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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1958

Page

5

Fortnightly Bath Notes From 1918 Outing and Local Visits

Forty years ago in Bath July 23 1918 Wilfred W Chaney and family with guests Mrs W D Goodman and son Robert of Brooklyn N Y and Miss Eleanor E Bruce enjoying a two weeks outing at Bay Point. Dr M M Granham district service manager of the United States Shipping Board emergency fleet corporation arrived in Bath with A A Ride out of Boston and Charles Cuttredge of Montreal gunner of 3rd Battery 1st Brigade C F A both speak to the employer of the Texas company at 12 sharp tomorrow noon. Music by the Texas band. A special Boy Scout meeting planned. Councillor Sullivan of Massachusetts a guest of Mrs Hartnett. Fish warden Mac Donald collected 25 fine from a fisherman lacking lobster license. Various Bath residents and visitors enjoy outings and weekend trips to Boothbay Harbor Christmas Cove and Sabino. Robert McMillan resumed duties at Texas Steamship Co office after two weeks. Several social events announced including a Baptist youth social and a masquerade dance at Armory Hall.

Wilfred W. Chaney W. D. Goodman Robert Brooklyn N. Y Eleanor E. Bruce Bay Point M. M. Granham United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation Bath A. A. Rideout Boston Charles Cuttredge Montreal 1St Bridgade Texas Company Texas Band Beacon Troop Pomery Lewis R. Sullivan Governor’s Council of Massachusetts

North End Red Cross Host at Mrs Kennersons Home

July 24 1918 Mrs Walter Kennerson hosts North End Red Cross group at her Upper Washington Street home. George E Sampson visiting from Kenneb Point spends summer in Maine. Several locals noted in town events and moves including the Stinsons and a Groton chauffeur guest.

Walter Kennerson North End Red Cross Upper Washington Street George E. Sampson Kennebec Point Mr. Sampson Maine

Oiler joins sister tug Wyoming after sea service

William Daley, an oiler from Bedford Street on the Perth Amboy, shells from a German submarine off Nauset last Sunday, travels to join Wyoming, his brother Irving also an oiler. Meanwhile Bath reports street work, sugar limits, local visits, and community notes including Willard Oliver’s birthday and Camp Elliott connections.

William Daley Bedford Street Perth Amboy Nauset Mass Wyoming Irving

Summer Visitors and Carnival Plans in New England

In July 1918 Mrs. Alfred Howarth of Fall River visits her mother Mrs. E Kateon in Wesley street and plans a Lincoln Park carnival. Mr. Howarth returns to work after a summer trip. Mrs. Weed and daughters stay with relatives in Portland and at Mrs. Mann in Fall River. George A Crockett, a Winter Street church member, was honored before leaving with boys for Camp Devens.

Alfred Howarth Fall River Mass E. Kateon Wesley Street J. W. Weed Frances Margaret Mrs. Weed J. R. Pratt Portland Men’s Club Winter Street Church George A. Crockett Camp Devens

Social notes from Bath and nearby towns

Prominent residents and visitors are listed as they travel between New York Fall River Wiscasset and Bath. The list includes Mr and Mrs Franci of New York Mrs Alfred Howarth Fall River Mass Miss Grace Kateen Milton Trott new Shaw Auto manager John Crosby Richmond visiting Charles Harriman North Street Edward Sampson at New Meadows River cottage Evelyn Oliver Sabine summering in the city Ballard and Low Bangor Presque Isle Central Maine Power trips Fred Ingraham Wollaston Mass visiting Charles C Low Westminster School headmaster William L Cushing Small Point Halbert Gardner Bath Round Pond and a Maine safety committee executive.

Franci New York Alfred Howarth Fall River Mass Grace Kateen Mere Point Edward Sampson New Meadows River Birch Point

Hottest Sunday draws Bath crowds and Summer lore

Sunday crowds jammed Bath parks as heatwaves baked the region. Town notes recount family visits, dances, and shore trips from Boothbay Harbor to Phippsburg Center, with July 29 1918 references and local outings including a bridge hall dance and a magician at the Opera House.

Fund Raising Drive Convention Bus to Chicago

A bus chartered to transport parents and interested adults to the Fund Raising Drive Convention in Chicago has a few vacancies. For information contact William Milliken, Corps Director, as soon as possible.

Chicago William Milliken

Crosby area social notes and a ledge fall injury

Crosby Maine section lists weekend visitors from Framingham Marblehead Bath Mansfield Center and Philadelphia. Martin F Goodwin was injured after a fall from a high ledge near his home and treated by Dr Marion Westermeyer at Bath and Phippsburg Center before returning home.

Crosby Phyllis Huntoon Rose Thurman Framingham Mass Henry Kenney Salem Minot Percy Marblehead Ralph Seekins Bath Wilma Keyes Mansfield Center Conn Doc” Keyser Philadelphia Ruth Canfield Effie Heath Greenfield Roland Gleason Holliston Maine Stanton C. Dozois Richard S. Dozois Mabel Wade Portland Martin F. Goodwin Marion Westermeyer Phippsburg Center Westermeyer

Reverend half owner of racehorse Lets Misbehave

The Rev. Robert Fstill rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Lexington Kentucky is a partial owner of a racehorse named Lets Misbehave. The note highlights the unusual stake held by the clergyman in a horse racing venture.

Lexington, Ky Robert Fstill Christ Episcopal Church

Bath hosts proposed Payne Muskie debate amid campaign talk

Political Periscope met with Bath committee members to plan a campaign strategy and a July 31 second meeting. The Bath Junior Chamber of Commerce proposed the U S Senator Frederick G Payne and Governor Edmund S Muskie debate in Bath with local groups and TV interest eyeing air time.

U. S Frederick G Payne Edmund S. Muskie Bath Bailiwicks

Sagadahoe Campaign Opens With James C. Oliver in Bath

James C. Oliver kicked off campaign events in Sagadahoe County to challenge Republican Congressman Robert Hale. He visited county towns, spoke to supporters at a Bath Golf Club luncheon, and spent close to an hour at the Bath Canning factory chatting with workers.

Sagadahoe Sagadahoe County James C. Oliver Oliver Robert Hale Bath Golf Club Bath Canning Factory

Oliver supporters tour with Pert and Nolan in Bath

On tour with Oliver were Bath state legislative candidates Edwin H. Pert and Joseph P. Nolan. Oliver expressed confidence that the special congressional committee probing the 1956 disputed ballots, which initially declared Hale the winner by 22 votes, will recommend his seating.

Oliver Bath Edwin H. Pert Joseph P. Nolan Special Congressional Committee Hales

Campaign clash looms as Hale targets Oliver record

Hale, a veteran political campaigner, begins the drive of his political life. Oliver faces a tough task ahead despite Oliver's 1956 showing. Hale is hampered early by needing to be in Washington but tours the state to attack the Oliver record.

Oliver Hale Washington

Topsham Democrats Meet Bath Area Candidates

Topsham Democratic committee met Wednesday with Harry S. Larrabee running for county commissioner and Truman W. Wallace Jr. for sheriff, presenting the Bath area candidates to party members.

Topsham Bath Area Democratic Committee Harry S. Larrabee Truman W. Wallace, Jr

Woolwich Notes on Local Residents and Activities

Woolwich continues its page three coverage with updates on elderly resident John Preble moving to Day’s Ferry to live with son Lemuel Preble, Mrs. Myers Reed’s return from Japan revealing Orient films, and Mrs. James Thorpe’s surgery at Bath Memorial Hospital. Frank J. Walker and daughter Russell Boyd attendedCapitol Islanders’ annual meeting. T. Tarpy Shulten returned from Syracuse after visiting relatives.

William Stevens Nequasset John Preble Woolwich Lemuel Preble Day's Ferry Clarence Preble Five Islands Myers Reed Sagadahoe Ferry Japan Orient Frank J. Walker Russell Boyd Boston Capiotl Island Douglas Seaver Middleton Mass James Thorpe Day’s Ferry Bath Memorial Hospital T. Tarpy Schulten Woolwich Center Syracuse N. Y Theapitol TiTanssociation and Corporation Capitol Island

Senator Smith to Aid Maine Campaign on Weekends

Senator Margaret Chase Smith is expected to play an active role in the Maine Republican campaign ahead of September elections. She told state GOP leaders she will help on weekends until Congress adjourns and plans several television appearances, including a rally in Wiscasset on Saturday August 2.

U. S Margaret Chase Smith Maine GOP Congress Wiscasset Lincoln County

Zorach Day Exhibits Mark Noted Arts Career

Zorach Day leads the Fine Arts department at California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. He has held six solo shows including at the Californian palace of the Legion of Honor and the University of Maine. Day has won prizes for ceramic sculpture and is famed for caramelwork. The Walker Art building invites the public with free admission and summer hours posted.

California College of Arts and Crafts Oakland

Georgetown’s oldest residents aid Georgetown family histories

Arrowsic residents visited cemeteries and contacted friends to gather data. Mr. Clary, a long time Georgetown resident, is believed to hold the most authentic information on families born in Georgetown who later moved across the country.

Winter Street Ferson Clary Georgetown

Navy Graduate and Local Summer Hires Noted

Robert J. White son of Mr and Mrs Clifford J White of 9 Hinckley Street graduated from recruit training July 26 at the Naval Training Center Great Lakes. John E D attached to the U S S Fremont arrived in Lebanon. Richard H Towle Jr son of Mr and Mrs Richard H Towle of 20 Bedford Street is employed at Oakhurst Dairy Co for the Summer and plans to enter Maine Central Institute Pittsfield next Fall.

Robert J. White Clifford J. White Hinckley Street Naval Training Center Great Lakes Betis R Ane Pyeereach Us John E D. Vie Bom U. S.S. Fremont Lebanon Doyle Richard H. Towle, Jr Richard H. Towle Bedford Street Oakhurst Dairy Co Richard Morse Maine Central Institute Pittsfield

Mrs Mary Brown and Mrs William Shea Return Home

Mrs Mary Brown of Dorchester and Mrs William Shea of West Roxbury return to their home after a week at Foster's Point as guests of their niece and nephew Mr and Mrs Ernest V Bartholomay.

Mary Brown Dorchester Mass William Shea West Roxbury Foster's Point Ernest V. Bartholomay

Mrs Calderwood Announces New Books At Library

Patten Free Library adds numerous new titles across genres announced by librarian Mrs. Florence R. Calderwood. The list includes notable authors and varied topics from mystery and adventure to juvenile and teen works, reflecting a broad acquisition.

Patten Free Library Florence R. Calderwood Hans Kenningsberger Robert Gutwilling Brian—Granvile Buiind—Ddate Leigh Toward Bright Reed Richard M. Stern Erle Stanley Gardner Jalna Mizo de la Roche Chiara Gene D'Olive David Delman Vera Dispary Stalian Emys Humphrey Kate Cavanaugh Anne Miller Downs Henry Maxfield Ruth M. Berry el Dorado Michael Swan Theodore H. White Bruce Lancaster Jean Ariss Maurice Drueen Seidman and Sons Erick Mell Wyatt Morris Melissa Mather Rene Guilot Chingo Smith Erie Canal Samuel Hopkins Adams Diamond Alaska Edward Werrin Helen Miller John F. Parson Henry Arcece Ran Chatham Tom Person Elizabeth Headley Ayre-Ave Sir la Rocque DeMose Robert McCluskey Television Fund Roy Huttings Elizabeth Ogilvie Shadow Pond Mary C. June Dorothy Cleaves

Sagada Hoc County Rally Co-Chairs Announced

Hunter heads a refreshment and entertainment committee for an Aug. 20 rally with Sagada hoc county Republicans invited to attend. The event includes an open house and aims to mobilize the party base as Greece reports more than half the population are farmers.

Sagadahoc County Greece

Foreclosure Notice on West Bath Property in Sagadahoc

Wilfred Madeau of West Bath, Maine, mortgage dated July 8, 1956 recorded in Sagadahoc Deeds Book 290, Page 393, breaches condition of mortgage. FRANK ALLEGRIN claims foreclosure of the mortgage on the described parcel in West Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine.

Wilfred Madeau West Bath Savgadahoe State of Maine Savadahoc Sagadahoc Lee Brothers George K. Neilson William D Work Robert Metcalf Alfred Lemont Charles Bates Lane Flanders Sabinonae Frank Allegrin

BIW Buys Kelley Property For New 35 Car Parking Lot

Bath Iron Works Corp buys the Kelley property at Washington and Union streets to add parking for shipyard workers. The former boarding house, owned previously by the Kelly and Tallman families, is to be razed this fall. deed stamps show a purchase price between 9000 and 10000 dollars.

Edward A. and Mary P. Kelley Washington Street Bath Tron Works Corp Biw Kelley Kelly Washington and Union Streets Bath Iron Works Corp Edward A. Kelly Tallman Duncans Irea

Steamboat Fate Told From 1917 to 1935

The vessel Ransom B. Fuller became a Naval barracks in 1917, renamed Broadway in 1925, served briefly as an excursion steamer, then owned by Dimon line to oppose the Night Line on the Hudson but reportedly saw no service there. Chartered by the Salvation Army in 1930 for Staten Island, it later lay at Newburgh and in 1935 the hull was towed to Cornwall, where it remains submerged and protected from wreckers and the elements.

Richardson Ransom B. Fuller New London Newburgh N. Y Cornwall

Bath CD Director Advises Shelter Areas For Fallout

Bath CD director urged basements for fallout shelter if possible or first floor homes if basements unavailable. He recommended a two week food and water supply first aid kit battery radio and emergency gear in shelters and offered further information and publications from his office. Interested persons were invited.

Bath

More Than Half of Americans Can Swim

A news brief reports that over 50 percent of American adults can swim, highlighting a nationwide trend in swimming ability and public health implications.

Probate Notices From Bath Court July 1958

Public notice of probate actions in Bath County Savadahoe with cases for William Barry London Ruth M London Bernard Pratt Marion S Pratt Elizabeth McKay Donald H Specht and others. Hearing set for first Tuesday of April at 10 o clock in the forenoon for objections and administration orders to issue as indicated.

Bath Savadahoe Fred Dwyer Bernard W Pratt Marion S. Pratt Elizabeth McKay Donald H Specht Donald H. Specht

Also Mentioned on This Page

The Bath Daily Times Daniel A. MacDonald Dunday’s Edward H. Pierce Doubling Point Pemaquid Point Ardenne A. Stott Alden Denham Mildred Ernest Avery Guy Annis Christmas Cove Mrs. Annis Dover Robert McMillan Texas Steamship Co W. C. Blake Boothbay Harbor Hazel Grace Helen Farrell Helen Larrabee Alice Hartnett Roxy Campbell Florence Beals Westport Junction Oscar Smiley Marjorie Vaughan Sabino Hazel Henderson Miss Pearl Kittredge Grace Dunham Lewiston Bath Garage Company Anna Morse Louisa Hughes Washingtorn, D. C Friay John Freeman Freeman Bungalow Esther White Robert Coombs Harold Potter Marion Worrey First Baptist Church Armory Hall Winter Street Men’s Club Mikelsky Columbia Records Smith Tobacco Store Elm Front Streets Ellen Newell Katherine Brown Charles’s. Brown Augusta Hammond's Grove Thomas F. Reynolds George Sarah Katherine Carl Stinson Monday Middle Street McNeil Union Street John Gallagher Groton, Conn Jake Francy Center Streets Front Street Elm Street Bertha L. Soule New York City Mrs. Sanford Gilliam West Point Willard Oliver George Oliver Marshall Avenue Jane M. Whitmore Worcester Melvin Wallace of Sebasco Otto Jacobs War Department New England Sasanoa Wiwarna Popham Virginia City Landing Beatrice Parks Woolworth’s Quebec Theodore Snowden Walter Parker Walter O. Parker This City Somerville, Mass Frank Curtis Elizabeth French Pine Street Mr. Curtis Charles Curtis Haverhill Elliott Harry Horne Richmond Horne Richmond High School Milton Trott Kimball Bros. Company Shaw Auto Company John Crosby Charles Harriman North Street Evelyn Oliver Sabine City William Clisby Helene of Psi Charles Low Allan Ballard Bangor Ballard Presque Isle Low Central Maine Power Company Fred Ingraham Wollaston William L. Cushing Westminster School Simsbury Small Point William L. Cushing, Jr Halbert P. Gardner Mainee Committee On Public Safety Round Pond James R. Dill J. Roscoe Chase Roland Haining France Sergt Ray Marshall San Antonio Texas D. Dill Fort Totten Armory Ruth Johnson Ernest Johnson High Street Harriet Johnson Lillian Leathers East Hebron Leathers Helen Robinson Ocean Point Althea Harvey Hallowell James Reed Harry Fitts Street George Guntis Edna Bertha Crowley Green Street Charles McCausland Brunswick Road Harry McCausland Henry Simms University of Maine Bath Iron Works Gorham Bowker Dromore Harry Totman Louise Robbins Ethel Totman Arthur Bowker Edith Mitchell Harriet Jackson Edna Pepper Robert Fulton Percy Low Robert Shaw Joseph Small Duncan Roger McInnes Opera House Rudolph Trafton M. O. Webber Edward Lyde Boothbay Merrymeeting Josiah L. Walker Young's Hotel Oliver Moses Charles Guarriman Haugan Moses Henderson Federal City Germany Ida Hoxie Waterville R. B. Parrish City Hospital Gus Small Bridge Hall Odd Ladies Sewing Circle Edna Neal Blackstone Howard Coal Co Cox Senator Smith Zorach Hunter Harold J. Rubin Barbara L BRF WER
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