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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 05, 1931

Page

8

Young and Dunning to Wed in Benedict Marriage Intentions Filed

Donald D. Young city treasurer and Miss E Frances Dunning a Westfield high school teacher filed intentions with City Clerk John W. Gilmore. Young, son of Mrs. James B. Young, has long served as tax collector and treasurer and will marry in Benedict. Dunning, born in Topsham, taught Morse High and led the high school orchestra before moving to Westfield. The couple will reside at the groom's home.

Donald D. Young E. Frances Dunning Westfield, Mass John W. Gilmore Young James B. Young Front Street Morse High Burdett Business College Rumford Swift & Company Miss Dunning Topsham Edmund M. Staples Dike Brunswick University of Maine Morse High School Westfield Mass Mr. Young George D. Pratt Howard Pratt Portland George R. Cutler George Cutler MacDougal Orr's Island Alice Palmer Central Telephone Office Caleb Sedgley Marie Jack Bay Clinton Bailey Wiscasset Elisha Webber Milton Baker Harold Clay Higgins House Charles Douglas William King Bridge Street Masonic Building W. H. Gould F. K. Jack Lewiston Georgia Wakefield Elmer Rogers Richmond W. S. Given's Peggy Hamilton Boston George Hamilton Grange Hall Henry Tarr Richmond Corner Gould Litchfield Horatio Allard Allard I. M. Fowle Portsmouth N. H. Maxwell Kendall E. P. Kendall Lee Goggins Randolph Methodist Church John Jack Percy Rideout Philip Rideout Olive Andros Wisconsin John A. Purington Harry Mosher Vendella Meee Robert Temple I. C. Irish Turner H. L. Irish Evelyn Hackett Gardiner George Sedgley Marjorie George Merrill Sis J. E. Allen Ben Falls Newburyport J. N. Palmer Grant Woods Ackley Ots Ackley Upton Vendella Mosher Jessie Cromwell William Bonney Clara Fogg Harry Purington Greenville Earl Blodgett Sanford Graydon Burns Child Auburn

Bath mayor seeks nonbinding straw ballot on city government form

Mayor Small urges Bath voters to cast a nonbinding straw ballot next Monday in the referen dum on the Code bill. He wants to gauge sentiment on whether to keep the present form or switch to a city manager system or a full time mayor with seven aldermen and no common council. Ballots should indicate desired change without requiring signatures.

Bath Small

Prominent Bath Men's Wills Filed in Court

Henry A. Magoun prominent retired industrialist who died Oct 25 at 65 Green Street had First National Bank named executor in a Jan 26 1928 will filed in the Sagadahoc probate court. The will provides a ten year trust for his five children and equitable distribution thereafter. Other Bath estates and executors are named in various filings and probate actions.

Henry A. Magoun Green Street First National Bank Sagadahoz Walter 8. Glidden Florence E. Hagan Academy Street Christine C. Curtis Pleasant Street William S. Shorey Washington Stret John W. Magoun Pricilla Magoun Harriet H. Carney Ruth N. Boyd Elwell S. Crosby Alicia B. Crespy Crosby Bath National Bank Frederick D. Hill Bath Melville H. Blackwell Longmeadow Mass Harriet S. Barron Topsham Edward M. Pierce Joseph Richard Wilson Morris Albion Luce Maurice Albion Luce Kate M. Hitchcock Sarah J. Hitchcock Brunswick Edward W. Wheeler Wilfred A. Duquette Roxy C. Merry John P. Carey, Jr Camilla A. Sewall First National Bank of Bath James Blair Cleveland B. Swett Frederick A. Bowker Aston C. Bowker Mary A. Preble Arrowsic Grace E. Preble Mira F. Arnold Celia A. Hatch Maria J. Cahill Harry E. Litchfield Bessie M. Barron Manfred S. Newdick Georgetown William A. Todd Ida M. Pierce Fred E. Daggett Henry Marcellus Tarr Providence R. I Cora B. Tarr Aurele Michaud Louise Michaud Louise A. Gallagher Martha V. Gallagher Mary B. Blenn Bowdeinham Hall Blenn Henry M. York William F. York W. D. Sewall Sarah M. Wells Arthur Sewall Walter M. Mallett Anna L. Cox Katherine M. Mallett W. M. Mallett Jennie M. Broderick James Campbell Richmond Bath Trust Co William T. Hall Lillian M. Leonard James Maria 8. Lawton James Nixon Arro fjet—Pinal Linessa A. Hunt Er Alfred R. Huner W. S. Shorey Edward W. Hyde Morris W. Potter Margaret R. Potter Ella C

Bowdoinham PTA Reception Highlights Local Education

Bowdoinham held a Nov 2 reception for teachers, superintendent, and school board at the grange hall under the PTA. Performances included piano songs by Ida Fowle and vocal by Virginia Dunklee, with various student acts. Remarks by W. B. Kendall on 100 years of Bowdoinham schooling, plus talks on rural education by Sherman Graves and Richard Libby. A large attendance praised the event.

Grange Hall Parent-Teachers Association Ida Fowle Virginia Dunklee Miss Fitts Stephen Billings Dunklee Rogers Cardle Mr. Bailey Miss Bailey W. B. Kendall Bowdeinham Sherman Graves Echoos Brunswick Roger Robinson Charles Berry Lena Hackett Jessie Ames Merwin Jasper Freeman Billings Richard Libby Maine Quarttte J. H. Ames M. Billings Emma Ferguson Della Rideout Nellie Sylvester Stella Given Florence Siegars Gretchin Hatch

State urged to protect Old Fort at Popham

Preservation-minded residents press for state supervision of the Old Fort at Popham noting deeds restrict use to public park purposes and calling for a stationed caretaker. The piece recalls summer visitors, past excursions by steamers, Seguin lighthouse trips, and local residents tied to the fort and adjacent properties.

United States Percy V Popham Seguin Enry E. Dunnack Maine George Popham Kennebec Dora Crowley Yarmouth Academy L Vich George A. Oliver Stanley Hyde Riverside Bath William Hutchins Walter Sprague Ruth Johnson Brockton Maxwell Powers Johnson Shore Acres Scarboro Marlborough Portland Cambridge Page Wyman

Bath summer notes and local diversions at Popham Beach

The Bath city column details seasonal activity at Popham Beach with clammers selling 80 to 100 barrels weekly and a Providence truck taking 20 to 25 barrels several days a week. It notes visits by Lt. John F. Williams, changes at the Kennebec River Coast Guard Station, local deaths, and ongoing Wyman hydroelectric project work with about 100 workers finishing the site before winter.

Bath Mechanic Street Atkins’ Bay Providence Kennebec Bay Point John F. Williams A. F. Williams Pearl Stacey Popham Williams Fort Schofield H. I Gainsville Fla East Boothbay John H. Stacey Portland Hunnewell Beach Kennebec River Coast Guard Station No. 9 Merrimac River Station Merrymeeting Bay William Hill Naugatuck Boston Commonwealth Avenue Herbert J. Kellaway Newton Center Riverside Alice Abbie Minott Phippsburg Center Alton Hastings Campbell Mass Charles F. Hathaway Mr. Hastings Eureka House William Pendexter St. Petersburg Harriet Pendexter Woman's Exchange Popham Beach Golf Club Anna C. M. Tillinghast Yarmouth United States Immigration Office Wallace Nutting Maine Pemaquid Castine Kittery Mildred Hobbs Great Wyman Bingham

For Sale Apples Thousand Bushels in Bowdoinham

R A Douglass offers Starks and Baldwins apples for sale in Bowdoinham Maine. Prices are 50 and 75 cents per bushel. Buyers should bring sacks. Date 10 22 41.

Starks Baldwins R. A. Douglass Bowdeinham, Me

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