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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1942
Page
7
Forty years ago in Bath the city planned a first class ball team formed mostly from Bath Iron Works employees. Practice began on Lincoln Street grounds with hopes to have an eleven by month’s end. Various local events and personnel notes followed including a sparring draw in Lewiston, kindergarten opening, and staff changes at local businesses.
Sept 4 1902 the Joint Standing Committee on New Streets held a hearing on Gardiner G Deering’s petition to extend Deering street to Bath street Al derman Crosby presided The City Council report will be awaited with interest. Bath Iron Works rushes government contracts with long shifts and night work A Bath foreman gives kittens to pipemen one kitten now in Philadelphia Golden Cross society plans a busy winter in Sagadahoc block with weekly dances Brockton groceryman C A Parris visits Bath Parris is a former local grocer and Phi Rho member Next Saturday workers may resume afternoon shifts at Bath Iron Works after summer Friday incident on Commercial street ends with a horse swap deal including Rice and junk dealer N Goldstein
Sept 5, 1902 report notes farmers encouraged by warm spell for corn especially sweet corn while hotel owners face a hard year with many failures expected this fall. Alameda hosts a Republican rally with Herbert M Heath as principal speaker. Indians at Popham depart for Old Town after a strong season. Bath cottages open at Bay Point and Popham. many plan to stay. Potatoes dig and store. Bath banks troubled by far too many bad checks.
The article cautions citizens to use care in cashing checks to avoid losses and save banks from trouble. It notes a trolley line break near Marr's Hill causing car transfers until repaired. A Payne 15 hp steam engine will be installed on the Hattie L. at Parker Head, used for Kennebec pleasure trips. Jack Brown left his team outside a Front street store and, after business, returned to find both carriage and horse missing until a friend recovered them.
The Cambridge runner Samuel Myers and Thomas Beachmont of Bath withdrew from a planned race against Edward Crook and John Mullaney of Fall River due to low attendance. The day’s news covers a boat incident at Boothbay Harbor with the schooner Etta Mildred, a dog fight at Maine Central station, pond drainage proposals at the Common, Amos L. Allen’s 91st birthday, tourist trains from Boothbay Harbor, and local job changes at Waterman. A Naval Cadet band concert was postponed by Sunday’s storm, and Charles Harrington works on a 22 foot gasoline boat.
Fall term begins Tuesday with Miss Stella Packard of Norridgewock as teacher. The building has been cleaned and the blackboards painted. John Libby Jr. with his wife and son have returned from Lisbon Falls. Mary Wortman visits her uncle John Rollins in Tops ham. Mrs. Elmer Hill spent Saturday in Bath. Mrs. Lewis Lowell of East Harpswell, Mrs. Mertie Shepard and daughter Frances of Brunswick, and Mrs. Bob Moore and family were in this village Monday.
Mr and Mrs Solomon K Greenblatt of 233 Washington street recently in Boston marked the 35th anniversary of their marriage there They were married in Boston August 27 1907 and moved to Bath in 1915 The trip included attending their niece Ruth Aronovitzs wedding at Roxbury and Pvt George Swartz US A of Cambridge Many Greenblatts plus relatives gathered in Dorchester for the family wedding with plans for a broader family reunion in Bath and Portland later in the year
The Times and Independent announce a new 18 ton press to handle rising circulation. The upgrade required a week and a move from the old press. Editors, pressmen, and staff coordinated to resume weekly publication with improved speed and capacity.
The Bath Daily Times traces its lineage back to 1820 as the Maine Gazette, evolving through several names and consolidations before becoming the Bath Daily Times in 1869. The paper shifted from weekly to morning to afternoon editions, modernized with linotype presses in 1906 and expanded typography, reflecting a long evolution in format and identity.
The history traces the Bath Times lineage from the American Sentinel to the Bath Independent, Bath Enterprise, and Bath Times. It notes key founders Charles D. Clarke Joshua F. Upton John O. Patten and current publisher Frank B. Nichols who merged titles and continued production, outlining mergers and name changes through January 1, 1903.
Paul Lloyd Perry four years old son of Lloyd A and Magdalene Kenyon Perry of 45 Central avenue Hyde Park Terrace died Tuesday evening at Bath Memorial hospital from injuries after being struck in the eye by a golf club wielded by an older lady. He was born in Coldwater Vermont September 29 1938 and had lived in Bath about 18 months coming from Essex Junction Vermont. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 from Curtis Funeral Home 942 Washington Street. Frederick Hall U S Coast Guard stationed at Hoboken New Jersey has returned after a 72 hour furlough spent with his parents Mr and Mrs George Hall Washington Street.
The British gun once on the Bath American Legion property at Washington and Oak streets may be sold for junk to aid the national salvage drive. It served in Belgium in World War I and could be melted for use in aircraft or ships. Proceeds would fund civic projects. Ralph Gay chairs the sale committee with Eugene Desmond and Allan Spear. $239 was raised from contributors listed on a framed wall display.
The Salvation Army annual Maintenance Appeal begins Tuesday September 15 with a $7150 budget. George J Goodwin chairs the effort assisted by the Bath Advisory Board of local business and professional leaders. All funds stay in Bath for local deserving causes and support.
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