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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Sep 12, 1929

Page

2

Visitors and Residents Noted in Boston Visitations

From the Lilliputian dated September 15 1888 Miss Annie Lewis is visiting friends in Boston Miss Stone of Watertown Mass is at Mr Henry Ingalls C B Greenleaf of Portland has been in town this week Richard Coffin of Boston has been at home for a month's vacation Mr Martin Andrews and family left for Chicago Rev E H Boynton of Machais was in town a few hours Tuesday Frank Lambert is improving the grounds around his mother's house Augustus White and family are spending a few weeks at Mrs Lambert's Miss Jennie Tucker and friends left for Boston Monday The whooping cough among children grows serious with several deaths Mrs Chaney went to Boston to meet her son Alden at sea Mrs Nichols and Miss Susie Nichols who have been guests of Mrs L W Gibbs for weeks departed for Reading Mass

Shirley West E. S. Thompson Union Street South Portland C. E. Hill South Hanson Mass Roland Hammond Henry Cowley Helen Cowley Wiscasset White Mountains Charlotte Rittal Olive Johnson Dorchester Williams W. A. McFadden Kenneth Bartlett's Tree Surgery School Lizzie Brown Middle Street Roy Row Boothbay Harbor Bath C. E. Wight Wright E. J. Boynton Federal Street Garrison Hill Harold S. Sherman Pendleton Stanley Dodge Frank Gray Burlington Sheepscot Church School South Newcastle West Anna Charles E. Titus Skowhegan Warren Elizabeth Sewall Richmond Charles Plumstead Exeter N.H Fréd Moody Plumstead Cottage Damariscotta Pond Gerald Kendall Leominister Zina H. Davis Mer Day Marstons Pharmacy Sarah Stenson Massachusetts Walter G Chase Chase High Street Donald Wilband Bernard Bailey New London Ledyard A. Southard Simsburg Conn F. H. Gray Montpelier Gray Ruth Sewall Katherine Gibbs Boston W. S. Warland Long Island John Chase Portsmouth N. H A. W. Irvine Charles Collins Baltimore Edgecomb Cottage J. P. Tucker Sarah D Carolyn S. Varney Portland Albert Page Bucksport Congregational H. Louise Lincoln Kingston Columbia University Annie Lewis Miss Stone Watertown Henry Ingalls C. B. Greenleaf Richard Coffin Martin Andrews Chicago E. H. Boynton Machais Frank Lambert Augustus White Thelma Campbell's Bureau Grange Hall Hortense ‘Welch Auburn Hazel Wharff Emma Larrabee Alice Small Winnifred Brown J. E. Mayo Woman's Missionary Society of the Nazarene Church Lois Palmer Helen Rogers Llewellyn Rogers Gorham Saco Courtney Stover Fred W. Larrabee Scarboro Ernest Rowe Westbrook Fred Toothaker Raymond Toothaker Edwin LeMoines Cynthia LeMoines Malden Kenneth Patterson John Higgins Place Littlefield School Lillian Cutler Elmer Craig Isaac Trufant Lewiston Lowell School Harold Bailey William Bailey George Rose Ernest Rose William Craft Laura Lincoln Williams Fester’s Point

West Bath Church News and Local Appointments

The West Bath church calendar highlights a Sunday service and a daylong June meeting at the grange hall discussing furniture refinishing led by Hortense Welch of Auburn. Community members attend various society meetings, school openings, and visits in Bath, West Bath, and surrounding towns.

Educational broadcasting assessed for schools and adults

A federal advisory committee on education by radio reports experiments in school broadcasting across elementary to secondary grades and expands adult listening services. About 70 colleges own stations. others broadcast from commercial outlets. The panel seeks educator and industry cooperation to improve how subjects are taught by radio. Mrs Conrad Olsen and family return from Stratford after August at Ledge-O-Rock cottage near Thorne's Head.

Washington Federal Advisory Committee On William J. Cooper Conrad Olsen Thelma Hazel Edward Stratford, Conn Ledge-O-Rock Thorne’s Head

Miss Moody Travels to Unity for Lake Season Stay

Miss Mary Moody leaves Thursday for Unity to spend a week with Miss Geraldine Stott. Geraldine and her parents Dr. and Mrs. A A. Stott occupy a cottage on the lake for the season.

Mary Moody Unity Geraldine Stott A. A. Stott

Blind landlord pilots planes in air near Marlow Oklahoma

George W. Carter a 32 year old Marlow resident flies his own planes with co pilot Don Clayton though he has been blind since he was 15. He can take off and maneuver but cannot land so lacks a license. For two years he has flown without an accident visiting over 300 tenant farms in southern Oklahoma.

Marlow, Okla George W. Carter Marlow Carter Don Clayton Clayton Oklahoma

Chinese Plan for National Air Mail System

The Chinese government plans a comprehensive air mail network linking all regions. A national aviation corporation capitalized at 10 million dollars will run air mail service and promote civil aviation, carrying passengers and freight. Routes from Nanking to Shanghai and Nanking to Hankow will start soon.

Shanghai National Aviation Corporation Nanking Hankow

Fall Clean-Up Day Set at Woolwich Grange

Woolwich grange met Wednesday night with large attendance and voted to hold a clean-up day on September 14. Frank Gould was named to take part in duties. The annual harvest supper is next Tuesday from 6 to 8 pm followed by a musical program by H Alton Shorey and children of Bath. An Oct 4 minstrel show directed by John Shaw of Bath is planned with new songs and jokes. Members performed a varied program and all 100 percent of members participated for the first time in 35 years.

Woolwich Grange Frank Gould The Grange H. Alton Shorey Bath Shorey John Shaw Thelma Burleigh Pigno- Bos Coset Chase John’ Carter Herbert Munsey Samuel Ward Mr. Lewis Long Kenneth Cromwell Anthony Dodge Long Herbert Carter Frank Soule

Woolwich Woman Sails for Africa as Missionary Teacher

Anne Belle Brookings of Woolwich, daughter of Mrs. Rossa A. Brookings, sails from New York aboard the U S Republic for Inanda Seminary in Natal, South Africa, to serve as a permanent missionary teacher with the American Board. She previously taught at Spelman College High School in Atlanta and graduated from Bates College in 1924.

Anne Belle Brookings Rossa A. Brookings Middle Turnpike South Manchester Conn New York U. S. Republic Inanda Seminary Natal South Africa American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions Miss Brookings Woolwich New England Spelman College High School Atlanta Bates College Africa

Woolwich Grange Minstrel Rehearsals Underway for Oct 4

Rehearsals for a minstrel show on October 4 are progressing with two sessions weekly. Led by Jack Shaw, Bath participants join Woolwich Grange members to stage a peppy performance. Proceeds benefit the grange.

Woolwich Grange

Personal Notes from Bath Area Residents Summering Elsewhere

Mrs J Horace McClure and daughter Mary return from Presque Isle while Andrew Hart is moved to Eye and Ear Infirmary Portland. Several Bath residents and relatives travel to Brunswick Rockland Sabine Phippsburg Ogunquit and New York for visits, teaching duties, and summer outings including Miss Albine Munsey resuming teaching duties in Moody after Ogunquit summer.

J. Horace McClure Mary Presque Isle Andrew Hart Eye and Ear Infirmary Portland Charles Spoerl Hartford Lewiston Lawrence Lowell Brunswick Alzira Gross Rockland Central Maine Power Co Bessie Sprague Bradford Sprague Phippsburg Sabine Sabino Harry Priest Lucy Priest Franconia N. H Albert H. Shaw High Street Merritt Trott Wilfred Trott Marshall Avenue Squirrel Island Arthur E. Russell Ruth Medford Mass Bath Popham Beach William Boardman Ralph Boardman Phillip Tardiff Josephine Tardiff Canada Ellery Doyle Moody Sally Marsters MacMahan Island Eamesholm Boston New York Cobb's Ferry N. Y Ruth Morgan Morse High School Wilson M. Wright Woolwich Morgan Central Falls R. 1 Jane D. Cushing Dobb's Ferry

Lightning Clockworks Spooks Farmer Near Waycross

A farmer returning home from a swift dash to outpace a storm reported a bizarre lightning event that appeared clocklike in regularity and unmixed with sound or smoke. Georgia Tech plans a night kickoff for its autumn football opener, aiming for a 95 31 scoreline in a twilight game.

Georgia Tech

Woolwich Notes of Travel Visits and Church Services

Woolwich residents report summers spent at Day's Ferry and Lake Nequasset with ties to Brookline Cambridge and Philadelphia. Attendees plan church services across Nequasset Day's Ferry and North Woolwich with Rally Day set for September 22.

Local visitors and school openings noted in town

Mr and Mrs Clement Martin and family of Bangor visited friends then returned home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Jerry Mosher of Roslindale Mass visited Alex Munsey. Schools began Monday with Miss Hilton of Wiscasset and Mr Weymouth teaching on River and Middle roads. Thomas Leask, burned out last week, moved into Ed Siegars house on Siegars hill. Mr and Mrs Frank McCobb visited Boothbay Monday.

Clement Martin Bangor Jerry Mosher Roslindale Mass Siegars’ Hill Frank McCobb Boothbay

U S Government To Profit From Wall Street Assay Office Sale

The United States government expects a profit near 6 million dollars from selling the four story assay office on Wall Street next to the old sub treasury building. The site, bought in 1854 for 530 000, drew opposition as expensive. Bids ranged from 5 120 900 to 6 501 000 with historic ties to the Ver Planck family and early Wall Street changes.

New York United States Wall Street Treasury Department Washington Ver- Planck Abraham de Peyster

Degree to Teacher After 40 Years

Barbourville Kentucky reports C S Wilson superintendent of Whitley county schools earned his bachelor of arts from Union College completing a near four decade long course of study. He left school in 1890 to lead the county system and later studied at Williamsburg Institute the University of Kentucky and Western Kentucky Normal Teachers College before finishing at Union this year.

Barbourville, Ky C. S. Wilson Whitley County Union College Wilson Old Williamsburg Institute University of Kentucky Western Kentucky Normal Teachers’ College

Wyman says defeat of Maine export power bill

Walter S. Wyman president of Central Maine Power Co and New England Public Service Co said the surplus power export measure had been defeated at the referendum. He expressed regret but pledged to proceed with efforts to improve Maine's industrial conditions.

Walter S. Wyman Central Maine Power Co New England Public Service Co Associated Press Maine

Malden Boy Tries Hitchhiking Route to Boothbay Harbor

Henry Snowden a 14 year old Malden Mass lad with 20 cents was picked up in Bath by Acting Captain Pinkham of the night police. He said he hoped to reach Boothbay Harbor by hitchhiking after a summer with his family there. City officials contacted his mother and money was sent to bring him home.

Henry Snowden Malden Mass Bath Pinkham Boothbay Harbor Walter L. Whitney Snowden Capt. Pinkham

Morse High School Dedication Planned With Packard Speaker

Bertram E. Packard new state education commissioner will give the principal address at the Morse high school dedication next Monday at 7 30 pm. Architects Bunker and Savage turn the building over to the city, then Mayor Cahill receives it before Packard speaks. The high school orchestra will provide music and the ceremony aims to last about ninety minutes while inviting public inspection. The school opens for sessions Tuesday morning. Slate products of every sort are to be procured in Maine quarries.

Bertram E. Packard State Commissioner of Education Morse High School Bunker & Savage Cahill Packard

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West Bath RADIO Waycross Here Brown Company Kerlin, N.hs Stott Geraldine John Brown Bertha Dorothy Orr Orlando Fla Jasper Mains Woodfords Bleike Sheldon Reed Doris Brown Sarah Bailey Farmingdale Douglass Hunnewell Reuben Hunnewell Albert Humphrey Frank Lawrence Philip Cambridge E. W. Dexter Oswald Rankin Connecticut Woolwich Union Nequasset Church Day’s Ferry North Woolwich Sagadahoc Woolwich Union For Christian Service Dresden U. S Bath and County Franklin Et Hewne Ee Aden Lincoln Bien Bath Bowdoin Bowdoinham Phippsbur West Sagadahioc Arrowsic Georgetown Topsham Phippsburg Richmond Georgetown Phippsburg Wyman Maine Power Co Malden Boy Springfield Tye Kane Springfield Horse Show Horst Manure Baris Sewn Sreciat Renucen Rann Pfares
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