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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1955
Page
6
The schooner George S Smith slid into the Kennebec at 11 09 am from Bowker yard Phippsburg Center after a fog delay. A Bath Daily Times item notes ferry tolls, local social rounds and town news including hires at Smith College and upcoming concerts.
Aug 26 1915 Sedgwick Post hosts 21st Maine Regiment Association reunion with advance guard arrivals and social gatherings at King Tavern Bath schedules Hyde Windlass games Labor Day purse of 20 dollars in gold Bath officials announce state road Freeport Brunswick opening Sept 15 Vanderbilt yacht Turantula calls Bath notables attend lawn party at Winter Street church and many Bath residents travel for family visits and local events.
A Bath crowd enjoying coastal yachting last week to two weeks remains at Naskeag due to engine problems. Charles Smith bought the Washington street building formerly used by Mr. Mann for ice cream and storage and plans major improvements for his shoemaking business. Black ducks migrate carrying bay waters from Little Brick Island to the Sands.
Saturday reports Kenney Edgecomb writes from California to Bath relatives, ending weeks of suspicion about his welfare as he travels toward Alaska fisheries. Lewiston visitors ride the City of Bangor to Bath while vacationers flock to Popham. Navy Secretary Daniels hosts a Bath dinner aboard the Dolphin before a Bar Harbor sail. Bath Iron Works sale rumors are denied by owner Hyde. Sagadahoc lobster license enforcement begins as Fish Warden McDonald tours the county.
Maine’s 97th Legislature enacted new fish and game laws effective August 20. Changes include trout bag limits, six inch minimum trout length statewide, no size limit for white perch except in four counties, removal of some fly fishing and trolling rules, and a night coon hunting period August 20 to December 15. The Maine Waterfowl Council seeks a straight October 7 to December 15 season for next fall pending nesting reports.
A fragment describes half the day in Woolwich with fields undisturbed and a hillside team moving. A horse trod the mud, its hoofs sinking a foot, leaving holes that filled with water when the hooves were drawn.
The report describes camp life discussions ministry standing and social action talk town and country church committees and officers elected with directors from county associations. Rev Dr Albert B Coe gave the evening address The conference adjourned after the Lord's Supper.
The National Geographic Society estimates Maine now hosts about ten times as many deer as at settlement, reflecting widespread growth in wildlife populations since colonial times.
Modern yachtsmen often neglect anchoring yet it secures boats in storms and remote harbors. The piece outlines anchor types, recommended gear from the United States Power Squadrons, and step by step prep and retrieval procedures. It also notes free USPS piloting courses and provides the national address for information.
Miss Astrid Libby wed FN Irving R. Wallace USN on August 13 at Evangelical Convent church New London. Rev Eugene C Shattuck officiated a double ring ceremony attended by Mr and Mrs Larry Updergrave. The couple will reside in New London where Wallace is stationed at the submarine base.
The Bath area obituary notes the death of a longtime community figure with roles in Rotary Boy Scouts Maine Automobile Dealers Association and Maine Merchants Association. He had worked for Chevrolet GM in New York City Tarrytown Boston and Portland and served in World War One. Surviving are his widow two daughters a sister and three grandsons. Funeral plans to be announced after relatives arrive from Michigan.
At a pre school organizational meeting of the Morse High school band held Friday evening at the school, Robert Freeman was elected president for the coming school year. Other officers elected were Anna Lonn secretary and treasurer and Dorothy Robinson head majorette. The band under Cecil V. Rowland will adopt a merit system. Mary Baird and Cynthia Osgood were appointed to formulate rules for the system. The first appearance will be at the Morse Brunswick football game in Bath on Sept. 17.
The event featured performances by Alice Smith Simone Barter and Bonnie Belanger with a Hawaiian hula, a waltz balloon stunt by Jean Belanger, and participants Carol Worden Nancy Grover Barbara Worden and Brenda Brewer. Readings by Mary Gaudreau and Alice Burgess plus a Dime March prize to Joseph Day highlighted a 137-attendee Grange meeting with 33 visitors from numerous granges.
Myrtle Lodge held its first meeting after the summer recess at the G AR hall on Friday evening. Officers will be elected at an upcoming session. A memorial service honored Mrs Annie Oliver and resolutions were read for Mrs Oliver and for Mrs Margaret Nelson and Mrs Elizabeth Pollard. Members enjoyed a picnic supper before the business. Next meeting is set for Sept 9.
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc County schedules hearings for estates of Edward Brown Florence S Mace and Lina G Sewall. Notices publish weekly for three weeks in Bath Independent. August items seek administrator candidates for Brown and Mace estates. Lina Sewall estate shows first account by Horace F Holton for Katherine Fisk Berry. Judge Arthur J Dunton signs.
Captain Margaret J. Mills announces a recruiting session at 76 Pearl Street Portland on September 13 1955 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for young women to join the Air Force Nurse Corps. Direct commissions as second lieutenants or higher are possible, with free post graduate training and opportunities to serve in U S Air Force Hospitals domestically and abroad. Applicants must be 18 to 40 active state registered nurses graduates of a state accredited school and meet medical and professional standards. Some recruits may attend flight nurse school to learn airborne medical care.
Room assignments list students by room and instructor, with seventh and eighth graders using the front entrance for assembly and lunch info. Staff direct arrivals at the rear for other grades and new students should register at City Hall or the school office this week.
About 100 million tons, more than a quarter of U S soft coal, is mined in open pits, reflecting the significant role of surface mining in the industry.
A notice offers 5 questions for $1.00 with a stamped envelope directed to Rev Ruth Mathias, advisor, at 827 Broadway Everett Massachusetts. The package includes a full page reading.
Thomas F McKay and Margaret C McKay default on a December 11 1953 mortgage to First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath. The notice claims foreclosure on the described Bath property in Sagadahoc County Maine and cites prior deeds and chain of title.
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