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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1949
Page
6
W A Eastman N K Eastman and W J York of Dunday Harbor report recent large catches of herring in the New Meadows river. They aim to return tonight seeking a plentiful haul and are noted as the most successful draggers and trawl fishermen in the area.
The June 9 1909 Bath Times reports Mrs Grace Warren was chosen to fill the sixth grade teacher position on Center street by a nine to four vote an announcement welcomed by her friends The dispute centered on whether to prefer a normal school graduate or a Bath girl who had taught without normal school training.
June 11 1909 Sagadahoc baseball team meets Cabot in Brunswick tomorrow afternoon after defeating Wasuca of Auburn last Saturday. Sagadahocs seek contact with similar amateur clubs for possible games and guarantees. Tomorrow's lineup includes Russell catcher Murphy 1b O'Brien 3b Kelley lf Sturtevant rf Oliver St Clair 2b McAllister cf.
Alderman H W Crosman reports efforts to copy speed limit laws from other towns and considers calling a public meeting to gauge sentiment on automobile speed restrictions. An automobilist offers to give council members rides to illustrate operating limits. Also notes local visitor Herbert Merton Sylvester and business happenings at Webber's Lunchroom and Fitzgerald Brothers antiques shop in Bath.
June 14 1909 a party led by Hyde Windlass Co chief J R Andrews with William Fletcher of Hoboken P T Dodge of Mergenthaler Linotype Bernard Naughton and others set sail from New York on the Baltic for a month abroad for business and pleasure. Inspector Farns of the lighthouse service joined by Lilac vessel inspected Kennebec lights Bath Maine. Councilman C W Clifford hosted a yacht cruise to Boothbay Rockland and Round Pond aboard Topaz III with a notable guest list. Drugists in Richmond to close Sundays from June 12 per selectmen order. Lynden Stuart and others noted. Road work to Richs Mountain advances, under W H Brown, planning a five year town ownership transition. Merrill & Trott drill artesian well at Water Cove for Dr Bonegardt enriching summer property improvements. George Cutting advances cellar work on ledge as 100 foot target looms.
Jean Berry and John Reynolds of Dike school received the William B Kendall prize last week. Jean, daughter of Raymond and Mrs Berry, resides R F D 1 North Bath. John, son of Advah and Mrs Reynolds, lives Upper Washington street. The fund honors seventh graders for improvement in character, scholarship, and physical development, with teachers who know the students judging eligibility.
Frankie Albert of the San Francisco 49ers unleashed an 82 yard punt against Buffalo in a Pro Conference season game. The standout boot set a striking early tonal moment as San Francisco pressed for field position.
A postwar address notes the rise of new and enlarged states in Europe, including Poland, Czechoslovakia, the Baltic republics, Yugoslavia, and Romania, while Hungary remains embittered. It discusses the North Atlantic Treaty as a Western unity force, America’s role, and warns against communist subversion. The speaker calls for STUDY EXPOSE EDUCATE to counter communism.
Elizabeth Footer sang Good-Bye to charm listeners. Doreen Willis steered discussion toward Our United States. Footer warned that world leadership rests on American strength and vigilance against liberty being taken for granted amid forces seeking to deprive us.
The speaker contrasts free nations with democracies lacking jury trials and civil rights, condemns censorship and labor restrictions abroad, and argues the United States must continue ideological battle to preserve its system. It asserts American superiority in living standards and institutions and urges collective effort to safeguard democracy.
The Morse High School graduation featured a class ode by Laura Mulcahy and Madelyn Kronstrand sung by the entire class. Superintendent Lor ing Addison announced special prizes noting the class of 1949 as the highest ranking in years. Diplomas were presented by Edwin R. Andrews, Board of Education chairman, with Rev. Charles M. Tubbs delivering the benediction, as names of graduates including Caroline Adams, Robert Adams, Phyllis Armes, Jeanette Atwood, Clyde Bailey, Harvey Bates, Muriel Beal, Ann Benson, and many others were read aloud.
A sequence of names Whitmer Shirley Hazel Wharff Doreen Eleanor Willis Alvin Lewis Wilson Helen Mildred Witham Dora Elizabeth Wright Edna Mae Wright and Lois Ann Young appears as part of a formal registry or notice. The fragment does not indicate the action, date, place, or organization involved.
Probate court handles wills filed and approved across Bath and nearby towns. Executors named include Leora M. Fowles for Ida A. Thurlow and Bath National Bank and Loyall F. Sewall for Kaiulani Sewall Williams, with other estates presented by various trustees and guardians. Sessions cover administrations, bonds, accounts filed and allowed, and licenses to sell real estate in Bath, Phippsburg, Topsham, Bowdoinham, Richmond, and nearby communities.
Library lists new fiction and general works including Big Secret by Merle Colby Brave Bulls by Tom Lea Dark River by Philip Clark Eagle's Song by Anne Miller Downes Father of the Bride by Edward Streeter Inner Harbor by Frederick Wight Post Stories-1948 Saturday Evening Post Peter Salt James P Garden Well of the Past Charles Norman General Literature Agnes Stokes Ant Hill Odyssey William M. Mann Black Hills Robert J Casey Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller Fateful Years Andre Francoise Pocuet High Jungle William Beebe I Wanted to Write Kenneth Roberts Irma and the Hermit Irma Tennant Maters More Vacation Days In Maine Nathaniel J Hasenfus Our Alaskan Winter Constance H Helmericks Over the Reefs and Far Away Robert Gibbings Rocky Mountains Wallace W Atwood Scotland Yard Richard Harrison Sketch For a Self Portrait Bernard Berenson Jennie's Moonlight Adventure Esther Averill Mrs Polly's Party Winifred Bramhall Paintbox Summer Betty Cavanna Play Manager Robert S Bowen Senior Year Anne Emery.
Mrs Ralph Morrell of Gardiner formerly of Bath sailed on the Mauretania for Nottingham England for a three month visit with her daughter and family Walter Chambers. She is escorted by Mrs Roland Dill who will visit her Norwich England relatives. Morrell hopes to see two granddaughters and will return on the Queen Mary September 22. Dr Clarence Morrow Van deWater Summit New Jersey invites a daughter Mary Kathryn to marry Edward Grange Morin son of Dr Harry F Morin Bath at the Summit Methodist church on Saturday July 2 with a reception at 82 Essex road.
Mr and Mrs Vernal Chaney and their children have moved from Five Islands to Kittery, reflecting a family relocation brief noted in local society.
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