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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1945
Page
8
Bath notes from June 27 1905 report quarantine at Holbrook residence on Stnut Street for diphtheria. Various local items include sermons farewell at Corliss Street Baptist church college reunion plans and Bath High School Alumni meeting. Passengers and crew movements on the Kennebec and local travel updates appear, with social visits and upcoming events.
G C Greenleaf from the Kennebec division E S Company returned from a business trip in Boston. The Stone Crushers of this city will play Dresden on July 4, a featured event in the day’s program.
Five ships arrived and six departed along the waterfront as five days remain until the Fourth of July. The Island Belle refitted on the marine railway. Damarin shifts to Boothbay division. Morse High’s Class of 1905 holds a reception at Alameda with decorations by Fred Willis. Louise Fowler wins Epworth League post. Pine Cliff project shipped by Passmore & Co. and more local movements include visits, travel, and business trips.
June 30 1905 reports the grandstand at the trotting park completed for a July 4 dedication. seating for 200. contractor Huse builds a carriage shed at the city stable in Robinsons lane. cottages at Sasanoa Bluffs occupied with summer resort prospects.
Miss Jennie Miller daughter of Mr and Mrs Abraham Miller and Harry Lait son of Mrs Susan Lait were married Sunday at 5 pm at the Jewish Community Center in Portland. Rev Abraham Greenbeaum officiated the single ring ceremony. The bride wore white satin with a coronet orange blossoms fingertip veil and train. She carried a white rose and baby's breath bouquet. Bridesmaid and family details follow including sisters Miss Doris Miller Miss Sadie Miller and Miss Ada Gold.
A college friend of Mr. Thompson stays in Bath as his guest. William N Congdon and his family, displaced by a early week fire, reside in Tibbetts’ vacant home. Congdon reports heavy losses, partly insured, with plans to rebuild on the site.
July 1 1905 Joseph Komard drunkenness fined in Municipal Court after a Bath performance with the Sherman band. Medina Gold Mining Co dividends mailed to Bath shareholders. City Physician McDonald’s fox terrier killed by an electric car. burial on the lawn. MacDonald assisted by neighborhood children. Steamer Wiwurna to carry Morse High School graduates to Christmas Cove. Society Hall dance planned at Popham Beach. Firecracker season begins early as small boys test crackers. President Osborne to lead People’s Church service. Fourth of July sermon by Rev. F W O’Brien. Hyde Light Guards drill on Front Street under 1st Lt George A Baker. Bath auto owners receive July 1 license numbers. Maine’s growing car culture noted. Tax notice corrections. July 31 discount deadline clarified. Tow boats load coal for Augusta and nearby ports. multiple schooners bring cargoes from New York. Bath lodge Ellis initiates five. Lambard street lodge home construction nearing dedication. Boston to East freight with 11 car express. remaining cars to Woolwich.
The ceremony for Mr and Mrs Lait drew about 100 guests with a four piece orchestra and a three tier cake. The bride a Morse high school graduate wore a blue suit and white gardenia corsage. The groom a Boston University graduate works as a master electrician at Bath Iron Works. The couple will reside at 44 Bluff road after a brief wedding trip.
Howard A. Spinney 60, of Bath Iron Works, set out from Bald Head at 10 AM in an open skiff and arrived nine hours later at North End near King's dock. With 90 degree heat and minimal shade, he completed a 21 mile voyage aided by favorable tides and a final push against the ebb before turning upriver.
West Bath Grange held a Monday meeting led by Mary Deelan Robert Farnham and Betty Weeks. Readings included original poems by Mary Deelan and Claire Martin read by Mary Dee. Performances featured Anna Higgins Betty Weeks and Ann Higgins with piano solos and a toe dance. The next meeting will showcase a Souvenir Program.
In Tennessee and nearby Southern states the Book Lady tours mountain communities in a Bookmobile delivering books to schools and depots. The program, started by TVA with state help, aims to expand library access across counties as regional libraries grow.
Maine warden supervisors report peak brook and stream fishing due to frequent rains keeping water high and cold. Lake fishing is good but variable while Atlantic salmon prospects rise with near record counts on Narraguagus and other rivers. Anecdotes include a bluewinged teal nest with emus and a Maine fawn case. Veterans aid events set for Bath.
Ruth Wo Pow of Georgetown Maine formerly of Maine County Idaho, mortgagor, breached condition of her mortgage on land parcels in Georgetown and Todd property. Percy C. Bailey, sworn July 16 1945, petitions foreclosure before Justice Charles T. Small.
An 18 year old Filipino girl Marita Martin aids American troops in the Sierra Madre with pack trains, carrying 45 to 65 pounds daily, washing clothes at noon, and fighting Japanese as a sharpshooter. She killed seven snipers, fired various weapons, and insists on continuing as a carrier despite being revealed as a girl. Lt. Anthony Cancelosi offers other civil affairs work at the same pay.
Court in Bath Sagadahoc fixes probate hearing for June with orders to publish in Bath Independent. Estates listed include Joseph Solovich late of Bath deceased and others with executors named, seeking claims, bond and deeds, with hearing set for first Tuesday of July at ten oclock.
John J. Jack register certifies estates with executors and administratrix named. Aliha N. White late of West Bath, deceased, Albert W. White of Warren, Knox County, appointed executor without bond. Chester T. Rogers of Bath deceased, Funice E. Boyce of Bath appointed administratrix June 5, 1945. Judge of Probate signs true copy of the original order.
Floyd O Robinson S1/c USN died from injuries in a motor vehicle accident in the Mariana Islands on May 29 in the line of duty. Born in Camden he moved to this city and graduated Morse High School. He enlisted April 20 1944 and trained at Sampson Memphis Tenn and San Bruno Cal. He is survived by his parents two brothers five siblings and grandmother Mrs Flora Robinson of Camden.
Five hundred years before Columbus, Thorfinn Karlsenne spent three years along the Labrador coast cutting timber and shipping it to Greenland and Ireland. His enterprise links Norse activity to early Atlantic trade, highlighting transatlantic connections in the medieval era.
A Sagadahoc Probate Court session at Bath orders publication of notices for June actions. Heirs seek administrators with or without bonds on multiple Bath and Topsham estates, including Kondascin Miller Allen Merrill Shea Lemoine and others, with various guardianships and sales pending.
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