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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1953

Page

6

Forty Years Ago in Bath A Busy Summer Scene

Town items recount Bath families returning from Baltimore with the Worcester degree team winning top drill prize, 10 000 Eagles in a parade, a $300 lost ring case, a London Medical Congress banquet collapse, and local sports including Bath beating Damariscotta 9 to 1. Also notes on ships, fires, visits, and upcoming events in Bath.

Thomas B. Perry Harry S. Farrell Baltimore Bath Aerie Worcester Atlantic City Newark Richmond Oliver Aderton Bath

Fires rage across Phippsburg with heavy smoke and reinforcements

Aug 20 1913 reports state reinforcements arrive to aid firefighters as fires spread in all directions around Phippsburg. Barns and several properties including the Merritt and Storer holdings face destruction while Wil liam Benner’s estate and Meadowbrook Inn risk damage. Wind drives the flames toward Basin Day Mountain and Bowker’s pasture.

Phippsburg Freeman H. Merritt Sebasco Estates Albert Storer Mr. Doughty William Benner Fred H. Brigham

Phippsburg Fire Keeps Crew Busy as Town Braces

August 21 1913 report details a large firefighting effort in Phippsburg Upper Town from Phippsburg Center to Meadowbrook Road. Residents recount miraculous escapes as flames threaten J F Upton and J H Pease properties. About 200 selectmen and workers battle the blaze while local residents return from travels and guests enjoy summer visits.

Phippsburg Phippsburg Center Meadowbrook Road M. J. Frye Meadowbrook Inn J. F. Upton J. H. Pease

Phippsburg Fire Strains Maine Town and Fort Williams Practice

Aug 22 1913 reports long burning forest fire near Basin Phippsburg from berry picker carelessness. Fort Williams gun salvos rattled Bath windows at 35 miles distance during target practice. Labor Day Garnet Bridge celebrations planned with ball game boat races and sports as Black ducks gather at Merrymeeting Bay.

Phippsburgh Basin Portland Garnet Bridge Popham Beach Coast Artillery Band Fort Williams Sugar Loaf Kennebec Society Hall

Local notes on staff returns and harvests in Maine

Nichols area report notes Laura Barstow Harriet Morrison and other staff back from two week vacation with Barstow in Portland and others in Boston Bangor. Berry crops face drought with many blueberries burned and fewer shipments to Boston. blackberries promising if dry spells ease. Waterville Sentinel reports Floods guests at China Lake gathering. superintendent honored with gold watch. Bath growth projected for ferry traffic on Peoples Ferry between Bath and Woolwich.

Waterville Clarence N. Flood Winslow Benton C. H. Crommett China Lake Daniel W. Getchell

Remembering Lime Industry's Old Pace in Maine

The Ioydependent notes a repair job on tug Fred R. Richards of Rockport & Rockland Lime Co. A Rockland Courier-Gazette piece recalls old lime burning days with wood kilns giving way to patent kilns using coal and steam. The shift ended the era of wood burners and their cargo schooners on Penobscot Bay.

Fred R. Richards Rockport & Rockland Lime Co Bath Iron Works Ioydependent Rockland Courier-Gazette Bath Atlantic Fred E. Richards Penobscot Bay

Picnic Winners Shine at Harpswell Event

Hundreds gathered for a village picnic in Clare with winners listed across multiple age groups in events such as races including backwards and crawling, a bean jar game, beanbag tournament, and talent shows. Awards highlighted by top finishers Frances Rush Lorraine Brewer Sharon Downing and Dennis Ring among others. Local retirees Mr and Mrs Linwood Carr noted with family ties to North, Harpswell, and Clearwater Florida.

Susanne Downing Christine Gregory Ricky McMahan Richard Milliken Myra Drummonde Richard McMahan Donnie Drummond Margaret Bell Cheryl Brown Neil Mason Valarie Nesbitt George Shaw Diane Perkins Peter Knight Andy Knight Bunny Knight Betsy Goldstein Judy Mabel Ash Merline Osborne Kathleen Stewart Ruth Doughty Linwood Carr Harpswell Harold Carter North Gerald Carr Carr Clearwater Fla New England Tel. & Tel. Co

World Premier Next Week at Lakewood

Lakewood Players will stage the world premier of Walter Hart and Richard Maibaum's The Paradise Question at Lakewood on August 31 with Leon Ames in the lead role. Barbara Robbins stars opposite him as the wife, under Hart's direction with George Jenkins designing sets. The show explores a United Nations committee seeking independence for the Paradise Islands now under France, amid domestic comedy. The final week features The Moon Is Blue with a cast including Martha Rendall and Eugene Stuckmann.

Leon Ames Walter Hart Richard Maibaum Lakewood Lakewood Players Elaine Perry New York St. Louis Tokyo the Waldorf Tobacco Road Barbara Robbins Aldrich Mr. Hart George Jenkins United Nations Paradise Islands France Appleton Long Island Martha Rendall Eugene Stuckmann Bill Story William Hughes Adv

Bath Garden Club Meeting Highlights Winter Bouquets

Bath Garden Club discusses river fish abundance issues and past delicacies like Kennebec salmon shad sturgeon and bass. The club notes trash barrels in the city park aid disposal while Mrs Frank W Sparks Jr presents a paper on drying materials for winter bouquets and dried grasses for arrangements.

Frank W. Sparks, Jr

Probate Notices In Sagadahoc County Maine 1953

Public probate order schedules notices for estates of Florence M Wiggin Clara T Hodgkins Christine C Snipe with final accounts, and alerts creditors to appear in Bath Probate Court. Foreclosure notice against Lester P Reynolds for a Bath restaurant mortgage to Nicholas J Gianibas details property, goods, and restaurant goodwill at 85 Front Street.

Sagadahoc Bath Sid Florence M Wiggin Doris C Haggett Clara T Hodgkins Rexford G Clark Christine C Snipe Randall F Cook State OF Maine Lester P Reynolds Natick Maesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts Nicholas J Gianibas Bath Maine Ises Front Street Maine New Meadows Rosy Kafe Good Will Ager City of Bath Nicholas

Coronation Pageant memories during a European tour

A visitor recalls touring Wernher collections in Fordshire and Cambridge universities, viewing Ipswich and Constable country, and watching the Coronation Pageant Merrie England with international stars. He notes a July 5 coronation review in Hyde Park, later Westminster Abbey and St Pauls, and ends with travel home to Bath via Southampton and Cherbourg.

Fordshire Harold Wernher Merrie England Wernher Cambridge University King’s College and Chapel Trinity College St. John’s College Felixstowe Suffolk Ipswich East Bergholt Hyde Park Duke of Edinburgh Westminster Abbey St. Paul's Cathedral Bath London Southampton Cherbourg New York City

Probate Court in Bath Orders Publication for Estate Hearings

An August 1953 probate court in Bath Sagadahoc County orders notices to all interested parties for estates including William F Williams Mary E Robinson Ruth Lucile Hintzen Edith M Cornish Edward E Morse and related matters. Katherine W McKenney is named executrix and Mildred M Sprague is considered as potential administrator without bond. A sale of real estate for Edward E Morse is authorized under license to sell. Arthur J Dunton, Judge of Probate, issues the order.

Bath Sagadahae Beth Aackenien William F Williams Katherine W Neneeacy Katherine W McKenney Mary E Robinson Phippsburg Haskell C Todd Mildred M Sprague Ruth Lucile Hintzen Richard F Hintzen Edith M Cornish Daniel W . Lan Edward E Morse Jeesie I Kain Jessie I Main Jessie Main Arthur J Dunton Lillian Ho Heal Clarence c Seavey Seavey Walter H Bowker Edith M Bowker Herbert B Luce Mary A_ Luce Eats Et Velmaneersen

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