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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1947
Page
6
A local Bath discussion centers on hospital care for the elderly, arguing health services must endure beyond years and protect residents. The piece stresses human life value over cost, urging sustained support for medical facilities serving Bath’s aged and vulnerable.
The article lists three French trawlers to be launched in Boulogne region with names The DeBouillon and The Saint Patrick among the candidates. details are fragmented and unclear due to damaged OCR.
City organizers list 18 floats already entered for Bath Centennial Parade of Progress including Kennebec Crafts and Central Maine Power Co. More firms plan to join. A bicycle division for Bath youths and an aerial Century Plane drop amid festivities with premiums and event tickets. Plane is a four seater Army P-17 with W Dayton Hill Jr. aboard.
Commander and Mrs. Charles Norris and Charles Norris II arrived Saturday to visit Mrs. Norris’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Donnell at the beach.
Citizens voice complaints over higher assessed values and unchanged tax rates amid 1047 bills. Hearings at the assessors' office will review adjustments for valuation errors with Cole Layer Co. representatives present. Many taxpayers plan to seek hearings while some citizens have already paid.
Bath Iron Works schedules a triple launch for Saturday July 19 with first craft at 2 30. Two 152 foot class trawlers join a 240 foot vessel for the French Supply Commission. The Indian Bear freighter for Pacific Far East Line nears peace time completion. reconversion underway for two sister ships including Solth Wind recently delivered.
Centenary celebration kicks off with a 5 30 p M start on Monday July 21 as the Centennial Parade committee led by co chair Fred O Hayward Jr marks the opening day. The parade will form at North and Lincoln streets with a later start after business and lodge requests. The next parade committee meeting is scheduled for 6 30 p M Tuesday with all members urged to attend.
Bath's Centennial Committee releases the program for July 21 to 26 featuring a Parade of Progress, naval arrivals, base ball games, dances, a naval ball, band concerts, a coronation, and a regatta. Events include aircraft flyovers, a parade, legal ceremonies, and the Derby finale.
Four additional floats will join Bath’s Centennial Parade of Progress including Bath Iron Works, Bell Manufacturing, Sears Roebuck, and Arthur L. Berry Cities Service station, bringing total scheduled to 25. Bath’s Centennial book, with 72 pages and color covers, goes on sale July 21 at 25 cents, with orders limited to pickup.
Walter E. Reid of Georgetown told the State Park Commission that an additional 600 acres of land at Georgetown offered for state park purposes has been withdrawn. The 600 acres near Seguinland were previously accepted in 1946, but no action has been taken by the State, and Reid retracts all assurances. The move alarms supporters hoping for a park road and early development, with continued hopes for state action on the grant.
Captain Olsen of the USS Fiske DD 842 announces the Bath built destroyer will visit Bath from July 22 to 25 as part of the Centennial celebrations. A 232 member crew plus officers will be aboard. The ship, built by Bath Iron Works, was commissioned in 1945 and has served in the Atlantic and Mediterranean fleets.
The Harold T Andrews Post Bugle and Drum Corps of Portland will take part in Bath's Centennial Parade of Progress on Monday July 21 at 530 PM. The 45 member unit plans a New York City appearance in the National American Legion parade and will appear in Bath's parade. Westbrook's Catholic Action Crusaders, a 40 piece unit of World War II veterans, will also march in the Centennial procession.
Bath Maine hosts the Centennial Regatta on July 26 at 2 p.m. featuring 50 to 75 top outboard racers from New England New York and New Jersey. The one mile Kennebec River course near Bath City Landing will use APBA rules 1947 with official numbers on deck and compulsory life jackets. Race HQ is Bath City Landing with $30 in prize money per heat and drivers meeting at 1 p.m.
Miss Lauretta Huff, clerk at Hilyard's Drug store, regains a commanding lead in the Centennial Queen contest after today's vote tabulation. Miss Betty Anderson had closed the gap after Tuesday's results, but Huff's largest deposit yet puts her ahead again as other candidates' supporters withhold ballots. Tickets for queen votes remain tied to sales of automobile prizes and event tickets, with peaks expected by Tuesday and Friday night next week.
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