Wreck of the Hustler off Cape Horn Told by Totman
Captain Arthur L. Totman recalls the 70 year old tale of three Phippsburg men shipwrecked off Cape Horn aboard the bark Hustler. After days at sea the crew abandoned the sinking vessel, endured cannibal pursuit near Tierra del Fuego, reached a German trading station, and returned home with gold found by Will Perry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur L. Totman
Winnegance
Phippsburg
Cape Horn
Totman
Bessie
New Bedford
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Joseph Perry
William B. Perry
George Everett McIintire
Delaware River
Delaware Capes
Perry
Tierra del Fuego
Mr. McIntire
la Marr
Young Will
Will
Oregon
Horn
Frisco
Atlantic Transportation Co
F. W. Roebling
Fire Island
Noted Sculptor Outlines Park Fountain Plans
William Zorach discussed progress on the City Park fountain with Bath Garden club members. The design features two granite basins and a six foot bronze Spirit of the Sea, with total estimated costs of 15 000 dollars and 5 000 dollars for casting the figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Zorach
City Park
Bath Garden Club Fountain Committee
New York City
Zorach
Barre
Radio City Music Hall
N.Y.C
Robinhood
Italy
Bath
Fountain Committee
Whitney Museum of American Art
Bath Savings Institution Weather Station Opens Window Display
Bath Savings Institution announces a Don Kent Weather Station installed in the new display window. The 24 hour weather information comes from roof instruments for wind speed and direction, temperature, and barometric pressure with flashing lights signaling fair or stormy conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Savings Institution
Don Kent
Training Course For Girl Scout Leaders
A basic training course for all adult Brownie and Girl Scout leaders runs four weeks on Mondays and Thursdays at Winter Street Church. It begins Monday September 28 from 12:30 to 2:30, with Merrimeeting Section adults invited. Please bring handbooks guides and song books. An Arts and Crafts Workshop will follow the training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Butcher
Everett Fraser
Winter Street
James Hay
Church Hospitals Expand New York (4)
Private church owned hospitals in the United States have assets exceeding 5 billion dollars, according to the American Association of Fund-Raising Counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Hospitals
New York
United States
American Assn
Soaking Woodened Clothespins Prevents Freezing
Soaked in hot salty water, wooden clothespins do not freeze to clothes as readily as untreated ones. The finding notes treated pins resist sticking, aiding laundry in cold, damp conditions.
Dike-Washington PTA Runs School Membership Drive
The Dike-Washington PTA conducts a membership campaign from September 28 to October 9 with a prize for the class enrolling the most new members. President Mrs. Elihu Fullerton led the meeting and urged book donations for the library and PTA Council Workshop attendance at Mrs. Joseph I. Smith's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike-Washington Parents Teacher Association
Elihu Fullerton
P. T. A. Council
Joseph I. Smith
Washington Street
Paul Akeley
Stanley Hutchins
Helen Footer
Bridal Shower for Miss Patricia Scott in Bath
Mrs. John M. Conley Jr and Mrs. Edward Daley hosted a bridal shower at Mrs. Conley’s Dummer street home for Miss Patricia Scott, soon to wed John MacDonald on Oct 3. Attendees included many Bath and Greenville residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Conley, Jr
Edward Daley
Randall Daley
Conley
Dummer Street
Patricia Scott
John MacDonald
Ralph Crocker
Elizabeth Conley
John McLaughlin
John Atwood
Maude Wilson
Laura Currier
Frank Fournier
John Hayes
Helen Hayes
Lucien Bisson
Eva Henderson
Rudolph McRae
Erama Oliver
Helen Shaughnessy
Alton Pinkham
Helen Kennedy
Martha Feretos
Richard Oliver
Robert McRae
Vivian Miller
Loring Addison
Paul Akeley
Clifford Wilband
Earle Kimble
James Jenkins
Elford Stover
John Quirk
Bath
Harold Contey
Charles MacDonald
James Brown
Greenville
Lowell Temple Suffs Covered Dish Supper and Meeting
Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters held a covered dish supper conducted by Jane Shea with Ruth Sprague as chair. The charter was draped for Addie Moulton. For next meeting members to bring crayons pencils color books for Pine Land hospital project. Viola Melzard won the mystery prize. Susie Darrah and Nellie Dunning were reported sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Temple
Ruth Sprague
Jane Shea
Addie Moulton
Pineland Hospital
Viola Melzard
Susie Darrah
Nellie Dunning
Stock Shower For Mrs Ainsley McPhee At Trafton Home
Mrs Ainsley McPhee of 818 Washington street was guest of honor at a stork shower hosted by Mrs Alton Trafton Mrs Berta Merryfield and Mrs Kenneth Hatch at 14 Washington street The gifts were arranged in a decorated cradle Guests included Nancy Norton Audrey Trafton Patricia Percy Dorothy White Beverly Dauphin Abby French George Lennox Barbara Longley Bernice McCabe Carolyn Fitzpatrick Marion Piper Gifts were sent by Gail Dodge Frances Warner and Barbara Esmond
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsley McPhee
Washington Street
Alton Trafton
Berta Merryfield
Kenneth Hatch
Trafton
McPhee
Nancy Norton
Audrey Trafton
Patricia Percy
Dorothy White
Beverly Dauphin
Abby French
George Lennox
Barbara Longley
Bernice McCabe
Carolyn Fitzpatrick
Marion Piper
Gail Dodge
Frances Warner
Barbara Esmond
Hospital Auxiliary Rummage Sale Planned for Oct 16
The Bath Memorial Hospital Auxiliary schedules its annual rummage sale Friday October 16 from 1 to 3 at the Central church parish house. Call Mrs. Hutchins or Mrs. Footer for pickup arrangements. A cooked food table runs under Mrs. Ralph Crooker. the Junior League hosts a White Elephant booth led by Mrs. Claus F. Hinck III and Mrs. George Carlton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Central Church
Arthur Hutchins
Joseph
Hutchins
Footer
Ralph Crooker
Claus F. Hinck III
George Carlton
Floor Lamps Go To New Heights For Modern Decor
Portable floor lamps rise in popularity with room divider designs and chandelier style overheads. Two or more pole supports hold shelves and filigreed connections while tall plastic cylinders in wood frames accommodate two 150 watt bulbs. The lamps plug into outlets, require no install, and offer ceiling to floor illumination with separate upper and lower section controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Brown
UP News
Our Lady's Sodality Plans For Fall Activities
The group at St. Marys parish held its first meeting of the season on Sept 20 with Mrs Louise Rogers presiding. A rummage sale is set for Oct 16 and 17 a food sale for Nov 20 and the second annual Christmas greens sale and tea on Dec 6. Committees and venues will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Lady's Sodality
St. Mary's Parish
Louise Rogers
Lobstering Rises as Main Fishermen Activity
Lobstering dominates the fisher community as tuna and mackerel seasons wane. Sebasco freezers work lobsters when catches allow, with fair activity reported at Norton’s wharf Sebasco Holbrook’s Cundy’s Harbor York West Point Hermit Island Drake Bay Point and Thibodeau Five Islands. Ernest Wallace leads tuna landings with 67 fish, followed by Oscar Gilliam 64 and Clayton Johnson 37 at York’s.
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Sebasco
Norton’s
Holbrook
Cundy's Harbor
York
West Point
McIntire
Hermit Island
Drake
Bay Point
Thibodeau
Five Islands
Ernest Wallace
Robert York
Oscar Gilliam
Clayton Johnson
Bailey Island
York’s
Mackerel Season Declines for Small Point Fishermen
Clifford Pye of Small Point says nets have been hauled in after only a fair season. He notes the modest harvest and reduced fishing activity as the season ends.
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Clifford Pye
Gamble Goodell Wedding Announced in West Bath
Announcement states Miss Betty Jane Goodell daughter of Mrs. Lillian J. Rose West Bath will marry Gerald W. Gamble on September 21 at the home of Rev. Charles J. Sims West Bath. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Norman Robichaud and a wedding reception followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jane Goodell
Lillian J. Rose
West Bath
Gerald W. Gamble
Charles J. Sims
Norman Robichaud
Bride and Groom Wed in East Brunswick Home
The bridal party and immediate families were hosted by the bride and groom's daughters Miss Elizabeth J. Gamble and Mrs. David Michaud of Topsham at the Michaud home. The bride, daughter of the late Roy Goodell of West Bath, attended Bath schools and works at the New England Tel office. The groom works as a projector operator at the Bowdoin Drive-In theater. They reside on Harding Road, East Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth J. Gamble
David Michaud
Topsham
Penn Baseball Captain Larry Purdy Star Pitcher
Penn catcher and quarterback Purdy leads the Penn baseball team as star pitcher and captain, anchoring the lineup with veteran leadership and two way play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn
Larry Purdy
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Dike
Washington
PTA Membership Conduct Campaign
Hospital Auxiliary
Our Lady’s Sodality
Gamble - Goodell
Chevrolet
Chevy
Poised
Smith Chevrolet. Inc
Center Street
Bath, Maine
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