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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1956
Page
4
Bath's October 24, 1916 survey shows busy building trades signaling prosperity, yet tensions rise over rent for ship workers. Local commentary urges real estate focus while town notes include familiar residents, highway cautions on granite walks, and wildlife at Lake Nesquasset as autumn deepens.
The Bull Frogs social club began an auto trip to Portsmouth New Hampshire this morning aboard John W Cummings car. Members listed include Cummings E W Hyde F P Shaw Owen Ledyard and A K Purington. Also noted is the Bath High School alumnus Stephen Conley promoted to general manager for the New England States after a 15 year career starting in the Cudahy Packing Co and later Purington Foods Product Co. Harry B Sawyer returns from Boston and New York trip. Mr and Mrs Charles E Boyd Bel en guest auto travelers on return.
Miss Mary Mussenden hosts a Halloween party for young friends. I B Isaacson of Lewiston celebrates his 40th year in business. Park Bowling Alley to open three new lanes next Wednesday evening amid rising bowling interest. Gardiner barbers adopt 15 cent share schedule. Four mast schooner at Percy and Small yard for C C Mengel Co. of Louisville is planked but engines delay completion. Capt. William Thomas buys the sloop Lizzie M with a new two cylinder engine to enter shore fishing. Knights of Columbus Ladies to hold card party and afternoon tea Friday 2 to 4 with a committee serving refreshments.
On October 26 1916 bids in Washington showed Bath Iron Works supply four of twenty new destroyers for the year. Bath bid lowest and guarantees earliest delivery, with noted workmanship and engine speed superiority promising many boats for Hyde works. The development signals strong industrial growth for Bath as riverfront activity and office moves unfold.
Sixteen men promised to report for work on the Bath and Brunswick state roads but only one appeared on Monday. The shortage of labor has slowed progress, with hoped for 150 workers dwindling to about 50. Local activity includes community events and social notes across Bath including theater plans, trips, sales, and gatherings.
Community updates from Bowdoin College Alpha Delta Phi pledges John Houghton Oliver Moses Jr and Arthur Sewell join the fraternity. John Davis loads a flat car with 25 tons of scrap iron for shipment to Boston on Commercial Street. Bath actress Leah Winslow tours Pittsburg with her company earning praise for Some Lawyer. Plans discussed to enlarge Seal and Porpoise clubhouse at MacMahan to better serve summer visitors. Minnie White visits Portland by auto as guest of Mrs John McInnes. Dorothy Jewett writes from Boston about kindergarten studies and library reference work. Baron Rosentwist hunts in Nova Scotia. Frank DeWitt returns from Boston related to D T Percy Store men’s furnishings business. Phyllis Wyman Mary Flaherty Edith Mitchell hike to Brunswick. W S Newell and R W Bragg weekend at Bragg camp Moose Pond. Alonzo A Morse buys the Southard house on High Street.
Residents and visitors appear in brief items about home moves and visits. Charles W. Clifford Jr. travels to Boothbay on business with Carl Curtis. Mrs. Fred W. Brown and daughter Marie visit Port. Miss Charlotte Cook, music instructor in Eastport Lubec, weekends at home. Families take new homes at once. Organ purchases for Chopps Point and Montsweag mountain school.
A late October storm forecast and a steep temperature drop loom this week as local chatter notes Cox's Head lights are dark for the first time in years with residents away for winter. City finances run thin, hinting at a forthcoming temporary loan and a higher next year tax rate. Hay prices hover 10 to 15 dollars a ton at city scales, with producers uneasy after a costly summer labor bill. Community notes include the Kids for an Old Folks Home gift funded by Thomas G. Plant, ground breaking on the Tarbox estate site at the South End, and plans to care for 50 indigent elders. Various social visits and school events fill the week, from Miss Torrey's return to Cony High, to Miss Cook’s music classes, to Morse High’s 43 point football win over Gardiner followed by a celebratory dance. Steamship work and winter arrivals are also flagged as locals prepare for extended closure.
Policeman J B Davis notes motorcycles won't replace horses after a cow charges a motorbike on an outlying road in Albuquerque. The rider escaped injury as the cow trampled the cycle, damaging the fender headlight and windshield. An unidentified cowboy roped the cow and left it tied for the owner to recover.
The Merrymeeting Section of Adult Girl Scouts will hold its semi annual meeting Thursday at Waldoboro grange hall. Miss Illona Rafalko from Boston will be principal speaker with Mrs. Donald Freeman presiding. Activities include a morning session with registration and coffee, business meetings, dramatics, demonstrations, and an afternoon Q and A with talks on troop committees.
The Pilgrim Fellowship of Central Congregational Church hosted 130 Lincoln Association youths for a Sunday afternoon and evening at the parish house. Eight Association churches were represented with Barry Witham of Newcastle presiding. Rev Clyde Campbell of Yarmouth led the afternoon program and Loretta Bailey, Deborah Bragg, and Robert Chaplin led worship. Rockland Pilgrim Fellowship conducted the evening service. Delegates from Central and Winter Street Bath along with Boothbay Harbor Newcastle Rockland Camden and Thomaston congregations attended.
Mrs William Courtney Jr was guest of honor at a surprise stork shower Tuesday evening hosted at 19 Oliver Street by Mrs Ralph Burden Jr Gifts were arranged on a pink and blue table centered by a miniature lamb Refreshments were served and guests included Mrs Eugene G Hart Mrs Harrison McCaffrey Mrs Gerald Goodwin Mrs Reginald Barter Jr Mrs Harland Gilman Miss Katharine Hart Mrs Abbott Redlon Miss Beverly Dauphin and Mrs Margaret McKellar
Members of St. Mary's Guild met Tuesday for an afternoon and evening session at the parish house. They worked on projects for the pre-Christmas sale set for November 13. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Clinton V. Owen and Mrs Lawrence Thayer.
A small woods fire near 62 Middle Street triggered a still alarm at 3:55 PM Tuesday. Engine 3 and Ladder 1 responded with a booster line, little damage reported, recalled to station at 4:20 PM.
Dr Alberto Enriquez Chavez leads a long running campaign against rats in the Federal District of four million. He notes the rat population now trails people two to one after eight years of effort, when rats once outnumbered at three to one.
The Navy reports remarkable results from nuclear preservation tests. Canned meat from 1953, irradiated with high energy cathode rays and refrigerated, was eaten and found edible. Pork sausage links survived 120 days and ground beef stayed edible after 3 months, highlighting surprising shelf life findings.
Tests are conducted to determine if totally deaf persons can work around jet planes. Jet noise ranges from 130 to 170 decibels, above which the average person cannot endure. Researchers seek to learn if these sounds cause injurious effects even when not heard.
Sacred Heart Circle of Daughters of Isabella holds its annual installation next Tuesday at the K of C hall on Middle Street. State Regent Mrs. Margaret Grant of Old Town will officiate. officers-elect were chosen in rehearsal including regent Mrs. Gertrude Nugent and vice regent Mrs. Helen Thibodeau. An initiation committee includes Mrs. Ann Perry and others.
A Dromore Grange card party drew a large gathering Tuesday night as prizes were awarded for whist and pitch. Winners included June Wright first and Edward Burns second in whist, with Ference Bassett third. Walter McMann and Beatrice Burns won pitch. Annie Wilson took the special prize. New officers will be installed November 13 with supper at 6 p.m.
Police continue probing a breaking, entering and larceny at Blackfec's Restaurant on Water Street. Prosecutor Roy Black reported about $10 in nickels stolen between 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Entrance gained via a rear window as investigators theorize.
St Marys Roman Catholic church released weekly services with Holy Day observances on Thursday All Saints Day and Friday All Souls Day. Masses at 6 am 7 15 am and 7 45 pm with confessions throughout the day. Saturday includes a 7 15 am mass for world peace.
In Memphis Tennessee an elderly tomcat named Tom cares for a dog named Mack at 96 Landing, across the Mississippi at Arkansas. Owner C E Holley says Tom raised Mack from a pup and, when Holley is away two days, Tom fetches rabbits and feeds Mack, acting like the dog’s mammy. The pair prompts Holley to provide navigation lights on the big river. Tom tolerates no other cat around.
Amid a Des Moines Little League game a bench protest over an umpire’s honesty led to a bench clearing threat. A younger brother confessed, admitting he had uttered the accusation to provoke removal, saying his remark would not be repeated.
In Boston a wide range of banks support health care, including blood eye cartilage artery vein skin and bone banks, underscoring the city’s extensive medical support infrastructure and specialized facilities.
WISCASSET and Bath social updates feature Mrs Ida Faye returning from Summer with Mrs Mary Grant Rafter, Harold Campbell in Portland, Delmas Leighton visiting Falmouth Foreside, and Stover hosting high school faculty party. Coast Guard Roger Cowley to Baltimore for November, wife Mary Smith and Heather Marie to visit. Yankee Wholesale workers honored on tenth anniversary with George Jones and others. Mrs Marjorie Niles and Madeline Colby attend Rebekah Assembly. Niles named district deputy president, Colby chosen as deputy. John Merry, Harold Maybury, and Delmas Leighton attend Grand Lodge I O O F. Maybury earns past Grand degree and Leighton district deputy grand master of district 10.
In Phoenix Arizona a rookie officer bested by a first ticket issued hour after starting duty. A driver notes the coincidence while the officer confirms it. In Hawaii a Los Angeles tourist burns his foot on volcanic mud at the eruption site, Dr Jerry Eaton notes mud still reaches 200 degrees after 18 months.
A 200 bird aviary owned by financier Sam Kay was moved under court order to a suburban Miami site after Judge Albert Saperstein considered neighbors complaints about persistent bird calls. The cage contained ostriches swans peacocks pheasants parrots emus ducks pigeons and geese.
Mrs. C. W. Harrell in Chickasha says she will double check before giving away items. She discarded an old set of scales from her business. Days later a hauler reported finding 256 pennies in the scales she stored behind her shop for eight years.
Seven year old Jimmy Lopez, recovering from tonsilitis at St Mary's Hospital in Tucson, Arizona, wandered home after staff reported his disappearance. He walked about four miles before returning.
In Jackson Tennessee Paul Sutherland’s eighth grade class debated a test question on compulsory government tax. A student answered everlasting to the prompt about the government’s duty, prompting questions on marking and interpretation.
The worm snake resembles an earth worm in appearance and feeds on similar prey. It shows a shared feeding habit and body form that aids camouflage among soil and leaf litter.
Notices for estates of Fred E Daggett Carrie M Dunton George E Gray and Marion W Ledyard Lancaster Daggett Dunton and Ledyard estates. public hearing set for November at Bath Probate Court with letters testamentary and guardianship actions pending. judge Harold J Rubin signs.
About 70 fourth and sixth graders from Bathon attended a Friday evening dance at the South End PTA Hall. The event ran from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Refreshments were served. Thomas Staples chaired the affair with patronesses Mr and Mrs Lester Savoie and Mr and Mrs Raymond Crooker assisting.
The Odd Fellows lodge hosted two Friday and Saturday shows led by Carl P Meister and Stanley M Brim igion with a large cast delivering strong entertainment. Bob Rice and his orchestra supplied music while committees handled stage, scenery, lights, make up and ushers for the weekend events with many names listed.
Steve Durbin recalls a strange incident as a red winged black bird stole bait from bank poles. He watched the bird perch on a pole, grab the line with beak and feet, and reel in a line, then return later to try another, prompting Durbin to claim the bird has been robbing poles for some time.
Berlin Connecticut The Connecticut Light and Power Co has added a device like a sawed off shotgun to its linemen gear not for beasts but to shoot a half pound brass rod attached to 550 feet of nylon line. The line thrower proved valuable during the 1955 floods to span streams where bridges were washed out.
A Bath probate court order directs notice by publication for three weeks. Persons interested may appear on the first Tuesday of November to object. It names administrators and executors for multiple Bath area estates including Bremner Howe Mace Tucker Moulton Baxter Wetherbee and others.
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