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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1952
Page
5
Richmond Enterprise Grange held an 8 p m Lecturer Rally with 28 granges represented led by Annie Dunbar and Lottie York ofthrop. The Richmond High School Girls Glee Club and bands rehearse for fall appearances while DAR and local groups plan fall meetings and fund plans.
Recent visitors include Arthur Jackson and Miss Marjorie Redding on South Pleasant Street. Sgt. Robert P. Stuber and wife welcomed a son Allen Keith Stuber born Aug 12. Stuber to be stationed at El Paso Texas with family joining him. Other gatherings feature the Mulllen and Stover families, and a pink and white personal shower for Mrs Errol McKechnie with friends in attendance.
Dresden Extension Association welcomed Ralph Kern of Germany as a guest at last week's meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harland McCobb. Kern, studying at Fribourg University, spoke on France and Germany under Marshall Plan aid and recounted wartime experiences. He noted communism's failure alongside Nazism.
Red Shhoendienst of the St. Louis Cardinals holds the National League record for second basemen with 57 assists in 1950, achieving a club and league mark in a single season.
The archer fish in Southeast Asia shoots water droplets from its mouth to strike insects, enabling it to capture prey. The behavior demonstrates a precise targeting ability as part of its feeding strategy.
Georgetown P T A met at Central School with many attendees and aims of increased enrollment. Elections named Mrs. Barbara Stevens to hospitality and Mrs. Birdie Davis to publicity. The piece notes church union talks, prayer guidance, an art exhibit, and local civic updates including a Juneau-like sailing history and school staffing.
The article traces a variety of summer to autumn movements from Boston to Kennebec Point and Newton, noting Consul Holt’s family travels, biologists Hitch cock and Newman visiting, teachers Maud Thayer and Catherine Carlyle at area schools, and families like the Blisses Kahrls and Holts keeping summer homes active as autumn begins.
The Sagadahoc Ferry Mothers Club held its first fall meeting at Good Will hall. A short business session named Cynthia Phillips Sadie Thomas and Fran Moffitt to the nominating committee. A surprise stork shower honored Fran Moffitt. Members and guests attended, listing numerous named participants.
Make your own ice cream sundaes prove popular with the young set. They enjoy choosing toppings such as maple syrup pineapple tidbits semi sweet chocolate pieces marshmallow fluff coconut chocolate sauce butterscotch sauce sliced bananas and maraschino cherries.
The Bath community notes the Friday wedding of Irving Hanna and Marilyn Bourget at a Bath ceremony. After the ceremony the couple plans a Russell Street home in Bath, with Hanna employed at Hyde Windlass Co. in Bath and the groom a Navy veteran.
In warm countries silk production relies on heat to hatch eggs, typically via incubators but sometimes through human body heat in primitive methods.
The National Geographic Society reports that in the early United States citizens are believed to have eaten about 300 pounds of meat annually.
Bay Point updates list visits and movements of residents and visitors from Bath Five Islands Boothbay Arlington Mass Auburn Woolwich Richmond and others. Social calls at cottages, weekend trips to Rahway NJ and Scarborough Downs, plus a Bay Point police inquiry into idle gossip and a cottage painting project.
A small handbook by the Patten Free Library corporators traces its history from 1847. It notes early funding by stock assessments and user fees, growth through gifts, and staff and officer lists. It credits the Davenport fund and Bath city support for ongoing operation and recalls key gifts by Capt. John Patten and Galen C. Moses that shaped the building and name.
The 1942 West Virginia Mountaineers posted an 80 point game, setting a school scoring record. In 1952 the Mountaineers averaged a high points per game over a 27 game season.
Harriet B Merrill died at her Bath road home in Wiscasset aged 92. widow of Wilbur F Merrill she lived in Wiscasset all her life and held roles in Rebekahs Eastern Star and the First Congregational Church Organ Society and Wiscasset Female Charitable Society. She is survived by three daughters, a brother and nieces and nephews. Funeral was Monday at her home with Rev Rensel H Colby officiating. Burial in Green lawn Cemetery Wiscasset.
Alphonso Burnham, 70, lifelong Bath resident, died Sunday at his Blind Crossing home. A caulker in Bath shipyards, he later worked 22 years for M. W. Sewall Company at Mill Pond ice. Born August 3, 1882, he was the son of James O. and Margaret Burnham. Survived by two daughters Viva and Barbara, a step-daughter Ambrose Curran, a step-son Raymond Davis, a brother Edward, two sisters in Old Town, and four grandchildren, all of Bath or nearby towns.
Mrs. Lewis F. Gannon 76 of 87 Milan Street died suddenly Monday at the home of her son Eugene E. Gannon in Chester New Hampshire where she had visited since Friday She leaves three sons Lewis A Eugene E and Alfred G four grandchildren two great grandchildren two nieces and two nephews She was a member of Winter Street Congregational church and was a member of the Women’s Society of the church.
Charles E Holbrook aged 72 of Bath died Saturday at Memorial Hospital. A riveter by trade, he was born in Jones City Randolph Massachusetts in 1879. He was survived by three daughters Mrs Henry J White West Bath Mrs Gabriel Gomex Barre Vermont and Mrs Willard Burnely Clifton Heights Pennsylvania.
Alphonso Burnham's funeral was held Wednesday at two o'clock from Curtis Funeral Home with Rev. Laforest E. Hodgkins of Central Congregational Church officiating. Bearers were Charles B. Doyle Allen McAllister Harrison McCaffery and Ambrose Curran. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
Bath Canning Co will resume operations Thursday morning after weeks of closure due to lack of fish. Manager Melvin F. Mitchell says herring of desired size and quality will be available for sardine packing. Employment seekers should contact the Maine State Employment Office at 174 Front Street for referrals. former workers should verify addresses and telephone numbers.
Readers explore using honey on kitchen shelves to enhance baked apples or hot chocolate. The tip highlights natural sweetness and versatility in simple desserts and warming beverages.
John W Costain a Bath resident and former foreman carpenter at Bath Iron Works died at Bath Memorial Hospital. Born in Alberton P E I he moved to Bath 62 years ago and worked at Kelley Spear Percy Small yards Texas Steamship Co Georgia Shipbuilding Co and Bath Iron Works where he helped launch destroyers. Survived by son George two daughters Mary and Catherine seven grandchildren and one great grandchild plus three sisters. He was last surviving veteran of wooden shipbuilding and served as first treasurer of Corporal Works of Mercy.
Walter Turner age 92 native of Bath died in his sleep at his Laconia New Hampshire home Tuesday last week. Born 1860 he lived in Somerville Massachusetts before moving to Laconia Funeral service from his Laconia residence Thursday at two Surviving Harold S Turner of Troy New York sisters Flora Young Mexico City New Mexico Eleanor Baldwin Squantum Massachusetts brothers William O Turner Medford Mass Hiram Turner Somerville Massachusetts several nephews and nieces
Funeral services for Mrs Leona B Muckler were Thursday afternoon at two from Curtis Funeral Home. Rev Harold Allen of Corliss Street church officiated. Bearers were Joseph Tardif John Dauphin George Boutin Woodrow Miller Densmore Leach Donald Savage Basil Savage. Burial followed in Oak Grove family lot.
Funeral service for Charles E Holbrook was held Tuesday at ten from Curtis Funeral Home with Hodgkins, Central Congregational Church pastor, officiating. Bearers from T. W. Hyde Camp Sons of Union Veterans included Warner, Melzard, Hasty, Miller, Metcalf. burial followed in Oak Grove family lot.
Requiem High Mass for John W. Costain was celebrated Saturday at eight by Rev. Fr. John E. Bellefontaine. The bearers were Joseph Marchetti, Alphonse Turcotte, Carroll Davis, Horace Lovel, Clarence Atwood and John Tardif. Burial followed in the family plot at Oak Grove.
The Bath Iron Works Recreation Association held its annual clambake and field day at Brown's field in West Bath on Saturday. Chairman Carleton Perry received much credit as five to six hundred Bath Iron Works employees enjoyed the event.
Abraham Lincoln was chosen as captain of a volunteer company during the Black Hawk War, marking an early leadership role in his military service.
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