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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1939
Page
4
A chimney spark ignited the Wiscasset Academy roof Tuesday morning causing a blaze that consumed the attic area and prompted student evacuation. Fire and water damage estimated at 2000 dollars. Red Cross Lincoln County chapter elected officers at its recent Liberty Library meeting.
Dr Howard A Dawson of the Education Association Washington will be guest speaker at the Lincoln Sagadahoc Teachers Association convention in Waldoboro. Prof Herbert Ross Brown of Bowdoin College will discuss Lo the Poor English Teacher. The program lists many teachers and varied sessions in 10 rooms, with a morning business meeting and a 1:30 p.m. lecture in Waldo Theatre.
West Bath items describe the Sprague family preparing a Maine to Washington journey with other locals visiting relatives and attending events. The column lists a sequence of social calls, trips to Bath, Skowhegan, Portland, and Beachmont, and notes on Memorial Hospital and local cottages closing for the season. It also highlights Erskine College’s first woman Doctor of Letters, Pinckney Estes Gantzberg, and her alternate teaching role in New York University.
Charles Lancaster of Madison, native of Anson and worker at the Great Northern Paper plant, crafted a unique sawing device from an old Model T chassis and motor, using it as a sparetime hobby with nighttime operation. A Maine prison record rose to 413 inmates after six arrivals from Bangor, surpassing the previous high of 411.
The Bath Y M C A reports steady progress in its Annual Financial Campaign with out of town contributions and a letter from a Bath area business praising the organization. The first contributor list includes numerous personal and corporate names such as F. Woolworth Co, R. L. Blakeney, James E. McLaughlin, and Columbia Hotel among others.
Three Bath residents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest H. Wade of 1270 Washington Street and Mrs. Samuel Wade, escaped with minor injuries Sunday evening after their car rear ended a vehicle on the Brunswick Freeport highway near the Desert of Maine turnoff. The Wades sustained bruises and minor injuries while their car was badly damaged at the front end.
Philip Wilson, 13 months old, son of Mr and Mrs Blair Wilson of Melrose Massachusetts and grandson of Dr David L Wilson, was moved home from Melrose Hospital Saturday after a severe burn. Doctors require extreme quiet for six weeks due to nervous system shock.
Harry Wallace head of the electrical department was welcomed back at Bath Iron Works as he resumed duties Monday following a six months absence due to illness.
A message from Premier Mussolini accompanies a peace plan carried by German Ambassador Hans Georg von Mackensen from Rome to Berlin. The envoy reportedly brought plans for a peace conference inviting major powers including Italy, Turkey and the United States.
The Woolwich Union for Christian Service plans a public supper at the Goodwill Club House for the union on Saturday Oct. 7. Sunday services will be held at Day's Ferry Nequasset and Sagadahoc Ferry with times 9:46 11:15 and 7 pm respectively.
Bowdoin family members and weekend visitors gathered at the home of their father N. E. Curtis. Portland guests included Mrs. Herbert Adams, Mrs. Erland Rogers, Mrs. Merton Barrett, Mrs. Hattie Babb, and Mrs. Pauline Jenkins. George Coutoure, a patient at St Marie Hospital in Lewis, was mentioned among attendees.
Bangor features Seavey residence with rock gardens a miniature lighthouse a lily pond and water driven wheel plus a Dutch wind mill and a nearby sylvan camp. Skowhegan begins moccasin manufacturing soon at Med factory. Perkins Institute aided 36 Maine blind last fiscal year.
The Bath Teachers' Club card party is set for the evening of Oct 13. The committee voted to serve sandwiches cake and coffee and proceeds will fund a $100 scholarship for a worthy member of the 1940 class. Tables may be reserved at Morse High.
Bath Iron Works started stock taking Monday as it inventories about 20 million dollars in contracts. Material Agent Harry W Thebeau says the process will take about three months. Teams work day and night with four new stock takers Carlton Simpson Jr George Fraser William O Bruce and Camille Paquet joining the night shift.
Club Garret schedules the Hayseed Hop for Friday evening October 6 in Columbian Hall with Ernie George and his Arcadians providing dancing. Attendees will wear rustic costumes and hall decor features corn stalks cobwebs and farm implements. An advance ticket sale is strong and crowd turnout is expected. Committee members include Mrs A Duncan Bragg Miss Henrietta French Miss Vanona A MacDonald Miss Shirley Mank music Miss Edith V Barter Miss Jane W Stevens decorations Miss Edith G Small publicity.
Last Thursday the village school and library hosted teachers for the Sunday school. A fairly good attendance was reported for the second Fall meeting held in the village library.
Mr and Mrs George Lewis and daughter of Massachusetts have visited Mrs Lewis sister Mrs Chester Hobart. Mr Turner who moved to the Cornish Farm has been ill. Mr and Mrs William Babb and their son visited Clifton Babb before moving to the Village. Mrs Alice Morgan has worked at an Eye Parm recently. Gould has purchased a new Terecee.
The record highlights a point of interest as defense data accumulate, focusing on plane anchorage at Winthrop.
Bay Point residents report a schedule change for a visit to Oak Park on October 7, with a second event on October 12 at James Ave Booth in Minneapolis. The Avelinda from Cohassett, captained by Thomas Dudley Cabot, will refuel at Bay Point before heading to South Bristol for the winter. Local families connected to Bath Memorial Hospital, Kennebec Point, and neighboring towns are noted with visits, gatherings, and travel details for a busy week.
Seventy eight people including 13 visitors attended West Bath grange on Monday night. It was decided a voluntary cleaning committee meet on Wednesday nights after six. Mrs. Bird A. Shellenbarger led the program portraying a night at the Shellenbargers home with John Shellenbarger assisting. The program featured solos by Mr. Shellenbarger and Ruth Kellenbarger, vocal and tap performances, acrobatics by Anna and Hazel Shellenbarger, readings by Mrs. Upham and Mr. Shellenbarger, piano by Eileen Piper, and community singing audiences.
The September summary notes 20 pleasant days, 3 rainy days, and 7 cloudy days, vs 18, 10, and 7 last year. Warmest mornings reached 72 on the 16th and 2 p.m. 91 on the 17th, cooled by wind on the 17th. Coldest morning this year was 38 in Bath and vicinity on the 27th. Last year’s coldest morning was 40 on the last day.
Mrs Lillian Fadden the Bath school nurse announces a corrected list of pupils who presented dental certificates during the first week of school. The list includes Rita Gediman Bandra Johnson Jack Sewall North Primary Barbara Dunton David Mc Kellar Amelia Mitchell North Grammar Leland Plummer Burton Smith Elizabeth Moore Jacqueline Barker Richard Perry Richard Fullerton Joseph Hibbs John Bowie Dike School Jane Henderson Victor Lonn Philena Pottle Harry Moses Charles Piper John Waterhouse Dona Coombs Carole Jackson Ronald Larrabee James Footer Arthur Bowker William Donnell Eldwin Lane Firsteen Lane Beverley Jackson Mitchell School. Flora len Radcliffe and Herbert Francis Radcliffe are named as twins born Sept 21 to Lieut. and Mrs. Melvin Ernest Radcliffe in Boston. Lieut. Radcliffe, attached to the USS Hughes, and his wife stayed in Bath until the destroyer was commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard.
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