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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1959
Page
6
Forty years ago Bath records December 1919 birthday party for Irene Miller with cake ice and music. The diver Scott Tibbetts and John Levyn recount adventurous overboard trial. Mentions Bath waterfront, Miss Foote visiting East Orange and local civic news, Red Cross plans, and community events across Bath and neighboring towns.
December 3 1919 report notes Perkins Jazz and Singing Orchestra at Bridgehall Winneganee drawing a large crowd. Bould's famous Lewiston orchestra to play there next Monday night. Also a Table mishap by a North End Irish terrier who stole a deck of cards. Street scene remarks on Christmas goods in Bath and coal shortages easing in New England.
December 4 1919 Bath Maine items show Bath policemen outfitted by American Clothing Co. and electric wiring at local buildings Donahue Grosse. Six masted schooner Edward M Lawrence returns from France for repairs at Percy Small yard. War relief and whist night support a French war orphan. Coal removal at Morse High School completes after fire. Colonial club rubber match O’Hams vs Well Diggers to settle title with Captain Merrill confident. Bath housing faces postwar demand for rentals. Bath Retail Clerks elect officers. Warren Mayers to run Bath basketball team with a busy home schedule.
December 5 1919 reports rapid construction in Bath with North and South Ends seeing bungalow activity and garages signaling prosperity. Major operations include the Ralph H Dunton block nearing roofing and an addition for the Dougherty block near the city hall, with Col Harry A Shaw of the U S Army Medical Staff arriving in Bath on Thursday evening.
Dec 7 1919 Miss Sophie Mikelsky was presented a bouquet by a business associate to celebrate ten years since she opened Mikelsky's Music Store on Front Street Bath. The sisters Miss Sophie and Miss Bessie Mikelsky are now partners and the store has grown into a prosperous business in Bath.
Six scouts set out on a two day hike across the river Friday on the 2:30 trip despite a snow flurry. Each carried a blanket and two boys brought pillows to rest their heads in the Rice farm barn. Scout leader Percy Browne led the group, including David Brown.
Mr and Mrs Harry A Snow of Russell Street announce the birth of a son at Memorial hospital on Dee 8. The infant weighed five pounds six ounces and is named Leo Williams.
Mrs. Clarence C. Niss of Milwaukee Wisconsin arrived Monday to spend the Christmas holidays with her son and daughter in law Mr. and Mrs. William U Niss at 950 Middle Street.
Morse High used a stout defense and height advantage to hold off Edward Little 46 44 in a Tuesday night game at the local gym. Norcross and White led EL with 18 and 14 points while King scored 19 for Morse and Pinkham added 6. Fitzgerald sealed Morse’s win with a late deep basket as Morse opened the season with a victory and the Eddies dropped to 1 2.
King and other prominent Bath residents are listed as directors of the chamber of commerce and Bath Area United Fund. The report names multiple figures including treasurers, managers, and lodge members, noting their family ties, occupations, civic roles, and community service. Orr chaired the committee of judges tabulating ballots with members Pitman Cummings Karass and Green.
The Beacon Street Women’s Society of Christian Service held a Monday service led by Mrs. Frederick L. Niles featuring responsive readings, a Schubert meditation recording, and a program titled Mount Carmel the Mountain of Speculation. Christmas carols and Drummer Boy were sung and prayed. Committee members were named to prepare Christmas baskets for shutt-ins, and planning board reports were shared, with a next meeting set for Jan 4 and a New Year’s party planned in the church vestry.
Mrs Clarence Fullion of Me chante street is listed as a patient at Memorial hospital with no further condition or treatment details provided.
Barbara T Brewer Register of Probate notes appointments in Bath and Arrowsic estates with executors administrators and guardians named. Lelande Wakefield Annie J Wakefield Charles Weeks Horatio L. Baker Merchants National Bank of Boston Carl M P Larrabee Annie S Bonney Albert Bonney and Barbara Brewer oversee bonds and qualifications with dates in 1949 1959.
Sandra Moore arrived home Tuesday afternoon from Bath Memorial hospital where she was a surgical patient. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John Moore of 42 rear High street.
In Bath Sagadahoc Probate Court on the first Tuesday of December 1959 notices are ordered for all interested parties. The matter includes appointment of Randall Hearr or another suitable person as Administrator for Califivaldo C Cresey estate, letters testamentary to Thomas J McDonald, and various petitions for sale of real estate, final accounts, and trustees for Brenda F Hill, Inez T Rothwell, and other estates. The order directs publication in Bath Independent for three weeks and a hearing on January next at ten.
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