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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1924
Page
8
Mrs. Lelia B. Merrithen of Cliftondale Massachusetts, visiting her mother Mrs. James Jewett on Washington street, returned home Monday after the visit.
John F Besaw a Morse high freshman returned home after a morning missing his memory and says a stranger in a Ford touring car guided him toward a hospital then dumped him near Cook's Corner. He suffered a possible head injury and found his belongings missing except a pocket comb as City Marshal Hall investigates.
Fire in the woods and pastureland on the Sewall estate along the North Bath road burned Monday night. Com 2 and 4 responded, with Com 2 stretching 1,600 feet and Com 4 1,000 feet. No. 4 pumped from Whiskey Creek, using nearly a half mile of hose to douse trees and brush. The alarm cleared at 1.55 Tuesday morning.
William H E Daley and Alma Harjula secretly married in Portland on October 4 with local church pastor Dro ALC Goddard officiating. Daley, son of Ida Duley, recently left a trucking business to join a tanker running New York to Albany. Harjula, daughter of Eric and Mrs. Harjula, Rockland Commercial College graduate and former bookkeeper, received widespread congratulations from Bath friends.
An air route will open between Leopoldville and Elizabethville in the Belgian Congo. The service will move passengers mails and goods to remote tropical stations, cutting travel time from forty five days to two. Aircraft will stay in wireless contact with the aerodrome during flight.
Mrs Lydia S Oliver an elderly Georgetown boarder is in critical condition after leaping from a second story window during a period of dementia. She suffered an impacted hip fracture and other injuries, with hospital doctors unable to set the break. Neighbors and family details are noted along with local social visits and community events in Georgetown and nearby towns.
Mrs. Frank o S. Wakefield of South street visited Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Sawyer of Swampscot Massachusetts and is now visiting Mr. and Mrs. J Edward Wakefield in West Somerville Maris
After a successful season at MacMahan Island plans for 1925 begin. Captain Thomas W. Blaisdell will become general manager of MacMahan overseeing all activities starting Nov 1. Local officers and committees are named and improvements planned including tennis, golf, croquet and a putting green. A dinner honors woodcarver L Kirchmayer with remarks by notable architects and clergymen.
The Thiers pearls fetching over 600000 dollars during the German march on Paris were not claimed. The Louvre director packed the stones into a leather satchel and sent them to Bordeaux with M Dalmi er. Bank of France Governor Robinson initially declined but later agreed to inventory the jewels with three ministers in a Bordeaux hotel.
Bean of Rumford pleaded guilty in a municipal court to reckless driving after an incident near Woolwich. State Patrolman Tharry Thompson arrested him for driving on the left side of the road after dark and colliding with a car driven by Fred Albee of Wiscasset, injuring Mrs Albee.
A district court in Tralee County Kerry fined British steam trawlers S500 and costs for illegal fishing in Ballinskelligs and Dingle bays. The case highlights a dispute between the Irish Free State and Britain over three mile limits and by law enforcement powers.
Joseph Kateon has returned to Ports mouth New Hampshire where he is employed in the navy yard after a few days at his home here.
Miss Maxine Walker directed a lively Halloween program at the Five Islands grammar school. The event featured numerous recitations and skits, ghostly greetings by Iva Cromwell, prize drawings, and a bazaar that raised funds for amplifiers.
Residents and visitors attended gatherings in Bath on Saturday and Tuesday. Notable names include Iva Cromwell, Alfred Rowe, Miss Fve lyne Rowe, John Grindell, and Irving T. Ross. Renovations at the Ocean House by Irving T. Ross are noted, with spring alterations planned.
Thornton Academy is deemed eligible for state high school honors after coverage in the DPorthind Express discusses the school’s status and its football team’s prominence. The institution serves as Saco’s high school and meets Maine Secondary School Association eligibility rules, with the team’s strong showings noted despite a smaller pupil body. Mrs Frances M Andrews of Rockport visits her daughter Mrs Arthur Whittier.
Cards issued to Needlework Guild members by the Red Cross Tath chapter request annual elottune donations from the guild closet. Major need for bloomers stockings and underwear suit items, with 35 families served from TW25-24 supply and 11 pairs of shoes provided free. Volunteers express deep appreciation and hope for strong support this year.
More than fifty dollars were cleared by the damage sale in the Men's rooms of the Winter Street church conducted Wednesday afternoon by the Ladies' aid. Mrs. Arthur Lemont chaired the general committee and assisted by Mrs. Charles Ke Plaisted, Mrs. Thomas V. Artis, Mrs. Prayeis G. Cooke, Miss Abigail Carter, Miss Isabel Carter, Mrs. William BR. Donnell, Miss Sarah Hitchcock, Mrs. Allen M. Irish, Mrs. Harry J. Horne, Mrs. Samuel ER. Verey, Mrs. Arthur K. Warington, Mrs. Fred W. Emmons, Mrs. Seth Stewart, Mrs. Charles M. Webber and Mrs. Arthur Sampson. Miss Marion Lloyd served as cashier.
Bath hunters are advised on gauine conditions in Moosehead Like Region with deer bear and partridge plentiful. Ground wet foliage mostly gone. light snowfall. Rangeley and Kennebec areas report plentiful partridge and foliage nearly gone. Upper Kennebec notes deer and partridge plentiful. partridge shooting good with foliage gone. Washington County and Bangor regions show deer and partridge plentiful. foliage nearly gone.
Reported collision between Wiseman Farm truck and a Bailey truck occurred Tuesday afternoon in Woolwich. Bailey’s furniture remained in position while other accounts claim movement occurred.
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