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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1941
Page
6
Forties era Bath item reports the William P Frye failed to launch at Sewall yard at 2 p.m. amid perfect weather and crowds. Guests including Senator Frye and family watched as blocks were knocked without success. a new launch planned for Thursday with other vessel news and local society notes.
A Bath shipyard tale centers on repeated launch failures blamed on bands at the William P Frye and earlier ships. Officials note truants and crowds hinder preparations as the Frye’s fateful launch nears high water with renewed hope. Warren Carr, Searsport native and Bath resident, dies at his home after a brief illness with a council role and inventors’ pursuits among his legacy.
The first October wedding in Bath united Eugene A. Gaudreau and Miss Essie Albee at Tremont, Maine on Monday evening. Gaudreau, a Bath Iron Works shipfitter, surprised friends with the ceremony before a brief honeymoon. They will reside at 10 (address incomplete).
October 5 1901 reports a birthday party for C T Rogers in Maine now living in Arizona. Social items include a Friend ship club gathering with Miss Florence Andrews, a Bowdoin football note on James Perkins of Bath as quarterback, Dromore grange meeting plans, visits from Herbert Bosworth of Highland Cal to D T Percy, and a party hosted by Fred P Nichols for Mamie Shea. Also mentions rent scarcity delaying Bath relocation, serenade for Eugene Gaudreau and wife, E C Upton pursuing advanced English study in New York, and Boston trips for Mrs J Parks and Mrs Alice Malenwayx plus a Popham Lifesaving crew note.
Mrs. John A. Greene Jr hosted the Beta Sigma Phi sorority Monday evening. They voted to contribute to the Needlework Guild and Eleanor Danforth was named work chairman. The Toronto chapter sent a quilt square for Theta chapter as part of a War relief campaign. A special business meeting was set for October 15 at Mrs. Linwood Haynes home.
Ex Governor Percival P. Baxter of Portland was a guest of his brother, Hon Rupert H. Baxter, Tuesday evening.
Central Church league held its first regular meeting with about 40 members. Committees for the parish supper on Oct 27 and a rummage sale on Oct 14 were appointed, with details of kitchen and tickets and hostesses for next week.
Two hundred thirty five members of Maine State Grange attended a Topsham gathering with a total of 450 present. Everett W. Stone, master of Massachusetts State Grange and National treasurer, announced plans for the Worcester National Grange meeting in November. The event featured the sixth degree and preparations for a large seventh degree class.
Jed Frank Hallowell of 157 Oak Street and Olive Tarbox of Lewiston and Wiscasset were married Saturday October 4 at the parsonage on 402 Middle Street by Rev. Frederick Moltatt. Attendants were Thelma Wright and Albert Thompson. The couple will reside with the groom’s parents. Mrs. Hallowell is a 1939 Wiscasset Academy graduate and Mr. Hallowell, Morse High School 1985 graduate, later at Northeastern Business College. employed by Bath Iron Works.
Mrs Charles P Wetherbee entertains with a tea from four until six on Saturday afternoon at her home 829 High Street. The event invites neighbors and friends to call and visit in a casual social setting.
West Bath Grange held a lively Monday program at the Grange Hall. Mrs. Fred K. Sturtevant’s resignation as lecturer was accepted with regret and Mrs. William Armstrong was elected lecturer for the year. A Past Masters Association meeting was announced for Oct. 16 in Merryneet.
A Bath Municipal Court session heard multiple cases including Joseph J. Jackman of Danvers Mass guilty of passing a motor vehicle on the brow of a hill with obstructed vision, fined $10 plus $4.70 costs. Patrick R. Langdo of Front Street faced a similar charge with identical penalties. Lester Smith of Ruwayton Conn pleaded guilty to Sunday hunting and hunting without a license, with $10 and $6.50 costs on the first, $10 and $4.50 on the second, the latter fine suspended on costs. Howard L. Trott of Woolwich pleaded guilty to Sunday hunting after initially resisting, facing $10 and $9.50 costs or 30 days in jail. Warden Head testified that Smith and Trott signed a statement regarding nonresident violations, then appeared before Judge Deering. Two Bath men admitted intoxication, each fined $5 and $4.70 costs or 30 days in jail. A unique jail visit involved one man staying with a jailed friend after the other left. both faced penalties. Vernon Mank of Wiscasset pleaded guilty to stopping at a stop sign at Water and Vine streets, fined $5 and $4.70 costs. Summary notices announced Bath residents Mr. and Mrs. Bird A. Shellenbarger and family planning to move to Topsham and purchase of the Dugas farm, Meadowbrook Road, with former Bath residents Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Chamberland and son moving into the new home.
Mrs. Bina Staples remains bedridden at her Willow street home with erysipelas on the face. She is under a physician's care and had word of improvement reported Wednesday.
Local gunners and wardens clashed with law in Merrymeeting Bay area as the duck season kicked off. Ralph Rice and Charles Toothaker pleaded guilty to gunning from dry land with fines set at 10 dollars plus costs. Albert Hale faced unplugged gun charges, also fined 10 dollars with costs suspended upon payment. Richard Young fought a speeding charge, found guilty and fined 10 dollars plus court costs. City Messenger Hutchins recounted Young’s alleged 70 mph pace through a built up district near Pine and Water Street. Cranberries and early colonial use of vitamin C were noted in a separate reminiscence of New England voyages warding off scurvy.
Elmer Mosher of Wilton was summoned from a Portland hospital bed to identify the body of his 6 year old wife Lilla who died of heart disease while awaiting a Portland bus to Wilton. He had entered hospital for a minor operation and was released to attend the funeral arrangements.
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