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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1934
Page
7
A Bath group at the State YMCA Boys Conference recorded seven possible forward steps on decisions to accept Jesus Christ unite with the church teach a Bible class and more. Across the full conference 425 agreed to accept Jesus 203 to unite with the church 94 to read a Bible 135 to carefully consider service 249 to do personal work 247 to read the Bible and 138 to give up bad habits.
After five days of pneumonia Dexter D. Berry of Berry's Mills died at his lifelong home. He was born March 26, 1856, son of Elbridge G. and Diana Bunker Berry. His twin Daniel W. Berry died November 16. His wife Delia Fuller Berry died two years ago. He was a farmer and a member of Webb River grange.
Annual planning meeting of the Dromore Farm Bureau will be held Monday December 10 at the Winnegance Community Club. The session opens at ten with Miss Hortense Welch of Auburn as chair and home demonstration agent. Members attend and a nominating committee report is heard, followed by a dinner served at noon.
A Brunswick town hall gathering Wednesday at four o clock aims to form a statewide association opposing the upcoming Legislature sales tax measure. Bath merchants and Mr Small of the State Chamber of Commerce will attend, seeking action on the issue. The event highlights local business opposition and civic organizing.
Edna Elizabeth Potter and Rodney Simmons Upham were married on Thanksgiving day at 11 am in Winter Street parsonage with Rev. Joseph O. Purdue officiating. The couple were joined by Maurice Upham and Miss Henrietta Potter. The bride is daughter of Mrs. Henrietta Potter. the groom is son of Mrs. Lillian Upham. He works as a shipfitter at Bath Iron Works. They plan to reside at 164 High Street after a weekend honeymoon.
Joseph W. Randlette of Richmond, elected to the Sagadahoc County Commission for a short term, sat with two fellow commissioners on Tuesday to set plans. He will be succeeded on Jan 1 by Roscoe G. Bailey of Bath for a six year term. Randlette plans to pass the winter in Florida with Mrs Randalle.
Mr and Mrs D Wytie Lemont Mrs Leonard Oliver and Mrs Ernest Heald motored to Lewiston on Tuesday for a day trip and returned the same day.
High school sweethearts Cynthia Quinn and Edwin W. Whitten married on Thanksgiving at Bea con Street M E parsonage with Rev. Harley A. Shattuck presiding. Both Morse High School graduates of 1931, they plan to reside at 63 Chestnut Street after December 15.
In Waldoboro Maine on the Medomak a 1934 Thanksgiving reunion gathered 15 Sansom family members and relatives at the George R. Ewell homestead now owned by John C. Sansom. The event filled the Dutch oven room with turkey and fixings and included Miss Sarah A. Sansom and family from Rockland Bath Belfast and Waldoboro. Old Civil War era newspapers and letters were found in the house as prizes and games were played amid foggy weather and no photos.
Rev Joseph O Purdue presented an engaging talk on Christmas in Norway to Colonel Dummer Sewall chapter D A R members at Central church parish house. About 34 attended with hostesses Mrs Thomas S Gibbons Mrs Harry G Deering and Mrs George W Merrill assisting. Miss Flora M Randell, regent, presided.
A social page notes well attended Wednesday and Thursday Knights of Pythias plays in Bowdoinham. Local residents receive prizes at a public card party and several families travel for holidays including visits to Cambridge Wellsley and Portland.
James Cornish ill with Dr. Pratt of Richmond attending. Landry relatives spend Thanksgiving in Massachusetts. Cannon and Fryes visit Frye parents in law. Evelyn Heath dies November 29 at home. Alden Small visits daughter. Inn-road diner opens by C Gil Brown. Boyd family guests from Boothbay Harbor for Thanksgiving. Stevens seeks winter care in Portland. Cornish relatives visit from Auburn. Boothbay Harbor guests with the Lawrences in Bowdoinham.
Observers note a contrast in ice conditions on Lower Lake Wassookeag between Thanksgiving week last year and this year. A year ago a local ice dealer cut ice a foot thick, while this week the water shows only a skim, with several open spots evident.
Bowdoin Grange met at Bowdoin Center on Saturday with 30 members and four visitors. Officers elected include Master Ernest Carr Overseer Llewellyn Freeman Lecturer Alice Larrabee Steward George Burns Assistant Steward Curtis Chaplain Jane Woods N. E. Doughty Treasurer EB Baker Gatekeeper Maynard Carr Ceres Mildred Carr Pomona Annie Cornish Flora Angie Byrus and Lady Assistant Steward Mildred Lunt. Also noted were a short program and games, upcoming meetings, hunting trip returns, Thanksgiving callers, and a hospital patient in the Starbird family.
At the South End P T A meeting 18 members endorsed the C W A plan to fix Goddard pond for a playground. Davenport trustees will finance school milk. They will assemble Christmas boxes and plan a December 18 sale with a supper, Christmas tree, and guests.
J Maurice Haynes was elected eminent commander of Dunlap Commandery K T at the annual election Monday night. Others named include Eugene McGrath generalissimo Osborne A Bailey captain general Lloyd L Hooker senior warden Albert Henderson junior warden William A Furber prelate Charles E Curtis treasurer Harold E Cutting recorder John H Freeman member of house committee. Officers to be installed next Tuesday night by Past Eminent Commander Walter S Glidden at a public ceremony to which all Blue Lodge and Chapter Masons and their families are invited.
Farmers in York County show growing interest in commercial apple production with western Maine growers expanding next year. One farmer will plant 1100 trees, two others 500 each, and about 20 more plan 100 to 400 trees each. Baldwin trees damaged by winter will be replaced.
Maine citizens can buy Christmas Seals to support tuberculosis prevention. Ten million seals will be mailed from headquarters after Thanksgiving, featuring the Adirondack Sanatorium built by Dr Edward Livingstone Trudeau in 1895. Ninety five percent of funds stay in Maine for prevention with five percent to the National Tuberculosis association for research.
Charles Duncan and Joseph Winston were arraigned in municipal court on larceny charges for a watch taken from Archie McDonough on Middle Street Tuesday evening. Both pleaded not guilty before Judge John J. Keegan and the case was continued. Officers Farber Davis and George Wilson recovered the watch from a gas station employee. Duncan said he found the watch on Middle Street, while Winston faced related pawn shop allegations.
The 37th Maine State Poultry Show opened in Portland with over 1800 specimens on display. Chester T. Adams of Kennebunkport supervised exhibits, judging started, and Harry L. Richardson, poultry specialist, scheduled a lecture on Summer eggs. Poultry clubs planned meetings.
The Sweedser lecture series schedules Maud McGarry Tibbetts to perform Bleak House at Saco city hall on December 5. The piece is based on Charles Dickens and dramatized by Leland Powers.
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