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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1945
Page
3
Local notes from Phippsburg report slow progress on Dromore grange hall improvements. Clar ence Ney and the repair committee assist, with entrance nearly done and shelves only started. The next Dromore Bureau meeting moved from Nov 21 to Dec 5 due to Thanksgiving.
West Point residents demand action on the two mile stretch from Eaton's turn noting tractors cannot deliver milk and horses and wagons are used instead. The road carries 280 residents and 50 cars daily with heavy trucks and supply vehicles from Portland and local firms. Citizens warn the road will soon be impassable and call on town officials to investigate use of taxpayers money while the Cosmopolitan club announces a Fall rummage sale with donations accepted Friday and Saturday.
The Parker Head vestry approves buying a store and installing electric lights. Volunteers will solicit village funds. Church school remains at 3 pm and service at 4 pm. Residents attend meetings, win ribbons at fairs, and share travel and illness news. Several families visit Bath, Lewiston, and East Auburn, with updates on veterans, hospital stays, and a resignation at a local church.
The Twin Bees club will meet Thursday evening with Mr William Potter at 32 Oak Street.
Mr and Mrs Francis Mac Donald and daughter Frances of Quincy Mass spent the holiday weekend at their McIntyre Corners home. Orville Philbrook of Mattinitcus was a recent visitor at the Wilbur home.
Miss Catherine Helen Campbell, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lester G Campbell of 290 Washington Street, wed John Robert Bartlett in a home ceremony. Rev Albert Freeman officiated with a Lohengrin march, a reception followed, and the couple will reside in Bath after a brief honeymoon. The bride, a Morse High and Gorham Normal graduate, taught in Bath area schools. the groom, a Danforth High School graduate, served in the U.S. Navy Reserve and recently discharged from Pearl Harbor.
Recent visitors include Mr and Mrs Bernard Carlsson on Dix Island and Mrs Monroe Wilbur Mrs Julia Dozois and Mrs Stanton Dozois at Twin County Annual Farm Bureau Meeting in East Auburn. Families from Alton Mass and Bath vacationed at Coxs Head Seguin and Bath areas over the weekend.
The Woolwich Good Will club will serve the last of its popular public baked bean and salad suppers at the Sagadahoc Ferry hall Saturday night. A Christmas goods sale accompanies the supper with aprons fancy articles and Christmas cards. Mrs Costello P Hall president will chair the event. Florence Carlton oversees dining, assisted by the committee, while Mrs Nelson Rice runs the kitchen. Sale coordinators are Mrs Edward Reed and Mrs Percy Marston.
Of the 478 graduates of Princeton between 1769 and 1794, one became President of the United States cabinet officers, six members of the Continental Congress, 21 U. S. Senators, 39 representatives, three justices of Supreme Court, 12 state governors and 56 members of state legislatures, 114 entered the ministry.
Ottawa Ontario serves as the seat of Canada's federal government with key ministries agencies and Parliament located in the city. The capital hosts national political operations and official ceremonies reflecting Canada's governance.
Popham school closed Monday for Armistice Day celebrations. Miss Louise Harmon visited for the year. Mrs. Arthur Moore reports the first deer of the season from Popham Beach, hunted in Phippsburg. A letter from Mrs. Wallace read on a national program urged Maine listeners’ involvement. Walter Snipe with his orchestra continues Thursday dances at Bodwell grange hall, drawing steady crowds. Gardeners persist with fall planting as late flowers bloom. Squirrels damage Dunlap Hatch’s Bath cottage. article on rodent control appears in Saturday Evening Post. No action yet to repair Atkins Bay dyke before next high tides endangers wells. Sailing tale: Alan Higgins, Pendragon, anchored in the Kennebec after leaving St John. Several local residents visit or host relatives across Bath, Mechanic Falls, Lewiston, and Portland.</s>
Mrs. John Marks Jr of High Street has been discharged and returned home after a week as a patient at Memorial Hospital.
Scarsdale New York mayor sought information on Bath to aid postwar financing decisions because Bath bonds carry Moody's AA rating the highest for any municipality. Bath's strong record of timely interest payments and tight financial management underpins the rating and supports plans to retire Morse High School bonds worth 150000 in 1949 without refunding.
The Sagadahoc Council Knights of Columbus welcomed State Deputy Louis Ayoob of Fort Fairfield at a Bath gathering for the Fourth District. District Deputy Alex Burgess, Grand Knight Ernest Kingsbury, and others discussed progress, Five Point Program goals, and call for continued cooperation to aid returning veterans. A May 26 Golden Jubilee in Maine was announced with a council news bulletin planned and a buffet supper followed.
Miss Shirley Mank of Spring Tokyo Japan sends Thanksgiving greetings from Chief Commissary Steward J T Caverly aboard the U S S Benner a Bath built ship She spent the weekend in Boston for the Rodeo at the Boston Garden and the Armistice Day parade led by Gen Eisenhower returning home Monday evening
The 18 pound Flemish hare owned by John E. Sanford of Big Pine Rabbitry on High street illustrates a thriving rabbitry scene in Winneganee. Sanford raises 50 rabbits, sells meat and fur, notes rabbits eat only vegetarian fare, and explains breeding cycles, nest care, and the strong market for rabbit skins and wool with prices from a quarter to twenty five dollars per pound for alpaca wool. He cites the national craze with a $100 million annual rabbit industry and growing roadside demand in New England and the West.
Mr Sanford outlines four key points for rabbit producers. Invest 15 to 30 dollars per rabbit stock, exercise patience, care deeply for animals including daily winter chores, and secure a market. Beginners should start small and avoid excess stock as grain costs rise. delaying sales can exhaust resources.
At Brunswick officials request the Morse Brunswick game moved from Monday morning to Saturday at College Town. Morse players began practice but postponement held after coach Johnson first agreed then later upheld the change as most of the team had left for home.
The Board of Education voted Tuesday night to discontinue drives that collected money through students. It will still urge support for worthwhile campaigns but will not sanction child collections, citing complaints from parents and exploitation concerns during war years.
William E. Fletcher Jr and Mary L. Womack were married at Bea con Street Methodist parsonage in Bath Friday evening by Rev Charles L Kenney. The groom is son of Mrs Clarence B Fletcher and the bride of Mr and Mrs Michael Flaherty of 88 Milan Street. A double ring ceremony was held with attendants Clarence A Leonard and wife. The bride wore a grey traveling suit with gar denias. They will reside at Milan Street after a short trip.
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