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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1939
Page
7
A Tuesday night meeting of Enterprise grange featured Girl Scout involvement with a fifth degree Pomona session planned for Thursday night. Rev. Harry Peavy newly appointed Lisbon Falls pastor attended the service. Various church and fraternal activities, parlor meetings, and social events continued across Richmond including D A R, fire department calls, and community visits.
Mrs Bertha C Dean from Mirrartar and Mrs Herbert Calderwood from Patten Free Library travel with Miss E Frances Abbott of Belfast to Belfast Free Library for the annual round table meeting of the Maine State Library association on May 3 and 4. Oliver L Hall the State librarian is among the speakers.
Enterprise grange of Richmond hosted last Wednesday's Sagadahoc Pomona session with Rebecca Roger as master and John Carter of Woolwich as chaplain. Eight candidates received the fifth degree as discussions covered engaging meetings for all ages and local part-time industry.
Missionary evening at the First Baptist church featured by the Woman's Missionary society. committee members coordinated coin calendars calendar distribution and candy table duties. Rev Charles R Sims shared Karens evangelistic work from Burma with stereopticon pictures and a pageant The Bridge of Love.
The Woman's Home Missionary Society of Winter Street church reelected Miss Abigail Carter as president at the annual meeting held Monday at Mrs. Charles C. Low’s home, naming Mrs. Clarence W. Morse as first vice president and Mrs. Joseph O. Purdue as second vice president. Alice E. Varney was chosen treasurer and Arthur K. Purington secretary. program on India and the City Church, with Lynette Caverly speaking on work in Phippsburg, was reviewed as reports were read and accepted. Tea followed with serving help from Mrs. Langdon T. Snipe and Mrs. Percy R. Low.
South Paris patrolman C K Jackson investigated noises by the Little Androscoggin River near an ice covered area. A nude man, Joseph Peterson, foreman at Paris Tanning Co, emerged from the water claiming a nightly summer and winter dip before drying off with a towel and continuing his tale.
Maud P Thayer returns from Providence Taunton and Cape Cod. Belmont couple Howard Fletcher visits at their Georgetown cottage. Williams family illness improves as relatives help. Postmaster Elizabeth Powers returns after illness. May 14 class from St Lawrence Portland to visit Coaticook Quebec. Reverend Chester Oliver of Wesley M E moved from Calais to ath. Rob in hood summer home Patriots day visit. Read speaks at New England Woman's club Newton Center on Poems by Club Members. Mrs Read shown as versatile nonagenarian Georgetown summer cotter.
Beacon Junior Aid members met at 18 Valley Road with hostesses Mrs. Walter L Elliot and others. A May 15 talk by Mrs George Baern ward about the Holy Land was announced and a silver offering invited. An old fashioned party was planned for May 29 in old fashioned costumes with guests. Bob Given of Troop 58 discussed Scouts running the Opera House next Friday to fund Camp Roosevelt, detailing ticket campaigns and staff duties for the event.
Mrs Herbert Huggard of Mechanic street is resting comfortably at Memorial hospital after undergoing an appendicitis operation on Friday.
Bath firemen fought three grass fires and a car blaze in just over five hours. Engine 4 tackled a car fire at 345 Front Street after the vehicle’s rear cushion caught fire. A large pasture blaze near Melvin Hodgdon’s home threatened properties, prompting a box alarm and 400 feet of hose plus booster line. Additional calls included a field and woods fire near the sandpipe and a brush fire behind Western Avenue. traffic mishap during response narrowly avoided.
Gov. Lewis O. Barrows returned to Augusta by plane Sunday night after attending the New York World’s Fair opening. Maine’s exhibit drew capacity crowds and featured sound, lighting and aromatic balsam scents. Attending were Maine Development Commission executive secretary Everett F. Greaton, fish and game commissioner George J. Stobie, designer Elir A. Beck, and information booth head Charles O. Titus with new Maine booklets.
The Colonial club held a Monday meeting to start a fund for Boy Scout troop 52, its sponsored unit. A permanent committee with Rupert M. Irvine as Scoutmaster and members including Donald B. Wilson and John Parker was named. The evening featured troop demonstrations in signalling and first aid, a Mediterranean travel film, and a Mohiba program from Morse High School plus a Hill Billy act.
Beginning Sunday church services will be at 2 PM and 7 PM daylight time with a 7:30 PM Wednesday prayer meeting. Various local residents visit cottages, work on MacMahan Island, and attend events such as the Bowdoinham Baptist Convention.
This April proved disappointing with damp, chilly days and few long sunlit spells. The Times diary records 16 fair days in 1939, eight rainfall days, and four frosty mornings below 32. The warmest stretch hit 47 and 60 on the 20th and 28th in 1938, while April 1939’s coldest morning was 27 on the 13th.
Kennebunk port resident Roland Webber of 84 Water street Augusta built a full suit coat vest pants hat and shoes from colored paper and cellophane taking 369 hours of work since June 1938. The outfit cost 6.90 and uses 14605 paper pieces and 30250 cellophane sheets, each wrapped in cellophane for a glossy finish. He plans to exhibit it at public gatherings and seeks World’s Fair display approval. Miss Cora May Bettis of North Bath suffers a broken foot and is homebound.
William O Benner 69 former Winnegance resident who trained as a machinist at Hyde Windlass Co started Westward in 1895 and worked in Union Pacific shops since 1900. Born in Brookline Massachusetts he moved to Winnegance as a youth and later sought retirement in Cheyenne. He died a month after retirement from a heart attack. Survived by wife Cora Benner daughter Helen Meier and son Howard Benner. Funeral at First Methodist Church in Cheyenne drew large attendance.
Mrs William P McGray, lifelong Bath resident and Round Pond native born 1867, died at Damariscotta Mills after living in Hallowell and Bath. Her husband ran a shoe store and then a general store. They had one son who drowned near New Harbor. Funeral services were held at the McGray home and burial was in Round Pond. She was a cousin of Frank B Nichols of Bath.
Miss Patricia M. York 14, daughter of Ormond and Evelyn Goff York, died Sunday at her Bath home after pneumonia. Born in Portland, she moved to Bath and attended local Morse High freshman class, playing basketball, calisthenics, and singing in Corliss Street church choir. Survived by parents, two brothers John P. and Emery H. York, Bath. grandparents Eben York Peaks Island and John S. Goff Portland. great grandmother Mrs John T. Parris Bath. aunt Mrs Russell Lovejoy Vermont.
Portland citizens reported misrepresented assistant assessors asking improper questions about personal matters. The Board of Assessors urged taxpayers to demand credentials and badges from evaluators. The incident raised concerns of duplication and possible high pressure sales tactics. Also noted: Marguerite Brown and Isabell Tufts visited from Boston, and John Lander of Harvard is recovering after a surgical operation at Memorial Hospital.
Konstantine Georgoitis, proprietor of the Crystal Lunch at 58 60 Center Street, was found dead in his bed above the restaurant at five o'clock Tuesday by cook Mike Mergatta. An autopsy, led by Dr. Joseph I. Smith, indicated natural causes. Georgoitis had run the Maine Fruit Co. in Brunswick, sold it, vacationed in Greece, then bought the Crystal Lunch about 14 months ago. His only relatives in the United States reside in Buffalo. The stomach contents were sent to pathologist Julius Gottlieb for examination.
Mrs Alice M Hoyt 74 widow of Millard Hoyt died Tuesday evening at Mrs Etta Lilly home in Woolwich after illness in Lynn Massachusetts. Born in Boothbay daughter of Lyman and wife lived in Bath for years active in Salvation Army. Survived by four sons two daughters two brothers one sister and many grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 2 PM at Arthur F Mayo funeral residence Bath.
Miss Mary Ellen Briry 76 lifelong Bath resident died Wednesday forenoon at her home 13 Grove Street after a five year illness. Born in Bath daughter of the late Dr Milton S and Susanna Higgins Briry she graduated from Bath High School in 1882 a member of D A R Colonel Dummer Winter Street church Genesta O E S She is survived by three brothers Dr Edward E Briry John H Briry and William S Briry all of Melrose Mass Funeral will be held Friday afternoon at two at her home.
The funeral for Patricia M. York 14 daughter of Ormond and Evelyn York was held Wednesday at 2 PM at the Arthur F Mayo funeral residence. Rev Frederick P Moffatt of Corliss Street church officiated with delegations from Morse High School choir and Patricia's friends in attendance. Bearers included David Clark Leroy Lord Bruce Wright Victor Leask John Goff and William Hill. A committal service followed at Gray Cemetery.
The I L Snow Company of Rockland will start construction within three weeks on a wooden beam trawler costing about 100000 dollars. The vessel, 110 feet overall with 23 foot beam and 160 tons, will draw 23 feet and be delivered in October. It carries 189000 pounds of iced fish for a typical 12 day trip. Powered by a Cooper Bessemer diesel engine capable of 11 knots, with deck house aft captain quarters and accommodations for ten men plus four officers.
A 10 year old Anita Jacques is seriously ill at Ste Marie General Hospital after being struck on Birch street by a taxi on April 15. Her right leg was fractured and tissues torn. she received a blood transfusion as her condition worsened. Her mother, Mrs Philip Jacques, quarantined at 46 Knox street Lewiston due to scarlet fever, cannot visit. Philip Jacques, a chef on Ash street, is not seriously ill.
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