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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1947
Page
2
Local item roundup includes scattered personal mentions from Bath and Augusta areas. Notes cover travel to West Point and Point Barrow, Scouts outings, and social visits. Mentions of snow disruption, cottage gatherings, and health updates among residents. Names include Hawkesworth, Campbell, Cutting, Libby, Thistle, Zorilla, and Smith among others.
Local reports from Parker Head detail February and March events including a February 20 meeting at the 443 FS School with Mrs Head and others discussing a study course for service workers, next meeting March 18 at the Parker Head vestry, plus social hour and refreshments. Activities include fundraising, a penny fundraiser for Founders Day, Honor Roll committee events, and a fundraiser banquet at Small Point Grange Hall with Rev. Nathaniel Guptill speaking. Families and volunteers attending from Parker Head, Bath, and surrounding areas are noted along with plans for a public gathering and other community service efforts.
Endowment options include 20 year endowment, endowment at age 60, and endowment at age 65 along with ordinary life plans. Endowments mature at face value or at 65 pay 16000 if alive, with protections against attachment. Details available from the Kes Administration Contact at 102 Front aoe Bank Maine.
The Teen Age Sewing Circle of the 4 H club met at the to p o l i t a n club with Patsy Burns as president and Betty Ann Barstow as secretary The meeting featured sewing zipper techniques by Miss Beryl Barton County Extension agent and discussions on upcoming judging contests Donald Johnson County 4 H leader presented pins to second year girls and leaders pins to Mrs Granville Colby Refreshments and songs followed by remarks from Mrs Robinson of the Phippsburg 4 H club The next meeting is February 27 with no meetings during school vacation
The Independent notes rising interest in Summer rentals at Popham Beach with Bath residents and out of state owners reporting strong early bookings. Local fishermen pivot from lobstering to clamming amid rough seas while weather damages trap losses persist. Town meeting focus includes school consolidation options and potential Bath-Phippsburg union, with West Point favoring an addition to its school building.
Beverly Moore a Girl Scout from Coxs Head wears a new wrist watch chosen instead of a trip to Boston with Parker Head Girl Scouts. Parker Head members Francis Lander Walter Cushing and Lewis Lowell cut about twenty cords of pulp wood on William T. Wyman farm on the back road.
The text records residents and guests visiting families in Parker Head and Brunswick over a holiday weekend. Mertie Shepard and George Watson of Brunswick visited Mrs. Robert Moore and family, with relatives in Parker Head. Lawrence Thayer and family shared a Sunday visit with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wyman and enjoyed a sleigh ride. Joyce and Edward Gray of Parker Head called on Beverly, Mary, Robert and Lewis Moore, and Jennie Woodward of Parker Head visited Mrs. Edward Thomas Thursday.
Three fears haunt veterans, with NSLI offering disability protection. Total disability waives future premiums and refunds post-disability payments. A disability income rider adds $5 monthly at 1,600 coverage after six months of total, continuing to age 60. War disability rights extend dealer options until 1950.
A full grown Mexican toy Chihuahua, a year old, was brought to Maine by Mrs Violet Kingsbury of Juana Mexico as a gift to her mother Mrs Helen McDerr of West Bath. The dog fits the length of a soft drink bottle and has a very small throat requiring fine chopped food and no bones. Such dogs are rare in the United States due to intolerance to colder climate.
A veteran in perfect health may reinstate a lapsed policy or apply for new term insurance even if war incurred or aggravated disability exists prior to the date. Life Insurance at the Veterans Administration Contact Office located at 192 From Street Bath.
The Salvation Army asks Bath residents to help the Wallace family whose home burned on Thursday. Furniture and clothing were destroyed and the family is staying with neighbors while hoping to move back soon.
The Salvation Army appeals for immediate help for a family with six children aged up to 16. Requests include three mattresses bedding clothing and furniture such as chairs. Donations may be arranged by contacting Major Albert Warren.
Jesse W. Allen announces run as independent for Ward Three on March 3. His name won’t appear on the ballot but supporters will back him as a write-in in that ward.
A fragmented report describes a market scene with sellers gathering, an over East Gaber man with a cart on Front, and items being prepared for sale. The text is unclear but indicates an organized sale, with multiple sellers and an active market mood.
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