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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1933

Page

4

South End PTA Reports and Bath Country Club Meeting

South End PTA met in the former Washington street School House for its last meeting of the season with a card party, a 12 noon dinner, committee reports, and acknowledgments. The Bath Country Club held an annual meeting at its clubhouse with strong financials, new directors, expanded dining room hours, and plans for a ladies golf club and seasonal social activities.

South End Parent-Teacher Association Washington Street John A. Loring Priscilla Alden Loring Panama Arthur C. Lemont Charles E. Hewitt Wilfred W. Chaney John H. Hunt Lemont Y.M.C.A N. Gratz Jackson William H. Small Bath H School Harry W. Crosman Hewitt Association J. Albert Redlon Charles D. Perry Capitol Island Red Cross Arthur Lemont Ways and Means Committee Carroll A. Deering Davenport Fund Ellsworth Davenport Welfare Committee Bath Country Club Daniel T. Dougherty Rodney E. Ross Edward W. Bridgham Rupert H. Baxter John H. Hyde Allen M. Irish Cecil E. Paine Arthur Sewall William Worthing Greens Frank M. Churchill Donald Small Edmund Rothwell William S. Shorey Edwin Given Joseph McCole Robert Miller Frank B. Nichols Fred H. Thompson Ross

Livestock Breeders Meet In Richmond June 22

The fourteenth annual field day of the Maine Livestock Breeders Association will be at Millay Bros. farm Richmond on Thursday June 22. Speakers include James J. Watson editor New England Homestead and dairy specialist Joseph B. Parker U S Department of Agriculture. Ross Elliott East Corinth presides. Millay Bros. hold 100 plus pure bred Guernsey cattle and plan advanced registry work. Milk markets in Bath and Gardiner. Families bring basket lunches. free coffee served.

Maine Livestock Breeders Association Millay Bros Richmond R. F. Talbot James J. Watson New England Homestead Springfield Massachusetts Joseph B. Parker U. S. Department of Agriculture Talbot Ross Elliott East Corinth Guernsey Bath Gardiner

Memorial Address Noted at Pomona Grange Service

Mrs Isabella Sawyer of Dromore grange gave the memorial address at the Sagadahoc Pomona grange service held with Dromore grange No 302 in Phippsburg. Rev F B Lyman of Naples, Maine state grange chaplain, spoke after driving 130 miles. The gathering included delegates from Bodwell Dirigo Merrymeeting Progressive Topsham West Bath Woolwich granges. 64 attended despite stormy weather.

Isabella Sawyer Dromore Grange Saga- Cahoe County Pomona Grange Phippsburg Grange F. B. Lyman Naples Maine State Grange Dromore Sagadahoc Pomona Bodwell Grange Small Point Dirigo Brunswick Merry Meeting Bowdoinham Progressive Grange Richmond Corner Topsham West Bath Woolwich Bessie Dickinson Bath Albert Henderon Merrymeeting Elfreda Perkins Eva J. Lemont West Bath Grange P. M. Olm E. Mason Wright West Everett G. Lement Jim Minnie Smith Perkins Henderson Ruth Farnham Grace Dickinson Lyman the Grange Oliver Hudson Kelley Boston Minnesota Pearl Crawford Crawford

Drastic retrenchment hits city schools this year

The Board of Education plans deep cuts to meet a $75,000 departmental appropriation. Key steps include closing Bailey Evening School, consolidating Morse High to one session, banking fires by 2 PM, halting activities, and five week unpaid winter break. No teaching staff cuts, but four resignations not replaced and multiple transfers anticipated.

Board of Education Municipal Finance Committee Educational Board Bailey Morse High School Lucinda Bailey South Street Mitchell Center Street Jean Ogden Frederic W. Humphreys Doris Dyer Central Grammar School Frances Sprague North Grammar Christine Lockery Mitchell School

Bridge Tolls Behind May Of Last Year

Cash receipts for May totaled 11,136.50, down 3,029.80 from May 1932, while vehicle crossings dropped to 26,296 and 57,832 people passed the bridge, a decline of 6,612 and 16,038 respectively. Nine of ten cars from other states were from Massachusetts during Memorial Day readings. States represented included California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, and Vermont.

Bucksport Ellsworth Massachusetts California Connecticut Florida Georgia Maryland New Hampshire New Jersey New York Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island Texas Vermont

Morse High to Meet Boothbay Harbor in Baseball Tilt

Morse High will play Boothbay Harbor High at Kelley Field Thursday afternoon at 4 30. The Harbor team seeks revenge for a 7 5 loss to Morse to open the season. Morse had ended its season, but Boothbay Harbor requested the game due to limited scheduling. Visitors are favored to beat Bath boys, having beaten Brunswick High 16 3 and 13 2 while Morse has two losses to Brunswick.

Morse High Boothbay Harbor High Kelley Field Harbor School Morse Morse Nine Boothbay Harbor The Harbor Bath Boys Brunswick High Brunswick

Superior Court Opens On Tuesday For June Session

Sagadahoc superior court began its June term Tuesday morning with Associate Justice Herbert T. Powers presiding. Grand jury foreman Arthur Sewall led the panel as County Attorney John P. Carey Jr. outlined cases to come, including automobile negligence and boat repair disputes. The docket features firms and individuals from Bath, Bowdoinham, Georgetown, Topsham, West Bath, Woolwich, and other towns, with Arnolds and local officials noted. The session runs under daylight saving time with Judge Powers setting hours accordingly.

Sagadahoc Herbert T. Powers Fort Fairfield George B. Wolstenholme People’s Baptist Church Arthur Sewall John P. Carey, Jr Traverse Arrowsic Wilder F. Hagan Bath Roscoe G. Bailey Andrus L. Coleman Augustus A. Percy Arthur J. Nichols Harry E. Stetson Earl E. Wing Bowdoin W. Wallace Rideout Bowdoinham Milton Given W. L. Hunter Georgetown Harry H. Heald Phippsburg Irving G. Harrington Richmond Frank Hutchins Arthur C. Randall Ray Toothaker Topsham George Dugas E. W. Jordan Ernest J. Small West Bath Herbert White Woolwich J. Vinall Hunnewell Henry T. B. Leeman William L. Weed Arthur J. Dunton Weed Clark C. Matthews Walter Leydon Ellis L. Aldrich Paul A. Gregware Matthews Mr. Carey Edward W. Bridgham John J. Desmond Co Harry M. Huse Gardiner R. Deering Ralph O. Dale Arthur F. Mayo Sagadahock Real Estate Co John J. Keegan John P. Carey Jr J. E. Cornish Bowdoiniain Edward S. Card Locke, Perkins & Williamson Inhabitants Seguinland Realty Co Beatrice M. Perow Fred P Nellie A. Taylor J. A. Pulsifer Auburn James F. Bonness Joseph A. Terrell Alta Mottram Judge Powers Superior Court Mottram Fred H. Thompson Ernest L. Goodspeed Gardiner Walter S. Glidden Charles D. Bartlett Justice Powers Norman E. Curtis Curtis Board of Selectmen Frank R. Carver

Cyrus H K Curtis Dies Aged 82 At Wyncote Publisher And Benefactor

Cyrus H K Curtis noted publisher and philanthropist who rose from Portland newsboy to chairman of Curtis Publishing Co died at his home in Wyncote near Philadelphia after a year long illness. He would have been 83 on June 18 and left a vast charitable legacy including large gifts to the University of Pennsylvania Drexel Temple Ursinus Bowdoin and Maine hospitals. He and his family were at his side as funeral plans were announced.

Cyrus H. K. Curtis Portland Wyncote Philadelphia Mary Louise Curtis Bok Curtis New York West Laurel Hill Curtis Publishing Co Saturday Evening Post Ladies’ Home Journal The Country Gentleman Curtis- Martin Newspaper Corporation Philadelphia Public Ledger Evening Ledger New York Evening Post Philadelphia Inquiry Co Inquirer William Bok Curtis Bok Charles Martin Pierson Wells Detroit John Curtis Martin Curtis-Martin Newspaper Corporation Martin Redfuss This City Freeman Brown Rockland Maine Franklin Memorial Institution Museum Hermann Kotzschmar Cyruis Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis Port Louisa Knapp Boston Ladies Home Journal University of Pennsylvania Franklin Memorial Institution Drexel Institute Temple University Curtis Clinic Jefferson Medical College Pennsylvania Museum of Art American Philanthropical Society Ursinus College Bowdoin College Maine General Hospital of Knox County

Remarkable Career of Cyrus H. K. Curtis Beginnings

A three cent capital started Cyrus H. K. Curtis as a newsboy at age 12. He built a vast publishing empire with daily papers and weekly magazines, reaching millions. The article notes it continues on page eight.

Cyrus H. K. Curtis

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