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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1932
Page
5
The Richmond Fire Department unveiled a new forest fire truck built largely by department men. It seats 12, carries 2000 feet of 1 1⁄2 inch hose plus 200 feet of 2 1⁄2 inch hose, a booster tank, and lockers for tools. It will operate with existing crews and serve forestry duties alongside four other apparatus.
Captain Albert Hays, eight years in command of the Coast Guard cutter Kickapoo, departs for New York for land duty. A French-born officer who joined the service in 1910 served on Woodbury Androscoggin Ossipee and Yamicrow during World War I. Mrs Ella Carleton, 87, wife of Charles A Carleton, active in various historical and veteran groups in Westbrook and Maine.
A broken crack led police to 78 Water Street Waterville Wednesday night after a person fired a .22 caliber rifle through a doorway as the home was being set. The noise alerted residents and investigators to the incident.
Morse High School star athlete Elmer McFarland and Miss Bennett announced their engagement. McFarland captained Morse football twice, starred in basketball, and competed in New England tournaments. Bennett, a former Wisconsin prep student and outboard racer, teaches at West Paris High School. The couple plans a spring wedding.
Mrs. A E Chittenden of Auburn, president of the Maine Federation of Women's clubs, resumes efforts for the annual convention September 20 to 22 at Skowhegan. The event features General Federation President Grace Morrison Poole as guest and includes bylaws revision readings, Lakewood facilities, and a full program with Federation News slated for two weeks hence.
Mrs. Dora Shaw Heffner of Houston was elected president of Phi Delta Delta at the annual convention in Kansas City. The international honorary legal sorority of women lawyers will require her to travel widely in the United States and Europe and she will preside at next year’s convention in Vienna.
The text notes that entrance fees were paid by C. E. and A. J. Luce of Farmington and that the Eastern Maine fair is understood to be a State fair open to the entire state.
Georgetown notes show Mrs Ella Ballard of Lynn Mass and Mrs D L Pettengill hosting guests at their summer homes. Numerous visits from relatives friends and travelers mark the week with cross town trips, a Mt Washington boat trip and a Saco Bunting Co plant opening as regional industry grows. The Dovers Foxcroft clinic reports improvements in child health and a November follow up.
Five Islands reports note an annual meeting for officers after 630 p m Friday, and a wealth of weekend visits and travels among residents. Families gather for dinners and boat outings as guests arrive from Bath Belfast Everett Malden and Philadelphia while a Robinhood cow makes a dramatic cross cove swim and return.
Maine mutual savings banks report 249 200 accounts totaling 118 941 772 dollars as of June 30. President Harry S. Sawyer notes growth over last year, with deposits representing about 30 percent of state bank funds. He cites wide distribution of wealth as illustrated by deposits and reiterates stable dividends and no losses since 1929. A day in China is divided into 12 parts of two hours each.
Letter from New York City reader argues against resort-style growth at Popham while urging a sturdy new wharf. He urges state action to improve the river mouth landing to attract boaters and bolster Maine’s coastal prestige and economy.
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