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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1952
Page
3
Parker Head residents report visits from relatives and friends across Bath and nearby towns. Several families and service members are mentioned visiting, traveling or returning home from duty aboard ships in Boston and Newport. The column includes promotions, graduations, and social calls, ending with a teaser for continued notes on Page Seven.
Meadowbrook notes describe Brightwater colony members and guests enjoying a Fourth of July picnic and luncheon at Popham Beach with swimming and games. Reports of visitors returning home from Jay K Bowker farm and local residents visiting cottages in Meadowbrook. A 12 year old boy, George Bowker, injured his hand when a jack slipped during tire changing, requiring stitches at Bath Memorial hospital. Dudley S. Leavitt and wife attended Grant-Cowan wedding and reception at Central Church.
Mr and Mrs John Ayer Corinne M Berry report a month on the Continent with stops in London Paris and Geneva. They endured a Swiss blizzard and plan to celebrate the Bar pentationals 150th anniversary at the church with Rev Char L Stevens and local organizers.
Traces of the old Arrowsic bridge are disappearing as Walter E. Reid of Georgetown purchases 900 feet of dredging material stored for over a century. Mason Carter of Woolwich delivers rocks to Bath to be loaded on trucks, with underwater cribs secured by pins. Piling described as pine and hemlock remains well preserved.
Barbara McBrine of 16 Dummer Street, a Morse High School graduate in June, is now employed in the accounting discharge at Bath Iron Works.
Fort Popham drew about 900 visitors over the weekend with 370 counted at the beach. Bath residents occupy summer cottages. many commute and enjoy the season as nightly gardens suffer from drought. Summer church services are set for Small Point Phippsburg Center Parker Head with guest ministers.
A Bay Point diary records visits and movements of residents and guests through July. Families from Bath Lewiston Sagadahoc and Augusta enjoy cottages while midweek and weekend trips blend with hospital and clinic stops. A Boston terrier’s death caps a busy season amid longtime local families and visitors.
A Brantford Ontario house once linked to Alexander Graham Bell is kept as a local museum. Historical note recalls a jeweled mirror of Queen Marie de Medici valued at $20,000 during the French Revolution era.
Court hearing details how Mrs. Skelton died with bruising noted on limbs and torso. Deputy Belanger testified Skelton claimed doctor Hilton Appleton treated his wife and she fell from bed multiple times during the night and morning.
Richard Labbe of Augusta pleaded guilty to drunken driving and was fined 100 dollars plus 6.99 in court costs after a July 5 arrest at Richmond Four Corners by State Trooper Mortimer O Connell who filed the complaint. Brunswick resident Paul D Allessio admitted guilt for passing a red flasher signal on Washington Street and must pay 25 dollars plus 4.70 costs. license revocation set with an October Superior Court appeal on his own recognizance of 50 dollars for appearance. Glenwood C Dodge of Bath admitted guilt to a stop sign violation and a separate no license charge, each with 10 dollar fines and 4.70 costs. George Pike of North Bath had a larceny charge dismissed for lack of prosecution. Attorney Edward W Bridgham represented Pike. A Bath man faced 10 dollars and 5.40 costs or 15 days in jail after an intoxication plea.
A wholesome tableaux on Front Street shows a New England style family with mother father six sons a daughter and a truck delivery team. The scene features the mother keeping order the oldest boy driving the truck and a day of shopping picnicking and ice cream outings with the family displaying neatness and harmony.
Neil Sullivan son of Mrs Annie Sullivan and the late Harry C Sullivan and Esther M Hall daughter of Mrs Martha Hall filed marriage intentions at the City Clerk's office.
Torrent No.1 of Bath won first money in the Danvers Muster Mass celebrating its 200th anniversary. The crew powered 202 feet three and a half inches attracting 150000 spectators in a nine division parade. Passaconway of Seabrook won first class trials and Torrent’s new foreman Donald Hanscom marked his first victory.
Mr and Mrs H L Carlisle announce the marriage of their daughter Constance to A3c Joseph John Coffill son of Mrs Margaret Coffill and the late Oscar Coffill all of Bath The ceremony was June 21 at four o clock in the Base Chapel Robins Air Force Base Georgia Lt William D Maddock officiated The bride wore a white Summer suit with orchid corsage Matron of honor Mrs Bertrand Johnson wore royal blue suit Best man A2c Bertrand Johnson After a brief wedding trip the couple will live at 321 MacArthur Boulevard Warner Robins Ga Both graduates of Morse High School class of 1951 Airman Coffill enlisted Sept 1951 and trained at Sampson AFB NY He attended North Dakota State School of Science and is stationed at Robins AFB Georgia.
The W. P. R. A. praises Archibald M. Main of Bath and Birch Point for his cash gift to the West Point playground. Mr. and Mrs. Melville C. McKenney of Lansdale Pa. visit West Point as guests of Harold Wallace Albert Bailys. Leaders from Phippsburg fishing villages offer help to finish clearing the community building site and assist with the Aug. 11 and 12 fair.
The Bath Housing Authority seeks bids on an elevated Lambert Park water tank weighing about 75 tons and built as an emergency reserve for the housing project. It has seen little use and froze during winter, with city mains proving sufficient. Bids open July 18.
Bath Iron Works nines fall to Junior Legion at Kelley Field as Brad Stover goes four for four with a sixth inning homer and Carl Black adds three hits. Paine battles for six innings, striking out four while Junior Legion’s offense plates thirteen hits and capitalizes on eight Iron Works errors.
Mrs. Omar C. Snipe returned from Detroit where she attended the National Education Association convention at Wayne University. Morse High staff member Nathan W. Watson also attended as a delegate. President Clyde Miller of Silver City attended, enhancing the event. Snipe traveled home by train Sunday amid intense heat. The convention ran from June 28 into the following week.
The Friendship Market, part of Camden Open House Day on July 17, runs 10 30 a m to 4 30 p m at St Thomas Episcopal parish house. Maine Farm and Garden Association sponsorship features over 100 exhibitors from across the state selling handcrafted items.
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