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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1954
Page
6
A Bath industrial development meeting is set for Monday at City Hall to report a pledged fund around $5,000 and discuss future actions. Other items include a runaway crash on Front Street, local births and jobs news, social events, and regional commerce notes.
Thursday February 11 1914 Capt James Perkins of the steamer Virginia of the Popham line skillfully carved a channel through fields of ice this morning and brought his craft to the city after a two hour delay He broke up miles of ice near Pippirg and Georgetown and faced ridges that slowed progress Landing several passengers bound for the 10 20 train at Marge's Cove they arrived in time for their connection despite the obstructed routes.
Morse High School basketball team beat Idna Little High 27 to 24 in Auburn yesterday. The contest echoed old polo rivalries, and Androscoggin sports attitudes leaned toward the Morse win.
Feb 12 1914 Hon A W Shaw Capt S R Percy and President J R Andrews of Hyde Windless Co go to Kineo Maine for a week outing. Included are Dr H Wilson of Brunswick Hon William Pennell Hon S D Plummer and Charles Fallano Portland. Percy & Small report their schooner Dustin G Cressey was towed to Provincetown by the Acushnet after near wreck in Cane Cod gale. The auto muffler debate and local politics are touched. Roscoe H Shaw elected Morse High football manager.
A Bath social highlight attracted about 250 representative families despite a fierce blizzard. Hon Harold Marsh Sewall hosted Emi lio and Mme James de Gogorza from four to six with open sleighs and record hackman business. The event reflected old Shipping City society and drew strong attention from New England.
The 1914 report notes the American Ice Company’s decline on the Concord? and suggests a calm summer for ice shipping. It praises Bath street clearing after an unusual storm, with Moses Rowe the Bath-Five Islands mail carrier calling Saturday the dreariest of his 18 years.
A Bath meeting in City Hall solidified plans to promote industrial growth, increased donations to the fund, and formed a subscriber group into a corporation. The gathering drew local citizens, with a threefold outcome: renewed industrial focus, substantial fund additions, and official incorporation of the subscribers. Nearby, a road team cleared snow on Front and Center streets, and Em**ilio and Mme. de Gogorza visited Bath’s historic homes, while Fred A. Prescott Jr. joined New Method Laundry as head of the shirt ironing department.
Mrs A Lincoln Anderson and other Bath societies will collect unreturned rummage at the parish house Friday night or Saturday morning. An activities committee led by Mrs John Grindell and Mrs J Haviland Torrey will coordinate duties with several hostesses and a Standard Oil Company film program featuring Bermuda Bound and North Carolina. The next meeting is March 1 with a holiday break this week.
Worthy Advisor Waneta Estes announced her first meeting for Rainbow Assembly for Girls on February 12. She named committees Finance with Mrs Burleigh McKay Jane Homan Frances Warner and Judy Boyce sick with Mrs Bert Lonn Priscilla Marble Pa Tritts Mr Robinson. Jeanne Soule as committee member. Mother Advisor Mrs Evelyn Morse created Ways and Means with Joan Hawkes Anna Lonn Donna Guynn Claudia Carter planning committee Vaneta Estes Margie Hanscom Jeanne Soule Caro Henderson and Dawn White. Petitions of Janice Harriman and Geraldine Bowser were read and referred to the investigating committee with Mrs Viga Dawn White Judy.
Ayer and Lucy Lee Smith are named amid balloting on nine candidates. At the next meeting scheduled March 3 the Assembly will initiate 17 candidates. Past Worthy Advisor Callie McKay presented Junior Past Worthy Advisor Rena Legard with the Past Worthy Advisor pin at the last installation ceremony.
Iota Sigma met Monday evening with Mrs Harriet Fraser at 66 Oak Street, 12 members present. Members voted five cents late for not wearing pins. Next meeting March 1 with Mrs Edward McGuiggan at 69 Middle Street, program on the Francis Willard Memorial. Priscilla Thayer led the evening, swap party added to treasury. Quiz by Mrs Thayer followed, refreshments served.
The Bath Business and Professional Women's Club held a supper meeting at Sedgwick Hall on Tuesday at 6 30 pm with a baked ham menu and 25 places set. President Mrs Rowena Marsh announced committees for March 16 when Mrs Etta Thurlow will lead the Public Affairs program. State Highway Patrol Trooper Herman Boudreau spoke on Health and Safety emphasizing Education Enforcement and Engineering and cautioned pedestrians and drivers. A film showed a celebratory youth who drinks and drives ending in tragedy, underscoring the warnings. The program and supper committees were led by Mrs Rosanna McFadden with Mrs Mildred Havan Mrs Irene Bates Mrs Esther Perry and Mrs Christine Summerton.
Mrs. Elsie Harford of 12 Green Street announces the engagement of her daughter Winona Varney to Alfred Rollins, son of Mr and Mrs Clifford Rollins of Brunswick. No wedding date has been set.
Court orders publication of notices for probate actions in Bath Independent. Estates listed include Royal A Johnson Henrietta Reed McKay Carlos C Parington Clara L Steward. Hearings set for March with executors James A McKay Gladys E Johnson Edward W Coombs and Joseph F Steward. Judge Arthur J. Dunton issues orders.
West Bath Grange hosted a Valentine themed meeting with festive decor and a lively minstrel show planned for Friday at eight. The night featured tableaux, readings, and songs focused on valentines, with Washington and Lincoln birthday observances planned for next week and refreshments served to conclude the program.
Public notice lists estates including Elizabeth Alton of Kingston New Hampshire and Adella J Morey of Phippsburg Maine. Executors Arthur E Alton and Bessie L Sprague seek probate, licenses to sell real estate, and final accounts. guardian Joseph A Young and administrator Carl E Albee appear with petitions for licenses to sell. Proceedings set for first Tuesday in March at Bath Probate Court with hearings and objections. Prospective heirs and creditors urged to appear.
Several members of St Phil s church are planning to attend the men s Washington s Birthday Corporate Communion and breakfast at Grace church in Bath Monday morning. Mrs Ella Erskine, Worthy patron of Garrison Hill Chapel, was among those present at Yenesta Chapter s Associate Mo ons Night observance in Bath last week.
Richard Moses, 25, of Lisbon, pleaded guilty to speeding 40 miles per hour in a 25 mph zone on Route 201 at Ops ham. He paid a $10 fine and $7.10 in costs in Wednesday Municipal Court before Judge Gardiner R. Deer.
Constance R Luce of Brunswick Maine defaulted on a June 26 mortgage to First National Bank of Brunswick. The security is a 50 acre Bowdoinham land parcel known as the James Pimpson Homestead Oakledge with easements from the Mary T Richardson deed. breach cited and action filed in Sagadahoc County on February 17.
Constance R Luce and Louisa F Putnam heirs confront foreclosure as the First National Bank of Brunswick files preclosure actions in Sagadahoc County Maine. The disputed property, a 50 acre Bowdoinham tract known as James Sampson homestead Oakledge, ties to multiple deeds and easements dating back to 1920 and 1944.
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