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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1948
Page
2
The town weekly items note the A and P store closure and manager Raymond Farmer planning a new venture. Reports cover school activities, a pre-school clinic, lodge guest night, a career day at Lincoln Academy, prize winners, court terms, Red Cross meetings, church services, and a burial in Camden.
Mr and Mrs Seastiat J Sew all are recovering from illness. John Wyman and family hosted Harold P Wyman of Minnesota and Mrs Alice Joy of Portland who, with relatives, recently attended the funeral of W G Joy in Portland. William H Burton is improving after a three day confinement. Bernard Merry announces the birth of son Schuyler LeRoy on Hooper Street May 19.
A new book Casting Off From Boothbay Harbor by Sidney Baldwin and publisher Captain George M. Lowden details past and present of Boothbay Harbor Bath Wiscasset Christmas Cove Pemaquid and Monhegan with over 90 photographs. It covers Bath area water trips and Sasanoa to Five Islands and is for sale in Bath shops aboard the Viking or by mail at Boothbay Harbor address. Paper edition $1 and library edition $2 cloth bound.
Cpl. Theodore B. Dow Jr of Wiscasset has been transferred to the 133rd AACS Squadron at Rhein Main Air Base Frankfurt Germany. Previously he served as a rigger for the 156th AACS Installation and Maintenance Squadron at Kaufbeuren Germany erecting steel towers and poles for transmitting and receiving antennas. The AACS mission covers installing operating and maintaining communications facilities and radio navigational aids across Europe for safety in flight of U S airmen and allied forces. Dow enlisted December 20 1945 for three years and has served 19 months in the European Command. Fifty percent of American cattle are reared on the range lands of 17 western states.
A series of gatherings and home visits are noted around Bath, Maine. Jerrold Stover celebrated his birthday with family and friends including Courtney Stover and Joyce, while neighbors and relatives such as the Stackpole, Williams, Holbrook, and Kenney families made calls or hosted guests at cottages and homes in Campbell's Pond, Larrabee Grove, and Sanford Crossing.
West Bath Farm Bureau members met at the home of Mrs Edward K Thompson for a session on Easy Meals For Home Folks with menus focusing on potatoes as a nutritious affordable staple. The meeting covered routine business and reports from Flower Arrangements week and the next book reviews session set for June 17 at the Grange hall. Pfc Dean E Leavitt, stationed in Manila, writes home seeking mail while recalling Morse High class of 1947. Bath a member of N E T T & T resumes recovery following hospitalization at Mercy Hospital in Portland.
Woolwich graduation exercises set for Friday June 7 at eight o clock in the Congregational church. Miss Avis Carter daughter of Mr and Mrs Mason Carter of Day's Ferry was on the Bath Rainbow girls drill team which won the third annual drill competition in the Merry May Festival for Open Girls of Maine in Portland. Friends of Dolly Grover are glad she is home after a stay at Bath Memorial hospital. Miss Lois Day entertained the Nine of Clubs. Mrs John Gordon hosts this week. Mr and Mrs Ralph Bowers of Waterville visit Bath. Mr and Mrs Carl Gregory and son David of Auburn MA with Mrs Mabel Lancaster and Dana Kuta of Bowdoinham called on Mr and Mrs Albert Temple. Ann L Jewett attended a shower for Miss Barbara Preney of Bath. Preney to wed John Greve soon. Mrs Harriet Brown returned from Cape Cod trip. Capt and Mrs Frank J Walker and Albert Temple spent several days at Capitol Island. Barbara Thornton, daughter of ...
The Office of Donald F. Preble is moved to 117 Front Street. The change announces a new location for his optometry practice and invites patients to visit the updated address.
Mr and Mrs William Thorn ton of North Woolwich report their child is a patient at the Children’s Hospital in Boston.
The Sagadahoc Mothers Club held a meeting and voted to schedule summer gatherings. The next meeting is set for June 18 at the schoolhouse with Mrs. Beltram present as host. Attendees were encouraged to join.
The article reports Mrs Smith replying to critics about her Congressional voting. It cites a CIO scoresheet claiming in 1647 she voted against the CIO on ten of Goo. It notes her claim of supporting the Un-American Activities Committee 16 times and contrasts her voting with Mr Marcan, whom the smear writer says she aligned with about half the time.
The Rockmans Hell Drivers will appear at Gorham Fair Grounds on May 29 and 31 with 28 stunts including aerial crisscrossing, car rollovers and a 30 foot fire tunnel. Performances begin 2:30 PM and 8:00 PM daily as part of the fair program.
Mrs. Frank L. Moriarty of Center Street, wife of Bath's police chief, is a patient at Memorial Hospital.
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