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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 04, 1937

Page

4

Tribute to Juliette Low Founder of Girl Scout Movement

Mrs Archibald M Main Bath city chair of the Juliette Low Memorial Committee writes of Juliette Low Daisy Gordon a Southern girl from Savannah who formed Girl Scouts after meeting Sir Baden Powell despite deafness and frail health. The piece notes international ties and two goals for year including sending girls to the Switzerland event and raising 50000 for the program.

Mrs. Main Girl Scout Movement Carth America Juliette Low Bath Patricia Sewall Camp Four Winds Choate Julette Low Switzerland

Tribute to the woman who sparked the girl scout movement

A reflection honors a great woman who gathered 12 girls in her Southern garden to blaze a nationwide girl scout movement. She passed the torch to us, described as a lamp bearing heroine in the nation's history.

Evening School Open To All Bath Residents

The Bailey Evening School of Indus tries opens to Bath residents over 1 year old not in day school. Opening night Monday Nov 8 at Morse High School at seven with classes Mon and Wed 7 to 8 50. Dressmaking under Mrs Nellie Jones Mrs Alice Heald and Miss Eleanor Thebeau with full courses in measurement patterns alterations and garment finishing. Includes renovating dresses coats and suits. Children and adult wear. specialists emphasize making over. A knitting class by Mrs Gertrude Blaisdell will teach sewing and knitting.

Bailey Evening School of Industries Bath Morse High School Nellie Jones Alice Heald Eleanor Thebeau Mrs. Heald

Boothbay man visits grandmother departs for home

Mark W Sewall of Boothbay Harbor visiting his grandmother Mrs. Mark W. Sewall of Washington Street for several days left Tuesday for home. His parents Mr and Mrs Donald S Sewall, guests of Mr and Mrs R F Bickerstaff Jr at Mooerstown NJ, also returned home Tuesday.

Mark W Sewall Boothbay Harvor Mark W. Sewall Washington Street Donald S. Sewall R. F. Bickerstaff, Jr Mooerstown

Bath Iron Works Show Dazzles 1200 at Morse High

Bath Iron Works employees and guests filled Morse high school for a three night vaudeville extravaganza. Abbott Adams presented 10 acts from coast to coast plus eight young girls, with numbers by Bertray sisters Goody McCrone Carroll and Nelson, George Gillette Frank Fontain Betty Beat Lester Beat Joe St Onge trio Morton and Russell Webber trio and Arthur LaVal as host. The two hour show led into a late dance with a 14 piece band led by Ernie George.

Bath Iron Works Corp Morse High School Abbott Adams Boston RKO Texas LaGrange Dallas Mr. Adams Bath Ginger Rogers Robert Taylor Rudy Vallee Bertray Sisters Goody McCrone Carroll & Nelson George Gillette Frank Fontain Johnny Barrymore Betty Lester Beat Mr. Beat Joe St. Onge Joe Morton & Russell Webber Arthur LaVal Lawrence Tibbett Miss McClone Ernie George

Ferguson Not to Fight Here Friday Night

Bill Ferguson of Portland and Lou Cooper of Bath Iron Works will not contest the Maine heavyweight title this Friday at the Arcade arena. Ferguson has been stripped of the crown and is sidelined by a concussion from last Friday’s knockout by Butch Wooster of Rockland, who sparked the upset. Pro promoter Nik Mihalos said Wooster was unavailable. the bout was moved, but Ferguson’s condition cancels the fight. Mr and Mrs James A Broom passed Monday in Portland.

Bill Ferguson Portland Lou Cooper Bath Iron Works Corp Arcade Arena Maine Ferguson Rockland Butch Wooster Lime City Nik Mihalos the Arcade Wooster

Westport Social Notes Include Visits and Local Events

Edmund Chisholm of Cornish called on friends in Westport Thursday. The Greenleafs returned home Thursday but Mr. Greenleaf had an asthma attack in Sanford Sunday. Amos Knight and Edwin Cromwell visited Augusta Friday. The Golden sisters Claire Greenleaf and friends stayed at the Stodder house on East Side weekend. Archie Higgins attended a Bath Iron Works vaudeville show at Marse high school gym. Stuart Littl and B. M. Jewett joined the Bowdoin-Bates game in Brunswick. Alyn H. Jewett returned to Belmont Mass after weekend at home. Belle Tilton and Mrs. Addie Tilton stayed at The Cedars. George Cromwell, injured before, is able to be out again. State engineers surveyed state road work to start this week. George Knight of Medford Mass was home over weekend. Eva Beaudet and Boston friend visited her cottage Sunday. H. M. Jewett and Mrs. Jewett were at the Center Sunday. Ray Welch and Mrs. Beile Welch of Portland and Mrs. Blanche Dickinson of Wiscasset called in town Sunday. Brian M. Jewett and wife were business visitors in Portland Monday. The school was closed Thursday and Friday while Miss Phoebe Hilton attended the Teachers' Convention in Portland. Mrs. Jennie Cromwell arrived home Tuesday after a two weeks visit in Boston and Everett Mass. She rode down with Stuart McLeish, who will stay with Freeman Colvy a few days.

Edmund Chisholm Cornish Fred I. Greenleaf Sanford Bath Iron Works Marse High School Stuart Littl B. M. Jewett Bowdoin-Bates Brunswick Alyn H. Jewett Belmont Mass Belle B. Tilton Addie Tilton the Cedars George Cromwell George Knight Medford Eva Beaudet Boston H. M. Jewett Ray Welch Beile Welch Portland Blanche Dickinson Wiscasset Epworth League of the Methodist Church Cheater Purington Sylvia Leon Brann China Charles Dore South Gardiner Miss Prances Merril Cred J. N. Palmer James Mertil Jessie Ames James Merrill Leroy Adams Grady Raymond Phillip Rideout Erland Rogers Percy Rideout Churchill Lake Jane Mall Browne Lonnis Dyer Bt.Petersburg Fla Winter Comfort Sunshine Boviety Nettie Brown Gardiner Bowdeinham Charles Sherman James Allen William Miller John McCarty Lewiston Alice Palmer Dover-Foxcroft Maud McHenry Victor Carl Whitney Melrose Anson Given Paul Brown Sanford Blackinski Brown Berlin N. H Bunday John Purington George Hackett Elmer Jordan Knights of Pythias Freeport John McCart Hallows Frank Heath Mia Clifford Smalley Guy Sedgley Ernest Curtis Earle Hobart Lloyd Curtis Thelma Maloon Muriel Mitchell Milton Given Bert Merrill Masonic Lodge Lisbon Falls Edna Ward Clinton Edwin Denham Ward Nellie Minot Evanston Charles Hackett James Pratt Melvin Bath Alvin Huntoon Louise Williams Lawrence Cannon South Portland George Hamilton Francis Merrill Avery Fides Clyde Benner Brooklyn Bridge Fides Courtney Nealey Phillip Nealey Merry Workers 4-H Club Ralph McEwen H. A. Foster Canton East Bowdeinham R. A. Dickinson Raymond Rendall Alfred John Alden Allan Naugler Dixie Mae Percy Miller Poland William Maloon Bertha Tibbetts Richard Denham Samuel Dorrance Richmond James Wray Topsham Kay Hatch Ernest Frye Pauline Jenkins Addie Williams Bowdoin Zina Maxwell East Bowdoinham Andrews Willi Hamilton Dormehester Hamilton

Mark Hennessey Talks Big Ships to Bath Rotarians

Bath Rotary club hosted a talk by Mark W. Hennessy on the Sewall ships of steel, detailing eight full rigged vessels from 1894 to 1916. He described Cape Horn voyages, shipbuilding history, and the impact of the Panama Canal on sailing ships, with notes on the Sewall firm and related maritime figures.

Mark Hennessey

Classifieds Rate Notice and Local Ads Fragment

Rate information for first and subsequent insertions. For sale items include a 1929 Chevrolet coupe in good condition and Hires trailers with features and winter pricing. Also a bakery weekend specials list and a property wanted by Fred B Reed Co seeking shore city or farm listings with description and price.

Fred B Reed Co Front St Bath

Hard-Time Party By Bath Girl Scouts On Friday

Friday night Wild Rose troop of Girl Scouts hosted a Halloween party at leader Mrs George Nasi’s Washington street apartment. Decor, scavenger hunt with a corpse clue, and patrols led games and refreshments kept guests engaged while Lieut. Mrs. Charles Miller was away at council meetings. Elaine Nasi won the costume prize as a bowery girl.

Wild Rose George Nasi Washington Street Crow Patrol Ellen McCall Barbara Mattef Mary Dubble Marie Bennett Eleanor Wilson Frieda McAllister Moosena Patrol Priscilla Trott Arline Arsenault Carrie Saunders Elain Nasi

Halloween Party At Nostall Home In Sagadahoc Ferry

A Saturday afternoon Halloween party hosted by Mr and Mrs James Nostall at Sagadahoc Ferry featured orange and black decorations a Jack o lantern centerpiece and party favors for each child Prizes honored several costumes including Alberta DeLong for prettiest a Mexican costume for Joseph Hecht and awards for Shirley Norma Hunnewell Betty Nostall The event included readings by Mrs Ardelle Farrar games and refreshments with names of attendees such as Thelma Strout Edna Oliver and Patricia Strout listed.

James Nostall Sagadahoc Ferry Alberta DeLong Joseph Hecht Shirley Norma Hunnewell Betty Nostall Thelma Strout Edna Oliver Pauline Strout Virginia Murphy Virginia Dow Virginia Cameron Barbara Genthner Millicent Hecht June Oliver Patricia Strout

Commercial subjects at Batley Evening School opens Nov 8

The Batley Evening School of Industries offers typewriting shorthand and bookkeeping this year with three class levels for shorthand and typewriting and two for bookkeeping. Schedules list instructors Miss Beatrice Jenkins and Seth N Snype with class times from 7.00 to 8.50, including beginner, intermediate, and advanced work plus review and individual instruction.

Batley Evening School of Industries Beatrice M. Jenkins Seth N. Snipe Catherine M. Huse

Clergy Forming Association in Bath Meet at Y M C A

Ministers from Bath gathered at the Y M C A to form an association. A committee of three was named to draft a constitution and nominate officers before the November 22 meeting at Grace church parish house. Members are Dr David L Wilson Rev Jesse Kenderdine and Rev Louis A Dele. John Ward of Sidney returned from Industry with a 90 pound tree after a hunting trip. The 77 year old is noted for long walks to visit relatives in Rome.

Bath Grace Church Parish House David L. Wilson Central Congregational Church Jesse Kenderdine Beacon Street Methodist-Episcopal Church Louis A. Dele Church of the New Jerusalem John Ward Sidney Mr. Ward Rome

Epworth League program and town notices in Bowdoinham

Epworth League church held a September Sunday service directed by President Chester Purington with music by Sylvia and Leon Brann and Charles Dore of South Gardiner. Plans include Frances Merrill organist and a string of prayers songs and temperance talks. Local social notes report visits, travel to St Petersburg Florida, hunting trips, Hallows Eve party, Masonic lodge attendance, and numerous guests from Gardiner Belfast Portland Lewiston and Bath with several residents hosting and hosting duties noted. Zina Maxwell shot a deer near East Bowdoinham.

Lincoln Lodge 100 OF Installs Its Officers

Lincoln Lodge No. 100 O of F installed its officers Monday evening. District Deputy Grand Master Raymond L Soule assisted by deputy grand officers Ernest Purington, William Hadley, George Kilbridge, Ellyn Denham, William Fowler. Installing officer Tom Brunswick. Officers installed include Leonard Muffsey noble grand John Stewart vice grand Ralph P. Mank secretary Henry G. Shaw treasurer etc. Remarks followed, plans for District No. 14 season. An oyster slow wan was served after.

Lincoln Pases Seely Raymond Lb. Soule Ernest Purington William Hadley George Kilbridge Ellyn Denham William Fowler Aauardian Tom Brunswick Leonard Muffsey Noble Grand John Stewart Ralph PB. Mank Henry G. Bhaw Frank H. Beal John Williams Harry Thurlow John Moore Albert H. Thompson Cene Linwood F. Garr, Jr Marold J. Carter Outside Guardian Maurice Knight Inside Guardian Nathaniel Stover

Court of Honor Plans Christmas Activities for Pine Cone Troop

Pine Cone troop Court of Honor will meet Thursday at 7 PM at Mrs. Glenn H. Banton’s home in Broken Toys are to be brought for stocking caps and Christmas gifts. They will plan a party and play for Christmas and sing Navy songs in January.

Court of Honor of Pine Cone Glenn H. Banton Front Street Navy Court of Honor Woop Jane W. Stevens Patricia Bewall Henrietta French Ruth Lesmoine Bedith Berg Alice Darrah Leona Henderson Virginia Trott Grace Whittemore Ernestine King

Newell Re-Elected President of Bath Water District

William H Newell was re elected president of the Bath Water District at the annual meeting, a post he has held for 22 years. William A Parker was re elected treasurer Judge Walter Glidden clerk and general counsel and Maurice A Libby superintendent. Libby’s report on submarine work in the Kennebec included diagrams showing a pipe across the river bed held by cribbing riprap and cement to resist tides, costing less than 6500.

William Newell Bath Willian A. Parker Walter Glidden Maurice A. Libby Kennebec Supt Libby City Landing

Needlework Guild Annual Exhibition in Bath

Annual exhibition and tea of the Bath branch of the Needlework Guild will be this Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Arthur Sewall, 963 Washington Street. The public is cordially invited to attend and view the contributions for the Red Cross. Members who have not contributed are urged to do so promptly.

Bath Needlework Arthur Sewall Washington Street Ue Red Cross

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Senter’s, Inc Taffeta Ipana Lovewell” el Juliette Lew Savannah Marguerite Brown Raymond Court Althoush Pine Point Brewster G. Sedgwick Optometrist Arthur Allen Bldg Iron Works Knockout Cooper James Westport Bath Rotary Club Bath Rotaryanns Dromore Grange Hall Phippsburg Fred D. Hill Mark W. Hennessy Sewall Sewalls Dirigo Mark Richard E. Quick Edward Sewall Cape Horn Kinco Frank Patten Cape of Good Hope Pacific Panama Canal E.G . Stetson Brunswick Rotary Club Frank Vennett Bath Opera House George H. Monsell Yacht Ranger Bob Labey Whitlam Oliver Street Cocain Mother Weed CO Eveready B Craft's Center St Bath Girl Scouts Sagadahoc Bowdoinham H. Nelson McDougall National Bank of Immerce That City Maine Bankers’ Association Waa Lincoln Lodge O.F Water District Barbara Stanwyck John Boles Stella Dallas Eddie Cantor Ali Baba Sylvia Sidney Teel McCrea Dead End
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