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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 22, 1926

Page

7

Richmond Teacher Weds South Gardiner Man July 7

Miss Bertha Reynolds a Richmond teacher from South Gardiner wed Robert W Wilder of South Gardiner on July 7 conducted by Rev H L Skillins. After a wedding trip in Massachusetts they will reside at South Gardiner. Local residents and visitors frequent the town, with numerous calls and social events noted throughout the segment.

Bertha E. Reynolds Richmond Robert W. Wilder South Gardiner South Gardiner Wilder H. L. Skillins Tossachusetts George F. Wilson Leslie F.roberts J. W. Randlette G. Rh. M. Soule Harry L. Stilphen Lowell S. Reed Allen Bath Charles E. Small Derry N. H Charles W. Messenger B. Kendall Bowdeinham Clinton Gardner Bar Harbor William Deehan Quincy Mass P. H. Harleys Frank Dickerman Boston Robert Dickerman George Wren Harry Jordan John Jordan Bowdoinham W. H. Johnson Lillian Johnson Mildred Beedle Pemaquid Point Gwendolin Murry Waterville George Wilson Mariner Flora Shepard Freda Mariner Ethel Foster Chester Foster Donald Foster Phippsburg Mabel Perry West Dresden Finn Claflin Bristol Conn Olive King H. PD. Kent Tr Sons Winterset Iowa Susan Purington M. O. Booker New Rochelle N. Y Henry J. Smith West Brookville Austin Blair Indiana V. R. FE. Carey Robert James Darling Samuel Nelson Detroit Mich Marion Hersey Dorchester Florence Terrill Presque Melville Brown Auburn G. St. M. Soule Everett Kincaid Ralph Averill Ethel Hawkins White Mountains Ethelyn Johnson Wayne Warren Weacock EE. Edgecomb Edith Edgecomb Shaw Lynn Herman Muise

Frances Preble Recovers Nicely After Ga Hospital Surgery

Miss Frances Preble is reported doing nicely following a surgical operation at the Ga hospital Monday. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Harold Jack and daughter Marion, Mr and Mrs Cleveland Mariner and others in Brunswick, Augusta, Brewer, and Togus for weekend and weekly visits. Rose Wickstein of New York City arrives for a few weeks vacation with Mrs G B M Soule on North Front Street.

Frances Preble Ga Hospital Harold Jack Marion Forest Glen Ind Jack Cleveland Mariner Della Grondin Flora Shepard Freda Mariner Brunswick E. E. Edgecomb Augusta Mary Jackman Brewer Beatrice Tarr Leslie F. Roberts George Wilson Annn Wilson Elmer Rogers Mixx Beatrice Card Stanley Card Togus Mixx Rose Wickstein New York City G. B. M. Soule North Front Street

Notes on local residents travel and summer visits

Personal notes list William Collins and son Earl returning to Massachusetts after two weeks in the city. Several residents, including Miss Lina Sewall, Miss Mildred Clark, and Mrs. Nickels, travel to Worcester, Monmouth, and Cherryfield for vacations. Officials like Maj. Gen. Mark L. Hersey dine at New Meadows Inn. Various families visit, move to camps, or begin summer stays in Bath and nearby towns, with names, places, and small details of weekend returns and trips.

William Collins Earl Massachusetts City Edmund Staples Front Street Topsham E. J. Dunning Lina Sewall John C. Berry Worcester Mass Wynburg Mildred Clark Bath Department Store Raymond Harnden South Monmouth Mark L. Hersey The Maine Associates Millan New Meadows Inn William Dennison Wakefield Elizabeth Dennison Herbert Cavanaugh East Brunswick Cavanaugh Fred P. Ring, Jr Wiscasset Frank Nickels Horace Minneapolis Cherryfield Nickels Frank B. Nichels Duncan Bragg Lake Cobbosseevontee Willard Berry Wellington A. Moore Shirley Miriam Adams Brunswick Moore Margaret Adams Rena Teagle Everett James T. Bonney Union Street Bear Pond Backfield Mr. Bonney Loring Pushat Cressey Robinhood Farrin Street Frances Sprague Eugene Sprague Leonard John Marsh Upper High Street Donald Wishart Jack Germaine Alice Hartnett Rutham Leonise Johnson Helen Larrabee White Mountains Plummer Bath Dummer Street Horatio Asdp Mikel Chicago National Convention of Elks Bath Lodge Grand Lodge Ellis

Sunday Service at Robinhood Methdist Church

Rev L D Marsh Dover Foxcroft District Superintendent of the Rockland Methodist Conference led the Sunday morning service with communion at Robinhood Methodist Church. A solo by Rev March was enjoyed. Camp girls from Robinhood attended and many local guests joined in.

L. D. Marsh Dover- Foxcroft Rockland Methodist Conference Methodist L. D. March Dover-Foxcroft Methodist Church Robinhood March Duncan Chester Duncan Harriet Mure Boston E. B. Hunt William Thompson Ernest Curtis B. J. Powers W. S. Cressey Vina Kingsbury Bath Everett Trafton Andrus Coleman Thomas Hagan Shirley N. ©. Hicks Ruth Hicks Charlotte Hobart Jamaica N. Y Erlon Newdick Augusta Walter Newdick Fred Thomas Bath City Hospital John Mitchell Waltham Mass George Mary Jorie Ruth Phyllis Drake Popham Elizabeth Smith Charles MacMahan Everett Walter V. Cummings Paris Wilbur Kishpaugh East Orange N. J Frederick Laskey Edith ‘Treat Hazel Louise Treat Germantown Howard Trafton Carl Scott Melrose West Georgetown Ralph Scott Sagadahoe Sagadahoe Bay Samuel Hinckley Earth

Camp Overlook Girls Enjoy Sea Beach Picnic

Camp Overlook girls had a pleasant Sea Beach picnic with steamed clams and sandwiches. Auntie Peggy planned trips to Seguin but a Bath stop happened instead, and Mr Brown drove the farm truck for a wonderful time. Plans call for Augusta and Boston trips, with past routes including Bath Gardiner and the State House. Mr and Mrs Herbert Kimball and their daughter Ruth visited. twenty callers attended camp recently.

Camp Overlook Sea Beach Peggy Seguin Mr. Brown Augusta Boston Bath Amd Gardiner New Augusta House State House Bath Herbert Kimball Revere Ruth Kimball

Republicans Plan Large Get Together in Sagadahoc County

A major Republican gathering is planned for next Wednesday at New Meadows Inn in Sagadahoc County. Chairman Daniel E. Field will attend along with Eva Mason of Dover-Foxcroft, vice chairman, and Congressman Wallace H. White Jr. Invitations extend to Senators Bert M. Fernald and Frederick Hale, with expectations that at least one will attend. Also invited are Mrs. Guy P. Gannett and Joseph W. Simpson. The program mirrors past years with a shore dinner at 11.30 followed by an open air meeting on the lawn featuring remarks by the congressional delegation and others. Governor Brewster cannot attend due to a governors conference in Wyoming.

Sagadahoe County New Meadows Inn Daniel E. Field State Committee Eva. Mason Dover-Foxcroft Wallace H.white Jr United States Bert M. Fernald Frederick Hale Teast Guy P. Gannett Joseph W. Simpson National Committee Cahill Inn Brewster Wyoming

Ice cream frozen by hailstones on Boone Island Light visit

Mrs. Fred E. Bragg of Bath with guests from Gloucester and Ford, N J, dined on hailstone frozen ice cream July 18 after a York Harbor thunderstorm. Eugene L. Coleman and keeper H S Hutchins collected hail, froze ice cream twice, and shared it with the group until 10 30 p m. A later shower yielded larger hailstones about half an inch in diameter.

Fred E. Bragg Bath Henry Pinkham Gloucester Mass George H. Farrin Ford N. J Eugene L. Coleman Boone Island Light York Harbor Winkham Coleman

Colonels at Fort Terry Camp for Anti Aircraft Training

Col George A. Baker of Bath Capt Albert W. Waterman of Portland and Maj James R. Waltman of Augusta oversee the 542nd Coast Artillery at Fort Terry N Y with attached officers from the 501st 545th and 544th regiments. Training includes two battalions manning anti aircraft and machine guns with target practice on airplanes from Mitchelfield. A Veterans Day demo led by Maj Waltman using 38 inch anti aircraft guns is planned for the First Corps of Cadets of Boston.

George A. Baker Bath Albert W. Waterman Portland James R. Waltman Augusta 542Nd Coast Artillery Fort Terry N. Y Waltman Mitchelfield First Corps of Cadets of Boston

Notes of Interest Show business acts visit Lewiston and Bangor

Blueberries are in markets at 35 cents per quart. The act Jean and Minnie tours New England venues from Lewiston to Bangor with Bath upcoming. Critics praise their stagecraft and Mimie’s vocal talent while Jean accompanies at the piano and dances. The new Gara hotel at Boothbay Harbor opened with a well attended reception Tuesday.

Jean Minnie New England Lewiston Bangor Bath Boston Mimie Gara Boothbay Harbor

Portland pair visiting Boston friend in Bath

Mr and Mrs KE C Murry of Portland pause the week in Bath with their friend S H Conley of Union Street Boston. Miss Dorothy Stevens of Damariscotta visits Mr and Mrs Albert Flint of Farrin Street.

KE. C. Murry Portland H. B. Beal Boston Bath H. Conley Union Street Dorothy Stevens Damariscotta Albert Flint Farrin Street

FIVE ISLANDS Ladies aid fair and clambake report

The Five Islands community hosts a church fundraiser at the grange hall on Friday with a Ladies' aid fair a baked bean supper and evening entertainment. Boston Yacht Club members cruising in these waters enjoyed a Sedgemere clambake under ex-Commodore E V P Boynton with 20 yachts and about 100 diners. Prizes for yacht racing were awarded to Malay Marigold Petrel and India among others. A long list of locals and visitors are recorded in a village social roundup and cottage openings amid summer travel and visits through Bath Georgetown and surrounding towns.

Grange Hall Boston Yacht Club Sedgemere E. V P. Boynton C. E. Lauriat, Jr Malay

Frank Merriwell Revival Tells of a Dime Novel Return

Gilbert Patten, famed as Burt L Standish, plans to revamp and rewrite the Frank Merriwell tales for a 1926 radio age. He reveals his summer work to reimagine the series with new thrillers while continuing to publish original Merriwell volumes in paper covers.

Gilbert Patten Camden Post Frank Merriwell Mr. Patten Burt L. Standish Gilbert Patteh

Carlton hails progress on Kennebec bridge project

Senator F W Carlton, chairman of the Kennebec bridge, praises progress on the $3,000,000 Bath to Woolwich span. Engineers advance site prep, sand and gravel handling, cement storage, and track layout as Maine Central prepares for the deep cut and Arrowsic highway crossing options.

F. W Kennebec Bridge Kennebec Bath Woolwich Independent Carlton Maine Central Irom Iron Works Texas Steamship Yard

Raising Alfalfa as Maine Experiment

Twin County Farm Bureau documents a Maine alfalfa trial planted in 1923 on a hillside near Center Minot. Reports show yields of 4 tons per acre on a half acre, 3.6 tons on another, and 2 tons on third cuttings, with weed control and lime use highlighted as key factors. Additional plots and future plantings expand to 18 acres while noting winter kill risk and inoculation importance.

Auburn West Minot Center Minot Twin County Farm Bureau Twin County Dairy and Poultry George Bailey Morey Farm Sawyer L. J. Libbey

Notable Summer Visitors Stop Over in Bath Area

Miss Arline Rowe of Waltham entertains Miss Alice Johnson at Popham Beach while Jack Sweeney of Medford visits Capt. and Mrs. Frank W. Hagan on High Street. Numerous guests arrive from Brewer, Bangor, Boston, and beyond to visit Bath residents, with trips to Canada and Augusta noted.

Arline Rowe Waltham Mass Rowe Popham Beach Alice Johnson Jack Sweeney Medford Frank W. Hagan Upper High Street Marguerite Williams Gorham Normal School Ernest Williams Campbell's Pond West Bath Louie Dunn Alton Boston Dunn Alton B. Thwing Day’s Ferry JL. W. Stewart Boston & Maine Railroad Gertrude Willis Baths Charlestown Stewart Willis Homestead Arrowsie Lillian Billings Brewer John Billings Kathleen Esther Myrtle Morey Stonington F. R. McChesney Bangor Ralph Seekins Washington Street Billings Seekins Ben Y. Curan Calais Kaye Cockburn M. A. Cockburn St Stephens N. B William S&s. Thieckens High Street Byron Murchie George Center Conway Thieckens David H. Curtis Augusta Portland Augusta House Parris Winthrop Lewiston Katherine Edgecomb Miami Fla 3. T. Barnes Helen Flora Edgecomb

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Morgan North St Bath, Mo Georgetown Helen Barnett Jeannette Pearson Alice Green Barbara Eastman Elizabeth Hunt Marion Hunt Boone Island Col. Baker Fort Terry, N. Y Ris J. R. Hodder Lang Roscoe Edwards Charles Webber Belmont Edwards George Yeo KE. R. Couity Winchester Yeo Bob Ted Chester Pinkham Ellsworth Pinkham Florine Stevens Franz Newark James Stevens Herbert Mouore Charles Herbert Nova Scotia Olive Hope Rowe Ethelyn Gray Media Norton Addie Amazeen Lincoln Campbell Joseph G. Stevens Bath Hospital Edward Norton J. Bb. Crowell C. W. Nocton Carrie Luce Hershel Dickey Leslie Virginia Rowe Snowman Homestead Linwood Stevens Dorothy Campbell Seguinland Everett Kimball Seon Williams Williams Olive Frances T. D. Williams Frank Verkins Bernard McCausland F. M. Biggins Sidney L. Eaton William Vaisley J. A. Boyd Philip Eaton Isabel Laisley Winnifred Shea Somerville Mary Norton John Burgess Warren Davis Charles Amazeen Eugenia Harford Everett Cromwell Lew Rittall Charles Williams Becket Sarah Stevens Albert Marr Melvin Harford J. T. McMahan Edward Delano Delia Davis Mina Wilson Albertina Stevens James Lynch Benjamin Roberts Benjamin, Jr Westbrook Dophia Getchell Fred W. Larrabee Trufant’s Roberts Washburn West Roscoe Higgins Christine Song Forest Warren Maine Tip Top Frank Merrill Boston Post Nathan E. Coffin Monday Evening Club Park Street Harley True Norway Harry Cook
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