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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1930
Page
4
Corliss Street Baptist parish met Monday night in the church vestry with about 30 members present. After prayer the clerk read annual reports and plans for the year, including redecorating the vestry and building a pastor garage. Officers elected include E. R. Wright moderator and Mrs Nellie Hunt clerk.
Lucian Ames, Mrs. Ida Purington, Mrs. Chester Plant, Harold Walker and Mrs. Lizzie B. C. Chaney are listed with the finance committee and press group led by E. R. Wright.
The American Cup race stands as the premier yachting event. New England Yachting Center notes that Shamrock will cross the ocean in August as part of the defense by five boats each about 150 tons. The undertaking draws on nautical skill, engineering art, and global effort from laboratories, cotton growers, lead smelters, instrument makers, and virgin forests, with contributors across America and Europe.
Mr and Mrs Otis Baker of Nood Magss were visitors in Bath last week on their way home from Five Islands where they passed the weekend at their cottage. Miss Rosa H Brown formerly of Bath played tympani in Portland Municipal concert at Memorial hall Bowdoin college. Mr Liberty married Miss Mae Snow of Bath.
Health department plans to study pollution in Kennebec Androscoggin and Cathance rivers to assess impact on fish life. Officials note fewer shad in decades and suggest pulp mill waste may drive spawns away, with potential measures to curb pollution and help ecosystems recover.
An elderly widow seeks a housekeeper for a private home. Compensation is modest. a good home is offered. Apply to E. Mitchell, Rural Free Delivery No 1, Greene, Maine.
Census figures from five Bath wards show population drop to 6,114 in 1930 from 10,310 in 1920. Wards 1 and 5 are missing. Walton reports gradual decline since 1920, with a later rise beginning around 1927. Farms totals by ward are listed for Wards 2 through 7, totaling 35.
The Colonial club sponsored the annual May ball at Central Church parish house on Tuesday. Dancers enjoyed music by the Arcadians and blue and white decorations. Refreshments included chicken salad hot rolls celery coffee ice cream and cookies catered by Carroll Watson. The committee chaired by Reginald Stacy with J Haviland Torrey ex officio W Stanley Hunter Dr Paul A Gregware Homer Potter and Edwin Ramsay organized the event.
J Pierpont Morgan, the New York financier, spends a few days aboard his yacht Corsair in Bath. He arrived by automobile from Boston for the first Bath stay in seven visits, plans a trial run on the Rockland course, and lunched with Bath Iron Works Corp president William S. Newell as the Corsair is docked at Bath. New York shipbuilders oppose cruiser construction in the U S Navy Yard.
The 4-H Boys and Girls club met at Bowdoin Center Saturday with good attendance. Hor tense Welch spoke on health to the group. Eva Bako and Leonard Skelton were noted among readers and visitors. The rural carriers began duties May 1 affecting local mail routes. Mr and Mrs Grant Woods hosted a visitor last week. Carroll Williams of Livermore Falls and Curtis' parents hosted gatherings over the weekend.
Native of Arrowsic Sarah E. Lewis aged 63 dies in Portland at her son Maurice Lewis home after a year of illness. Wife of Lendell E Lewis, she lived in Bath and had earlier resided in Phippsburg Center with two sisters Mrs. Jennie Crockett and Mrs. George Worrey, both of Bath.
Leo Bean of 4 Pleasant Avenue died in City hospital Tuesday. He moved to Bath from Shirley 15 years ago. Survived by his wife and four children. Funeral planned for Saturday at two in the Cur as funeral home.
Funeral services for Frank S. Head veteran railroad employee were held Wednesday afternoon at his home on the Middle Road and in the Old German Cemetery, Waldoboro. He served as locomotive engineer on the Knox and Lincoln division of the Maine Central and as baggage master.
Advertisements solicit proposals for motor vehicle mail transport between the Brunswick and Wiscasset post offices. Route covers 223 miles, five runs per week, June 17 through September. Depart Brunswick at 3:00 AM, arrive Wiscasset by 9:00 AM.
About two years ago a measure enabled Summer residents in this section to receive certain mails from west of New York within one week. Without this change deliveries could be delayed 24 hours to addresses off the main route, prompting a desire to stay in close touch with affairs in Washington.
A column summarizes a week's auto journey through Massachusetts. Attendees include Mrs. Annie Jewett Mrs. Ida Purington Mrs. Mildred Walker and Mrs. Lots Ames joining the New England District Women’s Home and Foreign Missions Boards conference in Portland and attending the banquet at Congress Square hotel this evening. The report mentions Mr and Mrs Edward Footer of Hyde Park Mass writing Bath relatives that months. It notes Mrs Pooter remembered as Miss Beatrice McLellan daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry McLellan of upper Washington street. It also covers Mr and Mrs Frederick E Drake returning to Washington street after weeks in Ardmore Pennsylvania and trips to Washington DC and Richmond Virginia before returning. Minnie Thompson of Edsworth visits.
Philip Eator and Charles Robinson of upper Washington street were noted as passing Tuesday in Portland. Merritt Pinkham, Doubling Point Light keeper for 28 years, has two more years before retirement at 70 after 40 years in lighthouse service, with prior Seguin service and a son Earl in Bayonne managing an amusement park. Nurses Alumni Association of Bath city hospital held a charity bridge party at Bonnie Brook East Brunswick. prizes went to Mrs. Walter Rogers and Mrs. Ralph Small. next month’s committee named. Mrs. Lucy Pike hosted a four‑table supper bridge on Turner Court with prizes and decorative flowers. first prize went to Mrs. Luther Thompson, second to Mrs. Carroll Deering, consolation to Mrs. Horace Ward.
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