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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1941
Page
7
A fire on Bridge Street damaged Miss Minola Farnsworth’s house occupied by the families of Stephen Conley and Howard Stanley. Sparks from the chimney caused the blaze. roof damage totaled about 100 dollars.
Schuman pleads not guilty as he awaits trial in Bath for a Cumberland county robbery connected by a gun used in Bath. He was jailed in Augusta after failing to post bond and will face June proceedings. Five other respondents pleaded guilty to intoxication in Municipal Court with varying sentences and fines.
Mrs Earl Lowell and children Sally and Bill and Miss Marie Wyman enjoyed the first picnic of the year at Weiner Rock. A kitten named Stinky belonging to Mr and Mrs William Hemmer was stranded on a telephone pole and rescued by Mr Hemmer and H D Mank Sr. Robert P Tristram Coffin's Thomas-Thomas-Ancil-Thomas reviewed in The New York Times. A new baby boy born Thursday night to Mr and Mrs John M Conley Jr at Memorial hospital. Conley directs the personnel department of B I W Corp. Mrs Conley is Christine Norton of Gardiner.
Deputy City Marshal Percy W. Kingsbury spoke to Morse High School drivers at the invitation of John Parker and Horace P. Herrick. He warned that continued speeding would lead to arrests, urging courtesy and safe driving to protect lives and property.
Mr and Mrs W Henry Farley marked 56 years of marriage with a gathering at Goshen Richmond. Eleven children grandchildren and six great grandchildren attended along with relatives from Bath Woolwich and Los Angeles New York City and other places. The event featured spring floral decorations singing and speeches as gifts arrived from family members including Raymond Farley and Mrs James Colby.
At a Maine Flyers Association meeting in Augusta it was voted to stage an open field day at Augusta State Airport on April 20 featuring stunt and acrobatic flights plus passenger flying. Proceeds go to the club. weather backups set for the first pleasant Sunday after.
About 20 members and guests of the Tuesday Night Bowling League dined at Hotel Sedgwick to close the season. Prizes featured cigarettes for Redson's first place, neckties for Steeves' Market second, and awards for third place Pontiacs. The final standings mirrored the season's order. Mrs Norman Erskine and daughter Edna Mae of Wiscasset visited the city over the weekend.
The Georgetown First Baptist Church held a beautiful Easter service with abundant floral offerings in memory of departed loved ones. A large morning sunrise program from Denver was noted, and post office history of Georgetown is traced from 1770s Maine origins to early Maine towns and postmasters.
The records show on Feb 9 1801 Postmaster General Habersham proposed a weekly Bath Georgetown mail for up to fifty dollars a year and appointed Mark Langdon Hill as Georgetown postmaster. The note seeks Hill’s exact residence among Georgetown towns Arrowsic Phippsburg Woolwich and asks for postmaster succession from 1801 to present.
A large Five Islands congregation attended Easter services at the church with a Sunday evening program featuring singing scripture prayers and a long list of musical numbers including solos duets dialogue and choir pieces led by Pastor Rev Keehwetter. A Sunday afternoon sermon by Rev F S Keechlwetter followed with floral tributes and a brief business meeting deciding to hire the pastor for the coming year.
Mrs Everett Trafton of Bath recently recovered from a broken arm suffered last winter while chasing a tractor. Ernest Palmer of Melrose Mass visited Mr and Mrs IL Earle Hagan for a few days. Howard M Trafton and family spent winter in Cambridge Mass and plan to return to Georgetown. Maude P Thayer, teacher in Woolwich Union Bridge District, visited home in West Georgetown arriving in a Chevrolet. Benjamin H Riggs and Edward C Clarey from Portland and Robinhood were seen at Bath and Robinhood events and bus trips.
Richmond Progressive Grange hosts visitors from Sagadahoc Enterprise and Merry meeting granges. Program after business includes singing sifting a trees shrubs and ferns quiz led by Mrs. Clifford Gray recitations by Mrs. Laura Baker a White Hands of Telham story by Thornton Priest a Declamation Contest by Edythe Sewall closing thought by Grace Thompson and a penny march won by Mrs. Charles Wheeler.
We thank everyone for kindness and generous donations since our loss by fire. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Cromwell and Family express gratitude for support received.
Florence A Grindle 20 daughter of Lawrence and Lizzie Grindle of 244 Water Street Bluehill died Monday night at Memorial Hospital after a long illness. She was born in Bluehill and graduated Morse High School in 1988. Survived by parents sister Jeanette Grindle and grandfather Herbert Herrich all of Gath. Funeral Thursday 10 a.m. Arthur F Mayo Funeral Residence 619 High Street. Burial Sea Side Cemetery Bluehill.
Mr and Mrs Vernal A Chaney Jr and daughter Linda and Mr and Mrs Wilfred B Chaney all of Kittery spent the Easter weekend with their parents at 18 Cato Avenue and with their uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs John Summerton of 85 Western Avenue.
A funeral was held Saturday at 4 p.m. at Central Presbyterian Church Montclair for Mrs Annie Fisher Lincoln 71 wife of Charles M Lincoln assistant to The New York Times died Thursday at her home 128 North Mountain Avenue after a brief illness Born in Arrowsic she moved to Montclair in 1902 and was active in church charitable groups The survivor list includes three daughters Mrs James J Vandyk Mrs Wyllis P Ames and Mrs David R Paige Burial followed at Mount Hebron cemetery
Miss Helen F. Gachenbach 52 returned from Brooklyn last June after illness and died Thursday afternoon at her father's home 12 North Street Bath. She was born in Bath to Richard and Alice Gachenbach and graduated from high school in 1905. A former bookkeeper at Ledyard store she later did dressmaking. Survived by father two sisters Miss Laura Gachenbach and Mrs Richard Frates both of Bath and one brother Merritt C. Gachenbach of Bath. Laura had returned to Bath to assist her sister.
Frank L Ryder 72 longtime MacMahan Island keeper died Thursday in Framingham Mass where he had lived 12 years His body reached Bath Friday and the funeral was held Saturday at Curtis Funeral Home 942 Washington Street Rev Frederick P Moffatt officiated Burial was in Oak Grove He is survived by his wife four daughters Mrs George Cofil Bath Mrs Margaret Curtis Warren Mrs Henry Moore Five Islands and Mrs Lena Swett Southport and one brother Burt Ryder Framingham
The funeral for Miss Helen F Gachenbach was Saturday afternoon at 2 at the Arthur F Mayo funeral residence 819 High Street. Rev Joseph O Purdue officiated with bearers Kenneth Brown Richard Frates Joseph Madden Wilmer I Voorhees among those noted.
A committal service for Charles W. Merrill a former Bathman who died in Brooklyn N Y was conducted Saturday morning at the Grave in Riverside cemetery Day s Ferry by Rev Joseph O Purdue.
Mrs John Passon of Cuscola Newfoundland and Labrador returned Monday night to the home of her aunt Mrs James A Broom at 817 Middle Street for a few days visit after spending Easter in Portland.
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