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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1934
Page
3
A local page lists numerous Bath area residents and visitors including Edith Wheeler of Dayton Ohio and Mealoa Hutchins family plans at Meadow Brook near camp sites. It notes arrivals at Sebasco and Little Wood Island, cottage openings, and calls for a Popham wharf and improved water access, plus Fort Baldwin road upgrades.
Newton Center residents Mr. and Mrs. Herbert J. Kellaway visited Popham for a few days with Kellaway’s brother Frederick and Harold of Dorchester. Mrs. Kellaway remained through Monday. Mrs. Frank A. Small from Bath with two sons joined over the weekend along with Allen Spear and family. Captain Morton of the Coast Guard station was a visitor at his home Z Saco. Moses Chandler placed his new boat in commission with notable success. The riverside beach disturbed by winter storms has filled in to near normal condition and foliage is being replaced after a severe winter.
Bath and Winnegance street crews repair High street from McCutcheon hill to Bridge street, addressing frost damage. Local social events include the Winnegance Community club May frolic with Thelma Fogg tap dance, choir rehearsals, Evening Workers supper and contests, and various hostesses and guests in Bath.
Sunday within Woolwich notes highlights Junior Church day on June 10 with a morning service at eleven and a dedication of children after. Graduate Sunday returns June 17 at 8.30 pm with Miss Evelyn Hodgdon arranging the program and delivering the address to teachers and graduates from grammar and high school.
Miss Frances G Rand of 125 Bedford Street is spending a week in Augusta with her sister Miss Cora Rand of 20 School Street where they are enjoying local sights and hospitality.
Genesta chapter OES held its annual Memorial service for departed members Friday evening. Edith G. Rich reported on the Grand Chapter of Maine session. Past Matron Carolyn Thompson spoke on the State Association Maine Eastern Star secretaries meeting and field day plans. The Hendersons invite the group to Bowdoinham for the event, date to be set.
Frederick E. Drake Jr., long aboard the S. S. Virginia of the Panama Pacific Line since last Fall, has been reassigned to the S. S. Washington of the United States Line. Drake departed New York on June 6 for Hamburg, Germany, to serve in the purser's department.
Allen B Little son of Mr and Mrs Fdriel B Little of 26 Turner Court sails from home Sunday to New York City to rejoin J Pierpont Morgan's yacht Corsair where he works in the engine room. He had been home several weeks recovering from illness.
Beulah lodge in Bath sent 31 members to Richmond for Past Noble Grands Night. Frances Wilson, Bath’s lone charter member, attended with other Beulah and Queen Esther Rebekah lodge members. A banquet and entertainment followed as guests from Columbia and Nina lodges joined, with two Beulah members earning certificates of perfection.
Corliss Street church will launch its Daily Vacation Bible School starting July 2 for three weeks. Enrollment for ages five through 13 is on Saturday June 30. Mrs. Wilfred W. Chaney returns to lead. a planning committee includes Rev. and Mrs. Charles H. Berry, Mr. and Mrs. Lucian R. Ames, Miss Sarah E. Coombs, Miss Edith Wallace, Miss Ruth Watson, Wallace J. Sheldon and Silas E. Plant.
The Navy Department informed the Dyer Flaherty post of V. F. W. that no destroyer or warship can be dispatched to Bath for the 14th Annual Encampment of Maine Posts V. F. W. in the city Friday and Saturday. Available ships are occupied with maneuvers in the Hudson River and will be tied up there for several more days, the dispatch said.
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