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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1959
Page
6
A hay wagon overturned on Middle Street between Oak and North halting streetcars. Two men attempted to reload the hayrack while the delay persisted. Local notes cover fox hunting, theatre, basketball, smelt season, a Majestic model display, and various club officer elections.
Dec 17 1919 Bath vote at special meeting to move the winning handtub Senator Paxter from White street stables on Water street to new association quarters on Summer street extension. Upper floor to be used for meetings and social events. Negotiations for two stoves to heat both floors. Baxter kept in A-1 condition for urgent city fires. Mr and Mrs Henry Jordan return from Hallowell trip. Upstairs and Down performed at Bath Opera House by Chicago Stock company with strong review.
December 18 1919 reports astonishment as prophecy of planetary alignment failed to trigger cataclysm. Severe cold grips towns with Bowery street at twelve below and New Meadows river freezing over. Local notes cover schoolhouse projects, Coast Guard rescue, Bath boxing revival, and river ice extension.
Two cars of soft coal arrived Tuesday from Portland for the Gibbons coal company and replenished the bunkers of the tug Keystone. The Chicago Stock Company’s popularity in Bath was evident as the cozy Opera House was crowded both matinee and evening for The Brat by Maude Fulton.
December 19 1919 Bath notes describe a near drift ice season from Bath to the sea and a church program where Dr Gray will read Dickens The Christmas Carol at First Universalist with hymn singing. The piece covers trains late due to cold, boots from a retired seaman, limited dances, booming toy trade, a proposal to place a small American flag on every Christmas tree, a 1795 silver dollar kept by Mrs Perkins, local hunting and fishing news including pheasants, shiners and smelts, and several Bath residents traveling or visiting relatives for the holidays.
Mrs Jennie Hewey Stark holds a 1776 dated silver dollar longer preserved than Sheriff Wilbur Oliver’s and Mrs Frank Perkins’s, passed down from her grandfather James Stover of Harpswell. The piece is in excellent condition and highlights local history amid holiday notes.
Walter S. Austin leaves Sun day for a two weeks vacation at his home in Three Rivers Michigan. Frank Edgecomb is the first fisherman on the ice at Whiskeay creek to make regular shipments of smelts to the Boston and New York markets. Others have put their camps on the ice but Mr.
December 22 1919 Bath prepares to open the Dike school a model institution honoring a long prominent Bath school figure Rev Samuel F Dike credited with Bath leading the nation in free textbook provision The city faces ongoing housing and rental pressures as postwar growth continues Rail service restores winter schedule aiding Rockland Bath routes Morse High faces Freeport High in Friday game Lewiston High not on schedule YMCA talks with Osaka official George Gleason Gar women prepare for officers election at Tuesday meeting Roanoke renamed new steel bulk oil carrier built for Texas Steamship to launch January 3.
Morse jumps to a 35-21 halftime edge behind King and Legard after Bud Pinkham and Wayne Fitzgerald help the Shipbuilders build a 13-8 first period. South Portland battles back late, but Morse finishes strong led by King Legard and Murphy, while Heal and McGouldrick top the visitors in a TV-era style district clash.
Dearborn seeks election to public office in Bath as part of a nine candidate slate for seven posts. He is a longtime Hyde Windlass Co. worker, a former PTA member, and North Bath resident with a family background in Morse High and Wentworth Institute. Local vote set for February with a potential Urban Renewal Authority referendum.
Willard Pinkham of Damari scotta, Third District Commander, Maine American Legion, spoke at the Smith Tobey Post meeting. He displayed a trophy for the post with the highest member- ship percentage by June state convention time and urged efforts to boost enrollment. The Legion plans vaccination outreach for polio prevention.
Morse High School was granted continuing membership in the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Principal Raymond W. Farnham announced Friday after the Boston session Dec. 4. The school must undergo evaluation every 10 years under the revised accreditation rules and plans include expanding the library and girls showers, adding a health class and a clinic room to meet state accreditation standards by July 1960.
The Nazarene Sunday School held a Christmas pageant directed by Mrs. Keith Harriott and others featuring carols, recitations, and a pageant with Mary Joseph shepherds wise men and angels. Children and readers performed under supervision while visitors Mrs H D Littlefield joined Newport relatives for holidays.
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc advertises hearings on the estates of deceased residents and appoints executors or administrators. Notices include Evelyn M Crocker executrix, Phyllis M Young administratrix potential, and trustees from Portland National Bank for multiple estates. Final accounts by Harriet P Lewis and John R Newell, and others, with Harold J. Rubin as Judge of Probate and Barbara L. Brewer as Register.
Barbara L. Brewer registers probate for Sagadahoc County certifying that Annie J Wakefield of Bath was appointed Administratrix November 22 1959 and qualified by bond. Christine C Summerton appointed Guardian November 23 1959 and qualified by bond. Horatio L Baker late of Arrowsic appointed Executor December 1 1959 and bonded. Annie S Bonney of Bath and Albert L Bonney appointed Guardian December 1 1959 and bonded. Merchants National Bank of Boston appointed Executor December 1 1959 and bonded. Carl M P Larrabee appointed Agent in Maine.
Bath Junior High eighth grade classes cancelled their Christmas party to fund outfits and toys for Lloyd and Eddie. CAR and two members delivered gifts earlier this week, bringing joy and a merry Christmas to the two boys and visible happiness to their families.
Firemen argue 81.90 a week for 78 hours equals about 4 above the state AG minimum. They favor bargaining for hours and propose adding at least one more man to shorten the work week and improve time off for family life to keep Bath competitive with other communities for first class fire fighting.
Washington Primary pupils presented a Christmas program for parents featuring Christmas music choral readings and a short original musical play. Second graders under Mrs. Catherine Miller sang and read, while first graders under Mrs. Emma B. Cummings performed the musical play How We Caught Santa.
Barbara L. Brewer Register records orders for Sagadahoc estates naming George A Alterton of Bowdoinham deceased and Orville Ranger appointed Administrator December 8 1959 with bond filed same day Flossie B De Metre of Bath Elizabeth Hyman appointed Guardian December 8 1959 and bound to the same date
A Bath probate session on the first Tuesday of December and a subsequent January hearing consider appointments and filings. Petitions include Randolph Harr as administrator for C. Cresey and letters testamentary to Thomas J. McDonald, with various executorships, guardianships, and trustee appointments across Bath Georgetown Phippsburg and Woolwich.
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