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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 10, 1937

Page

6

Birthday party for Morse High senior in Bath

A Morse high senior, Virginia Jewett, was surprised at a Front Street home by Mrs. Donald Young and classmates. Guests mostly from the graduating class enjoyed refreshments, cake, games, and prizes. Several notices follow of engagements, travels, and local social events featuring Bath residents and visiting dignitaries.

Virginia Jewett Morse High Donald Young Front Street Miss Jewett Brian Jewett Westport Jias Young Leah Merrill Josephine Haskell Mary Lowell Mary Bates Laura Craft Eileen Jones Frances Wallace Esther Drummond Dorothy Wing Ruth Hynes Ruth Robinson Fred Hanson North Woolwich Hanson

Family News From Massachusetts And New Hampshire

Mrs Charles P Randal departed for Malden Mass after Memorial day visits with sister Mrs John Burgon of 490 Middle Street. Mr and Mrs John B Downey and son Harold relocate from Franklin NH to Manchester NH living at 578 Beech Street. Downey is a Civil engineer reassigned by his firm. Their daughter Mrs Carl Bowdoin and three children return home from Wisconsin. Mrs Thomas J McDonough and son Thomas Jr of Medford Mass and Miss Mary Sullivan of Framingham Mass returned after several days with relatives.

Bath Benjamin Garfield Rae West Newton Mass Ann Rae Frederick John Warren Newton Brae Burn Country Club Warren Walter B. Warren Catherine Hooper John W. Gilmore Ralph Edward Crooker Hermon W. Crooker High Street Annah Geraldine Chaney R.N Wilfred W Chaney Park Street Sargent Legard Elwood W. Legard Washington Street Bath Country Club John H. Grindell David Lee Edward J. Lee, Jr Sandra Daly Randall M. Daly Gretchen Judith Trott C. Roland Trott Edwin Powers, Jr Edwin Powers Gustave Laumeister Palo Alto Cal Ernest Haskell Garden Street West Point Charles P Randal Malden John Burgon Middle Street John B. Downey Harold Franklin, N. H Manchester N. H Beech Street Downey Bee Carl Bowdoin Wiscusse Thomas J McDonovgh Thomas, Jr Medford Mary Sullivan Framingham J. Edward Drake, Jr Birel Pous Harold G. Hall Yonkers N. Y Hall Adelbert Hall Bedford Street Master Harold, Jr Gertrude Gilmore Cyrus Gilmore Woolwich Stanley Cheney Barbara Plymouth Cheney Harold F. Freemut East Brunswick Quincy Mary Elizabeth Pinel Jack Pinel George W. Wetherbee Katharine Paul Braintree Charles P. Wetherbee John R. Gallagher, Jr John R. Gallagher Bath Street Nequasset Gallagher Central Grammar School Joseph T Smith John Robertson Carl Wing Lewiston H. D. Grant New Meadows George D. Cabot, Jr New York George W. Dall Southstree New York University Mr. Cabot Bowdoin College Catherine H. Emmons Alpha W. Booker Fred P. Emmons Lincoln Street Joseph O. Purdue Mr. Booker George A. Booker West Bath Stanley Footer Margo Newa John Footer Frank Hinds B South Street

Navy man John F. Moore takes senior inspector post

John F. Moore, tied to government work at Portsmouth Navy Yard, N H, is named senior inspector of Navy work at Bath Tron Works Corp. He and Mrs Moore arrived Thursday and will begin work Monday. Mrs Moore plans to stay at the Eamesholm Apartments on North Street.

John F. Moore Navy Yard Portsmouth N. H Bath Tron Works Corp Moore Eamesholm Apartments North Street Elizabeth Palmer John Simmons Palmer Providence Bristol R. I William Packard Adams Bath J. Edward Adams Central Baptist Church

Local man from Center Street improves after pneumonia

Edward Page of Center Street extension has been critically ill at Bath Memorial hospital with pneumonia for two and a half weeks. He is now able to receive callers for a short time each day.

Edward Page Center Street Bath Memorial Hospital

Bath Ladies Card Club Hosts Luncheon in West Bath

Mrs Edwin R Andrews and seven Bath contract club members hosted a Wednesday luncheon at Bath Country Club with soup lobster salad rolls coffee ice cream and cookies. They later played cards at Mrs Paul Olpin West Bath.

Edwin R. Andrews Ralph W. Bragg Arthur J Dunton William W. Dennison Dwight Pierce Edward Sewall Allan Spear Ralph G. Stetson Bath Bath Country Club Paul Olm West Bath

Free Will Workers plan plants for Children day sale

Free Will Workers of Corliss Street church met last Wednesday with hostesses and voted to furnish plants for the primary department for Children day on June 13 and set December 8 for their annual Christmas sale. The next meeting will be in the vestry to tack two quilts.

Corliss Street Warren H. McIntire Russell Street Arthur L. Plant John H. Hunt McIntire Fred Coombs

Clark Family Returns From Visit to Wrights in Woolwich

Mr and Mrs Clarence Clark and their three sons Llewellyn Charles and Richard of North Windham have returned after a brief visit with Mrs Clark s parents Mr and Mrs Wilson Wright of Bonnie Brae farm in Woolwich Mrs Clark was formerly Miss Beatrice Wright of that town.

Clarence Clark Llewellyn Charles Richard North Windham

Seniors Graduate as Bath High School Holds Exercises

Amory Houghton Jr and Madelyn Dunton join a list of graduates from Kents Hill secondary school while local families celebrate births and promotions. A Bath Memorial Hospital birth adds Judith May Mank and Donald Leon Dauphin as the community marks milestones from graduation to service.

Madelyn C. Dunton Arthur J. Dunton Kents Hill Secondary School Dunton

Mrs McInnes to Return Home on Washington Street This Week

Mrs John McInnes plans to return to her home on Washington street this week after several months in Boston. She will pass the Summer at her residence following the visit and temporary stay away from home.

John McInnes Washington Street Boston John T. Parris Upper Washington Street Portland Edward Gaudreau Emery Street

Rumford pastor welcomed after move to Franklin Street church

Rev. Harley A. J Shattuck recently assumed the Franklin Street Methodist pastorate in Rumford from Beacon Street M E Church. He received a welcome in the vestry Thursday evening with a program and refreshments. The Clark wedding anniversary was noted with Rev P C Clark speaking.

Harley A. J,attuck Franklin Street Methodist Church Rumford Beacon Street M. E Shattick P. C. Clark First Baptist Church Clark Clarks Glace Bay N. S D. N. Gillis Madison

Bath News Briefs Include Engagement Plans and Travel

Dr and Mrs Edward Lamb of Santa Barbara Calif have gone to New York en route to Bermuda for a visit of several days They will attend a world conference of Child Specialists with Dr Lamb speaking Their May trip began in Santa Barbara and included Detroit road travel and visits with relatives in Waterville and Newton Mass The couple plans to return by mid July Other items note Miss Bernice Ruth Willson's engagement to Matthew Logan Wilson of Brooklyn and details of Bath society events including beano fundraisers, junior aid trip to Damariscotta and local birthdays and gatherings.

Edward Lamb Santa Barbara Calif Detroit J. G. Willson Brooklyn N. Y Bernice Ruth Willson Matthew Logan Wilson Wilson David Logan Wilson Belfast Grace E. Piper Castine Miss Willson Maxwell Teachers’ Training College University of Maine

Sixty Boys to Be Sent to YMCA Camp This Summer

The YMCA drew nearly 100 applicants on Saturday and selected sixty boys to receive camp sponsorship this summer, increasing total beneficiaries to seventy five when high school entrants are counted. All funds for sending boys have been spent, and those new to camp will go if vacancy occurs. Each week a fifteen member group will depart at 1 pm and return the next Saturday, after medical examination by Dr Langdon T Snipe.

Y.M.C. A Langdon T Snipe

Leydon Wins High Honors at Rivers School Graduation

J Marshall Leydon son of Thomas W Leydon formerly Marian Haraden graduated with honors at Rivers School Brookline Mass He led his class for three years with honors in every subject received the faculty medal and Woodridge medal He is a letterman in four sports and captain of basketball in 1937 He will receive a Master in Education at Boston University on June 14

J. Marshall Leydon Thomas W. Leydon Marian A. Haraden Rivers School Brookline Mass Woodridge Basall Marshall Bath Marshall A. Haraden Fred B. Reed Graduate School of Education Boston University Leydon

Sterling Bible Class Meets Monday Night

The Sterling Bible class held its regular business meeting in the Deering room of the Corliss Street church with 23 members present. Mrs. John Hunt presided, devotional services were led, hymns sung, and verses shared. Reports noted 35 calls and birthday contributions, with plans for a summer social and a cottage gathering at King's Point on June 30.

Sterling Bible Class Deering Corliss Street John Hunt William Paisley Lee Scott James Gillespie Lester Campbell Benjamin Coombs King’s Point Ruby Preble Warren McIntire

Personal Notes Notes on Local Visitors and Family Details

Miss Lena L. Kamendulis Morse 36 arrived Monday at 254 Center Street after wintering in Brooklyn with A. Swan and Boothbay. Mrs. William Parker nee Cora Chase arrived to spend weeks with her mother Mrs. Walter Millett at 736 Middle Street. Mrs. Parker came from Portsmouth Virginia while Mr. Parker went to California aboard the U S S Drayton. Mrs. John K. Jayne returned to New Canaan Connecticut after visiting her mother Mrs. William D. Sewall on Washington Street. Mrs. Sewall is improving after an operation at Memorial hospital.

Lena L. Kamendulis Morse Frank R. Durant Center Street Brooklyn N. Y A. Swan Boothbay William Parker Cora Chase Walter Millett Middle Street Parker Portsmouth California U. S. S. Drayton John K. Jayne New Canaan Conn William D. Sewall Washington Street

Hand crafted bedspread and local notices highlight Bath arts

The window display at Mikelsky's features a pond lily design bedspread made by Mrs. Joseph Silverman of Portsmouth for her daughter-in-law Ruth Silverman, with more spreads planned for the family. Community updates share a Maine Central bus trip to see a Philadelphia Athletics versus Red Sox double header, Bath Savings Institute’s All Purpose Club enrollments, Tom Mix’s Bath visit and ties to the Duke of Windsor, a Wright's siding derailment near Woolwich, upcoming Pullman sleeper additions, schedule changes for Bath Iron Works power outage repairs, and a note on Major Clarence Hodge’s unreported solo flight and connections to local figures.

Mikelsky’s, Inc Joseph Silverman Portsmouth N. H Louis M. Silverman Mikelsky’s Maine Central Philadelphia Athletics Red Sox Loraine Price Sam Povich Bath Iron Works Central Maine Power Co W. FE. Rowe Washington Street Bragg

Colonel Underwood Addresses Rotarians at Bath Luncheon

Col Edward B. Underwood of New York spoke at Bath Rotary about the Salvation Army's global work in 90 countries. He noted 40 years in the field beginning in Kalamazoo and compared the Army to other faith groups, urging continued support amid rising secular trends and gambling concerns. Local officials led the program with President Winchenbach, music by Chester Plant and Marius Page, and guests from Portland Orlando and other areas.

Rotary Club Salvation Army Edward B. Underwood New York Col. Underwood Kalamazoo Mich Manchester Army Canada Russia Italy Bath Winchenbach Chester Plant Marius Page Arthur

Pueblo Turkeys Traced Back Before European Arrival

Archaeological note shows Pueblo Indians of the southwest kept turkeys long before white settlers arrived, indicating early domestic fowl practices and regional animal husbandry in precolonial times.

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