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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1958
Page
6
Forty years ago Bath records a quiet Monday night with the town clock down and habit of lawfulness attributed to liquor absence. Several local figures, visitors, and naval personnel are noted, plus family outings, camp visits, and upcoming events at churches and halls.
July 31 1918 update notes Oliver Moses itinerary through New York and Washington with return Saturday. A Tuesday lawn party at Mrs John Elliot Woolwich postponed on weather. Miss Bertha G Sawyer Perkins Institute Boston back from Bath visit. her father Harvard classmate of Hon Harold M Sewall of Bath. Senator Rupert H Baxter and family back from Gray Inn Jackson now at Mere Point summer home. Mrs Frank W Hathorne of Montclaire New Jersey, formerly Miss Ella Turner, enjoying summer in Bath. Ralph Pattee USN on 10 day furlough at father Hiram R Pattee’s home. Ex City Marshal Hiram R Pattee and wife visit with daughter. Mr and Mrs Alvah Kelley return to Maine, reside in Brunswick after remote stay in Faribault Minnesota. George Thompson and family have been in Bath area households scattered.
August 2 1918 Mrs Edwina Meyers and her daughter Catherine have come back to the city for the rest of the summer after a July stay at Popham Beach. A notable excursion is planned for Sunday as the steamer Wiwurna will depart from the Eastern Steamship wharf.
Lines Inc schedules a 9 am departure for Gardi ner rail connections for the National soldiers reservation at Togus. Mrs. Charles E. Doten of Portland visits Tru fant's Crossing with her son Earl, and her brother Ralph Baker hosts guests. E. Leo Farrell, Bath, leaves Washington with drafted men for Camp Meade, as draft age may extend to 19 36. Barrett Nichols at Squirrel Island with Portland visitors. Wickes destroyer crew gain a bulldog mascot named Wickes. Earl Warren enlists naval reserves and departs for training in Boston with Joe Coss. Edward B Noyes and family drive to Boston.
Miss Frances Goddard returns home from Lisbon Falls after visiting Mrs. John Blaisdell. South End PTA meets at Washington Street School Tuesday at 2 PM. Morris Povich relocates stock to 147 Front Street. new Bath Mercantile Co. store front being built on Elm Street. South End hose wagon towed after a Sunday incident. Local visits include Frank W. Fling in Portland and Mr. and Mrs. Coffin and others visiting Bath, York Street, Topsham, and Lisbon Falls.
Miss Dorothy and guests of Mr and Mrs Herbert Dickinson on York Street return to Portland after visiting Bath and vicinity. Mrs Doten and son Earl joined husband on Saturday after visiting Bath friends. Miss Edna Hall Rita John son Hazel Robinson Dorothy Silver and D H Silver motored to Garnet for shore dinner. Mrs Charlotte Wyman leaves for two weeks vacation at her mother Mrs K F Lewis cottage Five Islands. Miss Mildred McPherson taking her place.
Aug 5 1918 reports Carl Whitney Auburn and Dr Bresnahan Lewiston travel Bath to Bay Point cottage for two weeks vacation. Everett Mitchell of Bath to join next Sunday. Milton H W Douglas begins duties at First National Bank. praised as a notable Front Street figure. Commodore Moody and Dr Burrowes of Texas Steamship Co depart Bath for Boothbay Harbor. Various locals return from vacations and visits, including Kittridge, Totman, Shackford, Doten, Rogers, McCormack, and others. McCole reassigned to Montreal. Brewster and family back from Lakeview camp. Miss Sawyer and Miss Ingham visit.
Miss Jeannette Ellen Stinson of 14 Somerset Place wed Ronald Thomas Snarski of Manchester New Hampshire in a double ring ceremony at the Brunswick Naval Air Base chapel Saturday morning. The couple plans a Washington DC honeymoon and will reside in Brunswick.
The Topsham Democratic Committee schedules an Aug 21 rally at Topsham Grange Hall with a public supper at 6 30 p m. Donor tickets are available from local committee members and Sagadahoc County candidates. County candidates cooperate to boost a capacity turnout. Augustus Ponziuani heads the arrangements. final program details will be set at the Aug 11 meeting at the Hazeltons’ home.
Mr and Mrs J Edward Drake Jr hosted a Birch Point summer clambake honoring Miss Diana Fenn and Ledyard Bowen Jr. The couple, daughter of Converse G Frenn and son of Ledyard Bowen, will wed August 16 at Central Congregational Church with a Bath County Club reception afterward. Out of town guests included families from Marblehead Wenham Rockport Winchester Auburn and Cundy's Harbor.
The Rev. Louis A. Dole of Bath will speak at the Fryeburg New Church Assembly during its 33rd session this month. His son George of the New Church Theological School also is listed as a weekday speaker. Vacation Bible classes run 10 am for teens and 11 am for 5 to 12 year olds at Fryeburg Assembly grounds near Route 302 at the New Hampshire line. Overnight accommodations and meals are available. all are invited to attend.
Five Islands Art Sponholtz of Oklahoma Callie Maschae both of Oklahoma B J Summerhayes Ontario Clarence Sherdon Pennsylvania Nelrose Lytle White Plains Anna Barlow Jersey City Tona Wilcox Detroit Megan Morris Ohio and Martin Lerack Mason City Iowa among Boothbay region artists Laurence Sisson Ruth Lepper Gardner Melvin Comeau in charge of Bath entries Capt and Mrs David Cash of Southport helping with event by arranging a stop over at Five Islands of the passenger boat Richard TIL on Tuesday Show open until ten each evening
Mr and Mrs Zina Maxwell and Mrs Maxwell sister Mrs Robinson of Bowdoinham visited Sunday. Sympathy is extended to the family of Lincoln Campbell Jr who drowned Friday at Five Islands. Mrs Lulu Spinney of Bay Point is an aunt. Mr and Mrs Jerry Mitchell of Auburn vacationed at their cottage last weekend.
The U.S. Department of Labor reports that about two thirds of clerical workers in the United States are women, highlighting a gender composition shift in white collar offices.
Supt Loring R Add ton announces two hires for Bath Junior High Bruce E Campbell 21 of Portland to teach mathematics and junior business replacing Lawrence Wright who becomes elementary supervisor at Lincoln Hilary Cameron 24 of Houston will teach ninth grade English replacing Maude Gustafson Cameron formerly taught at Presque Isle holds a B A from St Francis Xavier University N S and is pursuing a master’s at University of Maine Campbell and Cameron are single.
The Maine Teachers Association will sponsor a European delegate to the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession meeting in August 1959 in Washington, D C. Clyde Russell announced the decision, made at a Dexter meeting of the MTA executive committee.
Woolwich and Bath residents are mentioned in a roundup of visits and military movements. Comdr Ellen Dolloff USN C is on leave with her brother in Bath before transfer to Jacksonville Fla. Lifelong connections among Dolloffs Beals Spinney and Cromwell are noted with several visiting relatives and ship duty updates.
The South End PTA and Youth Prom committee announce a Tuesday August 12 hayride and beach picnic for Youth group members and guests. Depart South End PTA hall at 7 p.m. with a return by 10 30 p.m. Attendees should bring picnic lunches.
Sagadahoc Pomona meets Wednesday with Woolwich Grange as hosts for a Youth Night session. Officers announced include Topsham master Ronald Rienneau and Woolwich secretary Patricia Tipsword, with reports from multiple granges and a talk on youth programs. Visitors from Lincoln Cumberland and East Kennebec Pomonas attended.
Farle Verrill of Bath honored with a Sunday outing at Reid State Park attended by family and friends. Burke Verrill of California could not attend. guests included Laurier Bonenfant family, McNaughton of Hallowell, Shaw family, Verrill relatives from South Portland, Beverly Massachusetts, and Bath residents.
Lakewood Theatre presents Victor Jory in The Happiest Millionaire a spoof about Philadelphia millionaire Anthony Rexelade. The production runs for the week beginning August 11 featuring boxing and prizefighter collecting themes with Jory a former light heavyweight champion of British Columbia in the title role.
Miss Mary Arck a former Bath resident is convalescing after recent surgery at the home of her sister Mrs David Cowan 2439 N 16th avenue Portland Oregon The report notes she is staying with family during recovery.
The article traces growth of Home of the Good Shepherd hospital founded 1902 by Dr. Walter M. Spear, noting expansions to 82 beds by 1959 and ongoing nurse training evolution. It also covers Arthur R Gould Memory Hospital in Presque Isle opened 1911 with 36 beds later expanding to 62 and a 75‑bed facility due by 1959. Rumford Community Hospital, established 1924 and opened 1926, has doubled capacity and remains modern and well equipped.
Richard R Raven and his wife Patricia and their three children Pamela Kathryn and Margaret live at 1059 Washington Street. The new vice chairman graduated in 1943 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Naval Architect and Marine Engineer. He served as a lieutenant in the U S Navy during World War II and is the son of Captain and Mrs Edward J Raven of Bay Shore Long Island NY.
The sheriff Loring D. Small’s staffers Wagner Fitzgerald and Cummings were sworn in this morning by County Attorney George M. Carlton Jr as State witnesses in the case connected to the sheriff’s office.
Ernest Leavitt of Portland and Robert Gilpatrick of Brooklyn along with Mr and Mrs Reginald Spinney of Kittery were in residence at their cottage last weekend on Five Islands as reported in this page continuation.
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