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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1939
Page
3
Local residents visit friends at Sebasco Estates, Small Point, Bath, and nearby areas. Weekends feature guests from South Portland, Bath, Revere, Peabody, and Allston, with church events, school tests, and Grange Pomona activities noted along with genealogical and social updates.
William S. Newell president of Bath Iron Works was guest of Charles F Adams at a Somerset Club dinner in Boston. Adams, Hoover era Secretary of the Navy, Newell en route to Washington where destroyer bids open Friday. Also visiting: Emil G Ringbergh and Virginia Ringbergh who returned to Belmont after a weekend in the city with Mrs Ringbergh's sister Mrs Harry Lemont. Ringbergh supervises Boston and Maine railroad shops in Concord NH.
Community notices detail visits from residents of Bath Brunswick and Lewiston with extended family ties. Events include exams for seventh and eighth grades at Phippsburg Center and plans for a Memorial Day dance and a tennis court construction.
Mrs Athana Gillespie of Auxiliary No 801 was elected treasurer of the newly formed Pine State Auxiliary at the 45th Maine State Association of Letter Carriers meeting in Lewiston K of C hall. Other officers named include Mrs Margaret Wood president and Mrs Meta Jordan vice president. A banquet with 300 attendees followed.
Thomas S Newton of Stamford Connecticut, manager of Rock Garden Inn in Genenes Estates, hosted Bath visitors this Wednesday during the season, meeting area residents and showcasing local hospitality.
Bay Point residents report tree swallows and purple martins nesting near Navajo and local cottages. Several families from Auburn Bath Georgetown and Kennebec Point visit or relocate for the season while Dr. and Mrs Holt plan a Chicago departure for their summer home. The Bay Point area is alerted to a surge of tent caterpillars damaging trees between Georgetown and Bay Point as local activity continues.
Twenty one members and guests attended an Old Fashioned Party in Colonial dress with a grand march led by Mrs. Fred D. Pinkham. Prizes were given for costumes, readings and a May Queen crowned. A May pole dance followed with a pantomime “The Musical Family” and refreshments prepared by club members. Final plans for a June 3 food sale and a June 6 banquet at the Riverview in Damariscotta were announced, with transportation details coordinating a six o'clock church departure.
John L. Sanborn of this city and Roland D. McIntosh of Woolwich reported good fishing at Rangeley Lakes last weekend. They landed seven salmon weighing 4 1/2 to 20 pounds total, using live smelts for bait after a day without bites. They camped at Samoset Camps. Sanborn works at Maine Petroleum Service Co. in Woolwich and McIntosh runs the Excel Oil Station on the Woolwich approach.
The Augusta Moosehead party led by Romeo Cote and Roy Albee returned from Maine's largest lake with 16 fish including five salmon, six togue, and five trout. Largest salmon weighed about five pounds. Edwin Small and wife prepare to occupy part of Walter Morse residence as improvements continue in the village.
Popham Beach community activity includes numerous short visits by residents and guests from Lewiston Bath and South dispersal. Osgood takes 20 days vacation with calls to Old Town Boothbay Boston and New Hampshire. A clam chowder supper is planned at Society hall on May 29.
West Bath grange officials announced the annual May Ball for Friday evening May 26 after a regular meeting. Miss Doris Crocker won a spelling match and will compete at Pomona with other grange winners, then state level. Community singing occurred. officers reported on donations to the flower fund and routine committee reports. Edwin W. Haggett served as chaplain. four members and three visitors attended.
Mr and Mrs Henry C Wright depart East Boothbay for a long motor trip to Quebec and other Canadian points of interest.
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