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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1933
Page
2
The manual training class under instructor David Y. Alkazin displayed numerous items that impressed observers with professional quality. City officials see this as a valuable educational path to skilled wood workers for vessel building, a long standing local industry.
Due to economic conditions the city will not hold a cleanup week this year. Citizens should keep their property clear of rubbish to avoid fire hazards and maintain appearance. The cost of private removal is small, and authorities hope residents will handle debris this year with plans to resume truck hauling later.
Bath makes progress in collecting overdue taxes aiding its strained finances. Early payment is encouraged with discounts and Lewiston firms paid taxes in advance to help the city raise funds when a loan could not be floated, easing current bills.
Lewiston held a Saturday horse show with good turnout and handsome horses on display. Despite poor forecasting, locals kept faith in traditional horseflesh and breed preservation, showing appreciation for the sport.
Engineers have laid out a portion of a 22 mile highway through wild Maine terrain connecting Rangeley Lakes with the White Mountains. The project, built by the Conservation Army, will advance quickly to provide a popular tourist route.
Maine Loan and Building associations plan to help Ellsworth and Auburn fire victims with rebuilding loans. Officials met Governor Brann on Thursday and said up to 150000 dollars for Ellsworth and 425000 dollars for Auburn could be available through the federal Home Loan Bank of Massachusetts.
The season for school and college graduation arrives as pupils and students prepare for the final days of the academic year. For some, the end of school comes soon while others wait for the finish.
In Ellsworth Maine a second fire struck Hancock fair grounds early Sunday destroying fourteen of fifty horse stalls. Firemen stopped the spread as police suspect arson. The incident follows a previous fire troubling the city.
Maryland Drydock Co. of Baltimore received a contract to convert the steamers President Warfield and State of Maryland from coal to oil burners. Archibald M. Main, Bath Iron Works vice president, designed both ships and the State of Virginia in 1921. Rolls of Bath Iron Works personnel connected with Pusey & Jones and the State of Maryland ships are noted. The President Warfield measures 1814 gross tons, 320 feet long, 56 feet beam, 16 feet deep. the State of Maryland is 1783 gross tons with identical dimensions.
A Gardiner couple bought a pig in West Gardiner and planned to show it at home. The pig escaped from the bag and car during the ride, reappearing the next day four miles from the new home, unscathed to the owners’ relief.
Miss Marjorie Avery and Miss Arline Skillins both underwent emergency appendectomies at Central Maine General Hospital. Avery was operated on Wednesday evening and Skillins on Friday morning, a coincidence linked to classmate Margaret Perkins who had surgery the prior Saturday.
The Wesley M. E. church Epworth League marked its 44th anniversary with a Sunday vestry service. James W. Temple presided as program details included hymns, prayers, solos, and several league participants delivering speeches and poems.
The second contingent of the School Boy patrol began duties guarding pupils en route to and from school at various street intersections. Assignments include Oak and High streets, Oak and Middle, Middle and North, and others with named patrol captains listed for each crossing. One squirrel incident reported as a Toronto tale ends with Mrs. Hattie Porter bitten by a squirrel at her piazza window.
The First Baptist Church choir directed by Mrs. Sarah Bagley Wright presented Memories of Long Ago to about 80 attendees in the vestry. Songs and costumes from the 1700s to the early 1900s highlighted a varied program with solos, duets, quartets, and a millinery specialty, concluding with Auld Lang Syne.
Bath's School Boy Patrol, a group of lads authorized to stop vehicles near schools, turned in several names to City Marshal Walter L Whitney for drivers ignoring stop signs. Patrols began last week and their presence prompted motorists to slow. offenders face consequences as Whitney pledged careful consideration of each case.
Changes in Rockport Summer colony households for the coming season include Mrs. Florence Lockhart at the Community House, Prof. Felix Falmonds at the Stone house with Mrs. Falmonds and two children, Madam Isabel Vengerova at the Wee Housie studio, Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Reiner at the Wee Housie, William Harms at the Barn studio, and Josef Levine visiting Mr Harrs for two weeks. First arrivals expected around June 10.
The annual business meeting and banquet of the P. T. A. occurred at the Congregational Parish House in Brunswick Tuesday evening with 150 attendees. Secretary and treasurer reports totaled 411.50 received, 336.19 spent, leaving 75.31 on hand of which 56.31 is in the bank and not available. a 114.50 debt adds up to a deficit of 39.19.
At a special Auburn meeting Mayor McFadden and Probate Judge Fred H. Lancaster were named to form a committee to travel to Washington, D. C., to confer with RFC leaders. They aim to secure immediate action on a loan for reconstruction with Governor and congressional support. Judge Lancaster volunteers his services. Donald W. Webber is city solicitor.
A woman's handbag was found floating in the New Meadows river near Sebasco and turned over to Bath police by Sebasco residents. It contained a calling card for Mrs. Edward Payson Judd and an address in New Haven Connecticut, with a faded quotation on the back. Police will verify the address and seek the owner, noting the Judd family once ran a bookstore in New Haven.
Torrey Roller Bushing Works in Bath will exhibit portlights and hardware on a 55-foot stock model cruiser sailing from Ensenada to Juneau this summer. The Boat-Show-Boat, costing about 35000 dollars, will visit ports along the Pacific coast, built by Stephens' Brothers in Stockton with 12 berths and Oregon pine planking.
A Bath Opera House manager handed a 143.70 check to Bath Red Cross treasurer for the Auburn fire relief benefit, adding to a prior 200.75 from Ellsworth fire relief. The two shows total 344.45 toward the 1,500 quota, with about 1,300 raised overall and 200 more needed. Phi Beta Kappa election at Bowdoin College will select up to twelve seniors and up to five juniors. initiations coincide with commencement.
A fragmented newspaper crossword hint page lists numerous across and down clues, some with spelling issues. The grid promises a solution in the next issue, hinting at a mixed set of words from geography to mythology and language.
Forty one Sasanoa tribe members observed Past Sachems Night with 30 supper guests. Past Sachem Percy D. Marston presided, and Levi P. Thompson, a founder still in the group, attended along with 12 of 15 living past sachems. Visitors from Domhegon, Sebascodegan, and Susquesong joined from outside the city. The event prompted plans for more frequent similar gatherings.
A woods fire on the late Henry C. Rowe estate at the north end of the city burned about a quarter mile of brush. Hose lines from engine 2 drew water from the Kennebec river to control the blaze near a vacant house on the hill. Neighbors reported the fire and a call to engine 4 led to a box 622 response. The fire, north of the house and near Thorne's road, was confined to a small area.
Plans for a Brunswick based summer stock company progress toward formal announcement. The Bowdoin inspired group, led by Ralph deS Childs, will draw Bowdoin students and experienced female actors for weekly Brunswick performances and multiple road dates to Rockland Portland Lewiston and other cities after the Fourth of July.
More than 200 attended a repeat minstrel show at Sebenoa hall presented by Day's Ferry community club to benefit the local fire relief fund. Mrs. Pearl E. Reed reported $41.33 added to Bath quotas for Auburn and Ellsworth fire sufferers.
Hal Ward, a Morse High School 1915 graduate and son of Horace W. Ward, writes It’s On the Bum a choice bit of fiction in The Country Home June issue. Ward, now on The American Weekly editorial staff, draws on hob o life from a Bowery acquaintance in New York. He has contributed to The American Magazine and other publications and lives in Brooklyn.
Patrolman Carl Christofferson arrested two boys who admitted placing bags of hay under Crockett's basement floor in Rockland. They said the hay was meant for rabbits and the stable sits close to Main street amid wooden structures. No action taken yet against the youths.
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