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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1959
Page
4
Fortnightly city notes from Bath in 1919 discuss possible airship landing fields as flying advances loom. Community events include American Legion wartime pictures, local bowling league growth, and social gatherings.
Oct 15 1919 Charles W Clifford and guide Horace Mitchell bag six bluebills and one Winter yellowleg on Merrymeeting Bay as the annual diving bird flight wanes and divers learn to fear boats. Furniture upgrades arrive at Central Maine Power show a ventilated oak salesroom with glass topped grill. Mendelssohn club officers elected. Winnegance tug Harold grounds in fog while logs drift. Rev David Yale and Mrs Yale guests of Dr and Mrs Eben Marston. Universalist church calls Rev Francis A Gray. Bath fountain runs May to October at no city cost. Colonial Club officers elected. entertainment committee invites members to participate. rival teams Well Diggers and O Hams face off with supper for winners. War news reels shown for Bath Friday.
Bath residents crowded D. T. Percy Sons department store Thursday for a living models show. A trio of Bath women performed orchestral numbers as the clothing display drew throngs of shoppers. The day featured other city happenings from shipyard work to ferries and church events.
The navy department announces the sale of the coal burning destroyers Flusser and Reid among ten ships to the highest bidder next month with bidding closing November 17. Both ships built at Bath Iron Works ten years ago were famed as the fastest of their type, with Flusser’s 33.671 knot speed trial in 1909 and Reid surpassing with 34.548 knots on August 17.
Waterville Panthers routed Morse 32 to 0 as Dave Joseph and Savasuk led scoring with two and three touchdowns respectively. Farrell passed for key gains and Morse struggled with penalties 115 yards vs 73 for Waterville.
A great crowd is expected to assemble to watch the mock battle, drawing interest and attention from residents as spectators prepare for the event.
Sagadahoc leaders claim the Democratic majority yielded to Republicans due to public opinion after a recent session. Attending students Joyce Ring Kenneth Poole John D Kennedy and William Stull from Richmond High met Senator Morton and Senator Margaret Chase Smith prior to the dinner.
Mr and Mrs George J Goodwin of this city attended funeral services in Waldo on Tuesday for Mrs Caroline B Hodgdon keeping a respectful vigil as mourners gathered at the local church and home.
Morse High School cross country won a four team race at Bath posting 24 points led by Capt. Wayne Fitzgerald who set a Morse course record in 12 09 with Jim Jealous of Deering close behind. Biddeford 57 Deering 68 South Portland 78 rounded the field as Portlnd hosts Friday in a key conference clash.
Frank Torrey Bath Recreation director was elected vice president of the Maine Recreation Association at a two day meeting in Pittsfield at the Lancaster House. Other officers named were Manuel Ferris Dow Air Force Base president and Albert Noyes Bairns Recreation director secretary. The session discussed pool planning errors and engineering needs with steel pools deemed most practical for Maine and Bangor noted as the current steel pool site.
The Sagadahoc Probate Office lists Mary R Fitzgerald Dorothy Shen guardian Sept 14 1949 James Thos Bonney administrator Sept 25 1959 Alfred Bonney estate Ed win Walker agent Maine Addie Moullton admin without bond Oct 6 1969 Finza Hathorne executor without bond Oct 6 1959 Walter Libby executor without bond Oct 6 1959 Barbara Brewer Register notes IRMAT Gray probate hearing set Nov 10 1959 and James Gray named executor for the Gray estate.
Barbara I. Brewer, Register of Probate, Sagadahoc County Maine, lists Harrio t C Ledyard Lord of Bath as deceased and Ruth Ledyard Brewer as executrix appointed October 15 1959 with bond filed that day. Ronald Hart named agent in Maine 22 29 35.
Poward F. Cox executive secretary of the Bath Area Chamber of Commerce spoke on the aims, purposes and progress of the chamber at the Bath Lionesses meeting. Plans for a covered dish supper and Halloween party on Oct 27 at the American Legion hall were discussed. The next meeting is Nov 12 at New Meadows Way with Mrs Arline Morse and Sts Gladys Mcintosh as forum chairmen.
Union talks hinge on a ballot with regional director Eugene McCabe national representative Hernin Coombs and president Kenneth Snowdon listed among negotiators. Also named are chief stewards Victor Leask and Richard Hughes along with Robert Newman Ted Ames and Cedric Sukeforth of the main plant.
Court of Probate Bath Maine hears matters for multiple estates including Hewitt Wakefield Rideout Moulton Henderson Henderson Spear Gillette and others. Executors administrators guardians seek final accounts and appointment of administratrix or administrator with letters testamentary.
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