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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1930
Page
8
Readable bits from The Bath Daily Times recount local life in 1890 Bath. Reception plans at W. H. Crocker’s North Bath home, a Kennebec ferry visit, theatre and hall entertainments, firemen supper, Board of Trade meeting, keel work for cruisers, street crossings and newCrossing installations, Universalist social, and incidents around Bath Iron Works, local trades, and street scenes.
The city clerk reports seven couples have filed intentions of marriage this week. Steam was turned on at the Phoenix this morning with first class satisfaction. A benefit concert by Miss Emma Dunning at North Harpswell was postponed to this evening due to the storm. Teams depart Court House at 5. The schooner Carrie A Norton arrived with a cargo of ice for Washger D C, delayed by sailor illness. Sailors are scarce. wages noted at twenty five dollars monthly.
Oct 21 1990 report notes Decorator Gielstrup finishing work in the clerk of courts office to create a cozy interior. Gas stove cools the ticket office at the depot though steam not yet in use. William T Donnell's four masted schooner is planked in and ready for water by month end. Hyde Light Guards plan a social dance at the armory next Tuesday. Corliss Street church society hosts an entertainment and supper at Gahan's hall next Wednesday.
Gen Hyde camp of Sons of Veterans will visit A C Pray Camp in Auburn tomorrow night, leaving on the 540 train. The Mary A Powers schooner is on the marine railway for new planking and repairs, followed by the Perry steamer and the Dickey Bird schooner. Dr Anderson displays a glass hive with 2400 bees from California in his store window for public viewing. The Star of the East steamer will winter at Bath and be hauled on the collapsed Roche building site at Water and Elm streets, sold to Henry Sanford. repairs proceed and some parcels moved, while the McCobb heirs of Portland own the contested lot. Sunday a fire in Henry Elliot’s Beacon street barn was likely incendiary but quickly extinguished. Barney Holbrook reports nine birds bagged Friday, four dropped with two shots and two escaped.
Nov 4 1850 reports the Hyde Light Guards and friends dance at the armory. James H Leydon returns home to a new baby daughter. North Street social circle convenes Wednesday evening with Mrs Stimpson on Willow Street. Wakefield commissionership hearing noted. Library funds for new books reach 610 dollars with no end yet.
Dr R D Bibber confirms attendance at the upcoming 50 mile foot race in Alameda next Tuesday November 11 and plans to run 10 miles against Dan J Herty. He is noted as one of the finest runners in the country.
A 13 year old boy was sent to the State School for Boys during minority after pleading to larceny of keys flashlight and car items. Two other 13 year olds received six months probation. All were picked up cruising streets and stealing from autos. their mother suggested a New York trip amid court appeals.
A Halloween event ended in mystery as a guest vanished during the night role play. The scene featured a punch bowl stain with a miniature lake, a steaming cauldron near the fireplace and various stunts, with Capt. and Mrs. Leonard W. Oliver among the guests.
A festive Halloween gathering featured nurses off duty joining in singing and dancing with the music. V Downing attended briefly, and Mrs. John F. Bowie assistant superintendent and Mrs. John H. Marr supervisor of the operating room were among the evening’s attendees.
One of the most enjoyable Halloween parties was hosted by the Evening Workers in Cottage Park club house honoring their gentlemen guests. Supper was served at seven to 25 attendees who found the dining room ready with festive touches.
Cosmopolitan Club members paraded in the crib room with masks, revealing Bath women as the masked figures. Games were played and treats such as apples and doughnuts were served in a lively Halloween scene.
Miss Jane Hyde hosted a Halloween supper party at Elmhurst attended by fourteen guests. Mary Ruth Sprague and Alicia Crosploss appeared in costumes, with Sprague as a black cat winning a prize for best costume.
A third story Halloween party in the YMCA was run by temperance leaders and helpers for 163 children. Costumes included an American flag duo and prizes. Ernest Perkins won the apple race and a horn prize. Home made candies and color themed sweets were served as plans for more parties form.
Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Morse enjoyed a haunted basement welcome with a ghost witch and owls. They received fortunes on strings, dined on caléndulas from Mrs. Morse’s garden, and toasted by the fire while praising the hosts.
Mr and Mrs Charlies MacDonald and Mr and Mrs John Leonard entertained with a Halloween party at their home on 24 Dummer Street on a Wednesday night.
Pauline Nickerson and Roger Oliver won prizes in the arts contest. Mar Nichols claimed a prize as overall winner in the sport events. A buffet lunch followed with a carved jack o lantern cake as centerpiece. Guests included Doris Huston, Marjorie Nichols, Isabel Gediman, Beverley Shea, Marion Coleman, and others.
Lincoln lodge Odd Fellows held an installation Monday night with a membership canvass to follow Noble Grand Walter Norton leading one team and Vice Grand Alfred Bunker the other. Officers installed included Norton as N G and Bunker as W G along with the lodge’s senior and junior officers.
C Frank Knowlton 62 longtime Hyde Windlass Co machinist died of heart trouble at home 49 Pine street after two years of illness He worked since plant opening born Camden son of George Fr and Fiorentine Anderson Knowlton He worked at Northern division of McBell Iron Works before Hyde Windlass He was a member of Lincoln lodge Odd Fellows Survived by wife three brothers Harry Bath Lewis Vinalhaven Ernest Bangor and sister Mrs Edward Andrews Vinalhaven.
John E. Cook, 72, a well known fisherman formerly of Small Point, died in Portland after a year of illness. Native of Nova Scotia, he leaves Raymond a niece and Owen Wallace of South Portland a nephew. His body went to Bath for a funeral at Curtie Funeral Home on Center Street, with burial at Fairview Cemetery, Winnegance.
John Appleton Lambert 81 died at a hospital in Scarborough after a long career as superintendent of Wing Construction Co. His widow Susan Lawrence Lambert survives. They lived at Higgins Beach. Funeral held Sunday at 749 Congress Street with services by Campbell of Hopes Hill.
Mrs Helen I Dean and Mr Charles A Green were among attendees at a Sunday funeral in Boothbay Harbor. The service for a deceased Green family member was held in the afternoon at a local chapel.
John E. Cook funeral conducted at Curtis funeral home 105 Center Street Saturday afternoon at 2 20 Rev David L Wilson of Central Church officiated. Bearers were Owen Wallace Albert E Cook Abner Wilson and Danforth McDonald burial in Fairview cemetery West.
A town is opened alongside other communities that have fallen in Mie as latest waves of recreation-related disorder continue. Authorities report ongoing unrest and efforts to restore order amid heightened public activity and regional tensions.
Bath’s new gas plant delivers a steadier heat content and fewer impurities than the old system. Officials report a small five point variation over a month, while impurities from decades old mains have been pushed out. Local residents praise the cleaner burn with no odors and reduced smoke, as manufacturers assist with parts and adjustments at no cost.
Augusta Girl Reserves played a key role in inaugurating the annual State conference and its meeting last season. The previous year’s conference drew girls from across the State and from national leadership circles.
Public notice of a land claim in Cumberland County Maine referencing parcel 46 on James W. Aries plan made by James W Ford civil engineer August 3 1869 and described as a lot bounded by a stone monument and North Street with six rods boundaries. Witnesses Henry M Meee Mary X Bouchard Mark before me notary public.
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