08 Dec 1949
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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1949
Page
1
Bath Maine The Times Company announces prices for annual and half year subscriptions with a Bath post office second class circulation entry. The presidents and editor named are B Nichols and Harry C Webber.
Obituary essay praising William R. Boyd Jr. retiring president of the American Petroleum Institute. Highlights 29 years guiding the oil industry, law background, mayoral work, bank presidency, and international peacemaking, plus his kindness, optimism, and hometown loyalty.
In Portland Congressman Ralph W. Gwinn of New York denounces a Robin Hood type policy as pure robbery and rationalization. He warns against government deficits and taxes on the middle class, arguing further tax revenue would fall on small earners and urging spending cuts to avert bankruptcy.
Organized fire prevention activity has surged to a new peak nationwide, reflecting intensified campaigns and public engagement. Authorities report greater participation from schools, communities, and local fire departments in safety drills and awareness programs.
Experts urge stronger public cooperation for fire prevention alongside national drives and hospital audits. They note most blazes start from household risks like cigarettes and faulty wiring and stress individuals must act to reduce annual deaths and property losses.
Readers are urged to support turning Agnes Powers history of Georgetown into a published book. The article praises Powers work on the serialized history and asks residents or summer visitors to provide financial backing to ensure a book form reaches a wide sale.
The club announces its annual meeting and election with a 50 cent greens fee after 4 30pm on weekdays and earlier pricing on weekends and holidays. It ends its year financially strong as Treasurer Ross reports gift membership cards for the Christmas season. Howard W Mayo becomes president with directors praising J William Schulze for a strong year.
Morse High football players attend Rotary session with team members named among the guests. The event includes remarks on team spirit and coaching changes, with Junior guests listed and Mrs Ralph Dunton visiting relatives in Portland.
Citizens express fatigue as multiple tag day drives saturate Saturdays with groups soliciting donations. Observers note clustering in front of stores and warn the public may tire of constant fund drives as Christmas shopping proceeds.
An expert discussed Keyes Fibre Co expansion from molded pulp to include a research and engineering division. By 1940 the firm reached a $500,000 investment and over $1,000,000 annual output, with plastics serving selective industrial roles in Maine and efficient local labor. The talk also covered Bath Sea Scouts project and Lions club Melvin Jones birthday observance plans.
Mrs Zephie Lowell leads a Christmas meeting detailing D A R goals in history education patriotism and service. Members heard about scholarships five colleges two DAR owned schools and projects at Valley Forge and Ellis Island with a 95 foot memorial bell tower planned.
Mr and Mrs Walter J Mc Court have returned to their home in Phippsburg after several weeks of hunting. Mr McCourt has returned to work at Bath Iron Works.
Fresh tracks of a very large moose were found Sunday afternoon at Meadowbrook in Phippsburg Sagadahoc County indicating the animal still roams the area. The Bath region has not seen regular moose visits for some time but previous weeks noted wandering through the shipyard business district and residential zones.
Richard L. Alley of Bath received 24 hours probation to pay a $10 fine and $4.70 costs after a municipal court finding of guilt for passing a bill. Judge Gardiner E. Deering presided. Officer Raymond Hatch was the complainant.
Chief of Police Frank L Moriarty gave four local high school boys essays on safe driving after minor traffic infractions. The excerpts stress teen responsibility, dangers of overload and speeding, and the need to follow signs and rules to cut accidents and save lives.
The room, designed for 29 pupils, has held up to 36 with folding chairs in the aisles, an undesirable condition. After the sixth grade vacates, it becomes a reading room for small eighth grade groups while the sixth grade moves to Huse school.
The City Highway Department removed a tree and two large stumps from Elm street sidewalk starting Thursday. Superintendent Arthur Avery says the work aims to ease snow removal and keep the sidewalk usable through winter.
Mrs Catherine T Mullaney of Park street visits her daughter Mrs Eugene Stover of Boothbay. Edward J McMann Bath Recreation Association director is home with a severe cold. Mr and Mrs Albert Pollard observe their 45th wedding anniversary. Dunlap Hatch Green street and others visit Popham Beach. Mrs Orbury E Sherburne returns from Portland after staying with Charles E Hewitt and family. Alvin L Fitzpatrick USN, home on leave with his parents, hosts lobster supper for friends on Marshall Avenue.
Bath city election scenes begin with filing opening on Jan 9 as Ward 6 councilman Thomas J. Cummings announces he will not seek reelection. Only H. Joseph Madden of Ward 3 has publicly announced his candidacy so far, while other incumbents weigh their options amid retirement moves and possible bids from Oscar Marsh and Thatcher B. Pinkham, who sought 1948 nomination in Bath’s council manager era.
Councilman H Joseph Maddon Ward Three has filed nomination papers confirming his intent to run again for the city council. Mrs Wendell Heald of Elsinore avenue is listed as a patient at Memorial hospital.
Thanksgiving proved an eventful holiday with visits and hosting across Seguinland. Notables include Wendell Williams family from St. Petersburg, Durward Bowie guests, and Stewart Day completing a cabana on the Harmon Barter trailer. Rentals shift among trailers on North drive as repairs continue and visitors from Camden, Bath, and Boston appear in local social rounds.
The Bath Board of Education accepted the resignation of Mrs Maxine Furber formerly Mrs Maxine Pinkham of Wayne, a third grade teacher at Center Street school for three years. Mrs Marion Murphy, formerly of Huse School from 1946 to 1948, is engaged to fill the vacancy.
Russell Phinney of Oliver Street is admitted as a patient at the New England Baptist Hospital in Boston.
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