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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1939
Page
2
Bath residents hosted visitors and former residents with trips home and cottage stays. Morse High School students from the village were named. The piece reflects on changing local cottages, a church school plan, and a Coolidge era police strike remark.
The Book Club and Study Class of the Woolwich Union sponsor an illustrated lecture on Monday evening Oct 9 at eight by Dr Marion J Bradshaw professor of Philosophy at Bangor His pictures are unusual the work of an artist and technician He attracts large audiences and offers a thoughtful view of the East and Western civilization Tickets available from club members or at the door
Mrs Emily Stanley Warren of Cambridge Massachusetts who in 1897 drove the first Stanley Steamer invented by her father Francis E Stanley escaped injury in a sedan accident Monday afternoon as she was returning to Boston from Boothbay Harbor in one of his steamers The elder Stanley was killed in 1918 on the Newburyport Turnpike while driving a Stanley steamer
Maine and US Agriculture reports show a 3 percent August decline with northern Aroostook hit by excessive rains and late blight while central and southern areas faced dryness and insect damage. September 1 outlook lists Maine at 47.6 million bushels versus 39.6 last year and 44.97 average. New England totals show mixed gains and weather effects across crops.
Mrs Sherman L Morse travels to Boston due to sister illness. Ladies Auxiliary hosts at Mrs Edwin Small home with prizes won by Lena Eaton and Harold Miller. sewing club hosts and future meetings noted. Harold Rogers builds new home near parents. Phippsburg village school shows crowded one room with 30 pupils. Local birds and open season discussed. Card party planned to raise funds for community treasury. Winneganee Athletic Club builds lakeside house for meetings this fall and winter.
The Dromore Grange hosted a Wednesday hall event for a cemetery project. Games included bridge and cribbage with pitch tables. sandwiches cake coffee candies and nuts were served. Committee members were Mrs Annie Wilson Mrs Pearl Barter Mrs Annie Malcolm and Mrs Evelyn Beals. Edwin L Emmons returned Monday from Belfast where he stayed with Mr and Mrs Owen Emmons and their daughter, formerly of Bath.
Popham Beach sees growing September crowds as warm late summer weather draws visitors. Buoy Boat 100 remains, Fort Popham Light work proceeds with low tides for welding, and Coast Guard activity continues. The coast region hosts researchers, visitors, and seasonal cottages, while local schools and art exhibits reflect a busy summer to early autumn transition.
The new resident bishop of the Boston area G Bromley Oxman and Mrs Oxman visited Bath on Tuesday as part of a tour to call on every Methodist minister and church in the area. Accompanied by Rev Arthur A Callaghan of Augusta they called on Rev Jesse Kenderdine of Beacon Street Church and Rev Chester B Oliver of Wesley Church, viewing church property. Bishop Oxman, before becoming bishop, led DePauw University and came to New England from Nebraska.
Parker Head Boy Scouts met in the vestry Wednesday night and filed membership applications with dues, a milestone after 16 months of work. Nearby social notes run through visits, gatherings, and events with friends in Bath Portland East Boston and Woolwich as the community shares news of dinners, showers, travel, and upcoming rummage sale plans.
Grand Worthy Matron Mrs. Hattie E. Lord praised Genesta chapter and guest officers at a Guest Officers Night. Doris Fickett of Portland and Florence A Briggs of Deering were guest candidates. Hostesses Miss Annie Cox and Mrs. Ada Deering organized the reception. The lobster supper featured fall flowers and a large dining staff. Attending dignitaries included district deputy grand matrons, past grand matrons, and a past grand patron.
Bay Point residents and guests sketch a busy weekend with camps, boat trips, and social visits from Bath and Rockland to Auburn. Families like the Thompsons Lambs and Comeaus mingle with locals, while boat rides on the river, bird feeding, and repairs animate the area. School openings and street detours wrap the update.
More than 40 people rode two buses Sunday to Benson's Animal Farm in Hudson New Hampshire described as possibly the largest in the country. Separately Engine 2 answered a chimney fire at the home of Mr and Mrs Roscoe Maing at Washington Street near Bowery Street with no damage reported.
Governor Barrows reports a cooperative Maine plan for trout propagation. A state bureau and federal Bureau of Fisheries will consider sites on Chandler Mill Stream or Quick and Dead Brooks in Salem, with state engineers aiding in layout. The state to provide fry if needed and assist in distribution, funded by a $50,000 congressional appropriation identified by Senator Wallace White. Earlier surveys were reviewed in Washington with officials. The piece also notes a lengthy local pitch game at No. 2 Engine House involving Ernest E. Russell, Rogers Moulton, and Frank Lyons, needing 11 points to finish.
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