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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1936
Page
6
Richmond reports arrangements for an annual minstrel show by Emerson Lane Post A L with officers Sasee Don O Cate Harry Sykes N A Gilpatrick and Pearl Perry elected. First rehearsal held at American Legion hall. drum corps practice Saturdays at the high school gym. Numerous local visits and social events noted including funerals and celebrations among Richmond residents.
Brown and Mr and Mrs Verde dt Harewell host visit to Miss Helen Harlow in Waterville. Robert Wyman from Waltham Massachusetts visits Mrs Mabel McFee on Main street. Portland’s Harry Pond spends Tuesday in Richmond on business. Local conference for home welfare grange held at Topsham grange hall. Perley Joy sidelined by cold. John W Passmore funeral at Roberts Parlor with interment in Litchfield Plains. Out of town mourners include Passmore relatives from Pitts ton Brookline Salem Chestnut Hills Newport Cushneck and Cushneck. Amy Bradley Tent meets with Beano and refreshments. Preston Carver and Margaret Hinkley unite in marriage. Irving Meserve welcomes newborn daughter. Ideal Home Corner club hosts meeting and plans public supper. Mrs C F Freeman visits. Rifle contest results listed. Mrs George Harriman and daughter Gertrude hospitalized. Mt Carmel O E S meets. Star club follows. Mrs James Rideout visits from Wales Corner.
The Bath Iron Works launch of the destroyer Drayton to be advertised statewide in Maine aims to boost local commerce. At a People’s church vestry meeting 35 attended as James A. Gillies Jr outlined goals to five new members and others spoke on traffic signs, dances, Bath Country Club support, and open civic forums before the next meeting March 30.
First Baptist church co workers class held its March meeting at Miss Irma Groves's home on Center street. A weekly prayer meeting was approved with this week’s gathering Wednesday at 2 30 at Mrs Herbert Groves’s home 109 Center. Reports for the month totaled 39. April plans were set with Mrs Willis Hall at 16 Corliss street. Refreshments and entertainment committees named, a piano duet and games followed business.
Georgetown residents and Bath locals are cited in a series of brief notes. Visitors include Mr and Mrs L Earl Hagan and Mrs Nettie Gray with Mrs Walter Powers hosting the Working League. Measles rise sparks Center school closure while roads require repairs after heavy rains. Local trips to Boston for clams, wood sales, and a Boston Globe poem feature. Lenten services begin at First Baptist.
The Bath chapter executive committee of the American Red Cross met at headquarters with Allan Spear as new chairman. They reorganized committees, planned budgets, and approved a shift of the fiscal year to July 1. Milk distribution to homes was discussed, revealing medical needs and hospitalizations among undernourished children.
A Bath Red Cross committee chaired by Allan Spear with J Frank Hunt and Mrs Arthur S Crockett met to plan for flood response. Walter L Libby and Joseph D Pennell to survey shoreline for weak spots. A message was sent to Washington to check WPA flood relief funds.
Massachusetts state troopers arrest George W. Garrett alias Clark in Topsfield after the capture of the 72 foot British power boat Miserinko off the Maine coast. Garrett testified in Portland Federal court last year that he ran the conspiracy that sent Sheriff Albert Henderson to Lewisburg prison.
Bath Iron Works and Hyde Windlass shut power appliances for an extra hour on Monday to push more voltage into Brunswick via the emergency line from Bath. Central Maine Power Co reported low voltage along the line but hoped a Lewiston line cut-in and Bath pumps would restore normal function, despite ongoing upstream trouble.
Dike P T A hosted South End P T A Tuesday night in North End Community club rooms on Washington street. Rev. Harley A. Shattuck of Beacon Street church spoke on religious education before 47 attendees. Mrs. William Belanger performed a vocal solo and read a piece. Mrs. J Albert Redson, first president of South End P T A and now leader of District No. 1 of Maine P T A, spoke, with remarks from Mrs Chester A. Roberts. Cakes and coffee were served. hostesses were Mrs. Daniel J. Perry, Mrs. Charles T. Henderson, and Mrs. Howard Rogers.
J Archie McDonough of 1789 Middle street was hit by a car on Washington street opposite Hyde Windlass Co. He was rushed to Bath Memorial hospital with a severe scalp wound and head injuries after the machine operated by Dr. Herbert Caverly struck him. Doctors x rayed and treated him. police found no blame on Dr. Caverly. Mayor Sewall and Mrs Sewall left for Boston for a few days Tuesday night.
Mrs Roy Clark and daughter Elizabeth return to Trenton NJ after visiting her parents the Stevenses for three weeks. Lincoln Campbell Jr and family host Morse High student duties. The Five Islands community exchanges weekend visits with Kittery Bath Portsmouth Robinhood Woolwich and Lincoln Campbell family among others. Measles cases surface and Percy MacGillivary buys a new truck as Hope Berry suffers a cold.
Dr John B Curtis dies in Orange Heights Florida leaving wife Ellen Randall Curtis who predeceased him by three months. A Bath high school alum and Maine Medical School graduate class of 1879 he was a noted baseball pitcher and surgeon for the Florida Coast Line Railroad. He leaves sister Abbie A Curtis and a Maine home life with summers in Maine towns. The couple chose Florida burial in Melrose Cemetery near Orange Heights.
Edward H. Wright 62 a Bath Iron Works boilermaker died at home after a brief illness. Born in Providence R I he was son of James and Bridget Wright He married had a daughter Edna M Dingley a grandson Edward W Dingley and sister Mrs Edward A Blake all of Bath Funeral held at St Marys church Thursday morning at eight.
Werd received in Bath on Monday for the death of Mrs Margaret Bowers Johnson wife of C Chouteau Johnson of New York. She had been ill since Friday and died after an emergency operation at a New York hospital. She was previously married to Henry Dearborn and spent summers at Small Point Beach with his mother Mrs George Dearborn. After Mr Dearborn’s death and their two sons she lived with Mrs George Dearborn until her marriage to Mr Johnson several years ago.
The Women’s Republican Club of Sagadahoc will meet Thursday March 19 at 2 p.m. at Mrs. Henry’s home. Governing Board members are urged to attend to plan future club activities. Earle E. Thompson of New York City, formerly of Bath, spent the weekend with his parents in Brunswick.
Stephen Hodgdon Pinkham 56, vice president at Remington Rand, died suddenly of a heart ailment Thursday in St. Petersburg Florida where he had gone for rest. Funeral was Sunday at Simmons parlors Boothbay Harbor. Born Trevett August 1 1879 son of Fernando and wife. Bowdoin 1905. Survived by wife Lorena Dunton daughter Elizabeth Stanley son Alden Merrill brothers. Home in Buffalo New York.
John W. Passmore 70, longtime Bath native, died Monday in Waterville after ten years there. Funeral Wednesday at 2 30 p.m. in Richmond with burial in Litchfield Plains. Survived by three sons Ralph Lawrence Theodore and three daughters Hazel Range Bernice Mason Edna York and sister Marie Gilbert.
Carrie N Ward 70 died Friday afternoon at the West Bath home of her nephew Ernest B Purington where she had lived for several years Born in Brunswick she was the last of her family and leaves Ralph Wright and Harold Ward plus two Brunswick nieces with ties to Bath and West Bath
Miss Helen I Dunton 58 formerly of Bath died Sunday night from a sudden heart attack. She witnessed flames at the Danforth Cove garage on Preble Street Cape Elizabeth where the garage and about a dozen cars were destroyed. Survived by two brothers Harry of Portland and Captain Fred Dunton, she had worked as a bookkeeper for local merchants and lived with her mother in Cape Elizabeth. The apartment above the garage was evacuated with difficulty.
Bath native J. W. Passmore who died Monday in Waterville, where he had lived ten years, was honored in a Wednesday service at Roberts funeral parlors in Richmond. Rev. Gilbert Edgett officiated. Surviving sons include Ralph Passmore of Brookline, Mass., Lawrence Passmore of Richmond, Theodore Passmore of Pittston, and Roy Toothaker. Interment followed at Litchfield Plains. Attending relatives included sisters and daughters, among them Mrs. Marie Gilbert of Salem, Mass., and Mrs. Ralph Passmore.
The funeral for Miss Iva Ford daughter of Mr. and Mrs Edmund Ford was held Friday at two in the home at 21 Valley Road Rev Charles M Tubbs officiated Bearers included Thomas Deejay Roland Staples John Marks Jr Norman Hodgkins Melvin Comeau Clifton Leeman Mrs Bird A Shellenbarger Brownies leader attended with Miss Ruth Shellenbarger pack leader representing the Brownies Burial followed in Oak Grove cemetery
The funeral for Mrs Abigail F. Malia wife of Thomas J Malia occurred Thursday morning at St Marys church with Rev Fr Surette officiating the requiem mass. Bearers were Thomas Tracey Joseph Vachon Alexander McDougall and John Pagurko. Burial followed in Oak Grove cemetery.
Funeral for Miss Carrie B. Ward of West Bath was held Monday afternoon at two at Fred E. Curtis Funeral Home in Bath. Rev. David L. Wilson officiated. Bearers were Ernest Purington Ralph Wright Harold Ward Walter Ward and Georgi Sprague. Burial followed at Harding Cemetery.
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