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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1951
Page
7
Forty years ago in Bath a June 20 1911 column notes storms lightning at homes including A Minott residence and a pantry near Yuri, tailing social events from commencements at Morse High School to caps gowns debates. It reports residents visiting Bath from Boston and New York and preparations for Popham events.
June 25 1911 bids opened in Portland for removing a large lodge in Rockport harbor with F W Carlton of Bath the low bidder and the job priced above 25000 dollars. The Bath delegation of Kateon Camp No 12 Spanish War Veterans returned from Waterville with three encampment officers including Department commander Edward C Plummer and adjutant William J Curran.
A fragment notes a busy Bath itinerary including a visit with the Lowell Knights Templars a circus and Portland yachtsmen across tomorrow and the next day amid a crowded local schedule.
A lively circus day formed the backdrop as a man was carried ashore and weighed at 15 pounds. Observers noted an unusually sober atmosphere with few inebriates, and Miss Ethel Jones of Bridgeport, Connecticut, visited Mrs. George C. Lightbody.
I J Horace McClure registers probate certifying appointment of executors administrators or guardians in multiple Bath and Sutton New Hampshire estates with appointments dated June 5 1951 including Haley McLellan Trowbridge Connors Comeau Bailey Butler and MacCoy. ARTHUR J. 14-21-28 J HORACE MCOEURE.
Sasanoa Tribe and S. O. R. M. held a joint memorial service Sunday afternoon in Red Men’s hall with a large congregation. Singing by Mrs. Della Hour, Mrs. Carrie Gilchrist, Charles Pratt, and accompanist Mrs. Eva Lemont impressed attendees. Frank H. Percy writes of Bath and coastal longing. A cargo of lobsters from Bay Point sells at 25 cents per pound. One Bath man earns 1000 dollars yearly from strawberry farming.
Virginia Trott becomes a bride in a society wedding with numerous guests including Mr. and Mrs. Seton Ijams Henry Mellen and Miss Marjory Manning of Toledo Miss Emily Cobb of Concord Mass Miss Katherine Blaine of New York and Miss Pamela Jayne of New Canaan Conn among others from New York Boston Princeton and Cambridge with extended family in attendance.
A Bath wedding connected numerous attendees from South Portland Westbrook Gardiner Hallowell Newport Newport Rumford Brunswick East Millinocket West Ossipee N H Mexico Lewiston Freeport Portsmouth Boston and Cape Nedneck to celebrate the marriage. The ceremony included Spear and Miss Carrier as well as many relatives and friends from diverse towns.
A Georgetown tale tells how raccoons navigate the trees at night and shelter in a yard while a bold raccoon visits in daylight. Looting doughnuts and chocolate, the hungry visitor finds an open door and receives a midday luncheon from a kind resident.
In Bath, Idaho County, a June 1951 probate order directs notice to interested parties. A hearing is set for July at ten in the forenoon, with letters testamentary without bond issued to Tillie Wold and Russell L. Kenney for the estates of Just B. Wold and Susan P. Daley, respectively, plus actions on Josephine Hart and Houghton McLellan estates and final accounting for Nod Tate estate. ARTHUR J. DUNTON, Judge of Probate.
A playful fragment describes someone who eats a pint of peanuts without permission, then slips away unnoticed, leaving others to realize they created a bright red-letter day.
The 1951 edition of Golf in Maine, the 22nd annual, is published by Harry C. Webber of the Bath Daily Times. The book lists schedules for Maine golf bodies, reviews of 1950 tournaments, a guide to about 75 courses, champions, hole in one records, and player sketches. It is distributed to clubs statewide and available free by post card request to the Maine Publicity Bureau in Portland.
Opening day turnout reaches 565 children across city playgrounds marking the largest early-season attendance in years. Registrations list Goddard 90 South Street 104 Huse 167 Hyde Park 22 Lambert Park 65 Dike 118. Friday’s dress-up day offers prizes for best costumes.
A 1951 timetable for the Viking party cruiser is issued showing schedules of sailings between Augusta and Boothbay. The announcement signals the summer peak for the vessel known for its large capacity and steady service along the Maine coast.
The notice lists multiple probate actions in Sagadahoc County Maine including estates of Ada May Dunbar, Alfie E. Jacobs, George F. Jones, Lillian M. Hall, J. Cantont McLellan, Donald D. Young, Evangeliste Vachon, Lucy Mellen, Ralph O. Dale, Margaret M. Holbrook, Samuel Hathorn and Frank L. Daley. It requests hearings, appointments of executors and executrices, ad options for guardianship, bond considerations, and licenses to sell real estate with dates set for the first Tuesday of January.
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