Queen Esther Lodge Holds Installation in Bath Hall
About 90 members and guests attended the Queen Esther Rebekah lodge No. 20 installation of officers in Odd Fellows hall. Ruth Ormsby of Brunswick presided as installing officer with Elsie Alexander assisting. New officers and personal presents followed, with remarks and a program of readings and solos before refreshments. The traveling gavel goes to Vesper lodge next week for a joint installation with Mariner lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows' Hall
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Ruth Ormsby
Brunswick
Lois T. McKiever
McCabe
Lodge
Pierce
Marie Hoffman
Lewiston
Rebekah
Wright
Huggard
Alexander
Hoffman
Vesper Lodge of
Round Pond
Mariner Lodge of Odd Fellows
Evening Star Rebekah Lodge
Pejepscot Lodge of Odd Fellows
Ormsby
Henry T. B. Leeman
Bath
Sewall Chapter Meets for DAR Fall Gathering in Cathance
The Col Dummer Sewall chapter DAR held its first fall meeting Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. William Willes's home in Cathance. Regent Mrs. Harry E. Ring presided before 40 members. An advisory board report from Rumford was read, and the President General's October message was shared. Books were sold to fund Maine Bell in Valley Forge carillon. Elizabeth Reed of Boothbay and New York spoke on Colonial Women of Affairs, showing regional photostats and payroll copies. a painting of Mrs. Amy Pollard, a Boston pioneer, was noted. Refreshments were served by hostesses Mrs. Charles Browne and Mrs. Willes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Dummer Sewall
William Willes
Cathance
Harry E. Ring
Rumford
Fred W. May
Bowdoinham
Maine
Valley Forge
Elizabeth Reed
Boothbay
New York
Charles Hodgdon
Pemaquid
Mrs Ingham Returns Home After Cape Neddick Visit
Mrs Mary F Ingham returns to Center street residence after a summer at Cape Neddick light in York Beach with Mr and Mrs Eugene Coleman. Miss Grace McIntire drove to York Beach Friday and to New York City with the party on Saturday. The Coleman couple are guests of Miss McIntire at her Washington street home while Mr Coleman is on vacation from light keeper duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary F. Ingham
Center Street
Eugene Coleman
Cape Neddick Light
York Beach
Grace McIntire
New York City
Ingham
Hunters Need To Learn Birds For Maine Duck Season
Maine duck hunters face federal rules restricting wood, ruddy, canvasback, buffle head and redhead ducks and placing brant on the protected list. A short guide describes each species to help hunters distinguish protected birds before the October 10 season opens. Federal Duck Hunting stamps cost $1 and guns must not hold more than three shells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
South End P T A Sits Through All Day Session
South End P T A held an all day meeting at 488 Washington Street on Tuesday. Officers served dinner and members worked on crafts. The group voted $10 to the Y drive and planned a supper reception for teachers on Oct. 27. Delegates were named for the state convention in Lewiston. Rev Joseph O Purdue to speak on Oct 20. New members joined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End P. T. A
Washington Street
Alfred E. Carpenter
Horace P. Morse
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
William P. Crowley
Noel C. Little
Brunswick
Lewiston
Carpenter
William H. Small
Morse
Joseph O. Purdue
Richard Quick
Warren H. McIntire
Y Auxiliary plans a big card party
Y MCA Auxiliary held its first meeting of the season with nine members. Plans include a card party on Wednesday afternoon October 21 upstairs in the Y rooms, Miss Abe F Johnson as chairman, to launch the Y drive with a 25 dollar donation replacing prizes donated by members. Coffee and sandwiches will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M.C.A
Abe F. Johnson
Miss Gertrude Greenleaf Receives Travel Alteration Notice
Miss Gertrude Greenleaf of Washington Street received a letter from her sister in law Mrs Elizabeth Greenleaf of Marston England. Due to European unrest several planned fall trips including a visit to Gibraltar have been cancelled. Mrs Greenleaf is staying with her brother Rev William Hall Williams pastor in Marston and will remain until May for the coronation of King Edward before returning to Bath in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Greenleaf
Washington Street
Elizabeth W. Greenleaf
Marston
England
Europe
Gibraltar
Widow seeks companionship to keep house for gentleman
A middle aged widow Ida M Wood from Sebasco Estates Maine offers to keep house for a gentleman in exchange for agreeable terms. She requests correspondence to Mrs I M Judkins Box 12 10 1 2tp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida M. Wood
Sebasco Estates
I. M. Judkins
North Center P T A discussion on dental clinic plans
The North Center P T A opened its year with 52 attendees at Grace church parish house. Dr. Ralph D. Warren urged a Bath dental clinic, detailing state hygiene work and Bridgeport success, and a president appointed committees to coordinate with the school board and Red Cross for a clinic proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Red Cross
Flint family hosts visiting relatives in East Lebanon
Mr and Mrs Charles E Flint and daughter Helen of East Lebanon and Arthur Jollett of Springvale were guests Sunday for the day of Mr Flint's brother Albert W Flint at 27 Farring street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Flint
Helen
East Lebanon
Arthur Jollett
Springvale
Mr. Flint
Albert W. Flint
Farrin Street
4 H Club Prizes at Topsham Fair Plan
4 H club members in Sagadahoc county Durham and Webster May 13 14 and 15 prize details for Topsham Fair exhibits. First prizes in several divisions listed with cash awards and special prizes for dairy poultry potatoes and other categories. Exhibits must be in place by 9 am Tuesday with space limits prompting setup Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Durham
Webster
Topsham Fair
Rhode Island
Plymouth Rock
Fair Grounds
Roll Call and Supper of Sterling Class at Corliss Street Baptist
Sterling Bible class held its annual roll call and supper with 33 members and four guests. Supper featured meat loaf salad rolls pickles and coffee in the vestry decorated in blue white autumn colors. Rev Plinette Allen gave grace and led a devotional with hymns readings and group songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin L. Robbins
James W. Gillespie
Robert C. Mitchell
Frank M. Bowker
E. Melvin Pratt
William P. Hatch
Hylan M. Jewett
John H. Hunt
Deering Room
M. Eugene Watson
Moffatt
Lee W. Scott
Carrie H. Trott
Birthday Bank
Elmer F. Campbell
Linwood A. Piper
Dike P T A Reports Full Round-Up Work and Plans
Dike P T A held its second meeting of the year in the North End Community club rooms on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Hermon W Crocker reported the Summer round up work was 100 percent. The association voted to give $5 to the Y drive and to hold a baked bean supper the last of the month with Mrs John E Atwood in charge. It has on hand $57.52. Twenty attended with hostesses Mrs E Mason Wright and Mrs Fernando T Hutchins. Next meeting will be an evening session on Oct 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Center
Grace Church Parish
Clinton D. Wilson
Ralph D. Warren
Bath
I Theodore Watson
Thur J. Nichols
Carl ©. Anderson
Louis M. Silverman
Helen L. Hayes
Joseph I. Smith
W. Dayton Hill
Dwight Pierce
Fred J. Higgins
Amy A. Irish
David S. Cogan
Frank F. Colburn
William W. Dennison
Joseph O. Purdue
Eleanor P. Danforth
Horace P. Herrick
Morse High School
Walter M. Hill
Milton C. Trott
Seth S. Mullin
Joseph O Purdue
Leroy F.colby
M. Agnes Fahey
Arthur 8. Crockett
W. Percy Marks
Harold S. Avery
Arthur W. King
William Jack
Portland
Malcolm Dana
Oak Grove Seminary
Crockett
Wilson
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Carl C. Anderson
Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc
North Center P. T. A
Watson
Colburn
Warren
National Congress
North Center Association
Bridgeport
Conn
Miss Bryant
Bridgeport, Conn
Dike P. T. A
North End
Hermon W. Crocker
John E. Atwood
E. Mason Wright
Fernando T. Hutchins
Hill Junior College honors Grace L Allen class of 1937
Miss Grace L Allen Morse 35 daughter of Dr and Mrs Arthur P Allen of 54 Oliver Street has been honored by the Hill Junior College Class of 1937. Another Bath girl Miss Madelyn Dunton daughter of Hon and Mrs Arthur J Dunton was recently elected president of the Adelphian Society a girls organization corresponding to a sorority in college. Both plan to be at home this coming weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace
L. Allen
Morse
Arthur P. Allen
Oliver Street
Hill Junior College
Bath
Madelyn Dunton
Arthur J. Dunton
Adelphian Society
Death of Mrs. O. A. Leeman in Pleasantville
Bowdoinham mourns the death of Mrs. O A Leeman at Pleasantville New Jersey She lived on the Harvard Farm for years and is survived by two daughters a son and several grandchildren including Bowdoinham residents Mrs Richard Denham and Raymond Tibbetts Other local social notices list visits by Nellie Harward Francis and other Bowdoinham residents with engagements weddings and travels to Bath Camden Rutland and Vermont among members of the community and area families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. A. Leeman
Pleasantville
N. J
Bowdoinham
Harvard
Richard Denham
Raymond Tibbetts
Bowdeinham
Nellie Harward
Francis
West Medford
Mass
Abbie Graves
Walter Rogers
Sidney Higgins
Bath
Milton Given
Louisa
Emily Rideout
William Rideout
Camden
Harold Hackett
Linwood
Francestown
N. H
Lawrence Hackett
Carrie Hopkins
Richmond
Elizabeth Andros
Sanford
Edith Wood
Catherine Andros
Norma Small
Melrose
Frank Siegars
Humphrey Hamilton
Old Orchard
George Wedge
Shaw
Sebago Lake
Charles Hackett
Richmond Favor
Margaret
Washington, D. C
Favor
Margaret Gile
Lorraine Heenie
Allan Naugler
Nova Scotia
Wiscasset
Charles Sherman Saunders
Rutland
Naugler
Alvin Clinch
Portland
Frank Benner
West Boylston
Charles Grouse
Janie
Cumberland
A. M. Benner
William Hardy
Mary
New York
John Purington
Ella
Gardiner
Herbert Dorrian
Smithfield
Locke Crouse
Erla
Mary Brown
Elsie Brown
Jane Brown
Ethel Willis
Dummer Sewall
Willis
Edward Larochelle
Gardiner General Hospital
Maxwell Ward
Clinton
Edwin Denham
Spear Sedgley
Roy Temple
Junior Garden Club initiates quintet
Cosmopolitan Junior Garden club met Monday afternoon at the Cosmopolitan clubhouse with 18 members present. Five new members were admitted Nancy Gregware Dahlia Clover Marigold and Nasturtium. Slips of the strawberry plant were distributed by Mrs Carl Y Kennedy. A club song was chosen and practiced. Leaders for the next meeting October 19 will be Dorothy and Charles Johansen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Junior Garden Club
Cosmopolitan
Nancy Gregware
Betty Small
Eleanor Black
Sally Munsey
Frances Callan
Carl Y. Kennedy
Dorothy
Charles Johansen
Arlington guests at Five Islands cottage visit families
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pratt and daughter Ruth and Miss Barbara Nickerson were guests Monday of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Biggins of Arlington Massachusetts at their Five Islands cottage. They also visited Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Perry of Five Islands. The Biggins and Perry couples plan to leave soon for Dunedin Florida to pass the winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Pratt
Ruth
Barbara Nickerson
Frank Biggins
Arlington
Mass
Five Islands
B. F. Perry
Biggins
Mrs. Perry
Dunedin
Fla
Maine Apple Crop Forecast Matches Earlier Estimate
Maine official forecast puts the 1930 apple harvest at just over 500000 bushels, aligning with the Sept 1 federal forecast of 522000. Last year yielded 893000 and the five year average was 1830000. Wind-shedded fruit remains marketable, and low current prices may lift later apple values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
State Department of Agriculture
George Chick
Pine Tree Troop of Girl Scouts Opens for New Members
Pine Tree Troop No. 1 G.8 of A invites new girls to meet after school Thursday at NY. At last Thursday’s meeting at Mrs Linwood F. Carr’s home the troop voted to admit new members. Inez Kennerson earned her first class badge Sept 17 and will serve this year as junior lieutenant. An extensive yearly program is planned with tenderfoot work and nature tasks due Oct 8. New girls may meet Thursday or give names to Capt Carr or troop members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Tree Troop
Linwood F. Carr
Inez Kennerson
Wyconda
Belgrade Lakes
Capt. Carr
Gunning Licenses Hit 168 In Bath To Date
Since last Thursday opening day of brush shooting in Sagadahoc county the demand for gunning licenses at City Clerk John W. Gilmore office has averaged a fraction over 21 per day. Up to Wednesday noon 168 licenses at 65 cents each had been issued and with the duck season starting Saturday at seven o clock the office expects continued demand. Also noted is a social item about Miss Bessie Potter hosting her pitch club at her aunt Mrs Narcissa Potter’s Washington street home with members Frank Lemont Hewitt Jr Lemont Arthur Lemont and Almon Perry present and a follow up gathering planned for Saturday evening at the home of Arthur Lemont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
John W. Gilmore
Bessie Potter
Narcissa Potter
Washington Street
Frank Lemont
Charles Hewitt, Jr
Arthur Lemont
Almon Perry
Ladies Auxiliary Meeting Plans Year At Mrs Drake’s Home
Officers and directors of the Ladies Auxiliary of Winter Street church met at Mrs J Edward Drake’s home on a Tuesday evening to map out plans for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Winter Street Church
J. Edward Drake
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Senter’s, Inc
Lot I
Batiste
Lot II
Voile
Queen Esther Lodge
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Arthur Durgin
Sewall
Charles Browne
Willes
Union
Morris S. Povich
South End P.T.A
T.A
Dr. Warren
Brewster G. Sedgwick Optometrist
Arthur Allen
Bath Trust
Pearl E. Dunbar
Warren H. McIintire
Plant
Hunt
Dike P.T.A
Opera House
Warner Baxter
Myrna Loy
Claire Trevor
Jane Darwell
Jim Robt. Montgomery
Madge Evans
Girl Scouts
Ea Ete Ua Baths Family Theatre
Jane Withers
Rough Riders
Cmt Holt Ce Te Ie Oe
Battle of
San Juan Hill
Mary Brian
Russell Hardie
Mary Boland
Julie Hayden
Donald Woods
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