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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1959
Page
8
Local Bath items include Lieut. Harold S. Kelley addressing the Rotary, Colby College lectures, and Welch’s jazz orchestra at the Arcade. Reports cover Kennebec river fishing, elm tree planting, rising popularity of closed cars, and a Memorial Day service at Winter Street church.
May 21 1919 reports ornamental street light poles being installed at Housing Project 59 on the Rus sell field with houses wired for electric lights. Within a month weather permitting one colony will be illuminated evenings and gas service will be installed in all residences. Big progress noted on Watson Frye Co Ltd new machine shop with floor nearly laid and iron girders up. Large brick and sand piles and timber indicate active construction. The plan of N Blaisdell Sons to build a boat plant on the Woolwich side recalls Gen Hyde's prophecy of Kennebec becoming a second Clyde with shipyards on both river shores. An audience of relatives and friends attended a recital at Miss Julia Jacksons studio, aided by Miss Katherine Stinson and Miss Charlotte Cook. Participants included Leona Hoyt.
Oscar Busch sold 350 bushels of potatoes to stores and families last week with Early Rose seed at 3 dollars a bushel due to scarcity. Eastern Steamship Lines plans a Boothbay boat and a Boston Kennebec steamer on June 9, possibly leasing the Virginia if routing changes. Washington Park residents improve lawns and trees as Bath enjoys a pleasant residential future. A Fortes tal jazz show from Portland features dancing by Kentwoods. Porpoise steak tasters compare it to bear meat. Richard Matthews Hallet, noted author, was a guest of the community.
The obituary fragment notes Mr. Hallet with Uncle Charles T. Jackson and an autobiographical sketch in the last Saturday Evening Post. A Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge banquet is announced for tonight.
Bath and Brunswick Rebekah lodges visited Columbia lodge Woodfords on Thursday evening for Visiting Officers Night. Queen Esther lodge of Bath presented the traveling crown in a ceremony attended by about 200 people with officers from Bath, Brunswick and Richmond taking part.
The 1959 Morse baseball season finished with Morse losing twice to Lewiston 7-1 and 8-3, creating a three way tie for second in the four team Andy Valley League. Edward Little clinched the title with a 9-3 record. Morse ended 5-7 in league play and 7-7 including non league games. Joe Robinson, Kenney Poole, and Tom York starred for Morse, while Lewiston's Therriault Flynn and Caux led the Blue Devils with key hits.
Dr. Benjamin Zolov spoke on Maine’s discrimination bill at the Winter Street Congregational church Women’s Fellowship annual meeting. Zolov, a Portland physician, chairs the Maine Equal Opportunities committee formed in 1953 to curb discriminatory practices and advance citizenship.
The Sagadahoe County Women’s Christian Temperance Union met at West Bowdoin Baptist Church for its 70th annual convention with Mrs. Gladys Farley of Bath presiding. Reports, memorials, a White Ribbon recruitment, and officer elections highlighted sessions led by local ministers and state leaders.
First National Bank of Brunswick Maine seeks foreclosure on multiple Bowdoinham parcels described in a 1957 mortgage. The notice, dated May 15 1959, names Emery W Booker as cashier and Joseph A Aldred Jr as justice of the peace, with the mortgage breach stated.
Recording secretary Mrs Harriet Carter and treasurer led members who voted to send greetings to Miss May Besaw and Mrs E Theresa Hill of Bath who were unable to attend due to illness.
Bath residents abroad send a note of thanks printed in the Capetown Argus praising a driver who avoided a collision near Hope Street and Mill Street in Africa. The letter, signed by Rear Admiral and Mrs. Clauds S. Gillette and Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Dearborn, explains the near miss and gratitude for swift action. In Bath, Mr. and Mrs. C. Elroy Hennessey hosted dinner for their daughter and son-in-law Mrs. Carl D. Cornish of Bath, with Ernest Williams of Campbell's Pond as a guest for the birthday celebration.
In a Bath court of probate notices issued for Sagadahoc County in May 1959, estates include Morse of Phippsburg seeking an administrator. Morse of Georgetown seeks final accounts. Kocha of Bath seeks license to sell Madison real estate. notices published in The Bath Independent for heirs to appear and object by June. Executrix Frances Gunnell presents first final account. Judge Harold J Rubin presides.
Barbara L Brewer registers appointments for executors administrators and guardians in Sagadahoc County. Names include Ellen M Kotha Fxceutrix in Bath April 10 1959 Oscar M Smiley guardian January 6 1999 bond April 14 1959 Gertrude Hunt Georgetown Flwin Hen nessy administrator April 22 1959 Wilson Klippel Bath George Klippel administrator May 1969 Roy Henderson Bath John Carey executor May 5 1959 Eunice Putnam executrix May 5 1949 Hayden Temple administrator May 5 1959 Nathaniel Percy Phippsburg Leslie Shumway administrator May 5 1959 and bond filed.
Barbara J. Brewer, Register of Probate for Sagdahoc County, lists James S Lord of Bath as deceased and names executors James MacGuiegan, Pauline H Adams, Rebecca K Kenney, and Helen M Smith with appointments dated May 12 1959 and May 8 1959 and bonds filed, recording the probate actions for each estate.
On the first Tuesday of May 1959 the court ordered notice by publication in Bath Independent to all interested parties regarding probate petitions. Names include Adelaide Sarg ent Hooper and Rosa D Shea with various executors and administrators named. petitions seek letters testamentary without bond, and one license to sell real estate in Bath. Judge of Probate presides as listed in the proceeding.
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