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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1955

Page

6

Bath Maine News Highlights June 30 1915 Broadside

Bath shipping office closes after pressure on congressman McGillicuddy. Pe ople's Ferry sees record car traffic with Hockomock ferrying 100 plus vehicles. Foresters of America elect officers in Sagadahoc County. Kennebec Yacht Club plans July 5 weekend cruise with 12 boats and 40 people. Green peas from Woolwich market. Local dances, standpipe fill, and various civic notes. Sailors load lumber. new motorboat at City Landing. Boston train blocks streets. Nurses plan lawn party for a nurses home fund. Bath customs and shipping offices shift. Emma S&S Briggs in port. Alice Wentworth loads lumber. Local views on flagpole proposal for Bath Custom House. Minstrel show at Grace Church parish house entertains Cosmopolitan Club. George Town University crew member Edward Dunton conditioning for Summer Southport steamer work. Maxwell car tied to Edward Dunton’s news. Charles V. Minott remains in New York on business.

Brick yard gains speed under Joseph King at Sewall Mill shore

Joseph King has taken charge of the Clifford Belanger brick yard on the Sewall Mill pond shore and plans to run the yard at full speed. The passage also notes a predicted surge of vacationists and excursionists traveling to Popham Bay Point and other Lower Kennebec points this weekend.

Joseph King Clifford Belanger Sewall Mill Pond New England Virginia Popham Bay Point Kennebec

Universalists begin Boston to California train for 1915 convention

July 1 1915 Rev and Mrs Sidney J Willis join about 300 Universalists departing Boston on a special train to California for the general Universalist convention and the National Women's Missionary Society meeting. Dr L T Snipe returns from Yale. Mrs Snipe to visit Rochester. Osborn of Vacuum Oil connected to Yale friend. Front St parade notes improved Clary store lighting. Oliver Moses heads to New York on business. Percy boys of Arlington take over Percy cottage at Popham Beach. Bath lacks Shipping Commissioner as the office is abolished after Morse retires from the post as longtime commissioner.

Sidney J. Willis Boston California The Universalist Church National Women's Missionary Society L. T. Snipe Yale

Pythian Opera House Summer Plans and Local Notes

John E. Whittey manages the Pythian Opera House at Boothbay Harbor for the summer with pictures and dancing. Eleanor Hooper departs on July 4 for a two month trip to the exposition and Pacific coast. Sebasco Estates predicts strong summer patronage with 20 bungalows filled, modern and costly ones in demand. Planned arrivals include the Ingrahams at the Low homestead Bath. Gorham Normal School welcomes Hope Winn and Walter White. M. H. S. class of 191? reunion at New Meadows Inn lists 17 attendees plus local notables. Curtis barber shop gets new paint and white ceiling. Lumbermen foresee boxboard shortages. Popham Dances open at Society Hall for Fourth of July with Miss Myrna Avery on piano and Mr. Stevens. high attendance expected as autos and launches head to the event.

Maine Central Reairs Washouts Delays Along Line

Heavy rains cause four washouts on the Maine Central between Blind Crossing and Harding's Station but Brunswick crews repair the tracks quickly, keeping train service from major disruption. The Bath traffic remains heavy as travel by automobile rises with better roads and lower costs.

Maine Central Blind Crossing Harding’s Station Brunswick Bath

Number Of Movie Stars Appears To Be Dwindling

Hollywood notes a shrinking pool of bankable stars as aging icons like John Wayne and Gary Cooper remain dominant while younger names such as Marlon Brando emerge. Universal-International expands its talent program to train future stars, building a 200 seat theater under Jess Kimmel.

Bob Thomas Hollywood John Wayne Gary Cooper James Stewart Alan Ladd Bing Crosby Clark Gable Humphrey Bogart Marlon Brando Marilyn Monroe Martin Lewis Universal-International Jess Kimmel Jose Ferrer Kimmel N.Y.U U-I Tony Curtis Rock Hudson Jeff Chandler

Homes On the Move Foley Florida

The Foley townsite is emptied as Buckeye Cellulose Corp moves most houses to Perry or other sites. By summer only a church post office schoolhouse and a few service stations may remain. Foley once had about 1,600 residents in 200 or so homes. The company built a large pulp mill and sold homes to workers who must relocate. Exact plans for the post office church and remaining structures are not disclosed.

Foley Fla Buckeye Cellulose Corp Perry

Boy Extinguishes Garage Fire With Baking Soda

In Muskegon Michigan a 12 year old boy named Bobby Achterhoff first tried baking soda on a newspaper fire in a garage after watching a TV demo. The fire flared and the soda failed he then called the fire department and returned with more baking soda which finally put the fire out.

Muskegon Mich Bobby Achterhoff Bobby

Bath-Legion Nine Defeats Camden 12-10 Here Friday

Bath-Legion and Camden juniors clash at Kelley Field with Bath scoring nine in the first inning and three more in the third to win 12-10. Bath players Harry Wilson Roger Skillings Dave Clark Phil Dodge and Pete Crocker starred. Camden’s Jones led with three hits.

Bath Legion Camden Cain Saeleeree Leonard el Ez Jones Carr Thomas Bol Winstow Davis Owe Kaler Ee Starr Dan Robinson Wilson Skillings Suet Lark Dodge Pierce Aloe Crooker Mitchell Clark Jones Pound Starr E. Jones Clark Jones SB Leonard SH Skillings Kaler Carter SO Mitchell HO Carr Loser Jones Bolduc Kingsbury

Horse Finds Uranium Near Badito Cone Colorado

O L Briscoe and Henry Walton trek to the Badito Cone area near Walsenburg to locate a uranium vein after a fall by a palomino stallion. An abc ion reader shows ore samples ranging from .28 to .59 uranium, above the .20 commercial threshold. The story ends with a quirky note about two players named Connie Mack Gravitte and Connie Mack Butler.

Walsenburg Colo O. L. Briscoe Tucumcari N. M Henry Walton Clovis Adito Cone Here Badito Cone Riscoe Walton ABC

Claudette Colbert Stars in Sage Brush Western Texas Lady

Claudette Colbert returns to Hollywood in Texas Lady a Western drama with horses and gunplay. The French born star plays a bystander who inherits a hamlet newspaper while Sullivan battles a bad guy in a tense town showdown. Colbert recalls riding in a corset and adjusting to on screen horseback work.

Hollywood Claudette Colbert Barry Sullivan Sullivan Colbert New Orleans Jimmy Stewart Gary Cooper Spence Tracy Claudette CBS

Colonial Club Clinches First Half Title In Bath Little League

Colonial Club defeats K of C 4 3 at Kimball Field to win the first half championship. Danny Corliss drives in the decisive run in the sixth as Colonials overcome an early 3 0 lead by the Knights. Corliss had two hits. Irish and Mason led KC with two hits each. Umpires were Grimard, Haskell and Stuart. game time 1 30.

Colonial Club A A. F. of W. B. Grange Kole Elks Club Hyde Windlass Colonials Danny Corliss Colonial Club Bath Kimball Field K. of Corliss Knights Irish Kcs E Mason Jc Colonials Rm Po Carey Haskell Hart P Ogee Lee Tee Corliss Deed Savage Hawkes Fitzgerald London Harkins Mason Grimard Stuart

Youth Assault Case in Dubious Battle Cases

Eddie Smith 19 admitted assault after a night encounter in Zanesville Ohio when a passerby asked him to fight. He injured Herb Worthington with a cut lip needing five stitches and a damaged dental plate. Smith fined 25 dollars plus costs and given suspended 10 day jail term. he must cover Worthington's medical and dental bills. It later emerged Worthington was not the person who asked for a fight.

Zanesville Ohio Eddie Smith Smith Herb Worthington Worthington

Matrilineal Descent in Human Societies

The passage notes that while patri lineal systems trace kinship through the male line, many cultures practice matrilineal descent via the female line, reflecting varied social organization across societies.

Reading Help Offer From Rev Ruth Mathias

A church advisor in Everett Massachusetts invites readers to send five questions with a dollar and stamped envelope for a full page reading. The notice provides mailing address 827 Broadway and mentions advisory services.

Ruth Mathias Broadway Everett Mass

New Books Added to Patten Library Catalog

Mrs. Herbert Calderwood announces new acquisitions at Patten Free Library across fiction general and teen sections. Notable titles include Accidents and Dutch, Bride of Innes fallen, Wall Street, and a three volume New Encyclopedia of Names. Juvenile and teen picks feature Atoms Today and Tomorrow and Rookie Fights Back.

Patten Library Herbert Calderwood Patten Free Library Dexter Masters Pamela Johnson Helen Topping Miller Bride of Innesfallen Eudora Welty Gretchen Finletter Theodore Bennett Edward Grierson Eliot Asinos Oakley Hall Robert J. Donovan Ann Morrow Lindberg G. Blond Quentin Reynolds Louise Dickson Rich Ethel Barrymore C. L. Barnhart Norman Garbo Mary Pickford Wall Street Martin Meyer Loring MacKaye Burgess Leonard Margaret G. Hyde Carolina House Elizabeth Kyle Raymond Holden Virginia Kahl Anne H. White Little Dog Sniff Geraldine Smith Mitten Lewis Helen Kay Santiago Ann N. Clark Zhenya Gay Esphyr Slobodkins

Divorce Libel for Irene Barclay in Sagadahoc County

Libellant Irene Barclay of Bath Maine seeks a divorce from Clyde E Barclay of Dorchester Massachusetts. She alleges seven day remarriage in 1945 and desertion in 1947 with three years of continual abandonment, cruelty, and unknown residence of the Libellee. Notice is ordered by the Superior Court at Bath with publication in Bath Daily Times.

State OF Maine Sagadahoc Bath T. Irene Barclay Clyde E Barclay Dorchester Suffolk Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bath Maine Irene Barclay Clyde FE Barclay Saeadehoc Iuperior

Detroit Man 92 Cleared After Green Light Excuse

Ralph Bennallack told a Traffic Court judge the officer was right to ticket him for walking against a red light. The charge was dismissed after he explained he started on a green signal but is slower now. Bennallack is 92.

Detroit Ralph Bennallack Bennallack Bannallack

United States Amateur Baseball Team Heads to South Africa Tour

The United States Amateur Baseball Federation will play 31 games in South Africa against local teams, with the tour running from February 17 to February 7.

United States Amateur Baseball Federation South Africa Navy

Also Mentioned on This Page

Agoin Bath Bath Daily Times Bath Shipping Office Daniel J. McGillicuddy Congress McGillicudy McGillicuddy People’s Ferry Hockomock Court Sagadahoc Foresters of America C.R John Costello S. C Samuel Hathorne Woolwich Thomas P. Gibbons Thonas S. Gibbons Hebron Ernest A. Allan Jess Willard Sebenon Hall Sagadahoc Ferry Mayers Orchestra Maine Water Co Thompson's Brook Sewall Jewett Conley Kennedy Bakery Seguin Charles H. Trickey Alice South Gardiner Randolph Berry Houses Ariel City Landing Rand Water Washington Street Down River B. H Bath Custom House Morse Emma S&s. Briggs Alice Wentworth Times Center Street New York City Pateral Danehapenich Grace Church Parish House Cosmopolitan Club Margaret Foster Margaret Stewart Mae O'Brien John Shaw Th Thompson Ena Bucknam Emma Magoun Mary Spear Arthur Rand D. T. Dougherty Louise Child Madelyn Hunt Rachel Potter Helen Wheaton Sophia Higgins Nellie Turner Bessie Moores Louise Haggett Susan Ballou Evelyn Oliver Charles Fitzgerald Georgetown University Southport Boothbay Eastern Steamship Co Edward Dunton Maxwell Charles V. Minott Phippsburg Center Front Street Clary Oliver Moses New York Percy Boys Arlington Popham Beach Percy Cottage Percy United States Shipping George W. Morse John E. Whittey Boothbay Harbor Pythian Opera House Eature Eleanor Hooper Exposition Pacific Coast East Sebasco Estates Casco Bay Freeman H. Merritt F. F. Ingraham Frederic Low Homestead High Street Gorham Normal School Hope W. Winn Walter S White New Meadows Inn Jennie Sawyer Esther White Carrie Chaney Buck Pauline Mikelsky Mary Berry Edith Hartwell Vivian LeMont Esther Jones Louise Harriman Ruth Haskell Farnham Tne Rideout Harold Reed Erry Thompson Marius Page Galen M. Low Arthur Hagan Mark Chick Cummings Street Neponset Curtis Barber Shop Roy McLean Western Union Telegraph Co Henry I. Gediman Mr. Gediman Eleanor A. Percy Ross Percy & Small Frank Daley Pacific Parker Head Rotterdam John Fisherty Arthur Norton Rand Nichols Harold Childs William Lemont George Goodwin Gardiner Rogers Lemont Cottage Sebasco Stover Young Knights Hoyt Oliver, Grindell, Durgin and Stewart Bath Co Studebaker Milton Kimball Priscilla Kimball Camp Wynona Lake Morey Miss Kimball Carol Percy Dorothy Sewall Mrs. Kimball E. T. Emerson Bangor Miss Emerson Portland Clement Cookie” Macis Chicago Kenneth Sloboda International Soundphoto Philadelphia Theodore Armpriester Joseph Ryan Ellis Palmer Adolph Sincavage Schuylkill River Arminester Palmer Red Eisenhower Washington China U.S University of North Carolina Rollins College Connie Mack Gravitte Tar Heels Connie Mack Butler Rollins Martha Chestnut Conway South Carolina Atlantic City By Bob Thomas Libellant Nath Lynn M Bussey Notary Public Esther L. Brawn Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company Emile J. Dube Lisbon Street Lewiston Della M. Randall Violet T Wright Alton L. Wright Arthur J. Dunton Lillian H. Heal T. Lillian H Heal Sagadahoe F. Carter Allan Spear Lincoln Joseph L Fortin Clarence E. Griffing Topshaw Wilhelmina Granting Année’ l L. Hammond Topsham Arthur L. Hammond Vincent C Nichols Eleanor A. Nichols Wendell P. Stevens Leon J. Spinney John P Carey
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