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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1949
Page
2
The Barn Soerempent lists publication details for The Times Company Bath Maine with pricing: one year in advance $2.00 six months $1.00 and yearly subscription $3. Includes office at Front Street Bath and post office circulation notice.
The piece urges Bath residents to spend locally to support merchants facing unemployment and rising costs. It argues that buying from local shops preserves jobs, lowers hardship during a lean period, and builds a cooperative community as employment increases in spring.
Preparations are complete for a nationwide fire safety inspection of more than 6,000 hospitals by 1700 engineers under the National Board of Fire Underwriters. Meetings across the country will train inspectors as surveys of construction power exits alarms drills and housekeeping begin to prevent another ghastly hospital disaster.
Harrie B Coe of Cape Elizabeth died leaving many Maine friends in mourning. He earlier worked at Maine Central Railroad and was a friend of Fred D Hill of Bath. Coe later headed the Maine Publicity Bureau from its founding until a few years ago.
A veteran reformer Harrie B. Coe is praised for public service to Maine while critics question more government money for higher education. The piece urges support for locally funded schools and notes ongoing debate over education funding amid calls to boost youth development. The Agriculture Department seeks offers for roughly 1000 tons of dried prunes from Oregon or Washington for school lunch programs, with immediate submissions requested.
Postmaster Edward N. Hart opens the Yuletide season with a full annual appeal for early mailing of Christmas greeting cards and gift packages. He warns of a Christmas mail deluge and cites the 1948 record of 600,000 cancelled pieces.
Elmer Blaisdell of Bath was found guilty of larceny of a radio and fined 25 dollars plus 9.82 in costs or 60 days in Kennebec county jail. A Bath man was convicted of intoxication and fined 10 dollars plus 6.95 in costs or 30 days in jail. Ralph Woodman of Bath was fined 10 dollars plus 6.50 in costs for disturbing his family, with 15 days in county jail in lieu of payment.
Sergeant First Class Kenneth R. Judkins, formerly with the Maine Employment Security Commission, re enlisted in 1949 and is assigned to Bath, will assume command after MSgt Morin leaves.
State law requires emergency lighting in public dance venues and Morse High School gymnasium and Huse school gymnasium have been equipped. The Board of Education adds lights in the high school auditorium as a safety measure. There is a double light in the high school gym, one in the main corridor, one in the auditorium, and single units at several exits.
The article notes Philadelphia served as the United States capital during a ten year span from 1790 through 1800. It highlights the city’s central role in early American government and national affairs.
J William Schulze vice president of Bath Iron Works and recent patient writes to Archibald Main praising Bath Memorial Hospital. He recounts emergency operation conducted by Dr Harry M Wilson and lauds Bath medical staff and nurses, noting how the local hospital saved him rather than requiring transfer to Lewiston or Portland.
Hyde Park Terrace features Brownie Troop 5 and Girl Scout Troop 5 gatherings in the Community hall with games, a short play, and Christmas planning. Several residents attend events and hospital visits, with local families greeting relatives and attending services and a funeral in Brunswick.
The Cumberland County Probate Court in Portland hears continuing challenges to Ora E. Reed's 1949 will. Doctors describe her as suffering manic depressive insanity, while witnesses recount her aunt Rachel Dunning’s 1916 bequest and the staggered split among grand nieces and nephews. Local heirs Marjorie Maxwell Bond and Charles Gilman Maxwell are named in the will.
A Salvation Army worker records a boy named Peter asking for a Christmas basket to feed his mother and four siblings after his father left. The appeal urges public support by December 19 to allow local families to receive food and toys, with volunteers coordinating packing and distribution.
Mrs. Elizabeth Brewster is convalescing at her home in East Brunswick following illness. She is reported resting comfortably and receives steady medical supervision as she recovers.
Morse High basketball team can use the Maine State Armory for practice at $2 per week after letters from the Adjutant General's office clarified the new state rule. Earlier estimates of $10 per week were revised to pro rated pricing, enabling once weekly use amid crowded Morse gym conditions.
An attempted holdup at Pop's Place on Middle Street failed when a customer arrived as a robber demanded cash from Louis Virgie. The suspect fled in a car. description noted and police follow definite leads with a car match on the getaway vehicle.
Plans to redecorate and re plaster the interior of the historic old First Parish church in Brunswick interest many. The church has hosted Bowdoin commencements for 144 years and produced figures in literature and statesmanship. Harriet Beecher Stowe found inspiration here for abolitionist work and Longfellow wrotelofty lines from its platform.
Mr and Mrs Edward Gau dreau Jr and their children of Portland are visiting Mr and Mrs Edward L Gau dreau on Washington Street for the weekend.
The monthly probate session lists wills presented for executors and administrators, administrations granted and filed, inventories and accounts approved, naming multiple individuals and estates across Bath Topsham Richmond Georgetown and Cape Elizabeth. Key figures include executors and administrators such as Walter A. Furbish, Ruth M. Watson, Bleike S. Reed, Evelyn M. Sutherland, and others with various counties and cities referenced.
Guardian Allan Spear files third and final account for the estate of Charles M. Bigelow of Georgetown. Fiduciary Trust Company serves as trustee for Edward P. Nagle estate. Isabel LaChaise, guardian, files seventh account for her ward.
School officials note rising elementary enrollments in Bath as vacant housing grows. Dec 1 total is 1821 pupils, up from 1814 on Nov 1 and 1808 on Oct 1, with 39 more than December last year. High school enrollment is 697, down 11 from Oct 1 but below normal for the season.
Councilman Stanley R. Hunt er Ward 5 denies rumors he will run for Sagadahoc County commissioner in the June primaries next year. He says no current plan to seek that office and is weighing reelection in the February 13 municipal election, with no definite decision yet.
Mr and Mrs Everett G Le Mont of High Street and Mrs Otis N E Card of North Street attended the Maine grange session in Portland on Thursday.
Bath reports higher welfare loads with 79 total cases in November, covering 56 families and 23 single persons or 276 individuals. City cases reach 53 representing 181 people, up from October. Merrill cites jobless benefits exhaustion and expects further increases toward April 1, with 181 on city rolls now and more anticipated by year’s end.
Chief of Police Frank L. Moriarty received a personal letter from Governor Frederick G. Payne congratulating him on his election as vice president of the Maine Police Chief's Association. The governor said the association can coordinate Maine law enforcement for better interagency cooperation statewide.
Engine 4 rushed to the apartment above the former Window Shade Shop on Broad Street Friday afternoon as smoke filled the rooms. Firemen found no fire and suspect the smoke originated from a kitchen ventilator in a ground floor restaurant.
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