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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1932
Page
3
A long list of local residents and visitors details weekend trips to Portland Lowell Damariscotta and New York. Col Henry Hall returns from Florida with family at North Edgecomb. Local church services stay on standard time while a new bridge receives paint. Community members update on jobs schools and funeral service lineage highlights.
Dandelions bloom as the Wiscasset creamery thrives. Mary Cowley joins the post office staff while families travel and visitors arrive for summer at the Sawyer and Langdon road areas. Residents update homes, travel to Boston and Portland, and Rev. Weeden and family relocate to the Sawyer cottage for the season.
Mrs Pulsiver of Waldoboro visits town. Mrs Joe Call spent last Sunday in Rockland. Mrs Erskine was in Gardiner recently. William B Lewis ill with rheumatism. Mr and Mrs John Greenleaf in Portland this week. Joe Call works in F A Creamer’s office. Mr and Mrs Joe Taylor back from Massachusetts. Miss M E Sewall in Damariscotta. Frank Colby and family moved into Woodman house. R H T Taylor in Bath for lumber. Mrs Lambert home from Somerville for the winter. W G Hubvard and F A Creamer returned from Boston. A large monument being erected in Ingalls lot, Evergreen Cemetery.
Funeral held for James Mungrey by the Odd Fellows at Scene church Sunday. Mrs. Andrew Lacy dies after ten day illness from blood poisoning erysipelas. Colby Fish Market repainted inside and out. new marble slab planned. Burroughs leaves town for a two week rest in Massachusetts. pulpit to be supplied by Brunswick minister. Richard H. Tucker Jr arriving home after appointment at Lick Observatory Mt Hamilton. Elihu Blair dies after prolonged illness. Capt McLaughlin of Ed ward C Allen True visited Captain Blake. Grace A Hilton of Damariscotta in town for millinery business. Annie Mahar returns from Machias with grandmother.
Five thousand parents and teachers in Maine urged a strong educational budget, arguing cuts to luxuries and necessities would be less harmful than curtailing children’s schooling. Mrs Harold Avery presided as Mrs Arthur Sewall was ill. treasurer secretary and milk fund chair reports were read and accepted. hosts were Mrs Morris H Cohen and Mrs David S Cogan.
Mrs N Gratz Jackson Mrs William H Small and Mrs Charles E Hewitt Jr were named to a committee by Mrs Arthur C Lemont president to meet the Board of Education over readjustment plans amid reduced funding. Eleven members attended as Mrs Lemont presided. A card party is set for May 24 in Washington street rooms with refreshments under the ways and means chair Mrs Carroll A Deering. Reservations through Mrs N Gratz Jackson Mrs J Albert Redlon or Mrs Vivian Brown.
Dike P T A nominated officers for a second term during Tuesday’s meeting in the school teachers’ room. For 1932 33 the slate includes Daniel J. Perry president Lena Shepard vice president Charles F MacDonald Jr treasurer and Frederick J Hoffman secretary. Committee reports were given and a plan to buy phonograph records was approved with Bernice D Staples to select records. The final meeting on June 7 will finish unfinished business.
The 70 year old Fred P Ring faces a murder charge for the July killing of William C Philbrook a Brunswick farmer The state says the beating arose from a dispute over hay field ownership Ring was indicted last September and has had delays due to injuries from a prior car crash Also noted are Young Ladies Bridge Club meeting results with prizes awarded to Josephine Fraser and others
West Bath Grange will hold a May dance at its hall on Thursday evening May 19. The hall will be decorated in Maytime fashion and features include several novelty dances and a prize waltz. A four piece orchestra will provide music. Committee: Miss Bessie F Greenblatt chairwoman Mrs David S Cogan and Edwin W Haggett. Advance ticket sales are strong.
Dr Ardenne A Stott, a Bath physician of 24 years and Bath City Hospital staffer, will take over the late Dr Byron F Barker's Shaw block offices. He plans to assume possession around June 1 and will continue residing in Woolwich.
Mrs. Conrad Beardsley of 1264 Washington street was struck while crossing near Beacon Street Church by a northbound automobile driven by Arthur Fuller. She was tossed across the street, aided at 1181 Washington street, then taken to City hospital with serious injuries.
West Bath residents host a card luncheon at Birch Point while Bethel Inn manager Samuel Blackwood and Mrs Blackwood visit from Boston. The Blackwoods and the Van Amaringes are guests at Lombard farm and note Bethel Inn repairs. Local families, birthdays, group gatherings, and weekend cottage visits fill the town diary.
The Thespians stage a lively performance with Brenda Hill and Elsie Trott delivering standout turns as Jenny Bumpstead and Elaine. Cast members Myra and Mabel charm, Bill Clarke is well played, and Rev Stump shows versatility as director Huse keeps the cast in strong form. Ballou returns from Queens to visit family on High street ahead of summer.
Charles E. Cushing arrived Monday to spend the summer at his home on Green street. He had been in Italy for several months and spent the rest of the winter and spring at Palm Beach Florida.
Local residents and visitors are listed in Woolwich and neighboring towns with guests in Augusta Yarmouth Georgetown and Bath. Notable items include tributes for Mary Wright and Rev T Herbert Fernald, a Silver Tea fundraiser May 26 for Nequasset Woman's Auxiliary, and church services by Rev H H Bishop and Rev Plinette Allen with stereopticon pictures.
The American Legion Auxiliary announces National Poppy Day will be observed May 28 in Bath and nationwide. Proceeds aid disabled ex servicemen in hospitals and their needy children. poppies are made by disabled veterans at Togus and state hospitals. Commander Roscoe E. Perkins urges public to distinguish the Legion from any other drive. Plans will be discussed at the Roland Smith Post meeting tonight at Legion HQ. Mrs. Carrie P. Johnson visits Boothbay Harbor.
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