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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1932

Page

3

Bath Area Residents Visit Friends and Relatives

Local residents from Bath and surrounding towns visited family and friends over the week. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. pedesary of Ren, Mr. and Mrs. John, Lieut. and Mrs. John A. Lord, and Mrs. Bertha Nickerson among others. Summer arrangements feature Popham Beach, Squirrel Island employment, and occupancy at West Point cottages.

Margaret Minott Pedesary Ren J D John Bath Waldo Weston Elizabeth Hutchins George Ingalls Sidney Eaton Parker Head Ashdale Charles J. Donnell Popham Beach Carroll Watson Popham John A. Lord of W. B. Perry Doris Portland Bertha Nickerson Candy's Harbor Gilbert Atwood Squirrel Island Squirrel Inn William Wilson Jane Holland Fred Wilson West Point Martin Wyman Ralph Coombs H. W. Cutting Annie Cutting Ernest Rogers

Mrs Morse and guests host supper for England voyage

Mrs Clarence W Morse and Miss Clare Coombs hosted a Friday supper for Mrs Edwin D Hardin who sails to England Thursday. Prize winners at three tables of contract included Mrs John A Morse first and Mrs Charles Plaisted second with Mrs Hardin receiving a guest prize.

Clarence W. Morse Clare Coombs Edwin D. Hardin England John A. Morse Charles Plaisted Hardin Gerda Harvey Bath New York City Stockholm Sweden Harvey Frank A. O Washington Street Boston John Peta Maateinioona Sisal Emery IL Freeman Dike Road John Peterson Freeman Mr. Freeman Blanche Freeman Edwin J. Morse Morse Wallace Reed Middle Street Harry Parker Lowell Mass Edward E. Morse Justus Miller Majella Caroline

None of the Fine Senses You Rely On for Daily Bread

A brief fragment notes the importance of eyesight and mentions an optometrist promotion. The sole readable location is 15 Center Street, suggesting a business or prospectus related to eye care. Names and organizations are not clearly identified in the text.

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Winnegance Community Dinner Awards and Local News

Contests at a Winnegance gathering honored Miss Hunt with several first prizes and consolations for Grace Trask Bernice Sturtevant and Helen Carter among others. City water fills low wells via sprinkler. Remnants of the old bridge removed as travel shifts to the new causeway. A community auxiliary event raised about $12 with plans for a tack bee at the community house.

Hunt Mary Blaisdell Miss Hunt Grace Trask Bernice Sturtevant Helen Carter Joanna Hodgkins Annie Malcolm Agnes Nason Emma Hunt Mena Preble Susie Schofield Cleora Coombs Charlotte Owen Lillian Parks Lewiston Fred L. Parks John G. Morse, Jr Capitol Island

Summer Visitors and Local News From Bath Area

Mrs Henry Dearborn and son Henry Jr arrived Friday from New York to pass the summer at Small Point Beach. Mr and Mrs Arthur Burgess and daughter Betty of Millmockett were called to Bath by the death of his father Frederick Burgess. Mr and Mrs William McGill and son John were guests of Mr and Mrs Arthur Sewall. John McGill will be a councillor at Camp Chewonki this summer and will enter Bowdoin College in the fall. Miss Marjorie P Troop of Arlington Mass teaches day school and is linked to a Mennonite family Caddy in that city. Mrs Mary Curtis Bok widow of Edward Bok and daughter of Cyrus H K mencement this year. Mrs Bok summers at Camden.

Henry Dearborn Henry, Jr New York Small Point Beach Arthur Burgess Betty Millmockett Bath Frederick Burgess William McGill John Arthur Sewall Stone House John McGill Camp Chewonki Bowdoin College

Instructions for Plant Labeling and Staking Apparently Page Notes

The text provides fragmented directions about labeling plants with two white labels, selecting and securing one near the ground, cutting berry strings, staking the plant for fall visibility, and recording name and address on a line. It reads like a stray horticultural or exhibit instruction from a newspaper page.

Weekend visitors and seasonal residents around Bath

The report lists Mr. and Mrs. Harold L Troop and others as weekend visitors at Seben Lake, Bath City Hospital Nurses Alumnae held a mid Summer banquet at New Meadows Inn, the Lasell family rented the Small Point Beach cottage for July, Mrs. Benjamin Wells left for Boston via Denver, Earle S Thompson visited Harding and Bowdoin, William J Smith and William F Cameron from Quincy stayed with E Mason Wright, Smith recently joined the Quincy police, both men play in the twilight baseball league.

Harold L. Troop Arline P. Troop Hazel Allen Seben Lake Bath City Hospital Nurses New Meadows Inn John Lasell Whitinsville Mass Small Point Beach Semes Alice W. Sewall

Police raid on Mayberry home on Dummer Street

Four officers arrested Charlies Mayberry and three others at a Dummer Street residence Friday. Judge Keegan bound Mayberry over to October term of Saga-Gahoc Superior Court on a nuisance charge with $500 bond. Several intoxication and disturbing the peace charges were dismissed for lack of evidence or technical faults.

Charlies Mayberry Dummer Street Mr. Mayberry Municipal Court John J. Keegan Mayberry Saga- Gahoc Superior Court Langdon Green George McElman George Wilson Melville Rice Keegan Rice Green

North Grammar Attendance Records Highlight Yearly Punctuality

The list records pupils from North Grammar School who were never absent or tardy this term from Grades IV to VII. It names students under each grade along with their teachers, noting those who remained punctual for the year.

Local Students Named in Grade Seven Merits

Martha Page, Robert Perry, Frances Spicer, Swatt Holnes, John Staples and Jon Silsby are listed among Grade VII students taught by Kenneth Jaquith and teacher Swatt Holnes at the school.

North Grammar School Katherine I. Trott Nellie Brown Frank Gallagher Barbara Hopkins Doris Houston Epocrat Johns Barton Morrison Walter Mosher Louise Sutherland Gerald Thornton Helen L. Hayes Arthur Brown Edmund Furber Warren Higgins Helen Joy Frank Kenyon Barbara Mank Jack Merrill Martha Page Robert Perry John Shepherd Frances Spicer Jane Stevens Frances E. Sprague Margaret Brimigion Herbert Closson Howard Holmes Ida Jay Virginia Kingsbury Jennie Middleton Katherine Milliken Steeven Nicholas Roger Oliver Olin Pankhurst Renwood Pierce George Rice Patricia Sewall Phyllis Small John Staples Alice Warner J. Gertrude Silsby Robert Donnell Ruth Gallagher Kenneth Jaquith Dorothy Wing Viola Rideout

Brunswick girl to wed Joseph F Carpenter of Omaha

Miss Senter daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilbur F Senter of Brunswick announces engagement to Joseph Franklin Carpenter of Omaha Neb son of Mr and Mrs Gilbert E Carpenter of Omaha Neb. Miss Senter a Lasell Seminary graduate is socially prominent in Brunswick. Carpenter a Bowdoin College senior 1932, active in dramatics and swimming with Beta Theta Pi. No wedding date set.

Joseph Franklin Carpenter Omaha Neb Wilbur F. Senter Brunswick Miss Senter Lasell Seminary Auburndale Mass Mr. Carpenter Gilbert E. Carpenter Tabor Academy Bowdoin College Bowdoin Beta Theta Pi Fraternity

Perkins Disapproves Primary System in Maine Motions

Hon James B Perkins of Boothbay Harbor, fourth in the Democratic governor candidacy, voices discontent with the primary system while discussing candidacies in both parties. He cites a Republican example as illustrating primary iniquities, yet remains a loyal partisan ready to support the ticket and endorse the state and national campaign.

James B. Perkins Boothbay Harbor

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