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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1927
Page
3
Woolwich community updates cover vacations, visitors, and motor trips to Boothbay and Bangor. Local families travel to Canada and Maine towns, while church auxiliaries repair buildings and host dinners. Bowdoinham association events, Sunday service, and fall meetings with Rev. Beatty and C S Reddy are announced.
Nine Woolwich poultrymen met Poultry Specialist Mr. Wilbur to learn selecting breeders for increased egg production. Demonstration held at J Vinci Hunne well's with arrangements by R A Donnell. Four attendees plan to follow the outlined plan.
Citizens near the Lightbody block on Middle Street voiced opposition to two gasoline and kerosene tanks erected by James Clappinson of Brunswick. Senator Buzzell of Belfast urged action amid safety and sightline concerns as Aldermen consider the remonstrance. Intermixed notes mention local wedding party events and related residents.
The annual sett ing up conference of Portland Y W A secretarial staff gathered at Miss Elizabeth Webber's cottage at Popham Beach over the weekend. Attendees discussed aims for the Wintez season and plans for the October opening department program, with reports from health education teenage girl and dining room groups and a Sunday devotional led by Miss Ohler.
The Commercial department of the Central Maine Power Co. announces the appointment of J. M. Howard as Lighting engineer. He will work with customers and contractors on lighting problems across the company’s territory. Howard’s career began in 1911 in Danvers Massachusetts and includes work with Edison Lamp Works General Electric. He has also served as an illuminating engineer in San Francisco and for New England lighting problems. He is married with one child and will reside in Augusta.
The Morse High School library opened Tuesday with an oak table donated by the class of 1902. The class of 1925 contributed $200 for books, and all reference volumes from various rooms were gathered, classified, and catalogued for student use during school hours under teacher supervision.
Miss Elizabeth Williams of Kittery and Bath educator will coach Morse high girls basketball this winter. A Bates College graduate with broad court experience, she teaches eighth grade at Central Grammar School.
Edwin Howard LaMond three months old son of Mr and Mrs Howard C LaMond was buried Thursday in Witch Spring Cemetery West Bath following a family service. Miss Winifred Johnson and Rodger McInnes traveled to Sebago Sunday and spent the day at the Paine's Summer home.
The Seguin, veteran of the flotilla, and the Nahanadsa guided the last bridge span into place on the Kennebec amid a public flotilla salute. Governor King led a chorus of cheers as tugs and barges honored the moment. Maine Central engineers expect lower deck traffic by mid October with upper deck date pending.
Notes from Bath cover support for the retention of the primary system, a push to teach music in public schools led by the Woman's club, and a bridge tea fundraiser. Reports mention local protests, plans for a park pond recreation area, and a Bath man joking about buying an armored tank after a car incident. Freeman A. Trott elected commander of Roland H. Smith post A. L. Officers named for Oct. 11 installation. A three act comedy The Poor Married Man to be shown at West Bath grange hall with post-show activities. Mrs Claire S. Carter wins Republican nomination for Senate succession. Lewiston and Auburn support her. Democrat nominee Charles M. Starbird named. Grace church service adjusted due to rector’s Wiscasset trip.
The P T A Davenport School Fund Committee was named to oversee a $4 000 gift from the George L P Davenport estate for opportunity classes in public schools. Mrs William H Small Mrs James Lockery Mrs Leroy Colby and Miss Marston joined Supt Clinton D Wilson to organize with Miss Marston as chair and Wilson as secretary treasurer. Two classes planned at Dike North end and Mitchell South End with 30 to 40 eligible children. teachers and equipment to be arranged with classes likely ready in three weeks.
A Massachusetts car sideswiped a Missouri car on State highway near Bath. The Missouri vehicle pursued the offender to Bath but failed to stop it. Police arranged a settlement after the Massachusetts driver returned with traffic officer Eugene McGrath aboard the ferry to explain the incident.
A compilation of social notes lists Mrs. Lester Lewis visiting her brother Vernon Gray at Five Islands and many Bath residents traveling or hosting guests. Names include William Vlummer Jr., Mrs. Edna McCaubry, Mrs. Helen Vlum mer Mulligan, Frank Plummer, Whimmer, William Hanson Voorhees, Philip Fisher, Louise Daley, Ralph Brooks, Mrs. Fred Kittridge, Mrs. Everett G. Lemont, Thelma Kittridge, Mrs. KE. W. Perkins, Miss Winnie McKenna, the Ayers, Harvey Hathorne, Ida Beals, Flora Leonard, A P P Burnham, Kenneth Burnham, Clara Hawthorne, and Rev. Plinette Allen.
Local notices report Mrs V. Mnott returning home from care with Ada Brown in Minneapolis. Nellie Perry recovered at Bath City hospital. State Aid road Section 2 graveling underway with 900 feet laid by supervisor Mr. Rogers. New Ellridge Bowker farm gravel pit shows good material. Residents active with repairs, visits, and travel to Bar Harbor, Key West, and northern Maine.
The Bodwell Grange met Friday with good attendance. Lectures included a Henry Ford reading and a reading on NIROLICH. Emma Sylvester led a chorus with Ela hor Pye at the piano and Thomas L. Totman performed a vocal solo. Bean Bag Contest ended with the losing side supplying a treat at the next meeting. Master Stanwood Gilman was absent. Overseer Totman filled the chair with good interest and success.
Master Donald Logan is home from Bath City Hospital after an operation for appendicitis. Mrs. Julian Logan, with Mr. and Mrs. Cole of North Weymouth, are traveling to Moosehead Lake and Bangor. H. P. D. Mank Jr. presents his mother with a five-tube radio. Miss Blanche Logan of East Boston returns home with two trained nurses, Misses White and Jackovitch.
A wedding in Bath featured a reception after the ceremony with the bride’s father and groom’s mother assisting the couple’s reception. The newlyweds Mr and Mrs Smythe will live in Chicago where he runs a business. Bath guests included several named locals and families such as Mr and Mrs William Shorey and Miss Marion Dean.
Charles Hanna of Five Islands died Tuesday in Bath. Judge and Mrs. William S. Kenyon of Fort Dodge Iowa depart Thursday after summering at Sebasco with Mrs. Kenyon seeking medical care in Washington. Mrs. William Sherman and son Don went to Gardiner to spend a few days with Mr. Sherman employed by Central Maine Power Co. John H. Hyde left for Brookline Massachusetts after closing Elimhurst season. Mrs. Hyde joined him in Brookline for fall and winter. Frank F. Freeman returned to New York to resume duties with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad after a Bath summer with his mother Mrs. Frank B K Freeman.
A lengthy list shows donations and pledges to a hospital fund from numerous groups and individuals. Entries include sums from churches, guilds, auxiliary societies, clubs, and residents, with totals ranging from small gifts to larger contributions, indicating broad local support for hospital funding.
Judge Walter S. Glidden rules there is no evidence of weakness or fraud in Miss Curtis’s circumstances. The petition for guardianship is dismissed though the court notes guardianship could be needed if Miss Curtis infirmities worsen or others try to exploit her property.
Windham and Gorham plan to replace the old wooden bridge over the DPre sumpseet river with a cheaper structure. Each town will appoint committees to work with the State highway commission on the project. Windham has voted to share its portion of the cost and Gorham is aligning with the plan.
An editorial urges sportsmen to raise and liberate more pheasants trout and other game in home covers and local streams. It promotes the practice of propagating and caring for stock and argues individual effort can raise bag limits and improve hunting and fishing nationwide.
An old bell used five years in Bridgton at the Baptist church and later the high school will be moved to a public place as a keepsake of bygone days. The high school bell is replaced by the Forest Mills bell which has itself been replaced by a whistle. The Bridgton bell cracked and could not be welded after repair in Porthind.
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