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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 10, 1935

Page

6

Richard Hallett Speaks at Bath Club About Wandering Years

Richard Hallett addressed a Bath club at 894 Washington Street sharing adventures from his travels and writing, including time in an abandoned tram barn with a tattooed friend and a jailed boatswain. He recalled meeting editors in Australia and earning thirty sovereigns for a manuscript, then pursuing mining in Arizona and life on ships. Attendees included Mrs. Hallett and Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, with the event tied to a recent hospital transfusion.

Bo's'n Argus Times and Weekly Herald Hallet Gulliver Swift Mr. Hallet Jane Austin Arizona Axel Nelson Axel Enroute Fine Company Globe

Mrs Wright Hosts South End P T A Tea

South End P T A enjoyed tea at Mrs Elbridge R Wrights home 11 Marshall Avenue Tuesday. Mrs Chester A Plant helped host and a card party was planned for October 17 at the Y with finance committee led by Alfred E Carpenter. Regular meeting set for October 15 in Washington street rooms.

South End P.T.A Elbridge R. Wright Marshall Avenue Chester A. Plant Finance Committee Alfred E. Carpenter William P. Hatch John H. Hunt William H. Small Horace P. Morse Edward Coombs Charles E. Hewitt, Jr Wellington A. Moore Russell M. Colby Charles D. Perry J. Albert Redlon Richard Quick N. Gratz Jackson Association Washington Street

Bath YMCA A Longstanding Community Center in Bath

The YMCA has long served Bath as a civic hub through eight decades in operation. It housed 69 groups last year and hosted key services from sewing projects to Girl Scout headquarters, rest rooms, and athletic facilities, underscoring its central role in community life.

Y.M.C.A Bath Y.M C.A Parent-Teacher Association Y.mc.a Sagadahoc Rod, Gun Board of Trade Auburn Ellsworth

Cooperation urged for city playgrounds and winter sports

Dr. F. A. Winchenbach appealed for co operation in the playground movement and winter sports before Colonial club members. He reported on the recent golf tournament while Frank H. Turner spoke for the annual Bowling League. A meeting to form teams was set for tonight. New members added include Clifton H. Craige William H. Gove William Greene Richard H. Haskell Herbert A. Henderson Donald Jewett Alfred A. Parks Jr Raymond Parks Ernest Sarkis Paul B. Wilson. James R. Duncan of Barre Vermont was elected non resident member.

Colonial Club F. A. Winchenbach Frank H. Turner Albert McMann Clifton H. Craige William H. Gove William Greene Richard H. Haskell Herbert A. Henderson Donald Jewett Alfred A. Parks, Jr Raymond Parks Ernest Sarkis Paul B. Wilson James R. Duncan Barre

Bath Witnesses First Woman Pastor Ordination

Miss Mary Helen Sims, Th. B., was ordained to the Christian Ministry at Winneganee Baptist church in Bath. The event marks the first such service there, with her father Rev. Charles R. Sims taking part, a Boston pastor delivering the sermon, and many friends and former Gordon College colleagues in attendance.

Mary Helen Sims Winneganee Baptist Church Miss Sims Charles R. Sims First Baptist Church Bath Louis W. West South Baptist Church Boston Mr. Sims Robert A. Sims South Easton Mass West Nova Scotia Gordon College of Theology and Missions Bowdeinham Winnegance Frederick Elmer Chapman Handel Largo Walter Shoepfer Georgetown Gordon C. D. Nutter Berean Baptist Church Brunswick Charles H. Berry Corliss Street Church Ezra J. S. Pendleton Waterville Maine Baptist Convention H. H. Bishop Cumberland Center L. L. Dunn Gardiner Walter S. Schoepfer High School of Practical Arts Roxbury Gordon College

Chase Corner to Be Occupied Again

George A. Evison will open an updated pharmacy at the Chase corner on Center street Bath on or about November 1. He is a Rhode Island College of Pharmacy graduate with 28 years at Massachusetts Memorial hospital Boston including 14 years as assistant superintendent and pharmacist. Mrs. Evison and Miss Alice A. Evison will move to Bath with him as the store is divided with the pharmacy in the west half.

George A. Evison Walter E. Chase Center Street Washington Chase Corner Evison Rhode Island College of Pharmacy Massachusetts Memorial Hospital Boston South Windham Eivison Alice A. Evison Bath

Bowdoinham wedding tied to Lewiston circus

Miss Lilla Mitchell of Bowdoinham married George M. Day of Lewiston at the Lewiston Armory amid a Legion Circus distraction. The ceremony featured trained lions, attendants, and a $200 start on housekeeping from local merchants and the Lewiston Legion Post.

Local Social News Highlights From Bow to Litchfield Fair

Mr and Mrs Walter Given visit brother William Given. Mrs Stone and son Wilbur of Saco visit Mr and Mrs Herbert R Heath. Arthur Payne moves to Brunswick to finish high school. Mrs Harry Purington and daughters Pauline Jenkins and Prudence Lucy visit Anson. Pauline works there. Charles Valentine injured when run over by a truck breaking a leg in two places on Bow road. Mr and Mrs Wallace Hutchins relocate from Portland to Ackley farm. Hutchins works for Millay Brothers. Mrs Hall of Richmond visiting Evelyn Millay. Evelyn, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Millay, wins Baby Day at Litchfield fair for curliest hair.

Lewiston Lilla Mitchell Bowdoinham Harry Chase George M. Day Harris Isaacson Lewiston Armory Legion Circus Lorraine Wallace Jane Donahue Ernestine Jones Stanley Day Elizabeth Pelletier Lewiston Post American Legion Day Leighton Heel Co George Cutler Alberta Cobb Portland Mitchell Emma Ferguson Charles Hackett Richmond Jessie Cromwell Auburn James Merrill Brunswick High School Bowdeinham Minnie Waldron Martha Totman Frank Jack Milton MacEwen Bangor Charles MacEwen Clifford Gray William Gray Marcia Jenkins Lawrence Jenkins Elmer Allen Barbara Durgin Barbara Ware Christine Jenkins Joseph Starbird William Eldridge Blanchard Addie Pierce Bath Frank K. Jack J. E. Brown West Medford Mass Pleasant Pond J. N. Palmer Ernest Hunter Edith Wood White Mountains Walter Given Island Falls Given William S. Given Methodist Ladies Aid Phillip Rideout Sagadahoc County Fred Thompson J. W. Randlette Lena Hackett George Thomas Traverse Henry Cornish Milton Given Charles Browne Clara Fogg Loomis Dyer William Willis Topsham Phillip Nealey Courtney Fred Morgan Saco Hall Denham Municipal Court Bath Road Chief Edwards Brunswick Brooklyn N. Y Ferguson R. D. Purington Frank Curtis Fred Heath DeLand, Fla Heath Lillian Rice West Gardiner Sidney Gray Gardiner Clyde Gray Gray Maine Central Railroad Wallace Hunter Lisbon Falls Merry Workers Grange Hall Louise Given Helen Read Roberta Lancaster Wendell Heenie Linwood Hackett Rich East Auburn Charles Valentine New Road Bowdoin Wallace Hutchins Ackley Farm Hutchins Millay Brothers Hall Helen Mitchell Evelyn Ernest Millay Litchfield Fair

Dromore Grangers Share Busy Meeting Program

Regular Dromore grange meeting Tuesday featured pro tem officers led by Hubert McCarty and Flora Risteen. Members discussed improving the grange with lunches and better officer training as well as kitchen ideas and a popular program including songs and anecdotal Q&A.

Local meeting highlights and community stories from the hill

Reuben Purington spoke of a trip to Wyman Dam while Mrs. Risteen described Moonlight on Dromore Bay. Grace Frost cited Little Wanderers cases and her role as Field Secretary. A volunteer program is planned with candy and popcorn sales by Mrs. Malcolm and Mrs. Perkins.

Reuben Purington Wyman Dam Risteen Dromore Bay Grace Frost Little Wanderers Malcolm Perkins

Genesta Chapter Hosts Guest Officers' Night in Masonic Temple

Genesta chapter No. 73 O E S held its annual Guest Officers' Night in the Masonic Temple with 200 plus members from across the state. Visiting officers and two candidates from East Boothbay were honored as flowers, gifts, and a lobster salad supper accompanied the event. A Redbone hound pup, Queenie, bore 13 pups in a record litter, with 15 born and two weak.

Genesta O. E Masonic Temple Fred Dodge East Boothbay Mabelle S. Fullerton Winifred Webbley Pine Cone Auburn Edgar Pellerin Annette Saco Alice Stevens Rose of Sharon Augusta Robert Dollie Dyer Deering Portland Clara Yeaton Winthrop Alice M. Waterman Longfellow South Portland Verna H. Woodbury Ada Mt. Olivet Lewiston Barbara M. Kupelian Ruth Golden Sheaf New Gloucester Lena L. Thompson Esther Boynton Monmouth Mary C. Elder Martha Cornerstone Elizabeth A. Card Pioneer Lisbon Falls Lettie Hubbard Waterville Mabel J. DeShon Fred Nelson Canaan Grand Sentinel Nellie Hinckley Hinckley Miss DeShon Sarah A. Shaw Bath Bertha Howell Milward Patten Topsham Isabel Montgomery Henry G. Shaw Herbert E. Foster Norman O. Trafton Gardiner Emma Ehlers Effie Heal Lucelia Blake Nellie Carr Bertha Davis Sarah Munsey Agnes Perry Mary Rodick Tillie Wold Alice Sanborn Queenie Samuel W. Fellows Dexter

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