Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Bath Independent in Bath, Maine

We have 914,015 pages in Maine

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1931

Page

4

Richmond Notes on Graduations and Community Life

Mrs. Henrietta S Libby entertains her Beverly aunt as Frances Libby graduates at Colby College Waterville Randall Condon a Colby graduate to address the class Local visitors and Lions club activity plus a ball game proceeds of 81 35 directed to Main street tarring Engagement announced for Ruth Bowdoin and Warrington McCullough Jr Richmond people plan July 4 horse racing trip Various town visitors and events at the opera house and local meetings honors and obituaries for John Clark funeral in Richmond with burial in Litchfield Plains domain

Henrietta S. Libby Susie F. Choate Beverly Mass Colby College Waterville C. 8. Gray Point-of-View Jesse Haley Auburn Jennie Broderick Lions Club Worster House Hallowell Main Street Charles H. Bowdoin Jenkintown Manor Ruth Mary Bowdoin Warrington B. McCullough, Jr Warrington B. McCullough Warrington Farms Elkins Alvah Campbell Hubert Jennings Jackson N. H Charles H. Bowden Ruth Mary Bowdon Elkins Park Bowdon Elizabeth Conley Keley Richmond Rockland Wallace Baker Lewiston Ralph O. Dale Bath J. W. Ramblette J. A. Hinkley Maine Fire Chiefs’ Club Boothbay Harbor Charles Knapp Gardiner Hospital Opera House Jerry Charles Blake George Clarence Merrill Nellie Lucile Bailey Jean Evelyn Hanson Mary Adele Maley Brick Denny Champney Bill Donald Foster Monk Harold Harford Omaha Gaddie W. G. Robinson Dean Howard Gaddis Mina Floyd Seamore George M. Dennett Ray Warren Reed Madeline Hutchinson Lynn Perl Perry Eugene Edgecomb Edith Edgecomb Francis Meisner Roswold Edgecomb Bingham Richmond Lions Belgrade Lakes Russell Ring Vanessa Beedle Marpace Grover Augusta Orday Cecil Rickards Linwood Ernest S. W. Rickards Norridgewock Oscar Douglass New Sharon Charles Grondin Laura Grondin Olive Stilphen Old Orchard George Harford Franklyn McKenney Boston Melvina Borjesson New York Elwin Silver Edward Coughlin Grafton Notch Saddleback Mountain Dorothea Temple University of Maine Richmond Corner White Litchfield State Road E. E. Durand Mayford Morris H. H. Hinchliffe E. E. Rogers L. F. Roberts F. P. Anderson J. W. Randlette Board of Selectmen Frank Raynolds Providence R. I Skowhegan Melville Brown Concord Order of Knights of Malta Maine New Hampshire Vermont Brown Beacon Commandery Portland Albert Henderson Batheae John Clark C. B. Sinden Litchfield Plains William Dingley

Garden of Praise at Corliss Street Church Pageant

Children’s day pageant The Garden of Praise at Corliss Street church featured 50 pupils in crepe paper costumes forming a garden scene. Narrator Margaret Hill, instrumentalists and flags were part of a program led by Rev. Charles H. Berry with offerings and Bible verses.

Corliss Street Margaret Hill Catherine Campbell Shirley Bracey Estelle McCabe Rachel Scott Olive Seavey Inez Kennerson Isabelle Paisley Leroy Stover Stanley Hill Charles H. Berry Katherine Campbell Geneva Chaney Beulah Pratt Hazel Plant Lucian R. Ames Pearl Campbell

Georgetown residents return for season at Kennebec Point

A Brookline family opens their Kennebec Point summer home while locals host visitors from Portland Topsham and Waterville. The community holds a school graduation program directed by Lena MacMahan and Ruth Powers at Union Hall with diplomas, a flag salute, plays, and a bake sale for the School League.

Sydney Dalrymple Brookline Kennebec Point Carrie Baker Portland Billings Miss Mason Robinhood Hortense Ward Topsham Pollard John R. Blackie George Williams Waterville West Georgetown Roy M. Newman Melrose Frank H. Wren Tufts College Wren Winchester Martha Rich Bowen Andover Mass Overlook Norman Treat Hazel Treat Germantown W. A. Todd Lena MacMahan Five Islands Ruth Powers Union Hall

Ruth Watson and Ruth Paisley Lead Local Event

Ruth Watson and Isabelle Paisley are listed among attendees with Silas Plant and Robert Bracey. Pianist Mrs Pearl Campbell is noted among participants, suggesting a cultural or social gathering featuring live piano.

Lace Ruth Watson Isabelle Paisley Silas Plant Robert Bracey Mrs Pearl Campbell

Former Bath Pastor to Broadcast Weekly Program

Rev. John A. Swetnam, ex First Baptist Bath pastor and five-year head of Park Street Baptist Pittsfield NH, will sponsor a weekly radio program The Happy Hour on WKAV Laconia NH every Wednesday at 3 PM DST. Bath friends are urged to write the station.

John A. Swetnam First Baptist Church Park Street Baptist Church Pittsfield N. H New Hampshire WKAV Swetnam Bath Laconia

Cosmopolitan Club Hosts Opening Supper at Stepping Stones

The Cosmopolitan club welcomed nearly 50 members to Stepping Stones on the Brunswick road for a season opening supper hosted by Mrs. Helen Crosby. The inn, famed for its old fashioned charm and bouquets, offered lobster and chicken suppers. Later, members returned to the clubhouse for card games as Stepping Stones opened to the public Saturday.

Brunswick Road Cosmopolitan Club Helen Crosby Maine

Packed Children's Day concert at Wesley Church draws crowd

A packed auditorium greeted Wesley Methodist Church's annual Children’s Day concert on Sunday. The event featured performances by Sunday School classes, floral gifts to Kindergarten and Beginners departments, and a long program of recitations, songs, and solos led by Rev. F L Littlefield with many named participants and groups.

Wesley Church Wesley Methodist Church Forrest L Littlefield Lloyd Daley Charles Ripley Wilfred Trott William Besaw Willard McLean Walter F. Day F. L. Littlefield Wildwood Smiley Albert Whitney Feod Beth Trett Geraldine Nickerson Valerie Nickerson Iene Norma Cummings Charles Lermond Grace Whittemore

Memorial Sunday Bath Firemen Pay Homage

Seventy two firemen from all companies paid tribute to deceased comrades on Memorial Sunday. Drum Major Edwin L. Emmons led in a vivid parade to cemeteries with Morse High School band under John H. Grindell. Chief Charles E. Parks and assistants Richard Frates and Scott Morse marched. honored were Oscar F. Williams and John Eagle. A prayer by Rev Howard P. Jett and a eulogy by Rev George B. Wolstenholme followed at Joseph Everard’s grave before return to Engine 4 quarters on Water Street.

Edwin L. Emmons Morse High School John H. Grindell Charles E. Parks Richard Frates Scott Morse

Bride-to-be faces deportation over cross-border housing visit

Miss Delimba Coulombe of Baker Lake New Brunswick planned a future Maine home visit across the international boundary without proper formalities. Immigration officers arrested her, bringing her to Bangor. She faces deportation but expects to return to Maine with the required credentials.

Delimba Coulombe Baker Lake N. B Jin Maine Bangor

Five Islands Weekend social and town notes

Lightbody of Rochester and many Bath and Portland residents passed the weekend at homes and cottages around Five Islands. Families arrived for visits, repairs were begun on a local garage, a Bath hospital patient underwent surgery, and schools closed for summer vacation as resident families enjoyed boating and weekend getaways along Harmon's Harbor and Popplestone Beach.

Lightbody Rochester N. H Charles Kenney Bath Five Islands T. W. Blaisdell E. P. Allen Oakland Mr. Allen Frank MacMahan Boston MacMahansland D. L. Howard Clifford Landry South Boston Landry Lincoln Campbell F. M. Reid I. L. Stevens E. C. Higgins Medford Mass Higgins Clarence White White New York Popplestone Beach Vincent MacMahan C. V. MacMahan Bath Hospital Mona Campbell Edith Pinkham The Bath High School Ellsworth Pinkham Arthur Berry Augusta W. L. Berry T. E. Cromwell Alice Cromwell E. A. Freeman Togus M. F. Biggins Arlington Frank Perkins Edmund Lewis Clara Hinckley Portland Percy McGilvrey H. J. Eisenhaeur Mr. Acroid Cambridge Harmon's Harbor

Five Islands School Closes After Strong Attendance

Five Islands grammar school ended its term Monday with an average attendance of 18. Pupils Erland Moore Phyllis Harford Vernon Gray Jr and Albion Carr had no absences. Vernon Gray Jr was the only student not absent all year. The school merged with Georgetown center for Community day and graduation at the town hall Friday night featuring recitations songs and plays by students and a sale of cake candy and ice cream.

Dorothy Hagan Aunee Helen Noyes Boston Marson Sagadahoc Bay Anne L. Reade Medford Kennebec Point A. A. Lawker Reade Vestry Arrowsic School Georgia Walker Little River Beach Alfred Rowe Rapheal Benton Frank Green Thelma Elmer McFarland Doris Bennett Bath Elizabeth Hunt Thomas Hagan Earle Hagan Central Church Bath High School Maude Thayer Westbrook Seminary West Georgetown Elsie Mains Charles Mains William Steadman, Jr William Steadman F. W. Hovey First Baptist Church Alice Hovey Colby College Amy Edgecomb Gner Alfred Farrow Carol Farrow Smoke Harold Hunt, Jr Carrotin Herbert Hunt Eva Mavns Nellie Taft Carl Delano Imal ON Mearns Eee Carent Barbara Gray Nona Mains Gilise Trecenie Marion Hunt Regina Delano Miss MacGinnis Five Islands Erland Moore Phyllis Harford Vernon Gray Albion Carr Harold Rowe Georgetown Center School Town Hall Peggy Gray Marie Rittall Cora Hanna Helen Rowe Maine Earland Moore State of Maine Mary Cote Herbert Campbell Marjorie Berry Hope Berry Lincoln Campbell Columbia

Morse High elects Harry Ring 1932 baseball captain

Harry Ring, Morse high school star in both basketball and baseball, was elected captain of the 1932 Morse High School baseball team. He played first base the last two seasons, led the team with a .335 batting average last year, and was a scoring ace of the Bates tournament team. His father and brother also played baseball, highlighting a family athletic lineage. Separate items note the death of George H. Greenleaf of Everett, Mass., prominent Mohawk Motor Co. official and community member, with funeral details. The Clancys’ daughter Maric was a patient at Falmouth sanitarium, prompting a family visit.

Harry Ring Morse M.H.S Harry H. E. Ring Washurn Street Morse High Diamond Sammy Cutis Bates Don University of Maine Albert McFadden Park Street Melrose Highlands Mass

Yacht Halonia Leaves Bath for Chicago

The 148-foot diesel yacht Halonia sailed from Bath Iron Works Monday at 9 55 for Chicago, owner Charles H Thorne of Pasadena and Chicago. The keel was laid Jan 13 1931 and she went overboard May 2, about 109 days construction. The entourage included Miss Leslie Thorne and Capt Charles A Blair. The journey follows a route through Portland lightship to Nova Scotia, St Lawrence River, Great Lakes, and Welland canal ending in Chicago.

Halonia Bath Iron Works Corp Chicago Ill Charles H. Thorne Pasadena Cal Bath Plant Hallet Thorne Leslie Thorne New York Charles A. Blair Iron Works Portland Blair Detroit Mich Straits of Canso Nova Scotia Cape Breton Island St. Lawrence Bay St. Lawrence River Lake Ontario Welland Canal Lake Erie St. Mary's River St. Mary’s River Lake St. Mary Lake Huron Michigan Straits of Mackinaw Lake Michigan

Bridgham to Toastmaster at Naval Banquet

Bath marks its 150th birthday with a banquet honoring Lieut John A Lord Bath and Old Ironsides crew aboard the frigate Constitution. Edward W Bridgham is toastmaster at the Masonic Temple July 13 followed by a dance at Arcade Ballroom for sailors and guests. Morse High band leads July 14 parade chaired by Eugene M Desmond with bumper signs promoting the visit July 13 14 15 for ship inspection.

Bath John A. Lord of Ironsides Grebe Small Masonic Temple Edward W. Bridgham Esq Grindell Colonial Club Arcade Morse High School Eugene M. Desmond

Legion hosts county council gathering at Le Legion Park

James Fitzgerald post A L and auxiliary hosted a Friday night meeting of the Kennebec councils of the Legion and auxiliaries at Le Legion Park near Three Mile Pond. Members from nine posts attended an afternoon of boating bathing and fishing. The main business was organizing the county delegation and marching body for the department convention in Calais from July 23 to 28.

James Fitzgerald A. L Kennebec The Legion Legion Park Three Mile Pond Calais

Also Mentioned on This Page

Harvard Ea Union Athletic Union Jayon Dolores Onsen Max—Katz Elm Street Church School Georgetown Broadcast Service Elizabeth Whittemore Elizabeth Pinkham Ak Elizabeth Butterfield Our Shepherd Siverreetyers Jeanette Chapman Diana Pierce Saree Little Flowers Soeary Boardman I'kdna Besaw Ernestine King Helen Oulton Jesus John Shellenbarger Hazel Oliver Roberta Margaret Gordon Pastor Offering Allen Whitney Lillian Goodwin Barbara Hopkins Dad John Coombs Edward Butterfield Janet Goodwin Shirley Miller Shirley Parshley Norman Seekins Alice Coleman Kathleen Lewis Robert Besaw Mary Reynolds Barbara Small Ruth Small Daniel Hatch Harry Chapman Marcy Jane Wing Arthur Catherine Shellenbarger Maxine Wallace Janice Dorothy Wing Reta Lewis John Beth Trott Edward Clancy James Falmouth Sanitarium Maric Bath Savings Institution Great Lakes Bridgham Uncle Ben Nevvy Paul G. Bagdirian Bagdikian Chiropractors Front Street Bath, Maine OME
Search Courier

Search the Bath Independent Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Bath Independent?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication