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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1942
Page
7
Fortnight propsed tryouts among Bowdoin sophomores to pick a team for the debate on Reconstruction and Negro suffrage. Frank Mikelsky is the sole sophomore candidate. a five-member faculty panel will choose the final team after two weeks of trials.
A fleet of tug boats at Morse docks undergo repairs including the Bis marck from Bangor the Keersarge and Hurricane from Boothbay. The L. A. Belknap from Portland also heads for overhauling. The Prohibition wreck near Swan Island is being stripped and will be a total loss. Local events cover thefts, weddings, and society notices with details on trains, boards, and a skate fish in a market window.
Thursday evening H H Mc Carty Esquire entertained lieuten ant Wettengell and Bronson U S A and the ushers at the Dunn Worth wedding with a banquet at New Meadows. The party returned to town for the lieutenants to board the Pullman train to Newport where they are on duty. The thaw opened the river above Merrymeeting bay and the channel near Swan Island, but upper Kennebec navigation remains closed for now. Samuel Welch Esq the vet-
March 9 1902 reports two candidates for President of the Common Council Harry W Tucker and William M Adams with others listed as possible contenders Henry B Sawyer denial. City Messenger candidate Charles FE Gahan challenges incumbent George W Thistle. MIT instructor W S Newell and students Claude Patch E O Eastwood tour Bath Iron Works. Also notes Hyde Light Guards drill speech, Popham Life Saving Station visit, a Bath runner J Allen vs Louis Jack race outcome, Golden Cross dance at Armory, launching of steam yacht Pantooset, maple sugar by James Millay, and March 10 1902 payrolls at Iron Works with steamer Island Belle first trip of season and various birthdays and local notices. The Kennebec overhaul and shipyard work ongoing. Sagadahoc repair and potential service changes discussed.
Allan Ramsay, of Oakstreet, gains notice as a longtime composer with music by Charles Homeyer. The piece, praised for tuneful melody and martial spirit, is suitable for chorus or solo and reflects Ramsay’s early start at 14. The report also notes his opera Covone and a Marie Corelli based trilogy. Harold Fish of Bath leads local Moose Lodge recruitment in New England.
State of Maine Office of Civilian Defense releases February 25 1942 instructions on Sector Posts for Air Raid Wardens. Defines Sector Post role, setup, equipment, and rapid establishment, including location, map, communications, and emergency gear requirements. Also covers uniform public alarm signals and post duties during alerts.
City officials debated dedicating a memorial to Bath's first war casualty while approving a plan for the John Bo J. Huse Memorial Wing at the elementary school site. The council also reviewed the police department's prowling car purchase, assigning it to the 1942 appropriation after Attorney Carey found it charged to the wrong period. The meeting approved Roll of accounts and read the City Marshal's February report.
Since the resignation of John W. Gilmore candidates race for the city clerk position while Donald D. Young plans reelection as city treasurer and tax collector. A turnover in city messenger and constable roles left four people serving with little or no pay, including Kingsbury and Doyle, with various interim appointees filling duties as the race narrows before Monday’s deadline.
A ceremonial dinner program lists Stinlson and past presidents as hosts with Mrs Swinson leading the dining room and kitchen duties. The post committee for the event includes Victor Roe, Allan Spear, and Eugene M. Desmond, and many attendees are noted for their roles.
Woolwich schedules a union service at the town hall with Mrs. Madalyn Durgin in charge. A Lenten meditation at Sagadahoe Ferry’s Good Will club house features Rev. Miah van expounding on sin and society, with next Sunday’s sermon titled Fret not thyself because of evil doers at 7 p.m.
Hyde Park Terrace wards a growing community with 40 families moving in over the weekend. The note lists residents on Lark Street and Center Street, a looming Civil Defense registration drive, and school transport arrangements for area children.
Judge Arthur J. Dunton presided over Savadahoe Probate Court actions from the first March session. The records include numerous accounts filed and approved, such as final accounts for Jennette E. Jones and Ernest C. Butleswader estates, as well as administrations granted to various individuals, inventories filed, will filings, guardian bonds, and real estate transactions, with amounts and names of involved parties like Mary Arline Me Seu iow conservator and Allan Spear trustee.
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