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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1944
Page
8
Local Bath notes reflect Moosehead Lake still solid ice. Morse High School gains a donor portrait in the assembly hall. Promotions and visits mark the week with Bath residents traveling, stage performances, and local business changes. Interest includes fruit prices, berries from Florida, and a pending ferry board appointment.
A meeting at City Hall featured a musicale by Potter and Coombs' orchestra at the Old Couple's Home with inmates enjoying the performance. Refreshments of ice cream and cake were served. The Relief corps sociable is planned with Mrs. Cressey on Thursday afternoon. F. H. Kimball is in Boston on business. F. W. Carlton departed for Boston. Mrs. Nathaniel T. Palmer returned today from Boston and Nashua. Bath native Jerre Hall, a Dartmouth student, is home for a vacation.
April 27 1904 Bath items report Fred Whitmore’s return to Boston and new job with a Back Bay druggist. Fred Roderick dies in Auburn. Portland reporters praise New Meadows Inn host Landlord Cahill. Farmers expect a good hay season despite wet ground. Brook trout fishing slow due to high cold water. Bonfire season visible by nightly fires. Tomorrow marks Maine lodge New England Order of Protection fifth anniversary at New Meadows Inn with 100 attendees. Bath Gun club talks of reorganization after five years. Benjamin Smith at Shannon House bowls 84 87 111 282. Bath band to perfect its organization tonight.
Bath reports few vagrants this spring while the Silver Theatre Opera Co. drew a Bath party to Lewiston. A Fortnightly club concert by Arthur Hyde and Eleanor Hyde at Central church is set for next Wednesday afternoon with tickets at 50 cents. Edward Brown departs for Indianapolis to join the New York Carnival Co. His barrel loop act attracts managers nationwide. Bath visitors praise Miss Josephine Crosby at Paul's millinery. Spring flooding delays planting for local farmers. George Evans Hughes of Bath labeled a Free Silverite by Rockland Opinion. A show rumor about King Dodo is false. the Alameda hosts a Colonial club dance night. Two sailing suits are under construction for local ships. Bath amateurs staged Pudd’n Head Wilson for Grace church funds, praised as the best Bath has seen. Fire on Mechanic street caused by a chimney near a couch. firemen contained it. A newborn weighing nine pounds arrived at West street residence.
Arthur Sewall, five, son of Hon. Harold M. Sewall, is rapidly recovering from pneumonia with normal temperature and early mobility. Miss Mabel H. Benner, Morse High School English and Greek instructor, suffered a severe tonsillitis attack at her boarding place on Washington Street, forcefully missing school duties. In City Hall Bath last evening, the Bath Band was formed with Fred Titcomb named business manager, eighteen members attended, and a rehearsal stage set for a twenty member lineup drawn from local musicians.
May 1 1904 events include a San Souci Club breakfast for Old Couples Home at Music Hall with over 350 tickets sold for about 500 attendees. Tom Thumb Wedding by Miss Harvey's pupils is set for Wednesday at 3 pm. A whist party at George C Stetson’s Adams Court celebrated his birthday, with Willow rocker and briar pipe gifts. Sea Five backs the committee selection praised by a prominent shipowner.
Mrs. Charles W. Taylor arrived home yesterday after a week with relatives in Boston. Last evening T. W. Hyde Council No. 194, Royal Arcanum, celebrated its first anniversary in Sagadahock-block rooms with 40 members in attendance.
Dunlap Commandery Escort Will dance the last of a four part series this Saturday at 8 30. Masons and friends have enjoyed the events and a door prize along with novelty and surprise prizes will be awarded. It will be informal with refreshments. committee members are Howard Rice Paul Holmsen and Arthur Berry.
The Bath Country Club will open the 1944 season on Saturday May 6 with strong prospects for a record year. A May membership plan offers $15 dues for employees of local firms and fraternal members, with pledges already near 200. after May 31 the $30 regular rate applies.
Club 42 met Thursday night with president Mrs William Kelley presiding A guest speaker Mrs Joseph I Smith discussed child psychology and the PTA role She urged parents to guide children through early schooling and address everyday issues with gentle answers Attending were numerous members and prospective initiates with coordinators named.
Lt. Donald Marshall, a Bath native and USAAF member who was held as a German prisoner, lauds Red Cross aid and food parcels that sustained prisoners. He donated a substantial personal check to Joeschapter secretary Mildred Albee to honor their service.
Engine Four of Bath with a 10 man crew led by Forrest Maines rushed to Brunswick Monday noon at the town fire chief Harold Nickersons request. They worked three lines over 800 feet long to control a smoky blaze sweeping the hotels third and fourth floors. Firefighters from Bath and Brunswick fought from east and south sides and on the roof, aided by limited equipment and aging ladders.
Bath shoppers and residents visited relatives in Small Point Belgrade and Bath while others hosted guests from Bath and Meadowbrook. A local obituary notes Mrs. Cerena Stover Wilson, born in Harpswell, died in Randolph at 25 years ago, with funeral held in Gardiner and interment at Oak Grove Bath.
Carl C. Anderson, chairman of Bath program committee, introduced guest speaker Donald W. Marshall on Tuesday noon. Anderson, veteran of the Meuse-Argonne front, recalled serving in France on Armistice Day and later in the Occupation Army, linking past service to the program.
The annual May breakfast hosted by the Garden Club of the Cosmopolitan Club drew a large gathering Monday morning. Guests enjoyed a festive menu with dainty May items while committee members oversaw table settings andservice. Notables present included Mrs Sumner Sewall of Augusta and various club officers and guests assisting in serving, with Mrs Gratisill Col by in charge of kitchen duties.
Local notes from Popham Beach recount social visits in Auburn and nearby towns, including the Gaytons hosting guests and plans for a season, plus a string of travel and family updates. The item also highlights Lieut Donald N Marshall’s WWII escape after an in-flight bailout, detailing his dramatic high altitude ordeal and safe landing due to luck and skill.
Mrs Roy Shackfirarrr attended a visit with Mrs Charles Bo Daten on Sherman Street Portland Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Daniel A Chan with daughters Linda and Susan from Eliot returned after a weekend with Mr and Mrs Vernid Coamey on Caters Avenue.
A court in West Bath opened Friday morning with Judge Gardiner R. Deering presiding over driving while intoxicated charges against Warren I. Gray. County Attorney Ralph Q. Dale led the State, with Edward W. Murdinman for the defense. Officers testified Gray’s car nearly struck a curb on Center Street and officers clocked 45 mph on Court Street. Testimony described Gray as unsteady and under the influence. The hearing adjourned at 11 45 and will resume Wednesday to finish.
Governor Sewall toured York hall and Bath Saturday and praised the Maine State Liquor Commission’s Saturday sale rule. He cited reduced lines, fewer sidewalk congestion problems and overall improvement versus the old daily morning sales system during the liquor shortage.
The school department with local health authorities plans an immunization program in late May. A local physician will be employed to vaccinate all school and preschool children for smallpox at 15 cents, and offer diphtheria and whooping cough combined inoculation at 50 cents or diphtheria alone at the same price for young children. Parents of preschoolers are asked to call Mrs. Joins Nostall at 1388-W for time and place. Mr and Mrs. John Howe and on Praoklin have returned to their home on upper Washington street for the Summer, having closed their apartment on Union street.
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