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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1933

Page

2

Vestry to Spotlight May 10 Program in Wiscasset

The Congregational vestry in Wiscasset continues weekly when youth demand prompts. May 10 offers Elto Outboard Motor Boat racing Finland pictures a kid comedy The Conspiracy Man vs. Microbes and Slim Summerville Red Suspenders. Also notes on Dorcas club Friendly Indians and parish activities throughout the week.

Congregational Church Elto Finland Summerville Novia Scotia Palestine U. S. Navy Dorcas Club Friendly Indians Barbara Southard Joanna Evans Christian Endeavor Congregational Vestry Phiadhs Lewis Organ Society First Congregational Church Samuel J. Sewall Pring BB. G. Spinney Christine F. Bronson Bittte Hatte Mente Josephine N. Tucker Emily Groves Mary Hobson Miss Bronson Elizabeth Sewall Nellie Blagdon Kate Sewall Anna White Grace Merry Benjamin Webber Bath City Hospital Izetla Taylor Lincoln Home Georgianna Lilly Hooper Street Joseph P. Tucker Josephine Varney Lewiston Clarence A. Peaslee Bath Federal Street Mary Ifill Arcade Miss Ifill Herbert Parent Robert Pierce Louise Adams U. of M Benjamin H. Adams Adams Vera Lundy Woodsfords L. B. Haggett Harvey R. Pease Portland Eugene W. Chase Gardiner Howard Trussell Maine General Hospital Keirstead C. A. Richards Granville Moulton Rockland Camden Asbury Pendleton State Hospital Augusta Fred F. Pendleton Charles E. Titus E. G. Spinney Emma Stinson Jessie Jackson Charles N. Sigison Miss Pinkham

Local Notes From Sheepscot Echo May 5 1894

In Sheepscot and nearby towns residents travel to Boston and Bath. Mrs. Barker returns to Damariscotta. Miss Rines visits Bath. Abbie Hodge stays with Mrs. Fogg in Waterville. A measles closure hits Birch Point school. a new sign brightens Main Street. A tense accident injures Capt. Coffin aboard the tug Wawenoe. Town meeting approves $7000 stock in the W and Q A R.

Sheepscot Echo Daniel C. Rines Boston C. W. Lowell Southport Nina Rines Bath Frank Barker Damariscotta Abbie T. Hodge Waterville W. F. P. Fogg I. A. Macurda W. S. Peaslee Portland Fred Albee Main Street Birch Point Federal Street Bailey Carrie Hattie Campbell Sheepscot John Richards Waldoboro Second Traverse Jury Wiscasset C. E. Kendrick Boothbay Register Echo Office Sidelinger Middle Street J. Prescott Davis Gardiner Call Willard Dickinson C. M. Leavitt Mr. Dickinson John West Lizzie Snow Augusta Boothbay Islands Charles Coffin Wawenoe Odell Eddy Edgecomb

Wiscasset 25 Years Ago Echo May 2 1908

A local column notes visits from Bath Bristol and Portland residents including Miss Marion P. Dodge and Mrs N Gratz Jackson along with others. The schooner Horatio arrived from Saco to load lumber for Philadelphia and funeral services are announced for Mrs Rena Rankins with Reverend E W Moore traveling to New York. May events and church services are listed in St Philip's.

Sheepscat Echo Marion P. Dodge Bath Sadie D. Varney Bristol N. Gratz Jackson Charles Legro Peaks Island L. A. Gray Portland R. H. T. Taylor Horatio Saco Philadelphia George Nute Boston E. Fred Albee the Albee Sarah R. Brookings Trufant's Landing Nathaniel Lincoln Thankful F. Rogers Annie Taylor Taylor Fortat Peabody Mass William Taylor Robert Codman D. D St. Philip's Church

Local Notices and Family Greetings from Wiscasset Area

The column recordsHoward Trussels shoe factory move and sale of his Middle street shop to Captain N C Brown while he expands on Main street. Ingraham Taylor returns home for a short visit with parents Captain and Mrs William Taylor. Mrs Thankful F Rogers dies at 90 in Bath after long Bath residence and church membership. Funeral held at 29 Western avenue Bath with survivors listed.

Pennsylvania Moore Howard H. Trussel Hilton M. Goodkowsky Ingraham Taylor Somerville High School William Tayor Howard Trussel Main Street Wiscasset Charles Tibbetts Waterville C. E. Williams Edgecomb The Horn Pacific Coast Middle Street Capt N. C. Brown Brown Trussel Thankful F. Rogers Hallowell Rogers Western Avenue Bath Isaac Lincoln Rogers Wesley M. E. Church

Sterling Bible Class Monthly Meeting Observed

The Sterling Bible class of Corliss street Baptist church met Monday in the Deering room with 30 attendees. Mrs. John H. Hunt presided, devotional services led, and questions were proposed by Mrs. Lester G. Campbell. Calls and pledges were reported, a Mothers Day plan approved, and a Bath paper clipping on the 1908 church rededication was read. Tea and sandwiches followed the business session. Plans for June hostesses were announced.

Sterling Bible Corliss Street Baptist Church Deering Room John H. Hunt Lester G. Campbell Elsie Piper Lee W. Scott Zadoc F. Brown James W. Gillespie Chester A. Plant Corliss Street Baptist James Shaw Ethel Albee Fred May Middleton Ohio William P. Hatch Lucian R. Ames Sarah E. Coombs Carroll A. Deering Wellington A. Moore Carrie H. Trott M. Eugene Watson John L. Russell Elson Harford Ambrose S. MacFadden E. Melvin’ Pratt Merton Wright

Colonial Club Plans May Dance and Banquets

The Colonial club schedules a May dance for May 11 in the club rooms limited to members and spouses or lady friends. J Haviland Torrey chairs the committee with Edwin F Ramsay Eugene M Desmond William L Skelton Allan Spear and George Baer Connard. The club also considers a Spring golf tournament by a three person committee and announces a banquet for bowling teams at Hotel Phoenix and an opening banquet at New Meadows Inn when the season begins.

Colonial Club J. Haviland Torrey Edwin F. Ramsay Eugene M. Desmond William L. Skelton Allan Spear George Baer Connard Francis Parry Hotel Phoenix New Meadows Inn

Grace Church Men Plan Evening Program for Ladies

Grace Church Men's club will host a ladies entertainment night on Thursday starting at eight. W Dayton Hill leads the organizing committee arranging all aspects of the event for a pleasant evening.

Grace Church Men's Club W. Dayton Hill

Entertaining Program At West Bath Grange

A Grange meeting at West Bath No 154 featured Miss Lillian E Lewin lecture followed by a lively program with poems songs and instrumental solos. Guests totaled 23 with 140 in attendance as committees were named for the May 11 Orange May ball and a fish and game talk by Arthur L Grover will be shown with moving pictures.

Lillian E. Lewin West Bath The Grange Iva L. Hagan Marjorie Smith Sons of Grange Leon White James B. Lemont, Jr Robert Waterman Irving Dale Frank R. Durant Nellie Ferguson Brother Morrill Topsham Grange Arthur L. Grover State Fisheries and Game Department Lewin Herbert S. Cavanaugh Robert W. Oliver Jean L. Danforth Mary Deehan Catherine H. Emmons Almena A. Jaques Vincent Henderson Chester McCrater James B. Lemont Bernard J. Comeau

Rotarians hear Louis A. Jack on economics at Hotel Phoenix

Louis A. Jack Lisbon Falls attorney spoke to Rotarians Tuesday at Hotel Phoenix, critiquing economic power cliques and bond practices, praising reform ideas, and condemning banking crises while noting ties to banking executives and international affairs. Senator N. Gratz Jackson introduced him. local attendees included E. W. Nash and others.

Hotel Phoenix Louis A. Jack Lisbon Falls N. Gratz Jackson House of Representatives Augusta Jack State Department Washington Kreuger Insulls Mitchell National City Bank New York McKnight Medford William A. Furber Carl Kennedy Oakhurst Dairy E. W. Nash H. Erskine Damariscotta Edwin Tuttle Belfast

Morse High Seniors Plan May Ball Event

Morse High seniors will host a May ball next Friday night in the high school gym. Ernie George and ten of His Royal Arcadians will provide music to raise funds for a class trip, with the destination set by proceeds. Richard McElman, president, named committees for decorations and tickets.

Morse High Ernie George Royal Arcadians Richard McElman Helen Moses Barbara Norton Harold McElman Isabell Gallant Stanley Rogers Oe Russell Colby Leon Buck

Senior class selects The Rivals for Stephens High play

Stephens high school senior class settles on The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan for their annual commencement performance. Cast will include top participants from this season's plays and be coached by Thomas L. Maynard noted for prior school success.

Stephens High School Richard Brinsley Sheridan Thomas L. Maynard

West Bath Farm Bureau notes and local visits

Mrs. Loring Small of West Bath and her sons Wil bert and Dana visit relatives in Revere Massachusetts. West Bath Farm Bureau plans a May 25 meeting on pressing at home with committees announced. Numerous residents attend sessions on electrical home equipment and pressing topics. Regulars include Miss Hortense Welch and Mrs. Knickerbocker guiding demonstrations.

Loring D. Small and Sons Wilbert and Dana West Bath Charles Bates Revere Mass Jerry L. Haile East Brunswick Farm Bureau Topsham Grange Hall Scott R. Ward Edwin W. Haggett Eliza Crockett Durham Hortense Welch Knickerbocker Arthur W. Brown Belle C. Donnell Haile Fred J. Rose Harold J. Haggett Brunswick Road West Bath Farm Bureau Auburn Berry's Mills Road Beachmont Charles H. Bates Fred S. Brown Trufant’'s Crossing Road Lowell John Miller Benjamin Batchelder Witch Spring Road Stott Harry Williams Marion Portland Lincoln Williams Williams Foster's Point Lillian Brown Miami Fla Alfred B. Snow Trufant's Crossing Gilbert L. Wilson and Sons Lewis and Kenneth Freeport Trufant’s Crossing Charles Kenney William Williams J. Everett Mayo Stanley Peterson Portsmouth N. H West Bath Grange Littlefield Julia Coombs Amy Coombs Campbell's Pond Ernest E. Williams John H. Williams Dummer Street Bath Sagadahoc Pomona James A. Thurston Harold Peacock Elmer J. Rich North Bath Laura E. Lemont Edwin W. Haggcott Samuel F. Bates Sabine Cathance William Foser

Rowell challenges McCoy for Waterville school post

John E. Rowell contests the Ward 2 election of Thomas C. McCoy to the Waterville board of education. A May 17 hearing before Judge Fisher at the Kennebec courthouse in Augusta will address Rowell’s claims of earlier elections in 1927 and 1930 and his candidacy this year, while McCoy argues Rowell was ineligible in March 1933. The counts were 434 for Rowell and 436 for McCoy.

John E. Rowell Thomas C. McCoy Waterville Board of Education Fisher Kennebec Court House Augusta Rowell McCoy

Woolwich notices and visits from local families and clubs

Woolwich residents attend a Topsham training class on pressing at home led by Hortense Welch with Mrs. Hathorne and Mrs. Marston among attendees. Various townsfolk visit, travel, or recover, including P. T. Smith returning from Bath City hospital after foot amputation and Raymond Hathorne at the University of Maine infirmary with scarlet fever. The Woolwich Union for Christian Service schedules a junior meeting May 7 at Day's Ferry church.

Frank R. Bailey Nequasset P. T. Smith Bath City Hospital George M. Stinson Woodfords Arbara Priscilla Trott Bath Alfred Trott Edwin Wade Hartford Hartford, Conn Horace Wade Roy McIntosh New England Sanatorium Melrose Mass Raymond Hathorne University of Maine Evelyn Nickerson John Reed Maurice Hathorne Murphy's Corner Josiah Walker Boston Day's Ferry Walker Eugenie Hunnewell Woolwich Union For Christian Service

Licensing Board Grants Licenses in Bath Maine

The Bath licensing board issued multiple licenses including billiard and pool rooms, a bowling alley, auctioneers, second hand dealers, and public autos. Victualer licenses were highlighted as allowing sale of 3.2 beer if legalized in Maine. A license was granted to Publix Theatre Corp to operate the Bath Opera House.

Franklin Street A. E. Oliver High Street Ralph E. Legard North Street Edward Brown Lemont Street George D. Norman Raymond Street Victualers Maine C. E. O’brien Front Street Arthur Ellers Edward McCormick Water Street B. T. Wagner Lena McCabe Washington Street Herbert Norton Abraham Miller South Street William Mann John J. Conroy Center Street Praxitelis N. Vamvakias Emma

Edith Mae Crocker Weds Herbert Crocker at Home

Announcement reports a pretty home wedding held Thursday night at 19 Marshall Street. Edith Mae Crocker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. King, married Herbert Crocker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner Crocker. Rev. Charles H. Berry officiated and the couple will live with his parents. Mrs. Ruth E. Burns of Braintree, Mass. has been called to the city due to her parents illness.

Ernest G. Spinney Earle Clifford South Bristol Portland D. M. Munsey H. S. Shea Leslie Ferris Chester Swett Boothbay Harbor B. K. Hobbs Blanche Wheeler Nellie Nutter B. F. Blagdon B. F. Blagdon’s. Mrs. Murray Quinnam Ann Marie May Good Dresden Mills Harry Quinnam the Ledges Merrill Smith George Pooler Pooler Theodore Sherman Bath City Hospital Jesse F. White Blanche Fowle Annie Boudin Gertrude Munsey Vinnie Quinnam Octavia Nute Lincoln Pomona North Whitefield Washburn Commissioner of Agriculture Earl Dow John Dow Damariscotta Carrie Clark R. N Clark's Point Robert Ek, Maass, Jr Arrowsic Will Anderson South Portland S. S. Quinnam Quinnam Hill Directresses Miss Hobson Nash Woman John L. Russell Russell Street Ernest E. Williams Campbell's Pond Hardings Scott R. Ward Ward William G. Eastman Readville Mass Earle A. Eastman Julia Reading Fred L. King Marshall Street Edith Mae Herbert Crocker Gardiner Crocker Charles H. Berry Corliss Street Elwood W. Prarie Braintree Ruth E. Burns George A. Burns Shepard Street

Lewis-Atkinson pair wed in Bath ceremony

Parker E. Lewis division superintendent of the Androscoggin and Kennebec Street Ry Bath and Miss Carmen E. Atkinson stenographer in the same office were married by Rev Henry W Webb at the home of Mrs A H Dodge in Wiscasset They returned to their new Brunswick road home Lewis a native of Wiscasset has long resided in the city and 16 years with the A and K Ry Mrs Lewis daughter of Councillor Joseph F Atkinson of 74 Western Ave Both families have close Bath connections and their weddings followed a week apart.

Parker E. Lewis Androscoggin & Kennebec St Carmen E. Atkinson Bath Henry W. Webb Brunswick Road Wiscasset Freeman Lewis Solar Lodge of Masons Acadia Lodge K. of P Bath Camp M. W Whole Club Bath Iron Works Corp Bath City Hospital Bath Trust Co Mrs. Lewis

Meachern Robinson Couple Wed in Beacon Street Parsonage

Stewart E. McEachern son of Mr and Mrs Donald E McEachern of 1229 Washington street and Dorothy L Robinson daughter of Mr and Mrs Roscoe E Robinson of 1192 High street were married Saturday morning at eight in the Beacon street M E par sonage Rev Weston P Holman officiating The bridal party included Florence E Faucher as bridesmaid and Carl Pye as best man The couple left for a motor trip through northern Maine and Canada McEachern known as Young Jack Dempsey and Mrs McEachern a Morse high school class of 1933 alumna.

Stewart E. McEachern Donald E. McEachern Washington Street Dorothy L. Robinson Roscoe E. Robinson High Street Beacon Street M. E. Parsonage Weston P. Holman Florence E. Faucher Carl Pye McEachern Morse High School

Civil Service Seeks Pharmacists For VA And PHS Posts

The United States Civil Service Commission invites applications by May 23 for junior pharmacist and assistant pharmaceutic aide positions with the Veterans Administration and Public Health Service. Salaries start at 2000 and 1620 dollars yearly, after deductions. Applicants must hold full pharmacy licensure from a state board and meet education and experience requirements. Full details from M H Douglas, Secretary, Civil Service Board of Examiners, at the local post office or customs house.

United States Civil Service Commission United States Civil Service Board of Examiners

Biddeford Book Club to Elect Officers at Last Meeting of Season

The Biddeford Book club will hold its final meeting of the season on Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Lewis Bradley on Penobscot Street. Annual reports will be given, officers elected, and the nominating committee chaired by Mrs. Morgan Woodruff will present names of the 1933 34 officers. Heritage will review a book. A lecture by Prof. E M Wright of Bates College will be attended with an invitation extended for May 12 at Franklin Street Methodist Church. Secretary Mrs. Lewis Reed resigns and plans to move to Escanaba Michigan with husband Mr Reed.

Biddeford Bates College Franklin St. Methodist Church Lewis Reed Book Club Escanaba Mich Reed

Also Mentioned on This Page

Molly Seamon Bernard Leonard Forest Lewis Cambridge Donald F. Preble Optician Center St Rena T. (Blair) Rankins E. W. Moore Sterling Bible Class Grange Hall Woolwich Crocker King Piccadilly Piccadilly 45Th Street Broadway
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