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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1932
Page
5
Numerous visits and social events anchor a busy Richmond week. Notables include Richard Derby and family guests of Joseph Alexander, Lions club prize winners Oscar Smith and peers, and church and lodge activities with 75 to 86-year-olds noted. Fire, hospital, and utility updates accompany social calendar and travel to nearby towns.
John T. Gould recounts tapping maple trees on Lisbon Ridge and winding from old family past to a current maple syrup venture. He details gathering sap, boiling in an evaporator, finishing in multiple pans, and the fun and pride of reviving a local tradition.
Local notes list residents visiting Bath and Portland and returning home. Mrs. Alice Scott, a Melrose winter resident, remains seriously ill. The Christian Endeavor Society plans a Friday evening gathering at the First Baptist church. Dog taxes are due by May 10 or warrants may be issued and unlicensed dogs killed.
Harold 8 Schurnle of Portland moves pictures shown. University of Maine student Philip Randall and Howard Knight make dean's list after mid year exams. Mr and Mrs Earl Cronk weekend in Massachusetts. Gerald Grondin attended orchestra dance at Brown hall. Augusta residents Mr and Mrs Bogtelle Skinner and Mrs Minnie Skinner attended Eastern Star initiation in Madison. Robert Earl Lemieux born April 16 at Center Street home. Leighton Gardner’s daughter Mrs H L Bt Stilphen hosts. Edward Hall of Cedar Grove visited daughter Mrs H L Stilphen on Main Street. Montsier James returns from Massachusetts for the winter.
Winchester visitors at cottages and seaside trips surround a busy Five Islands update. Residents attend to illness and recovery, social events, and weekend visits, while Charles A. MacMahan declines to sign a Democratic primary paper for representative. Local maple syrup stunt and sap-boil preparations are recalled with nostalgia.
The Brown prize speaking event will be held in Bridgton Academy’s school auditorium on April 20. Prizes totaling 25 dollars are awarded annually for excellence in declamations with finalists including Margaret Nason Joyce Ridlon Faye Hodgkin Beecher Washburn Kenneth Chute Albert Rawson Nathan Swartz Ruth Clough Alton Hersey Mary Lawry and Louis Leonard.
The Brunswick high school senior class settles on purple and white as its colors. Plans include class day exercises before graduation and an evening tea dance. Dana Cotton, the swimming coach, attended a joint coaches meeting in Boston with Bowdoin’s Captain Bob Miller, president of the New England Intercollegiate Swimming Association.
Gardiner high school senior class members met after school in the auditorium to decide on a banquet for the cast of the recent class play. The seniors named for the cast include Blanche Daley Effie Dodge Richard Verdon Mary Donovan Carmel Chaput Earle Fossett Shirley Hicks James Holland Albert Barker Arthur Boynton Muriel Morgan and Robert Johnson.
Fourteen classes will hold reunions at the University of Maine during the weekend of Commencement June 10 to 13 inclusive. The plan was announced by Charles E. Crossland, executive secretary of the General Alumni Association.
A noisy price list emphasizing discounted clothing items for men women and boys includes coats suits pants sweaters shirts hats overalls pajamas night shirts broadcloth fabrics and workwear with prices ranging from under a dollar to about twenty dollars. The ad showcases multiple brands and fabrics and highlights low markdowns across a broad catalog of apparel.
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