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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1953
Page
5
The Richmond paper lists the Firemen Association meeting, class sessions Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 p.m., a social by Ideal Home Corner club, Halloween events with prizes and donations, D A R and church programs, W S C S meetings, Grange and Rebekah activities, and a deer tagging update at Dore's Second Service.
Wareham Massachusetts reports the 1950 cranberry harvest at a record 1,160,000 barrels across Massachusetts New Jersey Wisconsin Washington and Oregon. Prices hover around 5.40 per case while demand remains strong aided by packaging displays and consumer prizes. Cranberries are Massachusetts top export with about 660,000 barrels this year.
Emerson Lane Post American Legion will serve a public baked beans supper at the Legion Home Saturday from 5:30 to 7 p.m followed by a game party with attendees listed including Popp Carver Lacy and others from local towns.
Hunters in Woolwich report six deer killed by 1:15 pm Monday as the Maine 1953 deer season opens in 11 southern counties. Six of nine deer tagged by Larry’s Market owner Lawrence Edwards were shot in Woolwich, with multiple Bath residents among the recipients.
Mr and Mrs Olaf Pearson of Winnegance spent the weekend with Mrs Grace Houston in Newport and with Mrs John Olson in Garland, accompanying relatives during a family gathering.
The Georgetown Library Association held a supper and business meeting at Richards Library with 24 present. Treasurer Miss Belle Heald reported $268. new officers awarded were Mrs. Mary Stevens and Mrs. Harry H. Heald. Repairs discussed include roof shingles and steps. Several personal items note visits by Howard Trafton and others, Halloween nuisances, and local social activity around Georgetown Center and Robin Hood areas.
Dresden residents report a rummage sale for the primary school, home sales and relocations, travelers visiting relatives in Dover-Foxcroft and Millwood, Wash, and a West Dresden Army enlistment. Local charity and lodge activities include Olive Branch Chapter O E S inspection and four candidates initiated.
Pleasure boat owners and fishermen along the lower New Meadows river seek a permanent day marker on Hen Island ledge in Winneganee Bath. The petition, addressed to the Commandant of the First District US Coast Guard in Boston, notes the hazard to navigation and includes signatures. A prior marker existed but was ineffective and often missing.
Engine 4 was called out twice Monday afternoon for still alarms. At 1.53 a gasoline leak from a parked car in front of St. Marys Catholic church on High Street posed a fire threat and a booster line washed the gas into the street drain. At 2.25 a flooded oil burner at 696 High Street was quickly contained with no damage.
The article surveys antiquity noting an absence of trustworthy proof for genuine bells before Christianity. It weighs sources, dates, and cultural contexts, highlighting gaps in artifact records and scholarly uncertainty about early bell use and development.
Five Islands notes a funeral in Bath for Ida Hinckley. Bath residents attend various Halloween events including a Senior Young Peoples scavenger hunt with winners Richard Hanna and Robert Moore. Community guests include Irving Pinkham and families. many local residents host parties and visit others around Bath and nearby towns.
Frederick C. Holt, 17, of West Bath, pleaded guilty to speeding 75 mph in a 25 mph zone on Washington Street in Tuesday Municipal Court before Recorder Arthur D. Dolloff. Holt paid a $15 fine and $5.70 costs and was discharged.
Mrs. Paul Teimer and Mrs. Marjorie Ingalls visited Miss Mary MacKinnon in Topsham weekend guests. Mrs. Teimer is daughter of William S. Newell of this city.
Bay Point residents and visitors share Monday notes as Henry Drummond scrapes the roads and Nina Cummings plans a Boothbay Harbor trip. Local calls, visits, and a goatherd mystery accompany reports of Winter travels and social calls in Bath, Waldoboro, and surrounding towns.
Richard A. Baldwin 18 of Woolwich was sentenced to three months in Kennebec county jail and fined 200 dollars plus 11.74 costs after pleading guilty to drunken driving on Vine street Bath. Judge Deering warned another three months if the fine and costs are not paid.
Miss Audrey M. LeVasseur 21 daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur T LeVasseur of 1532 Washington Street completes Air Force basic indoctrination at Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio. The training at Lackland prepares her for technical schooling and specialty duties. She graduated Morse High School in 1953 and worked as a playground instructor during the summer.
Rose Alma Boyer 83 wife of Fred Boyer of Nashua died at home Wednesday after a two year illness. Born August 10 1890 in Marlboro daughter of Asa and Mary Bonette she ran the family restaurant with her husband until recently. She was a member of Infant Jesus Parish and survived by four sisters. Funeral from the church Saturday at nine with burial in Calvary Cemetery.
Word reached Bath of the sudden death of Dr Frederick Bradeen aged 80 at his Essex Connecticut home on Sunday. A Colby College and University of Pennsylvania Medical School graduate, he had practiced in Essex since graduation and is survived by his wife Nellie Shaw a son Charles Bradeen two other sons Charles and Robert and four grandchildren.
Guy S. Hosmer, 69, died at Memorial hospital after weeks as a medical patient. Born Feb 14, 1884 in Phippsburg, he was son of William W. and Lillian Wallace Hosmer. A seaman and chief engineer, he worked for Texas Steamship Co and Bath Iron Works before retiring in 1948. Survived by his mother Lillian G. Hosmer of Bath, and sister Bernice Hosmer, with relatives in Small Point.
Florence Duley Klippel widow of Frederick M. Klippel died suddenly at her home in Bath after a long heart illness. Born in Phippsburg she lived most of her life in Bath and trained as a nurse at Trust Hospital in Biddeford. Survived by sister Mrs. George Klippel and several cousins. Funeral Saturday at Curtis Funeral Home in Bath.
Mrs Lillian W. Tucker 83 widow of Harry W. Tucker died Thursday noon at her home 934 Middle Street. News of the passing notes she had lived in the community for decades and leaves relatives.
Brian M. Jewett of Woolwich will host the Elks Frolic at Cony High School auditorium Augusta on Saturday night. He is a longtime entertainer among Maine Elks as part of an annual fund raising trek for the Maine State Elks association and its Crippled Children and cerebral palsy programs. Local Elks chapters organize the Frolic to support these projects.
Mrs. Ethel Bailey Robshaw 58 wife of William A. Robshaw died Friday night at Memorial hospital after an illness. A Dresden and Augusta business school alumna, she was a member of Dromore france Dyev erty Post V F W Auxiliary and Hockomock Council of tas. She left 13 children, five living, including sons George and Norman of Bath and Frank of Brunswick, daughters Christine Marston and Dorothy Alexander of Brunswick, a brother George Bailey of South Gardiner, two half sisters Alice Powers of Sanford and Eunice Blagdon of California, a half brother Frank Bailey of Mount Vernon, nine grandchildren and many relatives.
Mrs Gertrude M Souza of Provincetown Massachusetts dies Friday at her daughter Irene Parker home 8 Cummings Street Born June 16 1861 in the Azores she was a member of Peters church and St Joseph Society Surviving daughters include Mary Gomez Jennie Claire Philomena Tetreault and Irene Parker Funeral from St Peters Church Provincetown burial in St Peters Cemetery Provincetown
Emma Lockery widow of Charles A eases died Friday morning at a convalescent home. Born in Bath on June 28 she lived in Bath all her life at 40 York Street. Survived by three nieces Mrs Ralph Covel Bath Mrs Paul Palmer West Roxbury Mass and Miss Rath J Brookline Mass plus grandnieces and grandnephews.
Ida M. Hinckley of Georgetown died recently. Funeral services were held Thursday at Curtis Funeral Home in Bath with Rev. John Reedy of Georgetown Center church officiating. Bearers were ocotee Gray, William Main, Earl Hagan, Melvin L. Comeau. Burial followed at Oak Cemetery in Georgetown.
Funeral services for Mrs Ethel C Robshaw were held Monday afternoon at 1 30 from Curtis Funeral Home with Reverend of Graceparish officiating. Bearers were Arthur Landry Louis Ouellette Henry Tardiff John Maas Ronald Oulton and Joseph Babine. Burial was in Oak Grove.
Ellsworth Chandler funeral service conducted at Mayo funeral residence with Laforest B Hodgkins pastor of Central Church officiating. Pallbearers Maurice Warner Carl Wilson Russell Alexander and Harry Warner. Burial in family lot at Oak Grove.
Funeral services for George F. Davis were held Friday afternoon at 1 30 at the Mayo funeral residence with Rev. Dr D L Wilson officiating. Bearers were Donald Williams John Davis Jr Lloyd Rogers and Jack Landers. Burial was in the family lot at Oak Grove.
Funeral services for Mrs Lillian W Tucker were held Sunday afternoon at two from her home at 934 Middle Street with Rev James L Grant officiating. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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