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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1929
Page
7
Local Shriners and townsfolk gathered at Kora Temple in Lewiston for ceremonies. Attendees included Ernest H. Lew B and others, while several residents traveled to nearby towns for errands, visits, and a hospital training stint for Miss Marjorie Wren.
A string of visitors stop by the Richmond Corner rose gardens and nearby towns this weekend. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Cobb and Miss Evelyn Ward of Brunswick, Mr. and Mrs. John Parker in Lewiston, Mrs. Edna Lane in Gardiner, Weston and Preston Carver of Phippsburg, and the Douglas family in Bowdoin. Also noted are visits by Mrs. C. E. Jones of Bangor, Dorothy Hamilton returning from Walpole and Lynn, Mass., Allen and Evelyn Haskell of Litchfield, Elmer Purinton in Gardiner, Evelyn Douglas visiting relatives, and W. Wales of Sabattus calling on town friends.
The article outlines four ships named USS Preble honoring Commodore Edward Preble, detailing the first vessel’s 1814 Champlain battle, a Civil War era ship, a 1902 destroyer, and the present 1920 Preble on the Asiatic Station. It notes Preble’s key actions and honors, plus the ships’ fates and service histories.
Samuel B. Furbish of Brunswick outlined the new automobile excise tax set to take effect January 1 1930. He explained the tax aims to curb evasion by forcing registration before purchase and noted funds stay with municipalities to help pay street and traffic costs. He cited Maine data showing 38427 untaxed cars last year and a potential tax shift of about one mill statewide.
Bowdoin Ladies aid meets at Mrs. Ella Adams home on September nineteenth. Bowdoin Center Farm Bureau to gather at Grange Hall September eighteenth at ten with Dress making as the topic. Miss Welch to attend. Local residents and visitors noted include Roy Lancaster of Amesbury visiting, Mrs. Butler and daughters staying with the Babb family, Mrs. M. E. Smith visiting Yarmouth, and Mrs. E. E. Purinton planning a move to Richmond after forty seven years in Bowdoin. High school starts with Clifford Starbird, Clyde Starbird, and Mary McAfee in Bowdoinham. Linwood Wright of Goodrich Rubber visits Shore Acres Clubhouse. Preaching at the Chapel Sunday at three. Annie L. Palmer heads Thursday to Cleveland en route to San Diego with cousin Aiden Palmer.
Residents and guests return from Kennebec Point and Robinhood while new school opens with Mrs. Ruth Powers teaching at Center School. Notables include Rev. Judson Cross departing for Winchester and Capt. Trafton Knight funeral held at First Baptist with interment in Oak Cemetery.
Wesley H Lemont of School street visits Portland for G A R festivities. Mrs. Hughes returns to Belmont after visiting Bedford street. Mrs. Lulu Whitman goes home to Topsham after staying with Mrs. William Hoyle. Miss Marion Moon returns to New London after Bath visit. Various families travel for visits in Portland Boston and Rockland. Phyllis Marie Bruce born to Alfred G Bruce and wife in Belfast. Lobster supper gathering at Sawyer's in Phippsburg. Lesley School students Miss Troop and Miss Turner depart for Cambridge for second year. John Sheldon returns to Bath before Boston conservatory studies. Mrs Clara Beals returns south. relation to ex-president Coolidge. Morse high class reunion at Hotel Phoenix. new club formed.
An eminent dentist urges patients with artificial teeth and removable bridges to clean dentures daily to prevent infection and bad breath. He promotes Platidene in a tube as an antiseptic cleaner and a plate rush and Plate Clean Brush for thorough cleansing, with Depyre Laboratories offering samples from Portland Maine.
Residents and visitors frequent Five Islands during summer with many returning to homes in Malden Bath Belmont and Boston. Families from Waltham Cambridge Bath Topsham and Winch ester travel between cottages and towns while work on island properties continues.
In Westport the special state election yielded 20 votes with amendments on council vacancies bridge over Penobscot and highway bonds failing to gain broad support. Referendums on hydro power sale and gasoline tax increases also failed or barely passed. Local schools opened with Miss Mabel P Heal and Miss Bessie Greenblatt as teachers. Visitors Mrs Ruby E Lowe and Jeanne Nolett stayed with Fred Bailey. Mayor and Mrs Gray returned to Medford after summer.
Narrative notes that Portland never had a warship named after it. It recounts two ships associated with the city in earlier years the Falmouth and the Machigonne. The Falmouth a sailing sloop of 703 tons served in Mexican and Paraguay expeditions and faced yellow fever outbreaks before sale to private parties. The Machigonne a converted yacht built in Boston in 1918 served as a patrol boat in the First Naval District before being returned to ex Governor W L Douglas.
In Ponca City Oklahoma Cowboys shift from cattle to hog raising at the 101 ranch with a projected hog crop of 20000. Zack Miller, last survivor of the original trio of brothers, leads the diversification, converting main farm activities to hog production. A large Jersey herd and a 50 000 strong chicken colony were removed to make space for hogs and new alfalfa pastures have been planted.
Dr. Fred E. Angle of the University of Kansas medical school reports a bacterial serum made from brucella abortus cultures that has shown beneficial results in Malta fever cases. The treatment does not always cure but has helped several patients in mid western and eastern states.
In New York the New Yorkers from the New York Testing labor group credit cornstalk and sugar cane boards with high hardness. Cornstalk boards register 685, pine 490, sugar cane 823, while oak scores 965 on the same scale. Inventors named are M. M. Zimmer man A. Haverlander Harry Lichten berg and Nathaniel Singer. Mrs. Edwin B. Parris of Upper Washington street visited Portland last week with her son Albion K. Parris. A Boston Herald staffer owns a dog that responds to its master's telephone call.
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