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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1937
Page
4
Local residents report visits and travels among Boston Lewiston Litchfield Portland Gardiner and Richmond. Attendees include Marion chapter O E S members and Rebekah Assembly officials. Firemen battled a chimney fire. Armistice events and a hunting season are noted along with school and community activities.
At the Bath Rotary luncheon at Hotel Sedgwick President Fred D. Hill praised last week’s ladies night at Dromore grange hall and announced a next meeting to plan winter programs. Charles Sawyer outlined a fund drive to illuminate Bath streets through the holiday season raising $250 from local firms. A proposed city hall square Christmas tree and carols on Christmas Eve were proposed, with numerous Bath businesses contributing to the fund. Guest speaker William T. Gove entertained with tales of a newly discovered Amazon bird, the Zerkas, and other anecdotes. Visiting Rotarians included Leon A. Dodge Harold O. Page Nelson T. Gordon.
Bath Iron Works Corp will be well represented at the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers sessions in New York this week. Many meetings occur at the Waldorf Astoria with the annual banquet Friday night attended by officers and trustees.
Miss Dorothy Stewart leaves Richmond to visit her mother in Center and plans an extended stay in New Jersey with brother James Boyd Stewart. Robinhord hosts Wilton Campbell and Sayde Campbell with Wyman family from Sabattus. Campbell ill at Laskey home then to Sabattus when able. Community members travel, hunt, and attend church with Thanksgiving plans and local notices on meals, offerings, and meetings.
Frederick Baldwin, 19, of Wiscasset, was arrested by the Sagadahoc sheriff on a serious charge involving a 14 year old Woolwich girl. He pleaded guilty in municipal court before Judge Arthur J. Dunton and was ordered held on $800 bond to grand jury at the January Sagadahoc Superior Court term. Sheriff Charles W. Messenger and Deputy Garret J. Galvin made the arrest in Wiscasset Monday evening.
The first of three planned organ recitals will be given Tuesday evening at the Episcopal Church by organist Edwin R Fuller AB AM. The program will be varied and begin at 7 30. The second recital is slated for Christmas season with Christmas music and a third, to be announced later, will be an all request program.
Benjamin Herbert Woodside, 67, a Bath native and Georgetown resident, died Tuesday in Augusta after a 14 month illness. A noted local figure, he served as Georgetown selectman chair, town treasurer, and school superintendent, and was married to Florence L. Russell for 25 years. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11 in Georgetown Center Baptist Church.
The Times reports encouraging response to the YMCA campaign with many promising to contribute promptly and a second round of gifts to cover a shortfall of nearly 300 dollars. The drive aims to finalize the campaign by week’s end with a published list of contributors.
Mrs Hiram Annis of 85 Milan Street appeals for news of her light tan collie Teddy, last seen near home after the husband’s death a year ago. He wears a collar with the name Teddy Annis 85 Milan Street and is believed hurt or lost. Call 352-1 to arrange return. Also notes Sagadahoe Women’s Republican club meeting postponed a week and Board of Governors meeting set for Saturday at 2 at 624 High Street.
The annual Fall meeting of the Maine Horse Association will be held at the Lafayette Hotel in Portland on Wednesday evening. At this gathering the owners of horses winning championship and grand championship events in Maine shows this season will receive their awards.
Five Islands residents frequent cottages in Gott's Cove and Seguinland while Bath visitors pass weekends in town. The storm last Saturday brought heavy wind and rain with many trees felled and surf high. Local clergy and holiday observations mark a quiet weekend as families travel and hunt deer nearby.
Camden will resume its Morse High basketball series after 17 years with a single Jan. 4 game in Camden. Morse coach John E. Madden oversees a 55-person squad with 10 new candidates, including seniors Kenneth Jacquith and George Hart among 12 seniors, as sophomores lead with 22 players.
Dr. Percy W. Roberts, 70, longtime New York orthopedic surgeon and former Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled consultant, died suddenly in New York. Born in Zanesville Ohio, he graduated from Boston University Medical School in 1894, practiced in Bath for a decade, served as a World War I Medical Corps captain, and was famed for pioneering hip joint surgeries. He leaves widow Rose S. Roberts and daughters Natalie Parker of Evanston Illinois and Marjorie Kennedy of New York.
Edith Parks Vanderkleed aged 58 wife of Dr Charles E Vanderkleed of Collingswood New Jersey died Wednesday morning last week after long illness She enjoyed Maine summers in Bath and West Bath guest last Summer of her sister Mrs Frank W Jaques Born Richmond April 24 1879 she lived with relatives in several states before marrying in Lafayette Indiana Then moved to Philadelphia and Collingswood Survived by husband one daughter Mrs H Tester Haws of Havertown Pa and a grandson A son Bucene Parks Vanderkleed died in 1936 Funeral held Saturday afternoon at 2 20 o clock at their home 200 Sardis Avenue Collingswood
Miss Irene Footer and Mrs Merle Niles topped 23 tables at a Central Church League card party in the parish house Monday evening. Footer won a glass salad set for highest contract score. Second prize went to Mrs William Daley for a china night tray, third to Mrs Stanley M Brown for cards. A silk neck scarf was won by Mrs Niles in the auction. Linen handkerchiefs and a vase were awarded to other winners. Committees for tables and refreshments were listed, with hostesses named for next week.
Mrs Addie May Watson 63, wife of Charles Watson, died Sunday night in Bath after two years with heart trouble. Born in Norway she was a daughter of Charles and Randy Morse and moved to Bath 19 years ago. A Salvation Army visitor, she is survived by her husband, two brothers Stephen Morse of Brunswick and Charles Morse of Norway, an aunt Mrs Clara Stevens of Auburn, and two uncles Stephen Flwell of Brunswick and Frank J Flwell of Bath.
Mrs Margaret Hinds widow of Michael Hinds died at Queens hospital after six weeks illness in Portland. Survived by two daughters Mrs James O Rourke of Portland and Mrs Fred Boyce of Peaks Island and son Henry Hinds of Portland and husband Frank Hinds of South Street. Sister Mary Haley of Westbrook also survives. Funeral services were held Monday at 9 am in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Portland.
The funeral for Zoe Ellen Haggett Gove widow of Alpheus Gove was held Thursday afternoon at two at her daughter Mrs Thomas L Perry's home on Dummer street Reverend Charles R Sims of First Baptist Church officiated. Bearers were Peter Strack Edward Billings Leon Billings Melvin A Haggett all from the city and Raymond Hogan Reginald Hogan from Portsmouth New Hampshire. Burial was in Oak Grove cemetery.
The funeral of Dorothy Louise Heald daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest B Heald of 6 Mechanic street was Friday afternoon at two at Curtis funeral home 105 Center street Rev George B Wolstenholme of Peoples church officiated Bearers were Harry Bennett Elihu Fullerton Howard Rice and Nathan Watson Burial was in Oak Grove
A Maine freight wreck near Hallowell damaged Hubbard Memorial Free Library and disrupted traffic after three cars derailed on a Bangor to Boston line. No injuries. $2,500 in damages cited. Also notes artist Benjamin T. Newman turning 80 in Fryeburg and painting in Conway, plus postal service plans for Lewiston and Auburn with December 1 air mail start contingent on airport readiness. A Gardiner library received a Japanese doll gift with questions about the donor and purpose, awaiting a reply from Tukucy Inoue. dolls displayed in a glass case near the door.
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