Patchwork Quilts and the Women Who Made Them
A reading of a paper on patchwork quilts and women who made them at the Cosmopolitan club notes the craft as chiefly a female domain, detailing historical context, the role of women in household arts, and the preservation of antique quilts and linen from colonial to early American periods. The piece includes vivid descriptions of quilts, fabrics, and the social life surrounding bed furnishings across eras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren E. Kershner
Green Street
Cosmopolitan Club
Winter Street Ladies’ Aid
Times
America
Shalloon
Tammy
Boston News Letter
Greece
India
China
Europe
Ender
Ruth E. Finley
Thankful
Connecticut Hills
Thankful Smith
Hartnett Named Acting Postmaster in Bath Maine
Edward N. Hartnett, son of Mary E. Hartnett, was named acting postmaster at Bath Maine. A 1920 Morse High graduate and 1924 Georgetown AB, he has served at the Bath post office and held reserve officer roles. His appointment does not block other candidates including ex-mayor Cahill and ex-Alderman Covel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Nolan Hartnett
Mary E. Hartnett
High Street
Fred W. Hartnett
Wilson
Mr. Hartnett
Morse High
Georgetown University
240Th C. A. C
Officers Reserve Corps
Hartnett
Henry W. Owen
Ann Marilyn Hartnett
Charles H. Cahill
Ralph C. Covel
Amos F. Perry
Emma Leonard
Eagles Hear Old Age Pensions Discussed
Bath aerie No. 875 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles held a largely attended meeting with Deputy Auditor James Tevlin of New London presenting an address. He noted the order’s work on mothers and old age pensions, cited figures for benefits paid since 1898, and referenced war gratuities and NRA context before the piece continued on Page Seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Aerie
Order of Eagles
Aerie
James Tevlin
New London
Conn
Grand Aerie
Tevlin
Pennsylvania
Order
NRA
Informal Japan talk by Mrs Donnell at Cosmopolitan Club
Mrs Charles J Donnell gave an informal Japan lecture for 18 students in the Cosmopolitan Current Events class. She described Japanese homes gardens clothing and customs with artifacts and noted changes since visits up to 1928. She also mentioned modern Japanese women and Sanitation housecleaning and the Emperor Pu Yi connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Charles J. Donnell
Washington Street
Donnell
Orient
Emma E. Walker
Hanson Win
Kiam L. Skelton
Edgar Snow
Saturday Evening Post
Frostina E. Marston
Koki Hirota
Kobi
Kiobi
Milady
Manchukuo
Pu Yi
Elizabeth
Beacons Street Pastor Resigns After Nine Years
Rev. Weston P. Holman, pastor of Beacon Street Methodist Church in Bath, resigns to take effect at the May annual conference. The fourth quarterly church meeting noted his nine years, the longest tenure, under which membership has doubled. Officers and committees for the next year were elected and listed. Senior Bates College Club members from area towns named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston P. Holman
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Bath
Holman
Beacon Street Methodist Episcopal Church
A. I. Oliver
Milton H. Douglas
Clifton W. Tedford
William J. Craft
Eugene McGrath
Charles J. Cain
Charles T. Henderson
Edward J. Bachelder
Fred H. Cary
William D. Yule
J. E. C. Sawyer
Ella J. Douglas
Ella Richardson
Clifton E. Tedford
Martha Hall
Estella Jones
Elizabeth Tedford
Frank Daley
Marion
Cain
Herbert Huggard
Fred Bowie
Lula Herbert
Annie M. Teeling
Scott Tibbetts
Nellie Webber
Herman Crocker
Leland Plummer
Fred Sidelinger
Leland S. Plummer
Bates
Sylvester J. Carter
Malden
Mass
John A. David, Jr
West Hempstead
L. I
Clyde A. Holbrook
Greenfield
Julius 8
Lombardi
Newark
N. J
Harold F. Millett
Norway
Frank S. Murray
Lewiston
Albert I. Oliver, Jr
Theodore I. Seamon
City Council holds final good will session in Bath
City council members met in a final regular session with most members present to transact business and extend thanks to Mayor Lord for peaceful proceedings. aldermen discussed unpaid taxes, cottage street, and sewer projects, approving transfers and honoring staff and reporters for their service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Council
Council
Lord
Irish
Biaiscell
Longley
McCabe
Dougherty
Cottage
McNeil
Kelley
Allan Spear
John P. Hayes
Joseph F. Atkinson
Cyrus W. Longley
Atkinson
High Street
Western Avenue
Court Street
City of Bath
Footer
Perry
President Taylor
Taylor
City Treas
Young
Gilmore
Child
Purington
The
Times
Wald
Deering
Stanley M. Brown
Elbridge R. Wright
List of Cosmopolitan Club officers presented
Mrs Charles R Farnham was nominated for a second term as club president. The nominating committee selected officers for 1934 1935 including Emma E Walker first vice president George A Churchill second vice president Sophie G Greenblatt recording secretary Jennie P Perkins corresponding secretary Marcia Moulton treasurer Lilian C Miller auditor and several board members Amendments to by laws broadened membership classifications and voting rights Six new members were admitted and resignations accepted A program followed with music and a paper read by Mrs Warren Kershner Tea served by the house committee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Farnham
Cosmopolitan Club
Maine Federation of Women's Clubs
Lillian C. Miller
Minnie A. White
Miriam W. Kimball
Carolyn M. Stackpole
Leland R. Mitchell
Emma E. Walker
George A. Churchill
Sophie G. Greenblatt
Jennie P. Perkins
Marcia Moulton
Charles H. Frost
Carl C. Anderson
Fred W. Humphreys
Gardiner R. Deering
Leslie J. Wold
Girl Scouts
Edwin H. Given
Malcolm L. Doble
Anne Thompson
George F. Ingalls
Edmund A. Rothwell
William B. Mussenden
Sumner Sewall
Ingalls
Rothwell
Sewall
Susan Nichols Ballou
Virginia M. Clark
Irma L. Perry
Hester M. Rose
Jane Murphy
David L. Wilson
Archibald M. Mains
Betty Rice
Merton Sprague
Warren Kershner
William W. Dennison
Evelyn L. Donnell
H. Benjamin Duce
House Committee
New England pros to contest 72 hole Maine event
Golfing season opens as Patriots Day tournament at Brunswick on April 19 revives interest. The New England Professional Golfers Association schedules its annual event at Portland Country Club on July 9 and 10, a 72 hole format with 36 holes per day, serving as the qualifying rounds for the national tourney in Buffalo. Local Maine crowds are expected to flock to see top New England professionals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
New England Professional Golfers’ Association
Portland Country Club
New England
Maine
National Professional Golfers’ Association
Buffalo
N. Y
Gulls Feast on Stale Bread by Southwest Harbor Pool
Birds fed on bread left for gulls in Southwest Harbor. The bread lay in the snow, soaking until soft, then the gulls gathered and devoured it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Harbor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edward N. Hartnett
Grand Aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles
Lillian E. Pinney
Beach Street
Saco
Atlantic Ocean
England
Osborne
Freeman
Martha Freeman
Beacon Street
Alice May Douglas
Marion S. Cain
Hermon Crocker
Temperance
Charles H. Oliver
George Wallace
Henry L. Adams
Susan Leeman
Ladies Aid
Irving C. Varney
William F. Pond
Samuel A. Morse
Arthur C. Norton
Hibbert Norton
Charles J. Dain
Marion S. Dain
Helen Crocker
Elizabeth W. Tedford
Louise Shepard
Epworth League
Charles Plummer
Sexton
Charles Blair
Rev. Weston P. Holman
Committee On Nominations
Portland
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