Mun Cove Brings 4000 Tons Coal For Rumford Paper
The Muncove of the Munson Line arrived Friday afternoon from Norfolk with 4000 tons of bituminous coal for the Kennebec Wharf Coal Co. for shipment to Ox ford Paper Co. at Rumford over the Maine Central. This is its first visit to this port and it is a sister ship to the Mun motor which visited here weeks ago. The Muncove had called at Portland on its prior Maine voyage. Mr and Mrs George Norton returned Thursday to Worcester Massachusetts after several days in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncove
Munson Line
Norfolk
Kennebec Wharf Coal Co
Oxford Paper Co
Rumford
Munmotor
Paper Company
Maine Central
Portland
Maine
George Norton
Worcester
Mass
Bath
Edriel B. Little
Turner Court
Navy Yard
Charlestown
Little
U.S. S
Pejepscot
Sagadahoc
Pemaquid
Seguin
Jed F. Hallowell
Rockland
Iron Works gossip and safety notes from Bath yard
Inside Bath shipyard life and work at the Iron Works. Coal usage in boiler rooms, safety cautions about sneakers, and painting of the yacht Seapine. Personal notes on executives, visits, and talks on safety with Robeson and Newell. Diesel electric machinery for Felicia yacht and Coast Guard patrol boat work noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
Iron Works
Thurlow Pinkham
R. A. Rice
Bath
Onere
New York Syndicate
Seapine
Letes
Trudione
Ross W. Judson
Detroit
Mich
FE. J. Robeson
Newport News
Roseson
Safety Committee
Archibald M. Main
New London
Conn
Groton
William S. Newell
L. Eugene Thebeau
The
Rockland
E. J. Robeson
President Hoover
Edriel B. Little
Charlestown
Mass
Navy Yard
Harold L. Adams
Robert Wylton Adams
Cooper-Bessemer
Westinghouse
D. C
Pick House
J. P. Morgan Yacht Corsair
F. A. Hunnewell
Bath News Briefs Highlight Local Events and Scattered Affairs
In Sebasco George Wilson shines in golf on a day of long daylight with a 47. Rockland CC to reopen greens July first after fall rebuild. Sparks circus tour schedules through Bath and Portland July 3 to 13 with stops in many towns. tax rate holds at 43 mills. Lions Club visit to Sebasco planned with golf and shore dinners. Trade and harbor notes include the schooner Thomas H. Lawrence unloading sand for Hyde Windlass Co. and the Alliquippa House opening for the season offering shore dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland Lions Club
Sebasco
N. A. Cushman
Joseph Brasier
Shore Acres
Barbara Hunter Hosts Twelfth Birthday Party in Bath
Barbara Hunter daughter of W Stanley and Mrs Hunter of North street celebrated her 12th birthday Friday from four to six with pink decorations favors and a cake centerpiece. Guests included Annie King Ruth Murphy Phyllis Small and others. At City hospital a son was born to Jack and Mrs Wilson of 491 Middle street Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Hunter
W. Stanley Hunter
North Street
Annie King
Ruth Murphy
America
Peggy Magcun
Phyllis Small
Barbara Donnell
Mary McClure
Mary Bates
Eileen Jones
Dorothy Wing
Patricia Sewall
Patry Margoun
Ruth Pratt
Jack Wilson
Middle Street
City Hospital
Bath area social notes highlight reunions and moves
Mrs John Dike and Mrs Kenneth Dike with daughter Joan of Melrose Mass hosted in Lincoln Street Bath while Bowdoin College class of 1881 marks its 50th reunion with a Portland dinner. The piece lists travels, relocations, camp work in Rangeley Lakes, stockbreeding visits in Skowhegan and bath and Boothbay Harbor employment shifts, plus hotel and cottage openings and staff changes at Swift & Co and Bath offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dike
Melrose
Mass
Kenneth Dike
Joan
Melrose Highlands
Edward H. Kimball
Lincoln Street
Dike
Portland
Bowdoin College
Mrs Garcelon Recalled by Brother's Death in Boston
Mrs Sadie Garcelon of 488 Middle Street was summoned to Boston Saturday after the death of her brother Fred W. Baker. She returned home on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Garcelon
Middle Street
Boston
Fred W. Baker
Blanche M. Joy
Farmington
Walter D. Webster
Cobb Family Open Sabine Cottage for Season
Mr and Mrs Harry W Cobb and daughter Eleanor arrive from Tuga and open their Sabine cottage for the season. Cobb, a former Bath resident, taught at the high school and now leads Tuga loo college as head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Cobb
Eleanor
Tuga
Sabine
Mr. Cobb
Bath
Tugaloo College
Harvie Family Attends Portland Niece’s Graduation
Mr and Mrs George Harvie of Portland visited the city last week to attend the graduation exercises of their niece Miss Anne G Harvie daughter of Mr and Mrs William N Harvie of 283 Center street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Harvie
Portland
City
Anne G. Harvie
William N. Harvie
Center Street
Quarantine Delays Bath Visitors as Contagious Disease Strikes
Bath notes delayed visits from Mrs. Percy Mann and family due to quarantine of children from a contagious illness. Measles previously delayed a Maine trip. Social items include Elizabeth Randall and John McInnes wedding plans at Falmouth Foreside on July 11, plus various visits and travels in Bath and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Mann
Gwendolyn
Shirley
Elizabeth
Orange
N. J
Bath
Mann
Albert Pollard
Center Street
Mr. Mann
William Mann
Upper Washington Street
Maine
Bath highlight of late reunions and encampment travels
List of locals traveling to Waterville for Department Encampment G A R and Sons of Union Veterans events with attendees named. Also notes Bowdoin Women visitors to Brunswick and alumni events at Morse High School, Wheaton reunion honors, and church activities in Bath.
Sewalls Welcome Arthur Sewall 2d and Guests
Arthur Sewall 2d and two children Nancy and Harold Marsh visited Bath from New York City, staying with Mrs. Harold M. Sewall on Washington Street for the weekend. The two children will spend a few weeks in Bath while Sewall remains. Laughlin of Bala Cynwyd and Marshall Swann of Providence visited Bowdoin commencement alumni Miss Alice S. Whalen and Miss McLaughlin at Pearl Street. Henry C. Wright left Washington Street Friday for a weekend at his Indian Rock Rangeley camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Hopkins
Boston
City Hospital
Harold Smith
Owen
William
Edwin
Katherine
Cumberland
Bath
Popham Beach
Edward B. Smith
Middle Street
Charles J. Donnell
Smith
Harvard University
Arthur Sewall 2d
Nancy
Harold Marsh
New York City
Harold M. Sewall
Washington Street
Mr. Sewall
Henry C. Wright
Indian Rock
Rangeley Akes
Arthur G. Worthington
Gey
A. Gladstone, Jr
Rockville Center
New York
West Bath Farm Bureau hosts meeting after two month break
Mrs. Loring Small entertained seven members and three visitors from the West Bath Farm Bureau with a program on Main Dishes and Left Overs. The group planned to reconvene in September at Mrs. Charlotte Owen’s Sabine cottage with Owen and Marie Marco heading dinner duties.
Notable residents and travelers head to events and visits
Mrs. Mary Murphy attends the American Legion convention in Calais and leads memorial services. Family visits span Bangor and Vas salboro with Emmons and Worthington households traveling from Rockville Center. Miss Nancy Smith, tied to Camel ads, is linked to Bath. Harvard honors Prof. Herbert Moore with a PhD while Sir Robert Falconer attends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Murphy
State Department
American Legion Auxiliary
Calais
American Legion
Herbert Moore
Nine men receive pharmacist licenses in Maine
Carl C. Anderson of A. Hallet & Co. is among nine men granted a certificate as a licensed pharmacist. George C. Tuttle, secretary of the Maine Commission of Pharmacy, announces the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl C. Anderson
A. Hallet & Co
George C. Tuttle
Maine Commission of Pharmacy
Local Residents Arrive for Visits and Relatives Stay
Mr and Mrs Arthur E Stewart and Mrs Gertrude A Stewart RN arrived for a few weeks visit with their parents Mr and Mrs Seth Stewart of Green Street. Several other locals including Mrs Clara Williams Mrs Alonzo G Fisher Mrs William D Sewall and Mrs Sumner Sewall are noted visiting relatives and planning summer plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Hutchinson
Barre, Vt
Mrs. Hutchinson
Elmer F. Campbell
Middle Street
Arthur E. Stewart
Stewart
Gertrude A. Stewart
R.N
Massachusetts Memorial Hospital
Boston
Seth Stewart
Green Street
Arthur Stewart
Wall Paper
D. T. Percy & Sons
DeMott Marries Petersen in Petoskey Michigan
Saturday announcements report the marriage of George Stuart DeMott formerly of Bath and Ide Keblegard Petersen in Petoskey Michigan on June 17. DeMott is the son of Rev. George C. DeMott and Mrs. DeMott, a Bowdoin College alum who later worked in journalism in Michigan. Charles Bartlett U.S. Navy, formerly of Bath, is visiting Bath on a 30 day furlough after arriving Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Stuart DeMott
Bath
Ide Keblegard Petersen
Petoskey
Mich
George C. DeMott
Central Church
Sand
Charles Bartlett
U. S. Navy
Local Family Visits and School Graduation Notes
Mrs Reginald Lombard and family visited Washington street relatives while Master Reginald, a Winter street pupil, received a Bible at the Children’s day concert. Mrs Rideout and Miss Rideout spent Sunday at Pemaquid. Miss Lillian G Rogers of Boston returned after Morse high’s 1931 graduation. co valedictorian Miss Rogers and her sister in the class held an honor part and a hotel Sheraton post. Miss Esta M Gediman left for Fall River to visit her brother Mark Gediman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald Lombard
Deborah
Reginald Jr
South Portland
Lillian G. Rogers
Boston
Morse High School
Virginia Rogers
Miss Rogers
Morse
Hotel Sheraton
Esta M. Gediman
Fall River, Mass
Mark Gediman
Maine War of 1812 event notes and birth announcement
Mrs Henry W Butler of 624 High Street attended the Maine Society of Daughters of the War of 1812 state field day at Wescastogo with seventeen Enterprise chapter and eighteen Commodore Preble members present. After lunch the state president Mrs William F Budge led a meeting to discuss state by laws flag care and a visit to the U S Frigate Constitution visiting Bath next month. A son Richard Lowell Crocker was born June 14 at City hospital to Mr and Mrs Beltram Crocker Worcester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Butler
High Street
Maine Society of Daughters of the War of 1812
Wescastogo
Enterprise Chapter
Commodore Preble
William F. Budge
U. S. Frigate Constitution
Bath
Richard Lowell Crocker
the City Hospital
Beltram Crocker
Woolwich
Wedding Guests Flock To Bethany Church For Watmore Wass
Mrs Charles Nelson and Mrs Herbert McCabe of Washington street traveled to Portland for the wedding of Miss Dorothy Specht Wetmore and Lyndon W Wass at Bethany Congregational on Randall street. Miss Mabel Nelson, employed in Portland, joined Bath guests. The bride is daughter of Mrs Charlotte Wetmore of Portland and the groom works at Nissens Bakery. Dr DeForrest Day, homebound in Wiscasset, was reported improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Nelson
Herbert McCabe
Washington Street
Portland
Dorothy Specht Wetmore
Lyndon W. Wass
Bethany Congregational Church
Randall Street
Mabel Nelson
Bath
Charlotte Wetmore
Dyer Street
Nissen’s Bakery
Miss Roberts sisters visit cousin and travel to Lakewood
The Misses Gwendolyn and Gladys Roberts of Montreal spend a few days with their cousin Mrs. Ralph Wright at 101 Dummer street. The group motored to Lakewood Saturday in Miss Stimpson's car to attend the comedy Re bound. Mrs. Ralph Spinney and her children close their Bay Point store for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwendolyn
Gladys Roberts
Montreal
Ralph Wright
Dummer Street
Roberts
William Congdon
Nellie Congdon
Bessie Stimpson
Lakewood
Miss Stimpson
Ralph Spinney
Ethelyn
Doris
Ernestine
Buddy
High Street
Bay Point
Spinney
Young Ladies Bridge Club Auction Night Results
Mrs Mark W Hennessy and Miss Arline Footer hosted a weekly Young Ladies Bridge Club meeting with four tables of auction. First prize went to Mrs William Daley, second to Mrs Rollin K Morgan, third to Mrs Andrew Flaherty, and consolation to Miss Louise Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark W. Hennessy
Arline Footer
Young Ladies Bridge Club
William Daley
Rollin K. Morgan
Andrew Flaherty
Louise Johnson
Feltons Arrive for Month Visit with Felton Relatives
Chief Signalman David T. Felton and Mrs. Felton with two children Donald and Marjorie arrive Thursday by car from Hampton Roads Virginia. They will stay a month with Mrs. Felton’s parents Mr. and Mrs. ? in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David T. Felton
Local residents depart and return in travel notes
Mrs. A. E. Whitney and her two sons Albert Jr and Allen left Saturday for Bar Harbor and Evergreen Point for the Summer. Lieut Edward J Fitzgerald of Portsmouth New Hampshire and his mother Mrs John E Fitzgerald, who is staying with him, passed Thursday in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Whitney
Floral Street
Albert, Jr
Allen
Bar Harbor
Evergreen Point
Edward J. Fitzgerald
Portsmouth
N. H
John E. Fitzgerald
Arrest Topsham Man on Liquor Charges
Frank Beaudoin of Topsham was arrested after deputies seized 10 bottles of French cognac 14 Moxie beer 18 quarts and seven pints plus a copper 55 pound lard tub and two empty cases at his home. He pleaded guilty to search and seizure was fined 200 plus costs 16.25 and jailed two months with six months extra on failure to pay. He appealed to Sagadahoc Superior Court for October term with $500 sureties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Beaudoin
Topsham
Abram C. Oliver
Loring Small
Beaudoin
John J. Keegan
Auburn
Sagadahoc
Miss Eleanor Danforth Wins Sports Letter on Return
Miss Eleanor Danforth daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank W Danforth has returned from Rivington Formar School and won her letter in sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Danforth
Frank W. Danforth
Rivington Formar School
Miss Patricia Whitehouse Plans Summer Employment at Belgrade Lakes
Miss Patricia Whitehouse, after completing her junior year at Eastern State Normal school Castine, arrived Friday to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Edward T Whitehouse 209 Center Street before leaving July for Belgrade Lakes where she will be employed for the Summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Whitehouse
Eastern State Normal School
Castine
Edward T. Whitehouse
Cennter Street
Belgrade Lakes
Noisy at O F Bullman home. Bath driver injured in runaway
City Marshal Whitney asks automobilists and motorcyclists near 625 High Street to reduce noise. Jack Wilson of Bath was severely injured when a lumber-loaded double horse team spooked and ran away, throwing him and striking him with wood. He was taken home for medical care after the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Street
O. F. Bullman
Whitney
Jack Wilson
Dromore
North Street
Bath
Mr. Wilson
Leland Plummer
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Rockland Country Club
Richmond Village
Sparks Circus
Standish Field
Lewiston
Livermore Falls
Waterville
Augusta
Dover-Foxcroft
Houston
van Buren
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Millinocket
Bangor
Ellsworth
St. John
Provinces
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Coxsackie
N. Y
Kennebec
Hyde Windlass Co
Seguid
Mulligan Stevedores
Alliquippa
Small Point
Annie Stearns
Somerville, Mass
Clyde Mains
Shipping Board
E. C. Plummer
Lakewood Theatre
Eigence
Damariscotta Mills
Damariscotta
Nobleboro
Edward Daley
Florence Hawley
Bath High School Alumni Association
Olm’s
Perkins
Colonial Club
John H. Grindell
Roland Smith Post
A. L
James Lester Morse
Oliver Webster
Eugene Hart
J. Horace McClure
Percy Low
Charles E. Syde
Santa Claus
Powers
East Brunswick Road
Brunswick
Lubec
Charles E. Plaisted
Sagamore Lodge
Rangeley Lakes
Annie Torrey
Arthur Parker
Orleans
Ruth Parker
Lake Forest
Ill
Parker
Miss Parker
Powdoin
Front
Cedar Street
Ferry Hall
Ernest Rolfe
Sebago Lake
Cecil FE. Paine
Wilbur Crocker
Park Street
Moses Camps
Elmer J. Rich
David
North Bath
Jason A. Merrill
Skowhegan
David Rich
Ayrshire Stockbreeders Association
Vermont
Fred R. Lord of
George Chase
North Edgecomb
Chase
Bath Iron Works Corp
Boothbay Harbor
C. F. Hathaway
Cambridge
Popham
E. Motley Fuller
Betty
Fred A. Fuller
Fuller Cottage
H. L. Bradford
Swift & Co
Newport, R. I
Melvin H. Beerwort
Edward Badger of
Gardiner
Bath and Portland Society
Elizabeth Mills Randall
Ernest Arthur Randall
Falmouth
John McInnes
St. Mary the Virgin
Philip Fisher
Willard Mosher
Newton
Mr. Fisher
Alonzo G. Fisher
Fisher
Barbara
Marjorie
Woods Hole
Lena D. Donnel
Georgetown
L. T. Snipe
Florence Robinson
Mary Pratt
Eleanor MacDonald
Joseph Day
Sons of Union Veterans
Howard Blake
William Wakefield
William Duley
Fore River
Quincy
Mrs. Duley
Charles R. Farnham
Emma Pierce
Clarence E. Johnson
Robert B. Hatch
John C. Fitzgerald
Carroll Watson
W. S. Newell
Ellen Newell
Frederick E. Drake
Society of Bowdoin
Cleveland Street
Bowdoin Union
Constance Williams
Brooklyn
David L. Wilson
Grand Commandery
Minneapolis
Minn
Knights Templar
Wallace N. Price
H. Ben Eastman
Charles A. Farnham
Richard
LeRoy Colby
Farnham Cottage
Donnell Carr
Newton Centre
Charles A. Carr
Andrews Road
Carr
Woolworth
Bananet
Morse High
Rodney W. Roundy
Congregational Churches
Earl Hamm of
Barrett C. Nichols
Wheaton
Alumni Association
Frank Emerson
Spring Street
Wiscasset
Drake Cottage
Birch Point
Jane Donnell
Barbara Ross
Louise Calderwood
Martha Cahill
Eleanor Voorhees
Florence Wyman
Mary Dempsey
Edward DeLong
James B. Drake
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
William P. Drake
Leon Buck
Beat Keesling
San Francisco
Cal
John H. Hyde
Elmhurst
Brookline
Virginia M. Clark
Shirley Shepard
Muriel Spinney
Jessis Colby
Elizabeth Oliver
Isabelle Berry
Edna Potter
Elinor Coombs
Helen
Dorothy Conley
York Beach
Fred P. Emmons
Catherine Emmons
Webber's Pond
Vassalboro
Nancy Smith
Eastern Point
Flora Main
Camel Cigarets
Mi Miller’s Bakery
Miss Smith
Jane Cushing
Alys Thompson
Charles E. Cushing
Small Point Beach
Chase Mellon
Clara Williams
William D. Sewall
John K. Jayne
New Canaan
Evelyn Levensellar
Waldoboro
Bath Hospital
Mrs. DeForrest Day
H. W. McCorrison
Brunswick Road
Parnabas Hospital
Mr. McCorrison
Oakhurst Dairy
Elliot Williams
Samuel Stokes
Ruth
Barbara Jane
Emery
Haverhill
Blanche Hewitt
Winnegance
Hewitt
Sabino
Jennie R. Rideout
June Rideout
DeForrest Day
Rachel Upham
Lower High Street
Belfast
Carrie Murch
Marguerite Hennessy
Bath High School
Topsham Man
Archie D. Gillis
Millibocket
St. Martin’s Church
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Father Hogan
Everett Cromwell
City Hall
Frank King
Androscoggin County
King
John P. Crosby
Corliss Street
Ed Brown
T. W. Hyde
Memorial Hall
Department
Charles H. Berry
Corliss Street Church
Fred W. Barron
Marshall Avenue
Arthur Allen
Optometrist Bath Trust
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