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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1959
Page
6
Fortunate occupants escape harm after a Cadillac Eight veers off the highway at Ham's hill and overturns in the woods near Brunswick. Bath society covers visits from Boston, Miss Me dera's students heading to Vassar, dances at Miss Nichols home, and a busy week of local school and theater events plus road and bridge work at Popham and the Maine Central rail line improvements.
Mrs. J Wellington Fowles of Wiscasset died Monday in Bath. Maine blueberries promise the biggest crop yet but gathering help may be short. The Columbia stock company impressed Bath audiences Monday night. Local residents including Mrs John Grant and Mrs Frasier visited Bath or Woolwich for summer stays. Bath Iron Works' Thomas J Lynch returned from a New York City trip after enjoying the Harvard Yale races.
June 25 1919 report notes New Meadows Inn meals held steady until July 1 when prices rise 25 cents due to lobster scarcity. Lobsters retail now 45 cents a pound wholesale. Gar net and seaside resorts face lobster shortages. Ferry Hockomock carries visitors from across the country including California Arizona New York and Philadelphia. A West Roxbury truck heads to Damariscotta with furniture. The Kennebec excursion opens Sunday with Eastern Steamship Lines sending Wiwurna from Bath to Gardiner.
The Columbine, a Ferris type steamer built in Bath by Kelley Spear Co for the Emergency Fleet Corp, has loaded in Portland harbor and is to sail first for Norfolk to load coal for Copenhagen. Capt Al L Hodgdon will command. Maine officers and crew dominate. The Shipping Board plans to complete Ferris type sea trials from Portland by Aug 15. Auto plates issued in Bath rise to 40,000. June auto registrations exceed last year. Bath looks for summer business, cottages, rooms, and absence of a Boston boat. Fortnightly club hears soprano Ethelynde Smith with accompanist Lois Mills in a notable recital.
One of the largest Bath audiences witnessed Morse High School seniors present graduation exercises Wednesday night at the Bath Opera House. W H Hamilton Riverside Hotel Popham Beach visited Bath on business. The Riverside Hotel opened Tuesday and First National Bank directors room walls are being finished.
June activities include a League of Nations benefit dance in Woolwich with Pomeroy’s orchestra. Ruth Walsh to speak at Sagadahoc Ww. C. T. U. convention in Corless Street Church. Bath schooner Joseph T. Zeman arrives Genoa on maiden voyage under Captain Fred L. Dunton. School staff honored. Admiral Plunkett awarded the distinguished service medal. Local graduations spark employment prospects. Bath high grads face plentiful openings. Cosmopolitan club hosts self supporting girls seminar on vacations and Maine YWCA camp plans.
June 29 1919 Morse High School hosts an Alumni Association gathering with 200 plus attendees. Horatio Duncan class of 1856 receives special applause as old friendships and memories are renewed. The piece notes yearly reunions strengthen ties across generations and mentions a municipal concert upcoming Sunday night from 8:30 to 9:30 by Gau.
Bath residents anticipate a varied week with Joseph Gaudreau leading a program of standard and popular airs and Bob Ott’s musical comedy company performing at the Bath Opera House. The city plans a Fourth of July escape, an auction at Fitzgerald Brothers, and a Togus excursion with a Gaudreau band concert in the evening.
The Seguin steam tow boat owned by Capt. William S. Small was sold at auction for 22000 to C H Baldwin of Boston. The sale at the Gibbons Coal Co. wharf drew limited bidding with only three bidders. The vessel is expected to leave Kennebec waters for use in Massachusetts.
Miss Barbara Weigel a German high school student spent the year at Morse High under Pilgrim Fellowship and the American Field Service. She left Bath by bus for Boston to join other foreign students for a three weeks tour of major U S cities before returning to Munich.
Continues through Thursday on the rear church grounds with flags bunting and varicolored lights. Music by the Texas Marine Band both evenings. Features include a laundry by six New York Chinamen and the League of Nations table offering varied entertainment.
Miss Jane D Cushing arrives in Bath for the summer tied to the Miss L B Masters school at Dobb's Ferry while Miss Masters Alyce M Thompson open cottages at MacMahan Island and join by Miss Sally Masters and Miss Strong later. Bath shows a building boom and a Chautauqua is planned for next month. The 300th Pilgrim landing anniversary in Plymouth is noted for 1920 and Bath marked the 200th Popham anniversary in 1907. Co L Third Maine Infantry return from Camp Keyes after a week long officer and NCO instruction with proof of eager training and tanned skins.
Showhegan Fay Bainter and Ann B Davis known as Schultzy plan a week at Lakewood starting July 6 in The Girls In 509. The comedy by Howard Teichmann follows two women locked in a hotel room during the Franklin D Roosevelt era as they protest and await a Republican victory.
During the March budget sessions bids were opened for a new highway department station wagon amid debate after rejecting several alternatives including trading for the Police Department ambulance. The wagon will transport crews and gear to construction sites and for out of town parts runs. Mrs. Gertrude Wakefield of 209 Oak Street is a patient at Bath Memorial Hospital.
The Wesley Methodist Vacation Bible School ends after two weeks with junior and intermediate groups picnicking at Reid Park led by Mrs Sidney Knight and assisted by Mrs Charles Marble and Mrs John Swearingem. Primary group director Mrs Andrew White shared a Japan tied story in a kimono, while Kindergarten closed indoors with certificates. Parents attended as leaders told a missionary tale and gifts were given to Dr Raymond Piburn's hospital in Africa.
Bath delegation Daniel L. Lord Jr Oscar R. Marsh George Finlay and Donald L Cromwell joined the 40th International Accounting Conference of the National Association of Accountants in New York. The sessions focused on economic problems management inventory control budgeting techniques profit planning depreciation and return on capital investment. Local activities included a Sunday reception a Monday ball and the association dinner on Wednesday featuring trophy and banner presentations and the 1959 60 officers and directors induction.
Sp. Alfred L. Goodwin of Fort Devens wins Soldier of the Month after competing with seven units. He will go to Governor Island New York to try for First Army Soldier of the Month, receiving a 50 dollar prize and expenses for a three day trip.
Freezing of lobsters finished for spring with Fall plans to resume as hard shell lobsters return in commercial numbers. George W. Harnish of upper Washington street is a patient at Memorial hospital after an illness on Sunday.
J Frank Hunt secretary treasurer of First Federal Savings and Loan Association credited the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation with fueling the thrift and home ownership movement over 25 years. He cited growth from $6.4 billion in assets in 1934 to over $56 billion today and home ownership rising from 45 to over 60 percent.
Ninety eight youngsters from municipal playgrounds spent a day at Thomas Point beach with softball, horseshoes, croquet, and swimming despite cloudy weather. Playground Director Frank Torrey led the group. another trip is planned for next Thursday.
The Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters concluded their season with a memorial service led by Dorothy Stone and Sarah Potter at their Washington street hall. Plans announced for fall relocate to Oak street Grace Episcopal parish house with dedication by the Knights of Pythias. Susie Darrah won the mystery prize.
Miss Nancy L. Potter daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Waldo C. Potter of Bath wed Raymond C. Hanna son of Mrs. Lulu Hanna of Five Islands in a June 20 ceremony at the Five Islands church parsonage officiated by Rev. Ernest Roberts. Attendants included Mrs. Virginia Rice and Irving Hanna. A reception followed at the bride's parents home. The groom works in Freeport and the newlyweds will reside there.
Rainbow Assembly No 6 held its final meeting of the season at the Masonic Temple as three new members were initiated Marcia Beal and Janice Orr of Bath and Cynthia Kelley of Bowdoinham. Martha McNaughton was reinstated from a Louisiana assembly.
The Couples Club of Central Congregational Church held its annual family outing at Rock Hill Inn in West Bath on Tuesday evening featuring a clam bake and softball. Executive Board members William Small Jr Clyde Ambrose Edward J McMann and Rev Craig H Richards served on the committee as the event closed the season with meetings set to resume on Oct 17.
Mrs Jane Fenn was re elected president of the Sagadahoc County Women's Republican club at its annual meeting on June 23. A lobster picnic followed at Hermit Island Small Point. Lydia Gillette was re elected as vice president and new officers were Elva Curtis secretary Henrietta Mayo treasurer and Lillian Heal parliamentarian.
Real estate transfers recorded in Sagadahoc County include several deeds transferring land and buildings across Bath Bowdoinham Phippsburg and nearby areas. Notable entries include York Street Bath Green Street Bath Washington Street Bath Popham Beach and Parker Head parcels among other properties.
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