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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1939
Page
7
Bath notes a record 4,838 registered voters as of Jan 1, 1939, with 2,628 men and 2,210 women. Enrolled voters total 4,063 and unenrolled 775, a net enrollment gain of 20 from last year. Ward 1 leads with 897, Ward 2 close behind, and Republican enrollment dominates at 3,233 to 830.
Community notes include visits and travel in Bath and nearby towns. Stanwood Gilman and family vacation with father William Gilman. Irma Gilman arrives from Waverly for vacation. numerous social visits and hosting at homes. Bodwell grange activity with candidates and a covered dish supper. a new baby born to J Errold Blaisdell. delay in transport of Leon Berry’s body due to icy roads. funeral services held in Jamaica Plain with local attendees. families visit and loom weaving lesson planned in Bath.
Morse and Brunswick high schools present four one act plays in their auditoriums with titles Yaller Squares Where the Cross is Made The Land of Heart's Desire and Purple Door Knob. Yaller Squares follows elderly women on a poor farm with rivalries and a surprising outcome related to taller squares. Where the Cross is Made centers on Capt Bartlett a seemingly mad man whose son Nat learns the boat Mary Allen may still sail. Brunswick coaches plan a state contest showing selected plays March 11 at Morse with Miss Conrey guiding scenery and drama effort.
Mrs Richard Beaupre of Lewiston visits sister Mrs Dominique Tardif on Pine Street while recovering from a broken ankle. Mrs Mary Minihan, who stayed with her daughter since the accident, has returned to Lewiston.
Beacon Street church Junior aid entertained fifty guests Monday evening with a Washington's birthday covered dish supper in the vestry. Rev. Jesse Kenderdine led community singing. Various members performed including piano duets, solos, readings and a trio. The group set plans for next week and a St. Patrick's day tea.
Mr and Mrs Charles Miller of High street welcomed a daughter at Memorial hospital on February 18 weighing seven and a half pounds. Mrs Miller formerly Miss Katherine McMorrow of Dorchester Massachusetts. For the past two years Mrs Miller and Miss Mary Aick have run a kindergarten.
Local notes from Popham Beach recount Capt Milliard UrQuehart resuming duties at Seguin Island Light after a Jonesport vacation, Mrs Eva Dobbin's Portland visit, and several Lewiston Bath Gorham visitors. It mentions a sprained ankle recovery, a hospital knee operation update for Bobby Morong, a death in Yarmouth, a birth in Cambridge, and a library children’s party. Mineral meeting at Central Church highlights local collectors and sites.
Mr and Mrs David Henderson of North Bath anticipate the return in about three months of their son Stanley Henderson from Rio de Janeiro Brazil where he has worked for Ingersoll Rand Machinery Co the past three years as a mechanical engineer He will fly home the journey taking about 12 days He has traveled long business miles in the interior and notes native miners receive 35 cents a day He describes shaft access by sack and straw mud huts and scant dress He learned to speak Spanish He was an outstanding athlete at Morse High and at the University of Maine from which he graduated with highest honors.
Dromore Farm Bureau held a February meeting led by Miss Mary Louise Wright to discuss shopping for money’s worth. Twelve members attended the lunch, with Graceer and Evelyn Beals on clean up. An all day loom weaving session was planned for February 23 at Mrs. Stewart H. Day’s home, with a covered dish dinner and invites for local bureau members to attend via Mrs. Tha Campbell.
Miss Thelma W. Dearing presents her pupils in a piano recital at the vestry of spread church, with a two piano quartet and a two piano sextet drawing strong applause. Notable performers include Ruth Cogan and several advanced students, while some absences are noted.
E Lawrence Coombs of 11 Valley road, Bath Iron Works employee, faces arraignment in Brunswick municipal court for a March 4 case arising from a Bath Brunswick highway collision early Sunday. His wife and Mrs Pred Baldwin sustained injuries. Baldwin, of Brunswick, also Bath Iron Works employee, drove a car that swiped Coombs vehicle near Cook's Corner. Police Chief Joseph Z Ouellette investigated. warrant sworn after Baldwin's account said Coombs was too far left. Court continued to March 4.
Charles Dorsey son of Mr and Mrs Fred Hart of 13 Hinckley street wed Miss Mary Babine daughter of Mr and Mrs George E Babine of 516 Middle street in a ten o'clock ceremony conducted by Harold J Rubin. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Harold Burns of Quincy Mass. Dorsey, Morse High School graduate class of 1936, works at Bath Iron Works. They will reside at 35 South Street.
Parker Head residents hosted multiple card parties and suppers through February with guests including Norman Pierce Florence Rollins John Rollins Earl Lowell Lewis Lowell and William Hallett Jr amidst church school planning Easter events. School resumes February 27 after vacation and local clubs meet for sewing and charity meals while Scouts clean vestry for a fundraiser.
Mary Elizabeth and Courtney Lewis Prentiss Jr hosted a neighborhood Valentine party at 13 Bath Street on Tuesday of last week. Guests enjoyed games with prizes and refreshments prepared by Mrs Prentiss assisted by Mrs Mae MacDougall and Mrs Lester McNeil. Attendees included Mary McNeil Betty Moore Jean Gertrude Lorraine LaPointe and Harriet McDougall.
William 8 Newell of Bath Iron Works spoke at Morse high school on workmanship and responsibility during a Maine Schools on the Air program broadcast via WCBH Portland. The event, directed by Harrison Lyseth, drew about 700 attendees despite bad weather and featured Morse choirs, the string ensemble, and the Bath Schools Orchestra.
The 14th annual Past Masters night at Polar Star lodge No. 114 F and A M featured a Master Mason degree exemplar. Supper was served by Genesta chapter O E S and music provided. Chester H. McCabe announced chairs held by past masters including Bates Terrell Owen Furber Stilphen Pinkham Sampson Marks Goodwin Hartley Small Cutting Roberts Furber Severin andSpokesman fellowcraft Carl Severin. The Masonic Quartet with George Field Luther Thompson Daniel Williams John Shaw plus Earl Ryan organist attended.
Sherman Morse, longtime chief engineer of the Bear Mountain excursion steamer, travels to New York following the death of his employer and friend Daniel F McAllister, 54, president of the McAllister Navigation Co. of New York. McAllister died after a Sunday illness at his Brooklyn home. Funeral services held Thursday at his residence.
Bay Point reports on a Bay Point to Gilbert electric cable line disruption, local social events including a Valentine party hosted by Mrs. William Adams and Louise Howard, and multiple visits among residents. The piece features the death of Fred H. Spinney with funeral details in Yarmouth and notes on Spinney’s civic efforts, plus various familial and social gatherings in Bath, Phippsburg, Georgetown, Mechanic Falls, and nearby areas. The obituary highlights Spinney’s role as postmaster and grocer, and the article closes with updates on residents Mrs. Fred Spinney and Mrs. Clinton Robins.
Mrs Noel C Little of Brunswick spoke on Pioneer ing in Legislation at Grace church parish house during North Center P T A Founders Day observance. She discussed pre tax examination, old age pensions, aid for widowed mothers and other bills, amid debate. A history of North Center P T A was presented with a playlet and songs, followed by a silver tea hosted by the tea committee.
Mr and Mrs Harry Lemont and their son Joseph of 22 Lincoln Street motored to Boston for the weekend. They visited Mrs Lemonts sister in law Enid Ringbergh and Mr Ringbergh and brother in law Joseph MacNeill and Mrs MacNeill in the city.
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