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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1938
Page
4
Total Bath public school enrollment reached 1 782 on opening day, up 28 from 1937. Morse high school reported a first day 549 students, a new record, with crowded grades in early years across several sites and transfers from other towns.
Bath public school teachers met at Morse high school with Superintendent John Parker to review policies and hear announcements. The nominating committee report was read and accepted. Officers elected for 1938 39 are David Y Alkazin president Miss Laura Mitchell vice president Miss Isabel Lewis secretary and Miss Enid Sawyer treasurer. A social committee was formed with members Hawley Colby Smith Durtsforth Hayes Severin Hersom Thompson Bartlett Smith.
County voters chose two new officers in Monday's biennial election both Republicans. Shersond Aldrich of Topsham will succeed Raph O. Dale as county treasurer and Joseph W. Randlette of Richmond becomes county commissioner after Gov. Barrows appointed him to finish the year. All other officials were reelected.
Bath Acrie of Eaxles will hold an all day clambake and field day at the Bull Rock bridge site on the New Midowe river this Sunday. Tickets exceed 500. proceeds support a community event with Walter Norton Fred Stover and Edward Whithouse as organizers. Ruth I Dale returns home after working as a dietitian in Llanerch, Pa.
Mrs Elmer R Campbell announced the marriage of her daughter Olive Gertrude Stahl to Charles W C Sherman of Damariscotta at Berlin New Hampshire on October 31 1937. Stahl was a Brunswick High School graduate class of 1932 and worked in the Secretary of State's Augusta office. Sherman is son of Mr and Mrs Charles E Sherman of Damariscotta and a Kent's Hill School graduate.
Benjamin Franklin born 1706 rose from humble origins to become a leading philosopher and statesman. His wit and practicality won American esteem and French affection during his Paris mission to gain support for the Revolution. He helped persuade the king of aid and earned popular acclaim, then departed with royal gifts.
Local society entries list weekend visits and returns across Bath and surrounding towns. Residents from Boston Bethel Greenland Waterville South Portland Albany N Y Beachmont Malden Quincy Williams Harbors, plus Bath locals, share travel back to homes and cottages.
The Bath Country Club plans what may be the final Men’s Night of the 1938 season on Thursday. Members may invite guests, and organizers expect a large turnout before darkness limits play. Lorraine Price and John Grindell head the tournament, Alden Smith handles supper, and Robert Brownell manages publicity.
The U S Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for Senior Stenographer $1620 and Junior Stenographer $1440 and Senior Typist $1440 and Junior Typist $1260. Applicants must be 18 to 52. Closing dates October 3 for east of Colorado and October 6 for Colorado and westward. Information from Milton H. Douglas, Secretary, U S Civil Service Board of Examiners, at the local post office.
The Independent editor asks readers to choose between perfect vision or perfect hearing. He imagines a world of sights and museums versus a life of rich listening, noting how a blind person with keen hearing can enjoy voices, lectures, radio, and birdsong, and concludes he would choose blindness with perfect hearing.
A six week survey by the Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries found no profitable summer shrimp beds from Isle of Shoals to Petit Manan Island. Commissioner Greenleaf said the best catches, 15 to 30 pounds per hour, came off Boone Island at 65 to 70 fathoms with 40 foot nets. He sees potential for a fall to spring fishery and plans winter surveying to map possible beds. Captain Carl Reed and Minot Little aided the effort along the Maine coast with help from William Harrington of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries.
Maine invites professional and amateur cooks to enter the apple pie contest part of the New England Festival. Six state champions will compete in Worcester on Oct 3 for 200 dollars top prize, 100 and 50 for runners up, with judging in Maine and pies due Sept 20 at the State House.
The Maine coast hosts the Nantucket, a full-rigged training ship flying the American flag, anchored off Lamoine. Two navy owned ships Tusatella and Joseph Conrad also serve as training vessels while the Seven Seas remains privately owned and used as a pleasure yacht.
Mrs Josiah L Walker returns to Roslindale after summer at Day's Ferry. Farm Bureau meeting despite rain features moving pictures by Eastman and talks by district demonstrator Miss Mary Louise Wright. Other items note school openings and various visits, plus a cooked foods sale at Woolwich Center on Sept 12 to support Laurel Grove Cemetery upkeep.
At a West Bath Grange meeting Mrs. Edgar D. Leavitt was named official correspondent for the Grange Herald and resignations were accepted. Plans included a Sept 23 Booster’s Night dance led by Charles Genthner, with first and second degrees Oct 24 and third and fourth Oct 31.
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