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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 26, 1936

Page

6

Richmond Notes and Society Briefs From Town News

A wide listing of local visits and social events includes Mr. and Mrs. Preston Carver hosting a surprise party for 15 at their Front Street home. Town residents travel to Cleveland and Belfast for winter stays, hunts yield deer, and town officials attend the Maine Hotel association meeting. The fire department battles a chimney fire on South Front Street, and the Richmond Worsted Spinning Co. announces a 10 percent wage increase.

Preston Carver Hurley House Front Street Margaret Stennert Cleveland Ohio Melvin Castner Frank Holman Bath Eva Pecci Hazel Adams Portland Harold Castner Richmond Earl Castner Bangor Ann Tyler Belfast Ferras Stuber Bert Stinson Amesbury Mass Henry Plouff Randall Church Street Clayton Stinson Delmer Stinson Robert Stanley Elmer King Harry Boston Lisbon Boyd Boston Augusta Ann Spofford Seattle Wash Grace Stubbs Spofford James Gibson Los Angeles Ernest Stewart Evelyn Helen Harlow Waterville Daniel Stewart Skowhegan Rodney N. Edgett Belmont Edgett Gilbert E. Edgett Charles B. Day Maine Hotel Association Lafayette Hotel Day Chester Foster Irving Meserve Norris Sidelinger Foster George Pushard Auburn Jenkins House Center Street E. A. Stevens Pleasant Pond Pleasant Street Harry Douglass Douglass Robert Blake Kingfield Charles Pashard Irene Daignault Lewiston Lillian Hill Nellie Thomas Cora Smith Brunswick Charles Griffin C. E. Foss Edward Sykes Watertown Pauline Cronk Rebekah Assembly Ivy Rebekah Lodge Annie Gould Victoria Call Maude Mooney Iceboro Call Esther Parker S. M. Preble Harvey Goodwin Vera Crooker Cumberland Carl Anderson Emerson School Hazel Gardner Lois Skillin South Portland E. O. Tarr Eva Libby Maynard Hinkley Gardiner Mabel Lancaster Farmingdale William Dingley Leslie Watson South Front Street Charles Little

Decorative Doorways Contest Planned by Garden Department

At the Cosmopolitan club house the Garden department votes to sponsor the third annual Decorative Doorways contest this year. Rules and committees will be chosen later. The club also plans a December 7 party for the Cosmopolitan Junior Garden club and a greens table for the mother club's Christmas fair on December 5. Fifteen members attended as Mrs. Frank A. Hodgdon, president, led the meeting.

Cosmopolitan Club Garden Department Bath Cosmopolitan Junior Garden Club Granville Colby Franklin Neal Louis M. Silverman Margaret T. Mulligan Alice F. Johnson Margaret R. Foote Mildred G. Nichols Elizabeth E. Dunbar William Skelton George A. Churchill Louise A. Bucknam Stanley M. Brown Frank A. Hodgdon

Man Receives 90 Day Term For Larceny From O M Redlon Co

Paul Savage pleaded guilty in Bath municipal court to larceny of an electric drill from O M Redlon Co. He was sentenced by Recorder Owen J. Ledyard to 90 days in Kennebec county jail. The tool valued at 45 dollars was sold for 2 50 by Savage who said liquor influenced him. Two youths stealing cigarettes from John J Conroy’s car were given a reprimand after school.

Paul Savage O. M. Redlon Co Bath Owen J. Ledyard Kennebec County Augusta Redlon Savage John J. Conroy

Bangor Mourns Death of Mme Ernestine Schumann Heink

Residents in Bangor lament the death of the famed contralto Mme Ernestine Schumann Heink at age 75 in Hollywood California on November 17. The Bangor paper recalls her 1900 1901 1904 1913 and 1918 Bangor appearances and her role in Love's Lottery at the Bangor Opera House. Also noted is community work by local school staff and librarians for Augusta public schools.

Bangor Mme Ernestine Schumann-Heink Hollywood Calif Edwards- Smith Bangor Opera House

Georgetown News Highlights Preserve Local Life in Bath Visits

Richard Farnham of Bath visits Georgetown on Friday while the Working League gathers at Miss M. Bell Heald’s home on Wednesday. The town notes several Bath visitors, family travels to Boston for Thanksgiving, a burial at Oak Cemetery, and Dorothy Hagan earns scholastic honors at North Yarmouth Academy.

Richard Farnham Bath M. Bell Heald William A. Todd Henry Reynolds Attleboro Somerville Abbie Reynolds C. L. Hinckley Sagadahoc Bay Rapheal Higgins John Gordon Alvah Reynolds Jennie Todd Lisbon Arthur L. Todd H. G. Heald Junior Brown Harold J. Brown Kennebec Point Morse High School Edgar Warren John L. Thibodeau Indian Rocks Fla Winter Center Ruth W. Powers William Mains John R. Blackie West Georgetown Boston Clarence Oliver Alma Chase James Chase Oak Cemetery Dorothy Hagan Georgetown North Yarmouth Academy

Sterling Brotherhood Plans Church Improvements

The Sterling Brotherhood of Corliss Street Baptist church held its first meeting at John L. Russell's home with 12 attendees. Frank Curtis chaired. plans included refinishing the Deering room floor and forming a male chorus led by Chester A. Plant with Ray Cummings as organist.

Sterling Brotherhood of Frank Curtis Frederick P. Moffatt Deering Room Harold Walker Ray Cummings Chester A. Plant Russell Cummings

Doctors address medical association in Sedgwick

Dr A A Stott spoke to Sagadahoc County Medical Association at the Sedgwick club room after a Mayo Clinic visit. Officers and councillors were elected and topics included socialized medicine and possible legislation. Alexander Belanger suffered serious injuries when his truck overturned while avoiding a black cat crossing his path.

A. A. Stott Sagadahoc County Medical Association Sedgwick Mayo Clinic Frederick T. Hill Maine Medical Association Edward H. Risley Water Alexander Belanger College Road Lewiston Belanger

Fortieth Anniversary of National PTA Observed

National PTA marks 40th anniversary with tree planting by 25 000 local associations in 1937 to honor the Congress and founders. Enrolment cards issued by the American Tree Association after trees are planted. plans and materials emphasize youth needs, world peace, homemaking as a career and safety.

United States National Congress of Parents and Teachers National Board of Managers Congress American Tree Association Fred M. Raymond Grand Rapids Michigan National Congress W. J. Hayes Burlingame California Noel C. Little Brunswick Maine Frederick M. Hosmer Auburn New York Raymond John E. Hayes Twin Fails Idaho Parent B. F. Langworthy Winnetka Illinois Congress Organization The National Office

Fireside Club Discusses What Youth Should Know About Alcohol

The Winter Street Fireside club met Sunday with 60 youths and debated practical views on alcohol and abstinence. They agreed that exaggerated anti alcohol rhetoric harms the abstainer and noted the car age amplifies drink issues. Mary McClure led the discussion and Betty Watson et al aided refreshments. Next week Rev George H Thorburn Jr speaks on being a good Protestant. Dr and Mrs Reginald T Lombard visited local hosts Saturday.

Winter Street Fireside Club Friends of Temperance Mary McClure Betty Watson Patricia Sewall Jean McCall Martha Page Carl Earlbach Marold Stanton George H. Thorburn, Jr Universalist

Five Islands social notes from Arlington to Bath weekend

Five Islands residents and visitors travel between Arlington Massachusetts Bath Maine and nearby towns. The gatherings include the MacMahan family enduring visits from Bath and Wiscasset and Thanksgiving time with relatives and friends.

Former Ellers Mill to Resume Operations

The mill next to the H. T. Passmore plant on Commercial Street has reopened after Amasa Ellers’ death. It will be run by Mr. Passmore with Will Given in charge, using machines hired from Norman W. Howard. Given, veteran of the Jackson block factory, can do wood turning, saw filing and cabinet work.

H. T. Passmore Commercial Street Amasa Ellers Mr. Passmore Will Given Norman W. Howard Acme Mr. Given Jackson Block Commercial Arch Streets John S. Jackson Mr. Jackson Jackson Given

Obituary of Harry H. Robbins 56 Bath Machinist

Harry H. Robbins 56 died suddenly Monday night at his home 223 Center Street of a heart attack. Born in Phippsburg to Charles and Ida Pushard Robbins he later lived with grandmother Ida Robbins in Bath. A Morse High School graduate and machinist he worked at Bath Iron Works and elsewhere. He married Frances Bixby in December 1924. A Masonic member and member of the People's Baptist church. Survived by his wife. Funeral set Friday at 2 PM at Curtis Funeral Home 105 Center Street.

Harry H. Robbins Center Street Mr. Robbins Phippsburg Charles Ida Pushard Robbins Bath Ida Robbins Pine Street Morse High School Bath Iron Works Corp Portland Philadelphia Frances Bixby Randolph Masonic Order Blue Lodge Montgomery and St. Bernard Royal Arch People’s Baptist Church Curtis Funeral Home

Alma E Chase dies at 87 in Bath home

Alma E Chase widow of James H Chase died Thursday afternoon at 21 Marshall Street. Born in Edgecomb she was daughter of Charles R and Elizabeth P Cunningham. She lived 39 years in Bath after years in Georgetown. Survived by three sons Vernal V Chase Bath Roy E Chase Concord NH Edwin F Chase Boston and daughter Mrs Ormsley Watson Berwick.

Alma E. Chase James H. Chase Marshall Street Edgecomb Charles R Elizabeth P. Cunningham Bath Georgetown Vernal V. Chase This City Roy E. Chase Concord N. H Edwin F. Chase Boston

Winter Carnival Plans Tied to Rotary and Junior Chamber

Preliminary Winter Carnival plans were prepared by the Bath Rotary club and the Junior Chamber of Commerce at a Hotel Sedgwick supper meeting. Queen contest details were to be announced later. The group reported on the Armistice Day high school gym dance and invited the JCs to tonight's Rotary meeting where Dr. Barker will speak. The JC will reconvene next Monday at City Hall to finalize Carnival details for Children's Playgrounds. Edna Elizabeth Jones of Augusta to Edmond Michael de Kerts mont Locee of Lausanne wed December 5 at Green Street Methodist.

Bath Rotary Club Junior Chamber of Commerce Hotel Sedgwick James A. Gillies, Jr Horace Herrick Clinton D. Wilson Thomas Huston Rotary Club Barker City Hall Herbert Leslie Howe Edna Elizapeth Jones Augusta Edmond Michael de Kertsmont Locee Lausanne Switzerland Green Street Methodist Episcopal Church Miss Jones Augusta Business and Wor‘er’s’Club Federation B. P. W. Brevities Augusta Club

Death of Frank E Williss in Brockton Mass

Frank E Williss uncle of Mrs Maxwell Powers of this city died at his Brockton Massachusetts home on Saturday morning November 21. He survived his sister the late Mrs Ruth Johnson who died three days earlier at her daughter s home on Middle street. Mrs Powers accompanied the body of her mother to Brockton for burial.

Frank E. Williss Maxwell Powers Brockton Mass Ruth Johnson Middle Street Powers Brockten

Funeral for Mrs Alma E Chase Held at Home

The funeral of Alma E Chase widow of James H Chase was held Sunday afternoon at two at 21 Marshall Street. Rev Frederick P Moffatt officiated. Bearers were Vernal Edwin F and Roy E Chase and Michael Ahearn. Burial followed at Oak Cemetery Georgetown.

Alma E James H. Chase Marshall Street Frederick P. Moffatt Corliss Street Church Vernal Edwin F Roy E. Chase Michael Ahearn Oak Cemetery Georgetown

Portland Woman Remembered by Sebasco Summer Colony

Mrs. Annie B. Cushman wife of Nathan A. Cushman died at her Portland home early Sunday after illness. She was a valued Sebasco summer resident and Williston Congregational Church member. Funeral services were held Monday. The Cushman family, including four sons, relocated to Portland 27 years ago from New York City where Cushman Baking Co. was founded.

Bath Sébasco Annie B. Cushman Nathan A. Cushman Portland Cushman Sebasco Williston Congregational Church

Miss Ella M. Day Dies in Bath After Illness

Miss Ella M. Day aged 86 a prominent member of the Order of the Eastern Star and first worthy grand matron of the Grand Chapter in Mainé died late Saturday afternoon at the home of Miss Alma L. Reid 23 Russell street Bath where she had resided since February after two years with Mr. and Mrs. David E. Rich in North Bath Born in Rockland she was a long time dressmaker there and later moved to Bath following illness She was a past matron of Goldenrod chapter O E S of Rockland.

Mary O’connors Arlington Mass James T. MacMahan Bath D.L. Howard J. G. Stevens Isabel Stevens Katherine Pendergast Horace E. Wade Wiscasset Earle MacMahan Forest Hill Hospital Forest Hill Edna Lewis J. T. MacMahan Chester MacMahan Philip Campbell, Jr Auburn MacMahan Charles Farrow Robinhood Ardene Pinkham Georgetown Maurice Pinkham Raymond Belanger George Gray Helen Rowe Frances Pacon Sudbury Miss Rowe Lermond H. Rowe Blaisdell House Islands Beulah Miller Boston Basil MacMahan Massachusetts Kittery Harold, Jr Russell Pinkham Ellsworth Pinkham Natalie MacMahan James McNeil Byron Campbell Seguinland Christian Deschane Florence Deschane Freeport William Wilson Campbell Leon Williams Waltham Ella M. Day Order of the Eastern Star Mainé Alma L. Reid Russell Street David E. Rich North Bath Miss Day Rockland Goldenrod Chapter O. E

Baby Vivian Fleming Dies. Bath Infant Remembered

Vivian M. Fleming three months old daughter of Vernard and Maretta Fleming of 10 Winter Street Bath died Thursday morning. Survived by parents one brother Alvin and three sisters Helen Barbara and Margaret and grandparents Mr and Mrs Daniel Bennett Bath and Charles Fleming Lubec. Funeral arrangements not listed.

Vivian M. Fleming Vernard Maretta Fleming Winter Street Court Bath Alvin Fleming Helen Barbara Margaret Daniel Bennett Charles Fleming Lubec

Prayers for Mrs Johnson Held in Brockton and Whitman

Prayers were offered Thursday at 2 p m for Mrs Ruth M Johnson at the home of her daughter Mrs Maxwell Powers 887 Middle Street Rev Joseph O Purdue officiated with bearers Clarence Dalton Dr Wilbur F Browne Charles Stackpole and Dr Harry F Morin The funeral occurred Friday at 2 p m at the Baptist church in Brockton Mass with interment in Whitman Mass

Ruth M. Johnson Maxwell Powers Middle Street Joseph O. Purdue Clarence Dalton Wilbur F. Browne Brunswick Charles Stackpole Harry F. Morin The Baptist

Wing funeral held for Henry T. Wing in Brunswick road home

The funeral for Henry T. Wing was held Wednesday at his Brunswick road home with Rev. Ernest Heywood of Wesley Church officiating. Pallbearers were his four sons H. Leigh Wing James R. Wing Paul L. Wing and Harold B. Wing. Burial followed in the Wing family plot in Wayne. Meanwhile workers began driving sheet steel piling around a cofferdam to protect a submarine water main under the Kennebec River.

Henry T. Wing Brunswick Road Ernest Heywood Wesley Church H. Leigh Wing James R. Wing Paul L. Wing Harold B. Wing Wing Wayne Augusta Kennebec River

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George Coughlin Harry Sykes Middle Dam Edward Coughlin Earl Preble Detroit Mich P. Cadenelli Dresden Bertha Curtis Ideal Hi Corner Club Myrtle Zelmer Dwinal Camden Richmond High School State Liquor Commission Louis J. N John Dixon Florida George Dixon Holliston Earl Frost Arthur LaChance Carrie Blenn Main Street Ephriam and Abigail Smith Blenn Malden Annie Mansir Marion Blenn Maurice Blenn Susie Cotton Cora Baker Lillian E. Wells Falmouth Richard T Letitia Gardner Farrin D. M. Humphreys & Co Sagadahock Block Bath, Me Cosmopolitan Garden Club Kennebec Ira M. Baker Virginia Hill Lithgow Anne Curran Reardon Sterling Brotherhood DR. Stott Medical Association Fortiethan Aseal National P. T. A Fireside Reginald T. Lombard J. Edward Drake, Jr Ellers Mill Bath Savings Institution Rotary Committee Haines Doe Son Union Max Katz the Working Man's Store Elm Street Mrs. Chase Plimpton Litchfield George E. Plimpton Queen Victoria Buckingham Palace Edward Sebasco Summer Colony Miss Ella M. Day Grand Chapter Mrs. Johnson Fred S. Curtis & CO Thomas R. Huston
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