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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1937

Page

2

Busy Wiscasset Maine Central station sees jump in traffic

The Wiscasset Maine Central station under Agent Frank H. Gray reports higher passenger and freight activity than 1936. A New York Philadelphia train on July 2 brought 57 passengers to Wiscasset and Boothbay Harbor. June freight shipments rose by nearly 200 over last year as tourists flock to local inns and camps. Local homes, cottages, and attractions like Castle Tucker and Elm Lodge report strong business and numerous guests, with many visitors from Boston, Providence, Bath, and New York enjoying summer in the area.

Maine Central Frank H. Gray New York Philadelphia Wiscasset Boothbay Harbor Boothbay Wiscasset Inn Webber's Tavern Lilac Cottage Elm Lodge Castle Tucker Colonial Home Maine Beautiful Camps Davis Island Wiscasset-Edgecomb Bridge North Edgecomb Fred McLaughlin South Windsor Conn Lincolnshire Hotel Charlotte S. Whiton Boston Frank A. Creamer Washington Street Harvey R. Pease H. W. R. Stafford Muriel Stafford Clara Schmidt Eric Stafford Queens L. I Harry Boyd Greensboro N. C Susan N. Ballou Jane Sewall Murphy Bath Roger Washburn Barbara Newton Highlands Washburn Cora Groves Blanche Gaillard Mary Sewall Metcalf Maud Smith Brizes Mondrevan Paul Hurlbert Nancy Hurlbert Altes D Taylor Andover Mass Geor Swain Cape Elizabeth H. W Shor Prisvilla Short Providence R. J John H. Currier Saturns Biron Poi Rockland B. Lewis Churchill Hiulloweil Wind Mb . Dodge Vorateof Lake

Representative Owen Talks Maine Education and Old Age Aid

Representative Owen explains the Maine sales tax plan to fund old age assistance and universal education, stressing fairness and minimal burden. He notes four months of legislative work, promises to reconsider tax if needed, and references upcoming decisions on funding and education equality.

Maine Booth Erie

Bay Point summer visitors and notable shoreline sights

Minneapolitans L W Dietrich arrive to occupy Sunnyside while Caverlys visit Bath guests at Ride-a-wee. Numerous locals and guests stay at cottages on Gull Island Bay Point with several outings and a V shaped fog seen near Popham Beach. An upcoming Bay Point Village Corporation meeting is set for Saturday at 7 30 p m at the Casino with plans discussed.

L. W. Dietrich Minneapolis Minn Caverly Bath Mattson Mause Masterman Elizabeth Deering Gull Island George Nichols Auburn Maple Lodge Oscar Miller Chester Miller Dorothy Bobby Bobby of Gardiner Juniper Lodge Bay Point Clarence Kneeland Rowley Mass LeRoy Moore Fred P. Taylor Clayton Richard Taylor Hagan Woolwich H. A. Spinney Ralph Spinney Theo Matilda McNeil Rodney Jones New York Ray Oliver Bay Pointers Popham Beach Popham Harold Robinson Keith Walter Quance Comfort Cottage Venus Shoe Co Charles Goodwin Arthur Burbee Thomas Sparge Carl Hayden Germaine Cote A. Albert Alfred la Pointe Richard Drew Katherine Dorchester Conley Anchorage Marion Welch Theo McNeil Francis Oliver Elford Stover Nancy Lee Elford, Jr Edward Lee, Jr David

Boy Scouts Describe Doings At Jamboree

West Bath grange heard four Bath scouts recount their Washington D C national jamboree experiences. Rep Henry W Owen Jr talked sales tax referendum linked to old age assistance. Speakers were Ralph Dale Jr William Hill Harry Fullerton and Stanley Cresey.

West Bath Grange Bath Washington, D. C Henry W. Owen, Jr Ralph O. Dale William Hill Harry Fullerton Stanley Cressey The Grange Richard Gray Roxbury Mass Fred K Sturtevant Charles B. Doyle Orange Picnic Committee Sandy Cove Candy’s Harbor West Bath Ruth L. Clark William E. Lundrigan Seth N. Snipe Helena Hadley Brunswick Madeline Jones James McGuiggan Lida Nadeau Barbara Walsh Sturtevant

Pine excise tax bill dies in committee report

Through Representative Clyde H. Smith of Skowhegan the report Thursday showed a bill to remove the excise tax on white pine and Norway pine would not be reported from the committee. This practically assures lumber dealers in the region of continuation of the tax. The move signals lawmakers won t act to end the tax.

U. S Clyde H. Smith Skowhegan

Bath area social notes detail summer visits and travels

West Bath greetings and lengthy list of visitors and summer travelers fill a Bath area column. Names include Hallowell R. Rogers Glastonbury Conn Williams Campbell's Pond and Birch Point guests from Maine Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. A Bath Iron Works clambake and a field day hosted by Rep. Joseph W. Larrabee are noted.

Maine visitors and locals share Sunday at various cottages

Mr and Mrs Charles Owen of South Portland visit his father Humphrey A Owen and Mrs Owen. Bath residents Maurice Deering and family at Cotteau camp Sunset for three weeks join Bath guests at the vacation area. Ev erett Massachusetts couple vacationing here visit Portland. Leonard W Oliver of Bath visits at his home with family. Boothbay and East Boothbay hosts include Osborne Oliver Mrs Olver and Virginia. Doble family from Bath enjoy weekend at their cottage along with Lloyd Sinclair and Miriam Beatrice Doble. Augusta visitors Dorothy Kilgallen, after circumnavigating the globe for New York Journal, remarks Maine scenery resembles Greece from the air. Chief OConnell and Deputy Dickson present roses to Judge Emery Beane at Togus.

Charles Owen South Portland Humphrey A. Owen Owen Maurice Deering Camelia Deering Herbert F Pierce Bath Cotteau Camp Walter Gilpin Everett Mass Portland Leonard W. Oliver West Bath Harold J. Haggett Delmar E Bates Cottage Dorothy Kilgallen New York New York Journal Augusta State Maine Greece

Woolwich Community Notices and Meetings Highlight Summer Events

Several local families and visitors are noted in Woolwich area items. A Union meeting is set for Day’s Ferry Monday evening at eight, with transport from Day’s Ferry 9:45 and Sagadahoc Ferry at four and North Woolwich at 11 15. Memorials, visits, illnesses, and travel are listed along with No. 6 schoolhouse repairs and Woolwich Center services on Sunday morning and eight in the evening.

Day's Ferry North Woolwich Sagadahoc Ferry Nequasset Methodist Church the Union Bernard Bailey Eleanor James Robert Sutter John Carter Roland Raynes William Frank Walker Maxine Charles Snipe Arrowsie Wilbur Howe Esmond R. L Mildred Bailey Gardiner Edward Keene Manchester N. H Maxine Walker Capitol Island Muriel Raynes Morin Bath George Reynolds Revere Mass D. W. Baker Winslow D. G. Trott Howard Whittum Flushing N. Y Annie Moulton Haverhill Edwin Moulton Marion Skinner Malden Woolwich Center Moatsweag Jay Bailey

MacMahan Social Roundup Details Island Life

MacMahan residents and visitors enjoy feasts dances and bridge gatherings as summer plans unfold. Neale and Bowden Greggson hosts are noted while Mary Rathbun George Rogers and others visit Bath and Haverford preparations for St Cuthbert's Chapel services and a forthcoming August Tennis Tourney are announced.

Page Digby N. S MacMahan Seal and Porpoise Island Nealleys Bowden Greggson Mary Lee Mary Rathbun George K. Rogers Mary C. Scales Bath Scales Ma” Scales Donald Walker Providence R. I Theodore S. Lazell West Newton Mass Altar Guild St. Cuthbert's Chapel Shirley Gray Frances Ann Alen Dudley Hare James Johnson Southport Casino Five Islands Jim Bill MacKaye Janet Young Talbot M. Rogers John W. Flight Haverford Ovid Kinsolving Frank H. MacMahan

MacMahan Isles Visitors Tour Europe This Summer

The Nealey family of Cambridge and Bath enjoyed a European tour visiting Belgium, Holland, Germany, and Switzerland before continuing to France. Miss Margaret Lee, Bryn Mawr alumna, is biking through England with a college friend after starting in London and visiting relatives.

Monhegan Bryn Mawr MacMahan England London

Daughters of Isabella Plan for Conference Maine Catholic Women

A large turnout at Daughters of Isabella hall Tuesday evening organized plans for the Maine Council of Catholic Women quarterly meeting at the Hotel Sedgwick this Saturday. Co chairs Mrs Andrew C Flaherty and Mrs Dominique J Tardif with registration overseen by Mrs Daniel J Perry and Miss Eva C Tatron. Committees named include Hospitality Courtesy Publicity and Decorations with several named members.

Isabella Hall Maine Council of Catholi Sedgwick Andrew C. Flaherty Dominique J. Tardif Cherge Daniel J. Perry Eva C. Tatron Catherine J. O Hara Addison C. Jones John W. Costain William H. McGlinchy Stephen E. McPhee John W. Sonia Eva C. Tatro Emma Leonard

Tuesday Night Program At Dromore Grange

An enjoyable program was presented at Tuesday evening’s meeting of Dromore Grange. It featured songs including America the Beautiful and The Sack Waltz, readings, a George Ingalls contest, piano selection, and a discussion on sales tax. Teams captained by Edward Kenney and Hubert T. McCarty competed in a Peanut Hunt with dogs and roosters as winning team. Everett J. Babine of 35 West Street, a B. L. W. Corp. employee, is a patient in Bath Memorial Hospital after an appendectomy Monday night.

Dromore Grange America the Beautiful Grange George Ingalls Men of the Grange Hubert T. McCarty Mother Mahree Elfreda M. Perkins Grace Kenney Edward Kenney Roosters Everett J. Babine West Street B. L W. Corp Bath Memorial Hospital

West Bath Farm Bureau Annual Picnic Held

West Bath Farm Bureau held its annual picnic Thursday at the Charles H L Bates cottage Sabino with 21 present A picnic lunch opened at noon with coffee by hostess Mrs Loring D Small The next regular meeting will be Aug 26 on Canning attendees included Mrs William Coombs Mrs Ellery E Whittemore Miss Edna Higgins Mrs Charles Ripley Mrs Earl Lermond and family Guests listed include Mrs Joan B McNary Mrs Charles H Bates Miss Marjory Henderson Mrs Helen Gagne Mrs Harold Haggett and daughter Lucy Ann Mrs Walter Smith Miss Jeanette Beardsley Mrs Wilfred Chaney and Mrs Samuel T Bates

West Charles T. Small Elmer Sublinger Joan B. McNary Charlies H. Bates Marjory Henderson Helen Gagne Harold Haggett Lucy Ann Walter Smith Jeanette Beardsley Wilfred Chaney Samuel T. Bates

Murphy Family Cottage Visit at Foster's Point

Mr and Mrs John A Murphy and daughters Mane and Teressa of Washington DC visit their niece Mrs Charles Miller Jr of High Street at the Miller cottage in Foster's Point. John McMorrow of Dorchester Mass also attends. Dr Murphy joins for weekends while Julia L Murphy of Rumford opens her cottage at Foster's Point for the summer.

John A. Murphy Mane and Teressa Washington, D. C Charles Miller, Jr High Street Miller Foster's Point John McMorrow Dorchester Mass D. J. Murphy Jean Susanne Jackie Buddy Lewiston Posters Point Dr. Murphy Julia L. Murphy Rumford

Bath social notes travelers and visitors update

Personal notes list visits and returns across several households and towns. Mr and Mrs Robert Dunton and two children returned to New York after visiting his mother in Court Street. Miss Wulumina M Gackenbach resumed duties at Bath Trust Co after a York Beach vacation. Miss Gladys M Comeau vacationing in New Edinburgh. Dr H Lauder and others from Boston spent days at Small Point by boat. Barbara Dana visiting Augusta with relatives. R Rideout of South Berwick visiting Bath. Rideout related to late ship designer. Prof and Mrs Robert B Waugh and sons staying with Rod Hill in Lincoln Street for a few days.

Josephine Plumstead M. A. Plumstead Birch Point Portland Loring F. Fountain Annie M. Gamage David C. Beatty Belmont Mass Pemaquid Falls Carolyn S. Varney Washington Street Luther White Bangor Herbert W. Hawes Federal Street Roy Farmer Raymond Farmer Bath Memorial Hospital Theodore Gaillard Blanche Gaillard New York City Elm Lodge High Street Carlisle Macurda Charles L. Macurda Main Street E. Clinton Perkins Wilmington Del Mr. Perkins Foster Perkins Fort Hill Street Alvin Duerr New York North Edgecomb Mary Emmelyn Weeks Frank Condon Condon Beverley Hills Calif Henry Nash Pennsylvania H. B. Nash Eugene C. Lewis Philadelphia Julia Lewis Frank S. Lambert Somerville Gray's Hill William Clisby Algernon Dodge Edgecomb Emma Curtis Amory Curtis Charles Melrose Clover Cottage Walter Clifford Hyde Park Charles A. Day John Greenleaf Hallowell R. Rogers William Glastonbury Skowhegan Verna Green Dover-Foxcroft William F. Hennessey Lynn Salem Bath Williams Cottage George Stephens Upper Derby Robert D. Metcalf Providence R. L Boston Stevens Cottage Weymouth Ernest E. Williams Stanley Campbell's Pond Muriel Wiliams Needham Heights Phippsburg Center Orville J. Guptil Seacoast Sunbeam Guptill Stackpole Blair C. Wilson Philip A. Stackpole David L. Wilson Paul Burns Wilson Charles S. Stackpole Carolyn Stackpole Chester Stevens Auburn Florence Swan Chadwick Everett Pickering Chadwick Frederick E. Drake, Jr Frederick E. Drake E. B. Scott Sylvia Ann Lancaster Gardiner Lodge of Elks Thomas Point Grace Beiler Helen Capen Eastport Lincoln Williams Foster's Point Ernest T. Fulton Dorothea Front Street Williams Edward Jenks Gray Lane Construction Co Wakieboro Bath Iron Works Corp Brown’s Field Joseph W. Larrabee Larrabee’s Grove Robert Dunton James FP. Dunton Court Street Wulumina M. Gackenbach Cobb Road Bath Trust Co York Beach New Edinburgh Gladys _M. Comeau Bath Opera House H. Lauder Webb White Oilwell James White Barbara Dana Chester Dana Highland Street Andaunt Burton Hodgkins Augusta R. B. Rideout South Berwick City Rideout Johnson Rideout Robert B. Waugh and Douglas and Hillary New Haven Conn Roland F. Hill Lincoln Street

Also Mentioned on This Page

FE Drake, Jr Omy Frederick E Drake Bireh Pownt Stanley B. Wallace Clyde F. Frost & Company Bath and Vicinity Fidelity Building Portland, Maine BOY Scouts Kennebec County Medical Association Somerset Penobscot Piscataquis Kineo Greenville Junction Mount Kineo R. B. Cattell Lahey Clinic Sabino John J. O'Connell Lloyd Dickson Augusta Police Department Emery O. Beane Municipal Court Veterans’ Hospital Togus M’mahan W. Clinton Allen Saturda Bat ATURE Standish Field — Court ST Daughters OF Isabella Council of Catholic Women West Bath Farm Bureau Bates’ Cottage Foster’s Virginia E. S. S. Wharf Kennebec Sasanoa MacMahon Island Southport Capitol and Squirrel Islands D.S.T
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