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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 26, 1934

Page

5

Richmond Daily Social News Recap

Richmond column highlights visits and moves among residents. Bangor residents Sherwin Ricker and Mrs Leighton Gardner host relatives. Charles Soule and Mrs Florence Ricker travel to Augusta and Sabattus. Local moves include Milton Woodman to Front Street and Henry Lancaster’s death in Augusta. Birth, death, and church event notices accompany community happenings.

Westport Summer Visitors and Local News Notes

Loretta Hodgdon of Auburn and nephew Carl Hodgdon of Milford Mass spent a few days at a Summer home. Bessie Burt visited her sister Mrs Ernest Anderson. Dr and Mrs James Williams entertained friends at Green Mountain Cove. Annie Dunton is ill and under Dr DePerrie care. Dresden residents Mr and Mrs William Clancy and Archie Clancy visited the Island. Forrest Cromwell injured his leg in a motorcycle accident. Melvin King and Virginia hosted by his parents. Royden Colby family moved to the Island with Charles E Colby parents. Wesley Cromwell and friends weekended on the Island. Robert Higgins bought a Ford V-8 truck. Norman Greenleaf and family from Massachusetts at A E Gove Summer home. Lester Hodgdon built a skiff for Robert Greenleaf Jr. Golden and Claire Greenleaf visiting relatives Fred and Mrs Greenleaf. Harland Worthley and two children of State College Penn visiting his mother Mrs Melvin Cromwell. Albert Perkins of Roslindale Mass at his cottage.

Sherwin Ricker Bangor Concord N. H Richmond Southard Cemetery Frank Stickney Edward Frank Greene Peabody Mass Boston Camp Ground May Williams Center Street Courtney Hinkley Ora Reed Port Clyde Florence W. Kirkpatrick Cleveland Ohio Charles Howes Main Street Kirkpatrick Erie Railroad Percy Baker Alice May Williams Baker Gardiner Phyllis Irene Sykes John Sykes Paul Tutino F. W Kirkpatrick Morrison Heights H. E. Houdlette Lake Block Young’s Spa Goodspeed Fitzpatrick John B. Curtis Orange Heights Fla Arthur Randall Carlton York Beach Pleasant View Farm Merle Lilly Robert Allen Beverly Lilly Abbie Tarbett Stoneham Ralph Goodwin Nelson Lewis Everett Sammie Nichols Lewis Baker Wallace Nichols Young Nichols Portland Billy Wallace Buffalo Enterprise Grange Pemaquid Lillian Hill Augusta E. F. Pratt Laurence Bond Lakewood Willard Lane Massachusetts Westerly R. I Gwendolyn Tarr Northey Margaret Thompson Fred Joice Lisbon Falls Mary Page Page Sherwood Metzler Greenfield R. B. Fowler Richmond Corner Howard Bodwell Emerson School Charles Weymouth Cony Deerfield Bowdoin College Bates Augusta Grammar William R. Smith Grammar School Farrington School 86Th Brigade Maine National Guard Leslie Reed Pittsfield Arthur Reed Elizabeth Boyce Gordon M. Campbell Louis Jackie Cambridge Boyce Emma Lou John F. Grant William Wilson Charlotte White Grace Lancaster Miss White Raymond E. Northey Lewiston Robert J. Brack Evelyn I. Barker Waban J. Albert Brack Nellie Witham Sanford Virginia Cymbrid Hughes Green Street Methodist Church Lytle Lint Harry Lancaster Temple Gray Lot Gray Annie Cushman Hallowell William Dingley Brunswick Road Elizabeth Hathorne Front Street Pasquell Cardenelli Bath Frank Marshall Annie Hosmer Paul Brunswick Pearl Perry Harry Allen Anne Francis Harpswell Center Rebecca Rogers Milton F. Woodman Kennebec Rose Garden River Road Mary Moore Richard Strout Methodist Ladies Aid G. B. M. Soule Frances Blenkhorn William Newell Loretta Hodgdon Auburn Carl Hodgdon Milford Bessie Burt Ernest Anderson James Williams Green Mountain Cove Annie Dunton DePerrie William Clancy Archie Clancy Dresden Forrest Cromwell Melvin King Jonas Knight Royden Colby Charles E. Colby Wesley Cromwell Robert Higgins Norman Greenleaf A. E. Gove Lester Hodgdon Robert Greenleaf Golden Claire Greenleaf Fred Greenleaf Harland Worthley State College Penn Melvin Cromwell Albert Perkins Roslindale Beatrice Abbott Everett C. Higgins Howard M. Trafton Emery Melrose Elizabeth Hunt Elwin Hennesey Blair Braintree John R. Blackie Westgetown Arrowsidgetown Bridge Arrowsic Georgetown Working League Overlook Kennebec Point Martha Bowen Charles T. Brewster, Jr Iowa First Baptist Church Brewster Emma B. Billings Richard Beyer John Wilson Hooker Edward Wren L. Earle Hagan Boothbay Harbor Bertha Scott Augusta E. Rowe Nancy Russell B. H. Woodside Harry Heald Ernest Heald Leon FE. Oliver Newburyport Lois Schultz Sharon George T. Williams West Georgetown Kenneth Dunlop Newtonville Bay Point Road Camden Eleanor Cunningham Melvin Cunningham Horace Sturgis Hester Clayton Belle M. Heald Frank Heald Springvale Fist Baptist Church Elizabeth Thompson Howard S. Fletcher Kennebunk Rudolph Trafton Ralph Reynolds Woolwich Lester Powers Ruth Reynolds Marilyn Hatch Gilbert Gunnell John Gilbert Waltham Thomas N. Williams Gunnell Sydney Dalrymple Brookline Sarah McKenney Alonzo Hunt First Selectman Ernest Curtis Scott Curtis Wendell Todd Salem Fordham, Webster Albert Lexington Helen Noyes Sagadahoc Bay Jacob Horne Roy M. Newman Arthur Newman Memphis Tenn Harold Newman St. Louis Indian Point Erlon L. Newdick Walter T. Newdick Fred Johnson Arthur Carrie H. Stevens Ocean Point Everett Cromwell Beulah Clark Hartford Conn Hilda Williams Storrs Frank Bartlett Alice Cromwell Charles Kenney Ellsworth Pinkham A. E. Holland F. O. Robinson Harmon's Harbor Harry Greenlaw Edward Lewis Almon Marr Edith Davis Walter Prosser Walter Hines Pejepscot Hines Cottage Seguinland Walter Berry Whitney Westminster West Bath Fred Ried W. L. Berry Carl Pearson Marilyn Quincy Crowell Cottage L. G. Moulton Albert Rasmussen Frederick Medford Higgins Pollyanna Lodge Nehemiah Boynton, Jr Newton Malden Island Sonny Gene Stevens Lincoln Campbell Neilley Haverhill Sexton Cottage Richard Banham New York Levi Maddox Lishness Betty Madelyn Maddox Carlton Hinckley Medford Hillside Hinckley Eleanor Cote Mary Rex Bridges Webster Harley William Farr

Mrs Stanley Peterson Visits Relatives Across Three Homes

Mrs. Stanley Peterson and daughter Audrey of Portsmouth are spending the week with her parents in Bath, and with his parents in Brunswick, while visiting family.

Stanley Peterson Audrey Portsmouth Carl T. Meister Bath Harry E. Peterson Brunswick

Arrowsidgetown bridge opens. local visitors noted

The new Arrowsidgetown bridge opened for traffic Sunday adding a 35 foot higher roadway and removing two hills. Community visitors include Mrs Beatrice Abbott of Bath and many others from Georgetown, Bath, Melrose and Augusta. Plans advance for the Working League sale and supper on Aug 7 at Overlook Kennebec Point.

Masonic Field Day Set to Draw Bath and Brunswick

A large turnout is forecast for next Sunday as Bath and Brunswick Masonic lodges join for a field day at Harpswell. More than 200 tickets are sold for noon fish chowder and lobster dinner with Bath teams facing Brunswick in baseball and tug of war across a cove. Mayor Harold P. Small leads the Bath committee and tickets are available from him or from John H. Freeman and Harold W. Child. A dog attack at Popham Beach left Mrs. Harold L. Troop bruised. the dog was shot at her request.

Harpswell Bath Brunswick Harold P. Small Bath Committee John H. Freeman Harold W. Child Harold L. Troop Popham Beach

Mrs Pepper Wins Oldest Member Honor at Maine Field Day

Mrs Elizabeth Pepper of Myrtle lodge No 8 U O of I O L retained the title of oldest member present at the annual field day of Odd Ladies lodges in Maine held at Thomas Point. The event featured entertainment by Brunswick and other lodges, with Myrtle lodge members winning several prizes in horseshoe pitching target shooting peanut guessing and more.

Elizabeth Pepper Myrtle Lodge No. 8 U. O Odd Ladies Lodges Maine Thomas's Point Merrymeeting Lodge No. 7 Brunswick Thelma Miller Hyacinth Lodge No. 5 Lewiston Brunswick Lodge Zeuleika Kingsbury Margaret Nelson Kingsbury Florence Mank Clara Donaldson Rathbean Maude Whitehurst Emily Shaw Field Day Committee Edith Colby Grace Sylvester Elsie Alexander Janice Sylvester Gertrude Tarr Miss Alexander Gertrude Stewart Noyes Lucelia Blakema Emma Daley Mmes Ida Oliver Mary Gillespie Fannie Clark Eva Atwood Florence Emmons Alice Bowie Auburn Rudyard Kipling Auburn No. 1 Fort Halifax Waterville Pine Cone Fern Portland

Bath man jailed for intoxication and furniture damage

A Bath man was arrested Monday evening on a wife’s complaint of intoxication and damaging home furnishings. Before Recorder Owen J. Ledyard, he pleaded guilty, paid $6.30 in costs, and received a suspended 30 day sentence with six months probation.

Owen J. Ledyard Police Department Augusta Ledyard

Fred Merryfield Dies From Injuries at Gardiner Hospital

Fred Merryfield, 70, died Friday after being injured when he stepped from a truck in Bowdoinham near his home last Wednesday. The car that struck him was driven by Pearl G. Rittall of Dresden. He is survived by a daughter Mrs Will Meserve of Richmond and a son Albert Merryfield of Hallowell along with several grandchildren. Mrs Raymond C Hart of 16 Park Street is ill and confined to home.

Fred Merryfield Bowdoinham Gardiner General Hospital Pearl G. Rittall Dresden Merryfield Will Meserve Richmond Albert Merryfield Hallowell

Five Islands Grange Fair Set With Notable Committees

The annual grange fair and entertainment will be held at the grange hall on Aug 16. Mrs. Madeline Berry chairs, with Kitchen Mattie McMahan, Fancy Work Addie Moulton, Cake and Candy Forest Hanna, Fruit Punch Media Nocton, Dining Room Carrie Stevens, Snip Line Katharine Pendergast, Entertainment Percy Allen, Publicity Lermond H. Rowe. A meeting of Grange Circle is planned for next Tue at 2 PM and 8 PM for the main Grange.

Grange Hall Madeline Berry Mattie McMahan Addie Moulton Forest Hanna Media Nocton Carrie H. Stevens Snip Katharine Pendergast Percy Allen Lermond H. Rowe Grange Circle Grange

Bank Deposit Insurance Boosts Confidence Says F D I C Official

C E Riddell Special Representative of the F D I C spoke to Bath Rotary about the Banking Act of 1933 and its insurance features. He praised deposit protection 98 percent insured through the F D I C and Maine showing 66 77 percent coverage with 14 000 banks nationwide. He contrasted 1923 1932 bank closures with 1934 stability noting not a single failure so far this year. Mrs Guy Crosby and Mrs Ruth Farnham visited in Portland Monday.

C. E. Riddell Washington, D.C Rotary Club Riddell Bath New Jersey Pennsylvania Maine Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation United States

Friday Fight Promises Packed Arena and Sailors’ Section

Promoter Nick Mihalos sells 40 ringside and 60 bleacher seats in Lewiston for Friday’s title bout between Paul Junior and Glafiro Castillo. A sailors’ section will be added with 100 more ringside seats. Curtain raiser features Pete Lamarre and Kid Cloutier. prelims include Young Tardiff vs Delaney and Cardiff-Brown noted. Friday night opens Bath festivities.

Arcade Arena Paul Junior Lewiston Glafiro K. O.” Castillo Bath Nick Mihalos Junior Mihalos Pete Lamarre Brunswick Kid Cloutier Young Tardiff K. O. Tardiff Young Delaney K. O. Cardiff Steve Brown Lowell Mass

Changes Underway at Maine Central Canopy Reduction

The Maine Central station wooden canopy is being removed except sections in front of the waiting room and express baggage buildings. The platform will be narrowed from about 20 feet to 10 feet and edge tapering will use crushed rock and ashes. The change aims to cut maintenance costs due to wind and weather exposure as part of transport industry economy moves.

Maine Central Railroad

Also Mentioned on This Page

Fred S Curtis Feneral Thomas R.huston Westport Masonic Myrtle Lodge of Odd Ladies Thomas’ Point Raymond C. Hart Park Street D. M. Humphreys & Co Sagadahock Block Bath, Me Room North Whitefield S. A. Haskell Addie Stevens John Hammel George Gray Bert McCabe Alfred Rowe J. E. Blaisdell Rowe Clinton Hanna Belgrade Roger Thompson and Son Danvers H. H. Richardson B. F. Perry Frank Perkins Frank Biggins Frank Blake Donald and Philip Somerville M. I. Houghton F. W. McDonald Burt Hall Arthur Marr Barbara Tucker Malden Marr Edgar Warren Bay Point Warren Branwell Harford Harford Lettie Harford Russell Harford William Marr Improvement Association D. L. Howard Marie Peters Roland Oliver J. G. Stevens John Lundquist F.D.I.C Guy Crosby Ruth Farnham Wwe Bellevue Beacon Street Beacon Hill State House Boston Common Public Gardens Restaurant A la Carte Bowdoin and Beacon Streets
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