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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1929
Page
7
Local news from Richmond reports Miss Elizabeth Small a Richmond Emerson school teacher left for her Wisconsin home Friday. The town readies next year’s chautauqua with over 60 guarantors and lists 1930 officers including Clarence Lang as President and Francis Sherman as Secretary.
The Farm Bureau schedules a large meeting at Bowdoin Grange Hall on Wednesday November 20 with the topic Chair Seating. Sagadahoc grange will hold its regular Bowdoin Center gathering Saturday evening with an annual officer election and expected strong attendance.
Tulsa reports the oil industry openly aims to reduce overproduction through unitization. Directors of the American Petroleum Institute back pooling acreage to share results and halt wild drilling campaigns. More than 25 unitized operations already under way as the plan gains traction among operators.
The bureau of public roads conducts a survey of traffic conditions on main transcontinental highways and other federal aid roads across western states. The study runs through September and will record vehicles by day of week and hour at key points to aid economic highway planning and safety regulations. States included are Washington Oregon California Idaho Nevada Wyoming Utah Arizona Colorado New Mexico and Nebraska.
The piece notes foxgloves are usually treated as biennials but can become short lived perennials under certain conditions. It mentions some species are true perennials yet the common garden varieties are not.
Ed Clarey of Robinhood and Gedthe day of Five Islands hosted friends at the Center Thursday evening. Bath visitors, church events, and family guests populate a town page of social visits, travel, and community gatherings across Georgetown, Robinhood, Five Islands, and nearby towns.
ARROWSIC Friday evening the Senior School League held a business meeting at the North schoolhouse. Officers elected include Pres. Emma Drummond, Vice Pres. Ethelyn Shea, secretary treasurer Susie Snipe, and executive and social committees with local residents named. Several social visits and weekend plans follow.
Bath area social items report visitors and guests from Boston Portland Cambridge and Medford plus a marriage in North Jay. William Marr and Edith Wilkins wed Saturday with plans to reside at Five Islands. Everett Stevens and James MacMahan both shot a deer on Monday.
A list of residents and visitors in Westport over the weekend includes Mrs. Walter H. Wardwell of Springfield Mass Mr and Mrs Charles J Tilton and daughter Miss Belle Tilton of South Portland John E Cromwell and Mr and Mrs Reginald W Cromwell of West Medford Mass Wesley Cromwell of Lynn Mass Mr and Mrs James H Tarbox leaving for the Winter to reside with Mrs Annie R Jewett in Woodfords Maine Mrs Lydia J Pierce and granddaughter Miss Gladys Jewett moving to Bath for the winter with Mr Jewett's son James M Jewett of Washburn Street Mrs Ida Greenleaf of the South End traveling to Massachusetts for the season H A Swanton returning from a Mass visit Allen Gray and sister Miss Betty Gray visiting Ernest E Colby in North End Mrs Charles L Cromwell son Herbert and daughter Dorothy visiting Woolwich Sunday Horace Lewis Willis Colby Gilbert Greenleaf and Herbert Cromwell back from Massachusetts During ferryman Horace Lewis absence ferry at North End looked after by G G Jewett and Ellsworth Colby Miss Maud Webber soliciting funds for an old folks home to be established at Damariscotta Ada Greenleaf moving to Sanford.
Montgomery reports Alabama women earn good incomes from pine needle basketry as the extension department of the General Federation of Women's Clubs promotes the craft and helps support the industry.
March is the best month as necks emerge four to five inches above the beach and streams of water spurt constantly, creating a curious miniature geyser show along the shore.
The Governing Committee of Bath Y M C A Church Basketball League held a lively meeting to set opening games for Dec 7 and elect officers. Committees on schedules and officials were formed, a press agent named, and fundraising plans for trophies discussed as nine churches arrange practice times for the year.
Washington party plans the seventh annual Balloheme of the Arts Club for January 27. Decorations will depict progress with scenes from tropical forests to Alaska snowfields.
The country will require all male citizens and foreigners with six months residence to perform ten days of annual road service as part of a good roads program. A four dollar fee will exempt individuals from actual labor.
The Park alley league standings show the Athletics holding first with four wins from five, Giants moving to second as Senators and Yankees climb. White Sox and Cardinals drop. top marks include Robinson 123 high single and White Sox 952 team total. Bowling schedule lists key matchups this week.
Morse high meets Brunswick high in Brunswick on Saturday for the season finale. The Blue and White seek a victory on the opponent’s field after a 16 6 defeat in the first meeting, with injuries and ineligibility affecting key players though Harold McElman aims to return.
The Central church Men’s club in Bath heard Chester Kingsley city Sanitarian discuss sanitary and health conditions in Bath. An engaging 60 minute talk prompted audience questions and vigorous discussion, ending with strong support for Kingsley’s department to safeguard public health.
Miss Priscilla Magoun travels with her father Henry A. Magoun to New Pot where he attends the Marine Engineers and Naval Architects convention.
Mrs Olive Parrar of Sanford celebrated her ninetieth birthday and remains active in reading and current events. Mrs Rosamond Deering of Portland, age 81, knits mittens for the needy averaging 80 pairs yearly with 126 last year and 170 this year. A large black bear, 250 pounds, was shot in the Nicatous country and hung from ropes in a garage. A Massachusetts car struck a boy in Old Town. the driver left, was detained 40 miles upriver, paid $66 in Old Town court.
Rehabilitation of the watermelon industry in Muscatine county and other Iowa areas hit by blight is hinted at by two blight resistant varieties announced by Prof. I. E. Melhus of Iowa State College. One melon arose from mass selection in the Kleckley Sweet line, selecting survivors for propagation. The other comes from crossing a Conquer melon with Kleckley.
Platte City Missouri hosts the sixth national corn husking contest on November 15. Walter Olson of Toulon Illinois defends his title against about 20 top huskers. The current record is 35.8 huskers in 80 minutes set by Elmer Williams of Knox County Illinois, the 1925 winner and last year's runner-up.
Columbus Ohio November 8 to 10 the Inter collegiate Aeronautic association plans its first conference at Ohio State University. Eleven clubs from large universities belong to the association formed last spring in Detroit. Harvard is the only member club with its own plane.
Paris authorities order thirty minute automobile parking in a downtown mile square and ban parking on narrow streets. Police enforce strict time limits to curb congestion.
Missouri has nineteen airports, equating to one airport per 3,620 square miles. This count excludes several emergency ports.
North Carolina, boasting some of the finest paved highways in the country, reports nearly 500 000 registered autos in the state, highlighting its growing automobile presence and road infrastructure.
The article notes that roses cannot grow where water collects at the roots and that in heavy soils artificial drainage is the sole remedy. It also highlights increased screen grid tube sensitivity shifting engineers toward developing line noise eliminators.
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