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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1931
Page
2
The President proclaims National Fire Prevention Week with broad official support from public, business, social, and insurance groups nationwide. They urge all to reduce fire losses, protect life and property, and promote employment and community prosperity through hazard removal and safer practices.
The community mourns the death of Hon. Elwell S. Crosby who died Sunday evening after a long illness. A Bath shipping industry figure and former mayor, alderman, and port collector, Crosby also ran the Crosby Insurance Agency before selling to William A. Furber. He split winters in Bath and West Palm Beach, Florida, and will be missed by many friends.
The Episcopal Church adopts a new canon allowing remarriage after civil divorce or annulment, omitting the word divorce while permitting remarriage as if the party had never been married before. The change reflects recommendations of the church's divorce commission and signals liberal bent at the Denver convention.
Motorists praise the enhanced Woolwich to Wiscasset road with a new stretch at Montsweag easing the grade crossing and a bypass into Wiscasset from Court House Square. A new bridge over the Sheepscot River nears completion and piling and girders mark rapid progress. From Wiscasset to Boothbay the route is in first class condition. Pangborn and Herndon completed a Pacific crossing from Tokyo, signaling fewer stunt aims for aviators.
Pine Tree Troop No 1 marks its first anniversary with Capt Amber F Carr as leader. She and lieutenants served ice cream and cake. Gold and silver attendance stars awarded for meeting regularity. Plans include an overnight trip to Hiandry camp at Harpswell Center and a court of honor at Capt Carrs home.
The State Highway Commission began last week a project on the Bath Brunswick road at New Meadows bridge. A crew of 20 men and equipment is turning the section shore to shore into a rough surface to reduce skidding on rain days and fill depressions. A prior rough patch near the concrete bridge followed an accident in which a Massachusetts woman was injured after her car struck the concrete walls. A Bath business man, learning of a recent incident where a car nearly plunged into the river, appealed to the commission.
The feature on the Lemont homestead recalls a storied Bath house famed for its atmosphere and crewed by generations, with dining rooms, pumpkin pine, a brick oven, a sea chest, and a decklike staircase. The family plans to keep the old home for visiting kin rather than selling it. Separately, Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co begins discharging 6,800 tons of New River coal for Oxford Paper Co after a swift Berwind Glen voyage from Norfolk, with 65 hours needed to unload.
Mrs Elizabeth Alexander of Richmond is a guest of her brother and wife Captain and Mrs Charles A Blair at 691 High Street.
Sheriff Henderson reports a series of petty breaks in Sagadahoc County mostly cleared. William B. King, 14, confessed to breaking into Lysle Temple's store on Sept 19. King said another boy admitted to a Sept 25 break at Charles McEwen's barber shop. Police seek Clifford Perry, 14, of Boston and Arden Smythe, 16, of New York, who've been in Bowdoinham. Earlier, Brunswick police rounded up Ed ward Dall, 15, Brunswick. Ernest Harmon, 17, Topsham. James Leonard Jr., 18, Tops ham, linked to breaks and car thefts including Rand Warren's pool room in Bowdoinham on Sept 23.
In Woolwich municipal court Judge John J. Keegan refused a bill of costs for 469 miles traveled by State highway police in the arrest and trial of Sherwood Baker for reckless driving related to the Sept. 19 Woolwich accident. The 46.90 travel fee, added to other costs to reach 77.03, faced scrutiny after officials claimed the mileage was the largest yet in Bath court. The judge noted the high mileage and disallowed the travel costs Friday morning, leaving the case to watch the outcome with interest.
Theodore Allen, 58, of Pejepscot, was killed Tuesday afternoon in a duck hunting accident near Merrymeeting Bay. His cousin John Allen of Harpswell fired, both in the boat, and Theodore died after an hour ashore. Dr. H. L. Stilphen, medical examiner, is notified. Theodore, a Bath area mechanic, ran a Brunswick garage and a Pejepscot speed boat project, survived by wife Mabel and mother Anna Allen.
Judge John J. Keegan presided Saturday over six duck hunters. Five from Lisbon and one from Brunswick faced gunning after sunset or without a license. Fines and sentences varied with costs paid by defendants including George Fiswell of Brunswick and several Lisbon men. Game wardens Nelder and Foster filed the complaints.
Storekeepers are advised not to accept Canadian bills after a Friday bank check showed discounts ranging from 14 to 20 percent on Canadian currency by banks that accept them. Silver is accepted at par, but chain stores and large organizations avoid Canadian currency. Merchants across the city remain wary, hoping for eventual redemption at former value.
Rural Free Delivery route No. 1 from Bath Post Office expands from 24.8 miles to 30.27 miles effective November 1, adding about 25 families in West Bath and the rural Bath area. The expanded route lists all streets and farm stops, requires approved address boxes on the right side of the road, and directs residents to obtain boxes from the Post Office or carrier William H. Ketchum.
Real estate activity rose in Bath with transfers recorded in the Sagadahoc registry of deeds over the two weeks. Notable moves include AE Arrowsie and Ruby F. M. Sewall to Walter L. Foster in Bath, and multiple transfers in Phippsburg Richmond and Topsham among private individuals and firms.
Unbleached muslin in large quantities is requested for City hospital during Donation week beginning the 12th. Needed items include sheets 72 by 108 inches pillow slips towels blankets and all household supplies. Canned fruits vegetables jellies pickles and garden produce are welcome. Donations may be left at the hospital Cosmopolitan club or Crosman's store or arranged by telephone for pickup.
At 10 45 each night WOR Newark announcer asks listeners to tune down for neighbors. This is the only station making this request. If others joined in, complaints about loud radios at all hours might lessen.
Sheriff Albert Henderson departed early Tuesday for Connecticut with Walter Myers an escaped inmate held days in the municipal lockup awaiting Connecticut authorities. Constable William McLaughlin accompanied the group.
Local social notes report Miss Lucia Ferguson as a guest of Misses Alice and Abbie Minott at Bethel Inn in Phippsburg with Abbie driving. Visitors include Miss Christine and Catherine Court and Hamilton McCourt. Raymond Campbell tends his garden strawberries. Icealwild store near Leavitt awaits closure after a strong season. Bath residences and residents such as George C. Pease repair a James L. Perkins house. Small Point’s Miss Bessie Sprague and Portland’s John More visit Bath for meetings and social events.
An all day meeting of the Dreemore Farm Bureau will be held Thursday at the grange hall starting at 10 a.m. Dinner is planned for 12 30. Members are asked to bring two Christmas suggestions and Mrs Aletha Campbell, the project leader, will oversee the gathering.
James G. Tibbets recalls living in the old Harvard mansion in 1901 with his mother who worked as a cook. He describes attending primary school on upper Washington Street, earning 25 cents weekly for leading a blind man, and childhood adventures on Harvard's dock and a ride in Kenney Edgecomb's motor boat. He recounts a trip to Richmond with the blind man, and notes Bath Independent keeps him connected despite being four thousand miles away on the Pacific Ocean.
Woolwich grange hosted Saga daho Pomona with 150 grangers attending. West Bath sent 36 members. visitors from Huntoon grange Wisconsin joined. Governor Gardiner spoke on The Code Bill after noon recess. The day featured discussions on Farm Bureau work, needlework, home management, and farm costs.
Shaw announced a special member treat while Bertha Wright of Topsham sang a solo and N Dowling recited Edgar Guest poetry. Duncan McIntosh read Robert Burns, and the group sang Roaming in the Gloaming. Sarah Bailey, Woolwich grange’s oldest member, offered the closing thought. Pomona will meet Bodwell grange in Small Point on Wednesday Oct 28.
Eugene Morin aged two, son of Peter and Rosella Morin of 728 Washington street, died after swallowing cathartic pills containing strychnine. Delays at City hospital left no physician available, leading to transfer to Brunswick where he died minutes after arrival. Survived by parents six siblings. funeral held at Calvary cemetery.
Mrs. Herbert Mallard hosted a Saturday luncheon in Woodfords with guests including Mrs. Harry L. Day Mrs. Arthur J. Dunton Mrs. Clarence E. Johnson and Mrs. Robert B. Hatch. Afternoon featured three tables of cards with Mrs. Day winning second prize a box of stationery.
The annual Central Church Parish meeting elected Maj. W. R Kimball as moderator and W. W. Robinson as clerk. The prudential committee reported extensive interior and parsonage repairs. Plans were made for an Every Family Canvass on Oct 14 to fund church work. A large committee was appointed to canvass every household in the parish.
Mrs. Powers reports that unused funds from the Lincoln County Teachers' association treasury were added to the joint treasury after county consolidation. Officers last year included Earle M. Spear Waldoboro president Randall Cummings Wiscasset vice-president Ruth Powers Georgetown secretary treasurer Mildred Edwards Topsham Lilian Fisher Bath Grace Dodge Boothbay executive committee.
Hon. and Mrs. Frank B. Nichols and Mrs. Nichols brother Arthur R. Nichels traveled three days by car to the Rangeley region and White mountains. They found ideal weather and said the autumn foliage was at its height and very brilliant.
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