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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1930
Page
2
Sunday worship services spread across Wiscasset larger parish locations with Rev. Charles E Titus preaching on Psalm 37 5 as baccalaureate address approaches. Mrs Lucia Eames plans to open her summer gift, and local families travel for visits and courses.
Mrs. Sarah L. Smith celebrated her ninety fourth birthday with 12 guests and 35 cards and 11 presents. A Wig moose was seen near Joseph Erskine's residence along Gardiner road. Residents Mr. and Mrs. Carl Brandt visited Portland and Miss Hilda Brandt joined them for the weekend.
Local notes from the Sheepscot Echo dated May 27, 1905 recount residents in Boston Bath Lewiston and Portland on various calls and visits. Mentions A Richards at the Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge in Portland and Arthur Bean set to pitch for the Gardnerites with Stone of Lisbon Falls as catcher.
The May 30 1891 Sheepscot Echo reports Eva Sears a Echo compositor ill at home. Mrs. Rines returns from Lynn with her daughter Susie Cromwell and two children. Birch Point grounds improved with flag staff gifts from J Manchester Haynes and a 9 am flag raising. C E Knight owns a Diamond Safety bicycle and shows riding skill. Mrs Chamberlain of Gardiner visits at Clark's Point. Rev E W Moore begins Edgecomb services at 2 20 pm continuing through summer. Capt A C Chaney and family visit from Richmond ferry. Echo editor attends Boston printers meeting and Worcester Methodist missionary meeting. Mary T Scott dies after a few days illness. funeral at 4 pm with Rev Burroughs and Rev Moore. Body of Seth Hobart from Bath arrives for interment. funeral at R H T Taylor residence. Albert Clayton and wife arrive for summer at Capt R H Tucker's. Miss Frankie Hobson visits uncle Joseph L Hobson in Saco. Nathan and wife McKenney celebrate 25th anniversary at Grangehall Montsweag. Dr E Chenery of Boston reads paper in Washington DC on alcohol in therapeutics. son Wm E Chenery, born in Wiscasset, graduates Harvard Med, plans practice with father.
Margaret McInnis and the Mallett sisters drove to Lakewood Tuesday for an evening performance of Elizabeth Sleeps Out. Old time telephone operators held a Monday reunion at Mrs Fuller's mother Mrs Elizabeth H Pepper's home on Middle Street with guests from Melrose, Portland, and Brunswick enjoying cards and refreshments.
A digest of local events includes school contest notes and an all ages party with games dancing and refreshments. The Arcadians of Bath featuring Francis McPherson join Rockland Park Theatre performers for a summer concert and dances at Masonic Temple.
Local families from Bath and surrounding towns plan weekends and Memorial Day visits at cottages in Sabino Brigham's Cove Birch Point and Campbells Pond. Residents including the Williams Dunton Rokey Brewer Hodgdon Hodgkins Thorpe Cotteau Lemont Thurlow and Duren families host and travel between Bath Me and nearby communities. Red Cross branch to hold all day session June 4 with lunch committee listed.
Older Ellsworth residents recall peacocks at Woodlawn on the Black estate. Now rarer, a handsome pair arrived last week and, under caretaker Eliason, thrive again as a stately feature on the grounds.
The memorial program recalls sacrifices of soldiers and sailors, urges living to uphold democracy, and highlights past wars and heroes. A veteran’s story and music by the Mackinnon Henderson orchestra mark the evening with readings, songs, and a dessert reception.
A former Biddeford resident visiting home notes only the Saco river and Cataract falls on the bridge view remain unchanged. He is struck that some men he believed were long settled are still alive, while he observes aging in others. He also cites a statistic that three percent of oil wells produce half the oil, with 300000 wells making up the other half.
Local residents attend church events, visits, and services across Woolwich Winnegance Bath and surrounding areas. Notable items include Memorial Sunday at First Baptist with a large choir, visits by Rev Fernald, and people traveling to Augusta Bath and Portland for church and business.
Joseph D. Grover, 83, dies at his daughter's home after a period of declining health. Funeral services held in Wiscasset with interment in the family lot. Mrs. Maud Larrabee and Mr. and Mrs. George Carlton attend Grover's funeral in Wis casset. Local family members visited and traveled to Gardiner and Winslow for gatherings.
The Minot Corner Grange outlines an elaborate program of speakers drills choral and instrumental music and ritual to revive traditional memorial services in its new Minot hall marking the first such ceremony since the hall burned five years ago. For over twenty years the Grange shared annual ceremonies with the Grand Army Sons of Veterans and the Relief Corps from Mechanic Falls as honorary guests.
Miss Dorice Povich has traveled to Boston to attend the Emerson School of Oratory alumni reception honoring graduates of the program.
Myrtle Lodge marked its anniversary from 1900 to 1930 with a birthday cake and a social program. Attendees included Lizzie Pepper Emma Jacobs Mary Curtis and others at the dining table. The program featured violin and piano solos readings and songs led by Fanny Burden and Mrs. Howard Nash. The event closed with a chorus of Shall We Gather at the River.
Members of the T. W. Hyde camp Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War began decorating graves Saturday. Nearly 900 Civil War veterans lie in Bath, with work expected to continue into Sunday. Thirty six graves of former Sons of Veterans members will be marked, while Spanish War Veterans and American Legion members handle their own. All patriotic groups attended worship at First Baptist church.
The Ladies of People's Church hosted a parish supper with a long serving table and a program featuring talks by Clarence Lane Bertram Crocker Clarence Seavey George Moody John Leonard Frank Higgins Milan Leonard and Harry Creasey on topics from progress in telecom to lighting. A debate on the cow versus horse is planned for next Wednesday.
One of the fine old Bath homes, once owned by the late David T. Percy founder of D. T. Percy & Sons, now H. P. Bridge, Inc., at High and Green streets has been sold through Roger Skillings to Charles Cummings. Cummings, son of William and Bea Cummings of West Bath, teaches at Morse High School and leads the debating squad. his marriage to Beatrice Nichols is planned for this summer.
The Lincoln County Union will meet at the Congregational church in Damariscotta on June 5. The Newcastle Damariscotta club will entertain and the Lincoln Home for the Aged will be open for inspection, though not formally dedicated yet.
Mrs. William Collins of Pine Point says she and her husband have never quarreled in 62 years of marriage because he never starts a quarrel. She is 80 and spry, and runs a large house with boarders in summer while managing most work herself. Mr. Collins, 82, is in feeble health.
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