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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 08, 1934

Page

4

Rededication and Centennial of Local Methodist Church

The Boothbay region churches join the local Methodist for a Sunday Nov 11 rededication and centennial celebration. After recent interior redecorations and a new furnace, the 7:30 pm service will feature Rev. Robert Pierce as speaker. A large attendance is anticipated and plans accommodate many visitors.

Boothbay Waldoboro Damariscotta Wiscasset Robert Pierce Worcester New England Conference Pierce Strand Theatre Boothbay Harbor Walter Adams Florida John F. Vallely Woman's Auxiliary National Council of the Episcopal Church St. Philip's Church Wiscasset Academy Phyllis Lewis Shirley Cushman Lee Merry Ruth Jones Phyllis Quinnam Olevi Miete Elinor Sproul Genevieve Hodgdon Glenner Erskine Eva Rines Elsie Bailey Andrea Getchell Helen Lewis Kenneth Lewis Emily Riley Pray James Bailey Clara Crommett Fred Coffin Fairfield Crommett

Weeklong Maine hunting trip and local notices

Osman Higgins and Albert White returned from a week in northern Maine. Mrs. Lillian Brown plans to spend the winter in Miami. Mrs. Laura Lemont visits Sanford’s crossing. Mrs. Charles Lemont plans to move to Dorchester Mass. Isaac M. Trufant injured at work. doctor stitched his arm and he will be out for weeks. Several locals listed as ill but improving. Wiscasset academy program featured songs and remarks on the word I Can led by Rev. C. E. Titus.

Osman Higgins Albert White Maine Lillian Brown Miami Fla Laura Lemont Sanford's Crossing Edwin W. Haggett Charles 8. Lemont Trufant’s Crossing Dorchester Mass Isaac M. Trufant Hardings Mr. Trufant Fred W. Larrabee New Meadows Garage Co Earle Richardson Brunswick Hattie Cowley Annie Dunton Laura Carleton Georgia Lilly Emily Groves Nina Fowles Nellie Dowling Grace Merry M.D. Monro Susie Lewis Mary Hobson Ruth Jones Phyllis Quinnam Wiscasset Academy Priscilla Bryant Roger Dow C. E. Titus

Auto Plates for 1935 to Show Many Changes

Automobile license plate designers plan wide color changes in 1935 with 33 states plus the District of Columbia shifting 1934 motifs and 13 retaining them. Black, green and blue lead the parade, with redirection of numerals and backgrounds and a variety of two color schemes across regions. District of Columbia adopts green on white, while several territories adopt distinct light and bold mixes for visibility.

American Automobile Association Districts of Columbia Arizona West Virginia U. S Colorado Florida Kentucky South Dakota Arkansas Delaware Indiana Minnesota District of Columbia Canal Zone Hawaii Philippines Puerto Rico Maine

Elizabeth Tanguay Marries Frederic Benson in Nuptial Mass

Elizabeth Tanguay daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Tanguay of 17 Wesley street wed Frederic Benson son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Benson of 26 College street Brunswick on Tuesday at 7.15 am in St Marys church. Rev. Ludger Melancon officiated the single ring ceremony. The couple were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. McDougal. The bride wore wine velvet with a matching hat and carried white carnations. The bridesmaid wore ashes of roses satin with mixed chrysanthemums. The bride gifted her bridesmaid a vanity case and the groom a billfold to his best man. Mrs. Benson is a Morse High School graduate and employed as a bookkeeper. Mr. Benson attended Brunswick High School and works for Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. They left for a short wedding trip. Lumbering activity on the Kennebec boosts employment as Taylor & Hill begin cutting 2,000,000 feet of long lumber for Augusta Lumber Co. at Deadwater, with half sawed in a portable mill and half shipped by rail via Kineo branch to Austin Junction. Walter Robinson will operate on Moxie Gore, producing 2,000,000 feet of long lumber and 200 cords of pulp wood, plus a 6,000 cord pulp wood operation at Andover. Augusta Lumber Co. also plans 4,000 cords of pulp wood at West Carry pond, 2,509 cords at Treytown, and 15,000 cords at Prattown.

Lillian D. Smith Florida A. H. Dodge 8. J. Sewall Freeman D. Southard Jessie M. Jackson Bath N. Gratz Jackson William G. Hubbard Massachusetts Carrol McFadden Auburn Vendella C. Mosher Benjamin F. Webber Emmelyn F. Weeks Stanley W. Dodge Alice D. Taylor Joseph C. Kennedy John F. Wright Henry W. Webb Charles S. Sewall E. Fred Albee Woman's Club Wiscasset Minnie Wyman Newcastle John Jackson Janie Webber Round Pond Charles A. Day North Edgecomb St. Petersburg Fla Dorcas Ruth Jones Bernice Webber Orono Ralph H. Dunbar Bradford C. Bedennett Mass First Congregational Church Ernest G. Spinney George Bemis Willard H. Palmer Congregational Maine Christian Endeavor Virginia Pease Howard Gould Joseph F. Cost Mr. Cost Cincinnati Ohio Revere Edgecomb Clarence A. Richards West Stewartstown N. H Stephen F. Richards Elizabeth Tanguay Oscar Tanguay Wesley Street Frederic E. Benson Charles Benson College Street Brunswick St. Mary’s Church Ludger Melancon Elizabeth Conley Daniel A. McDougal Benson Morse High School Otto F. Bullmann Brunswick High School Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co Kennebec Taylor & Hill Augusta Lumber Co Deadwater Kineo Austin Junction Bingham Walter Robinson Moxie Gore Andover West Carry Pond Treytown Prattown

Mystery islands and vanished lands span the Pacific

Eskimo captain Takpuk of Point Barrow photographed an uncharted islet northeast of Barrow in 1931. Bouvet Island, Sarah Ann, Falcon Island, Tuanaki, Malden and other elusive spots rise from legends and maps as explorers chase disappearing coasts and eclipses. Dr. C L Little urges Maine to build a self sustaining, independent future.

Takpuk Point Barrow Alaska National Geographic Society Stefansson Milford Antarctic Bouvet Island South Atlantic James Cook Bouvet Lindsay Thompson Norway Discovery II Polar Pacific Ocean Sarah Ann Mid- Pacific Falcon Island Tonga Falcon Tuanaki Cook Pacific Hawaii Panama Levant Honolulu Hawaiian Edward Everett Hale Philip Nolan U. S Tacoma Tahiti Malden Ponape Caroline Islands South Seas

Woolwich Notes From Woolwich Center and Surrounding Towns

Woolwich community items list visits from Mrs Harry Fitch and Mrs Albert Humphrytis to Mrs George Shaw. reports on school entertainments, grange hall events, and charity suppers. announces Red Cross branch officers, Armistice Day plans, bridge construction, church repairs, and local visits by residents from Bath, Boothbay Harbor, Warren, Freeport, and North Yarmouth Academy students.

Rural Maine Family News and Home Moves

South Dresden residents Vernon Little and family returned to Richmond after the summer. Parker Blinn family relocated to Dresden Mills. Frank McCeeb and son Harland visited Boothbay relatives. Harold Wall family visited Richmond Sargent in Augusta last week. Carleton McCobb dined with Joseph Siegars. Mabel Harrington of Richmond returned home after visiting her niece in town.

Augusta Richmond Sargent Katherine Starrett Warren Leland Siegars J.L. Ehmanei Freeport Robert Sedgley Tracy Concord N. H L. H. Siegars Roy Lilly Vernon Little Dresden Richmond Parker Blinn Dresden Mills Frank McCeeb Harland Boothbay Harold Wall Natalie Charles Carleton McCobb Joseph Siegars Mabel Harrington Charles Pushard Irving Lilly

Ray Marr's Musical Show Here Two Days

Ray Marr returns to Bath Opera House for two days with Club Paradise Musical Comedy Revue. cast of 25 includes Russ Howard Maxine May Lew Caron Harlem Hi Hats and Dancing Debutantes. Show features Don Healey rhythm band plus Paramount film ready for love and that's gratitude. performances at 2 30 and 8 00 with 10c 25c 30c day nights 10c 30c 40c.

Ray Marr Bath Opera House Club Paradise Bath Marr Russ Howard Maxine May Rubinoff Pittsburgh Chicago Detroit Boston Philadelphia Lew Caron Harlem Hi Hats Connie’s Inn Golden Twins Don Healey New Marr Paramount Richard Arlen Ida Lupino Marjorie Rambeau Frank Craven Mary Carlisle Helen Ware Arthur Byron

Nequasset Farm Bureau Supper and Sale Highlights

The Nequasset Farm Bureau held its annual supper and sale Friday at Montsweag grange hall. Mrs. Henry Dubar led a large harvest supper service with waitresses Mary Wright Bernette Bailey Mrs. John Brown and Mrs. Leveritte Welch. An entertaining program followed with readings skits solos and music featuring Anne Mae Berry Ruth Leeman Robson and Esther Drummond among others. Carroll Hatch won a quilt Esther Drummond and Eleanor Mank received a cake. next all day meet at Montsweag on November 7 plans include tooled leather work and a one o clock dinner.

Nequasset Farm Bureau Montsweag Grange Hall Henry Dubar Mary Wright Bernette Bailey John Brown Leveritte Welch John Gilmore Merle Jameson Chester Leeman Anne Mae Berry Lucinda Jordan Wright Levorette Welch William Robson Ruth Leeman Etta Robson Ford Amelia Williams Betsey Ruth Dubar F. Gilmore Esther Drummond Glenda Wright Roberta Hathorne Frank Bailey Robson Carroll Hatch Eleanor Mank Arthur Williams Asa Hathorne Duncan McIntosh

Progressive Club Union Meeting Involving Travel Talk And Song

The Progressive Club Union meeting featured a travel talk by Miss Helen Lee and songs including For All We Know and All I Do Is Think of You sung by Mrs. Bernice Drake and Mrs. Dorothy Rogers with accompaniment by Mrs. Drake. The event included Parent-Teacher Work by Mrs. Leroy C. Colby. Forty two members attended from Freeport Lisbon Cosmopolitan and the Winnega nee Common John G. Morse led luncheon planning with Mrs. Drake and Mrs. Walter Rogers assisting. Mrs. Howard Parks returned from a week in Boston and Quincy Mass.

Helen Lee Bernice Drake Dorothy Rogers Drake Leroy C. Colby Union Freeport Woman's Club Lisbon Walter Rogers

Donations to YMCA Urge Immediate Mail In Appeals

Seer donations to the YMCA drive urge immediate mailing or hand delivery of contributions. Nearly 600 have been approached with 100 more to reach the goal, and many previous donors are asked to give a second time to fund programs for boys and young men in the city. A lengthy list of named contributors follows.

George Merrill Curtis Robert Mitchell Samuel Belanger Daniel T. Dougherty Harry B. Sawyer New York Nathan Petlock Ralph O, Dale Edwin F. Ramsay Edwin Jennie Allen Harry Crosman Adam, Deering Otto Bullman Mildred C. Albee Mark Jackson Pomerleau Bros Georgia Glass Edward Bachelder Carleton Rice Nellie M. Merry Henry C. Wright Harley A. Shattuck Mae Hallowell Priscilla Magoun Charles Smith Philip Eaton Harriet E. Palmer Alma Palmer Chester Plant Helen Downing Herbert Douglas Leland Plummer Arthur B. Scott William E. Palmer Donald N. Small W. H. Smith & Son Ralph G. Stetson Harry E. Stetson A. D. Stetson & Son Cummings Motor Co Charles C. Toothaker Charles R. Sims Oscar F. Williams Frank 8. Cromwell H. B. Wing Assn Norman J. McKinnon Arthur W. King Stanley M. Brown Herbert L. Hopkins Bath Order of Eagles James A. Bimson Leroy L. Burnham

Oldest Maine cow claims longevity and voyage feat

Harold S. Pike of South Waterford owns what is described as the oldest cow in Maine, a 20 year old Guernsey whose age and long voyage status are noted. The text adds that if other cattle reach voting age, Pike’s cow remains a top longevity claimant and possibly the oldest of her breed to have crossed the Atlantic.

Harold S. Pike South Waterford Maine Mr. Pike Guernsey Atlantic Ocean

Also Mentioned on This Page

William B. Lewis Washington Street Lewis Red Men's Hall Melody Boys Bowdoinham Harry Mosher Lawrence B. Haggett Virginia Géorge Hanshaker Churchill Street Rochester N. Y Organ Society Congregational Vestry Elmer B. Tarr Horace Poole New Harbor Pine Cone Rebekah Lodge Odd Fellows’ Hall DE Soto Haggett Garage Co West Bath Auto Peates Scientist Somerset County Farm Bureau Skowhegan Opera House C. L. Little University of Maine Cobb Company Franklin, Mass Woolwich Harry Fitch Albert Humphrtys George Shaw Murphy’s Corner School Leonard Lord and Son Lawrence Grange Hall John Carter Clara Hathorne Harvey P. Hathorne Harvey Crosby Stanley Harvey, Jr Minnie Creesby Rumford George Rice Rockland Woolwich Union For Christian Service Sebenon Hall E. V. Reed Carolyn Wing L. A. Blake Ella Lincoln Barley Neck Road Cumberland Harriett Potter Bradford Belanger The American Red Cross Edward V. Reed Percy Marston Carrie Wing Emma Head Ernest Hathorne Charlotte Buck Herbert Munsey Ruby Dodge Harold Shaw James Dunton Florence Hathorne Ethel Bailey Clarence Baker Wilson Bailey Eugenia Bartlett Topsham Messrs Kennerson E. P. Cahoon Center Baptist Hall Laurel Grove Cemetery Chester Dana Isabel Barbara Waterville Dana Eben Dana Edgar Blanch Day's Ferry Harry Huse Ray Rice Ralph Rice Clara Hawthorne New Bedford Center Baptist Church Pearl Roode Ernest Roode Henry Downing George W. Shaw Opera House Progressive Club Union Meeting Howard Parks Mechanic Street Quincy YMCA
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