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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1952
Page
3
A town meeting is set for Tuesday evening October 21 to discuss a lease of the Middle street to low water mark right of way for a Yacht Club clubhouse near the railroad tracks and to consider digging of blood worms and sand worms in Wis casset flats. The note also covers local social events and civic notices.
Community updates from West Bath, Larrabee’s Grove, and Woolwich including residents moving to Bath, visits from Port land and Isleboro visitors, and local business moves. Reports cover school enrollment totals for Wiscasset, teacher reception with officers, Arambec lodge installations, long service pins, and a shrimp stew supper.
Bath Community Center will open next Monday for the fall and winter season marking its fifth year under the Recreation Commission. Richard H. Hinds, Morse High School graduate, will supervise with a capable staff to run the center as a community affair. Regular hours: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday. Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Lou Sleater, St. Louis Browns pitcher, serves as a flight inspector for a Baltimore aircraft firm in the off season. If conditions are right the sun can be hidden in minutes.
Monthly probate session records show wills filed and presented by executors for John J. Mulcahy Edward M. Graves Christine C. Snipe Effie E. Gannon Hollis Webster and others. Petitions for administration and guardianship entries name Myra Morse Amelia Mitchell Harlan Phinney Grace Gower Edna Johnson Charles Small and more with accounts, inventories, and bonds approved.
Nequasset Extension Association met for an all day session at Good Will hall Sagadahoc Ferry with 14 members. The program featured Plain Fancy Yeast Bread by County Food Project Leader Charlotte Leeman assisted by Marjorie Woerter. Next meetings include Nov 5 at Good Will hall on Christmas suggestions by Eldie Wright. Also mentions visits of residents to and from Bath Woolwich and Portsmouth, plus church services at Woolwich Center and Montsweag Baptist.
Charles Redford Christiansen Jr. was discharged from the U S Army after three years and plans to enter the University of Maine in February. Sgt. Victor Wallace of the Air Force will return to Biloxi Mississippi after a short leave with family. Frank Torrey leaves his Bayonne Indiana studies to rejoin the USS Wisconsin in Norfolk for four months of drydock duty.
Lt Buck of the U S Air Force visits Bath October 21 for a Civilian Defense meeting at City Hall at 7 30 pm. He will present a film on Air Defense and outline the observation post setup as a key link in national defense. Sagadahoc Civilian Defense Director Roy G Stewart urges attendance.
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