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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1934
Page
2
President Kenneth C. M Sills leads the commission due to report early in the new year. The public expects an interesting document with mixed opinions. Some see the project stalled while others anticipate Quoddy Bay delivering large tidal energy.
Maine potato growers report tentative optimism as demand remains below usual levels but shows improvement over conditions seen earlier in the month. Growers attribute the uptick to steadier orders and cautious market recovery.
Oldtimers recall skating in nights lit by bonfires or moon, while today ponds are city maintained and lit. Shoes with attached blades replaced wood and clamps, making warm, ready skates common, contrasting with half a century of wooden boots and DIY grease.
A Bath sportsman suggests an all year close on migratory ducks for two to three years to aid recovery after years of poor duck hunting and widespread bird losses due to drought and cold. Maine and other states favor reasonable measures to restore the sport to near its former level.
A Lewiston area note shows local Taxpayers League activity waning as Auburn gathered reportedly eight attendees. A member proposed barring the press to keep remarks private, but the idea failed and the meeting adjourned with only informal discussion among a small group lingering afterward.
A new Bath Girls Athletic club forms from ex Morse High players to play basketball. The team, led by manager Mrs Lydia Smith, plans a regular schedule with home and away games against Old Orchard Beach Girls alumni and other state teams. Key players include Leela Armes Lydia Smith Evelyn Truss Louise Briggs and more.
Attorney John P. Carey Jr. to chair the Bath committee for the Birthday Ball on January 30 1935. President Franklin D Roosevelt will lead the event to raise funds for infantile paralysis with seventy percent kept locally for rehabilitation and thirty percent to a national commission to widen research efforts.
Final date for World War veterans to file adjusted compensation certificates is January 2, 1935. Eligible veterans must have served over sixty days during April 5, 1917 to November 11, 1918 and been honorably discharged. Widows and children have priority. dependents beyond age 60 presumed, with evidence required before 60.
Dyke Lee Bates, principal of Stonington High School, faced student riots in front of the school. Quackenbush was a leading figure in Lewiston musical circles as a Bates student. After graduating, Bates worked at Continental mill a year, taught at Coburn Classical Institute until 1927, then moved to Medford, Mass. He was born in Natick, Massachusetts.
Bob Oliver presented Sambo's Stolen Diamonds at Masonic temple on Friday under Lincoln lodge No 10 I O O F. The two act musical comedy drew a crowded house with standing room and generous applause. Oliver acted multiple roles including Lon McGrew and Sambo Jackson, delivering a lively, mirthful performance that carried the show through a farm mortgage plot resolved when Sambo writes a diamond caper in the second act.
Preliminary steps for founding an airport near the South end of Washington street have been taken with Representative-elect Sumner Sewall deeply backing the project and enlisting U. S. Senator Frederick Hale. Sewall argues the site would serve as a government base in war and peace, especially for seaplanes, with a road marsh runway as the first phase and hangar construction to follow. The plan seems affordable, but concerns include a state official’s note that nearby hills could hinder takeoffs with certain winds.
The Cosmopolitan Garden club sponsors a Beautiful Christmas Doorway Contest with first prize five dollars second prize three dollars and third prize two dollars. Entries must notify a committee member by December 22 featuring best and most original designs. committee members include Mrs. Carl Y Kennedy chair Mrs J R Andrews Mrs Edmund A Rothwell and Miss Irene H Ingalls.
Two week records show transfers across Bath Bowdoin Georgetown Phippsburg and Topsham. Notable moves include Alice Blake to Mary B Pratt J Fred Tobey to Sean Carson Crocker and Grace M Wainweg to Charles Capron Marshmond among others. James W Thompson receives titles via Sylvester Marr et al and Carrie Pye et al.
Mechanic Falls High reports three twin sets among freshmen and three among juniors. Boys twins are Chapman brothers among juniors while the girls twins also belong to the freshman and junior groups. The school highlights this rare demographic feature within its student body.
A Bath court settlement divides income from Capt. Joseph E. Sewall’s estate. The additional 5000 will contribute 2500 to four Bath institutions while 2500 reverts to the residuary estate, totaling 17250 to the four institutions.
The U S Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive exam for Welder Electric Specially Skilled at the U S Navy Yard Boston with pay rates of 0 88 0 83 and 0 78 per hour for 48 hours pay when 40 hours worked. Applicants need two years electric welding experience including six months using coated electrodes on vertical and overhead work. Applications due December 27 with the Recorder of the Labor Board Charlestown Mass.
Alice M. Achorn died in Brunswick on November 23. Cash bequests total 55000 with two public gifts of 250 to Jamaica Plain Neighborhood House and Jamaica Plain Family Welfare Society. The largest 28000 goes to Rebecca S. Achorn. Bequests of 10000 to step-granddaughters Siegried and Alice. Erik gets 2000. Kate Gorham receives 1000. Several Gorham relatives each receive 500. Residue left in trust to eight relatives. Alfred B. White of Lawrence named executor.
The Sagadahoc Sagadahoc Goodwill club held its first Christmas sale and supper at Sebenoa Hall on Thursday evening. Mrs. Edward V. Reed led the kitchen committee with several members assisting. Dining room duties were handled by Mrs. Arthur Orr, Mrs. Fred Rice, Mrs. William H. DeLong, Mrs. Harry E. Fitch, and Miss Florence Carlton with waitresses including Miss Avis Marston and Miss Dorothy Reed. Fancy work table was coordinated by Mrs. John Lilly and Mrs. Nelson R. Rice.
Miss Florence F Holmstrom of Cony High School faculty described Sweden as a country of many lakes flowers mountains and a kindly simple people. She spoke at the Augusta Kiwanis Club luncheon in Hotel North after spending weeks there last summer, her parents native land.
Dr. Harry F. Morin and Dr. Joseph I. Smith were defendants in two $10,000 malpractice suits filed by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Oliver of Bath. The hearing before Justices Hudson and Chapman as referees at Portland heard Mrs. Oliver describe an abdominal operation, stitch removal pain, and delayed wound healing. The defense argued no malpractice and pleaded the suits outlawed by a two year limit, and contended one stitch could not be removed per good surgical practice.
Bath Sasanoa members attended in Brunswick Friday night as six candidates received the chief degree from a famed local team. Harold Hammond led as representative to the Great Council with praise for his performances in warrior and other degree work. Albert J. Gallant reported district gains of 18 members since October 15.
Bath police assisted in recovering a Hudson coupe allegedly stolen in Rockland Friday night. Alice Margaret Cassidy, 21, was arrested as driver near the toll house at Woolwich and later taken to Rockland with state police Captain George McElman arranging custody. The car, CW 430, was returned to its owner who appeared in Bath Saturday morning.
Governor Louis J. Brann, Dr. Frank lin W. Johnson, Colby College president, and Austin H. MacCormick spoke Thurs night at the Waldorf Astoria for the State of Maine Society of New York annual dinner. Sumner T. Pike presided as toastmaster with 150 attendees including Bath figures and former residents.
Miriam, superintendent of the Saja ado for Girls, told the Augusta Current Events Club during a Friday meeting at Mrs E. E. Parkman's Green Street home that a juvenile court system would aid the Maine State School for Girls and provide a more complete history of each girl.
Dr. Palmer C. Ricketts educator engineer and president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute died last week at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Born Elkton Md January 17 1856 he studied at RPI and went on to receive honorary degrees from Stevens Institute NYU and memberships in ASME ASCE and other societies. He was honored by Italy and France for his engineering work.
Trustees at Bath Memorial hospital meet and appoint Henry W. Owen Jr Edward W. Bridgham and Hon Charles H Cahill to study memorial tablet design and inscription. They will report at the next regular meeting. Dr Joseph I Smith elected to the senior staff.
Alice Stewart of Brunswick was elected president of the Women’s Forum of the University of Maine at a Wednesday meeting in Colvin Hall. Margaret Sewell of Old Town was elected secretary. Other officers include Vice president Agnes Crowley of Biddeford, social chairman Alice Sisco of Portland, with Ruth Goodwin of Alfred and Celia Cohen of Portland as members at large of the executive cabinet.
The House of Chang Chow kennels opens at 27 Medhanic Street run by Mrs. Elmer F. McFarland owner of Burma Chang. The kennel namesake won blue ribbons at regional dog shows. Six chows, including three nine week olds sired by Burma Chang, are inoculated for distemper and rabies with veterinary care by a Boston Angel Memorial graduate. Boarding services and quality dog foods offered. McFarland, once an avid Maine outboard racer, plans hobbyist dog showing.
At the Friday meeting 20 members and 14 visitors elected officers for the Co-Workers Class of First Baptist Church for the coming year. Lila Place was named president, Willis Hall vice president, Charles Card secretary, Herbert Worrey treasurer, Evelyn Sotheard membership chair. Jan 11 meeting set at Mrs Card’s home. illness prevented speaker David Wilson and Miss M Helen Sims spoke on Helen Keller.
Directors of Central Maine Power Co declared dividends on preferred stocks payable January 1 to stockholders of record December 10. The seven percent preferred receives 87 cents per share, the six percent preferred 75 cents, and the $6 dividend series 75 cents. This payment is half the usual amount and matches the prior quarter.
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