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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 07, 1937

Page

3

Miss Marie Merrill Begins Duties At State Library

Miss Marie Merrill started the apprentice course at the Maine State Library on Monday, after leaving Sunday for Augusta and setting up residence on Gage Street. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jason A. Merrill of 204 Washington Street and recently graduated from Mechanic Falls High School after attending Morse High School for three years. Her grandfather Rev. Frank M. Lamb recently completed a 51-year Baptist ministry stint. Merrill was active in dramatics and public speaking, earning prizes during high school.

Marie Merrill Maine State Library Augusta Gage Street Miss Merrill Jason A. Merrill Washington Street Mechanic Falls Morse High School Frank M. Lamb The Baptist Church

Mayo Couple Returns From New Hampshire Vacation

Mr and Mrs Howard Mayo of Milan street have returned from a vacation spent in New Hampshire Vermont and Boston where they stayed a week with Mrs Mayo parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Goodrich in that city They also spent a few days on their return at Birch Point and were hosted at the cottage of Mr and Mrs J Edward Drake Jr

Howard Mayo Milan Street New Hampshire Vermont Boston Mayo Joseph Goodrich Birch Point J. Edward Drake, Jr

Bath Girl Chosen Chairman of House Bellevue

Miss Ruth E Cohen daughter of Morris H and Mrs Cohen of 10 Old South Place Boston has been elected chairman of Bellevue house Simmons College for this year. She is a junior in the school of Secretarial Studies active in genorah society and the Dramatic club. She was Morse High School valedictorian 1935 and a National Honor Society member.

Ruth EF. Cohen Ruth E. Cohen Morris H. Cohen Old South Place Bellevue House Simmons College Boston

Bath residents on brief absences and returns

Local notes list numerous residents and visitors. Miss Flossie Beals resumed duties after two weeks away in Westport and South Portland, with Marilyn Hatch substituting. Others include Jane Kodis visiting Bath on business, Ol ive Sewall traveling to New York to resume Juilliard duties, and Ada Smar returning from Bar Harbor to Corinna for a month long visit.

Flossie M. Beals Ardenne A. Stott Westport South Portland Marilyn Hatch Ralph Hatch Sagadahoc Ferry Miss Beals M. Shershevsky Jane Kodis Jewish Home For the Aged Portland Bath Kodis Business Girls Club The Portland Y. W. H. A Ada Smar Corinna Newport House Bar Harbor John Gilmore Milan Street

Bowker Couple Welcomes Eight Pound Son at Cornish Maternity

The Bowkers of Phippsburg celebrate the birth of an eight pound son on Wednesday September 29 at Cornish Maternity Home. Community notices report local residents visiting relatives, engagements, and guild activities including St Marys Guild meetings at Grace Church and preparations for a fall domestic sale with reports on a recent rummage event.

Howard Bowker Phippsburg Carl C. Troop Marjorie Troop St. Mary's Guild of Grace Church

Mrs Noel Little Speaks at Bath P T A Meeting

Mrs Noel Little of Brunswick president of the Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers spoke at the North Center P T A meeting in Grace church parish house Bath during a supper and reception for new teachers superintendent and the school board More than 75 attended The talk covered her European tour with Prof Little and insights from Italy Germany and Austria plus the role of home life in the community A reception followed with remarks from school officials and new North Center district teachers Enid Sawyer Percy W Scott Lillian H Fadden and Margaret Mackinnon named among staff newcomers

Noel. Little Brunswick Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc Bath North Center Grace Church Parish House Marius H. Page Theodore Watson Bird U Shellenbarger Daniel Williams Edwin H. P. Lowell Harold 8. Avery Francis Hill Jacob Smith Samuel Korolick Frances Ginty Ruth Shellenbarger William Grace Leroy F. Colby Fred J. Higgins W. Dayton Hill W. Percy Marks J. Edward Pomeroy Bird A. Shellenbarger Joseph O. Purdue Charles M. Tubbs Colby Joseph I. Smith Association Grace Church Grace Alden G. Smith Mothersingers William W. Dennison Shellenbarger Leslie J. Wold Fred K. Sturtevant Richard T. Hersom Harry W. Smith John Parker Europe Mrs. Little Spanish Littles Naples Rome Mussolini Little Switzerland Scotland Smith Andrew Cahill Enid Sawyer Augusta Percy W. Scott Lillian H. Fadden Margaret M. S. Mackinnon

K C Five Point Program of Progress in Sagadahoc

The Sagadahoc council Knights of Columbus will begin the five point program of progress with a meeting at 7:30. Grand Knight A L Eastman chaplain Rev David P Suttie and lecturer Henry M Biggins will appoint the program committee chair and then that group will select five chairmen to lead Sports social affairs cultural activities civic and social service and welcome and reception.

Sagadahoc Council Knights of Columbus A. L. Eastman David P. Surette Henry M. Biggins

Third annual Silver Tea by Girl Scouts at State Home

The third annual Silver Tea and Exhibit sponsored by the Girl Scout Council will be held Thursday from three to five at the State Military and Naval Children's Home. Mrs. Frank L. Staples hosts Open House as visitors view the home with Girl Scout guides. Proceeds fund local troops and Brownie packs numbering over 100 members. Tickets are available from council members or at the door. An equipment exhibit by Mrs. Bruce H. M. White will be shown.

Girl Scout Council Military and Naval Children's Home Frank L. Staples Red Cross Causeit Bath Wilmer I. Voorhees Alfred E. Carpenter David S. Cogan Stella Dolloff R. N J. Edward Drake Glenn H. Easton James A. Gillies, Jr Archibald M. Main Arthur Sewall Edward Sewall Sumner Sewall Milton C. Trott Bruce H. M. White Brunswick State Military and Naval Children's Home South Street

Read ing and Bath residents travel and visits noted

Read ing residents Mr. and Mrs. Albert Somes return from two weeks with Dr. and Mrs. Ardenne A. Stott of Park street. They are followed by Mrs. Stott and two others for Boston. Dolloff visits Rumford. Austin family returns from East Peru. Henderson and Howe families back from Presque Isle and Bangor. Marriage filings include Joan Gillespie and Athana Congdon. Peggy Reed covers Bath office during Thombe’s Belfast vacation. Health updates for John T. Parris. Races attended at Rockingham Park. Fields family visits New Britain and Elizabeth, NJ. Mrs. Ida Greenleaf visits in Bath then Saugus for winter.

Albert Somes Reading Mass Ardenne A. Stott Park Street Stott Harry Cooke Mary Marr David S. Henderson North Bath John Howe Upper Washington Street Presque Isle Bangor John W. Gilmore Joan W. Gillespie James W. Gillespie Washington Street Athana C. Congdon William M. Congdon Bruce Street Peggy Reed Boston Western Union Telegraph Co Bath Leonard Thombe Belfast

Y M C A plans drive and reports to directors

President Charles C. Low and Vice President F. B. Nichols submitted a report to the Y M C A board ahead of their monthly meeting. The annual drive for 3500 dollars was placed in the hands of Col H. W. Owen Jr and Clinton D. Wilson with solicitations to begin Monday. Reports covered summer camp leadership conference base ball league and major building repairs. P T A was given permission to use the gym for a banquet Oct 26 opening night of the State Congress of Parents and Teachers. Sidney L. Eaton presided in the president’s and vice president’s absence.

Charles C. Low F. B. Nichols Y.M.C.A Col. H. W. Owen, Jr Clinton D. Wilson P.t.a.'s State Congress of Parents and Teachers Sidney L. Eaton

Leon Walsh Guilty Of Assault In Municipal Court

Leon Walsh pleaded not guilty at arraignment but was found guilty of assault and battery on Ira Smith of Pleasant Avenue. Recorder Gardiner Deering imposed a $10 fine and court costs or 30 days in Kennebec County Jail. Walsh could not pay. Officers Green and Curran arrested him after Smith alleged a beating over fish. Walsh roomed with Smith at the Pleasant Avenue home.

Leon Walsh Ira Smith Pleasant Avenue Gardiner R. Deering Kennebec County Augusta Langdon E. Green William J. Curran Walsh Mr. Smith

Central Parish To Meet Next Monday

The annual meeting of the Central church parish will be held next Monday evening at 7 30. Officers will be elected and plans made for the yearly canvass to fund the coming year. All parishioners are urged to attend and representatives from every family are hoped to be present.

Central Church

Bowery Street Host for Engine 2 Men After Illness

Everett Green of Bowery street hosted Engine 2 men on Monday evening at his home after seven weeks of confinement due to a broken ankle and a later nervous breakdown. He is now improved in health.

Everett Green Bowery Street Lown Men Engine 2

Nurses Association delegates from Portland city reach meeting

Attending the Maine State Nurses Association in Portland on Monday and Tuesday were Mrs. Jane Haggett Mrs. Ruth Henry and Miss Stella Dolloff. Haggett served as the delegate from the central district representing the city group.

Maine State Nurses Association Portland Jane Haggett Ruth Henry Stella Dolloff Haggett

Also Mentioned on This Page

Frank Lockery Saco James C. Lockery James E. Lockery Frederick N. Sewall Kansas City Lower High Street William O. Kimball Maajor William R. Kimball High Street Kimball L. Houghton Kimball Robert B. Hatch Harry B. Briggs, Jr Netta Pearl Street Rock Gardens Sebasco Bath Iron Works Corp Grace Cotton Revere Gilbert Horrax Margaret Minott Abbie Minott Frank A. Vennette Biddeford Court Street Vennette Bath Opera House Thimble Club Lucy Rogers Elmer W. Rogers Lloyd Hooker Roland McIntosh Eleanor Coombs Elmer Blake Walter James Lewis Allen Imma Groves Emily Larrabee Chester McKenzie Harvey Groves Fred Robinson O. E. Page Middle Street Bradford Edward B. Hamblett Robert Hamblett Angel Guardian School Jamaica Plain Roger Amoroso Natick Fred Cary East Brunswick Herpes Zoster Estella Bowden R.N Edward H. Owen Bowdoin College Paul G. Bagdikian Eastland Hotel Katherine B. Full Buffalo Central Church Parish House Lewiston Miss Full Ridin’ Light Lodge Adelaide Coombs Smith College Northampton Betty Donnell Marion A. Wyman Donnells Frank Hewins, Jr Hallowell Bertha Lord New York Traphagen School of Fashion Lord Barbizon Hotel Rupert H. Baxter Harry W. Tucker Percival P. Baxter Fenton Tomlinson Mackworth Island Portland Harbor Elizabet Hampden Nichols Westbrook Street Donald Young Front Street Orono Virginia Jewett Brian Jewett University of Maine Howard Flewellyn Frederick E. Drake Kenneth C. M. Sills Episcopal Church Cincinnati Joseph C. Noyes Maine General Hospital Noyes Blanche Sewall Eleanor Mullaney Katherine Mullaney Susan Sherman Sherman Paul Sherman Arthur Pollard Doris Winslow Mr. Pollard Ralph P. Mank Mank Winfield Ham Union Street Bertha Moriarty Harold Ham Fred Sutherland Islesford Cadillac Mountain Adelbert Hall Bedford Street Grant Harrisnd Grant and Robert Holyoke Hugh D. Grant Grant New Meadows Berry's Malls Virginia Haines Barbara Tubbs Ida M. Beals Ardelle Farrar Harvey P. Hathorn Blanche B. Bunker Los Angeles Crawford Notch Helen Walker Brownfield Samuel S. Sewall Prout’s Neck Charlotte I. Meeker Henry W. Mank Judith Flushing L. I W Starling Burgess Ranger Gibbs and Cox, Marine Architects Roy Lutz, Jr Roy Lutz Center Street Extension Edward Daley Randall Daley Roland Trott Gardiner Deering James Clappison Warren F Hawley Rodney E. Ross, Jr Psi Upsilon Fraternity Victor Pollard St. Petersburg Fla Mr Mank Spring Street Shirley M. Mank 15 Spring Street William Pease Fyere't Frank Stover Blue Hill Peas Stover E. Ripley Ripley Evelyn Poman Appleton Mirearet E. Higgins Fred J Higgins Lincoln Street Colby White Mule Higgins Waverley Charles I, Madden, Jr Mechanic Stront Cleveland Quinnam Whitney Avenue John Cummings John Eugene Desmond Thomas Cummings Cummings Alice Killarney Kennebunkport John W. Smith Genevieve Smith Donald Benson Charles Benson Miss Smith Ernest Howe Philip Boutin Harold Boutin Auburn Edward Dunton Boothbay Harbor Louise Rioux Miami Beach Carroll Watson Constance Gilmore Arthur Gilmore Mechanic Street Morse High Berns Club Morse Clifton Nickerson Leland Fortier Alfred Gallant Melvin Henderson Omar Bertrand Joseph Grace Timothy Perow Olin Pankhurst Earl Brown Clinton Childs Ardenne McFadden Dick Cummings Epotrat John Edward Brown Harold L. Adams Path Iron Works Corp Robert P. Shaw New York Museum of Science and Industry Fred P. Shaw Normandie Havre Shaw Paris New York Museum Ambassador Hotel Clifford Joseph White, Jr Clifford White Hinckley Street I Bath Memorial Hospital Virginia Wright Phyllis Troop Quincy, Mass Miss Wright William Smith Ruth Ralph Small Dummer Street Memorial Hospital Mildred G. Nichols Sagadahoc Winter Street Allan H. Ramsay Charles W. Avery James M. Royal William S. Blair Walter Madden Bath Iron Works Quincy Margaret Smith Virginia Golder Dover N. H William D. Sewall Shrewsbury Edward Sumner Frank Perkins Brunswick Hospital Morin Richardson David Heald Estelle Bowden Frank H. Allen St. Petersburg, Fla James T. Gardenuier Upper High Street Alonzo Parks Portsmouth Ethel Blodgett Elmer McFarland Berlin Hiram Tobey Wakefield George Tobey Western Avenue Arthur Pepper Olive Sewall Juilliard School of Music Gertrude E. Upton Washington, D. C Sedgwick Mary Upton Emma L. Harvie Providence, R. I William N. Harvie Center Street Roland Hall Providence Harvie Howard L. Rovers Farmington Falls John W. Costain Ava Whitney Camden Rockland Helen M. McIntosh Friends Lisbon Falls Ralph Pratt Miss McIntosh Mr. Pratt Lula Craig Vivian Brown Weeks Street Watertown Charles Mann William Duplex Noel Little P.T.A Grace Parish K. C Cuvier R. Dolloff Rumford Guy Dolloff Alton Miller Albert F. Austin Margaret Austin East Peru Mr. Austin Arthur Kavanagh Litchfield, Conn Mr Austin Jack Pinel Harold E. Freeman Donald Specht John T. Parris Edward Gaudreau Herbert T. Caverly Roscoe P. McFadden R. Clinton McFadden Marvin Truss William Adams This City Philip Miller West Point Charles Schmitz Elizabeth, N. J Rockingham Park William Fields Hardings New Britain Conn George Fields Elizabeth N. J Ida Greenleaf Saugus Mercie McFadden Burt Lyons Central Parish
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