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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1937

Page

7

Life Insurance as a Household Plan and Priority

Rotary speaker Rev. George B. Wolstenholme compares life insurance to furnishing a home, urging a first priority for essential protection. He argues for a logical buying program that covers a clean-up fund, then a steady widow’s income, with flexible future top-ups to ensure ongoing support through children’s schooling and a surviving spouse.

George B. Wolstenholme Rotary Club Hotel Sedgwick Mr. Wolstenholme

Phippsburg Social Roundup and Episcopal Meeting

Phippsburg hosts a long list of Sunday visitors including George A. Sprague and family and Senator Sumner Sewall at Small Point Beach. Various Bath and Portland residents are noted visiting Summer homes, camps, or attending church and island events. The Maine Branch of the Woman’s Auxiliary to the National Council of Episcopal Churches met in Portland with speeches by Eva D. Corey and Rev. William E. Patterson, ending with a cathedral service.

George A. Sprague Topsham J. Bradford Sprague Bessie Sprague Sumner Sewall Bath Small Point Beach Grace McIntire Harry Ashdale Harry Berry Portland George J. Ingalls William B. Perry William B. Perry, Mrs. Perry Cora Campbell Pauline Rogers Chebeague Island Carrie Little Meadowbrook Edward Hawkes Edward Jr Edith Rogers Camp Walter Libby Charles L. Stevens Alfred Henry Minott Alice Portland High School Albert E. Smith Rochester N. Y William W. Hosmer Wyman James Jones Howard Atwood New York City Fred Wilson Nathaniel Percy Frank P. Leavitt Mattie Hutchins Ruth Grevers Rockville Center L. A Sylvester Cushman Sebasco Estates George Derwent Ray F. Campbell Madison Clare Doyen Dromore School Pitch Pine Hill Doyen Walter J. McCourt Lyman Barbour Walter Rines Susie Barbour Phippsburg Arthur Sewall 2d Charles M. Tubbs Frederick EB. Drake Edwin H. P. Lowell Woman’s Auxiliary Grace Church Fred D. Hill Herbert C. Calderwood Edward W. Bridgham Augustus Perow St. Mary's Guild Edna Cook Jamaica Plain Mass Maine Woman's Auxiliary National Council of Episcopal Churches St. Luke Columbia Hotel Eva D. Corey Boston William E. Patterson Bar Harbor

Gorham student Miss Reardon named athletic conference delegate

Miss Dorothy P. Reardon of 59 Pearl Street a Gorham Normal School senior is chosen as a delegate to an athletic conference to be held Friday in New Britain Connecticut. She has been active in athletics and other extracurricular activities.

Dorothy P. Reardon Pearl Street Gorham Normal School New Britain Conn Reardon

Gardiner Man Joins Brunswick Bath Road Crew

J. L. Anderson of 19 Clinton Street Gardiner left Sunday for Bath and has started work as foreman on the road construction project between Brunswick and Bath.

J. L. Anderson Clinton Street Gardiner Bath Brunswick

Collision on Carlton Bridge Hospitalizes Two Men

William H. Sheldon and neighbor George W. Flint, both injured, lie in critical condition at Bath Memorial Hospital after a head on collision on Carlton bridge. Howard Stevens escaped with minor facial cuts as a Buick sedan collided with the half ton Ford truck driven by Flint.

William H. Sheldon High Street George W. Flint Bath Memorial Hospital Carlton Bridge Bath Howard Stevens Craige Street Portland Woolwich Stevens Sheldon Hyde Windlass Co Flint Bath Iron Works Corp Briggs Mr. Flint Bath Police George McElman Robert Green Green Mr. Sheldon Melville L. Rice

Cushing Heads to New York to Meet Fabbri Arriving from Italy

Charles E. Cushing of Green Street leaves Tuesday for New York to greet Ernesto Fabbri who will arrive Thursday aboard the S. S. Roma from Italy where he has spent the winter.

Charles E. Cushing Green Street New York Ernesto Fabbri S. S. Roma Italy

Local Couple Visiting Son in Melrose Mass

Rev and Mrs David L Wilson of Middle Street are spending a few days as guests of their son Blair Wilson and family in Melrose Massachusetts.

David L. Wilson Middle Street Blair Wilson Melrose Mass

Residents and visitors cluster around Popham Beach area

A long list of guests and locals visited Bath Lisbon Falls and surrounding towns, including Mr. and Mrs. Paul Barrett of Hallowell, Capt. and Mrs. E W Osgood, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sudds, and many others. Attendees traveled from Lewiston Auburn Georgetown Long Island and Plymouth to share weekends dinners and civic events at lighthouse reservations and local homes.

Paul Barrett Hallowell Mr. Barrett Christopher Marr Jerone Brown la- Lee E. W. Osgood L. E. Garton Lewiston Ofiss Katherine McCarty Huntley Lubee Tyre Carol Sudds Roland Sudds Auburn Eugene Osgood Ernest Oliver Bath Pauline Morors Lisbon Falls Eleanor Thayer S'nayer Annie QC Stacey Pinney Bay Point Fann M. Cortdee Georgetown Leaman Drake Leon Frekoit Tsuna Hehi Page Wyman Danehio Madely. Bridges Marion Norman Perkins Blanchard Crowley Moses T. Chandler Fred Osgood Light House Rolana Sudds Walker Oliver Elizabeth Oliver Charles Clark Hardings William Hutchins Ranger C. H. Marr E W. Osgood Fred Stephen Etnier Gilbert's Head Long Island Phillip Lawrence Wyman

Filling Stations Prove An Asset To The Tourist Camps

Washington reports average yearly receipts for tourist camps with filling stations in 1935 were 4836 dollars, versus 1851 dollars for camps without stations. Of 9,848 camps analyzed, 2034 with stations earned 9,836,000 dollars total, while 7,814 without stations earned 14,464,000 dollars. Merchandise sales dominated station camps, while rentals and meals predominated nonstation camps. Part-time payroll shares differed slightly between groups.

Washington William L. Austin Bureau of the Census United States Aver

Maine Fishing Industry Faces a Changing Future

Maine officials warn Gulf of Maine fish and shellfish stocks are shrinking while demand and prices rise. Massachusetts researchers push clam culture and lobster rearing, with substantial investments in beds and hatcheries. Canadian orders, Japanese competition, and new marketing bureaus reshape the coast’s fishery landscape with promise of modernization and growth.

Maine Gulf of Maine Gulf Cape Cod Cape Sable Ihn Deel Earnest W. Barnes Massachusetts Bureau of Marine Fisheries Boothbay Harbor Massachusetts Canada Ihe New York Oliver Federal Trade Commission Japan George Bank Drargers Rockland Portland Maing Morse Yards Thomaston Snow Yard Bath Iron Works Maine Development Commission

Camps and earnings by type and region in the United States

The data shows age cash earnings per employee are similar across camp types. Over 35 percent of tourist camps lack filling stations while over 25 percent have stations, mainly in California Texas Colorado and Minnesota. California tops with 1440 camps and 4.951 million in receipts. the East South Central states Alabama Kentucky Mississippi and Tennessee report 379 camps, the fewest among divisions.

California Texas Colorado Minnesota Alabama Kentucky Mississippi Tennessee

Personal notes on Boston deaths and visitors

Rev and Mrs Joseph Purdue and daughters Linna Marie and Alice Lorraine died Tuesday in Boston. Mr and Mrs Robert Hatch and son Daniel returned to the city after several months in Augusta Massachusetts visiting sister Mrs Edward W Bridgham. Mr and Mrs Ernest Marshall and son Willard of Laconia NH were weekend guests of Mrs Marshall's mother Mrs Hiram R Annis.

Joseph Purdue Linna Marie Alice Lorraine Boston Robert Hatch Daniel City Augusta Edna Cook Jamaica Plain Mass Edward W. Bridgham Washington Street Ernest Marshall Willard Laconia, N. H Marshall Hiram R. Annis

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