Silver Tea Exhibition Draws Larger Crowd for Girl Scout Work
The fourth annual Silver Tea and Exhibit by the Girl Scout council at the State Military and Children's Home drew more attendees than previous years. Representatives from the Lewiston-Auburn council joined local guests, with Mrs. Frank L. Staples and assistants guiding tours. The event showcased troop exhibits, equipment displays, and volunteer staffing, while plans for the Mine County Parent Teacher Association convention were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scout Council
Lewiston-Auburn
Frank L. Staples
Bath
Lissa Dearborn
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Arthur Sewall
Archibald M. Main
E. R. Andrews
Henry W. Butler
William S
Charles P. Wetherpee
Harold J. Carter
Pine Tree Troop
Charles E Miller
Wild Rose Troop
Jacob Simith O
Wise Owl
Farewall
Council
Wanted Camp for ort caneer water bathing and repair
Torn description lists items and locations including camp at Kennebec river, Popham Beach, Bath and Lowell Massachusetts. Notes interest in summer or year round home, several street addresses, and a welding class inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torniny
Lees
Eli
Westnet
N. Parker
Kenneber
Popham Beach
United States
Bath
Strombe Y Carson
Terre
Mass
Su-Tin
Appleton St
Lowell
Loan of Musical Instruments to Schools Urged
City schools seek donated instruments to build a unified orchestra overseen by Miss Margaret A. Mackinnon. Clarinets cellos flutes piccolos horns violas and drums are wanted from families with idle items to provide pupils with an early orchestral background. Contact Miss Mackinnon to loan instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret A. Mackinnon
Miss Mackinnon
Chairs Named for State P T A Congress
Bath P T A groups appoint committee chairs for the Maine Congress to be held Oct 26 and 27 at the Y M C A and Center P T A homes. General chair Mrs Seth S Malin. hospitality Mrs Alfred E Carpenter. registration Miss Stella. banquet Hiam Small. headquarters at the Italian club house near Winter street. Pre-convention board meeting set for Oct 25 at the Cosmopolitan club house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent- Teacher Associations of
Bath
Seth S. Malin
Alfred E Carpenter
South End
P.T A
Francis Hill
Th Center
P T.A
I. Smith
Stella ‘Dent
Exiam H. Small
Iitan Club House
Winter Street
Y. M
Central Church
Cosmopolitan Club House
Varney Named Head of Y M C A Auxiliary
Mrs. Irvine C. Varney was elected president of the Y M C A auxiliary for the coming year at the fall meeting. Alice F Johnson is vice president Hermon W. Crocker secretary and Ernest R. Freeman treasurer. The group votes to donate 25 to the YM C A campaign and to sponsor a baked bean supper November 6 from five to seven p.m. Mrs William H Smail named chair of the supper committee with Miss Johnson also on the committee. Mrs. E B Hamblett, 23 Pratt Street, returns from a trip through New Hampshire and Massachusetts and attended a family reunion in Greenfield, Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvine C. Varney
Y. M.C
Alice F Johnseon
Hermon W. Crocker
Ernest R. Freeman
YM. C
William H. Smail
Miss Johnson S Elves
E. B. Hamblett
Pratt Street
New Hampshire
Massachuse
Greenfield
Mass
James McKunna
Davenport Trustees Honor Hospital With Memorial Laboratory Plate
Bath Memorial Hospital gains a memorial plate over the new laboratory door after the Davenport estate trustees vote to recognize their aid. The hospital also reviews Dr. M R Smith's associate staff entrance and endorses continued staff policy while awaiting executive committee input. Dr. Irving J. Walker praises Smith's character and teaching ability in a supporting letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Davenport
Bath Memorial Hospital
Jules Gottlieb
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Pres. Sewall
M. R. Smith
Hamilton
N. Y
Bath
Smith
Irving J. Walker
Harvard Surgical
Boston City Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Dr. Smith
Walker
Executive Committee
Mrs John Johnson Honored At Surprise Anniversary Party
Mrs John Johnson received a surprise party after Pine Tree circle meeting to mark her 46th wedding anniversary. She was given a pen and pencil set and silk stockings, plus a decorated anniversary cake with a miniature bride and groom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Johnson
Pine Tree Circle
Foresters of America
Johnson
John Cavanaugh
Hallowe'en
George Parshley
Thomas Malia
Kheano
Parshley
Alexander Burgess
Appeal for Wool By Bath Red Cross Chapter
The Bath chapter of the American Red Cross seeks wool to knit knee afghans for disabled veterans in Veterans hospitals. Collect small and large skeins in a box at Senter's store or with Miss Carolyn M. Moses on Washington Street, production committee chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
American Red Cross
Veterans Hospitals
Senter’s
Carolyn M. Moses
Washington Street
Plans for P T A Congress Shaped Bath Convention
A meeting at Mrs. Seth Mullin’s home planned the Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers 18th annual convention in Bath for Oct 26 27 with sessions at Winter Street church and a banquet at the Y M C A. Attendees included state and local officers from Bath Bangor Veazie and Brunswick and Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent Teacher's Association Stat Board
Seth S. Milin
Iota
Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc
Bath
Seth S. Mullin
Washington Street
State Board
Cosmopolitan Club
Winter Street
Woolwich
Mullin
Noel C. Little
Brunswick
Austin W. Jones
Veazie
Haven Sawyer
Bangor
Sawyer
Edward J. Holland
Ralph B. Knotl
William H. Small
South End
P.T.A
Francis W. Hill
Stella Dolloff
James Nostall
Woolwich P.T.A
Central Parish Reports Debt Free and Prosperous
The Central Parish is debt free and financially strong following church property improvements. At the annual parish meeting in the parish house Major William R. Kimball presided. Elections were held for the prudential and house committees, with officers reappointed and a parish canvass scheduled for October 20 to raise the annual budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
Bes
Martha A. Foote
William E. Sturtevant
William R. Kimball
Charles E Curtis
Fred W. Humphreys
Alexander MacDonald
Prudential Committee
Marius Page
Charles IT. Jackson
Arthur W. King
William H. Small
Roscoe G Baier
Par ‘House
Miss Foote
Sturtevant
Andrus Coleman
Everett Sutherland
Arthur King
William S. Newell
Morse High Mentor to Appear This Week
Morse High School Mentor staff announces its first 1937 monthly edition to be sold at the school. Miss Katherine Conley supervises. the issue will include an index and a planned serial story. Bath merchants' cooperation aided publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Katherine Conley
Bath
East Bowdoin Ladies' Aid Elects Officers At Annual Meet
The Bowdoin group held its regular meeting at Mrs. Grant Woods home with a picnic lunch. Officers elected for the coming year include President Jane Woods and Vice President Ella Adams. A quilt squares project and short program followed. Next meeting set for Oct 21 with Mrs. Ella Adams. The item also notes local visits and road work on Route 201 near Bowdoin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Bowdoin
Ella Adams
Lawrence Foster
Curtis
Angie Purinton
Vesta Ackley
Rumford
Burton Wheelock
Samuel Enman
Geraldine Enman
Vermont
Carl Coolidge
Appreciative Letter from Curzon-Howe to Bath City Officials
Captain Leicester Curzon-Howe writes from Bath Maine on October 6 1937 thanking Bath residents for the warm hospitality shown to H M S Dundee officers and crew. He expresses regret at leaving and hopes for a future visit with best wishes for Bath’s prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. S. Dundee
Curzon-Howe
H. M. S. “Dundee
Bath
Maine
H. M.S
Dundee
United States
Leicester Curzon-Howe
Baptist Ladies Plan Supper for Roll Call
The Ladies Sewing Circle of the First Baptist Church will host the annual roll call supper in the vestry Thursday evening. Mrs Willis Hall to lead the kitchen with assistants including Mrs Laura Harrington and Miss Mabel I Lake. A rummage sale is set for Oct 30 with circle members named to lead. a quilt was tacked by present members and Hall elected to the work committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Willis Hall
Laura Harrington
Edith Miller
Elsie Crosby
Mabel I. Lake
Bertha Furber
Annie Oliver
Florence Martin
Lotta Card
Alice Eaton
James Smith
Harriet Wright
Simon Moore
Edward H. Cooke
Evelyn Sotheard
Lucy Rogers
Young Bath couple wed in three oaks church home
Miss Helen Marcia McIntosh and Ralph Miller Pratt tied in marriage at 3 p.m. Saturday in Bath in the home of Rev. Charles H. Berry. Bridesmaid Verda L. McIntosh and best man Harold Violette attended. The couple plans a Maine auto trip and then residence in Bath. They were joined by Mrs. Welsh and Mrs. Page as weekend guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Marcia McIntosh
Ralph Miller Pratt
Charles H. Berry
North Street
Verda L. McIntosh
Lisbon Falls
Harold Violette
Old Town
Pratt
Mildred M. McIntosh
Lisbon
Miss Belle Umberhind Dies in Bowdoinham
Miss Belle Umberhind died suddenly Thursday morning at a neighbor’s home in Bowdoinham born March 11 1861 daughter of Gorham and Lucinda Umberhind oldest of eight she worked in Bowdoinham post office and Framingham Mass later moved back to Bowdoinham Funeral services were held at her sister’s home Rev J N Palmer officiating burial in Cathance cemetery Several local items note community events including Grange dinners a house fire on Millay road and local visits by residents from nearby towns
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Umberhind
Mary Purington
Miss Umberhind
Bowdoinham
Gorham
Lucinda Umberhind
Coombs High School
Framingham
Mass
Walter Gates
North Windham
Edward Wilson
Cleora Lang
Bowdinham
Ralph Cutler
Lewiston
J. N. Palmer
Cathance
Merrymeeting Grange
Charles Sessions
Rhode Island
Karl Hatch
August Zegars
New Jersey
Charles Hackett
George Cutler
Edward Abbott
Westford
Brown Camp
Merwin Jasper
Angie Purington
Parent- Teachers Association
MacConnell
Betty Hobart
Kents Hill Seminary
Chester Hobart
Clara Fogg
Worcester
New England
Pen
Topsham Fair
Leroy Williams
Hope Williams
Rumford
East Bowdoinham
Mary Hall
Brunswick
Courtney Nealey
Sanford
Phillip Nealey
Electa Chapter
Calendar Supper An Elaborate Affair In Wesley M E Church
The Wesley M E vestry hosted an elaborate calendar supper on Thursday for about 100 attendees. Sponsorship came from the Ladies' Aid led by Mrs. William A. Coombs and the Sorority led by Mrs. Willard McLean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley M. E. Vestry
Ladies’ Aid
William A. Coombs
Willard McLean
Ernest Heywood
Andrew M. Butterfield
George Washington
Barbara Hopkins
St. Patrick's Day
D. Wylie Lemont
St. Patrick's Lad
Fred W. Quimby
Merle Niles
Delmar E. Bates
Lloyd G. Daley
Thelma W. Dearing
Liberty Bell
Fred Weeks
Stanley Hunter
Walter Snipe
Harvest
John Sampson
Albert E. Whitney
Rita Lewis
George Hopkins
Robert S. Gordon
Margaret S. Gordon
Bird A. Shellenbarger
Walter E. Upham
Ruth Shellenbarger
William Davis
Arthur C. Whittier
Ellery E. Whittemore
Kenneth Boynton
Harris T. Rodick
Aid
Granite Street
Wallace and Alexander Tie Wedding in Phippsburg
Kenneth S. Wallace and Alwilda Alexander of Phippsburg wed at eight Saturday evening in a single ring ceremony at Nazarene parsonage 77 Russell Street. Rev. E. T. French officiated with Mr. and Mrs. Elton Wallace as witnesses. The bride wore dark blue silk. the groom is son of Jessie Wallace and the bride is daughter of William Alexander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth S. Wallace
Alwilda Alexander
Phippsburg
E. T. French
Nazarene Parsonage
Russell Street
Elton Wallace
Jessie Wallace
William Alexander
Fire destroys Joe Green place on Millay road
A fire at the Joe Green house on Millay road in Bowdoinham was discovered Thursday around 3 p.m. despite a fire engine response. The Estabrooks occupied the house with two sons and an elderly grandfather. no insurance covered the furniture or structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Green
Millay Road
Estabrook
W. H. Gould
A. S. Temple
Mr. Jordan
W. S. Given
Brunswick
George Ackley
William Salie
Grant Woods
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senter’s, Inc
Scranton
Cent Welding Co
Brewster G. Sedgwick
Optometrist
Arthur Allen Baih
P.T.A. Congress
Mrs. Varney
Davenport
P.T. A. Congress
Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers
Austin W Jones
Clinton D. Wilson
Henry Campbell
Richard J. Libby
Florence Jenkins
Carolyn Stanley
Augusta
State Bulletin
Edward J Holland
L. Harry Soucy
Lester F Davis
S. Edwin Sanders
Kittery Point
Bertram E. Packard
Kenneth C. M. Sills
Bowdoin College
Clifton D. Gray
Bates College
Franklin W. Johnson
Colby College
Waterville
Arthur A. Hauck
University of Maine
Orono
William B. Jack
Portland
Dawn Nelson Wallace
Nassau College
Springvale
Milton D. Proctor
Westbrook Junior College
Irving W Small
Edward S. Hammond
Augus
Herbert Duplissa
Milford
State Health Department
Home Service
Department of Education
Herbert Ingraham
Skowhegan
George F. Valenta
South China
Burt Goodwin
Ridlonville
Weston Howard
Dexter
Leroy F. Colby
Ralph B. Knott
Ban
Gor
Georgia T. Mitchell
Kittery
Edith L. Soule
Department of Health and Welfare
Lou Baker
Central Parish
Morse High
Bowdoin
H.M.S. Dundee
City of
J. H. Welsh
Boothbay
Earl Davis
New York City
PN Rearty
Columbia
Buck Jones
Dick Tracy
Mon
Sonja Henie
Tyrone Power
Janet Gaynor
A&a Star
Fredric March
Gene Autry “Rootin
Wallace
Alexander
Bowdoinham Post Road
Charles Salie
Massachusetts
Opera House
Loretta Young
Warner Baxter
Jessie Matthews
Kay Francis
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