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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Sep 13, 1934

Page

9

Richmond School Staff and Community Gatherings Noted

Richmond reports the town schools opened with staff across grades led by principal R. Howard Bodwell and high school principal Paul Jack. A Busy Enterprise grange program followed by family reunions, visits from relatives, and numerous hometown social events fill the town calendar through September and beyond.

Local Ball Clubs Clash Thursday at Kelley Field

Two local teams meet Thursday evening at Kelley field in a tuneup for ships builders games. The city team beat the Clippers 7-1 in the first meeting while Morse high stars aim for revenge. Clippers manager Ernie Sarkis plans Leon Buck to pitch with Johnny Levyn Jimmy Craige Paul Wilson Linny Haynes and Omar King in the lineup.

Kelley Field Clippers Morse High Stars Brunswick Town Ernie Sarkis Leon Buck Kents

Meade Couple Return Home Via Peterboro and NYC

Prof. and Mrs. E. G. Meade resume their journey to Ohio after visits with Mrs. Meade’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Cutler of 813 Washington Street. They will stop at Peterboro Inn in Peterboro New Hampshire and in New York City and expect to arrive home on Friday.

E. G. Meade Ohio Peterboro Inn Peterboro N. H New York City Mrs. Meade Mrs. A. M.cutler Washington Street

Georgetown News Roundup Updates Friends and Visitors

Miss Marion Hunt returns from Orr's Island as numerous families from Bath Georgetown and Sagadahoc Bay visit relatives in town. Local students join Morse High School Bath and North Yarmouth Academy. Weekly dances at Overlook Kennebec Point resume. choir rehearsals held at multiple homes. Community rallies and summer-home closures mark the period with many families traveling to Boston Newtonville and Brooklyn for autumn.

Marion Hunt Orr’s Island Rudolph Trafton Donald Portland Howard M. Trafton Clarence B. Hill Patty Boston Lena Spinney Brunswick Howard G. Heald Joan Harrison Bath Martha Rich Bowen Thomas Hagan Everett C. Higgins Stearns Burgess Welton Somerville Mass George Church Wollaston Thurston Frank W. Hove Harry L. Horne Roy M. Newman Alex Cunningham Boscn Phillip Dalrymple Kennebec Point Newton Center Willard Oliver Lincoln Street H. M. Trafton Rose Smith Lexington Sagadahoc Bay J. H. Brown Newton Ruth Lyman North Adams First Selectman L. Earle Hagan Morse High Waltham Grinnell Thomas N. Williams West Georgetown Miles Hagan Natalie Dorothy W. Oliver Kingston Joseph F. Higgins Walter W. Cummings Arthur E. Brown Wellesley Hills William Thompson New York D. L. Pettengell Frye Carrie Oliver Frank W. Hovey First Baptist Church Amy Hovey Lester Powers Earl Payson Bay Point John E. Carter Woolwich C. L. Hinckley Malden Island E. B. Billings R. P. Todd Melrose Highlands Overlook Dorothy Hagan North Yarmouth Academy Kenneth Dunlop Newtonville Roscoe P. Todd Walter B. Hill Emmy George Walter Jr Pottsville Edith Horne

Local Social Visit and River Logs Report

Hagan residents recall ice cream cake and candies as SSaaeehd J. Stewart and daughter Mrs. Phillip Dalrymple visited Mrs. Carrie Oliver. A raft of logs from the Brownwood lot lies in the cove near the eastern bridge ready to be towed to Gardiner.

Cosmo Club resumes departmental activities after summer

The Cosmopolitan club held its Sep tem meeting with 45 members present and announced the resumption of department activities. The Cosmopolitan Players will meet Oct 9, Current Events Oct 21, Singing Club Oct 4, and an arts and crafts group will form soon under Miss Carolyn M. Stackpole. The Garden club continues, and a women’s bowling team is planned. four new active members were admitted.

Cosmopolitan Club Cosmopolitan Players Joseph I. Smith Frederick W. Humphreys Singing Club Leroy F. Colby Carolyn M. Stackpole Roscoe P. McFadden New York Herald Tribune Waldorf-Astoria Hotel New York City Garden Club Carroll A. Deering Alice May Douglas N. Gratz Jackson Dorothy A. Welch House Ruth H. Farnham Mary Louise Lord Bertha V. Bellerose Edwin D. Tietig Philansrosie Ella J. Dougas G. Eunice Whittall Benjamin Godard Ruth Cogan David Cogan J. Pridham Ada Y. Greenblatt Miss Whittall George A. Stevens John H. Perkins Barcarolle Tales of Hoffman Jacques Offenbach Miss Cogan Carl Y. Kennedy House Committee

Church leaders urge rebuilding for a kinder world

The Church must preach and live the Word to avert disaster and drive a reconstruction of society. Leaders, including Mr Wilson, warn that without a Kingdom of God mindset, greed and upheaval threaten civilization, calling for love, justice, and brotherhood in all areas of life.

Kingdom of God Church Jesus Lord God Wilson Church of Christ

Miss Caroline St Martin Returns From Robinhood Visit

Miss Caroline St Martin daughter of Edward and Mrs St Martin of Washington street has returned home after a week as guest of her grandmother Mrs Ralph Dunton at her Portland summer residence on Robinhood.

Caroline St. Martin Edward St. Martin Washington Street Robinhood Ralph Dunton Portland

Five Islands Social Roundup and Seasonal Moves

Regular Grange Circle meets Friday afternoon at the Grange hall to help finish a quilt. Many residents and visitors are noted leaving cottages for the season with trips to Bath, Hallowell, Belmont, Cambridge, and New York. several cottages close as families depart Seguinland and Malden Island for winter.

Grange Circle Grange Hall Helen Rowe Yarmouth Academy L. H. Rowe Chester Pinkham Portland Ellsworth Pinkham Percy Allen Oakland Piney Point F. Bartlett Marjorie Bartlett Storr Conn Mary O'Connor Arlington Mass Madge O'Brien Tom Buckley Augusta Five Islands E. M. Horton Sallie Cubbage J. C. Briggs Winnifred Malcolm Libby Somerville Lena MacMahan Esther Hanley Wellington School Cambridge Charles Hanley Belmont Marion Garland Gertrude Hanley Carrie Stevens William Gage Gage Conant Malden Island Allie Hinckley Sagadahoc Bay A. W. Butler Lincoln Hugh Eisenhaur Seguinland Dick Anderson Malden Herbert Moore Herbert Charles George Yeo Boothbay William Belanger Bath Belanger James MacMahan James K. Smith Nancy Kellum New York Arthur Walker D. L. Howard Clinton Hanna Belgrade George Hanna Eugene Hall Acton Raymond Hall Mr. Hall Newton, Conn Hall Cottage Sedgemere Road Thelma Davis Moore Melvin ,Drummond Norman Drummond Esther Norman Arrowsic Marion Frost Hagan's Cove Winchester Yeo C. H. Stevens Paul A. Thompson Jean Dorothy J. G. Stevens New Berlin N. Y Mr. Thompson Robert Martha Bloomfield Hills Mich Stevens New York City Lincoln Campbell, Jr Lincoln Campbell Danvers Danvers High School Thompson

Fairfield Visitors and Seguinland Cottage Activity

Miss Greta Hoxe and father Mr Hoxie of Fairfield visit Mrs Marion Frost on Monday. Mr Stanley and Orville Tanner of Sydney visit. Nat Hassenius and family, at Seguinland for the summer, close their cottage and return to Boston. John Hines of Pejepscot stay at Seguinland for a few days. Mr and Mrs Walter Prosser also at the cottage last week.

Georgianna Tallman Roslindale Stee Yeates Susan Meserve District No. 5 Constance Perkins Gardiner Emerson School Hazel Gardner Richmond Mary Elizabeth Gould Portland Elizabeth Haynes Marcia Baker Elizabeth McFee Eula Terrell Marie Bell Saco R. Howard Bodwell Augusta Paul Jack Paul Given Arabell Allen Theresa Brown Bridgton Edna Marshall Farrington Enterprise Grange Minnie Bacheldor Myrtle Stewart Ann Spofford Martina Pushard Charles Alexander Minnie Waldron Leon Batchelder Maine Nellie Murdough Hazel McKay Watertown Mass Pleasant View Farm Mabelle Crillin Ethel Rankins Bar Harbor John Curtis Orange Heights Fla Houston Smith Fred Thomas Rutland Marjorie Plainville Conn Rutland W. R. Hartford South Pleasant Street Leon Dunklee Greenfield Jane Kelley Virginia Dunklee Brewer Cecil Libby W. A. Libby New Gloucester Packard Richmond High School Leslie Burnell Edna Stephen Burnell Burnell W. W. Burnell East Baldwin Henry E. Burnell Walter A. Warren Gladys B. Cater Camp O-At-Ka North Sebago Elmer Purinton Ernest Windsor Fair Yarmouth Evelyn Seekins Norman Seigars Barbara Ann Auburndale Leah Littlefield Gordon Curran Saugus Charles Walker Austin White Wellesley Hills Charles Lewis John Cox Melrose Highlands John Coughlin Malden Mr. Coughlin Sarah Coughlin Harold Shaw Freeport Shaw George Shaw George Roberts Florence Watson Edward Carlton Asbury Park N. J Clinton Stone Cornish Frances Libby Brooklyn N. Y Henrietta Libby Samuel Blake Chant Roger Boynton Gloucester Mabel Hines Robert Wyman War Mabel McFee Genevieve Lynch Jamaica Plain Josephine Crowley Arlington Roscoe Marshall Dorothy Jay Dannemora Ansel Marshall Ray Ridgwell Providence R. I Aldern McBurnie Lillian Wade Charles Wade Capitol Island Wesley Nelson Quincy Nelson James Nelson School Street Harry Douglass Everett Douglass Grace Sarah Robert Blake Kingfield Douglass Labor Day Colonel Perley South Bridgton Merle Lilly Robert Allen Salem Edgar Murphy Damariscotta Dorothy Stuart Georgetown Laura Whitney Chelsea John Betty Coughlin Fred Cox Wollaston River Road Joseph Kane Boston Carroll Greenleaf Attleboro Meserve Ethel Gordon Lowell Myrtle Gordon Alvah Nickerson Roy Denning Oakland Denning C. A. Drinkwine Lillian Betsy Ann Danvers Evelyn Lovejoy Arthur Vernon Shirley Harry Sykes Horace Raymond Woodfords Quebec Mary Murphy S. M. Preble Reading Greta Hoxe Hoxie Fairfield Stanley Orville Tanner Sydney Marion Frost Nat Hassenius Seguinland John Hines Pejepscot Walter Prosser

Sterling Bible Class Resumes Sessions

Sterling Bible class of Corliss Street Baptist church met in the Deering room after vacation with 29 members and one visitor. Mrs. John Hunt presided as president. Mrs. M Eugene Watson led devotions. singing by Mrs. Fred Bragg and Mrs. Lee W. Scott.

Robert C. Mitchell Fred Coombs William H. Sheldon Frank M. Bowker Lester G. Campbell James W Call Bath James W. Gillespie Zadoc F. Brown William Hill Arthur L. Plant Charles Harrington Frank A. Purington

Bath Tennis Court Becomes Busy Public Hub

The Bath High Alumni Association court draws players from nine to dark with crowds waiting and doubles common to share time. Young players show rapid progress as tournament rounds unfold, led by Blair C. Wilson who plans another court next year to handle demand.

Bath Bath High Alumni Association Bobby Lee Grammar School Howard Mayo Blair C. Wilson Duce Wilson

Bird dog trials set for September at Poland Spring

The Second Annual State of Maine Field Trials for Bird Dogs will be held September 22 and 23 at Poland Spring under the Androscoggin Fish and Game Association. Four stakes Puppy Derby Maine Amateur All Age and Open All Age offer prizes and awards with a prime venue for spectators.

New England State of Maine Poland Androscoggin Fish & Game Association Department of Inland Fisheries and Game George J. Stobie Maine Foland Harry B. Adams Auburn E. W. Bickford Lewiston Andy McBain Association Lisbon Street

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Fred S Curtisée Thomas R. Huston R. Bath D. M. Humphreys & Co Sagadahock Block Bath, Me Room Cosmo Club Thomas Acroid Toston So LA Bath Savings Institution Sterling Bible Mary ‘Newell Louise Drapeau Maine Industrial Accident Commission City Hall Bellevue Ern Beacon Street Beacon Hill State House Boston Common Public Gardens Bowdoin and Beacon Streets
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