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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1929
Page
7
The Richmond column features student and adult music groups, honors for girls and boys in local competitions, and updates on Wilson, James, and Morrill. It notes organizational meetings, a new Jolly Jingles club, and arrivals and visits among residents plus a significant fire incident near Richmond Corner with property loss.
Georgetown updates list visiting families from Brooklyn Bath and Boothbay with Sunday meals and town guests. Local birthdays, school closings, house moves, new cars, and a Chris-Craft boat build are noted. Church services next Sunday feature Rev Hovey with morning communion and evening sermon on lives and property.
Announcement shows a male principal will join a city grammar school next year likely to be an athletically minded appointee assisting Cecil J. Cutts at Morse high school. Morse needs another coach to handle football basketball and baseball effectively. Fans await the name amid school athletic ambitions. Buenos Aires experiences heavy all day storm hindering ships phones and streetcars. Bordeaux reports the death of Ernest Monis at age 83, who served as French premier for four months in 1911.
Norwood residents Otis and Mrs. Baker visit Five Islands for summer. Malden guests Elbridge Southard and L. H. Rowe socialize with local families. Many visitors arrive from Bath Augusta Lewiston and Woolwich. Clifford Boucher funeral held at Otter Cliff hotel with large out of town attendance. Selectmen T. N. Williams and Percy Savage attend Stevens home meeting.
The Bath High School Alumni association plans its June 27 banquet at the Y M C A with 300 seats. Mrs. Charles R Farnham reports a notable event as Morse high seniors will attend and the 1904 class marks its 25th anniversary. Tickets go on sale late this week through secretary treasurer Mrs. Herbert Calderwood.
George Patten Davenport died December 29 1926 with a large estate placed in trust for charity education religion and temperance. Executors Drake Dunton and Shorey serve as trustees guiding over 1 500 000 after bequests. They have spent substantial funds on the trust’s aims.
Ralph K. Hall born February 22 1872 in Rockland son of Capt Sylvester H Hall and Jennie S Hall. He worked for Swift & Co for 25 years then Bath city treasurer since 1915 with re elections including The Texas Steamship Co role and holds multiple local posts. He married Lillian M Pitcairn in Woonsocket in 1897 and has two daughters and a son.
A. M. Andrews, president of New Era Motors Inc, announced private plant production has begun for Ruxton Americas first front wheel drive passenger car. About 500 cars will be ready for delivery by July 1.
The Times suggests naming the Front and Center intersection City Hall square to reflect the new municipal building. It cites Railroad square and Monument square as existing nearby designations and notes Haymarket square’s historic reference near Water street and the scales.
Harold W. Child has served as Bath city messenger since 1922, succeeding John W. Gilmore as city clerk. He oversees municipal building duties, delivers public documents, posts notices, and notifies council members of meetings. Child, son of Clinton E. and Jonan Child, excelled in baseball, football, and track in high school.
John W. Gilmore, a longtime Bath public servant and veteran employee, has become city clerk, marking his 25th year in public life. A former ward officer, council member, and city messenger, he earned trust for steady judgment and helped guide Bath’s City Hall projects. Born May 26, 1874 in Port Clyde, he spent much of his life in Bath after early years in Detroit.
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