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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1931
Page
4
A Bath Daily Times recap notes a North End party with ride and supper at Adams, skating rink band music, dances at the Armory, social gatherings at South End and Golden era events. It covers Eastern Steamboat Co directors, fleet, and dividends, plus varied local social life and upcoming concerts and shipyard snow work.
Street Commissioner Williams led a large crew Sunday to clear principal sidewalks. By evening all walks were passable for churchgoers. Senator Swanton and Representative Shaw met with the Mayor and Aldermen to consider harbor commission action and Bath Water Supply Co. consolidation, with Mayor Patten to decide opposition if needed. Jan. 27, 1891.
Charles Weeks a Bath second hand dealer draws hundreds of seagulls to the Kennebec shore two or three times weekly. He taps out a call that brings as many as 200 gulls within feet to take the fodder and depart after feeding.
Caroline Henderson 81 widow of John Henderson and mother of Sagadahoc Sheriff Albert Henderson died in Woolwich after months of illness. Born in New Brunswick she lived in Canada and the United States, settling in Maine last decade. A Presbyterian, she is survived by five sons William D. of Canada Harvey A. of Woolwich David S. and Charles T. Henderson of Bath and two daughters Mrs Fannie Gass of Portland and Mrs Francis G. Cooke of Washington DC. Funeral was private Monday at 2 PM at Harvey Henderson’s Day’s Ferry home. flowers omitted.
The funeral of Louis J. Preney, a veteran pressman with ties to The Times Co. and The Brunswick Record, was held Thursday morning at St. Marys Church in Bath. Rev. Alexander Doucet officiated with bearers Cecil V. Rowland, Thomas Nichols, Charles Leavitt and Harry Eastman. The body was entombed.
The private funeral of Mrs Caroline Henderson widow of John Henderson and mother of Sagadahoc sheriff was conducted Monday at 2 pm at her son's Day's Ferry home in Woolwich with Rev J Benjamin Shaw officiating. Bearers were her four sons Sheriff Albert Henderson Harvey Charles and David Henderson. Burial followed in Riverside cemetery. Lieut John A Lord U S N and daughter Arrabel Lord visited after weekend at their Pearl Street home.
Brim Jewett and his Goof Club, a Bath tied comedy feature from WCSH last spring, will air on Boston station WEEI on Wednesday evening February 4 from 1115 to 1145. He will be assisted by Bennie McLaughlin with songs like From Sunrise to Sunset. Fans from Bath and Portland are urged to tune in and send requests to Brim Jewett care Goof Club Station WEEI Boston Mass.
Calvin Coolidge proposed raising funds for drought relief by 40 cents per car in the U S. Bath chapter treasurer Charles C Low asks residents to donate at Bath Savings Institution. The Red Cross program featured Al Smith Will Rogers Amos ’n’ Andy Mary Pickford and others.
Morse High reports 499 students and a well kept building as clubs pause until after mid year exams. Freshman detention yields a witty exchange about Tomorrow never comes. Junior play And Billy Disappeared debuts February 13 in the auditorium with listed committees. Morse basketball postpones Rockland game. track hosts Bowdoin Friday with coach Alkazin aiming for another victory.
"Nickel thieves" struck Bath on Wednesday ninth of last week, breaking into the Maine Central Railroad Station and robbing two pay station telephones of their contents and the soda gum machine proceeds. Police recovered one detached phone outside the station. the other is missing. The pattern matched Tuesday’s break at a Gulf Gasoline filling station. Richard Sprague returned home to Waterville after his mother’s hospital stay in Portland.
David L. Wilson appeals Bath readers to donate to the Red Cross for drought-stricken areas of the Southwest and West. He cites widespread ruin, hunger, and national need, urging every wage earner and community to contribute to relief before spring. He asks the editor to publish the letter.
Maine bank data show trust company deposits rose by 1 08 million to 158 943 million and savings deposits up 1 74 million to 114 075 million as of Dec 27 1930. Trust bills payable and rediscounts fell 40 percent, indicating steadier liquidity. Total assets stood at 128 216 436 for savings banks and 209 737 986 for trust companies. Mrs Harry L Day hosted the No Nox club with Mrs Carl Anderson taking first prize and two others in attendance.
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