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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 05, 1934

Page

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Morse High Pupils Honor List Issued For Final Period

Honor lists from Arthur B. Scott office cover the 1933 34 final period and the last half of the year. Postgraduates and seniors show high and highest honors with numerous named students. Juniors sophomores and freshmen across both periods list multiple students with highest honors and additional honorees.

Morse High Arthur B. Scott John Skelton John Huse Edward Owen Louise Briggs Barbara Brown Jane Donnell Elizabeth Puller Mary Gallant Thomas Hall Ellen Hodgkins Dorothy Jenkins Jesse Levin Helen Minott Blanche Moody Alice Mulligan Alfred Parks Crystal Shorey Florence Wyman Ruth Cohen Frank Martin Glenwood Snowden Beth Trott Beatrice Adams Viola Arsenault Roberta Erwin Harold Fuller Sara Lindenburg Wilfred Mercer Margueritte Mulcahy Warren McNeil Evelyn Nickerson Dorothy Parshley Betty Rice Nellie Robinson Catherine Shellenbarger Linwood Temple Helen Oulton Charlotte Page Mary Sprague Ruth Sprague Ruth Brown Esther Drummond Dorothy Farley Margaret Gallagher Sophie Johns Areta Kakos Lena Kamendulis Martha Cutting Edna Durant Bret Kakos Ruth Lary Ruth Oliver Ronald Oulton Mary Phillips Bertha Presley Eugene Rice John Rogers Francis Stover Madelyn Summerton Priscilla Wyman William Owen Frances Wallace Dorothy Wing Barbara Donnell Carl

Bridge Tolls Show Big Gain Over 1933

Increased June travel evidenced by Kennebec bridge data. More people crossed June 1934 by 16,800 and vehicles by 6,097 than the previous year, with tolls totaling 117,489.50, up from 14,514.20 and a net gain of 2,975.30.

Kennebec Bridge Caliente

Passamaquoddy youths earn white man's education badge

For the first time in their history three Passamaquoddy youths graduate Eastport high school and return to the reservation with diplomas. The graduates Alexander E. Dana Leonard Francis and Joseph Nicholas are anglicized names with Dana serving as class treasurer. Fourteen younger tribesmen are enrolled at Eastport High.

Eastport High School Alexander E. Dana Leonard Francis Joseph Nicholas Dana Eastport High

West Bath Grange votes to continue summer meetings

West Bath grange voted to keep weekly meetings through the summer with 121 attendees including 23 visitors. A strawberry festival led by Mrs. Ernest Snow is set for Friday evening with dancing by Carver's Orchestra of Topsham at ten. The program included a 39th wedding anniversary celebration for Mr. and Mrs. Owen E. Rogers and featured various performances and a fortune telling act.

West Bath Arthur C. Lemont Owen E. Rogers Doris Henderson Miss Henderson Albert White Rastus Mandy Hubbie and Wifie Herbert Cavanaugh Miss Welch Grangers

Engagement Announced for Josephine Hamblen and Franklyn Sherman

Mr and Mrs Ira P Hamblen of 11 Clifton street announce the engagement of their daughter Josephine L Hamblen to Franklyn J Sherman son of Mrs Stanton Sherman of Wiscasset and South Portland The engagement was shared at a dinner party at Mr Sherman s Sebasco cottage Miss Hamblen a Morse high school graduate 1927 works as secretary to Henry O Trowbridge chief engineer at Bath Iron Works Mr Sherman a Bowdoin College 1927 graduate attended Kent s Hill and is in Portland in the importation business He is a member of the D K E fraternity South Portland Lion Club Masonic order and Elks No wedding date has been set.

Ira P. Hamblen Clifton Street Josephine L Franklyn J. Sherman Stanton Sherman Wiscasset South Portland Mr. Sherman Sebasco Miss Hamblen Morse High School Henry O. Trowbridge Bath Iron Works Corp Sherman

Flower Family Visits Grand Summer Home at Small Point

Mr and Mrs Henry C Flower and daughter Shirley of Greenwich Conn arrived Saturday to spend the weekend and holiday with Mrs Flower s sister Mrs Loyall F Sewall and Mr Sewall at their summer home at Small Point.

Henry C. Flower Shirley Greenwich, Conn

Parents blamed for lack of child training at meeting

Sagadahoc County Pomona Grange met with Five Islands grange to discuss ridging the country of gangsters citing lack of home training. Delegations from most granges attended the June session, 122 total, with West Bath the largest at 22. The day featured fifth degree conferrals, reports from grange masters, and sermons on parental guidance and church attendance as keys to curb juvenile crime.

Sagadahoc County Pomona Grange Five Islands Grange Bodwell Grange Small Point West Bath Arthur C. Lemont Frank E. Moses George R. Ingraham West Bath Grange Hubert T. McCarty Ralph Kenney Lyramore Grange Forrest Hanna Five Islands Maurice Shea Woolwich Arthur N. Peasley Pomona Peasley Monmouth Otis Gray Richmond Corner Lorraine Heenie Bowdoinham Lorenzo Masse Brunswick Reuben Purington Dromore Masse Albert F. McFadden Charles M. White Augusta Merrymeeting Grange John H. Carter Woolwich Grange William A Coombs Ceres Russell Pinkham Henrietta Sawyer Dirigo G. P. Dickinson Bessie E. Dickinson Dromore Grange Phippsburg George Thompson Enterprise Grange Richmond Walter Knight Progressive Grange Florence Merriman Sagadahoc Grange Bowdoin Mr. Noyes Topsham Grange David S. Henderson William H. Gould Merrymeeting Mr. Pinkham Lillian Masse White Gould Ethel Stevens Grangers Joseph M. Lemont James B. Lemont Orissa E. Carr

Funds Available For Projects Now Underway In City

Bath receives 14000 from Federal ERA for nine weeks from June 29 to Aug 30. The grant funds 113 workers, down from 165, supporting Kelley athletic field, fire dam at Whiskeay, Weeks street school yard, Morsey high school yard work, YMCA sewing, and continued admin office. while maps for assessors, music instruction, and Oak Grove cemetery program are closed.

Small John A. McDonough Bath Kelley Whiskeay Weeks Street Morsey High School Y.M.C.A Oak Grove Cemetery

Bargain Counter program by Maine Pen Women visit Kennebunk

The Augusta Branch of the American Pen Women will host a July 6 luncheon for Summer visitors at Greenetrees Kennebunk. The event promotes Maine as the bargain counter for better value and health, featuring editorials poetry and regional talks by notable members including Esther Averill. Clara Fogg will host a broadcast on WHEB Portsmouth detailing what it means to be a Pen Woman.

Augusta American Pen Women William Greene Greenetrees Kennebunk Maine New England Maine Woods Pine Tree State York Harbor Katherine Marshall York Village Eleanor Dutton Martin Hinckley Lillian Louise Greene Janet Laura Scott Wiscasset Florence Waugh Danforth Skowhegan Eva E. Morgan Saco Mount Desert Bethena Graham Bar Harbor Mary Sylvester Lisbon Falls Crabtree Clara N. Fogg Esther Averill Massachusetts Ancestral Acres Clara Fogg WHEB Portsmouth Thomases

Playground Tag Day Boosts Summer Grounds Fund

Heat and showers could not deter the P T A tag day for Summer playgrounds and equipment raising 139 dollars. Ruth Shellenbarger led with 162 tags, Helen West second with 114. Others above 40 included Ruth Cohen Emily Furber Sylvia Katz Barbara Scott Charlotte Page Margaret Tourtil lotte. Thanks extended to Frank B Nichols Bath Daily Times Roscoe P McFadden and supervisor David Y Alkazin. Lewiston aldermen approved 32 beer licenses, refused three, and warned no dancing at beer parlors. no ordinance bans dancing, chief says.

Ruth Shellenbarger Helen West Ruth Cohen Emily Furber Sylvia Katz Barbara Scott Charlotte Page Margaret Tourtillotte Frank B. Nichols The Bath Daily Times Roscoe P. McFadden David Y. Alkazin Lewiston Ashton

Bath Delegates Return From Y M C A Camp Leadership Week

Bath sends 21 youths to the State Y M C A Camp on Lake Cobbesseecontee for six days of leadership classes under Maine, Massachusetts, and New York educators. About 150 Maine youths attend. Bath group wins the camp base ball title and takes third in swimming. schedule runs from 6 a m to 9 30 p m with lectures, group discussions, and various skills training.

Bath Lake Cobbesseecontee Maine Massachusetts New York Camp Auditorium York Lodge Davenport

Plan to Celebrate Opening of Bridge

A celebration for the Arrowsic Georgetown bridge over Back River is being discussed with a monster clambake proposed at Natt F Howe’s field near Georgetown. The new bridge will be 35 feet higher, with straight approaches, easing highway hazards. Delays in asphalt pouring and west approach construction due to lack of gravel may push opening to late July.

Back River Natt F. Howe Georgetown Sagadahoc County Sagadahoc Ferry Woolwich Maine Central Arrowsic Georges Town

Maine Visit For Carrolls At Kennebago Lake

Gladys Hasty Carroll of Minneapolis Bates '25 arrives Sunday with husband Prof. H A Carroll of the University of Minnesota and son Warren Hasty Carroll for a week at Kennebago Lake Maine. The Kennebago hotel prepares the Owlsnest cabin for their stay during the summer in Maine.

Gladys Hasty Carroll Minneapolis Owlsnest Carrolls

Pollock Fishing Showcases Angler's Sport Across Maine Waters

Arthur G. Staples recalls Maine reef and coast fishing lore, tracing pollock on a fly back to 1924. He links saltwater sport to early voyages from Monhegan Boothbay and Friendship, then recounts a Boston perspective and a bold forecast of Maine’s pollock runs off Seguin and the Kennebec estuary.

Arthur G. Staples Lewiston Evening Journal Maine Development Commission Maine Publicity Bureau New England Council, Recreational Department Maine Monhegan Boothbay Gulf of Maine Florida Boston Paradise Eve Scribners Harpers Howard Noble Avalon Pacific Atlantic

Big Willow Tree Over Century Stands At Baxters Corner

Local tale traces the historic willow planted in 1819 by Charles O. Whitmore, later debated as 1806 or 1819, and preserved by Hon. Rupert H. Baxter at the northwest corner of Washington and Willow streets. Recent surgery cleaned dead wood as community recalls its age and origin.

Rupert H. Baxter Washington and Willow Streets John H. Kimball the Times John Hayden T. P. I.magoun Bath Baxter John Whitmore Mhuldah Crocker

That Famous Willow Recalled by Bath Grandfather

John Hayden recounts a Times published version linked to Mme. Eames and Kimball. The tale centers on a willow tree planted by a little girl, said to be at Col Patten’s, with a mother and sibling intervening in a disciplinary moment as the scene unfolds.

John Hayden Bath Mme. Eames Times Kimball Col

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