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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1944
Page
7
The steamer Penobscot carried its largest crowd of the season to Boston from the Kennebec river. Local residents resume duties after vacations and attend social gatherings, with many Bath people visiting Boston or on leave from work.
The Kennebec brought passengers and freight. Miss Goldie Lord of Lincoln Street shoots a woodchuck at 100 feet. Boxers Kid Bushy and Bob Clarke may fight later. many residents attend events, travels, and G A R activities. Launches, schooners, and freight movements mark a busy period with parlor car rides, lawn parties, and parades noted.
Hay sold in City hall square at 12 to 14 dollars per load. Local residents Parris Lightbody Holt Spinney Jewell Wallace and Kingsbury are mentioned with travel visits and illness updates. A Bath party of 14 enjoyed a trip to Brunswick yesterday with locals noting typhoid recovery and social exchanges between residents and merchants.
The Eastern Steam ship and M and M did not run Saturday afternoon due to the storm. Workers and travelers, including Henry Biggins and Miss Laura Duncan, begin vacations or resume duties after time away. Capt. Sewall returns as the William P Frye prepares for a voyage around Cape Horn. The Cote Savage boat is slated for removal in the city on September 12.
A. F. Williams returned from Boston for the G A R Encampment and Jim Miller, after boxing John Bryson in Rockland, reports a hard fight that ended in a draw. The Lydia M. Deering loads pine at the Maine Central wharf. Ten Eldorado passengers were diverted to Riverside hotel after a rough sea before continuing Sunday. Washington street road work on the section between Center and Maine Central track advances, pleasing wheelmen and team owners.
The Bath chapter of the American Red Cross met with low attendance due to heat and vacations. Rev. Louis A. Dole presided. A letter from Wilhelmene L. Haley of the Middle East relief mission praised Bath volunteers for sewing dresses and sending clothing to Yugoslav refugee children and their mothers, expressing sincere gratitude.
The department lists twelve Maine service members wounded in action. Names include Pvt Joseph R Campbell Bucksport. Pfe Angus K Clukey Dexter. Pfe Herbert E Holmes Bucksport. Pvt Donald J Davenport Kingfield. Pvt Ervin J Joy Jr Brunswick. Pvt Eddie F Michaud Fort Kent. Pvt Joseph D Roux Waterville. Pfc Bert H Smith Jr Brunswick. Tech Sel Sydney D Wallace Orono. Cpl Walter M Wong Gee Belfast. Tech 4th Grade Clifford A Doherty Burnham. Pfe Francis I Hall North Berwick. Set Lawrence N Lave Weld.
Keith McIner a leading man in tin Bath Iron Works welding department entered Bath Memorial Hospital Sunday as a surgical patient. Mr. and Mrs. James Briggs Washington Street will return home Monday from a two weeks visit in South Braintree Mass while Mr Briggs vacationed from Bath Iron Works. Master Jimme Sanborn son of Mr and Mrs John L Sanborn was a guest Monday of his grandparents Mr and Mrs James McKay. Mr and Mrs John J Moriarty of Norway Conn and Mrs Harriett Haney of Hartford Conn are visiting Deputy Marshal Frank L Moriarty and Mrs Moriarty Gerald Street. Mr Moriarty is a patrolman of the Norwalk police department.
The Bath Navy VI's representing Bath USC Softball won the 1944 Maines league title with a 5-3 quarterfinal win over Portland CIO, 10-3 semifinal over Edwards and Walker, and a ten inning 2-1 final over Navy Officers Brunswick.
Mrs Harlin Snn of Springfield Mass visits her sister Mrs William S Newell and Mrs Harry Collins along with grandson Cecil Fullerton Jr. They plan several days at Old Orchard. Mrs Walter Ro Dean and Lt Gilbert Dean of Brain Tree Mass stay with Mrs E Everett Pierce. The Misses Gay Mason and Barbara Cooke and Cynthia Sewall are also noted among local visitors returning from Camp Laughing Loon Fast Waterboro.
Reunister certifies executors and administrators for Bath estates. Daniel Williams named Executor without bond for Levi W Steward on August 3, 1944. He also appointed Administrator with will annexed for Addie Steward on August 8, 1944 after bond. Arthur J. Dunton, Judge of Probate. A true copy of the original order. AttesL: 17-24-31.
The Times will feature new entry blanks for the bathing beauty contest to be held during the street fair and bazaar sponsored by the Cosmopolitan club on Saturday afternoon and evening. Photographers will cover both the beauty and baby contests, with judges, prizes, and music by Joe Avery and band.
Roland F. Pero announces foreclosure of a 1943 mortgage on a land parcel in Sagadahoc County Maine. The deed covers a lot with buildings described by referenced bearings and Highway boundary. Breach of condition triggers foreclosure action dated August 3 1944 in Bath Maine.
Miss Mary Lee and fiance Joseph Brady return from a Boston weekend. Mrs. Percy Mann recovers and is welcomed home. Mrs. Theodore Beaven visits Berwick after weeks with Mildred G Nichols. Joan St. Martin on vacation at Robinhood with grandparents. Capt. and Mrs. Ralph Dunton spend summer in Portland. The Larrabee family returns from Sabine cottage to Washington Street. Mrs. Stanley Whitehouse joins son in Groton. Mrs. Eben Dana to vacation at Woolwich Center. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Reynolds visit relatives in Brookline. Reynolds works at Boston Navy Yard.
The Discord club met with Miss Leha Thornton on Middle Street Tuesday evening. Attendants included Mrs. Orrington Lewis, Mrs. Everett White, Mrs. Truman King, Mrs. Francis Norton, Mrs. Robert King, Mrs. Alfred McCabe, Mrs. Rodney Upham, and Mrs. Eugene Hazzett. The club will meet next Tuesday evening with Mrs. Rodney Upham at High.
Mrs Alfred Perkins of Mard Ing's was a Monday guest of Mr Humphrey Owen and Mrs Owen on High Street at their summer home at Sabino.
Court of Probate at Bath Sagadahoc County orders notices for Edmund S Wellington L Eugene Thebeau David G Reed and others to appear September first for probate actions and to appoint administrators with wills annexed or executors and to consider licenses to sell real estate with guardianship details. Publication in Bath Independent.
A Bath Probate Court order in Sagadahoc County directs publication of the order in the Bath Independent for four weeks. The court sets September first at ten in the forenoon to hear petitions for letters testamentary to Jane Thompson Nagle for the estate of Harry Foot and others, with accounts filed by Edward W Birdshim and France Cromwell.
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