Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Bath Independent in Bath, Maine

We have 914,015 pages in Maine

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 22, 1937

Page

3

First Mariner's Museum to Rise in Virginia at Newport News

Newport News, Virginia, will host America's first Mariner's Museum on a 1000 acre site featuring an artificial lake. Archer Huntington funds and leads the project to create a comprehensive history of sailing, ships, and marine science, with model ships, charts, and historical artifacts. The complex will include Old Dominion Line vessels and modern Eastern Steamship liners, and ground breaking is planned for early 1937.

First Mariner's Museum United States Newport News Virginia Archer M. Huntington America Seven Seas Mariners Museum Mr. Huntington Steamship Com Huntington

Wiscasset Pioneer Club Visits Fireside in Town

The Wiscasset Pioneer group of the Congregational church held a Sunday visit to the Winter Street Fireside club with Moss Hobson at the piano. Two anthems were played and Roger Dowed led a discussion on honesty. About 99 attended with refreshment duties handled by Miss Mam McClure, Mrs Easton, and Miss Barbara Ma. Next Sunday's event will feature speaker Duncan H Farrell from Bath.

Wiscaset Wiscasset Congregational Church Winter Street Fireside Club Moss Hobson Roger Dowed Csr Mam McClure Visine Easton Barbiars Vic Duncarn H Farrel Bath Farrell American Legion Auxiliary Bradford-Surtwell-Wright Grace A. Albee Boston Pioneers Maybelle Sherman Roger Dow Young People’s Choir Wistasser Mary Hobson Alice Lewis Joanna Evans Blaive Whitehouse Ruth Smonton Walter Simonton Verna Southard Ruth Jones Edward Evans Forrest Lewis Boger Dow Curtis Pearson Elsi Bater Cruce Beaune Helen Quinnim Helen Faulkingham Ruth¢ha Thompson Walter Sherman Elleworth McPhee Miete Franklin Fallservice Bernard Merry Bertram Reed Charles Sowder Mary McClure Arthur Sewall Washington Street New York Thomasville Walter E. Edge Mr. Edge

Hunters Mistakenly Knock Down Tree in Bobcat Encounter

North Brookin report recounts Charlie Peryear and Sam Wardwell misjudging a large hedge topped tree they thought held a hedgehog. They felled the tree as Sam stood ready with a club. A large bobcat sprang away as the trunk crashed down.

Lcot North Brookin Stern Charlies Peryear Sam Wardwell Sam Wiere

Wiscasset Organ Society and Community Notes

An all day Organ Society session at the Congregational vestry drew about 40 attendees with a noon luncheon. Activities included a quilt project, fund plans, and a plan to fund youth work with monthly tea events. many church groups held meetings, elections, and socials through January, with multiple officers and upcoming supper and fund campaigns noted.

Old Fashioned Ladies Tour Augusta Home and Club Event

A Friday visit to a South Chestnut street home in Augusta saw elderly ladies in quilted poke bonnets and dainty shawls touring the residence. The Augusta Study Club showcased innovations in its yearly program starting with lunch and a member program.

Newman South Chestnut Street Augusta Auugusta Gowds

Local Social Notes Highlight Bath Area Visits and Meetings

West Bath families host gatherings at Perry's Cove and Campbell's Pond with card games and meals. West Bath Farm Bureau set to discuss slip and soil conservation with leaders and a dinner committee named. Various residents travel to Boston, Augusta, and Portland for visits and duties, including Larrabee family and veterans of Bath.

Harold P. Small Marion Edward W. Sampson Bath Perry's Cove Bath Farm Bureau Grange Hall Harris T. Rodick Ellery Whittemore Arthur W. Brown Earle B. Lermond James B. Lemont Sanford's Crossing Boston Jennie Larrabee Portland Walter H. Larrabee Larrabee’s Grove Joseph W. Larrabee Augusta

Farm Grange Declares Phone More Essential Than Radio

West Bath Grange members at a Monday meeting decided the telephone is more essential on the farm than the radio. The discussion featured Mrs. Ralph P. Dunbar and speakers Herbert Simpson Ernest Snow Fred J. Rose and James B. Lemont.

West Bath Grange Ralph P. Dunbar Herbert Simpson Ernest Snow Fred J. Rose James B. Lemont The Grange Dunbar Ruth L. Clark Dorothy M. Waterman Barbara Freeman Edward Jenks Leon M. Genthner Joseph N. Day Benjamin Franklin Augusta Charles C. Chesley Topsham Grange Larrabee’s Grove Everett G. Lemont

Talking pictures to feature evening program

The Winter Street Men's club will show Network Broadcasting a behind the scenes talking film about radio stations and how broadcasts are organized. Also shown will Call of the East about life aboard an ocean liner and life in Japan with a supper at 6 30 and community singing led by the Ladies Auxiliary.

Winter Street Men's Club Network Broadcasting Japan Ladies’ Auxiliary St. Mary's

Mrs Stinson Reaches 90 In Arrowsic Birthday Tribute

Ann Mary Stinson celebrated her 90th birthday Tuesday at the Arrowsic home where she was born and has lived all her life. She received a shower of postcards and gifts including a fruit basket from the Methodist Church Ladies Aid and a birthday cake.

Ann Mary Stinson Arrowsic Lester Spinney Nequasset Bath Memorial Hospital Maud Gay John Gould Sagadahoc Ferry Laura Farnham John C. Gilmore North Woolwich Maxine Walker Swampscott Mass John Reed Montsweag Grange Nequasset School Thadeous Reed Wiscasset Edward Williamson Rockland William Gould R. J. Gilmore Willard Rand, Jr Christian Pioneers Geraldine Rice Eugene George Farnham Sebenon Hall Rand Farnham Montsweag Woolwich Center Alice Baker Cheerio Woolwich Pilot Woolwich Union For Christian Service Eugene Rice Henry Cooper Nequasset, Entertained the Mother's Club Thaddeus Reed Mary Harris Willard Rand Edgar Bailey Hull House Jane Addams Lois Day Henry Street Readers Digest Atlantic Monthly Ladies’ Auxiliary Dora Bailey

Grace Church Parish Meeting Draws Large Turnout in Past Year

Grace Episcopal church held its adjourned annual parish meeting in the parish house Tuesday evening with large attendance. Rev. Charles M. Tubbs presided as reports from the rector Woman's Auxiliary St Mary's Guild Altar Guild and treasurer Harry L. Day were presented and accepted. Elections were held for senior warden junior warden vestrymen and auxiliary committees. A bountiful supper and an enlarged daguerreotype of founder Rev. Frederic Gardiner D. D. were noted and the portrait will be placed in the sacristy.

Organ Society Congregational Vestry Ways and Means First Congregational Church Charles Sowder Wiscasset Marston Warren Morrell Co. L Fifth Infantry Wascasset Fort McKinley Panama Bradford Sortwell Wright A. L E. Fred Albet Nellie B. Clifford John F. Jackson Churchill Street Mroe Joseph P. Tucker Josephine Tucker New York Woman's Club Robert E. Merry Honolulu Louise Maxwell Boothbay Harbor Mabel Rand Ellis Island E. Fred Albee Joseph Coffin Wistasset Lee Gorham Augusta WE Gorham Masonic Frank H Gray Wiliam Son Hal U “Ho Chares J DiPerry Asinie Miete Erith Rines Sidne Amy Jewett Lon Jena Eva J.eus Laura Evans Blizstity Hardman Marie Shermin eMee Finnie Mish Abe Rito Frank Cry Tepespe Lawrence Tabov Garrloch Napter O FSS Ouse Brann Dermedern Lotuse Blagdon Helen Frakine Eriad Tndrshidl Editt Rines Nevin Munsey Helen Hiveved Henry Rines Ound Ian Jewtut G. Evans Nellie Blagdon Montsweay Grace Episcopal Church Charles M. Tubbs W. Dayton Hill Woman’s Auxiliary Frederick E. Drake St. Mary's Guild Paul V. Mason Altar Guild Arthur Sewall II Harry L. Day Harry B. Briggs, Jr Henry C. Wright Portland Woman's Auxiliary Men's Club R. H. Baxter Paul M. Olm Frederic Gardiner D. D Grace Church

Highway safety talk energizes Dike PTA meeting

Don Brennan of the Cincinnati Reds and State Patrolman George Shaw spoke on Highway Safety at the Dike P T A meeting in Bath. They showed pictures including Remember Jimmy to emphasize the impact of speed and driver responsibility. The group plans to continue the Safety Campaign with further programs and Founders Day tea on February 17.

Don Brennan Cincinnati Reds Maine George Shaw Dike P. T. A North End Aetna Casualty and Sarety Co Maine Highway Safety Campaign Brennan Shaw Everbody Mr. Brennan Walter J. Brennan Commission Stella Dolloff R. N Cuvier R. Dolloff Whitman. R. Mitchell

Masonic Building Association Elects Officers in Annual Meeting

N Gratz Jackson was elected president of the Masonic Building Association at its annual meeting. Other officers for the year include Samuel R. Percy vice president William A. Furber treasurer Karcher S. Jackson clerk Edwin H P Lowell trustee of the sinking fund J Edward Drake auditor and Sylvester H Rowland member of the House committee. Mrs Kate B Ellis of Fairfield noted for state grange service. Gloucester missed five meetings in ten years as a Danville Junction Grange officer. Thursday marked Maine State Grange Lecturers conference 75th birthdays with bouquets for attendees.

Gertrude Munsey Madelene Colby Lillian Fitch Anna Hodgdon Edith Weston Lawrence B. Haggett Harry Boston Emily Groves Central Maine Power Co New England Telephone Co W. Starling Burgess Birch Point Allen H. Weeks Lawrence H. Marston Edward Malden Mass Roy R. Marston Main Street Mary Nute Percy Nute New York Natalie Brown Fred R. Brown Albert Erskine Frances Erskine John Erskine Anna South Savannah Pocahontas Prophetess Elsa Blagdon Carolyn Pendleton James Pulla Nate Rines Bath Memorial Hospital Rines Dorcas Club John F. Jackson Joanna Evans Ruthena Thompson Betty Richardson Charles 8. Sowder Congregational Vestry Ways and Means Committee The Organ Society Frank B. Adams Frank E. Quinnam Ruth Jones Carl M. P. Larrabee Portland Elwell Stimpson Skowhegan Roy Dow Anna Read N. Gratz Jackson Masonic Building Association Samuel R. Percy William A. Furber Karcher S. Jackson Edwin H. P. Lowell J. Edward Drake Sylvester H. Rowland House Kate B. Ellis Feirfield State Grange Gloucester Danville Junction Maine State Grange Augusta

Woolwich and Nequasset Community Notes Take Root

Residents from Woolwich Nequasset Sagadahoc Ferry and Montsweag flow through church socials school reopenings and theatre plans. Obituaries birthdays and hospital visits punctuate a busy week as the Christian Pioneers prep a three act comedy Small Town Romeo with local youth and volunteers directing.

Bath Memorial hospital resignations from nursing staff

Mrs ran Iss Phyl lis A Gilpatrick of the nurses faculty at Bath Memorial hospital tendered her resignation. Mrs Blair serves as historian and Miss Gilpatrick as assistant superintendent. They have been identified with the hospital the last five years and are highly respected by physicians and coworkers.

Ran Iss Phyllis A. Gilpatrick Bath Memorial Hospital Blair Gilpatrick

Woolwich Grange Confers Degrees at Weekly Meeting

A class of 12 received degrees at Woolwich grange last Wednesday with 75 members present including 17 visitors from Hunnton Hill grange Wiscasset West Bath Dromore and Boothbay. A harvest supper followed under Mrs. Arthur Robson Pomona and Mrs. William Robson Flora with specific voting, dancing, tableaux praise and future events noted.

Woolwich Grange Huntoon Hill Wiscasset West Bath Dromore Boothbay Arthur Robson Pomona William Robson Flora Hollis Leeman Ceres John H. Carter Jessie B. Spaulding Maurice Shea Alfred Dowling Walter Smith Edgecomb Clyde H. Leavitt Mark Caton Nathalie Westwig Lester Spinney Edwold F. Carter Walter E. Reed Maurice J. Foley Clayton Stinson Chester W. Leeman Woolwich Cora Mae Pearon Bath Grange Frank P. Washburn Augusta

Woolwich Plans Formation Of Local P T A Branch

A Woolwich meeting to organize a Woolwich Parent Teachers Association is set for Thursday at 7 30 p m at the Sagadahoc Ferry schoolhouse. State P T A leader Mrs Noel C Little will speak along with Bath P T A figures Mrs Clinton D Wilson Mrs Leroy F Colby and Mrs Seth S Mullin. Superintendent John H Carter opens the session. Refreshments to follow.

Woolwich Parent Teachers’ Association Sagadahoc Ferry Noel C. Little Brunswick Bath P.T.A Clinton D. Wilson North Center Leroy F. Colby Seth S. Mullin New England Council John H. Carter

Talk on Fishing Industry at Club

Grace church men's club expects large attendance for a semi monthly meeting with inter club guests from Central church. R F Symonds will discuss trawling operations and Bath Iron Works gear with motion pictures and Booth Fisheries equipment presentations.

Grace Church Central Church R. F. Symonds New England Trawler Equipment Co James Grieg Booth Fisheries Bath Iron Works Mr. Symonds Archibald M Main Norman J. Mackinnon Warren F. Hawley Carroll Watson

Maine Senate Orders Deadlines on Private Legislation

In January 1937 the Maine Senate set tight reception deadlines for private or special bills with a rule that after February 4 1937 they require unanimous consent to be received. A second deadline applies February 11 1937 with similar unanimous consent conditions. Some bills exempt from these limits include those reported in regular business by joint committees and measures to facilitate the Eighth-Eighth Legislature. Secretary Royden V Brown notes the order dates and end of document.

Senate House Royden V. Brown

Also Mentioned on This Page

Mariner's Museum ISI W Cony High School Esther Perkins Cony West Bath Grangers Talking Pictures Winter Street Men’s Club David Stinson Dike P.T.A George Shaw Shaw Masonic Building Association Meeting State of Eod
Search Courier

Search the Bath Independent Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Bath Independent?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication