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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1942
Page
8
Fortnightly Bath item recounts George Place's near fatal carriage mishap when the Grand Union wheel foulled a streetcar track near the ropewalk. The horse bolted but was captured. the carriage was wrecked though no injuries occurred.
A carload of live oak treenails arrives at Maine Central yard for Percy and Small's shipyard. A lighter discharges thirteen cords of hard wood at Summer Street wharf from North Woolwich. The season opens with artificial flowers, feathers, scissors grinders, hurdy gurdies, and a one man band in town. Carpenter Charles Willis builds a twenty foot sloop named James Scallen for river cruising. Frances Omar Weeks hosts a birthday party with games, dancing, iced cake, and napkin presents for guests.
April 24, 1902 report recounts a M G Shaw Lumber Co driver thrown against a tree while attempting to pass an electric car. no injuries. Other items note Oregon spars arrive for Hawley and Deering schooners, first Kennebec shad caught by William Walker, Bath civic news, and street department spring work near Bath.
On April 25 1902 a Bath resident vows to kiss Spanish American War hero Capt Richmond P Hobson during his Bath visit. A. M. Franks completes extensive improvements on Front Street property. Water Street fever draws many teams as William Plummer auctioned ten horses and about 40 carriages with John H Fitzgerald selling before noon.
A Parker Head excursion hosted by Miss Mamie McDonald drew 34 guests aboard the steamer Nellie G with Gaudreau and Stacey of the Columbia orchestra for a day of ball, lunch, and dancing. Other notes include Marshall Boudreau’s birth weighing nine pounds, Mathew’s charcoal drawings by a San Francisco boy, and Captain Houghton’s steam yacht undergoing overhaul. Yacht club outings on the Kennebec featured launches Dorothy Marcia and Marguerite with numerous parties, while the Colonial club hosted a dancing party in Armory hall with a long list of organizers and officials. Dr. Percy W. Roberts announced a boiler update for his launch Meda to be placed overboard soon.
The U S boat Geranium from Portland arrived to replace river buoys above Bath under Captain Cotter with Thomas Coss acting as pilot. Bath Iron Works baseball team lost 16 to 7 to Richmond in their season opener, Sparks and Richardson excelling in the battery. A grand dance at the Armory featured 25 young women from the N G A club and about 40 couples. Landlord Cahill of New Meadows Inn reports Maine Central station construction soon. Master Thomas Hyde Dole turned four with a Middle Street party. guests included Dole family and Sunday school helpers.
A long program of readings and scenes was presented by students including Lena Calderwood Rosa Rogers May Deering Sophia Mikelsky Ernest Fulton Arthur Luce Miles Standish and Aubrey Voorhees. Other items note Captain Dunton’s stay in the city and local social events with prizes and a whist party at Long View for Miss Higgins of Bangor.
Frank X. Richards a Bath street street cleaner sustained minor head injuries when a parked car rolled north on Front street then northwest, struck him, and crashed into the Sagadahoc Fruit store window. The vehicle owned by Philip J Nichols of Middle street caused the incident outside Bath Savings Institution and he was taken to Memorial Hospital for treatment.
Faith Reynolds, a teacher in Falmouth, has returned after a visit to Bath.
St. Marys guild of Grace church hosted a Tuesday supper at the parish house for on duty soldiers at the Carlton bridge. Sergeant Thompson thanked the group for the meal and noted its importance to the men. Plans for a spring rummage sale were made at the guild meeting, with proceeds supporting Memorial hospital and the Needlework guild. An engagement announced Miss Mary Norton Anderson and Ensign John Carroll Everett of Nashua New Hampshire and Riverside Drive New York. Everett, a Dartmouth graduate 1941, is on duty at Bath Iron Works after service in Washington.
An audience of over 100 enjoyed a West Bath program Monday evening featuring several first-time performers. The skit The Elder Makes a Call starred Mrs Nel lie Booker as Mrs Brown, with the Brown children Minnie Marilyn Booker Ella Ethel Waterman Jennie Gloria Leavitt. The Elder was played by Mrs Ila Day in formal attire. The event included banjo numbers by Mrs Elsie Dyer, piano by Mrs Bernard Knight, a Find the Car Quiz led by Mrs William A Armstrong, yodeling and guitar by Mrs Dyer, and a reading of The Three Pages of Life by Mrs Russell W Kenney. The Grange presented a piano gift to West Bath Grange, and a dessert reception followed with dancing to orchestral music. A dress rehearsal for Days to Come was announced for May 5.
Harold Be Footer, manager of the Hotel Sedgwick, denied today the rumor that the U S Navy would take over the hotel. He has not been approached by Navy officers about any such action. The presence of sailors and a glass firm display at the hotel likely sparked the rumor. Patricia Sewall of South Portland and Edward Sewall Jr of Hines Street visited their parents in town.
Commander and Mrs William Von Creele, who spent several months in Bath last spring, were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Jo Edward Drake of Washington.
Y John J. Jack, Register of Probate, lists appointments in Sagadahoc County estates. Executrors administrators and guardians are named for Jeannie W. Merritt, Nellie M Catthay, Myrtle E MacQuire, Fred B. Jack, Fred Wo McCutcheon, George P. Albee, Martha E. Tibbetts, with bond status noted as without bond or simplified by bond, all dated April 7, 1942, with final attestation by Arthur J. Dunton, Judge of Probate.
Registration for 19 000 individuals to receive sugar rationing books is set for next week in Bath and West Bath. Sessions run 10 to 8 in Bath on four days with elementary schools closed. West Bath sessions 1 to 8 with one school daily. Site admins named for each ward and district.
Five men faced intoxication charges in Municipal Court on Tuesday after another round of arrests following Monday's proceedings. One defendant received a 60 day Augusta jail term, another escaped with a brief stay and warning, while the remaining three had prior court appearances in recent weeks.
Court in Bath Sagadehoc directs publication of notice for petitions and accounts in estates of Hanson Mains Rogers Hyde Stilphen Hunt, with hearings set for May and executors or administrators named. includes licenses to sell real estate and final accounts presented by executors and guardians.
A defendant was fined five dollars and costs of court totaling $5.05 or face an alternative of a 60 day sentence. The brief note records the sentencing outcome and the monetary penalty offered by the court.
The local post is sending boxes containing cigarettes soap and other goods to soldiers and is purchasing War Savings Bonds and stamps monthly hoping to continue throughout the year.
The column lists summer and winter guests in Phippsburg, including Dr Williams’ sister's family in Gar diner, Ernest Rogers and son visiting Bel grade, and Raymond Campbell commencing night shifts at Bath Iron Works. Also noted are Lincoln Parks from Medford visiting The Guide Board, Gordon Davenport arriving from Berkeley to serve as ensign at Fort Schuyler, and Carrie Little with son James at Meadow Brook cottage. Juanita Seavey teaches in Woolwich.
Georgetown workers shift to night hours at Bath Iron Works Corp. The Cunningham bus now runs earlier afternoon trips to serve them. Lieut Rolande Petterson from Camp Lee Va joined his wife and daughter at their Robinhood home, reporting in Boston Monday night. All Georgetown and Five Islands dogs must be licensed before May first.
Louis George Dionne of Elm Street Bath files marriage intentions with Gertrude Mary Childs of Elm Street Hackettstown. Dionne is son of Polycarpe Dionne and Childs is daughter of Oscar Childs. The filing occurred in the City Clerk Chesley L. Hutchins office.
The Elks club room for surgical dressings will operate 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays Tuesdays and Wednesdays until further notice. All workers are needed and welcomed at any session. Mr and Mrs Joseph A Butler and Mr and Mrs E A Stover motored to Portland Saturday evening.
Court in Sagadahoc issues probate orders for multiple estates in Bath Georgetown and Woolwich. Notices publishable weekly in Bath Independent directing interested parties to appear May 1942 for petitions for probate administration and licenses to sell real estate.
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