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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1938
Page
6
Mrs. John Parker hosted a Bath tea for teachers from local schools with guests including Mrs. Warren F. Hawley and Mrs. Allan Spear. Many attendees from Center Street and South Street schools poured and served, with further visits from ex-Gov Baxter and others as residents hosted friends and relatives over the weekend.
Mrs William Miller of Richmond returns from Bath to visit her mother Mrs Mary Blethen at the Old Folks Home. Mrs Robert H Haskell, an operative patient at Memorial hospital for nearly three weeks, is recovering and expected to go home soon at 1217 Washington street.
Mrs S Newell entertained her contract club for a luncheon Monday noon at her home on Washington street.
Senator Sumner Sewall, a director of United Air Lines, departed Monday evening on a business trip. He will travel by air from Portland to Chicago Illinois Cheyenne Wyoming and Denver Colorado, visiting each point on the itinerary.
Mrs William R Freeman of Westwood New Jersey arrived to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Fred D Hill in Bath. Capt Freeman sails from London on the Isthmian Tuscaloosa City and heads to New York and Baltimore for cargo bound for Pacific ports. Mrs William D Sewall and Miss Carolyn Moses plan a Boston trip by plane from Augusta airport. Non commissioned officers for the U S S Davis to be launched at Bath Iron Works arrive from Portsmouth Navy Yard. John H Smith and Lauris Q Tankersley first to arrive with others expected. John McCarty of Bath welds on Deer Isle bridge project. Colby College class of 1938 part gifts go to Miss Alice Mulligan and W Linwood Haynes of Bath. Representative and Mrs Walter M Ayer visit relatives in Bath. Maine chapter of Accountants formation discussed at Eastland Portland meeting with Mohler Eaton and others attending. Mr and Mrs George C Smith of Somerville Mass return after visiting Bath friends.
Brunswick Monday noon Rotary heard Hon Sumner Sewall speak on his airplane journey to South America and Pacific coast points. The meeting coincided with a mix of local notices including a choir improvable to attend a festival, hospital updates, and engagement announcements.
Mrs Helen M Smith of Portland formerly Miss Helen Martin, Morse high school class of 1919, will wed Lester Chase Partridge at Williston Congregational church at 10 am Saturday. Attendant will be sister Nina M Martin. After the ceremony they sail for Montreal and Quebec, then reside at 27 Glenwood Ave.
Mr and Mrs Harold Ham of Auburn visited Mr and Mrs Joseph Madden in Dike rond on Sunday. George A McFadden of Winchester Massachusetts, hurt by falling scenery at the Powers studio in Boston, is home with a nurse after weeks in Winchester hospital and will be unable to resume full duties for several weeks. Mrs Ralph O Dale and her son Ralph Jr of Middle Street drove to Orono on Monday.
Rockville Center visitor opens Meadowbrook cottage as family travels for mother’s burial in Bath. Boston and New York guests attend gatherings while social clubs, hospital meetings, and a birthday celebration unfold. Twin births in Topsham bring good news as local residents attend events and plan next meetings.
Invitations announce the June 1 ceremony for Miss Sophia Greenleaf Wright of Los Angeles and Charles Carr Price in Shatto chapel at First Congregational church. A reception will follow at 8439 Kirkwood Drive Laurel Canyon Hollywood. Wright, born in North Bath, is niece of Nathan E. Coffin.
Friends report former Parker Head resident and longtime chief engineer of a freight steamer, Frank Webber, is seriously ill at his New London Connecticut home. Also mentioned is Mrs. Jack Wade of Upper Washington Street, recently able to venture outside after months at Memorial hospital. John W. Osborne has joined Bath Iron Works as special assistant to the president, coming from Dayton Ohio, and will be joined by Mrs. Osborne and three children at 42 Summer Street on June 1.
Mrs. Ray Marston of Augusta, a guest of Mrs. Harry Tucker of Middle Street, passed away Wednesday with her cousin Mrs. Pearl Dunbar of Middle Street, returning to Augusta Wednesday evening. Mrs. Elizabeth Coombs, living with her sister Mrs. Harry W. Crosman of High Street, is confined to her room by illness.
Mr and Mrs Edward Merchant of West Jonesport visit Bath with Mrs King on Center street extension and plan to return home Saturday. Oscar King will drive them back and stop at Bears to be joined by Mrs Merchant’s niece Mrs Mary Peabody for a Bath visit. Miss Marjorie Palmer of Presque Isle joins Bath Iron Works inspector’s office clerical staff. Arthur C Norton of 30 Dummer Street leaves Monday for Boston for Hibbert L Norton’s vocal recital at New England Conservatory. Norton to be accompanied by daughter Barbara and aunt Miss Winifred Whitehead. Postgraduate recital by Hibbert Norton approved by Dr. Wallace Goodrich and Miss Agnes Trowbridge. Andrews Road group departs Wednesday for Crow Point in Hingham, Mass to open Summer home and visit West Newton. Wesley Church Sorority hosts choir with supper and social hour. supper committee named and menu listed. 40 attend. Mr and Mrs Albert Somes of Reading, Mass guests of Dr Ardenne A Stott and Mrs Stott on Park Street. Mrs William P Hatch hosts Monday Evening Club at Washington Street home with supper and contract games. next meeting at Mrs Florence Troop’s.
Mrs. Walter M. Hill led St Marys guild delegation at the Portland Diocesan convention with Mrs. Fred D. Hill Mrs. Herbert Calderwood Mrs. Augustus Perow and Mrs. Charles M Tubbs. They reported the sessions at Grace church parish house Tuesday night. May 24 will mark the guilds closing meeting with plans for a supper and social evening.
Mr and Mrs Harvey Henderson and their son Harvey have relocated from Park Street to Five Islands. They leased a cottage for the summer and Harvey senior and junior, both Bath Iron Works employees, commuted daily.
The Twin City Broadcasting company received federal authorization to construct a radio station in Lewiston with unlimited time at 1210 kilocycles and 100 watts. The FCC denied applications by Philip J. Wiseman and Arthur E. Seagrave of Lewiston and Cumberland Broadcasting for Portland. In a separate case, Robert R. Jordan of Secarboro was sentenced by Justice William H. Fisher to the maximum 11 months in county jail for cruelty to animals after a jury found he had starved five cows last February. Jordan had appealed a previous six month term from Portland municipal court. The judge lamented the light penalty.
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the main building at the sporting camps of Thomas Potts Jr of Brockton Massachusetts on Long Lake Sunday morning and spread to a pump house before Bridgton firefighters checked the blaze. Neighbors across the lake alerted the alarm and firemen faced difficulty locating the wooded camp cluster. Firefighters kept flames from spreading to eight other cottages. camp buildings housed a store and living quarters.
The Misses Burrage rent their Colonial house once used by the Hugh McNair Kahler family to I A R Wylie. Miss Wylie, an English author whose tales appear in the Saturday Evening Post and other major magazines, will join the colony this season.
Complaints from coast regions about out-of-state fish drag gers fishing Maine waters prompt investigation by Sea and Shore Fisheries Commissioner Arthur R. Greenleaf. Groundfish laws from the last legislature require strict enforcement with patrol boats to prosecute violators. Proponents say out-of-state boats arrive each Spring and deplete Maine grounds, justifying the law to shield local fishermen.
Commissioner E C Moran Jr will conduct a United States Maritime Commission hearing in Hawaii. The inquiry into inter island shipping rates begins in Honolulu on Friday May 27. Moran sails from Los Angeles Friday May 20 on the Matsonia and arrives in Honolulu May 26.
Paul C. Stephens, a former rider for Wyoming and Montana cattle ranches, has opened a riding school at his Portland street Kennebunk farm. Practice is in the big log corral, with trails along Ross road and beside the Kennebunk River for experienced riders. Interest in the new school is keen.
The second Barrows for Governor Club in the state was formed Tuesday evening at the City Building in Augusta to organize support for Barrows in Gardiner. The Newport club, the first in the state, formed at the State Republican Convention in Bangor last month. Officers will be elected at the meeting. Rockland high pupils take driving tests with excellent results among applicants for licenses.
Bion C. Nedde, retiring after four decades with Bangor and Aroostook Byrailroad Company on May 1, resigns to pursue a pension. Fellow workers present a fine traveling case as a token of esteem. Mrs. Henry M. Dingley Jr., of Maine Air Transport, first woman aviation student to solo from Lewiston Auburn port after two weeks of instruction.
Rangeley lake region reports show open season catches far above recent five year totals and salmon running larger with several over ten pounds. Moosehead and other waters attract anglers from many states as Moosehead’s vast 40 mile body proves highly productive. Grand Lake in Washington county also exceeds prior years. Observers call the season’s fishing due to generous game fish propagation and ideal weather and water conditions.
Morse High senior girls and faculty receive invites to the May annual festival and open house at Westbrook Junior College, scheduled for Tuesday at 2 30.
H. L. Culpepper C. W. Ward W. M. Zippler and J. W. Trevonow of Gibbs and Cox New York have returned after several days in Bath on business. They stayed at Hotel Phoenix. Culpepper is recalled by Bath residents for years of service as a draftsman in the town.
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