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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1948
Page
5
Fragments note visits and travel. Miss Alice Savage returns home after a hospital stay. Mrs Shackford hosts guests. John E Fitzgerald tours Boston on business. Joseph H Madden back from Lynn Massachusetts. H Lindsey visits Provi and friends. Greenleaf on business trip.
Fragmentary notes describe a humorous water tale and a New Year’s Eve plan in the community. References to family elders, the Fowlers, and a late December event hint at social gatherings and local humor as the sun rises on a quiet morning. Names and places are unclear due to text damage.
The fragment references a fine schooner and a trip with Sora, mentions Misa Hrama and Moser, and notes a yacht club contest upcoming tomorrow. Details are incomplete and names are partially garbled.
Fragmentary report cites Phipps Galen noting Moses passing in Parkland. Text unclear but indicates movement or event near Parkland with named individual Phipps Galen.
A fragmented note notes heavy winter rainfall and a rattled outlook as the period closes, signaling a tough stretch ahead. It mentions efforts to send off and brace for continued inclement weather.
Readable items note Morse High class of 1908 preparations for a Wednesday graduation benefit. Mentioned are Mae OBrien Alice Rulman and Virginia Pingree among performers. Also reported are a Dr Parker and Beth Goodman, and a crowding of farming and community subjects. Beacon Street Dorcas Guild plans a meeting with Miss Winnie Whitehead. North End grocer Moulton mourns loss of a delivery horse. Island Belle ship returns with herring for Boston market.
John Shaw of this city sang at the vesper service yesterday afternoon at the Universalist church in Auburn and directs the Universalist choir. A canvas piece overhanging the band stand in the midway was borrowed and its return will clear a pending matter with Captain R. H. Goodman and Oliver of the Committee. The rededication date for Corliss Street church is being arranged.
Severe Sunday weather iced over Penobscot Bay and Bangor harbor causing transport delays. The Kennebec Yacht Club and nearby activities faced postponements while the Eastern Dredging Co. moved equipment to the river for government work. Public notices mention local committees and a dance with Mrs. Edward L. Gaudreau noted amid community events.
Local PTA event invites public to Parker Head School on December 16 at 7 p m to view Christmas displays. Visitors include Mary Anne and Charlie Wyman and Linda Doughty. Students with perfect attendance listed and Harriet Elban won a match. birthday cake for Rollins. clubs met with Mrs Rollins. school cleanups and a $6 donation to the Christmas seal sale noted.
Plans are completed for a Christmas sale and supper by the Cosmopolitan Club at the clubhouse on December 11. The sale opens at one o clock. supper served at six. Mrs George Hartsgrove chairs the sale with Mrs Fred Quimby listed. Categories include aprons wooden toys and Christmas greens with several members managing displays and food tables. The Tenafly Weavers of Round Pond will display novelties.
A. Hallet & Co adds Miss Giédce aged 39 from West Sas to its clerical staff as part of a hiring move.
Miss Phyllis Bishop of Meehanie Street was a visitor in Portsmouth on Tuesday while Bertha Pete Washin Street rejoined the staff at the Edna Mae Shop.
Earlyne Blackstone of Catti pon earns Stateweet award in the 1948 National 4-H Soil Conservation awards for contour farming crop rotation and cover crops. Maurice Keene of Hebron tops in National 4-H Dairy Production awards for Holstein dairy cattle with state and national honors. Both receive U S Savings Bonds. recognition includes trips to an exposition and local club leadership roles under Extension supervision.
A small attendance of rangers met Monday at West Bath Grange. Miss Audreyson and Richard Manent-pinch led the program with songs and a piano piece. Mary Burgess performed a soft shoe, Mrs Henderson read aloud, and the evening ended with a penny match and a memory-draped charter for Major Willon R. Kimball.
Iota Sigma chapter met at Mrs. Harriet Fraser's home on Chestnut street. Elected officers: Margaret Hanscom president Harriet Fraser vice president Florence Jewell recording secretary Diamond McGuiggan corresponding secretary Marjorie Stevens treasurer. Members held alcoholic education after business. Refreshments served by a hostess and daughter Marjorie Bailey. Vote to bring 50 cent gifts for the December 21 meeting at Mrs. Hanscom's Meadowway home Christmas party.
Mr and Mrs Lawrence R Vail depart Wednesday for Cliftondale Massachusetts. Mrs Vail is identified as the former Mrs Belle fine editor of the local paper.
The Whites rally Wednesday night at Park to seize first place in the Skibo Bowling League. The team set a record with 401 in high team total 2283 overall. W McLain led the effort with 497 in a high individual score.
A fragmented sports score note shows the Bowling team posting a large tenth inning total and a high team score. The readable names hint at Haas and Honey interspersed with references to high totals and a new record.
Reading of a fragment shows a table with numbers and names. The readable text includes scores and identifiers such as 128 and 337 amid partial phrases.
Hilltop finishes with a high team total of 1407. The event includes schools such as Maine Power High School 3 Wilson's Market High and Toothaker. Scores show six polate near est two in media at wcories and Pa three strings.
Scattered text shows a team trailing by halftime 35 to 17 with a final score around 84. Names like Renee and Seth appear but are unclear. The passage lacks coherent details and full context for a precise summary.
The Rifle Club of Poe shows a shaky start as Greene Rocsaay builds a lead in the opening quarters. Individual scores feature MER ec 97 182 and a string of 70s to 99s by Hodgkins, Peterson, Hartsgrove, and Howe, with the Red Pontiacs and Pontiacs posting high team totals and event honors.
Harris Bread defeated Holland's Market 1392 to 1384 at the Arcade Ale Tuesday evening. R McDougall rolled a high 115 for the bread team.
Hyde ee Raag defeated Noreco Tuesday night at Park Alleys in the Indy league bowling. The Sox earned six league points to extend their standings in the competition.
Colonial club defeats Sage by a narrow 18 to 17 score in a tense contest. The match features a sharp four to one advantage for Colonial club on crucial plays.
Fragmentary notice from Rockland records mentions guest officers night and a Pace event at Washington Street with dealers in carcareics. No clear names or dates are readable.
Fragmentary note describes a property parcel with directions east of Emma C and boundaries to the east and south by a wall built by an unnamed party. The text is incomplete and lacks verifiable dates persons or organizations.
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