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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1937
Page
2
A public notice urges parents to refresh safety lessons as schools reopen. It stresses careful street crossing, playground use, and sports safety to prevent injuries. It cites casualty figures for ages five to fourteen and highlights dangers in schools and on the way to class. The piece also notes local fishing activity and power line extensions impacting rural areas, plus fall driving cautions and speed control.
A reader considers making Carlton bridge toll free to gain a federal subsidy. The plan would have the Federal government pay half the cost to the State and allow local towns to collect their excise taxes in full instead of toll privileges. A Southerner who visited Maine last summer recalls the trip and comments on this year’s visit.
A reader notes Maine has unusually warm weather this summer and observes that lodge and club notices are reappearing as vacation season ends. With September approaching, organization activities are expected to resume.
Approximately 200 members and friends attended Bath Lodge of Elks first summer party Friday evening. The event followed repairs at the club house and the opening of a new refreshment room linked to the Dutch room by French doors. Arthur Sprague led the committee with Bert Erwin and Charles Lyde assisting as dancing occurred and refreshments were served.
Edward S. French president of the Boston & Maine and Maine Central says no strike risk before Labor Day as mediation guarantees normal service. Extra trains will run to ease highway congestion for vacationers.
Considerable trouble has plagued the spillway piers of the new highway bridge over the New Meadows river. A section of dam washed out Sunday, workers protected it all day, and more sand eroded Monday. Heavy rocks were used to shore up the channel to save the unfinished span. A load of swatce blocks arrived from Vinalhaven to aid landing in Bath, with further blocks expected next week.
A description of a Bar Harbor scene includes Eugene Buzzell reporting on a group observing birds near Acadian National Park. Attendees include Mrs. Philip Hamlin editor Grace M. Oakes and officials, as Secretary Harold Ickes may later join from Homans House along Ocean Drive. The piece notes the private residence hosting views of the birds and shore.
Lovers of antiques will find bargains at LeMont's Antique Shop for the week Aug 27 through Sept 6. The display includes a 1790 Chippendale table a 1700s comb back Windsor chair two old imported beds sea chests and other pieces. The shop at Washington and Center streets contains 19 rooms of antiques with pieces arranged by period and a rare two wheel baby carriage thought to be 250 years old. Maples and pines feature in complete dining breakfast and living room sets. Service is emphasized as LeMont uses expertise built in 12 years in the field.
Representatives of the Gamewell Fire Alarm and Telegraph Co of Newton Upper Falls Mass are to install a compressed air fire alarm system. The work, about five weeks, includes placing three sirens at each of three stations Hose 1 Engine 3 and Engine 9. New fire alarm cards with box numbers and locations are ready for distribution at the Central Fire Station Water Street.
A fire gutted the Rowe cottage at Five Islands harbor owned by Miss Madelyn Berry. The blaze began in a chamber where the bed was destroyed. Firefighters saved surrounding properties. investigation planned to determine the cause.
Simon J. Levine of Portland owner of Ideal Cleansers Inc purchases the Bath Dye Works at 175 Front Street from O. M. Redlon and will run the business. Levine has spent 30 years in related work and ten years operating in Portland. The Bath plant will operate separately from the Portland concern, with the option to rely on the larger Portland plant for support if needed.
Woodbury Burnham, 22, and Joseph Arsenault, 19, pleaded guilty in municipal court to larceny of copper cable from Bath Works Corp. Judge Arthur J. Dunton fined Burnham 14 dollars and Arsenault 20 dollars plus costs. A juvenile involved received State Reformatory placement for Bowdoin jail, another paid 15 dollars plus costs. Two intoxication cases heard. one local offender with prior record fined 10 dollars plus 5.30 costs or 60 days in Kennebec jail, the other ordered to leave town.
The Portland Navy recruiting station announced a September enlistment quota of 42 men for the Boston district in Maine. Interested applicants should report to the Navy Recruiting Station in Portland at the Federal Court House building. Ernest E. Weeks notes Joe Weeks, Parsonsfield Seminary graduate and former Tufts catcher, is from Cornish and named to the All-American semi pro team.
Readings of ancient Bibles irk W P Lemont who owns one nearly 100 years older. His 1698 London printed Bible bound in leather, with Psalms and Kirk of Scotland authority, shows age defying durability beside newer early American volumes owned by Newcastle and Portland residents.
Roy W. Putney, manager of Senter's, Inc., returned from Bangor after the grand opening of the new and greater Senter's at 99 Main Street. Gen. Mgr. C. Allen Bell says policy remains price and quality focused. The Bangor store features expanded departments including shoes, cosmetics, children's wear, lamps, art needlework, and more in a fully renovated four story building.
The Good Will club of Woolwich hosted a baked followed by supper at Sebenoa hall to aid the Woolwich Union for Christian Service. About 100 attended and $30 was raised. Mrs. Harry F Mitch led the event with Edward V. Reed chairing the kitchen. several attendees assisted as waitresses and hostesses.
Woolwich Grange plans a regular meeting with Pomona on Wednesday evening. A special session was held to decide on an impromptu program and lecturer Mrs. Maurice B. Nation was present for stories and music. At Biddeford city council, a lease surrender for the theater portion of the City building was approved to Louis B. Lausier for 20 years with renewal option. The council also moved 22,100 from the contingent fund to three departments to cover current needs.
Miss Frances Hutchinson Lintner of Rochester New York and Malcolm Daniel Daggett of Topsham wed at Squirrel Island chapel in a four o clock ceremony performed by Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick using the single ring service The bride wore a gown of brocaded silk with heirloom veil and bouquet holder. reception followed at the Lintner cottage The couple will reside in Cambridge Massachusetts Daggett formerly of Bowdoin College and Harvard faculty member and veteran of several universities will return to Harvard for further study this fall
Mrs Dura L Howard of 694 Middle Street, bedridden after January automobile injury, received a large gift basket from the Five Islands Improvement Association of which she is a longtime member. She now uses a wheelchair and hopes to walk again, with gifts to be opened across months.
At the regular Dromore Grange meeting in its hall last Tuesday week, an engaging program led by lecturer Mrs Eveline Beals featured a collaborative storytelling roll call. Membership was resumed by Mrs Emma Perry, with songs readings and contests including a mathematical problem, piano duet by Mrs Elfreda Perkins and Miss Bessie M Hunt, and various readings and performances from members.
The Unemployment Board has taken a two year lease on the vacant store in the Y M C A block formerly used by Charles Miller. A Sagadahoc county office is planned to open within two weeks with four staff. The Y M C A is renovating the store for the new branch.
A crossword style list mixes tribes chiefs Ireland and state stars with clues for tens and abbreviations. Entries reference whales inde pendence declare oath and various Latin terms while many items resemble cryptic style hints and scattered definitions.
Elm beetles infest Saco with leaves dropping early and dead lawns reported. City officials plan spring measures after Trafton surveys elms and confirms infestation, warning of potential loss of prized trees.
Bath Opera House manager Frank F. Colburn Jr leaves Bath after seven years to return to Biddeford and take charge of the City theatre on Sept 4. A Bangor native, he came to Bath in 1930 from Biddeford, where he previously ran a theatre, and leaves many friends behind. A cablegram from Manila reports the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Robert Russell born August 20, with Mrs Russell formerly Bertha Sears of Saco.
A new three cent stamp to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution goes on sale Sept 17 at the Philadelphia post office. The purple rotary print features Stearns’ painting of the signing with panels and symbols including the Roman fasces and a flaming torch, and carries the inscription United States Postage and Constitution Sesquicentennial.
The National Employment service will hold weekly sessions in City Hall on Wednesdays from 10 30 to 12 and 1 to 3 30 for Bath Arrowsic Georgetown Phippsburg West Bath and Woolwich A Richmond town hall visit on Thursdays and Bowdoinham town office on Fridays follow the same hours Brunswick Town Hall on Mondays for Brunswick and Topsham Harpswell and Orrs Island sessions on Tuesdays with separate locations For residents to consult service representatives without traveling to Portland.
In Old Town thousands of purple martins rest nightly on wires and rooftops during their southward annual journey. The birds leave their summer nests together, arriving on the same date each year, unless weather delays push their departure.
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