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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1936
Page
2
The Kennebec and other Maine rivers report a notable return of salmon and striped bass after years of scarcity. Shad are also present in small numbers this spring. Authorities attribute the prior decline to pulp mill waste clouding river bottoms and choking feeding grounds. If mills resume dumping impurities, the renewed fishing may be jeopardized.
A Freeport corporation plans to develop the Desert of Maine into a park to draw tourists each season. A nearby historic house where Maine separated from Massachusetts in 1820 could become a shrine if located elsewhere, underscoring the site’s lasting significance.
Some Freeport residents oppose the Maine Central crossing overpass, arguing it spoils the village approach from the west and is unsightly. They concede grass when completed may improve safety, and that the project could benefit highway safety overall.
The Sea and Shore Fisheries Commissioner directs wardens to favor tourists, urging bureau heads to ensure courteous treatment. Tourist travel from Maine residents and other states boosts gasoline tax revenue for the state treasury.
Parking in Bath's business section has improved this year compared with past summers. Summer visitors will enjoy easier shopping as congestion eases and finding a spot is no longer as difficult as before.
With the new road nearly finished between Brunswick and Cook's Corner hopes rise to finish the highway to Bath without further delay. This stretch is a heavily traveled segment of the Atlantic highway used by summer travelers and year round by thousands.
Residents along the coast report daily appearances of large whale schools following smaller fish. Near Orr's Island fishermen describe a group of fifty or more whales that ignore boats and spout in all directions, sometimes within an oar's length of fishing craft.
Strawberry season ends and blueberry crop ripens in Maine with good rain this month. Blueberries and blueberry pies are shipped nationwide and abroad as hot days approach, signaling peak harvest within a week.
The annual federation gathering of Maine choirs met Friday at the home of Mr and Mrs Foster St Haviland in Portland. The event featured a social, picnic supper, an informal hymn sing led by Fred L Hill, talks on federation goals, and plans for a City Hall festival on October 25. Members from Central church choir attended, including director John Shaw and organist John Burgon.
Gasoline consumption by motor vehicles rose 6.4 percent in 1935, yielding state tax revenue of 619 million dollars. The average tax was 3.8 cents, with totals exceeding 16 billion gallons and increases reported in Alabama, Arizona, California, New Mexico and others. Maine taxed at four cents with receipts of 4.57 million and a 3.3 percent rise.
Reports from the Motor Vehicle Commissioners of the New England states show a 4.5 percent drop in automobile fatalities in the first five months of 1936 versus 1935. Rhode Island rose, Massachusetts held steady, and the other four states reported decreases.
Officers of Sagadahoc Council No. 249 Knights of Columbus were elected at a Wednesday meeting. New grand knight James McNeil deputy grand knight Daniel Perry chancellor Stephen McPhee warden John Curran treasurer Edward Murphy recorder A L Eastman advocate M C Fitzgerald inside guard Albert Lesier outside guard Edmund Arsenault trustee James McLaughlin lecturer Henry Biggins and Capt Goodwin named as friend of Sir William Pepperell were noted.
Dates set for the 1936 St Marys Lawn Party are August 5 to 8 with booths and committees named. Donations may be made to the chairman of the ths or Rev David P Surrette or to listed volunteers including James Mulligan Henry Biggins and others.
Maine Central buses are nearly full for the Fourth of July trip to Boston to attend baseball games. Group members will depart the Maine Central station at seven in the morning and return at midnight, weather permitting, with a camp chair suggested for Bath participants as regular seats fill. Names of travelers include Sam Povich, Percy Johnson, Gerald Babine, Rupert Lewis, Herbert Lewis, Eddie Thing, Clarence Pyé, Herbert Curtis, Harry Skinner, and many others.
The article describes rose chafers as long legged beetles about a third of an inch long, dull greenish to golden, feeding on ripening fruit and central flower parts. They breed in sandy ground. larvae eat grass roots. adults emerge in June. Control methods include arsenate of lead spray 1 1 3 oz per gallon water with 1 3 cup molasses, hand picking, and breaking up adjacent breeding grounds, noting insects do not breed in clean cultivated soil.
The old Na than Nye House in Freeport is torn down and a filling station will replace it. Residents mourn the loss of one of Freeport’s first homes once home to the Nye family, notable in town history and memorialized by Nye Street. Levi T. Patterson saved the doorway for a future garden arbor. Miss Mary Newell hosted a formal gathering on Washington Street Friday afternoon.
Thousands of American Girl Scouts begin the camp season as the national body reports the biggest camping year in history. Paul Rittenhouse describes courses for camp directors, navigators, and Mariner programs plus Adirondacks deep woods training for older scouts. Camps aim for remote locations with small family units and leadership by trained leaders acting as older sisters.
Eight thousand five hundred ninety-three Maine farmers filed work sheets by June 15 to join this year’s agricultural conservation program. Aroostook led with 2571 signers, more than twice Penobscot’s 1067, as counties report totals and local committees continue receiving forms.
The Arrowsic schoolhouse sale by the Ladies Aid earned 55 dollars despite bad weather. Proceeds go toward the minister's salary and town house improvements. President Mrs Ibra K Lawrence named committees for food fancy articles aprons candy grab bags and refreshments.
Royge Abbott of Edward Little Auburn defeated Roderick Steele of Deering three and one to win the 1986 Maine State Golf Association Junior Championship at Old Orchard Beach. The match finished after five hours, ending a three day tournament. Also date note: Albert P. Royal Jr married Elizabeth Winter Hurd in Boston and to intern at Maine General Hospital after earning a medical degree from Tufts.
Dromore Farm Bureau and guests spent a day at Ocean Park with yachting, crocheting, and viewing surf near Portland and Old Orchard. A square meal featured chicken salad and muffins. A short meeting thanked Mrs Deering and Mrs Mayo, with plans for a Cox's Head tea on July 8. The outing ended tragically when Mrs Cogan learned her father Rev Charles Arck had died in Laconia N H.
West Bath Farm Bureau members spent a day at the home of Mrs Harris T Rodick of Elsinore Avenue with 12 members present. Guests included Mrs William Davis and Mrs Joseph M Lemont.
Realty transfers recorded over the past two weeks in Sagadahoc include Ruth J. Carlton to Joseph Lawrence in Arrowsic, multiple parcels in Bath such as Delia M. Thurston to Fred A. Merry and several Belanger and Raymond moves, plus transfers in Bowdoinham Richmond West Bath and Woolwich involving numerous individuals and spouses.
The Woolwich grange held its regular meeting on June 24 with all officers present except Ceres Mrs. Ruth Leeman. Her chair was filled by Mrs. Alton Smith of Edgecomb. First and second degree work were rehearsed and degrees will be conferred upon a class of candidates in the near future.
Mrs Charles Hunnewell of Sagada hoc Ferry owns a striking desert cactus with 16 large red blossoms, each bloom rivaling a teacup in size and fringed with purple at the center. Women's clubs in Maine announce Harriet A Hinckley Memorial Fund totaling 420 dollars, aiming to loan college and normal school students with a revolving repayment plan.
Barbara Hopkins of 28 York Street wins the prize in the school contest for notebooks containing original book reports sketches of the author’s life and hand drawn illustrations. The award includes 2 50 to buy a book, with other honorable mentions listed for several students.
At seven Thursday morning workmen started tearing down the century old Bath city hall at Center and Water Streets. Roscoe G. Bailey leads five men with a three week window for the razing. In the forenoon a folded paper mentioning Dewey’s admiralty status was found in a vault once used by city clerk Albert J. Grassy.
Dunlap commandery K T enjoyed a fine St John observance outing on a Wednesday last week at Oak Grove hotel West Boothbay Harbor. Maine commandery members from Gardiner joined as the Virginia steamer carried them along the Kennebec to Boothbay Harbor returning to Bath by six. Priscilla Magoun returns home from visits in Haddonfield New Jersey and Lansing Michigan with sisters.
Organization leaders and candidates met last Wednesday to pledge hearty support for all ticket members in the June 15 primary. Plans include a Topsham grange supper with prominent speakers and summer campaigning, with attendance and enthusiasm high despite earlier indecision in Portland.
Worthen E. Brawn assistant general superintendent of Pejepscot Paper Co. returned to Brunswick from Portland Oregon after installing design process machines at two Pacific coast mills. The Bowdoin mill in Topsham has used the process for five years. Brawn attended Rotary sessions in Atlantic City as Wick president elect. He is son of Mrs. Charles S. Brawn and a 1918 UMaine graduate.
Mrs. Frank Perry of Phippsburg died Thursday at Old Orchard Beach with friends present. Funeral plans were not announced.
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