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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1952
Page
5
Fortunes and mishaps fill this Bath column with local color. Sailors, travelers, and merchants headline scenes from October 1912 including lifeboat rescues, a Bath to Westport boat shift, touring notables, a carnival plan, real estate buzz, and oddities like a potholed sidewalk issue and a giant Bath cucumber.
A notice mentions Mrs. John Scott leaving for Sherman Mills to visit her mother then proceeding to New York to Winter with Mrs. F. F. Fitch, formerly Miss Bernadine Scott. The item includes the phrase Vote For Women as part of a broader social note.
Last night 3,023 cars had been ferried by the Hockomock across the Kennebec this season.
Oct 4 1912 report details a Bath bachelor’s ruined dinner by a porch intruder a large Knights of Columbus whist party prizes the Phi Rho initiation at Bowdoin College and local accidents and social notes including Greek service calls and fishing catches from the harbor highlights and human interest items across Bath Rockland and surrounding areas.
Miss Ruth Adams returns from a month's visit. Mike Coe, Lewiston boxer, visited Bath yesterday. Ruth Adams also noted as having left town on the express train.
A description notes the vines covering Morse High School’s front in every color God made, producing a beautiful effect on the building’s facade.
October 7 1912 reports a perfect weather day boosts auto and boat owners farmers note fine harvests and frosts spared crops. Beacon Troop Boy Scouts honor their dead chief with a flag canopy and flowers as a Bath man loses a pocketbook and a Bath end Winneganee bridge repair begins with pine planking scheduled completion.
The Great Council proposed a silk flag valued at 35 dollars to a tribe located ten miles or more from Portland, announced during the Columbus Day meeting.
Fred E Hooper presided as Rev Richard J Schaper led prayers and the meeting approved $5 donations to the YMCA drive and $5 to the Salvation Army A rummage sale was planned for October 14 and parish events include a pre Christmas AIDS sale on December 10 a parish supper October 22 and Miss Alice Varney serving as treasurer pro tem in October Tea was served with Mrs Schaper and Mrs Ward pouring
Genesta Chapter O E S met for a 6 30 covered dish supper with Mrs Evelyn Wyman in charge of dining and Mrs Leah Page supervising the kitchen. Athana Gillespie appointed October committees and officers discussed include forthcoming Friendship Night October 7 and Guest Officers Night October 17 with a lobster salad supper beforehand. Russell Merchant presented color reels of Five Islands Pemaquid the White Mountains and New York City.
The Central Church League met at the parish house Monday evening with a lobster stew supper served by Mrs. Herbert Pierce and others. Plans were made for the parish supper on Oct 27 and committees were appointed for kitchen dining cleanup and activities with several hostesses listed for next week’s meeting.
In a Bath court of probate Sagadahoc on the sixteenth day of the year one thousand nine hundred and two a matter was presented for letters testamentary to be issued to Arthur J. Dunton Jr. The court appoinment appears in a copy of the original record with J Horace McClure as register.
Fragmentary notice lists individuals likely involved in a local social or legal item. Names include Mrs Clyde Ambrose and Mrs Alex Bur with unclear context. No actions, dates, or places are readable to determine the event or outcome.
Winter Street couples gathered for a pleasant evening featuring group singing led by Leland Patterson. The event included a business meeting chaired by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hutchins with committees named for the November 8 gathering and supper hosted by multiple couples.
The Beacon Street Church Woman's Society met with 21 members in the vestry. Mrs. Orange led a devotional, and Mrs. Everett G. Lemont presided over the meeting. They reported on recent sales and activities and set dates for a fried clam supper October 15 and a Christmas sale December 5.
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