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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1940
Page
7
The Richmond lodge I O O P hosted the 18th district gathering at Enterprise grange hall on Wednesday evening. Activities included district services at Gardiner and local readings, with members from Beulah Rebekah Lodge and Kennebec Valley Encampment in attendance for the 120th I O O F anniversary.
A Richmond Progressive Grange meeting Friday evening featured Lecturer Margaret Baker in a Mother's Day program. Myron Douglass presented Mother's Day Proclamation and The Origin of Mother's Day, with readings by Marion Skinner, Estelle Brown, Gwendolyn Douglass, Cora Farnum, Emily Gray, Laurelle Priest, Helen Witham, and Rachel Varney.
Sagadahoc Grange of Bowdoin met Saturday evening with strong attendance. Alice Larrabee led a program including Mother’s Day origins, readings by Grace Hanson and Charlene Bickford, tableaux by Daisy Bickford and others, a question on career choices opened by Norman Curtis and Mattie Card, plus sketches and closing thoughts.
Merrymeeting Grange met in Bowdoinham on Friday with Miss M L Wright H D A giving a talk on Fruit Juices. Mrs Ralph McEwen arranged the program including reading, guitar and mandolin selections and songs by Chester Purington and Louis Carrastableaux. Maine reports two farm owned cooperatives the Kingman Electric Company at Kingman and Farm Home Electric Co operative, Inc., of Patten. Government has lent 223000 to these groups. Kingman Electric now operates 69 miles of line and plans about 150 more to serve ropsfield Newton Vanceboro and Nanorth. The other co-op begins 108 miles for rural Patten Island Falls Smyrna Mills and Silver Ridge Plantation. Officials foresee expansion to 200 or 300 miles.
The city of Bath, with population under 10,000, won first place in the American Automobile Association Pedestrian Safety Contest for notable traffic improvements from Feb 1, 1939, to 1940. Bath entered after three pedestrian fatalities in 1940 and achieved 456 days without a pedestrian death until May 3 when Llewellyn Bettison was struck on Washington Street and died April 4.
Mayor Robert H. Haskell announced the cleanup cost about 2715 dollars as 18 workers toiled nine days. The dump near Kelley Athletic field was cleared of rotting garbage, the west boundary restored, signs posted, and the gate house removed for a safer ballpark area. He plans iron stakes to block vehicle access and vows to prosecute future violators who dump refuse.
Miss Abigail Carter opened the annual meeting held at Miss Alice N. Magoun's home with a tribute to Miss Sarah Augusta Hyde, longtime Winter Street church member. Reports from the Portland conference were shared by Mrs. Purdue, Mrs. Snipe, and Miss Carter, noting China as next year's study topic. Officers elected: Carter president, Morse first vice president, Purdue second vice president, Purington secretary, Varney treasurer. A hymn treasured by Miss Hyde concluded the meeting, followed by refreshments and a social hour amid spring flowers.
Miss Dorothy Silver, daughter of Mr and Mrs Barney Silver of Orono, returned Friday night after a ten months visit to South Africa traveling over 30000 miles. She praised the country as beautiful but said America will always be her home and noted the war altered her continental plans directing her from Capetown to New York.
Georgetown notices report Central Maine Power erecting poles for power to Morris Levine's residence with Levine expected June 1. The Bath Bowdoinham United Baptist Association held a meeting. Rev Koehlwetter elected to Evangelistic committee and Mrs Koehlwetter named as state convention delegate. Various local residents visit, travel, or prepare summer homes and cottages. clamming and farming activity noted. Mrs Warren and others mentioned in social updates.
Augusta May 15 The 1940 Maine fair season will open July 29 at the New Bangor Fair. Commissioner Frank P. Washburn says this year will feature the greatest agricultural exhibits yet with more farm products displayed. Maine’s 33 fairs run through September with a grand finale at Topsham October 8-10, listing dates for each location.
The Cosmopolitan Garden Club planted four climbing rose bushes in front of the club house Monday afternoon during a regular meeting. A bird bath honoring the late Jane Sewall Murphy was placed on the lawn. Mrs. Chester A. Roberts chaired the May breakfast report. a nominating committee led by Mrs. Roberts, Mrs. Rothwell, and Mrs. Quimby was appointed to report at the May 27 meeting.
After completing a four year term as Lewiston municipal court judge, Alton A Lessard was honored by the bar. John D Clifford spoke for the attorneys and presented matching luggage to the retiring judge during Saturday morning sessions.
Dartmouth College, chartered in 1760, grew from a northern New Hampshire Indian school. The library began circulating books in 1774 with strict fees and time limits. The piece notes student classes, early scholars, and scarce scientific works, ending with a Dartmouth Bulletin excerpt from 1844 about a family letter on travel and virtue.
Sparks from a weenie roast ignited brush at the rear of Tarbox street Saturday. Fire units from Engine 4 and the service wagon extinguished the blaze on property owned by former Alderman Ellery F. Whittemore. Two youths roasting nearby led to the incident. Earlier, Engine 4 responded to a chimney fire at Ferdinand W. Coombs 76 Russell street with a pony chemical. no damage reported.
The Red Cross urges continued aid for women and children harmed by war. The appeal stresses the need is great and presents relief as a practical expression of sympathy and pity for the helpless victims of the conflict.
Directors reported higher member numbers than a year ago and voted to move the after four oclock playing hour to replace the previous five oclock schedule. Mrs J Leslie Coombs of South street visited Reading Massachusetts this Sunday with daughter Mrs Samuel Willams.
Measles cases at Five Islands force a Wednesday school closure and the teacher Miss Harding leaving for Boothbay until the epidemic ends. Sunday Mother’s Day service featured a sermon by Rev. Franklin Koehlwetter with Mrs Edith Davis of Bath placing flowers in memory of Elmira Lewis. Local clubs met and residents improve property and roads. several visitors and seasonal cottage owners were noted across Five Islands and nearby towns.
Mayor Robert H. Haskell proclaims May 18 1940 as Buddy Poppy Day in Bath Maine. The 19th annual Buddy Poppy sale by Dyer Flaherty Post 2197 VFW funds veteran care child welfare and relief for disabled and needy veterans. Citizens urged to support the sale as a civic and patriotic duty.
Bowdoin College notes Ivy Day house party Thursday and Friday with Ivy Day exercises for the class of 1941 on Friday at three on the Walker Art building terrace. The Seniors last chapel will follow at four with President Kenneth C. M. Sills presiding. The Masque and Gown presents The Petrified Forest at 4:30 in Memorial hall. The Ivy dance is slated for the evening in Sargent gymnasium. An art exhibit from the Portland Society of Art and Sweat Museum opens, with watercolors by Eliot O Hara on display. Rev Boynton Merrill will preach at chapel Sunday at five, and the college choir will sing To God on High. President and Mrs Sills will be at home to Sophomores Sunday from eight to ten.
Mrs. Josephine L. Scott of 20 Garden Street announces the engagement of her daughter Miss Margery J. Scott to Walter J. Anliker Jr son of Mrs Elizabeth Anliker of 2 West Street. Miss Scott works in the main office of Bath Iron Works Corp where Mr Anliker is an assistant electrical engineer.
Rev. Percy Vernon of Lewiston, retiring governor of the 193rd Rotary district, was honored at Bath Rotary’s luncheon at Hotel Bedgwick. His remarks mixed humor with a global view of Rotary shrinking in Europe and the Far East, urging members to uphold liberty and community service. Herbert Payson of Portland visited.
Over half of recent two week transfers in Saga dahoc Registry of Deeds involve Bath properties. Listings show Clarissa McIlwain to William N How ard et al on Washington street and multiple other parcels traded among individuals and companies along Meadowway Court High and other streets. Estate transfers include Elizabeth L Boynton to Warner Eustis and Samuel W Odiorne to Susie Ranger, with Topsham and Richmond listings also noted.
Bath residents and relatives gathered in Honolulu, Territorial Hawaii, for a weekend reunion. Notables included Capt. Acheson of the U.S. Army Air Corps, Capt. Gillette of Pearl Harbor, and Mrs. Mullin visiting Lydia Baxter Smith Gillette. Acheson will head to Tampa for duty in July after a May transfer from Mitchel Field. Cuthbert Wilson, tied to Makawe i sugar plantation on Kauai, also attended.
The funeral of S Wylie Wakeman 63 president of Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co was held in New York after his sudden death May 7 He led four plants Fore River Union Iron Works San Francisco Sparrows Point and United Shipbuilding Co He is survived by his wife two sons Richard and Samuel and a daughter Burial took place in Bridgeport Conn.
Mrs Annie E Dickinson 84 widow of Sewall Dickinson died May 8 at her home in Wiscasset after a month long illness. Born in Wiscasset she was a prominent local figure beloved by many. Survived by son Arthur Dickinson of Wiscasset and five daughters including Mrs Alfred Higgins and Mrs Ada Cunningham, two sisters and other relatives. Funeral held Friday at Laurel Street home with Rev George J Chiera officiating. burial in Wiscasset.
Mr and Mrs Sam Levin and Isadore Singer attended the Lewiston funeral for Abraham Singer a prominent Lewiston real estate owner who died Thursday after a long illness He once partnered with Max Mendelssohn buying A F Brehaut department store in Bath and ran David T Percy Sons before selling to Jason A Merrill and the late Harry P Bridge
Carl V Broden 75 a Bath resident died Wednesday in a Union hospital where he had been since last fall He was born in Sweden worked as a rigger in shipyards and farmed in North Bath before entering the Old Folks Home on July 7 1936 He is survived by his wife Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 PM at Curtis funeral home 942 Washington Street
Mrs Harriet M Butterfield widow of William S Butterfield was laid to rest Friday at Maple Grove cemetery in a service conducted by Rev Frederick P Moffatt of Corliss Street church. She died May 7 in Fitkin Memorial hospital Asbury Park New Jersey, a daughter of George H Drew of Bath. Though from an old Bath family she had been away many years.
The funeral of Miss Annie H. Trufant formerly of West Bath and longtime New Meadows Inn associate was held Friday at the Old Ladies Home where she lived nearly a year. Rev. Chester B. Oliver officiated. Bearers were Milton Cox Robert S. Gordon Llewellyn D. Rogers and Bird A. Sullenbarger. Burial followed in Maple Grove.
Box 54 called out the fire department at seven o'clock Tuesday evening for a blaze in the garage of J. Haviland Torrey at 912 Middle Street. The garage suffered damage to the floor and one side. Two hose lines fought the fire. Earlier Tuesday Engine 4 answered a still alarm for a blaze in refuse near the Lloyd L. Hooker residence at 713 Washington Street. One barn corner caught fire but suffered little damage. Believed spontaneous combustion started the fire. Three trichinosis patients on the road to recovery at Ste Marie's General Hospital. Dr. Beliveau urged cooking meats like pork hamburgers and frankfurters thoroughly.
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