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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 01, 1937

Page

2

Wiscasset Picnic Returns and June Socials Recap

The Organ Society held a June 23 picnic at the vestry with 40 attendees and a noon luncheon. Committees for the July 28 Summer sale were named, including Luncheon, Food and Flowers, Apron, Bag, and Fancy Work tables, with several named organizers. Nearby Boy Scouts from Troop 123 prepared for a jamboree in Washington, D. C., and Lincoln lodge Masons attended church.

The Organ Society of the First Congregational Church Carl M. P. Larrabee Nina G. Fowles William B. Lewis George W. Carleton C. H. Bryant Nina Fowles Frank Adams FE. P. Munsey W. B. Lewis John F. Jackson E. Fred Albee Frank H. Hutchins W. C. Day Frank E. Quinnam

Sparks Circus Arrives in Bath With New Program

Sparks managed circus Dowie Brothers Circus arrives in Bath on Saturday July 31 heralding a full show featuring animals certalists leapers jugglers clowns and horses. Promoter Sparks promises one of the largest tents with an entire program change for all ages 7 to 70 to enjoy.

Bath Furly Fred Kilgore Contac Sparks Mangee Dowie Brothers Circus Hoerheath Wacht Groother Cadarhe Sparks America Mataser

Exhibition at Winnesunes Baptist Church

There will be an exhibition Thursday night in the Winnesunes Baptist church showing work by the boys and girls from the two weeks Church vacation school. All parents and friends are invited. program begins at seven. Mrs Frank F. Colburn and daughter Dawn Cecile from Pearl Street have returned from a three weeks visit with relatives in Bangor and Boston.

Winnesunes Baptist Frank F. Colburn Dawn Cecile Pearl Street Bangor Boston

Award Gold Insignia To Maine Woman

Mrs. William Holt of Portland receives the American Society for the Control of Cancer gold insignia for 1937 for distinguished service in cancer control. She organized 2,000 volunteers and led Maine to top state honors, with $15,000 raised to aid cancer patients.

William Holt Portland Field Army American Society For the Control of Cancer Women's Field Army of Maine Holt United States Thomas J. Kennon The American Society Women Kittery Fort Kent

Bath Boy Reaches Golf Quarter Finals

Rodney E. Ross Jr of Bath, representing Hebron Academy, was edged 4-3 by Frank Tirabassi of Portland in the Maine Interscholastic Tournament quarterfinals at Old Orchard. Tirabassi advanced after a strong front, while Ross had shown a solid morning round, and Ross plans to enter Bowdoin College next fall.

Rodney E. Ross, Jr Hebron Academy Frank Tirabassi Portland High Old Orchard Tirabassi Ross Ed Thayer Sanford Star Bath Thayer Dick Harden Rockland Ross, Jr Bath Country Club Bowdoin College

Personal notes on local visitors and travels

Miss Barbiara FE Fisher, a Littlefield school teacher, returned after a week in Gardiner hosted by Miss Eleanor Wise of Plummer Street. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Caton and son Joseph Jr. of Brooklyn plan a two week visit with Mrs. Caton's sister, Mrs. Melvin Ferris, during Mr. Caton's Brooklyn Navy Yard vacation. Mrs. Arthur B. Scott returned to Waldoboro after two weeks with Mrs. Fred P. Emmons. Miss Kathleen Scott, visiting locals for two weeks, went home and will soon depart for Sebasco for the summer.

Barbiara FE Fisher Littlefield Gardiner Eleanor Wise Plummer Street Joseph Caton Joseph, Jr Brooklyn Fred P. Emmons Lincoln Street Kathleen Scott Miss Scott Sebasco D. O. Blaisdell Goddard Street Bath Humphrey A. Owen Sabino Ralph Daley Waltham Mass Hewitt Cottage Malcolm L. Doble Miriam Beatrice Fair Oaks Herbert Hodgkins Lemont Street Mr. Owen Delmar E. Bates Harry P. Nason Cottage Park Avenue Sabino Sunday A. Owen Conrad Nelson Alice Ted Marblehead Nelson Portland George Bailey South Portland Bates Samuel Bates Alfred J. Horley Arlington Horley Janet Sabine Catherine Turner Charles Turner McCluskey Newton Center Hugo F. Sandelin Triusant’s Crossing Dorothy M Waterman Foster's Point W. T. Grant Co Eleanor M Thompson Waterville Percy E. Holbrook Meadowbrook Road Thompson Waterville Junior High School E. H. Williams Arthur Ruth Williams Topsham Ernest E. Williams Campbell's Pond Campbell’s Pond Muriel Williams Needham Heights Williams Annie Ridley Benjamin H. Stackpole Philip A. Stackpole Kent's Hill School Stackpole Bates College Dwinal E. Cornish Rose Street Perry Thompson Edward K. Thompson Charles H. Bates Beachmont Littlefield School Barbara E. Fisher Eva Kingsbury Helen Robinson Loring D. Small Lowell Thomas Point Benjamin Bachelder Chester T. Lorentsen Little Son John P. Lorentsen Lorentsen Fred J. Rose Rose Marian Rose Rosedale Doris L. Crocker Lester Crooker Upper Washington Street Charles Rose Marcia Street Kenneth Crooker Pred J. Rose Edward H. Coburn Edward H. Coburn, Jr Hartford N. Y Willams New Meadows Lincoln Williams Ernest TV. Fulton Front Street Beatrice Rose Larrabee’s Grove Joseph W. Larrabee Miss Rose Edith Lowell Sagadahoc Pomona France Bowdoinham Edwin W. Haggett Berry’s Mills Fred W. Larrabee

West Bath Social Roundup Reflects Summer Visit Notes

A sequence of Bath and Sabino visits features Mr and Mrs D O Blaisdell hosting and guests from Bath and Massachusetts. Several Bath residents and relatives, including the Hodgkins and Nelson families, swap cottages at Sabino and Triusant Crossings. Community members attend school events at Littlefield and Lowell, with local residents visiting camps, sharing news of vacations, and celebrating the close of the school year along the Maine coast.

Rotary Told Training of Funeral Directors

At the Bath Rotary club luncheon H F Bardwell outlined the need for proper funeral director training He emphasized embalming courses and modern funeral facilities plus a skilled staff. Dr Francis A Winchenbach retired as president handing to Fred D Hill on July 1 as Rotary year begins. Visiting Rotarians and guests were named.

Bath Francis A. Winchenbach Fred D. Hill George B. Wolstenholme Harold E. Laws Brunswick Charles L. Smith Old Town Morse High Nels Armitage Wilton Mass Ryette Legendre Lewiston Hector O. LaFayette Auburn Arthur F. Mayo City

Laurel Coburn horse doubles at Lewiston Friday races

Laurel Coburn owned and driven by George W. Jewett won both the first and seventh races at Lewiston on Friday. The West Bath horse paid 4.10 to win and 2.50 to place in race one and 6.00 to win and 4.00 to place in race seven. Times were 2.11 for the opening mile and 2.12 for the second.

Laurel Coburn West Bath George W. Jewett Lewiston Fair Grounds Jewett West Bath Steed Josedale Stafford Roy Directum Kennett Tom Hardy Stewart Rosedale

West Bath Farm Bureau Meeting Notes and Local Anecdotes

West Bath Farm Bureau met on Thursday at the home of Mrs. James Lemont with 16 present. Talks on Good Nutrition for the Family were led by Miss Hortense Welch, and plans were made for a July 22 picnic and an August 25 meeting. Guests included Mrs. C. W. Andrews and Mrs. Arthur Whittier. The gathering also listed many attendees and a cleanup committee. A separate item notes a two-foot turtle caught in a Pleasant Gardens pond and the reaction of the owner. Additionally Gareth Coffin, 15, saved Patrick Evans, 5, from drowning at Little Dam near Gerrish Island, as the Kittery Boy Scout troop prepared for the National Jamboree in Washington, D. C.

West Bath Loring D. Small Gareth Coffin Patrick Evans Kittery Point Little Dam Gerrish Island Coffin Leon Coffin Kittery Washington, D. C

Woolwich Community News and Engagement Notes

Miss Etta Lilly has returned home after caring for Rev William Wood. Sunday services on the first Sunday of the month begin with 10 45 morning worship and 7 30 evening service at Woolwich Center and Montsweag churches. A summer prayer and social plan unfolds as local church committees meet. Multiple town residents and visitors are noted with travels, visits, and seasonal happenings including births, anniversaries, farm work, and club meetings.

Etta Lilly William Wood Washington Street Bath Woolwich Center Montsweag Church Ruth Shaw Montsweag Willard Rand, Jr Peabody Mass Joanne Rowena Hazel Smith Forrest Richmond Mason Carter Frank J. Walker Guy Ingalls Bussey Sanford George Tibbetts Maude Paquet Edgecomb Fred Carlton George M. Stinson Marcia Stinson Day's Ferry John Savage Donald Preble David G. Reed Maxine Walker Swampscott Carl Longfellow Holyoke Plinette Allen Laughlin McInnes Boothbay Harbor Romney N. H Josiah L. Walker Woolwich Farm Bureau Capital Island John Reed Hortense Welch Wm. Tudor Gardiner Phipps Point Earl Ryan Detroit Mich Nequasset John Carter Livermore Falls St. Pierre Leroy Jameson Roland McIntosh Donald Connecticut Ladies Auxiliary of Dora Bailey Henry Dubar Alton Reed John Gilmore Ethel Bailey John Brown William Leeman Florence Hathorne Guy Paine Sarah Bailey Gardiner Beulah Littledale Portland Woolwich Sagadahoc Ferry Danielson

Summer Holiday Visitors Arrive From New York and Massachusetts

Mr and Mrs William Fahey of Allston Mass visit over the Fourth with Mr and Mrs Frank F Colburn of 59 Parl Street. Henry W Mank, a Gibbs & Cox naval architect in New York, will arrive Saturday to spend the holiday with Mrs Mank and infant Judith at the home of Mrs Manks parents Mr and Mrs Erastus Jewett. Later in the week Mrs Prescott and daughter Dorothy and Miss Edith Jewett of Rochester N Y will join Mrs Prescott's parents Mr and Mrs Erastus Jewett for July.

William Fahey Allston Mass Frank F. Colburn Parl Street Henry W. Mank Gibbs & Cox, Naval Architects New York City

Mrs Alma Stinson Nears 95th Birthday in Bath

Mrs Alma Stinson aged 95, long resident of 476 Middle Street Bath, celebrated Monday marking her long life since arriving from Boothbay at age five. Despite pneumonia she enjoys visitors, flowers, and cards, aided by daughter Mrs Leland Mitchell who lives with her. Her memory remains keen and she contributed data for a local history book.

Almira Stinson Middle Street Bath Boothbay Stinson Times Company Leland Mitchell

Woolwich Grads Enjoy Fine Trip to Boothbay Harbor

The Woolwich graduating class of 19, with 13 attending, toured Boothbay Harbor on the steamer Virginia thanks to Woolwich P T A and Samoset Steamship Co. Supt John H Carter and relatives joined the party. They left Bath at nine in the morning and returned at six, with swimming, fishing, sightseeing, and a picnic lunch in the cabin. Captain W E Farmer of the Virginia received hearty cheers.

Woolwich P. T. A Samoset Steamboat Co Woolwich Schools Boothbay Harbor Virginia Maxine Bailey Annabel Maass Betty Leavitt George Ames, Jr Bertram Bailey Kenneth Bailey Vernon Mank Alton Munsey Frederick Scott, Jr Harold Strout Kenneth Sylvester Frank

Woolwich Grange Children’s Day Planned Next Week

Woolwich grange observed children’s day with 25 attending. Miss Cora M. Pearson and Chester Leeman will run next week’s program. Readings by Mrs. William Bradford Miss Pearson and Mrs. Frank Lawrence. Balloons, singing, cherry ownership debate and a murder case discussion featured. Grange voted to donate its old regalia to Crooked River grange and noted its new regalia.

Woolwich Grange Cora M. Pearson Chester Leeman Grange Hall William Bradford Miss Pearson Frank Lawrence The Grange Crooked River Grange Bolsters Mills

Engagement of Alice M Lovejoy to Winthrop Man Greenlaw

Mr and Mrs Arthur Lovejoy of Winthrop announce the engagement of their daughter Alice M Lovejoy formerly of Bath to Charles E Greenlaw a Winthrop businessman. Lovejoy has worked as a nurse, Greenlaw runs the Winthrop Fish Market and has ties to local newspapers. They are both IOOF members and she leads the Golden Red Rebekah Lodge of Appleton. The marriage is planned for late Fall.

Arthur Lovejoy Winthrop Alice M. Lovejoy Bath Charles E. Greenlaw Miss Lovejoy Apuletom Greenlaw Winthrop Fish Market Rockland Rockport Golden Red Rebekah Lodge Appleton

Travel plans of Belfast residents and students

Hurley Grant and his father Dr. H. D. Grant stay at a Waldo County Hospital Belfast home and cottage on the New Meadows while Miss Barbara Ross sails from New York on the S S Champlain for six weeks in Europe. Miss Effie Noddin of Elizabeth will also sail soon for Europe visiting Norway Sweden Russia Germany Italy and other places. Miss Noddin is sister of Mrs. Florence Troop of Washington Street.

Hurley Grant Waldo County Hospital Belfast H. D. Grant Front Street New Meadows Barbara Ross High Street New York S.S. Champlain Europe Ross England Belgium France Germany Austria Switzerland Italy Effie Noddin Elizabeth Norway Sweden Russia Miss Noddin Florence Troop Washington Street

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Troop 123 Boy Scouts Camp Hines Panther Pond Raymond Boy Scouts of America North Edgecomb Robert Smith Bradford Street Carlin Lincoln Block Waterstreet Lowney D. Young Young Helen R. Hodgdon Frank R. Hodgdon Westport Road Donald W. Dunn Fred Dunn Newcastle John F. Wright Lee Street Bertram J. Packard Colorado School of Mines Donald Dunn Wiscasset New England Fire Chiefs Association Dixville Notch Charles T. Doe Cheshire Huntoon Damariscotta-Waldoboro Ratroad Park Perfort Purser Clair Fred W. Merrs Mudie Pie Rade C. C. Blagdon Fred Ro Merry Donald Shay Harrys M. Barley Sidney Bobsats Pred Cormier B.C Donnertt Stanton Sherman Bye Jackson Ehysune Tia Officis M. A Pliutietead Birch Pot Joseplttes Plumstead Birch Point C. H Bryant Newport Bryant Greenville Methodist Hat Ralph Preble Ralph, Jr Brookline, Mass Federer Street Effie J. Poole Federal Street Alice Libbey Randall F. Cummings Alna Dresden Pittston Columbia Teachers’ College Samuel Stover Grace L. Knight Massachusetts Beverley Plymouth Lee Gorham Augusta William E. Gorham Mary Campbell Pendleton Joseph E. Hubbard Somerville Alice D. Taylor Hodge Street Press Herald Washington Raymond E. Quinnam Maurice H Pendleton Edward Evans Maurice C. Lintwith Pine Tree Council Marion E Emery Wiscasset Academy Popham Beach Ruth Jones Eva Rines Rankin Olive Miete Elsie Bailey Andrea Getchell Priscilla Haskell Lee Merry Martha Haskell Joanna Evans Edgar Rankin Walter Pushard Harvey Ro Pease Viruna Reed H. Ellis Rangeley Sparks Circus IS Bath Boy Helen H. Rogers Longmeadow, Mass Llewellyn D Rogers West Bath Grange Edgar D. Leavitt Carver Clarence Gerrish Clarence M. Gerrish Wilbert Small Warren K. Davis Dana Rotary H. F. Bardwell Philadelphia Chemists West Bath Farm Bureau Meeting C. W. Andrews Arthur Whittier Harold Haggett Arthur Brown Maude Bryant Earl Lermond Georgia Ripley Harris Rodick Charles T. Small Whittemore Hugo Sandelin Small William Coombs Robert Brooks Robert Pleasant Gardens Brooks Rockland Courier Gazette Woolwich Grads
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