11 Dec 1930
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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1930
Page
1
Bath citizens applaud Hyde Windlass Company plans for a Bath Country Club with a proposed nine hole golf course on a prime Maine site. Backers say the layout and location near the city center promise a first class facility and potential expansion to eighteen holes as demand grows.
The "Bath, Forty Years Ago" column recalls the Kennebec ice industry when Maine sent hundreds of cargoes to southern ports. Ice houses, harvest crews, and farm labor tied to a seasonal boom that funded farming and provided steady work. A vast fleet of schooners and tugboats carried ice to sea and river, with many vessels passing the Reach daily until natural ice waned.
James Brown Herreshoff, inventor and member of the famed yacht builders, died Saturday night in Riverdale New York at age ninety six. He devised the fin keel praised for its success on yachts challenging the America's Cup, a pursuit Lipton plans to renew in 1932.
Local meeting advances a Bath country club project with a proposed capitalization of 25 000 dollars stock 100 dollars par and 5 percent interest. Banks expected to back 20000 dollars leaving 15000 needing sale as members discuss dues green fees and incorporation.
Mrs Roland F Hill returns to Lincoln Street with her mother and sister after a visit in Belvidere New Jersey.
Probate court proceedings report numerous petitions and appointments. Executors and administrators named include Jennie P. Black for William H. Black of Perth Amboy New Jersey, and John Edward Oliver for John P. Carey Jr. Others include Albion E. Tedford of Topsham with bond, Melvin Tarr Bowdoin, and accounts for Bartholomew O Donnell and Lillie H. Berry guardian. Real estate license granted for Eben J. Marston estate of Walter E. Tuttle.
The article notes Saint Gaudens proud of his statue describing it as surpassing other modern works. His son recalls his delight and a letter to Adams calling the piece the result of Michaelangelo Buddha and Saint Gaudens. Adams praised it as the Peace of God that passeth understanding.
Friday night in NORTH EDGECOMB featured a Christmas sale and supper hosted by the Edgecomb Baptist church Ladies Sewing club. The event drew a wide crowd, raised a good sum, and noted the club's repair and improvement efforts at the church. Members and guests included Farm Bureau participants at Edgecomb Town hall with an all day session and noon dinner. The report lists visiting locals and upcoming meeting plans for January 22.
Bath High School Alumni association held a rummage sale Thursday at Grace church parish house. About eighteen members ran the tables and netted about $45 for dishes, silver, and linen for annual banquets. The executive committee plans several earnings events before June, with the next after Christmas holidays.
Morse High School reopens its library on Monday after 1928 closure. Reference books will be provided first with a committee reviewing department lists, funded by the PTA and gifts from alumna Elizabeth Moses. Miss Turner leads with assistants and student access during study periods on school days.
Miss Clara N Fogg of Bowdoinham will lead a radio program on WCSH Portland Friday at 4 15 PM about Pemaquid Maine as the era of its historic importance. The program includes songs God Gave Me You and If I Were a Bird performed by Mrs J Bowdoin Lilly of Malden Mass with accompanist Mrs Harry E Ring of Bath in the Col Dummer Sewall chapter for the Bath area.
Officers of Dromore grange were elected Tuesday night for the ensuing year and will be installed Dec. 30. They are: Mrs. Alfreda Perkins master Fred Lyons overseer Mrs. Isabelle Sawyer lecturer Charles Perkins steward Mrs. Katherine Perkins assistant steward Mrs. Viola Smith chaplain Winfield Morse treasurer Miss Marion Rafnell secretary Fred S. Sawyer gatekeeper Mrs. Emma Ingalls Ceres Mrs. Edna Lyons Pomona Mrs. Harriet Hammond Flora Mrs. Bertha Coombs lady assistant steward Mrs. Belle Cutting trustee for one year.
Edwin C. Patten was elected master of Topsham grange at the annual meeting Saturday evening. Other officers include Guy A. Nickerson overseer Mrs. Millward Patten lecturer Warren Morrill steward Frank Todd assistant steward E K Moore chaplain Joseph W Larrabee gatekeeper Mrs Marette Wilson secretary Ralph Mallett treasurer Mrs Irma Rackley Ceres Mrs Evelyn Nickerson Pomona Mrs Jessie Morrill Flora Miss Margaret Marriner lady assistant steward Harry A Rackley executive committee for three years.
Classified brief offers a range of affordable menswear items including suits pants knickers sheepskin coats and flannel shirts with emphasis on low prices and selection for gift buyers.
Deaths and memorials across Phippsburg West Bath include Fred Wyman son of War and Jane Mary Haggett aged 96 with services held in West Bath. Mrs Haggett born in Dromore to Butler family lived in Bath and West Bath. Funeral at Haggett cemetery. Nearby visits and small town notes of residents and visitors conclude the item.
The Wyman family thank neighbors and friends for kind deeds and floral tributes during their recent bereavement. Signed Mr and Mrs Frank Wyman and family Parker Head Me
Mrs Harold M Sewall of Washington street has been staying at her home and summer house at Small Point. She departs Wednesday noon for New York City where she will meet her daughter Mrs Walter E Edge. They will then go to Baltimore to spend Christmas with Mrs John W Williams and entertain Ambassador and Mrs Edge and their three children plus other Sewall family members.
The Winnegance column covers a yard party at the Eagle Tea House with auxiliary ladies hosting community events, a weekly bid whist game, and prize winners Elbridge B. Malcolm Celia. Augustus Small and Harry C. Webber. It notes officers re elected for a second year and lists residents who passed away, sewing and Squaw Club gatherings, and updates on local members, a broken creek ice thaw, and residents visiting hospitalized Marcellus W. Adams.
Forty times as many women over sixteen suffer fatal accidents compared with those aged twenty five to thirty five, indicating a stark age related risk disparity. The report emphasizes the high danger in younger or older female populations.
Georgetown residents report moves and visits including Levirome home repairs and T M Peaeroje new garage. Mrs Harold J Brown hosted Working League gathering with Vice President Mrs Fred Gray and plans for Christmas sale. Ralph Scott of Boothbay was in town. W C Todd returns from Melrose and Waltham. Funeral for Mrs Lillian Berry held in Bath. interment Georgetown family lot. Union service at Five Islands church. Highway surveyors map 1931 State Aid road and possible bridge at cove post office. Willow trees near Todd’s home may be removed for road work. moonlight skating on town ponds continues.
Construction on a 2040 foot bridge spanning the Penobscot River near Bucksport progresses swiftly. Two thirds of Prospect abutments are done and cofferdam frame is in while on Verona side four-fifths of abutments are complete the main pier walls and anchorage are finished and cofferdam frame set.
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