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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1930
Page
6
Mr and Mrs Frank Leavitt end their wayside stand season as gifts are given. Mr and Mrs BP Simpson of Ros Hutchins farm plan two cottages on the old home site. Rose has moved to Wes Bath to care for Mrs Exnest who is ill.
A fragment recalls a late 19th century inscription noting fenced lots and gravel work. The entry cites John Hi Mamsey with dates October 19 1857 and October 13 188, and mentions Frank Mausey and Talean and Al, with a family memory buried in an old daze.
The Red Cross roll call committee adopts last year’s plan. The drive runs from November 9 through November 16 with an allotment of 850.
Armistice Day events include a two minute miniature muster contest in Bath featuring contestants Franklin Pierce and Az. Local spectators gather to watch, with organizers aiming to honor veterans and mark the day with community activity.
Mrs Alvin Pye of Small Point visited Mrs Walter and Mrs Minnie Moore of Morse s. Mrs Edgar Oliver, employee in City Clerk John Gilmore s office, is ill at home. Bridge planking repairs are underway in readiness. A public card party is planned at Monmouth house. George works in Bangor installing dial telephones. The Women s Auxiliary to the Community Club met Tuesday after house.
Dr. Byhouwer, son of Prof. Jan Byhouwer of Amsterdam, is a landscape artist for Rotterdam and a Wageningen University PhD graduate. He spent two years in the United States as a Brockelfell fellow and worked with the Massachusetts Committee for Better Homes. Mrs. Byhouwer, also a Morse graduate, leaves for Betterdeam and will study for a PhD at Leiden University.
The meeting led by the core Leader approved a food sale date of October 31. Jorie Furber Jane Donnell Holly patrol and Gladys Wade Wild Rose patrol joined the group as new members while Mr. Web appointed ad campaign volunteers.
A driver named Watch Your Step fired four shots from a car and another vehicle followed with four more revolver rounds, plunging the evening into noise. A city marshal report says the witness could not identify the cars or their target.
Bath Iron Works Corp. announces a shift to an eight hour day schedule as part of its winter operations. The move affects manufacturing crews and aims to streamline production while maintaining output during the season.
A fragmentary report notes Rob Clothesline and Billings connected to a recovery of a missing wash. The item’s status is unclear as investigators consider focus on whether the wash is located.
The Twin County Grange event featured awards for exhibits with Gertrude Marston Gowlch winning best sewn screen and Ethel Bailey taking a lamp shade display prize. West Bath growers led alfalfa talk by Fred Rose, while officers were re elected including J W Larrabee as secretary treasurer and Donald McIntosh as crops leader among about 150 attendees.
Miss Eda Mereen of Bath becomes Mrs Melvin Meader of Randolph in a small home ceremony at 14 Green Street. Rev Charles M Tubbs officiated with few friends present. The couple will reside in Bath. Guests included Mrs Mary Meader and other relatives from Gardiner and Bingham.
Ernest T. Howe and Miss Dorothy E. Elsemore of Bath were married Saturday morning by Rev. George B. Wolstenholme at the parsonage. The couple, attended by Mr. and Mrs. Lauriston Caton, left for a northern Maine trip and will reside with the bride’s parents at 445 Middle Street. Howe is a Bath Iron Works blacksmith’s helper and son of East Boston residents. Elsemore is the daughter of Bath residents and Morse High School alumna.
Two thirds of work on the 30 foot power surf boat ways at Po Beach Coast Guard station is done with about 60 piles driven and 20 more to go. The runway totals 179 feet with 140 feet outside the boat house and 39 feet inside. A motor winch will pull the boat up the ways. The Rendel Corp East Boston holds the contract. Merton Oliver has a Pejepscot Paper Co wood cutting contract for 50 000 feet felling Sabine hill west of Fort Baldwin. Wood is moved to Bath yard then shipped to Pejepscot plant. The Wainwright bungalow owned by Miss Harriette Ohler of Portland is being moved from the grove east side to the western end of the South shore.
George B. Drake of New York will reopen as marine architect on November 1. He will open offices in the Whitehall building at 17 Battery Place for ship design, marine transportation consultation, vessel surveying and appraisal, and marine equipment brokerage.
John H. Marr district circulation manager and Dorothy L. Lewis R N were married Saturday night atBeacon Street Methodist Church. Rev Weston P Holman officiated. Attendants included Mrs. John Bowie and Mr Bowie. Marr longtime Bath resident and shipyard worker. Lewis Bath native and Bath Hospital operating room supervisor.
Doris Leavitt and Bath delegates toured Chicago sights including Lindbergh Beacon near the Hotel LaSalle and bun galows atop 25 story buildings. They did not see gangsters or racketeers. Return home on trains with Girls' Friendly group after Festival services at St Luke's Evanston. Snowy, blizzard conditions marked the morning journey as Buffalo looked wintry.
The court adjourned with cases including State v Chester Plant and Arthur Plant for navigable waters gunner jurisdiction, H B Allen v E Reed Main over $350 claimed for services, and Mrs Lillian Moss seeking payment for 0 weeks at 5 dollars. Edward W Bridgham and John P Carey Jr led plaintiff and defense in a Topsham hearing before justice George Leavitt.
William Delome of Bowdoin found guilty of illegal manufacture of eating liquors and ordered to pay 36.83 in costs after a 25 dollar fine. He faces a separate illegal possession case. William St. Peter of Topsham jailed six months for assault on his wife with an illegal possession charge pending. George Murphy charged with cruelty to three minor children placed on good behavior. case continued to January with possible second continuance. Albert Soucie withdraws not guilty plea and pleads guilty to indecent exposure, receiving three months in jail.
High schools urged to participate in the DAR Historic Spot contest with a $25 prize for the best unmarked local historic spot story by a high school student. State and national prizes, paper and formatting rules apply, with entries sent via the nearest DAR chapter.
Seventy five members attended West Bath Grange where men filled all chairs led by Hope Ward in witch attire. Officers named include Herbert Simpson master and others. entertainment featured pumpkin stunts, an apple eating contest won by Charles Chesley, and a skit “The Orc's Office” with cast led by Robert Oliver and Charles Doyle.
Henry C. Wright president of the Bath City hospital resumes duties after two weeks away attending American College of Surgeons sessions in Philadelphia. He toured major Philadelphia and New York hospitals including Polyclinic and Doctors Hospital. Dr A A Stott of Bath hospital staff is named a fellow of the American College of Surgeons as the conference draws over 4000 members.
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