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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1933

Page

3

Bath Women and Guests Attend Graduation News

Miss Barbara Fisher daughter of Mr and Mrs Alonzo G Fisher of Woods Hole Mass formerly of Park street Bath graduates from Kents Hill Seminary on June 10 She is secretary of the Adelphian society and acted in the comedy Skidding to be repeated Miss Marjorie Fisher has been living in Bath to finish school and will join Barbara and their parents for vacation atUncatena Island Woods Hole

Barbara Fisher Alonzo G. Fisher Woods Hole Mass Park Street Bath Morse High School Kents Hill Seminary Adelphian Society Kents Hill Marjorie Fisher Uncatena Island Portland Maine General Hospital School of Nursing Marjorie E. Legard Forrest C. Legard Gladys M. Legard George E. Legard Ralph E. Legard Elwood Clifton E. Legard Leona Osgood Paul M. Olm Dwight W. Pierce Mildred Hooper Catherine Hooper C. Roland Trott A. Carolyn Plant J. Edward Drake, Jr Eastland Miss Legard Miss Plant Morse High

Birthday party and school dance honor two sisters

Miss Frances Shaughnessy and Miss Edith Mackinnon celebrated joint birthdays with a Friday night gathering at Miss Shaughnessy’s Washington trest home. The party led to a High School gymnasium dance hosted by the class of 1932 with many guests and visitors noted, including Mrs. Herbert Malzard and Mrs. Garrie Shaw.

Frances Shaughnessy Edith Mackinnon Miss Shaughnessy Washington Miss Mackinnon Lois Swett Jane §. Donnell Carl Stevens Jane Hyde Ruth Dale Catharine Hooper Mary McChuire Mary Sewall Bertha Lord Betty Fuller Jeanette Shavkford Ieva Henderon Emily Jordan Annah Chaney Tsabe! Mackinnon Loweee Bris Alicia Crosby Betty Eastman Ruth Powers Lugdile J. Tinson

Recital by Three Art studio in Fryehall Portland

Miss Thelma M Foxy participates in a Monday recital by Three Art studio in Fryehall Portland. Fogg performs in All American and Dark Eyed Susan Brown. Local attendees include Mrs Margaret Flint Mrs Gladys Munsey Miss Sally Munsey Mrs Louise Holbrook Mrs Lara Greenleaf Miss Beatrice Greenleaf Royden Haines Jr Mr and Mrs Donald Fogg Dorothy MacMahan Grace Bishop. Mrs Robert Brownell hosted her contract club at Cobb road Monday afternoon.

Thelma M. Foxy Three Art Studio Fryehall Portland Fogg Dark Eyed Susan Brown Margaret Flint Gladys Munsey Sally Munsey Louise Holbrook Lara Greenleaf Beatrice Greenleaf

Birthdays Are Celebrated At Bay Point Cottage Party

A social evening at the Miles Hagan cottage Bay Point honored four local youths with dancing cards and refreshments. Attendees included Mildred and Katharine Hagan Norman Drummond and Ralph Steen plus Mrs Drummond Mrs Steen and several others. Other notes mention graduation travels and visits to Boston Bath and Cambridge with town residents and relatives.

Arrowsic Miles Hagan Bay Point Mildred Katharine Hagan Norman Drummond Ralph Steen Drummond Steen Merle Weeks Loring Clark Cordelia Clark Harold McIntire

Local guests register at Ridin' Light Lodge and social events noted

The Ridin Light Lodge hosted guests including Mr and Mrs Adam Adamoff of Woonsocket Rhode Island and others from Boston Belmont New Bedford Portland and Los Angeles. J R Deery of John Hancock Insurance spent the weekend in Lewiston. A supper for newlyweds Mr and Mrs Royal A Johnson was hosted by Mr and Mrs Warren Hawley. Edward Given hosted a Thursday dinner. James A Gillies Jr and Mrs Guysbert B Vroom visited Boston for Alien Corn starring Sidney Howard and Katherine Cornell.

Ridin’ Light Lodge Adam Adamoff Woonsocket R. I Winslow Rouse Boston D. E. Bartlett Belmont Mass E. Mullins New Bedford H. 8S. Barton and Son Portland Ore A. Berman Los Angeles Calif Guysbert B. Vroom Sidney Howard Katherine Cornell

Miss E Winifred Aderton sails to Europe on envoy mission

Miss E Winifred Aderton sails May 17 aboard the President Harding bound for Havre and Paris then Rome where she will be presented to the King of Italy as part of Ambassador Breckinridge Longs staff. She will reside at the Embassy with the Long family and Mrs Frances Aderton travels separately with plans to join in Italy next October. Mrs Gibbons and the Webbers appear in Boston and New London society notices amid illness and travel duties with family ties and ship connections highlighted.

E. Winifred Aderton Harding Havre France Paris Rome Miss Aderton Italy Breckinridge Long Frances S. Aderton New York

Miss Marion Watson Hosts Birthday Party for John Doyle

Miss Marion Watson entertained Friday evening at her Brunswick Road home with a party honoring John Doyle’s 30th birthday.

Marion Watson Brunswick Road John Doyle

Mrs Parker Lewis Honored at Surprise Shower

Mrs Parker Lewis nee Carmen Atkinson recently wed and was guest of honor at a surprise miscellaneous shower hosted by Mrs Edna M Wilson and Mrs Harry G Cooke at 38 Willow Street. Attendees included members of the Young Woman's Bridge Club, her sister Mrs L Eugene Thebeau and Mrs Julia Murray. She received china linen silverware and other home goods for her Brunswick Road residence.

Parker Lewis Carmen Atkinson Edna M. Wilson Harry G. Cooke Willow Street Young Woman's Bridge Club Lewis L. Eugene Thebeau Vanona Atkinson Julia Murray Brunswick Road

Miss Evangeline Comeau Visits Mrs Dawe in Andover

Miss Evangeline Comeau RN of Andover Massachusetts visits Mrs. Ralph Dawe at 34 Meadow Way. The brief item notes a social call and location tying a named nurse to a specific residence in Andover.

Evangeline Comeau, R. N Andover Mass Ralph Dawe Meadow Way

Minard Couple To Spend Summer In Bath

Prof and Mrs George Minard of New York arrive in Bath in early June for a month at Clyde Pinkham’s Green Street home. He heads New York University education department and will teach at the Summer School in July. They plan a return for August.

Charles R. Andrews Flushing, N. Y Fred L. Andrews Bath George E. Thompson Hardings George Minard New York George C. Minard Prof. Minard New York University

Hatch and Percy Families Spend Sunday at Popham Beach

Mr and Mrs Robert B Hatch and Mr and Mrs Augustus A Percy were listed as passing Sunday at Popham Beach in a brief social note highlighting local family gatherings and seaside recreation.

Robert B. Hatch Augustus A. Percy Popham Beach

Resignation Accepted of Cumberland County Girl Scout Leader

Miss Hazel F Adams resigns as executive director of the Cumberland County Girl Scouts council effective September 1. She will finish the summer as director of the Girl Scout Day camp at Scarboro. Adams joined the council in Portland in December 1930 after 15 years in scouting with studies in England and Canada and teaching Girl Scout courses in Bermuda. She grew up in Waltham, Massachusetts and attended local schools and Boston University. She is well known to local troop members. Mr and Mrs Richard L Sprague of Portland visited friends in the city Thursday.

Hazel F. Adams Cumberland County Girl Scouts Council Miss Adams Scarboro Portland England Canada Bermuda Waltham Mass Boston University

Bath fishing trip escorts notable Maine officials

Dr. Robert H. Donnell of San Diego, former Bath city physician, travels with ex Mayor Samuel R. Percy for a fishing trip at the Percy camp on Sugar Island Lake Moosehead. The party includes ex Mayor Allen M. Irish, Alderman Daniel T. Dougherty, and Councilman Chester H. McCabe. Frank B. Kelley visits Bath on a Maine trip. Captain Walter E. Farmer arrives. his steamer Virginia nears Bath readiness for a June 19 inaugural run between Bath and Boothbay Harbor with two daily trips thereafter.

Robert H. Donnell San Diego Calif Bath Samuel R. Percy Percy Sugar Island Lily Bay Lake Moosehead Mr. Percy Allen M. Irish Daniel T. Dougherty Chester H. McCabe Walter E. Farmer Southport Virginia Boothbay Harbor Allan M. Irish Cal Capt. Percy

Morin Joins Central Maine General Hospital Staff

Dr Harry F Morin of this city has been added to the associate staff of Central Maine General hospital Allan Ramsay sang Song of Praise at Bowdoin College chapel with Prof Wass at the organ The Bishop of Liberia preached and a special service was held Ramsay will lead the second tenor at Ivy day ceremonies Friday Mrs Charles R Farnham and son Richard and Guysbert B Vroom Jr spent Sunday at the Farnham cottage at Bay Point Clara Albee is critically ill in Ellsworth hospital following surgery and illness while visiting a relative.

Harry F. Morin Central Maine General Hospital Lewiston Allan Ramsay Bowdoin College Huhn Prof. Wass Liberia Ramsay Charles R. Farnham Richard Guysbert B. Vroom, Jr Farnham Bay Point Clara Albee Ellsworth Alliot Bath Ellsworth Hospital Surry

Passmore Couple Arrive From St John for Summer Season

Mr and Mrs Arthur C Passmore arrived Saturday night from St John New Brunswick where Mr Passmore is employed in the U S Customs department and will stay until month end reporting in St Andrew on June 1 for the summer season.

Arthur C. Passmore St. John N. B Passmore U. S. Customs Department St. Andrew

Local residents take a Sunday trip to New Harbor

Mr. and Mrs. Royal A. Johnson along with Mrs. Williams Newell Mrs. John O. Moulton Miss Mary Newell Miss Narcia Moulton Miss Carrie Shaw William P. Drake and G Baer Connard spent Sunday visiting New Harbor for a day trip, returning in the evening.

James A. Gillies, Jr Royal A. Johnson Williams. Newell John O. Moulton Malry Newell Narcia Moulton Carrie Shaw William P. Drake G. Baer Connard New Harbor

Mrs Carroll Watson Hosts Contract Club Luncheon

Mrs Carroll Watson entertained her contract club for luncheon Monday noon at her Washington street home. Narice M Madden, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Clifford Madden formerly of the city, performed in a Three Art Studio recital in Portland Monday evening and joined the baby parade. Narice is the granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Irving Madden of Mechanic street. Attending the recital were Grace Madden Virginia Lewis Dorothy MacMahan and Beatrice Munsey. Nellie Webber of Pearl street has returned after two weeks with Mrs William McGill in Winchester Massachusetts.

Carroll Watson Washington Street Narice M. Madden George Clifford Madden Three Art Studio Portland Narice Charles Irving Madden Mechanic Street Grace Madden Virginia Lewis Dorothy MacMahan Beatrice Munsey Nellie Webber Pearl Street William McGill Winchester Mass Marjorie E. Legard Morse Maine General Hospital School of Nursing George E. Legard North Street

Donnell Family Attends Oak Grove Riding Meet at Vassalboro

Mr and Mrs Charles J Donnell and their three daughters Jane Barbara and Mary Ellanor of Washington street visited Vassalboro on Saturday to attend the Oak Grove seminary riding meet. Judges included Mrs William Tudor Gardiner and Henry C Wright of Bath.

Charles J. Donnell Jane Barbara Mary Ellanor Washington Street Vassalboro Oak Grove Seminary William Tudor Gardiner Henry C. Wright Bath

Mrs Hartleb Undergoes Appendicitis Operation At Brunswick

Mrs Harvey H Hartleb formerly Elizabeth McGuiggan was taken to a Brunswick hospital Saturday morning for an appendicitis operation.

Harvey H. Hartleb Elizabeth McGuiggan Brunswick

Social rounds as residents travel for weekends and summer plans

A string of Provincetown era social notes records Miss Anne G Harvie and Miss Dorothy M Brown returning from Providence after visiting Harvie's sister Miss Emma L Harvie, and other locals traveling to Bristol, Chippewa Bay, Augusta, Sebago, and Greenville for visits, work openings, or seasonal stays. A newborn Benjamin Randall Duce joins Dr and Mrs Duce.

Anne G. Harvie Center Street Dorothy M. Brown Park Street Providence, R. I Harvie Emma L., Harvie

Mrs Day Hosts Luncheon at Green Street Home

Mrs Harry L Day entertained a witty luncheon at her Green Street home last Wednesday with three contract tables in the afternoon. Mr and Mrs Josiah L Walker have returned to Roslindale Massachusetts to spend two weeks before opening their Summer home at Days Ferry. Mr and Mrs David S Cogan and family drove to Lewiston Sunday to visit Mrs Cogan's brother Isidore Arck a Bates College junior, and to view the New Auburn fire ruins.

Cyril B. Varney Malcolm Cummings Street Greenville Harry L. Day Green Street Josiah L. Walker Roslindale Mass Day's Ferry David S. Cogan Lewiston

Cosmopolitan Players to stage Our Aunt Roberta play

Cosmopolitan Players met Tuesday in the club house with Miss Bessie F. Greenblatt presiding. It was decided to present Our Aunt Roberta a comedietta by Mary Kyle Dallas on June 1 in the club house, with Mrs. Clinton D. Wilson coaching the first rehearsal. Willard L. Harwood of Boston, visiting niece Mrs. Dorothy A. Welch at 630 Washington Street, is expected to arrive soon.

Cosmopolitan Players Bessie F. Greenblatt Robertina Mary Kyle Dallas Clinton D. Wilson Willard L. Harwood Boston Dorothy A. Welch Washington Street Charles R. Farnham Miriam W. Kimball Carl C. Anderson Bertha V. Bellerose Sophie G. Greenblatt

Pledges Named for Neai Mathetai at University of Maine

Ten pledges were announced to Neai Mathetai, the campus honorary scholastic organization at the University of Maine. The group admits only women students and honors scholarship. Miss Doris E. Lawrence of Arowsic is president, a Morse High School valedictorian of 1931 and a sophomore at the university.

Neai Mathetai University of Maine Doris E. Lawrence Arrowsic Lawrence Morse High School

Birth of Son for Mr and Mrs Noyes

Mr and Mrs Albert Noyes of Andres road welcome a son born Monday morning weighing nine and a half pounds.

Albert Noyes Andrews Road

New England Visitors Stay With Bridghams in Boston

Shirley Worcester and Charles Stevens of Lebanon New Hampshire visiting Franklin Union Institute students arrive Saturday to see Edward W. Bridgham Jr. and his wife at 1074 Washington Street Mrs Edna Cook of Boston sister in law to Mrs Bridgham also visiting The Smalley family returns to Rockland after a week with Evelyn T Hope at 109 Center Street Donna Rae Smalley accompanies her mother home

Shirley Worcester Charles Stevens Lebanon N. H Franklin Union Institute Boston Edward W. Bridgham, Jr Edward W. Bridgham Washington Street Edna Cook Bridgham Bridghams Lewis H. Smalley Donna Rae Rockland Evelyn T. Hope Center Street

Broad Whitefield ties mark June graduation day notices

Miss Ruth Graffam will deliver the valedictory at Whitefield high school on field day June 2. John Graffam vies for first honor. Miss Lucy W. Coombs leaves for Somerville to visit her sister. Minott family to open Phippsburg Center home for summer. Mrs. Minott’s daughter Clara Albee remains in Ellsworth hospital. Public figures and guests from Bath and surrounding towns arrive for summer visits. Many residents travel for medical, civic, and social engagements.

Ruth Graffam George Graffam Whitefield John Graffam Ruth Charles V. Minott Roxbury Mass Abbie Alice Minott Minott Phippsburg Center

Songs and Costumes of the Olden Times at church event

The First Baptist choir directed by Mrs. Sarah Bagley Wright presents Memories of Long Ago with 1700s and 1900s costumes and Negro spirituals. Soloists duets trios and quartets perform in costume. hats of various periods appear in a young girls chorus. Proceeds support choir music.

First Baptist Church Sarah Bagley Wright Arthur J. Dantor Arthur I. Stuart Clifford F. Harrington Cedric A. Martin John Perkins William Dennison Ruby P. Fullerton William W. Wakefield Stearns W. Scott Besse M. Hunt Lloyd L. Hooker Horace Wace Woolwich Elton Pinkham Charles L. Stuart Howard Larrabee John Southard Basses Herbert E. Worrey

City Chat buzzes with arrivals and events at Bath area

Laundry equipment arrives for Sebasco Lodge while Charles Cahill plans to open New Meadows Inn around June 20 for a 35th season. Visitors from East Orange New Jersey arrive to spend a week and then season at their beach cottage as new Ford Eights arrive from Cummings Motor Co. A collision at Front and Broad streets injures no one seriously. An array of upcoming social events includes a Sacred Heart D of Isabella card party at Hotel Phoenix to benefit St Marys church and auditions for Follies at Bath Opera House. Dogs chasing cows prompt warnings. a Bath man faces intoxication charges. Light showers pass through Phippsburg. more than 100 attend Wesley M E luncheon. Plant's Garage break-in yields a car accessory mirror. Community parades and dances fill local calendars with Scouts, Coast Artillery, and fire department participation. Gov Ely and Senator Walsh secure destroyer work for Fore River and Boston Navy yards, signaling employment for Bath-connected workers.

Farm real estate values show decrease nationwide in 1933

The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports the U S index of farm real estate value per acre fell to 73 on March 1 1933 from 89 a year earlier and 106 in 1931. Declines were widespread and tied to ongoing farm income drops with regional and state variations noted across the East North Central West North Central New England South and other areas.

United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics East North Central West North Central Indiana Michigan Wisconsin Missouri South Dakota Minnesota New England New Hampshire Connecticut Georgia South Carolina Florida Mississippi Alabama Oklahoma Louisiana

Morse High Beats Cony in Historic Diamond Victory Sign unveiled

Morse high school students celebrated a first time victory over Cony on the diamond. A five foot high sign with large Morse letters was erected near the front entrance after the win. The band of players and supporters stayed late to place the message reading we brought home the bacon and how to go gang.

Morse Cony Morse High Bath

Edward Little High Students Perform Patience Opera

E S Pitcher director of music at Auburn public schools led Edward Little high school students in the annual operetta at the school auditorium. Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience, a two act comic opera, was chosen and thoroughly enjoyed by a fair sized audience.

E. S. Pitcher Auburn Edward Little High School Gilbert and Sullivan

Probation Notice Names Executrix for Sagadahoc Estate

On May 9 1933 the Sagadahoc Probate Court named Viola M Fuller of Bath executrix without bond for the estate of N Augustus Fuller late of Bath deceased She accepted the trust on the same date and filed the requisite probate form

State OF Maine Sagadahoc Bath Ee Muah Carlton Murphy State OF Maine Melville H. Blackwell Brunswick Cumberland County Martha E. Shaw Said Ida J. Shaw Oakland Calif Sagadahoe Alice L. Morse Minnie M. Casey William G. Perow San Francisco Benjamin Perow Brooklyn N. Y Augustus Perow A. D John J. Keegan Mary A. Woods Bath Independent Walter S. Glidden D. Wylie Lemont Sarah E. Lemont Walter Glidden William F. Dunham Register William A. Todd Willi QO. Oliver Georgetown Viola M. Fuller N. Augustus Fuller

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Herbert Malzard Woodfords City Garrie Shaw Edward Sewall, Jr Nancy Hyde Leah Merrill Barbara Freeman Patricia Sewall Eleanor Wilson Margaret Kaler Mary Flanor Donnell Barbara Trott Dorothy White Elizabeth Butterfield Mary Hodgkins Mary Bates Lowie Calderwood Jane Donnell Thaddeus Hedrick Brunswick Hospital Inet Bas Franklin Street Robert Brownell Cobb Road Allan Spear Joseph and Donald Philip Paine High Street Walter E. Edge Ventnor N. J Sewall Small Point Parker Worrey O. E. Page Cambridge John H. Welsh Welsh Dr. Welsh Harvard University J. R. Deery The John Hancock Insurance Co Warren Hawley Western Avenue Mrs. Johnson Dwight Pierce Edward Given Thomas S. Gibbons Frank Webber New London Conn Webber Henrietta Webber Charles Hutchins Richard L. Sprague Frank B. Kelley James O. Lincoln Frederick E. Drake Bristol Wavernock Country Club E. D. Hardin Phoenix Chippewa Bay Thousand Islands Mary F. Gibbons Edward B. Smith Middle Street Catherine Johnson Union Street Eric J. Carlson Parker Head John A. Morse Worcester Graham Blandy Alice A. Clough Maine Children's Home Society Augusta Mark W. Sewall Edward Sewall Patricia Edward, Jr Sebago Joseph Noyes Mary Spear Frank H. Holley State House H. B. Duce Benjamin Randall Duce Scott Morse Edward J. Lee William Bowie Mr. Lee Raymond Cunningham Cohasset Herbert Stevens Jeannette F. Shackford Nassan Institute Springvale Roy F. Shackford Turner's Court Shirley Merrill Florence E Bardswell Paul Sackett Allen Bearce Edwin H. Given Augustus Nickerson Howard Nickerson Hingham Nickerson Robert W. Ferrell Ferrell Susan N. Ballou William P. Hill Lucy W. Coombs A. G. Page Co., Jewelers Claude Dyer Somerville Rupert H. Baxter Rainbow Lake Mt. Katahdin Bruce H. M. White Topsham Mr. White Percival P. Baxter Milton S. Kimball Mary John Augustus Ingwerson Frederick H. Kimball Bath Savings Institution of Mutual Savings Banks Swampscott Spear Sebasco Lodge Sebasco Charles H. Cahill New Meadows Inn C. C. Marsh East Orange Popham New Jersey Cummings Motor Co George McMann Oakhurst Front Broad Streets Duncan MacIntosh Broad Street Irving Daley Herbert L. Hopkins Hopkins Sacred Heart Circle Daughters of Isabella Hotel Phoenix Margaret M. Alen Bridge James E. McLaughlin William J. Curran Bath Street St. Mary's Church Bath Opera House Uncle Zeke Whitney Lower High Street Phippsburg Oak Street William Mather Clarence Poland East Brunswick Poland Mather Frank Carver Ladies’ Aid of Wesley M. E. Church Water Street Edwin L. Emmons Red Cross Brunswick Theatre Eddie Brunswick Boy Scouts Girl Scouts 240Th Coast Artillery Brunswick Fire Department Baxter Hall Cliff Leeman Joe Avery Joe Quincy Gov. Ely Senator Walsh Massachusetts Fore River Boston Navy Yard Amos K. Butler State OF Main Arene Said County Arthur J. Dunton Sageee Harry F. Morse Charles W. Morse Walter 5S Attes William F. Dunham
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