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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1940
Page
2
A historical climate essay discusses vacation as a distinct American pursuit, contrasting it with other nations and tracing the rise of leisure in industry. It reflects on tourism patterns, civic mobilizations, and evolving attitudes toward work and recreation, with references to Maine, Bath, Lewiston, and cotton goods mills adapting to rayon production.
The report notes modest activity around the water with fish expected to increase in a week or ten days. Local sportsmen say the season is starting slowly but anticipate better catches as conditions improve.
Bath Country club opened its Twilight Golf League with many players and about $11 raised for season prize purchases. Thursday night team play saw C. Rodney E Ross Jr lead with seven points, A. Wilfrid Garard six, F. Winchenbach five, and W. Chaney four. The league will continue beyond Thursday but next week conflicts with the Maine State Golf Association Pro Am. Many will attend the event at the club before dining.
Announce the marriage of Ann Allen to William G Paxton. Mr and Mrs George K Allen announce the union at 2 South Belfast Avenue Augusta. Paxton is private secretary to Emery O Beane former judge of Augusta municipal court and has held state office posts. He campaigned for Loe Sewall in the Republican gubernatorial primary and plans a summer at Lake Cobbosseecontee.
Carl F Deery of Samerset Florida and Miss Josephine Verderver of Lewiston suffered lacerations and severe bruises when a roadster overturned Sunday night near the Bath Brunswick Sidway opposite the Speller skating rink. Both were brought to Brunswick hospital. Deery owns cottages at New Meadows.
Readers glimpse a revived 1940 swim suit trend with airy water friendly fabrics and headline coast ready ensembles. Designers showcase light folds and drapes, aiming for stylish yet practical beachwear for summer wearers.
A 15 year old Bath boy, Chapman, won the soap box derby ahead of Donald Fackard and the Packard-Hoff family. The run-off decided the winner with Chapman finishing strong in perfect alignment. Packard finished second in a close race.
Perley Moody of Brunswick was placed on one year probation by Trial Justice Famine H Ames after paying Osis $1395 for a larceny charge. A 30 day jail sentence was suspended. Moody allegedly stole grave from the Topsham gravel pit. Road Commissioner My Cancer made the arrest Thursday. Mrs. Ralash H Card and Mrs. William Paisley Jr are visiting Dixfield while Corp Card and Corp Paisley are in camp at Port Williams.
Patten Free Library adds numerous new titles across biography fiction and children's books. Notable authors include Christie Cooper Briscoe Gilbert Wodehouse and Roaring 1949 publications.
The Maine Association of Municipal Judges will hold its annual meeting in Bath on Aug. 21 by invitation of Judge Gardiner R. Deering. President Judge Edward R. Parent of Lewiston and secretary treasurer Judge Smith Dunnack of Augusta attended meetings this week. A business session is planned for the morning with luncheon and possible speakers. Senate President Sumner Sewall, a gubernatorial candidate, is to be an honored guest.
Free Will Workers of the Corliss Street church met Wednesday of last week with Mrs Harold S Walker at 32 Highland street. The group will meet next week with Mrs Roy Farnham of Clifton street. Present were Mrs Walter FE Taylor Miss Abbie McCabe Mrs Bernice F Achorn Mrs Robert Keene Mrs Ruby A Preble Mrs Ora B Robbins Mrs H Roy Farnham Mrs Warren H McIntire and Mrs Benjamin P Coombs.
In the Rodger Mc Innes handicap tournament at Bath Country club Leon Buck and Robert L Brownell are still deadlocked after two 18 hole matches. Buck gives Brownell four strokes on 18 holes as Buck's handicap is nine and Brownell's fourteen. A separate Eastport report notes the 70 acre Treat Island tract will become a NYA sheep ranch at Quoddy Village with youths trained to care for dairy cattle hogs poultry and crops.
The Maine Republican Finance Committee, sole fund-raising agency in Maine for the 1940 September and November campaigns, will start activities soon. Clarence C. Stetson of Bangor chairs the effort, describing a budget-based, voluntary plan with limited expenditures for postage, printing, and minimal staff across three districts.
A new hand engine company has formed, the Nile Handtub Association. The blue bodied machine with end brakes, once used by older crews in emergencies, will attract attention when tested. Members include Robert Keene president, Kenneth Elwell vice president, Frank Brown treasurer, Robert Davis clerk, Donald Duncan Jr. 1st assistant foreman, George Lacey 2d assistant foreman, and John T. DeWire 1st p (pie) man.
Bath Mayor Haske and Massachusetts Governor Saltonstall, both aboard a Maine Central train bound east after trips to New Jersey and New York, shared conversation and extended mutual hospitality as the train neared Bath station and later in Massachusetts capital.
Hyde Windlass Co announces a new policy granting one week of paid vacation to employees who have worked a year or more. The plan, posted Friday, responds to a petition by nearly 300 workers seeking paid vacation pay. Officials approved and extended the benefit beyond what employees asked.
Lew Chang Minn and Carolyn Wong wed in Trinity Reformed Church Belfast on June 22. The couple honeymooned two weeks touring New Hampshire from Franconia as roots of a historic ceremony. Bangor Civilian Air Reserve reports nearly 50 student pilots licensed pilots and mechanics showing interest. drills planned. applications via Robert Palmer Caldwell Sweet Jr and William Crosby of Bangor.
Co-Workers class of the First Baptist church held a picnic last Wednesday and a following business session at Mrs. Jennie Cameron's Granite Street home. Refreshments were coordinated by Mrs. Cameron and Mrs. Gertrude Nichols. Upcoming gathering planned by the Sotheards at 360 Front Street includes picnic lunches and coordinated refreshments with Helen Miller and Edith Miller in charge.
During July and August the home demonstration agent will visit 16 of 24 Farm Bureau communities to assist Twin County women with home problems. Topics include color schemes, furniture layout, remodeling, rural bathrooms, water installation, lighting, dress patterns, family meals, vegetable canning budgets, and furniture refinishing. Sagadahoc county dates are Bowdoinham July 22, Topsham Aug 6, Nequasset Aug 14.
The twenty first annual field day of Twin County Farm Bureau will be Thursday August 29 at the Lovewell farm on River Road in Livermore. Mr Lovewell operates a large dairy farm with about 40 milking Jerseys and has conducted extensive pasture improvement work. The farm sits along the Androscoggin River with ample facilities for a large crowd. A share dinner is planned and lobsters will be provided for advance orders. Orders may be sent to the Farm Bureau Office or J W Larrabee Bath RFD 1.
The olm or proteus, a blind water breathing tailed amphibian from Adriatic caves, changes color under white light and remains dark under red light. It stays in the larval stage like the axolotl, never becoming a true frog, per the Better Vision Institute.
The Thomaston Recorder from Thomaston dated August 20 1846 notes a price of seven shillings sixpence per year. It lists election returns with Whigs and Democrats as the rival parties in the competition.
Supt. George J. Goodwin of the Welfare department reports vacancies for the Civilian Conservation Corps in Maine. Applicants aged 17 to 23 must pass a Federal physical exam and not be in school. Bath has no fixed quota, but 200 enrollments are possible for a six month term. Applicants may inquire at City Hall.
A regular meeting of Dromore Grange Tuesday evening featured a bean bag contest won by the better team which must furnish refreshments at the next session. Captains were Mrs Minnie Woodman and Mrs Elfreda Perkins with 18 in attendance.
A framed letter from William King, Maine’s first governor and Solar lodge founder, was presented to David Y. Alkazin, the present master, for display at the Masonic temple. The gift from Dr. Joseph H. Beattie was delivered via Capt. Walter E. Farmer and John Wishart, with the Aug 12, 1805 date marking the first Solar officers installation. The letter, in King’s clear handwriting, is described as a lodge treasure.
The Maine Central station waiting rooms will get brighter lighting after years of dim timetables. A maintenance crew arrived Thursday to paint the station and nearby property while new fixtures and bulbs are installed.
Brunswick will host Sunday night band concerts this summer with St John’s band performing through July and the Legion band playing through August.
The page lists a mixed crossword with across and down clues ranging from slopes and exchange to ancient Greek coin and arista. It includes many common and obscure terms and ends with a set of down clues including sleep lightly wild goat havens and a Himalayan marmot.
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