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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1929

Page

3

Bath social and business notices mingle with travel

The Bath area reports weddings and engagements among locals plus a long list of visitors and residents traveling to Boston Portland and Bangor. Notables include Miss Kent Miss Car tie Hall and Mr McFadden with a wedding planned Friday morning. Residents visit relatives attend church events and enjoy bridge parties and summer plans across Bath Five Islands Georgetown Camden and Gardiner.

Doctor Donnell arrives in San Diego to summer here

Dr. Robert H. Donnell of San Diego, formerly of Bath, arrived Monday afternoon to spend the summer. He has been serving as house physician at the U. S. Grant hotel and has built a large practice in the city. He left there last Wednesday morning. Ex Alderman Ralph C Covel and wife, Mrs. W. A. McNeil and Mrs. C. B. Mason were in Portland on Monday.

Fred L. Brackley Waterville Carl F. Pierce Boston New York Buffalo C. A. D'Arcy Bath Niagara Falls Portland Pierce Ernest M. Holman First Baptist Church Baptist Church Camden Herbert E. Worrey Joseph M. Lemont Holman Wayne Blair Wilson David L. Wilson Middle Street Satos Brazil West Grama American Republic Line Buenos Aires States James 8. Jones Annapolis Pauline Clinto George B. Wolstenhulme People’s Church Colby College Colby Oak Grove Seminary Lowell Haynes Department of Philosophy Robert H. Donnell San Diego Cal Donnell U. S. Grant Hotel Ralph C Covel W. A. McNeil C. B. Mason William E. Hill Billy Naugatuck Conn William W. Robinson Popham Beach Benjamin Hall West Roxbury Mass Fred T. Mayers A. B. Hervey Dr. Hervey Bermuda

Birthday Cake and Cobweb Hunt at East Brunswick Bungalow

Mrs Nellie Douglas Thompson entertained Bath and Portland friends at a pine bungalow in East Brunswick on Sunday. The birthday of a guest sparked a cake cutting and cobweb hunt with souvenirs. A sumptuous lunch followed.

Nellie Douglas Thompson Bath and Portland the Pines East Brunswick

Social Roundup of Local Residents and Visitors

Local society notes list the Emersons Barrons and Barrons visiting Augusta for an evangelistic service led by Rev. Lawrence B Greenwood. Passages mention Eckard Spinney family at Bay Point cottage and Mrs Hall of West Roxbury arriving with A B Hervey to spend summer.

Frank E. Emerson Spring Street Fred W. Barron Olive Barron Marshall Avenue Augusta Lawrence B Greenwood

Bath's New City Hall Modern Architecture and Features

The new Bath City Hall showcases modern design with walnut desks and new chairs for aldermen, refreshed presiding officers, and a gold framed portrait of Bath's first mayor. It includes automatic elevator access, Bubbler drinking fountains, extensive ventilation, hot water on all floors, and candlelit auditorium lighting. The building offers city views from the roof and a wide view of surrounding country from the belfry.

Les Bath David C. Magoun Davenport Trustees Davenport Fortune

John W Gilmore Named City Clerk in Maine

John W Gilmore is installed as city clerk after a career in entertainment including pioneering moving pictures in Maine with George A Baker and a tenure with the Hyde Light Guards in the Spanish American War. He earned medals for long distance service and sharpshooting and served as sealer of weights and measures for 14 years. He married Myrtle Rich and they have three children and several grandchildren.

George A. Baker Maine Thomaston Edison Universal National Soldiers Togus Old Hyde Light Guards Cuba Fitzhugh “Ee National Guard Old Bath Cycle Club Great Council Myrtle Rich Samuel R Freelove Martin Rich Paul Arthur Gilmore Eunice Perkins Y.M.C.A Marjorie Virginia Richard Robert Gilmore Paul Gilmore Constance John R. Gilmore William C. Perkins

Seven Month Educational Trip Through Americas And Pacific

R Low of Bath and a Bowdoin College classmate Davis returned from a seven month educational journey spanning the Pacific, Alaska, and numerous U S states. They traveled by bus, train, walking, and ship from Bath Oct 22 1928 visiting Hawaii three islands Mauna Loa Kilauea and observed native life sugar and pineapple plantations.

Pacific Alaska R. Low Virginia West Virginia Ohio Missouri Kansas Colorado New Mexico Arizona California Los Angeles Cal San Francisco Manoa Matson Hawaiian Islands Hawaii Oahu Maui Mauna Loa Kilauea Niagara Honolulu Seattle Wash Alameda Alaska Steamship Co Skagway White Pass Yukon Yukon Territory White Horse Princess Louise Canadian Pacific Vancouver B. C Lake Louise Winnepeg Banff Canadian Rockies Alberta Montreal Bath Grand Trunk

Wedding of Miss Boynton and Caldwell Phillips Planned

A Bath wedding of interest is set for June 26 at Melrose Highlands Mass with Miss Adelaide Boynton formerly of Bath to marry Caldwell Phillips of Bangor. Miss Boynton is recovering from major surgery, date may shift. Both are educators with Houghton Mifflin Co. and have worked across New England.

Bath Melrose Highland Mass Adelaide Boynton Center Street Caldwell Phillips Bangor Clinton D. Wilson Andrews Road Poynton Melrose Hospital Mr. Phillips Educational Department Houghton, Mifflin Co Maine New Hampshire Vermont Miss Boynton New England

Past Grand Regent Attends Grand Council Session

Frank S. Wakefield, past grand regent of the Royal Arborum, attended the annual Grand Council session and was elected supreme representative to the National meeting in Quebec June 15-22 and chairman of the finance board for next year. Ralph H. Sprague and other officers were elected at Tuesday's session.

Frank S. Wakefield Royal Arranum Grand Quebec Finance Board Wakefield Old Point Comfort Ralph H. Sprague

Bath town notes a mix of gifts, parades, and local trades

City resident Harry Thebeau takes delivery of a new five passenger Buick sedan on Thursday. Genesta sewing circle plans a picnic on the New Meadows west of Bull Rock Wednesday afternoon. Local dealer reports a pair of five year old dapple gray horses arriving from Jonas Edwards & Sons. A Bath store displays a business only message and a Ramona council delegation heads to Wiscasset for a district meeting Friday night. Maj. Emmons leads parades in Camden and Rockland Thursday in a white moleskin uniform. Colonial Air Transport reports 533 passengers in its first month. Bath gardeners seek skunk cabbages amid rising interest for transplanting, and local anglers boast a 12-inch trout landed at Small Point after a pond-side scramble.

Genesta New Meadows Bull Rock Roy Shackford Harry A. Walters Bath Box Co Jonas Edwards & Sons Auburn West Bath J. Edwin L. Emmons Camden Rockland Maj. Emmons Rumford St. John’s Mr. Emmons

Bath City Official Honored For Long Service At City Hall

Henry Siegel Company veteran with Boston ties and Austin stint rose from marking room to assistant buyer before Chicago millinery work. He later joined Bath Iron Works in 1914, serving in machine shop and foundry. Since 1916 he led boiler duties at Davenport Memorial and shaped City Hall operations.

Henry Siegel Co Boston William Filene Ferguson Bath Bath Iron Works Child Davenport Memorial Old City Hall Walter Moore Kerr & Houston Ward 2 Bath Aerie Providence R. T

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