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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1948
Page
9
Funeral services for Mrs Sophie L Jackson wife of Ar thurs Jackson were held Friday afternoon from Roberts and Mrs R A L Colby of Gardiner.
Seenee Powers appeared as complainant in a public drinking case with costs taxed at $4.70. Stanley C. Elwell pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle on Route 1 in Woolwich and was fined with costs of $4.70. Trooper Mortimer OConsell was the complainant.
Cards arrive from relatives in town announcing the birth on March 6. Mrs Bucklin is a daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Arthur Todd, a Georgetown native. Other notes mention family visits, illnesses, travel between Bath Robinhood Portland and South West Harbor, and a Red Cross appeal response.
Hollis Webster Ward 41 of Lexington Massachusetts died last week, son of Mrs Helen Noyes Webster and the late Hollis Webster. Survived by mother, a brother Albert Noyes Webster of New York, and four sisters Mrs John Kerr Rose of Lexington, Mrs J Alfred Calhoun Jr of Swarthmore Pa, Mrs Dana McLean Greeley of Boston, and he Mark D Elliot of Carlisle 58.
Motors report an atmospheric air pocket beneath the High Street bridge as vehicles travel west on Route One. Drivers notice engine power diminish or stalls in the deep cut through ledges, a phenomenon also observed in parts of the White Mountains. Mr and Mrs A Miller of 107 Lincoln Street and daughter Sadie left Saturday for Pen ad Sears Pell at Teese.
The Bay Point text describes herring gull behavior including feeding, nesting in weed cups, and blue eggs. It notes a millinery trade protection law, and mentions Gull Island off the Maine coast between Popham Beach and Bay Point, where National Geographic Society researchers study the gulls each summer.
Woolwich Teachers' club to meet at Sagadahoc schoolhouse by evening March 26. Ontsweag Farm Bureau hosts meeting with Emma Drummond at Arrowsic, in charge of Lemuel Preble. topic The Finish Makes the Dress. A birthday party honored Mr. Henry Swanson with neighbors and cake, attended by Preble, Shea, Thorpe family, Gainsley, and Walker couple. Other notes include Edith Hill visiting from Portland, Birch Point families moving in, Howard Kirkpatrick visiting Waldoboro, Albert Temple staying with Ella Temple, flower show trip to Boston, Carrie Hathorn patient at Bath Memorial, Parker family departure to New Jersey for Bethlehem stream duties.
A 20th Century Fund report places India beside the United States in cotton production, holds a monopoly on jute, and ranks second to China in oilseeds. It also notes India as the empire's second largest producer of coal and iron, with about 25 million tons of coal and one million tons of steel annually, while Ceylon homesteads favor wattle and clay with palm or plaited coconut leaf roofs.
Local updates cover wharf work with Carter of Woolwich replacing planking and plans to place the town float on a new site next month. Social mentions include Bible class shifts, Rev. Berry preaching in Portland, Miss Lorraine Copps singing, and upcoming church business meeting. Nearby residents and visitors noted include Pinkhams, Marrs, Rowes, and others with several travels to Brunswick, Bath, and New York City.
Betty Bowker and Leonard Rainey represented 4-H clubs at a Auburn leaders meeting with 26 leaders present led by Clifford Robinson. Edward Kenney uses a large bus to shuttle students, while Bud Alexander hauls hay to Sebasco. Local families visit and aid projects continue as Sally Rainey recovers from tonsil surgery.
The Woolwich PTA will sponsor a party Friday at Sebenon Hall starting 8 p.m. to benefit all town Mothers clubs. Beano program refreshments and dancing end the evening. Net proceeds will be shared among the Mothers clubs for school work. Tickets are selling well and volunteers form the organizing committees.
In southern Oregon, the humble manzanita, once valued mainly for watershed protection, gains merit as a commercial craft. Crafting uses only naturally cured dead boughs, producing a hard glossy button with a round form, a ruby red center and yellow accents.
Fragmentary text mentions Kilpatrick and Mrs Beulah Kilpatrick with Mrs Charlotte and Mrs Edmund Hayward. An evening sale is noted for unspecified members or items, suggesting a social or fundraising event with a sale during the evening.
Barracks along Nome coast and other Alaska areas were built with plywood walls in sections. At Fort Lewis Washington over a million feet of fir plywood were used for barracks and other camp buildings.
A woman fell into the river while approaching the falls on a trip to Idaho. Rescue crews recovered the woman several minutes later as onlookers watched in shock.
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