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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1930
Page
6
Community club meets and completes front steps with copper screening added since last session. A baby girl Marjorie Parker Rogers born at Bath City hospital weighing 11 2/3 pounds. Huntsville? Winneganee events include cemetery meeting, Squaw club gathering, and Monday club auction with prizes.
Two blind women Mrs Abbie Snowman and Miss Lottie McDuffy were awakened by smoke at 452 Washington street and rescued by night officer George Wilson and Lauriston Estabrook as the west wall collapsed. Fire origin blamed on a defective wire. canine saved. three walls and roof survived.
Mrs. Robert B. Hatch left Friday morning for Boston where she will be joined by Mrs. Edward Bonelli of Newton and together they will motor to New York where they will remain a few days.
Bath civic groups form a committee to organize the Christmas Cove Camp for needy children. The Maine State Y M C A will direct a ten week season from June 21 to August 30 1930 with two week sessions for Bath participants aged 7 to 12 at South Bristol Maine.
Mrs Nellie A Lawler of Round Pond suffered serious injuries when a Chevrolet coach overturned after colliding with a Buick sedan driven by Councilman Eugene Youland. Her daughter Helen Lawler was lightly hurt. Youland and companions were uninjured.
Melvin King a veteran street cleaner learning to drive a Buick with Edward T Kelley at the wheel came to grief Sunday morning at six o clock on High street Barre and Oak streets in Barre when a Chrysler driven by Alfred Ledoux hit a telephone pole. No serious damage reported Ledoux proceeded to Portsmouth and both drivers were ordered to report to City Marshal Whitney Monday by Officer George Wilson.
City crews will remove brown tail moth nests from neglected private estates and bill owners under state statute guidance. Advertisements alerted residents of responsibility, and Mayor Small plans to proceed as warmer weather raises pest risk. City costs reached 3500 dollars to date.
A hydrant on High street just north of Palmer street was broken off Saturday night by an unidentified motorist. Residents reported seeing a car flee the scene soon after the crash. The hydrant was broken flush with the ground and carried about 20 feet.
Phippsburg reports Sebasco Lodge near opening with a reworked club house and new golf accessories area. Sebasco Park improvements include a new dining room door and display room, while back road repairs ease access to Bath. Pole installation for Central Maine Power Co project proceeds with multiple crews at work along Winneganee and Morse fields.
Mrs. Ruth Blaisdell is confined to her home on Washington street with sore knee days with friends in Lewiston. Hon. Charles H. Cahill was in Portland Saturday to attend a meeting of the Sea and Shore Fisheries Commission which he is employed Roy Jeannette who have one the week in Waterville with Shackford's mother Mrs. Jennie theaters, homes Saturday after a visit at their cottage at Meadowbrook.
William B. Edwards Brunswick police chief addressed Sagadahoc Pomona and Dirigo grange in Brunswick urging parental involvement to curb youth misguidance at dance halls. He called for fathers to attend ballgames and mothers to escort daughters to entertainment, noting conditions today harm civic life.
The first ship funded by the White Jones merchant marine act will have its keel laid in Quincy Massachusetts on May 17. Congressman Wallace H White Jr of Maine will speak if he can attend. The Matson Steamship Co will build the 24000 ton vessel at an 8000000 dollar cost with sound pictures and radio broadcasts planned. George Nichols of Matson is expected to attend.
Bath police report an unavoidable collision Sunday night about 6 30 at Thompson's corner. Ames H Green driven Ford sedan attempted to turn out from Middle street toward main line traffic. front wheels struck the rails and pushed the car into a parked Buick coach owned by John C Burgess on Court street by the Colonial Cafe. The Buick suffered a smashed left board and dented fenders. Owners settled the matter between themselves.
Mayor Small, urged by Chief Parks, warns residents not to start fires on dry days with high winds. He urges delaying rubbish burning until rain and using baskets cages or incinerators for disposal.
Miss Gertrude Cora Hudson of 15 Summer Street Court married Wilfred L. Chaplin of Brunswick Monday evening at the Beacon Street Methodist parsonage with Rev. Weston P. Holman officiating. The single ring ceremony was performed by Mrs. Bea Taylor and Carl Landy. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs William H Hi of Dummer Street and will reside in Bath with her husband.
Woolwich town notes include visits from Mrs A A Stott and Geral to Camden and Rockland guests, Ruth Morgan in Providence, and Enna Bickford with Helene Tracey. Local events cover church sesquicentennial notes, health programs, and upcoming Woolwich Union Christian services across Nequasset North Woolwich and Sagadahoc.
The Shaw family expresses gratitude for sympathy and flowers after their sorrow. Signed by Rev. J. B. Shaw Ruth Marion Shaw Charles Senter Shaw J. Benjamin Shaw Jr Woolwich Me May 8 1930.
The Nequasset Farm Bureau meeting scheduled for Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Maurice P Hathorne was postponed to the 13th. The funeral of Frank 8 Head occurred Wednesday. The subject remains Eggs for all servings.
Mrs Samuel Jordan of Kittery visits Bath with her father Charles Jordan of York street. Mrs Frederick H Kimball spends weekend in Portland with daughter Mrs Langdon T Thaxter. I has returned after week with Mrs Olney Perry of Bedford. Mr and Mrs Carl Blaisdell spend Sunday at home in Kittery. Blaisdell works at Bath Iron Works. Mrs L E Durgin of Belfast returns from three week visit with daughter Mrs Clarence Merrill on Academy street. Miss Priscilla Blake returns from Mechanic Falls after vacation with aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Dennis Tarbox. Mr and Mrs H Laton Jackson and daughter Peggy return to Thomaston after week with Mr Jacksons parents Mr and Mrs N Gratz Jackson. Mrs Helen Plummer Mulligan and daughter Miss Alice Mulligan return from Everett Massachusetts after vacation with grandmother Mrs Lucy Bennett. Mrs Norman McCabe Jr of Summer Street enters Madelyn Marie Beauty parlor. assists proprietor Mrs Madelyn Merrill. Mr and Mrs William H White of Bedford Street spend weekend at summer home Sault Harpe. they are joined by daughter and husband Mr and Mrs Olney Perry, Miss Ruth Jordan, and Miss Ashbelie Russell traveling from West Roxbury and Hydespaynes to Bath to visit Crithes Jordan of York Street who returned for a visit at West Roxbury.
Ze Ima M Dwinal of Camden Republican candidate in June primary to succeed Wallace White as U S Representative. Born Mechanic Falls 1884, Bates College graduate, lawyer, former teacher and Camden official. long service in Knox County politics, state Senate chair on Legal Affairs, past director of Waldo Hancock Bridge project.
Leighton Coombs, jailed for intoxication and jail breaking, was recaptured at his Cherry Street home after escaping via a barless window in Bath. He had briefly left the municipal cell room Sunday morning with City Messenger Harold Child's permission. Coombs faces a six month sentence in Kennebec County Jail, suspended later on good behavior.
Miss Louise Trainor of Willow street visits her cousin Miss Eleanor Sparks in Brunswick. Miss Jane Murphy of High street weekends in Portland as guest of Mr and Mrs William R Campbell. Miss Valentine Ayer of Five ia stays with her aunt Mrs Reno of Farrin street near Woolworths. Mrs Frederick Robson street travels to Scott aetie for a two week visit with her daughter Mrs George Lucy. Mrs Fred F Butler of lower Washington street returns from Wol laston Mass where she spent the Winter with relatives.
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