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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1933
Page
6
Phippsburg notes greet spring with visitors and residents at summer homes in Meadowbrook and Wynburg. Families from Mt Vernon Bath and Gloucester mingle with locals as farm purchases and cottage moves unfold. weather and lingering snow hamper travel, with a York Corner snowbound delay recalled.
Mrs. Charles F. Hathaway moves June first from 97 Huron avenue Cambridge to 1 Craigie street apartment and will direct work on a Summer home at Popham Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Willard Smith plan to spend the Summer at their bungalow at the Point after leaving Eastland hotel Portland. Miss Elizabeth E. Webber of Cambridge will visit the Beach in May after a motor trip through Connecticut and Vermont. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Kellaway expect Memorial Day arrival for a brief river side cottage visit. Miss Ida Kellaway will vacation two weeks in June at the Girl Scouts camp before the Kellaways’ annual stay.
Winnegance Sunday school presented a fine Easter program with songs recitations and a dedication to the children. Notable participants included Annette Williams Lauranda Jordan Norma Hogan Bobby Drake Hazel Banks and Gregor Rogers. Miss Omah C. Trott was organist and Dorman Perkins provided hyacinths for decorations. The church plans Sunday school in Winnegance through Children’s Day and Rev. Charles R. Sims hopes to return to preaching soon after a busy period.
Mrs Mabel I Lake retired after years as church clerk at the annual meeting held after the mid week prayer service. Mrs Bates E Stover and Philip Oliver were elected as successors. Dr Arthur I Stuart served as moderator as reports were read and a vote of thanks was offered to the Baptismal committee. The advisory board for the year includes Stover Pratt Stuart Lemont Eaton Moulton Worrey Crosby Dunton Hodgdon Harrington and others. Parish committees were named with Worrey Dunton and Stover leading Baptismal Music and Flower groups. The annual parish meeting is set for May 10.
Members of Miss M Lucille Kidder's handicraft classes at Bailey Evening School held a party at her home 19 Valley. Mrs Donald D Young appeared in Oriental costume with magic feats. Guests included Mrs A C Flaherty and Mrs N F Hawley. A gift of money was given to Miss Kidder. Two children born in Brunswick on Easter Day, Marjorie Edrth and Virginia Marie, were noted along with a son born April 16 five years earlier.
Morse high school concludes its interclass one act play series with the class of 1933 claiming first prize and a five dollar award presented by Principal Arthur B. Scott. Final scoring after three contests on Dec 2 1932 Feb 17 and Apr 20 favored 1934 1935 and 1936 in sequence. judges praised all four classes and the Morse orchestra.
The abandoned Hockomock once served the Kennebec route and now lies high and dry on a South Portland shore near an industrial plant. Built in 1901 for $20,000, it later sold for junking in 1929 for Bernstein & Jacobson of Portland, after years of service before the bridge opened.
William Cressey of Bath faced a bigamy charge after Alma Carter of Brunswick swore out a complaint claiming he wed her sister Mary Adora Bambeau on March 25 1933 while legally married to Minnie Leighton Cressey. He pleaded guilty and was set to arraignment, with bonds $1000 for Sagadahoc Superior Court in June. Mrs Thomas H Bird of Boston is visiting her niece at 7 Clifton Street.
George Merritt of Winnegance is improving after a long illness. Attended by Mrs. Warren A. Parris. Elmer Gould and wife returned to Somerville after visiting William Thompson. Elmer Coggeshall and wife returned from Dixmont. Lillian Parks left for Lewiston for a secretarial job. Squaw club met with Mrs. Augustus Small hosting. next meeting at Mrs. Frank Perow’s home. Sherman Morse and Herbert Morse returned from New York where Morse is a Hudson River steamer chief engineer. Morse Brothers to work on River steamers Bear Mountain and in New York. Sunday school in vestry at 3:30. boys and men to begin clearing the baseball field. Road crew repairing gravel near the Phippsburg end of the bridge. Thursday auxiliary party at the community house with ten tables. Mrs. Harry F. Oliver hosted birthday supper bridge at 52 High Street. prizes awarded. Guests included Mrs. Stearns W. Scott, Mrs. John Arnold, Mrs. Augustus Small, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stewart of Cambridge, and relatives of Mrs. Morse.
Ladies auxiliary met at Mrs Walter Morse for a business session. Zina Eaton bought a motorboat for use at the new lake this summer. Evening Workers plan April social at Cottage Park club rooms Friday with supper at 6 30 and a follow up meeting led by Mrs Helen Potter Miss Bessie Hunt and Mrs Mena Preble. A community card party at the community house is set for Thursday evening. Weekly parties through April via the auxiliary have been successful. A recent freshet lowered the lake several inches after removing a spillway plank at the head of the lake.
The Friday program features soprano Lydia Baxter Smith with accompanist Francis McPherson in a mixed recital at the Bath Opera House. Smith, chosen from Maine singers for the Atwater Kent radio audition, promises a memorable evening. Mrs Galen M Low and daughter Jean return to Cambridge after a week with the Hartwells. Miss Eileen Hayes leaves for spring vacation in Winthrop Massachusetts.
Mrs Gertrude Willis Steward aged 58 wife of Levi W Steward of 15 Harvard street Charlestown Massachusetts died suddenly Sunday after a hospital emergency operation following a sudden illness She was born October 31 1874 in Arrowsic daughter of Cornelius and Susan Willis and worked in Bath She had two marriages first Edwin Eaton of Topsham and seven years ago married Steward a railroad conductor Funeral held Thursday at Fred B Curtis funeral home Center street Bath with burial in Topsham.
Franklin H Gallison aged 66 a long time traveling salesman who visited Bath for 25 years and spent six years as a spare salesman died late Friday night at his Portland home He worked for Portland wholesale drug firms and was among the last veteran employees of John W Perkins Co and later J B Goold His last Bath call was three weeks ago on M O Webber Mrs Gallison died five weeks earlier and mourners included Com and Mrs Guysbert Vroom who stayed with Robert Gifford at Sebago Lake camp.
Joseph C Footer aged 58, longtime proprietor of the Franklin House and former Harbor View hotel owner, died Wednesday afternoon at his home 16 Franklin Street after a three month illness from complications. He was born in Bath, son of John D and Mary L Footer, lived in the city all his life. He leaves wife Emma M Footer, niece Eva Tatro, and brothers John D Footer of Bath and Fred C Footer of Woonsocket, R I.
Ruth F. Coombs, 45, longtime West Bath resident, died suddenly Saturday afternoon at her Berry's Mill road home from a heart attack. Born in Bath to Frederick W. and Ada Coombs, she had lived alone in West Bath since her parents’ deaths. Survived by one sister, Mrs. John B. Fitzgerald of Winchendon, Massachusetts.
Miss Lydia M. Grant age 4 died Tuesday night at the Old Folks Home in Bath. The funeral Thursday afternoon at the Home on Washington Street was conducted by Rev. Charles H. Berry of Corliss Street church. Burial followed in Oak Grove. She was born in Bath to Moses and Sarah Grant and lived here most of her life. She entered the Home in December 1917 and had a cousin, Mrs. David A. Millett of Bath, as a near relative. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Small of 21 Pleasant Street were visitors Thursday.
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