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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1952
Page
7
Forty years ago Bath papers recount a Fed of Women Clubs meeting at Morse High School and a barge launch. It notes theater plans, school events, Bowdoin opening and athletics, local crime and curiosities, old house treasure tales, and civic improvements in Bath Maine with scattered society visits and travels.
A vendor trying to load fruit onto a cart along Water Street yesterday had a wheel sink through rotten sewer boards, causing the loss of about Ba of his fruit into the depths. Later, the city park hosted the last band concert of the season this evening.
Its thrifty rh and beans framed with flowers in profusion is one of the prettiest gardens in town. The kids don’t steal the corn there. The Morse High football squad has grown into a strong group with prospects for a fast team. The first game is a week from tomorrow. The steamer Islander ends its season Sunday. The vestiges of frost fade as southeast winds blow, and the harvest moon is not yet cold. Admission age at the Old Couples Home is 65.
Chief Hinckley plans a gun squad in his department. Miss Maude Seymour teaches in Brunswick. All timbers have been placed under the Hodgkins' house on the Park, which is jacked up. Contractor Mosher hopes to start moving next Tuesday or Wednesday as the house is swung to cross the park corner, avoiding trees. The 70 by 31 feet house will have its foundation moved to High street for reassembly. The hard pine timbers used for the move are described as beauties.
Cooler weather brings stove demand while farmers discuss Sanford steer-raising in 14 months for local markets. New motor vehicle registration law requires annual registration. Secretary of State Davis ordered 10,000 plate sets for 1912 use, with only 800 to 1,000 expected left by January 1, 1913.
A probate notice in Sagadahoc County Bath seeks interested parties to attend a Bath Probate Court on the second Tuesday in October at ten a m to hear the will and petition for probate of John W Costain late of Bath deceased and to consider letters testamentary without bond issued to executor George T Costain presented by George T Costain through the Bath court notice.
The police warn against nighttime parking on the new city football field. Wheel tracks mar the surface, requiring releveling and reseeding, as Chief Frank L. Moriarity vows strict supervision and court action for offenders.
Census figures as of April 1, 1950 report Bath total dwelling units at 3588. Of these 3188 were occupied, 1919 owner occupied, 1269 renter occupied, 9 vacant, with 146 seasonal, 78 not for sale or rent, 106 for rent, 24 for sale only. Non seasonal dilapidated units numbered 40.
Researchers report that the hemolymph of oysters appears colorless in a controlled analysis suggesting a potential impact on flavor stability and pigment reactions during processing.
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