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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1930
Page
2
Wiscasset civic and church activities fill the week with tea sales, meetings, and lectures. Notable items include Ways and Means tea at the organ society, a men s night at the Woman s club, Lincoln Probate Court notices, hospital births, radio signal fixes, and a bishop visit to St Philip s Parish with Confirmation.
St Marys defeated Wiscasset Academy 18 to 15 on Wiscasset floor. Mark Hayes tied the score at 15 with a center shot, then Joe Mullaney drove the lead with a corner basket and added a free throw. Johnny Allen and Mullaney sparked the visitors as 14 players rode to Richmond next.
Stanley Raymond offers watch clock and jewelry repair services on Middle Street in Wiscasset Maine. The listing provides business location and service scope for customers needing timepiece and jewelry care in the area.
Local notices report William Cotton of Cheaphetl Pos buying work horses for Miss Williams who plans a weekend visit. Alvah Higgins suffers a serious illness at his daughter’s home in Arlington. Miss Eleanor Brown recovers from appendicitis after surgery. Walter W. Larrabee completes filling an ice house for Thomas Morrison in Brunswick. Emma Sears, employed in Brunswick, visited Bath friends. Anstress Larrabee visits in Water Street Bath and attends Morse High School play. Earl Donnell shows improvement after hand infection at Brunswick Hospital. Mrs. J B Lemont attends a card party at Pred Caryo’s in East Brunswick. Jennie Larrabee, Portland worker, spends weekend with Bath relatives. Red Cross West Bath branch holds an all day session. Annie Trufant chairs lunch. George Erswell and son visit at Miles Purington’s home. John Larrabee begins teaching at Littlefield School after recovery from auto accident.
Evelyn Nickerson transferred to Ba City hospital for X rays after a fall. Mrs Emma Hathorne of Bath and Mrs derriette Hathorne of Waterville visited Mrs Eugen Henry Swanson in Lewiston. Mr and Mrs Guy Cromwell welcomed a daughter at Bath City hospital. J Benjamin Shaw hosted a dinner at Duncan McInosh's. A sociable and millinery contest occurred at the community house. Senator Carlton and Rufus Savage hunted foxes in North Woolwich. Delia Card visited Mrs Loring Soule. Eben Dana patterns lumbering this winter. Ralph Wright drives a new 1980 Ford. Ernest Stilphen injured his foot while lumbering. Wallace Savage and family visit Yar nouth. Sagadahoc Ferry schoolhouse sociable supported electric-light installation. Everett Rice spent weekend in Windham. James Colby ill at home. Harry Fitch and Herbert Stevens attended an auto show in Portland. J Benjamin Shaw organized a Boy Scout troop at Sagadahoc Ferry. Nequassac Farm Bureau met with Mrs Richard Marston.
The Cosmopolitan club selects ten principal roles for the February 6 and 7 Columbia presentation That's That with a cast led by Miss Alden G. Smith and Miss Carrie Shaw. Highlights include Seth Snipe as Kenneth Neilson and Hibbert Norton as Martin Morris with Richards Pettengill as Eddie Dewey and Miriam Kimball with Waldo Marshall as the New York duo Mamie Rimer and Mickey Sullivan.
Woolwich grange installed new officers led by State Commissioner Frank Wardburn with marshal Wilmer Sutter. Standers Susan Howe and Winifred Erskine. Past Master Elmer Rich presided. A crash involving Mr Washburn occurred en route but caused no serious injury. Harvest supper followed and lecturer Rachel Hodgdon outlined a yearlong program on grange history and state government.
Margaret Pushard died Saturday in Brunswick. Walter Heath and Mrs. Lia Marquis of Waterville were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Leland Siegars from Saturday until Monday. Albert Tibbitts has been ill but is slowly improving. Geo Tibbetts of Richmond visited his father Albert Tibbetts. Mrs. Irving Lilly was in Richmond Saturday.
Funeral services were held Saturday for Mrs Abbie M Carter wife of Edward B Carter a Skowhegan tailor after a long illness She was born June 7 1857 in Bath daughter of Aldin and Mary Shea and lived in Skowhegan 45 years Survived by husband daughter Miss Gertrude Carter son John Carter two sisters Mrs Herbert Norton of Waterford Conn and Mrs Albert Banford of Richmond two brothers Sherman Shea and Leroy Shea of Richmond with other relatives Also noted Captain Albert F P Orne 79 West Southport cut five cords of wood this Winter walking four miles daily to do the task.
With caucuses near, Harold P. Small looks set for Republican mayoral nomination though last minute dark horse speculation swirls. Democrats also face undecided races with Huse and Ward candidates among likely contenders and others mulling alderman posts in wards one through seven.
The First Baptist Church held a Sunday evening service with a new dramatic sermon. The pastor portrayed Abram and Lot from Genesis in a series opener showing wealth, generosity, and warnings about ambition. The drama highlights Lot losing his wealth and fate in Sodom and Abram’s enduring fortune.
Wallace A Price of Augusta takes over as division manager in Bath area succeeding Ralph W Bragg now superintendent in Augusta He joined Central Maine Power in 1920 moving through Securities and Operating Departments and serving as district superintendent at Norway and Augusta Price plans to move his family in spring and is active in Freemasons American Legion and civic affairs with World War I service.
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station reports a new corn cross named Canada Leaming that matures in 100 to 110 days and resists September frosts. Developed by Dr. Donald F. Jones from Leaming Dent and Canada Yellow Print, it aims to boost silage value for dairymen in Connecticut and neighboring states.
The High School P T A will conduct an open question box at its next meeting on February 11. Tuesday is the last day to file questions about any breach of the high school course. Questions may be left with William L SkeJton Arthur B Scott or Mrs Herman Crooker.
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