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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1928
Page
3
The Evening Workers convened at the new club house in Cottage Park with Miss Marion Rafnell as hostess assisted by the house committee. Membership welcomed Mrs. Charles Perry and a sewing session preceded a late supper as plans for future gatherings and a birthday party were announced.
West Bath Ladies Farm Bureau will meet Thursday at Trufant's crossing grange hall. All are invited and asked to bring box lunches. Coffee will be provided. Mrs. Prank King and daughter Carolyn of Philadelphia and Mrs. Robert Good and daughter Carolyn Helen of New London Conn. left Saturday after visiting the ill mother Mrs. A J McNeil of 725 Washington St who is now much improved.
Na than A. Cushman of Portland and Sebasco became the first to ace a hole at Shore Acres, driving from the eighth tee about 200 yards to the cup. He scored 40 for nine holes, one under par, while paired with Roger Skillings against John A. Legro and Clinton D. Wilson.
Ralph E. Walker of New York City arrives at Sebasco for a three week vacation with his parents the Rev and Mrs Ralph J Walker. Numerous locals and visitors from Bath Brunswick Portland and Quincy attend gatherings at Sebasco and nearby towns. A card party at Shore Acre club house draws a large crowd and Rotary clubs plan a joint field day at Sebasco.
Bodwell Grange of Small Point held a Friday night meeting with a piano solo Black Hawk Waltz, readings New Years Resolutions, mandolin solos O Sole Mio and Ramona, a Reasons Why I Never Married reading, vocal Among My Souvenirs, piano duet Loves Postilion, and performances by Irma Gilman Dorothy Purinton Evelyn Hosmer Russell Hosmer Stanwood Gilman and W Albert Thompson. The next meeting is scheduled for August 10 with several features promised and visitors welcome.
George Acheson, a Morse high school graduate of 1922, earned a commission as a 2nd lieutenant after training at Brooks and Kelley fields. Now stationed at Fort Crockett in Galveston, Texas, he and his bride live there as his air career merits continue.
Woolwich and neighboring towns feature a flurry of visits and gatherings. Axford Buck of Portland vacationing with his mother at Day's Ferry. Miss Charlotte Buck returns from Gorham Summer School. families from Bath, Brunswick, and Brunswick guests socialize at local homes and taverns. A Tuessie hall masquerade drew prizes to Dr. and Mrs. Stetson and Wallace Reed, with a grand march led by Mrs. Walker. Community events include church services, a 4 H circus prep, Montsweag church meetings, and a county demonstration team victory with plans for the Eastern States Exposition.
A terse note to the esteemed matron who guided his conduct in a long, valued struggle. The simple message honors her enduring influence and the moral support she provided during his fight.
Five members of the swimming hole gang were arraigned in municipal court before Judge John J. Keegan on charges of malicious mischief. The judge blamed the boys’ parents for neglect and released them on probation after warning that they must behave or lose them, with a 2 p.m. return to locate stolen brass and scene of the mischief. The oldest boy was dismissed from the case.
Marc T. Greene of Boothbay, a dedicated globe trotter, travels from Honolulu to South America to conduct a journalistic survey for the Christian Science Monitor. He notes Honolulu’s commercial overdevelopment and compares it to a Los Angeles suburb, while praising its climate and flora.
Contested will of Helen J. Cornish of Bath heard by Judge Walter S. Glidden in Sagadahoc probate court. On second day Tuesday, the hearing was adjourned to Thursday morning at 9 30 with several witnesses expected for both sides. evidence to be completed that day.
A veteran observer traces Washington’s growth from its early layout by George Washington to the present-day cityscape. He highlights parks like Rock Creek, the Speedway, key memorials and buildings, and the shift from Federal City to a capital with expanding housing, hotels, and embassies.
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