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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 09, 1936

Page

4

Summer visitors fill Sebasco and Small Point scenes

Phippsburg hosts a flotilla of seasonal guests and day trippers. Families from Wakefield New York Rochester Bath Yonkers and Columbus arrive to spend the summer at Sebasco Estates Little Wood Island and the Center, with cottages, lodges, and clubhouses bustling. Local residents host visitors, attend circuses, and enjoy weekend trips to Camden and Bath as Bodwell Grange meets and stores open for the season.

Joseph Brasier Joseph, Jr Edward Sebasco Estates Harold Cushman Vernon Raymond Dellinger Fiske Wakefield Mass William Tench New York Tench Dexter Kneeland Allan John Lewiston Hubert Paddock Mildred Bath Sebasco John Rust Marian Elizabeth Yonkers N. Y Little Wood Island Edna Webb Hazel Harrington Flushing George Ballou Virginia Brinkerhoff Wollaston John F. Skillings Helen Jacobson Herbert Moore South Hadley Marcus Beebe Edward Bolton Omar Perry Winneganee Perry James E. Perry Herbert A. Willis Alice Benner Ralph Coombs Eugene Portland Walter Libby Meadowbrook James Hopkins Columbus Ohio New Meadows Fred Crozier Brooklyn William B. Perry Everett Leavitt Woburn Frank P. Leavitt Rosamond Stover Brunswick Road Small Point Martin Wyman Elizabeth Eaton Wyman Robert C. Whitehead Robert L. Ewing Brightwater Nellie Tracey Kenneth Percival Phyllis Gormley Hattie Bowker Jean Bowker Augustus Small Small Point Beach Small Bodwell Grange D. G. Mass Union N. J Campbell Farm Cora Campbell Camden Manley Breck Duer D. Breck Betty Ewing Oberlin College Oberlin Robert Ewing Ewing Charles E. Preble Ernest Williams Stanley Campbell’s Pond Thomas C. Hughes Fred Morrison Quincy Charles Morrison Arthur Tommy Donald Morse James L. Morse

Lillian Parks and Errol Saale Ice Cream Event Planned

A lobster supper and club gathering is scheduled for this week featuring a picturesque Song quilt on display. Pratt's Orchestra of Bath will provide music after the supper and dancing.

Raateres Han Lillian Parks Errol Saale En En Watee Pratt Orchestra of Bath

Thorborn Accepts Bath and Freeport Universalist Pastorship

Rev George H Thorborn Jr will serve as pastor of the First Universalist Church Bath starting September 13 while also preaching Sundays at 2 30 pm at the Second Church Freeport. He comes from Herkimer New York and was praised after a June 28 Bath visit. Mrs Thorborn holds degrees from the University of Chicago and is an accomplished organist. The couple with a three month old will reside at the Bath parsonage on Washington and Cedar streets.

George H. Thorborn, Jr First Universalist Church of Bath Thorborn Freeport Herkimer N. Y William Dawes Veazie Maine Universalist Convention Veazie

Gay season opens among colonists on island camp

Newspaper notes weekly paper The Weekly Tide issued each Saturday for island residents. New Hodgdon House built beside camp float for storing boats. Arrival of guests from Larchmont Greenwich Boston and Philadelphia. Bell installed at St Cuthbert's Chapel in memory of Frances Margrette Wheeler July 1936. Island youth crowd grows with tennis courts active and The Islander weekly gaining traction.

Allen Frances A. Allen Jean Bishop Edward Allen David Knapp Arthur Lane Northend Frank B. Hazen Larchmont N. Y Thompson F. C. Rawdlle Greenwich Frank Charles Helen Favinger Boston Allenoll James S. Rogers Haverford Dorothy Stuart Richmond Given Bella Davis Geneva St. Cuthbert’s Chapel Margrette Wheeler East Orange N. J Frances Margrette Wheeler Islander

Summers at cottages along Popham Beach draw visitors

Bath and surrounding town residents flock to cottages at Popham Beach and Long Island for the summer season. Numerous families and individuals from Milton, Bath, Gorham, Rahway, Newark, Newton Center, Cambridge, Somerville, and beyond arrived to spend holidays and weekends at various cottages. A seal has been seen at Yarry's rocks each twilight, and a dog show for the Elks charity fund will be held at Goodall Park in Sanford with entries from Maine New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

Rawl Slogl Liwood Magri Fort “Ae Robert Cody Ann Milton Mass Greham David M. Rodgerson Groveville Evadna Drake Frances Shaughnessy Bath Hatch Camp Wilmer I. Voorhees George Oliver Roger Jonesport William Adams Brooklyn N. Y Elizabeth Webber Cambridge John Leo Conley Somerville George Buchanan Schenectady Yarry Goodall Park Sanford York County Kennel Club Elks Charity Fund of Massachusetts New Hampshire Maine Ernest Lambert Lewiston

Skowhegan man found guilty of drunken driving in Augusta

Lawrence H. Pierce, of Skowhegan, was found guilty in Augusta municipal court on a drunken driving charge. Judge Emery O. Beane fined Pierce 100 dollars with 7.96 dollars in costs and imposed a 60 day jail sentence suspended on payment. Pierce sold his car to cover the fine and costs.

Lawrence H. Pierce Skowhegan Augusta Emery O. Beane Pierce

Local News From Winnegance Area and Visits

Updates from Winnegance note gatherings and travel. Mrs Helen Stearnis of Cambridge sails June 28 for Germany via frequent visits with Miss Webber at Popham. Carolyn A Oliver R N serves three weeks at Webber hospital Biddeford. Gus Small recovers and camps at Martin Wyman's. Families travel for the Fourth with relatives in Hermon and Somerville. A Maine tribute to the state was read at Valley Forge by Miss Charlotte Seehagen. secretary of the vestry sends praise for her article.

Purdy Helen Stearnis Cambridge Miss Webber Popham Germany Carolyn A. Oliver R.N Webber Hospital Biddeford Gus Small Small Point Martin Wyman’s Freeman Oliver Edna June Roberta Robert Margaret Brown Arlo Moore Hermon Walter Small Ruth Somerville Mass Harry F. Oliver High Street Winneyance Charles Trask Maine Valley Forge Maine State Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Charlotte Seehagen Cony High School Washington Memorial Chapel

Partridges Stay Guests of Sedgwick and Dean

Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Partridge of Brookline Massachusetts were overnight guests Monday at Hotel Sedgwick and luncheon guests Tuesday of Mrs. F. R. E. Dean. They stayed at Hotel Thomas in Gainesville Florida last Winter.

S. S. Partridge Brookline Mass Sedgwick F. R. E. Dean

Local Social News Recap of Visits and Moves

Natha and Mrs Wood visit at pes Park Street, Emma L. Mehtes athared Godwin leaves for Prov after holiday with Harvie family. Eleanor Mullaney returns from Millinarket and joins Dr Hibbs’s dental practice. Virginia Golder resumes duties at Maine General Hospital after vacation with family in Winship and Farrin streets. Irving Brown and party visit from Portsmouth to spend two weeks with Ferris family and explore Cadillac Mountain. Edward Morin departs for Bangor to join Eastern Manufacturing two months as part of post graduate work with MIT then shifts to Practice Chemical Engineering in Ban gor and Boston before returning to Buffalo, N Y for the year.

Natha Wood, Jr Pes Park Street Emma L. Me Godwin Missernoon Harvie N. Harvie Center Street Eleanor Mullaney Katherine Mullaney Park Street Morséa George W. Hibbs Virginia Golder Maine General Hospital Portland Scott M. Golder Winship Street Everett Quimby Farrin Street Frank Chessman Wollaston Mass Irving Brown Portsmouth Brown Melvin Ferris Max McCorlick Amesbury N. C Ferris Cadillac Mountain Edward G. Morin W Street Harvard Bangor Eastern Manufacturing Co Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chemical Engineering Boston Buffalo N. Y Technology

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