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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1946
Page
4
Voters anticipated a new process as the Australian ballot makes its first district appearance. Road commissioner candidates Bowker and Moore seek the post, both former holders. Local selectmen work on records amid long wait for warrants and notices. coastal events and personal items fill a winter page.
Fragment discusses Charles E Hewitt with Bath Iron account absence and travel issues. It mentions Britain and Australia with incomplete context about road work and geographic facts, reflecting a garbled historical newspaper OCR segment.
At noon a covered dish menu featured chicken pie ble salad rolls and pies. A talk on insulation followed with plans to remodel old homes and build new ones in Bath. The penny sale realized funds and the next meeting is February 20 on Table Service with several named stewards.
The Parker Head P T A met with Mrs. Bob Moore. A Good Conduct Contest prize will be awarded. School closes for two weeks Friday and reopens February 26. Mrs. Turner McCarthy hosts a gathering. Brown, Leston, and Mrs Marvington assist. Members visit Parker Head. business topics discussed.
Mrs Ellen J Oliver Buell 186 widow of Fred A Buell of Waltham Mass died last week in Waltham hospital after several months illness. She was born March 16 1859 in Popham Beach and lived in Waltham the past 61 years. Survived by two daughters Mrs Alfred P Viscounte and Mrs Stanford A Guthrie a brother Lyman Oliver and several nieces and nephews. Funeral at Wentworth chapel with Rev George Allison Butters officiating. Interment Mt Feake Cemetery. Ernest Oliver nephew attended. First Selectman Raymond Wyman promised a town meeting to fund repair of Atkins Bay dike. He sought signatures for his nomination.
A candidate from the Winnegance section seeks reelection as second selectman while a substitute carrier position is cited. Fort Point house windows boarded after vacancy, several break-ins noted.clam prices rise to 12 dollars a barrel amid cold tides. Popham school closes Friday for two week midwinter vacation. Personal items list travels and visits of local residents including Sprague, Barnes, McLaughlin and others with multiple short mentions of movements and transfers in the area.
Miss Barbara Danforth pursues studies at Brook Junior College after a weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs De Danforth on High Street. Pervical Black arrives in New York from St Augustine visiting relatives including Mrs Safford of Rochester NH before heading to Florida. he plans to return to visit his mother Mrs Beatrice Black Grove Street before leaving March 1 for Ann Arbor Michigan to enter law school.
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