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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1934
Page
5
The Richmond Lions Club met at the Methodist church parlors with strong attendance. Guest speaker Thomas H. Riley Jr. of Brunswick compared Maine Savings Banks to other banks and explained depositor benefits. Various local visits, meetings, and social events followed, including Grange activities, D A R notes, and community visits across nearby towns.
It is impossible to estimate monetary losses to York County fruit growers from last winter’s extreme cold. In the Dole or chards near the Limerick Limington line more than 1800 trees suffered over 500 apple trees. Fall crops will be reduced by about 40 percent from the usual 3000 barrels. Nearly half the trees in Haley orchards at Limerick were killed during winter.
Joseph F Higgins and W A Todd journeyed to Damariscotta on Tuesday. Mrs Ruth Powers attended the Maine Teachers convention in Portland. Several residents visited relatives in Bath and Portland. The apple crop was light due to severe winter, with many Baldwin trees killed. Roscoe P Todd visited for duck hunting at the Big Marshes. A Sunday visit from Pawtucket Congregationalists included multiple guests. Choir rehearsal planned at the Traftons' Friday evening.
Mrs Carrie Fuller of Farmingdale and Hobart Ames of Bath were married at six o'clock Saturday evening at Highland Avenue M E church Gardiner with Rev L D Porter officiating. The double ring ceremony linked the couple as attendants Mr and Mrs Abbott Gowan of Farmingdale. They plan a wedding trip and will reside on Washington Street Bath. Mrs Ames has many Gardiner and Farmingdale friends. Mr Ames works as an aluminum worker at Bath Iron Works Corp. Nearby, Mr and Mrs David Wells and two children traveled to New York after visiting Sumner Sewall of North Street. Wells and the children had been visiting for two weeks and Wells joined them for the weekend.
Dr. Arthur A. Hauck of the University of Maine urged York County Farm Bureau members to view education as an inheritance from Maine’s heroic past. He cited historical sketches showing frontier families facing famine and hardship, arguing schools must prepare citizens for intelligent civic participation to sustain democracy. Deering outlined Production Credit Association loan requirements at Auburn Bangor and Presque Isle.
Sheriff Albert Henderson leads a party of 12 gunners into Churchill Lake region Northern Maine expect one foot to 18 inches of snow with last report at 14 inches. The group includes judges, doctors and townsmen including Natt Howe of Georgetown. They plan to stop at an abandoned lumber camp on Thoroughfare Brook.
In 1920 Nicholas S. Micalos sent a ten dollar draft from Bath to a cousin in Athens Greece as a gift. On Tuesday the draft came back uncashed after fourteen years to his United Shoe Repairing Shop on Front street. The recipient in Athens was a schoolboy who is now nearly thirty.
J H Bogrette son of Oscar Bogrette of Boston was a business visitor in the city Monday afternoon. He travels through Maine for Congoleum Nairn Inc Boston and called on local customers. His father formerly lived in Bath and was employed by Thompson Bros later working in Filene's Boston menswear department.
The Five Islands Grange met Friday with Mrs. Joseph B Blaisdell for a pleasant afternoon. They plan next with Mrs. Franz Stevens. State road work advances with drilling and blasting. Numerous Bath visitors and residents share social visits, family moves, and town events including Mrs. MacMahan moving to Bernice Rowe house for winter and many weekend gatherings around Bath Seguinland and nearby farms.
A Wesley Church gala hosted by the Ladies aid and Sorority circles drew a near capacity crowd. The evening featured a dinner, a program with singing and toasts from various church groups, a tribute to deceased members, a guest sermon by Rev. Albert D. Parker, and a roll call of members before a close. Mr. and Mrs. Fred N. Sanborn returned from a week in Boston.
At the Cosmopolitan club Monday afternoon Miss Alice N Magoun read The Rose of Sharon from the Memoirs of W L Hutchins, reflecting on World War I sacrifices. Miss Jane D Cushing discussed Our National Parks and Miss Margaret R Foote noted 100 tulip bulbs planted at the club house. An executive committee was appointed: Miss Alice Johnson, Mrs George A Churchill, and Mrs Carroll A Deering.
Eighty including 15 visitors attended the West Bath grange meeting Monday night. First and second degrees will be conferred next Monday and third and fourth degrees on Nov 12. A Halloween program featured "Beautiful Katy" with Barbara Freeman impersonating the Indian maid, plus songs by Mrs. Fred Sturtevant and Wilhelmina Gachenbach, and a sketch by Mrs. Hope Ward and John Howe.
Bowdoin College and U S Olympic track coach John J. Magee will speak to the Colonial club next Monday after the November meeting. Fresh from a Japan tour with top American athletes he will discuss Nippon athletic progress and his impressions of the Far East political picture, making his first talks since returning home.
A visiting figure from university and club teams of Japan was entertained royally by state officials in Japan. They discussed many matters of international importance during the reception, highlighting strong cultural and diplomatic ties between the parties.
Bath Rotary club shifted meetings to supper time and drew a large crowd at Hotel Phoenix. Rev. H. M Shattuck spoke on Magic and Superstition, noting the historical tie between magic and medicine and recounting witchcraft practices in New England and tales from African jungles. He warned of Hindu fakers and the broad popularity of magic today among the sick and those in love. President Chester Plant presided and highlighted a Civic Club invitation to Boothbay Harbor for a talk by Capt. Liddon of the American Liberty League. William F. Pond attended as a guest.
Willie C. Jacques of Livermore Falls was elected Chief de Gare of Andro Scoggin Voiture 354 of the Forty Eight at the annual meeting in Auburn. Installation of officers will be held in Livermore Falls on November 22.
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