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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1928
Page
8
At a regular Winnegance Community Club meeting the main topic was adding a rear addition to the community house. The auxiliary proposed the plan, a committee was named to negotiate, and funding arrangements were approved as bills are paid and the front lot bounds adjusted.
Miss Peutine MacDonald of Gorham Normal school spent the weekend in Bath with her parents Mr and Mrs Charles MacDonald of High street. A son was born Monday evening to Mr and Mrs George Burns of Willow street.
The Central Church League held its annual meeting and banquet in the parish house on Monday evening with a wheel table layout and pink carnation decorations. Fifty-six members attended as new officers were elected, and an entertainment followed the business session.
The city licensing committee met Monday evening approving victualer licenses for Mrs. Jennie Allen Tore Phoenix J M Footer Dairy Lunch Girdiner Roberts Buffet Lunch Pearl Sutherland Dewey Lunch T B McCormick American House Zacarios Poulas Star Lanech John Z Conroy Jack's Tuneh Fred E Blake Onera 9 Cafe Colonial Cafe Arthur Bilis Arthur's Laneh Mary Bacher Bridge Cafe Josephine Day 38 High street James R McKay North Street extension and awarding auctioneer licenses to William Mann Henry G Hodgdon Charles T Jackson John E Fitzgerald £ 00 Washington street Second hand dealers Fremont B Rowe Nathan Povieh Junk dealers Percy W Aver Charles D Weeks Park bowling licenses to Frank Pepper and others Public auto licenses Edward Brown Harold Y Small Fred J Lakin ALP Walkers Ralph E Legard Alston Oliver Nathan Petlock junk pedlars Percy W Aver Charles Weeks and more. Gasoline licenses granted The Texas Co Standard Oil Co Daniel Bishop Jennie M Allen C W Walsh & Son Chester A Plant Auto Tire & Supply Store Percy W Oliver Charles F L Robinson William F Barstow Bath Garage Co Norman Howard United Motor Fuel Co Charles T Henderson etc. Fireworks licenses issued William Mann Nathan Povich. Licenses referred to special committee on licenses for Seekins Vellieux Finkelstein Zoome and Miller.
The Rodwell Grange of Small Point met Friday after a three month vacation with good attendance. An ex-Collet program featured readings recitations and remarks on grange aims. A social followed with cake coffee and candy. A future meeting is planned and local road improvements were noted with several residents listed as involved. Alfred Beals, 49, a shipper from Meadowbrook, died at his home after a brief illness. He was born in Arrowsic and survived by a brother George Beals. Funeral arrangements were to be held Friday at Cart’s undertaking rooms in Bath.
The Winneganee public school led by Miss Eleanor Ferguson received a dental certificate from the State Department of Health for meeting health standards. Fully 60 percent of pupils had all dental deficiencies addressed by the school nurse, and other schools will pursue the honor as they meet requirements.
Miss Emma Quillette of the Maine School of Commerce visits Bath for the weekend with her mother Mrs. James Melaughlin and relatives in Willow Street and Northeast Harbor. They stay with Mrs. Crooker and her mother Mrs. Samuel Stover on Onk Street.
Clifford Hall overflowed with Holy Name Society members for a joint bridge and whist event. Mrs deh Mo Cone and others led the layout. prizes included a colonial bouquet for Miss Joseph Fraser and a silver smoking set for Edward Arsenault. Plans for another party next Friday follow.
Willard F. Cowhig an industrial engineer with Rathons seeks appointment as Portland city manager. Born in South Boston he studied there and later New York education completed. He has connections with Western Electric and General Electric as councilors review candidates next week.
Personal notes record Thomas Bates a senior at the University of Maine spending the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Tel Beres in the city. Charles Marywell son of Mrs Herbert Meoxwell of Middle Street left Friday for Reston. Maxwell’s sister Miss Gertrude Maxwell attends the seminary. Baker now Bowdoin clerk visited the city Saturday. The country’s condition was said to have improved in the last ten days. Monday Evening Club members hosted a chicken dinner at Crosby's Inn with husbands attending and several games and songs later in the evening.
Woolwich district news records multiple family visits and illnesses with many names. Mrs Edward Copeland remains a patient at Bath City hospital while Alfred Trot visits in Southport. Community groups plan rehearsals and meetings as Morgantown events prepare for Mothers Day programs and county agent visits.
Mrs Charles Pushard and two children visited Mrs J Siessis on Saturday. The Wall family from West Dresden called on relatives in South-end Sunday. Albert Pushard of Randolph dined with Leland Siesars in Smedsay. The Pushards stayed with Mrs Pushard’s aunt Mrs Arther Carrington in Richmond. Mrs Fred Carlton visits Bath, Harry Jeh works for Sertwell farms in West Dresden.
City council votes on reduced appropriation bill detailing lighting engine houses repairs and equipment costs. Debates over building contracts street improvements and fire alarm boxes precede actions on staffing licenses and ballot clerks with various aldermanic approvals and reassignments.
Mrs Willian DeCoste of Washington Street returned from Manchester N H where she stays with Mr and Mrs Mo Metermack for two weeks. Mrs Join Mooers has moved in with her daughter Mrs Julian Murray and returned from Branswieck hospital where she has been a patient for some time. Mr and Mrs Joseph Bragg of Rich-Inend have been visiting Damariscotta and returned home after a brief visit with Mrs Elizabeth Thompson. Mrs Margaret Farrell of Edward H passed a fortnight with her daughter Mrs Theodore Smith. Mr and Mrs Edward Rowe of this city, long time in Miami Florida, will move to Bath in June to settle and visit Mrs Rowe's parents. Mrs Hubert HL McCarty went to Boston on Pine Tree Limited and returned. her husband, operated on for throat trouble at Peter Bent Brigham hospital, is improving and expects to come home in about two weeks.
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