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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1959
Page
5
A set of blurred notes mentions a community gathering at 9:30 with Joyce and Gray among attendees, plus references to Bath, Sebasco Gessner, and local churches. Other lines note May dates, a Babymen event, a moderator, and committee members, all reflecting a local town meeting or social gathering with informal invitations.
An evening session features sealed bids with amounts such as 270 to 813 dollars and increments around 25 dollars. Bidders include listed names from the Phippsburg and surrounding areas. The document records minimum bid thresholds and final bids for items, noting values like 959 and references to specific bidders and locations.
Bath history column notes Victory Loan subscriptions by Bath Savings Institution, naval craft delivery and commissioning of the destroyer Aaron Ward, community events at churches and clubs, Mayflowers in bloom, local theater and socials, street improvements, and civic plans for Memorial Day with Bath preparing for parades and visiting dignitaries.
April 27 1919 Miss Laura Palmer Miss Frances Moses and Mrs Seth S Mullin won prizes at a Cosmopolitan club card party to aid the clubhouse fund at the club's Friday gathering. The Myrtle Lodge supper raised about $20 and homemade candies were sold. A reception for Lady Governess Effie Keating and Government Conductor Fannie Bennett oest was discussed at Pine Cone Lodge Port and. Private Hiram O Austin recovered his horse after seeing an ad in the Times. W T Marriner of Dresden brought 1000 alewives to Bath for distribution among markets. Bates College debating team defeated Tufts Friday in a triangular inter-.
Sophomore Dick Hart pitched five hits and eight strikeouts to lead Morse Shipbuilders to a 4-0 season-opening victory over the Brunswick Dragons at Edwards Field. Morse scored in the third and fifth innings, while fielding solidly and forcing two double plays by Brunswick. Cooper and Langlais sparked the offense with timely hits, and Hart allowed five hits while walking none. The win follows a 7-0 scrimmage loss to Brunswick a week earlier.
Edward Little beat Morse 8 6 at Kelley field in the Andy Valley opener. Edward Little built big sixth and seventh innings aided by Morse errors, with Will Sprague allowing only a few hits after the seventh. Morse rallied in the eighth but could not overcome EL’s early lead and costly errors.
Bates Tufts and Clark college men association postponed their debate with Senator Baxter until Monday evening due to a storm. The Baxter is mahogany shaded like the Brunswick tub and in good condition. Dr. Fred L. Norton is homebound with neuritis. An amateur musical and literary entertainment is planned by the South End PTA at Washington Street rooms Monday night featuring Guy Holt N Gratz Jackson Robert Wishart Eddie Hawley Miss Margaret Wishart and the PTA orchestra. Robert Cochran a Bath Iron Works shipyard foreman sails from New York Monday with brother in law Robert Poole for a six week tour of England Ireland and Scotland visiting former homes.
The text notes a Mr Cochran unseen for over two decades and his brother in law for thirty years, Mr Poole planning a Bath visit. A fire at George R Morse farm North Bath involved two Combined four members in a car with chemical tanks, burning chimney flames from 7:15 to 11:30. Bath Iron Works duty adds W H Winnard and W J Luckock for torpedo boat destroyer Hale.
The Bath Colonial Club Bowling League held its annual banquet at the Stag Coach Inn with trophies for top performers. Wilbur Loveitt led with a high average, William Cunningham earned a high single, and Carl Dearborn topped high throw strings. Team honors went to the Kools led by Captain Mitchell. runners up were Futivas under William Cunningham.
One hundred Boy Scouts camped at a NASA air base with Marine detachment ceremonies, meals, and a retreat. Navy demonstrations included rescue crash crews and airplane fire extinguishing. Participating troops hailed from Bath and Woolwich churches and towns listed by troop numbers. Denise Prado of Brazil named Pan-American Coffee Queen. She previously studied at a local institution.
Bath man Fullerton, a 1951 high school graduate, served four years in the U S Air Force Band with two years in Alaska. He plays trombone, bass violin, baritone, and piano and is an Arts and Science major at the university. He and his wife Roberta Lanagin of Portland reside in Orono while he maintains a Bath address.
Notice issued to all interested in the estates of Bath residents deceased to appear in court on May 2 at ten o clock in the forenoon for probate of wills and issuance of letters testamentary or administration. Names include Mary Humphreys Ruth Ledford Bareker Harriot C Ledyard Ford Harold Rubin and others.
Barbara L Brewer Register of Probate lists appointments for the county of Bath. Names include John P Carty as administrator beginning March 7 1959 and Ad Clarke filling. Addie E Gray and James Morrison named administrators executrices guardians with bond filings on various dates in 1959.
Probate notices list multiple estates in Sagadal Bath Woolwich and nearby areas. Names include James Stord Helen Stow Pauline Adair Edna V Whatson Duncan McIntosh Cyr. Bousfield Klippel and others seek letters testamentary or administration with bonds or without, with hearings set for May and prior notices published in Bath Independent.
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