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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1955
Page
8
Reports from Bath update readers on contracts for Kelley Spear Co lighters and local industry growth. Community items include a Morse High football captaincy for 1916, campus improvements on Center street, heat system installations, parish officers, and residents' travel, work, and social movements in Bath.
The city notes an appointment praised by many friends. Riggers Wade and Fullerton began rigging the new barge Larimer at Kelley Spear Co yard, with craft to go overboard next week and three eighty foot Oregon masts planned. W H Gilman returns to Small Point after a week with family. Mrs Dearborn’s property at Small Point sees extensive improvements including a large garage and an annex to a bungalow. A Portland man to install hot water heating at Popham lighthouse plant. Farmer R G Bailey of Wiscasset visits, sold 1700 bushels of potatoes in Bath. ships from Newport and Lagrange, apples in four hundred bushels. T W Hyde Auxiliary annual meeting elects officers: Harriet Beals president, Jennie Jack VP, Clara Troop trustee, Marion Colson trustee, Laura Penney trustee and other officers. Mrs Gordon Preble leaves for Boston to visit daughter and then winter south.
A Dorcas Guild playlet How the Story Grew is announced for Beacon Street vestry Friday evening with a long cast including Mrs Brown Mrs M H Douglas Mrs Green Mrs Annie Campbell and Bessie Bowie among others. Virginia ships 15 barrels of clams to Portsmouth NH and unloads a deck load of empties. Fred W Humphreys and Gardner Rogers led a dancing party at the Kennebec Yacht Club with forty couples and a seven member orchestra. Underground conduit work begins at the post office lot by New England Telephone and Dr William E Rowe is named to the Board of Dental Examiners succeeding Dr I S Pendleton January 1.
Dec 2 1915 Augusta notes the lone steam craft on the Kennebec the hoister used for discharging coal from schooners and barges will be hauled from the water for winter. Other items include Grange Fair preparations with a Valentine baby show, Phi Rho Society admissions, underground telephone wiring on Lambard street, and a Cosmopolitan bazaar drawing crowds.
Mr. Webster leads a five year old Portland squad believed to be the strongest in the state and not to be outdone by the Colonial Club. Workmen on the L A W Ry are laying new rails near Bowery street and upgrading the local line.
December 5 1955 report notes a large crowd at the Cosmopolitan bazaar with Friday events. Bath Opera House screens a melodramatic Carmen film starring Geradine Farrar in a Jessie Laskey production. Miss Robinson Smith departs New York after visiting Mme Emma Eames to support French relief efforts. Morse basketball seeks season opener vs Boothbay High Friday night.
Lieut C W Early returned from Boston after a week away. Hattie M Lermond works in the D T Percy crockery department during holidays. N L Jackson of King Tavern attended the Maine Hotel Proprietors Association meeting in Portland. December School Board meeting chaired by E W Hyde with Mitchell Low Burke Ledyard Rowland Horan Hogan Pur ing ym and Drake. accounts totaling 830 approved. Fire condition reports accepted. attic condition check ordered. Conductor E O Dow resumes Knox Lincoln Division duties after vacation. Bath’s library ranks fourth largest in the state behind Portland Bangor and Lewiston. Remains of Parker Head tannery unearthed by Thomas Traynor while trenching on Morse Farm. three inch planks form vell vats, old tannery memory recalled by Frank Morse. The improvised vats feature kite shaped timbers. near an Indian grinding hole in a cliff. Richard Matthews Hallet visiting from Arizona after July departure. previously gold prospecting and mining trips.
Georgetown man linked to a nationwide telephone refund scam with two jailbreak attempts and a bad check charge in Brunswick. Miss Margaret Cripps flagged unusual person to person calls that traced to Bath and Georgetown. Investigators seized his little black book after arrest as the operation used mailed refunds to avoid cashing checks.
Services were held at the Congregational church and interment occurred at Greenlawn cemetery in Wiscasset for a local family with relatives including a sister from Boothbay Harbor and several grandchildren.
John E. Wilson, an attorney, died after being suffocated in a house fire in Damariscotta Saturday night. He had practiced law in Wiscasset about two years before moving to Damariscotta, where he was well regarded by neighbors and colleagues.
Ron Speers reflects on the 1955 deer season ending as winter arrives, recalling memories of past hunts, companions, and favorite Maine hunting grounds. He notes waterfowl season remains open to December 15 and urges readers to pursue ducks, reminding them to carry a valid Federal duck stamp.
In Petersburg Virginia the city saved $500 by sending Mayor Churchill G Dunn on a trip to New York for expense paid travel. Water system bonds valued at 1 800 000 were mailed to New York needing Dunn signature to become negotiable. He signed them in New York before mailing, avoiding insurance requirements.
U S farmers reported hay sales totaling 309 million dollars for 1954, reflecting substantial market activity. The year saw strong demand from livestock producers and regional prices influenced by weather patterns across states.
Tinuted his practice. Services were held Wednesday in Dam ariscotta.
Augusta Maine December 1 1955 the Maine sardine canning season closed with the smallest pack in fifteen years. Official figures will place output around 1 230 000 standard 100 can cases about half the fourteen year average. Canners inventories on December 1 are the lowest since World War II with several plants operating but many not producing. Western Maine Portland area had the best fish supply while Jonesport Port Clyde area averaged half and eastern Washington County saw virtually no fish. Industry funds fund a federal research program under the U S Fish and Wildlife Service to improve yields and quality control with a 25 cent per case state tax helping finance the work.
The Bath Daily Times reports Bath Chamber of Commerce directors will meet next Tuesday at 7 30 PM in the city manager’s office to elect a president vice president treasurer and temporary secretary. They may also choose a full time paid executive secretary and set the date for the first annual meeting mid January. By laws were adopted with amendments by two thirds vote and over 90 firms have pledged about 4500 to start the Chamber’s 1956 fiscal year ending December 31.
Report notes anticipation that the total will soon exceed 100 members. It mentions ongoing recruitment and expected growth, with emphasis on expanding participation and collective activity.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Brooks fled in a taxicab after a quarrel spurred by his remarks on wifely duties. The judge granted an dissolution. In other line, Binghamton New York led the Eastern League in attendance in 1955 with 89,528 home fans, up 40,308 from 1954.
Tacoma pro Chuck Congdon who trained U S Amateur champion Pat Lescher for seven years won the 1948 Canadian Open, highlighting his impact on Lescher amid his own tour successes.
Notice to Bath Maine stockholders of the Bath Trust Company announces its annual meeting on January 10 1956 at two o clock in the afternoon at the Banking Rosef in Bath Maine. The meeting will elect a Board of Trustees and handle other lawful business. R H Baxter President.
The stockholders of the Jorst National Bank of Bath Muue will meet at the Rank ine Rooms on Tuesday January 10 1956 at two o clock to elect directors for the ensuing year and to transact any other business that may legally come before this meeting. Daniel Williams cashier.
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