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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1929
Page
4
Bowdoinham residents and visitors are profiled in a sweeping roundup. Among sightings are travelers from Boston and Portland, teachers visiting family, and a string of social calls. A Halloween party, a D A R card night, and a McDonald temple inspection are noted alongside local births, deaths, and road work progress.
The school schedules a Halloween masquerade ball Friday evening with music by the Boys. Alden B.nah of Portland plans to move here with his family after teasing Mrs. Lyman Nelson about the Bonney place. Dr. Lottie Cobb led the meeting at Bishop schoolhouse Sunday. George A. Hackett, in charge of State aid road construction, broke his left arm Friday while unloading gravel and was taken to Richmond for treatment. Dexter Stevens of Rhode Island arrived at his summer home near the se for a duck hunting visit. Kendall and W. D. Hutchins have reached the Johnson Seed Potato farms near Richmond village. three farms and a large potato house are involved in a deal. Mr. Kendall’s workers have been repairing the potato house. Postmaster Lowell, Deputy Sheriff Henderson, and friends from Bath left Sunday for their annual gunning trip in Northern Maine.
The annual Bowdoinham United Baptist Association missionary conference met in Bowdoinham Baptist Church with broad attendance. Highlights included reports from officers, a reading contest, and talks by Mrs. Barnes Mrs. Hazelton Mrs. Smith and Dr Mary W Bachelor on hospital work in Bengal Orissa.
The Bath Young Men’s Christian Association reports $3272 raised toward the $3500 budget target in its annual fund drive. Many contributors have already sent in or delivered gifts, speeding the campaign, with interviews planned for remaining prospects. The article lists numerous donors including William T. Cobb Fred R. Lord Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. Lemont Tarbox Mark Hennessey Bath Garage Co. and others.
A long OCR readout names numerous residents and firms alphabetically, including George A Hinckley Arthur Allen Joseph Solovich Louise Fuller Julia Watson Co D Wilson Harold C Child Ralph L Blakeney Lawton s Bakery William H Small Eugene Bridges Edwin Pinson Baxter Spinney Read Nichols Co F L Andrews M A Jackson H H McCarty Purington Cummings Motors Co Charles P F Cummings Otto Bullman Edith Skillings Merchants Profit Sharing Stamp Co Helah Morse Coombs Dennison Bimson Huse Mildred Albee Hotel Phoenix Emmons Covel Williams Troop Grinnell Kutz Sewall Glidden Mullin Community Cash Market Moulton Robinson Small Monroe Stores Edna Wilson Sewall & Co Gibbons Coal Co Mayo Hunter Clifford Smith McMann Hyde Potter Rice Verheus Stott Perry Irish Smiths Royal Pool Parlor Troop Bath Box Co Newell Main Cash Thebeau Wood Morgan Potter Deering Ring Morse Plant Staples Moses
Oakhurst Dairy Co. of Portland has bought Ernest F. Lever’s Lewiston milk business effective Nov 1 and will convert Lever’s College Street dairy into a distributing plant for Lewiston Auburn and nearby. Lever becomes sales manager for Lewiston and surrounding areas. The Bath plant and new Portland operations support the expansion.
Carlton Reed and family visited Bingham and Mrs. John Reed returned from Bath City hospital. Many local residents hosted guests from Beverley, Winthrop, Bath and Rhode Island. An entertainment and harvest supper, 4 H club events, and union services at Day's Ferry and Woolwich Center are announced with plans for speakers and activities.
Oakhurst Dairy Co plans a Bath plant with pasteurization and bottling operations and daily truck deliveries to Brunswick. Roland Wylie manages Bath operations. Lever becomes resident manager and highlights high quality milk with low bacteria counts and Portland honors.
Donald B. Partridge, clerk of courts for Oxford County, visited Bath on Wednesday en route to Boothbay Harbor where he speaks at night before the Civic Club. The Norway candidate for the big congress begins a busy itinerary across the Second District, meeting Norman Greenlaw of Norway as he tours.
Bowdoin on Friday evening the Ladies aid hosts its fourth annual oyster supper for members families and husbands. Afterward Halloween games and stunts are planned with committee members Mrs Erland Rogers and Mrs Charles Hunt. Other notes include visits and travel of local residents and weekend gatherings in Bowdoinham and nearby towns.
William Wates of Sabattus joined a recent local caller in the area. Mrs. Clarabelle West Otis and Mrs. Lucy Baker attended a Farm Bureau gathering at Richmond Corner. Miss M C Small and Miss Clarice Stilphen drove to Portland for a teachers convention.
Mrs Chester Jack of Bowdoinham teaches in Topsham and attended a Portland teachers convention. Harold Varney has gone to New Hampshire for work. The Misses Chicks of Monmouth visited grandparents Mr and Mrs James Millay. Temple recently bought a new sedan. Mrs Emma Temple cares for Mrs Johnson of East Bowdoinham. Mr and Mrs Johnson welcomed a new baby. Mr and Mrs Fred D Heath of Winthrop were guests of Mrs Mary Heath. Poss Pratt and Lina Maxwell trimmed roadside bushes along the State highway. Mr and Mrs Frank Heath and family visited Fred Heath in Winthrop Sunday.
Superintendent of Schools and Mrs. Clinton D Wilson of Bath will join more than 60 000 spectators at the Yale Dartmouth football game in New Haven on Saturday. They will spend the weekend there and attend the game described as the day's top college contest.
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