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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1939
Page
4
A Bath newspaper page lists engagements including Martha Cutting to Francis Bertrand. It covers weddings not yet set, local club meetings, visits by Bath residents to Boston and New York, travel to New England shows, illness rounds, and social gatherings among Bath families and guests.
Mrs Rodney E Ross entertained with a luncheon at her High street home Wednesday for Mrs Roger McCall. In the afternoon there were four tables of contract. Prizes were given to Mrs Ralph G Stetson Mrs Charles H Cahill Mrs MecCall and Miss Anne Kimball.
Miss Katharine V. Marr RN, a 1938 Augusta General Hospital graduate, visits her mother Mrs. Luke Marr on Upper Washington Street then departs Sunday for New Haven Conn to take a position with the New Haven Hospital affiliated with Yale Medical School. Mrs Elmer Rogers of High Street remains bedbound. Sewing Circle at First Baptist met with Mrs Charles Chapman on Middle Street to sew for the next sale and plan an all day quilting session with Mrs Charles Sims at the parsonage on North Street. a covered dish dinner will follow. Raymond Trott of Providence RI visits his mother Mrs Joseph M Trott on High Street.
Mrs Roscoe P McFadden and Mrs Leroy F Colby attended Pine Tree Society for Crippled Children and Maine Women's Legislative Council meetings in Augusta. Richard D Cushman visited Bath. several locals noted at events, visits, and a birth in Fryeburg. Mrs Clinton Davis hosts a World’s Fair committee coffee luncheon in Portland. Bath committee named. William Mussenden family visit noted.
A Bath shipyard worker proposes an Old Home Week for the City of Ships featuring a twin destroyer launch as a highlight. He imagines the 1500-ton Sims and Hughes launching within 10 days of each other, 12 miles apart, echoing Bath history and the 50th anniversary of Bath Iron Works.
A writer exhorts Bath leaders to capitalize on local information sources and organize a spring public show by the Bath Retail Merchants Association, suggesting larger cities would value such an event for business gains. The note praises local potential and urges investigation into a promotional project for city merchants.
The writer pressed the party for details about the helper and was told the person had been around a bit. The response provided no clear identification beyond prior familiarity.
A Bath newspaper excerpt argues Bath and Bath Iron Works are inseparable and urges merchants to unite for a surge in business. The piece highlights two destroyers slated to go overboard in April to celebrate the industry, urging collective effort to boost the city’s fortunes.
The writer hears a shipfitter’s tip about launching two destroyers in April but finds it questionable. W Starling Burgess predicts aluminum alloy hulls may soon replace steel, citing the Alumette test and Burgess’s history designing America's Cup defenders.
The plant buzzes with ward 7 council and mayor bids. William H. Daley foreman in acetylene burning seeks Democratic council seat alongside John M. Conley Jr from time office. Frank Dunton of time office may run Republican. Robert H. Haskell foreman of laying out department announces mayor bid with strong backing and possible cross party tickets.
The Iron Works received two 1500-ton destroyers named U. S. 8 Livermore and Eberle. Rumor says Livermore’s name was changed from a prior designation due to a namesake linked to a recent New York spy trial conviction, though this is likely unfounded.
Harry B Briggs Jr returns from a New York trip while James Jenkins takes a two week vacation including time in New York. Henry Sarkis is ill at home and Herbert Henderson leaves for the Boston Navy Yard. Herby Weeks drums at the May fair and rooms with Gove, Boston gum rep. Dave Mullin spent the weekend in the White Mountains. Willis Crosby, 71 Academy Street, welcomed by burners. Paul Sherman from Wiscasset joins planning and production. Eddie Gallant to box Friday at Lewiston City Hall for Junior Chamber. Georgie Paulin, a former boxing standout, works with Carroll Watson.
Former Bath Iron Works employees now at Boston Navy yard include Stephen Bracey Jr and George Burns with others listed as welders shipfitters and a Phippsburg resident. Rumford Winter Carnival attendees span shipfitters blueprinter and hull drawing crew. Local updates mention a 500 by 200 foot skating surface at Goddard pond thanks to Joe Vachon. A Woolwich geese sighting and ward 3 Republican council nomination bids by William Greene and Alfred Parks Jr are noted.
The Office bowling team defeated the naval inspectors by 57 pins in a five-string match at Arcade alleys. Sam Rogers rolled 500 and Clarence Eaton 475 for the winners, while Herby Lowell led the inspectors with 468.
A farmer at Jefferson notes Hartwell Jones raises a five legged calf. The description references unusual hind limbs and joint anomalies, with unclear rest of text mentioning aquas and ankle joints.
A writer recalls an interview with two Hes sian soldiers and highlights Hyde Windlass Co s varied output from 40 000 pound propellers to repair work Their uniforms and swords are reproductions valued as fireplace adornments Eddie Ferris suffers a foot injury Dick Cahill fills in Syd Knights assures cigars for lathe crew and a possible wedding trip is hinted with a midweek return to work
Local notes reveal the engagement of William Paisley Jr a lathe operator to Priscilla Libby an employee at J J Newberry The couple reportedly consented to the publication after confirmation from Libby and the newsroom confirms the scoop with congratulations from the department.
The piece reports on suitors delaying matrimony plans with Dick Jenkins as bachelors joke about romance. It notes Chet Clements falling in a grocery display and blaming Harold Safford. It also covers Eddie Ramsay and Murray debating dates and venues for a bowling match and Army rifle team reorganization after Armory opening, naming several players.
City notes include the Bath police plea against double parking by Daniel A. DiBise of Portland, a tax loan negotiation with Lincoln R. Young of Hartford, voter list postings, and upcoming registration meetings. Lighthouse improvements at Cuckolds light add power. a cat on a Kennebec buoy becomes an empty can story. Community meetings span Dyer Flaherty posts, lodge events, and armory dances with military drill.
Eddie Ramsay heads to the Chicago Motorboat Show opening the 26th at Navy Pier. Hyde Windlass trims letters for a smaller display and showcases ready made propeller shafts from half an inch to two inches, plus straightening service and damaged shaft repairs.
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