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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 14, 1938

Page

5

Cosmopolitan Club 25th anniversary open house and tea

More than 100 guests attend the Cosmopolitan club celebration marking 25 years. Mrs Carl F Pierce presides. Miss Alice N Magoun reads a club history while Francis E McPherson plays piano and later harp. Guests include past presidents and new members from Boothbay Harbor Women’s club amid floral decorations and a reception and dance.

Cosmopolitan Club Carl F. Pierce Francis 8. McPherson Alice N. Magoun McPherson Sylvanius Pennell Durham N. H William R. Freeman Westfield N. J Lillian I. Frost Susan N. Ballou Mabel A. Thwing Alice E. Varney J. R. Andrews Margaret R. Foote Emma E. Walker Fred H. Kimball William D. Sewell John H. Hyde Lina Andrews Ross Boothbay Harbor Paul Jones Farnham Joseph I. Smith Alice F. Johnson Mildred G. Nichols George A. Churchill Pierce

Bath youth held on forger y charge

Sagadahoc Superior Court set to Octo ber term after Judge Dunton found probable cause in Bath municipal court. Vinal H. King, 19, pleaded not guilty to forging Mrs Oliver Moses name on an $18 Bath Trust Co. check given for car work. Complainant Harold L Ham said the check passed July 6 at his Center street cigar store.

Donald N. Small Small Board of Highways and Sewers City Treas Young High Court Center Bath-Brunswick Court Street Burgess Western Avenue Bath Whittemore Hubert W. Eldred Davis Weston L. Bonney Drummond Street Kelley, Spear Co Lincoln Streets Centennial Avenue City Farm George Moody Bedford Road Committee On Battery H Goddard Oliver Moses Bath Trust Co Vinal H. King Sagadahoc Arthur J. Dunton Harold L. Ham Center Street King Moses Lisbon Falls Senter’s Inc Simoniz

Charles Sewall Wedding at Grace Church Noon

The wedding of Miss Elizabeth Olive Sewall to Robert Horne Charles took place at Grace church at high noon. Rev. Charles Myron Tubbs officiated the single ring ceremony before a large circle of relatives and friends as organist Jennie R. Melcher filled the ceremony with traditional selections and Wedding March music.

Elizabeth Olive Sewall Sumner Sewall Robert Horne Charles Benjamin H. Charles St. Louis Grace Church Charles Myron Tubbs Mendelssohn Jennie R. Melcher Camp Rousseau Handel Elgar Massenet Chopin Clowell

Wedding Party Details For Charles Prentiss Nuptials In Luxury

The ceremony lists Mrs Philip Dechert of Philadelphia as matron of honor and Miss Margaret Prentiss of New York as maid of honor. Bridesmaids span Bath, Fargo, Honolulu, Cedarhurst, Southbridge, and Pasadena with flower girls Alexandra Sewsen and Pamela Sewall Jayne. Best man William H Charles of St Louis, twin of the groom, oversees a wide cast of ushers from St Louis, New York, Williamsport, Salem NJ, Stamford, and more.

Philip Dechert Philadelphia Margaret Prentiss New York Mary Sewall Bath Mary Hector Fargo N. C Barbara Thompson Honolulu Eloise K. Greene Cedarhurst L. I Frances A. Vaughan Southbridge Mass Elizabeth Ann Campbell Pasadena Calif Alexandra Sewsen Pamela Sewall Jayne New Canaan Benjamin Charles John R. Caulk, Jr Brooke Payne St. Louis John Tilmey James A. Hetherington Lewis Hyde Clay McCormick Williamsport Herman E. Clough Salem N. J Lucien Sichel Stamford

Reception Follows Ceremony at York Hall

The reception for the couple was held at York hall the bride's grandmother Sewall home immediate after the ceremony. In the receiving line were the bride and groom the bridal party Senator and Mrs Sumner Sewall and Mrs Charles and Mrs William D Sewall. Mrs Sumner Sewall wore daffodil yellow crepe with a yellow turban edged with lavender pansies.

York Hall Sewall Sumner Sewall Charles William D. Sewall

Youth Dies in Bath Brunswick Highway Car Crash

Five Bath youths were injured when a Ford touring car ran off the Bath Brunswick road near Witch Spring hill. Walter C. Rogers Jr. 20 died at Memorial Hospital. Others hurt were Maurice Owen 17 Linwood Grindell 38 Vernal McCorrison 22 and Ardenne MacFadden 16. Driver MacFadden was bruised but recovered at home. The group had been riding to Brunswick when the car skidded, struck a culvert, and rolled over.

Memorial Hospital Walter CC. Rogers, Jr Washington _ street Bath New Bath- Brunswick Ardenne E. MacFadden Bedford Street Rogers Maurice H. Owen Henry W. Owen Oak Street Owen Morse High School Linwood T. Grindell Thomas L. Grindell Middle Street Vernal McCorrison Herbert W. McCorrison Snow Park Mercier MacFadden Brunswick Witch Spring Hill Bath-West Bath Dividing Line Theophile P. Robichaud John P. Crosby Loring D. Small Kenneth Avery Grindell McCorrison Crosby Stott Harry F. Morin Small Young MacFadden Dr. Stott Young Rogers Buddy Hebron Academy Pratt Institute New York City Col. H. W. Owen

Reckless Driving Charge Preferred Against M Fadden

Ardenne E MacFadden a 16 year old Morse high school junior faced reckless driving charges after a Bath Brunswick highway crash that killed Walter Rogers Jr 20 and seriously injured two others State Officer Crosby alleges speeding and a 232 foot skid block. The driver McCorrison and front seat occupant McFadden escaped with minor injuries while observers described the car acting as a catapult.

Ardenne E Arthur J. Dunton Crosby MacFadden Young Rogers Linwood T. Grindell Maurice H. Owen Memorial Hospital Grindell Owen Bath Hospital Vernal McCorrison Young McFa McCorrison

Camp cottage of Bert Walker near base of supplies

Bert Walker of Bansick has a camp cottage with electric lights telephone and doorbell located in the yard of his uncle H. E. Buzzell of Livermore Falls who built Camn Waniti for him.

Wery T-Werbert Walker Bansick H. E. Buzzell Livermore Falls

Watson elected French instructor at Morse high school

Bath school board elected Nathan W. Watson French instructor at Morse high, replacing Cecile Veilleux who moved to Sanford. Watson, Morse graduate and Bowdoin alumnus, taught French in France and at Bowdoin before. details include scholarships and Greek prize, plus safety measures to add wire screen guards on school bus windows. Also approved Morse year balance, accounts, and the 1938-39 calendar with term dates and holiday closures. Attending were William L. Skelton, Donald N. Small, Arthur J. Dunton, and John Parker.

Bath School Board Nathan W. Watson Morse High School Cecile Veilleux Sanford High School Sanford Mr. Watson Bowdoin Cum Laude Phi Beta Pappa Bowdoin State of Maine Front Street Municipal Safety Committee William L. Skelton Donald N. Small Arthur J. Dunton John Parker

Ex Mayor Small Appeals Court Finding in Plumbing Case

Ex mayor Harold P Small found guilty on one plumbing violation in municipal court with a 10 dollar fine and 7.95 costs. He appealed to Sagadahoc Superior Court October term, with sureties of 190 dollars. Local inspector Louis P Eseley prosecuted. tenant Arthur Berry testified on a separate sink permit case that Small did not approve.

Harold P. Small Arthur J. Dunton Small Sagadahoc Vine Street State Bureau of Health Campbell Eseley Dunton Arthur Berry James Kennedy W. R. Mitchell Elton L. Markham

Bath Red Cross Supper Meeting Attracts Nearly 100

Nearly 100 men and women attended the Bath chapter American Red Cross supper at Sedgwick Monday night. The event highlighted Red Cross first aid, fire hazards at home, and the war against communicable diseases. Officers were re elected, and an electric clock was presented to treasurer Charles Low. Three Central Maine Power Co. men demonstrated first aid using a shirt tail.

Bath American Red Cross Sedgwick Red Cross Charles ©. Low Harry L. Day Charles M. Tubbs Grace Church Arthur Sewall 2d Lillian H. Fadden J. Albert Redlon Donald N. Small Pres. Day J. Frank Hunt Ada R. Crockett Charles C. Low Carl C. Anderson Hermon Crooker Herbert Calderwood Bernice MacDonald Seth Mullin Frank B. Nichols William S. Newell Mary Newell Henry W. Owen, Jr William E. Palmer Cecil E. Paine Joseph O. Purdue Thatcher Pinkham John Parker Edward V. Reed Langdon T. Snipe Allan Spear Arthur Sewall William H. Small W. S. Voorhees Charles P. Wetherbee Central Maine Power Co Kenneth Haskell Haskell

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Gardiner R. Deering Municipal Court New England Tel, & Tel. Co Pearl Street Washington Middle Streets Sam Lake Washington Street Russell M. Colby Committee On Public Safety George Mentas Water Street Percy L. Miller Central Welding Service Forest Barter Bath Fuel Co Buly Day Jackson Elmer W. Rogers Gardiner D. Rogers Bath National Bank First National Bank Ralph O. Dale Pennsylvania Percival W. Kingsbury Charles Sewall Senator THE Walter C. Rogers, Jr Hughes Howard Hughes Floyd Bennett Airport Paris Central Press M’fadden Fred G. Smith Ellsworth Hancock County Mr. Smith Warden Smith Watson Morse High Baths Red Cross Chapter
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