Flusser Sets 35 mph Naval Trial Record at Bath
A Bath Iron Works destroyer Flusser logged an average 30.46 knots over four hours, the fastest service-speed trial by a U S vessel. The Reid outpaced it on acceptance tests, awaiting results in Bath.
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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1950
Page
9
A Bath Iron Works destroyer Flusser logged an average 30.46 knots over four hours, the fastest service-speed trial by a U S vessel. The Reid outpaced it on acceptance tests, awaiting results in Bath.
The Paximos arrived with a cargo of 1500 tons to Lehigh Valley. A new coal shed will be built, centered in the yard, measuring 130 by 45 feet, with W. F. Carlton contracted to supervise. Bath Loan and Building Association elected A. M. Potter, Charles E. Palmer and Edwin T. Hyde as directors.
April 7 1910 report from Sagadahoc County shows city and town officers and citizens favor early construction of state outlined trunk highway system under State Road Commissioner Paul D Sargent. Local council activity includes petitions and committee reviews with May appropriation bill timing.
April 8 1910 notes: Frank Danforth to open a shoe shop at 28 Center Street next week. Mrs John McFadden returns from West Sumner. Hale Literary Bureau linked to Maine interest editorial. People's Ferry Co directors appoint Campbell president and Jackson secretary. minor service changes hinted. Edward Russell wins Red Men pitch tournament pocketbook. Lemont booby prize. Maine Central appoints conductor on Bath Lewiston division. Widow Sniggles show with eight daughters at Wesley church vestry tonight. Louise Child stars as Widow on April 10. Bath Iron Works torpedo boat Paulding launching April 13 with Emma Paulding sponsor. Dreamland Theatre pole climb yields fund to five dollars. D A R meeting features essays with top piece signed George Washington. Bath organist Arthur Hyde and Allan Ramsay readied for recitals. Commercial Casualty Co assets and liabilities listed with 1949 figures. names Melvin Hutchinson Jr and Charles H Morse.
The Popham Beach Steamboat Co. completes a new wharf at Rising Sun Landing Parker Head replacing the winter destroyed structure. It includes a drop and stage for motor boats aiding Parker Head residents and coastal traffic.
The first statewide caucus in Bar Harbor named W. H. Davis a Hale supporter with 432 votes while E. J. Morrison tallied 372. Morrison gave no preference. Bath gains a new Maine Central day train to New York leaving at 7 30 am with Portland connection for 5 55 pm arrival. The Bath schooner Grace A Martin bound for Boston from Norfolk saw Capt Harding step down due to illness and the mate will sail on. Mrs. C T Wallace returned from New York where she joined Capt Wallace of the Ada F Brown for a lumber shipment to Jacksonville. Treasurer William H White of the First Baptist church reported a 300 donation for the parsonage fund, donor unnamed.
Town daily notes record a $300 fund gift from the late Mrs. Hathaway, arrivals of Mayor and Mrs. Hyde, and plans to stay for the torpedo destroyer Paulding launch. Also covered are social meetings, church notices, a lecturer proceeds total, and the Ran som B Fuller ship officers registry on the Portland Boston route.
Hans Hittmair of Innsbruck Austria, a Bowdoin foreign student benefiting from a U S Army program, performs in a Bath Skatings and Hockey Association sponsored concert at Morse High School with pianist H Berkley Peabody Jr and tenor Frederick Weidner III. He plans a teaching career after returning to Austria.
Carol Cummings marked her 11th birthday Monday afternoon as hostess at a party hosted by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Cummings on Washington Street. After attending a theatre outing the group returned home for games and a birthday lunch prepared by Mrs. Cummings and Carol’s sisters Sally and Juliana. Invited guests included Adele Rubin Heather McClure Cynthia Osgood Anne Miller Judith Stover Ruth Amirault Dillon Gillies Roger Skillings Eddie True Duane Fitzgerald Eddie Cummings Sam Trott Roger Brown and Roger Sturk.
The monthly probate session records multiple wills filed and estates administered. Executors named include Harold W. DeLong, George J. Hopkins, Frank J. Temple, Fred P. Emmons, and others with locations Bath Topsham Lewiston Haverford. Administrations granted include Allen A. MacDonald Woolwich and Cleora A. Reed Bowdoinham. Inventories and accounts are noted for several estates and executors.
A probate list shows estate accounts from Bath Topsham Woolwich Phippsburg and Charles T. Small including first second and final accounts. Executors guardians administrators and trustees such as Esther H Perry George J Hopkins Mattie S Cornish Allan Spear Annabel R Parker Lincoln A Clough and Wilbur Wyman are named with dates and roles.
Guardian appointed for Elizabeth Rittall and Beverly of Spinan duty Katmal Rittall of Gorgetown. License to sell real estate granted for Bath and license issued to Edward W. Bridgham as administrator.
Merriconeag Grange North Harpswell will hold an all male minstrel show during the lecturer hour Friday evening at the grange. A silver collection will aid Hyde Memorial Home for Crippled Children and Adults. Cast includes Pierce Knight Sparks Ricker and Wilson with several others named.
Owen Armstrong Howard Andrews Clarence Sawyer and Edward Hudson were in Lewiston Monday evening for a boxing event. Mr Hudson was scheduled to fight but his opponent did not appear. The Air Forces trace back to 1907 with the Aero nautical Division of the Army Signal Corps.
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