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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 02, 1931

Page

8

Seth Nelson Snipe Receives Secretarial Diploma

Seth Nelson Snipe, son of Mrs. Carrie Louier of 190 High Street, earned a secretarial diploma from Bliss Business College Lewiston. While at college he joined Kappa Alpha Psi and served as editorial editor of The Go-Getter, the annual school paper, and graduated Morse in 1930.

Seth Nelson Snipe Carrie Louier High Street Bliss Business College Lewiston Snipe Kappa Alphi Fn Fraternity Schus Morse 9

For Sale Properties at Popham Beach Me

Auction style notice offers 4. Acreage for development and a furnished Nervuem cottage with electric roaming water and a large beach view. Properties command fine views of the coast at 13¢ coast. Inquiries to Ww X Popham Beach Me. requests $28-tf response.

Popham Beach

Truck and Beer Seized on West Bath Farm

Deputy Sheriff Abram C. Oliver seized a Ford truck carrying a large quantity of alleged beer hidden under wood at the E. C. Donnell farm in West Bath. Pascal C. Harper and Jack McDonald were arrested. Oliver plans to present them before Judge Keegan for intoxication charges and possibly more. The case targets a suspected New Meadows river area distribution point for intoxicants.

Abram C. Oliver E. C. Donnell West Bath Mr. Donnell Pascal C. Harper Harper Jack McDonald McDonald Oliver Keegan New Meadows

Personal Notes on Visits from Washington to Bath

Mrs. Edward E. Carter of Washington D C arrives to spend weeks with her parents Mr and Mrs George W Johnson at 1077 Washington Street. Mr and Mrs Benjamin Berry of New York City plan Friday arrival to visit sister Mrs H Dorman Perkins in West Bath. Mr and Mrs Fred Harrington and daughter Miss Katherine Harrington RN of Dorchester Mass return Tuesday after weekend with Mrs Oscar Wright in North Bath.

Edward E. Carter Washington, D. C George W. Johnson Washington Street Benjamin Berry New York City

Bowdoinham Summer Visitors and Local Relatives Roundup

Miss Jessie Cromwell visited Bowdoinham for the day Tuesday. Dozens of names appear as locals and guests from Portland, Litchfield, Gorham, Dorchester, Belfast, Richmond, West Medford, Orr's Island, and other Maine towns. Families are vacationing, visiting relatives, or staying a week to two weeks with kin, including trips to Greenville and Boston. several 92 to 96 year old locals are noted.

Jessie Cromwell Charlotte Blodgett Portland F. K. Jack Litchfield Philip Kimball Machias Hazel Cornish Gorham Maxwell Ward Edwin Denham I. C. Irish John Jewell Richard Denham Greenville William Hamilton Gertrude Atkins Dorchester George Hamilton Leroy Adams Margaret Hamilton Jack Browne West Medford H. E. Cornish Lowell Andros House Ethel Perry William Perry Baston Esther McPherson Walter Read Carmel Capt Collins MacCarty Belfast Lorenso Minott Minott Raymond Blodgett Boston Bowdeinham Maine Jane S. Woods William Woods Joseph Shopin Charles Hubbard Hartford and Congress Streets Linwood Rideout Cutting Favor Freeman Billings William Gile Pleasant Pond Harry Chase Auburn Percy Rideout Phillip Rideout Charles Hackett Newcastle Kenneth Wilson Hartford Frye Robert Webber Freeport Edward Brown Mr. Brown Philip Rideout

Bowdoin Sagadahoc Grange Concludes Regular Meeting

Bowdoin Sagadahoc grange held its regular meeting at Bowdoin Center hall Saturday evening. Third and fourth degrees were conferred on two candidates. A program followed with songs readings and a discussion on whether farming is as profitable today as twenty years ago led by N E Doughty E E Baker and others. incidents included a car accident injuring Mrs Grant Woods and other attendees.

Sagadahce Grange Bowdoin Center Grange Clara Williams Herbert Roberts Mona Skelton Skelton Esther Rogers N. E. Doughty E. E. Baker Hattie Babb East Bowdoin Addie Williams Grant Woods Rumford Woods William George Hoyer Richmond George Iverson

Mrs Guimond Joins Clerking Force at Senter's Inc

Miss Mary Steele arrives to visit Mr and Mrs Arthur C Lemont while Harold Pearson of Portland stays three weeks in the city on business. The notes list Mrs Martha Guimond joining the clerking staff at Senter's Inc and Harold Pearson visiting from Portland.

Martha Guimond Senter's Inc Harold Pearson Portland Columbia Hotel City

MacMahan Island Hosts Busy Summer Arrival Season

Many colonists arrive at MacMahan Island as cottagers and guests at Sheepscot Lodge report a booming season. Notables and families from New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, and Boston open cottages, while St Cuthbert's chapel hosts services led by Rev Arthur Taft. Summer arrivals include Mrs Margaret Conklin, Mrs David Williams, Miss Alice Thompson, Miss S W Masters, Miss Margaret Wheeler, and others.

Sheepscot Lodge MacMahan Margaret Conklin Alice Foote Mac-Dougall New York Mac- Mahan David T. Williams Philadelphia Jane John Stone, Jr Jane Cushing Marsters School Dobbs Ferry N. Y S. W. Masters Margaret Wheeler Summit N. J Caroline Simpson Elizabeth Benjamin W. Spock Sally Bobby Spock New Haven Taft Frederick N. Taft California George S. Pine Miss Katureh Pine Miss Pine St. Mark’s School Harvard Prescott Winkley Talbot Rogers Princeton Gardner Winkley Yale Ellen Nealley Sorbonne University Paris H. A. Nealley Brittany Phillip Little Salem Mass

Banquet Arrangements for Naval Officer July 13

Arrangements for a testimonial banquet in honor of Lieut. John A. Lord U S N of Bath arriving with the U S frigate Constitution July 13 16 are complete at Masonic temple. The event at 6 30 p m Monday the 13th will serve cold boiled ham potato salad cheese rolls pie ice cream coffee. Two hundred tickets go on sale soon first come first served. The banquet welcomes both men and women. Committee members include J Maurice Haynes chairman Gardiner R Deering John H Freeman Carroll Watson Lloyd L Steeves Edward H Sampson.

John A. Lord Bath U. S. Frigate Constitution Masonic Temple J. Maurice Haynes Gardiner R. Deering John H. Freeman Carroll Watson Lloyd L. Steeves Edward H. Sampson

Varied Program at West Bath Grange Meeting

A varied program at the West Bath grange gathered 79 attendees including nine visitors from West Minott Cape Elizabeth Dromore Topsham Cambridge Mass and Somerville Mass The proceedings featured a playlet Mrs Perry directed Mrs Hooligans New Spring Hat a debate on imagination with both sexes split on the outcome Ella J Douglas led a magazine exercise and Frances Day read Aunt Susan on the Farm A memorial for Alvah Higgins was held with remarks by visitors and longtime member Annie Wylie Stackpole The grange voted to send Eva J Lemont to the New England Lecturers conference August 10 14 next Monday plans call for voluntary contributions and a lawn party on the orange grounds

West Bath West Minott Cape Elizabeth Dromore Topsham Cambridge Mass Somerville Ann Perry Iola Worrey Mercie McFadden Myrtle French Charles Henderson Addie Purington Alice B. Ramsay Herbert Cavanaugh Elmer Rich Edwin Haggett Ella J. Douglas Elizabeth Chesley Eleanor MacDonald Susan Frances Day Grange William White Ethel MacDonald Annie Teeling Alvah Higgins Annie Wylie Stackpole West Orange Grounds Ralph Dunbar Robert Oliver Leland Plummer Ernest Snow Louis Eseley Wallace MacDonald Everett Lemont E. W. Haggett Eva J. Lemont Joanna Hodgkins Lucy Ward Marie Ayer Bessie Galvin

Local names listed for archival record

Katharine Galvin, Herbert Simpson, Bernard Henderson, Marshall Boudreau, James Thurston, Wilbur Hagan appear in the readable fragment of the public notice. The text preserves names without dates or actions. Further context is unavailable in the accessible portion.

Katherine Galvin Herbert Simpson Bernard Henderson Marshall Boudreau James Thurston Wilbur Hagan

Visitors and trips noted in Reading and area

Albert Stott of Reading 86 returned from a two week visit with his son Dr Ardenne A. Stott of Sagadahoc Ferry. Mrs Clifford Small and daughters returned to Mexico after three weeks with Mr and Mrs William Davis. Mrs Meader Ashline of Chazy and Mr and Mrs Philip Blanchard with two children visited Mrs Thomas Fletcher. Mrs Lillian Upham and family closed their home and headed to Foster's Point for summer. Mrs Fred Johnson of Falmouth Foreside visited cousin Mrs Leland Plummer. her son to join later. Roland Robinson arrived from Westboro for a visit with his father Gilbert Robinson and grandparents Charles E. and Mrs Robinson.

Albert Stott Reading Mass Ardenne A. Stott Sagadahoc Ferry Stott Clifford Small Barbara Ruth Dorothy Small Mexico Leland Plummer Dummer Street

Also Mentioned on This Page

Senter’ Ss, Inc Cos XI St Irc Pill Weemen’s Gordon Silk Dept Elmo Beauty St Popham Beath High School Arthur F. Mayo Thaddeus Orne Avent Life Ins. Co Bowdoinham Bowdoin Mary Steele Byron Steele Watertown Arthur C. Lemont Lemont Street M’mahan Island Potter’s Reed Suites Walnut Bar Harbor Portland Biddeford Bath Front Street West Bath Grange Lee and Leeland Socony John Crane Charles Edgecomb Hatch’s Shoe Store
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