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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1954
Page
7
Bath merchants gather for their annual meeting and optimism about a new era of prosperity grows. Other notes include visitors from Belfast, a poultry report, local politics, hospital operations, and ongoing industrial activity at Bath shipyards and lumber operations around the Kennebec River.
City Weigher and Sealer John W. Gilmore attends the first annual Maine sealers convention in Augusta. A banquet is planned at the Augusta House. Morse High basketball faces Lewiston High at the Y M C A gym tonight. A luncheon at the Colonial features Miss Anna Palmer as hostess and Mrs. Ernest A. Allan as guest of honor.
Dromore Grange met with a large turnout and 13 guests from Bodwell Topsham West Bath and Woolwich. The class received first and second degrees with Fred Perkins presiding, Bodwell members attended, and the next session will confer third and fourth degrees. A mock wedding and a six oclock supper preceded the meeting.
Announcement yesterday places Dr. Wallace N. Price of Richmond as a Democratic candidate in the June primaries for State Senator from Sagadahoc county. The scene notes local expectations that Hon. Noble xwell could secure Republican renomination if he seeks it. Christmas evergreens were removed from the Percy store front this morning. Next summer Bath may form an Archery club.
Walter Loftus, New York press agent for the Brady "Bought and Paid For" company, visited town on January 25 1914 to finalize a Saturday matinee and evening performance at the Bath Opera House. He praised the venue and confirmed the production will mirror its Boston New York and Chicago runs with original scenery, save for the local asbestos curtain. Loftus also spoke proudly of his Maine family background.
Woolwich society notes outline Blue and Gold Banquet for Cub Scouts on Feb 26 and a rummage sale in the parish house Feb 20 under the February activities committee. Members asked to bring clothing for Sea Coast Mission and a hospitality hour with supper next Monday at 6 30 to welcome new members. A program featured a Telco talk on Your Voice Is You and a humorous skit Among Us Girls, with prizes for funny hats and attire.
Officers and council members met at President Mrs. David Clark’s home to plan a February 12 benefit dance for the March of Dimes at the local armory. A very important meeting is set for Wednesday evening and all members are urged to attend.
A Court of Probate in Bath Bath Independent announces three week publication to notify interested parties of hearings on February first for estates of Joseph Edward Wart Edward Hirt Vaughan and Edward Vaughan. First and final accounts to be presented by administrators Lorne Wart Gwendolen Caverly and others before Arthur J Danion judge. Attest Lillian H. Heal Register.
Joe Grimard of Bath will headline a ten round middleweight bout against Charley Chase of Montreal at the Portland Exposition Building on January 28. Grimard returns from Boston Garden wins and a recent TKO loss to Willie Gray. Chase, a Canadian amateur champion and 1952 Olympic welterweight, has beaten Vern Stevenson and others in the middleweight ranks.
Four members were invested with pins at Beacon Street Church vestry led by Mrs. Frank Harvie and Everett Norton. Deborah Lawrence served as flag bearer with Diana Barter and Beverly Cromwell as guards. JoAnne Bailey Ellen Fletcher Margaret Galoupe Holly Hutchins Barbara Larrabee invested. Holly Hutchins JoAnne Bailey performed selections. Mrs. Roy Lawrence played piano. Light refreshments followed as many parents attended, pleasing leaders.
Mrs Parker outlined Maine state parks Capitol Park in Augusta Reid Park Georgetown Katahdin Sebago Mt. Bradbury Freeport Mt Blue Aroostook and Camden under appointed commissioners. She noted preservation of historic sites and virgin timber, selective cutting and tree farms as conservation efforts. Mrs Kennedy and Mrs Sparks discussed fluoridation pros and cons for club members.
A Bath Sagadahoc County probate court order from January 1954 directs publication in Bath Independent for three weeks. It lists estates including Bessie E. Cummings Mary Geary Vena D. Mitchell and Samuel N Boyen, with administrators and a license to sell real estate in Bath. The order requires notice to interested parties and outlines hearings on February first.
The text notes the annual Pirm and Home Week at the University of Maine will occur the first week of April and includes that on April 8 Garden Federation Day will feature several speakers. Members are urged to attend. Tea was served by Mrs Frank Reineohl and Mrs Arthur King during a social hour. The next meeting, Feb 23, will be at Mrs Norman Howard 1037 Washington St. Mrs W P Stewart of Damariscotta will discuss correct and incorrect flower containers. Members should bring an interesting twig for identification. Assisting hostesses: Mrs Seth M ullin and Mrs William Dennison.
Fifty seven men who completed a beginners piloting course in Bath sponsored by Casco Bay Power Squadron Portland will receive diplomas at a South End PTA hall meeting. The event marks the formation of a Kennebec River Power Squadron with 28 graduates. Officers will be elected, a dinner served at 645 p.m., and 15 Casco Bay members along with instructors and spouses will attend. The curriculum covered equipment regulations rules of the road seamanship safety the mariner s compass aids to navigation charts piloting and shipboard manners. Advanced courses in seaman ship advanced piloting junior navigator and navigator are offered.
Mizpah Class of the First Baptist church hosted a kitchen shower in the church vestry for Mrs. Robert R. Coombs Jr. Guests enjoyed a table of gifts, a short program with humorous readings by Mrs. Florence Thompson and Miss Evelyn Sotheard, community singing led by Mrs. Vinal King, and trumpet duets by Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Carter with an encore.
Lillian H Heal Register of Probate certifies executors administrators and guardians for several Sagadahou county estates with appointment dates in late 1953 and early 1954. Ridley Collins of Phippsburg Archie E Doyle executor January 5 1954. Edith H Rowe Ida Marr January 5 1954. Hiram Stevens Harriet Stevens January 5 1954. Margaret DeCoste John Carey December 31 1953. Arthur Dunton judge.
Notice recites mortgage deed from A Aloisio to Jean Poulin dated June 29 1950 recorded in Sagadahoc County. It describes a Topsham parcel on Tedford Road with a 200 by 92 foot outline and adjacent land of Bossie. It notes use of a well on Bossie land and pipe connections to the dwelling and associated rights. The notice appears to reference a prior property transfer and a potential foreclosure action.
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