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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 02, 1939

Page

8

Forty Years Ago in Bath item wedding and events

In Bath 1899 Oct 25 records show Flora C Wilcox wed Charles A Mullen at home. Mary Elizabeth Nolan married Frederick William Hartnett at St Marys church with Nan Nolan as bridesmaid. Various local notes include shoots, trades, deaths, and community visits across Bath and nearby towns.

Charles Willis High Street Flora C. Wilcox Charles A. Mullen J. T. Crosby Wesley Church Mary Elizabeth Nolan Frederick William Hartnett St. Mary’s Church Nan Nolan Eugene Hartnett Times Mr. Hartnett J. M. Hayes Co

Memorial Hospital Donation Week Contributions List

Bath residents contributed to Memorial Hospital during Donation Week with items and cash. Donors include Central Church League, Nightingale Club, South End Card Club, Miss Mary FitzGerald, Delmar L. House, Amory Houghton, and many families, clubs, and schools gifting blankets, canned goods, linens, jellies, marmalade, flour, and cash amounts.

Bath Memorial Hospital Edward Hawley Mark W. Hennessy Miss Page Harry Lemont Central Church League Frederick E. Drake Nightingale Club Bath Towers Frank Given Fred P. Shaw Harry A. Walters Fred R. E. Dean Converse G. Fenn Robert P. Shaw Ralph G. Stetson Charles I. Magoun South End Bertha C. Dean Amory Houghton Wise Owl Troop Mary's Parochial School Jewett Harry W. Lemont Edmund A. Rothwell J. R. Andrews Delmar L. House Mary Fitzgerald Frank Lemont Rowland Beal Cecil E. Paine Margaret Farrell Anna Trott Margaret Foote Martha Foote Edwin M. Fuller, Jr Margaret de Coste C. A. Pearsee W. Dayton Hill Ruth Thompson Clarence W. Morse Clare Coombs F. A. Purington Sugar Charles C. Low John Russell Gardiner R. Deering Milton H. Douglas Arthur Sewall William 8. Newell Kate Clark Edward Henry Begins Charles E. Hewitt Owen J. Ledyard Miriam Kimball Dike School Annie J. Ware

Winter Street Men Gather for War Background Talk

The Winter Street Men's club holds its first Fall meeting Thursday at 6 30 in the church parlor with supper by the Ladies Auxiliary. Capt Ralph J Pollard US Army Ret will speak on Background For War detailing his WWI service and European postings. All Bath men invited.

Winter Street Ralph J. Pollard U. S. Army Waldoboro Pollard 4Th Pioneer Infantry 1St Army Headquarters Regiment A.ef. F Sidney B. Knight Dorothy Getchell Getchell Bath Charles Dunning Wiscasset Lawrence P. Radley Andrea Getchell Hancock St Quincy Mass St. Philip's Parion George Chiera Florence W. R. Nash A. Clement Summerstreet Nashua N. H Lorenzo Cote Bradford-Sortwell- Wright Alonzo Reed Alna NeNie Dowling Congregational Vestry Reed al Erskine Elizabeth Harding Charles E. Cowley L. Frank Metcalf Mr. Harding Roy Dow Frank Hutchins Evelyn Hutchins Nellie Carlin Augusta Franklin Hall Ruth Cluff Home Service Department Central Maine Power Co Harvey R. Pease Maine Municipal Association Willis B. Mitchell Main Street New England Medical Society Boston Kate Perkins Federal Street Katheryn Perkins Portland Rumford Luther Hall Theodore Greenleaf Manchester St. Philip's Church Chester Pendleton The Organ Society Nina Fowles Carolyn S. Varney Laura Carleton Nellie Dowlyn Woman's Club Herbert Turner Damariscotta Well- Wright Post A. L Rebecca C. Hall East Side Pond Jefferson Norris A. Miller

Legion and Auxiliary Install Officers at Wiscasset Club

Bradford Sortwell Wright post and auxiliary held a joint installation at the Woman's club with guests from Charles Lilly post Waldoboro. 1940 officers include Commander Fred R Merry and six more, with Auxiliary led by Mrs Nelle Dowling and others. A $5 award for community service and donations funded medical equipment were noted.

Grace A. Cowley Inez Sherman Violetta Reed Metcalf Department Marion Berry Nellie Dowling Janet S. Berry Mildred Holbrook Wiscasset Edgecomb McKesson Bradford-Sortwell-Wright Dowling

Deer Season Opens Strong in Northern Maine Counties

The deer season begins in six northern Maine counties with higher than average kills expected. A state safety push, a poaching crackdown led by Commissioner George J. Stobie, and widespread hunter activity are noted. Reports include large deer and bear populations, abundant beechnuts, and active woodcock flights along the coast.

Fish and Game Department Standish Portland Maine Raymond Morse Ellsworth Washington Hancock Fabian Turner Farmington Turner Mr. Turner Mrs. Turner Somerset Fairfield Dead River Valley Edward N. Cook George A. Bridges Providence R. I Moosehead Lake Spencer Pond Alton Brown Rockland Augusta Pemaquid

Man of To Safety Lioness Pounces in Kruger Park

Warnings rise from Kruger National Park wardens after tourists ignore car rules to photograph lions. Some leave vehicles and provoke hunts. one tourist barely escaped as a lioness seized bedding from a car and dragged it off. No casualties reported, but several near misses noted.

Kruger National Park South Africa

Cave Holds Skeletons in Mummy Cave Arizona

The National Park Service reports that Mummy Cave in Canyon del Muerto hosts over 100 skeletons left undisturbed since 1804. Navajo warriors and Mexicans raided the area, killing all inside as tribes fled the deadly canyon. Only a few whites have seen it.

Canyon del Muerto Canyon of the Dead Ariz National Park Service

Hi Y Club to sponsor free film night at Y.M.C.A.

Hi Y Club hosts a seven o’clock viewing of News in the Air in the Y.M.C.A. auditorium with no charge for high school boys and grammar school members. the program also invites joiners. A 20 member committee works on a cabin room in the Y basement as lights and floor are installed. The piece notes the Y.M.C.A. success with hundreds of boys active in games and activities and calls for wider adult visitor support. The notice mentions a Girl Scout Halloween party Friday and a Boys Conference in Portland with registrations urged to avoid late quota. It asks churches to promote attendance and supporters to send contributions early.

Eral McFadden Merle Day Federal Street Roy Dickinson Damariscclla Charles E. Cowiey Eva 'Gerham Wise Frances Lane East Boothbay Olive Tarbox Wright Stephen Wright Judd Franklin Hallowell Bath Miss Tarbox Wiscasset Academy Lewis Spa Edgecomb Hallowell Judd Hallowell Morse High School Northeastern Business College Portland Bath Iron Works George Cowley Reading Maso Tawn William Bradford Moncton N. B Stanley Dodge New York Harvey R. Pease Alan Arthur Durgin Waterville B. F. Blagdon Etta Stimpson Skowhegan Jamey E. White Turner White Rutland

Deer alert halts police car on Calais Houston road

Motorists saw two cars blocking the Calais Houston highway as two occupants talked. A highway police vehicle signaled the other driver to indicate two deer feeding at a nearby field. A doe and fawn appeared unafraid as the incident drew attention.

Calais-Houston Tooting

Probate Notice for Mary E. Conant Estate

Court of Probate at Bath Sagadahoc on October 17 1939 orders notice by newspaper to interested parties. Hearing set for the first Tuesday of November 1939 at ten o'clock in the forenoon for appointment of administrator for Mary E. Conant late of Bath deceased. Arthur F. Mayo of Bath proposed as administrator. John P. Carey or other suitable person may be named.

Bath Sagadahoc Mary E. Conant John P. Carey Arthur F. Mayo

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