DAR Observes Labor of Daughters at Maine Meeting
About 100 attended the annual Sum of Col. where Mrs. Victor Warren was introduced as toast mistress. Speakers included Mrs. William Smith Shaw of Portland and Mrs. Florence Danforth. Kenneth L. Roberts novel Arundel was presented to Warren, Shaw, and Willes. State field day set for Brunswick July 12. Former Gov Baxter warned against neglecting future challenges to constitutional freedoms amid world unrest and Soviet influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Warren
Ter
William Smith Shaw
Portland
Maine
Florence Danforth
Eva Morgan
Saco
National Legislative Committee
Catherine Marshall
Victor Binford
Rumford
Maud Clark Gay
Waldoboro
Leonice Morse
Bath
B. G. W. Cush
Daughters of the American Revolution
United States
Western
Europe
America
Russia
Soviet
City of Bath voyage memory recalled by Norwegian navigator
Ivan A. Olsen corrects the Bath Independent article on the 1881 Atlantic crossing in the dory City of Bath. He recalls sailing with Traynor, funding the trip, and meeting Mrs. Williams, with his Norwegian seafaring background and long residence in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Oakland Avenue
Bath Independent
Effie L. Adams
Weston
Mass
Dory
Harold T. Bibber
John A. Traynor
Traynor
Atlantic
Georgetown
Marrtown
Maine
Harve
France
Ivan A. Olsen
Ohlsen
Benjamin E. Williams
Arctic Circle
Norway
Williamses
Jordans
Marseilles
Liverpool
New York
Adriatic
Adams
Williams
the Independent
I. A. Olsen
Directors of Y Hold Their Final Session
The final meeting of the Y M C A board before summer recess was held Tuesday evening with directors Edwin D. Hardin Edward Sewall Arthur Sewall William H. White William C. Perkins Charles C. Low Arthur I. Stuart Sidney L. Eaton and Frank B. Nichols present. Low presided as vice president. The May secretary's report was read and accepted and progress on the swimming pool project was reviewed. A committee of Sewall Perkins and Skillings was formed to plan the annual October financial campaign. Nichols noted a framed portrait of the late Edward B. Smith would be donated for display in the association rooms. A recess committee was appointed to handle summer affairs. Continued on Page Four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin D. Hardin
Edward Sewall
Arthur Sewall
William H. White
William C. Perkins
Charles C. Low
Arthur I. Stuart
Sidney L. Eaton
Frank B. Nichols
Association
Roger D. Skillings
Edward B. Smith
Smith
Estate of William D. Sewall Estimated at 6 Million
The Sagadahoc probate court awarded the will of Bath's wealthiest resident William D. Sewall. Executors Mary L. Sewall Arthur Sewall and Sumner Sewall were appointed without bond. The filing lists other estates, probate actions, and administrations in the June term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Sewall
Bath
Sagadahoc
Glidden
Emma Mel L. Duncan
J. Houghton McLellan, Jr
Henry M. Smith
Richmond
O. P. Galusha
William A. Butler
Phippsburg
Lillian A. Barbour
Mary L. Sewall
Arthur Sewall
Sumner Sewall
Hosea O. Harford
Edwin O. Tarr
Frank 8. Head
Woolwich
Hadley H. Kuhn
John H. Morse
Clara L. Morse
Charles L. Wright
Eva L. Wright
Emma McL. Duncan
Norman W. Haines
Boston
Henry R. Drew
Dunlap A. Hatch
Cora A. Searles
Georgetown
Maud P. Thayer
Ella F. Elliott
Lola B. Elliott
Thomas Connolly
Katherine L. Reed
Pomona and Dromore Granges Host Joint Meeting
Sagadahoc Pomona and Dromore Grange held a gathering in Phippsburg with 88 members attending. The program featured memorial rites for 16 deceased members, readings, poetry by Miss Ella Douglas and Mrs Isa belle Sawyer, music, talks on farm bureau extension work, child feeding, wardrobe remodeling, and plans to form a Phippsburg farm bureau. The session included a state representative Ellis Aldrich address and a Beanville Choir performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wright
Topsham
Harry Rackley
Sagadahoc Pomona
Dromore Grange
Phippsburg
Flora Risteen
Rackley
Ella Douglas
Ceres
Bertha Gray
Richmond
Isabelle Sawyer
Bertha Scott
Flora
Christine Rackley
God
William H. Gould
Abbie Minnott
Estelle Nason
Orono
Alfreda Perkins
Ellis L. Aldrich
Beanville
Viola Pushard
Evelyn Beal
Bertha Coombs
Winifred Brown
Bertha Tibbetts
Catherine Perkins
al Henderson
Elizabeth Haggett
David Henderson
Hope Ward
Pomona
Five Islands
eMaSe
Memorial Day Observance in Bath Honors Veterans
Skies were fair as Civil War and WWI veterans led a Memorial Day parade through Bath. The route moved due to road work, with Battery H and Boy Scouts in attendance, plus a new Morse High School band uniform. Speakers included Forrest Legard and Rev. Timothy Maney, and the day closed with services at Oak Grove monument and a naval tribute at City landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle
North Streets
North Street
Oak
Middle Street
Oak Street
Lincoln Street
Thomas Gannon
George Fadler
Joseph P. Fuller
W. H. Tobey
T. W. Hydecamp
Sons-of-Union
Lloyd L. Hooker
John
Edwin L. Emmons
Bath
Battery H
J. Horace McClure
Boy Scouts
J. Edward Pomeroy
Stickney
Small
Soldiers Monument
Oak Grove
Hyde Camp
Henry W. Wilson
Forrest Legard
A. S. Stuart
Lincoln
Gettysburg
Gardiner Crocker
Timothy C. Maney
St. Mary’s Church
Sons of Veterans
America
Bath Police
Grand Army Memorial Hall
Auxiliary
Roland Smith Post, A. L
North Center PTA Applauds Faithful Service at Year End
North Center PTA closed a strong year at Grace Church Parish House with thanks to President Mrs Charles R Farnham for leadership and a bouquet and gold piece given to her. Secretary Mrs Arthur C Months was welcomed back after hospital absence. Treasurer Mrs Morrison reported a pleasing balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Center P. T. A
Grace Church Parish House
Charles R. Farnham
Frostina E. Marston
Farm
Arthur C
Morrison
Many New Ships Result of Bill
Under the Merchant Marine Act two years old a construction program plans 59 new ships and reconstruction of five more in U S shipyards within three years at about 270 million dollars. Aimed to boost American shipping, the bill offers a 250 million loan fund and an Ocean Mail Contract to use U S ships for mail service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
United States
Wallace H. White, Jr
Maine
White
William P. Frye
America
Congressman White
Superior Court Opens June Term in Sagadahoc County
The Sagadahoc County Superior Court convened in Bath with Associate Justice George L. Emery presiding for the first time in the city. Attending were Bath attorneys, out of town lawyers, and county officials as the grand jury began its session. Standard time was to prevail in all court proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Bath
George L. Emery
Hollis
Emery
Biddeford
Saco
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Frank D. Fenderson
Parsonsfield
York
Augusta
Kennebec Bar Association
William R. Pattangall
Leure B. Deasy
Bar Harbor
Mr. Pattangall
Ralph Oo. Dale
John J. Keegan
Arthur J. Dunton
Edward W. Bridgham
John P. Carey
Henry R. Drew
Richmond
Walter M. Sanborn
Will C. Atkins
Gardiner
James Blair
Fred H. Thompson
Ralph O
Bowdeinham
Foreman
R. E. Raynts
Arrowsic
Llewellyn J. Oliver
Phippsburg
Abel T. Grover
Bowdoin
Elmer G. Powers
Topsham
Edward T. Whitehouse
Joseph H. Foster
Harold Richardson
George E. Sedgley
Bowdoinham
J. Gould Bailey
Woolwich
A. B. Snow
West Bath
Miss Edith Renaud Held on Manslaughter Charge
Miss Edith Renaud 23 of Bath is held on $5,000 bail after arraignment in Brunswick on a manslaughter charge for a fatal collision near Cook's Corner that killed Earle Swett 22 of Brunswick. Paquette 35 of Brunswick and Travers 21 of Bath face charges as accomplice and witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Renaud
Bath
Earle E. Swett
Brunswick
Cook’s Corner
Cook's Corner
Arthur Paquette
Bessie P. Travers
Earl Swett
Cook’s Corne
Harry L. Thompson
John P. Crosby
Bessie Travers
Dummer Street
Mill Street
Miss Travers
Washington Street
Oak Street
Paquette
Bath Street
Mary Brooks
E. A Stover
Miss Brooks
Swett
Paquetté
Also Mentioned on This Page
D.A.R
Arthur Allen
Bath Trust
Dromore
Morse High Band
North Center P.T.A
Essex
Edward J. Lee, Jr
Russell Kenny
Morse High School
Miss B
Front
Marguerite Mitchell
Crosby
Thompson
Twoers
green.Co
Miss Renaud
Renaud
Winchester
Johnson
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