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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1935
Page
2
The Maine governor plans a conference with experienced drivers to find ways to reduce road accidents. He notes many roads are narrow and crooked and pushes the Highway Commission to address this. He argues cars speeding at 60 to 100 mph fuel crashes and suggests manufacturers could cut speeds without hurting sales.
Work begins on the final segment of the main road to Small Point from Phippsburg Center. A gas shovel arrives to connect to the existing Bath to Phippsburg Center road, crossing the gully east of the Campbell home and toward the Edge summer residence.
Several cities have combined yearly drives into a single supreme effort led by one organizing body. Bath and others already run multiple drives but a unified plan could reduce solicitors and coordination. Many see the community chest concept as a potential fit for this city.
Three men were fatally injured when their car was struck by a Maine Central freight train at a Bowdoinham grade crossing on Thursday. The piece notes rising automobile death counts, claiming 150,000 more U S deaths in cars since 1920 than Americans killed in action in all wars to date.
The feldspar mill once run by the Cummings Feldspar Company has new management. Machinery is being prepared for operation and officials hope the plant will create jobs and aid Bath's industrial prospects.
The city has carried out work on McCutcheon hill along High street south of Lemont street. Residents and summer visitors will welcome the improvement of a narrow rough grade that has long challenged travelers.
Weather forecast forecasts frequent temperature fluctuations in a winter similar to an average Maine winter with mercury dropping below zero and then returning to normal or rising.
Manufacturers push early auto shows to secure enough 1936 orders and sustain plant activity through winter, boosting employment.
Morse High School held a well attended first dance sponsored by the senior class in the gym. About 100 couples danced to Bowdoin Polar Bears ten piece orchestra with 200 standing spectators in the balcony. Decorations featured autumn leaves and black and orange paper with spotlights.
Beacon Street church vestry hosts a successful pre Christmas sale organized by the Ladies aid and Junior aid. Aprons handkerchiefs calendars cards and novelties featured among the tables with a New England boiled dinner to close the event attracting a large turnout. Chairs and committee members include Ms Leland Plummer and Mrs Frank Reinodel among others overseeing dining room decorations and service.
World Temperance Sunday observed at Wesley Methodist Church with Rev. Ernest Heywood delivering an analysis of repeal promises versus current conditions. He highlighted repeal advocates' claims and urged the church to spearhead the fight while noting authorities seek revenue over liquor control.
Mr and Mrs Redford Christiansen entertained their card club on Court Street Friday evening. First prize for ladies went to Mrs Harold L Safford Jr and the consolation to Mrs. first prize for men and the consolation to Harold Boutin. Next week the club meets at Mr and Mrs Lutz Center Street Extension.
Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Perry, summer residents at Five Islands, plan to depart Friday for Dunedin Florida.
Frank H. Holley of North Anson announces the fourth annual Maine Municipal Officers and Assessors Association convention in Representatives Hall at the State House Augusta. Sessions cover tax commitments, municipal league organization, welfare work, secondary roads, and WPA activities with address by Governor Louis J. Brann and other officials. Banquet and round table discussions follow.
Winter Street parish expanded the prudential committee from three to five members at its annual meeting held Wednesday of last week. Dr Langdon T. Snipe served as moderator. Charles C. Low celebrated a birthday and was re elected auditor. Hon J Edward Drake and Charles E Hewitt Jr were re elected to five and four year terms respectively. Ernest Freeman joined for three years. other members include Mrs Edward B Smith and Dr Harry F Morin. John N Taylor was re elected clerk. Ruth Skillings and Jennie G Silsby were re elected to music and treasurer roles, with Albert F Austin kept on trust funds. Adjournment set for Nov 6 for parish supper and further business.
Acadia's Third Rank Team plans to leave Castle Hall at 5 30 p m Thursday Oct 31 to attend the 10th District Pythian convention in Yarmouth. Members must report by 5 30 p m for transportation and to secure uniforms. The event features Knight rank work, a vaudeville show, and free transport for Acadia Lodge members in good standing.
The Bath Memorial Firemen's Association committee met at Engine 4 to arrange a Thanksgiving Eve dance with Henry's Stringed Rhythm Orchestra from 8 p m to 1 a m. The grand march will be led by Mr and Mrs Clarence A Merrill Tickets go on sale next month and will be distributed to city firemen. The group has about 500 dollars saved for a memorial and aims to raise more at the Thanksgiving ball and May event to honor Marines at Oak Grove cemetery Spring.
Robert C. Waters of Central Grammar School shot himself in the left breast with a .38 revolver near Witch Spring West Bath. Officials traced his steps from 4 p.m. to the sand pit at Chandler farm where the body was found Friday afternoon. Medical examiners cited direct heart-area wound as consistent with self-inflicted death.
Superintendent Clinton D. Wilson backs the Red Cross drive to reduce home accidents with school involvement. The Bath chapter will lead local efforts, inspectors will assess homes with Board of Education cooperation, and students will help spread safety forms to families.
A seine across Harmon's Harbor was cut during a storm, releasing herring valued at 409 to 300 dollars. The same night Sherman Campbell's boat lost a spark plug and a coin. Local fisher folk in Five Islands and Harmon's Harbor fear motives behind the tension as rivalries and jealousy surface. The Maine Conference Woman's Home Missionary Society meets in Livermore Falls October 20 and 31.
Funeral services for Roy Everett Wallace 46 fatally injured in a New York railroad accident were held at Curtis funeral home Bath with Rev. Charles H. Berry officiating. Burial followed at Oak Grove. He was born November 7 1889 in Bath a son of George F Wallace and Catherine Eaton Wallace. He worked as a machinist then chief engineer at sea aboard Vacuum Oil vessels. He belonged to Polar Star lodge Masons Montgomery and St Bernard Royal Arch chapter and Dunlap Commandery KT. He left four children Edith Frederick Everett Mildred and a sister Ruby Campbell. Mrs Wallace died 11 years ago at Hillside crossing.
The Bath Red Cross chapter is commended by Mayor Arthur Sewall for its work in home safety. He notes the fall program of accident prevention, home inspections with school cooperation, and public health services, urging community support to make homes safer. Safety at home is emphasized as essential.
The Winter Street Ladies aid held an all day session naming Mrs. Arthur C. Lemont as parish supper chair for November 6. They set the Christmas sale for December 4 and served a luncheon. Speaker Mrs. R. W. Roundy discussed church work in Maine among foreign born populations.
Roland Smith post of the American Legion held a meeting last Tuesday naming a committee to host the Armistice Sunday service at Wesley church on Nov 10. Comrade Allan Spear to lead the post in charge of the hall. Richmond delegation arrangements assigned to Mc Clure Low and Huston with Ralph Gay. other post matters discussed. The Auxiliary seeks two sons of Legion members for Y M C A memberships as gifts.
The Central Church Choir held a card party on a recent Wednesday at a private home. Contracts and auctions were played at 20 tables with prizes awarded to Mrs. Henry O. Trowbridge and Miss Esther Drummond, plus consolation prizes to Mrs. Jack Shaw and E. J. Kirchenbauer. Sandwiches and coffee were served. Committee members included Mrs. Frank Hodgson and several others, with additional helpers listed.
Harold MacMahan charged with grand larceny of 210 dollars from Nellie Merrill was arraigned and pleaded guilty before Judge Keegan and bound over to Sagadahoc Superior Court January term with 1000 dollar bond. Carlton Johnson, 16, accessory, pleaded guilty and received one year probation. City officers recovered 207 dollars within an hour after theft, stopping the pair on the Bath Brunswick highway near Mill Pond.
Lincoln Monaghan of Braintree Massachusetts was recorded as a visitor in town last week in the local society notes.
Bath Rotary club members led by President Marius H. Page and Mrs. Page joined 17 Bath attendees for a Rockland gathering at the Congregational church. Dr. Amos O. Squire of New York spoke as Eastern International Director, with Rotary groups from Augusta Bangor Belfast Brunswick Camden Damariscotta Newcastle and Gardiner also participating.
Warren Pushard aged 83 fell from a ladder while sawing a limb from a pine tree at 82 High Street. He suffered a severe right leg fracture and was taken by Mayo ambulance to Memorial Hospital. Dr. DeForest S. Day treated him. investigators suspect ladder slip caused the fall.
George A Hawkes of Richmond aged 73 and a former shoe maker died Monday night at Cobbessee Rest Home in Gardiner after a year of ill health. He served three terms in the Maine Legislature and introduced bills for a bridge at the Kennebec between Richmond and Dresden and for a span between Southport and Capitol Island. He had moved from Bowdoin to Richmond in 1905 and retired from shoe manufacturing in 1915. Surviving are his wife Annie and several cousins.
A dense OCR puzzle page lists across and down clues with numbers and partial answers. The header promises a Daily Cross Word Puzzle and includes incomplete entries such as 1-A lady and 1-A alarm, plus several 1905 1906 dating hints and scattered word clues across topics from geography to linguistics.
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