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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1932
Page
5
Richmond residents mingle at the Parks reunion on Main Street. Annie Look of Weta and others visit relatives. Frank McMaster visits from Burlington. Walter and Doris families attend funerals for Frank Cheney of Pittston. numerous arrivals for graduations at Richmond Opera House and Fort Allen Park memorials in Portland.
Announcements in Bath note the marriage of Robert C. Teare to Lucy M. Newell on Saturday June 4 in Evanston Illinois. Teare served as a naval cost clerk at Bath Iron Works during World War I and now works for a major Evanston bank. They will home after July 1 at 2226 Hartzell Street Evanston.
A noted amateur magician famed for clever tricks and public performances. He captivates audiences with quick sleight of hand and humorous patter, performing at local events and gatherings.
Sunday visitors from Portland and Lexington guests stop by H G Heald and Helen Noyes at Sagadahoc Bay. Miss Nagle returns from four months in New York with two recent exhibitions. Center School closes Friday with graduation at Five Islands Grange. Ex Senator Carlton of Woolwich visits town. First Baptist preacher prepares Children’s Day sermon. Georgetown and Arrowsic Boy Scouts join Bath Scouts for Range Lights outing. German travels of Hill family noted.
Twenty five members of Colonel Dummer Sewall chapter D A R enjoyed the final meeting of the season as an all day luncheon at Central church parish house. Over $50 was realized from opening dime cards. Mrs Fred Cary read a paper on old china and glass, as the afternoon program. Mrs Elmer D Hodgkins chaired the activities committee and hosted the event. No more meetings until Fall.
Dunlap commandery K T which worked the orders of the Red Cross and Malta at its final meeting of the season Tuesday night decided to observe St John day June 24 with a field day and clam bake at Dyer's Cove Harpswell for its members only There will be no formalities as the Sir Knights gather at the Temple in the forenoon and transportation will be furnished by car owning members The bake will be prepared by E E Morse Thomas R Huston and Lewis J Sanborn Regular meetings will be resumed Sept 6.
The Carlton campaigner, a four page Sea tram paper from Woolwich backing Hon. F. W. Carlton, argues $2,995,114 was wasted in one year in the State Highway Department. It breaks the figure into specific sums for state aid roads, third class roads, culverts, bridge day work, maintenance, and motor equipment, and pledges to reappoint highway commissioners if Carlton wins the governor’s race. He targets reforms, defends rural electrification, and advocates salary reductions including a $1,000 yearly Governor’s salary cut.
Gibbons Coal Co Inc will unveil a new ship unloading system at its wharves in about a fortnight. A link belt and conveyor setup operated from a steel tower unloads ships at 60 tons per hour with 42 scoops carrying coal up a boom into a 145 by 42 by 34 foot storage shed. The system eliminates almost all manual labor and breakage, with only last tons hand trimmed. J I Holmes of Belfast led construction with Bath labor.
More than 500 people gathered in the Bangor auditorium Saturday afternoon for the third Scout Court of Honor. Eight girls were elevated to First Class Scouts, the largest group ever to receive the rank at one time in Bangor Girl Scouting history.
A long list of local residents and visitors frequenting Five Islands and nearby cottages for the summer appears in Bath area notes. Names include Pekin, MacMahan, Savage, Baker, Berry, Allen, Southard, Rowe, Cromwell, Pinkham, Reed, and Campbell among others with trips to Sedgemere Wiscasset Bath Rockland Seguinland and MacMahan Island.
A memorial service for three deceased Sagadahoc County Bar members was observed during Sagadahoc Superior Court. Edward C. Plummer, Franklin P. Sprague, and Henry R. Drew were mourned as committees were named for resolutions. Court proceedings opened with prayers, and traverse jurors were drawn for service in the week ahead.
Fifteen grade school teachers were elected for the coming year by the Board of Education after a salary adjustment with the city council. More appointments are expected next Monday. Names include Leona Heustis, Caroline Turner, Ella Jaquith, Helen Hayes, Margaret Adams, Harold Brown, Marion Jaques, Ethel Higgins, Isabelle Lewis, Marjorie Troop, Annie Thompson, Eileen Hayes, Alice O'Brien, Bessie Greenblatt, Evelyne Donnell. Also note advice on plant lice control for roses and currant bushes using nicotine sprays.
City discussions over teacher pay reversion and summer back pay led to a negotiated understanding. The finance committee, with teacher representatives, approved arrangements including a 5,000 overlay, 10 percent summer pay reversion, and limiting eliminations to sustain nearly normal grade-school operations. Petitions on school nurse retention and truancy officer Edwin Emmons were tabled, while daylight saving time adjustments set earlier council hours. Other actions included fire and water requests, oil permit approvals, and permit changes for Eastern Amusement Co. in Bath.
The West Bath Grange hall dance drew 54 couples with lively novelties like confetti and balloon dances. Committee members led by Miss Lillian Lewin announced another dance two weeks from tonight. Prizes went to Alfred Keene and partner while Mrs Eva L. Fulton chaired the organizing group.
Arthur Russell Douglass and Catherine Mary Arsenault were married Monday morning by City Clerk John W. Gilmore at his home on 36 Milan Street. Douglass is the son of Oscar M. Douglass of Richmond and Mrs. Fred L. Hart of Bath, while Arsenault is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Arsenault of Bath. John Wiseman of Lewiston recently visited Bath on business.
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