Grass fires rile communities amid heavy weekend rain
A heavy rainy period curtailed grass fires for a few days but sparked numerous outbreaks across Maine towns. Phippsburg saw flames threaten Mrs. George Rogers' farm, prompting a selectmen call and volunteers to combat the blaze. Portland logged thirty grass-fire calls. South Portland twenty-two. Lewiston fourteen. Authorities urge caution with dry grass, sparks, and unattended embers to prevent costly damages and fire department strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
Woese
George Rogers
Portland
Lewiston
Floating power plant eyed to bolster Maine coast
Plans discuss a steamship from the United States Shipping Board to serve as a floating power plant supplying electricity to cities along the Maine and New Hampshire coast with an outlay near one million dollars. Other notes touch census compliance, a new Pacific trade line under the Jones White act, fur fortunes in Louisiana musk rats, impassable rural mail routes, and Massachusetts resistance to a referendum on repeal of the prohibition amendment requiring 5000 more signatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Jama
Augusta
Sau
United States Shipping Board
Maine
New Hampshire
Pacific Coast
Orient
Wallace H. White, Jr
Massachusetts
Senate
House
Third Annual Report of Gospel Mission in Bath Me
The Golden Rule Gospel Mission of Bath Maine reports its third year of operations since the opening on April 2 1927. Weekly religious services five times a week totaling 780 meetings by this date with about 3000 annual patronage. Mission serves the poor with many Bath residents making the mission their home, and only a small share of feeders come from outside Maine. Pastor CHASA Brown thanks supporters and pledges to continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
the Independent
Broad Street
Mission Register
Mission Hall
Pine Tree
Davenport Trustees Work Highlighted By Drakes Talk
Hon J Edward Drake spoke at the First Colonial church in Nequasset about the Davenport estate trustees and the life of George P Davenport. He detailed how the fund supports Opportunity Farm Bath area state homes Patten Free Library and numerous local causes benefiting Bath and Sagadahoc county communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Davenport
J. Edward Drake
Davenport
Nequassety
Arthur J. Dunton
William S. Shorey
Mr. Drake
Mr. Davenport
Drake
Opportunity Farm
New Gloucester
Bath
Patten Free Library
Parent ‘Teacher Associations
School Milk Fund
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Seacoast Missions
Bath Y. M. C. A
Salvation Army
Broad Street Gospel Mission
Weeks Street
Dike
Davenport Red Cross
Northeastern University
Farmington Normal School
Newton Theologicals Institution
Dudley Bible School
New Church Théological School
Sagadahoc County
Gospel Mission
Broad Street
Morse High Baseball Schedule Sets Ten Games
Morse High unveils a ten game diamond schedule with eight Kennebec Valley League tilts. Openers feature Bath hosting Richmond on April 19 and include Gardiner Cony Brunswick and Hallowell across April to May. A league playoff is set for June 7. George Talbot of Perry avoids drowning after his car plunges into water at Little River during high tide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sammy Cutts
Morse High
Bath
Richmond High
Richmond
Gardiner
Cony
Augusta
Brunswick
Hallowell
George Talbot
Perry
Little River
Pleasant Point
Abby
Philanthropy Topic Of Club Meeting In Lisbon
The Union club from Bath will host the Progressive club in Lisbon next Thursday. Mrs Louise R Staples discussed Maine institutions at a prior meeting and shared details on the Bath home for state military and naval children. Gifts highlighted include the Davenport fund, Colby College, and North Yarmouth Academy. The annual meeting with tea is set for the 17th, with nominating and tea committees named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Union Club
Louise R. Staples
Military and Naval Children's Home
Maine
Bath
Frederick E Drake
Near East
Frederick W. Freeman
George A. Churchill
Daniel T. Dougherty
Mainé
Davenport Fund
Colby
Curus H KK. Curtis
North Yarmouth Academy
Progressive Club
Freeman
Minnie White
Emma Walker
T. W. Pease
Ada Deering
Marcia Moulton
Stearns ‘Scott
Roscoe P. McFadden
Partridge Visits High Street Home Shocks Nearby Residents
Mr and Mrs Fred D Hill of 1006 High Street were startled after dinner when a young partridge crashed into a north side window. The bird shattered the pane and fell between the window and screen before the Hill couple contained it briefly and released it, after which the partridge flew away across the yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred D. Hill
High Street
Higgins Rogert wedding ties Bath lobster future to Port Clyde
Fred B. Higgins and Grace E. Bogert wed in Brooklyn and visited Bath before Higgins resumes wholesale lobster work. Higgins, long in Boothbay Harbor trade, met Bogert in California and married at Bethany Presbyterian Church. They were attended by Jane Tickell and Sadie Oliphant. plan to operate lobster business in Port Clyde.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred B. Higgins
Brooklyn
N. Y
Bath
Port Clyde
Higgins
Boothbay Harbor
California
Grace E. Bogert
Fair Oaks
Sacramento
L. O. Rotenbach
D.D
Bethany Presbyterian Church
Macon Street
Jane Tickell
Sadie Oliphant
Mr. Higgins
Maine
Aerial Photos Capture J P Morgan Yacht Corsair
Photographers aboard a Curtis plane NC9274 took aerial pictures of the J P Morgan yacht Corsair as Bath Iron Works prepares for launch. The craft circled the city and descended low over the plant, with cameramen visible to onlookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Morgan
Royal Arch Masons Install Officers and Prove Fine Hosts
Royal Arch Masons at sonic temple filled the hall to capacity as officers were installed by Past Grand Deputy High Priest R. E. Walter Glidden. The ceremony featured grand captain of the host Arthur B. Stilphen and grand chaplain William L. Kelton with musical interludes by the chapter quartet and Arcadians orchestra. After remarks by High Priest John Wishart, a banquet followed with entertainment by Herbie and Dido and Waldo Marshall later, wrapping with a grand march led by the high priest and his daughter and Mayor Harold P Small. Officers installed included John Wishart H.P. and Harold P Small K with a full slate of titles listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonic Temple
R. E. Walter
Glidden
Arthur B. Stilphen
William L. Kelton
John Shaw
Otis N. E. Card
Lloyd L. Hooker
Luther S. Thompson
George Field
Clifford Smith
Frances Dunning
Arcadians
Reginald Stacy
Warren Bean
John Stacy
Junior George
Lionel LeBarge
Dun‘hing
John Wishart
Herbie
Dido
O Waldo Marshall
Harold P. Small
H.P
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Eugene McGrath
Ralph K. Hall
William E. Sturtevant
J. Maurice Haynes
P.S
Charles F. Nelson
R.A.C
Donald D. Young
Donald N. Small
Harold W. Child
John H. Freeman
Charles M. Miller
J.S
Elmer W. Rogers
Senior class play Rose of the Southland set for Friday
Rehearsals are under way for the senior class play Rose of the Southland to be staged in the high school auditorium Friday evening April 25. The production follows a southern family led by a blind father as a crooked lawyer schemes to seize their assets, only to be outwitted by the children who reclaim their possessions. Cast includes Gertrude Moses, Nathan Watson, Major Dorinda Burton Dorinda, Dorinda, Mammy Evelina, Alice Williams Grant Lee Edmund Rollins Ruth Beveridge Dorothy Ham Alfred Hickson Stanley Hatch Hallie Burke Helen Shorey Elizabeth Paynter Marion Wittier Stephenie de Barrie Eileen Bowker. Miss Ruth Jordan of Roslindale, Mass., returns after visiting her father in York Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose of the Southland
Clinton D. Wilson
Gertrude Moses Nathan Watson
Rose Dorinda
Major Dorinda
Burton
Bud
Dorinda
Ees
Donald Lennox Mammy Evelina
Alice Williams Grant Lee
Edmund Rollins Ruth Beveridge
Dorothy Ham Alfred Hickson
Stanley Hatch Hallie Burke
Helen Shorey
Elizabeth Paynter
Marion Wittier Stephenie de Barrie
Eileen Bowker
Bath Independent Ownership Statement April 1 1930
The Bath Independent prints its weekly ownership and management details as of April 1 1930. Publisher THE TIMES COMPANY Bath Maine Editor Harry C Webber Bath Maine Business Manager Frank B Nichols Bath Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
the Times Company
Pront Street
Bath, Maine
B. Nichols
Treas
Barry O. Webber
FCC
Bath Independent
Maine
State of Maine
Sagadahoc
Frank B. Nichols
Harry C. Webber
Crossword Puzzle Clues List Fragment Containing Numerous Entries
A partial crossword puzzle list with horizontal and vertical clues. Entries include 1-Freeze 11-Scene of combat 12-Grow old 14-Red 16-Drink slowly and more, with several missing or truncated terms and consistency issues across sections.
Central church men host Topsham guests for social evening
The Central Church club hosted Topsham members at a social evening with a brief prayer and sing along. Dwin R. Andrews spoke on hospitality and mutual entertainment, followed by a musical program and Sam Conner of the Lewiston Journal sharing reporter and editor anecdotes. Sandwiches doughnuts coffee concluded the social. Fred Armes leads the growing Topsham club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ata
United Church of
Topsham Club
Dwin R. Andrews
Central Church Club
Central Club
Stanwood
Bath
Sam Conner
Lewiston Journal
Maine
Fred Armes
Real Estate Market Sees High Activity in Bath Richmond Topsham
Sagadahoc registry of deeds records show Bath leading with 11 transfers while Richmond and Topsham tied at six each. Numerous transactions listed across Arrowsic Bowdoinham Georgetown Phippsburg Richmond and Topsham plus social notes on an auction hosted by Mrs. Roger D Skillings with prizes won by Mrs. Ruth Skillings and Miss Mary Paine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Richmond
Topsham
Sagadahoc
Arrowsic
Benton F. Stinson
Marcia E. Kennerson
Emma E. McFadden
Elizabeth_A._Mayo
Emma_A. Pierce
Archie N. Edgerly Et al
Dora G
John H. Hynes
Bowdoin
Bowdoinham
Leslie J. Brown
Florence M. Sedgley
Cyrus A. Keay
Esther G. Ayers
Oliva Rochfort
Thomas T. Laurent
George E. Groves
Naugler Brother Co
Joseph N. Coulombe
Laura 8. Coulombe
Roger D. Skillings
Ruth Skillings
Mary Paine
Maine Potato Special Welcomed by Crowds in Atlanta Visit
A Maine delegation headed to Atlanta and Stone Mountain is greeted warmly by Georgia officials and locals. The letter describes fast travel, royal reception, and hopes the trip benefits Aroostook County and Maine, noting the governor could not continue with the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Span
Atlanta
Birmingham
Stone Mountain
Washburn
White
Commissioner of Agriculture
Aroostook County
Fred
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co Purchases Maine Goods
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co known as A and P operates hundreds of Maine stores and spent 13 456 320 in 1929 on Maine products including potatoes canned goods paper and lard. The company aided corn packers by purchasing 12 500 cases of corn and reportedly buys more Maine goods than it sells retail. Also notes Mrs Frederick H Kimball and Mrs Milton S Kimball with travel updates of Hot Springs and Atlantic City respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Maine
Rocee Herts Cuinslomaires
Frederick H. Kimball
High Street
Milton S. Kimball
Augusta
Hot Springs
Atlantic City
Langdoml T. Thaxter
Portland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Concord
Lexington
Paul Revere
Bay
Louisianna
Union
Broad Street Institution
Chasa, Brown
James Edward Drake
Nequasset Church
The
Cosmopolitan Club
Partridge
Buxton
Annie Buckley
Elm St
Witness
Amesbury
Mass
James T. Gallagher
Rexall
Buxton Rheumatic Medicine Co
Abbot Village
Readine Druc
Royal Arch Masons
Blue Lodge Masons
Ruth Jordan
Roslindale
Charles Jordan
York Street
North Street
Ella D. Geseee
Dorothy Nichols
Belmont Mass
Barrett C. Nichols
Cambridge
John P. Carey
Desert
Luo
Dthe International Syndicate
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