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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1933

Page

4

Visit New College Opened at Bennington

Mrs. Williams S. Newell and daughter Miss Mary Newell visited Bennington Vermont to see the new Bennington College opened in 1932. The school educates women with flexible admission, 80 students this year from 100 applications, plans 240 capacity with gradual expansion. President Robert D. Leigh earned Bowdoin in 1914. Dormitories are living houses with home like rooms and 20 residents per house.

Williams S. Newell Mary Newell Wa Ginston Street Springfield Mass Newell Harlan P. Small Bennington College Moore Robert D. Leigh Bowdoin College Bennington Amon

Y M C A Twilight League plans announced for 1925 season

The local Y M C A announces the Twilight League to begin practices this month with a four team format. Manager entries, blanks and first meeting set for Monday June 5 at 7 30 pm. Expected opening about June 20 with a mid August finish and a two round schedule to declare a champion. Mr and Mrs Raymond Trott and children Virginia and Houghton visit relatives.

Y. M

Portland Couple Visited by In Laws This Weekend

Mr and Mrs Charles EB Doten of Sherman Street Portland spent the weekend with Mrs Dotens parents Major and Mrs George A Baker in a family visit noted in society notes.

Charles EB. Doten Sherman Street Portland

Coombs High School Honors Winners at Friday Prize Speaking

Coombs High School held a prize speaking contest at Town Hall on Friday night featuring students such as Fred Bass Ruth Card Dwight Adams and Frances Adams. Judges included Supt S Graves Dr Stallnecht and Mrs J A Cone. Prizes went to Bass first Card second with Adams receiving honorable mention.

Coombs Town Hall Veusic Kote Carver Palmer Lish H. Day Charles Dunklee Whistling Regiment Ruth Card Miso Ome Ys Cractelane Orchestra

North Bowdoinham Social Notes Highlight Local Visits

Miss Emma Millay stays with Mr and Mrs E D Baker in North Bowdoinham for an indefinite time. Geraldine Brown of Brunswick visited at the Bakers Thursday. Dr B W Trask of Rumford visited his sister Mrs H E Powers and husband. Earl Lovejoy and Ralph Warren from Malden Mass spent the weekend with the Lovejoy family. Mrs J H Wade and Charles Wade are at their Perkins home after weeks away. Mrs Stanley Bisbee of Buckfield recently stayed with the Powers. C F Hill, once housebound, is able to go out again. Mrs Mabel Robinson visited cousin Lena Hill and went to Brunswick Tuesday.

Coombs High School Hall Dresden Bridge Academy Nettie Brown Gardiner Philip Rideout Charles F. Staples Wakefield Mass Bath The Universalist Church Kennebec Lodge K. of George Pratt Daniel Johnson J. N. Palmer W. H. Gould Augusta Leslie Brown Pittston Gould Jennie Rouillard Skowhegan Brown S. Graves Stallnecht J. A Cone Fred Bass Ruth Card Dwight Adams E. P. Gile Sagadahcce Fertilizer Co George Hamilton E. P. Kendall Tin Duck Kendall Miss Ames Emma Ferguson Shell Curtis Long Branch Farm Kelley Brothers of J. A. Ketchum Lena Cornish Ethel Temple Ellsworth Bangor Stella Randall Loring Small Emma McCausland Hallowell H. S. Dodge Mary Elmer Winfred Boothbay John Malier Auburn Frank Siegars Minot Double Little Portland Ida Purington L. P. Temple J. E. Brown West Medford Pleasant Pond Dorothy Bagley Evelyn Hackett Myrna Curtis Richmond Ella Purington Charles Bass Lewiston Lawrence Hackett Hampton N. H George Hackett Howard Card Farmington Clint Bailey Wiscasset Elisha Webber W. B. Donnell Brunswick Dorothy Scott Alabama George Cutler Methodist Church Methodist Vestry 4-H Club Roger Robinson Harold Hackett Bowdeinham Silas Hamilton Emma Millay E. D. Baker Geraldine Brown J. H. Wade Charles Wade Perkins Stanley Bisbee Buckfield H. E. Powers C. F. Hill Mabel Robinson Lena Hill

Four Masters Planned by Maine Firemen

Maine State Hand Engine League met with Bath Veteran Fireman's association for its annual meeting attended by about 75 members. Prospects of at least four muster events planned in Old Orchard Biddeford Damariscotta and either Old Town or Bangor. Officials and officers announced with Thomas Beedy elected president and next meeting set for Lubec in October.

Maine State Hand Engine League Bath George Hunt Randolph Thomas Beedy Westbrook League Mr. McCabe Noah Gauthier Thomas Trecardy Lubec William Hennessy Brunswick Charles W. Lawrey Rockland Frank H. Turner Lovell Staples Charles E.colby Topsham Clarence Colby

Bathman Discovers Parents Burned Out

George J. Nugent a Swift & Co. bookkeeper found his parents Mr and Mrs Michael Nugent and their four children homeless after a blaze at New Auburn. They lived at 10 First Street. John Nugent stayed in Bath with their father while the rest found relatives in Auburn. Furniture and clothing were lost.

George J. Nugent Swift & Co Auburn Michael Nugent New Auburn First Street John Bath Mr. Nugent Nugents

Woolwich Items Include May 26 Dance at Montsweag Grange

The Mothers' club of Nequasset school plans an entertainment and dance at Montsweag grange hall on Friday May 26, as they anticipate meeting with Mrs. Everson Stinson for a Sunday school party.

Page Four Everson Stinson Mothers’ Club Nequasset School Montsweag Grange Hall

Auburn fire spares lives as injuries rise in Lewiston

Chester B. Horne a Morse High ’32 student from 50 Oliver Street was hospitalized in Lewiston after suffering a burned forehead and eye injuries from cinders in the New Auburn blaze. Residents recalled the disaster’s night risk and expressed relief no fatalities occurred as the fire leveled New Auburn.

Chester B. Horne Morse High Harry F. Horne Oliver Street Central Maine General Hospital Lewiston Auburn Maine School of Commerce n-Auburn- A Lewiston-Auburn New Auburn

Acclimated Horses for Sale in Richmond Maine

We have a good assortment of acclimated horses weighing 1100 to 1800 pounds. H. L. Tarr, Richmond, Maine. Tel. 25-2. Published April 6.

H. L. Tarr Richmond Maine

Sudden Death of Miss Mable Keay Noted in Auburn

The town mourns the sudden death of Miss Mable Keay of Auburn. A Sagadahoc grange member living in Auburn for years, she was well liked and remained in her home grange. A busy community notice lists Ladies' aid plans, visits by local families, grange events, and upcoming church services and entertainments at Bowdoin Center and the grange hall.

Mable Keay Auburn Sagadahoc Grange Grange Grant Woods Orman Myron Douglass Augusta Ernest Carr Progressive Grange Richmond Corner George Burns St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston Sadie Garland Fred Douglass Bert Higgins Clara Williams West Bowdoin Addie Williams L. C. Starbird C. A. Babb Bath Robert McAfee Cora Bowdoinham Brunswick Alice Larrabee East Bowdoin Chapel William R. Wood Penny Memorial Church Wood Grange Hall Bowdoin Center

South End P T A to Award $10 Prize to Morse High Girl

The South End P T A votes to again award a $10 prize to a graduating Morse High girl, likely in gold though not certain. Mrs. Arthur C. Lemont presides and serves as round up committee chair. The group plans its final meeting of the season on June 6 with officer elections and an all day session.

South End P. T. A Morse High Association Washington Street Arthur C. Lemont Ellsworth

Montsweag Boys' Club Meeting Sets Early Year Plans

Montsweag Boys' 4 H club reconvened May 11 at Albert Bailey's home reorganizing for its sixth year. Officers named Marshall Erskine president Samuel Soule treasurer Albert Bailey reporter Roland Bailey color bearer. Meeting approved charter framing and 25 cent annual dues. A June 7 Bangor Public Library 50th anniversary event announces John Clair Minot of Boston Herald as speaker.

Montsweag Albert Bailey Marshall Erskine Samuel Soule Roland Bailey Bangor Public Library John Clair Minot Boston Herald Minot Maine Bowdoin College

Rotarians Host Bates College Speakers At Luncheon

At Hotel Phoenix Rotary Club welcomed Morse high graduates and two Bates College speakers. Prof Lena Walmsley discussed women athletics and safe exercise, stressing lung capacity and changing roles, followed by Lucile Jack on college life. Arthur B. Scott attended.

Hotel Phoenix Morse High Bates College Bill” Furber Marjorie Helen Moses Chester Plant Rotary Ethelyn Spinney Supt. Wilson Lena Walmsley Bates Morse Lucile Jack Woman's Student Government Association Jack Arthur B. Scott

Leadership Training Conference at Lake CobbosseeContee June 24 to July 1

The Y M C A outlines its thirteenth annual Leadership Training Conference to be held at Camp Lake Cobbosseecontee in Winthrop Maine from June 24 to July 1. The program includes 37 subjects for leadership development and full camp activities such as boating swimming and competitive sports. Local Bath participants regularly attend with recent attendees listed including Harold W McElman Robert J Bracey and William F Grindell among others.

Lake Cobbosseecontee Winthrop Maine Bath Harold W. McElman Robert J. Bracey Robert E. Burgon Gerald F. Carr Wesley G. Marco Robert H. Cressey Carl R. Dearborn, Jr William F. Grindell Frank E. Harvie Linwood W

Fires Smoke Near Bath From Bowdoinham To Boothbay Woods

Smoke from several fires spread near Bath as drivers investigated reports of a Rowe estate blaze. A Bowdoinham timber fire near the Richmond line burned four or five acres of pasture and an ice house owned by Levi Powers, valued at 500 dollars, with no insurance. Walter Powers lost a motor boat with no insurance to the blaze. A separate forest fire in Boothbay woods drew volunteer firefighters to subdue deep brush and lingering smoke, while winds carried the smell over Bath into the evening.

Bath Greene Engine 2 North End Rowe Thorne’s Head Bowdoinham Richmond Line Merrymeeting Woolwich North Walter Powers Powers Boothbay

Woman pleads guilty to grocery order forgery in Bath case

A middle aged Bath woman pleaded guilty in municipal court to changing a grocery order from four to five dollars. Judge Keegan continued disposition and ordered the family to return to Richmond while city aid continues. The forgery was detected via a writing change and magnifying glass review at Eaton's office.

Bath John J. Keegan Richmond Sidney L. Eaton Crosman’s

Dike School PTA Plans Friday Quilt Project

At a Tuesday all day meeting in the old summer street schoolhouse the Dike P T A voted to assemble quilts Friday afternoon to send to New Auburn fire victims. Flowers for the luncheon were from Perkins Greenhouses and the table featured dainty cloths and dishes.

Summer Street Dike P. T. A New Auburn Perkins Hermon W. Crocker Fred B. Kittridge Carl B. Swanton Raymond M. Clark D. Leroy Lord H. Martin Powers Elmer A. Avery Clifford B. Wilband Edward P. Etes Melvin D. Ferris Chester H. Worrey Harold L. Miller Raymond A. Smith F. H. Reinoehl

Thespians Advance Play Date to May 24 Night

The Thespians moved the performance of Take My Advice a night earlier to Wednesday May 24 due to unavoidable cast commitments. Associate membership tickets are out and single tickets are on sale from active members. Box office opens May 23 10 to 5 and May 24 10 to 8 15 for ticket exchanges.

Thespians

Cahill Family Visita to Hebron Academy Resident

Hon and Mrs Charles H Cahill motored Sunday to Hebron to pass the day with their son Charles H Cahill Jr a student at the Academy.

Charles H. Cahill Hebron Charles H. Cahill, Jr Academy

Bradford Couple Return From Providence Trip

Mr and Mrs S E Bradford of 11 Green Street returned from Providence Rhode Island where they passed the...

S. E. Bradford Green Street Providence, R. I

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Senter's, Inc NEW College William S. Newell and Springfield, Mass Pera WND Streak Warner Baxter Ruby Keeler Alexander Kirkland Boots Mallory the Sea Ralph Bellamy Fay Wray BIG Drive Una Merke Ernest Truex Clive Brook Diana Wynyard Ss. T Twilight League Raymond Trott Houghton Virginia B.W.D Morris S. Povich Front Street Bath, Maine Frances Sedgley Tarkington Freeman Billings Fetes Jamie Douglas Frances Adams Iskues B. Barton HisePa Isemovcller Enea, Wiends Peck the Surprise Ticonderoga Pee Ee Negate M. Stanbury Halver Francis Arthur Allen Optometrist Center Street North Bowdoinham State Hand Engine League Bathman Bowdoin South End P.T.A BABY Rhode Island Plymouth Rocks Meadowbrink Farm Frank Merryman Jordan Ave Y.M.C.A Keegan Dike School P.T.A Mikelsky’s Music Store
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