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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1931
Page
9
Occupation at Bath Iron Works totals about 720 workers with weekly payroll near $20,000 as the yard prepares for the Thetis patrol boat launch and Aurora trials. Office moves, safety talks, and staff changes accompany the expected naval atmosphere through November and December.
Manuel Biasco Cruz of Argentina celebrated Navy Day by sailing his 22 foot sloop Olga II from Bath to Puntas Arenas. He was storm bound at Popham Beach before clearing the Kennebec mouth Monday morning at 6 15. He promised a southeast course toward the Gulf Stream to escape North Atlantic winds.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Rogers leave Beach, Florida to pass the winter. They are joined to Washington, D. C. by Miss Mary Campbell for a short visit and to Jacksonville by Miss Rosa Brown who will spend the season in St. Petersburg.
Lieut John A Lord U S Navy will be placed on the retired list March 1 1932 after thirty years of service. He arrived Saturday night to join his family at 50 Pearl Street and has been in charge of reconstruction and fitting out Old Ironsides in Boston. A Bath tribute banquet praised his work on the Constitution restoration.
Naval authority Capt. Felix Riesenberg weighs the reconstruction of the frigate Constitution. He praises the masterful rebuild by Lieut. John Abel Lord and Joshua Humphreys, notes bronze donor tablets on the hull, and questions the display of commercial plaques.
Jesse L. Tarr of Swan Island was sentenced to one to two years in Thomaston State Prison after pleading guilty to aiding and abetting an abortion in the Dora Bearisto case. Elbert M. Bates of Richmond, acquitted of manslaughter by abortion, was released, and the state did not press several indictments, leaving Tarr's separate charge as the sole active count. The case, spanning Sagadahoc County, drew comment from Attorney General Robinson and County Attorney Dale over the prosecutorial outcome and costs.
Ardenne Cote, 21, of the city, was sentenced to three to six years at the State prison in Thomaston for breaking and entering and larceny at Leland Ames store in Bath after pleading guilty. The judge was Associate Justice William H. Fisher of Sagadahoc Superior Court. A separate count for another Bath dwelling break in was also pleaded guilty and placed on file.
A veteran, Elweil S. Briery of Bowdoin sues Laura M. Briery for divorce on cruel and abusive treatment. Justice Fisher hears the sole contested case in Sagadahoc Superior Court October term with 12 counts including debt quarrels.
An October DuPont magazine article by J. H. Otterson highlights Merrymeeting Bay Maine known to sportsmen as Quabacook. The piece details five rivers meeting there, historic Abenaki hunting and treaties, rich waterfowl populations, and the impact of sanctuary protections on Canada geese and migratory birds.
George Hobson reports on the Maine State Highway Commission project to replace the 3258 foot Wiscasset bridge. H. E. Towne and Parker Cushmen lead the site team, with Kerr & Houston contractors overseeing. The new structure features a 22 foot carriage way and a five foot sidewalk on the south side, with nine piles per bend and steel stringers 26 feet long.
The Maine Progressive Union held its first season meeting in Winnegance with 35 members from Cosmopolitan club Portland Frepori Women’s club of Lisbon and others. Mrs Harry C Webber was elected president following the death of Mrs Frederick W Freeman with officers including Mrs Ernest Allan and Mrs Witham Fish. A resolutions committee on Freeman’s death reported in the afternoon and Miss Emma Walker led the Cosmo club speaker on current events.
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