17 Jan 1929
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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1929
Page
1
The Patten Free Library notes its annual session with details on the book committee meetings, book purchasing recommendations, and forms for public recommendations. It lists gifts received in 1928, periodicals, and a financial summary including income, expenditures, and balances.
Darel Bridge and six friends from Hazardville Conn. served as pallbearers at the funeral. Holis Temple has returned home after staying with grandparents for six months. Mrs. Mary Graves and Miss Helen Randell are ill with colds while pursuing winter in Auburn. Mrs. Sherman Graves of Brunswick assists at home care. Mrs. Florence Cornish of Massachusetts visited W. J. Graves family last weekend. Percy Moody stays with E. D. Cornish for the winter. FE. D. Cornish plans a saw mill on R. A. Douglass' farm near the state road bridge.
Electa chapter O E S elected Worthy Matron Emily Rideout and Worthy Patron Henry Cornish for the coming year. Installation set for January 28 with a supper committee led by Ethel Hackett and Stella Given. McDonald temple Pythian Sisters installed new officers led by Hannie Jordan with Georgie Berry and Hazel Cornish in senior roles. A banquet followed. Farm Bureau also named Emily Rideout as chair and listed additional officers. Local events include grain delivery by Millay Bros and a new fishmarket opens on Bridge Street. Several residents listed as ill or recovering, with deaths noted and mutual fire insurance annual meeting held. officers named.
Scott Small was a business visitor in Brunswick recently. Oscar Hatch and son Walton are on the sick list. Others in this vicinity on the sick list include John Reid Ethel Sheene Betty Price Frederick Meacham and Theodore Wenzel. Mrs Wilson Freeman and son Alonzo were Brunswick visitors Monday. Wilfred Billodeau and Ludgen Moring were callers Sunday at High Pine Farm. Oscar Douglas was a recent caller at A N Reids. Joseph Billodeau of Lewiston was in this locality on business recently. Marie Jasper was a recent visitor at Bowdon Center where she has employment. Albra Small was a caller Monday at the home of his brother Hiram T Small. F S Meacham has purchased a new horse Wallace Small who had the mis fortune to break his foot is getting along as well as can be expected. His daughter Mrs Young is caring for him. William Coskery, who has had a lame arm from a fall on the ice, is now able to work again. He has gone to Loon pond where he is employed by Mr McCarty.
The Gould and Mitchell families of Bowdoinham Maine express heartfelt thanks for flowers and kind expressions following a recent bereavement.
Brunswick police chief William B. Edwards told the North Center P T A that children are a community asset and urged supervised recreation. He cited Brunswick’s ten year record with few incidents, discussed playgrounds, swimming pools, and skating facilities, and endorsed flooding the park pond for skating. Founders day events and a milk fund card party were noted.
The Morse high school building under construction uses copper flashings and cornices and Cheney interlocking wall washing to prevent moisture. Barrett Co. backing provides a 20 year roof guarantee as Hahnel Bros. and 50 workers progress on partitions gypsum plastering and a heated interior in cold weather.
Bath Box Co reported an average annual cut of about 10,000,000 feet in 1928 at its annual meeting and expects a similar level this year. The company operates seven portable saw mills from Lisbon to near Washington and Liberty, began Bath operations in 1913, and now employs nearly 100 workers. Officers were reelected.
Braiding rag rugs and selling seeds advertised with easy home work. Independent buyers in every town urged to write for details. Virgin wool yarn from manufacturer offered with free samples. H A Bartlett Harmony Maine.
Progressive Maine farmers speed up production with quick harvesting and fast motor truck delivery. Canneries like H. C. Baxter & Bros. in Brunswick bring scientific distribution from field to factory. Fourth of July peas are shipped year round with preserved sweetness and flavor.
James A. Gillies of New Haven Connecticut serves as president with Fred J. Courser of Warner New Hampshire as vice president and Wellington A. Moore of Bath as treasurer and general manager. The board also includes Hon. Arthur J. Dunton of Bath as a director.
Rev. Robert H. Carey of the Corliss Street church is recovering in Portland after an automobile accident Monday afternoon on a long hill between Yarmouth and Falmouth. His car upset while he was driving to Portland and he is taking life easy for a few days.
The pastor suffered a strained hip and severe shaking but was helped by motorists who righted his car. He then drove on to Portland where he is recuperating. Friends are glad he was not more seriously injured.
Nequasset Farm Bureau will meet at Mrs. Floie Wrights home on Chestnut Street Bath next Monday. The subject is stencilling and all members are asked to bring materials to stencil on.
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