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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1931
Page
5
Mrs. C M Graves returns to Bath after visiting sister Mrs. Crossman. A lobster dinner at Pemaquid Beach hosted by Harold Sherman. Numerous locals traveled to beaches, visits to Boston Cambridge and Augusta noted. Open House Day draws crowds despite rain. St Philip’s church festivals and a bridge tea planned. Eugene Bailey appointed as animal cruelty prevention agent.
Edward White started for Dakota Thursday. Miss Alice Hobson visits Portland. Stephen Coffin vacationing in town. David McRitchie at home for a few weeks. Mrs Charles Sturgis and daughter visit Mrs McRitchie's. Susie Brown of Boston guest of Etta Turner. Isabella Boyd returns to Needham MA. Emery family from Randolph at Mr Cutting's. Daniel Pool and Boston guests of Isaac Williamson. Hattie and Nellie Moody of Portland guests of Lillian Smith. Alice Verrill of Portland in Richard Taylors. Whitehouse family from Medford MA at Nath Lincoln's. Samuel H Erskine and wife from Anna to teach at Lincoln Academy. Erskine principal. Bessie Stoodley of Somerville visiting Annie A Jackson. Mrs F Mandell and niece E J Dudley of Somerville guests at Moses Huntoon's. Rev N B Cook family at Nodlboro camp meeting then to Richmond camp. Annie Jackson hosts a prove at Richard Otis' farm. Mae Lyon Bath and Preble St Catherine's Hall Augusta guests of Marion Snell. Nelson Dingley guest of George B Sawyer during Wiscasset stay. Dora Jackson returns from Round Pond visit to Rev E Freeman and wife.
Sheepscat Echo notes Joseph Hubard of Havana Cuba Joseph Borland of Brockton Mass and Miss Annie Rines among arrivals Dorchester residents in town Mrs Margaret Marchant and son return to Boston Joseph A Tibbetts of New York begins a two week visit first to ancestral town in two years Mr and Mrs Luther F Porter also listed as in town
Local society notes list Judge and Mrs. John J. Keegan and son Jackie on a two week automobile trip with destination unknown. Numerous families from Boston, Quincy, Sagadahoc Ferry, and Somerville visit relatives and cottages across Bath, Five Islands, and Sabine.
Local notes list multiple families visiting, staying, or returning from summer cottages in Sabine Bear Pond Larrabee's Grove and surrounding areas. Names include Rogers Strout Sweet Mayo Craig Aitken Butler Larrabee and others with movements between Bath Brunswick Popham Beach and Skowhegan.
The Popham Players rehearse for The Old Pea body Pew to be staged Friday evening at Popham Beach in the Village Church. Cast includes Mrs Henry W Owen Jr and Mrs Edwin M Fuller with Mrs Owen as Bel Belia Brewster and Mrs Baxter as the minister's wife. Tickets go on sale late this week in Bath and at Popham Beach.
Lawrence J. Colgan once Bath deputy marshal and Mrs Colgan dine at New Meadows Inn then tour the state calling on friends. Colgan formerly deputy warden at Maine State Prison Thomaston resigning 1930 now doing police duty at Harvard Business School Cambridge. Capt and Mrs Robert B Adams of Washington DC and Miss M J Adams of Swampscott Mass visited Bath Iron Works to see Commander Philip Eat on and view new Coast Guard patrol boats under construction. The Adamses have spent summers at Wiscasset for years.
Sabino Improvement association invites the public to a 5 30 supper at Sabino Hall next Saturday with entertainment by Doc Ralph McNary and Jack Eade in a vodvil act and a blackface sketch. Vic's Rhythm Makers will provide music for a nine oclock dance after the show.
A postponed Sabino hall card party drew players for bridge and whist with prizes donated by local ladies. Mrs John Pooler won whist first while Mrs Fred Butler took second. John McNary led men’s, with Horace Aiken as consolation. Bridge prizes went to Mrs Clifford Wilbrand and to Clifford Wilbrand, with Mrs Arthur Lemont and Fred Kittredge winning second and consolation respectively. Mrs Humphrey Owen led the event assisted by Mrs Everett Lemont and Fred Kittredge. music came from a Sabino association gift, a radio and victrola from Mr and Mrs Thomas Ryan of Brooklyn.
Mrs Byron M Steele and son Ernest left West Bath for Watertown Mass after a visit with Mrs Emma Cox. Harold Thompson and family from Springfield Mass, visiting Hardings, return home Sunday. Frank Kelley of Winchester Mass stayed with Dunlap Hatch and family en route from Harborside. Mr and Mrs S L Root and two children visited Bath. Root now heads Farmington Conn Water Co. Miss Lillian Lewin entertained Miss Blanche Fitzpatrick with a bridge party. prizes awarded to Miss Marjorie Smiley and Miss Fitzpatrick. Chauncey Lewis, Bath native now in Everett Mass, injured in a car collision but faces only minor injuries. Lewis has moving contracts Massachusetts to Ohio and Indiana. Mr and Mrs Lewis and sons delayed their annual Bath visit due to the accident.
Woolwich residents and guests are noted in a string of visits and trips. Names include John Gilmore family, Blair Bailey, Mary Dana, Marian Skinner, Eugenia Bartlett, Vernon Ayer, T. H. Fernald, A. S. Oliver, Merle Jameson, Warren Trott, Gerladine Stott, Everson Stinson, and others. Several attend reunions, summer homes, or church events. Families travel between Bay Point, Edgecomb, Norway, Waldoboro, Nequasset, Sagadahoc Ferry, and Bath with various visits and engagements.
Day's Ferry Community club announces an entertainment and sale to be held at Tueszic hall on Friday evening August 28. Fancy articles candy cake and ice cream will be on sale. Watch next week's paper for details of the entertainment. It is pleasant to see the Whittum house open again. Mrs. Whittum is here for a month entertaining her son Howard and wife from Flushing NY. Frank Louis Siegar and Miss Armonell Latz of Flushing NY were guests of Henry Siegar at the Tuessic dance this week. Ephraim Eisenberg and family visiting friends in town. Mrs. Ellen Buck and Mr and Mrs Joan Carver have returned to their home in Pullman Washington.
South Dresden reports visits by Mr and Mrs George Wooley of Roslindale Massachusetts with Mrs Wooleys sister Mrs George Bates. Mrs Vesta Siegars stayed Thursday with her son and wife Mr and Mrs Glenwood Siegars. Arthur Frink of Cliftondale Massachusetts shops at Maple Farm for a week’s vacation. Mrs Samuel Moore of Woolwich visited Sunday with her father Isaac Wall.
Mrs. Henry W. Owen spends summer at Popham Beach while Bath guests visit relatives in Boston and suburbs. Albert J. Bachelder visits Idlewild Southport, and the Pratt family returns from Quebec and Montreal. Swanton family heads to Washington DC, and Cornell summer sessions draw faculty from Morse and Brunswick. Caribou nurse Nellie Tweedie and Lisbon Falls teacher Irene Croteau stop in Bath. Geigers report travel from Indochina to Peking via Manchuria and Korea.
The State of Maine reports insurance totaling 13 686 000 dollars covering buildings and personal property. Buildings and chattels amount to 10 848 050 and 2 831 950 respectively, with major properties including the adjutant general’s building Blaine mansion and state highway garage insured for 1 289 000. Augusta hospital buildings receive 1 710 000 and Bangor hospital 1 146 000. Other insured items include Musterfield and various state facilities with values ranging from 8 000 to 1 732 400 for the University of Maine complex, plus numerous sanatoriums, normal schools, and state institutions. The schedule, prepared by George W. Leadbetter, shows about 80 percent of property value insured, with some properties above and others below that proportion.
The Nequasset Auxiliary schedules today 3 to 10 pm sale at the Congregational church grounds featuring fresh vegetables flowers home cooked foods and useful articles. An evening program includes instrumental vocal music and moving pictures with ice cream by the Men's Forum.
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