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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1944
Page
8
Forty years ago in Bath a Bath Daily Times recap notes steamer Gardiner arriving late due to a strong tide and a 25 car freight leaving town. Kennebec Yacht Club guests travel by Nahama, large crowds, local society, and Bath Iron Works mentions. Diphtheria case quarantines and social events appear amid busy river traffic.
A loose horse with a long rope halter was seen racing through the city during the early hours. It appeared to have been turned out to pasture and managed to escape its enclosure, provoking unusual activity as residents sought to locate Hinckley’s landing for eel bait.
Mrs Harriet Gould of Reading Massachusetts formerly of this city visits her daughter Mrs Sarah Gray on Shepard street. Workmen lay tile in Morse High School vestibules. I S Eastman injured last Monday at the Kelley Spear yard. he visited today after his shoulder dislocation and hand bruise. New sidewalks added on Washington street Oak to Garden and on upper Middle York to Pearl. A new water pipe is laid on Washington near Linden, tearing up the street.
Wednesday the Stevens Mills grange enjoyed an outing in Bath on the parlor car Merry meeting. They toured Bath Iron Works inspecting the battleship Georgia and other shops. Hyde Light Guards learn they avoid carrying heavy overcoats south as ordered. Bath Iron Works baseball vs Willards of South Portland scheduled for Monday at New Meadows. Bids opened in Boston for repairing steamer City of Rockland. Tom Larrabee and Jim Miller to Rockland for boxing. Alice Eastman resumes duties after vacation. Driveway in front of Patten Free Library being improved by city workers.
Mr and Mrs Richard Crown of Woolwich hosted a lawn dinner for Hilda Somes of Bath and Wiscasset recently. Somes, newly accepted into the Women's Army Corps, awaits orders to report for boat training. Her son Robert serves overseas. Guests included local residents and machine shop workers from Bath Iron Works. The event featured Southern fried chicken, salad, pies, coffee, dancing, and electric lighting. A future dance for Mrs Somes is planned by BIW workers.
The Past Ladies' Club of Myrtle Lodge of Odd Fellows gathered at Mrs. Sadie Savage's Winter Street home for sewing and social time, with supper served at six thirty. Co-hostesses were Mrs. Jennie Oliver, Mrs. Lucelia Blake, and Mrs. Edith Nash, aided by the Savages' daughters Anne and Vivian. The dining room featured Fair flowers, especially violets, asters, pink roses, carnations, and candles. After supper a business meeting led by Mrs. Lucelia Blake, in Mrs. Gertrude Stewart's absence, announced the September gathering with Mrs. Lizzie B. C. Chaney, Middle Street, on September 25, assisted by Mitchell and Nellie Hunt. Present were Zeulieka Kingsbury, Margaret Nelson, Annie Oliver, Jennie Oliver, Lucelia Blake, Edith Nash, Lizzie B. C. Chaney, Nellie Hunt, Mary Curtis, Pearl Campbell, Lucy Perry, Emma Daley, plus four guests Louise Rogers Noble Lady of Myrtle Lodge, Joan Marsh, and Anne and Vivian Savage.
An Army report from the Southwest Pacific describes the lottery system for home leave, where only a few hundred of thousands of eligible soldiers are drawn each month. Men endure hope and anxiety, with drawings held close to front lines or in rear areas, while many seek luck through prayer, games, or avoidance. The piece personalizes the ordeal with quotes from soldiers and notes about longing for civility and home.
Daniel Coyle of Garnet Road Brunswick has been hired by the Bath Board of Education as teacher and coach at Morse High School. He will teach civics and democracy, coach basketball under Farrell, and may introduce wrestling and track. Coyle, 26, married with two children, is Muhlenberg College 1940 and Allentown parish school alumnus. he played football and track in high school and earned a football freshman letter and varsity letters in college.
Lewis L. Robinson, who left the State Military and Naval Children's Home about 60 years ago, returned to Bath with a cherished March 1882 white shirt. He lived in Searsmont the past two decades, works on a Russell Street house for E. C. Richards, and is a former leader in K of P Attleboro and Sons of Veterans. His first wife, a Pythian sister leader, died in 1925. he remarried in 1927 and has a son with him. He notes Bath’s changes since childhood.
Lewiston Finance Board discussed building an incinerator with a 160 ton daily capacity, double the Bath plant size. A facility representative claimed proper design avoids odors, with gases heating surrounding buildings, and cited a New York City incinerator on 56th Street as evidence it remains unnoticed by travelers.
A fragmentary letter from Raymond Eugene Watson F 1/¢ describes three French destroyer leaders in a task force. He vows not to trade any U.S. soil for what he has seen, hopes to return home soon, and asks to give love to family while reassuring them not to worry.
Nellie Clifford returns with Clifford family to stay through September. Redennett and Holbrook families visited Biscay Pond and Portland friends attended St. Philip's Parish House event featuring The Turn of the Tide lobster fishermen film. Sunbeam work benefit raised over 200 dollars with remarks by Neal Bousfield and Rev Barstow. Henry Beston spoke on Books About Maine at St. Philip's library event, praised by attendees.
Lt Cmdr Alfred M McCoy, former Colby football coach, promoted to Athletic and Physical Fitness Officer for the Atlantic Fleet under Adm Jonas Ingram. He is stationed at a South American base after a tour with Cmdr Gene Tunney noting the former world champ’s strong condition at 47. Activities included a five mile swim a ten mile hike and three sets of tennis.
The memoir details naval positions along a French coast resort area during an invasion. It notes ships from Allied nations including a Greek-flagged vessel, French cruisers, and German observance posts in the area. The account describes nighttime withdrawals, limited enemy air activity, and the overall scale of Allied naval forces supporting the landing.
Rev. Albert R. Freeman, pastor of Corliss Street Baptist Church, spoke at the Rotary weekly luncheon at Odd Fellows hall on Tuesday noon. His talk titled Why I Became a Minister outlined four reasons, with Freeman noting his Nova Scotia birth, hospital chaplaincies in Boston, and belief in ministry’s guiding impact. President Royal Johnson presided. Queen Esther Rebekah lodge served the luncheon.
Mrs Otis Morse and her son David of Corliss Street are spending two weeks in Searsport as a brief visit described in local society notes.
Notice of probate actions for multiple estates in Sagadahoc County Maine. hearings set for September first in Bath Court of Probate. includes estates of Edmund Wellington William E Wel ware Eugene Thebeau Vanona A Thebeau Dorothy T Starr Georgie M R Walker Donald Burgess Cromwell Warren Lindberg Cora Idella Hunnewell Harold I Safford Senior, guardians, executors and administrators named. licensing to sell real estate requested where noted.
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