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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1941
Page
7
A German police pup dies when struck by a car in City hall alley near Footers Clothing Store. Whitey the white dog mourns beside his friend for hours, lying by the body and returning later to the site in a silent vigil observed by passersby and cameramen.
Miss Augusta Jay of Westbury Long Island becomes the first woman to solo at Airways Inc Seaplane Base West Bath under chief pilot Henry Donnell on Aug 6 after eight hours of instruction. Her brother is Mrs Stephen Etnier wife of artist Gilbert Head.
The Maine budget report by Commissioner Frederick G. Payne presents a detailed 324 page view of state finances for 1941 and 1942. It covers executive budget, general fund revenues, expenditures, and balances, with a second part explaining each account. The document notes 1939 and 1940 net cost at 39.74 million and 40.40 million for the last fiscal year, with 37.91 million requested for the current year, and highlights a projected tax and license revenue dip due to liquor fund declines.
In a busy session Judge Gardiner R. Deering presided over eight respondents on intoxication and motor vehicle violation counts. Walter Gallant was found not guilty of driving on the wrong side after a trial and was ordered back Thursday evening for a collision case with Alexander Bergman of Edgewater New Jersey. Bergman pleaded guilty to passing a stop sign. Gallant’s case was continued. Other defendants including Simon M. Moore Allan W. Oulton Arthur Darling faced guilty pleas or arrangements on parking, running a yellow light, and related charges with costs or jail alternatives.
Mr and Mrs William Zorach exhibiting with Marguerite Zorach at the Brick Store Museum Kennebunk through August. Other artists include Eliot O Hara Alexander Bower Waldo Pierce and Andrew Wyeth. Zorach and Bower previously showed watercolors in Bath this Summer.
William M. Parker a U S Navy chief fire controllman and son in law of Nellie Chase Millett graduated from the Recruiting Training School at Norfolk Va on August 23 He requested recruiting duty while attached to the destroyer U S S Drayton His career began in 1920 with the battleship California and included service aboard the New Mexico Iowa Maryland Air and on the China Station Edward L Gaudreau is elected director of the Bath Marine Band replacing Ernie George as he transfers to Todd Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corp Gaudreau a veteran violinist and bandleader promises an expanded program and seeks local musicians to join The change preserves George as honorary director and advisor.
A busy Depot Square shows progress on multiple fronts with a concrete foundation for the passenger depot, brick work approaching, and new shipways and destroyer approaches near the Iron Works. The old site undercut by tidal flats once hosted 1847 Portland & Kennebec depots as sand was hauled in. A new office and storehouses rise on the north side while a tall wire fence encloses the Iron Works yard.
Mrs Arline Shapleigh escaped injury when her 1936 Plymouth left U S Route 1 West Bath, struck two fence poles, and tumbled down a steep embankment about 30 feet. The car ended right side up in dirt near Cum mings Filling Station. State Patrolman Herbert Mariner of Topsham investigated.
The USS Emmons slid from Bath Iron Works into the Kennebec as Capt. Blairs flag was lowered and guests applauded. A champagne toast followed, then a rushed malfunction caused a quick departure from the slip amid cheers and reports of subsequent festivities. A nearby speedboat fire near Thorne's Head prompted Donald A. MacKay Jr. to rescue Andrew Webster and his family, earning neighborly gratitude for a timely act.
A late Monday evening crash near the Reells Diner and Herding fabrication plant involved a Chevrolet. The vehicle registered to Elizabeth Suthertana was found, but witnesses could not identify Miavutus as the driver. The car left the road, struck a fence, and halted after continuing onward. Passengers Mi and Mel Wallace Sheldon had been visiting Brooklyn, NY prior to the incident.
Work on the brick structure at the northeast corner of Washington and Center streets progresses toward occupancy by First National Stores and Sears Roebuck Co. by Sept. 1. Builders report rapid wall and ceiling progress, with cement sidewalk completion pending and minor delays possible for equipment installation before opening.
Deputy Marshal Percy Wo Kings burs leaves Bath by train to Boston then Air to Baltimore to attend two week instruction course at Edgewood Arsenal on handling high explosives bombs and gas under War Department direction. Capt. Dana York commands Bath police in his absence.
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