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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1930
Page
5
The 83rd city council faced a volatile start with a 40 minute conference on the subordinate officers and salaries report. The panel approved salary bumps for several posts and set clerk hire costs, while mayoral leadership and city clerk oversight guided the process.
Wesley Methodist church held its fourth quarterly conference with Rev. A. S. Oliver of Auburn presiding. Andrew M. Butterfield was elected president of the board of trustees along with a slate of stewards and officers, including John Stewart as general Sunday School superintendent and Merritt Trott as Epworth League president, with numerous committee assignments across world service, missions, education, and church finances.
The joint convention saw a delayed gathering in the auditorium with a tired audience. After adjournment to the main hall at 8 40, the election proceeded in a perfunctory manner for about thirty minutes. Ralph K Hall was re elected city treasurer, collector of taxes and chief.
The Cosmopolitan Club heard Ada Crockett describe state supervision and care for “state charges” and the welfare role of authorities. Carolyn Stackpole discussed training from Rome, New York, for her work with opportunity classes. A Derby box car factory plans 400 new cars this year while Civil War veteran Cyrus Cushman, 96, died in Sherman.
Charles E. Tallman of 22 Cohasset Street Roslindale Massachusetts turns 88 on March 14 amid visits and telegrams. A Civil Spanish and World War veteran he served with the 19th Maine in 1864 and later in the Gulf squadron aboard Estrella. He rose to chief salt maker and was first commander of the John Merrill Post G A R Richmond Maine. Now widowed in Roslindale he enjoys reading and visits from relatives.
The mayor’s office will be open daily for city business with Mrs. Emily Morgan in charge. The city clerk and city treasurer offices will be open continuously from morning to night, Saturdays until noon. Leon Jeffers of Saco is inducted as a member in a lodge ceremony with over 200 Elks watching.
The joint Child Health Education program aims to raise the number of students meeting health standards from 10 000 in 1929 to 29 000 in 1930. Nurse Rosanna McFadden introduces a Six or Seven Point standard covering vision hearing teeth throat weight posture and birth registration with certificates and blue seals for qualified pupils.
The Bath Iron Works built yacht Caroline will take 20 University of Pennsylvania scientists to Easter Island 2000 miles off Chile. Elbridge R. Johnson sponsors the expedition and will accompany the party aboard the vessel with a lab, seaplanes, and deep sea dredges.
Miss Gertrude Maxwell of Bath headed Maine delegation in the Festival of States in St. Petersburg Florida with attendants Alice Hancock Casco Merle Usher Standish Mildred Bishop Auburn and Dorothy Law of Bath The St Petersburg winter season sees hotel capacity stretched and tourism notes record registrations in the chamber of commerce tour bureau Maine team loses to Vermont in opening games while Wisconsin and Frostproof claim early honors as miniature golf grows in popularity
Eugene Stevens of Portland, a member of the State Highway Police, spends spare time crafting tiny working engine models. He has over a hundred such engines, some under three pounds, capable of 200 RPM. Others withstand 80 pounds steam pressure and can drive a 16-foot canoe.
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