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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1927
Page
3
The Winnesance Community Club and Auxiliary plan a big card party on Oct. 26 at the community house and will hold weekly community parties Wednesdays through November. Local tidbits note births, moves, travels, and visits among residents, with community club plans dominating the notice.
Horticulturist George A. Yeaton praised the Sagadahoc Agricultural and Horticultural Fair at Topsham as offering top fruit and vegetables. He noted well-graded vegetables, strong cabbage exhibits, and fine corn shows. Grange fair at Waterboro also credited, with Dirigo of Brunswick taking first in farm products. Poor light hindered fruit viewing. Quilts and displays blocked hall windows. Rev. David J. Wilson visited Portland on business.
Halloween entertainment planned at Mountain school Mont sweag Tuesday evening features a grotesque costume contest with prizes for best and worst outfits. Proxy raid games and refreshments follow the event, open to all residents and guests.
The Montsweag Baptist church schedules Friday Christian Endeavor on The Ideal Home with Mrs. Asbury Bailey. Sunday services at 10.30 and Bible school at 11.45 follow Hillcrest parsonage updates. A trench for water pipes and pump, painting, and a porch addition proceed at Hillcrest. Grange hall hosts a Halloween event Friday Oct 28 with Willing Workers supper and sale supervised by Mrs Anna Soule, games led by Mrs Marion Berry, finishing with stereopticon pictures.
Mr and Mrs A H L Blair of Whitefield hosted guests, with Siegars visiting Belgrade Lakes weekend and Mrs Lillie Siegars from Philadelphia staying in town. An Enterprise Grange meeting in Richmond featured the first and second degrees and musical numbers by local performers. Local shop listing includes wool unions and garments offered by Max Kunz at 18 Elm Street.
Weston J. L. Bonney of Bennie Brook Farm found an abandoned Plymouth car on his Mas. Brunswick property near Bay Bridge Road. The Maine registered vehicle had blocked the farm entrance. the owner later appeared and towed the car to Brunswick after retrieving it and obtaining a key.
The speaker rejects a distant creator and argues God as infinite spirit present in all creation and within each person. He cites natural beauty, snowflake diversity, and Jesus revealing the Father, concluding God is a personal Father who knows our needs and works all things for good through divine love.
The public utilities commission issued a certificate to the Maine Central Railroad Company for operating its line over a new three million dollar bridge between Bath and Woolwich, spanning TASO.22 feet. Edward W. Wheeler of Brunswick represented the railroad at a morning hearing. Testimony covered bridge construction by Maine Central engineers Asa Morrill and William Williams, and resident engineer Charles SK Allen of Kansas City, Mo.
The first fall meeting of the Garden club was held Wednesday at the Public Library with Mrs. Edward Kimball presiding. Plans were made for the coming year and attendance was unusually good. The next meeting is set for Nov 9.
The State inheritance tax settlement between Assistant Attorney General Philip TD Stubbs and Edward W. Bridgham for the Gardiner G. Deering estate in Bath totals 6106.50 dollars with 626.66 dollars remaining for final adjustment.
A Sunday gathering at the Meadowbrook Road home of William R. Bowker in Phippsburg brought together relatives and friends from New York to San Antonio and local areas. The event followed electoral updates on the Popham road case and noted several local illnesses, visits, and travel over the week.
The Kennebec river bridge between Hahail Woolwich was named Carlton Bridge by four votes to two. Supporters include Clyde T. Smith and Edwin T. Clifford with highway officials and mayors backing the choice. opponents argue directors lack authority to rename the bridge. A Bath meeting Friday will decide toll house location.
Robert Cressey nine year old sixth grader at Central grammar school fractured his left arm Thursday during recess. He fell while shinnying a swing support about 12 feet high. His parents Mr and Mrs Harry W Cressey of 574 High street live nearby. Dr Fuller treated him at home.
W. Scott Tibbetts brings fragrant Mayflower buds from his Hell's Gate farm to the Independent office calling them dainty and April like. A man notes the winter sign of a warm equinox storm. Also brief social note on Mrs. Alfred Bucknam and son Robert returning from a summer visit to Brooklyn. Plus local clothing ad from Max Katz listing pants and breeches prices.
October 1 conditions forecast U S potato harvest at about 2 0) billion bushels, down from last year and below the five year average. New England states face sharp blight damage, with Maine and Vermont leading the declines. Massachusetts Rhode Island and New Hampshire show significant yield reductions while western states show modest gains. Split by state, output varies from near total failure to robust yields in certain districts like Aroostook.
A severe Thursday southeast storm lashed the region with heavy rain and east winds. The Kennebec river station at Popham Beach reported high seas as outages hit AL & K Ry lines between Lewiston and Deer Rip, causing a line-wide blackout before restoration. Pedestrians battled winds and toppled trees while a sewer near the Bath Opera House flooded, prompting pump action by Engine 4.
A fragment notes precautionary steps taken by Mnacement during a theatre incident involving water in a restricted area. Details are sparse but indicate safety measures were applied within the venue.
The seventh bridge related death in Kenneber County is Peggy the office cat of the Met latie Marshall Co. She died of heart failure after months of mourning over her lost kittens and the office's completion of the bridge. Funeral services were held with Greig Veeder officiating and pallbearers named. The office staff mourn Peggy as a beloved fixture and a steady symbol of office life.
Robert W. Simmons of 17 Lincoln Street Lewiston was arrested Wednesday at Popsham fair by State Officer Clarey EL Thompson for operating a car without a license. He faced Judge John J. Keegan Thursday and was ordered to pay $18.05 costs and given two weeks to obtain a license and pay the fine.
The Freewill Baptist parsonage on the Ridge at Bowdoinham and nearby buildings were burned Wednesday night of last week. The family lost all belongings except worn clothing, as the house had been recently reshingled. Cause of the fire remains unknown.
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