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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 19, 1934

Page

5

Richmon d Summer News Notes and Local Visits

Richmon d residents host and visit across town with numerous trips to Augusta Bath and Brunswick. Family visits from Waltham West Newton Dorchester and Malden mix with local events and summer plans. A serious farm accident on Reed road leaves 83 year old Arthur Reed injured and hospitalized.

MacMahan Island notes and community efforts

July visits to MacMahan include Mr and Mrs Gage Bailley and relatives from Cambridge. Local baseball begins weekly as last year, with proceeds aiding a planned swimming pool. A new MacMahan newspaper is proposed to fund the pool alongside postcards and pennants. Weather trends hint at more rain. A Cedar Grove child sustains a broken thigh from a falling tree, under hospital care with improving condition.

Gage Bailley MacMahan Mac-Mahan Altena Lilly Cedar Grove Nsar Gardiner Hos- A

Georgetown Social News and Local Visits in Bath Region

Georgetown residents and visitors from Bath, Andrews road, Boothbay Harbor, Boston, Malden, and Marblehead frequent cottages and summer homes along West Georgetown. The piece notes numerous households hosting relatives, frequent travel between Kennebec Point, Spinney house, Indian Point, and Portland, plus a marriage at Sagadahoc Bay and a moose sighting near blueberry pastures.

Bath pastor praised by San Francisco Knights Templar

Rev. David L. Wilson of Bath Missouri was highlighted by San Francisco papers for delivering a powerful sermon at the Knights Templar triennial conclave opening in Civic auditorium. Tens of thousands attended processions and ceremonies as Wilson urged a renewed Christian service and the Golden Rule to ease modern strife. The Chronicle ran a photo of Wilson in regalia. the Maine delegation traveled separately. Rev. and Mrs. Wilson planned to continue to Hawaii after the event and return to Bath in September.

David L. Wilson Central Congregational Church Bath San Francisco Civic Auditorium Knights Templar United States Market Street Mr. Wilson Jesus Templary San Francisco Chronicle Wilson David Logan Wilson Central Congregational Church of Grand Lodge of Maine Grand Royal Arch Union Square Portland Mrs. Wilson Hawaiian Islands Cuthbert Wilson

Polly Potter Returns To Home In Bath

Polly Potter a six year old Bermudan parrot returned home to 164 High street Bath after several days away. The bird known for imitating other birds and flying freely was found in a nearby shed before entering a large cage and escaping again.

Polly Potter High Street Polly Potter Stevens Walter Potter Mrs. Potter

Clergy Leader Urges New England Moral Standards

Rev Stanley I Stuber guest preacher at Augusta United Baptist urges churches to forge dependable morally secure men and women. Stuber, contributing editor of Baptist World Mansfield Mass and editor of 20th Century Quarterly, also minister at Clifton Springs NY First Baptist.

Churches of New England Stanley I. Stuber United Baptist Church Augusta Stuber Baptist World Mansfield Mass 20Th Century Quarterly First Baptist Church Clifton Springs N. Y

Five Islands Community Menu and Visitor Notes

A long list of Five Islands Improvement Association members and guests share a covered dish supper and birthday party at the clubroom. Attendance includes residents from Malden, Winchester, Bath, Lewiston, and Cambridge, with many visitors occupying Seguinland hotel cottages and local cottages for the season.

Dromore Farm Bureau Holds All Day July Meeting

Dromore Farm Bureau convened its regular July gathering at Dromore Grange Hall with 34 members and several guests. The day included a luncheon, a report on memorial gifts to Bath Memorial Hospital, plans for an August picnic, a charity production at Morse High School, and a public card party in Winneganee Community Club. A new member, Mrs. Viola Bonney of Brookline, Mass., joined the roll.

Dromore Farm Bureau Dromore Grange Hall Lottie Cobb Bowdeinham Viola Bonney Brookline Mass A. L. Nickerson Malden Emma Perry Phippsburg Center Winnie Brown West Bath Bernice Drake Eleanor Gilmore Jennie Harrington Rachel Hodgdon Ruth Mitchell Wood Washington Street Florence Morse Martha Morse Ethel Pinkham Linda Perry Bath Memorial Hospital Alice Minott Eleanor Drake Annie Lemont Bureau New Meadows Sarah Wilbur Georgie Leach Bertha Wyman Marie Colby Morse High School Bath Brunswick Cosmopolitan Garden Club Welfare Club Phippsburg Snug Harbor Inn West Point

Arrowsie Republicans to Meet on Friday Evening

The Republican town committee of Arrowsie will meet Friday night at 7 30 in the town hall with two Sagada hoc county leaders Hon Harold P Small of Bath chairman and John L Jack of Topsham treasurer. They will discuss plans to carry the state campaign and similar conferences will be held countywide. The first meeting was in Bath last week and leaders aim to promote turnout for the biennial state election on Sept 10. Miss Edna White of Montana and her sister Miss Elizabeth White of Portland visited Mr and Mrs E B Parris on upper Washington street Tuesday.

Enoch Thomlinson Waltham Mass Perley Wedge Main Street Charles Alexander Arthur Farrin West Newton Wallace W. Gardiner Pleasant Pond Olive Stilphen Marion Jack Thomaston Co. B. Northey Mulligan Place Ridge Road Reed Barbara Hines Mable Hines Brunswick Hospital Clarence Waite Augusta Kennebec Rose Gardens William H. Farley Beedle Road Litchfield Jack Chambers South Front Street Harry Sykes New York City Amy Bradley U. W C. W Department Marie Patterson Hallowell Ann Pierce Dorchester Carl Curtis Beatrice Parker Emma Doughty Lewiston James Fields Donald Millay North New Portland E. F. Pratt Stanley Card Carl McFee Homer Alexander Maine General Hospital Charles Wheeler Fred Temple Eugene Herbert Fred, Jr Edna George's Mills N. H Norman Siegars Barbara Ann Auburndale Harry Spittell Attleboro John Spittell Franz Hutchins Georgetown Charles Ludwig Boston Byron Ludwig John Parker Vernon Little Dresden Maurice Reynolds William Nichols Leslie Roberts Pew Raymond Call Portland Fort McKinley Melvin Verrill Dexter Harold Castner Preston Carver Walter House West Leeds Elizabeth Haynes Juanita Baker Blair Cottage Emma Hunt Sarasota Fla Paul Hosmer Brunswick Arthur Maxwell Pearl Perry Richmond Fred Strout Brian Hinkley Mechanic Falls Patricia Duren Samuel Bates Sabine Shirley Kane Clifford Babb Mary B. Carr Bridge Street Betty Coughlin Sarah Coughlin Malden Lawrence Edward Coughlin John Coughlin, Jr Florence Coughlin Mary Coughlin Ethel Rankins Mabel Crillen Seth Watson Florence Watson Norridgewock Boones Bear Pond Park Eleanor Meacham Lakewood Richard Strout Phyllis Ralph Margaret Hinkley Lucile Wentworth Phyllis Wentworth Girl Marion Hinkley Earl Verrill WRDO Carroll Terrell Elizabeth Lancaster Ruth Robinson River Road Farris Stuber Bangor Stuber Joseph Tyler William Gott, Jr Shriners Hospital Springfield Miles Hagan Natalie Andrews Road Bath Eleanor Cunningham Boothbay Harbor Gaston LaChaise LaChaise Thomas M. Hagan Edgecomb Frank W. Hovey Amy Hovey Joseph Lane Indian Point Henry F. Albers Andover West Georgetown Belle Heald Dorothy Sturmer Carrie Oliver Harry Heald Howard M. Trafton Emery Melrose Rudolph Trafton Earl Payson Bay Point Ambrose Thibodeau Seguinland Walter Cunningham Bertha K. Scott Augusta Rowe Lena D. Donnell Meta Bearse Edna Billington Chelmsford Rowley Maude Thayer Westbrook Seminary Charles V. Minott Phippsburg P. F. West Falmouth McCarthy Jackie John F. Thompson Henry Farnell Maud M. Farnell Brooklyn N. Y Elizabeth Thompson Lester Powers Ralph Reynolds Woolwich Edgar Warren Marrtown Mr. Warren Marjorie R. Hinckley R. N Raphael N. Higgins Cleveland L. Hinckley Sagadahoc Bay Ruth Hinckley Andrew Rowe Lexington Bath City Hospital Mr. Higgins Everett C. Higgins Morse High Brown & Sharke School Providence R. I Beatrice Abbott Mattie Fielding Eula Fielding Helen French Genesta Corliss Charles Cummings Adelade Hutchinson Doris Campbell Donald Wilson Wilbur Higgins Harriet Wagner Skowhegan Alfred Rowe Arrowise Emma Stuart Billings Dorothy Stuart Marilla Tarr Five Islands Improvement Association George Yeo Winchester Arthur Walker Malden Island Merton Fisk West Somerville Seguinland Hotel Leslie Beebe Laurence Bailey George Keeler Priscilla Manchester Fred Carr Norma Cunningham Brookline Présque Isle Junior Lishness Winthrop Betty Madelyn Maddox Harry Lishness Levi Maddox Edna Hanson Fred Reid Katharine Pendergast Canton O'Hare Lincoln Campbell Dorothea Pauline Wells Joy Elizabeth Browning New York E. C. Boynton Harold Rowe Kittery Basil McMahan Constance Rafter Madge O'Brien Sherman Wiscasset Clarence White Otis Baker Percy Eames Nancy Weymouth Elbridge Southard Percy Allen Cove Cottage Arthur Marr Medford Norman Howard Frank Carr F. P. Carr Joan Harrison William W. Patton Glen Ridge N. J Patton Ardene Pinkham Andrew, Jr Maurice Pinkham John B. Horton Palma de Mallorca Spain Sally Cubbage Dr. Hodgdon Cambridge Charles Jones Leslie Ainley Virginia Ainley Roland Oliver Vernon Gray Florence Fisk Ethel Kelley Charles Campbell Irving Arrowsic Wilkins Ledgemere James Johnston Donald F. Johnston West Haven Véazie Walter Thomas Stanley Squirrel Island Thomas Veazie Gilbert Howard Neal and Lewis Oakland Anna Lewis Herbert Moore Charles and Gardiner Quimby Sylvanus Cromwell Five Islands Cemetery Catharine Blen George W. Blen Nancy Blen Republican Town Committee Arrowsie Sagadahoc County Republican Committee Harold P. Small John L. Jack Topsham Small Jack Edna White Montana Elizabeth White E. B. Parris Upper Washington Street

New Pumper Desired to Replace Engine 4

Bath city faces buying a new pumper this summer after an expert declared Engine 4, 16 years old, has outlived its usefulness. Reconditioning was estimated at 1500 dollars and would still leave a 16 year old machine. Engine 4’s motor has been rebored twice and cannot endure a third bore. A new pumper likely follows, with the city’s earlier July meeting issuing equipment payments over several years as a precursor.

Fire Department Bath

Marriage Announcement of Miss Josephine Hamblen and Franklyn Sherman

Announcement reports the marriage last Friday in Ports mouth New Hampshire of Miss Josephine L. Hamblen Bath to Franklyn J. Sherman South Portland performed by Rev Arthur Rouner. Bride wore beige ensemble and bouquet of roses. They plan a honeymoon after July 20 and home at 900 Sawyer Street South Portland after August 15.

Portsmouth N. H Josephine L. Hamblen Bath Franklyn J. Sherman South Portland Arthur Rouner Sherman Ira L. Hamblen Clifton Street Bath Iron Works Corp Stanton D. Sherman Wiscasset

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