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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1952
Page
7
A noisy mix of Bath items from 1912 including ship ice and river conditions at Woolwich and Baltimore, local court remarks, school drills, social plans, church and lodge events, marine incidents, and civic notes on inspections, repairs, and wartime memory.
At a Y meeting a league was hired and then disbanded. Joseph Brierley is president with Samuel Green as treasurer and secretary. Captains include W. Brown in 1912, Joseph Brierley in 1913, Carleton Lowell in 1914, and Oliver Moses in 1915.
Witnesses testified about a horse that was not removed when the pit was righted. The animal suffered cuts and bruises and is believed permanently injured. Two days of notes from the trial record details.
The fragment notes the officers of Sedgwick Post dated June 14, 1912, outlining the leadership council and post duties.
Local notices cover military officers, clergy, and social events. Bath Marine Construction builds over 100 boats this season. Morse High basketball heads to Portland for a game. Bath Nest of Owls announces officers and a 136-member club. river ice and navigation issues amid cold weather. Beagan Street Sunday School sociable rescheduled. Woolwich and city patrols report routine activities and a smallpox precaution at Labell house.
James F. Welch, Maine Central station agent at Woolwich, is promoted to the north station, replacing Samuel Sheep. Welch departs Woolwich this week for Farmington as the Wenplwich berth awaits a new agent. A farewell party honors Mary Rose Gallant after a Dorchester visit, while transfers and ice trouble affect the Ferdinando Gorges line.
Ten Maine 4-H club members from various counties earned state honors in the 1961 National 4 H Dairy Achievement Animal Leadership Demonstration Health Recreation Rural Arts and Soil and Water Conservation categories. The recognition highlights the contributions of clubs across Maine and honors individual youth for leadership and achievement.
Maine 4-H leaders recognize Robert Dow of Dover-Farcroft and Leroy Stevens of Turner for state wins in Dairy and Meat Animal programs. Others, including Eugene Mosher of Farmington and Elsie Colby of Bucksport, earn 4-H Leader honors for service, leadership, and public demonstrations. Awards include 17-jewel wrist watches and trips, with Demons on dairy foods and health initiatives noted.
The article reviews Admiral Mitscher career from command of Carrier Division Three in March to lead Task Force 58 and 38 in the Pacific. It notes his awards including the Distinguished Service Medal and Navy Crosses, and his later roles as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Air, commander of the Eighth Fleet, then commander in chief U.S. Atlantic Fleet until his death. It adds a note that heart and arterial diseases are a leading U.S. death cause.
The probate court in Sagadahoc County orders publication in Bath newspaper. Notice to interested parties: first Tuesday of February at ten in the forenoon, to appear and contest the estate of Thomas K Haley late of Bath, with first and final account by executor Martin E Haley. Register J Horace McClure attaches.
Court orders notice for three Bath estates to heirs. Hearings set on first eve February next at ten o clock in the forenoon. Estates include Lewis J. Sanborn Maude E. Small Frederick P. Shaw Sitine Jones. Executrix and administrators named. widow’s allowance listed. Judge Arthur Dunton presiding.
Morse High school students Jean Brown and another poet were chosen by the National High School Poetry Association for publication in the See of High School from the Mountain. The article also notes a Morse French club meeting on January 28 to plan initiation and a banquet.
A true copy of the original order lists appointments in estates including Eva C Packard Bath estate with Beverly Howe named administratrix without bond on January 3 1952. Edward W appointed administrator for Fannie E Minott Bath. Dorothy M Crist appointed administratrix without bond for Florence A Martin Bath. Arthur Reynolds estate notes executors and guardians with January 8 1952 dates. Addressed by Horace Moc Re.
A probate notice concerning Horace McClure appears in the county records. The document references a true copy and an order issued by the probate authority, indicating actions related to the estate proceedings.
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