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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1935

Page

3

Wiscasset Card Party Aids Piano Fund Draws Good Support

A Saturday card party hosted by Mrs. Sarah A. Keirstead to aid the Woman's club piano fund attracted nine tables. Grace L. Knight and Joseph L. Neal led in contract, while Mr and Mrs Joseph Kennedy led consolation. Mrs Charles E Knight topped rum with Mrs Zoa Hilton low. Refreshments followed, boosting funds for the piano fund as plans for next weekend's event emerged.

Sarah A. Keirstead Woman's Club Grace L. Knight Joseph L. Neal Joseph Kennedy Charles E. Knight Zoa Hilton Low Charles E. Titus A. H. Lennox Piano Fund Committee Sarah Carolyn Varney Smith's Corner St. Petersburg Fla Joseph H Lillian D. Smith Wiscasset California Ernest G. Spinney Eva Wise Winona Leavitt Helen Reed Boston George Prichard New Orleans Margaret Alexandra Shirley White Milford A. Giffin White Elephant Club Hattie Mosher Warren Street George P. Hobson Clarence A. Richards Portland Bernice Webber Benjamin F. Webber Kenneth Russell Carl Boudin Gardiner Road Elsie Blagdon Boudin Annie Boudin Beverley Mass Bailey House Federal Street Herbert Pashard Mont- Sweag Farm Bureau Grange Hall Ways and Means Committee The Organ Society Lincoln Congregational Vestry Donald Dunn

Wiscasset 25 Years Ago in Sheepscot Echo Item

L L Lowell of Bath visited Wiscasset yesterday. Rev E L Sawyer of Westport came Thursday. Mrs W S Peaslee improved from illness. Mrs Richard Maloy returned from Head Tide visit. Emma and Blanche Dickinson were in Lewiston last Wednesday. F S Perkins changed a display window. Ned Bailey works at Central telephone office. Mrs Charles West and daughter visited Lisbon Falls last Saturday. Brunette club hosted a social at Franklin Hall last Wednesday. Wm T Hall of Bath attended court business in town.

L. L. Lowell Bath E. L. Sawyer Westport Peaslee Richard Maloy Emma Blanche Dickinson Lewiston Perkins Ned Bailey Peaslee’s Charles West Lisbon Falls Franklin Hall Wm. T. Hall of Bath Court House

Local Notes From the Sheepscot Echo February 23 1895

Miss May Taylor travels to Bath while Andrew Lacy visits Augusta. Various residents visit relatives in Bath Camden Skowhegan Boothbay Harbor and Providence. News of illnesses deaths and local travels along with tax records and a fire department policy on night rescues.

Local Notes From Wiscasset Town Pages

Augustus White and his wife visited Mrs Wes for the remai while Winter and Frank with Edge attended a Brunette club dance. Nathaniel Lincoln is out after weeks with a severe cold. Canadian Jubilee Singers booked for March 27 at M E church. Jesse F White and daughter Gladys guests of Gorham Lilly in Dresden. William Rines and son Archie went to Richmond, rode Teddy R, and won. Alta Hutchins returned from Boothbay Harbor and visited Miss Marienge. Mrs Amsden death correction Asa F Hall alive. S E Getchell fractured collar bone and two ribs after a fall on ice. Lumber trade in the area expanding with much shipped from Wiscasset.

Fred B. Dunn Vivian W. Dunn Georgianna W. Lilly Grace L. Knight Carl M. P. Larrabee Portland Lawrence B. Haggett Carrie Reed Boothbay Pochontas Ethel Redennett Red Men’s Hall Prophetess Zina Davis Pocahontas Carolyn Pendleton Edna Jones Susie Lewis Elizabeth Blagdon Grace Merry Elden Munsey Ashbury Bailey Tepee Forest Preble Forest C. C. Blagdon Starlodge Knights of Pythias Walter Boynton Damariscotta Clarence A. Richards Irving L. Davis Wilson A. Blagdon C. C Everett W. Jackson V. C Carl M. P. Larrabee Joseph F. Erskine Charles E. Cowley Jamce E. Knight Fred W. Blagdon Warren W. Grover Manuel Caton Stanley Fossett Bristol First National Harvey R. Pease Alan Rockland Pease Simon Crosby Crosby Bangor Legion Civic Club California Brian Jewett Alna Wiscasset Academy Richmond High Frederick H. Theakston Marion Theakston Florida Stanley W. Dodge Waterstreet Raymond Sherman Dodge Valentine Favors W. S. Small Roy Dow Vinton Dow Wesley W. Day Merle Day Wesley C. Day Frank Haggett Minnie Porter C. J Woman's Club Miss Hobson Augustus,White Wes Frank Edgeee Nathaniel Lincoln Jubilee Singers M. E Jesse F. White Gladys White Gorham Asa F. Hall S. E. Getchell Wiscasset

West Bath Community Briefs Highlight Illness Vacations and Fire

West Bath notes Percy L. Wright at home due to illness and a school week off for vacation. Florence Neiley tours Portland after visiting Brunswick teachers, while a chimney fire at J Everett Mayo’s home causes a scare. Other items include vacations, visits, a new baby named Lucy Ann, and local residents traveling to Portland and Providence.

Percy L. Wright Berry's Mill Road Florence Neiley Trufant’s ‘Crossing Brunswick Portland Charles E. Doten J. Everett Mayo Mayo John F. Larrabee Joseph W. Larrabee Helen H. Rogers Clementine K. Burns Saco Llewellyn D. Rogers Ernest E. Williams Campbell’s Pond Bath Robert D. Metcalf Providence R. I Strand Theatre Mr. Kenney West Bath Edwin W. Haggett Harold Peacock Herbert C. White Sanford's Crossing Road Laura E. Lemont Fred W. Larrabee Larrabee’s Grove Lucy Ann Green Street Walter W. Larrabee Arthur Topsham Larrabee's Grove

All Grammar School All Star Teams Named in YMCA League

The YMCA Grammar School Basketball League announced its all first and all second teams chosen by coaches and captains. About 35 players earned votes in a league with over 100 participants, led by Edward Fraser and Harry Thayer on the first team and Clayton Thibodeau on the second team, with captains selected from the top vote getter.

Y. M. C. A. Grammar School All Grammar School Edward Fraser Central Reds Harry Thayer Central Blacks Renwood Pierce Central Whites Robert Lee Central Blues Clifton Nickerson Clayton Thibodeau Harold Stanton Harold Footer St. Mary's Steeven John George Sarkis

Wild Ducks Starving Along the Coast

Wild ducks along the Kennebec and New Meadows rivers are starving due to ice and remote open water. Fox predation is depleting the flocks in Sagadahoc county coastal communities. Game wardens strive to aid feedings as birds move under brush to escape hunger. The schooner Frederick P. Elkins, owned in St Johns Newfoundland, is chartered by T. R. Savage Co of Bangor to load Barbados molasses at Bridgetown for a West Indies port.

Kennebec New Meadows Popham Small Point Sagadahoc County Frederick P. Elkins St. Johns Newfoundland T. R. Savage _Co Bangor Bridgetown Barbados Elkins Savage Co West Indies N. B

West Bath Grangers Hear Tall Tales and Plans

West Bath grange met with 108 attendees including 18 visitors. Next week Mrs Onesiege will lecture with a tall tales contest among Edwin Haggett Herbert Cavanaugh Everett Lemont Charles Henderson Albert Henderson David Henderson William White judged by unnamed officials. Music, refreshments, and costume rules followed with a Maine history film planned in two weeks.

West Bath Alice F. Johnson Stanley E. Wallace Charles B. Doyle Dean Bonney Maine Central Railroad Maine Dromore Grange William H. White Lillian E. Lewin The Grange Miss Lewin Charles T. Henderson Gus Snow Dorothy A. Welch Albert H. Thompson David Field David S. Henderson Edwin W. Haggett Doyle Ernest Snow Grange Hall

Republican leaders elect Quimby again as city chair

At a Monday meeting in the Bath common council chamber 22 of 28 Republicans attended. Fred W. Quimby was unanimously re elected chairman and treasurer Alden G. Smith reelected secretary Ellery E. Whittemore stood in for Smith. Albert L. Strout was named honorary life member for long party service.

Fred W. Quimby Republican City Committee Common Council Quimby Alden G. Smith Smith Ellery E. Whittemore Bath Albert L. Strout Strout

Mrs. Katherine B. Austin Funeral Service

The funeral for Mrs. Katherine B. Austin, wife of Albert F. Austin, occurred Tuesday at 2 PM at Fred E. Curtis Funeral Home in Center Street. Rev. Joseph O. Purdue officiated. Bearers were Whitman Mitchell Harris Elliott Lewis and Edson Mitchell, all Portland nephews. Burial followed in Pine Grove Cemetery, Falmouth Foreside.

Katherine 8. Austin Albert F. Austin Fred

Military Officer to Transfer to Hamilton Ship

Lieut. Lord and his wife former RT Seena Miss Pietroski will move from Newport Rhode Island base to the U. S. S. Hamilton and plan to be in Rockland during the summer. The Spoffords are referenced in the note.

L Ord RT Seena Miss Pietroski Newport, R. I U. S.S. Hamilton Rockland Spoffords

Nequasset Community Notes Highlight Worship and Events

The Nequasset region discusses lent worship attendance urging children stay for worship to foster communal practice. Nequasset Farm Bureau reports 22 attendees and funds for a 4 H member to Washington. Upcoming meetings cover home organization and a Washington's Birthday supper with social events.

Frost raises hob with water service in Bath

Frost heaves hydrants on Commercial Street and near 663 Washington Street causing four and a half inch leads to snap. Supt. Abbott and helpers race to repair as flood tides interrupt work. Replacements and split sleeves kept on hand amid risk of further frost damage.

Prost Bath Supt. Abbott Commercial Street George F. Jackson Washington Street Abbott

Lynn social visit noted for Miss Alice Hartnett

Miss Alice Hartnett of Lynn Massachusetts has been spending a few days in the city. She was accompanied home by Mrs Joseph McCole of Court Street who will spend the week there.

Alice Hartnett Lynn Mass City Joseph McCole Court Street

Also Mentioned on This Page

le Plumstead Carrie McKenney Boston Transcript Miss Bladgon Lillian Erskine Foye Mary Elizabeth Blagden Brookline Beacon Street Bigelow & Co Conrad Horace Foye Saint Paul's Church Saint Cuthbert Bowdoin College General Theological Seminary New York City Saint Andrew's Parish Newcast St. Philip’s Church Saint Philip's Mildred Holbrook Winchester Eliza Holbrook Main Street D. R. Sortwell New York France Sheepscot Methodist Social Union of Lincoln County Southport East Boothbay Boothbay Harbor Waldoboro North Waldoboro Woman's Association Masonic A. I. Oliver Ralph Stoody Stoody Chestnut Street Social Union George Norton Chester Tilton A. G. Davis W. W. Goudy Ford Ford Tudor Plymouth Pontiac Nash Haggett Garage Co Ford Sales and Service Steeves Sheepscot Echo Old Files Sheepscot Echo May Taylor E. P. Munsey Sarah Pendleton Camden Andrew Lacy Augusta Silas Y. Jackson Geo. B. Sawyer Ed Barley Glines Florence Hutchings Strong, Me Ralph Clark John P. Kelley Ed. N. Lewis Newcastle Lincoln Academy John Cowley Dr. Brown L. W. Gibbs Huntoon Chas. B. Lentell George C. B. Lentell Boston & Albany Railroad Co A. D Ezekiel Thompson Jeremiah Bailey John Babson Bank of Wiscasset Wm. M. Boyd Thomas Brinthal John Boynton Stephen Coffin Orchard Cook Moses Carleton Paine ‘Elwell John Erskine Erastus Foote Ebenezer Hilton David Hannaford Asa F Hall & Co Samuel Hubbard Alexander Johnson Temple Lee William Nichols David Potter Hezekiah Packard David Payson Freeman Parker Silas Payson Rebecca Rice William Rice Nymphas Stacy William Stacy Sarah Levey Manassa Smith Seth Tinkham Whitney & Sewall Abiel Wood William S. Mason Fire Department Mason Wreuueouay Dixfield Peru Edna —Hammond Jennie Mexico R Greenleaf Fred Sidelinger Point Andover Rumford North Edgecomb Grammar School Mrs. Austin Woolwich Woolwich Union W. W. Swank Nequasset Farm Bureau James A. Colby State Road Maurice T. Hathorne Washington Hortenze Welch Auburn Congregational Nequasset John C. Gilmore Leverett Welch Carolyn D. Wing Ladies’ Auxiliary Fred Carlton Florence C. P. Hall Harold Shaw North Methodist Church Ivan Shaw Montsweag School Charlotte Buck Ruth Dininger Melrose Duncan McIntosh Annie Cunningham Vivian Richards Day’s Ferry Round Pond Geraldine Stott Atwood
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