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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1929
Page
2
The column details visits by residents and guests including Mr. and Mrs. Nichols in West Bath, trips to Rangeley Lakes and Lewiston, and a Brunswick wedding of Miss Ethelen Gott to Harvey Gott. It notes arrivals from Canada and Massachusetts, church services, a four week Vacation Church School, Bates College summer attendance, and local social events such as birthday parties and bridge fundraisers.
On Wednesday last Charles Weeks Esq received an elegant ice pitcher presented by Lincoln county officers with inscription noting his office. Col B F Smith county attorney spoke at the presentation. Also notes arrivals and local happenings from July 8 1882 in the town.
Local patrolmen take vacations as William Mann fills in and begins duties as sealer of weights and measures while also receiving a district deputy appointment. A Sunset Park semi detached house expands to six rooms. brick homes are mostly occupied. Old city hall bears Fourth of July damage from torpedo marks and broken glass. Engine 4 fights a fire at Maine Central yard when a spark from a locomotive starts rubbish blaze. Mr and Mrs Curtis Bok of Rosemont Pa stay with the Drakes on their way to their Camden summer home.
The Patten Free Library adds a large list of new adult and juvenile titles including works by Konrad Bercovici Bernard Fay and Dorothie Bobbe plus fiction by Dawn Powell Sinclair Lewis and Agatha Christie alongside reference and instructional books such as Structural Steel Drafting and Elementary Design and Our Knowledge of the External World Readers will find biographies novels histories mysteries and travel volumes among the March April and May acquisitions.
Many residents and out of town guests converged on Bath and nearby areas. Names include Julia Coombs Natick Edward Footer Hyde Park E W Haggett Arthur Lemont Emily Lemont J W Lemont Elizabeth McDonald Hyde Park Wendall Williams Natick and Bar Harbor trips. Families from Boston Hartford New York Portland and Bermuda vacationed at cottages and farms from the Fourth through July weekends.
Mr and Mrs Grayden Burns of Auburn spent the holiday in Bath with Mrs Burns mother Mrs Eva Burns. Mrs Burns was formerly Miss Alvira Owen of Bath. Miss Elizabeth Webber and Mrs Helen Stearns who are staying at the Webber cottage at Popham Beach left Friday for Bar Harbor. Miss Ellen Dolloff training as a nurse at Grace hospital New Haven is spending three weeks with her parents in Bath. Jeanette Josephine the daughter born a month ago to Mr and Mrs Martin Joyce of Braintree Mass will visit Bath with her parents and Mr and Mrs Vinal Haskell. Miss Pauline Burden and sister Mrs Lionel Breton and daughter Joan left for Orono to visit their grandmother Margaret Burden then plan a trip to Old Orchard to see Mrs Robert Whitcomb at Orono where her family spends the Summer.
Alderman Povich expressed strong support for Ward One folk and endorsed a Pineae Street electric light petition. He also backed Earl B Letmond’s abatement request on 45 Weeks Street. items referred to lighting and highways sewers. City finances showed licenses 633 dog fees 376 city licenses 257. roll of accounts 2353.28. treasurer report lists appropriations and expenditures with cash on hand and bank deposits.
Acting on nurse committee recommendation Mayor Cahill reappoints Mrs. R. Clinton McFadden for the ensuing year. Second hand dealers licenses go to Rowe and Dalrymple at 69 Center Street and Max Katz at 11 Elm Street. Harvey A. Bates receives a gasoline dealer license at Broad Street. Richard A. Moran of 767 Washington Street has his junk peddler license application referred to the licensing committee with power.
Joseph Ritchie was convicted in municipal court of four counts of single sale of liquor. Judge John J. Keegan fined him 100 dollars and sentenced him to two months in jail on each count, plus six months in jail in default of payment. He appealed to the Sagadahoc Supreme Court term.
The funeral for Clarence P. Pratt 14 son of Fred H. Pratt was Friday at 2 p.m. at his aunt Mrs. Charles S. Dunning 14 Winter Street with Rev. Weston P. Holman of Beacon Street Church officiating. Bearers were Harry Williams Otis Munro Harry Watson and Loring Roberts. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
Riverside County California faces a wave of delinquent taxes as thirty six pages of the Riverside Enterprise were dedicated to tax delinquency notices. The piece highlights the county’s large population and contrasts East Coast prosperity beliefs with local fiscal distress. Col Wainwright’s bayfront development at Popham Beach grows with camps and bath houses. Wilbur F Senter gains control of Brunswick Bank stock, buying over three quarters of shares at 215 to 220 per share. Richard of Lynn Mass convicted for leaving scene of an accident. $25 fine and costs. Emile Meyer’s car collision with Richards’ vehicle injures Mrs Pearl Decker of Augusta. she remains in hospital.
Mrs Eugenie visits Brunswick relatives while Arthur Scott family attends. several Woolwich residents attend Myrick Heath funeral in Bowdoinham. Reed improving after hand infection. Sarah Bailey vacationing with Frank Bailey. Day's Ferry and Nequasset host church services with daylight saving times.
South Dresden scenes include Col and Mrs P B Moulton of Winchester MA dining with Mrs Leland Siegars, Katherine Cragan visiting Gardiner cousin Mrs G L Siegars, Harold Wall weekend guest of Mrs Albert Hodgdon, Rev John Stevens and Bangor family visiting town, and Lester Munsey of New Hampshire staying with his parents Mr and Mrs Alex Munsey.
Nequasset Farm Bureau plans a Wednesday gathering at Mrs. Ruth Dubar home to discuss basketry and lampshades. Committee in charge includes Mrs. Dubar, Mrs. Jessie Bailey, and Mrs. Oswald Rankin.
Maine D A R state field day at Pemaquid hosted by Col Dummer Sewall Bath chapter. State meeting in Pemaquid Inn hall followed by dinner at noon and program in the new state park starting at one with prayers, speeches by ex Gov Baxter and officials, musical numbers, and a silent prayer for early settlers. If stormy, events move to Pemaquid Inn hall.
Warren Parris returns from St Hamilton Massachusetts after visiting cousins. Mrs Raymond Whipple and Mrs Alvin Perley Melville Clark return from Kittery. Arthur Jenkins recovers at City Hospital after a Fourth of July firecracker injury. Mrs Braxton Luce weekend in Portland with husband employed there. Silas Plant, Morse high School graduate, joins Bridge Merrill store. Miss Josephine Fraser returns from Waterbury Connecticut after visiting Dr Harold Morrill.
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