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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1936
Page
4
Local page records social visits and gatherings across Phippsburg and nearby towns. Residents and guests travel between Bath South Portland and various cottages, with extended families and summer residents sharing weekends and holidays at Meadowbrook Lyndhurst Dromore and Opener.
Junior Red Cross chapters in area schools are packing boxes for distribution to poor children in other countries. Mrs. Wilmer I Voorhees leads 40 boxes placed in city and rural schools. Children contribute handkerchiefs ribbons wash cloths crayons pencils dolls and small toys with no firearms. Boxes must reach the collection point by October 17 for shipment to New York for international Red Cross aid.
On Saturday at 12 30 PM the Bwell third trawler in the Fifty Fifteen line, built at Bath Iron Works for Forty Fathom Fisheries, is launched in Lamere Mass. The triple vessel unit costs 600000 and includes a 144 foot hull with 25 foot beam and 13 5 foot depth. The company also runs a 500000 canning plant at Vinalhaven expanding Maine markets for fishermen. Refrigerated holds provide pound for pound catch and sanitary nickel linings mark a new era in American design.
Morse high school hosted a large dance Friday night by the National Honor Society. Ernie George and his Royal Arcadians drew strong attendance with many college students visiting from out of town. The event featured red white and blue streamers and support from Morse faculty and society officers. The energetic committee plans a Halloween party next, led by Mrs G Ronald Smith.
The Ladies Aid of Winter Street Church met Friday at 2 30 with hostesses Mrs. Allen M Irish Mrs. Samuel R Percy and Miss Emma G Small 32 attended. President Mrs Walter H Bowker announced an all day session on Oct 23 a rummage sale on Oct 20 led by Mrs Arthur C Lemont and parish events including a supper on Nov 5 and a Christmas sale on Dec 2. The next meeting is Friday at 2 30.
Miss Doris H Hutchins and Mrs F Arthur Berry hosted the Philathea class monthly gathering at Hutchins home on Cherry Street with Halloween decor and costumes. Twelve members attended a social hour of games and stunts before a business session planning fundraising for expenses. Refreshments followed. Next meeting set for November 9 at Mrs Walter James on Willow Street.
Henry J. Bartsch and Miss Christine A. Davis, both of Falmouth, were married on Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 in the Beacon Street parish. The couple used the single ring service and will reside in Falmouth where he is employed as a greenhouse foreman.
More Maine dairy farmers are adopting milk jet technology for fall pasture management, expanding usage each year and signaling broader reliance on innovative feeding methods on regional farms.
A fragmented Popham Beach report details Bowdoin students visiting twice, the Fort Popham sign removal, and multiple local residents returning from visits in Bath and Bath Memorial Hospital. Notable mentions include Capt. and Mrs E W Osgood, Miss Barbara Luke, Prof. Stanley Hyde, and several families vacationing at cottages along the shore.
Fourteen hundred road signs conflicting with state laws have been removed since January 1 by owners or state authorities. Mrs. Roscoe P. McFadden, head of the highway and roadside beautification committee of the Maine Federation of Women's Clubs, cites John P. Burnham as the source. McFadden notes she patrols roads during drives to document illegal signs and pursues enforcement after owners are notified.
Mr and Mrs Fred Whittam return with son Lincoln and daughter Barbara to Wollaston after a holiday weekend. Joining them are Mr Whittams mother Mrs Emma F Whittam and his sister Mrs E E Morse of Snowpark.
Beacon Street Church junior aid met at 3 Winship Street for a regular meeting with 18 members and one guest. Final plans were made for a Halloween party on Oct 26 for members and guests, and a rummage sale on Oct 29 from two to four in the church parlor. The group voted to buy new curtain material for the church parlor. Community singing featured Mrs Carleton W Andrews who recently moved to Bath from Deering. The next meeting will be Nov 9 hosted by Mrs Curtis Hughes, Mrs Omar Stevens, and Mrs Clarence Fullerton.
Mrs Frank Reinoehl entertained the Six of Us Sewing club at supper Thursday evening before guests motored to Portland. Mrs Lancelot Cooper will entertain Det. 22 at her Academy street home.
The annual meeting was led by temporary chair Owen J. Ledyard and then Major William R. Kimball as permanent chair man with William Sturtevant as clerk. Officers and committees reported and funds canvass completed with Miss Martha A. Footer elected treasurer. Committees chosen include Prudential Owen J. Ledyard Edmund P. Briggs Arthur L. Pratt. Parish House James C. Ledyard Mrs. William H. Small Mrs Charles T. Jackson Mrs. Arthur W. King Karcher 8. Jackson Marius H. Page. Music Mrs. Fred H. Jor Marius H. Page Mrs. Jesse Bon nell. Ushers William Sturtevant Andrus Coleman.
The League of Central church held its opening meeting after summer vacation in the parish house on Monday evening with good attendance. Officers named were Mrs. Arthur W. King president, Mrs. Merritt A. Mitchell vice president, Mrs. Gardiner R. Deering secretary, and Mrs. Edward A. Cummings treasurer who was absent. December 9 was set for a Christmas sale with aprons and cooked food committees appointed. A rummage sale is planned for early November. Members formed the program and hostess committees for October 19. The Needlework Guild material was prepared during the evening.
Mr and Mrs Everett Quinlan and their family leave the home of Mrs Quinlans parents Mr and Mrs Harry E Peterson to relocate to Augusta where Mr Quinlan has gained new employment.
Winnegance mourns the death of Marcellus Adams a longtime saw mill worker at the old dam. Funeral services were held from his home Sunday. The village counts him among its oldest residents and best known figures.
Fort Fairfield based Chaatree Clancy, a former Bath resident and student at Westbrook College, left Saturday morning for Fort Fair field and Canada for a weekend visit.
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