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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1936
Page
8
Myrtle lodge No. 8 A O of I will meet Thursday at 7 30 in Odd Fellows hall instead of Friday. On Friday at 8 the lodge will host a reception for Mrs Arthur C Lemont lady governess and Mrs Howard E Blake her conductor.
A Bath trio including Major Fraser and Loring Roberts have accepted jobs at Campbell's shipyard in San Diego California. John E Sonia reports their arrival after traveling from Bath via Omaha Nebraska and Council Bluffs Iowa where he visited his daughter in law's parents. The message notes a government meeting in Maine with a reception and ceremonies.
A candidate argues for maintaining three evenly distributed commissioners across Bath east of the Kennebec and the northern region for six year terms. He seeks Republican renomination and urges voters to support his stance.
West Bath Grange will hold its field day on June 21 with David Henderson as chair, assisted by Edgar Leavitt and Melvin Comeau. A Friday dance by Carver's orchestra of Topsham is planned, and Children’s Day will feature performances by grange youths.
The June term opens as Lebel pleads not guilty to a larceny auto case involving the clerk of courts car. Elliott and Francis Rice plead guilty to breaking and entering plus larceny of $46 from Bath Laundry. jurors include four women. Separate civil actions include American Radiator Co. v Robson and Augusta Lumber Co. v Leeman, with other notices of local interest.
Elver A Stickney, veteran of fourteen years in United States military service including World War I France, runs as Republican candidate for Sagadahoc County Sheriff. He pledges impartial law enforcement and best possible service to taxpayers. Bath announces June 11 1936.
Miss Inez Gowell and Mrs Emma Bowley attended the Litchfield school graduation. Bowdoinham hosted a Bowdoin baseball win over Bowdoin on the local diamond. Next Sunday Brunswick Eagles visit the new Bay road diamond. Several residents and visitors are mentioned with various engagements including court work, club events, and family visits. A lobster stew supper, a Past Masters Night at the Masons, and local illnesses and recoveries are noted among many social items.
Mrs Herbert Given and her baby daughter stay with Mr and Mrs W S Given. Dr and Mrs Lawrance of Massachusetts and two sons visited their farm. The diner owned by C Gill Brown closes for summer. Ernest Frye sold his filling station to Milford Elliott of Bowdoin and it has been moved. Elliott plans a gas station on the new road. John McCarty moved his saw mill to the Marriner place on the Dingley road.
Returns filed in the City Clerk's office for the wedding Saturday in Portland of Freeman R. Davis of Brunswick and Hazel A. Brown of Bath. Rev. P Hazeldine Osborne officiated. The bride is daughter of Arthur W. and Mary Brown. groom son of Raymond Davis of Cundy's Harbor and Mildred Morgan of Brunswick. Miss Alice Hartnett, a Lynn Mass teacher, and her mother Mary Hartnett will stay in Lynn rather than attend the Bath Summer plans.
Bath residents and families hosted and visited relatives across Maine and New England this weekend. Guests included Mrs. Edwin W. Haggett and Mrs. Joseph M. Lemont in Boston and Quincy, with trips to Water town Lexington and Water town. Further visits spanned Portland Bangor Winneganee and Moosehead area as families touring cottages and attending medical school milestones.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin M. Fuller are guests of Dr. and Mrs. E Motley Fuller at their High Street residence for a social visit.
Mrs Earle Greenleaf of Washington street expects her brother Rev William Hall Williams to visit Bath from England this week. Williams, retired pastor of Marston England, studied at Harvard and Cambridge Episcopal Theological, with early work in Wakefield and Nice and Lucerne. He has preached in Bath before and will return to England this summer with his sister, then travel the Continent and Paris before winter in the Balearic Isles. Miss Barbara Fisher stayed with her sister Marjorie at Mrs Just Wold's Court street home and will spend part of the summer at the Pemaquid Hotel after teaching in Clinton.
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