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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1934
Page
9
George Caras, 38, of Bowdoinham and father of five, has been missing since Aug 6. Deputy Gray says he left home to visit an attorney in Brunswick and has not been heard from. He had two dollars, wore a brown coat gray pants and a green cap, is about five five, and the fourth finger of his right hand is amputated at the first joint.
The Republican county committee meeting in Bath nominated Randlette Richard Randlette of Richmond for the state ballot in the September 10 election. John S Parker of Richmond and Charles V Minott of Phippsburg announced other nominees, with 18 votes on the first ballot and 19 on the second.
Busman shop at Bess Ebber's Come and See Shop on Riverside Route 209 offers bridge ties gifts for birthdays and showers. Canary yellow cottage near Popham Beach describes location and time.
Portland visitors Mr. and Mrs. Albert Willard Smith spent the summer at Danforth Cove Cape Elizabeth with Mr. and Mrs. Alden Sawyer and tried their luck at golf on the Sebasco course. Popham Beach Improvement Association directors meet at the library Saturday at 7. Miss Eleanor Voorhees will enter Nasson Institute in September. Mrs. Charles J. Donnell of Bath visited in Portland. Mrs. Oliver Moses staying at her riverside cottage. Miss Ruth Newdick of Bath married Roscoe Edward of Greenville South Carolina in New York on June 20. The groom works as a motion picture operator. the bride is a Bath granddaughter of Dr. and Mrs. H A Bates. The couple will reside in New York.
John C. Jaquith, caretaker at the Charles W. Morse estate, found a cluster of five full sized red astrachan apples on a single stem. The trees produced no other fruit this season, making the find peculiar and notable for display in the Times office window.
A Bowdoinham gala hosted by Acadia By the Sea marked a busy week with visits from residents to Bear Pond Portland and Bridgton and multiple local games. Town surveyors advance a new State Highway link in Phippsburg from Herbert W. Cutting’s residence toward Dickinson poverty, funded by Governor Brann’s $5,000 allocation to Route 209 to improve a dangerous stretch.
The Popham Beach Improvement Association met at the Library Saturday under Pred C. Scribner. Officers and directors were elected, funds reported, and committees formed to secure land for a tennis court, organize a summer concert, and pursue a wharf project for casual and boat traffic.
Woolwich Union for Christian Service sponsors an Aug 17 entertainment at Tuessic Hall with a play and music. Nequasset Farm Bureau shifts Sept 5 meeting to Sept 19 on jelly making. Town reports include visits, a camp trip, a 13-table card party funding parsonage lights, and church notices for the First Baptist Woolwich Center with service times and a new plaque.
Rev Louis West of South Boston and his family occupy the Montsweag Baptist parsonage for a month long vacation. West fills the pulpit with topics planned for upcoming Sundays and mornings. An array of local residents perform at a Grange hall benefit with ice cream cake a fish pond and a canopy concert under fir and spruce trees.
Hon. Charles J. Dain aged 74 longtime Sagadahoc county commissioner and former Bath official died Aug 8 at his home after a month in bed following four years of ill health. A prominent Bath grocer for 38 years, he served in city and state roles including Bath councilman alderman representative to Maine House 1919 1921 1923 and county commissioner. Survivors include his wife daughters Marion and Elnora and several grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Barter with three children Junior Leiton and Dorothy and Adric Hodge with Elizabeth visited Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Nelson. Albert Pottle family called on W O Nelson. William J. Tanguay and son William Jr. arrived from Philadelphia to stay a week with Octavie Tanguay at 19 Wesley Street.
Mrs. R. B. Parrish of Rockland Mass stays two weeks in the city with her sister Mrs. Ralph P. Mank of Spring street. Mr. and Mrs. George Fields and daughter Janet of New Britain Conn also visit two weeks with his parents the Fields in Hardings. Mrs. Mank returns Tuesday from Belgrade after visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Berry of Waterville, sister to Mrs. Parrish and Mrs. Mank.
William Crosby of Washington DC is hosted by Guysbert B. Vroom Jr at Phippsburg. Vroom entertains with a Monday supper party and guests later attend a dance. Present were Misses Mary Sewall Ellen Stevens Leonice and Barbara Blandy of Worcester Mass Paul Hayes Jack Hill and Gordon West.
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