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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1943
Page
7
Portland whist club beat Kennebec Yacht club team 23 points as Bath players praise the visitor’s skill. Bath items include theatre dances, a Alameda juvenile assembly, a Bath raceguns event, ship news, car transports, and Maine University’s 6 to 1 win over Bowdoin.
April 22 1903 Thompson Bros George FE and Frank N celebrate fifteen years in business with store decorations and customer congratulations. Palm tops, Easter lilies and evergreens adorn the shop while the north window features Carl Tropp’s artwork. Clerks include John Desmond Amos Perry Carl C Troop Levi Thompson Milton Douglas Charles Collins Kerwin Reynolds. Assistants John Gilmore William J Perry Clarence Fogg. Three Bath lads go to Boston to sail for Scotland on the Mayflower for William E Cox of Brookline Mass to command the steel yacht built at Leith over 200 feet long with Capt Spinney and FE B Neal as chief engineer.
April 23 1903 contractor Charles Farnham decorates the Orphans Home music room ceiling with steel designs. McCaustland and Whitney of Portland supervise, guests at American House. Banquet for Sans Souci club at New Meadows Inn hosted by Mrs G Fred Mitchell and chartered special car led by Fred Witham. Various local people attend banquets, ship lumber to Bay Point, join a banjo club, sail to Lewiston, and prep new vessels.
A fine eight day clock was placed at the post office near the carrier window, funded by William H. Sewall with government permission. The office had lacked a public clock for five years, and patrons will welcome the addition. Mrs Edward R Wittekindt leaves for six weeks in Massachusetts. Bath enjoyed bright lighting from bonfires last night, as showers reduced fire risk to nearby buildings. A Kennebec Yacht Club gathering of sixty youths featured intermission treats served by young men, with music from Mary Faxon Duncan and J. N. Meloney as dancing continued past one o clock.
Captain Mitchell Reed returns to Providence to join the schooner William C Carnegie carrying 4206 tons of coal and in port three weeks. Fisherman Fred Potter brings a 15 inch trout as rival machinists chase the record. New England Telephone considers a line to Rich's Hill for summer cottages. Old Couples and Old Men's Home boxes raise 50 dollars. Mutiny aboard Edward Sewall prompts Marines from Oregon. ship heads to Honolulu owned by Arthur Sewall & Co. Miss Jessie Owen returns from Boston. Mrs. Walter S. Lowell hosts whist for Genesia chapter. Wilmot Woods Brookings of Boston, ex territorial governor of Dakota, visits Augusta and Bath. Judge Brookings now practices law in Boston with West and Colorado mining interests. Arthur Jewett and family visit Farmingdale. Funeral of Samuel Buck held in Woolwich. Margaret Metcalf to attend Amherst Summer School for library work. Warmer day prompts many to spend time in the woods.
Cosmo Garden club held a Monday session with Miss Alice Johnson presiding and Miss Nellie Goodrich as acting secretary. Discussions covered herb cultivation, uses, and future demand, with a May 1 breakfast planning and herb recipes shared by members.
The White Ribbon social meeting at Mrs Mabel Paquet's home featured Miss Sarah Adams presenting remarks on Germany and Switzerland. Nellie Brown led devotionals, Elizabeth Trott gave a temperance message, and a revised committee list was announced. The county convention is set for May with date TBA. next local union meeting on May 11 at Mrs Nellie Brown's home.
Mrs Roland Peterson and daughter Louise were with Aubrey Fullerton and William Bisseth when Louise was bitten by a Great Dane. The dog snapped while the child petted it during a game with two dogs, slashing her face near the cheeks. she received treatment at Bath Memorial Hospital by Dr Albert S Owen.
Mizpah class of the First Baptist Church met Tuesday evening with Mrs. William Parks. Reports by the secretary Mrs. George Carey and treasurer Mrs. Kenneth Thayer were read. They voted to help hold a Mother's Day meeting May 9 in the vestry on Elm. Rev. Charles Sims continued his Bible study on Elijah. The club will meet next Tuesday evening with Mrs. Gilbert Young. Attending were Mrs. J. Russell Grant, Mrs. Floyd Barnes, Mrs. Chester MacKenzie, Miss Eleanor Mills, Mrs. Kenneth Thayer, Mrs. Arthur Freeman, Mrs. Gilbert Young, Mrs. Adeline Chamberlain, Mrs. George Carey and Rev. Charles Sims.
The 50th anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Tobey of 20 Western Avenue Bath was celebrated with a Sunday evening buffet hosted by their daughter Mrs. Harold Avery and son in law, and their son Hiram Tobey and wife from Wakefield. Relatives and friends attended and gifts of money, dishes and flowers were given. The couple, married in 1893 in Portsmouth New Hampshire, have lived in Bath their entire married life. Mr. Tobey has worked 58 years as caretaker at Mrs. Frederick H. Kimball’s home.
Arthur H. Colby was installed as president Paul Marchant as vice president and Leon Eaton as treasurer of the Independent Brotherhood of Shipyard Workers Inc at Tuesday evening meeting at Union Hall Washington Street. 44 ballots were declared defective from last week’s election with no change after recount and will be reviewed by the Secretary of State for legality.
Probate notices outline estate actions in Sagadahoc County with hearings set for May and requests to appoint administrators or executors for multiple Bath and West Bath estates. The document also lists asset totals and liabilities for insurers Preferred Accident Insurance Co and American Bonding Co of Baltimore as of December 1942 and 1932 respectively.
Bath saw two major Easter parades as Knights of Columbus led a morning march through city streets to St Marys church and Knights Templar of Dunlap Commandery followed with an evening procession to Corliss Street church. Large congregations filled every church, with police escorts and a Spring shower failing to dampen spirited crowds and ceremonies.
Four estates appoint Administratrices without bond on April 13 1943 Emma P Williams of Phippsburg and Mariilla Williams of Bath receive administratrix duties over deceased planners Arthur J Dunton Judge of Probate notes copy of original order confirms the filings Louie C Armstrong named as Administratrix and qualified by bond on the same date in Bath and surrounding areas.
Joseph F. Chadbourne of Saco has been appointed Associate Food Rationing Officer for the Maine Office of Price Administration. He will work under State OPA Food Rationing Officer Edward A. Parker and brings broad wholesale retail and institutional meat trade experience. He is Thorneton Academy graduate and has worked with Armour and Company and Pleezing Inc. in Chicago.
Court of Probate at Bath issues orders for multiple estates including Morse Woodhull Scott Small McIntire Kine Love and others. Notices require publication in Bath Independent for claimants to appear May first to contest or object to probate and letters testamentary without bond.
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