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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1954
Page
6
Summer visitors flood Bath and nearby shore by double train loads and Boston boats. William H. Shea named chief engineer of the Islander succeeding A. E. Wakefield who retires July 13. Includes race results, local industry notes, notable residents, and community events across Bath.
July 8 1914 reports shafting for the Bath Shoe Factory at the freight depot arriving with hangers and two dynamos ready for placement. Fred Reed notified the manufacturer and will dispatch workers to install the shafting and set up the dynamos. Over 1200 feet of tracks are being laid in the Box Shop yard with one track looping around the yard and another to the shop.
After two days waiting in Newport for the annual regatta the Eastern Yacht Club fleet resumes its New England coast cruise with a final run to New London. Many owners stay for the second America's Cup trial race while a squadron follows the flagship Christabel down Narragansett Bay. Also notes from Brunswick Bath real estate talks, bluefish invades mackerel off the coast, a visitor brings mountain laurel, and a new Driftwood Club forms in the city with secret initiation and a club settee setting.
On petition by Samuel R. Percy Associate Justice George E Bird restrains Lewiston Augusta Bath Street Railway Co from extending its siding on Washington street at the Phoenix turnout to haul freight cars through public streets. Hearing set for July 28 in Portland. Counsel for petitioner E C Plummer and F L Staples.
A July 12 1914 item notes a state and federal survey of Sagadahoc and nearby counties to assess merchantable feldspar deposits. The Move to develop Maine aims to boost business growth population and prosperity.
Upper Methodist society held an ice cream sociable last evening and cleared about eight dollars. G W Marston, once a South End boy and now a Woolwich farmer and painter, visited on business. Kennebec Line of Eastern Steamship Corp will start daily service between the Kennebec river and Boston tomorrow. Fire department hopefuls should report tonight at engine houses 4 No 2 or No 3 to Chief Engineer Charles E Parks. Summer nights have been generally cool with few exceptions.
July 13 1914 in this city Hon Luther Maddocks says Maine coast waters hold more fish than in 25 years mackerel plentiful in Portland and Boston markets at one cent a pound The Bath built Nashville in tropical service near Mexico Neveda launch and reception at Copley Plaza Bath people yacht party Westport Dunton farm Misses Nellie Wheaton Carrie Dunton Lottie Wyman Ethel Lundrigan etc Aroostook trip Fort Kent hydroplane by Harry McCausland Troop Six Boy Scouts Popham Beach outing Capt Durphy barrels of shad and 140 mackerel Kennebec mouth Morey sees large catch Defiance races feature Mrs Phynehan aboard the Defiance in the second race but mast of a mascot not enough to win
The Pat ten Free Library shelves new fiction and non fiction titles including Best Detective Stories edited by D C Cooke and works by Shirley Seifert Marguerite Dickson and Elizabeth Meigs among many others. Titles cover mystery biographies juveniles classics and travel guides with authors such as Daphne du Maurier Fredric Brown Louis A Stinetorf and Jack Schaefer represented.
Plans to revive sailboat racing on the New Meadows river were announced today with the first races of the 1954 Summer season slated for Sunday after noon. Sailors are asked to meet off Basin Point at 2 p.m. Last summer interest waned but there is renewed enthusiasm for the revival.
The Smith Tobey Post of Bath and the Rumford Post team meet at 4:30 p.m. Saturday in the first of a three game playoff for Districts Three and Four in the American Legion Junior Baseball Tourney. The game is in Rumford after Rumford won the district title by eliminating Bethel.
A Tuesday evening twilight sail from Bath aboard the party boat Viking lists passengers including C. E. Mendenhall and Mabel Mendenhall of Plattsmouth N B Derwin Southard Charlene and Janice Perham West Bath Eleanor Blaisdell and William Blaisdell Phippsburg Estella Doughy June Southard Eleanor Wright Diane Blaisdell Victoria and Norma Blaisdell Burnham Pratt Stephanie Pratt Mrs Clyde MacKinnon Mrs Bruce MacKinnon Edward and William Murphy Ernest Pinkham Donalene Beverly Miller of Bath and more.
The Board of Education met Tuesday and voted to remove fluorescent lights from Central Grammar and Weeks Street school buildings. Some will be installed in four rooms at North Grammar and others used in Morse High School classrooms. Central Grammar and Weeks Street buildings have been discontinued as schoolhouses.
A steel outdoor pay station is being installed in a wooden booth placed there months ago. The service proves convenient for people seeking a telephone, especially late at night when other stations and stores are closed.
Sagadahoc Democrats held a county meeting at Bath City Hall led by James C. Oliver Frank M. Coffin and Don Nicol pledging active organizing in towns Muskie received 24 written votes in Morrill while Cross had 39 regular votes Oliver blamed Republicans for routing rubber cargoes through Boston harming Portland and criticized lost Bath Iron Works destroyer contracts as a GOP shortcoming
Students receive free shuttle to Morse High School for a July 24 visit as the nationwide Parade tours with 44 vehicles including 12 Futurliners. The expo runs July 22 to 26 with two dozen major exhibits and a daily 40 minute stage show in the aerodrome.
Cosmo Garden Club members including erton Gross Miss Alice Johnson and Mrs Linwood Boardman visit rose gardens. The article notes eye color pigments develop after birth, so children may be blue-eyed at birth before darkening later.
Mr and Mrs Edward Reed return to Lincoln Street after a two week outing in Waterford where they were guests at Keoka Farm.
Lakewood Theatre features famed actress Otis Skinner as guest star this week in her Ys production Paris 90 with score and lyrics by Kay Swift. She headlines all week with 2:30 pm matinees on Wednesday and Saturday and has toured 368 performances across the United States and Canada.
The Camden Garden Club, founded in 1915, announces its annual event featuring venues including vic House on Hosmer Pond road home of Mr and Mrs Zlatko Balakovic The Side House known as Blueberry Acres Route 17 Rockville and the Cramer House on Sea Street Rockport home of Mr and Mrs Ambrose Cramer Summer visitors to Maine look forward to the event at these properties.
The Rotary Club hosted speaker Dick Vose who outlined Rotary aims and global service. Guest Rotarians included Albert Etchells of Putnam Harold Mayo of New York City and others from Cambridge Swampscott and Damariscotta.
The Maine State Employment Office in Bath at 174 Front Street calls for additional bean pickers to register. Office hours run 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The notice praises Bath youths and groups under capable supervision and notes growers have been satisfied with the work by Bath children and their supervisors.
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