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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1942
Page
7
Fortnightly Bath items capture officer Merrill's homecoming with fish, Dr Mary Bachelor English Indian mission, Miss Bachelor’s multilingual singing and jewelry, scheduled dances by C C Dennett, pay stations in Harpswell, and local talk of hay, riverfront outings, and a moonlit excursion. Also noted are new hires at Iron Works, shipyard labor search, and Bath Iron Works baseball plans against Gardiner with Squirrel Island game pending.
August 13 1902 Bath Maine discusses Fred Sanford bringing 25 dozen ears of corn from his own crop. Hartleb Chestra plan 1903 calendar. Maxine Elliot lithograph frontispiece. interstate shoot at the Park. E O Smith cuts down a street landmark horse chestnut. steamer Wiwarna voyage and 300 party on board. Simpson Descendants reunion set for Aug 27. Aug 14 cool park evening with shifts for fall. 40 gallons ice cream sold. Mrs Butterfield in city promoting Paris Tobey chart. Christmas Cove vaudeville at casino. Catherine Hooper monologue and Floradora encore. James P Webber returns from NY teaching drama. Bath high school teacher curates. river front quiet. Col Nealley wedding at MacMahan amid Gray Squirrel secrecy. New England Telephone lines expanding. Chief Usher Pond arranging theatre ushers.
On August 15 1902 Riverside nine beat Chew-the-Bag club 14 to 13 after ten innings at Bay Point. A well made up tramp advertised Marta Vita attracting attention on the principal streets Friday morning. A North End lady rode downtown half attired and urged the conductor to wait five minutes while she prepared.
Miss Helen Pingree of the Wilbur Opera company draws contestants in Bangor with a dainty shoe event offering free two week passes. Eight young women by 3 pm Monday squeezed into the size 1% shoe, with names recorded in the Queen City Hall of Fame. The town teems with hotel dances, river voyages, and local notices from Bath to Brunswick.
Albert L. Strout, famed in this region, produced several hundred pounds of fine honey this year. His bee handling methods are noted as highly proficient. A three masted schooner named Childe Harold carrying coal for the Pottery ran aground between the Grand Trunk and Saturday flats but refloated on the next tide without major damage. Port land feared a shipwreck in the harbor. Sagadahoc Light and Power Co. employs two men painting town poles.
Workers decorate about five poles daily from railroad crossing up Washington toward Pearl with olive green tops and dark green bases for concealment. A Sagadahoc square incident had Conductor Beals left behind a moving Merrymeeting car after signaling for it to start. The Bessie C. Beach schooner, after coal discharge for Togus Home, heads to Hallowell for granite. Bath Business College to open Sept 2 amid strong enrollment outlook. An excursion to Togus and Augusta will allow viewing of the Second Regiment in camp and hear the Togus band. Wiwarna steamship departs City Landing at 8 45 a.m. with Gardiner connections for Augusta and Togus.
Judge Arthur J. Dunton presided over Sagadahoc County Probate Court where a light docket yielded grant of administration for Thomas J. Lynch estate and appointment of Nora Lynch Kingsbury as administratrix. Inventories and accounts were filed for multiple Bath area estates and guardianships, with several first and final accounts approved and a license for sale granted for Edmund P. Briuss estate. Also notes on local residents Mr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Lakin returning to Portland and other neighboring families.
The Booker family of West Bath rejoices as their eldest son Mayland L. Booker returns Aug. 8 after a 20 year globe trotting absence. He visited East Brunswick Berlin Conn and New York City with his wife Terese and their three children. Reunions with relatives including George R. Booker and sister Sylvia Magno mark a joyful Maine homecoming.
Mr and Mrs Paul F Hayes of Buffalo New York are visiting his parents Mr and Mrs John P Hayes at 6 Washburn Street Mrs Hayes formerly Sara Owens daughter of Mr and Mrs John J Owens of Fulton Kentucky The Chil dren's Aid Society employs Mr Hayes and he is visiting family during the trip
The agreement aims to foster discussion between management and employees, settle differences without loss of production, and establish fixed employment conditions for its term. Wage adjustments agreed before signing take effect retroactively from May 4, 1942, and notice deadlines apply.
Georgetown continues on page five. Guests include Mrs. John F. Thompson and sister Miss Barbara Thompson of Brooklyn. Local residents Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Todd return from Melrose, Mass. to Melrose Highlands. Howard Fletcher and family visit from Belmont. Jane Mattheson from Needham returns home. Frank Boyd of Hillsboro stays with the Healds. Several Bath residents attend the Opera House in Bath. Dorothy Hill returns to Baltimore after a week at Gem cottage. Goulds close Sasanoa cottage and return to Waltham. Petterson luncheon at MacMahan Island. Woodbury trio visit H. M. Trafton home. A daughter Faith Powers born at Bath Memorial hospital. Adolph Spear mother a Robinhood birth. Taylor Simpson from North Carolina arrives at Robinhood. Ibra Lawrence and Charles Crosby attend Robinhood church. Carol Farrow of Brookline visits. Elmer Palmer hosts at Melrose visit. Jane Matther ton entertained at Elizabeth Hunt's. Raymond Stevens and sister visit from Auburn.
Inez V. Hinckley of Richmond pledged a parcel on Front Street to Charles L. Strout and Lilla Strout in 1941. Breach of mortgage conditions prompts foreclosure action at Brunswick Maine, documented August 11 1942 before Justice of the Peace Wilfred A. Duquette.
In Sagadahoc County during the last two weeks 14 transfers occurred outside Bath and half were to the State of Maine for a proposed new highway. The Bath list includes numerous property moves on High Middle and Washington streets among others with multiple towns represented in Bowdoin Bowdoinham Phippsburg Richmond Topsham and West Bath. Also noted is William Owens from 842 Washington Street now a sergeant after Barrage Balloon school and Bath Iron Works ties.
Notice records foreclosure of mortgage by Charles L Strout and Tilia B Strout on property in Richmond and Brunswick Maine. Breach of condition cited. sale action authorized with right of way conveyed. deed recorded in Sanndalioe County and Bangor Registry. Document dated August 11 1942 witnessed by notary Wilfred A Duquette.
The article quotes Mr Hale arguing that public opinion forced the administration to appoint Donald Nelson and to assume unified command in Hawaii. He urges continued scrutiny of military strategy, fair rationing of gasoline and oil, and an end to discrimination among states, insisting the people will outpace petty politics to defeat Hitler. Also notes residents Richard and George Paisley returning home after visiting grandparents and Doris Perkins recovering after illness.
Court of Probate in Sagadahoc County orders notice by Bath Independent for estates including Kingsbury Yount Farnham Hyland and a name change for Leo Frederick Wind to Heyward Novcomb. Hearings set for the second Tuesday in September. actions include appointing administratrix and presenting final accounts.
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