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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Sep 23, 1937

Page

8

Forty Years Ago In Bath Fades Into City News

Forties era notes from Bath Chronicle detail Franklin Lord rewiring Shaw & Sons mill and a valued pointer named Pete sold for age and chloroformed. The piece notes postal worker Percy Little’s new post in Newburyport, rising cigarette prices, cemetery Reed lot purchase, Miss Josephine Mitchell at YMC A, and local church deacons. Also covered are rail surveys, street railway rumors, postmaster health, local travel to Boston and Bath events through Sept 1897.

Universalist society hosts Friday evening gathering

On Friday evening, B Hervey hosts an event with the Universalist ladies inviting all friends to attend.

B. Hervey Ladies of the Universalist Society

Parsonses House Improvement Adds Piazza on Dummer Street

On September 20, 1897 Henry D. Parsons undertakes a home improvement project adding a piazza to his residence on Dummer Street, reflecting a popular late 19th century architectural update.

Henry D. Parsons Dummer Street

Harvard Bard Johns Hopkins plan Asiatic Primate Expedition

A nine month expedition to study Asiatic apes led by Harvard Bard Johns Hopkins will sail from New York to Singapore on the Kota Trandi Dec 29. The project, funded by Carnegie Columbia Milton Fund Harvard and private donors, includes Harold J Coolidge Jr and Dr Adolph H Schultz among others. The team will study gibbons orangutans and other primates in Siam Borneo Sumatra, examining behavior evolution and brain structure.

Siam Borneo Sumatra New York Singapore Kota Trandi Museum of Comparative Zoology Peabody Museum Harvard University Bard College Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Harold J. Coolidge Jr Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology Indo- China Asia Burma Malaya Java Philadelphia Europe America Adolph H. Schultz C. R. Carpenter Sherwood L. Washburn Harvard Sheldon J. A. Griswold, Jr Andrew Wyli Washington John T. Coolidge, Jr Milton Mass American Committee For International Wild Bureau of International Research Radcliffe College Netherlands

Miss Jones Named Junior Stenographer in IRS

A Knox County Trust Company staff member for about a year and a half has been informed of her appointment as junior stenographer in the Internal Revenue Department in Washington D.C. She will report for duty September 27 after taking the Civil Service Examination about a year ago.

Knox County Trust Company Internal Revenue Department Washington, D. C Miss Jones

Well Dressed Gulls Wear Colored Bands

Five thousand sea gulls were banded with gaudy colors in a Linnaean Society of New York study to track migration age and plumage. Stations from Labrador to New York used red blue and yellow bands with metal bands. observers should report band position and exact sight details to Gull Survey at the American Museum of Natural History New York.

Linnaean Society of New York Labrador New York State U. S. Biological Survey American Museum of National History New York City

Morse line-up unsettled for Saturday opener with Winthrop

Morse high prepares for the opening game at Kelley field with starting spots unsettled. Coach Hank Small weighs veterans against newcomers as Maynard McFadden Eddie Cohen and Dave Alkazin contend for guard and end roles while Clif Nickerson Tony Holbrook and George Perry anchor the line. Medical setback sidelines Clint Child a collision incident narrows the pool and the plan centers on power runs by Harry Thayer and Eddie Hamblett with Georgie Sarkis and Frankie Curran providing blocking.

Morse High Winthrop Kelley Field Hank” Small Shipping City Small Central Maine Morse Westbrook Iscar Greenblatt Carl Earlbach Clif Nickerson Tony Holbrook George Perry Johnny Wakefield Maynard McFadden Eddie Cohen Dave Alkazin Clint Child Nickerson Holbrook Morsemen Harry Thayer Eddie Hamblett Georgie Sarkis Frankie Curran

Local Dogs to Show Their Paces Sunday Field Trial

The Sagadahoc Rod, Gun and Skeet Association plans a field trial Sunday at 9 a.m. on the Dave Walsh farm in North Bath with about 20 bird dogs. Entries are limited to Bath area dogs, open to non-members, no professionals, judges Warren E. Kershner and Rodney E. Ross, field at Walsh farm near Whiskeag bridge.

Sagadahoc Rod, Gun & Skeet’! Association, Inc Stariing Dave Walsh North Bath Wendall Heal Bath Heal Warren E. Kershner Rodney E. Ross Walsh Field

Pentalite Transmits Light Around Curves Demonstrated

EF I du Pont scientists unveiled Pentalite at the New York Electrical Society showing a long rod bent like a pretzel transmitting light from end to end without lighting the sides. A sheet bent at right angles emitted light only at letters and the edge. The plastic caries light with no heat, resists acids, can be cut and molded, and costs about 1.25 dollars per pound.

New York Electrical Society Engineering Societies EF. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co

Dr Hibbs High Gun In Saturday Skeet Shoot

Dr George W Hibbs posted the high gun score with 23 of the day targets in Saturday afternoon skeet at the local range. Sturtevant brothers Bob and Fred tied for runner up with 21 each, Ralph Small had 20, and several others scored below. A rain cancelation omitted a Monday shoot. Former Governor Louis J Brann addressed 123 Randolph Athletic Association members at Perry Block club rooms discussing sports and boxing.

George W. Hibbs Sturtevant Brothers Bob Fred Ralph Small Ted Sturtevante SSSR Louis J. Brann Lewiston Randolph Athletic Association Perry Block Randolph Fart Fesseit Charles Williams David Kelley James Morang Mr. Brawn Joe Louis New England

Daggett Valedictorian to Enter Bates College

Malcolm Daggett the valedictorian of Strong high school class of 1937 will enter Bates College Lewiston on Monday. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Holman Daggett. His mother the former Irene Holmes RN of Lewiston.

Malcolm Daggett Strong High School Bates College Lewiston Holman Daggett Irene Holmes R. N William R. Donnell William T. Donnell High Street Bath Memorial Hospital Billy

Probate notices list executors and administrators in Sagadahoc estates

John L. Jack, Register of Probate, lists appointments made September 7 1937 in Bath and West Bath. Olive M Barron, Elmira E Stinson, Albert L Strout, Maria F Strout, George O Curtis estates show appointments of administrators or executors with Bond or agent designations to Bath Malden and Boston based to Arthur J Dunton.

John L. Jack Sagadahoc Olive M. Barron Iate Bath Lawrence B Greenwood Elmira E. Stinson Donald B. Hopkins Albert L. Strout Sewall P. Strout Malden Massachusetts Arthur J. Dunton Maria F. Strout George O. Curtis West Bath Charles F Rowley Boston

Probate Court Proceedings for Sagadahoc Estates

Court at Bath sets September 7 1937 notice for probate actions on estates of McFarland Drake Parker and others. Petitions seek administrators without bond guardianship licenses and letters testamentary with Powers named executors. various hearings scheduled in Bath for October 1937 with multiple named parties and interested heirs.

Bath Sagadahoc Catherine M. McFarland Eleanor D Drake J Edward Drake Katherine H. Parks Pirst Harry E Ring William Wood Joh Wo Loretta Riley Joseph Charles Footer Arthur F Mayo Robert J. Cameron S . Aate Kippsbure Walter Powers R. Weller Powers Walter S. Glidden Judee

Money and wealth meanings through the ages

The text traces how wealth shifted from the sense of well being to material property and final riches. It notes money as coin and medium of exchange, cites Adam Smith on wealth and money, and discusses affluence and opulence as symbols of status.

Adam Smith Froude Caesar

Cranberry Crop Projected as Largest Since 1923

The New England Crop Reporting Service of the USDA predicts Massachusetts will yield about 400000 barrels this year, up from 346000 last year, and the largest harvest since the 1933 record of 506000 barrels.

Massachusetts New England

Writers and readers and the public reading gap

A Grand Island Independent note laments that while about 60 percent of people write for publication, only 35 percent can read. The remark highlights a literacy gap between writer and reader populations.

Grand Island Independent

Colonial Club Revisits Sebasco Fair With Events

An attractive program marks the Colonial Club Fair at Shore Acres Sebasco featuring a married men versus single men softball game after a noon lobster stew in the club house, an 18 hole handicap golf tournament split before and after dinner, plus horseshoes quoits and boxing.

Shore Acres Sebasco Elwood Toothaker Kenneth Brown Cloub House

Also Mentioned on This Page

The Bath Daily Times Frank Lord M. G. Shaw & Sons Pete James P. Ledyard Percy C. Little Newburyport Charles W. Morse Josephine Mitchell Peoples Church F. M Charles’ Oliver Frank Dow Alfred Dyer Donald Crawford Alameda Exposition Times W. R. Kimball George A. Baker W. A. Furber R. P. Hamm Bath Street Railway Brunswick Lewiston and Auburn Bath-Brunswick Blind Crossing Peterson Farm New Meadows Hardings Postmaster Kelley Janet Las Nellie Lena Douglass Weston Bonney Center Street Edward McAuliffe Bostons Hartley Hilton Alna H. Percy Rex Mr. Percy George Thompson Charley Potter Arrowsic Hut Brown Iron Works Alexander Kingsbury Belgrade Edward Trask Wiscasset Quebec R. R Florence Donnell Nellie Shaw Mary Newhall Wellesley Miss Donnell Robert Craig Portland William Merrow Hannah Collins Bangor Charles Clifford Adams House Chicago Jake George Cooper Aramede Lowell Mr. Bankson Blanche Sewall J. Edward Drake Louise Bennett Brooklyn Thomas Stanton Gibbons Mollie Gibbons Fred R. Gibbons Jennie Whitmore Frank B. Torrey, Jr F. W. O Brien Ellsworth State Board of Trade William H. Taylor George H. Clark Taylor Grace Phillips Queen City Dr. A William Rogers Maine State Board of Trade A. M. Bagley Middle Street Rogers Peoples Safe Deposit and Savings Bank Jane Moulton John Williams M. R. Haley Dr. Wescott George McLaughlin Bath Iron Works Bath Street Railroad Edward J. Gibbs Lynn, Mass Henry E. Duncan T. W. Hyde Gilbert Patten Augusta Mary Nolan Maggie Neagle Susan Wakefield Worcesbaw Cramel L. Preble Inter-State Casualty Co Front Street D. O. Foye John Johnson George A. McFadden Donnell’s Yard Desper Oliver John C. Wakefield Round House Maine Central Yard Maine General Hospital Abner Johnson Ashdale Capt. Whitmore Mrs Peter Sheridan Harry Hyde Popham Irving Lord George Thun Francis FE. Coney Ralph Covel Long Pond Mel Wright Will Hardy Eleanor Denham Sidney Nason John Deering George L. Dillaway W. P. Leydon Providence Columbia Pawtucket James Biggins Walter Russell Rockland William Campbell M. B. Spinney Small Point Peter Coughlin U. S Armeria John Jordan Western Avenue A. C. Sprague Sabine Capt. Percy Walter G. Norris H. M. Sanford Lower Middle Street Isaiah Wildes Wiwurna Popham Beach William Adams Ned Warden Olive Kennerson York Harbor Marie Duncan William Welch West Uncle Sam Ades Ned Lynch Newport R. I Milan Graves New London Pequoit Ial Dade Arthur E. Rowe George Larrabee Effie Snowman Georgetown John D. Footer Frank Wetherbee California Alaska J. L. Cook & Son St. Augustine Fla Capt. Marr Capt. Preble George A. Brown Marie Conley Amesbury, Mass Martin Conley Hodgdon and Pike's Grocery Store Upper Washington Street William Kelley Savannah Russell Street Wallace McLeod G. H. Nichols Miss Blake E. B Charles Gahan Fred Harrington M. Hansford Charles Taylor Fred Donnell Miss Williams Bradshaw O. F. Bullman Delia M. Fisher Charles A. Fisher, Esq Mrs. Henry Preble Mamie McDonald Charles Owen Linda Tarbox Quincy Alfred Clements Sagadahock Block Kennebec Yacht Club Charles E. Hyde Humpburgin Charles B. Harrington Marie Blue Point Christian Church Pine Point Arline Cora Snow Fred H. Snow Robert Cullen Leavitt Irving Leavitt Thomas J. Coolbroth Waterville G. Elmer Mossman Rod, Gun and Skeet Association Walsh Farm A. E. Pitcher E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co England Roland Hill DR. Hibbs Colonial Club Percy Steen Mount Chase Gertrude Porter Steen Herschel Steen Sherman Station Amos Howard Maurice Steen Jessie Giles Henry Steen Los Angeles GL. Pressey Patten M. E. Church
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