02 Jun 1938
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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1938
Page
1
Hundreds view vessel launchings from the Bath Iron Works Corporation plant located just south of the bridge, creating a notable riverside scene and civic interest in the shipyard activity.
Fernald R Bailey and Roland Bailey, Woolwich siblings and oldest of five, will present the valedictory and salutatory at Wiscasset Academy graduation on June 8 at Red Men’s hall. Fernald, a basketball center, and Roland, a guard, were among the highest ranking pupils in a class of 16.
Fire started in a kitchen cupboard likely from chimney or shorted wires due to rats and threatened the Mohler home at 106 North street corner High street. The department controlled the blaze with chemicals and booster tank from engine 4, heavy smoke damage, dining room ceiling pulled, Miss Anne Mohler first to notice the fire. Neighbors later reported a second blaze near Rose street and Washington, where engine 3 fought a dump fire near a barn owned by Scott P. Cressey at 330 Washington Street.
Alex MacDonald was elected president of the Robert Burns Society of Bath at a G A R hall meeting. Other officers include John Swan vice president James Harkins past president Stewart Anderson secretary treasurer Joseph Craig chaplain Matthew Harrison conductor John Burgon guard and William Gray piper. An open installation is set for Tuesday evening June 14 at G A hall with a social to follow. John Swan chairs the entertainment committee with Rexford B Stover and Thomas Mitchelson.
The Kennebec bridge linking Richmond and Dresden reopened at 7 a.m. Saturday after a year of rebuilding. Floods in March 1936 destroyed three spans, a ferry had served since. Harold Houdlette returns as administrator with four former toll takers assisting.
Governor and Mrs Lewis O and Barrows attend as honor guests for the gala opening of Lakewood Players 38th season. The summer drama company presents Yes My Darling Daughter and reservations for the opening night exceed all prior seasons.
Henry Hersey of the American Legion in Portland spoke to the Bath Rotary Club at Hotel Sedgwick about the Legion Highway Safety Council. He noted Maine activities, praised Sagadahoc County’s record, and showed motion pictures on accident causes and prevention. Also announced is a Rice and Milk fundraiser for the Bowl of Rice campaign at the June 14 meeting.
Lieutenant Arthur E. Loeser and a group of naval officers describe a two day motor trip in April 1931 to Christophe's Citadel near Cape Haitien Haiti. Their voyage includes a 1920 Dodge hire, steep mountain roads 10 to 12 percent grades tropical rain and a night stay with Haitien gendarmes and a hospitable housekeeper. Two crew members camped outside braving mosquitoes while others slept in a guard house cots. The narrative ends with the party leaving Plaisance after a rough but lively journey.
The First Congregational church and parish of Woolwich celebrates its 180th anniversary with a June 12 service at four o'clock at the home of Mr and Mrs Wilson Wright. Mrs Leonard Lord of Bath will recount local church and town history with special music and modest refreshments. An offering for the Debt of Honor Fund will be taken and guests may donate one cent per year of life.
Norway's old Main Street apple tree, a century landmark, was removed on Wednesday. It grew from a seed planted by Baker Ames, descendant of early settler born in 1797, who reportedly ate an apple from the tree in 1853.
Miss Betty Jane Ryan of Morse High School Woolwich earned second prize in the Maine State Elks Association Scholastic Contest among over 1 000 Maine high school seniors who wrote on Why I Am Glad That I Live In America Today First prize went to Miss Marilyn Ireland Stearns High School Millinocket and third to Sewell Bronstein Stephens High School Rumford Judges were John P Carey Jr Bowdoin coach George H Quimby and local business leader N Gratz Jackson Cash prizes will be announced soon Winners and runners up are named along with brief bios and future plans
A large Memorial Day parade led by T. W. Hyde camp in Brunswick featured the Read Nichols Co. wharf service stop and Oak Grove cemetery tribute. City officials and veterans groups marched past Sedgwick circle monument while bands played and a firing squad honored Civil War veterans.
Distribution of about 130000 of Horace A Latimer residuary estate of Portland was decreed Thursday afternoon by Justice Sidney St Felix Thaxter by consent of executors and heirs. Largest bequests to institutions approved include 5000 to Westbrook Junior College and 5000 to the Maine Wesleyan Board for Kent's Hill School use.
Memorial service of the Sagadahoc Pomona grange met with Dromore at Phippsburg. 91 members attended from all county granges. a June 15 Pomona meeting at Enterprise grange will confer the fifth degree. a June 16 benefit dance at Topsham for Henry Hunt follows.
Philip B. Sharpe, noted firearms editor and author, spoke to the North End Community Club rifle division about ammunition, manufacturing details, and rifle selection. He said no rifle fits all uses, described testing costs and quality controls, and noted the 22 caliber rim fire as the most popular today. the talk lasted about 50 minutes with questions from around 40 attendees.
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