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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1936

Page

7

Notable Congregational Call Shuffles Bath Area Clergy

Local interest surrounds Rev. Morrison Russell Boynton D D 15 year Bryn Mawr Church pastor accepting a Newton Center Mass First Congregational post effective Sept 1 He follows the late Rev Jay T Stocking D D district moderator who died Jan 27 Also cited are Bath connections to Boynton and Malden Island summer visits. The piece notes Mrs Florence Evans Dibble aims to set a 134 mile Atlantic City record with coach and four horses and recalls prior horse show records at Rockingham Park and Holland House. The Norman II motor yacht is sold to Lake Champlain and a replacement steamer Linekin will service Boothbay Harbor Bath routes.

Morrison Russell Boynton Bryn Mawr Chicago First Congregational Church Newton Center Mass Boynton Nehemiah Boynton D. D Bath Malden Island Five Islands Russell Boynton Dr. Boynton Jay T. Stocking General Council of Congregational and Christian Churches Stocking Winter Street Florence Evans Dibble Waldorf-Astoria New York Atlantic City Dibble Pastime Club Arthur J. Dunton Rich's Mountain West Bath Rockingham Park A. P. Greenleaf Boothbay Harbor Chester T. Marshall St. George Lake Champlain Fred F. Pendleton Wiscasset Charles W. Clifford, Jr Capt. Greenleaf Bosthbay Harbor Samoset Steamboat Co Virginia Hudson Lake George Linekin B. L. Coolen John Elliot Winship Samuel Anderson William Elliot Block McFadden Johnson Bros. Co Edward J. Pask Elliot House John Beals Hatch Center Street

Electric rail plan between Lewiston and Bath unlikely

Forty years ago report notes Bath City scene with prize medals and an exhibition after a cycle club game. A Bath citizen finds humor in a rubber mat, while Fritz H. Twitchell and G. C. Moses withdraw from an Lewiston Bath electric rail charter. They back Bath Street Railway and oppose charter sale. The pair hold the only Lewiston Bath charter, a point Maine Central would fight. A Bath businessman and a young lady from the city plan a Massachusetts wedding on the 20th.

Cycle Club Alamedas the Times Fritz H. Twitchell Lewiston Bath Twitchell G. C. Moses Railroad Commission Bath Street Railway Messrs. Twitchell Moses Maine Central

Clericus Meeting At Wiscasset Hosts Clergy

Rev Charles M Tubbs rector of Grace church attended the Kennebec Penobscot clericus meeting at St Philip s rectory in Wiscasset with Rev Robert E Merry as host A business session followed by a luncheon at 1230 and an afternoon of further business and discussion of church work

Charles M. Tubbs Grace Church Kennebec-Penobscot St. Philip’s Church Wiscasset Robert E. Merry

Women's Footwear Sale at Bill Hatch's Upstairs

Display lists prices for various shoes including Women’s Royal Arch Black Kid and Tan Kid Oxfords Cuban-heel at $2.00 and White Kid Ties and T-Straps at $2.00. Ball-Band Leather Work Shoes range $3.00 to $5.00 with Work Shoes Black Elk plain toe Rawcord sole and heel at $2.95. Bill Hatch's Upstairs.

Royal Arch Bill Hatch

Historic Bath hotels trace rise and fires through 19th century

The article recounts Bath Maine lodging history from 1807 to 1898, detailing Sagadahock House and successor inns, including the King House, Winship House, Commercial House, Columbian House, Elliot House, and Shannon and Sagadahock properties. It notes fires in 1838 and 1894, owners and managers, and the era’s urban hotel landscape along Front Street and Center Street. It references pivotal figures like Jere Shannon, James Taylor, Huse, and McPherson, plus the Columbia and American Houses remaining as landmarks.

Mansion House Torrey Roller Bushing Works Commercial Street H. Wyman Washington and Center Streets Abiezer Matthews J. P. Philbrook Sagady Alfred Carr John S. Milliken E. B. Maberry James M. Taylor Jim” Taylor the Sagadahock Jere Shannon Hiram A. Huse Shannon & Huse Front Street Union Block Burnham's Center Street Old City Hall Shaw’s Bookstore Davenport Memorial City Hall W. W. & O. Moses Columbia Theatre Columbian Hall J. B. Leach Charles W. Dunning City Park Watson, Frye Co Charles W. Buckley Revere Lewis Wiley Galen C. Moses Sagadahock House Davis Hatch Sagadahock Shannon Fred J. Matthews Shannon House Nelson L. Jackson Southport King Tavern Carlton Bridge Ralph O. Brewster King House Bath Carr Milliken I. X. Bean J. H. Dearborn Hatch House J. McPherson Kennebec House Front Summer Streets J. B. Stickney G. Harris Temperance Union Harbor View Vine Front Streets Columbia Ferry Streets William J. O’brien Sagadahock Club Thespians Elm and Water Streets

Bath Girl Scout Benefit Nets About 200 for Camp

Mrs William D Sewall opened York Hall in Bath on Thursday afternoon hosting a card party for Girl Scout work. About 200 was cleared for sending girls to summer camp and leaders training courses with tea and table games.

William D. Sewall York Hall Washington Street Sumner Sewall Bath Andrew Flaherty

Mrs. Sewall Hosts Tuesday Club Luncheon

Mrs. Mark W. Sewall hosted the Tuesday club at her Washington Street home with her daughter in law Mrs Edward Sewall as a member. Grace Preble on the Preble farm Arrowsic survived a fright when a lightning strike damaged her pole line and house causing plaster and clapboard damage. Mrs. William Mann returned to Spring Street with relatives in Newark and East Orange New Jersey and traveled with her daughter Mrs J Edward Conley and infant Richard William Conley to Portland then South Portland to stay with Mr and Mrs James Pratt.

Mark W. Sewall Edward Sewall Washington Street Grace Preble Preble Arrowsic William Mann Upper Washington Street Newark N. J East Orange Portland J. Edward Conley Richard William Conley William Gould Abbington Mass Benson Richmond Lowell Strand Theatre Henderson Bowdeinham Blanche Graves United Baptist Church Topsham Georgie Fides Gertrude Robinson Louisa Given Annie Fides Barbara Siegars Varina Denham Freeport John Denham Leslie Brown Eastport Bowdoinham MacPherson Bertha Tibbetts Richard Denham Lena Cornish Boston Frank Hackett Rochester N. H Hattie Hackett J. E. Brown Brackett West Medford George Cutler William Gardner James Brown Grange Hall

Coombs High juniors set May 21 declamations at town hall

The annual Coombs High Junior Declamations will be held at the town hall Thursday May 21. Speakers include Eleanor Webber William Gardner Ruth Gallagher Harold Millay Arthur Purington and others with a piano quartet and girls quartet performance followed by dancing.

Coombs Peter Patrick Eleanor Webber William Gardner Gideons Cleora Skelton Ruth Gallagher Charles Blodgett Lish Harold Millay

Probate Court session lists numerous estates and filings

Judge Walter Negemctod presided at Sagadahoc probate court in Bath. The day saw petitions for wills, administrations, bonds, inventories, and accounts across multiple estates including Hyde, Wyman, Ward, Petlock, Minott, Whalen, Adams, Christie, Benson, Merry, Brown, and others. A license to sell real estate and business carries were granted, with notices of insolvency and court actions. Also noted is Miss Katherine Brown arriving from Lexington Massachusetts to join Perkins Inn in West Bath.

Walter Sagadahoc John H. Hyde Bath Eleanor B. Hyde Page A. Wyman Carrie M. Wyman Carrie V. Ward West Bath Edward W. Bridgham Arthur J. Dunton Nathan Petlock Evelyn Petlock Ada Catherine Minott Phippsburg Rebecca B. Minott Frank H. Whalen Allan Spear Howard F. Adams Topsham Alice M. Adams Guardian Rose A. Christie Richmond Cora R. Cook Almira C. Benson William Benson Frances C. Merry Daniel Williams Eliza F. Brown Nathalie E. Daley George M. Stinson Elizabeth V. Hathorne Beatrice M. Perow Fred H. Thompson Augustus Perow Oscar B. Ingalls Harriet E. Kane Arthur H. Kateon Evelyn M.kateon Katherine H. Parks Harry E. Ring Katherine Brown William Brown Lexington Mass Casadaga Fla Standish Manor Miss Brown Posse-Nissen School of Physical Culture Boston Perkins Inn H. Dorman Perkins New Meadows Inn

Henry Wright At Rangeley Lake Camp

Henry Wright of Washington street is spending a week at his camp on Rangeley Lake as reported in local notes.

Henry Wright Washington Street Rangeley Lake

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