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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1938

Page

3

Wiscasset Fourth Celebrated Amid Parades and Games

Wiscasset enjoyed a peaceful Fourth with a street parade led by St. John's Band of Brunswick and prizes for floats won by Clarence Cowley and Montsweag Grange. Field events and a Lincoln county softball match followed, with Wiscasset defeating Lewiston Rangers in two games 15-2 and 7-6 before evening reports of two fire incidents nearby.

Brick Store to Open Third Season as Museum Site

The Brick Store built in 1825 by William Lord in Kenebunk opens this Summer for its third season. A second story gallery on Main Street opposite the Public Library will host four changing July August exhibitions. The July 1 opening features original drawings by American artists from Benjamin West to the moderns, loaned by the Federation of Arts, Washington. Hand colored engravings of birds by Rex Brasher, devoted to this work, will also be shown.

William Lord Kenebunk Main Street Benjamin West Federation of Arts Washington, D.C Birds of America Rex. Brasher

Republican Women Picnic At Sebasco Hill

More than 50 members of the Sagadahoc Republican club gathered Thursday at the Summer home of Mrs. Henry W. Butler on Sebasco hill for a picnic and business meeting. Readings and talks followed the meal, with guests from Woolwich Richmond Topsham Bath and other towns enjoying Bermuda trip anecdotes and lodge tours.

Sagadahoc Clara Reed Woolwich Margaret Peabody Richmond Stella Given Bowdeinham Alfred E. Carpenter Bath Edgar A. Farrar Bermuda Mary P. Hill Topsham Sebasco Lodge Richard Cushman Butler Stella N. Given Hiram W. Totman Eleanora Totman Margery Totman Mary Pelham Hill George Preble Walter Hall Virginia Hall Amy C. Dolloff Margaret B. Peabody Lalia P. Card Seth Watson Christine Densmore Clara M. Reed Frank Walker Albion L. Corliss Florence Hathorne Sarah Bailey Bernice Bailey Catherine McFarland Arrowsic Reese D. Eby Connersville Ind William B. Perry Cora Campbell Martha Morrison Elijah P. Bartlett Phippsburg Chester A. Plant

Social notes of local residents and visitors

Mrs Isabel Ladd on annual vacation at Senter s Inc. Mr and Mrs Clarence Jenkins and son Robert of Kittery spent weekend with his parents in Bangor. Fitzgerald Toothaker party at Crest Hill Inn Bethlehem N H hosted by Miss Jean F Grout of Springfield Mass. Grout sister Barbara E Grout visited Washington St. Ernest Marshall and Sam Willard of Laconia NH stayed with Mrs Marshall s mother at Megunticook Lake Camden. Prentiss family and others vacationed at Bar Harbor Cadillac Mountain. Hooper family from New York to visit sisters Emma and Martha Hooper then Boothbay Harbor for three weeks at Mill House. Mrs Blanche B Bunker summering in town with Mrs Leah Strout and Cornwell Strout at Boothbay Harbor. Strout later in New York City at Hotel Sedgwick.

Isabel Ladd Senter’s, Inc Clarence A. Jenkins Robert Kittery Arthur Jenkins High Street Charles M. Fitzgerald Charles C. Toothiaker Crest Hill Inn Bethlehem N. H Lewis E. Prentiss Betty Courtney Elsie M. Small Mary F. Duncan Elizabeth A. Sutherland William E. Lundrigan Bar Harbor Cadillac Mountain Fred E. Hooper New York City Emma and Martha Hooper Green Street Boothbay Harbor Mill House Blanche B. Bunker Los Angeles Calif Town Leah Strout Bath Cornwell Strout Strout New York City Hotel Sedgwick

West Bath M E Church Opens Summer Services

West Bath M E church began Sunday afternoon services led by Rev. Ernest Heywood of Wesley church Bath. The notice invites all to attend, noting years of welcome since 1839. The piece also lists numerous summer visitors and cottage residents in Bath and Sabine Cove, detailing family visits and social events.

Copper Shop Upsets South End To Tie For First In Sunset League

Copper Shop ballsters of Bath Iron Works Corp upset South End 8-7 at Goddard's field. Pride led South End with four hits including a triple as Carl Erlebach won the mound battle for the Copper Shop in a game that saw heavy scoring in the middle innings and a late rally by the South Enders.

Copper Shop Bath Iron Works Corp South End Goddard's Field Court Streeters South Enders North End Winneganee Coppersmiths Rupe Lewis Brewster Pride Carl Erlebach Joy Soucie

Woolwich Town Meeting Aids Sagadahoc Ferry School House

Woolwich plans a Thursday evening meeting at seven to raise funds for the Sagadahoc Ferry school house. Local residents and visitors from Dorchester Mass and Bath are noted in village notes, with church services at Center Baptist and Montsweag announced for Sunday.

Bulls and Bears Clash in Bath Twilight League Golf

The Bulls and Bears will compete Thursday night in a Bath Twilight League golf event at Bath Country Club. Players join teams on arrival, aiming to start around five with medal play and handicaps, winner earns club dinners. Members should inform the dining room early for headcount to plan meals.

Bulls Bears Bath Bath Country Club

Things I Liked at Wee-Own-It

A nostalgic poem recalling a visit to Wee-Own-It with vivid nature imagery. The speaker lists fond memories: river bend, green fields, Ma and her chicken, Chiffon Pie, elms and shade, white clouds, song birds, and a restful bed. The mood shifts from delight abroad to longing on the journey home.

Woolwich Red Cross Sets July Mid-Summer Tea

Woolwich branch executive committee met with Mrs Isaac Howard and accepted Mrs William Tudor Gardiner’s invitation to hold the annual tea at her home on July 13 from three to five. Mrs Edward V Reed chairs the Red Cross and names committees and assistants for what is expected to be a major social affair this season.

Woolwich The Red Cross Isaac Howard Wm. Tudor Gardiner Edward V. Reed

Phippsburg Church Holds Summer Service With 42 Attendees

Rev Robert C Whitehead of Mt Vernon NY opened the Congregational church for the summer season in Phippsburg. Forty two persons attended the service and church schedules will be ready next Sunday for distribution. Mr Whitehead will address the congregation again then. Reverend Willard Palmer, assistant superintendent of the Copperatepartures Association, is slated to speak.

Robert C. Whitehead Mt. Ver‘Tion Fine-Oldburg Congregational Church Whitehead Willard Palmer Coupecartures Association

Woolwich Grange plans final session before August recess

At the Woolwich Grange weekly meeting last Wednesday it was announced there will be only one more session before the August recess. The final gathering will be a picnic lunch with each member contributing a dish.

Woolwich Grange

Weekend Visitors Gather at Homes and Resorts

Capt and Mrs L W Oliver and Mr and Mrs Hans H Sievers spent the weekend at Sabine. Edward T Foster and party visited Portland and Old Orchard. Edward J Fitzgerald USN (ret) returned after a Montreal weekend. William Grevers of Rockville Center will arrive Thursday for Meadowbrook weekend. Grindell and Jack Hastings returned to Bath from New York. Mrs A W Brown and Betty with Ernest G Keay of Montreal guests of Paul D Moore in Bath. George Percy and Houghton McLellan of Boston aboard the Percy houseboat at Meadowbrook. Bernice M Carr employed at Senter’s visiting her brother Donnell Carr in Dover NH. John C Mercer family and Percy W Oliver, Bath, spent holiday in Millinocket and Bangor. Mary G Higgins of Boothbay Harbor hosted at Small Point Beach with Bath guests Ruth Farnham Carl C Anderson Minnie White Seth Mullin Augustus Percy Robert Hatch Rachel Nichols. Dr Eh lia Galliano Thompsonson of Boston and Grace Hillman of Harvard also attended.

E. H. Crosman Crosman Beverly Graves Myron Hunt Portsmouth N. H. Garrison Hill Emma Weeks Annie Seekins Nellie R. Reid William B. Lucas Claire Krull Fitchburg Mass Ralph Homer South Portland Richard Malloy Gardiner Malcolm MacDonald Portland Bernard Hutchins Water Street Bradford - Sortwell - Wright Unit American Legion Auxiliary Ethel Irene Metcalf Nellie Dowling Majorie Monte Elmer Arnold Cleveland Ohio Clifford Smith Williamsport Vivian R. Giles Gardiner Road Foster Kellogg Boston Laura Brown New York City Frederick Hart D. Paul Burleigh Conkling Owen's Mouth Boothbay Leon A. Francisco, Jr New York Sprucewold Boothbay Harbor Maude Clark Gay Waldoboro Stanley Bailey Merion, Pa Charles E. Cowley Federal Street Henry Dyer Hooper Street Warren Dyer Clarence Dyer Massachusetts Ormando Goodwin Cloverdale Town Goodwin First National Camden Carroll McFadden Little Lewiston Isaac B. Jackson West Anna Road D. M. Munsey Harry Quinnam J. F. White Lincoln Pomona George Babb Department of Agriculture Don Shea R. E. Maas, Jr Maas Ft. McKinley Richard T. Maloy B. F. Blagdon George Sproul Capitol Island Odbury West West Bath M. E Ernest Heywood Wesley Church Bath The Red Cross Sedgwick J. E. Mayo Walter Brown Quincy Annie H. Trufant A. B. Snow Rita Helen Anna May Myatt Lynn Owen Thompson Waterville Canada Percy Holbrook Harold Gay Evelyn Natick Robert R. Coombs F. W. Daniels Malden Birch Point Oscar Williams Ina Williams Florence Wyman Williams Cottage Thomas Pierce Providence R. I William P. Drake Grosse Ilc Mich Frederick E. Drake Addie Drinkwine Leonard Maillete Alfred Walter G. Marco Charles Hatch Samuel F. Bates Ralph H. McNary Betty Jackie Marblehead Charles Bates Henry W. Henderson Marjorie Donald Winthrop Jean M. Bates Trenton N. J Charles H. Bates Jean Channing Bickford Stanley Clyde Bremer Tibbetts Brigham's Cove Conrad Nelson Thure G. Nelson Ted Sabine William R. Dean Ruth Niagara N. C Dean Cottage Charles E. Hewitt, Jr Fred P. Nichols Miriam Doble Boston Dispensary Raymond Perry Hyde Park Aitken Cottage Sabine Cove Delmar E. Bates Mary E. B. Noyes Elmer Hodgkins Thomas Hodgkins Walter Gupin O. A. Knight Bertha Waugh H. A. Owen Irwin Daley George Kingston N. H Hull Watertown D. O. Blaisdell James Thorpe Soule National Education Association Maine Blaisdell Augustus Blaisdell Gilbert Wilson Kenneth Lewis Freeport Belfast Trafton Swain York Joseph W. Larrabee Henry Barron Irwin Burlington Hendrickson Bros William Burke William Edward Medford Larrabee’s Grove Charles P. Baker Jane Rockland Charles, Jr Phippsburg Center Henrietta French Eva Kingsbury Camp Benson Sebasticook Newport Thomas’ Point Carleton W. Andrews Richard Charles Andrews Waterboro Howard Phoenix Uxbridge Carroll Andrews Geraldine Eugene Woolwich Estelle King Jesse L. Tarr Erlon Umberhind Richmond Anno Jackman Hampden Jack Willard John East Braintree Chester King Barbara Eleanor Fred Lawrence Foxboro Herbert Wilson E. W. Haggett Arthur J. B. Lemont Bazin Lemont Cottage New Meadows Lake Paul Lemont Samuel Jordan, Jr Meadowbrook Percy Marriner Norman Walter W. Larrabee Billy David Joseph Topsham Edward Rice L. D. Sheldon Fred W. Larrabee Emily Ernest Steele Byron Steele Emma Cox Cox Cottage Sagadahoc Ferry Warren Trott H. M. Bailey Dorchester Nequasset Roberta Hathorne Spenter's, Inc Frank Dewick Brunswick Murphy's Corner Bernette Bailey Bates College Wm. Tudor Gardiner Phipps Point Josephine Cunningham Fred Carlton Charles Brown Charles Hunnewell Center Baptist Church Day's Ferry Community Club J. W. Reed John Gilmore Charles H. Hunnewell Pemaquid Light John Conway Sagadahoc Conway Clara McH Alden Farnham Wellesley Farnham George Farnham Beltran Crocker Patricia Richard and Paul Newark Clarence Clark Ardelle B. Farrar Irma Farrar William Farrar Frank Farnham John Sheldon Woolwich Union Day's Ferry Gagadahoc Sebenon Hall Harvey T. Hathorne Waldo Hathorne Cummington Harvey P. Hathorn Christine Hawthorne Woolwich Center L. W. Oliver Hans H. Sievers Edward T. Foster Old Orchard Edward J. Fitzgerald Montreal William Grevers Rockville Center N. Y William Grindell Jack Hastings A. W. Brown Ernest G. Keay Paul D. Moore Bath Street George Percy Houghton McLellan Percy Mary G. Higgins Ruth Farnham Carl C. Anderson Minnie A. White Seth 8. Mullin Augustus A. Percy Robert B. Hatch Rachel Nichols Ehlia Galliano Thompkinson Grace Hillman Harvard

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Wiscasset Wiscasset Athletic Club American Legion Bradford-Sortwell-Wright Post St. John’s Band of Clarence Cowley Montsweag Grange Mel Dickinson Alna Lloyd Shaw Clayson Lewis Gerald Sherman Edward Evans Lewiston Rangers Round House Maine Central Organ Society First Congregational Church Charles S. Sowder Melvin Soule Fred Soule Helen Kelley Woodfords William Southard Charles Deeson Cheshire, Conn East Edgecomb Lawrence Marston Roy Marston Mary Grant Rafter Washington, D. C Bath Road William Elliot Harlan Trott Frank Cummings Winchester Elliot Elbridge Teele Lawley Smith West Newton Howard Samoset Roger Dow CCC Jefferson West Ama Road Joseph Hubbard Somerville Alice Taylor Verna Southard Marston Frederick Bronson Berkley North Edgecomb Julia Lewis Chester Lowell Mary Alice Ware Leona Spicer Lowell Herbert McDevit Frank Quinna Lilla Graves South Carolina William Rings M. M. Smith Damariscotta Sebasco Henry W. Butler King Goddard’s Field Stewart Farthing R. Lewis Fortier Erlebach Kingsbury B. Robinson R. Cramer Sunset League P.C Court Street North End Pe Breses Winnegance Certs Copper Shop Wee R. Glidden B. Kingsbury J. King Revere Benson Dennen Po Gallant Acasavas Sprague London England Barb Hutton Court Haugwitz-Reventlow Raitend Cantaas Bow Street Court Reventlow Central Press D. Bligh Grasset Winnetka, Ill Donald B. Sinclair Toronto Kappa Alpha Theta United States Spring Lake Woolwich Red Cross Bernice M. Carr Senter's, Inc Donnell Carr Dover, N. H John C. Mercer Wilfred Percy W. Oliver Millinocket Bangor William Allen Smith Sydney Augusta Duer D. Breck Small Point Beach Wilfrid E. Guerin North Street Haverhill Hampton Beach Guerin the Times Co OF Bath America Henry W. Owen, Jr the Times Press Bath, Maine
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