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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1930

Page

3

Personal Items and Social News From Bath Society

A Bath social page recounts a birthday gathering with Mrs Sylvester receiving a memento, a large decorated cake, and a host of attendees including Mrs Mosher and several Misses. It notes illness keeping Mrs Percy Miller from attendance and previews a club meeting with Mrs Mosher next week. The column lists numerous visits, engagements, travels, and local events involving families such as the Cloutiers, Moultons, Houghtons, Trellers, and others, plus upcoming weddings and society notices.

Ee John Santier Frank Sylvester Highland Street Walter Mosher Doris Fuller Elizabeth McDougal John Sylvester Evelyn Burgess Washington Street

Maine auxiliary elects new leaders at St Luke's meeting

Mrs Frederick E Drake of Bath was elected first vice president of the Maine branch of the woman's auxiliary at the 52d annual meeting Thursday at St Luke's cathedral Portland. Mrs Kenneth C M Sills of Brunswick retired president received unanimous resolutions of regret. Miss Margaret Ogden of Portland elected president. both Ogden and Drake were re-elected as two of their see on the Diocesan council.

Grace Church Frederick E. Drake Emma Reed Women’s Auxiliary St. Luke's Cathedral Portland P. E. Drake Harold DeLong Mary Gibbons Bath Maine Woman's Auxiliary St. Luke’s Cathedral Kenneth C. M. Sills Brunswick Margaret Ogden Ogden Drake

Birth Announcement and Domestic Travel Note

Julius Gediman of 41 Pratt street motored to Portland today on business. Mr and Mrs William Goldsmith of Auburndale Massachusetts welcome a daughter born May 13. mother formerly Miss Mary Flaherty of this city, daughter of Mrs Margaret Flaherty of Washington street, who is with her daughter.

Julius Gediman Pratt Street Portland William Goldsmith Auburndale Mass Mary Flaherty This City Margaret Plaherty Washington Street Bessie Greenblatt North School Westport Mrs. S. Greenblatt Jane S. Murphy High Street William R. Campbell Mrs. Campbell Bath

Social Busy Weekend Among New England Visitors

A flurry of visits and guest stays fills weekend social pages. Residents from Jersey City Boston and Cape Cod join families in Bath and surrounding towns while local venues host gatherings and dances. Notable names include Mrs. Hyde Mr. Crocker Miss Olm and various Kimball and Trott relations visiting from multiple states.

Local social scene includes bridge wins and visits

Lieut Edward S Fitzgerald of Portsmouth visits parents Mr and Mrs Pitzgerald. Mrs Trott hosts five tables of bridge with prizes to Mrs Brownell Shaughnessey Dennison Andrews. Bath attendees at Fort Williams ball game. Young Ladies Bridge club prizes go to Louise Johnson Grindell Ey Bonney and Bickle. Several local residents travel, host, or visit across Bath Augusta and Boston area.

Lieut Edward S. Fitzgerald Portsmouth John Pitzgerald Milton C. Trott Robert Brownell Helen Shaughnessey William Dennison Ned Andrews Young Ladies Bridge Club Margaret Fraser Flora Fraser Mae Bickle Louise Johnson John Grindell Walter Ey Albert Bonney John J. Keegan E. A. Stover Priscilla Footer

Daughters Born to John Hill Family in Southboro

A daughter was born May 15 to Mr and Mrs John Hill of Southboro Massachusetts. Helen Hamlin of Gardiner a home economics teacher at Morse High School for several years assisted with the announcement.

Ralph Bragg Augusta Bath Mr. Bragg Morse High School Flora Fraser Mark W. Hennessy Miss Fraser Coleman Fraser Milan Street Oliver's Garage Hennessy William J Hennessy Center Street Morse High Schools John—Hill Southboro Mass Helen Hamlin Gardiner

Bath Notes on Local People and Community Events

Mrs. Stearns Scott visits sister in Bath while Mr. Moore departs for Atlantic City to become airport manager for a line to New York. Supt Clinton D. Wilson attends Rotary conclave. Mrs. Harold Small hosts supper bridge. Prizes at a Seattle silk hose event go to Fraser Johnson Footer and others. Several residents travel or visit relatives in Portland Kendall Green Freeport and Boston. A baby boy John Robert Jr. born to Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell of West Newton, honored with a $5 gift from the hospital builder’s wife.

Harold Small Seattle Plara Fraser Ruth Johnson Arline Footer Flora Fraser John Grindell Walter Ey Helen Larrabee Haviland Jorrey Louise Johnson John R. Mitchell West Newton Mass John Robert, Jr Sanderson Hospital Waltham Mitchell Grace Scott Georgetown Bath

Maxwell Ladies Visit Bath as Maine Carnival Queen is Crowned

Mrs Herbert D Maxwell of Boothbay Harbor and her daughter Miss Gertrude Maxwell visited Bath on Friday. The pair had spent the winter in St Petersburg Florida where Miss Maxwell was chosen Maine queen in the big carnival near season's end.

Herbert D. Maxwell Boothbay Harbor Gertrude Maxwell Bath St. Petersburg Fla Miss Maxwell Maine

Notable Bath News Highlights From Memorial Day Preparations

Bath notices reflect community activity with Memorial Day plans, local shifts in personnel, and civic concerns. Events include the National Letter Carriers banquet at the Phoenix. Morse high seniors' exercises and alumni banquets. Bath police handling theft reports and traffic incidents. and a push to support veterans via Poppy Day proceeds. Local figures mentioned include Edward J. McMann, Frank S. Wakefield, Edward N. Hartnett, Eva C. Mason, and Arthur K. Purington.

National Association of Letter Carriers State Association Bath the Phoenix Edward “J. McMann Frank S. Wakefield

Mrs McInnes to Open Home on Washington Street

Mrs John McInnes will arrive Friday from Boston to open her home on Washington street. She has spent several months in Wollaston Massachusetts with her two sons Duncan and R Rodger McInnes.

Alice M. Sawyer Brookline Mass Washington Street John. McInnes Boston McInnes Wollaston Duncan and R. Rodger McInnes

Maine Probate Notice on Heirs of Deceased in Bath

Maud P Thayer of West Georgetown Maine represents Cora Arle widow of Georgetown died February 20 1930 leaving heirs Archer L Thayer Clinton J Thayer Gertrude W Spitzer Earle B Thayer M Thayer Trice Hatch Charlotte D Thayer all of whom reside in Massachusetts Rhode Island and New Jersey and Taunton Bath Sunday May 17 1920 before me Notary Frederick J Hinckley. Probate court in Sagadahoc County orders notice by three weeks in Bath Independent for hearings June 10 1930 at nine oclock to show cause why letters should not be granted. Judge Walter S Glidden. True copy Attest William F Dunham Register.

State OF Maine Savadahoc Maud P. Thayer West Georgetown Maine Cora Arle Said Archer L. Thayer South Harwich Mass Clinton J. Thayer Mansfield Gertrude W. Spitzer Taunton West Georgetown Searle A. D Stradahoc Frederick J. Hinckley State. OF Sawardahss Bath Saga- Serre Cruse Walter S. Glidden Ragadahoc Harry M. Frye Mergeret F. Frye Winnifred BP. Richards Praderick Richards Christine Richards Winnifred PR. Richards Harrie Alice Frye Margaret ¥. Frye Harpy M. Prye State OF Tndfen

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N New York City Harold Walker Miss Alice Walker Allan Spear Bath Savings Institution Atlantic City Ralph Stinson Arrowsic Thomas Potter Lower Washington Street Bridge George Merrill Nellie Congdon Ada Deering Richard Quick Carroll Deering Roy Shackford Jason Merrill James T. Bonney Luther Thompson Lucy Pike N. Gratz Jackson Dora L. Howard Arthur Pepper Edward Sampson Horace Ward Paul Bagdikian Carl Seiders Oliver Street Twico Seiders Brunswick Hospital Bryant M. Patten Lewiston Louise Amy Irish Fred E. Irish Chestnut Street Laconia N.H Frederick Irish Marjorie Buchanan Piera -Randall Beacon Street Farnham Emma Daniel T. Dougherty William. W. Dennison Freeman Farnnham Bates Woman's Literary Union Club Auburn B. Holmes Gibbons Coal Co Belfast Mary F. Gibbons Brockton Cosmopolitan Club Arcade Arcadians Berenice Quimby Martha Ricker Margaret. Lord Margaret Eee Hy Davis Celia McEiman Marcia. Moulton Alice Johnson Mildred Nichols Frank A. Hodgdon F. W. Carlton Lemuel Preble Lawrence Putnam Sagadahoe Ferry Charles W. Clifford Charles W. Clifford, Jr Moosehead Lake Senator Carlton Jack Sweeney Lexington Prank. Hagan Upper High Street Iva Hagan Vaughan Smiley Thelma Kittridge Oliver Moses 2d Rangeley Lakes Eleanor Rand Magss Oral Europe U. S Hamburg Winslow Pine Point William Elliott Lower High Street William D Sewall Fred Hector Fargo N. C New Canaan Walter Fitch Ralph Russell Street Jack Merchant Hinckley Street Christine Gibson South Weymouth Edward Pierce Seguinland Judge Pierce Superior Court of Massachusetts Mrs Herbert Clark Jersey City Matthew Clark John H. Hyde Elmhurst Hyde David W. Crocker Mrs. Hyde Hiram Stevens Frederick Gowell Joe Grindell Leon Buck Kenneth MacDonald Edward McMann Ernest Sarkis William T. Powell Andrews Road Russell Park Powell William Bassett John Austin Wellesly Hills John Frederick Hackenberg Milton, Penn Roscoe P. McFadden Fred Bradden Essex, Conn Bradden Frederick H. Kimball Gladys Olm North Street Cosmopolitant Club Frank H. Lamb Mechanic Falls Jason A. Merrill J. Fenno Elliot Mina Fuller Hyannis Cape Cod Elliot William E. Palmer Milton Trott Greenville Miss Kimball Milton S. Kimball Langdon T. Thaxter Frederick Bradeen Essex Conn Raymond Trott Providence, R. I Joseph M. Trott Flora Main Archibald M. Main University of Maine Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity William R. Freeman William Jr Clifford Small Mexico Edward J. McMann Norman J. McCabe, Jr Fort Williams J. Edward Drake J. Edward, Jr Cornwall on-the-Hudson, N. Y Karcher S. Jackson Norman Rand Portsmouth N. H Carl Anderson Rand Frank Connard Harvard School of Business Administration George B. Connard S. Sewall Webster Indian Point Donald Henderson Sheriff Albert Henderson Cecil E. Paine Mary Paine Sebago Lake Roger Skillings Hayden Hawthorne The Central Fibre Co South Gardiner Henry A. Magoun Green Street Frank Hawthorne Montclair Priccilla Magoun Hazel M. McMann Mansfield Beauty Academy Albert H. Shaw Herbert Rice Herbert Jr Richard Edwin H. Given Melrose John C. Minott Medford Minott Henry Schofield A. and P. Store George Dall Doris Theresa Bernadine Waterville Clinton D. Wilson Supt. Wilson Bath Club Rogers Moulton Drummond Street St. Lawrence Church Rachel Upham Park Street Kendall Green Lillian Upham J. Randall Upham Mrs. Upham Freeport Elizabeth Pattze Arthur Sewall Stoke House Henry W. Owen Charles I. Madden Mechanic Street C. Clifford Madden Madden Flossie Beals Col C. D. Wainwright Col. Wainwright Frank Pickett EK. Miller Framingham, Mass Foster’s Point Ellen Hagan Five Islands Eula Warren Mississippi Ida Hinckley John Newell Phillips Academy W.S. Newell James Rogers Henry W. Butler Mary Pelham Hill Topsham U. S. Daughters of 1812 Clyde E. Richardson Warden George A. Baker Thomaston Lawrence Lowell Lowell Central Maine Power Co A. J. Conti Eastport A. J. Conti, Jr Front Street Kennebec R. A. Scott Iron Works Capitol Furber Davis William Woods John Morin Kelley Lincoln’ County Whitney Davis Mulligan William Bigbee St. Martin's N. B Pejepscot Co Edward N. Hartnett Battery H Bernard J. Clark Arthur K. Purington Republican State Committee Augusta House Eva C. Mason Dover-Foxcroft Daniel FP. Field Phillips Harry A. Furbish Rangeley Maud B. West Winthrop Alice Universalist Parish T. S. Horsefield St. Johnsbury Edwin L. Emmons Rockland Morse American Legion Auxiliary Legion Post Togus Welfare Committee of the American. Legion Center Middle Streets A. R. Lassey Quincy Bernard Lewis Lassey Lewis Grindell Brian Brian” Jewett Sedgwick Circle G.A.R First Baptist Church Fred S. Curtis Thomas R. Huston Mer Earle Thayer Attleboro, Mass Va M. Thayer Hoboken, N. J Trice Hatch Taunton, Mass William F. Dunham William F. Du“Ham Register Willerd R. Oldreive Malden Sradahoc Frecuter Merin M. Teonarate Gahoc Willard Oldreive Edward W. Bridgham William FF Dinham Register of Probate
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