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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1940

Page

9

Totman Library Welcomes Generous Book Gifts and Local Notes

The Totman Public Library in Phippsburg receives donations of valuable works from Mrs. Freeman C. Merritt Miss Dorothy Barrett and Mrs. William D. Sewall among others including 1930 Maine statutes and 1981 legislature records and Heidie Pinocchio Nature Stories. Local residents update on property sales repairs and visits with ministers professors and military personnel across the Center area detailing renovations at the Rogers homestead and other farms plus travelers and students in town.

Totman Public Library Center Crossroads Freeman C. Merritt Maine Dorothy Barrett Carson Harbor Island Heidie Pinncchio William D. Sewall Adelbert Williams Irving Wallace Maurice Avery Clarence Ernest Blaisdell Rogers Homestead Capt Joseph Ann Mary Perry Clarence Blaisdell Roslindale Mass Rogers Farm James C. Perry Perry George C. Pease Sewall Bowker Mr. Bowker Perrys John Rogers Scott Rogers Storers Wakefield- Batchelder-Decker W. Oquelette Brunswick William Benner Hamilton McCourt Q@ritz-Dodge C. L. Stevens Phippsburg California Davenport Berkeley Robertson Washington State MacPherson Steubenville Ohio Portland New York Fair Charles P. Percy Brooklyn Frank Bowker Bath Gordon Davenport Calif Clement Rose South Deerfield Henry Minott Charles Percy N. Y Liverpool Eng London Percy A. L. Nickerson Nickerson George Thomas Bertha Doughty Central Maine General Hospital Lewiston J. I. Smith Elliot Ray Woburn Jay K. Bowker Gardiner Rogers Sally Rogers Camp Rogers Legion Boston Jay Daley Willard Blair Dromore

Parker Head elects officers and notes activities

Parker Head School Improvement League chose William Cushing as president Barbara Mank vice president Arthur Kreidler secretary and Marion Cushing treasurer. Girl Scouts and Brownies met for planning next year while numerous residents noted visits and family events around town through the week.

School Improvement League William Cushing Barbara Mank Arthur Kreidler Marion Cushing Herbert Doughty, Jr Brownies Frances M. Robie Francis Lander Marian Geraldine John H. Perkins East Brunswick Tuesay Beatrice Denningham West Georgetown Eugene Harrington W. T. Wyman Charles Perry H. D. Mank Lee Sheldon Wilma Charles Blaisdell Grace Williams Bath Walter Cushing

Dromore Farm Bureau Members Dine And Discuss

Mrs Carolyn Day of Bath hosted 19 Dromore Farm Bureau members and four guests at her Bay Point Summer home for the September meeting. The program covered aids in shoe buying with a Home Demonstration talk. A covered dish dinner with boiled lobsters followed, the group voting to supply two dozen hospital johnnies for Red Cross work and enrolling eleven new members.

Charles Koskis Howard Bowker Stoneybrook Maurice Avery Bernard Henderson Norwood Mass Harold Seavey Squirrel Point Light Reservation Newagen Daley Helen Bartlette Ashdale U. S. S. Liver Tracy Cottage Patricia James Seavey Juanita Gorham Normal School Gordon Davison Portland T. C. Hughes John Tracy Woolwich Henry Campbell New York Emma Perry Jay K. Bowker Ford Moran Jay Daley Aretha Campbell Mary Wright Auburn Bay Point Carolyn Day Bertha Shea Maine General Hospital Totman Library John C. Berry Corinne Berry West Coast Alice H. Minott Posse Nissen Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton Simonson Gladys Isging Gladys Langdon N. Thistle Presque Isle John W. Currie Thistle Mary L. Putney Lebanon N. H Rico Zorrilla Harry Woodward Melrose Langdoni Aroostook County Bath Dromore Farm Bureau Bureau Red Cross

Winnegance Evening Tea Hosts Card Auction

Mrs. Edwin F. Small entertained an afternoon tea and auction with Auxiliary members of the Community club. Plans for a public card party in mid October were announced, with committees to be named at the next weekly meeting hosted by Mrs. Harold Miller. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Walter Morse and Mrs. Charles Small. Frank Perow, recently homebound after a car accident, is now able to go outdoors again.

Edwin F. Small Community Club Auxiliary Harold Miller Walter Morse Charles Small John Morse Winfield Morse Orman Coggeshall Harry C. Williams Frank Perow George Eaton Herbert Spinney Charles E. Hewitt

Boosters Night At West Bath For Grangers

West Bath grange schedules Boosters night on Sept 30 with Carver's orchestra for dancing. The open session invites friends. Activities include an apple guessing contest, a piano solo by Frances Grainger, a grange quiz, a popcorn eating contest won by Herbert Cavanaugh, and a penny march with participants Dor is Crocker Leon Genthner Eddie Jenks Marion Rose Claire Grainger and Mrs Russell Kenney. Firewood bids due Sept 30 and a chorus rehearsal led by Mrs Armstrong Friday at 7 30 in the hall.

West Bath Grange Carver Lucy Armstrong Frances Grainger Grange Herbert Cavanaugh Leon Genthner Eddie Jenks Marion Rose Doris Crocker Claire Grainger Penny March Russell Kenney Retroanmerite Armstrong Fred K. Sturtevant Sturtevant

Local Girls Graduate From Augusta General

Miss Ferralyn Roberts and Miss Mildred Wright, both of this city, received diplomas from Augusta General Hospital School of Nursing on Monday evening. Roberts is daughter of Chester A. Roberts and Wright of Irving B. Wright, Bath. Bath residents motored to Augusta for the exercises. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Robinson returned Monday to South Portland after a weekend visit with Mr. Robinson's parents, Hiram and [unreadable] Robinson.

Ferralyn Roberts Mildred Wright Augusta General Hospital School of Nursing Miss Roberts Chester A. Roberts Miss Wright Irving B. Wright Bath Augusta Mrs Arnold Robinson South Portland Mr. Robinson Hiram Robinson Middle Street G. E. McNulty Walter Sprague Herbert Richard Carl Newcomb Barbara Sprague Farmington State Normal School Capt Peter Isaacson Irving Isaacson Paul Damon Lewiston Stone House Stanley Hyde Yarmouth

Salvation Army Drive to Close Saturday

Captain Walter Lamie announced the Annual Appeal will officially close this coming Saturday if weather permits Tag Day. Cash raised is over $1,400 with pledges and promises expected to lift the total to about $2,200. Donors urged to contribute to Treasurer Daniel Williams or Army Headquarters at 215 Water St.

Walter Lamie Salvation Army Daniel Williams Army Water St

Hallet to Speak to Teachers at Tuesday Meeting

Richard Matthews Hallet, Bath native and noted author, will address the English program at the Lincoln Sagadahoc Teachers Association annual convention in Boothbay Harbor High School. He replaces Ralph Edwards as chairman who cannot serve. Hallet wrote Rolling World Trial By Fire Lady Art Canyon of Fools and Michael Beam.

Richard Matthews Hallet Boothbay Harbor Lincoln- Sagadahoc Teachers’ Association Bath Hallet Ralph Edwards Brunswick High School Rolling World Trial By Fire Lady Art Canyon of Fools Michael Beam

Poultrymen to Meet at Livermore Falls

Twin County poultrymen descend on E. L. Souther's poultry plant in Livermore Falls on Friday September 27 at 1 30 PM. Frank Reed the poultry specialist will discuss management for layers feeding and disease control.

Twin County E. L. Souther Livermore Falls Frank Reed Park Street

Epworth Leaguers Open Fall Program With Marshmallow Roast

Epworth League of Beacon Street Church opened the fall program with a marshmallow roast along the Kennebec at Drumond Street. About 20 members gathered again for games and refreshments after a scavenger hunt. Committee includes Miss Geraldine Nickerson chair and social VP, Miss Camilla Pratt, Miss Janet Beardsley, John St. Martin, Miss Carol Drake. Officers elected by Rev. Jesse Kenderdine include Miss Pratt president, Miss Beardsley VP, James Steen second VP, Miss Elizabeth Ater third VP, Miss Nickerson fourth VP, Miss Drake secretary, Mr. St. Martin treasurer.

Epworth League of Beacon Street Kennebec Drummond Street Geraldine Nickerson Camilla Pratt Janet Beardsley John St. Martin Carol Drake Jesse Kenderdine Miss Pratt Beardsley James Steen Elizabeth Ater Nickerson Drake St. Maritin

Popham Beach Enjoys Warm Water And Local Improvements

Popham Beach in September offers unusually warm water and favorable weather for visitors. Changes around Morse’s river and the south shore mark beach improvements. Mrs G E McNulty moved to the post office building and added shrubs while the east entrance was moved. The library received repairs and Stephen Etnier gains recognition as a rising local painter. Coast Guard station improvements and a Sunday skiff rescue were noted along with local high scores at Rolalot.

Popham Morse’s Postoffice Donald Sewall Bath Popham Beach Frances Robie Popham School Popham Road Stephen Ethier Stephen Etnier Livermore Marion Bridges Fred Waterhouse Auburn Robert Cody Milton Mass Ernest Spinney Henry Farwell Cambridge Spinney Coast Guard Melville Sproul Wakefield

Bath couples relate weekend at Kennebec shore cottage

Mr and Mrs Donald Small of Bath spent the weekend at their cottage on the Kennebec shore. Mrs Lissa Dearborn and her son Carl Dearborn Jr returned to Bath after a two week vacation in Popham. Mr and Mrs Louis Gayton of Aul...

Clarence Wallace Ernest Hemingway Leston Harrington Lloyd Perry Wayne Victor Charles Perry Galen Daley Dickinson Malden Mass F. Percy Young Dean Farnham Sadie Savage Phippsburg Center Boston H. D. Mank, Jr Donald Small Bath Kennebec Shore Lissa Dearborn Carl Dearborn, Jr Popham Louis Gayton Aul Francis Cooke Silver Spring Spear Cottage Douglas Buchanan Daniel McNeil George Buchanan Horace Morse Horace John Dunlap Hatch Celia Hatch Robert Hatch Daniel Olive Emerson Lewis Portland Stanford Bowie Raymond Lewiston Ralph Young Auburn Clarence Perkins Wendell White Warren White White Spot Christmas Cove Henry Gruer York, Pa Ellison Moody Arlene Perkins McGuire's Bakery Henry Farwell Cambridge Farwell Ernest Spinney Fred Osgood J. G Carol David Walter Sprague G. F. McNulty River Shore Ollie Spinney Bath Hospital Vernon Mattson, Jr John Voorhees James Voorhees Pyle Daytona Beach Fla Rogers Long Island Charles Morse Frank Jones Robert Cody Milton Eugene W. Osgood Marine Hospital Frank Irving William H. Stone Biddeford James R. Walker Medford G. E. McNulty Clayton Walker G. EF. McNulty Maurice Burns Friends Edna M. Coolidge The Birchwood Bay Point Merline Thompson Charlotte Cahill New York Miss Cahill Donald Avery Dave” Noyes Blue Bell Frances Reid Thompson H. S. Keen William Adams Louise Howard E. J. Stewart Theodore Kennebec Point Harry Oliver Ralph Carlisle Kay Charles Kellogg Cecil Cummings Ralph Cotton Winchester Sagadahoc Mary Campbell Elizabeth Deering Nova Scotia Howard Nash Maple Lodge Edward Wren George Worrey Fales Cottage E. R. Wright Bruce Trott Camp Brokus Edward Coombs Ruth Mr. Coombs

Dormitory Plan Approved By Y Directors

YMCA directors approve converting the upper floor into dormitories for 36 men and appoint a boys work secretary contingent on the annual financial campaign. Archibald M. Main presides as Alonzo Harriman designs the dormitory layout with separate entrances for boys and youths.

Boys Work Committee John Parker Joseph O. Purdue Edward W. Bridgham Boys Work Archibald M. Main Alonzo Harriman Lewiston Bath

Corliss Street Teachers in Supper Conference

Corliss Street Sunday school held its first quarterly supper conference presided by Supt Silas E Plant. About 20 attended with 104 present last week and a vote set for Sunday Oct 6. Committees were named for December 5 with Miss Ruth L Clark Miss Beulah E Pratt and Raymond E Watson.

Corliss Street W. W. Chaney Frederick May Flora B. Robbins Silas E. Plant Ruth L. Clark Beulah E. Pratt Raymond E. Watson

Bay Point Autumn Gardens Share Local Social Ties

The Bay Point community showcases autumn colored flower beds owned by Mrs. Harry Stone Mrs. Donald Avery and Mrs. Lila M Spinney among others at Navajo and Ionit. residents visit each other attend visits and attend gatherings at Blue Bell and various cottages. Notable local movements include shopper activity at Pyle's Art and Gift Shop Daytona Beach Fla and Aunt Lou's Gift Shop with shells grasses novelties upcoming displays.

Bay Point Harry Stone Donald Avery Lila M. Spinney Navajo Ionit Lucy Cahill Stedman Birchwood Cahill Mr. Pyle Pyle Daytona Beach Fla Aunt Lou Herman A. Spinney Richard Sweet Chicago Ill Paul Sweet Bates College Sweet Eleanor McClue Harry J. Stone

Oil stove blaze at Willow Street home confined to ell

Mrs. William B. Esmond lit an oil stove then left. returning found fire in the shed and attic. She closed the kitchen door to stop spread. Firemen responded from box 612, the ell was gutted but the main house suffered only smoke damage. Alarm at 8:50, all clear 9:25.

William B. Esmond Willow Street

Evans-House Ralph A and Mrs Evans Wed in Wesley Church

Ralph A Evans of Needham Massachusetts married his Ohio partner Tuesday morning in Wesley church parsonage 33 Union street. Rev C B Oliver performed the single ring ceremony with Mrs C B Oliver and Wilbur Oliver as attendants. The couple will reside in Needham where Evans is employed as a salesman.

Ralph A. Evans Needham Mass Ohio Wesley Church Parsonage Union Street C. B. Oliver Wilbur Oliver Evans

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Walter Small Maurice Pashard Abbie Minott Mary Bowker Elizabeth Hampton Ellen Coombs Parker Allie Rollins Earl Lowell Lewis F. Lowell Brightwater Bob Moore Fred Shepherd John D. Libby Fred Libby Frances Libby Sanford U. S. Livermore Nancy Canciellieri Parker Head Mank American Legion Candellieri Leslie Logan Alonzo Morong Clifton Morong George Morong Turney McCarty Annie Percy Farm Burney Maurice Blaisdell Maizie Wallace George Woodward Turner McCarty Dromore Grange Charles Rollins East A. Bernard Webber Bernard and Paul Weir Forest Wyman Bernard Webber Burleigh Williams Thornton Jack Lindford T. E. McCarty Dromore Farm Group Boosters West Bath Grangers Augusta General Boothbay Twin County Group Souther Epworth Leaguers Corliss ST Teachers IN
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