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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 02, 1939

Page

6

Advertising across eras shows the changing face of news

A historical look at how ads framed daily life reveals a shift from concise, factual notices in Bath's early pages to modern campaigns. The piece contrasts 1820s shopfronts and long, single-copy ads with wartime restraint in London and the evolving role of the ad writer as a demanding professional navigating competition and public reaction.

Oday America W. S. Gilbert London Harrods Arthur F. Stone Vermont St. Johnsbury Caledonian Caledonian Record Pioneer Yankee F. B. Gage Yankee Magazine

Lincoln Sagadahoc Council Legion Elects Officers In Bath

In Bath at Legion hall the Lincoln Sagadahoc Council Legion unanimously elected officers for the coming year: Gardiner D. Rogers adjutant, Frank Metcalf finance officer, Edwin Francis sergeant at arms, Flores Wellman chaplain. Executive committee members include Eugene G. Hart Oscar Smith Joseph Dodge Edwin Pooler and James Thomas. Next meeting set for Boothbay Harbor on Sun Nov 26.

Sagadahoc Ning Legion Hall Bath Gardiner D. Rogers Frank Metcalf Wiscasset Edwin Francis Flores Wellman Eugene G. Hart Oscar Smith Waldoboro Joseph Dodge Boothbay Harbor Edwin Pooler James Thomas Damariscotta Boothbay America Warsaw Sumner Sewall Maine Senate Legion Paul Julien Waterville Chicago Maine Boston Albert S. Owen Smith Post Spencer Gay Damariscotta Post John Libby Gardiner Rogers Eugene Hart Waldo Weston

Surprising Silver Anniversary Party for Perry Couple

Mr and Mrs Daniel J Perry celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with a surprise party Saturday evening at their 1070 High Street home. The event, hosted by friends and Sacred Heart Circle D of I members, featured 43 pieces of silverware, carnations, a bride cake centerpiece, cards, and singing. Guests included many local couples and friends.

Daniel J. Perry High Street Sacred Heart Circle D. of I Perry St. Benedicta William J. Culbert St. Jossph’s Church Gardiner Bath Lucien Bisson Mary J. Cummings Oscar J. Tanguay James E. McLaughlin Donald F. Perry Frank T. Fortier John E. Hayes Frank E. Moses George T. Costain Edward J. Lee Andrew C. Flaherty H. Joseph Madden Walter E. Madden Dominique J. Tardif Frederick Burgess Edward A. Footer James B. Lemont James Nostall Virginia M. Wright E. Masonginia M. Wright E. Mason Wright Wilfred F. Skaling Edmund Arsenault

Seventh-day Adventists to Build New High Street Church

The Seventh-day Adventists plan a small High street church opposite the Junior High School, seating about 75 to 80. Services have been held at the G AR hall on Middle street for months as they prepare the new home. The piece cites Thomas Arnold on Christlike society amid rising anti Christian sentiment worldwide.

Seventh-day Adventists High Street G.ar. Hall Middle Street Thomas Arnold Earth Heaven

Halloween Party Honors Mrs Graffam in Unity

Mr and Mrs Anno Harding hosted at Elm Street for Mrs Graffam sister of Mrs Charles Graffam of Unity. Jig saw puzzles and games entertained guests and a buffet lunch was served with Halloween decorations. Mr and Mrs Philip C Hennessy attended.

Anno Harding Elm Street Weeks Street Bertha Wakefield Dora Bridges McNeil Charles Lermond Betty Mullen Billy Maxine Tinney Virginia Bowker Howard Cressey Lucien Tardif Jo Darling

Conley Norton Wedding Held in St Josephs Church

The ceremony was conducted in St Josephs church with Rev Frank Culbert officiating. Conley Norton and Christine Norton received 250 guests at a Randolph home reception. Attendees included groom's Bath friends, family from Augusta Gardiner and Bath, and local officials. The couple plans to reside in Gardiner after a New York state wedding trip.

Brown-Preney Wedding Held Saturday Night

Edward Brown Jr son of Mr and Mrs Brown of 28 Lemont Street and Virginia May Preney daughter of Mrs Hilda A Preney of 28 Dummer Street were married Saturday night at 830 at the home of Mr and Mrs James W Kaler in West Bath Charles T Small Jr officiated The groom a Morse High School 1938 graduate and Cushman Bakery route operator is famed as a top basketball and baseball player in the area Mrs Brown Morse High School 1939 graduate attended the ceremony with family and friends

Edward Brown, Jr Morse High School Cushman Bath Brown

Marriage Announced for Esther Harjula and Charles Lunden at Round Pond

Announcements state Miss Esther Harjula and Charles Lunden were wed at Round Pond on August 13. The ceremonies surprised friends as she earlier served as maid of honor at her sister Ida Harjula Partanen’s wedding a week after her own. Mrs. Lunden is related to Mrs. William Daley of Middle Street and Edwin Harjula of Bowery Street.

Esther Harjula Charles Lunden Round Pond Eino Partanen Ida Harjula Lunden William Daley Middle Street Edwin Harjula Bowery Street

Douglass Paine Wed in Boothbay Harbor Ceremony

Warren Merrill Douglass of Freeport and Verona Mae Paine of Boothbay Harbor married in a single ring ceremony at Winter Street Church. Rev. Joseph O. Purdue officiated with attendants Pauline M. Linnekin and Carroll M. Linnekin present.

Warren Merrill Douglass Freeport Milton Douglass Bowdeinham Verona Mae Paine Lowell Paine Boothbay Harbor Joseph O. Purdue Winter Street Washington Street Pauline M. Linnekin Carroll M. Linnekin

Davis Hart Perform Simple Ring Ceremony in Nazarene Church

Roy Freemont Davis of Bath and Eunice Madelyn Hart of Phippsburg wed in a Saturday afternoon ceremony at two in the Church of the Nazarene parsonage on Russell Street. The Rev. Earl T. French officiated with Freemont Davis and Hazel Davis as attendants.

Roy Freemont Davis Bath Raymond Davis Phippsburg Eunice Madelyn Hart Ralph Hart Church of the Nazarene Russell Street Earl T. French Freemont Davis Hazel Davis

Evening School Opens at Morse High with 370 Enrollees

The Bailey Evening School of Industries started its 1039-40 session Monday at Morse High School drawing 370 attendees, 80 more than last year. The opening evening focused on registration while regular classes begin Wednesday at seven.

Bailey Evening School of Industries Morse High School

Classifieds Rate Notice Insertion Pricing

A classified ad notice lists rate terms: 25 words for the first insertion at 35 cents and 20 cents for each additional insertion. It states the copy must reach the office by noon on Wednesday.

Farm and city property buy sell ad on Front Street

Local notice advertises farm and city property for sale or purchase on Be Bley Swale Front Street with contact details and price guidance, dated December 30.

Swale Front Street

Bowdoinham Notes Highlight Local Activity and Visits

Maurice Bragdon audited Bowdoinham town books for 1936 and 1939 ahead of March town meeting. Social visits span Hebron, Sanford, Freeport, Old Orchard, and Portland with many relatives and guests at homes, farms, the grange hall, and hotels.

Booster Night Highlights at Merrymeeting Grange Bowdoinham

Merrymeeting Grange in Bowdoinham held its annual Booster Night featuring a service and flag salute led by Rev. John N. Palmer, patriotic readings, musical solos by Greenwald and Roland Robinson, skits including A Perfect Stranger, and a welfare report by Mrs. W. H. Gould. The program concluded with games and refreshments.

Merrymeeting Grange Bowdoinham John N. Palmer America Charles White Augusta Chester F. Hobart George Hackett W. H. Gould Fred Leavitt Loomis Dyer Greenwald Roland Robinson Thelma Maloon Oliver Hudson Emily Rideout Kenneth Gilpatrick Milton Baker Lois Pratt Linwood Hackett Earl Hobart

Bowdoinham Farm Bureau Meets for Aids to Clothes Buying

The Bowdoinham Women's Farm Bureau held a Friday meeting at Merrymeeting Grange Hall with 11 members present. Miss Mary Wright led the session on Aids to Clothes Buying, including a fabric test conducted by Prindall, Mrs. George Ackley, Mrs. Harold Hackett, and Mrs. Marion Chase. Ralph McEwen organized the health dinner featuring meat, potatoes, buttered carrots, coffee, doughnuts, and apples served at noon. Gourds and Halloween decoramed the dining table.

Maurice Bragdon State Department Mary Dodge Bessie Pratt Hebron Maurice Libby Vendella Mosher Maine General Hospital Portland Edward LaRo Farm Bureau Grange Hall Mary Wright Robert Webber Freeport Webber Merton Webber Guy Webber Edward Old Orchard North Conway N. H Eastern Slope George Wedge Sebago Lake Charles Hackett Frederic Pauling Springfield Mass Pauling Massachusetts Alice Small Seattle Wash Hattie Powers Small Europe United States Galt S. W. Miles Stanley Coolidge Bath Grant Hulse Ralph Olsen Portsmouth Neb Chester Hobart Jessie Ames Maine Municipal Association Augusta Fred Bass Charles Bass J. E. Brown West Medford Pleasant Pond Charles Sherman Mary Pat Mrs Philip Rideout Women's Farm Bureau of Bowdoinham Merrymeeting Grange Hall Aring Prindall George Ackley Harold Hackett Marion Chase Ralph McEwen

Notable meeting notes include two new members

In the afternoon, samples of materials were inspected and discussed. Two new members joined. The next meeting Nov. 10 will be on "An Apple a Day" led by Mrs. Milton Given. Members went to Topsham Tuesday for an all day meeting.

Milton Given Topsham

Funeral Held for William Cornish 25 in Bowdoinham

The funeral for William Cornish who died in Galveston Texas on Saturday October 20 was held Friday at 10 30 a m at W H Gould's funeral home. Rev Mr Palmer led prayers and poems were recited. He leaves a father mother grandmother four aunts and many cousins. Burial followed at Bowdoinham Ridge cemetery. Mrs Abbie Graves and the late William Graves are noted as grandparents. Mr and Mrs Walter Rogers returned from Galveston with the body.

William Cornish W. H. Gould Billy” Cornish Galveston Tex Mr. Palmer Bowdoinham Ridge Abbie William Graves Walter Rogers Rogers

Bailey Farnham depart for West Coast for four months

Frank Bailey and Calvin Farnham, sons of Mr. and Mrs. George Farnham, left Woolwich in Mr. Farnham's car for four months on the West Coast. They will visit Los Angeles, the Grand Canyon, Death Valley, and Yosemite before heading to Olympia, Washington to seek winter work with Albert W. Clark.

Frank Bailey Calvin Farnham George Farnham Mr. Farnham West Coast Los Angeles Grand Canyon Death Valley Yosemite National Park Olympia Wash Farnham Albert W. Clark Clark Morse High Blanche J. Bunker Calif Grace Ferry Milton Mass Sagadahoc Ferry Ida M. Beals Harvey P. Hathorne

Winter Street Auxiliary Hosts Halloween Party

Mrs Chester A Roberts Miss Anna H Hill Mrs Frederick H Cullen Mrs Olney C Perry and Mrs Russell M Colby hosted a Halloween party after a Winter Street Auxiliary meeting. Witches jack o lanterns and orange black streamers decorated the room. Games fortune telling and ghost stories were on the program with 32 members in costume. The Auxiliary plans a baked bean supper on November 18.

Chester A. Roberts Anna H. Hill Frederick H. Cullen Olney C. Perry Russell M. Colby Winter Street

Mrs Lila Wood Takes Home With Alkazins in Oxford

Mrs Lila Wood of Oxford now resides with her daughter Mrs David Alkazin and her husband Mr Alkazin of Washington Street.

Lila Wood Oxford David Alkazin Alkazin Washington Street

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Senter’ S. Inc Red Cross iIg Eleanor-Stone Times Edward C. Plummer Maine Gazette B.C E. Bailey Front Street Dr. Davenport Wheaton William Rowe Lewiston Charles Nelson Lower Lincoln-Sagadahoc Council Legion St. Joseph's Church Blanche Chase Randolph Charles F. MacDonald, Jr John M. Conley Beacon Street Bath Iron Works Corp Kents Hill Conley Stephen Marriner Cony High School David P. Mullin Beatrice E. Duprey Arthur J. Preney John A. Greene Harjula Douglass—Paine Davis—Hart Bowdoinham Farm Bureau White Cross R.c.a.victor Radio A. D. Stetson & Son Bowdoinham Post Road Woolwich Basil Rathbone Vic McLagren Rio THE Marx Brothers James Cagney Priscilla Lane Randolph Scott Margaret Lindsay Uptown Charles Bickford John Litel 3 Mesquiteers NEW Frontier Country Store William Henry Judith Barrett Television Spy Jackie Cooper F. Bartholomew
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