Bodwell Grange Hosts Pomona at Small Point Meeting
Bodwell grange Small Point hosts Sagadahoc Pomona with Topsham Grange leading attendance. pro tem officers announced and a daylong program of discussions, readings, and musical numbers followed by a bountiful clam chowder dinner. Attendees included members from West Bath Topsham Dromore and Woolwich granges with a Nov 18 return at West Bath planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Sagadahoc
Pomona
Bodwell Grange
Small Point
Topsham Grange
Bowdoin
Guy Nickerson
E. ©. Patten
George Hildreth
Christine Rackley
Esther Alexander
Flora
Emma Ferguson
Ferguson
Merrymeeting Grange
Topsham
Stanwood Gilman
E. C. Patten
David
Henderson
C. B. Smith
Harry Rackley
Mary Fullerton
Woolwich Grange
Patten
Nickerson
Miller
Rackley
Bernice Sturtevant
Tarr
Perkins
Sturtevant
Eva J. Lemont
Emma, Ferguson
Marietta Wilson
Massee
E. Mason Wright
D. Wylie Lemont
Mercie McFadden
Fred K. Sturtevant
Raymond M. Clark
John M. Howe
Joseph R. Oliver
Ernest Snow
Abbie Snow
Arthur ©. Lemont
Charles W. Walsh
D. Wallace MacDonald
Dromore Grange
John
Mrs Donald Small Elected Junior Hospital League President
Mrs Donald N Small was elected president of the Junior Hospital League at the annual meeting held at Mrs Royal A Johnson home on Elm Street. Ruth Skillings became vice president, Francis Hill secretary and treasurer. The group reported Bath Memorial hospital work including 24 baby slips 36 baby binders 35 baby blankets and other items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald N. Small
Junior Hospital League
Royal A. Johnson
Elm Street
Ruth Skillings
Francis Hill
Bath Memorial Hospital
Dwight Pierce
Pierce
Hill
Small
Anna Trott
Marcia Moulton
League
County Women's Republican Club Annual Meeting in Bath
The annual meeting of the Women s Republican Club in Bath area was hosted by Mrs Henry W Butler with officers elected from five towns and Bath. President Butler read a long report detailing 60+ meetings and 24 monthly sessions since July 1934, with events at members homes and others in the region.
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Women’s Republican Club
Henry W. Butler
Richmond
Topsham
Bondsinham
Woolwich
Arrowsie
West Bath
Bath
Stella N. Given
Bowdeinham
Eleanora Totman
Margaret B. Peabody
Ruth Dubar
James S. MacFarland
City of
Eben J. Marston
Chester A. Plant
Butler
Sagadahoc County
Emerson
Mary Pelham Hill
Bonus Payment to Employes in Silver Dollars
More than 1,000 silver dollars were distributed Monday to 115 employees of the Congress Shirt Co. as a bonus based on the last two months production. President Julius Grossman cited appreciation for high output at the Bath factory and noted plans to hire 40 to 50 more workers if space and facilities allow. expansion followed city council actions to add factory space and equipment after earlier relocation considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress Shirt Co
Pres
Julius Grossman
Pres. Grossman
Bath
Church League elects officers and sets season plan
Clifton W. Tedford was reelected president of the Y M C A Church Basketball League in Maine. E A Jewett and Arthur J Dunton named vice presidents, with William Perkins secretary and Durward Shorey treasurer. Oscar Tanguay chairs officials, aided by Robert Footer Rupert Lewis and Edwin Pinson. The group outlined scorer and timer needs, referees, and upcoming meetings ahead of the Nov 17 opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton W. Tedford
Y. M. C. A. Church Basketball League
Mr. Tedford
Church League
Maine
E. A. Jewett
Arthur J. Dunton
William C. Perkins
Durward Shorey
Oscar
Raymond Parks
Duncan Farrell
Mr. Tanguay
David Y. Alkazin, Jr
James McQuarrie
Arthur Warner
Rupert Lewis
Robert Footer
Edwin E. Pinson
Daniel Williams
Robert Gordon
Charles Osborne
Frank Harvie
Henry Mank
Harold Walker
Oscar Tanguay
Bath girl speaker urges freshman girls toward honor groups
Miss Carol Stevens of Bath, a University of Maine junior in English, addressed the Freshman YWCA meeting at Maples dormitory on October 15. She explained the purpose of the Women's Student Government Association and introduced the honor organizations and other extracurriculars available to freshmen.
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Carol Stevens
Bath
University of Maine
Y.W.C.A
Maples
Happy Ignorance A 90-year-old Idaho hermit never drove
A Grand Rapids Press item notes a 90-year-old Idaho hermit who has never seen an automobile and does not understand what he is missing. The quirky feature highlights a life without cars and the unusual perspective of a man who has never driven.
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Idaho
Grand Rapids Press
Spain Revolt Insight by Nathan W Watson
Nathan W. Watson, after a four week stay in Spain last April, addressed the Winter Street Men's club detailing the causes of the Spanish revolt. He blamed archaic farming, limited factory output, class envy, and political division, noting fascists and communists as key forces. Watson predicted fascist victory but warned communists remain a threat and suggested a monarch would be a figurehead with France wielding real influence.
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Nathan W. Watson
Spain
Winter Street Men’s Club
Watson
France
Mr. Watson
Europe
Bath records largest voter list for presidential electors
Bath voters reach 4,980, the highest in city history, with Ward 2 largest and Ward 4 smallest. The article compares Bath and Sagadahoc County turnout to 1928 and 1932 elections, noting Hoover edges over Smith in 1928 and Hoover over Roosevelt in 1932, with county and Bath results and pluarities.
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Bath
United States
Ward 2
Ward 1
Ward 4
Sagadahoc
Herbert Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Hoover
Franklin
Veteran bindery duo retires after six decades on Front street
W Scott Shorey and Lydia Brimisine close the longtime Bath book bindery on Front street after more than 60 years in business. Shorey began in 1879, bought out Knights 66 years ago, and remains near his first shop. Brimisine has worked there 61 years. Their departures leave a gap for firms “over East” who relied on their crafts and service.
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Bath
Front Street
W. Scott Shorey
Lydia M. Brimisine
Mr. Shorey
Washington Street
Alice G. Shorey
Mr. Knights
Shorey
Waltham
Bulding
Thomas G. Knights
A. and P. Market
Sawyer & Magoun
Knights
Staples’ Drug Store
Frederick J. Hinckley
Center Street
The
Times
John O. Patten
F. B. Nichols
the Times
Central Maine Power Co
Mitchell & Sow
East
Major WPA Road Project In Phippsburg Progressing
A large highway construction effort in Phippsburg advances from Bath to Sebasco with a new route between Phippsburg Center and the town farm. The project eliminates a dangerous blind turn by removing a jutting ledge and uses WPA funds under roadbuilder Walter McCourt. The work aims to provide a fine hard surface for summer motorists between Bath, Sebasco, and Small Point.
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Phippsburg
Bath
Phippsburg Center
Sebasco
West Point
Small Point
Scott Campbell
WPA
Walter McCourt
Bath Votes Roosevelt Margin in County Landslide for Landon
In Sagadahoc County Landon Knox led, while Bath backed Roosevelt Garner by 266 in a quiet election. County total 7078. Bath 3725 votes, with Bath residents about 15 percent of eligible voters voting. Prohibition and Communist votes noted. Socialist-Labor absent. News covers Bath's first Democratic presidential tilt in memory.
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Bath
Roosevelt
County
Landon
Sagadahoc
Knox
Garner
Union Party
Georgetown
Richmond
Topsham
Mrs Carroll Watson Attends Richmond Funeral Service
Mrs Carroll Watson attended the funeral Sunday for Mrs Elizabeth Alexander in Richmond.
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Carroll Watson
Elizabeth Alexander
Richmond
Woman Aged 102 Casts Her Ballot in Ward 3
Olive M. Thompson, 102, Bath's oldest resident, voted in Ward 3 soon after polls opened for the presidential election. She was taken to the polls by Mrs. William D. Sewall, who praised her saying there should be more like her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive M. Thompson
Bath
Old Ladies’ Home
High Street
William D. Sewall
Robert Payne Shaw Promoted To Acting Director
Robert Payne Shaw son of Frederick P. Shaw of 18 Green Street has been promoted from acting assistant director to acting director of the New York Museum of Science and Industry in the RCA Building Rockefeller Center New York He succeeds George K Thompson who resigns but will serve in an advisory capacity Both men are Brunswick natives Shaw a Morse High graduate and MIT senior class president Friends praise the advancement and the museum remains a notable New York institution
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Payne Shaw
Frederick P. Shaw
Green Street
New York Museum of Science and Industry
Rockefeller Center
New York
Shaw
George K. Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Brunswick
American Tel. & Tel. Co
Morse High School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Halloween party committee named at Congress Co
The committee for the Halloween party at the Congress Company includes Mrs Harriet Swain and Eunice Perry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Congress Co
Harriet Swain
Eunice Perry
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Donald Small
Shetland Group
County Women’s Republican Club Annual Meeting
Bath Girl
Cecile Veilleux
Morse
Lewistonl
Lewiston Universalist Church
Maine Teachers Association
Small Point Road
Present Road
Center Pond
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