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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 29, 1934

Page

8

Winter Street Ladies present two plays at chapel

An audience of about 200 attended a Winter Street chapel entertainment by the Ladies auxiliary. Two one act plays The Grill and Thank You Doctor featured a cast led by Amy A Irish, Cecil V Rowland, Jeannette F Shackford, Fred J Higgins and others with instrumental and vocal music between acts.

Winter Street Chapel Ladies’ Auxiliary George Woodruff Johnston Amy A. Irish Cecil V. Rowland Trent Jeannette F. Shackford Alice Fred J. Higgins Police Gilbert Emery Arthur S. Crockett Denny Cort Barbara Scott Howard Steen Betty Rice Katherine Conley Christine C. Curtis Priscilla E. Colby Catherine E. Leonard Richard Hersom Harry Horne Edna Bliss Ida Coffie Olney C. Perry

Enthusiasm at Bath FHA Housing Meeting

Bath branch of the Federal Housing Administration held a lively meeting at City hall with about 50 building trades representatives. The group discussed Bath's Model House at 52 Elm Street, east of O M Redson's residence, to show modernizing possibilities with interior and exterior work by local tradesmen and plans by an FHA architect.

Bath Federal Housing Administration City Hall John C. Fitzgerald Elm Street O. M. Redson

Public invited to view house repairs and sale plan

The public may visit the building before during and after repairs. Floodlights will enable evening work and once completed the property will be sold with profits to Bath charity. Details will follow but the project already generates wide interest and urges for similar improvements.

Bath Charity

Bath Welding installs 20000 gallon tank on 75 foot boat

Bath Welding Co proprietor Melvin J. Marco is installing a 20000 gallon two compartment oil tank in a 75 foot craft at Central Maine Power Co dock. The vessel, a former Portland fire boat now owned by Atlantic Transportation Operations led by Raymie Philbrick of Rockland, will transport fuel oil along the Maine coast. The two week job includes remodeling the cockpit house and adding a 120 hp diesel engine.

Bath Welding Co Melvin J. Marco Central Maine Power Co Portland Atlantic Transportation Operations Raymie Philbrick Rockland Maine Bath Cock House Atlantic Transportation

Bath sportsmen pay license fees in season tally

Bath City Clerk John W. Gilmore reports about 700 resident licenses and 11 out of state licenses issued for fishing and hunting. Total receipts near 530 with a month left. last year’s total was 732. Resident licenses include 492 gun licenses and the rest combination fish and game. Out of state licenses include nine for birds at 5.15 each and two for deer at 15.15.

John W. Gilmore

Early colonial physicians faced limited knowledge and bold remedies

Dr Cecil K Drinker reviewed Elizabeth Drinker’s diary 1758 1807 to reveal colonial medical practice. He notes reliance on theory over fact with bloodletting by William Shippen and Benjamin Rush, scarce tools like the stethoscope and thermometer, and battles among doctors such as Rush Kuhn Shippen Phy sick Redman and Bard as they treated fever yellow fever and childbirth.

Cecil K. Drinker Harvard School of Public Health Lowell Institute Elizabeth Drinker Adam Kuhn Benjamin Rush Drinker House Drinker Rush Kuhn William Shippen Sally Downing Auenbrugger Corvisart Napoleon Laennec Wunderlich Dr. Rush Institute of Medicine New Medical School Philip Syng John Redman Bard New York

Erroneous Loudon Hill spelling blamed on streetcar marker

The piece explains Loudon Hill in Hallowell was named by settlers from Loudon New Hampshire and notes a mis-spelling by a street railway marker that led to the current incorrect form. It argues the correct ending is o not e.

Loudon Hallowell Loudon Hill N. H Street

Open Winter Sign Predicted By Postal Telegraph Manager

Henry J. Gediman of Bath Postal Telegraph Co predicts an open winter based on the November moon rising from the southwest with a southwest wind, signaling three warm months and occasional cold days, a pattern he says has never failed.

Henry J. Gediman Bath The Postal Telegraph Co

Kennebec River name touted for Bath boat building plan

Letter to the Independent argues for developing Bath and Popham boat making with a Bath Fort Popham wharf. It praises Popham's past wherries and suggests testing boats from Bath to Popham to prove designs against tides and currents. The piece warns pollution and river neglect threaten boating and envisions a revived Kennebec boat industry with a proper landing and harbor protections.

the Independent Bath Hartford Conn Popham Lyman Oliver Popham Beach Kennebec Pond Seguin Charles River Boston Cambridge Newton Atkins Bay Fort Popham

Personal Notes From a Winter Travel and Illness Roundup

Local brief notes report Miss Sarah Reynolds ill and homebound at the Edna Mae Shoppe. Several residents relocate for winter, travel for Thanksgiving, or convalesce after illness, including Mrs. Clyde Stott moving to Port for the season and Miss J. L. Clark recovering from grippe amid a muscular rheumatic fever relapse in Connecticut.

Sarah Reynolds Edna Mae Clyde Stott Sagadahoc Ferry Portand Leland Plummer Charles Foster Little Neck L. I Guy Sprague Somerville Mass Harry W. Crosman Estelle Bowden R. N John B. Moyse Natick Herbert Mosley 3 Weeks Street Portland Robert Fulton Ruth Powers Vesper George School of Art Boston Maxwell Power Middle Street J. L. Clark Clark Apartments Billard Street Meriden Conn

Maine School Finance Commission Warns Antiquated Plant Issues

Release eight urges Maine to expand the State Department of Education, create a strong development division, and subsidize research to modernize school plant placement and budgeting, with new budget officers, union committees, and a State School Committee to safeguard local initiative.

Maine Public School Finance Commission State Department of Education Maine State Department Union School Union Superintendent of Schools Union Board Commissioner of Education Community School Committee State of

Wedding reception for Miss Evelyn Hackett and Bert Merrill

A reception and shower at Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hackett home honored Evelyn Hackett and Bert Merrill on their marriage. Fifty guests enjoyed games, a large wedding cake with gifts, and refreshments as the couple discussed the significance of each token.

Charles Hackett Evelyn Hackett Bert Merrill Frances Cook Robert Gardiner Portland Frank Siegars Betty Wilson Lewiston George Cutler Lee Chapman Margaret Gile Helen Britt Ella Purington Cambridge Mass John Purington Millay Nellie Sylvester School Improvement League United States Seavey Avery Fides Malcolm Hatch Pratt Richmond Linwood Rideout William Gile Lawrence James Gibbs Ernest Curtis Caleb Mitchell Waterville William Gould Foster Meserve Topsham James Brown Nettie Brown Gardiner Phillip Rideout A. S. MacDougal Millay Farm William Bass Woolwich Freeport Edward White Pomological Society Bangor Frank Millay Hartland R. D. Purington Mary Lilly Herbert Cornish Hazel Cornish Clara Fogg Fred Heath Harpswell Annie Stewart Litchfield William Gray G. C. Browne William Given B. R. Temple Horace and State House

John Wishart Talks on China to Central Church Men

John Wishart of Bath Iron Works gave Central church Men’s Club a talk on China. He shared souvenirs and photos from relatives who visited China, plus lantern images of Canadian Rockies and a Vancouver to Shanghai voyage. A lobster stew preceded a brief business session, with a pledge to support Public Playgrounds.

John Wishart Bath Iron Works Central Church China Canadian Rockies Vancouver Shanghai Manchukuo Edward J. McMann J. Maurice Haynes James Dunton Marius Page

Local safeguards to bolster educational program efficiency

The text argues that proper safeguards are needed to guide and assure economic expenditures without hindering local initiative, which is viewed as the key mechanism for maintaining long term educational program efficiency.

Bath Boys Dominate 27th State Y M C A Conference

Bath sent 42 youths to Portland for the 27th annual State Y M C A Boys Conference. Philip H Oliver of Bath was elected first vice president and nominated for president, Elton Pinkham became a county vice president, and Paul Legard delivered a key nominating speech. Ralph Card John Shaughnessy and Donald Page served on major committees as Rev. Henry H Crane of Scranton Pa. delivered three addresses stressing Christian character through trial and reward.

Bath Portland Philip H. Oliver Elton Pinkham Paul Legard Philip Oliver Maine America Ralph Card John Shaughnessy Donald Page Henry H. Crane Scranton Y.M.C.A

Bath Churches Plan Thanksgiving Service

Bath Protestant churches unite for a public Thanksgiving service at 7 30 Thursday evening in Winter Street church. The program includes organ preludes hymns prayers readings and a sermon with offertory and benediction.

Winter Street Church Bath Winter Street Carl Albee George B. Wolstenholme West Charles H. Berry M. Helen Sims Charles R. Sims

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