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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1946
Page
8
Reports from Phippsburg detail local property matters and trades. Residents work on brick repairs and renovations at Stoney and Reed Turn properties while Truely ships and boat building traditions persist with skilled craftsmen shaping wood. Nearby residents visit family in Lancaster and Foxboro as maintenance and antique hunting continue through the week.
Local updates include Bent Towel at the Bureau last week and Mrs Gordon Trott of Stonybrook road planning to return to Kansas next month. Reports mention school shifting to a new schedule from 9 to 12 and 1 to 3.20 for older students, with early dismissal due to a teacher’s sickness.
In Parker a gathering included Sgt Tea Ss oe Mrs John Wade and Clifford Jr as part of a local community event. The report notes their presence and a brief overview of the occasion.
Residents and guests from Bath, West Bath, Yarmouth and Sebasco Estates gathered across local homes. Notable mentions include Mrs. Sanborn of Bath visiting Mrs. E. M. Wilbur Soule Hyde and Nancy Hyde of Yarmouth, with outings to Bath shops after a meeting.
The article reports William Wallace searching for a missing fishing boat off Popham Beach after his boat, found without lights, failed to locate the vessel. It notes recent Coast Guard responses to multiple fishing-boat incidents and mentions local residents and visitors. It also lists various social notices and visits among residents of Bath and nearby towns.
Mrs. Richard MacLanathan of Cambridge Mass and her mother Mrs Fuller of Chicago are spending a few days at the Stone School House with Mr and Mrs Frank Wyman and their daughter.
The report lists various visits and day trips by residents including Herold Wallace, Gilliam of West Point, Mr. and Mrs. Moses Chandler, Mrs. Fred Waterhouse, the Gaytons at their cottage, Miss Nancy Rounds returning to Wellesley College, J. Dwight Kinmouth of Atkins Bay shore, and others from Bath Topsham Woolwich Hackensack and Arrowsie.
Daniel Brady, son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Brady of South Street, returns to Houston to enroll at Ricker Junior College. Gilbert A Woodman Jr of Phippsburg will marry Miss Phyllis Gray Sunday at 4 p m at the State Military and Naval Children's Home.
A Bath family visits in Jamaica with Mr and Mrs bury and family staying a few days. Pointers now receive mail at Georgetown post office. George feturday plans lobster trip. Harry and family return from cottage. Earl Payson distant since hospital stay. Mrs Mary Thorborosigh of New York visits Earl Hentz and family as Navajo ferry boat era reference.
Miss Mildred G. N resumes duties at the Registry of Deeds after a two week vacation in Manchester Keene and Boston, continuing service in New Hampshire and Massachusetts offices.
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