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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1936
Page
5
Christmas morning services at St Matthew's and a Methodist church were followed by a large village celebration with trees, gifts, and a program directed by local organizers. The week included weddings, funeral notices, visiting relatives, and community events across Richmond Augusta Brunswick Gardiner and Freeport with numerous named residents and guests.
Jay Povich's Eleven O'Clocks climbed to first in the Elks league after a two-match night where they seized seven of eight possible points. Clarence Mayo rolled 127 in his third string to break the single string record, and Les Plant posted 299 for the high individual score. Tom Conley led Lecturers with 298 followed by 290 by Al Thayer as Antlers needed more from their stars.
Georgetown residents share holiday visits with families in Bath Boothbay Harbor Waltham and Kingston while church activity resumes with the First Baptist starting meetings January 7. A Christmas Eve pantomime at the church and school program delight the community as several locals spend holidays with relatives in Portland Melrose and Augusta.
A column highlights fishing yields with two baskets of smelts shipped after several days at sea. Sherman L Morse and wife closed their winter home and head to New York where Morse serves as shore chief for Hudson river steamers. Carolyn Oliver finishes nursing at Webber hospital Biddeford and will visit parents for two weeks. Caroline A Oliver hosted a hospital Christmas party with her father Harry F Oliver's family listed. Mrs Charles E Hewitt Jr visits Haverhill Massachusetts with Dr Samuel Stokes. Mrs Fred L Parks travels from Somerville to see her daughter at Hardings and friends in the village. Mrs Leon Pennell hosts guests for her father George Merritt’s birthday. Merritt, a sailmaker with Parris & Leavitt in Portland, spends winters with his daughter. cribbage and monopoly provided entertainment with refreshments.
Rev. J. O. Purdue begins a series at Winter Street Church on popular delusions. Topics include that what happens must happen, that hopes deceive more than fears, the Bible as guide, reputation versus integrity, right versus wrong, and personal responsibility through February 2. Mrs. Ruby Ridley tends a 17 year old Christmas cactus four feet across with 389 blossoms in one season.
The article recalls a 1909 world trip visiting Honolulu with Leth showing the city. It describes flora, royal sites, a Pali excursion, the Hawaiian Canning Company, and notes on Captain Cook, native Hawaiians, Mauna Loa, rainfall, and Hawaii becoming a U S territory in 1897. It cites early missionaries and the growth of schools and a university.
The Grange Circle will meet Friday afternoon with Mrs. Percy Savage. Local residents and visitors, including the Stevens and MacMahan families, shared Christmas time and Sunday calls at Five Islands. School resumes next Monday after vacation. Grange gathering set for Jan 7 with a library gift noted by Miss Minnie Butland of Milton.
Dr Palmer portrays Hawaii as a social laboratory where Oriental ancestry blends into American temperament among young people and where interracial marriages have risen to 30 percent. He highlights plantation life under capitalism with free housing, medical care, basic wages, and notable infant mortality decline to 17 from 116, via the Ewa baby clinic and hospital network funded by the planters association.
Roger O. Beedy found a tame taupe pigeon on Pine street Orono. The bird wore leg bands CH 33 U 16650 and appeared thawed from ice after a long flight from Chicago. Investigations seek the bird owner as inquiry continues.
The Belfast steamer built by Bath Iron Works launched November 12 1908 is 335 feet long 54 feet 2 inches beam with 2153 gross tons 1143 net. It has a 4000 horsepower triple screw Parsons turbine four Scotch boilers 204 staterooms 135 men's berths 87 women's berths costing 450000. It began service June 21 1909 from Boston to Bangor and Rockland arrival followed. Officials on maiden trip included Calvin Austin Josiah Hayden Rodney A Pepper and C C Brown.
Dr Earle Richardson hosted about 75 Bowdoin graduates and fans at his Lincoln Street home. Bowdoin coach Adam Walsh attended as guest of honor and showed action films from four past season games Wesleyan Colby Bates and Maine. He explained plays and pointed out mistakes with humor and insight.
The city will end gas service Tuesday December 31 as all customers switch to electricity. The old gas plant will be shut down after the final connections are completed with over 30 workers finalizing changeovers. A new electric range installation is used, reducing radio interference and costs while improving appearance.
Two week transfers show in Sagadahoc Registry of Deeds with names in Bath Bowdoinham and Woolwich. Transactions include Mabel Lermond and others selling to Edwin Rogers Mary Cotteau to Joseph Robichaud Henry Hi and Elizabeth Anliker Emma Sen to Charlotte Putney Neva Gregory to Leslie Wold Bath Welding Co to Melvin Marco George Whitehead to Winifred Whitehead Estate John Hall to Guy Walker and to George Hackett Alfred G M Soule to Elmer Higgins.
The Worster Hotel reports a record Christmas day dinner crowd and ongoing success of its temperance policy. Vorster brothers maintained the dining room ban on liquor beer and smoking despite repeal in Maine, printing warning cards to enforce the rule.
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