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Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1932

Page

1

National Zoo visit paints vivid wildlife scenes summer adds

Washington observer describes Sumatra tigers and baby orang utangs at the National Zoo, noting the strong legal protections for the orang utangs and a dramatic shipment of reptile stars including a giant reticulated python. He also details electric eels and tiny jeweled fishes, and ends with a humorous hornbill anecdote.

the Times Washington National Zoo Animal Kingdom Marin Lion House Sumatra Dr. Mann Washington Zoo London Zoo Park Zoo Washington Post

Sheriff Albert Henderson Elected Sagadahoc Pomona Master

Albert Henderson of Merrymeeting was elected master of Sagadahoc County Pomona at the annual Pomona meeting with Merrymeeting. Officers include E Mason Wright West Bath overseer and Mrs Joanna Hodgkins West Bath lecturer, with 122 grange members represented and a suspension vote on dues in arrears for five years.

Albert Henderson Sagadahoc Pomona Bowdoinham Merrymeeting Grange Henderson E. Mason Wright West Bath Eva J. Lemont Joanna Hodgkins Maine National Grange Monthly Sagadahoc Pomona State Grange Augusta Milward Patten Topsham Patten Harold Herrietta Sawyer Margaret E. Henderson Merrymeeting Ceres Lillian Masse Dirigo Flora Mary Dodge Harvey Jordan Clifford Gray Progressive Sawyer Gould Hodgkins Charles Berry Berry Edward L. White Mr. Gould Mr. Wright Norman Curtis Lemont Harry Rackley Georgie Berry

Bath men to appear in liquor cases in Portland

Several Bath men were taken to Portland Tuesday to testify in conspiracy hearings tied to Bath's liquor seizures. Federal inspectors sped up the process after a June to October crackdown that netted over $75,000 in local liquor seizures and targeted a widely connected network using radios yachts and fast cars.

Portland Bath Albert Henderon John P. Crosby New England

Solar Lodge Elects Officers for Year

West Baldwin resident Vernon B. Elwood claims a long ownership record for a cow aged 23 years before it died after drinking cold water. The animal was part Jersey and part Holstein.

Solar Lodge Elwood S. Harris West Baldwin Jersey

Planning meetings for Farm Bureaus planning meetings

County agent C Westman Eastman outlines Extension planning meetings held in Durham and West Bath to review the county program. Sessions cover 4 H clubs free farm aids poultry and seed plots, apple fruit fly control, orchard spray service, and poultry and apple profits for Twin County farmers.

Eastman Auburn Maine Twin County Durham F. H. Harrington F. H. Keene West Bash

Keel of Destroyer Dewey to be Laid at Bath Iron Works

The keel laying of the destroyer Dewey at Bath Iron Works is expected soon as construction moves toward a late year or early next year start. Over 75 percent of the steel for the ship has arrived and welding will dominate, reducing riveted work as Bath returns to normal operations.

Bath Iron Works Corp Bath William S. Newell Dewey

Governor Travels by Speed Boat to Phipps Point Farm

Governor Gardiner opted to travel by speed boat to his Woolwich farm at Phipps Point avoiding a freeze in the Kennebec. He dodged ice on Merrymeeting Bay and plans to boat again for the season’s end with a few days of gunning before the 15th. Alonzo Cunningham, 60, of Greenbush, was hospitalized with a leg wound from an accidental rifle discharge during a pig slaughter, not considered serious.

Kennebec Gardiner Phipps Point Woolwich Alonzo Cunningham Greenbush

Young Thespians Stage First of Morse High Play Contests

Morse high school opened the three part interclass contest season with Class of 1933 presenting Speaking to Father and Class of 1935 staging The New Poor. Judges included William A. Farber and staff from Brunswick and Morse. The audience filled the auditorium as Morse students and the orchestra performed under John Grindell.

Morse High School Father William A. Farber Clinton D. Wilson Eugene M. Desmond H. Augustus Huse Ralph Edwards Brunswick High School Morse Highchool Orchestra John Grindell Morse High Blair C. Wilson Warren Hawley Robert Owens Elizabeth Pinkham Dorothy Owens Marie Merrill Estelle Durand Alfred Cormier Williams Ruth Brown Hattie Haviland Chaney William Mussenden Charles F. Cummings Samuel French, Inc Pickle Company Muriel Lane Harold Andichard McElman Pearalies Ivan Kirkpatrick Septimus Pickering Pickle King Argaret Higgins Luella Pickering Hubert Arsenault Edward Worthington Swinger Ethelyn Spinney Caroline Pickering Durward Shorey Professor Bliss Marjorie H. Dearborn Kensington Franklin Hallowell Elbridge Reed Alma Allen Vera Arbuthnot Richard Farnham Eric Ellen Stevens Christine Eva Henderson Jane Donnell Mary Ann Stanley Curtis Bill Crystal Shorey Rita Cummings Ellen Hodgkins Miss Rogers Wesley Marco Garreth Evans Elizabeth Colby Elizabeth Sullivan Chester Leeman Errol L. Baker Elwood Legard John McCarty Alfred McCabe Vincent Henderson Richard McElman John Huse Omar King David Y. Alkazin Barbara Norton Isabel Gallant Leon Buck Russell Colby Joseph Dinsmore Blair Hodge

Field Family Heads West After Philadelphia Stop

Mr. and Mrs. T. Albert Field and sons Clement and Clarence left Brunswick by car for Philadelphia where the boys will enroll in a watchmaking school. They plan to visit Mrs. Whitney Calkins of Factoryville, Pa, then continue to California to see daughter Mrs. James B. Smith and family in El Monte.

T. Albert Field Clement Clarence Brunswick Automobile Philadelphia Whitney Calkins Factoryville

Former Bath Mayor Edward Larrabee Dead After Illness

Edward Watts Larrabee, longtime Bath coal dealer and public servant born November 27, 1854, died after a paralytic stroke at Union’s Mrs Jones sanitarium. A former United States shipping commissioner and 1913 Bath mayor, he served in Maine politics and civic groups, never married.

Edward W. Larri Ae Bath United States Shipping Maine Jones Union Morses Joseph R. Bodwell Samuel B. Glazier Boston Glazier & Larrabee Glazier Mr. Larrabee New York Kennebec Cathance Larrabee Cleveland Flest Dunlap Commandery K. T. Men's Club Grace Church New Church

Tax receipts seen rising as holidays end in Saco

Mrs Isabelle Lonsdale tax collector reports a $5000 one day total amid Christmas cash flows and club checks. Some locals with poll taxes unpaid remain. Knox railroad line from Union to Warren ceased Nov 20, 39th anniversary, cost $90000, once dubbed Georges Valley Doodleburg railroad with wider expansion plans.

Isabelle Lonsdale Saco Knox Railroad Union Maine Central Railroad Warren Georges Valley Appleton Searsmont Liberty

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