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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1930
Page
6
The notice notes a gathering of yachtsmen in Boothbay Harbor for the launch of a new boat drawing wide attention among local mariners. The report mentions boating enthusiasts and a social scene at Sprucewold with visitors from Boston and New York.
A contractor agreement results in the state of Maine obtaining fifteen thousand dollars as settlement. The text mentions incomplete cement delivery and a partially documented quantity, with garbled remnants suggesting a contractual shortfall.
Alice Lovejoy of Upper street picked 30 four leaf clovers and seven five-leaf clovers in Mrs. J H Miller's yard at the North end on Sunday. She asks if anyone can beat her record this summer.
Dr and Mrs John C Berry of Worcester arrive at Brightwater with Meadows Aurin C Wallace stops at Basin then moves to West Bath for Rev and Mrs Whitehead and Mr and Mrs R L Ewing of Mount Vernon NY. Kathryn Weston of Portland visits sister Mrs Foreston Wallace at West Point.
Mrs Reginald Wright Kaufmann has been residing in Geneva Switzerland. Mr and Mrs Harry B Penhallow of Organization Board of Education in New York.
POPHAM BEACH arrivals at Hotel Riverside list Mrs Evelyn G Watson and family, Mrs Jean Ford Ward of New York, Mr and Mrs S A Hamiston of Pasadena California, F G Irving and wife of Buckfield, Roy H Gunthen of Waldoboro, and Hon and Mrs H P Smallland and family of Bath. Mayor Small of Bath brings his outboard motorboat trailer and car.
The new cement road in Woolwich from the dike east for 18 miles will be completed Saturday with traffic using one side. The other side needs ten days to dry. After settlement a cement top may be added next year. Amos Haggett Sons crew will move to Thomaston to finish a two mile stretch from the prison toward Warren. Frank A. Norton sells two cottages at Bay Point to Fred P. Taylor of Auburn for a summer home and rental.
Fragmentary line suggests an article about cemetery memorials and a large stock of finished cemetery materials or figurines. References to a seller or supplier imply a focus on offerings for memorials and related products.
The Winnegance community faced postponements of a club event due to the death of Mrs. Ni Totman. Citizens report Captain Arthur L. Totman’s departure to rejoin his steamship after illness in the family. Local farming activity continues with haying and road drainage work at Pitch Pine hill.
The Ross home at 607 High Street was entered between July 5 and Tuesday morning. Jewelry and eight items valued in the several hundreds were stolen including three gold watches 15 stickpins a 32 Colt revolver a silver cigarette case and lighter. City Marshal Walter L Whitney investigated noting entry through a rear porch window and possible daylight theft with no clues left but several leads. Loss covered by burglary insurance.
Armand Petit and Miss Bessie L Staples of Bath were wed July 12 in Freeport with Rev. C D Hazleton officiating. Petit a Bath Iron Works sheet metal worker and son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Petit of Brunswick. Staples daughter of Mr and Mrs George W Staples.
Philip A. Roberts of Boothbay Harbor and Rena M. Hosmer of Bath filed marriage intentions with City Clerk John W. Gilmore. Roberts manages an A. and P. store in Boothbay Harbor while Hosmer works as a Brunswick bookkeeper.
J Alexander Coffin declares wife Laura Gertrude Coffin has left home without consent and he will not pay her bills. Notice dated July 2 1930 from Phippsboro Maine.
Probate Court in Sagadahoc County directs Philip D. Stubbs to notify all interested parties by publication in Bath Independent. A hearing is set for August 1930 at nine o clock in the forenoon to show cause why the inheritance tax may or may not be allowed.
West Point hosts a Thursday evening dance at Smith's hall the popular Casco Bay venue built by Herman C. Smith. Hiram Stevens will lead music with piano violin banjo saxophone and drums, and Snug Harbor Inn will offer a seafood supper. The future of weekly dances remains uncertain.
John W. Scott of 80 Court Street suffered a fractured left hip after a crate of wall board fell on him while unloading from a freight car at Bath Iron Works Corp. The accident occurred last Tuesday. He is resting at City Hospital. Miss Effie Nodin, a teacher from New Jersey, is spending her summer vacation with her sister Mrs. Florence Hagan on Andrews Road.
A compilation of Sagadahoc Court of Probate orders from Bath and Georgetown Maine in July and August 1930. Notices announce executors and administrators presenting first and final accounts for estate allowance and inheritance tax determinations. Public announcements name Maud P. Thayer Eva L. Wright Morse Louise B. Bates and John E. Conley among executors and executrices.
Mrs. Sarah V. Oliver aged 60 wife of Deputy Sheriff Abram C. Oliver died at her Winneganee Bath home from a paralytic stroke suffered while attending a Sabine party. She had lived in Winnegance 32 years and is survived by her husband one daughter Mrs Danford McDonald of Bath her father one sister Mrs Eva K Beal of Portland and one brother Albert Cook of Boston.
Mrs Margaret Whitehouse Seaman 37 died suddenly Sunday from a four month illness. Born in Bath she lived there all her life. She is survived by her son Wallace G. Seaman Jr. of Bath three brothers Edward T. Whitehouse Ralph C. Whitehouse both of Bath and Charles T. Whitehouse of Auburn and a sister Mrs Alexander W Robinson of Bath who lived with her.
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