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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1946
Page
8
Bath this week saw a flurry of activity with art exhibits, shipyard news, and social gatherings. Notables include Lt. Comdr. Hughes heading abroad with his daughter, a large riveter feat at B I W, and Bath Iron Works updates as crews prepare for upcoming tasks. Local visits from Mayor Spear, grange events, and school exhibits highlight a bustling community scene.
Oct 24 1906 report notes Lewiston and Auburn people attending a meeting discussing the American Marine League and its economic thinkers. The five masted schooner Cora F. Cressey is discharging a cargo.
Oct 26 1906 Bath Elks discuss Ladies Night set for Nov 9 a society event. Tremendous activity noted with thanks extended for hospital care during Mrs Blair and Mrs Mason's stay after a railroad accident.
Samuel Welch traveled to Lewiston on October 28 1906 to attend the Masonic School of Instruction and will stay the evening to witness the activities of a Lewiston lodge route. He remains due to his son's illness.
A storm wreck remains visible as the schooner Helen B. drifts off Morse High while society notes record a dance at Armory hall attended by 35 couples. Civil service exams draw 12 Bath youths, and local firms discuss a 150 ton drydock. The Black Duke Band played well, and ice shipping from the Kennebec slows due to vessel shortages.
Social dance at Casey hall concludes late with praise for the program. Ladies Aid plans the Winter Street church fair on Nov 6 with afternoon and evening sessions and a harvest supper. Dromore Grange hosts a large fair despite rain with an hayrack ride and a full supper. Clam stew and pastries served by the grange ladies. Minor accident involvement during a West Bath bound trip. Walter Erskine and Harry Cook assisted a driver near a dangerous hole.
The Wiscasset Woman's Club held its opening meeting with many attendees and planned donations and an upcoming tea on Nov 14. Dr. Charles J. DiPerri spoke on The Romance of Medicine. Other items note Halloween ball, postwar equipment talk, and a hearing about a Ledges Inn cocktail lounge license. Local obituaries include John Colby York and Silas Rines.
In Greenwich County notes, World War II veteran Leonard Seamon enrolls at the University of Maine. Woodworths depart for St. Petersburg as Mrs Morisson and others spend time in Bath Memorial Hospital and Rutland. Antoinette Plumstead wins a Mothers' club radio contest.
Clowes Guiou attended funeral services for Estelle Stiles in Bath. Dr. and Mrs. E. Jess of Washington visited Richmond. Marilyn Hinkley had an appendectomy in Gardiner. Schools closed for Bangor teachers' convention. Mrs. Gertrude Riley attended a Portland operators conference. Augustus Small and family wintering in Sarasota. Leon Dunklee returned from Greenfield after funeral. Edwin F Pratt attended New England Post Graduate Assembly in Boston. Mrs. Arthur Horne home from Gardiner General Hospital. Claire Plouff visited Nassan College Springvale. Erland Welch and family visited Richmond. Frank Budreau returned from Lynn. Ray Cassey, Margaret and Gertrude Walker visited Fred Gray's sister. Gertrude Walker stayed several days. Walter Whitney spent weekend with aunt Laura Whitney. Mrs. William Nichols returned from Maine General. Charles Pushard, after selling Main Street home, moved to Lewiston for employment.
Walter Snipe visited Portland for a business trip while Mrs. Arline Perkins kept the store open in his absence. The Mea dowbrook Tracey cottage closed and Mrs. Georgia Leach moved to Malden Massachusetts for the winter after months in Bath Memorial hospital. Charles Thistle and son Langdon opened a new blacksmith shop at East Boothbay serving Goudy and Stevens shipyard. Howard Bowker shingled his Meadow garage and his farm home move is noted.
The Lions club prepares a two night show Now and Then at Morse High School on December 12 and 13. Cliff Leeman’s eight piece orchestra will back local talent in a half era half modern stage. Proceeds help fund Goddard’s field playground work and safety patrol gear.
The article notes families occupying the Hundred Foot Rock portable mill site all summer. It mentions T. C. Hughes visiting Boston for church and Masonic meetings, Delia Boston staying with him, and several residents returning from travels or illness. It records local visits to and from Woolwich Auburn and Bath area, with minor family movements and cottage stays.
A report notes a man 30 feet away watched by at least six people, flashed lights, but left without incident. Mr. and Mrs. Moulton hosted Mr. and Mrs. Trafton for cards. Walter Beane’s cabin cruiser was moved to Wiscasset for storage. Rudolf Trafton and his Portland family visited in West Georgetown. Local families, including the Chapmans and Whitcombs, departed from the Hooker vacation home.
A passerby amused residents by attempting to mail a letter using a city parking meter, an unusual scene that drew curious looks from bystanders in the town park.
The 29th annual Twin County Farm Bureau meeting unfolds at the grange on November 1 with exhibits on erosion control blueprints and farm construction, 4-H club canning and home economics displays, and a large equipment exhibit. Music by the Auburn trio features a talk on atomic energy for farmers, reports from officers, and a 1947 program plan followed by a dinner and awards.
Representatives of the Bosch Lomb Optical Co demonstrated the latest eye testing machines at the Bath Lions meeting. Dr W E Kershner spoke on eye care. Minnie show committee reported progress on December entertainment and advance ticket sales for Ladies night and Halloween party at Odd Fellows hall. Bunny Stanwood and Ruth Williams will perform with Leeman's orchestra after a turkey supper at 6 30.
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc County presides on the first Tuesday of November at ten in the forenoon regarding estates Rose F Murphy Katherine Parks John J Nolan George C Pease. Petitions seek license to sell Bath real estate. executors conservators and administrators file first and final accounts. Notices require publication in a local newspaper.
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