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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1938
Page
2
Alberta Larrabee announces the annual Summer church sale on Aug 3 at the First Congregational lawn starting 2 30 p m with linens needlework aprons foods and ice cream plus a doll carriage event and tea at 4 00 p m. The page also notes social visits shipboard cruises and town happenings including hospital cases and municipal records.
Workmen at Bath Iron Works prepare for the destroyer Davis launch next Saturday at 4.22 PM sponsored by Miss Elizabeth Davis. About 80 men from various yard departments will drive 630 wedges as the launch ways are readied under foreman John Costain. The bottle of champagne for the christening is kept safe for Miss Davis. A Shipyard Worker article accuses a group of company stooges in Bath Iron Works over union issues as workers seek representation, while details on yard staffing and hull work for the Davis and Jouett ships are listed.
The Georgia’s crew led by Richard C. Gackenbach repacked 22 000 condenser tubes under 16 to 20 hour shifts during trials delayed by condenser trouble and then achieved an average 19.26 knots on a four hour test June 14. The ship arrived in Long Beach to a Bath welcome with a parade and speeches as Thomas W. Marks correctly guessed the ship pool result.
Rockport Harbor hosts the Maine Regatta Week as Chief Needahbeh and Maine Sportsmen's Show officials invite yacht clubs from Bucks Harbor Boothbay North Haven Dark Harbor Rockland Portland Bangor Camden Mere Point Merlconeagg to compete. The Maine Development Commission will display a lighthouse map while Needahbeh demonstrates archery fly casting and guides run exhibitions. Maine Swimming championships under Maine AAU gathered entries. Grounds workers prepare wild life marine life exhibits on Mary Louise Bok’s landscaped harbor site.
George James of Phillips trapped two black bears weighing 250 to 300 pounds each one day and another bear days earlier. Deer have been spotted near the highway along with partridges and a pair of foxes. An exhibit of National Air Mail Week cadets is on display in the Eastport Post Office lobby framed for preservation. Maine cadets dominate with about 50 towns represented.
West Bath residents report a busy vacation season with guests from Lynn Ishpeming Bath and many Massachusetts towns. Visitors include extended stays at cottages, weekend visits, and family gatherings. road work prep for tar coating and local social events highlight the period.
In the morning session Judge Arthur J. Dunton handled two intoxication cases with guilty pleas. Each defendant was fined five dollars plus five dollars and thirty cents costs. one paid the fine, the other could not raise funds. City officials then left for Springfield Mass to extradite a 16 year old North End boy charged with larceny. Mrs. Rose M. Greene, 90, hosted by her granddaughter, welcomed her 88 year old brother John Trundy from Jamaica Plain for a first Maine visit in 72 years, joined by relatives Barbara, Nancy, and William Richards and their families.
Woolwich residents consider a new two room school for Sagadahoc Ferry and Nequasset, down from four rooms. The $12,000 cost matches 45 percent federal aid, with projected 90 pupils and a revisited grade arrangement. A new site may be offered at a favorable price. Public interest grows as a third summer meeting nears.
The Ladies Auxiliary and Men's Forum of Nequasset hosted a successful supper on the Hathorne lawn last week serving salads macaroni and cheese rolls pickles blueberry and lemon pie and iced tea to more than 50 attendees. Proceeds fund new folding chairs and related expenses. The event committee included Mrs. John Gilmore Mrs. Arthur Williams Mrs. Henry Dubar and Miss Sarah Bailey. A Tuessie hall entertainment planned for Friday July 29 will include two plays and music with proceeds again aiding the chair fund.
North End club runs to a 5 1 victory at Crocker's field in Sunset League action. Hodgkins and Lewis pitched, combining for the win as Copper Shop managed only five frames of offense. Hodgkins struck out seven, Lewis three, while Erlebach and Fortier toed the mound for the losers.
Mr and Mrs Percy Mann and daughters Gwendolyn and Elizabeth of Orange New Jersey arrive for a two week visit with Mrs Mann's parents Mr and Mrs Albert Pollard of Center street extension. Miss Gwendolyn Mann a student nurse at the Homeopathic hospital in East Orange is taking her annual vacation.
Woolwich community updates include visitors from West Somerville and Brooklyn, a Vacation Bible school at Nequasset Congregational church, and estate work in Bath. Town meetings Aug 2 discuss a new Sagadahoc Ferry school, while local clubs plan sales and events at Murphy's Corner, Tuessie hall, and Day's Ferry.
Emma Jane Trott visits Mere Point as guest of Miss Lydia Smith for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Seekins were in Boston on business Wednesday. Mrs. Landers from High street spends a week in New York with her mother. Miss Elsie Bowen of Attleboro is a guest of Mrs. Charles Preble. Archie Doyle and family visited their son and daughter-in-law in Portland. George Merritt of Parris Leavitt sailmakers returned from a short visit with his daughter Mrs. Leon Pennell on lower High street.
Woolwich school board did not award the Sagadahoc Ferry school house expansion contract on Friday night. A petition signed by 12 citizens seeks another special town meeting to discuss building a new modern school there. The Aug. 2 meeting will decide whether to proceed with a full new structure or an addition.
The Woolwich Book Club held an informal Thursday gathering at Mrs. Isaac B. Howard of Day's Ferry. Members discussed travel literature including An English Spring by F W Roberts and My Life As An Explorer by Sven Aldin.
Miss Elizabeth Pierce of Medford visits sister Mrs. Loring Mayberry while Mr. and Mrs. Howard Whittum of New York return from Bath area with Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Reed. Millard Trott family returns to Portland after brief stay with his mother. Miss Alice Corliss comes home from Portland via Bath. Rev. Earl T. French to undergo surgery in Boston. Rev. Charles Hopkins to fill in at Farmington church next Sunday. A new brick church addition with modern facilities is planned for the local Baptist church.
Between January 1 and June 10 the Mount Desert Island Bird Club identified 122 different species. The largest single list documented 81 species.
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