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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 10, 1934

Page

7

Sharp attack on two cemetery board members in Bath city notes

At a Bath Maine city council meeting Supt Horace W Ward condemned two Cemetery and Park Board members in a long message calling for a new deal. He blamed Haley and Knight for mismanagement, meddling in hiring and discharging workers, and political influence harming the department. Ward urged action or resignation, detailing past reforms and tensions within the board.

Horace W. Ward Cemetery and Park Board Gilmore Pres Edwin R. Andrews Small Supt. Ward Bath Maine Raymond M. Haley Haley Mr. Haley Knight Garren

City Council Session Discusses Oversight and Eaton Vote

The city council continued a session discussing oversight with the treasurer's input. Alderman Donnelley questioned proceedings while Mayor Small noted the outcome would mirror Eaton's confirmation. Voting divided among Gillies Emery Donnell and Small versus Fortier Miller and Smith. Lyden, Ward 4, joined later.

Donnell Eaton August Walter Arthur Sewall Small Alderman Forstier Gillies Emery Miller Smith Fortier Lyden Rocick Sewall Finance Committee Alderman Miller Alderman Fortier Mr. Eaton United States Donne Conand Q Andrews

Winnegance club hosts successful card party at community house

The Winnegance Women’s Auxiliary to the Community Club held a successful card party with 12 tables and a sizable treasury net. The Squaw club met with hostesses Mrs. Frank Perry and Mrs. Harry B. Williams, while plans for a May Frolic at Winneganee Community House were announced with Mrs. Walter Rogers and Mrs. Bernice Drake in charge. Rehearsals begin for the May event. next session Monday at the club house. Board actions include sewage abatement on Pleasant avenue and a city engineer resignation accepted with no immediate successor. James W. Dunton to cover duties.

Treasury Squaw Club Frank Perry Harry B. Williams George M. Eaton Frank Perow Winneganee Women's Auxiliary Walter Rogers Bernice Drake Board of Highways and Sewers Spring Street Pleasant Avenue Board of Health Herbert R. Lemont James W. Dunton Lemont FERA

Joint convention hears Cemetery Board dispute

The two boards met to hear Supt Ward of the Cemetery and Park Board criticize Haley and Knights over superintending authority. No action was taken. Alderman Miller and others nominated Emily J. Morgan for auditor with unanimous ballot. Arthur S. Crockett elected coal and goods weigher, and Harry McNeil elected lumber surveyor with unanimous ballots.

Supt. Ward Cemetery and Park Board Raymond Haley James Knights Alderman Miller R. Hart Emily J. Morgan Small Mr. Miller Torrey Arthur S. Crockett Miler Gillies Harry McNeil Miller Jackson

City committee acts on police reinstatement and staff appointments

Reinstatement petition for Melville Rice to the night police force referred to police committee. Frederick E. Perry named constable by Mayor Small with board approval. Appointment lists for ballot and election clerks approved for next two years. juror drawing by Alderman Miller. attendance notes show two councilmen absent due to illness.

Charles H. Kidder Melville Rice Small Aldeynan Miller Frederick E. Perry Rogers Farm Leroy Burnham Burnham North Lincoln Streets Bond J. Horace McClure Republican City Committee Fred W. Quimby Mabel V. Harford William W. Hosmer Bates E. Stover Thomas Nadeau Alice M. Rideout F. Alice MacDonald Pearl M. Lemont Annie J. S. Lemont Arletta M. Yates Lillian M. Springer Lotta E. Card Gertrude M. Wakefield Elmer Edgecomb Alfie E. Jacobs Alderman Miller Sagadahoc Superior Court Charles E. Blaisdell Edward Harrington Charles T. Henderson Harry A. Plummer William O. Robson Alden G. Smith Sturtevant Woodman

Dromore Grange Plans May 23 Pomona Event

Dromore Grange will hold its regular meeting in the hall at Dromore Tuesday evening to plan entertaining Pomona on May 23. Mrs Evely Beals has prepared an entertaining program. Ralph Kenney’s bus will carry those wishing to make the trip. East Orrington Congregational church marks its 100th anniversary with a three day program including a Friday evening banquet on May 18 and a pageant on the founding of the church led by pastor Roland E Johnson a Bangor Theological Seminary student.

Dromore Grange Dromore Pomona Evelyn Beals Ralph Kenney East Orrington

Bath Area Social Roundup Includes Weekend Visits

A Bath community social round up lists visitors and residents with weekends spent at Sebasco Meadowbrook and camps. Names include Perry Tench Risteen Curtis Eaton Grevers Libby Watson Gilmore Thompson Durwent Kenyon Cushman McFadden Oliver Leavitt Rogers McCourt Pushard and Stacy. Interment for Maurice Pushard occurred at Oak Grove cemetery following a Bath funeral.

Mother's Day program at West Bath Grange features speakers and songs

A May 13 observance at West Bath Grange drew 139 attendees including 28 visitors. County Attorney John P. Carey Jr spoke on the home and law, with musical numbers, readings, and a tableau. Raymond A. Smith was installed as steward, and next week’s program will be led by Miss Lillian E. Lewin.

West Bath Grange Grange John P. Carey, Jr Marilyn Booker Paul Lemont Lillian E. Lewin Dorothy A. Welch Emma G. Brown Charles B. Doyle Helen E. Hartwell Bernice M. Carr Doris R. McKay Helena Hadley Brunswick Catherine P. Emmons Dorothy Waterman Fred Cary Raymond A. Smith Edwin W. Haggett Kenneth Smith Sidney Holbrook Doris

First Penobscot salmon arrives at Bangor market

R A Whitmore, a weirman, brought in the season’s first salmon from a Penobscot River weir. The ten pound fish was bought by Jones' Sea Food Market and shown in the market windows Tuesday morning.

R. A. Whitmore Bangor Penobscot Mr. Whitmore Jones’ Sea Food Market

LeRoy Allen Dies After Life of Adventure and Travel

J LeRoy Allen 79 of South Thomaston died Friday April 27 after a life filled with travel and mining. He spent 20 years gold mining in Colorado and the Black Hills, worked for Ashanti Goldfields on the Africa coast, and later served as superintendent of the Broker Stone Co in Quincy Massachusetts. He leaves his widow Serena Stonefield and a son. one of five children survives. Burial was in Ash Point cemetery Owl's Head following a funeral at Memorial Baptist Church Rockland. He had been ill with asthma in youth and spent years abroad before returning east to settle in Bath with family. He belonged to Masonic lodge Knight Templar and the Baptist church.

Chester L. Allen Washington Street Thomaston West Colorado Black Hills Ashanti Goldfields Corp Africa Mr. Allen South Thomaston Serena Stonefield Leeds St. Dakota Allen Bath Florida Mexico Broker & Stone Co Quincy Mass Masonic Lodge Baptist Church

Funeral Services for Dr. R. H. Donnell

The funeral for Dr. Robert H. Donnell lieutenant commander USNRMC who died Jan 26 in San Diego Calif was held Saturday at two in the Masonic Temple. Rev David L Wilm officiated followed by a full Masonic ritual by Solar lodge officers and bearers. Burial was in Oak Grove.

Robert H. Donnell U.S.N.R.M.C San Diego Calif Masonic Temple David L. Wilm Central Congregational Church Solar Lodge Cecil L. Fullerton Karcher S. Jackson Arthur W. King Walter K. Morse John W. Gillespie John Wishart Oscar 8. Adams William H. Daley Pullerton Morse Adams Daley Oak Grove

Charles Pike Dow Dies After Prolonged Illness

Charles Pike Dow of 319 Main Street Winchester Massachusetts died at Docktors Hospital New York early Tuesday morning April 24 after a prolonged illness. He had summer home at Westport and was active in business and civic life in Orlando Florida and Boston. He was a 32nd degree Mason and served in Masonic bodies. Survived by wife Caroline H Dow three daughters Mrs Guy B Howe Mrs Elisha G Pierce and Miss Eleanor P Dow of Winchester three grandchildren Guy Burnam Howe Jr Charles Pike Howe Elisha George Pierce III and his oats Mrs Grace Fosgate of Orlando.

Charles Pike Dow Mainstreet Winchester Mass Docktors’ Hospital New York Mr. Dow Bath Westport Orlando Fla Boston General Electric Dow Caroline H. Dow Guy B. Howe Elisha G. Pierce Eleanor P. Dow Guy Burnam Howe Charles Pike Howe Elisha George Pierce III Grace Fosgate

Clarence Savage 50 Dies After Emergency Operation

Mrs. Harry W. Crosman was informed Thursday of the sudden death Wednesday night in Cambridge Massachusetts of her cousin Clarence Savage 50 who died after an emergency operation Monday night in a hospital. He is survived by his mother Mary Hodgkins Savage widow of Edward C. Savage. She was a Bath native daughter of Asa and Martha Hodgkins. His father was once a prominent Bath shipbuilder. Clarence Savage followed his father as manager of Savage Express, a longtime family business. He often visited Bath each summer for a short stay.

Harry W. Crosman Cambridge Mass Clarence ‘Savage Mr. Savage Mary Hodgkins Savage Edward C. Savage Bath Asa Martha Hodgkins Clarence Savage Savage's Express

Abbie Viola Pushard Passes Away at 48 in Bath Area

Abbie Viola Pushard 48 wife of Maurice I Pushard of Phippsburg died Friday afternoon at Bath Memorial hospital She was born in Biddeford daughter of Samuel and Abbie Mulcahy and lived in Bath before moving to Phippsburg five years ago She was a Past Pocahontas of Ramona Council D of P and a Dro more grange lecturer Survived by husband mother two daughters a son and a sister.

Abbie Viola Pushard Maurice I. Pushard Phippsburg Bath Memorial Hospital Biddeford Samuel Abbie Caton Mulcahy Bath Pocahontas Ramona Council D. of P Dromore Grange Pushard Samuel Mulcahy George Savage Clarence Wallace Maurice C. Pushard Clarence Goddard East Harpswell

Miss Margaret Toole Returns to Fitchburg

Miss Margaret Toole has returned to Fitchburg Massachusetts after visiting a week with her sister Mrs John E Fitzgerald on Washington Street.

Margaret Toole Fitchburg, Mass John E. Fitzgerald Washington Street

Edward F. Johnson Dies at 82 in Bath

Edward F. Johnson 82, founder of Johnson Brothers hardware in Bath, died Friday in Union after living there 11 years. Born in Bath, he started at Swanton & Jameson, later forming Johnson Brothers with his brothers George and Ernest. Survived by two granddaughters. son Clarence E. Johnson died last fall.

Edward F. Johnson Johnson Brothers Bath Union Mr. Johnson Edward A Mary K. Johnson Swanton & Jameson Front and Broad Streets Bath Savings Institution George W. Johnson Ernest A. Johnson Johnson Odd Fellows Polar Star Lodge Masons Kennebec Charles 8S. Bradeen Montreal Lucille Johnson

Andrew L Felch 88 longtime Boston and Maine clerk dies

Andrew L Felch aged 88 a retired chief clerk for the Boston and Maine railroad died Sunday at Memorial hospital after a three year illness. He lived at 3 Ashburn Street Somerville with cousin Mrs Luella M Peterson. Survived by wife Paulina E Felch who died years ago three daughters Mrs George Lawrence Melrose Mass Mrs George Haskell Somerville and Mrs Robert Eisner Somerville and son Levi E Felch Boston. Burial likely in Chelmsford.

Andrew L. Felch Boston & Maine Railroad Memorial Hospital Somerville Mass Chelmsford Mr. Felch Lowell Levi A. Felch

Bert D. Coombs dies after operation in Lewiston

Bert D. Coombs 63 a Lisbon Falls grain merchant died Friday at Central Maine General hospital Lewiston after an operation Wednesday from which he failed to rally. Born Bowdoin son of Abner and Mary Ann Small Coombs he earlier ran a Bowdoin Center store before moving to Lisbon Falls in 1910. Survived by sister Delvina Beal and four nephews, with wife Cor ris Gray deceased in 1932. He belonged to Columbia lodge K of P.

Bert D. Coombs Lisbon Falls Emma Small Bath Central Maine General Hospital Lewiston Mr. Coombs Bowdoin Abner Mary Ann Small Coombs Shaw's Business College Portland Bowdoin Center Corris E. Gray Delvina Beal Keith Coombs Auburn Kenneth Coombs Waterville George E. Beal South Portland Raymond C. Beal Columbia Lodge, K. of P

Nellie Morse Powers Dies After Illness at 72

Nellie Morse Powers 72, wife of Frank M. Powers, died at home on Middle street after a four month illness. Born in Bath to Scott and Pauline Morse, she lived in the area most of her life and belonged to Genesta chapter O E S. Survived by husband, two daughters Mrs Carl C Troop of Bath and Mrs Henry P Caddy of Medford Mass, three grandchildren Marjorie Troop, Arline Caddy, William Caddy, and one sister Mrs William H Black of Perth Amboy New Jersey.

Nellie Morse Powers Frank M. Powers Middle Street Bath Scott Pauline Morse Genesta Chapter O. E Carl C. Troop Henry P. Caddy Medford Mass

Johnson Brothers founder Edward F. Johnson dies in Union

Funeral services for Edward F. Johnson, last of the three Johnson brothers who organized Johnson Brothers Co., were held Sunday at 2 PM at his daughter in law’s home on Summer Street. Rev. David L. Wilson officiated. Bearers included Michael J. Durgin and John H. Sylvester, with Chester H. McCabe and Thatcher B. Pinkham from Polar Star lodge, Masons. Burial followed at Oak Grove.

Edward F. Johnson Johnson Bros Union Clarence E. Johnson Summer Street David L. Wilson Central Church Michael J. Durgin John H. Sylvester Johnson Brothers Co Chester H. McCabe Thatcher B. Pinkham Polar Star Lodge Masons Bu.Tial Oak Grove

Funeral for Abbie V. Pushard Held at Home

Funeral services for Abbie V. Pushard wife of Maurice I. Pushard of Phippsburg were held Monday afternoon at two at her mother's home Mrs Samuel Mulcahy 12 Russell street Rev Charles R Sims officiated Bearers were George Savage Clarence Wallace Charles Hughes Loring Pushard Burial was in Oak Grove cemetery

William B. Perry New York Newport News William Tench Cleveland William Bowdoin College Sebasco E. L. Risteen Earl Risteen Thomaston Fred S. Sawyer Flora Risteen Fred Curtis N. W. Eaton Ashdale Bath William Grevers Lynbrook L. I Meadowbrook James Perry Omar Perry Arthur Harpswell Walter Libby Sylvester Cushmian Portlans Ambrose McFadden Lena Oliver F. P. Leavitt Gardiner Rogers Rogers Ernest Rogers Walter McCourt Frank Gilliam Frank, Jr Frank Edgecomb John Stacy Portland Stacy Popham Beach Charles L. Stevens Alfred Henry Minott Martin Wyman Asa John D. Rogers Webster George C. Beals Maurice Pushard Samuel Mulcahy Russell Street Charles R. Sims First Baptist Church Clarence Wallace George Savage Charles Hughes Loring Pushard Oak Grove Cemetery Abbie V. Pushard Maurice I. Pushard Phippsburg

Bangor High Student Athletic Week Funds Rise

Between fifty and sixty dollars has thus far been realized from Athletic Week projects begun last Friday at the Bangor High School morning classes and closing Thursday. Proceeds will go to the athletic department for baseball and track.

Bangor High School

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Ward Ity Council Wilbur F. Higgins Higgins Cemetery and and Park Board Mrggins Mig- Haley James 8S. Knight Harry W. Witham Witham Wold C.W.A Mr. Higgins Wilbur Higgins Ralph G. Stetson Mary A. Hewey Stetson Horace W. Ward Board of Fire Engineers Annie Peters John Peters Industrial Accident Commission Peters Committee On Public Buildings Charles Leeman Old City Hall Salvation Army Rman Rodick Raymond C. Hart Alderman Donnell Joseph I. Smith George Melzard T. W. Hyde U. V Dora O. Lowell Bedford Street Dike Ward 1 Cherry Street Lauroy Allen West Africa R. H. Donnell Boston & Maine E. F. Johnson Atwood’s Medicine
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