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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1934

Page

6

Local Masons and Rebekahs Engage in Maine Gatherings

Mr and Mrs Henry T B Leeman Mrs Herbert H Huggard and Mrs Albert H Thompson returned from Bangor after meetings of the grand encampment Grand lodge of Maine Odd Fellows Rebekah assembly Leeman was named district deputy grand master of District 14 and Mrs Leeman became assistant outside queen to the Rebekah assembly Miss Mary F Gibbons returned home from Providence R I where she visited her cousin Mrs J Prescott Farnsworth Fred D Hill vice president Bath National Bank headed to Washington D C for the American Bankers Association convention Alden G Smith and William B Skelton of Bath Trust Co left Sunday for the trip Mrs Ruth Ormsby of Brunswick named district deputy president of District 10 in the Rebekah order

Henry T. B. Leeman Herbert H. Huggard Albert H. Thompson Bangor Leeman Grand Lodge of Maine Odd Fellows Rebekah Sentinel Fred D. Hill Bath National Bank Washington, D. C American Bankers’ Association Alden G. Smith William B. Skelton The Bath Trust Company Mary F. Gibbons Washington Street Providence, R. I J. Prescott Farnsworth

Miss Pauline Baker Announces Engagement At Birthday Party

Miss Pauline Baker celebrated her birthday Friday evening hosted by aunt Mrs. W R Mitchell at 15 Milan street. She announced her engagement to Leon Belanger Jr of this city as peach and yellow decorations and talisman rose centerpiece revealed the couple’s names.Guests included Miss Theresa Bennett and several Belangers. spring wedding planned. Several locals and visitors were noted in social calls and events throughout the area.

Pauline Baker W. R. Mitchell Milan Street Miss Baker Theresa Bennett Jennie Belanger Sarah Belanger Evelyn Clough Katherine Marr Virginia Oliver Charlotte Robbins Pauline Robbins Gertrude Wallace Mrs. Mitchell Marion Bowie Frederick H. Kimball High Street John A. Morse Byron F. Barker Anne Kimball Langdon T. Thaxter Portland Milton S. Kimball Augusta

Junior Hospital League Names Charter Revision Committee

At a Tuesday meeting chaired by Mrs Illiam R Freeman of 1006 High Street Miss Carrie Shaw presided and appointed a three member committee to revise the League constitution and by laws. Fourteen attended as members sewed for the Bath Memorial hospital. Mrs Dwight Pierce will host next meeting at 217 North Street on Oct 30.

Junior Hospital League Illiam R. Freeman High Street Carrie Shaw Priscilla Magdan Anna M. Trott Janette Smith Mierbers Bath Memorial Hospital Dwight Pierce Jorth Street

Burnham Couple Take Apartment on Dummer Street

Mr and Mrs Augustus Burnham of Damariscotta have rented an apartment on Dummer Street for the winter. Mrs James A Gillies Jr attended a Brownie Friday meeting, with 17 present. After the regular meeting, games and stories were enjoyed.

Augustus Burnham Damariscotta Dummer Street James A. Gillies, Jr

L Day Family Heads to Northampton for Weekend Visit

Mr and Mrs L Day of Green and Mrs John C Fitz of Washington left this morning for Northampton Massachusetts where they will spend the weekend with relatives.

Mis. L. Day Green John C. Fitz Washington Northampton Mass Ralph O. Dale Ruth Annie Dale High Street Boston

Bath area sewing club honors bride elect Burgess

Mrs. Harold Safford Jr hosted a Pine Street gathering where Miss Evelyn Burgess received an electric iron and towel shower ahead of her October 23 marriage to Daniel McDougal. The event featured a weekly prize for Miss Burgess and guests including Mrs. Doris Lutz and Mrs. Beatrice Thibeault.

Harold Safford, Jr Pine Street Evelyn Burgess Daniel McDougal Miss Burgess Doris Lutz Beatrice Thibeault Bernice Christianson Helen Harford Thelma Sylvester Dorothy Peters Evelyn Mosher Hannah Miller Miller Phippsburg Road

Mrs Lula Herbert Visited Dixfield and Worthley Pond

Mrs Lula Herbert spent the weekend in Dixfield and Worthley Pond Peru. She traveled with her aunt Mrs B A Evans who will stay for several weeks in Bath.

Lula Herbert Dixfield Worthley Pond Peru Bath B. A. Evans

Morse High Junior Class Chooses Ring Committee

At a Morse high school meeting junior class President Alfred Cormier named a committee on class rings. Members include Jane Wing as chairman, Maxine Wallace, Robert Foster, Carroll Morse and Mr. Cormier ex officio.

Morse High School Alfred Cormier Jane Wing Maxine Wallace Robert Foster Carroll Morse Mr. Cormier

Morse High creates committee to plan magazine drive

In West Bath at Bath Memorial hospital a son named Howard Wilfred Bubner was born to Mr and Mrs Fred A Bubner on Saturday noon. At a Morse High Student Council meeting Vice President Beth Trott presiding appointed Jane Wing Robert Burgon and Trott to form a committee to select a committee to discuss with home rooms the advisability of a magazine subscription drive.

Howard Wilfred Fred A. Bubner West Bath Bath Memorial Hospital Morsehigh Student Council Beth Trott Jane Wing Robert Burgon

Mrs J Horace McClure Returns from Boston Visit

Mrs J Horace McClure of 6 Garden Street returned Monday from a brief visit in Boston with Mrs J A White, formerly of this city.

J. Horace McClure Garden Street Boston J. A. White

Mrs Ridley Recovers Home from Bath Visit and Family Gatherings

Mrs Annie Ridley formerly of Bath returned to Portland Tuesday after visiting her grandniece Mrs Dwinal E Cornish and spending Monday at Campbell's Pond with her sister in law Mrs Ernest E Williams. She attended the funeral of Mrs J Clintor Hobbs in West Bath. A Bath party including Leo Venus J Horace McClure and Albert McMann, traveling to the National American Legion convention in Miami, Fla., reported arrival in Richmond Va Sunday noon and in Miami Monday, after leaving Bath by motor Saturday morning.

Annie Ridley Bath Portland Dwinal E. Cornish Campbell's Pond Ernest E. Williams Leo Venus J. Horace McClure Albert McMann National American Legion Miami Fla Richmond

Education Day attendees in Waterville at Colby College

On Tuesday the Maine Federation of Women's clubs held its third Education Day at Colby College in Waterville with attendees including Mrs. Frank A. Hodgdon chairing highways and roadside beautification. Also noted are social visits and moves of local families and students, including Eleanor Voorhees visiting Springvale and Leslie B. White enlisting in the Navy and moving to Newport Rhode Island with his family.

Waterville Maine Federation of Women's Clubs Colby College Frank A. Hodgdon Alice F. Johnson Roscoe P. McFadden Harriette A. Gearing Hodgdon Maine Federation

Wild Rose Girl Scouts Meet at Legion Hall

The Wild Rose troop of Girl Scouts gathered Thursday afternoon at the Legion hall with about 30 members. They studied Morse code, reviewed knots, learned a new Scout song, and played games under the guidance of Captain Mrs Edwin H Given and Miss Evelyn Trott.

The Legion Hall Jon C. Fitzgerald Betty Fitzgerald Fitzgerald Cosmopolitan Singing Club Evelyne Donnell Christine Curtis Lucy Coombs Leroy Colby Albert Henderson Mildred Nichols Netta Briggs Ruth Dale Bluebell Sumner Sewall Catherine Shellenbarger Wise Owl Marion Sprague Oma Edwin H. Given Evelyn Trott

Portland Couple to Wed in Immanuel Baptist Chapel

Miss Esther Elvira Gratto of Portland plans to marry Millard Everett Trott of Portland and Woolwich on Thursday evening November 15 in the Immanuel Baptist church chapel. Gratto is daughter of Wellington W. and Mrs. Grotto of Grant Street. Trott, Morse high school 1927 graduate, is son of Carlton E. and Mrs. Trott of Woolwich. Dr William H. Jones, pastor, will officiate.

Esther Elvira Gratto Portland Millard Everett Trott Woolwich Immanuel Baptist Church Gratto Wellington W. Grotto Grant Street Trott Morse High School Carlton E. Trott William H. Jones

President of the P. T. A. Talks on Maine Education

A Maine P T A gathering discusses the state of education, noting Maine spends more per student than many neighbors yet trails in rural school conditions. The commission urges retrenchment, new funding, and a published survey with mass meetings to follow. A Morse high event included a reception for attendees and new Morse teachers.

Maine Massachusetts United States Maine Teachers Association Sawyer Wilson Morse High Auditorium Colby Seth Mullin New England Council of Parents and Teachers Humphreys Scott Little Harmell Frostina E. Marston Board of Education Lynnette Walker Edward 8. Wright Morse High School Eleanor P. Danforth Elizabeth D. McGrath Central Grammar Amy A. Irish North Grammar Marjorie E. Palmer North Primary Harold S. Avery Marius H. Page David Y. Alkazin Ernest R. Freeman

Installation of Brunswick Legion Auxiliary Officers

The Legion hall hosted the installation of officers for the American Legion Auxiliary of Bruns wick last Monday evening. Newly installed were President Mrs Hannah Knight first vice president Mrs Laura Leblanc second vice president Mrs Blanche Morin secretary Miss Flora Biette treasurer Mrs Clara Hennessey chaplain Mrs Ruth Kou coules historian Mrs Marion Ackley and sergeant at arms.

American Legion ‘Auxiliary of Brunswick Legion Hall Hannah Knight Laura Leblanc Blanche Morin Flora Biette Clara Hennessey Ruth Koucoules Marion Ackley

Purchase of land for Ingalls farm near Pitch Pine Hill

George H. J. Ingalls bought land near Pitch Pine Hill in Phippsburg for his farm, including a plot titled Winnegance for his little daughter Iva Teteetows.

Iva Teteetows George H. J. Ingalls Pitch Pine Hill Phippsburg

Coon hunting and community notices from Bath area

The column notes fall activities from Bath including coon hunting traditions, a Progressive Union of Clubs and Women's Auxiliary meeting at Winneganee Community Club, radio theater by Mary Pickford on WEAF, and local improvements like the Lemont street sewer project. It also covers Armistice and Thanksgiving dates, highway work, snowfall patterns, and generous Bath contributions to the Children's Heart Work Society of Maine.

Charles E. Gahiin Bath Progressive Union of Clubs Winneganee WEAF Mary Pickford the Thespians Miss Piskford Roberta Children’s Heart Work Society of Maine Davenport St. Laurence Street Portland

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George Manning First Naval District Navy Yard Manning Robert W. Ferrell Cle Veland Curtis Bowdoinham Sarah Pratt Chestnut Street Amory M. Houghton, Jr A. M Houghton Mr. Houghton National Life Insurance Office William J. O'Brien Columbia Hotel Sadie Silverman Eunice Cohen Portsmouth, N. H M. Brgman Louis M. Silverman Elm Street Court Barbara Wagner University of California Camp Fire Girls John Casson Geiger San Francisco Anne Morse Jeannette Miller Lincoln Street Dorice F. Miller Franklin Square House New York City Arthur Z. Miller Dunlap Hatch Dummer Sewall Maine Society Howard Hayden Flora M. Randall Harry G. Deering Margaret R. Foote Alice G. Shorey Jane Lemont Frank W. Jaques Leonard M. Lord Agnes W. Humphreys Alice K. Robbins Muriel C. Burgess Court Street Lowall F. Sewall New York Arthur Sewall 2d Chester Totman Palmer Street Ralph G. Stetson Worcester Helen E. Hartwell N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co Cambridge Galen M. Low Emma Small Charles T. Heathaway John T. Parris Upper Washington Street Edward Gaudreau Emery Street Gaudreau Ernst B. Heald North End Frances P. Sibley Thomas J. Attaya James E. McLaughlin Willow Street Della Kuhn Maine General Hospital Wiliam N. Schultz William Norman Schultz, Jr Grace Bishop Auburn Charles H. Madden Mechanic Street Ernest Decker Skowhegan Nathan E. Coffin Park Street Robert Brownell Cobbroad Charles Sadler Rangeley Edward H. Given Arthur Sewall Newcastle Margaret Townsend Glidden Boynton Glidden Dedham Glidden Phillips House Charles M. Tubbs Grace Church St. Andrews Episcopal Church William R. Chapman Bethel Rubenstein Club Albert Thompson Charles O Beals Granville Jewett Ralph Jewett Westport Junction City Donald S. Sewall George S. Nevins Boothbay Harbor Haddonfield N. J Sewall Ferndinand Monjo Bridgeport Lorenzo Collins Rita, Northstreet G. Clifford Madden Narice Madden Hannaford Bros Edward J. Les Pearl Street Haverhill, Mass J. Andrew McDonald Logall Sewall Dunlap A. Hatch Needham Davis Hatch, Jr Duncan Farrell Springfield College Henry S Farrell Hornercourt Charles Tawling Cotesville, Pa Fred A. Bowie Drummond Street Vinland Roderick M. Bowie Harry C. Webber Mr. Webber the Times Independent Edriel B. Little Turnercourt Charles A. Bruce Belfast Bruce Mary H. Bruce E. R. Wright Marshall Avenue Community Council of Girl Scouts Milton C. Trott Whitefield Robert E. Ferrell Edmund Tarbell Portsmouth N. H Frederick E. Drake Frederick E. Drake, Jr Clarefice E. Johnson Miriam W. Kimball Scott Morse Allan Morse Arthur Nichols J. Maurice Haynes Edward Harritt Edward J. McMann Andrew Flaherty Carl Linekin Emma E. MacDonald Diszord Club John W. Gilmore Delbert D. Lewis Cummings Street Marie Elliott Central Church League Adolph H. Ehlers Dora L. Howard James Bonney Leslie J. Wold Merritt A. Mitchell Gardiner R. Deering James Dunton Horace Morss Carolyn M. Stackpole Weeks Street Servid Amelia McLellan Orono Henry Moriarty Lewiston Winfield Ham Union Street James W. Temple Morse University of Mains Graham Blandy Worcester, Mass Summer Street Ladies’ Aid Winter Street Arthur C. Lemont Carl E. Albee Hiram R. Annis Wallace L. Atwood Charles Blaisdell Walter H. Bowker Mary E. Campbell Abigail F. Carter Bessie E. Dickinson William R. Donnell Elwina F. Durgin Fred P. Emmons Elsie M. Folsom Fred Foote Elmer Hodgkins Edgar Leavitt Almira Jones Charles Nelson Addison F. Pendleton Samuel R. Percy Arthur K. Purington Joseph O. Purdue Langdon T. Snipe Alice E. Varney Charles W. Walsh, Jr Horace W. Ward Clifford B. Wilband Clinton D Wilson Eugene Lewis Alton A. Lewis John Gilmore Charles Plummer Buster Kenyon Junior White Jackie Hopkins Connie Gilmore Barbara Pitman Dorothy White Dorothea Lewis Doris Crocker Rebecca Miller Eleanor Voorhees Naston Institute Springvale Mrs. W. S. Voorhees Bedford Street Leslie B. White United States Navy Naval Torpedo Station Newport R. I Frank B. Nichols Arthur R. Nichels Barrett C. Nichols Barre, Vt Edmund C. Tarbell High James Jenkins Emily Jordan P. T. A. Talks Lemont Street N. A. Cushman Sebasco Sebasco Lodge Albert G. Brown Frank J. Parks Nathan Coombs Bath Iron Works Railroad Square Kemmnebec Bridge Maine Street Maine Central Railroad Robert Louis Stevenson Opera House Highway Department Bath and Mercury U. of M M.C.A Ae Bath Bert Ripley Y.M.C.A Mr. Ripley Uncle Sam George Williams London Sterling Canada St. Paul's Westminster Abbey South End P.T.A Thomas Huston William Craft John B. Barbour A. Hallet & Co D. M. Humphreys & Co Frank Churchill Milton H. Douglas Frank B. Nichols William Fall Owen J. Ledyard Percy Low Arthur John Mulcahy Thomas Maria Roscoe P. Higgins Howard Cigar Store Roger Skillings Gordon John J. Keegan Edward W. Bridgham A. J. Conti Charles C. Low Oscar J. Tanguay Arthur J. Dunton Mark Hennessy D. A. Hatch Harry A. Walters F. W. Woolworth & Co Walter L. ‘Whitney Harry Day Joseph Smith Howard E. Tierney Howard Larrabee R. L. Blakeney Elbridge R. Wright Allen Irish Samuel R. Percy W. I. Voorhees Henry M. Biggins Senters, Inc Frederick P. Shaw C. W. Rogers Lewis E. Wilson George A. Churchill Warren E. Kershner Morris 8. Povich William B. Mussenden J.C. Footer & Sons Samuel A. Levin John J. Desmond
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