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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1926
Page
7
Richmond notes a long Thanksgiving week with visits from many families and friends including Miss Florence Watson, Mr. and Mrs. Garfield Hamilton, and Miss Beatrice Card. Multiple trips to Boston and Massachusetts towns appear, plus the passing of five year old Walter McCoubry and the death of Mrs. Susan Purington drawing relatives from Winthrop and Lynn to Richmond for services.
Frank Cate, 76, died at his Dresden Center home after a brief illness. He was born in Dresden to Zeniah and Sarah Chaudlettes Cate. Funeral services were at his home Wednesday with Rev. M. Folsom of Gardiner officiating. Burial followed in West Dresden.
The Bath Opera House presents The Eagle of the Sea starring Ricardo Cortez and Florence Vidor, hailed as a major attraction. Friday features Up in Mabel's Roo, with mystery and intrigue. Saturday offers a big western and five shows.
Public notices warn residents that illegal trapping carries penalties. Wardens and officials will enforce licensing, marking, and regular trap checks every 20 hours, with special rules for beavers and defined open territories. Careless trapping endangers animals through freezing, starvation, and fear.
Receipts up to Tuesday mark end of hunting season with deer at 27 and bears at 17, while motor car use reduces rail shipments. Hunters may still move game, some through inspection, others next week with special tags to avoid seizure. Miss Margaret Finn of Boston, visiting Bath, died in an auto crash on a city street last week.
A Sunday union service at Center Church attracted attendees from Arrowsic Five Islands and Robinhood churches. Rev E P Kimball led the First Baptist pastorate with Mrs Carroll Powers delivering a Thanksgiving address and a strong musical program featuring Mrs E B Billings, soloists and a duet. The service included choirs and scripture readings as part of a festive community event.
Mr and Mrs John Ralph who had lived on Andrews road for a month left recently for New York. Mr Ralph works with The Foundation Co and has been transferred to New York.
Agricultural interests from all six New England states will gather in Boston on December 9 and 10 for the New England Farm Marketing Conference. The event, organized by the New England Council with state commissioners, aims to tackle marketing and quality standardization to benefit both producers and consumers.
In Woolwich, Alonzo Cromwell watering his cow near Nequasset pumping station spotted a cow moose. The nervous animal tossed her head, stayed wary, and shortly wandered into the adjacent Baker pasture woods.
Mrs. Harry H Bowen of Georgetown visited Bath on Tuesday. Mrs Hall Potter of Boothbay Harbor was a Bath business visitor. Mr and Mrs I M Olms returned from Toston after visiting friends in Forrest Higgins Portland. Freida Mikels returned to Arlington Mass after Thanksgiving with her relatives in Bath. Henry C Wright moves from 619 High to Washington street. Mr and Mrs Freeman H Merritt closed their Sebasco Summer home and stay at Hotel Phoenix Bath. Oliver Moses and Oliver Moses Jr of Lisbon Falls toured New York. Berneice Quimby and mother N W Quimby visited Curham and Westbrook to see schools. Mrs Langdon T Snipe hosted her card club with two auction tables. Clare Coombs won. Louis Silverman of Lawrence Mass visited Isaac Mikels Elm street. Silverman remained briefly. Charles Lester Smith of Belfast, former Bath schools superintendent, visited Morse High. he is principal at Crosby High Belfast. Mrs W Dayton Till hosted St Marys Guild at Grace Church parish house with 26 members. Morse High School staff Arthur D B Scott, J Edward Boone, David Yo Atkazin toured Portland schools. John F L Hearn of Internal Revenue Dept visited Bath on business. will vacation in Boston before returning. Hotel Phoenix guests included K J L Conrad Swampscott, A B Stoddard Boston, F W Reed South Paris, Mr and Mrs Freeman Mt 7 Nantucket Beet the Cooper Boston, Brank B Hutchins Dover NH, W B Lucey J T Pettiger Wortland, J F O Hearn, R T Smith Boston, George Wyckoff Lynn, James W Cammell Boston, T W Langley Lewiston.
A new dining room floor will be laid at the Five Islands grange hall with A J Thibodeau and Chester MacMahan delivering boards on consecutive days. Residents and visitors share Thanksgiving and weekend stays, with many names from nearby towns seen around Five Islands including Carey, MacMahan, Boucher, Newdick, and Moore.
Bath Athletic club gears up with Friday practice at eight as Coach Hayward calls all candidates to attend for a pending December 17 game against Augusta Legion. Tryouts feature multiple contenders for forward center and guard posts, with a Portland high School alumnus Schwartz joining and uniforms to be issued.
The Woolwich Farm Bureau will hold its next meeting on Saturday December 11 at 10 am in the Woolwich Center hall. A charge gathering is hoped for by the committee in charge of the meeting.
Emma Eames the Bath born prima donna lives quietly in Paris with Emilio de Gogorza writing her memoirs When she struck her high note she advised retirement and never plans a comeback She avoids radio and dislikes war praising a peaceful life focused on memoir writing and memories of her voice
Boston market buyers now favor McIntosh Baldwin and Gravenstein with limited demand for other varieties. Old favorites like Roxbury Russet and Rhode Island Greening fade as beauty and size steer demand, while Delicious and Wagener prove unreliable for storage and consistency.
The body of Arthur D B Lindsay a former Bathman died Saturday at his West Roxbury home 4 5 Thistins street Massachusetts Funeral was held Tuesday arriving Wednesday afternoon at the train were Sanford T Nickerson Jason A Merrill Roy Shackford and Harry E Litchfield representing Solar lodge of Masons of which Mr Lindsay was a member and by his family The body was taken to Oak Grove where a committal service was conducted at the grave by Rev David L Wilson of Central church
The funeral for Edward H. Sawyer who died Thursday morning in Baltimore was held Sunday at three at his sister Mrs. Charles J. Farnham 935 Middle Street. Alphonso Mason formerly of Bath accompanied the body to Bath and was joined in Boston by Mrs. Nellie Klippel and Walter Smith of Salem Mass.
The funeral of Mrs Mary EB Crace was held at her residence on Middle street court Monday at 10 50 led by Rev Samuel A Evans with Grace Cunningham singing Face to Face Bearers were William Bath and Ted Smith of Portland Burial took place in Oak Grove cemetery The article also notes the value of land and buildings used for golf in the United States is estimated above 1 8 billion dollars
Lauriston Tre sang in the chorus for Mrs Etta G Trott of Bath at the Sesqui Centennial Exposition last week. Trott is a member of the Wollaston Glee Club and performed with the Associated Glee Clubs of America on Saturday night.
John Albert Blake, 83, general grand high priest of the General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons in the United States, died in Malden, Mass. He held numerous high Masonic posts in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, including grand master of the Massachusetts Grand Lodge and grand commander of Knights Templar ords. Survived by a widow, two sons and a daughter.
Rodney Wilson Bailey 18 died at Bowdoin College infirmary from pneumonia after about three weeks illness. Bowdoin junior Chi Psi member and track assistant manager, Morse HS 1924 graduate with high honors. Born in Woolwich, he belonged to Woolwich Grange and Congregational church. Survived by his father and family. funeral at grandparents’ home.
Edward H. Sawyer aged 77 formerly of Bath died at his Baltimore home Thursday morning after a long illness. He was born in Bath and lived there many years, married Mary Ellen Mason, and spent 35 years in Baltimore as master painter for Merchant & Miners Company before retiring. He is survived by his sister Mrs. Charles L. Farnham of Bath, brothers George Sawyer of Bath and Fred Sawyer of Dromore, and granddaughter Mrs. Warren A. Fuller of Baltimore.
Mrs. Hattie E. Strout, 86, died at her Maple Street home after a long illness. She was a Mitchehl daughter and widow of a Civil War Union Army veteran killed shortly after their marriage. Survived by nephew Dr. Charles Brown of Somerville and three grand nephews. Funeral Friday at four at Maple Street residence. Rev. Samuel A. Evans officiated. Interment at Oak Grove cemetery.
Mrs Mary I Place 50 wife of John S Place died shortly after midnight Saturday after a 15 month battle with heart trouble. Born in Bradley, daughter of Hiram and Mary Brown, she moved to Bath from Brunswick about 40 years ago. She belonged to Vine Tree circle C F of A. Survived by husband, a local police officer, one brother William Brown of Milford, and one sister Mrs Herbert Vettingit of Shippsburg.
The body of William H. Black, noted Bath master builder of sailing vessels and recently superintendent at Perth Amboy Drydock Co., arrived Friday morning from Perth Amboy New Jersey. The funeral held at 2 p.m. at Curtis funeral home Center Street with Rev. David L. Wilson officiating. Bearers were four nephews Edmund D. Briggs William V. Percy Frank and Walter Bowker. Burial was in Oak Grove.
Mrs Derey Mann with daughters Gwendolyn and Shirley and aunt Betty, after two weeks with Mrs Mann’s mother Mes E W Vollard of Center Street, relocate to East Camden Sper N J. They are met in New York by Mr Mann who accompanies them to their new home.
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