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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1949
Page
2
The Times Company of Bath Maine lists subscription terms with one year and six month rates and notes second class postal circulation. It lists B Nichols as president and treasurer and Harry C Webber as editor.
The Louisville Courier-Journal feature notes dramatic shifts in coal mining with skilled operators using modern machines. It highlights a Kentucky mine with 3,000,000 tons produced without a fatal accident and miners earning up to 16.50 per day for six and a half hours.
The piece notes railroads once ruled transport and grew rich but now 1,000,000 workers face reduced hours from 48 to 40. It warns of 20 percent higher hourly pay amid fewer passengers, while rail lines from the Pennsylvania Railroad to the New Haven Hartford face office closures and fading freight. It laments competition from planes and cars and criticizes political shifts that weakened rail power.
Senator John Foster Dulles argues the State assumes near total responsibility and sidelines the individual, warning it reduces personal incentive. President Truman labels statism a scare word used against the Fair Deal, with definitions from Oxford Webster’s Funk and Wagnall’s and Random House outlining government sovereignty and statecraft concepts.
A Washington publication questions official morals in law while noting huge government spending. A businessman reportedly received 34 million in loans, a general jailed over air force procurements, and Mrs. Perle Mesta's Luxembourg ambassadorship tied to grand parties and large campaign contributions.
Over 75 youths have registered with the Community Center Teen Age Unemployment Bureau in three weeks, but only two have filled odd job requests. Call 1903 to arrange yard cleaning, babysitting, car washing, or other tasks with guaranteed satisfactory work at a minimum charge.
Fred Perry, a merchant seaman on the Great Lakes freighters, returns to Bath for a 15 day visit on Willow street accompanied by his wife Mrs. Perry. His leave stems from the C I O steelworkers strike halting ore discharge at Detroit Cleveland and Buffalo ports affecting over 275 freighters. Seventeen boats of his company are tied up. Perry is the son of Mrs. Amos F. Perry and was once a Bath fire department member. his wife is Ellen Oliver.
Hermie Freeman of Bath will headline the October 18 boxing card at the Portland Expo Building. Freeman defeated Billy Beltram by decision Friday night there and a rematch with Beltram is possible if the promoter's plans materialize. Promoter Chick Hayes also tried to book Jackie Webber but Webber had a prior engagement.
In a Maine coastal setting workers rely on radios on fishing ships broadcasting timing and catch data. Freder ick Moffatt commutes via bicycle boat and car from Bay Point to Sebasco. Mr and Mrs Gilbert Pletts and daughter Nancy travel to Miami for university plans.
Waterville voters established the Waterville Sewer District through a public referendum. The initial goal removes sewage from the Messalonskee stream, a health menace, with the long-term aim of eliminating Kennebec contamination and inspiring nearby communities to act.
The U S Army Signal Corps announces public showings of Nuernberg Its Lesson for Today a historical documentary on the Nazi leaders trial. Seventy two minute production on three reels will be available after Oct 1 to civic groups in the First Army area via Signal Corps Film Libraries in Governors Island Schenectady Fort Williams and Boston Army Base.
The first Fall season card party at the Community Center drew many adults with bridge games and prizes awarded to Clara Sonia Helen Smith. Stella Callan received a cake. Nancy Stover led the refreshment committee with Mary Callan Bette Fernald Barbara Morse Sally Footer and Douglas Champion assisting. Proceeds from the Oct 12 event benefit Bath Memorial hospital and reservations can be made by calling 1903.
The project draws funds from gasoline tax and motor vehicle registrations. W. H. Hinman Inc North Anson holds the main contract except for structural steel delivery and erection by Harris Structural Steel Co New York. George W Stangel serves as the resident engineer for the Highway Commission. Completion is expected in Fall 1950.
Mrs. Harry Larrabee and her son George of 1051 High Street will depart Thursday for Massachusetts to visit Osborne Larrabee, the son of Mrs. Richard Parizo of Fitchburg.
Mrs. Clarence W. Morse, formerly a patient at Maine General hospital in Portland, is expected to return to her Washington Street home today.
Colonial Bowling committee announces 60 bowlers across 12 teams for the league’s 20th season. Captains are listed for each club including Camels, Luckies, Old Golds, Marvels, Fatimas, Muradi, Wings, Raleighs, Pall Malls, Spuds, Chesterfields, and Kools with new member added to each squad.
The first of several planned square dance sessions attracted more than 300 boys and girls at the Community Center. Alec Burgess and Bill Milliken supervised the Thursday event where 25 couples danced to the Lady of the Lake and beginners learned the basics. A second session is planned next Thursday starting at eight with additional dance styles to be introduced.
Four Bath residents found a small bog near Meadowbrook with ripe Cape Cod like berries. The berries showed good color but were smaller. the bog was heavily fed in spots. Nearby Moose Country offered evidence as moose had flattened grass and bushes where they rested.
Susanna W Hare of Washington DC and Ralph E Seekins of 688 Washington Street collided at Leeman Highway and Elsinore Avenue Monday morning. Both vehicles sustained about $25 in damage and no injuries were reported. Bath Police Officer John Kelliher is investigating.
Maine health department records show one poliomyelitis case in Bath during the week ending September 24. Sagadahoc County also reported one syphilis case as the sole other communicable disease.
Steel girders cross the Kennebec at Augusta linking the riverbanks for the first time as riveters join ends. The crossing will allow future foot and vehicle traffic but will need time before regular use. The Augusta bridge adds to a chain of five across the Kennebec from Augusta to the sea to ease heavy traffic bottlenecks.
Weekend work on a pending paint job was urged as weather allows. The fourth annual Fall card party is set for Oct. 27 with Mrs. Roland Breton chairing table reservations and helpers listed. A public baked bean supper is planned Oct. 19, with supper chairs and dining room duties named. Committees for the Christmas sale and supper and the Fall conference at Huse school on Oct. 15 were announced, plus a long list of school events, magazines, and program roles for the year.
Winter Street church junior division held its annual meeting naming William Haggett as moderator Sally True as clerk Charles B Doyle Jr and Thomas Whitmer as Prudential committee Robert P Shaw as treasurer and John Hartleb Warren Raynes Carl H Pinson Jr and John Stickney as deacons Harvey Hartleb and Earle Warren as head ushers with a list of stewardesses and a fall start for the Side Club meeting and officer elections.
Hon. Arthur G. Spear from Portland paid a Bath visit on Wednesday, touring local sights and meeting residents during the daytime swing through the city.
In Bath and Sebasco Captain Murphy reports a large herring haul of eight to nine thousand bushels on Tuesday night. The Bath Rotary meeting featured Van Zandt Wheeler on Americanism and Communism. A cranberry orange salad recipe ties into National Cranberry Week, and a request urges support for Memorial Hospital’s ongoing fund drive to keep the facility open and serving non paying patients.
A garbled OCR fragment describes a frantic search for a hospital that does not exist. The text conveys urgency and confusion about health care access, with references to distance and the lack of nearby facilities. It lacks clear names or places but implies a crisis in medical availability.
The Y M C A outlines a busy year of events from October open house through June camp night including a Halloween party, older boys conference, hobby show, United Nations party, kite contest and pet show. Other notes mention North Grammar Gray charter members and a Paper club fundraiser for a swimming pool, plus a Shepard Pipe club for eight members making real pipes.
Mrs. Frank W. Danforth Jr and her son Danny arrived from Scotia New York Saturday to visit Mr and Mrs Frank W Danforth at 1075 High Street while Mr Danforth is being transferred his work at Scotia to Lynn ass.
A cryptogram puzzle page features a long list of cross reference clues and a sample quote. The page includes a cryptoquote: SLUMBERS SWEET THY MERCY HOLY DREAMS AND HOPES ATTEND US and lists a substitution scheme with AXYDLBAAKXR mapping to LONGFELLOW.
Rev. C. Clifford Sargent of Wesley church returns from Malden Mass where he joined the Federal Council of Churches personal and visitation evangelism campaign. The 15 month crusade aims to reach American communities with the help of over 1,000 evangelism directors and will continue in Bath Rockland and Waldoboro sub districts.
Phippsburg Center Parent Teacher Association held its initial Fall meeting at the community hall on Thursday evening. The year’s project focuses on further development of the community building with Irene Alden named program committee chair. President Anita Totman presided and Rev. Charles Stevens led a prayer. Members were urged to bring one new member to the next meeting on Thursday Oct 13. a one dollar fine funds the improvement drive. Refreshments were supplied by Mrs. Thomas Totman, Mrs. William Blaisdell, and Mrs. Philip Jacob for 11 members and three guests.
Leslie P. Maass of Bluff Road reenlists in the U S Armored Cavalry as corporal after swearing in September 29 at Fort Preble South Portland. He will report to Fort Dix New Jersey for initial assignment with the 9th Infantry Division. He is married to Florence Gouge of Kansas City and has two daughters. He is a six year veteran of the U S Air Force and is entitled to wear the World War II Victory and Good Conduct medals and the Asiatic Pacific campaign medal.
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