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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1936
Page
6
Mrs. Fred Dreher of Denver and her party visited Bath while touring. numerous Bath residents and families hosted callers and attended clubs with prizes and upcoming meetups. Local students attended Bowdoin Maine game. Debutantes Miss Betty and Mimi Van Antwerp planned events in New York.
William P. Drake and Frederick E. Drake arrived from Philadelphia and Boston to spend the weekend with their parents Mr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Drake of Washington street. Miss Margaret Hardcastle of Philadelphia joined them. Horace Morse family moved to Bath for the winter. Mrs. W. Dayton Hill hosted Needlework Guild tea on Washington street. Frank E. Lawrence Jr. and Mrs. Lawrence welcomed a son Philip Wilson Lawrence born Oct. 28 in Arrowsic. Miss Janette W. Smith hosted a surprise shower for Miss Carrie E. Shaw at 929 Middle street. Mayor Arthur Sewall hosted Mr. and Mrs. William McGill and guests who attended the Bowdoin-Maine football game.
Mrs. Fred W. Robinson of 1149 Wash ington street entertained the Thimble club last Wednesday. Attendees included Miss Dor othy Allain and several Mrs. Allain and Coombs members. Miss Rogers to host next week at High street. University of Maine student Carrol Stevens visited with parents Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Stevens and attended Bowdoin Maine game. Charlotte I Meeker hosted a supper for her visiting niece Mrs Samuel Sewall. cards followed. Lila Place ill at 859 Middle street.
Lloyd Lee Hooker Councilman est C Legard James B. Smith and Edwy A. Sotheard of the First Baptist Sunday school left Saturday for Nashua New Hampshire to attend the fourth annual convention of the New England Federation of Men’s Bible Classes. The event opened Saturday afternoon and ran into Sunday morning.
Mrs Grace E Cunningham and Miss Cunningham returned Thursday after a several day course in new tap routines taught by Jack Manning at the Hotel Bradford.
Mr and Mrs John C Babcock from Washington DC have moved to Bath and reside at 100 South Street. Mr Babcock has joined the Navy office at Bath Iron Works Corp.
Mrs Edward Cummings of Washing ton street is visiting his aunt in Revere Mass to daily visit her mother Mrs James E Lockery who is a patient at the Deaconess Hospital in Boston where she underwent a successful operation a fortnight ago and is showing daily improvement
Miss Jean Danforth a teacher in the Dike Iowa primary department recovered from an operation following pneumonia at Bath Memorial Hospital and is now able to receive callers.
Miss Marguerite Cloutier sister of Richard Cloutier of this city was elected president at Gates business college in Augusta on Tuesday of last week. She is a Cony high school graduate of June. The class office election set a school precedent reflecting course duration considerations.
Mr and Mrs Alonzo Harriman of Lewiston plus Miss Sally Palmer Miss Virginia Palmer of Orono Kenneth Parsons of Old Town and Prof Bogan of Ohio were luncheon guests Saturday of Mr and Mrs Edwin R Andrews of High street attending the Bowdoin Maine game in the afternoon.
Elizabeth Clifford of Wolaston Mass injured when she fell and damaged her ligaments while visiting Mrs. Pearl Dunbar. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Solovich await news from daughter Mrs. Abraham Swartz in Manila Philippines, mailed Oct 31 and reaching by air via China Clipper. George L Cramp of Wiscasset and Ruth E Clark of Bath filed marriage intentions with the city clerk.
Mrs. Everett Goodwin of York Harbor and Miss Myra Norton of Cape Neddick are visiting their cousin Mrs. George H. Hodgkins at 1222 Washington Street for the week.
Sumner Pike of New York Carlton Pike of Boston and Radcliffe Pike of Lubec were guests Saturday of Mrs Arthur Sewalld of Washington street.
Mr and Mrs Chester Totman with Mr and Mrs Daniel Stover and Ruth of Lisbon Falls and Russell Kennedy of Auburn spent a Sunday at Bailey's Island. A shore dinner at noon was served by Mrs Lewis Doughty of Bailey's Island, daughter of the Totmans. Evelyn Nickerson a Nassan college student from Springvale visited Miss Mabel Thwing on Lincoln Street for the weekend.
Dr W A Keyes and family closed their Sebasco Estates summer home and will spend winter in St Petersburg Fla. Mrs Keyes and daughter Helen stay in Bath for a week before joining him later. Portland couple the Par rises visited Bath and the Jones and Whitt an families dispersing to Portsmouth and back. Alderman Bragg hosted at Moose Pond camp. Bath Iron Works leaders Newell Main Hill Wetherbee and Bartlett of Portland listed.
Mrs. Howard Parks travels to Quin cy Massachusetts to stay with her brother Frank Oliver for the week. Mrs. Doten and a Portland grandson visit Milan street sister Mrs. Whitman Mitchell. Col. George A. Baker joins for a few days. Captain William F. Plummer arrives at Sears port to take command of the five masted Edna Hoyt and fields a phosphate cargo for Porto Rico after sailing from Vine yard. The Edna Hoyt is noted as the coast’s only five master in service. Mr. and Mrs. William Ketchum and visiting Sandy McDougal spend weekend in Beverly Massachusetts.
Mr and Mrs Nathan E Coffin of Park Street spent Saturday with their niece and nephew Mr and Mrs G Clifford Madden of Emery Street in Portland.
A letter of local social events lists guests visiting Stone House for a supper party and attending the Bowdoin Maine game in Brunswick. Several residents, including Langdon T. Thaxter of Portland and families from Augusta Boston Lubec and Bowdoinham, plan trips to Massachusetts and return for a 50th anniversary event in Boston.
A group of girls from Westbrook Junior College spent Saturday and Sunday in Bath to see the Bowdoin Maine game. They joined tea dances at Bowdoin in the afternoon and attended an informal Bowdoin gymnasium dance in the evening. Barbara Tubbs guest Barbara Brigham of Westbrook. Lucille Johnson’s guests Barbara Pritchard Belfast Priscilla Foskett Gardner Mass and Mary Lewis Framingham Mass. Ellen Stevens guest Jeanette Barber. Ruth Dale daughter of County Attorney Ralph O Dale was home from Nassan College for the weekend.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Edwin Bailey and Mrs Martha Augusta Bailey of Auburn visited the Bowdoin Idaho game Saturday and spent the weekend with Mrs Bailey's mother Mrs M E Kateen in Bath. The Bath trip followed by visits to Boston New York and Canada ends with return through Vermont. Mr Pierce Bath Iron Works chief consulting engineer is away for a week. Mrs Henry O Trowbridge returns home after visiting Miss Agnes Trowbridge Crow Point and friends in West Newton Massachusetts.
Local residents and relatives are listed visiting and traveling. Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Wilson vacation on a hunting trip at Stratton staying at Black Bear camps. The Daleys of Beacon Street visited Kenne bunkpoort with their children. Mrs. Fred E. Dean returned from a three week Dorchester stay. Mrs. Shaw hosted them in Pelham Manor. The Parris couple left Upper Washington Street for Portland to winter with their daughter. Dorothy Davis and Helen Mulligan visited Colby College in Waterville. Oscar Trott from Charlestown Navy Yard stayed with his sister in town. State Education Commissioner Packard dined with his sister after Bowdoin game in Brunswick.
Miss Polly Paine of West Newton Massachusetts arrived Friday to spend the weekend as a guest of Mrs. Frederick E Drake of Washington street.
The group discussed a Saturday afternoon meeting at First Baptist church vestry and work for the Christmas sale. Attendees included Mrs Mae Blanchard Mrs Charles E Card Mrs Cedric A Martin Mrs Elmer Rogers Mrs Charles R Sims Miss Evelyn W Sotheard and Mrs Bates E Stover. The Wednesday session will be at Mrs Elmer Rogers home on High street.
Mrs Donald 8 Sewall hosted her contract club at her Boothbay Harbor home on Monday noon. Present were Mrs Frederick E Drake Mrs Carroll Wat son Mrs John McInnes Mrs William S Newell Miss Anne Kimball Miss Miriam W Kimball of Bath and Mrs George Nevens of Boothbay Harbor.
Mr and Mrs Gardiner Deering and daughter Barbara Lou of Turnercourt travel Tuesday to Farmington to pass Armistice day and the weekend as guests of Mr Deering's brother and sister in law Attorney and Mrs Frank Deering.
Miss Mary F. Gibbons and Mrs. Palmer Cobb arrived in Pasadena California for the winter after visiting friends in Louisville Kentucky and Dallas Texas on their way to the West Coast.
Rev and Mrs Guy Esmay and three children June Lois and Dewey have left Bath for Rochester New York after serving as pastor at the Church of God since August George Avery of Acadamy street is a patient at Bath Memorial hospital His daughter Mrs Walter McCarty of Syracuse will visit Tuesday night Mrs Lena Shepard on High street hosted her sewing club Tuesday afternoon and the group will meet next Tuesday at Mrs John N Taylor on Washington street
Mr and Mrs B Fine and daughter Lillian of Brockton Mass and Maurice Silver of Revere Mass arrived Monday to visit Mr and Mrs Samuel Korolick of 161 Oak Street. Junior aid of Beacon Street church met Monday evening with Mrs Omar Stevens of 77 Oliver Street. There were 19 members and one guest present. Hostesses Mrs Stevens and Mrs Clarence Fullerton and Mrs Curtis Hughes. Plans were made for a pound party at the next meeting on Nov 21 with hostesses Mrs Howard Rice Mrs Wilbur Crocker and Mrs Maurice Shea.
Collier's Weekly reports a giant oyster hauled from the South Pacific off Thursday Island by a shell-fishing boat. The shell measured 16 inches in diameter and 4.5 inches thick, with enough meat for a full meal for nine crewmen.
The Jodo sect main temple at Chion-in Monastery dates from 1639 with a nearby belfry housing a 1633 cast bell. The second largest bell in Japan stands 12 feet high, 9 feet wide, and weighs 74 tons.
A rediscovered mural from likely Elizabethan times was found beneath paneling in England. The wall painting shows vivid blues reds and yellows that remain strikingly fresh, suggesting original brightness at the time of its creation.
A concise reflection on how high-minded ideals shape character in individuals and communities across life and leadership. The piece emphasizes virtue, duty, and public service as guiding principles for personal conduct.
J Frank Hunt leads 1936 Red Cross Roll Call as Bath Chapter charts new committees and aims to exceed last year's quota. Miss Marguerite McQuaid field representative discusses relief work and the group urges business leaders and residents to support the effort.
The Moravian seminary at Bethlehem Pennsylvania founded in 1742 by sixteen year old Benigna Zinzendorf is described as the nation’s first school dedicated to equal educational opportunities for women. After the Revolution, it attracted many notable figures and leaders’ families, including visitors President and Mrs Washington and General Lafayette, with pupils among the Jay and Greene families and Jefferson and Washington kin.
The beisa lives in East Africa from Sudan to southern regions. It is depicted with a single horn on its forehead resembling the unicorn myth, though this horn size is described as resembling a yard long horn in profile.
Tourmaline appears in many colors and is Brazil's national gem. It is used in various industries including optical work and radio, and fashioned into tourmaline tongs for measuring emanations from radium.
The periscope is an optical instrument used on submarines to obtain a field of view otherwise blocked by an intervening object. It enables viewing above the surface while the vessel remains submerged.
A historical Maine survey shows recreation as the top industry, with 1980 estimates at 85,684,741 dollars. In 1930, 23,578 people were employed directly, with 12,500 hotel and camp workers earning 2,321,795 dollars and farms supplying vast goods to the sector.
Dust enters the air from multiple sources. The main portion in the lower atmosphere is blown from soil. Salt from ocean spray evaporation adds another share carried inland. Plant and animal matter also contribute a variety of solids that winds transport widely.
The article credits Catherine de Medici with establishing the corset in its full form. It claims she despised a large waist and devised a restrictive garment reaching from throat to waist. It asserts she reduced her waist to thirteen inches, a standard for a long period.
The player who wins the lot earns the right to move first and must play with the white pieces.
The name Smead is an English family name derived from a locality and means a smooth or level place.
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