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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1930
Page
7
Obituary notes Richmond J A Hutchinson dies at home in Litchfield born 1845 in Litchfield. Funeral services held at Litchfield Plains chapel with Masonic services. Various local residents mentioned visiting, traveling, and events. Community reports include births, meetings, and society activities across Richmond and nearby towns.
W Gerald Holmes Industrial Engineer of the New England Public Service told Bangor Chamber of Commerce members that Bucksport is the best location for a national paper mill. He cited infrastructure and regional advantages as key factors influencing the recommendation.
Miss H Murray formerly of Bath and Aino F Bond of South Braintree wed in a double ring ceremony at All Souls church Brant re. Rev Florus L Streeter officiated with a large bridal party. The couple will reside at 59 Dobson Road East Braintree after March first joining families from Bath and South Braintree.
Charles Edward Mason and Doris Emma Libby, both of Bath, were married Thursday night at Grace church rectory by Rev. Charles M. Tubbs. The groom is from Brooklyn, Mass. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs George McL Libby of Bath. They will reside with the bride’s parents.
Hyde Windlass Co stockholders held their annual meeting at 10 am on Monday. Directors re elected were Fred L. Andrews Henry A. Magoun Cecil E. Paine Rodney E. Ross and William S. Shorey. Ross became president and treasurer Andrews vice president and general manager and George W Merrill clerk and secretary succeeding the late Joseph M Trott.
Oscar Hatch traveled to Brunswick on business while A N Reid and Mrs Reid visited Bowdoinham Friday. Ethel Sheene returns to South Portland after a stay here. A box social at Judah Small school Thursday invites ladies to bring boxes. Mr and Mrs F B Douglas and children spent the weekend at Maplehurst Farm. Harry Chase of Bowdoinham was a business visitor in Bowdoin Center. Frederick Douglass cut his thumb splitting wood and Dr Irish dressed the wound. W S Douglas attended Lee W Davis's funeral in Webster Friday. Thelma Sheene visited Mrs Viola Grover in Lewiston Tuesday last week. Mrs Winifred Reid and daughter Dorothy returned home after visiting aunt Mrs H D Higgins.
Mrs Louisa Davis aged 94 95 in March died Saturday night at her daughter Mrs Bertram Brown’s Durham home. A native of Durham she left a son Everett H Davis of big city 11 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the late residence in Durham. William Otis Sawtelle Philadelphia former Bangor resident elected to corresponding membership of the Massachusetts Historical Society for Islesford Collection work and Acadia history monographs.
Vinalhaven will boast of the town reporting its first cen tenarian, Mrs Lucy Ann Vinal, who observed her 100th birthday on January 23. She has lived in the town of her birth except for brief visits to nearby places.
A Bath city wide joint meeting of all Parent-Teacher associations is set for February 4. National field secretary Mrs. C B Kendall will visit Bath for talks with local and surrounding groups, with a possible open forum. The council may back the Father and Son banquet, dependent on finding a suitable speaker by Edward W Bridgham and N Gratz Jackson. By-laws committee proposed and adopted a new by-law code.
Mrs. Mabel Edenfield aged 30, wife of J. L. Edenfield, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Victor J. Reed, died suddenly in Troy after living in Bath most of her life. She married about a year ago. her husband is a bridge worker. She was a faithful St. Mary’s Church attendee and leaves her parents and husband.
Cap Edwin O Day died January 22 at his summer home Day's Ferry Woolwich in his 91st year. A Woolwich native and longtime Bath ship master he remained active until a fall injuries caused his death. He married Isabel Carter in 1872. she died in 1920. Survived by three daughters two grandsons and two great granddaughters all of Flushing New York.
Elizabeth A Grady 83 widow of John Grady died last week at her daughter Mrs Moses Chandlers home in Popham Beach after two years of poor health and a week in bed She was born in Tops ham daughter of Thomas Cannon and lived in Phippsburg the last two years She attended Nazarene church Bath when able Survived by daughters Mrs Chandler and Mrs Susie Scribner five sons Harry Grady Samuel Grady William Grady Charles Grady plus a sister and brother Henry Cannon Bowdoinham
Nellie Mabel Maines, 58, wife of Joel T. Maines of 65 Richardson Street Bath, died Sunday after years of illness. Born in Boothbay to John and Mary Ellen Dow, she lived in Georgetown and Phippsburg Center before Bath relocation 17 years ago. Survived by husband, four sons Roscoe Clyde Forrest Arthur, two daughters Mabel Mains Eva Hart, two brothers Alexander Dow Union Sewall Dow North Wakefield, and several grandchildren.
The elderly Mrs. Eunice Clark received a fashionable handbag laden with beauty devices as a humorous gift from her children and grandchildren. She remains active in writing thank you notes, earning praise for her gracious, preserved spirit.
The grange has purchased a substantial library lot with animal tales for children, sea shore and rural life books for all ages, western and mystery stories for men, wholesome romance for women, and The Christ of Every Road by E. Stanley Jones. The librarian will loan these on Saturdays.
Maurice Chevalier stars in The Love Parade a lavish Paramount operetta with Jeanette MacDonald Lupino Lane and Lillian Roth in supporting roles at Bath Opera House Monday and Tuesday. The musical features songs including My Love Parade and Paris Stay the Same with Victor Schertzinger music and Ernest Lubitsch direction.
Percy W. Hodgdon 37 formerly of Westport and later Milford Mass died Wednesday after intestinal surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital He carried on the family grocery business after his father's death in 1912 He served on Westport's board of selectmen He is survived by his mother Mrs Millie B Hodgdon of Milford a sister Mrs Winfield Pierce of California and three brothers Fred K Hodgdon of Bangor Harold Hodgdon and Carl M Hodgdon.
Miss Anna M Pickard of Prince Edward Island wed Bartnet Furgerson in a single ring ceremony at Beacon Street Methodist parsonage conducted by Rev. Weston P Holman. Attendants were Mr and Mrs George Reynolds. An informal reception followed at 26 Mechanic Street before a Canada honeymoon and return to Bath. Furgerson works as a steamfitter at Bath Iron Works.
The Working League met at Cozy Nook in Kennebec Point with Mrs. Harold J. Brown. Residents and visitors from Bath, Robinhood, Wiscasset and nearby towns attended events, visits, and a wedding in Bath. An owl incident near East Cove bridge yielded a four foot wingtip specimen. Births, illnesses, and travel to Portland, Irvington, and Wiscasset are logged.
A marriage of interest in Bath occurred January 18 in Newton Centre Massachusetts with Donnell Moses Carr son of Mr and Mrs Charles A Carr Bath and Miss Eva Janette Martin of Lewiston wed by Rev John O Wingett at his home. The ceremony used a double ring method followed by a 730 reception. Out of town guests included Miss Bernice Carr and Effie Martin among Lewiston attendees. The groom, Morse high 1922 alumnus, has worked for F W Woolworth Co since 1925 and manages a Newton Centre store. Mrs Carr is daughter of Mr and Mrs William Martin of Lewiston. The couple will reside in Newton Centre.
A Courier-Gazette letter from a Maine Colonist in Fruitland Park Florida says reports of a White Christmas were wrong. He explains it was a white frost not snow that disappeared with sunrise.
The Cosmopolitan club Current Events department continued its focus on Foreign Affairs with a paper on Making the Peace Pact Work by Miss Helen A. Walker followed by papers on India by Miss Frostina Marston and on China by Mrs. Frank B. Nichols. Next week’s meeting is skipped due to a pyramid bridge event on Jan. 30. the department plans a health hygiene program on Feb. 6 with Miss Marion Jaques delivering a paper on pre-
Mrs. Arthur Séwall and Mrs. Roscoe P. McFadden lead a health fad discussion focusing on cautionary advice and practical strategies. The column emphasizes prudent approaches to wellness and balanced living.
The piece notes John of Sebec as the first Maine signer on the Civil War muster roll now in California. It also claims a Maine man may have been the first killed at Bull Run with implications about risk. The Fall River Line Journal’s January issue is described as a Maine edition with three Maine focused features.
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