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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1935
Page
8
Richmond diary notes include Enterprise Orange meeting with six candidates, local lodge activities, and a cap island visit by residents. Town births, store reopenings after fires, church and D A R events, veterans groups, and residents visiting Augusta and Portland are reported with several new business moves and roof or block repairs after recent fires.
Members of Grace church attended the ordination of Rev. Eric M. Robinson to the Episcopal priesthood at St. Andrew's church in New Castle. Bishop Benjamin Brewster presided with clergy, followed by a reception, luncheon, and Clericus meeting. Tubbs announced as Lenten preacher at Christchurch Gardner and van Couenhoven named Lenten preacher at Grace church Hallo well Friday at 7 30.
The Cemetery and Park Board organized Saturday night for 1935 36 with ex councilman Raymond M Haley re elected chairman. Dorothy A Welch named secretary replacing Mrs William H Daley who resigns effective month end. No superintendent elected yet. board to meet soon. Judith Trott is born to Mr and Mrs C Roland Trott of Andrews Road.
Miss Belle M Heald called on Mrs Seward E Emmons in West Georgetown. Bath visitors included Mrs Alex Cunningham and Mrs Harold J Brown. Community members split wood at homes of W A Todd and Joseph Higgins. Herman Spinney spends winter in Portland. William A Todd and wife drove to Bath. Ethelyn Barter and Barbara Gray visited Center. Taft College student Warren S Todd returns to Melrose Highlands after holiday with Johnson family. Bath Memorial Hospital patient Paul Stevens receives frequent calls from Rev Walter Schoepfer. Georgetown church duet by Rev and Mrs Schoepfer and Mrs E B Billings. Families travel to Lewiston and Arlington Mass. new baby born at Bath Memorial Hospital. Weekly prayer meeting led by Mrs Mac Hagan. Local dance attendees include Miles Hagan and Bath residents. Walter Reid arrives from New York. Selectmen Brown Cunningham and MacGillivary visit Portland with Emmons and Rowe. Ida B Oliver visits from Portland. Maude Thayer of West Brook Sem teaches at West Georgetown and speaks at All Souls Portland.
In the absence of the president, Miss Nettie C. Burleigh of Vassalboro presided over the Maine Women’s Republican Club meeting at Worster House in Hallowell. Reports from county clubs were heard. new officers were elected, and Bath was chosen to host the semiannual meeting June 20 with an all day program. The Sagadahoc board will meet April 10 in Bath to plan.
Senator N. Gratz Jackson spoke after an all night legislative session in Augusta delivering a long address on The Meaning of Life to about 40 youths at the Winter Street Fireside club. Easter supper signups were noted for next meeting and a Goodwill Farms contribution was announced. Next Sunday’s speaker may be Jefferson C. Smith of Waterville, Maine. Arthur B. Stearns and Roger Holden arrived in West Palm Beach and will return with Stearns’ sister Annabel Stearns.
Brunswick police chief William B. Edwards told Grace Church Men's club that repeal of the 18th amendment and legal liquor complicates enforcement. He cited more arrests for intoxication, limited station capacity, and the need to sober offenders multiple times nightly. He warned speeding causes about 31 percent of crashes and praised Bath police for cooperation.
Pine Tree troop No 1 of the Girl Scouts of America held a busy Thursday session at the Y troop headquarters. Pine Cone troop attended. 14 members joined. Investiture ceremony featured Mrs Alfred E Carpenter invested as tenderfoot with her daughter Carolyn Brownie.
Spring baseball on Kelley field will begin earlier than any prior year. ERA work last summer has improved the park with firm soil and sprouting grass. No surface water remains and shell ice is only a minor remnant around the infield. Morse team may play there by late next year. Newell and Thebeau testified before the Senate immutables committee in Washington.
Local residents and visitors populate Five Islands with gatherings and travel notes. The Blaisdells return from Bath and open their home for the season while Clem MacMahan visits Oakland with Ella MacMahan. Many guests from Georgetown, Bath, Freeport, and Cambridge circulate among cottages, churches, and grange events as telephones, clamming runs, and a car aid incident at Five Islands feature in community life.
Capt Halford R Greenlee director of the Naval Research Laboratory at Bellevue Maryland and former navy bureau of engineering official has been named yard manager of the Industrial department at Portsmouth navy yard. He succeeds Bayard Bulmer who held the post two years and will retire soon.
The council approved amending the pauper department ordinance to retain Mr. Eaton as superintendent, praising his mastery of the pauper law and noting $114,000 collected in nine years. Mrs. Sarah Cook testified on welfare work, urging cooperation with Bath and Brunswick and stressing careful case investigation. Pinson, Doyle, and Wagner were elected to new terms, with Doyle winning 23 to 5.
A 100 gallon booster in Engine 4 fought a noon fire at Herbert W. McKenney's house 27 Tarbox street. Some clapboard damage occurred on the west side. Origin unknown. Engine 3 laid a line but not used. Box 121 rang 11.55 out 12.40 p.m.
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