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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1937
Page
1
Governor Barrows announced a special session starting Tuesday October 26 to decide on funding for old age assistance. Lawmakers faced a tough issue after last winter’s study and a defeated sales tax plan. Proposals may trigger new referendums and widespread opposition.
The Bath Y.M.C.A. began its annual sustaining fund drive last week aiming for 3500 to support a long standing community center and gathering place for Bath’s boys and young men. Two Bath men have volunteered as solicitors to raise the needed amount and residents are urged to contribute generously to maintain the valued institution.
A three alarm blaze in Bath damaged the Columbia theatre block and several stores. Firemen kept the flames within the block as onlookers watched the stubborn effort. The incident follows the earlier Columbian Hall fire and highlights faster response due to motorized apparatus and improved roads between Bath and Brunswick.
Motorists favor removing switches near the Phoenix hotel and laying rails straight from the Washington street crossing to the Bath Box Company. Cars parked on both sides force drivers over old switches, removing them would improve traffic. Maine reports an eighteen percent drop in highway fatalities in the first nine months, best among New England states. More caution could further reduce deaths.
Congratulations go to fair management at Topsham for a favorable weather day and a well conducted event that drew praise for organization and overall success.
Alderman Robert H. Haskell of Bath Iron Works will speak on How the Employe Looks at Safety at the tenth annual State Safety Conference opening at Eastland this Thursday at 3 15 in the afternoon. A round table on his subject will follow.
Girl Scout Leaders association met at the Y for its first Fall session with strong attendance. It approved opening troop meetings to the public during Girl Scout Week Oct 31 and naming two girls per troop to assist the local PTA at the State convention Oct 26 and 27.
Governor Barrows issues a proclamation convening the Maine Legislature for October 26 1937 at 3 pm in Augusta. The session will consider old age assistance state government costs and welfare measures and await communications to determine needed legislation.
Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co builds a 64 by 16 foot wooden framed round house over the old scale pit for two switching locomotives. The fireproofed structure with metal siding stands 14 foot high, about half completed, with a 16 000 ton capacity planned to meet rising demand as steamers load coal at Newport News Bath and later in the month.
Pope Pius met a group of American pilgrims on Wednesday including Legionnaires from Illinois Maine and Pennsylvania as he continued to reference the Nazi Catholic dispute during a series of audiences.
James Henry Duffy 72 a Texas native and veteran of three wars stops at the Independent office on a long journey that has taken him through nearly every country in the western hemisphere. He plans to visit the Veterans Bureau hospital at Togus for lung treatment after gas injuries at Chateau Thierry in 1918.
Fire swept through Bath Theatre and nearby shops early Friday, causing heavy losses. Pepper’s billiard parlor and Rowe & Dalrymple storage suffered major damage while several stores along Front Street endured smoke and water exposure. Arouses hotel guests as firefighters containment efforts protected the structure.
Fire at the Columbia theatre requires 14 hose lines totaling over 17000 feet with aid from Brunswick and Washington street hydrants. Chief Morse and Chief Edwards deploy the new deluge gun from a turret and firefighters protect the theatre area while YMCAs records are moved to safety. Proprieter M Potvin fears his wood carving exhibit and decades of work may be lost.
Bath residents take note of a color advertisement in Collier's titled Viva Mexico featuring former Bath youth Paul E. Ryan. The Bath-native and ex Fordham student appears in a genteel seated pose at a Mexican hacienda chatting with a host, highlighting Ryan's acting and voice talents.
The National Association of Audubon Societies will hold its annual convention at the Essex House in New York City on Friday evening October 22. A reunion of former nature camp members follows at the American Museum of Natural History featuring exhibits on sanctuaries and camps with bird displays. Saturday field trips go to Cape May Point New Jersey and Mountain Pond Long Island. The association aims to raise public appreciation for wildlife, preserve native species, ensure habitat and resources, and assign guardianship to protect species from extinction.
After years without crowds, a large group of woods horses returns to Ashland and crowds the Americar yard. The animals, used by the Great Northern Paper Company to haul pulp in Machias and Aroostook rivers’ operations, are now housed at a big Ashland barn to rest before winter woodcutting resumes.
Hendrickson Bros Inc contractors report substantial progress on the Bath Brunswick highway spillway over the New Meadows river. The east side fill advances while the coffer dam nears removal. the aim is opening to traffic by December 1 with final paving and bithulithic topping after settlement.
About 50 members of the First Baptist church attended a covered dish fellowship supper on Thursday at six. The Sewing circle served coffee and hosted the event after a program featuring Rev Charles R. Sims outlining winter plans. Deacons and class leaders spoke on spiritual life, finances, and church activities.
National Red Cross representatives Miss Cecilia Walch and Miss M E McQuaide met Bath chapter leaders to discuss nursing activities and the upcoming annual roll call starting November 11. Attendees included Miss Stella Dolloff and others who recently attended the regional conference in Portland.
The Cosmopolitan club Music-Drama department met and set advisory board members for the year. Appointments include Mrs. Leslie Wold Mrs. Louis Silverman and Mrs. Edwin H. P. Lowell. A program committee is named and Elizabeth Colby chosen music librarian. The next meeting is October 27 with a supper and Halloween costume party.
Oil City Oregon near Ligonia to gain a new Colonial Beacon Oil Co plant costing about 350 000 with seven tanks railroad siding pipe lines and facilities under construction. Gulf Oil Corp also expanding with a large steel tank and new warehouse workmen lay pipes and build facilities nearby.
Crossword puzzle item listing several clues such as 24 Inventor of , 28 Unequal the first things practical, 29 Narrow in telegraph set geol, 26 Anglo, 31 Measure of Saxon length letter, 33 Roman, 27 Pronoun, bronze coin. Answer to previous puzzle.
The Winter Street chapel hosted 24 scouts 14 visitors and five Court of Honor members for a successful program awarding 44 merit badges the largest Bath total in years. Recipients include Stanley Cressey David Teasdale James Voorhees Richard Orvis Alden Bailey and Philip Beaney among others with many civic skills and hobby badges noted.
A Friday morning blaze at the Columbia theatre marks the third major fire on the same plot in 44 years. The 1893 fire wiped out Columbian hall and adjacent properties including Columbian hotel and shops run by William H. Smith et al, with actress Helen Berry and her troupe losing their accommodations. The 1909 incident caused backstage damage while tenants such as the Fitzgerald Brothers and the Y M C A suffered smoke and water damage.
Bath Country Club directors gathered at the club house Wednesday evening to hear the treasurer’s season report and discuss the club’s financial position and routine business. Quoddy fishermen report nets have trapped many fish but one boatman boasted catching a deer washed from Deer Island into a weir and guided to freedom.
Miss Margaret Allen was honored with a surprise farewell dinner at the Hotel Phoenix by friends before her sailing Saturday from New York for California and Honolulu. About 40 guests attended with gifts of travel items and candy while entertainment included piano solos and dancing.
Aetna Casualty report based on Motor Vehicle Commissioner data shows a 2 percent drop in highway fatalities across the six New England states in the first nine months of 1937. Fatalities totaled 1159 in 1937 versus 1187 in 1936.
The Good Will club of Sagadahoc Ferry held its annual Fall supper and sale at Sebenon hall. Supper served at six attracted the largest crowd yet, over 170 people. Proceeds go to the club treasury supporting local social welfare work.
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