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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1932
Page
4
Edward P. Curtis dies at 69 from heart trouble at his Richmond home on Alexander Road. Survived by wife Lilla Booker and six sons, 14 grandchildren, two brothers, a sister, with funeral services led by Rev. P. J. Quigg. Various local notices follow including council meeting notes, dances, visits, and community events in Richmond and surrounding towns.
Sunday with Mr and Mrs Lewis, visits by Mr and Mrs John Tarr to her Gardiner parents. Miss Lyte Lint and friends in Gardiner. Mrs Everett Trask and daughter Edith of Dresden visit Mrs Trask’s sister Melvin Hutchinson. Mrs James Simpon injures hip. Progressive Grange meets with a full program. Lectures, readings, songs, and discussions on farming then plan a surprise lunch. Visitors Frank Preble and Charles Messenger in Augusta. Progress Orange decorates stage. Valentine program planned. Lincoln's birthday program and a Legion hall gathering. Amy Bradley tent family holds Lincoln commemorations. Road commissioner candidates announced. S. Reed Allen seeks first selectman. Dresden and Richmond visitors noted. Large crowd at Ludwig’s rink dance with Brim Jewett.
The United States Government has issued patents on in genious devices to ensure golfers do not lose balls. A pail of strong smelling liquid at the tee guides the return, while musks and odors help hay fever suffers. For those without smell or a dog a scentless approach uses quick drying “spit devils” to emit explosive noises. A ammonia vapor column marks landings for players who are deaf, but no provision is made for blind golfers.
New Zealand pianist Guy Marriner scored a major success at his first Berlin concert held in Bechstein Hall. The youthful vigor and freshness of his playing won immediate audience appeal. he was recalled for several encores as the hall filled. Dr Walton Brooks McDaniel of the University of Pennsylvania will speak at Bowdoin College on February 13 in the Moulton Union lounge on In the Wake and Footsteps of Aeneas. The talk accompanies Virgil anniversary and uses over 100 slides. McDaniel is an authority on Roman private life and has authored books and periodical pieces.
Georgetown local notes recount visits and travels of residents from West Georgetown Bath and surrounding towns. Mentions include Miss Maude Thayer dean of West brook Seminary, Alex Cunningham and Gilbert Lewis in Portland, Mrs. E. B. Billings of Bath visiting Miss Belle Heald, and various Sunday guests. Town events cover school Valentine boxes, Washington's birthday plans, a Christian Endeavor meeting, and a town meeting set for March 2 with candidates for selectmen.
The Kineo fought alongside Essex Katahdin and others on the Mississippi and at Port Hudson, suffering and repelling ambushes, with engagements from Oct 1862 to July 1868. It later served in home waters, was sold in 1669, rebuilt as a merchantman, and renamed during World War I before completion.
T W Hyde camp Sons of Union Veterans and the auxiliary staged a Monday night program at G A R Memorial hall Middle Street. The event featured tableaux readings songs and solos with 150 attendees and Washington pie and coffee served after.
George Washington marked his 67th birthday with private moments at Mount Vernon amid national strain. The event featured the marriage of his adopted daughter Nellie Custis to Lawrence Lewis by candlelight, with Washington in his blue and buff uniform and a grand wedding supper noted for elegance and abundance.
The Second District Council of the American Legion Auxiliary will meet in Bath on Tuesday February 24 at the American Legion Home. Mrs Agnes C Bradley will preside and speak on Auxiliary matters. W S Newell Bath Iron Works president will discuss shipbuilding in Bath with film of launchings. Mayor Harold P Small, Samuel Povich and Rodney E Ross expected to greet attendees. Department chairmen Eva Sherman Laura Palmer and Anne Snow will discuss publicity child welfare and defense conference. Meeting starts at 1 p.m. Tendance is expected.
The Five Islands group gathered Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Ellsworth Pinkham for a productive session. Attendees included Miss Grace Pierce visiting Southport and Chester MacMehan leading a 12-person Bath outing. The grange conferred degrees on Mrs. Chester MacMahan, served Mattie B. MacMahan’s delicious clam stew, and started a new girls library collection with four books.
The Rotary club luncheon at Phoenix featured Bureau of Mines reels showing a multi cylinder automobile motor and lubricant roles in efficiency. W Stanley Hunter of Lewiston Buick Co introduced by John Conti. March programs listed with dates and organizers. a ladies night set for March 31. sergeants at arms named for March through June.
Morse High School mourns Miss Barbara Wiggin a 22 year old French instructor killed on Valentine day. Students faculty and the Morse community honor her with flowers a class book dedication and a funeral in Rockland. The loss deeply unsettles the school as memories of her teaching linger.
In heavy snow chicachees arrive daily at Bowcoin resident Mrs. Charles Babb to seek food. Bluejays here become tame and eat from a box fixed to the window. A small red squirrel waits on a branch for a crust and carries it to its nest in a stone-wall nearby.
A Fairfield man, while in California this winter, learned of 40 below zero in his hometown. He sat down and wrote a $50 check to the Ft. Fairfield Red Cross nurse with instructions to aid those without warmth, inside or out.
The Bath based Colonial club boys traveled to Brunswick Monday and lost the first of two annual tourneys 10-5. Brunswick dominated card games with nine wins in 11, while Bath fared better in pool and billiards with three wins in four. The night featured competition in pinochle bridge cribbage and more, with Tom Morrison of East Brunswick beating Reg Stacy 100-63 in the pool highlight.
The finance committee voted to audit the city books. Chairman Sewall said Millett, Fish & Dresser of Portland will send a CPA to Bath to audit the past year. The firm has long audited Augusta city accounts.
Joseph E. Everard aged 66 longtime Bath house painter and elder Bath Fire Department member died Monday at his home 36 Dummer Street. He served Engine 2 at the North end for over forty years and belonged to the Bath Veteran Firemen Association Knights of Pythias and Moose. Born in Bath to Louis and Martha Winslow Everard he is survived by his widow a daughter Mrs E O Pennell of Dorchester Massachusetts and a brother Walter Everard of Richmond.
Local lore claims two chandeliers from Biddeford England were shipped toward Biddeford New France but stalled en route and ended up in Boston instead, where they allegedly remain undisturbed in the Old South Church.
A financial record lists Total Liabilities and Surplus as 4,213,473.16 dollars. The entry names James H. Smes of Bowdoinham Maine, indicating an individual associated with the amount.
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