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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1928
Page
5
Richmond notices report funeral for Ellen Fardy in Saint Ambrose Church with burial in Cotton cemetery. Alice Fardy’s Somerville connection noted. Also items on farm bureau meeting, Grange reception, marriages of Gordon Lemont and Beatrice Mariner, and a Richmond shipyard sale set for Sept 27.
The Union fair horse racing was rained out on Wednesday and moved to Thursday starting at 1 30 p m. Over 70 horses appeared Wednesday morning with planned eliminations for a 14 horse field in the first Thursday event. Wheeler of Augusta and Vic Douse of Attleboro Mass send string of fast steppers expected to perform. The fireworks night show will be conducted Thursday evening.
Melvin C. Brooks of Westport reached his 89th birthday on Sept. 21 and celebrated with a shower of cards. He received a bouquet of gladioli and a birthday cake from Mrs. A. A. Pierce.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary E. Potter wife of Alfred S. Potter was private Wednesday afternoon at two at her home 76 Pine Street. Rev F L Littlefield of Wesley Methodist Church officiated. Bearers were Leonard Munsey Harry W Crosman William Besaw and Charles Pollard of Brunswick. Burial was in Oak Grove.
The National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers reports hull production for outboard motor use rose 104.8 percent this year versus last. Average hull sales per manufacturer rose to 254 from 124, reflecting strong demand in the boat market nationwide.
Colombia’s capital Bogota, perched high in the Andes, has long relied on river routes to the Atlantic. A new 128 kilometer railroad and a 3.5 kilometer tunnel will connect eastern and western lines to Buena Vista, finally linking the Pacific coast rail to the mountain capital within an estimated three to five years. Founded in the colonial era as Santa Fe de Bogota, the city now hosts about 200000 residents and previously depended on mule and horse transport to the Magdalena river with a 1909 100 mile line to Girardot completing the inland network.
The planned Bogota to the Magdalena corridor, begun from Buena Ventura, aimed to connect the capital with the sea by crossing the eastern and central Andes. While early optimism followed an overseas loan and bids, droughts and riverbed gaps delayed progress. The Ibague Armenia extension and a tunnel promise work for mule drivers and freight as Colombia’s 1927 rail network remained small at 2,377 kilometers in a 476,916 square mile nation.
Georgetown Sunday school held a social in the vestry with games and treats aided by Mrs. Earle Hagan and Mrs. Frank Heald. Numerous locals and visitors stopped by, including Elsa DeCost of Milton Mass and J. C. Burnham of Richmond, with several families traveling by car or motor to town. The piece also notes obituaries, visits, and community events across Georgetown.
The Colonial club hosts a Flub-Dub golf day at Shoreacre golf course in Sebasco with Captains Mc Cole and Skillings leading Cubs and Flubs. More than 60 members expressed interest. teams to be picked Thursday, play 18 holes with a noon chowder lunch, 9 holes before and after, lowest gross wins.
Bath residents host and visit visitors from Medford, Portland, New York, Boston, and Camden. Notables at cottages along Five Islands join gatherings at Nocton and Cromwell households and attend church and social events. Several families close cottages due to the season and storm.
Mrs. Helen Harvey Douglas widow of J Lufkin Douglas longtime Front street clothier marks her 90th birthday with an open house at 23 York Street Bath on Friday. Born Leeds 1833 she is descended from Francis Cook and Joseph Knapp and has long participated in charity and church life. She has six children three survive Ella J and Alice May Douglas and Milton H Douglas with his wife and sons Herbert and Carville.
The Y prepares a regulation size ping pong table with new paddles and net. Puzzles remain popular among the boys and the puzzle club gains members. Gym classes start soon as Y Juniors eagerly await the new session. The board of directors meets next Tuesday for the year’s most important meeting.
Hon Charles Henry Butler of Montsweag Farm leads a donation to Bath City Hospital. Four bushels of apples are distributed to jelly makers and jars will be ready for hospital collection on Monday October 8, the first day of Donation Week. The hospital seeks jellies jams pickles canned and fresh fruit and vegetables and household supplies.
Morse high faces Brunswick high in the first football game of the season at Kelley field Saturday at 2 30 p m. Morse, missing Cy Longley, fields an experienced Blue and White squad with captains Freddy Gaudet and Stan Whitehouse in the backfield contention. Brunswick, an independent team this year, has played a few scrimmages and held an alumni squad to 13 6 last week. A large crowd is expected as Kelley field has a new grandstand and ample seating.
Personal notes report Miss Elizabeth Randall will pass the winter at the Cosmopolitan club house and teach at Weeks Street School. She previously served as a substitute in Brooklyn public schools last year. Mrs. Mabel Conklin of New York and Boothbay spoke at Lincoln County Union of Women’s clubs fall meeting.
A leading Marine Age editorial lauds Bath Iron Works President W. S. Newell and associates for reorganizing the yard after a winter downturn. The piece highlights renewed contracts, the plant’s revival as a major U S shipyard, and Maine men among seafarers. It notes Bath ships will sail worldwide and praises American ingenuity and Yankee persistence.
Rev William R Wood D D pastor of Penney Memorial Church of Augusta will preside at the general sessions of the State Sunday School Convention to be held October 9 10 and 11 at the First Baptist Church of Waterville under the auspices of the Maine Council of Religious Education. The convention is expected to bring together upwards of 500 church workers.
Mrs Jack Leutritz and Mrs Richard Angus of Brunswick visit with their mother Mrs John Footer at 8 South street. Mrs Prescott Warren of Newton Mass will give two lectures on contract and auction bridge in Portland Oct 3 under YWCA general education committee auspices. Joseph H Hynes of Bath, a coppersmith in the U S Navy, is ill at a naval hospital in San Diego California, after years at Bath Iron Works. he has many Bath friends.
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