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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1939
Page
3
Residents and visitors populate a packed week with relatives trips in Belgrade Augusta and Portland. Cortland Richards and family join Mrs Richards in Port land while Miss Alice Taylor returns from Somerville Mass to stay with local hosts. A hospital operation for appendicitis is reported for Bernard Merry in Damariscotta.
The annual public concert by Les Camarades Musicaux in Winter Street chapel drew a large audience on Wednesday at 8.15 pm. Merton Sprague appeared publicly for the first time since a Winter tour with the Children's Players, with Allan Ramsay arranging a varied program of Italian songs, violin solos, and operatic arias featuring Kathleen Leonard, Donald Lewis, Mrs. Fred Sturtevant, and others.
At the Dike P T A regular meeting in North End Community club quarters final plans were made for Thursday evenings card party to be held at the Community club house. Mrs Charles T Henderson is general supper committee chairwoman for the final meeting and last party of the season.
The Clarion eighth grade paper sold out its last edition, produced by division four with help from grades six and seven. Proceeds exceed 40 dollars for a Buzzell's day trip. seniors under Miss Fahey prepare stencils. The May 12 issue features class will, prophecies, poems, editorials, cartoons, and eight short stories.
Unanimous vote keeps Rev. Charles R. Sims as pastor of the First Baptist church for a ninth year after a well attended midweek church meeting. Officers and committees for the new year were elected, with reports showing increased interest and stronger finances. Supper followed by the Ladies Sewing Circle and Baptist Young People's union.
R. C. Van Tuy of Portland was elected president of the Maine Chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants at the Worster Hotel in Hallowell. Other officers named include M. C. Covert Lewiston first vice president J. W. Jordan Limerick second vice president S. J. Rogers Cumberland Mills treasurer H. M. Hiser Portland secretary. The new board of directors lists S. L. Eaton Bath Clarence Holden Bangor A. G. Jelalian Portland T. R. Peary Biddeford W. A. Runnells Hallowell Earle A. Smith Portland and Harry E. Martin Portland. The outing is set for Poland Spring June 9.
At the Caribou Chamber of Commerce meeting the Soap Box Derby Committee announced a June 26 event for boys ages 10 to 15 who build cars to specification. The northern Maine contest in Caribou leads to a Portland title bid and a chance to reach Akron Ohio for the national derby with a four year college scholarship prize. Chevrolet and other awards accompany the top finishers.
West Bath and nearby towns recount a weekend of visits and gatherings. Mrs J Everett Mayo returns from Portland and Fryeburg while numerous families host guests from Bath Auburn Freeport Brunswick Turner Waterville and York. Community members celebrate a 14th birthday at a joint party and families remodel homes at Sabine and Larrabee's Grove.
Preliminary contests for grades four through eight are under way for the third annual grade schools spelling contest. Ten pupils from grade four qualified for the finals at Morse high school include Richard Callan Betty Cummings Betty Hill Ted Sturtevant Camelia Deering Everett Parker Reginald Barter Philip Ames Ruth Williams and John Haywood.
Mrs. Louis A. Dole was chosen president and Mrs. Bird A. Shellenbarger became vice president at the North Center P T A annual meeting. Other officers named were Mrs. Norman W. Howard secretary and Mrs. Walter M. Hill treasurer. The retiring president Mrs. Daniel H. Matter received a token of appreciation. The group discussed the Collins Festival to benefit a Dental Clinic and annual reports were approved.
Miss Alma Allen of Mt. Auburn Hospital Cambridge visits sister Mrs Blair in Boston area. A daughter Lillian Blanche Hudon was born May 13 to Mr. and Mrs Alfred Hudon of Lisbon Falls. they formerly lived in Bath and their North Street home burned recently. Sheila Potter wed Sheldon Prentice at the Potter estate garden in Roslyn New York. Mrs Prentice, Foxcroft School alumna, is granddaughter of the late Bath natives Edwin Potter and wife and niece to Boston socialite Mrs Forbes. Summer colony guests from Small Point Beach attended.
Pulp wood operations resume on several lots as locals visit families and attend events. Mrs Bernice Rehbein returns from Fairfield Sanatorium to visit her father George Richardson. George Knight of Medford Mass visited. Eugene Whitten and family spent the weekend at Smoky Hollow.
Woolwich notices report Mrs Daisy Bailey visiting Mrs Clara Reed while Reed is bedridden. Roland Reynes repairs his River road home. State entrance exams at Sagadahoc Ferry school house Friday night at Mrs Lindsay Cooper’s home. Public meeting planned for Mr Gilmore in Navy Yard.Mrs Pred Carlton and Miss Florence Carlton visited Portland. Memorial service at Woolwich Center Church Tuesday May 30 with Dr David L Wilson speaker and special music. Regular worship services at Day's Ferry Nequasset North Woolwich and Sagadahoc Ferry with Lord's Supper at Nequasset after. Capt Ralph Hall of Saga Winter runs tourist camps. Mrs Charles H Hunnewell and others from Portland visited Mother’s Day. Murphy's Corner Community Club to host public supper May 23 chaired by Mrs Maurice Hathorne.
In Bathshyde Windlass Company, Gil Arsenault and Pete Lebel challenged Murdock Murray and Fenton Moore to a noon cribbage series. The four men played daily, pooling one dollar per player for a total of two dollars per winner, with a high speed pace and a three minute final hand setting a remarkable record according to witnesses.
Center school pupils hung a May basket for Miss Sheldon on Wednesday evening and enjoyed a jolly time. Mrs. Cora Gahan has returned home after visiting with her son Lawrence and family. Mother's Day was celebrated by Mrs. Mabel Cate with help from her son Clifton and family from Damariscotta and her other son Don and family from Richmond. Earl Good has returned from Togus hospital after an appendicitis operation. Norman Bailey has employment news. The State test for entrance to Bridge Academy will be given May 19.
Everett L. Lewis, 22, of West Street, a driller at Bath Iron Works, was struck in the right eye by a heated rivet end and treated at Memorial hospital. Physicians believed sight would be saved after X rays showed no foreign body. Harold L. Adams led plant medical staff to care.
A boy recovered after an accident. electric pads prevented pneumonia and he answered questions with a nod. Neighbors and police rushed to the scene. the father anticipated a full recovery while recalling life in the river. The report notes bystanders and a trail of events leading to the hospital.
The Woolwich Union gathered leaders including Frank R. Bailey Mrs. Edward Reed and others for a yearly session. A key note was a turnaround from a red to a black financial report by closing time signaling improved finances.
The annual Police Ball raised more than six hundred dollars through ticket sales and a souvenir program. Notables attended the event including Aldermen Small Mitchell and their spouses along with Senator Sewall and Representatives Miller and Tardif. The hall featured banners, a color theme, and a rotating colored spotlight.
Chester H. McCabe Jr of Bath was elected president of the Maine Hand Engine League at the Rockland meeting. He has served as vice president and a judge in prior years and beat John Tremblay of Brunswick for the top post. The muster committee and other officers were named, with the Fourth of July Muster scheduled for Brunswick.
David L. Black of Bath and Ethel Hubbard Perkins were married Sunday morning in Lunenburg VI. The groom, 50, is a Bath address graduate of Morse High, attended GE School in Lynn and Oxford School of Business in Cambridge, a member of Lambda Nu at Oxford, and has five years at Bath Iron Works. Mrs. Black is daughter of Nora S. Hubbard. details of the ceremony and arrangements follow.
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