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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1938
Page
4
In Richmond on Sunday Rev. L. Eldredge preached on Lukewarmness and Its Cure at the Baptist church while Rev. A H Ives spoke on Celebrities at the Methodist church. evening services were omitted. Various residents took part in visits, gatherings, and travels, including nurses, scouts, and grange events with plans for summer outings and a picnic.
Roosevelt school in Brighton Plantation under teacher Elsie R. Whitman becomes the first Somerset county school to win the 1938 Blue Ribbon for meeting all Seven Point requirements. The Skowhegan Yankee Division club held its annual meeting at the Milburn House with officers elected and a chicken pie supper. Plans include monthly meetings with suppers. Portland reports counterfeit ten dollar notes circulating. one victim exchanged a bogus bill for a game and alerted police when the bank refused it.
Georgetown enjoyed a calm Fourth of July with heavy out of town traffic and many cottages at Bay Point occupied. Visitors included Hon Eugene C Bonniwell and notable Philadelphia and New Jersey residents. Local families hosted guests from Massachusetts and New York as summer residents and extended stays were planned.
Carlton W. Andrews of West Bath faces municipal court on Saturday for possession of 36 short lobsters at Bay Point. Warden Owen Richardson said he also seized six live lobsters from Charles Downing of North Andover during the same stop. The warden noted an ongoing illegal lobster trade and outlined fines for short, oversized, and punched seed lobsters.
A local sea captain, described as one of Knox county's best informed marine authorities, surprises onlookers by revealing a boat hidden in the back of his car. He plans to sail it at a quiet waterfront location, seeking a return to boating.
Reverend Charles H. Berry head of the Independent Full Gospel Assembly in Bath was convicted in municipal court of disturbing the peace over amplified Sunday broadcasts from Grand Army hall. He faces $1443 in court costs and may appeal by Tuesday.
Rover the shepherd dog, owned by Mrs. Florence Maass, was found suspended from a tree limb by a rope in the woods near the Mid pond. Karl Merchant, 12, located the dog, freed him, and after a brief visit to City Hall, the dog chose to accompany him home.
Five Islands hosts a holiday crowd as cottages open for the weekend and season. Numerous visitors from Massachusetts and New York fill cottages along Sedgmere road and Harmon's Harbor, with hotel activity and local residents hosting family from Bath and Cambridge during the Maine getaway.
Miss Vera Putney of South Portland visited the city. Fred Seeley of Los Angeles guests of family at Small Point. Horace Bond of Bangor visited business in the city Wednesday. Frank MacFarlane of Allston Mass spent weekend at Meadowbrook. Mrs Ralph Keay and family enjoyed weekend at Qua ker Point cottage. Bernice Daigle of W T Grant Co on two week vacation. Mr and Mrs Fred Pecci and Janice stayed with her parents in Richmond. Ruth Rogerson returned home to Litchfield. Hilton J Freeman returned from Rockland where he attended the Fireman's muster. George and David Dearborn to spend Summer with parents at Small Point Beach. Mrs Edward R Burns to stay months with Elmer Hodgkins on Middle Street. Burns has wintered with nieces in Mt Holly NJ. Robert H Charles William H Charles and Benjamin Charles of St Louis to spend days in Bath. The wedding of Olive Sewall and Robert Charles scheduled at Grace Church Saturday noon. William Charles best man and Benjamin Charles usher. John K Jayne Berwick Lanier and son Peter left for New York after night at Small Point cottage. They traveled from South Norwalk Conn in Jayne’s 38 foot schooner. Mrs Jayne and two children John Kennon Jr and Pamela arrived to spend the Summer at Small Point.
Fish and Game Commissioner George J. Stobie released eleven tame deer at a Moosehead lake preserve near Spencer Bay to boost Maine’s deer population. The group includes three bucks seven does and a fawn raised at the Dry Mills game farm with plans to monitor the venture and pursue larger efforts if successful.
Earl Hanson of North Turner was offered a hog by neighbor Maurice Dube. The animal appeared promising and priced right but was in a sack for inspection, and Hanson dumped it out to reveal a hedgehog instead.
Sumner O Tibbetts 63 died Monday at his home 731 Washington Street born Southport son of Alexander and Sarah Jane Holley Tibbetts. Former West Southport fisherman later crossing tender for Maine Central railroad for 21 years. Survived by wife Etta M Tibbetts daughter Mrs James Sutherland son Roland Tibbetts two brothers Artemus and Albion both of West Southport two sisters Mrs John Small and Mrs Marshall Card seven grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 1 pm at Fred S Curtis funeral home with Dr David L Wilson officiating.
Josiah Staples, 87, longtime Brunswick resident, died early Friday at his Mere Point summer home. A former millwright at Pejepscot paper mill, he supervised repair work for Sagadahoc Towing Co. when under corporate control, especially on the tug Pejepscot. Born Topsham September 22, 1851, he was son of Holman and Lucy Moulton Staples. He leaves daughter Mabel O'Brien of Los Angeles and two sons Albert H Staples and George B Staples, and grandson Harry Staples, all of Brunswick.
Mrs Isabell Farrell 78 widow of Charles R Parrell died early Tuesday at the Bath home of her daughter Mrs Herbert W McCabe 237 Washington St where she had lived the last six years Born in Glasgow Scotland she had lived in Bath 62 years She leaves son Harry O Farrell daughter Mrs McCabe and grandson Duncan Farrell Funeral to be held Thursday at 2 30 PM at the McCabe home.
Willis A. Hughes 67 died Friday afternoon at Bath Memorial Hospital after a yearlong illness. A Calais native, he moved to Bath 20 years ago with parents Wilfred M. and Catherine Wilson Hughes. He belonged to First Baptist Church of Calais and the Knights of Pythias. Survived by wife, granddaughter Barbara Simon, brother F Q G Hughes of New Bedford, Mass, and sisters Ethel G Hughes of Calais and Annie M Hughes of New Bedford.
Miss Priscilla M Daigle 43 died last Wednesday while visiting her parents John T and Genevieve Daigle at her sister Mrs Ralph Bertrands home 22 Floral Street Dexter. Born in St Charles New Brunswick she is survived by her parents two brothers Benjamin Washington DC and Arthur Dexter and three sisters Mrs Mary Daigle Dexter Mrs Nettie Luce Jefferson New Hampshire and Mrs Bertrand.
Funeral held for Miss Priscilla M Daigle of Dexter who died June 29 at her sister Mrs Ralph Bertrand's home in this city The Requiem Mass was at St Marys Church with Rev David P Surette officiating Bearers included George Ralph Albert Bertrand Benjamin J Daigle Arthur Daigle and Owen Crosby Burial followed at Calvary Cemetery
About 10 000 motor vehicles have registered on the Washburn road since installation of the photo electric device near the Presque Isle Caribou junction. William Kelley of Bangor reports for the state highway commission. The counter, the only one of its kind in Aroostook, excludes bicycles and pedestrians. The sensor requires the light beams to be broken simultaneously to register a count.
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