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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1950
Page
6
Bath Chronicle notes Halloween events at Universalist vestry and Armory hall with dances, costumes, and music, then reports on shipyard progress at Bath Iron Works, local patrols to curb vandalism, and social gatherings. It also covers hunting, travel, weather, school watch, and civic notes from Bath in late October 1910.
Thomas F. Ryan, formerly at Bath Iron Works, has been named master inside shipfitter at the Kittery Navy Yard to replace the late Thomas O. Conner. Ryan passed the Portsmouth exam and will earn six dollars daily. At the Colonial Club next Monday, members will vote on a proposed ladies night and skating party series. Howard Blake, back from Great Barrington where he served as summer hotel chef, arrives home. James B. Drake & Sons report the three masted schooner Isabel Wiley, Capt. Hudson, reached Mobile after a hurricane, sustaining only a lost main topsail.
The November 3, 1910 meeting saw full attendance of council members except Alder man Varnum due to illness. The standing committee report was signed by C. A. Peaslee with members Perkins Ballou Lake Woodbury Potter.
The Maine Lorts of Veterans will remain part of the national body for six months after a special session on secession ended yesterday. Naval Constructor J A Spillman leased the lower flat on Washington Street, and his mother arrived from Richmond to spend the winter here. Postmaster Snipe urged use of private letter boxes to improve delivery and reduce door delays. A humorous exchange in the shoe department chat ends with a shopper asking for pinchers.
Nov 4 1910 Miss Parker Gussie Guerrero and Harold McLean won amateurs prizes at Dreamland Wednesday evening. Capt Colby denies a Bangor Augusta drowning collision reports. News includes travel plans for Mr and Mrs A W Thurston, football candidate notes, teaching substitutions, local trades and family updates, a Bath youth finaces joke, Bowdoin Bates train, a new Brunswick cinema venture, a Kennebec Yacht Club dance, and West Bath Heaths Hill road completion awaiting state inspection.
The Cunard liner Mauretania lowered its Atlantic speed record due to a blinding snowstorm off the Long Island coast. She docked late after beating 26.06 knots with 27.23 knots for nine hours, then grounded in Ambrose Channel and required engine help to back off. Captain Dan Willard announces retirement after 65 years at sea.
W A Bailey of Brunswick shot a snowy owl that had seized Mrs Bailey’s chicken near the River road school house. He pursued the bird a half mile and the owl dropped. Bailey sold the bird to Prof Manton Cope land. Other town notes include rehearsals, trades, and local incidents.
Nov 7 1910 reports show many shops left unlocked along principal streets. Capt Wallace of the night watch visited proprietors or their homes when phone contact failed. Morse High prepares for Biddeford High in a game with Ole Hanson as umpire and H Reed as linesman. Field lineups listed. Next Saturday South Portland High to play Morse at Kelley Field. Local business and social notes follow including Bath Steam Dye House instructor visit to Togus and various regional residents visiting, returning, or traveling. Alameda fair preparations include live aerial displays as exhibitors rush to open tomorrow evening. Bath Band of 15 will perform nightly with new music under Conductor Brown.
The Boston Yacht Club's season voyage schedule extends further east than recent years. The fleet departs City Point on July 10 for Marblehead then proceeds to Peaks Island Cuckolds Seal Harbor Musselridge and Winter Harbor or Bar Harbor through the week with an ocean race, ending with a planned Winter Harbor stop.
The Council of Women's Service held World Community Day at Church of the New Jerusalem in Bath on Friday afternoon. The theme Love Thy Neighbor guided the program with scripture, benediction, a worship service, a solo by Mrs. William Davis, and organ by Mrs. Alice Lincoln. Delegations from Bath churches attended and knitted items for refugees abroad were collected.
Woolwich residents Fred James and Warrn Woolwich visited Ocean Point to view the surf. Day's Ferry couple Mr and Mrs Carle Longfellow returned from Chicopee Mass with daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Cliffora Richey and family. Nequasset pair Mr and Mrs Edward Cartes spent Saturday in Sanford on business. Mrs Edward Blake remains under observation at Bath Memorial Hospital. Earl Bailey, son of Mr and Mrs J G Bailey, returned from Chicago after a four month course at the Utility Engineering School.
The Nightingale Singers led by Mrs Blanche Locke held a costume party in the vestry of Beacon Street Methodist church on Friday. About 30 attendees dressed as devils bandits villains clowns and other characters from the gay nineties with games songs and refreshments enhancing the gala event.
William Fortin of North Street has moved to Hartford Connecticut where he now works for United Aircraft Co. He left his former local duties to join the aerospace firm in a professional relocation. The note records a staffing transfer involving a named individual and employer in Hartford.
A parish gathering appointed Edward Arve and others as moderators to rally members. Officers elected include Earl Kimball for a five year term, Christine Curtis and Herbert Cavanaugh reelected to head committees. Rev. Richard J. Schaper opened with a junior church report and hostesses and waitresses were listed among parish helpers.
The Bath Times lists application steps for season tickets including deadlines November 5 to 17, with drawings on November 27 and 30 at the high school. Tickets priced 7.50 for reserved seats and 60 cents for general admission, with two-seat group drawing allowed and parents of varsity players given preference.
Howard Leavitt of Boothbay Harbor Great Mishinawa and Sasanoa Tribe of Bath visited Mavooshan Tribe of Pemaquid with Great Council of Maine officials. Bath participants included Ernest R. Avery Harold Trask Arthur Haggett and Ralph Boardman. Meeting was splendid with new member applications and a pleasant evening. Leavitt spoke on Orphans Barred workings.
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