North Bath Area Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Mrs. B M Simpson returns home to Roslindale after visits with relatives. Miss Phyllis Young resumes Morse High after weekend with parents Albert and Mary Young. Several Bath residents attend funeral events in the city and at nearby towns. A Bath market truck stranded in floodwater near Ashdale was rescued overnight with groceries intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. Simpson
Roslindale
Mass
Frank P. Leavitt
Cora Campbell
Harry Gilmore
Emma Sylvester
Small Point
Joseph I. Smith
Bath
George T. Larrabee
George W. Larrabee
Dromore
Phyllis Young
Morse High School
Albert Young
Parker Head
Gilbert Woodman
George J. H. Ingalls
Eleanor Brown
James L. Morse
William B. Perry
Vermont
Walter Pierce
Charles V. Minott
Walter J. McCourt
Lyman Barbour
George C. Beals
John D. Rogers
Ray Campbell
Mattie Cutting
Emma A. Perry
H. W. Cutting
Annie Cutting
Rhode Island
Coleman Farm
Wiscasset
Eva Rogers
Ralph Robinson
Howard
Bowker
George Savage
Myrna Lucille
Lena Oliver
Ee Friends
Boston
Diary of Pilgrim George Soule Verse Poem
A historical poem printed for Maine Daughters of the American Revolution session recounts Pilgrim George Soule through diary entries from the Mayflower voyage and early Plymouth days. The verse preserves his trials, births, deaths, and a sailor’s death, as remembered by descendant Minna Irving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Daughters of the American Revolution
Independent
John G. Soule
Woolwich
George Soule
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Preeport
George IO
Soule
Valuations and Taxes Made by Sagadahoc County Commissioners
Sagadahoc County values set at 12,872,445 with Bath bearing 7,649,624 of the burden. The 1936 rate is 3.11 mills with a $40,000 state tax cap and an overlay of 33.50 dollars. Readouts list town by town valuations and taxes including Bath, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Georgetown, Richmond, Topsham, West Bath, Woolwich, and Swan Island. The order directs clerks to issue warrants to assessors for proportional county tax collection due by September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Bath
Joseph W. Randlette
Richmond
Roscoe G. Bailey
George M. Stinson
Wool
Georegtown
Topsham
West Bath
Woolwich
Swan Is
Maine
Dromore Grangers Meet Tuesday Night
Dromore Grange held its regular meeting last Tuesday despite bad travel and weather. Seventeen members attended with one visitor. Lecturer Annie Malcolm directed an engaging program featuring songs, readings by Sister Evelyn Beals, discussions on beauty of Maine and youth responsibility, a trio by Sisters Perkins Kenney and Voodoo, a true story by Brother Ingalls, and a rare blossom flower show. A surprise sides game led by Sister Charlotte Owen, captains Perkins and Kenney, crowned Mrs. Perkins’ side the winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Grange
Annie Malcolm
The
Grange
Evelyn Beals
Maine
Elfreda M. Perkins
Grace Kenney
Minnie Voodoo
George Ingalls
Reuben Purington
Ralph Trask
Ralph Kenney
Hubert McCarty
Charlotte Owen
Elfreda Perkins
Mrs. Perkins
Prices From 1852 Bill Show Food Costs Then and Now
A receipted Aug 1852 bill in the Potter family archive lists goods bought by Elisha Potter from Moses Kennerson. Items include lamb, sugar, peas, saleratus, potatoes, sap, cheese, apples, and fish with prices per pound or unit, totaling $2.29. The document preserves era prices like lamb 6 1/2 cents and sugar 2 to 9 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter M. Potter
High Street
Elisha Potter
Moses Kennerson
Bath Electric Service Halted Amid Ice Jam Threat
Central Maine Power Co engineers warned another ice jam in the Androscoggin could lift water by six feet, prompting material repairs. The impact was to affect the Brunswick-Topsham bridge and nearby crossings. Residents along Merrymeeting Bay reported early migratory birds’ arrival as a seasonal note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Contir
Central Maine Power Co
Androscoggin
New Brunswick- Topsham Bridge
Neiley
Trufant
Merrymeeting Bay
Popham Beach News Roundup Shares Local Visits and Ice Cakes
Mrs Beulah Light visits Brunswick relatives while Mrs Marguerite McNulty stays overnight in Bath with theatre attendance noted. Clinton Newdick spends end of week with family. Clifton Morong visits his wife in Bath Memorial Hospital. School opens with Miss Nellie King teaching Bath. Various locals make visits, illnesses noted, and ice cakes flood Kennebec shores. The Torrey property is sold to Mrs Bessie Marsh with May visit planned. Grace Williams and others appear in town notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Light
Brunswick
Marguerite McNulty
Bath
McNulty
Clinton Newdick
Hisamily
Clifton Morong
Kennebac River
Bath Memorial Hospital
Ing
Nellie King
Miss King
Mrs. Thomas
Popham Road
Leslie Dyer
Bath Trent Works
Fred Osgood
Llewellyn J. Oliver
Frederick ‘Thomas
Popham School
Harry Spencer
Eugene Stover
Seaman Eang
Lester Oliver
Phippsburg Center
Spruceville
Marion Bridges
Ilness
Karl Hentz
Long Island
Mary Thornborough
New York City
Fdna M. Coolidge
Bessie Marsh
New York
Wee Wisdom
Walter Duffet
Brookline
Mass
Ellison Moody
Popham
Kennebec
Robert Moore
Arlene
Stanley
Norman Perkins
Dorothy
Clyde
Clayton
Arthur Moore
Kenneth Leonard
Joe
Junior Stover
Carol
David Drake
Torrey
South Shore
Bessie T. Marsh
Marsh
Grace Williams
Bath Water District clears Bath of boil advisory after flood
The Bath Water District received official approval on sterilization of Bath's water after the Nequas tet Lake flood. State health officials J. Elliot Hale and Howard H. Potter met with Water District superintendent Maurice A. Libby, confirming no boil water is needed due to effective sterilization. The Maine Public Utilities Commission instructed vigilance and, where sterilization is inadequate, boil water for five minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Water District
Nequastet Lake
J. Elliot Hale
State Department of Health
Howard H. Potter
Public Utilities
Bath
Maurice A. Libby
Water District
Maine Public Utilities Commission
George P. Giddlings
Boston
Hotel Statler
New England Water Works’ Association
Maine Water Works
Anthony
Augusta
Earl Tar Winthrop
Public Utilities Commission of Maine
Eagles Plan Two Key Events At Bath Aerie 875
Bath Aerie of Eagles No 875 announces two April events including an Easter Ball and a Past President's Night. A recent meeting initiated 20 members in the Edward T. Whitehouse class and a May class aims for 40 new inductees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Aerie of Eagles
Ylay Neilith Deel Terval
Eree
Edward T. Whitehouse
Outstanding Program Of Year On Wednesday
Mare Camarades Musicaux held an at home meeting featuring Saint Saens works and Liszt pieces. New members Miss Margaret Mackinnon and Miss Ruth Thompson were welcomed. The program opened with a Saint Saens paper by Mrs. Hatch and included piano solos, duets, two piano duos, a women's chorus, arias, and Liszt Grand Galop Chromatique performed by Thompson and Mrs. Albee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mare Camarades Musicaux
Arcive
Carlore Washington
Liszt Mumber
Saint‘Baéns
int-Saens
Margaret M
Mackinnon
Ruth ‘E. Thompson
Brunswick
Carrie F. Luce
New York University
Les Camarades Musicaux
Saint-Saens
Robert B. Hatch
Miss Magoun
Melcher
Thompson
Albee
Bath built trawlers seen in films
Winter Street Men's club met with 80 attendees. R F Symonds presented film reels showing Bath built trawlers and their haddock pollock and cod catch from Boston to South Pier. He explained Otter trawl nets and gear. samples were given with dry ice packaged fillet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Mr. Symonds
Bath
Symonds
Boston
J. Albert Redlon
Alice F. Johnson
Ernest Freeman
J. Frank Hunt
Frederick E. Sturtevant
Olney C. Perry
William H. White
J. Higgins
Harry A. Walters
Edgar D. Leavitt
Charles W. Walsh
J. Albert Redson
William A. Pall
Charles Andre
Bath and Boothbay Steamer Route Set to Resume
Walter E Farmey and Norman Greenleaf of Southport, captain and purser of the steamer Virginia plying Bath to Boothbay, expect the service to resume about June 15 and anticipate renewing ties with Bath friends. Miss Tillian Miller of Center street is spending a week in Portland with her sister, Mrs Clinton Hanson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Farmey
Norman Greenleaf
Southport
Virginia
Bath
Boothbayne
Tillian Miller
Center Street
Portland
Clinton Hanson
Street Ladies Plan April Bazaar At Winter Street Auxiliary
The Winter Street Auxiliary named a committee to organize an April bazaar at its Tuesday meeting in the ladies room. Mrs. R. P. McFadden chairs the general committee with members including Miss Carrie D. Hall and Mrs. Leroy F. Colby among others. Reports from welfare and play committees were given, an entertainment for the evening was postponed and will be held at the next meeting with a small admission. Forty seven attended, games and prizes followed, refreshments served, with officers Miss Alice F. Johnson president and other officers assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
R. P. McFadden
Carrie D. Hall
Leroy F. Colby
Mary. Leonard
Carl Y. Kennedy
Herbert S. Cavanaugh
Harold E. Freeman
J. Edward Drake
Henry O. Trowbridge
J. Albert Redson
Addison Pendleton
Clifford B. Wilband
Janette W. Smith
Katherine Conley
Amy A. Irish
J. Albert Redlon
Alice F. Johnson
Catherine Leonard
Olney C. Perry
Priscilla E. Colby
Carleton L. Rice
Floral Fund
Mrs Nancy Russell Celebrates 75th Birthday at Georgetown
Mrs Nancy Russell of Georgetown marked her 75th birthday at her sister Bertha Scott's home on Andrews road. Visitors included sister Auguste Rowe as she spends winter in town. Born in Georgetown to John and Lettice Warner, she has lived mostly there, with time in Bath recently. Her son William J. Russell of Portland and four daughters reside in Portland, St. Petersburg Florida, and Georgetown. She is noted for health, sociability, and civic engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Russell
Georgetown
Bertha Scott
Andrews Road
Auguste Rowe
Russell
Mrs. Russell
John and
Lettice (Campbell) Warner
Bath
William J. Russell
Portland
Frank Hollis
Bertha Russell
Ethel Beane
St. Petersburg
Fla
Benjamin H. Woodside
Many Young People Join Bath Country Club
The Bath Country Club attracts a largely young membership under a new plan. Men pay 25 dollars and women 15 dollars with no federal tax, gaining all club privileges. Golf and tennis facilities will drive activities, with card parties dances and smokers planned as membership rises and monthly payment options exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Country Club
Miss Louise Briggs Receives Holyoke Letter and Basketball Honor
Miss Louise Briggs daughter of Mr and Mrs Edmund P Briggs of Bath Missouri was named to her Mount Holyoke College class basketball team and awarded an all Holyoke letter for varsity squad placement at the close of the second Model Olympiad held in the college gymnasium. The event featured dances tumbling mock six day bicycle races and cross country events with Briggs also participating in the Greek dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Briggs
Edmund P. Briggs
High Street
Bath
Mount Holyoke College
Bath boy's name on Bates College dean's list
John Kimball Skelton, class of 1938, Bath son of Mr and Mrs William L Skelton, Bath Maine, was among 58 Maine students named to Bates College dean's list for the first semester. He belongs to the college band and serves as an assistant in the Chemistry department and won the freshmen prize for highest scholastic average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kimball Skelton
William L. Skelton
Bath
State of
Maine
Clifton D. Gray
Baying
Bates College
Skelton
Dinner party honors Mrs Viola Weston in Bath visit
Mr and Mrs W H Sanford of 231 High street entertained Tuesday evening for Mrs Viola A J Weston of Industry attending the state DAR conference in Bath. Guests later attended Major Bowes program at Bath Opera House with Vernon Miller W Hazel Cunningham John Small Evelyn Estes and the Sanford children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Sanford
High Street
Viola A. J.weston
D.A.R
Bath
Bowes
Bath Opera House
Vernon W. Miller
W. Hazel Cunningham
John Small
Evelyn Estes
Sanford Ichildren
Saluting the Flag Instructions For DAR Members
A Col Dummer Sewall chapter DAR meeting shared a flag etiquette lesson by Margaret Foote and Mrs. Martin Sigman. It covers salutes by gender, steps during hoisting and lowering, National Anthem protocol, proper hand and arm positions, and the pledge with correct salute for civilians and uniformed personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
United States of America
Edgecomb predicts Richmond bridge flood risk from Kennebec ice
Kennebec river flood tide five feet above normal and heavy rain threaten the Bath-Woolwich bridge. Kenneth A. Edgecomb, long-time Bay guide, warns that ice breakup from Merrymeeting Bay could sweep Richmond and other Maine bridges. He notes similar 1896 freshet risk and cites lack of security for Bathbridge. Officials attending New England Water Works meeting in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec River
Merrymeeting Bay
Bath-Woolwich
Kenneth A. Edgecomb
Sturgeon Island
Edgecomb
Bath
Kennebec
Androscoggin
John Murphy
William Dowling
Richmond
Gardiner
Augusta
Bay
Bathbridge
Brunswick-Topsham
Emanuel Arsenault Patient At Faulkner Hospital Jamaica Plain
Emanuel F Arsenault aged 49 of Union Street is listed as a patient at Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emanuel F. Arsenault
Union Street
Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain
Mass
North Enders Defeat Community Club In Pitch Tourney
Mrs Parker O Rogers hosted Squaw club at weekly meeting. North Enders defeated Community club on Friday night in a pitch tournament set to end the season with a banquet for the losers. Village school opened Monday for Spring term. Women’s auxiliary held a card party at Mrs John G Morse’s home. Winnegance club girls hosted a shower for Mrs Leroy Green at Mrs Eliza Bradshaw’s home with Ruth Morse Frances Morse Evelyn Atwood Anna Perkins Louise Tibbetts and Adelaide Mott present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker O. Rogers
Squaw
Winneganer Boys
North Enders
Cormhmintsity Club
John G. Morse
Squaw Club
Parker
Rogers
North End
Piteh
Windegance
Frank Perry
Herbert
Winnegance
Richmond
Winnegance Club
Leroy Green
Eliza Bradshaw
Ruth Morse
Frances Morse
Evelyn Atwood
Anna Perkins
Louise Tibbetts
Adelaide Mott
Bath Country Club Expands Community Membership Drive
Bath Country Club directors met to plan a broader community invitation this season. More than 30 new members enrolled recently, with a special $25 rate for men and $16.50 for women and no tax. A $5 annual rate for any Bath City public school pupil is approved, benefiting Morse high students seeking golf tennis and other activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Country
Morse High School
Bath Country Club
Attorney for the Defense at Fireside Club in Winter Street
The Fireside club presents Attorney for the Defense in Winter Street chapel on March 31. Warren McNeil stars as Jimmy Carlyle with ensemble performances from John Black Howard Steen and Martha Cutting, under director Mrs Clinton D Wilson. The plot blends feud, embezzlement intrigue, romance, and light comedy led by a lively supporting cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Chapel
Mar
Warren McNeil
Clinton D. Wilson
Hampden
John Black
Carlyle
Judge Carlyle
Howard Steen
Jimmy Carlyle
Jackson Multen
Richard Haskell
Carlyles
Allie Traynor
Miss Kay Scott
Freddie Warren
Fireside Club
Local figures attend supper party at Cresbys Inn
Harry B. Briggs Jr E Everett Pierce Roland F Hill W Dayton Hill Thacher Pinkham and John N Taylor attended a supper party Tuesday night at Cresbys Inn East Brunswick. Later in the evening cards were played at Mr Pierce's Washington street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry B. Briggs, Jr
E. Everett Pierce
Roland F. Hill
W. Dayton Hill
Thatcher Pinkham
John N. Taylor
Cresby’s Inn
East Brunswick
Mr. Pierce
Washington Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Minna Irving
Board OF County Commissioners
Dromore Grangers
Popham Beach
Les Camarades
Musicaux
Carl'f. ‘Albee
Mrs. Hatch
Mr. Smith
Miss Mackinnon
Clair’de Lune
Mr. Ramsay
Mrs. Albee
Andante Sostenuto
Mizg Magoun
Mrs. Cary
Franz Liszt Miss Magoun
Country Club
Bath Boy
Dean
Margaret R. Foote
Bath Bridge
Winterets Fireside Club
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