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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1959
Page
6
Forty years ago in Bath December 24 1918 friends welcome Paul Wing home from Fort Sill Oklahoma now out of service. The Times notes plans for 1919 growth including a new hotel and city hospital expansion. Community stories cover gifts expectations students arrivals and local industry activity.
After towing the tug America to Staten Island the Latin America reached Bath on Wednesday for boiler and engine installation. Built by Texas Steamship Co. both tugs are featured in the harbor movement with Christmas hospitality noted at King Tavern where 60 guests enjoyed a dinner.
In Bath Maine on December 27 1918 Joseph and Edward Sewall USN enjoy leaves at home while Sewall Strout marine sharpshooter known as the Devil Dogs writes from abroad. The class of 1916 M H S plans a reunion and local events include a salmon dinner and a boxing match cancellation. New Liberty fuel promises cheaper mileage. 1918 auto numbers appear. streetcar rules may bar front platforms. Various locals travel, visit family, attend holiday gatherings, and reflect on winter weather trends and civic notes.
Bath merchants are busy taking stock as 1918 ends. People's Ferry Co. coal shed in Woolwich nears completion. Farmers press apples through cider mills while a citizen was soot covered when a furnace grate fell and skinning his hands. An old saying reflects such accidents.
Bath Tots Sigma chapter held its annual Christmas party Monday at Mrs. Marion Westermeyer’s Bath home. Members exchanged gifts, heard a Washington Letter resume, decorated ten gift baskets for shut ins, and planned the January 16 meeting at Mrs. Edward McGuigan’s Middle Street home. Guests included Miss Connie Maring Gacusana from Hawaii and Miss Marjorie Straver of Arlington.
The Methodist Men of Wesley Church received their annual charter from National Secretary Robert G. Masfield. New members Jolet Hart Jr Alan McAlister and KE Wendall Freeman joined as an oyster supper was served. Guest speaker Merle Niles introduced his brother Rev Frederick Niles who spoke on stained glass by Dr Charles Connick.
New Year's Day reception at Topsham Air Force Station Officers Club hosted by Col Hilmer C. Nelson and Lt Col Stanislaw J. Podolak with Major Lester B. Goldberg. Attendees include Bangor Air Defense Sector officers and wives, 4626th Air Base Squadron, 654 AC&W Squadron, associates, and guests. Aide Edward J. Fiske will assist.
A four way race forms for a Board of Education seat with Ateps Is a candidate, possibly creating the first uncontested election in recent memory if no other entrant appears. The article notes typical contests draw multiple contenders and mentions John Collins visiting from Loyola College Montreal with roommate Peter Choquette of Whitehorse Yukon.
Morse Center featured a tight late rally as Morse trailed Old Town most of the game but Fred Brown sparked a final minute barrage. Brown and Sprague led Morse with key baskets and free throws to seal a 49 46 victory over Old Town at the Morse gym.
Notice informs motorists that renewal of Maine operator licenses will be required before their birthday in 1959. The 1958 system issued licenses valid until the holder’s 1959 birthday, so drivers should check expirations and renew early to avoid driving without a valid license.
A two point lead vanished as the Junior High team surged to victory in the final seconds. Bob Condon and Bruce McKinnon led the winners with 11 points each, while Billy Avery scored 14 for the losing squad.
Addison argues Bath must lift pay to compete with 20 to 30 communities paying higher starting and top salaries. He says current 4400 minimum with a bachelor’s degree is insufficient and that recruitment relies on local former teachers and new graduates. A plan to raise the entire salary schedule will be developed and reviewed with the teachers committee.
Bath toll center records show a 7 percent increase in Christmas day calls with 2629 calls processed from 8 am to midnight. Central operator Miss Margaret Cripps notes about 358 operators handled over 3500 calls, including 1728 outgoing to New England.
Bath churches held full Christmas Eve services with crowds attending at St Mary’s Grace Apostolic and Lionel churches. Special music by church choirs accompanied traditional carols, with services continuing into Christmas Day at St Mary’s and Grace Church.
Notice of probate hearings and final accounts for estates in Bath County. Florence W Thompson among those listed seeks allowance. Marton T Pyeman, Arthur J Dunton, and Madelyn C Dunton appear as administrators or executors. Hearing set for first Tuesday in January at 11 oclock in the forenoon. True copy Attest Sarah L Brewer, Register.
Barbara L Brewer Register of Probate announces a probate proceeding in Shandahoc County. The text lists executors administrators and conservators for the estate of a deceased individual with dates and names obscured by OCR errors.
Woolwich firefighters battled a chimney fire on Chopps Crossing road at 5:30 with nine men on scene. Minor damage reported. Earlier in December Bath assistance helped extinguish the Carlton barn blaze destroying over 20,000 baby chickens, valued about 20,000. The department also set up a Christmas tree and planned pond flooding for skating. monthly meeting postponed.
Seaboard officials report the Carlton bridge project mainly disrupted traffic with one way restrictions. The main hazard was blasting under the James B Drake and Son office using natant and delayed dynamiting, completed after three months with only a damaged front step.
A Phippsburg area draftsman Morse shifts to finishing a book based on biblical chronologies while manufacturing cement blocks at home. The item also notes a New Year gathering hosted by Mrs. Leslie Sou in Dresden Mills and a notice of foreclosure on a Bath property by First Federal Savings and Loan Association, with signatures from notary Gardiner R Deering.
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