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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1932
Page
2
A 1930s era plea stresses personal responsibility to reduce highway deaths. It argues most drivers are responsible but a tenth causes fatal accidents through speed and disregard. It calls for better driver discipline, courtesy at crossings, and adherence to rules to avert about 35,000 yearly deaths.
Residents of Phippsburg show strong interest in a bridge or permanent fill at Winneganee as highway officials meet. Selectmen missed last week’s session due to delayed notice, prompting calls to bid both options to compare costs and secure best terms for a durable, lower cost solution.
George J. Stobie proposes a limit on daily duck bag and a longer hunting period than last fall. Sportsmen protest the single month setup but support the commissioner's intent to protect hunters and fisheries. The aim is a compromise that may satisfy sportsmen while preserving the resource.
A dispatch from Augusta last night says a revenue shortfall of about 500000 dollars may force a salary cut for state employees. The revenue drop must be offset, and reducing salaries is seen as a probable measure.
Bangor protests against rerouting Route 1 the Atlantic highway via the Waldo Harris bridge and the planning has decided the change will not be made keeping the highway through Bangor.
Western Maine fruit growers plan a two day meeting at Auburn Hall on January 28 and 29 with out of state speakers. Richard Wellington of New York and Clarence R. Phipps of Maine will discuss apple breeding disease control and market demand.
Bath’s century mark noted with ten thousand dollars raised in depreciated Continental money for Continental army enlistment and four thousand for current expenses. William Lithgow chosen representative to the General Court. Bath first town incorporated under Maine statehood in 1820. A 1881 centennial observed with ex-mayors, prominent citizens, banners, readings, and a large public gathering at the Patten Car Works.
A large crowd filled the Masonic temple Thursday for the CosmoPolitan club music department Old Folks concert aided by local men. Under Jack Shaw, with Mrs. Shaw as pianist and Ruth Dennison leading the committee, the program featured solos, duets, a quartet, and readings. Encores greeted several numbers as dancing followed with Marshall's orchestra accompanying.
The Maine Federation of Women’s Clubs plans a January 28 and 29 meeting in Augusta with a symposium on “Our Gifts to Maine in 1932-33.” Department chairmen will present 12 minute reports, followed by floor questions, and tea will be hosted by Governor and Mrs. Gardiner at Blaine Mansion at 4:30 Friday. Governor Gardiner will give greetings at the morning session.
In a warm spell at Damariscotta, Charles Perkins notes four meadow larks near his home. He used field glasses to study them, a rare winter sight as these birds seldom winter north of Massachusetts. Nearby, butterflies entered Joe West's shop while others report arbutus blossoms, bumblebees, geese, and golf at Wavenock.
A bathside comedy Salt Water centers on John Horner who longs to sail on salt water while his wife Pansy resists. The cast includes Elsie Trott Erroll Baker Huse and Marian Potter with Stewart McAlister and Charles Cummings in supporting roles. Tickets are on sale from local high school groups cast members and Hallet's drug store.
The Bath City Hospital Nurses Alumnae Association held its fourth quarterly meeting in the doctors room with 12 attendees. Officers present included President Mrs Ina Allaby Small and Vice President Verna Bryenton Bowie. A flower committee and a nominating committee were formed. talks covered a Portland trip by Miss Bowden as Maine State Nurses delegate. The next annual meeting is set for April 21.
The Junior Hospital League purchased a five cubic foot Frigidaire for the maternity floor at City hospital, replacing an old ice box. Funded by the New Year's Eve ball proceeds, the league also donated a Kelvinator last year for the main floor. Hospital officials praise the league's cooperative effort and support over the years.
Senator Arthur G. Spear of Portland, a Republican governor candidate, toured Bath visiting friends and praised the friendliness shown toward his candidacy. He recently flew from Aroostook County and said the five month distance to the primary makes predictions premature. Councilman Lloyd L. Steeves of Steeves Market is ill and confined at home on Oliver street.
Mr and Mrs F Douglass Armes of Topsham describe their Christmas visit to Halemaumau Hawaii National Park. They detail climbing to the volcano pit, fountains of molten lava, a lava desert view, and night and day watching, with the family settling in Hawaii for the long term and their baby daughter improving after arrival.
Arthur E. Fletcher, 23, was arrested near his mother in law's Bath home on Dummer Street after a note threatened self harm. He pleaded guilty in municipal court to a December 3 false police call and received one year probation with costs. Separately, a warrant was sworn over a December 3 call alleging assault and robbery at 4 Pratt Street, with no arraignment yet on that incident.
The engagement of Robert C. Teare of Chicago Illinois to Miss Lucy Newell of Evanston Illinois was announced. Teare works in the credit department of a major Chicago bank and has Bath connections from World War II service at Bath Iron Works as a Navy officer in cost accounting. Newell is UW Madison class of 1927. The wedding is planned for June.
A group of Miss Thelma W. Dearing pupils entertained at 688 Middle Street with a well executed musicale. The program featured children from beginners to advanced, with pieces by Roberta Gordon, Margaret Gordon, Ruth Cogan, and Esther Drummond among others. Another similar event is planned, while Maine officials promote a Better Business Train tour to Jacksonville and other states showing Maine products.
The Phippsburg selectmen missed a meeting about fill or bridge at Winn renegade Winneganee. The highway commission sent a registered letter to chairman William R Bowie, but postal delays kept him from Bath to receive it until Thursday afternoon, after the meeting occurred. As a result the matter was postponed to the commission’s next session in two weeks.
The New York Sun praised Mrs Camilla Sewall Edge wife of the American ambassador to France as the youngest and smartest Ameri can ambassadress. The piece described her poise and ability to quell conflicts with a smile while noting she attended an art show drawing critics and artists into a lively debate. The note adds the Mediterranean Sea's maximum depth of about 14 436 feet.
Reports to A J Wiggin indicate Canadian highway engineers adopt Maine methods for road maintenance after an inspection tour last Fall. A 22 mile Quebec stretch on the Levis Jackson highway between Scott and Beauceville was reinforced and resurfaced with Maine style materials and equipment, showing mutual benefits from cross border visits and idea exchange.
Mike Brady veteran golf pro from New York City led 36 ranking professionals in the Miami Country Club professional match play qualifying with a 67 setting a new course record. Brady’s score broke Gene Sarazen’s 68 from 1930 Miami Open. Brady plans to visit Bath and return to Shore Acres at Sebasco and Bath Country Club this summer.
A list of across and down clues with answers hints including dance step, curve segment, Greek letter, and ogo references. The puzzle mentions faces like Athenian laws giver and various wordplay themes across physics, flora, animals, and objects.
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