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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1925
Page
2
West Bath Sabino Improvement Association held its annual meeting electing Horace W. Aitken as trustee for three years and Madelyn Noyes as secretary. Members approved funds and plans to finish shingling the hall and add a kitchen. A large turnout heard reports of strong treasury growth from recent fundraisers and named officers and committees.
Local notices list visitors staying with families in Bath and Sabino, including Gwendolyn Brown at Walter Day's in Bath, Mrs Brown at W. F. Dunton’s, Patricia Hayes in Richmond, Rex Clark from Boston at E. B. Noyes cottage, and others. Haying continues on farms, blueberry privileges sold to Lewiston, and several couples lodging at cottages around Birch Point and Campbell's Pond.
Large crowd attended a Sabino Improvement Association hot dog roast Tuesday night with Henry Henderson Bill Newton and Evelyn Bates organizing. Food, rolls and drinks sold out as a fire warmed patrons who then enjoyed songs by Susie McNary and an angel choir. The event ended with dancing and a full moon glow. Plans for a Friday whist party and a summer field day on August 2 include girls camps on the New Meadows river and various sports. Local cottages and residents from Marblehead to Fall River visited the resort area for the season.
Unusually heavy water travel stretched from the Woolwich ferry dock to the dike on Sunday with 178 cars waiting. Traffic remained high through the week with a late summer lull after Monday. The piece also notes a flurry of weekend social visits and travels among Woolwich residents and guests from Freeport, Lewiston, Bath, and Boston, plus a hospital incident after meals.
West Bath longtime resident Priscill Alen celebrated her 1st birthday Monday at home with Berry’s Mill district noting she is well and hearty. She was born in town to Albert Michell and engaged in public affairs. Her lifelong community involvement spanned suffrage support, veteran remembrance, and local service.
An unlikely gathering in Auburn featured shoemakers and salesmen enjoying a social evening. The event highlighted local industry talent with entertainment and light conversation amid a casual community atmosphere.
An obituary fragment reports the death of Sede Acibewe SR after complications at New Haven where he lived the last two years. It mentions a widow, a mother, siblings, and a funeral in a local church. The text also references the funeral of Mr. Eth Jameson of Wonlwick and details about Charles E Brooks and Red Cross officials connected to a gathering in Augusta, with multiple names and dates partially obscured.
Sagadahoc Probate Court, Tuesday session, Judge James S Lowell presiding, grants and suits including wills admitted, appointments of executors and guardians without bond, probate petitions for estates such as Purington Lee Miller Wakefield and Brown, inventories filed and allowed, guardians appointed, and petitions to sell real estate and determine inheritance tax filed.
Award granted for a new building at the cemetery entrance on Maple Grove Avenue. A two story brick structure with basement and slate roof will provide storage and a private ward area. The project references a long destroyed fire and requires team heating and a separate access from Map Grove Avenue.
Workers remove wooden steps from the park ledges at the south entrance near Front Street. A cemetery and park board crew straighten the sidewalk gutter and fill the walk with lo am for a smoother approach.
The Minnehaha Association organizes a large muster at Boothbay Harbor with Maine Hand Engine League handtubs and new West Brook unit. The event features engines from Warren and Lubec, expects large crowds, and promises a high-profile display as Foreman Reed aims for an annual showcase.
Friday afternoon the largest gathering at the Y Municipal playground hosted a medley contest between Team A led by Capt. Duncan Farrell and Team B led by Capt. Thomas Deojay. Four events determined the score with tug of war, leg ball, potato race and a ball game. Team A won the ball game 9 to 4 and led overall with 20 points from the final game.
Miss Margaret Cummings was hostess at the Rotary club rest room Friday morning and in the afternoon was succeeded by her sister Mrs Eugene M Desmond. The room served tourists including Ruth Bedell of Brooklyn J W Walters and son of East Orange D E Brannon of Bloomfield Margaret W Mac Donald of Five Islands Mrs Martin Stevens of Providence Mrs Roy Skinner and Mrs Thomas Pears Jr of Pittsburgh Mrs John W Danforth of Buffalo and Miss Madeline Wing with Miss Elva Smith of likely area.
Mr Frei Weetherbee with daughter and family visit Malden Massachusetts relatives Shirner and Lucy join Elmer Prey family for two weeks. Mr and Mrs F W Wetherbee of High Street spend a day outing Tuesday at Five Islands.
Arthur Snew a marine engineer arrived Tuesday from Seattle to visit his mother Mrs. Mars F. Snew at 1060 High Street. McSnew is a crew member on a steamer from Pacific east ports and this is his first visit in a number of years.
Announcement from the Maine State Sunday School Association confirms Rev Fred W French of Brockton Massachusetts has accepted the role of general secretary and will begin duties immediately. French, a former speaker at the state convention in Portland, has held pastoral and secretarial roles in New England and will replace part time secretary Rev John M Arters after Rev Edward H Brewster’s May 1924 resignation. He will help guide statewide programs including summer schools training institutes daily vacation Bible schools and leading conventions. The Bangor convention October 13 15 will welcome Mr French.
At a Maine State Golf Association meeting in Augusta Bath doctor James Lincoln was elected vice president. Augusta’s F C Tyson became president with W H Cook Waterville and Walter Higgins Bangor as vice presidents, Harlan Turner Portland secretary, Charles Biswell Brunswick treasurer. A record field entered the eighth annual Maine amateur golf tournament led by defending champion Hi Ricker Jr Poland Spring in top form.
Contributions for the Bath Salvation Army fund to sustain its work for another year and to pay on Water street building can be left with Daniel Williams, treasurer of the local committee at the First National Bank. The appeal notes the Army is doing remarkably good work and urges liberal support.
The piece describes Montana men Jim Whitt and Bob Bakker who catch mountain lions alive in Glacier National Park without traps. Using hounds, a padded pole with a noose, and a muzzle, they tree the cats, snub the legs, and hog-tie them for removal.
Bath firemen from both veteran organizations plan to attend the Brockton muster this Saturday. The last tryout for the handtub Sena tor Baxter is tonight at 6 50 with full attendance hoped. Sagadahocks hold their final meeting before departure tonight. Dr and Mrs William A Rogers announce the arrival of a daughter July 29 at Faulkner hospital Jamaica Plain Massachusetts. Mrs Robinson, daughter of Carroll Watson of Bath, is a happy grandfather.
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