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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 03, 1938

Page

7

Mental Hygiene in Classroom Tops Speech at Convention

An abstract of Superintendent Randall F. Cummings of Wiscasset urges mental hygiene in schools. He warns of rising mental illness as students shift from home to school, stresses treating the total child and emotions, and outlines steps for teachers to foster healthy attitudes and prevent maladjustment through classroom practices.

Randall F. Cummings Wiscasset Bangor G. Stanley Hall

North Center P T A votes to sponsor Entertain ment Service again

In a Tuesday meeting the North Center P T A voted to sponsor the Entertain ment Service for another year after 150 pledges supported the Collins Festival. Invitations will be sent to Dike and South End P T A s to join. Plans for the Nov 7 teachers reception and banquet at Grace church parish house were announced with supper at 6 30. Mrs. Louis A Dole led a discussion on Home Life in a Democracy.

North Center P.T.A Dike South End Grace Church Parish House Louis A. Dole Walter M. Hill Theodore F. Watson

Steals Report From Augusta Hotel Parking

State fish and game commissioner George J. Stobie found two shotguns missing from his car parked in front of an Augusta hotel on a Saturday night. One gun was a 12 gauge Remington skeet model with raised rib special stock and specific measurements. the other was a 12 gauge Marlin with similar dimensions but no raised rib.

George J. Stobie

Local residents host and travel in Bath and area

Mrs Frank Sprague and daughter Frances of Bath visited J Bradford Sprague. Families from Bath Small Point Woolwich and Winnegance gathered for visits and hunting trips. Several locals attended the State Convention in Bangor, while others planned winter residences in Massachusetts New Hampshire and Jefferson. A birthday and Halloween party entertained 32 Bath and Phippsburg friends at the Center with games food and prizes.

Frank Sprague Frances Bath J. Bradford Sprague John Kelley Jessie Kelley Small Point Henry Carlton Carlton Woolwich Everett Harrington Dead River Frank P. Leavitt Friends Riverside Everett Leavitt Southern Pacific R. R Raymond F. Campbell Nee Foxboro Bangor Maurice Skillings Parker Morse Edward Larrabee Brunswick Fred A. Oliver Ernest Rogers Walter Rogers Winnengance Percy Hyde Ralph, Jr Morse High School Eric Schutt Ralph E. Wright Anna Derwent Jay K. Bowker Isabel Smart Lynette Caverly Center Arthur Tracy Kittery Howard Bowker Barry Bowker Concord N. H Annie Bowker Adelia Bolton Omar Perry Winneganee Herbert Scott Sam Jordan Meadowbrook Thomas C. Hughes South Portland Gordon Davidson Arthur Footer Wiscasset Perry's Cove Walter McCourt Meadowbrook Road William W. Hosmer Wyman’s Beach Dromore Grange Sagadahoc Pomona Bodwell Grange Hubert McCarty Cumberland County Grange City Hall Portland Grace Cullity Bucksport Forrest Glidden Pitch Pine Hill Bath Memorial Hospital Leslie Dyer Guysbert B. Vroom Philadelphia Eugene Ingalls North Bath George J. Ingalls Frank Sherman Sebasco Estates S. D. Sherman Ruth Skillings Roscoe Perkins William Blaisdell Herbert Lemont Mrs. Eddy Washington Street Marian Hunt William Cummings Stella Hazelwood Aroostook County Cora Campbell James L. Morse Arthur Donald Tommy Morse Bath and Phippsburg

Popham Beach Visitors Fill Weekend Notices

Capt. Eugene W. Osgood and Mrs. Osgood enjoy a 15 day Maine motor trip. Numerous local residents and visitors are listed with weekend stays, travels through Bath, Portland and Boothbay Harbor, and Halloween party events at the village library.

Eugene W. Osgood Popham Light Lincoln Bowie Roland Bowie Lisbon Falls Joseph Perkins Leon Fickett Pond Island Popham Elizabeth Oliver Bath Frank Scott Edgar Drake Edna Coolidge Leaman Drake Clifton Morong Portland Buxton David M. Rodgerson Carol David Rodgerson David Parsons Parsons Melrose Mass Moses Chandler Floyd Bridges Norman Perkins Arlene Perkins

Bids for Bath District bonds show strong manager guidance

Eight bids for 75000 dollars of Bath Water District bonds, twenty year threes, were opened by trustees. Bids reflect praise for district management and include firms Brown Harriman Boston 107.5899 and E H Rollins Boston 106.612 among others from Boston Portland and Waterville.

Bath Water District Brown Harriman & Co., Inc Boston E. H. Rollins & Sons, Inc Arthur Perry & Co Frederick M. Swan & Co First National Corp Tyler & Co., Inc Edward L. Robinson & Co., Inc Portland Smith, White & Stanley, Inc Waterville

Old Cent Finds Right-Facing Liberty Portrait

Edwin H. P. Lowell of 12 Western ar d the enue possesses a half cent coin from 1804. The coin shows a right profile of Miss Liberty, unlike the usual left profile, discovered in his grandfather Henry G. Turner’s collection.

Edwin H. P. Lowell United States Lowell Miss Liberty Henry G. Turner

Mrs Edward Cooke Returns From Visit In Wollaston Mass

Mrs Edward Cooke of Willow Street has come back from a visit with her sister Mrs Charles Williams in Wollaston Massachusetts.

Harlan Gwynn H. D. Grant Front Street Springfield Mass Grant Harris Edward Cooke Willow Street Charles Williams Wollaston

Bay Point Community Notes From Bath to Five Islands

Bay Point residents host and visit across Bath Five Islands Dedham and Hebron. News includes Edriel Little born to Allen Little and Ernestine Spinney, butterfly quilt progress by Susie Pettingill, repairs by Merline Thompson, visitors from Long Island and Auburn, lighthouse capers and boat trips, and a fire loss suffered by Everett Stevens family with community sympathy.

William Raider Bath Burton Radley Ernestine Spinney Ralph Spinney Bay Point James Stevens Five Islands Edgar Warren Stewart Hebron Karl Hentz Long Island William Oliver Susie Pettingill Georgetown Road Sherman Campbell Harry Crosman Camp Brokus Everett Stevens Edward Drake Edna Coolidge Popham Miss Coolidge Frank Leclair LeRoy Perkins Auburn

Swearingen Parshley Wed in Seabrook N H

Charles W. Swearingen of Bath son of Mr and Mrs Albert H Swearingen and Dorothy L Parshley daughter of Mr and Mrs George D Parshley were married Sept 3 in Seabrook New Hampshire. Mrs Swearingen graduated Morse High 1935 with honors and is in the National Honor Society. She works as bookkeeper at Otto F Rullmanns. Swearingen graduated Parsons High with honors and works at Bath Iron Works on the bending floor.

Charles W. Swearingen Bath Albert H. Swearingen Hambleton West Va Dorothy L. Parshley George D. Parshley Shepard Street Seabrook N. H Otto F. Rullmann Washington Street Swearingen Parsons High School Parsons Bath Iron Works Corp

Sacred Heart Circle Names Committees

Mrs Grace Costain and Mrs Ada Nostall joined Sacred Heart Circle Daughters of Isabella Tuesday evening. Anne as regent presided. November committees include Social chaired by Beatrice Thebeau with multiple members. hostesses for the business meeting were Louise Arsenault Alice Burgess Arlene Lemoine. House committee led by Lida Costain and Katherine Kelley.

Grace Costain Ada Nostall Sacred Heart Circle Daughters of Isabella Vivian Kronstrand Adeline McPhee Yvette Bisson Anne Beatrice Thebeau Estelle Comeau Annie M. Footer Beatrice Footer Mary Durgin Emily Lozier Margaret Ingraham Mary Fitzgerald Nellie Jones Celina Emero Louise Arsenault Alice Burgess Arlene Lemoine House Lida Costain Katherine Kelley

Wolstenholme to Address Winter Street Men’s Club

Rev George B Wolstenholme pastor of the Peoples Baptist church will speak Thursday night to the Winter Street Men’s club on his Cape Breton origins and coal mines near Sydney under the sea. He is noted as an outstanding Maine public speaker and will discuss his childhood experiences. A social hour with 50c refreshments is planned and all Bath men are welcome to attend.

George B. Wolstenholme Peoples’ Baptist Church Winter Street Wolstenholme Maine Cape Breton Sydney Lend

Miss Grace Dickinson Attends State WCTU Convention

Miss Grace Dickinson returns from a several day visit in Portland as a guest of Mrs. Daniel Driscoll. She attended the State WCTU convention as a Cumberland county branch member during the event.

Grace Dickinson Portland Daniel Driscoll Miss Dickinson Cumberland County

Westport Social Notes and Local Visitors List

Westport residents and visitors are listed with trips to Bath Augusta Lisbon Falls and Boston. Names include Mabel Eisner Brian Jewett Ruth Rowe Maud Webber Stan Adams Katherine Harriman and Helena Hodgdon among others with multiple calls and short travels noted.

Mabel Eisner New York Brian M. Jewett Augusta Daniel Shanahan Capitol Street Ruth Rowe Bangor B. M. Jewett M. Jewett William Mains Oscar Shea Maud Webber Ernest Colby Melvin Cromwell Wiscasset Westport Bath Verlie Greenleaf Frank Brian Jewett Helena Hodgdon Robert Greenleaf

Representatives to Meet Newell Over Shipyard Wages

John Green national president of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America plans a Bath visit Nov 14 or 15 for talks with Bath Iron Works president William S Newell on wages hours and conditions for Local No 4 members. The dispute follows a letter from the union seeking friendly relations and negotiations for collective bargaining as housing advocates push a 1 million dollar project.

John Green Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America Bath Pres. Williams. Newell Bath Iron Works Corp Charles Purkis Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers C.I.O Pres. Newell Green Industrial Union of Marine & Shipbuilding Workers of America Broadway Camden N. J W.S. Newell Parkis Pres. Green Maine State Council C.I.0 Purkis Charles Blunt Augusta Maine C. I. O. Maine State Council

Progressive Grange Halloween Meeting in Richmond

A Richmond Progressive Grange meeting featured a Halloween program with singing, skits, and readings led by George and Charles Thompson and Ed win Tarr. An upcoming Pomona meeting on November 9 will confer the fifth degree at the grange hall.

Progressive Grange of Richmond Grange George Richard Thompson George Thompson Edwin Tarr Story Charles Thompson Reading Charles Thompson, Jr Stunt Penny March Pomona Grange Hall

Birth of David Milton Jewett at Memoria Hospital

Mr and Mrs Donald M Jewett 508 Middle Street welcome son David Milton born recently at Memoria Hospital.

David Milton Memoria Hospital Donald M. Jewett Middle Street

Bath Iron Works notes celebrate Tom Allen promotion

About 150 workers at the Sedgwick hotel toasted Tom Allen newly named general manager of Bath Iron Works. The event featured songs, speeches, and a Frigidaire gift as Allen thanked colleagues and pledged to push ship construction more quickly and cheaply. Other BIW leaders, including President Newell, spoke and welcomed him.

Foreven South Yard Tom Allen Tom Newell Allen Mr. Allen O. M. Redlon Tommy Allen Atlantic New York Pete David Harum Bath Pencoyd Iron Works

Wide Range of Odder Tales From O M Yard Fire and Fun

In a bustling O M yard update, Milton Baker visits after 12 weeks, Harold McElman returns after seven weeks, and Davy Mitchell leaves with a fractured leg from a tree climbing incident. Harold proclaims hill superiority on Huse street, while Frank Fortier supplies nine torchlights for a Navy Day parade.

Sergt. McEllroy Milton Baker Bowdoinham Harold McElman Davy Mitchell Huse Street Harold Cook's Corner Mickey” McCrater Col. Eldred Frank Fortier Frank Senator Baxter Hall

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Stobie Phippsburg Kenneth Haskell Stimpson Rockland Princeton Arthur Burke Sidney Anthony Au- Se Merton Anthony Portyde Popham Beach Miss Caverly Parker Head Mrs. Scott Marion Bridges Stanley Perkins Charles Leonard Charley McCarthy Muriel Huntley Arthur Kriedler Leslie Greenlaw Herbert Huntley Debra Huntley Virginia Perkins Margaret Wyman Betty Leonard Gloria Oliver Bertha Newdick Leon Oliver Kenneth Leonard Merrill Oliver W. S. Voorhees E. R. Wright Elisha Bridges Ack Beebe South Beach Harry Spencer Frank Pheiffer Franklin Brown Dorothy Mushafer Pheiffer NAS Old Cent Swearingen-Parshley Seabrook, N. H Sacred Heart Circle Names Committees C.1.0 MR. Newell Bath Iron Works Corporation Progressive Grange Harold Corliss Bailey Street Bernice MacDonald Harry MacDonald Doris Norton Ralph Muse Fort Belvoir Bath Iron Works Clarence Baker Harry Briggs Ray Bob Lambie Jimmy Jenkins Briggs Roland Hill Norman MacKinnon E. P. Steininger Three Graces Lance Cooper Brad” Houston Brad Lance Roy Donnell Goldie Locks Nash Harold S Susan Avery William S. Newell Archibald Main Eugene Thebeau Roland F. Hill John Osborne Thatcher Pinkham George B. Connard Eric Anderson Eugene McGrath Donald Small E. E. Pierce M. R. Truss Henry O. Trowbridge W. D. Hill John Newell Charles Pearce Sidney Eaton Admiral Robert Stanley Brown Charles Avery William S. Blair Mike Reardon R. H. Houston Mort Harris A. D. Labrecque L. Nelson Louis Cormier Thomas C. McCabe Alex MacDonald Alvin MacDonald Harry E. Cook Harold Child John Doucette Bill Mullins Cat Lily Bill Tabby Johnnie Emerald O. M Charlestown Navy Yard Omer Bertrand Topsham Fair Brownsville Hubert Arsenault Gerald Atkinson Alfred Parks Davis Frank Presley Smith Brothers George Breed O.M Elm Street Chet Leeman Walter cElman Chet Keelson George Baer Connard Henry Parshley Henry Walter Howard Barter Joe Neptune Joe Mulaney Cecil Fullerton Thayer O. M. Crew Bates Maine Orono Colby Egbert Tukey Pemaquid Scott Morse Sam) Conley Scot Sam Wilson's Mills Bob Haley Earl Cooper Harold Adams Fred Baldwin Doc Adams Doc Committee On Entertainment For the Safety Contest Aswell Federal Theatre
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