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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1940
Page
3
The city faces dangerous winter parking on Washington Street with snow piled high and cars lining the curb leaving minimal passing space. Pedestrians and workers leaving industrial plants heighten risk as ice and congestion persist. The writer urges strict enforcement and snow removal before parking resumes.
Sagadahoc county residents buy Christmas Seals to fund health education and early diagnosis. School Health Education Director assists Maine Public Health Association with chest X rays funded by seal sales. Girl Scouts of Bath plan a post office booth selling seals and related items to boost the fund for 1941 efforts.
Bath police towed cars left on streets overnight as storm plowing requires clear lanes. Ordinance enforcement will continue to prevent obstructed roads and stalled operations. Commuters note issues with neighboring Phippsburg authorities over response during snow events.
The section of highway from Phippsburg through Winnegange has not been sanded this season. Despite good plowing, the sand man is absent and heavy traffic continues, driven by Bath Iron Works workers on day and night shifts.
Mary L. Robinson of Brunswick was honored with a surprise shower at 320 Washington Street in her honor on New Year’s Eve. Guests included Mrs. Balecom, Mrs. Jewell, Miss Smith, Miss Wright, Miss Eaton, and others as planning continues for the couple’s home wedding with Carl L. Robinson’s daughter and Fred King’s son. A second shower followed at 61 Academy Street with cakes and cream puffs as cherished friends gathered.
Dr Carl J Hambro President of the Norwegian Parliament spoke on What Happened in Norway at a Rotary Anns luncheon at Hotel Sedgwick. A silver offering of 7 was received for Norwegian Relief Inc and Rev Joseph Purdue introduced him.
The Christmas sale of St. Mary's guild of Grace church drew a large afternoon crowd and over 100 meals were served at supper. Proceeds benefit the Grace church pledge. Booths looked festive with decorator greens and a poinsettia and fern Sardiniere donated by Kennebee.
The Carriers' Auxiliary of the National Association of Letter Carriers elected Mrs. Harold E. Hodgkins president at a meeting held last Wednesday at 713 Washington Street. Other officers include Mrs. Dwinal M. Cornish as vice president and Mrs. John W. Gillespie as secretary.
A staunch ice boom was strung Thursday to guard vessels tied at the Iron Works wharf. The boom runs from the old Maine Central carboat slip to the wharf’s south end, with a new addition near completion that will allow two destroyers to berth end-on-end, though extending beyond the wharf. Currently the destroyer Ludlow and yacht Aletes occupy the dock.
The passenger steamboat Virginia, long on the Kennebec and later on the Bath to Boothbay Harbor route, was sold this week by Samoset Steamboat Co. to Bernstein & Jacobson and towed from Boothbay Harbor to Portland. Ultimate disposition remains unannounced. The vessel, built in Bath and designed for ice contact in winter, served various lines from 1910 until 1940 and measures 66.3 feet by 18.5 feet with a 6.3 foot draft under Capt. Walter E. Farmer in Samoset service.
Bath Girl Scout Council convened with deputy commissioner Mrs. Arthur Sewall at Stonehouse. Reports included camp committee news and a Portland trip with several members. New senior troop led by Patricia Hamilton. Mitchell school hosts Scout meeting space. two south end troops now meet there.
City Council approved the standard order for selling identification cards to grant bridge toll exemption. Cards cost 50 cents, with revenue split sending half of excise taxes to the State Highway Commission. City Clerk Gilmore reported 3,990 tickets issued in 11 months, net cash $1,985.50 after $9.50 credit for 19 lost tickets. Of issued cards, 2,172 were for car owners and 1,818 for passengers, up slightly from 1939.
Howard Conant Larrabee of 7 Liberty Street and Albert Henry Howes of North Bath volunteered for a year of Selective Service on Saturday morning. They will join the group sent to camp early in January to begin their service. Private Carl Erlebach, one of the first two sent by the Selective Service Board on November 18 and now at Fort Devens, has a new address with Company F of the 26th Infantry.
Mrs Clara Davis Bridgman a South Africa missionary and social worker spoke at Winter Street Ladies Aid in this city. She shared 43 years of service since marriage to Dr Bridgman and noted her husband’s death 14 years ago. The meeting announced a University of Maine Glee Club concert January 12 at 7 30 for the carpet fund. Approximately 50 attended.
Bath motorists faced towing of their vehicles from in front of homes as snowplows cleared streets. City officials warned that improper parking violates ordinance and may lead to towing and court action. The Highway department reported trouble on Dummer and Oak streets.
Transfers recorded in Sagadahoe Registry of Deeds show Bath leads with nearly half the entries. The batch covers sales of land and buildings on Oak Street Snow Park Meadow Way Middle Street Beacon Street Western Avenue and more including Bath Bowdoinham Topsham Georgetown Phippsburg Richmond Woolwich and other towns. Several residents relocate properties while a few plan winter relocations to Massachusetts.
The West Bath Farm Bureau women met at Mrs. Oscar S. Adams home to discuss a Christmas cakes and cookies program. Mrs. Loring Small led the session in Mrs. John Bryant’s absence, with plans for a Jan. 10 joint session with men at West Bath grange and guest speakers from the county and home demonstration services.
John C. Fitzgerald of Portland, Maine, a W P A administrator and Bath native, is named as a possible successor to James G. Wallace, Bangor city manager. Fleming opposed Wallace and a three vote majority against Wallace’s administration has emerged. The Bangor Commercial notes Fitzgerald's marriage tie to Councillor Louis Fleming, while the Bangor News denies a foundation for the report and says the electorate should let the council decide.
Admiral Charles F Hughes ship No 29 presided as Bath's Navy Club held its annual election in G A R hall naming Gardiner D. Rogers as commandant for 1941. Other officers include DeWitt Buffkin and Harry C Stone. Retiring Commandant Floyd H Preble to install officers Jan 12.
Pauline Dudley 17 of Mapleton Aroostook county was Maine’s outstanding 4-H’er in canning. She canned 1124 quarts earned 594 dollars from projects and won 13 awards including two county titles and three blue ribbons at the Northern Maine Fair. She competed in the national finals for five Kerr Glass scholarships and all expense trips to Chicago.
Bath Boy Scouts will not hold Friday evening swimming meetings at Bowdoin pool until college authorities lift the restriction that bars most outside groups from using the facility. The pool has aided many Scouts in swimming and earning First Class and Merit badges, and the writer hopes access will be restored soon.
A reader friendly list of across and down clues covering common words from lie to or. Clues include A lie Go astray Fatal Require Frozen President of Confederate state Employs Apportion Likely Draw of a bird Corroded Sun god Set of bell Prima donna Male beverage Male sheep Final Greek letter Stern Postpones Music note Shelter Insect Type measures Avenues abbr. Blemish Titles of respect Moham mad judges Jump over Son of Adam Arid Norse god Part of to be Reposes Disturbance or Exclamation DOWN: Kind of lace Flower Piece of furniture Conclude Bevel out Disclose Disturbance 1or
Free Will Workers of Corliss Street church formed a committee at their monthly meeting to oversee a New Year’s supper on January 1 in the vestry with tea sandwiches and cookies. A New Year’s tree will accompany the event. Co-hostess was Mrs. May.
Leonard P. Litchfield of Bath moves to San Francisco to become a testing engineer with Union Iron Works Bethlehem Steel shipbuilding division. He is a Morse High School and University of Maine mechanical engineering graduate and Naval Reserve officer. He is joined by Marshall Allen, formerly of Bath Iron Works, as his counterpart, and Allen is related to Port Captain William S. Blair.
Winter Street Ladies' Aid held a Christmas sale and supper in the church with over 200 served. Mrs. Arthur C. Lemont presided as general chairman and Miss Alice E. Varney acted as treasurer and cashier.
A new book from Coward McCann titled Anchor to Windward by Edwin Valentine Mitchell covers the Maine seacoast from Kittery to Calais. It recounts the author’s winter voyage aboard the Sunbeam and his mission boat trip with Rev Neal Dow Bousfield, including Bar Harbor and the Mission House founded by the MacDonalds.
After an all day hearing Judge Gardiner Deering found John Doyle of West Bath guilty of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence. He was fined 100 dollars with 19.35 dollars costs and may appeal to Sagadahoc Superior Court. State trooper Harry L. Thompson arrested Doyle after a November crash on the Woolwich Arrowsic bridge involving Roy S. Lawrence of Bath.
Two Bath men were fined 300 dollars each in municipal court by Judge Gardiner R. Deering on gambling charges involving a lottery. They did not appear in court. pleas were entered by their lawyers former Judge John J. Keegan and Edward W. Bridgham. Officials said steps would be taken to round up agents in Maine communities connected to the lottery. Mr and Mrs Raphael McAvoy and daughter Teressa Ann of Kittery returned after visiting Mrs McAvoy's grandparents on Washington Street.
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