Barry's visit to Bath spurs committee formation
Mayor Small appointed Alderman Gillies and others to organize a reception and dance for the destroyer Barry during July 12 to 16 at Bath. A plan includes using unspent funds from last summer’s celebration to publicize the visit and offer bargains, with the ship open to public inspection on certain days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small
Barry
Bath
Guysbert B. Vroom
Bath Iron Works
Smail
James A. Gillies Jr
Gillies
Edwin R. Andrews
Board of Alderman
Charles J. Donnell
Arthur Sewall
Sumner Sewall
Roland Smith Post
A. L
Fred O. Hayward
Dyer-Flaherty Post
Ralph G. Stetson
The
Board of Trade
Frank B. Nichols
John H. Hyde
Harry C. Webber
the Times
William S. Newell
Vroom
Morse High School Athletes Benefit From Rotary Fund Drive
The Bath Rotary Club New Deal committee reports about 200 net funds for Morse High School athletics after paying out for boys and girls basketball and boys track. The group, including Dr. Francis A. Winchenbach and Alderman James A. GIllies Jr., plus high school faculty Horace P. Herrick, notes the old athletic debt is wiped, sweaters for varsity letter-winners funded, and Student Council plus the 1934 graduating class assisting. The effort starts 1934 35 with a small balance and all bills paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Bath Rotary Club
Francis A. Winchenbach
James A. Gillies, Jr
Marius H. Page
Rotary Club
Horace P. Herrick
Maine Poultry School Opens August At UMaine
The fourth annual Poultry School will be held at the University of Maine in Orono on August 13 and 14, announced by A. L. Deering, Dean of the College of Agriculture. A committee led by Prof J. R. Smyth includes H. L. Richardson and C. W. Champney with Champney representing the Maine Poultry Improvement Association. Last year’s attendance was 286 and registrations have risen yearly. L. A. O'Brien of Portland visited town Monday on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Maine
Orono
A. L. Deering
College of Agriculture
Dean Deering
J. R. Smyth
College Poultry Department
H. L. Richardson
C. W. Champney
Hampden
Champney
Maine Poultry Improvement Association
Morse high alumni banquet sketches future for class of 34
Miss Gallant and Miss Sullivan entertained at the Morse high auditorium following the 43rd annual B H S A A banquet with a sketch prophesying the futures of their classmates. Gallant and Sullivan have active Morse records in clubs sports and yearbook work. Miss Allen read the class will and led requests for the 1934 graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Gallant
Margaret A. Gallant
Liberty Street
Sullivan
Morse High
Gallant
South End P. T. A
Henry Eames Wood
Morse
Commercial Club
Miss Sullivan
Harry C. Sullivan
Morse High School
Miss Allen
Dike School Honors Two Seventh Graders with Monetary Awards
Friday morning at Dike school a boy and a girl from seventh grade received ten dollar prizes for top improvement in scholarship conduct and physical fitness. Barbara Footer and Leroy Lord Jr. were honored in the seventh grade room by Supt. Clinton D. Wilson, with Mrs. Bernice Staples as teacher. Spectators from sixth grade watched, as Wilson spoke on the enduring value of good character and effort. The gifts were funded by a former Bath man who prefers to remain unnamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike School
Barbara Footer
Eugene Footer
Washington Street
Leroy Lord Jr
Leroy Lord
Upper
Clinton D. Wilson
Bernice Staples
Leona Houstis
Supt. Wilson
Bath
Obituary David H Farnsworth Dies at 79 in Bath
David Harrice Farnsworth, 79, died Tuesday morning at a son's home, Hubert G. Farnsworth, 194 Center Street. Born in Jonesboro to Ephraim and Mary Jane Hatch Farnsworth, he was a gardener who lived in Bath five years after moving from Hancock. The body was sent by evening train to Jonesboro for funeral services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Harrice Farnsworth
Hubert G. Farnsworth
Center Street
Jonesboro
Ephraim
Mary
Jane (Hatch) Farnsworth
Mr. Farnsworth
Bath
Hancock
Bowdoinham Knights Prepare for College Inn Show
Knights of Pythias in Bowdoinham organize a three act comedy College Inn for July 5 and 6 at Hamilton House with committees named Charles MacEwen ticket chairman William Adams advertising Norman Rowe and George Hamilton publicity agents Miss N Ruth Pillsbury of Boston coaches dance students from Brunswick assist Bowdoinham baseball team beats Litchfield 11 to 6 at Litchfield other social notes and local visits across town culminating in obituary and community updates
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Pythias
Hamilton House
College Inn
Charles MacEwen
William Adams
Norman Rowe
George Hamilton
N. Ruth Pillsbury
Boston
Brunswick
Bowdeinham
Fred Leavitt
Lit
J. N. Palmer
Mr. Perry
Elisha Webber
Bath
William Hamilton
Gertrude Atkins
David Andrews
Gorge Hamilton
Wallace Ames
Leicester
Ames
James H. Ames
A. S. MacDougal
Maine
William B. Kendall
Farmingdale
Carrie Kendall
Annie Raymond
Horace Raymond
Portland
Bath “Clippers
Bowdoinham
Evelyn Hackett
Bert Merrill
Orone
Ralph Purington
Harold Curtis
Lewiston
Cora Denham
Hope Williams
Rumford
East Bowdeinham
Natalie Given
Auburn
William Given
Albion Dunlap
Harvard
Mass
Eastern Star Meeting
Louise Clark
Haverhill
Charles Perry
Clifford Smalley
Gardiner
Barbara Lancaster
Emma Ferguson
Pleasant Street Bridge Club
L.P. Temple
Clara Fogg
Herbert Cornish
Hazel Cornish
Pleasant Pond
Clarence Blackman
Waterville
Lincoln recalls graduation incident from class of 1884
Charles M. Lincoln of Montclair recounts delivering a valedictory at Bath High School’s 50th reunion for the class of 1884. He recalls the principal, George E. Hughes, reacting to a new piece he had not heard, and the escape through a back window to catch a train to Brunswick for a game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Bath High School
Alumni Association
Charles M. Lincoln
Montclair
N. J
New York Times
George E. Hughes
Lincoln
Brunswick
Bath horses win blue ribbons at Lewiston show
Judge and Mrs Arthur J Dunton of Bath entered five horses in the Lewiston Auburn horse show at the Maine State fairgrounds winning five blue ribbons a red and a yellow. Smoky Ben and Stardust won blues in the Pair class. Sweet Kentucky Sue earned a red in Model and blues in Ladies and Class 4. Alderman James A Gillies Jr served as judge in the jumping class. Duchess ridden by Miss Jane Hyde won first in the children riders division. The third annual Pastime Horse Show is set for August 11 at Rich's Mountain West Bath, with plans to extend the fair by two days for a horse show during Labor Day week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge
Arthur J. Dunton
Bath
Maine
Kentucky
Red MacDonald
Smoky Ben
Mrs. Dunton
Baltimore
James A. Gillies Jr
Jane Hyde
Waynflete School
John H. Hyde
Duchess
Judge Dunton
Rich's Mountain
West Bath
Lewiston
Bowdoinham Post Road Local Moves and Visits
Notes from Bowdoinham and surrounding towns recount injuries and recoveries. Leighton is recovering at home after a fall while building a garage. Families and visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Morton, Miss Temple, the Wheeler and Heath families, and many relocations to Harpswell, Gardiner, and the W. J. Graves farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leighton
Joe Morton
Winthrop
Charles Sylvester
New York
Willis Sewall
Norman Fisher
Augusta
Heath Homestead
D. B. Cornish
Boston
Bertha Temple
Silver Tea for Good Shepherd Orphans in Gardiner
Mrs. Arthur Sewall 2nd hosts a Silver Tea at her Washington street home Monday from four to six for the House of the Good Shepherd in Gardiner. Proceeds aid orphaned and neglected children. assisted by Miss Mary F. Gibbons and Mrs. Frederick E. Drake. The home, founded in Rockland in 1889 and moved to Gardiner in 1901, cares for 17 children ages three to eight through high school, with vocational training or return to parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sewall
Washington Street
House of the Good Shepherd
Gardiner
Bowdoin Sagadahoc Grange holds fees meeting at Bowdoin Center
The Bowdoin Sagadahoc Grange met Saturday evening at Bowdoin Center with sixty members present eight visitors First and second degrees were conferred on five candidates reg ular officers conducted the work County Deputy Harry Rackley praised the proceedings Lectures listed songs recitations and readings followed by dancing and games Third and fourth degrees planned for Saturday July 7 A benefit entertainment for the Bowdoin ball team raised funds for uniforms East Bowdoin Ladies aid plans a trip to Richmond and meeting with former president Mrs Hattie Purinton Visitors include Mr and Mrs John Curtis and family Lewiston Mrs Lawrence Foster Beverly Mass Eve Nichols and sister New Sharon L C Starbird ill Rev Percy L Vernon of Lewiston preached at East Bowdoin chapel and will speak July 1 Sagadahoc Ladies Auxiliary to meet July 5 with a picnic lunch Otis Ackley of Portland visited Grant Woods household
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Sagadahoc Grange
Leonard Curtis
Marion Curtis
Hattie Babb
The
Grange
Bowdoin
East Bowdoin Ladies’ Aid
Richmond
New Sharon
Grant Woods
L. C. Starbird
Percy L. Vernon
Lewiston
East Bowdoin Chapel
Vernon
Sagadahoc Ladies’ Auxiliary
Grange Hall
Bowdoin Center
Otis Ackley
Portland
Guests From Holland Visit Bath In New York Return
Dr and Mrs Jan T P Byhouwer and party from Ymuiden Oost Holland arrived in New York from Antwerp Saturday then stayed with Mrs Jennie Stevens in Brooklyn before reaching Bath to spend the summer with the Oliver family at the Dain cottage Sabine. Dr Byhouwer a Wageningen graduate holds a Ph D and works as landscape advisor for the Zuider Zee reclamation project and planner for unemployment relief projects including parks Roosendaal and a forthcoming estate for Hollands largest broadcasting station. He will conduct research in the U S on Wieringermeer Polder farm types and methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan T. P. Byhouwer
Wilbur Pieter
Jan Charles
Ymuiden-Oost
Holland
New York
Antwerp
Belgium
Jennie Stevens
Rugby Road
Brooklyn
Bath
Wilbur C. Oliver
Union Street
Arthur G. Oliver
Dain Cottage
Sabine
Roosendaal
Wieringermeer
Past Presidents Night Of The Eagles At Bathaerie Lodge
The Bathaerie F O E held Past Presidents Night with large attendance and installation of officers. Senior past presidents including William F Ham Elmer W Rogers Joseph Hynes and others filled chairs before officers were inducted into grand and local posts. The ceremony installed Elmer W Rogers Frank H Beal and William F Ham as senior officers with a slate including Donald H Wilson A Donnell Walter I Norton Donald McRae Norman O Morse Amos Perry Edward J Lee Rodney A Tarbox Horace L Norton and Dr Francis A Winchenbach among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bathaerie
William F. Ham
Elmer W. Rogers
Joseph Hynes
William E. Deering
Edward J. Lee
Amos F. Perry
Frank H. Beal
Sidney A. McPherson
Edward J. McMann
Harold W. Child
Oscar F. Thornton
Edward T. Whitehouse
Edward M. Robbins
Henry S. Farrell
Cedric A. Martin
Donald H. Wilson
A. Donnell
Walter I. Norton
Donald McRae
Norman O. Morse
Rodney A. Tarbox
Horace L. Norton
Francis A. Winchenbach
Aerie
Edward T. White
Aerie Members Adorn Ceremony Banquet After Admitting New Members
At the ceremony conclusion the members adjourned to the banquet hall and social rooms to enjoy Aerie punch lobster salad potato chips coffee cheese and doughnuts served by J H Cotteau Horace Norton Edward M Robbins and Walter I Norton. Several candidates were admitted to membership and applications from several more were received to be acted up on.
Popham Beach Summer Scene With Growing Civility
Popham Beach blooms with fresh growth under mild June mornings as cottagers arrive from Wakefield Newtonville Cambridge Buffalo and beyond. The ERA crew finishes the Fort Popham causeway while plans for a new wharf and bridge loom, and local roads see improvements. A South End PTA outing to Capitol Island highlights busy coastal summer life with social events and visits to Squirrel Island Ocean Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Beach
Jack Beebe
Wakefield
Mass
Beebe
Vernon Matson
Newtonville
Mrs. Marsh
New Jersey
Popham
Charles F. Hathaway
Riverside Hotel
Bath
George Buchanan
Buffalo
N. Y
Old Fort Popham
Phippsburg
Government Wharf
Ida Kellaway
Ada Catherine Minott
Phippsburg Center
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Senter’s, Inc
Silk
Women’s
Chiffon and Service
Sherrytone
Crushtone
Biscayne
Manoa
Nu-Dawn
Edward Clancy
James
Marie Clancy
Greenwood Mountain
R. K. Flint
Syracuse
George Trott
Congress Street
Portland National Bank
Maine Poultry School
L. A. O'Brien
Bie Saving
Morris S. Povich
Jennie M. Allen
Mary E. Gallant
Elizabeth A. Sullivan
A. Barbara Allen
DIKE
Leroy Lord, Jr
David H. Farnsworth
Bowdoinham Post Road
Raspberry
Trop’s Hardware Store
Arthur Allen
Optometrist Bath Trust
Eligy
Center St. Mon
Night OF the Eagles
South End
P.T.A
Capitol Island
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Hewitt
Squirrel Island
Ocean Point
Wilfred W. Chaney
Joan M. Harrison
Eleanor M. Ferguson
Anne M. Thompson
Charlotte F. Page
Academy Street
Weston Cottage
Boothbay
Sylvia Weston
Oakland, Va
Bertha Allen
Beth Weston
Florence Stewart
Harrison
Massachusetts
H. Stetson Fletcher
Georgetown
Perry
Fivelands
Richmond Cam
Piazza
M. I. Miller
Lauriat Place
Medford
the Witching Hour
John Halliday
Judith Allen
Katherine Hepburn
Tarzan
His
John Weissmuller
Dick Powell
Ginger Rogers
Little Miss Marker
Shirley Temple
Carnera-Baer
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