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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1947
Page
7
The record outlines an auction of household items including a piano and copper ware with several named attendees and witnesses. It notes neighborhood updates from Phippsburg including honeymoons, cottages, and local visits, with mentions of residents visiting, touring, and family events. The piece mentions officials and local activity at the town hall and references military medical staff from the U S Army arriving in the area.
Local efforts gather support to convert the town farm at Parker Head into a community house for manual training and home economics classes. Three Baileys at Small Point offer to assist with the project as residents donate time while church and town groups discuss funding, schedules, and cleanup.
Mrs Herbert Hapeen and Miss Elizabeth Cony arrive to pass the season with relatives. David Dennis of New York visits his summer home with H R Dennis and family. Former Governor Walter Edge of Princeton arrives to stay at his summer house after a Canada salmon air trip. John F y, president of the Princeton Research Association, is also in town.
A late Sunday blaze lit up the horizon near Moran's River as campers failed to call for help in time. A large crowd gathered, the fire spreading for miles while authorities searched for response methods and witnesses amid beach activities and local visits.
Residents across Bath, Popham, Cox's Head and Brunswick hosted and visited kin and friends during an informal seaside weekend. Many families including the Spragues, the Spear and Jewell clans, and local guests attended gatherings at cottages and beaches.
A coastal note details scarce lobsters this year while crab traps line the river and islands. The hay crop prospers. Local residents and visitors frequent farms, cottages, and auctions, with families like Wyman, Thayer, Goodwin, Perkins, and Wilbur sharing time at various sites from Foster's Point to Winnegance and Portland.
Prof Ellsworth W Millett head of Colby College Physical Education outlines Colby history from its 1818 founding as Waterville College to the Mayflower Hill campus. He notes Gardiner Colby’s 100000 gift and later presidents guiding expansion as new facilities near completion.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions el and Union streets, two modern stories, and mentions of Julian, a president role two years ago, and Charles gh. Unable to identify clear events or entities due to damaged source.
OCR reads a list of names and street addresses including Ba Farm street Willow street Middle street Wash High Sect Street and Court street. The note instructs entries to be at Centennial headquarters by 5 p.m. Saturday.
Mrs. W P White and family spent the weekend on Logg Island. Mrs. Harry Couillard and Robert visited Richmond from 23 Corliss Street, guests of Clyde Reynolds on his farm. Mr. and Mrs. Mullaney with daughters Patty and Sally and Mr. and Mrs. Leon Brown with sons Richard and Jay joined Bailey Ist John H Reevy of Hunts W. Way at the home of Horace G Morse on Oak Street for several weeks.
Farmers three from 3108p Joe Marsh recall seven years ago banding together to install flood controls that regulate high water. They say the effort required labor and cooperation and helped protect fields, keeping wheat production and communities orderly.
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