Japanese Rugs of Straw Size 3 ft by 6 ft
A sale item lists Japanese straw rugs measuring 3 feet by 6 feet priced at 69 cents. Availability and store details are not specified in the fragment.
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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1934
Page
8
A sale item lists Japanese straw rugs measuring 3 feet by 6 feet priced at 69 cents. Availability and store details are not specified in the fragment.
Miss Doris Marie Dall and Horatio J. Jolicoeur wed in a nine o'clock nuptial Mass at St. Marys church. The double ring ceremony featured bridesmaid Miss Theresa Dall and best man Lionel Simpson. The couple will reside at 16 Elm Street Waterville after a two week trip.
Work is well underway at MacMahan Island as families arrive to open cottages for the summer. Notable arrivals include the Nealley and Searle families from Cambridge and Bryn Mawr, with others from Philadelphia, Providence, New Haven, and New York set to join in June.
West Bath Grangers families and friends enjoyed the third annual field day at the Bowdoinham farm of Sheriff and Mrs. Albert Henderson. Participants joined tug of war ball games and relay races with a dinner of steamed clams frankfurters and coffee. Committee members included D S Henderson E G Lemont H S Wallace A Henderson and others.
County Commissioner George M. Stinson praised the Cosmopolitan Garden Club of Bath for surpassing all at the Danish Village Flower Show. He highlighted their display as unmatched in surroundings layout and general beauty.
The Bowdoinham bridge club met at Miss Emily Rideout’s home with a noon luncheon and afternoon card play. Memorial services for Kennébec lodge K of P were held at the Methodist church with Freeport lodge and Pythian Sisters as guests.
Bowdoin Center hall hosts Bowdoin Sagadahoc grange with 125 present. Third and fourth degrees conferred on eight by Progressive grange from Richmond Corner. Harvest supper by lady officers. visitors from Progressive Enterprise Topsham MERRYmeeting Monmouth Pine Tree attend.
Kennebec notes urge a new generation to plan a discovery tour like George Popham did. They should be pioneers seeking beauty, not mere adventure readers, and consider the island near Morse's River where Capt Kidd’s treasure was once said to be found.
Mixed classified line offers a 32 hp Johnson outboard with electric starter and mahogany finish plus a deck. Buyer contact Foster's Point Road Tel 275-2. Dated 5-31-21. Also advertised is a 16 ft Kennebec canoe in good condition listed by S. Brown Foster's Point Road Tel 275-2. 5-31-2t
A Bath city project converts Whiskeag Creek into a lake about one mile long with water 60 to 200 feet wide and three to eight feet deep. A new 18 inch sluiceway and three spillways control flow, two bridges are removed, and a swimming float with a runway will be built from salvaged timbers.
Mrs Sumner Sewall hosts a Thursday afternoon bridge and tea fundraiser at 7 North Street Bath to aid Memorial Hospital. The event features prizes for high and low scores and welcomes both men and women with table reservations via Mrs William D Sewall. Attendance is expected to be large due to Bath support for the hospital.
Two Bath women, Mrs. Frederick N. Klippel of 29 Green Street and Mrs. Cecil E. Paine of 924 High Street, suffered minor injuries in a vehicular crash on the Bath Brunswick road about 10 a.m. Wednesday. The Chrys-? vehicle involved left the roadway and overturned in the incident, with both occupants escaping serious harm.
Mrs Paine drove a 1934 Airflow Chrysler east of Crosby’s Inn and struck a telephone pole, causing minor cuts to Mrs Paine and a broken nose for Mrs Klippel after the car veered off the macadam. The vehicle was badly damaged and towed to Prescott’s garage. Officer Crosby noted slow speed likely limited injuries.
Mayor Harold P. Small announced that Bathmen formerly dependent on relief now work on ERA projects as health permits. He said the poor department is thousands of dollars ahead of last year’s schedule, with Sidney L. Eaton noting the department’s progress.
A government official acknowledged a substantial saving but could not name the exact amount. Mr. Eaton stated the department must still aid several ERA project workers as the $9.60 per week wages are not sufficient in all cases.
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