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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1938
Page
7
Forty years ago in Bath reports the Maine battleship disaster at Havana dominates talk, with local crewmen among the names. Bath residents note steamer events, weather, sleighing, social clubs, lodge meetings, marriages, and civic affairs across multiple days in February 1898.
Flags at half mast honor victims of the battleship Maine explosion. An electric road hearing is set before the Mayor and Board of Aldermen. Surveyors map a Maine Central railway extension to the riverfront. No word from Washington on torpedo boat work. A city party attends a Portland song recital by Miss Ethel Hyde and Francis Rogers. Republicans have yet to choose a mayoral candidate.
Allie Jewett's Old Golds topped the Colonial Club standings with six points in the Thursday event. Dud Leavitt's Murads also gained six to stay 1 1/2 points back. Harry MacDonald's Kools earned five to take third, while Horace Morse's Lucky Strikes slipped to fourth with one. Dick Hersom's Spuds tied Don Jewett's Camels for fourth with five points. Old Golds star Herby Henderson led with 335 total, a 122 string, followed by Francis Parry 314, John Levyn 211, Don Ring 302, and Dud Leavitt 300.
Morse juniors fell 20 to 19 to the Lawrence yearlings of Fairfield in a junior varsity game at Winslow high. Morse led only briefly and relied on King's late free throws while Frankie Hinds and Ellison Estes each scored six points. The score at 7-6, 13-9, and 17-16 shows a tight contest with Morse unable to sustain offense.
In a dramatic 36 33 victory before about 1100 fans Morse High defeated Cheverus of Portland. Morse rallied in the final minutes behind 11 of 11 free throws by Jungle Jim McQuarrie and 6 of 7 by George Perry to claim the upset. Eddie Brown and Georgie Sarkis provided key moments as Morse survived a rough, closely watched game officiated by Brewe r and McCall.
Morse High defeats Deering 30 28 in overtime at the Exposition Building before 1 000 fans for a second straight win after beating Cheverus 36 33. Georgie Sarkis to Eddie Brown key sequence. second string start proves outplay. Foreclosure notice follows, detailing Huldan Small estate Topsham mortgage to William Tate and land description. Dated February 11 1938.
Morse high school's comeback over Concord in an overtime 33 32 win before 700 at Shippen City, led by Eddie Brown's scoring and Harry Thayer's defense. Morse, coached by Johnny Madden, extended their late-game surge with Thayer Perry and Warner contributing on defense, breaking Concord’s 21 13 half lead.
Morse alumni edged Freeport 36 to 34 after trailing 30 to 15 entering the final period. Leland Fortier hit a one hander from midcourt with five seconds left to seal the victory as Winslow and Dennison starred for Freeport and Fortier with Footer provided late Morse scoring.
Leona Eo Burns and Caleb Burns of Bath Maine convey to Home Owners' Loan Corporation a mortgage on a Bath Sagadahoc property with buildings and fixtures. Due to breach of mortgage conditions, H O L C through attorney Carl M. P. Larrabee claims foreclosure, dated February 11 1938 at Wiscasset Maine.
Miss Muriel Tomlinson of Manchester Connecticut a Bates College graduate class of 1937 has received the 1937 Phi Sigma Iota national essay contest award. Her prize winning Rousseau paper will appear in the society's official Romance language publication.
Court of Probate in Sagadahoc Maine on February 1938 orders notice for various estates. Names include Charles A McMahan late Georgetown deceased with Corinne Ainley seeking administration, Basil R McMahan resigning as administrator, J Houghton McLellan executor, Gertrude Harris Rathbun executrix, Lillie A Donnell administratrix, Flora M Randall and Sarah A Given executors, and others including John C Minott Harry O Riggs Eleanor Bo Hyde Elizabeth S Main. Publications to inform interested parties before March 7 1938 probate hearing in Bath.
Register of Probate certifies executors administrators and guardians for multiple Maine estates dated February 1 1938. Names include William M Brown Hiram Brown Gertrude Wirta Margaret McDonald Danford McDonald Edith McPherson Esther Mann Ray Rice Frank Bowker Arthur Bowker Ellen Blair Flora Savage and others with bond status noted and dates shown.
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