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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1946
Page
10
Local items report Bowdoin College athletics opening with a win in a Maine State Intercollegiate series. The Bath area sees burglaries reported, a moose hunting highlight, and social events at Miss Loach and Colby day planning. Weather notes include first snow on the electric line from Topsham.
A chaotic sports note mentions a Merchants league kickoff with six teams at Park Alleys amid entries and entries still being received. The steamship Columbia arrived in New York yesterday.
A Bath daily report covers Levi Alexander a fisherman escaping a gasoline explosion in Portland Harbor, local postal box placements, Captain George H. Baker’s rifle team results, a Bath court fine for intoxication, lumber shipment for Boothbay, deer hunting trips, the Omicron Sigma dance, Phi Beta Phi social event, and canal lectures on Panama with a Brunswick Topsham rail trip ending season.
A New York contractor Hartwell will build a cottage on the summer home of F. K. Trowbridge’s son, promising it will be the finest on the New Meadows river. Pop ham reports indicate a challenging arrival reporting period for PA.
November 4 1906 the Shaw mill shuts down due to a storm and high winds hindering log handling. Season labor is expected to finish around November 5. Genesta chapter OES hosts Lisbon Falls chapter with a banquet and program featuring Grand Instructor Mrs Neva Gregory. Rescue efforts follow a night blow as launches from Kennebec Yacht Club went adrift with Dr Walter E Rowe and William S Newell assisting. Rumors say steamers Ransom Bay City of Recks and Eastern Steamship Co may visit Bath while details on the wrecked Bath schooner remain unclear.
Helen B plans a Saturday dance at the Penot dest site under T Wallace with proceeds going to the Fon. at Norfolk. Center and Front streets see wet crossings and traffic complaints as electric-rail rails disrupt carts and leave pedestrians soaked. A Hyde Light Guards fair benefits from moving pictures each evening while organizers sell five nights of tickets amid local curiosity.
In Sagadahock block the A. G. Page Co began moving into a new store as fixtures arrived last week and the old safe was moved today. Portland visits by Miss Florence E Pepper and Mrs. Frank B Nichols are noted. A photo in a Bath store window sparked a joke about ownership. Maine Central yard work continues for new drops to handle rising travel. The Dorcas guild meets at Mrs. Milton H. Douglas’s home. Wilson O’Brien returns from a tour with the College Widow company ending at the Garden Theatre. Mme Emma Eames plans a December concert tour starting in Indianapolis.
Bath resident C Lloyd Hooker urges Bath Maine to elect the city marshal by voters for a three year term and keep civil service oversight. He argues the present system ties the marshal to 29 city bosses and hinders efficient policing and fair parking policy. He also asks the Bath Times to publish the suggestion and push for action in the next state legislature session.
Frank W. Card from Bay Point finished renailing and painting the Cahill cottage and will complete work on a well described as 12 feet deep and four by four feet squared in stone. Summer residents push government to locate trials for battleships in Frenchman’s Bay near Bar Harbor if current grounds near Rockland are abandoned. Miss Alice Maney of Bangor visited Washington street couple Mr. and Mrs. Decoste.
A historical comparison notes that ox wagons crossed the continent in about seven months a century ago while early transcontinental trains needed seven days. Today a jet propelled fighter completed the same route in four hours and 13 minutes.
The curative values of White Sulphur Springs in West Virginia were known as early as 1772 with visitors bathing in tubs hewn from tree trunks.
A crowded West Bath Grange November meeting featured a pancake debate with men on the affirmative and women on the negative, a neighborly quest of meaning, and a relay apple stunt. Remarks praised neighborliness and foreign aid, with audience opinions noting excess pancakes. The evening closed with Auld Lang Syne, refreshments, and dancing, as Armistice observances and grandparents’ programs were announced for upcoming meetings.
The South End PTA plans a Tuesday gathering at Morse High auditorium with a November 22 band concert. It votes to back an art teacher in the city and forms a committee led by Mrs. Arthur Berry with Mrs. Roland Breton and Mrs. Bonnie McKenna to work on the project alongside city PTA groups.
The Richmond church honors long serving Sunday school officers and choir members. Elizabeth M. Haynes succeeds as superintendent. William Haynes served 41 years as secretary treasurer and the couple’s family marked 50 years in service. Several members exceed 90, including Mary Barter Harris, Capt. Charles Hewitt, and Henry Skelton, with Skelton a regular attendee.
Arthur Murphy of Sebasco and Ivan Murphy of Bath scored an unusual deer kill using a 30-30 rifle bullet rather than a golf ball. They struck an eight point buck near the Bath country club while hunting in the area after a weeklong trek in northern Maine.
Local grocers report a flood of bananas in Bath due to a regional maritime strike. Ships from South America diverted to Canada to unload perishables and were rushed by train across the border, with Maine receiving a large share. Once the strike ends shipments to the south resume and local bananas may dwindle.
Warren C. B. Robbins of Ogun, formerly of Woolwich, plans to travel to Florida for the winter after visiting his cousin Samuel P. Buck in Woolwich. He has delivered travel lectures paired with colored slides, including Salt Lake City and Zion National Park, through Nova Scotia and along the Maine coast.
A man shopping at the State li nor store dropped a quart bottle of liquor from his coat pocket onto the concrete sidewalk after leaving the store. The bottle shattered and the contents spilled across the walk as curious passersby watched.
A proposed road improvement at North Bath near Harry Plummer's farm aims to please motorists after a dangerous blind corner caused several near misses and collisions.
Maine hunters report heavy traffic and daily deer bagging as open season begins in Aroostook Penobscot Somerset Franklin Piscataquis Oxford and other counties. Warnings emphasize safety practices and ethical shooting while tracking yields vary by region including bears and a 273 pound Ashland buck.
Excavation crews with government archaeologists reveal the layout of an ancient Creek town from a log stockade found in Georgia. The discovery sheds light on Indigenous community planning, trade, and daily life in a prehistoric period.
The first American horse race occurred in 1665 at the New Market Course near Hempstead New York. The event marked the early sporting endeavors in the colony as local participants competed for esteem and prize.
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