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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1950
Page
5
Forty years ago in Bath reports detail Capt. F A Wilner seeking Bath area boats for harbor patrols amid looming war. The piece lists vessels, local visits by Cuban gunboat crew, ship fittings for Canadian defense, road surveys, banquets, athletic field upgrades, and community notes from Bath, Maine.
The Morse High School class of 1908 held a pleasant reunion with former classmates gathering for reminiscences and a light program, sharing memories of school days and catching up after many years.
June 2 1910 Dr W H Tukey will be among those to receive the M M degree at Solar Lodge of Masons tonight. He was accepted 15 years ago and this is his first chance to visit Bath and take his degree. Formerly practicing medicine in Bath he left 15 years ago to become a surgeon in the US Army. He served in the Cuban campaign with the Maine Heavy Artillery partly recruited from the Hyde Guards.
May 3 1910 report shows Chief Engineer F S Oliver Second Engineer Ernest Heald Mate Luther Hall Steward Zina Pierce and Firemen Charles Seekins and Horace Kenniston of the tug Pejepscot returning from Cape Spencer with all hands safe. Also note Mrs Dutton received Azores letter from her husband aboard the Seafarer describing a rough voyage and injuries aboard. US buoy boat Wisteria under Captain Cotter arrived with Captain Frank Dingley joining as pilot to set Kennebec buoys. 62 buoys total in service.
June 5 1910 Eugene R Spear commercial manager in Bath for New England Telegraph Co is elected general manager of Waldo Telephone Co Belfast based The news surprise and reflects his fourteen years of service The Yo Ho a Bath Marine Construction Co boat built for F P Bacon of San Francisco is entered in the New York Bermuda race Race departs Bath June 19 arrives New York June 21 From Bath crew of six led by Mr and Mrs Henry D Bacon Kennebec Yacht Club flag first prize Gordon Bennett cup worth 1000 plus 1000 cash and a return prize from Commodore H H Melville of the Motor Boat Club of America The field includes about five boats with one built at Lawley’s and another winner of Philadelphia Havana race Times recap ends with unrelated Phippsburg family note
Bath residents note the prominence of families like Wallace Morse Oliver Perr y Wyman and Spinne y in local tax rolls with 42, 25, and 24 lines respectively. Ye Olde Sagadahoc Tea Rooms will not reopen this season and Miss Elizabeth Dean resigns from teaching. Alice Rich sails to Berlin June 8.
June 6 1910 Bath and Lisbon Falls played a fine baseball game with Bath winning 4 to 3. The Bath lineup included Fogg Curley Green Hall McCarty Woodcock Green Spar sam Ireland. The Morse High team benefitted from Er nest F Kelley who reshaped the squad. A Dreamland Theatre party enjoyed a day at Popham Beach with a picnic on Hotel Rock ledge plaza including Carl I Taylor John Whittey Miss Montpellier Howard Webber Ned Rogers Carl Liberty E F Miller and Parker Weymouth. Walter E Reid of New York spent time at his Seguinland summer home. Mrs James F Murphy and Jane returned from New York. Capt Murphy of the Shenandoah was due in New York midmonth. Walter Swett of Boston visited Bath en route to Boothbay Harbor. Capt Hall of the Edw in R Hunt returned to New York after a business visit with G G Deering.
The Sagadahoc Towage Co. charters the Annie R. of St. John N B for one trip to replace the wrecked Pecrepscot off Cape Spencer. The vessel will bring barge No 1 to the city with a pulp wood cargo and return with No 3.
A report notes a failed salvage on the Pejepscot craft and a resuming service by the Ferdinando Gorges on the Bath-Woolwich route. The Hercules is docked south of the ferry slip. local petitions aim to improve North Street and the Brunswick road. The Nighthawks beat the Young Tigers 20 to 13. Bath Ninth Grade excursion visited Augusta Togus and Gardiner by boat and trolley. Bath automobiles registered include No 5346 Augustus A Percy touring blue, No 5349 Elmer D Hodgkins runabout red, No 5379 Galen C Moses touring dark blue.
Woolwich Grammar School defeated North Grammar 16 to 7 at Kelley Field to claim the Grammar School League title for the first time. Woolwich out-hit 12 to 6 with Ramsay striking out 13 for Woolwich and Norton fanning four for North. Cromwell led Woolwich with three hits, while Parker had three hits for North. Batteries: Woolwich Ramsay Dodge Crocker, North Norton Musk. Umpires H Tipsward and A Rines.
The Bath Laundry defeated the Bath Iron Works Drafting department 17 to 14 in a City Recreation softball game at Kimball field Friday evening. Hitters included Downs C Stailing R Stailing Winwood and McNeil with multiple triples and Downs Fullerton Varney LeMont contributing doubles. Batteries were Pooler Mulcay and Stailing for the Laundry and Page McNeil Wilson for BIWDD. Umpires were R Stover and M Mitchell.
Morse High defeats Sanford 5 to 1 at Pickard Field Brunswick to advance to the Western Maine tournament semifinals. Bill Wing pitched seven hits, struck out eight, and went the distance, while Morse hitters produced key runs in the second third and eighth innings. Jimmy Smith drove in three runs with a 2 for 4 effort and Wing went 3 for 3 at the plate. Dubois added 2 for 3 for Sanford.
Morse golf team fell 11 to 52 at Rockland. Emory Howard Jr. of Bath won his match, with six other results listed: Howard over Torrey, Howard over Korpinen, Gardner over Porter, Bird over Bowie, Flanagan over Wirta, and best-ball scores noted as even or 7 and 6 in Rockland’s favor.
WISCASSET tor visited town over the weekend to reconnect with friends. Belmont couple Mr and Mrs Howard Wilson vacationed with Mrs Nellie Merry and family. Alfred Groves house on Bath road leased by Harry P Hildebrandt sub master. Tam O Shanta textile group from New England toured Poland Spring. Lincoln D Faurer of West Point, grandson of Lester and Mrs Peters, graduates and to wed. honey moon planned at Log Cabin on Alna road.
Tired conductor on the New York New Haven Hartford line. Mrs Gertrude Willis and daughter Martina visit their Federal street home from Farmington where Miss Willis teaches at the State Teachers College. Lincoln Home For the Aged trustees meet in Newcastle. Mrs Raymon Sherman returns from Boothbay Harbor hospital. Leander and Scott Nichols travel from Hanover for fishing. Leander attends Wisconsin Alumni Association meeting. Mr and Mrs J William Schulze fish at Jackman. Miss H Louise Lincoln guests of Mr and Mrs John H Southard before summer trip to Newcastle.
Morse High rallied in the eighth inning to overcome Rockland 7 to 2 in an exhibition game at Rockland. Dick Johnson earned the win with a strong eighth inning, while Rockland pitcher Mike Levinthall kept Morse at bay for much of the game.
Dr. Leon Buck won low gross with a 2 over par 70. Bob Shaw Morse high school golfer claimed first net 69 after 95-26-69. George Fortin took second net 71. Sixteen entrants competed.
A large turnout attended Sunday at the Country club for a fine afternoon of golf. Morning showers left some wet fairways that dried later, enabling solid play and contributing to one of the course’s busiest weekends yet.
Central Grammar School seventh graders and former sixth graders at Huse Memorial reacted to a talk by Mrs. Gertrude M. Wakefield who had traveled in Scotland. She arranged pen pals for about 40 pupils, sparking a lively exchange of letters with personal news and glimpses of Scottish schools and studies.
Robert Moffitt is killed while working for Chaput Brothers Co. for Central Maine Power Co. at 71 Union Street Brunswick. He is survived by a wife and several children. Mrs. Moffitt, an expectant mother, learns of his death from Brunswick Police Chief Joseph LeBel about two hours after the incident.
Governor Bladen of Maryland delighted a guest with an unusual dessert described as including fine ice cream with strawberries, noted by the guest in a letter as among the rarities of the time and delicious to eat.
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