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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1935
Page
2
A Bathman urges Independent readers to keep cars off home front lawns during snow events to allow plows full street access. He notes narrow tracks endanger pedestrians and that sidewalks may be left unplowed due to horse shortages. He points to broader highway safety efforts led by governors and President Roosevelt.
Discussion notes potential radio service changes to prevent signal overlap. Maine potatoes and apples expected to gain demand with better packing and marketing. Waterville inherits $100,000 from the Haines Charity to aid the poor as Mrs. Haines passes away.
January 1 approaches with many announcements of candidacies for various offices to be decided by voters in September. The June primaries are shaping up to feature an unusually large slate of candidates appealing to voters of both parties for nominations.
Rev Charles M Tubbs of Bath Judge Clarence W Peabody and Miss Gail Laughlin of Portland judged the Bowdoin Mt Holyoke debate at Hubbard Hall Brunswick 815 pm Friday The question urged full U S participation in all sanctions by the League of Nations The Mt Holyoke team won unanimously by judges and 37 to nine by the audience Oregon style debating used with one speaker on each side as witness and cross examiner Miss Mary Richard affirmed for the motion Miss Fanny Black cross examined and rebutted Philip Nead and Edwin G Walker spoke for Bowdoin The debate under Eastern Intercollegiate Debating league drew a capacity crowd including Bath residents and Grace Church Young People’s Fellowship members.
Billy Drake of Bowdoin earns center spot on the All Maine team chosen by the Portland Sunday Telegram. Bowdoin players fill four line positions with George Griffith and Hal Ashkenazy joined by Will Manter and Wes Stoddard. Buck Sawyer named quarterback while Barney Marcus and Emil Yadwinsky are halfbacks. Bob Littledale of Maine fills fullback. Doherty of Maine and Harold of Colby also honored.
Nine members of the Past Ladies club of Myrtle Lodge No. 8 OIOI met at Mrs. Walter P. Kingsbury’s Richardson street home to vote on omitting December, hear reports, and plan the January 23 gathering at Mrs. Elmer Campbell’s High street home with assistance from Mrs. Howard Blake.
A poem thanks The Father for corn wheat fruits and soil gifts and for home kin and friends. It venerates country and flag praising heritage of peaceful worship and calls to tend the fires of sacrifice by fathers who hallowed the sod and honored divine bounty from above.
Third District Council A S A met in Legion hall Le gion hall with about 35 guests from Rockland Union Damariscotta and Wiscasset. Mrs Alta M Gutler and J Horace McClure spoke on Legion matters and conference. Entertainment included Louise McLean piano solo Fire Flies and various tap and song numbers. Next district meeting planned for Rockland in December.
Central church choir held a poverty supper in the parish house with beans cabbage salad pickles and pies. Miss Shirley M. Mank won a costume prize for the most poorly dressed member. Prizes for games went to Miss Barbara A Nickerson Miss Alice M Coleman Miss Mary E Cyr and Lloyd E Stinson.
Mrs Ephraim French of 468 Washington street stood longest in a social spelling match after a meat supper by South End P T A last Wednesday in 488 Washington street rooms. About 65 attended the supper, more than ten dollars was cleared. Officials included Mrs Alfred E Carpenter as chairman and Mrs Charles D Perry, Mrs William H Small, Mrs John H Hunt on the supper committee.
Reverend Arthur G. Pettengill of Woodfords dies suddenly Sunday in Preble Chapel while delivering a Thanksgiving sermon. Bowdoin alumnus, class secretary and 1881 rowing crew member, he will be remembered at the 55th reunion next June. Pettengill, born in Brewer, was known for early Bowdoin boat racing days and campus football culture.
Fourteen members met Monday evening in the club house kitchen to make Christmas wreaths. The group planned decor contest to defray expenses for the Garden club. Miss Ann Gearing, contest committee chair, outlined plans and discussed planting a living Christmas tree.
Lieut LeRoy V Honsinger described the canal saga from French start in 1881 to U S completion in 1921. He noted yellow fever and malaria decimated workers, U S efforts under Gorgas and Goethals, and the Aug 14 1914 opening with final completion in June 1921.
The Woolwich Book Club met at Sagadahoc Ferry with Mrs. Lincoln Houdlette in charge to discuss Modern Drama and Poetry. Talks covered Twentieth Century Plays and English drama history, with readings of poems by Maine authors including John Gorham and The Cameo.
Sagadahoc Women s Republican Club sponsors a rally at Topsham town hall on December 4 at 7 30 pm with speakers including Miss Nettie C Burleigh of Vassalboro and Miss Katherine L Potter of Rome along with Miss Virginia Jones of South China and officers from the Maine club and Young Republican Club of Maine.
The 35th Maine State Poultry Association show is set for December 4 6 and a cock crowing contest will be featured at the Portland Exposition Building. The Eastern Meet of the National Waterfowl Association will showcase an excellent exhibit with judges C L Sibley Harold Tompkins Frank G Cook Walter H Brown W D Ringrose and Prof William F Kirkpatrick. Entries close November 28 with Chester T Adams secretary Kennebunkport for premium list. Elmer Greenleaf of Auburn visited the city Thursday.
An enthusiastic Saga Women's Republican club gathering at President Mrs Henry W Butler's home in Arrowsic Topsham and Woolwich representation. Reports from Treasurer Mrs Mary J Quimby and Miss Grace Dickinson shown a healthy balance and full minutes. Upcoming broadcasts on WOCSH start next Tuesday at 2 15 pm and a rally is planned for December 4 at Topsham town hall.
A Bath mother recalls a child trying to slip pennies from a bank to donate to a nationwide Will Rogers memorial drive. The movement seeks pennies to build an enduring educational and charitable fund honoring the late humorist and aid those in distress, with all fundraising costs covered by the aviation industry.
A cousin in Beyoglu Stambul asks Bath Police to locate John Joanidis last known a year ago in Clinton Massachusetts. The letter dated from Stambul requests the clerk to confirm his current address and states thanks from Korniha Yemendjopoulon.
Mr and Mrs George Field of Main street Topsham announce the engagement of their daughter Dorothy to George A Lacy of this city Miss Field the younger daughter educated in Topsham and Brunswick high schools Mr Lacy is a son of Mrs Fred A Lacy of Lemont street He attended Morse high school and works for Gibbons Coal Co E R Andrews is spending a week on a hunting trip in Northern Maine.
James Hendrickson and Claire Bruce led the Shakespearean Players in a Caesar production praised for strong acting and minimal stage properties. Costumes were admired and lines were cut to fit the era, with the ensemble receiving high praise. High school students assisted as afternoon cast, ushers, and stage hands supported the performances.
The Henry Hudson Parkway will connect Riverside Drive in Manhattan to the Sawmill River Parkway in Westchester boosting New England access from New York City and points west and south via the Washington Bridge. Described as a shorter, direct route with no traffic lights, it aims to ease congestion in upper Broadway and the Bronx and is slated for completion by fall 1936.
Health officer Dr. B. E. Lamb reported Thursday that Gardiner has only one measles case on the books, a child under school age, with no indication of illness among school children.
A 1912 era letter from George A. Wilson of Galveston requests assistance locating his father, an iron worker rumored to have lived in Texas and known by the nickname Happy Wilson. The writer asks public notices if department aid fails and notes his mother Mina L. Remick was his mother. The 69th CA Battery captain signs the missive.
The Cosmopolitan club Current Events department met Thursday at 2 30 PM in the clubhouse for a set of lectures by Prof Robert E Rogers MIT comparing contemporary men and women The figures discussed included Alice Freeman Palmer Jane Addams Theodore Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson Calvin Coolidge Alfred Smith Theodore Dreiser and Sherwood Anderson Mrs Mark P Pendleton recalled Palmer personality Ireland topics were also covered The next meeting is Dec 5 Prof Charles V Brooke Bowdoin College will speak All club members and friends are invited Frederic Mason elected president of Augusta Kiwanis Club for coming year Mason a Boston Globe reporter and longtime Augusta Kiwanis member since 1924.
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