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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1938

Page

5

Reading of Gilbert Head inspires Bath readers satire by Hale

Society and clubs section notes Agnes Burke Hale’s April 23 New Yorker piece The Flowering Down East satirizes Gilbert Head and Maine poetry imitating Coffin and Etnier. Hale, wife of Portland’s Robert Hale, counts Bath friends and has stories in Saturday Evening Post and several books.

Gilbert Head Elizabeth Etnier Agnes Burke Hale New Yorker Maine Robert P. Tristram Coffin Fifty-Second Street Etnier

MIT Professor and Hartford guest visit Massachusetts family

Archibald M. Main Jr of MIT and Harold A. Burbank of Hartford arrived Saturday to spend the weekend with Mr and Mrs Archibald M Main of Garden Street. Mrs Burbank and son Addison joined the Main visit. Mrs Main hosted a tea for Mrs Burbank Friday afternoon.

Eugene F. Wilson Harry Allen Medford Mass Wilson William J. Craft Washington Street Aline Rowe Watham Carl C. Anderson Green Street Archibald M. Main, Jr Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harold A. Burbank Hartford

Lewiston Play Day At Girl Scout Convention

Mrs Norman W Howard and her daughters Betty and Glenda of Washington street attend a play day in Lewiston with the girl scouts Glenda Howard Nancy Sewall Judy Dennison Martha Torrey during the convention.

Norman W. Howard Betty Glenda Washington Street Lewiston Glenda Howard Nancy Sewall Judy Dennison Martha Torrey Lewis Betty Anderson Audrey Hill Elaine Piper Jean Stanton Dorothy Gilchrist Judith Dennison

South End Contract Club's annual supper bridge at Riverside Farm

South End Contract Club closed its season with a Friday supper at Riverside Farm East Brunswick. Mrs Harry Peterson served lobster and chicken dinner to members and substitutes. Prizes in contract went to Mrs Nathan E Coffin first, Mrs Florence Troop second, and Mrs N Gratz Jackson consolation. Numerous members and guests attended and plans were made for later club events at Bay Point.

South End Contract Club Riverside Farm East Brunswick Harry Peterson Nathan E. Coffin Florence Troop N. Gratz Jackson Arthur F. Mayo Russell Colby Wellington A. Moore William P. Hatch William Small Bay Point

Martin Returns to Maine to Resume Studies at Orono

Frank Martin son of Mr and Mrs Cedric A Martin of Willow Street had been in Memorial hospital and at home for eight weeks and returned to Orono Monday to resume his studies at the University of Maine.

Wilbur Hagan Skowhegan Garrett Galvin Woolwich Mrs. Hagan Frank Martin Cedric A. Martin Willow Street Memorial Hospital Orono University of Maine

Sagadahoc County Promotes Air Mail Usage During Air Mail Week

Postmaster Cahill urges Bath and Sagadahoc residents to mail at least one air letter daily during National Air Mail Week to celebrate the 20th anniversary of air mail and boost its use and revenue. He cites a cross country example and stresses air mail reliability and low cost.

Sagadahoc County National Air Mail Charles H. Cahill Mr. Cahill Atlantic Seaboard Pacific Coast Post Office Department America Bath Cahill

Les Camarades Public Concert Set for May 18

The annual Les Camarades Musicaux concert will be held in Winter Street chapel at 8.15 on Wednesday May 18. Director Allan H. Ramsay returns for a solo piece since 1931. Vocalists include Kathleen Leonard Mrs Richard Hersom Mrs Carleton Rice James Royal and others with Merton Sprague on violin and Mrs Carl Albee as accompanist.

Les Camarades Musicaux Winter Street Allan H. Ramsay Les Camarades Kathleen Leonard Richard Hersom Carleton Rice James Royal Robert B. Hatch Fred K. Sturtevant Merton Sprague Carl Albee

Final accounting postponed in Bath area estates and guardianships

Long list of estate actions including first and final accounts for McCabe, Whitney, Lemont, Cahill, Todd, Young, Irish, Lord and others. Guardians named for Horace Swett. guardian accepted for Bath minors. Name changes granted for Evelyn Colby and the Thayers. Conservators appointed for Jennie Morse, agent appointments for Waldo Lovejoy and John Carey Jr. Probate filings include Elmira Stinson sale certificate and Maria Grady distribution.

Woolwich Herbert W. McCabe Edward R. McCabe Eliakim McCabe Bath Williams Whitney Alice H. Whitney William P. Lemont Ida F. Lemont Charles H. Cahill W. B. Mussenden Horace W. Swett Frank H. Todd Clara E. Head Charles C. Low Frank S. Head Rosa D. Shea Bion F. Shea Arrowsie Linwood A. Hunter Alice S. Hunter Topsham Alice Skelton Mable Booker Richmond John P. Carey Marion Grady Bowdeinham Danford A. McDonald Margaret C. McDonald Allen F. Wheeler Elizabeth Walker Purinton Frank E. Pushard Annie M. Snow Guardian Barbara W. Hopkins George J. Hopkins Jane Elizabeth Wing Dorothy H. Wing Daniel T. Wing Thomas B. Wing Harold B. Wing Evelyn L. Baker Evelyn L. Colby Marion E. Anderson Marion E. Thayer William A. Anderson Audrey E. Anderson Robert Anderson William Archie Thayer Audrey Elaine Thayer Robert Alonzo Thayer Jennie M. Morse Walter E. Morse Waldo E. Lovejoy John P. Carey, Jr Elmira E. Stinson Donald B. Hopkins Herbert W. Norton

Mrs Frank H Allen Returning From St Petersburg

Mrs Frank H Allen of 625 Washington Street is expected to arrive this week from St Petersburg Florida where she spent the Winter and Spring months at her apartment.

Leonard Oliver Washington Street Portland Capt. Oliver Seguin Katherine Marr R. N Augusta Lou Marr Upper Washington Street Miss Marr Augusta General Hospital Morse High Frank H. Allen St. Petersburg Fla

Davis Family Returns From New Haven Visit

Mr and Mrs Carroll Davis and their son Arthur of Bowery street returned from a visit with friends in New Haven Connecticut.

Carroll Davis Arthur Bowery Street New Haven,Conn

Red Cross Votes For Supper Meeting At Annual Session

Executive committee approves annual July 11 supper gathering. A arrangements group named: Mrs. Henry W. Owen Jr. Mrs. Clarence W. Morse. Mrs. William E. Palmer. Publicity: Miss Mary Newell. Mrs. Howard Bates. Nominating: Allan Spear. Mrs. J. Albert Redson. Mrs. Seth S. Mullin. Miss Stella Dolloff to chair roll call. Miss Lillian Fadden absent. report read by Mrs. Ruth Henry. Certificates awarded to 14 pupils completing home hygiene course. Tuberculosis clinic history notes Bath 1935. 1300 children screened, 157 X-rayed. Follow-up tests in 1936 and 1937. 200 skin tests this year, 59 X-rays, 51 examinations. 14 original cases discharged. 17 cases to re-X-ray next year.

Henry W. Owen, Jr Clarence W. Morse William E. Palmer Mary Newell Howard Bates Allan Spear J. Albert Redson Seth S. Mullin Stella Dolloff Lillian Fadden Home Hygiene Institute Lewiston Ruth Henry Red Cross Henry Maine State Department of Health and Welfare Bath C. D. Cromwell

Beacon Junior Aid Hosts Meet at Beacon Street Church

Mrs Lula P Herbert and two others led the Beacon Street church Junior Aid meeting in the vestry with 19 members and two guests present. The next gathering is May 23 followed by a June 6 season finale banquet at Riverside Damariscotta.

Old Telephone Club Eben Dana Woolwich Yerr Stephen McPhee Roscoe P. Mer Sidelinger Sidelinger Marr Upper Washington Street Lula P. Herbert Aubrey E. Steen Archie M. Wishart Aid Beacon Street Church Herbert Jesse Kenderdine Hilda Mayers Damariscotta

Bath Briefs Mix Court Pleas And Local Happenings

Municipal court records report three intoxication cases with guilty pleas and varying fines and jail terms. Lennie Wallace of Phippsburg serves 30 days for larceny of a Buick from Cummings Motors. A seven-strong group faces trial for disturbing a religious meeting led by Irving Nock. Local events include motorcyclists heading to Popham Beach, a donor campaign service at Winter Street Church, and a planned June excursions on the Samoset Steamboat Co. line to Boothbay Harbor with later evening trips to feature the Bath Marine Band.

Arthur J. Dunton Kennebec County Augusta Cummings Motors, Inc Lennie Wallace Phippsburg Municipal Court Irving Nock Church of Our God Front Street Walter E. Farmer Southport Samoset Steamboat Co Virginia Bath Boothbay Harbor Farmer Bath Marine Band

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