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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1952
Page
7
The Bath School Board approvedCity Council plans to fix sanitary conditions at South Primary School, prioritizing timely comfort for pupils amid tight finances. Local notes report water issues from wells and country reliance on hauled water, plus community Boy Scout council formation and local civic events.
President John S. Hyde of Bath Iron Works returned home from a trip to New York and Washington. In New York he secured a contract to build a 130 foot steel torpedo testing steamer for E. W. Bliss Co of New York. The vessel, about 300 tons, is to be completed in five months and will carry a crew of about one quarter. The craft will be a triple expansion machine and designed to test torpedoes for the United States Government. The report notes Belgian battlefield developments and ongoing French war office updates on the fighting.
Nov 12 1914 report says a partial ice resumption will occur on the Kennebec this winter. Portland to be supplied from Kennebec via stored ice cut above Merrymeeting Bay and shipped by schooner after river opening. Kennebec Ice Co. to include upriver men and Portland residents.
A Bath centric column covers wartime charity appeals from Europe and Belgium, local relief efforts, and social happenings. Highlights include Miss Idella Altekamp at Kent's Hill, Morse and Deering football at Bayside Park, and Bath residents traveling to Boston and Simsbury. Community events feature a card party at Music Hall with Bath Orchestra and patronesses listed, plus various civic notes on new residents, business moves, and the Morse High team’s season outcome.
A former federal official anticipates homes on Tonn Street and a modern hotel to accompany the New Rockledge development in Maine. He predicts Winter and Summer visitors from New York and the West will boost the area, while Daniel Williams travels from Jeresy to Cambridge for the Harvard-Brown game today.
As storms and floods strain human endurance in Belgium and Northern France, a Maine Central Freight train 334 wrecked near Harvard's Crossing between Bowdoinham and Richmond. Thirty cars derailed, piling up in tangled wreckage. It will take about a week to clear the debris and three days for the main line to be usable again.
The eleven ton fishing sloop Hattie Blinn, bound from Boothbay to the westward, encountered trouble during a heavy gale off the mouth of the Kennebec Monday. A lifesaving crew from Popham Beach aided her, and she was safely anchored in Sagadahoc Bay.
The Southern Maine chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants holds its monthly meeting Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Eastland hotel in Portland. Guest speaker Thomas L. Morison of Winchester, Massachusetts, formerly Boston chapter president, will discuss Accounting and Inventory Control for the Small Business Man. Morison is a CPA, Bentley School trustee, and holds roles with Artwood Corp and Suffolk University.
Seven deer tagged at Carlson's Service Station Bath and the Sagadahoc Sports Center Woolwich raise the season total to 106. Tags include a doe from Dresden by Francis Potter of Brunswick, a buck from Woolwich by Raymond Hamel of Phippsburg, a doe from Arrow sic by Bert Arsenault of Bath, a buck from Dresden by Shirley Cormier of Brunswick, a doe from Dresden by Darrell Potter of Dresden, and a doe from Woolwich by Kenneth Hunt of West Bath, plus a doe from Woolwich by Frank Sparks Jr. of Woolwich.
S Sgt. Warren Jewell U S Army arrived Tuesday to spend a two weeks furlough with his wife and two children Claudia Ann and Warren Jr at 69 Western avenue. Jewell has served 12 years and is stationed at Fort Campbell Kentucky.
Cecil V. Rowland director of Morse High School band spoke to Bath Business and Professional Women about instrumental music in schools. He presented aptitude tests from RCA material and introduced a Morse High clarinet quartet performing a Russian litany and popular pieces. Comments on committee roles and a December 14 Christmas party were noted.
The Central Church League met at the parish house with 25 members. They discussed a farewell party for Pastor Rev. La forest Hodgkins and Mrs Hodgkins to close a happy time, planned for Sunday evening at the parish house. A request was made for toys and gifts for the Christmas sale on December 10. A swap party led by Mrs Jack McCall followed, raising funds for the treasury. Hostesses for the next meeting are Mrs Dana McIntire Mrs Walden Smith and Mrs Thomas Underwood.Refreshments were served and the next meeting is set for November 22.
The First Baptist Church Ladies Sewing Circle held an all day meeting in the ladies parlor with 21 members and one guest. Two quilts were finished and aprons and fancy work prepared for the Christmas sale on Dec 3. Birthday honors for Mrs Laura Harrington included songs, gifts, and cakes. Committees were named for aprons and quilts, candies, cooked foods, and greens. Next week’s meeting will be Tuesday due to Thanksgiving.
The Cosmopolitan Club will host a lobster salad supper in the rooms on Friday night with final plans completed. Co chairmen are Mrs. Allen Noble and Mrs. Albert Whitney. Kitchen and dining room committees list numerous members with decorations by specific women. reservations required, no tickets at the door.
Mrs. John M. Conley Jr hosted XI Beta Chapter Monday evening at her Dummer Street home for a covered dish supper. The supper committee included Mrs Frogs Gardenier, Mrs Paul Graustuck, Mrs Edward McCabe, Mrs John Greene Jr, Miss Helen Hayes and Mrs Catharine Legard. Dessert and
The annual meeting of the Wada hoc Agricultural and Horticultural Society will be held in the Court Room Town Building Brunswick December 1954 at 8 00 pm for electing officers for the ensuing year and transacting any other business that may legally come before the meeting Emery W Booker Brunswick Maine November 18 1954
The Children's Theater of Portland will stage King Midas and the Golden Touch at Morse High Friday after school with Bath P T A Council sponsorship. Mrs. Harry Larrabee chairs. tickets at the door and via schools. Teen actors perform for Morse High students and the community, showcasing volunteer crews and a non profit mission to promote theater arts for children.
Woolwich residents organize aid for the Pinkham family after a Sunday morning fire on Route 1 killed Edward Pinkham and his five year old son Stephen. Four year old Ernest is badly burned, Terrance, one, cared for by relatives while the mother 16 clothing size, remains at Memorial hospital with Ernest. Boxes for clothing at Larry's Market and I G A, Woolwich. Donations to Pinkham Family Fund c/o I G A store.
The Brunswick Kiwanis will partner with the Brunswick Choral Society for the annual Christmas carol singing likely in front of the town hall. Free PA and flood lights provided. Key Club at Brunswick High to start November 30 with George Bangs as president. Delegations from Portland Lewiston and Westbrook Key clubs to attend.
At a business session led by President Mrs Clyde Ambrose the Lincoln County Orchestra outlined plans for a Christmas Pop Concert to be held Sunday evening Dec 5 at Huse Memorial School under the auspices of XI Beta and Theta Chapters Beta Sigma Phi. Miss Amerise Bourque will entertain Chapter members at the Nov 30 meeting at her Floral street home. Attendees included Mrs Paul Akeley Mrs Waldron Troop Miss Amerise Bourque Mrs Robert Stevens Mrs Nathan Watson and Miss Eleanor Danforth.
Court of Probate in Sagadahoc County orders that Evelyn Ford’s will be probated with llon Spear named executor. Publication for three weeks in Bath Independent, notice to interested parties to attend December hearing and object if desired.
Miss Ann Curran daughter of Mr and Mrs Ambrose Curran and Paul Martiros of Charlton City Mass wed at St Marys Worcester last weekend. Bride wore silk taffeta gown with seed pearls and illusion veil. Attendants included Miss Barbara Burnham and Mrs Jean Dean. Reception at Webster Dudley Country Club. Couple to reside in Schenectady New York after Florida trip.
Pfc. Franklin M. Talbot Jr of Bath's Battery 703rd AAA Battalion left Bath on November 3 to attend the Ordnance Automotive School at the Atlanta General Depot. He has begun the Wheel Vehicle Repair Course and is scheduled to complete it in late February. Son of Mr and Mrs Franklin M Talbot of 625 High street Morse High School class of 1953 graduate.
Court of Probate in Bath schedules hearings on November first year 1954 for several estates including Annie E Coombs, Erick Dayton Hill, Russell L Kenney, Rebecca L Kenney, Jane Lausier, Susan E Nichols, Edwin E Scott, Kaiulani Williams and others. Executors and trustees named seek final accounts, admin appointments, and letters testamentary without bond with notices for appeals and objections. The order details publication for three weeks in Bath Independent and outlines hearing times and locations.
I Lillian H Heal Register of Probate certifies that in several Sagadahoc County estates on November 2, 1954 executors administrators and guardians were appointed. Names include Morrison Russell Boynton Randall F Cook George MelIntire Gertrude L Rines Frederick N Sagbers Jeanie Ro Sanborn and Bath Trust Company with Allan Spear. True copy of the original order.
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