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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1931
Page
10
Miss Emma Sewall Ouellette and William W. Oliver united in marriage at St. Marys rectory Monday afternoon. Reverend Timothy C. Maney officiated as Bath celebrated a notable local wedding with a popular athlete and a charming bride.
To let by June 25 a nicely furnished camp available by day or week with milk and eggs on premises. Mrs S B Clark Popham Beach Maine seeks desirable tenants. Also sale listing includes nine room cottage with electric lights running water and a hotel nearby overlooking the Maine coast. Interested readers may write Box 26 Popham Beach Mo for details.
The double ring wedding at a church united Miss Elizabeth Stover and Mr. Oliver in a white peau de soie gown with rose bud embroidery. Attendants wore pastel blue organdie and carries garden flowers. After a reception at the bride’s home 55 Willow Street, about 50 guests attended before the couple left for a White Mountains and Canada trip. The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Silas M. Oliver, 205 North Street, will live in Bath after Labor Day. he is a Morse High School and Kents Hill athlete and works at Oakhurst Dairy. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James E. McLaughlin, is a Morse graduate and pianist.
Mrs. Ernest Haskell of Scarborough on-the-Hudson New York and her daughter Mrs. Harold Cushman of Lynn Massachusetts are at West Point where Mrs Haskell is opening her Summer camp for boys and girls.
Coombs high school held graduation in town hall with a large audience. Principal McCaw presented Courtney Neally with the L. M. Fulton prize and gifts to all graduates. A reception and dance followed and many locals attended.
Milton W. Baker of Bores and Ruth V. Wildes of Bowdoinham unite in marriage in Bath with Rev. Charles M. Tubbs officiating on June 24.
Rich mond residents attended the June 18 graduation exercises with Delma Curtis among the graduates. Family and guests, including Mrs. Graves and others, hosted visitors from Quebec, Boston, Bath, Topsham, and South Portland, while local teachers and pupils enjoyed a picnic at Spring Cove.
Milton W Baker a Woolwich carpenter and Ruth Vera Wildes of Bowdeinham a student wed at Grace church rectory 855 High street officiated by Rev Charles M Tubbs. They were unattended. The groom's parents live in Woolwich and the bride's father in Bowdeinham. Also notes of visiting Hendersons from Winthrop Mass and Mrs Liscomb from Worcester visiting Sewall in Washington street.
Newbury Oliver of St Petersburg Florida visits Winnegance while engineers survey the Winnegance Bridge. School vacations at Bath and Phippsburg sides noted. Helping Hand club meets at Bertha Tibbetts home with local ladies present. Plans for next meeting at Bertha Coombs home. Hewitt family visiting Capitol Island cottage. Picnic canceled due to rain but lunches shared at community house with music and games. Eel fishing popular among village youth. New road works on the Three Town Act to straighten and widen the Noyes Hill ledges. Arthur Stewart of Boston vacationing with sister Mrs Richard Morse. Weekly road scraping by highway patrol. Car goes off road into a field near Winneganee and is towed out. owner and registration unknown. Day's Ferry Community club set for Merle Jameson home with lawn party under a full moon.
Residents travel for study and work with Millard Hanson heading to Boothbay Harbor and Currier to Farmington summer courses. Visitors from Bath and Augusta guest houses, summer homes at Day's Ferry, and several outings to Old Orchard and Bingham are noted. The July Farm Bureau meets in Bath to discuss paper flowers, Yale summer courses loom for Maxine Walker, and a town meeting on Old Age Problems is set for June 28 with out of town speakers. Children’s Day activities at Moatsway church feature Luke chapter readings and a dedication opportunity.
Wiscasset notes list calls by Dolph Badger and D Edgar Badger of Gardiner at J H Dow's. Mrs C H Vaughan attended Boothbay Woman's club, and graduation guests from Bridge Academy were present. Several locals and visitors including the Fernwick and Marean families, Miss Mildred Holbrook, Girl Scout Tea organizers, and others are mentioned along with weekend visits and local engagements.
In June 25 1892 issue Mrs McRitchie visits Augusta Lillian Snell travels Brunswick James M Blinn of Boston in town Gen James A Hall of Damariscotta visiting Mrs Fred W Sewall returns from Portland William Taylor of Bath calls on friends Webster Dew at home Alna visiting from Farmington Mrs Reed and daughter Gardiner visit George P Colby Foundation and frame of Budd Co mill nearly up Seth Hobart Bath visits R H Taylors Andrew Lacy and Doctor Peaslee attend Republican State convention at Port Benjamin Johnson Gardiner and Fred Johnson Everett Mass visit F E Johnson Horace M Jordan and wife of Boston with F W Sewall Jordan noted Boston journalist C Ernest Knight takes new hardware job in Bangor moving family accordingly.
Fred Bean Jr. joined the circus during a visit and traveled to Dam ariscotta before returning home the next day. S. Y. Jackson and wife, Mr. Moore of Bangor, Jesse M. Jackson, N. Gratz Jackson, Warren A. Lowell and Dora O. Jackson attended the wedding of H. Chester Jackson and Nellie Bates at Oakland on Thursday.
Wiscasset notices list William McKenzie returning from Boston and G P Farley from New York. Visitors include Miss Unn Seekins Weeks Mills and Harold Smith from New York. Notables Alvin Sortwell of Cambridge and families at The Albee. Local events: Congregational vestry repainting. Rev Peardon to preach for Masonic lodge in Fairfield on St John’s day. Democratic convention attendance over 800 in Bangor.
Eugene G. Ingalls Bowdoin class of 1934 was chosen president of Morse High School's National Honor Society at a Thursday meeting in room H after a banquet. Hibbert Norton MHS 32 named vice president and Roberta Hathorne MHS 31 secretary and treasurer. Approximately 40 attended as plans formed for a permanent society and membership cards and pins. Harold Crocker, Northeast Harbor manual training instructor, is recovering from illness at home.
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