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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1936
Page
8
Local items list visits and illnesses as residents and relatives travel between Bath Winnegance Chebeague and nearby towns. Highlights include birthday of Elizabeth Bowker, school reopens after five weeks, Grange and Woolwich Orange activities, and the moving of the old Dromore schoolhouse where writer Holman Day once taught.
About 35 Acadia lodge members attended the tenth district meeting hosted by Fort George lodge in Brunswick on Monday night. Representatives from Bath Brunswick Freeport Bowdoinham and Yarmouth joined over 200 attendees for talks floor work and a supper. Plans include attending the Maine Pythian Jubilee in Boothbay Harbor in April with arrangements for transportation and participation by Acadia Degree teams and Uniform Rank.
Dromore Farm Bureau held an all day session at the Winneganee Community Club House on Wednesday. Miss Hortense A. Welch spoke on Household Buying while Mrs. Aletha Campbell presided. Delegates to Farm and Home Week at Orono were chosen for March 23-26. A card party was planned for March 10. Various committees were announced and new members welcomed. The dinner, costing 26 cents, featured clam chowder and fruit salad.
The Club Garret held its March business meeting in the Gielstrup building with about 30 attendees. New members included Miss Mary Harvey, Miss Anne M. Thompson, Miss M. Jane Feere, Mrs. John H. Grindell, and Mrs. Mark W. Hennessy. officers to be elected next meeting on April 2.
The Tuesday afternoon W C T U meeting at the Y M C A discussed membership. President Mrs Nella S Stover presided with devotion by Mrs Agnes Roberts. Roll call highlighted current events and the program noted flowers chosen for new members. pansy for Sagadahoc county and wild rose for Bath Union.
Popham Beach surfmen return to duties at Kennebec River station after a ten day vacation. Local residents Edna Coolidge of Georgetown, Forrest Legard of Bath, and Constance McDonald of Portland visit family and friends. Birth announced for Gerald Alonzo Morong with mother in Bath Memorial Hospital. Many Bath and Popham area residents travel for visits, church events, and town meetings. School resumes for spring term as local notables attend events and rides to Bath, Portland, Seguin Island, and Long Island.
Directors cut annual dues for men to 25 dollars and women to 15 dollars with no tax. Installment payments of 5 dollars monthly allowed if full 25 dollar due by July 1. Anticipated 50 new male members and 25 new female members. Dining room to be run by Mr and Mrs John Grindell. early opening planned.
Seven Houston couples marked major anniversaries from January to October. Hudson H. Drew reached 50 years on January 1, Ira G. Hersey 51 years on January 6, Fletcher Rogers 50 years on January 9, Nelson Cummings 66 years on February 29, Alex Bubar 67 years on March 4, and John Stairs 60 years on October 30. Most wed in New Brunswick and spent most of their lives in Houlton.
Mrs Edwin H Given was nominated president at the Cosmopolitan club meeting held last Wednesday evening. Other officers include Miss Christine C Curtis as first vice president and Mrs N Gratz Jackson as second vice president. 49 members attended the annual meeting and banquet.
Portland YWCA sextette led from start to finish, beating Bath Girls Athletic Club six 31 to 23 at Forest City. Miss Wescott scored 18 for Portland, aided by Miss Titcomb, as Bath struggled after two Boston games. This was Bath GI A’s final game unless Boston Antiques visit March 21 for a return tilt.
Ernest Haskell of Augusta, a Central Maine Power Co. service man for a year, was honored by Bath coworkers with an electric clock in a stock room gathering. He leaves Friday for Augusta to resume duties. Warren A. Parris led a supper with steamed clams, hot dogs and coffee as part of the celebration.
The 1936 Shrine Circus debuts Monday at the Lewiston Armory with two daily performances. About 50,000 attended last year and many had to land across the aisles. This year seating capacity is increased and a new automobile will be given away each night.
The Boston College trawler and Bath Iron Works fleet push through ice to rich Virginia Capes grounds. Massachusetts crews reap high wages as 45 vessels fish 35 to 60 fathoms offshore, shipping catches to Middle Atlantic cities while awaiting return to New England later this month.
Reverend Dr Francis W O Brien a leading East coast minister resigns after over 20 years as pastor of Greenwood Baptist Church Brooklyn He will leave May 3 and plans rest and study before future service His long career includes leadership roles in the Long Island Ministers Union Greater New York Ministers Conference and other church and fraternal organizations
The U S S Drayton, a 1500 ton destroyer, will launch publicly at Bath Iron Works on Monday March 23. Named for Commander Percival Drayton, she follows the Dewey design and features a 345 foot length, twin screws, and treaty-compliant displacement. Miss Barbara Edith Drayton will christen the vessel, becoming the youngest to break a champagne bottle on a Bath built warship. The ceremony will be limited by Navy restrictions and the absence of Secretary Swanson and the late Henry L Roosevelt.
Bath Iron Works Corp shows about 1050 employees on the payroll the highest since 1929 when 1496 were employed during the Corsair yacht rush. Payroll may exceed 1200 toward a possible 1929 boom as orders surge with three destroyers worth over 12 million, three beam trawlers about 0.5 million, and a naval ferry contract at 339 thousand.
The Central church Men’s club met Wednesday evening with a 6 30 supper of fish chowder coffee and doughnuts. An orchestra led by John Grindell and local artists performed songs dances and duets including Trackin Miss Glenda Ingraham and Dinah. President Karcher Jackson presided and the next meeting is scheduled for March 24 with Dr Wilson in charge.
In the Grace parish house the second weekly discussion of Religion in Family Life was led by Miss Catherine Hill of Portland. She outlined moral aims, surveyed parental training agencies, and compared past and present child-rearing methods while sharing Boston case studies.
Various Winslow area groups report meetings and social activities. The Winnegance men club hosted an evening at Mrs. Willis’s home with prize winners Elbridge Malcolm and Zina Hunt. Dromore Grange members attended a Woolwich Grange meeting where West Bath Grange conferred honors. Auxiliary to the Community club held a card session with prizes won by Mrs. Harry Williams. Other items include members joining the Community club, North End pitch tournaments, planned banquets, and local residents visiting or ill.
Blair C. Wilson was unanimously voted coach of the Bath High School baseball team at the Bath Board of Education meeting. He will receive an extra $100 guaranteed by the School Board if the athletic association lacks funds. The board also approved prizes for the Spelling Contest funded by the Edward C. Plummer Trust and discussed library book purchases, monthly Student Council fund reports, and a timing for a sweepings compound cost inquiry.
The March meeting at the Winnegance Community Club drew good attendance as members discussed club business and planned a Dro more Farm Bureau card party for Tuesday. They outlined bi weekly pitch plans with North End on Friday February 13 and noted Winneganee leads by 254 points with expectations to widen the margin before Friday the thirteenth. A member mocked North Enders for reportedly losing sleep over the contest.
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