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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1940
Page
5
Fortnight of Bath items recount arrivals including John McDonald returning from a false alarm telegram about his father’s death. Sail vessels and cargo movements feature the Eleanor A. Percy and J.C. Fitzpatrick, with shipyard accidents and dam repairs noted. Social events include a Sedgwick Relief Corps fair, a dancing class opening in Rockland, and a surprise party for Fred Percy.
Thursday November 14 1900 reports Willard A Hodgkins will depart for Mystic Connecticut to serve as master builder of a five masted schooner for W K Holmes. This vessel will lead a planned fleet by the builders.
Nov 15 1900 Miss Mabel Duncan is knocked down by a large St Bernard on Front street suffers a dazed spell but walks away unaided. A minor fire at Alderman Gras sey’s Center street store is contained. The Sagadahoc Emergency Hospital opens in Bath with two beds and steam sterilizers. Two major ship launchings loom next week at New England yard and Bath Iron Works. Lifesaving crews rescue a drifting schooner near Whale's Back. Notable visitors include billiardist Joe Hood and events span funerals town travel and industry updates.
Nov 17 1900 report notes a stubborn fire gutted the small Broad street building owned by Ledyard Palmer and used by W W Mason and Maine Tower Supply Co near Fryer and Shea dwelling. The shipyard fire at Phippsburg involved a lamp warming varnish. crews saved the four masted schooner under construction. Parish meeting at People's church reelected officers and bought church lot. work on a new edifice planned for spring. Weather recorded near zero with icy Merrymeeting bay and skating lads.
Maintroot William Robbins arrived home from Boston and a daughter was born yesterday at the home of Herbert L. Lord.
Converse Lilly Owen Smith dies suddenly at noon at 929 Middle street after years of poor health. He was born in Bath on June 16, 1858 and led William H. Smith & Son after his father’s death. Mrs. Mary F Campbell dies at 695 Washington street after years of ill health. Other items include a launch being built for river use by Thomas Spence, a near accident involving George Dunning’s horse, the Bath schooner Alice M. Colburn’s Boston arrival, Dr. P. W. Roberts visiting Boston for office additions, and notices of community events, duties, and funerals in Bath.
Rotary club at Hotel Sedgwick hosted District No. 198 Governor Harry Trust from Bath and area as part of a rotary luncheon. He recalled international conventions, Rotary’s aid to Europe, and English Rotary ties, while Bath club president Dominique Tardif led the program. A local boy, John F. Footer, 8, is recovering from an emergency appendectomy at Memorial Hospital.
J L Jannell of South Weymouth Massachusetts earns a blue ribbon for an unusual hunting method riding a saddle horse to shoot two deer during a Caucomogo region trip. The party camped at Lake Caucomogomoe and relied on the horse for navigation and hauling game. Jannell, an automotive dealer and hunter, has trained the horse for years, praising riding to the hunt as a practical and invigorating way to bag game.
A heavy early snowfall covers Rangeley Dead River and Chain of Ponds, enabling tracking. In Jackman the snow is near perfect per Ek A Ingraham. Conditions expected to stay through the season with occasional storms. Hunters report heavy kill across the region though overall hunter numbers are modest. Dwight Wilson of Wilson NY bags a 350 pound bear and a 200 pound buck at Millinocket Lake. Charles Blizzard and Albert Cromer both score deer in Ashland. 71 year old Henry Rafford guides the party into hunting grounds.
Two young people died following a crash on the highway after returning from a Gardiner dance. Miss Parmenter of Boothbay Harbor, a Boothbay Harbor High School senior active in National Youth Administration work and dance circles, sustained fatal injuries. Joseph Couture of Bath, born in South Prewer, worked at local shops and was a Bath Elks member. he leaves multiple siblings and his parents.
Six Massachusetts families win a Maine potato prize in a Springfield Exposition promotion. Contestants in the Maine Building booth estimated barrel contents during a three day display, with a 381 potato barrel. Winners include Irma Chiaron, Mrs. G. W. Woods, and William J. Scotland.
John W. Belanger of Bath has been named assistant manager of GE Co. Federal and Marine department at Schenectady. Born 1901, he joined GE in 1917, trained at Lynn Massachusetts, then studied at Franklin Institute Boston before transfer to Schenectady as student engineer in 1923.
A true copy of the original order issued by Arthur J. Dunton,Judge of Probate, with attestations accompanying the document.
The subject moved to the Philadelphia sales office as an arc welding specialist and in November 1926 became a salesman in the Industrial department, specializing in marine equipment.
The 1940 Maine potato crop is estimated at 45,135,000 bushels unchanged from last month, with Southern Aroostook light due to dry weather and aphid damage while Northern Aroostook yields improve. Apple production in commercial Maine counties is 752,000 bushels, down six percent from last month and below last year’s 1,068,000 bushels. The MacIntosh crop is smaller than 1939, Baldwins better, and Northern Spy slightly below 1939.
Ross Benner of Boothbay Harbor was sentenced to 30 days in Kennebec County Jail by Judge Gardiner R. Deering in Bath municipal court after failing to pay a fine and costs from a 1939 conviction for operating a motor vehicle without a license. He was brought from Boothbay Harbor to answer the probation violation.
Mrs Edwin R. Andrews entertained the Junior Monday club at her home on 981 High Street for a luncheon gathering.
A Bath Sagadahoc court orders notices for probate of several estates. Executors named include James Slocum Rogers, George W Tyler, Franklin W Tyler, John E Wilson, Hazel S Stickney, Daniel Williams, Clara M Hunt, Marie D Blats, Allen M Irish, Harper W Poulson, Dolphius E Henry, and others. Hearings set for December first. bonds waived where noted. authenticated copies from Pennsylvania and Virginia wills referenced.
Sagadahoc County Register of Probate certifies that Arthur H Sprague of Bath is deceased and Harold J Rubin was appointed administrator on the date indicated. Jude of Probate attests to the record.
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