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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1946
Page
8
A village update covers Halloween activities with children visiting homes for candy and ice cream, a nearby chimney fire at the Benjamin iggs cottage during a storm, and many residents' hunting trips or weekend visits. The column lists locals, visitors, and seasonal events across Seguinland, MacMahan, Seguinland and Bath areas.
Postmaster Hartnett expects a rapid rise in air mail service once Brunswick airport is completed and accepted as an airmail stop. He foresees a government motorized messenger link between Bath and the airport to provide near complete air mail connections.
William L. Skelton Bath Trust Co. treasurer and vice president spoke at the Rotary luncheon about his trip to the Pacific Coast to attend the American Bankers Association convention in San Francisco. He and Mrs. Skelton rode the Union Pacific bankers' train, visited Chicago and Nebraska, and toured the Grand Canyon on the return.
The annual Blue Cross enrollment week in Bath Sagadahoc county ends Saturday Nov 9. Self employed and small groups can join to prepay hospital bills with no exam or fees. Applications available at Bath Memorial Hospital and Bath National Bank with enrollment manager Walter P. Black guiding applicants.
Mr and Mrs Thompson Potter return to High Street after several days away visiting Mrs Emma Packard in Portland and their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Mellen B Potter in Biddeford where they spent the weekend.
Twenty six women gathered at Mrs Francis Pierces home for a Monday evening party. The Good Neighbor club met at the Rowe cottage for a covered dish supper. Halloween activities included a school party and a child parade. Deer hunting season opened Friday. Church attendance remained strong despite bad weather. Singers Mrs George Gray and Mrs William Marr performed with Miss Annie Brawn at the piano. Bible class moves to the Harold Rowe cottage this week. Families and neighbors, including the Elliots, MacClains, and Pinkhams, spent time at local cottages before winter. Several residents returned to jobs or homes north after visits, and residents attended church services and social gatherings across Bath Iron Works and North Yarmouth area.
Sacred Heart Circle Daughters of Isabella met at Knights of Columbus hall Tuesday evening with Regent Louise Arsenault presiding. They plan communion Sunday November 17 at 7:30 mass and formed social, welfare, sick, membership, and standing committees for the year. A Christmas sale was voted for December with date and committees to be announced.
Residents complain about motorists leaving cars near the bridge approach while they work. School children from Bath schools travel far, enter these cars to eat lunches, leaving lunch boxes, waste paper and scraps inside the vehicles.
The Twin County Farm Bureau gathered nearly 300 members at Topsham Grange Hall for its annual meeting. H K Adams of Bowdoinham was elected president with a full slate of officers and committees named. Principal speaker Dr Mark Graubard of the U S Department of Agriculture spoke on What Atomic Energy Means to Farmers as 1098 members were recorded.
The Pond Ice Company of Bath, Maine, begins weekly rail shipments from Boston Ice Co. to supply customers as winter ice needs rise. Each car weighs 20 to 30 tons, sold mostly from the car with some stored at the Pond ice house. Prices are set higher than local ice but Luce aims to keep costs down.
Funeral services for Byron C Stevens were conducted from Curtis Funeral Home 942 Washington Street Tuesday at 2 p.m. Rev Charles R Sims of First Baptist Church officiated. Flowers included pieces from this city Massachusetts and Connecticut. Bearers were Henry Middleton John Leonard Donald McGowan William Woodard Portland Dr Henry Leavitt Roxbury Mass and John Langan Boston. Burial was in the family lot at Oak Grove.
Organization plans progress in Androscoggin and Sagadahoc counties to form the Androscoggin Valley Soil Conservation District. Howard Forsythe explains soil conservation means using land to produce essentials while protecting it for future productivity. It includes terraces contour planting strip cropping and other methods to prevent erosion and soil degradation. The district will offer free technical assistance to farmers solving land problems.
The Lambert Park Youth Canteen will reopen at the Community House Friday at seven o clock to serve Bath youngsters ages 10 to 15. The program, run by the Youth Recreation Council with the Bath Community Center, drops membership cards and charges a five cent fee per evening. Mrs Matthews at Lambert Park can provide details and transfers from older siblings are allowed. Mr and Mrs Parker Worrey of Portland visited Mrs Worrey in Washington Street.
Mr Leonard Thombs and Mrs move from Bluff Road to 157 Oak Street in a residential relocation noted in local notices. The couple’s change of address updates appear in community records.
Walter F. Given 71 a longtime millman died at his son Waldon Given’s home in Scranton following a long illness. Born July 2, 1675 in Bowdoinham he was the son of William and Emma Jane Given and lived many years in Island Falls and Aroostook County. He and Lizgia Given celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary March 17. Surviving are his wife, two sons Ralph H. of Greenville and Waldon of Frankfort, a sister Ane Williams of Bath, six grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held October 27 at Foley’s Funeral Home in Winterport. Interment in Island Falls family lot.
Mrs George C DeMott widow of Rev George C DeMott longtime Central church minister and later St Stephens rector died Tuesday at her Portland home after a long illness. Born in Richmond in 1871 she was daughter of W phen and Sarah Stuart. She leaves a son George S DeMott of Mt Clemens Michigan and a sister Genevieve Stuart of Portland. Funeral Friday at 10 in Emanuel Chapel St Luke's Cathedral Portland with interment at Ev Cemetery Richmond at noon.
Anton Ephriam Newlander died Sunday and lived in Wares leave. He leaves one brother Hjalmar Newlander of Point and seven sisters Mrs Sara er of Boston Mrs Agnes MacGregor of Worcester and a niece Mrs Edith Kev be of Worcester. Funeral was Wednesday at Borg Funeral Home Worcester with Rev Albert Laurell officiating. Interment in Oak Grove Cemetery Bath.
Mr and Mrs Peter R Gagnon of 22 High street spent the weekend in Lewiston due to the death of Mrs Arthur Gagnon aged 87. Funeral services were held Monday morning and burial occurred at Mt Calvary cemetery Lewiston. Durward Bowie of Winnega accompanied the Gagnons.
The new road across the field from Lemont to High Street at the South End is nearly finished. it should be complete within days. Motorists praise the improvement as a major highway addition, one of Bath's notable street developments in some time.
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