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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1936
Page
2
A newspaper commentary notes only a small year to year drop in state highway fatalities. It argues for stronger action beyond safety literature and radio talks, praising railroad discipline and urging strict, enforced driving penalties to equal road safety with rail safety.
Governor Landon says American farmers are sold down the river by treaty tariff reductions. He argues that millions of dollars worth of US farm products are imported while tariffs fail to create foreign demand. He cites cotton, wheat, and meat replaced by Brazil Canada Russia Argentina and Australia.
President Sills in his chapel address defends Bowdoin’s selective admissions and its commitment to liberal education. He notes the need for institutions that both preserve past traditions and pursue progressive, experimental learning within a framework of integrity and substantial solidity.
Early counts on the referendum about preventing diversion of highway funds indicate the result is not yet complete but show a strong four to one pro highway use. The vote signals a clear stance against reallocating road money to other purposes and warns such efforts will not be tolerated.
Fragmentary text from a literary digest poll suggests Republican gains across multiple states with leading indicators pointing toward a majority support in oral voting. The garbled passage references 21 states and 13 Bea, indicating early national trend signals.
The Brunswick high school building project advances after a court ruling dissolves the injunctions delaying construction. Officials say the new facility is badly needed and delays were not in the public interest.
In a sharp passage the Legion rebukes current policy, accusing the administration of relegating a cornerstone American doctrine to the horse and buggy age while resurrecting it as a partisan banner. The remark frames the Monroe Doctrine as a defining national institution under threat.
An intoxication outbreak in Bath led to eight arrests from Saturday noon to Sunday evening. Two arrestees face extra charges: larceny by William McNutt and assault on Officer Langdon E. Green. McNutt allegedly stole $7.50 from a woman at the DeFreitas lodging house. Six others were charged with intoxication alone. two on Sunday and six on Saturday. Municipal court session was not held as Judge Keegan’s term expired and Recorder Ledyard was away.
Maine's hunting calendar lists open seasons for black bear, partridge, woodcock, rabbits and gray squirrels starting Oct 1 with different county rollouts. Bear and squirrel limits, ducks and geese timing, and fur-bearing starts vary by county across the state as George J. Stobie notes an abundance of game for the season.
George E. Frost was renominated commander of Dyer Flaherty post 2197 Veterans of Foreign Wars for the ensuing year at the regular meeting held Wednesday. Floyd H. Préble named senior vice commander along with nominations for Jesse T. Sanders junior vice president Fred Hayward quartermaster John Stevens chaplain Donald D. Young judge advocate. Past Department Junior Vice Commander Oliver R. Hamlift and rockland visitors were present at the meeting on Dummer Street.
Dramatizations of fairy stories and a random topics discourse marked the initiation night for Cony High School’s new faculty at the Wishing Well on Silver Street Waterville. Thirty nine attendees including six new teachers Miss Marjorie Morill Miss Lola Berry Lawrence Soule Wallace K Hart William Soule and George Mendall enjoyed supper and a post dinner program in the Cape Cod cottage setting.
The Augusta fire whistle, active for warnings of danger including the 1883 flood, is being replaced by a new system. The original whistle, bought for 100 dollars in 1880 and mounted on the E C Allen building later occupied by Depositors' Trust Company, was sold to the city by Arthur Wwway for a price amid building needs and Hartford Fire Station’s construction.
The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey announces fresh publications from its Boston office. Current Tables for 1937 predict slack water and current speeds along coasts in two volumes. Tide Tables for 1937 cover Atlantic Pacific and Indian Oceans with solar and lunar data. A supplement to United States Coast Pilot provides important corrections. Available at Custom House Boston or survey sales outlets.
The 36th annual Maine State Poultry Show will take place at the Exposition Building in Portland from December 9 to 11. Features include a Cock Crowing Contest, egg candling, laying battery displays, and lectures. Judges cover Rhode Island Reds, Wyandottes, Plymouth Rocks, Leghorns, and more with entries closing December 3. Admission is free and prizes awarded.
Charles H Vaughn of Oxnard California, once a steward on Sagadahoc and Kennebec of Kennebec Steamboat Co, returns to Bath after 35 years. He recalls many former acquaintances, especially Roscoe P Ham, late city editor of The Times, and notes N Gratz Jackson has become a State Senator. He meets many old friends but finds many are deceased or no longer reside in Bath.
Samuel Slosberg, a young Gardiner attorney, was given a starry dinner by 20 friends on Thursday evening at the Johnson Milton Canter. The guest of honor received a gift from the group. Slosberg plans to marry Miss Lynn Weitz of Weehawken, New Jersey, soon. The dinner was followed by a smoker.
Montsweag Farm near Bath Maine harvests 6900 to 7000 bushels of McIntosh reds and northern spies with 40 workers under A Phillips de Mass. The crop is disease and worm free and market sales are set at a roadside stand along the State highway. Phillips leases the orchard from Charles H. Butler and plans continued pea vine mulching to protect windfalls.
The annual Beacon Street Epworth League meeting at 9 Beacon Street drew 14 attendees. Officers were elected: Hiram Staples president, Carl Meister first vice president, Rebecca Miller second vice president, James Steen third vice president, Carroll Morse fourth vice president, Gertrude Mitchell secretary, Melvin Henderson treasurer. The group operates four departments under vice presidents with the president coordinating. A buffet lunch was served by Mrs. L M Cousens, and games followed before a Sunday service at 6 15 p m.
Eleven aspirants report for Fall practice at Morse high school court led by Bud Plummer and Bill Rogers. Two exhibition matches are planned against Rockland and Gardiner. Bill Owen and Bob Sutherland expected later. Reported players include Jack Keegan Wesley Plummer Melvin Henderson Robert Morse Jack Sturtevant Bill Bennett Ralph Dale Reid Pitman. Matches may be played at Goddard playground or Bath Country Club due to court condition.
Friends of municipal Judge John J. Keegan anticipated his reappointment by Governor Louis J. Brawn either Tuesday or Wednesday. When his term expired at midnight Sunday he had completed six four year terms. Recorder Owen J. Ledyard will serve as acting judge until filled. Two Brewer girls caused concern by disappearing Thursday fore noon while dip in Penobscot water above the railroad bridge.
Bath Aerie of Eagles No 875 invites members to trials for the 1936-77 Bowling League at Parks Alleys on October 5 at 6 30 pm. About 40 have signed. a 36-man league will form nine four man teams with three matches each Friday starting October 16 at 6 30, 8, and 9 30.
Montsweag Food Products Inc. packed 43 000 cans of corn in a single day at its Woolwich cannery. Founded in 1935 by Bath brothers Harold L Troop and Eubra Troop, the plant employs 38 workers this season and will finish canning about 100 tons of squash soon. Local farms within 20 miles supply the produce, with a strong squash and pea pack and a ready market for the products.
The seventeenth annual Maine congress of Parents and Teachers meets in Lewiston on October 9 and 10. Bates College chapel hosts with a theme A New Road for Parents. Saturday opens with a symposium on Equalization of Educational Opportunities for America's Children featuring national and state educators and three Maine school children.
Myrtle lodge Odd Ladies elected Marion King as senior representative Frances Clark as junior representative Zueleika Kingsbury past lady Ethel Osgood noble lady Edith Nash vice lady Lizzie Chaney recording secretary Mary Gillespie lady reporter Nellie Hunt financial secretary Amelia Mitchell treasurer Elsie Higgins chaplain Sadie Savage conductor Annie Oliver guardian Lucelia Blake 1st trustee Margaret Nelson 2nd trustee Emma Daley 3rd trustee Re elected for several roles. installation date not set.
Mrs Arthur Norton class at Beacon Street Church school organized the Kandoo Klub at 1075 High Street. Marilyn Hart elected president with Barbara Danforth vice president Carolyn St Martin secretary Valerie Nickerson treasurer Nola Belanger flower committee Kathleen Clark Velma Rogers membership. Meetings set for Wednesdays at Mrs A C Norton home.
Members of Hawthorn High School National Honor Society at 3 Bruns Wick elected officers at the Monday meeting. The group chose a president, vice president, and secretary to lead the chapter.
Crossword clues jumble forms a puzzle item with scattered phrases and partial words. The readable fragments suggest a weekly feature titled Weekly Crossword Puzzle Edition with hints and a prior answer reference.
Sagadahoc Woman's Republican club held a meeting at Mrs Henry W Butler's home to form an advisory council and name an at large committee. Members named include Mrs William S Given Bowdoinham Mrs Eleanora Totman Topsham Miss Grace Dickinson Bath Mrs Freddy Lord Bath Mrs Harry E B Litchfield Bath and Mrs Georgia Walker Woolwich. The at large committee will report a full officer slate at the annual meeting on November 5.
Reverend H A Shattuck of Beacon Street Methodist returned from Bangor where he officiated at the wedding of Vera Walls of Hampden to Robert I White of Bangor. Shattuck was assisted by Reverend P H Jaffariah of the Advent Christian church. White is a tenor soloist who has sung at Beacon Street. In Bangor he attended the 121st opening of Bangor Theological Seminary and heard a Barthian Theology talk by Professor Andrew Banning. He also joined a reception for Prof and Mrs Mervin M Deeffis and the 1940 class, with Shattuck representing the 1934 class.
Stanley B. Shaw, 27, of Murphy's Corner Woolwich, fractured both wrists and bruised the head in a 25 foot fall while painting a garage at the Gardiner estate Phipps Point. He was taken to Bath Memorial Hospital and later reported improving. the incident occurred near the peak of the garage on Thursday afternoon.
The North Center PTA executive committee met with Mrs Clinton D Wilson and chose establishing a school dental clinic as its main project for the year. The first regular meeting is set for Tuesday Oct 6 at Grace Church parish house Oak Street. Lewis Swett, Colby College sophomore, arrived home Saturday on Linden Street for the weekend.
Charles P Comeau celebrated a surprised birthday party at his home in Bath attended by about 40 relatives and friends from Bath Cohasset Kittery and Baltimore. Guests included Mr and Mrs John Mulcahy Laura Odell and many Comeau family members with gifts sent by absentees. Mrs Comeau died November 14 1935 lingering in memory of the family.
Daniel F. Littlefield 96 of Saco a Bowdoin College 1864 graduate died after a short illness at Webber hospital Saco He spent 75 years in wholesale fruit and produce and was dean of businessmen in Saco He never missed Sundays at New Meadows Inn a place he and his late sister helped support He is survived by nephews Frank Littlefield Milton MA and Walter B Littlefield Brookline MA
Mrs Janie C Sturgis gave an Augusta Zonta supper talk at her Riverside home about the history of shell study and the pleasures of collecting. She displayed many rare shells gathered during two Florida winters, from Sarasota beaches to Key West.
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