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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 09, 1925

Page

7

Richmond and Velie meet in Brunswick road collision

Early Saturday a head on crash on Brunswick road near Richmond Corner involved a five passenger Chevrolet touring car from Taunton to New Brunswick and a Velie touring car carrying young men from a dance to Mere Point. Both vehicles were damaged but no one injured. Velie thrown off the road into bushes, telephone pole broken.

Chevrolet Velie Brunswick Road Richmond Corner Massachusetts Taunton New Brunswick New Hampshire Hallowell George Wilson Winthrop Hollis Brennan Dresden Kinco J. A. Hinckley Sarah Hansen Ernest Rice Freeport Ernest Stuart Gertrude Longfellow F. R. Curtis New Haven Isabel I. Rodick Frank Cheney George King Gorham Charles Randall Richmond Lynn Mass Alice Fitzgerald Manchester N. H Charles Morang Richard Derby Winchester Albert Converse Woburn Derby Swan Island Elizabeth Small Mary Gaubert Abbie Call Capitol Island Herman Blake Baltimore Samuel Blake Robert Wyman Elizabeth McMaster Clyde McFee Boston KE. EK Durand Blanch Ruth Robert Dickerman Canada Quebec Montreal New York Lake Champlain White Mountains Dunklee Lake Ossipee N. H. Me Roland E. Lord Brewer Beatrice Tarr John H. King Bath John Dailey Margaret Louise Deehan Etta Marco Augusta Mary EK. Hathorne Carrie Thomas Bangor Laura Williams Milton Nhs Minnie Waldron Martha Totman Brunswick Harpswell Charlotte Murray Charlotte Dixon Holliston N. H. Skelton Henry E. Houdlette Harry J. Tarr Harold Hinchliffe Beatrice Hodge Springfield Henry Reed Mabel Colby Ethel Ricker Haverhill George Hawkey Ammandus Borjesson Elizabeth Alexander

Bath girl accepts excellent position with research project

Miss M Evelyn Oliver of Mount Holyoke leaves for Cambridge Massachusetts to assist Prof Mary Inda Hussey in primitive religion research. Louise Eby also joins the project funded by the Fund for Oriental and Archaeological Biblical Research. Doris Trevett already contributed. the trio will produce a source book to be used in colleges.

M. Evelyn Oliver Washington Street Mount Holyoke College Cambridge Mass Mary Inda Hussey Hussey Fund For Oriental and Archaeological Biblical Research Louise Eby Union Theological College Mount Holyoke Miss Hussey Doris Trevett Chicago University Graduate School Oliver Harvard William L. Worcester Swedenborgian Theological School White Mountains

Magwoods Return Home After Visit in Somerville

Mr and Mrs George H Magwood and their daughters Evelyn Ivez Pauline and Ar dell and son Robert returned to Somerville Massachusetts Monday after a visit with Mr Magwoods sister Mrs William E Harriman at 75 Court Street.

George H. Magwood Evelyn Ivez Pauline Ardell Robert Somerville Mass Mr. Magwood William E. Harriman Court Street

Gardner and Morse Families Visit Over Weekend

Mr and Mrs Frank Gardner hosted a summer afternoon gathering with Mrs Fred R E Dean and daughter Marion at their Summer Street residence. Horace G Morse and daughter Martha returned to Reading Mass after spending the weekend with his mother Mrs John Alden Morse.

Thompson Harley Alice Mae Cleveland Ohio Emma Rice Lena Harlow Colesworthy Falmouth James Haynes Blanchard New Hart J. K. Dunn Kimball Street Margaret Grover Gardiner Henry Reed Beatrice Hodges Virginia Mansir Walter Thomas Augusta Nellie Thomas Sadie Mudge Harriett East Boston Pleasant View Farm Blanche Scott Richmond G. B. M. Soule Henry Vluff A. A. Mayhew Eugene Baker Canada George Hawkes Capitol Island Kenneth Sedgley Edwarl Sedgley Perley Wedge Charles Swettson Franklin Frances Elmer King Pittsfield N. H Frances Preble Ida Hosmer Audry Holman Belgrade Elizabeth Kelley Edward McAuliffe New Meadows Inn Frank Staples Staples George Soule Hannah Cunningham Damariscota Elmer Rogers F. B. Peabody Mildred Costellow Barbara Conrad Webster W. A. Osgood Elizabeth G. Kelley Bath Frank Duren G. BB. M. Soule H.S. Thompson Katherine Soule Lake Liberty Palermo John A. Pinkham Damariscotta Newcastle S.M. Preble Lillian Johnson Portland Wallace Curtis Randolph BE. PL Curtis W. M. King Skowhegan Carl Gibbs Rangeley J. W. Gibbs Reuben Perry Joseph Garnier Isabel I. Rodick Herbert E., Rodick North Street Brunswick Seth E Harriet Merrill) Sutherland Evergreen Cemetery Mary Whitcomb Charlestown Mass Nellie Hoyt Lynn Flora Mayers This Town Waldo Sutherland New Bedford Edwin Sutherland Turner Frank Gardner Fred R. E. Dean Marion Summer Street Horace G. Morse Martha Reading John Alden Morse

Sea shore holiday notes in Georgetown village

Many visitors arrive for the holiday to Georgetown, with locals Raphael and Andrew Rowe visiting Hinckley and Goodwill Farm. The piece lists numerous summer guests and social visits from Bath, Bath, Waltham, Belmont, Marion and other places, plus plans for the annual League sale and supper on August 11.

Augusta A. I. Rowe Hollis Webster Fordham Lexington Mass Sagadahoc Bay Cecil Stevens Newark N. J Walter Cummings South Paris W. C. Todd Elizabeth Flint Alfred Rowe Evelyn Rowe Clayton Rowe John Grindell Bath Arthur Rowe Alice Oliver Waltham Charles Oliver Ida Hooker Martha Rebecca Belmont Gilbert Lewis T. M. Hagan Alice Scott Howard Heald Sarah Morrill Josephine Harrison Sally Harrison Irvington Forrest Hanna Five Islands Winthroy Herbert Laskey Dillrica Frederick Laskey W. C. Oliver Frank Clarke George Willis Woolwich Josie Williams George Cramp Irving Lewis Wiscasset Waverly Mess Rockledge Flaxington Helen Stephen Clarke Brooklyn N. Y Clarke Arthur S. Rowe Boston Ruby Moore Jack Emmons Lewiston Emmons Roscoe Scott Hartford Conn Fuller Brush Co Gilbert Gunnel F. O. Williams Georgia Randall J. J. Planders Randall Cottage Miss Brown Miss Conley Cumberland Harold Brown Arthur Todd Richmond Jennie Todd Grace Scott Walthiam George F. Oliver Harold Hunt

Camp Overlook Girls Return for Second and Third Seasons

Ten girls returned to Camp Overlook at Kennebec Point under Mrs. Martha Rich for a second year and five for a third season, with several new attendees. Fourth of July activities included a flag raising on a new pole, water sports such as swimming canoe and tube races, land races like sack running basketball and baseball, plus evening games and fireworks. The group attended the morning service at First Baptist Church on Sunday, with H. H. Brown of Fitchburg as a weekend guest. Mrs. Rich accompanied him to Worth and back by train.

Overlook Kennebec Point Martha Rich First Baptist Church H. H. Brown Fitchburg, Mars

Robinhood Visitors Arrive for Summer at Dorchester Estate

Reverend ad Mrs Chamberlain of Dorchester arrive in town and will reside in the Clark estate cottage through July. Mrs Reynolds and Ruth travel to Bath while Winkley of Medford and family vacation at Robinhood. Visitors from Arrowsic stay with Mrs Powers, and Daniel Thurston arrives with his son Franklin as Mrs Thurston’s note continues on page eight.

Chaimberlain Dorchester Mass Clark Estate Ralph Reynolds Ruth Bath W. H. Winkley Medford Robinhood Arrowsic Agnes Powers Daniel W. Thurston Franklin Ella L. Alden Eleanor M. Ninde Thurston

Bath teamster slays porcupine in city

Joseph King a teamster for M. W. Sewall Coal Co. killed a large porcupine Friday forenoon on Oak Street near Henry G. Shaw’s home. Driving along he struck the animal with a tailboard to prevent it getting under the horse’s feet. The porcupine’s origin is unknown, believed to be the first in the city.

Joseph King M. W. Sewall Coal Co Oak Street Henry G. Shaw Mr. King

Combination Race Off Gulf of Maine July 18

The Gulf of Maine race for auxiliary yachts under 50 feet, limited to 15 gallons of gasoline, attracts 20+ entries. From Eastern Point Whistler to North End lightship and back, it is staged by the Boston division of the Cruising Club of America with prizes awarded by the committee boat.

Gulf of Maine Whistler Vorthind Boston Cruising Club of America Massachusetts Hull Bay Jimmy” Mills William Atkin Huntington, J. 1 Gloucester Lisbon Spain Eastern Yacht Club

Shenandoah Flies Over Bath to Bar Harbor Stop

The airship Shenandoah cruised almost the entire length of Shenandoah and then Bath, reaching Bar Harbor where it moored to the Patoka for the night after a record fast mooring. Governors Trinkle Trapp and Jackson joined a voyage on nearby vessels as the Lyndonia hosted guests. The return to Lakehurst began in the late afternoon with fog prompting a tender mooring. An aircraft accompanied the voyage near the Kennebec river.

Bath Bar Harbor Patoka D Patoka Trinkle Virginia Trapp Oklahoma Jackson Indiana Bar Warbor Camden Lyndonia Cyrus WH. WK. Curtis Philadelphia Edward W. Bok Lakehurst Fort Popham Coast Guard Kennebec River

First Parachute Idea Traced to Garnerin

The record notes Jacques Garnerin, a French inventor, conceived the parachute 82 years ago while a prisoner at Ehrenbreitstein fortress Coblenz on the Rhine. He later refined the device and achieved a three thousand foot successful drop in France and created the mechanism similar to modern parachutes. Alderman and Mrs. Fred W. Quimby and their daughter Berenice visited Witts field New Hampshire for the weekend with Postmaster and Mrs. Natt A. Cram, praising good road conditions on the drive.

Jacques Garnerin Ehrenbreitstein Coblenz Rhine Garnerin France Fred W. Quimby Berenice Wittsfield N. H Natt A. Cram Bath

Five Islands Ladies Plan Annual Sale and Supper

The Five Islands Ladies' Aid schedules its annual sale and supper for July 23 in the Grange hall. Aprons and fancy articles will be offered alongside a baked beans and brown bread supper, with committees listed for aprons, fancy work, dining, and kitchen. Several families from Belmont, Somerville, Dorchester, Bath, and elsewhere will spend summer at local cottages, with many residents hosting visitors and opening cottages for the season.

Grange Hall Ellsworth Winkham Alton Reed Fred Reid Iva Cromwell Charles Amazeen Charles Nocton I. LL. Stevens FB. Pinkham Fred Rittall J. LL. Stevens Herbert Moore Seus Charles Herbert Edith Lothrop Belmont Mass W. A. Woodbury M. J. Stiles M. B. Northrop Somerville Driggs Frank Bartlett Marjorie Dorchester Harold Rowe Bath Richmond Harry ‘Har Sterling Jones Arthur Jones Athvitic Masse Edward Norton Helen Margaret Jaanaien Pivin Mt. Tope Chester Pinkham Uiné Westsbrook Carolyn Corson Waterville Wis Marion Stevens Fred Johmson Waltham Esther Wyman Arlington Wyman Charles Hanna Almon Marr Hanna Lits Hix Xon Forest M. FE. Biggins Alton Reed Passed Friday In Sath Arthur Marr Malden Dexter Stevens Providence BR. 1 Lester Davis Arthur Lermnond Vincent Dexter G. Rowe Cleveland Davis Marion Woodfords Boston Mr. Harford Capt Mrs Melvin Harford

A Bathroom for the Farm Modern Electric Life

The article extols farm electricity for a modern bathroom and power for pumping systems. It highlights water pressure at home faucets, city-like service, and broader uses such as lighting, milking, pumping, and sweeping to ease farm family labor.

Class of 1921 Memorial Drive Planned at Morse High

Members of Morse high class of 1921 will contribute to a memorial fund to erect a memorial at Morse High for the World War boys. They are asked to notify Miss Helen Hartwell of the committee at once, preferably before week’s end. Several local residents were noted visiting in Portland and Southport during the week and weekend.

Morse High Helen Hartwell

Summer visits and weekend travels Across the Maine coast

A long list of social trips and visits spans Maine towns including Cherryfield Whitefield Wiscasset Waterville Bath Woolwich and Waldoboro. Residents travel to Sebasco Moosehead Lake and Europe while others host guests at cottages and family homes over weekends and holidays.

Weekend visitors fill region with cottage stays and trips

Numerous listings note residents and guests spending weekends and holidays at cottages and homes around Bath, North Bath, Gorham, Sebasco, and Mere Point. Names include Ward, Moulton, Votter, Kittridge, Hastings, Wright, Rogers, Drake, Thieckens, Hagan, Olm, Lilly, Choate, Beals, Hathorne, Richardson, and others. Activities cover family visits, motor trips to the White Mountains, and local social gatherings.

Horace Ward Vortland Rufus D. Moulton Lake Nequasset Walter M. Votter Fairfield Thelma Kittridge Cherryfield Richard Hastings Mildred Ward E. A. Ward North Bath Florence Wright Winfield M. Hagan White Mountains Charles Whitehouse Auburn Joseph Lilly Washington Street Frederick KE. Drake Frederick William Birch Point Dwight Pierce Little Son Manchester N. H Luther Thompson Andrews Road Roscoe P. McFadden Greenfield Mass William Choate Greenfield Country Club Flora Leonard Ida M. Seals Flossie Beals N. Blewood Coffin, Jr Harvey VP. Hathorne Mary Richardson Somerville Candy's Harbor Walter Rogers Whiskeag Larkin Co Buffalo N. Y Niagara Jack Wade Samuel Wade Upper Washington Street Frank Sparks Eleanor Frank, Jr Brunswick Willis Holbrook Worthind City Elmer C. White Gladys Robert Plattsburg White Whiskeay Rogers Mere Point Bo Lermond Whitney Mitchell Phyllis C. H. Rogers South Harpswell

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Georgetown Porcupine Ladies’ Aid Warren F. Hawley Helen Clinto John B. Crosby Arthur J. Dunton Vera Howe Worcester Mr. and Mere Merritt Cy, Gackenbach Dike Read Beatrice Black Saus David John and Vercival Southport John J. Desmond Kuppenheimer Fred Gilboy Vaughn Smiley Mixs Mildred Jewett Whitefield Thomas Ik. Haley Lacey Ward Oscar Bailey William S. Wilson Kevin Sebasco Mixe Irene Miller Miss Miller Wattleboro Roger John McInnes Walter Savage Sabhe F. W. Carlton Lawrence Putnam Moosehead Lake Senator Carlton Nicholas J. Horan St. Mary's Sandwich Edward MaeCormick Edward Br. Bonnelli Edward Jr West Newton Squirrel Island Bonnelli Austin Winchenbaugh Waldoboro Winchenbaugh Oliver FF. Brown Western Ave Frank Dunning Joseph Cadigan Henry Kane BE. C. Dunning J. Horace McClure Mary Vresque Isle D. BR. Riverett Capt. McClure Battery HL Fillery Fort Williams Florence Barnes James McNeil Vine Street McNeil Theo Miss Barnes Natalie McNeil George Worrey Candy Cramer Leota Jacobson Rey Mt. Holyoke College Phi Beta Kappa Nashua Westenstogo Inn Yarmouth Walter I. Rowe Thomas S. Gibbens Sherman McQuade Augustus A. Percy Kinele Nichols George Merrill Woodbury Merrill Bruce H. M. White Jucy Bruce Jr Fryebury Mr. White H. (. Daxter Europe Caronia Coram Bowdoin Porter Thompson D. M. Humphreys & Co Room Sagadabock Block Bath, Ma
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