness prompts framed Friend ship month while reports from Maine Federation and talks on February garden topics followed including Stagecraft in the Witch Garden and Winter Gardens. A February 11 meeting will select officers and form three committees to carry out member suggestions.

Cosmopolitan Garden Club Garden Club Roscoe P. McFadden Maine Federation of Garden Clubs State Street Portland Annie Torrey Fred N. Sanborn Carl V. Kennedy Chil Hone Frank A. Hodgdon Arthur ¥. Mayo Mary E

Eaton Wins Four in a Row MCA Tourney

Martin R. Eaton captured the YMCA Four in a Row championship last week at the YMCA, the second MCA title this year in addition to his checkers crown. The event, new to the YMCA this year, uses a checkerboard where players strive to align four checkers in a row, with Eaton defeating Crosby in the final to win.

Martin Eaton Martin R. Eaton Douglas Crosby Harold Focter Martin Vigne Harold MacMahan John McLaughlin Edward Praser Frank Gibbons John Sprague Maurice Puffer Herbert Closson Donald Hall Barton Morrison Clayton Thibodeau Harold Stanton James McQuarrie Francis Sullivan Clinton Child Harry Thayer George Sarkis Donald Belanger Wilfred Gaudet Frank Danforth, Jr George McKellar Henry Middleton Clifton Nickerson Clarence Atwood Charles Plummer John Clark Edward Cohen Richard Cummings Frederick Hamlin Edgar D. Williams Leroy Lord Nicholas Vamvakias Peter McVicar Abraham Greenblatt Manley Ellis Maynard Pinkham Walter Rogers Crosby Vigne Gibbons McLaughlin Puffer Hall McQuarrie

Maine License Hike Aims to Save Outdoor Heritage

A proposed bill would raise resident hunting and fishing licenses from 5 cents to 1.15 dollars, funding hatcheries and game propagation. Proponents cite depleted funds and rising demand as justification, while opponents question necessity. the author urges looking ahead to preserve salmon, trout, deer, and the outdoors for future generations.

Maine

Snowbound Bath Faces Aftermath of Storm

Bath town reels from a heavy snowstorm with Bath Iron Works crews clearing yards and crowds navigating drifted streets. Milk deliveries delayed, fires checked, and shops crowded as drivers shod with snow shoes battle drifts. the King Philip steamer, built in Bath, sustained fire damage. A court case for intoxication occurred, while residents debate the duty to clear sidewalks and help services resume normal activity.

Thompson's Corner Front Street

Mrs Day Hosts Luncheon at Green Street Home

Mrs Harry L Day entertained a luncheon at her Green Street home. Guests included neighbors and friends, with light refreshments and conversation reflecting a sociable afternoon.

Ralph G. Stetson Wae Hington Street Lester H. Knight Mr. Knight Washington Street Chester Totman Irving McIntire Annie Knight Maurice Knight Annie Wilson Annie Johansen Mabel Knight Madge Mr. Totman Johansen Wilson Dunton Harry L. Day Green Street

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