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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 20, 1930

Page

7

Local Social News and School Updates Across Village Life

Ida Hunt plans improvements. Mrs Sherman L Morse hosted a card club with prize winners Mrs Almon Perry and Mrs Harry Williams. Welcome back Mrs Charles Perry. her son Lloyd is recovering at home from hospitalization. Auction bridge events held with Mrs Almon Perry hosting next. Squaw club met with prizes to Mrs John Morse and Mrs Elmer Coggshall. Spring term starts at Phippsburg side school. Ship model maker William Thompson from the village displays famed Sovereign of the Seas images. Charles E Hewitt Jr confined by illness. Morse mill repairs under way for season sawm. Loyal Temperance Legion met in Winneganee church with lessons on honesty and St Patrick’s Day bow gifts.

Ida Hunt Sherman L. Morse Aimon Perry Harry Williams Mermbéer Charles Perry Lloyd City Hospital Almon Perry High Street Albion K. Parris Portland Parris John G. Morse John Taylor Harry Ring Frank Gington Bath William ‘Thompson Charles E. Hewitt, Jr Beulah McIntire Loyal Temperance Legion Winneganee Lizzie B. C. Chaney Clarice Berry

Personal notes from a weekend in small-town circles

Weekend visits unfold as Mr 2nd Mrs Charles Lemont stay in Richmond with Mr and Mrs Gordon Lemont. Henry T B Leeman guests of daughter Mrs George Rice in Nequasset. Shirley Mank visits Auburn with Miss Emily White after Bates tournament. Fred C Cox returns to Bath from Africa trip with Walter Pendleton aboard Saturnia. Naples departure and Naples arrival noted. Parish activities include St Marys guild and Central league meetings and a $1000 parish house fund pledge.

Charles Lemont Richmond Gordon Lemont Henry T. B. Leeman George Rice Nequasset Carroll Watson Contract Club Washington Street Shirley Mank Auburn Emily White Henry Taylor Winchester Mass W. S. Newell Patricia Smith St. Mary's Guild Oak Street Harold P. Small Luther Thompson Archie Wishart Central League Benjamin Savage Fred C. Cox Bath Walter Pendleton Boston Africa Naples Saturnia New York

Phippsburg Notes Include Ills Visits and Local News

Local items report Ray Campbell ill at home with a cold and Freeman Bowker improving. Teachers and visits appear across Phippsburg and nearby towns, with Miss Bessie Galvin taking Parker Head school duties and Mrs. Galvin boarding with Miss Perry. The ice storm damaged trees and roads suffer frost wear.

Small Point Notes On Local Happenings

Mrs. Emma Sylvester shows improvement under Dr Morin care with friends cheering her recovery. William E McIntire tends her and, along with John Kelley and Albert Thompson, works for William Gilman at Small Point. Mrs Samuel Stover visits Charlestown Mass with her husband who serves on the U S Frigate Constitution, recently moved from dry dock.

Emma Sylvester Morin William E. McIntire W. E. McIntire John Kelley Albert Thompson William Gilman Small Point Samuel Stover Oak Street Charlestown Mass Stover U. S Constitution

Bath visitors tour Bok Tower and Miami beauty contest

Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Moses and Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Nichols tour Florida from Jacksonville to Frostproof and Miami. They visit Bok Tower at Mountain Lake, attend a Miami beauty contest won by Miss Texas, with Miss California and Miss Florida noted. The Bath delegation also attends the Senior National Indoor Swimming Championship in Miami Beach, where Helen Madison sets a world record and Eleanor Holm wins. They plan trips to St. Petersburg and Tarpon Springs, then north by March 22.

Oliver Moses F. B. Nichols Florida The Times and Independent Jacksonville Charles R. Higgins E.C. Stiness Frostproof Mountain Lake America Moses Higgins Havana Nichols Miami Madison Square Gardens Sharkey Scott Texas California Maine Irene Lord Portland Water Front Park Panama Bath Miami Beach Helen Madison Seattle New York Eleanor Holm St. Petersburg Tarpon Springs

Milan J Graves remembered as composer and showman

Milan J. Graves an old time Boston Bath native and theater musician died Monday at 22 Follen Street Boston He led theatre orchestras and formed the Milan California troupe with his wife touring northern New Hampshire Vermont and New York Funeral was Wednesday at St Stephens Church Boston and his remains were taken to Bath for burial at Oak Grove Edward Fitzgerald a Navy dentist visited Bath over the weekend with his parents.

Milan J. Graves Follen Street Boston Bath Beacon Street Dummer Old Bath Daily Times Providence New York Philadelphia Milan California New Hampshire Vermont St. Stephens’s Church Shawmut Avenue Pembroke Street Oak Grove

Woolwich News Chronicle Health and Visits

Grocers, carpenters and residents in Woolwich exchange updates on illness recoveries and visits. Leroy Preble and Welden Preble faced illnesses, with Welden hospitalized in Bath and Dresden doctors assisting. Relatives such as Mrs. Marsh mourned a death in South Portland as Rev. L. G. Marsh’s friends mourn.

Weekend Visits Across South Dresden Social Circles

Mrs. Lea Marquis and Walter Heath of Waterville spent the weekend with Heather, daughter of Mrs. Marquis, at L. H. Siegars. Mrs. Vesta Siegars visited her daughter Mrs. Harold Wall in West Dresden. Heather Marquis called on Glenwoode and Evelyn Wall in West Dresden Monday afternoon.

Lea Marquis Walter Heath Waterville

Wyman Munsey Wedding Unites Ogunquit and Bath Friends

A Bath area notice reports the wedding of Leavitt S. Wyman of Ogunquit to Miss Esther Munsey of Bath at Ogunquit Baptist parsonage. Rev. Russell L. Wallace conducted the double ring ceremony with Mrs. Esther Wyman and Mrs. Marguerite Wallace in attendance.

Bath Ogunquit Baptist Parsonage Leavitt S. Wyman Ogunquit Russell L. Wallace Esther Wyman Marguerite Wallace

Local Supper Club Hosts Washington Street Gathering

Mr and Mrs Edward Sewall hosted a Saturday night supper club at their Washington street home. Mrs Laura Lemont visited son and daughter in law at 797 High street as a guest. Mrs A G Longley and Mrs Raymond Powers entertained the Murray club of Universalist church with supper and four card tables. Prizes went to Mrs Amos Perry and Miss Martha Hooper. consolation to Miss Emma Hooper. Special guests included Mrs Sherman Morse and Mrs Harry Williams.

Edward Sewall Washington Street Laura Lemont Harry Lemont High Street Samuel Levine Bath Boston Leonard Gowell A. G. Longley Raymond Powers Murray Club Universalist Church Amos Perry Martha Hooper Emma Hooper Sherman Morse Harry Williams George Brown Pine Street Carl] Albee Thomas R. Huston Jennie Brown Christine Curtis Mary Curtis

Winter Street team wins seventh annual church league meet

The Winter Street church boys captured the Seventh Annual Y. M. C. A. Church League track meet scoring 20 points to edge Wesley by one. Central placed third with 15 and St. Marys tied for fourth with 12. Fred Rowland set two records in running broad jump and high jump and Freddy Gaudet topped the potato race. Barker led Central with three firsts totaling 15 points.

Winter Street Wesley Central George Barker St. Marys Universalist Freddy Rowland Freddy Gaudet Rowland Gaudet Davis Mullaney Burden Gowell Genthner Barker Snipe Winter Roberts Elm Rollins Littlefield Jenkins Henderson Beacon Maass Fred Rowland Fred Gaudet Eddie Rollins Alec Burden

Athletics Hold Lead in Park Alley Bowling League

The Athletics maintain a 14 game edge over the Giants as the Park Alley standings near completion. Yankees sit three games behind Giants, with Red Sox in fourth. Pete Oliver leads Park Alley bowling averages at 98.3 with Whitey Lothrop close behind, and nine bowlers at 90 or higher.

Athletics Giants Yankees Red Sox W. L AtletiCe As Reee Tae Aes ANS Senators Pence Fes Poe Waites Byavess Vacisee Boardman F. Ham Cardinals Pete Oliver Park Alley Whitey Lothrop Farrar F’. Ham Plant Conley Nash Blaisdell Paolo Siort Inten

Schedule for the Week Features Major League Matches

The week’s lineup includes Red Sox vs Giants on Tuesday White Sox vs Cardinals on Tuesday Senators vs Braves on Wednesday Yankees vs Athletics on Thursday. The listings show a packed slate across MLB venues with key rivalries and broadcast plans.

Red Sox Giants White Sox Cardinals Senators Braves Yankees Athletics

Cutts Speaks On Physical Culture At North Center PTA

Cecil J. Cutts Morse High athletic director urges compulsory physical education as vital to health noting postwar rise in states with mandatory programs. He also recommends a woman director for girls physical education.

Cutts North Center P.T.A Cecil_J._Cutts Morse High Max Cohen Association James McLaughlin Charles R. Farnham Roscoe P. McFadden Arthur C. Norton Frostina E. Marston Farnham Daniel T. Dougherty Addison Pendleton Lincoln Bailey

Samuel H Wade Funeral Held for Marine Rigger

The funeral of Samuel H Wade veteran marine rigger who died Monday from pneumonia was held Wednesday afternoon at his home on upper Washington Street. Rev Charles M Tubbs of Grace Episcopal Church officiated. The Odd Fellows ritual was conducted by Harold Carter noble grand of Lincoln lodge with George Sawyer as chaplain. Bearers were Harold Carter Atwood Callan W Scott Tibbetts from the lodge. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Samuel H. Wade Upper Washington Street Charles M. Tubbs Grace Episcopal ‘Church Odd Fellows Harold Carter Noble Grand Lincoln Lodge George Sawyer Atwood Callan W. Scott Tibbetts Lodge Oak Grove

Maine DAR delegates convene in Rumford for annual conference

Androscoggin chapter hosts the 32nd Maine DAR annual conference in Rumford with 75 delegates present and 75 more arriving. State regent Mrs. Victor L. Warren presides at a formal reception. sessions cover officer reports and committee chairmen, followed by an annual banquet with lectures on Berry School, Ellis Island, and the U. S. Constitution.

E. P. Kendall Clara Fogg Bowdoinham Col Franklin Street Warren William Smith Shaw Fred Huston Berry School Georgia Mary Pelham Hill Maine Society of the Chapter DIAR Clara N. Fogg Ellis Island Eva Morgan Pinehurst Annapolis Matthew McCarthy Mr. McCarthy The United States

Boys and Girls Selected for Exposition Trip

The Maine agricultural and home clubs name 112 youths to compete for the State Chamber of Commerce trip to Springfield Massachusetts with a weeklong encampment at the Eastern States Exposition. Lester H. Shibles of the University of Maine selects the group and eight chaperons accompany them with all expenses paid. Sagadahoc County picks Albert Bailey Moatsweag Llewellyn Freeman Bowdoin Betty Patten Tops ham.

Maine Agricultural and Hom State Chamber of Commerce Springfield Mass Lester H. Shibles University of Maine States Chamber of Commerce State Chamber

Mrs Eva Leighton Died In Bath Area Hospital

Mrs Eva Leighton daughter of Mr and Mrs George McLellan of Bath died Tuesday in Damariscotta hospital. She leaves three sisters Mrs Edith Keith Mrs Paul Preble and Miss Alberta McLellan. The funeral will be announced.

Eva Leighton George McLellan Bath Damariscotta Hospital Edith Keith Paul Preble Alberta McLellan

Mrs Smythe Guest Card Party Nets Prizes for Olm

Miss Gladys Olm entertained Mrs. Robert Smythe of Chicago with a Tuesday afternoon card party. Four tables of auction were played. First prize went to Mrs. Alden G. Smith for a bridge score and tally cards, second prize to Mrs. Caldwell S. Phillips for an enamel dish.

Gladys Olm Robert Smythe Chicago Alden G. Smith Caldwell Phillips

Also Mentioned on This Page

Phippsburg Ray Campbell George Ingalls Priday Melrose Walter Peterson James “E. Perry Donald Leavitt John Henderson Bingham St. Feero Freeman C. Bowker Bessie Galvin Parker Head G. Clinton Beals Dromore Alvah Holbrook Fred Mains Stonybrook Ernest Rogers Brunswick Robert Feero L. J. Feero Phippsburg Center Alice Galvin Galvin Mma Perry Gardiner Rogers Arthur Footer Wath Harold Miller Linch Feere Annie Cutting Spencer Corsetieres Hotel Eagle Dromore Bay Charles H. Cutting Howard Bowker Meadowbrook Dickinson Centre Village Eric J. Carlson Brooklyn N. Y Bert Young Phyllis Ernest Oliver Popham Beach E. Bridges Kher Bill Krouse Poings Theeire Milan J. Graves the Times Edward Fitzgerald Portsmouth Navy Yard N. H United States Navy John E. Fitzgerald Woolwich Gaimeis Noe Florence Carlton Robert Rice Harvey P. Hathorne Waldo Welden Prebie Dorr Dresden Phen Dan Wiscasset Rockland Raymond Rice William Wright Bath City Hospital Mary Preston Massachusetts Welden Preble Donald Preble Eugene Hunnewell Richard Hunnewell Montsweag Bath Savings Institution Androscoggin D.ar Dummer Sewall Rumford Mrs
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