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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1926
Page
7
Residents gathered at Miss Gertrude Moore's home for her seventeenth birthday with family and friends from Richmond and Bowdoinham. The town saw Chautauqua crowds, hospital notices, school updates, sports results, and community meetings across Gardiner, Augusta, and surrounding areas.
Hon Rupert Hf. Daxter of Washington is noted to have fathered a child during a brief stay in Loston. The report provides a concise mention of the event without further details.
Sagadahoc committee members and Maine leaders promote Christmas Seals and Health Bonds to fund health programs. Notables named include Lydia Baxter Smith, Lena MacMahon, Maxine Walker, Nellie L. Kelly, Ina Leeman, Louise Gilpatrick, Ethel T. Allen, and others with endorsements from Governor Ralph Brewster and officials urging nationwide support.
Sagadahoa Agricultural and Cultural Society closed the year with a $1500 debt despite a costly fire that destroyed horse and cattle barns and sheds. October fair receipts reached $184,545.17 with total expenditures of $222,182.15 including rebuilding costs. State stipend roughly $1000 will nearly cover the debt. officers elected include President Harry A. Rackley and Treasurer Usain Morrell.
Hardy orders simdling work to coast as ice advances near caisson No. 2. A six inch air line snapped Sunday morning, a hole appeared in the caisson wall but did not let water in. By Sunday afternoon a four inch line failed to ice, yet foreman kept the chamber from danger and work paused until conditions improve. Nearby piers and bridge access noted. minor injuries not reported. Local residents McPadillen and Mrs. Davie are briefly mentioned in social notes.
Many children in Georgetown are sick with whooping cough while others miss school after measles exposure. The column records numerous residents visiting Bath, traveling to Boston, or returning from trips, and notes several illnesses, housing, and social calls through the week. It mentions a newborn Katherine Eugenia and a patient recovering after surgery at Bath City Hospital.
The Brooklyn Times lauds Dr. Francis W. O'Brien pastor of Greenwood Baptist Church in Brooklyn for 25 years of steady leadership and the churchs return to prosperity. It notes the property value at a quarter of a million dollars, growing membership, and the pastors eloquence and sympathy.
Morse high school opened its basketball camp with a two-team scrimmage showing a evenly matched squad. Capt Doyle Hagan Miller and Faton starred on offense while Billy Oliver contributed defense. Guards and centers Eaton and Oliver showed potential, with early upperclass prospects noted for promise. North Bath milkmen faced drifting conditions as Davis Henderson aided by shoveling through five foot drifts. Edith Taft Chauncey returned to Boston after a visit with Charlotte OBrien in this city.
Patten Free Library added numerous titles in October and November including works by Towne Stephenson LeSage Scott Gowen Beresford and many others. The diverse list features biographies histories fiction and travel guides from authors such as Lincoln Sublett Stussell Conrad Gibbon and Wells.
John Ee Lyden son of Mr and Mrs James J Lyden 116 Commercial Street married Arline Humphrey from this city on December 1 under Rev David J Wilson at Central Congregational Church. The bride comes from St John New Brunswick and works as a seamstress while the groom, a Bath boy, has spent the past year employed at United Shoe Repairing shop.
A Bath man charged by his wife with support offenses was arrested in Hampton and taken to Portsmouth where City Marshal Whitney met him. He was returned to Bath and arraigned before Judge Keegan on Thursday afternoon with judgment deferred for one week.
Eels Linton sells land building and entire contents of a Bangor theatre to Sam Kursen proprietor of the Graphic Theatre. Kursen takes over on December 11. Hansen had owned and managed the theatre for 15 years.
Chief William P. Edwards presented a ten month activity report showing 155 alarms, breaking prior records, including 11 general calls with the fire units and fires in Harpswell and Topsham. The relief fund reached 105 dollars after a 25 dollar start.
Maine Central R A has prepared and distributed a new T page booklet on Winter sports in Maine and the White Mountains. The brochure, the department says, is the most attractive advertising piece yet for Maine's winter recreation, featuring photographs from Poland Spring and listings of hotels open to winter guests.
Mrs E B Willson of Denver urges a city wide beautification drive with contests for best grounds and gardens. She proposes classes for paid gardeners and do it yourself entrants, plant exchanges, garden clubs, trips, lectures, and photo contests and suggests contacting the National Garden Club Association for guidance.
The League of the Central Congregational Church held a busy sale last Wednesday in the parish house, adding 360 dollars to the treasury. Items for sale included fancy articles, aprons, greens, candy, and cooked foods with tea and suppers drawn many guests. Laura Appleton presided as president and general chair.
Four boys may still attend the State YMCA Boys Conference in Bangor on December 10. Interested boys must register by Friday and should contact Secretary Perkins at the Bath YMCA for details.
A large attendance is expected at the Assist antial roll call and meeting of the chapel. Kineralas have jumped in value, being the most fashionable Winter jewels in London. The best specimens bring $6,000 a karat against $2,500 for good dia mounds.
Marine Engineering reports that the Winchester and Gibbs proposal offers a private operation plan for United States and American Merchant lines. It cites potential yearly savings of at least 500000 plus a 60000 annual offset, a private capital infusion, and continued American flag service, urging immediate constructive action and new tonnage.
The Bath A C basketball squad opens December 17 against the Augusta Legion, as Bath’s veteran squad and Augusta’s semi pro group prepare for a strong season. Augusta, led by star Smith Dunnack, opens its first season with notable former Coburn Classical players McCronary and Fiedler and a lineup built from prep and college stars. The Bath crowd is expected to pack the Y M C A gym as Waterville’s recent overtime loss to Capital City mirrors the coming clash.
Secretary Hoover sounds a warning that many cherished fish stocks are shrinking. Pacific salmon are down about 50 percent, Great Lakes sturgeon have fallen by a significant US percentage, and shad declines reach around 70 percent.
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