Topsham Candidate Seeks Vote for County Treasurer Post
A Topsham resident declares candidacy for Saga Dahoc County treasurer as a Republican. They urge voters to support the bid in the upcoming election.
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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1938
Page
3
Life and religion guide us through life’s trials
A speaker discusses finding delight in life despite its pains, urging endurance, courage, and inquiry into life’s meaning. He cites Christian thought, Lin Yutang, and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings to argue that religion frames our understanding of life and inspires resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Dr. Johnson
Charles Lindbergh
J. P. Morgan
Eve Curie
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Penny
Jody
Halford Luccock
Lin Yutang
Brotherhood elects new officers at First Baptist meeting
C Lloyd Hooker was ejected as president at the Brotherhood of the First Baptist Church annual meeting in the vestry. E A Sotheard is first vice president, Stanley Teasdale second vice president, Philip Oliver secretary, E Melvin Pratt treasurer. They voted to sponsor a Church Field Day in September and set the next meeting for July 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Lloyd Hooker
Brotherhood of the First Baptist Church
E. A. Sotheard
Stanley Teasdale
Philip Oliver
E. Melvin Pratt
West Bath Schools Close After Successful Year
The Lowell and Littlefield schools closed after a successful year guided by Miss Roberta Hathorne and Miss Barbara Fisher. Pupils held closing parties, with certificates, gifts, and appreciations, as neighbors noted community activities and ongoing cottage improvements in West Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Littlefield
Roberta Hathorne
Barbara Fisher
Thomas’ Point
Miss Hathorne
Ethel Waterman
Harold W. Bailey
Richard C. Andrews
Donald
Allen McAllister
Littlefield School
Perry Thompson
Nancy Coombs
Miss Fisher
Wilbert
Dana Small
Phippsburg 4-H Club Field Day Planned by Members
At the June 11 meeting in Dromore grange hall the Phippsburg 4-H Club laid out plans for Field Day at the Phippsburg Center school field on Saturday starting at 10 AM The muffin judging contest was won by Martha Beals and Wayne Rich County Agent offered remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
Dromore Grange Hall
Wayne Rich
Martha Beals
Phippsburg Center
Parker Head
Pupils Qualify for Seven Point Health Badges at Central Grammar
Central Grammar School lists students earning Seven Point Health Badges across grades 6 to 8. Names include Lorraine Mair, Leroy Peasley, Mary Stone, Harold Peasley, Barbara McDonald, Edith Seavey, Elizabeth Williams, Phyllis McKenna, and many others across divisions and classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Grammar School
Lorraine Mair
Leroy Peasley
Mary Stone
Lillian Derby
Germaine Bonney
Paul Tourtillotte
Allen Whitney
Audrey Hill
Eleanor Fullerton
Marguerite Rines
Elizabeth Jones
Marilyn Garneau
Rachel Matthews
Elmer Wallace
Forest Cunningham
Edward Jones
Ralph Achorn
Helen Gallagher
Phyllis McKenna
Martha Day
Virginia Hogan
Elizabeth Burgess
James Farnham
Ernest King
Erma Bennett
Byrle Garneau
Bessie Kakos
Edith Seavey
Barbara McDonald
Harold Peasley
Richard Dennison
Gabriel Vigne
Gertrude Dole
Annette Williams
Mildred Perow
Helen Higgins
Arlene Arsenault
Albert Povich
Edith Walker
Elizabeth Williams
Mary Webb
John Voorhers
Ruby Talbot
Marjorie Grace
Virginia Stilphen
Madelyn Robson
Seth Doughty
Ethel Dupont
Herbert Steeves
Mary Roy
Kenneth Knowlton
John Kakos
Dwight Pierce
Jean Mullen
Martha Morse
Richard Steen
Bruce Wright
George Herson
Mary Anderson
Ruth Cogan
Grace Crowley
Harlan Gwynn
Gertrude Haskell
Doris Houston
Billy Mullen
Norma J. Steussy
Doris Stickney
Marilyn Cummings
West Bath Grange Plans Pomona Degree Meeting
At the West Bath grange regular meeting, a special Pomona is set for 8 p.m. June 15 at Enterprise grange Richmond village to confer the fifth degree. Over 50 members attended with Beatrice Leavitt to lead next week’s program featuring readings, contests, and discussions on life versus fire insurance and house versus home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Enterprise Grange
Richmond Village
Beatrice Leavitt
the Grance
Entire Grange
Addie Williams
Nellie Booker
Charles B. Doyle
Arthur S. Crockett
Herbert S. Cavanaugh
Harold Peacock
Edwin W. Haggett
Herbert Simpson
Marjorie Cavanaugh
Margaret Walsh
Bessie Snow
Annie Williams
Charles Doyle
Long
Seniors' Class Day Program Names and Honors
The program lists graduates and honorees including Roger Allan Oliver and Augustus Perow with a long roster of seniors in general courses. Honors are noted as Highest Honors for the class, with many named students and multiple spellings in the roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Allan Oliver Olin
Pankhurst Augustus Perow
Arthur Edward Sturtevant
Ralph Wright, Jr
Arthur Roger Young
Irving Curtis Baker Evelyn Mary Bertrand Dorothy Margaruite Bourque
Edward Barret Cohen
Evelyn Gilberta Coleman Mary Lena Gallant John Joseph Keegan, Jr
John Kimble
Harry Lincoln Knight
Shirley Lakin Ruth Gertrude Mc Allister
George Neill McAkellar James Walter McQuarrie
Charles Wilson Moore
Clifton Seales
Nickerson Havel
Myrtle Oliver Harold Tlit Pride
Robert Richard Reto
Helen Marie Reynolds
Ruth Helen Shellenbarger
Marie Katherine Smith
Harold Weasdale
Harry BE. Phaver
Edward Po Phomas, Jr
Margaret Lurline Lourtidotte Lawrence Woodrow Wayman
Firemen Praised for Fine Record
Fire department members Elmer W. Rogers Frank F. Farrin Clarence A. Merrill Scott Morse and Edward T. Whitehouse were lauded for a fine record of drills and exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer W. Rogers
Frank F. Farrin
Clarence A. Merrill
Scott Morse
Edward T. Whitehouse
Woolwich Community News Highlights From Augusta to Bath
Local Woolwich notices report visits by Eben Dana and others in Augusta and Portland. Activities include church services Father’s Day observances at Montsweag, summer meetings, and planned plays at Monisweag grange hall. Town residents attend events, travels noted, and churches schedule daily worship and a summer program slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eben Dana
Augusta
Clara Wright
Ralph
Harland McFarland
Portland
Nellie Savage
Ralph Savage
Maria Savage
Marion Skinner
Sarah Hathorne
North Woolwich
Bath
Snow White
Marion Doughty
Yarmouth
LaForest Savage
Montsweau Church
Walter Leavitt
Cheerio Club
Monisweag Grange Hall
J. E. Rouse
Andover-Newton Theological Seminary
Newton Center
Mass
First Baptist Church
Woolwich Center
Rouse
Center Baptist Church
Montsweag Church
George Willis
Earl Dow
Virginia
Arrowsie School
Walter Gould
Boston
Jason Edgerly
Whitefield
Miss Brown
Day's Ferry
Pearl Smith
Elizabeth Gould
Sagadahoc Ferry
Camden
Dewolf
Boothbay Harbor
Clara Hathorne
Blanche Littlefield
Guy Bussey
Sanford
Frank J. Walker
Capitol Island
Polar Star
Solar Lodges
Masons
Woolwich Union
Nequasset
Sagadahoc
William Gould
Farnham House
Robinhood
Charles Brown
Woolwich
Bowdoin
Woolwich Grange Holds Regular Meeting
Woolwich grange convened its weekly session with songs including Dwelling in Beulahland Coming Through the Rye and Beautiful River of Time. Mrs Mary Hunnewell read The Patter of a Shingle and Mrs Edith Weston read Courtin in Kentucky. Mrs Jessie Spaulding read Cure of Homesickness and The Father of Man was discussed by the Worthy Lecturer. Roll Call yielded suggestions and ideas, followed by two party games dances and stunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grange
Beulahland
Mary Hunnewell
Reading
Kentucky
Edith Weston
Jessie Spaulding
Father of Man
the Grange
Grange
Woolwich PTA Pre School Clinic Plans Vaccinations
The Woolwich P T A Pre school clinic meets to continue diphtheria inoculations. Dr Joseph ST Smith offers free vaccinations at his office Thursday at 3 30 for Woolwich children with Miss Mooney assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Scarsdale Man Visits Boothbay Harbor Grandparents
Holbrook Bradley of Scarsdale New York left Monday for Boothbay Harbor to visit his grandmother after spending the weekend as a guest of Honorable and Mrs Arthur Sewall at the Stonehouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holbrook Bradley
Scarsdale
N. Y
Boothbay Harbor
Arthur Sewall
The
Stonehouse
Baby seal found on Small Point Beach
A two day old seal pup was found on Small Point Beach by Mr and Mrs Sumner Sewall. They shelter and feed it in a screened sand pile using a bottle after researching care. Seals are usually born in May and begin entering water around September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Sewall
Lea
Armstrong and Nye Wedding Details Followed by Family Notes
Fragmented wedding notice mentions Dr. Armstrong and Dr. Nye, with references to Morse Hithons, nursing education in Boston, Massachusetts College of Osteopathy, and offices in Camden. Includes scattered family remarks about Mrs. Frank Reed of Mechanic Street and other relatives, all from a battered page segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
Deaconess School of Nursing
Boston
Armstrong
Massachusetts College of Osteopathy
Boston City
Camden
Aydisteuhs
Offic
Yessey
Mrs Youngs Pupils Appear In Recital At Home
A Friday evening recital by piano pupils of Mrs Donald D Young at 345 Front Street ran from 7 30 to 9 00. The program featured pieces such as Tulips and Windmills Soldiers at Play and Chinese Garden with performances by Nancy Gregware Alma Tait Margaret Elliott and Roger Easton among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald D. Young
Front Street
Hume
Nancy Gregware
Chanercey
Hitch Hiker
Lowe
Alma Tait
Overholt
Ketterer
Margaret Elliott
Thompson
Roger Easton
Hume Merrily
Emma Jane Trott
Dark Eyes
Heller
Mary Clappison
Mrs Elizabeth Payne Kimball Funeral Held
The funeral of Mrs Elizabeth Payne Kimball widow of Dr L Houghton Kimball occurred Wednesday afternoon at two in the Church of the New Jerusalem. Rev Louis A Dole led the services with bearers Major William R Kimball Arthur Sewall Roland F Hill W Dayton Hill Robert B Hatch and Davis Hatch Jr of Needham Mass. Burial followed at Maple Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Payne Kimball
L. Houghton Kimball
Church of the New Jerusalem
Louis A. Dole
William R. Kimball
Arthur Sewall
Roland F. Hill
W. Day
Ton Hill
Robert B. Hatch
Davis Hatch, Jr
Needham, Mass
Maple Grove Cemetery
Hopkins Welcomes Son At Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs Donald Hopkins of Corliss Street welcomed the arrival of a son at Memorial Hospital Monday. He weighed eight and a half pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Hopkins
Corliss Street
Memorial Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. C. Patten
Topsham
County
Treas
Urer OF Saga
Dahoc County
Marie Curie
Republicans
Harold P. Small
City of
Baptist Brotherhood
West Bath
Clarence DePuy
New York City
Odie M. Rich
Harry J. Rich
Alpha Booker Farm
John H. Hyde
Birch Point
Harold DeLong
Oscar Williams
Ina Williams
Florence Wyman
Williams
Beatrice Rose
Lester Crocker
Morse High School
Rosedale
O. A. Knight
Myrtle Knight
Bertha Waugh
Malden
Knight
Sabine
Samuel F. Bates
J. E. Mayo
Kents Hill
Lettie Halmshaw
Bristol
C. E. Stover
Joyce
Coonhound
Merrymeeting Park
L. D. Sheldon
Joseph W. Larrabee
Harold Haggett
Lucy Ann
Charles T. Small
Friendship
Oscar Tanguay
William Bourque
H. A. Owen
Alton Mitchell
Cates Place
Eugene Curtis
William Greig
Traverse
Bath-Boothbay
Kennebec River
W. E. Farmer
Maine
Pomona
Woolwich Clinic
George Elliott CO
Geo. J. Elliott
Forest Avenue
A. F. Austin
Small Point
Senator
Mrs. Sumner Sewall
Mrs Prank
Reed
Mechanic Strep
Howard P. Hall
March of the
Sweet Jasmine—Vederva
Tickle
Negro Dance
Price Bladen Smith
Accordion
Snake Charmer
Beautiful
Ohio
Glenn Easton Jr
America
Mrs. Kimball
Walter L. Whitney
Gov. Lewis O
Barrows
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