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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1937

Page

5

Bath society notes illuminate reunions and visits

A long Bath society column chronicles a June 16 surprise shower for Miss Annah Chaney ahead of her marriage to Ralph Crocker at the home of Mrs. George B. Wolstenholme. It lists numerous guests and gifts, alongside reports of weddings, class reunions, hospital visits, alumni events, travel, and social gatherings featuring Bath residents and visiting relatives.

Annah Chaney R. N Wilfred Chaney Pars Street George B. Wolstenholme Court Street Miss Chaney Ralph Crocker Helen Downing Bath Memorial Hospital Noble

Ketchum on vacation then joining Maine Rural Carriers meet

William H. Ketchum, a local rural letter carrier, takes two weeks of vacation then attends the Maine State Rural Letter Carriers Association convention at Wells Beach June 25 26. Afterward he joins Battery H for a Fort Williams encampment and Bat tery Cumminers will carry RFD mail in his absence. Dr W E Kershner and Rev D L Wilson attended Belgrade last week for Dr J Fred Hill of Waterville's 83rd birthday dinner hosted by Nat Barrows owner of Hotel Belgrade and Elmwood Waterville. Dr Hill is a past grand commander of Maine Knights Templar. ten grand commanders and medical leaders attended.

William H. Ketchum Maine State Rural Letter Carriers Association Wells Beach Fort Williams Edward Cumminers Mr Ketchum W. E. Kershner D L. Wilson Belgrade J. Fred Hill Waterville Nat Barrows Elmwood Hill Knights Templar of Maine

Mrs Everett visits Bath for Morse High graduation

Mrs Howard B Everett of Presque Isle travels with her daughter Mrs J Horace McClure of Bath to attend the Morse High School graduation of her granddaughter Miss Mary McClure at Morse High School in Bath.

Howard B Everett Presque Isle J. Horace McClure Garden Street Bath Mary McClure Morse High School

Mrs. Fairfield Attends 25th Class Reunion in Bath

Mrs. Grover Fairfield and her sons David and Robert from Jeffrey New Hampshire arrived in Bath on Thursday to join the 25th reunion of Morse High School class of 1912. She visits her mother Mrs. Eugene A Mitchell of Upper Washington Street and is formerly Miss Amy A Mitch.

Keeper Eugene L. Coleman Cape Neddick Light Station York Beach Grover Fairfield Jeffrey N. H Coleman Amanda D. McIntire Fairfield Amy A. Mitchell Charles L. Hybers Portland Russell M. Colby Pleasant Street Hybers Ruth L. Colby Morse Arthur B. Duncan Portsmouth Sedgewick Bath Morse High School Mr Duncan Horatio A Duncan Bery Cleveland Hallowell Hobart F. Ames Dummer Street Morse High John Darlington Madison Sue Houghton Rodney E Ross High Street Darlington Robert B. Hatch Washington Street Ross Grover Fairfield and Sons David and Robert Jeffrey, N. H Eugene A. Mitchell Upper Washington Street James Hunter Quincy Mass Cyrus Fuller Franklin, N. H Fort Williams Halterman Katherine Halterman Kansas City

Graduation Party for Isabel Gediman at Pratt Street Home

A few friends gathered Wednesday of last week at the home of Mr and Mrs Benjamin S Gediman 41 Pratt Street to celebrate Isabel R Gediman's Morse High graduation She wrote the class ode and was elected to the National Honor Society indicating strong academic achievement.

Benjamin S. Gediman Pratt Street Isabel R. Gediman Morse High Gediman National Honor Society

Prenuptial Shower And Bath nuptials for Miss Hanscom

Miss Marguerite Ina Hanscom of Lewiston and Bath marries Hazen M. Hilton of Sebasco Estates after a surprise shower at 35 Mechanic street hosted by her sister Mrs Chester T. Lorentsen. Guests include Mrs Harold Haggett and others, with a reception at Winter Street church and Lorentsen home.

Marguerite Ina Hanscom Lewiston Bath Hazen M. Hilton Sebasco Estates Chester T. Lorentsen Mechanic Street Clarence O. Fullerton Lorenton Hanscom Dietitian Bates College

Colby College Class Day Reunion Attended by Nichols Pair

F B Nichols and Mrs Nichols attended Colby college class day reunion in conjunction with Commencement for the class of 1892. The event brought together alumni and faculty with the 1892 graduates.

F. B. Nichols

Social Roundup of Local Summer Travel and Visits

Mrs. Donald H. Fogg and daughter Thelma plan two weeks in New York with a tap and toe teachers course. Several families relocate or host guests for the season including Paine at Small Point Beach and Bodwell Paine due to report for duty aboard Salt Lake City. Other residents entertain visitors from Fairhaven Portland and Chicago while planning summer work and travel in Bath Portland Brunswick and Yarmouth.

Donald H. Fogg Thelma Fogg Washington Street New York Miss Fogg Criterion Dance Studio Jack Manning Park Central Hotel Charles B. Paine Augusta Small Point Beach Ensign BodWell Paine U.S Salt Lake City

Doten Family Return From Birch Point Weekend

Mr and Mrs Charles E Doten and grandson Robert Doten of Portland returned Sunday evening after a weekend at Birch Point as guests of Mr and Mrs Roy Shackford of Turner Court at their cottage. Mr and Mrs Edward A Cummings have returned after several days on the Gaspe Peninsula motor trip.

Charles E. Doten Robert Doten Portland Birch Point Roy Shackford Turner Court Edward A. Cummings Gaspe Peninsula

John E Madden Heads Home After First Morse Year

John E Madden completes first year on Morse high school faculty and as head basketball coach, serves as assistant football and baseball coach, then leaves Monday for Pittsfield Massachusetts to play semi pro baseball in a New York State league this summer.

John E. Madden Morse High School Pittsfield Mass New York

Morse announces ship drafting scholarship for class of 1937

George F. Oliver of the International Correspondence School and Principal Horace P. Herrick announce a scholarship to James C. Steen of Bath, son of Aubrey E. Steen, for ship drafting. Steen, tied for the General Information Test prize, will work with W. Starling Burgess this summer. Similar awards have been given for seven years, marking the first Bath award. Mary Lord, Mary Nickerson, and Cynthia Rogers are employed at Ogunquit for the season.

Morse International Correspondence School Horace P. Herrick George F. Oliver James C. Steen Aubrey E. Steen Park Street W. Starling Burgess Bath Steen

Notable social visits span several states this week

Rochester New Hampshire residents Mr and Mrs Percival Safford and Miss Frances Weeks of Worcester Mass return from a visit with Mrs D Leroy Black in Bath and attend the graduation of Percival 8 Black. Mr Black will work in New York for Paine Webber. Viola Alice Schwerdtfeger born June 11 to Mr and Mrs August Schwerdtfeger of Bath Memorial Hospital. Mrs Mabel Paquet enters Deaconess Hospital Boston. Noella Desjardins, Sears Boston manager, visits with her mother. Mrs Celina Desjardins. Frank MacLanathan and two sons visit Small Point Beach cottage. Clifton Page and family travel to Bath for a week with Page parents. Kathleen Scott visits city after first year at Westbrook Junior College.

Duer D. Breck Sydney B. Breck Small Point Beach New York Miss Breck William Allen Smith Augusta Percival Safford Rochester N. H Frances Weeks Worcester Mass D. Leroy Black Grove Street Bowdoin College Percival Black Paine, Webber & Co Viola Alice Schwerdtfeger August R. Schwerdtfeger Deering Street Bath Memorial Hospital Schwerdtferger Alice A. Mallett Noella Desjardins Sears, Roebuck Boston Celina Desjardins Washington Street Frank MacLanathan Andover Kathleen R. Scott Westbrook Junior College

Miss Livingston to Manage Small Point Beach Clubhouse

A series of local summer placements and movements are noted. Miss Livingston of New York arrived Monday to oversee the Small Point Beach clubhouse for the season starting June 28. Several Maine residents and seasonal visitors travel between Bath Brunswick Bowdoinham and Sanford, with students and staff heading to Farmington Normal Summer school and Morse high memorial hospital recuperations.

Miss Livingston New York Small Point Beach

Miss Eileen Jones Enters Bliss College Lewiston

Miss Eileen Jones, Morse High graduate, leaves for Gorham Normal school graduation events. She attends baccalaureate service and graduation, stays with Miss Dorothy Reardon, and will study three years of commercial work at Bliss College Lewiston. She joins the National Honor Society and receives a D A R medal for Ruth Bryan Owen Good Citizenship pilgrimage.

E. Eileen Jones Gorham Normal School Dorothy P. Reardon Morse Michael J. Reardon Pearl Street Miss Jones Bliss College Lewiston Bliss Y. WC. A National Honor Society Co. Dummer Sewall Chapter Ruth Bryan Owen Washington, DC Morse High Year Book Polly Tom Sawyer Addison C. Jones Fremont Street

Local residents travel and returns noted in Bath notes

Milton H. Coustas resumes mail clerk duties after a two week vacation with Percy R. Low as substitute. Several residents visit relatives and vacation at Se Basco Edgartown Small Point Beach Bath hosts include Mrs. Cresman and Dyer Flaherty VFW post members attend Rushford encampment. Tenants and families plan summer stays in Bath Augusta and Portland with multiple visits and transfers.

City Chat and Local Notices Snapshot of Bath News

J Horace McClure leases vacant lot at Pront and Arch for open air garage moving used cars from Oak street. Sewers flow reversed to avoid Bath Iron Works yard. South street sewer will drain south of the works and Lord street north of Hyde Windlass Co. West Bath Grange to host Friday evening dance with Carver's Topsham orchestra and Beano. Thelma W Dearing piano recital Thursday at Wesley Methodist vestry featuring Mary Aick and Dearing in The Mysterious Intruder sketch. admission nominal. Camp Wyconda folders available via Mrs Edward Sewall Camp committee chair Bath Council. Minor fire damage at 789 Middle street. chimney spark ignited roof but quickly contained by Engine 4. No opposition to malt liquor permit renewals. approvals granted at special meeting. Mayor Sewall confirms Byron E Clark, George E Trask, Ralph Dawe as constables. Junior Chamber of Commerce to discuss Congress Shirt Co annex expansion Monday 7 PM at City Hall. Joe Louis Jimmie Braddock fight pictures to be shown at Opera House June 30 and July 1.

Bath Iron Works Board of Highways and Sewers South Street Lord Street Hyde Windlass Co Thelma W. Dearing Wesley Methodist Church Mary Aick Center Street

Bath area notes and social items from Bath Memorial hospital

Muriel Kenderdine undergoes an operation at Bath Memorial hospital Wednesday morning. Real estate changes include Harry Washburn buying 1336 Washington street from Walter Richardson. Mrs. Frank L. Sewall arrived from New York to summer at Hotel Sedgwick, with daughter Nancy sailing for Europe on the Normandie. Drakes and Gibbons return from Philadelphia after attending a wedding in Easton Maryland. Chase Mellon and New York party head to Small Point for the season. Mellon recently returned aboard Queen Mary after attending coronation events in London. Wakefield family visits Bath. Colin Wakefield now chief toll collector at Bucksport bridge. Mrs. Donald S. Sewall hosts a contract club luncheon with several attendees. South Street school Grade 5 students listed as punctual. Eleanor Ferguson teacher. Birth notices record a daughter to Carl Harold Martin of Brunswick and a son to Henry A Seeger Jr. of Wiscasset at Bath Memorial hospital. Camp Wyse Girl Scouts registrations from Bath include multiple local girls. camp run by Lewiston and Auburn council at Long Pond Mount Vernon.

Milton H. Coustas York Street Percy R. Low Granite Street Warren Paris Upper Washington Street Paris Stanley Irving Moore's Mills N. E Jeanette Shackford New England Tel Phyllis Small Somerville Mass Harry Oliver Mr. Small Gus Small Everett Quinlan Mary Ellen Anne Augusta Quinlan Harry E. Peterson Brunswick Road Harry W. Cresman South End Contract Club Bay Point Kendall Lord LeRoy Lord Athol Western Union Telegraph Co Old Orchard Lee Jenney Garden City N. Y Marion Harding Edgartown Bath Herbert E. Worrey Washington Street Susan Ballou High Street Katherine Marr Lulu Marr Augusta General Hospital Portland Children’s Hospital Muriel Jesse Kenderdine Beacon Street M. E Bath Memorial Hospital Harry Washburn Whidden Walter I. Richardson Waltham Frank L. Sewall New York Hotel Sedgwick Nancy Sewall Donald S. Sewall Boothbay Harbor Frederick E. Drake John McInnes Mary F. Gibbons William S. Newell Carroll Watson Anne Kimball Miriam W. Kimball Arthur Sewall Mark W. Sewall South Street School Eleanor M. Ferguson Germaine Bonney George Dunlap Phyllis Ervine Eleanor Fullerton Lorraine Marr Mabelle Oliver Grace Savage Jean Stanton Margaret Staples John W. Gilmore Carl Harold Martin Brunswick Henry Aloysius Seeger Henry A Seeger Wiscasset Memorial Hospital Seeger Ethel M. Stinson Camp Wye Long Pond Mount Vernon Doris E. Stickney Mary Anderson Betty Anderson Patricia Webster June E. Sullivan Margaret B. Elliott Gedra Langbehn Eileen L. Piper Dorothea B. Fulton Elizabeth A. Howard The Lewiston and Auburn

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Robert H. Charles St. Louis Small Point Sumner Sewall John G. Kellogg Chicago Charles J. Oxnard Anne L West Medford Anna Trott Northampton Smith College Harry P. Bridge Roberta Barker Norton Wheaton College Lois Swett James A. Gillies New Haven, Conn James A. Gillies, Jr Mrs. Gillies Mary Sewall Betty Barnhill Miami Fla Louise Briggs Lucille Johnson Sargent Gymnamium Sadie Sarkis Ana Mary Sally Middle Street Massachusetts Connecticut Archibald M. Main Harry F. Morin Edwin R. Andrews Louis P. Eseley Umsuskia Lake Clifford Small Barbara Ruth Dorothy Mexico William Davis Snail Bath High School Frank P. Duley Louise Duley Kennebunkport Frank L. Duley Elizabeth Walliams Daniel Willams Dike School Geraldine N.ckerson Helsen Cormier Heler Tabor Laureda Jordan Freda McAllister Mallaret Kaler Ruth Wiliams Ruth S. Hodgdon Nequasset Colby College Christmas Cove Lincoln Academy Edward Hodgdon Hodgdon Charlotte Buck Woolwich Mary Shaw Thaxter Portini Frederick H. Kimball Langdon T. Thaxter Marjorie Julie Kimball Williamstown Dr. Thaxter Williams College Kennebunk Maine Federation of Garden Clubs Cosmopolitan Garden Club Carl Y. Kennedy Leroy F. Colby Roscoe P. McFadden J. R. Andrews Jane Cushing Margaret R. Foote Martha A. Foote E. Russell Bourne Sheffield Housatonic Valley Survey Robert Cushman Murphy American Museum of Natural History Elizabeth Pinkham Ruby N. Robertson Auburn Arthur S. Nason Plymouth Pine Tree Camp Lewiston-Auburn Benjamin E. Haggett East Orange N. J Jean Wilts Wilmington Del Frank H. Phillips Reading Southport James T. Bonney Union Street Court Phillips Lucy Sewall Old Bath High School Alyne Jewett Belmont Donald Young Front Street Virginia Jewett Ardenne A. Stott Dr. Stott Albert Somes Tufts College Geraldine Stott Jackson College William Lumsden Wilbur Crocker Merton Dearing Phippsburg Eric Blair Oliver Street Paul G. Bagdikian Cosmopolitan Club William W. Dennison Joseph I. Smith Maine Federation of Women's Club Jack Hensinger Syracuse Lieut L. V. Honsinger Cobbroad Lieut. Honsinger Mr. Honsinger Moosehead Lake Mt. Katahdin Charles T. Jackson Ladies Aid Central Church C. W. Rogers Frank Lemont Jackson Alien Avery William H. Small Arthur B. Scott Waldoboro Fred P. Emmons Lincoln Street Henry Holbrook California Charles Holbrook Russell Street Holbrook Hattie White Holbrook James Holbrook Braintree Henry White Wet Bath John E. Doyie, Jr Sandra Jean Doyie Doyle Esther Lawrence Milan G. Leonard Cato Avenue John M. Leonard Earl P. Morse Leonard Gwendolyn Everett W. Leonard Fred Bragg Earl Morse Errol Quint Gwendolyn Leonard Joyce Cook Frank H. Reinoehl 149 North Street New York City New Jersey Long Island John Bellows Mary Bellows Peterboro Bellows James B. Young Dorothy Griffin Newton G. R. Griffin Carlton Andrews Carlton Milan Street Joseph Lemont West Bath George French Skowhegan John French Annapolis French Harry W. Crosman Paulelia Pinkham San Diego Cal George P. Larrabee North Street Grace K. Black West Sullivan Everett H. Davis Russell Temple University Dental School Wilton Rupert H. Baxter Germany Denmark Sweden England Lucy White Bruce H. M. White Topsham Harry Furness Brooklyn Howard H. Barter Furness Edythe Valaire Barter George W. Merrill Genesta Oak Street Gustave Laumeister Palo Alto Bar Harbor Ernest Haskell West Point Loyalll. Sewall Loyall, Jr Camilla John W. Williams Elmer Allard Mechanic Falls E. B. Clark E. B. Clark, Jr Gainesville James L. Morse Ralph W. Silsby Frederick W. Silsby Fairhaven Mr. Silsby Cora Thompson Eunice G. Melzard 106 Court Street Florence Bachelder Spring Street A. S. Stuart Charles Lincoln Stuart Stuart George S. Dearborn Rye George Carlton Philadelphia Ryan Roland F. Hill A. MacCammon R. G. McKnight BE. H. Pert Pert McKnight Victor L. Pert Addie Vickery Bangor Seth Doughty, Jr Yarmouth Mary L. Lord Mary E. Nickerson Cynthia M. Rogers Ogunquit Mabel Paquet Deaconess Hospital Clifton O. Page Park School Indianapolis Ind Freeman A. Trott Edwin A. Rowe Rowe Motor Co Packard Gertrude Diggery Sanford Milton S. Kimball Florence A. Neiley I. B. Neiley Trufant’s Crossing Farmington Normal Miss Neilley Marjorie C. Trott Milton C. Trott Myrtilla F. Beals Kissimmee Bowdoinham Edna Wright Beals George A. Evison Charles E. Helah New Harbor Pine Tree Girl Scouts of America Linwood F.carr Mikelsky's, Inc Eileen Piper Camp Wyconda Belgrade Lakes Junior Council of Beth Israel Harry E. Cornish Weeks Street Mamie Morgan Lillian Wilfred Lisbon Falls Edna M. Canham Gladys Webber Brookline Mary Latham Carifiam Muriel Quinn John Quinn West Street Miss Quinn Eileen Jones Dyer-Flaherty Post No. 2197 V. F Pront Arch Streets West Bath Grange Grange Hall Carver's Orchestra of Wyconda Edward Sewall Bath Council Diantha M. McDonough Sewall Byron E. Clark George E. Trask Ralph Dawe Junior Chamber of Commerce Congress Shirt Co Frank F. Colburn, Jr Opera House Joe Louis Jimmie Braddock
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