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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1939

Page

4

Local Post Office Savings Bonds Total Reveals Wiscasset Rank

Wiscasset post office reported 1938 year end savings bond sales totaling 1856 25 and ranked 40th among Maine’s 98 third class offices per capita. Community notices cover local visits moves and social events across Wiscasset including arrivals at High Street homes and weekend trips to Searsmont and Portland.

A. Holbrook Wiscasset United States Savings Maine Waldo Brewer Alice Lewis Ethel Y. Barbour High Street Frances Somes Jeanette Haggett Westbrook Junior College Lawrence Colby Porter Home Water Street Richard Rines Daniel Smith Edgecomb Porter House Irving Stinson Jack Stratford Emma Stinson Thelma Trott Winchester Mass William Elliot Federal Street Elizabeth Harding Garrison Hill Chepter Portland Helen R. Haggett Tennessee Low Jewett Lawrence B. Haggett Bath Road Henry Anderson George Hobson George Bemis John Wright Charles J. DiPerri Tri- County Osteopathic Association Windsor Hotel Belfast

Mrs Kee Loing Visits Boston Before Naval Duty

Mrs Harold W Kee Loing traveled to Boston Sunday for a brief visit with her son Lieut Henry C DeLong U S N He is bound for Norfolk Va and has been ordered to duty on the West coast awaiting assignment and further orders

Harold W. Kee Loing Wie von Street Boston Henry C. DeLong U.S.N DeLong Norfolk Hern West Coast

Hyde Windlass Workers Stage Cribbage Challenge

Readers are warned of a forthcoming challenge in the Hyde Windlass plant as Harold Walker and partner prepare to test Murray and Moore in a cribbage contest in the Hornet's Nest. The piece notes recruitment of supporters, possible outcomes, and lighthearted bets while tracking moves in the propeller and brass foundry departments.

Hyde Windlass Murdock Murray Fenton Moore Gil Arsenault Pete Lebel Harold Walker Brass Foundry Murray Moore Propeller Department Messrs Murray and Moore Underworld Foundry Grover Whalen San Francisco Fevlen

Residents and visitors share summer plans in Bath area

West Bath Mrs A B Higgins will spend summer with daughter Mrs Sophia Gatchell in Woolwich after hosting Mrs Walter Higgins of Harpswell. Local social life includes visits among Larrabee Fuller Brann Stover and Rich families. Schools close for long weekend while Bath and Lowell Littlefield districts observe holiday.

A. B. Higgins Sarah E. Carlton Woolwich Sophia Gatchell Walter Higgins Harpswell Trafton Swain York Joseph W. Larrabee Elmer Mank Lannes Fuller Courtney E. Stover New Meadows Lake James Brann Mr. Brann Mr. Stover Bath Fire Department Herbert White Sanford’s Crossing E. W. Haggett Skillin Yarmouth Florence Neiley Brunswick Barbara E. Fisher Robert R. Coombs Campbell's Pond Littlefield School Graydon Smith Donald Weed Perry Edward Thompson Charles Bachelder Merrill Jethro Sprague Wilbert Dana Small Robert Nancy Coombs Ossian A. Dodge Odie M. Rich Harry J. Rich Ernest E. Williams Stanley Wendell Daly Greene W. J. Bonney Winthrop Dorothy C. E. Stover Cooper's Mills Washington Rufus W. Lombard Sebago Lake J. Campbell de Gruchy, Jr Lombards Happy Nook Small Point de Gruchys Mr. Lombard Irving Bancroft Earl Lombard Stoneham Mass L. D. Rogers Carolyn Hayden Rogers Bingham Hadley Tremaine R. W. Lombard Damariscotta Mills J. E. Mayo John F. Larrabee Earl T. French Glen Point Edward Matthews A. Knight Malden Sabine Bertha Waugh Sabino Malcolm L. Doble Delmar E. Bates George Bailey Chester Freeman Bernard Pratt Carl Stinson Charles E. Hewitt, Jr Charles E. Hewitt Charles Robert Small Albert Larrabee Henry Cotteau

Maine Fire Chiefs Meet in Bath Eyes Naval Destroyer Launch

The Maine Fire Chiefs association plans a June 17 Bath gathering with a midday banquet, a vantage view of the destroyer Hughes launching on the Kennebec, and demonstrations including the air mask. Attendees will tour the Iron Works, board the destroyer Sims, and hear remarks from Mayor Arthur Sewall.

Maine Fire Chiefs Association Bath Scott Morse Kennebec Sims Central Fire Station Arthur Sewall Joseph W. Randlette Richmond Morse Bath Fire Department Maurice A. Libby Iron Works

Mrs Latno Reforms After Weekend With Rep Tardif

Mrs Florence Latno of Old Town a past regent of the Daughters of Isabella and representative to the Legislature reformed Monday after a weekend visit with Rep Dominique Tardif and Mrs Tardif of 73 Pine Street. On Sunday she attended the Daughters of Isabella convention at Sedgwick.

Florence Latno Old Town Daughters of Isabela Dominique ‘Tardif Pine Street Daughters of Isabella Sedgwick

Cosmos Garden Club notes daffodil care and meeting

The Cosmopolitan Garden club, led by Miss Jane S Murphy, discussed daffodils as narcissus to be planted in September, with guidance on soil, fertilizer, and spacing. Mrs. Edward Merrill highlighted books on bulbs, spoke of related horticultural events, and 35 members attended with tea after the meeting. The annual meeting and election are set for June 12.

Edward Merrill Skowhegan Jane 8. Murphy Merrill England New York Hedwig Benedict Nobleboro Carl Y. Kennedy Brunswick Plain Kennedy Mecomak Belfast Maine Hills Cosmopolitan Garden Club Jane S. Murphy Miss Murphy

Brunswick concert series membership drive under way

The Brunswick Community Concert Association launched its annual drive to fund a 1939 40 season of four concerts. Memberships cost 3 dollars for adults and 1 dollar for high school students, with payments possible in installments. The president Prof Frederic Tillotson has already secured Argentinea the Spanish dancer for the opener and aims to bring Efrem Zimbalist for a later attraction. Volunteers Mrs Fred D Hill and Miss Margaret Mackinnon oversee Bath efforts.

Brunswick Community Concert Association Bath Fred D. Hill Margaret M. Mackinnon Frederic Tillotson Bowdoin College Brunswick Argentinia Efrem Zimbalist New York City

Surprise shower honors Mrs. Everett White by Discord club

Mrs. Everett White of High street received a May basket filled with pastel gifts at a Friday night Discord club gathering hosted by Mrs. Rodney Upham on High street. Attendees included Mrs. Raymond Palmer Mrs. Robert King Mrs. Truman King Mrs. Fenton I. Moore Mrs. Frances Norton Mrs. Eugene Haggett Miss Lelia Thornton Miss Isabell Berry Miss Emma MacDonald and Mrs. White. The club plans another meeting Friday night at Mrs. White’s home 217 High street.

Everett White High Street Discord Rodney Upham White Raymond Palmer Robert King Truman King Fenton I. Moore Frances Norton Eugene Haggett Lelia Thornton Isabell Berry Emma MacDonald

Nurse Dorothy Huggard Visits Family During Vacation

Miss Dorothy Huggard R N of Cape Cod Hospital Hyannis arrives Sunday to spend four weeks with her parents Mr and Mrs Herbert Huggard Mechanic Street. She will also visit her sister Mrs Roland Robinson South Street during the stay.

Dorothy Huggard R. N Cape Cod Hospital Hyannis Mass Herbert Huggard Mechanic Street Roland_Robinson South Street

Local Happenings in Woolwich and Nearby Towns

Roland McIntosh returns from Lewiston weekend trip with cousin Mrs. Jane Coombs. Miss Barbara Kelley of Boston visits Mr. and Mrs. Horace Wade of Day's Ferry. Community events include a kitchen shower at Good Will club and memorial services at Woolwich Center Baptist church led by Rev. David L. Wilson.

Roland McIntosh Lewiston Jane Coombs Barbara Kelley Boston Horace Wade Day's Ferry William Hanson John Gilmore Vinal Hunnewell Sagadahoc Ferry Good Will Club Sadie ‘Rice Lawrence Ryan Memorial Hospital David L. Wilson Bath Center Baptist Church Harold Gilmore Carrol Hatch Woodrow Miller Massachusetts Charlestown Navy Yard George M. Carlton Philadelphia Marjorie Trott Horace Wadé Plinette Allen Laughlin McInnes Boothbay Dover-Foxcroft Kenneth Thope Earl Gainsley Roy Lily Tuessie Hall Sarah B. Wright Ardelle Farrar Ferry Harry Coombs Marilyn F. Hatch John Moore Good Will Club House Clarence Getchell Lawrence H. Putnam Alex T. St. Pierre Freeman L. Oliver Harry E. Fitch Raymond Hathorne National Forestry Service Virginia Maurice T. Hathorne Murphy’s Corner

Burden Family Weekend Visit in Berlin NH

Mr and Mrs Ralph Burden and their children Barbara and Ralph Jr spent the weekend with Mrs Burden’s cousins Mr and Mrs Harry Bartlett in Berlin New Hampshire.

Ralph Burden Barbara Ralph, Jr Ning Berlin N. H

Roscoe Perley Leads Wakefield Pair in Courtship Filing

Roscoe Perley of Wakefield Massachusetts appears with Bettye Seay Bras and Leonard Wetherbee on Washington Street in a noted social filing.

Roscoe Perley Wakefield Mass Bettye Seay Bras Leonard Wetherbee Upper Washington Street

Hundreds Observe Alewives Run At Damariscotta Falls

Crowds flocked to Damariscotta Mills to witness alewives migrating up the river to the lake. Maine motorists arrived from across the region to view the annual event despite rain. Townspeople salt and store barrels of the fish for shipment south while observers reflect on life’s two paths illustrated by the fish’s climb and misfortune.

Damariscotta Mills Damariscotta River Bay Maine

Senator Sewall's Career Chronicle From Bath to Maine Senate

The piece outlines William D. Sewall's long arc from Bath youth to Harvard, ambulance service, combat flying with seven victories, and international honors. It covers his aviation ventures with Colonial Air Transport and Pan American links, his wartime awards, and postwar work including United Air Lines. It notes his marriage in 1928 to Helena Evans and four children, plus his 1935 House entry and 1936 Senate election.

Congress Benjamin Ames Bath Albion K. Parris Maine Albert H. Shaw Sagadahoc County King Lincoln County Senator Sewall William D. Sewall Sewall Harvard American Ambulance Field Service American Air Service Belgium Albert United States Intercollegiate Flying Association Connecticut Aerial Navigation Co Juan Trippe Pan American Air Lines Colonial Air Transport Boston City New York National Aeronautic Association Amelia Earhart United Air Lines Tampico Mexico Spain Cuba Henry Ford Dearborn Mich Wyoming Helena Ellena Evans Olive Alexandra David Nicholas Bath Board of Aldermen Sewal House of Representatives Will Rogers Senate

Political Career Advancement Merit Hints From Allies

Friends urge him to pursue a substate race as part of a broader advancement path, highlighting a trend in his political career and the potential for continued public service.

Woolwich Pupils Stage Safety Land Play

Primary pupils from Sagadahoc Ferry school presented Safety Land written and directed by their teacher Mrs. Doris Haley at the Good Will club house. More than 150 attended as costumes and stage decor highlighted the show.

Woolwich P. T. A Sagadahoc Ferry School Doris Haley Good Will Club House Obedience Kindness Guardian Spirit Haley Reese Cameron Jimmy Cleeves Richard Crocker Shirley Hunnewell Shirley Potter Virginia Dow Pauline Strout Gwendolyn Prior James Nostall

Montsweag Farm Bureau Meets for Dyeing in the Household

The Montsweag Farm Bureau held an all day session with Mrs. Maurice Shea and Mrs. Madelyn Colby leading a program on household dyeing. Demonstrations by Mrs. Harry Fitch and Mrs. Shea showcased curtain dyeing and a noon pot roast dinner was served by the dinner committee.

Montsweag Farm Bureau Maurice Shea Oliver Street Bath Madelyn Colby Wiscasset Harry Fitch Shea Wilbur Crocker Archie Wishart Gertrude Munsey Woolwich Forrest Baker Rosa Shea Hazel Mank Nelson Rice Barbara Frink Earl Colby Helena Hodgdon Priscilla Colby Flora Munsey Warren Grover Hallie Simpson Philip Dorothy Wilson Lance Fuller West Bath

Legion to Sponsor July Lawn Party

At the Roland Smith post American Legion meeting plans were outlined for a Lawn Party to be held July 12 13 and 14. Eugene Hart named general chairman with committees listed including booth games and supervision. Attendees urged to attend Tuesday evening for details.

Roland Smith Post American Legion Eugene Hart Booth Wilbur Crocker F. Crosby D. Alkazin J. Crosby G. Nelson J. Osborne H. Conley R. Hersom R. Kingsbury J. Lausier R. Sudds E. Cooper R. Gatchell E. St. Peter E. Maxwell G. Worrey L. Plummer L. Bisson J. Libby G. Rogers S. Cook A. Curran J. Davies H. Gediman Lance Cooper Freeman Crosby Gardiner Rogers Miles Hagan John Libby Roy Hutchins Ralph Gay

Fairview Cemetery Association elects new president

Harry Knight was elected president to succeed Charles T. Small who did not seek re election at the annual meeting in Winneganee church vestry. Mrs. Harold Haggett was re elected secretary and Charles E. Preble was re elected treasurer. Work begins on cemetery improvements with regrading and cleaning planned for fall and spring. Dues collection underway.

Wesley C. Day Depositors Trust Co Augusta Enjo New Walter Sherman C.t Lucia Eames Federal Street Massatts Gertrude McTeer D. F Bay Main Street Frank Haggett Brattleboro Paul E. Bailey Thomas Hall U. of M James Libby Litchfield Leonard Hilton Water Street William Faulkingham Newcastle Cyprian Bryant Washington Street Searsmont D. O. Stahl Elmer Campbell Stahl Roy Marston Freeman Southard Malden Mass Frederick Smith Waterville Christian Civic League First Congregational Church George E. Millard Jr Charlies E. Cowley Eva Gorham Wise Portland Walter Williamson Port Washington Long Island Roy Dow DeForrest Munsey Johia Lewis North School Katherine Lewis South School Thelma Boudin Lewis J. H. Dow Bridgeport Conn Elwell American Legion Auxiliary Nellie Dowling Horatio Shea Kia Harry Knight Fairview Cemetery Association Charles T. Small Winneganee Harold Haggett Charles E. Preble

Miss Andrews and Bar Ara juniors attend Portland banquet

Miss Geraldine Andrews, Miss Bar Ara high school juniors and winners in the club's essay contest, attended a Portland Propeller Club banquet Monday evening. Guest speaker was Robert W. Horton of Washington, director of the Maritime Commission's Division of Maritime Information. The event marked National Maritime Day and Foreign Trade Week.

Geraldine Andrews Barara Portland Propeller Club Robert W. Horton Washington Martime Commission Division of Maritime Information

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Baths Hyde Windlass Company Frank Miller Charles Landers Jack Landers Bath Memorial Hospital Ira Hamblen Bell Room Ira Bill Paisley Priscilla Libby Bill Cook's Corner William Paisley Jr Harold Safford Foster’s Point Road Elmer Blake Elmer Yoave George Soule John Kenney Harry Mullin Vivian Gotte Harry Gotte Sail Loft Ul Mite Cosmo Garden Club LY Meeting Selectmen's Topsham Edmen's Ice Town Hall Ulysses G. Bessie Menne Wa Me. Mallett W. Selectmen Squalus Oliver F. Naquin Alexandria U. S Portsmouth Naquin Montsweag Farm Bureau Meeting Legion
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