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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 09, 1939

Page

6

Bath society notes highlight travels and gatherings

Mrs. Aphia Pinson returns from New York World’s Fair and visits family in New Jersey and New Brunswick while enjoying television coverage. Weekend guests include Mr. and Mrs. Converse G. Fenn and Mr. and Mrs. Eastham Guild Jr. Attendees at Bowdoin Bates Alumni Day include Clifton, Miss Thelma Thornton, and many Bath residents as parties, birthdays, marriages, and club events are recorded.

Sumner Pike Carlton Pike Lubec Arthur Sewalld Washington Street Bowdoin College

Western Maine Smith College Club Meeting Report

Mrs John Parker and Miss Anna Trott attended a meeting of the Western Maine Smith College Club on Wednesday of last week at the home of Mrs Wallace G Soule in Falmouth Foreside. Mr and Mrs Otto C Nutting and Mrs Nutting's mother Mrs Julia Bailey of Mt Desert, formerly of this city, have gone to their Winter home at Long Beach California.

John Parker Anna Trott Western Maine Smith College Club Wallace G. Soule Falmouth Otto C. Nutting Nutting Julia Bailey Mt. Desert City Long Beach Calif

Bath City Council Edges Toward Armory Playground Plan

The Bath city council debated funding a supervised recreation program at the State Armory amid a 49 signature petition. Officials questioned supervision responsibility, while Battery H withdrew its armory use offer and traffic safety concerns were raised nearby.

New State Armory James Temple Butler Marshal Butler Carter Ward 5 Battery H Temple Legard Crocker Burden Day John W. Gilmore Bath Alderman Small State Highway Commission Court and Center Streets Court Street High Street Maine Municipal Officers Association Hiram T. Stevens Jennie R. Morse Committee On Taxes Alderman Legard Frates Small Donald W. Philbrick Maine House Portland Verrill, Hale Dana & Walker Old City Hall Lionel D. Green City of Board of Aldermen Board of Common Council Abraham Levine Sagadahoc County Water Street Center Street Burgess Committee On Fire Department and Public Safety Alfred Pomerleau Raymond Court

Woolwich Church Services and Community Events Highlight Week

Local Woolwich notices list morning sermons at Woolwich Center and Montsweag churches with parables subjects. Evening gatherings include Union meetings, social events, and fundraisers at Good Will club house and Day's Ferry venues with multiple host families and committees noted.

Personal notes from Clinton and area residents

Miss Barbara Fisher of Washington street passed Sunday in Clinton with Miss Kathaleen R. Scott of Brunswick was an overnight guest Tuesday of Mr and Mrs Howard Steen at 393 High. A daughter weighing ten pounds was born Tuesday at five o'clock to Mr and Mrs Lester Munsey Jr of Tarbox street. Mrs Mira McKnight of Brighton Mass will arrive Friday to visit her mother Mrs Eunice Pert at 1220 High. Mrs Clarence Colby and Charles Brown visit sister Mrs Edwin Har rulay of 66 Bowery street. Capt Charles E Hewitt returns to his son Charles E Hewitt Jr at High street after two weeks in Richmond and Belgrade. Mrs Janette Kayser of Irvington-on-Hudson NY, guest at Augusta House, was a luncheon guest Tuesday of Mrs Fred RE Dear on Dummer street.

Woolwich Center Baptist Church Montsweag Market Place Center Church Gowdey Sidney Eaton Bath Eaton Harold R. Shaw J. Frank Hunt Joan Lemon Street Day's Ferry J. W. Reed W. A. Reed Woolwich Union For Christian Service Woolwich Union Good Will Chopps Schcol Improvement League George M. Ames Harrison Rust York Beach Freeman L. Oliver Woolwich I. B. Howard Philip J. Wenz G. W. Merrill Luther S. Thompson S. A. Buck A. L. Cordliss Edwold F. Carter Eugenia Hunnewell Good Will Club Sagadahoc Ferry Union Lillian Fitch Florence FE. Carlton Hunnewell J. Winship Reed Lois Day Herbert Munsey Alton Mabel Jack Stanley Samuel Ward Loring Mayberry Frances Mayberry Merton Bearce Samuel Kirkpatick Howard Sadie Leonard Prank Walker Maxine Walker Reed Jr Clayton Armstrong Howard Whitlam Winship Reed Guy Philip Wenz Wenz Barbara Fisher Washington Street Clinton Kathaleen R. Scott Brunswick Howard Steen High Street Lester Munsey, Jr Tarbox Street Mira McKnight Brighton Mass Eunice Pert Clarence Colby Charles Brown Edwin Harrulay Bowery Street Charles E. Hewitt Charles E. Hewitt Jr Richmond Belgrade Janette Kayser Irvington-on- Hudson N. Y Augusta House Augusta Fred RE. Dear Dummer Street

Forest Officials Report Massive Tree Planting Under Clarke McNary Plan

United States Forest Service reports up to 2,250,000 trees planted in New England last year under the Clarke McNary Law federal state program. States show windbreak and shelterbelt use, wood production goals, and nationwide total of 55,359,000 trees with regional variation.

New England United States Forest Service Massachusetts Maine New Hampshire Connecticut Vermont United States Florida Wyoming

Miss Maude Thayer Delivers Lively Lessons On Laughter

Georgetown guest speaker Miss Maude Thayer told the South End P T A how cultivating the habit of seeing the funny side yields dividends. The event drew more than 100 as Supt. John Parker and local figures attended in Washington street rooms with musical interludes and a community sing led by Chester A. Plant.

Maude Thayer Georgetown South End Washington Street Fred K. Sturtevant Richard T. Hersom Carl E. Albee Frederick P. Moffatt Corliss Street Alfred E. Carpenter South End P. T. A N. Gratz Jackson Chester A. Plant Kennebec Washington William H. Small John H. Hunt Guy M. Sprague William P. Hatch Edward V. Coombs Charles E. Hewitt Russell M. Colby Wellington A. Moore Vivian M. Brown Elizabeth Deering Supt. Parker

Deer harvest surges in Calais early Maine hunting season

A Calais check shows deer hunters in Maine taking a heavy toll with seven game stations reporting double last year’s deer checked in the first two days. Northeastern areas lead, Washington County remains top, season shortened. Birds also plentiful for most hunters.

Calais Washington County Maine

Woman runs mail route between Readfield and Greene

Mrs. Alfred Adams won the Readfield Greene mail contract three years ago and operates the Star Route with her husband as driver during weekdays. She steers from Readfield at 8 am to Greene for the 9 40 westbound train, rests four hours for the 1 25 eastbound, then returns mail to Readfield. She keeps busy with sewing and canning during the layover at a friend’s house.

Readfield Greene Uncle Sam Star Neck of the Woods Alfred Adams

Bath area deer hunting noted with local incidents

Anthony Pellegrini shot a 125 pound doe in Arrowsic forenoon to add a fifth Bath gun to bring down four deer in the locality. A year earlier he bagged a 180 pound buck in Arrowsic. Also, Horace Morse named Christmas tree committee chair at Colonial club meeting. Budgets for fines in Bath court include Roland Lagasse’s drunken driving fine of 100 dollars. Nearby, Lester Gray pleads not guilty to speeding in Arrowsis. Judge Deering files the warrant. A collision at Washington and South streets injures Lenfest and Larrabee and Phyllis Curtis party. Coffin reports his Buick coupe stolen from Washington street. police seek two Bath boys for theft and arrest warrants.

Anthony Pellegrini Court Street Sagadahoc Fruit Co Arrowsic Mr. Pellegrini Colonial Club Horace Morse William M. Lenfest Leslie OC. Larrabee Bath Box Shop Co S Ge Washington and South Streets Phyllis Curtis West Bath Arthur Helen Curtis Washington Lenfest Edgar P. Coffin Bebasco Hyde Windlass Co Washington Street

Longtime pen pals meet after two decades in person

After twenty years of correspondence without meeting, Mrs. Percy Thomas of East Auburn and Mrs. Charles Seuerstein of Newark, N J, finally met during a visit by the Seuersteins and their daughter Donna to the Thomas home. The friendship began when Mary Burgess then worked at Avon mills in Lewiston and enclosed her name in towels. Mrs. Seuerstein, later employed in a Belville store, found the note and wrote to the sender, and they have continued to write ever since. The Seuersteins have returned to Newark after touring New England.

Percy Thomas East Auburn Charles Seuerstein Newark N. J Seuerstein Donna Thomas Seuersteins New England

Libbey Estate Bequeaths Funds for Town Elderly Care

Mrs Libbey died in spring 1938 and left eight room Main Street home to town with Ida Libbey Fund of 5000 dollars to benefit worthy elderly women. If sale chosen by selectmen, income from fund to support upkeep of a home for elders. Town voted at a 1938 meeting to sell the property.

Tda M Sean Sct Leesan Dore Sible

Rice Couple to Mark 50th Anniversary With Open House

Mr and Mrs William E Rice celebrate their fifty year marriage with an afternoon and evening open house at their Norway home on Friday. Their son Donald W Rice and wife from Milford Conn join relatives and friends. Rice family has long ties to Norway North Waterford and Lewiston and active in local clubs.

William E. Rice Norway Donald W. Rice Milford Parsonsfield Henry A Josephine (Arlen) Bickford North Waterford John F. Rice Old Forest House Turner Lewiston Mr. Rice Rice Rebekahs Daughters of Union Veterans the Club The Social Alliance Connecticut William Rey Waterford

Also Mentioned on This Page

Aphia Pinson New York New Jersey Curtis Plant Jersey City Irving Plant Short Hills New Brunswick George Gilmore David P. Gilmore Mrs. Converse G. Fenn Mrs. Whitney Brookline Eastham Guild, Jr Clifton William S. Newell Bowdoin- Bates Brunswick Satoo Bowein Cora M. Chapman Randolph, Mass Grace Lothrop Winship Street Richard MacDonald W. A. MacDonald Agnes Laura Mary Cressey Carl Armond Hachy Katherine Dorothy MacDonald Harold J. Senia Edward Street John Hamilton McCourt Walter J. McCourt Phippsburg Hazel May Springer Iiams Court Dorothy Springer Warren Springer Cedar Rapids Iowa William W. Dennison Middle Street Green Street Farl E. Blake Whiskeag Road Fannie Blake Fred B. Blake Greta Anderson Franklin Street Emil J. Anderson Granville Colby Quimby Street Mexico Prof Albert Gross Harvey Henderson Park Street Henderson Alonzo G. Fisher Woods Hole Vassalboro Fisher Arthur Clowes Helen Nutall Everett Fred Cary East Brunswick Weeks Street Edward Coombs Vivian Brown A. E. Rowe Benjamin H. Woodside Lena D. Donnell Miles B. Hagan Paul M. Olm Dwight W. Pierce North Street Memorial Hospital Sodalitas Latina Morse High School Ruth Cogan Kathleen Harkins Gertrude Dele Marjorie Nichols Mary Anderson Loving Hart Daniel Hatch George Hersom Christine C. Beaven Wanchester N. H Mildred Nichols Josephine McNeil Granite Street Clark W. Saxton Robert B. Good New London Conn McNeil Saxton Good Jack McNeil Portfind Clarence Bailey Norman Chase Upper Washington Street Bethel Walter Lapham Barbara L. Norton R.N Arthur C Grace M. Norton Carl J Wright Boston Congregational Melrose Norton Deaconess Hospital John Sylvester Fiesta Club Chestnut Street Florence Stackpole Bessie Petit Hannah Miller Marie Boucher Thelma King Virginia White Philip Gildart Suzanne Philip, Jr Bangor Harry Ring Washburn Street Charles E. Hewitt, Jr Lena Shepard John Taylor Earl Kimble J. Leslie Coombs Fred Nichols Merton Dearing Rockland Archie Wishart Oliver Street Knox Memorial Hospital Discord Isabelle Berry Fenton I. Moore Everett White Raymond Palmer Rodney Upham Francis Norton Eugene Hagcett Lower High Street Thelma L. Thornton Shaw Nancy Hyde Danahall Wellesley Hills Converse G. Fenn James A. Gillies, Jr Bowdoin-Bates Archibald Shorey Albany William 8. Shorey Shorey Doris Armstrong Gorham Norman School Ruppert A. Snowdon Andrews Road Bath Iron Works Corp Mr. Snowdon Merrymeeting Bay Shore Manley Breck Douglas Dearborn Mr. Dearborn Small Point Beach Ernest Scott Sylvia Allentown Scott Scott Ward Hardings Lawrence Martin Groton Alfred Q. Collins Red House Lincoln Street Thimble Club Robert Jewell Walter James Elmer MacKenzie Elmer Blake Lucy G Rogers Louis Allain Fenton’ S Moore Leon Sonia George W. McLean McLean Ocean View David Lew. Yale Central Congregational Church Center Congregational Church Meriden Center Mr. Yale Herbert A. Henderson Union Street Boston Navy Yard Charleston Martha Frances Arthur Holmes Barbara Parks Jahon Green Buddy Parks Marion Holmes Arthur Temple Leanna Barbara Cornish Roland L. Eaton Swarthmore Harry H. Watson Watson Front Street Mr. Eaton Bowdoin Garret Jeanette Varney June Varney Abby McCabe Barbara Walsh Constance Gilmore Eva Kingsbury Cora Durant Ruth Murphy Dorothy Diurgin Mary Robinson Marjorie White Barbara Curran Mildred Wallace Barbara Pitman Barbara Freeman Janet Goodwin Richard Cummings Leland Fortier Morton Holbrook, Jr John Cummings Bazin Lemont, Jr John Sturtevant Robert Stone, Jr Frank Knights Waldo Weston, Jr Kenneth Bertrand Harshal Libby Warren Higgins John Preney Augustus Perow Robert Pletts William Sylvester Florence Barker Edith Mackinnon Beatrice Duprey Edith Small Minnie A. White John Monroe Ernest Curtis Salem Bath Memorial Hospital Bay Point Harold Miller Curtis Howard Trafton Georgetown Center Carroll A. Deering R. H. Donnell Billy Malden John Burgon Edward J. McMann Pleasant Street Duncan H. Farrell Roberta Manson Clarence H. Ayer Grace M. Waterman Leon M. Genthner Elford A. Stover Edwin T. Powers South Street Mr. Powers Powers Market Jennie Middleton Mary Paila Ruth Cooper Marion Warner Lorraine Nadeau E. King Georgie Middleton Charles Carras Clarence Cowan Henry Middleton William Bronson Frank Futia Horace Melville Franklin Melville Donald Cromwell Camille Putin Fred R. E. Dean Pelham Manor Robert P. Shaw Pelham Country Club Paul Tiemer Summit Ellen Newell Harry S. Farrell Turner Court Roberta Perry Manson Robert P. Manson A. Benton Ryan Middletown Press Middletown Albert Humphreys D. Kohm Paul Cushman Orr’s Island Doris Brown Elmer P. Higgins West Street Marguerite Brown Hortense Boyd la Abbott Jeane Webster Marguerite Mulcahy Frances McDonald F. Hion Scule Wiscasset Alfred C. Eitel Naugatuck, Conn Neal Bayard Clifton Street Marshall N. Allen Alma E. Allen Mt. Auburn School of Nursing Cambridge Miss Allen Wiliam Blair Capt. Blair Elena Bianchi Framingham Laurent Joseph Laverty Frank A. Laverty Doris E. Hart Es Hart Carrie Page Hawley Miss Page State Armory Treasurdt Fiee Bath Trust Co Bath National Bank First National Bank Pres. Mitchell Sewall Rubin Octuei Central Maine Power Co Pear Street Ernest D. Trudeau Howard M. Coffin Maurice D. Perry Bathlodge Charles W. Osborne Powers Hunt Parks and Stinson Harrington Frank Walker North Woolwich Day’s Ferry Nequasset South End P.T.A Maine News Notes Roland Lagasse Lester Gray Arrowsie Gardiner R. Deering Raehine
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