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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1931
Page
9
Funeral services for Henry A. Magoun, longtime Bath resident and prominent retired figure, will be held at a local church. Details include the date, time, and attendees expected, marking a notable community obsequy for the deceased.
A longtime vice president and general manager of New York Shipbuilding Corp Camden N J and executive with several plants died at his Bath Maine home 65 Green Street Rev Charles M Tubbs officiated Bearers included Rep Gratz Jackson Bath Rotary Ma sons James O Lincoln William S Newell Rodney E Ross William S Shorey Charles P Wetherbee James Swan and Robert Workman Burial was in Oak Grove.
Morse high's cross country team defeated Lisbon Falls 27 to 30 Tuesday afternoon. Penn Davis led Morse, with Demon of Lisbon Falls second and four more Lisbon Falls runners in the top four. Morse claimed the next five places, filling positions five through nine, before Morse runners Carr, Perry, Baker, Allen, Hodgkins and Woodbury filled the remaining slots.
North Grammar won first place in the YMCA stunt night during Grammar School Weeks. About 1000 attendees aged 10 to 60 saw 14 performers enact Aunt Jane Visits School, with North Grammar receiving top honors and each member earning a Bath Opera House pass. Dike School and Central Blues tied for second. Weeks Street placed second overall in the current standings with 5 points, Central Reds last with 1.
Bowdoinham 4 H clubs led by C P Curtis at Auburn competed in the county contest. The Androscoggin Valley club won the cup from Lewiston Trust Co with Bowdoinham claiming most cash prizes from Auburn Savings Bank. Winners include Celia Billings Frances Billings Christine Temple Shirley Lancaster Arthur Webber Helver Frances Freeman Billings Malcolm Billings and Arthur Curtis.
The Winnegance grange held a harvest supper whist party and dance at the grange hall on Thursday night with committees named for supper, whist, and serving foods. Church services are planned Sunday afternoon and attendance is hoped for. Local clubs met for auctions, bridge, and social gatherings with prizes awarded. Various residents from Brunswick and Bath attended events, and the Squaw club plans a Friday meeting and harvest supper at the community house in the near future.
A special meeting of the Women's auxiliary to the Winnegan e Community club was held at the community house Tuesday afternoon at 2 30 to discuss plans for entertaining the Progressive Union of clubs on November 2.
The Central church Men’s club met Tuesday in the parish house for an oyster stew supper and a business session. John W. Brown spoke on old age pensions, tracing American development from farming to industry, and noting employment difficulties for those over 45, mass production, group insurance, and technological unemployment as factors.
A club discussion tackled the future for workers past middle life and the need for an old age pension bill. Mr Brown urged presenting such a bill in the next Legislature, referencing a governor appointed commission studying pensions with N Gratz Jackson on the commission and as author of a prior resolution for investigation.
John W. Rucker pleaded guilty in Sagadahoc superior court to search and seizure. Justice Fisher fined him 200 dollars plus costs and sentenced him to two months in jail with three more months if he defaults. Two related guilty pleas for illegal possession and loitering with liquor were filed.
President Roland Hill of the Grace church men's club says Harold Deering of Bath will present motion pictures at the Thursday evening meeting. The films cover wildlife in Northern Maine and the Provinces from a recent extended hunting trip and also include fishing pictures from Moosehead Lake.
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