Forty Years Ago in Bath A Busy Local Roundup
The Bath column notes plans for a student trip to Washington on Friday with Head Master Montgomery and staff. Civic improvements win approval to plant 40 to 50 trees and 340 shrubs at the depot square lawn around mid April. Democratic caucus convenes with Roscoe P Higgins as chair and delegates named for the Portland state convention. Local business deals include center street block purchase, paving praise for Front and Center streets, and Bath Industrial stock activity. Wrestling bouts, yacht activity, and rail shipments feature in community updates with several residents traveling to Portland and Bath events.
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Civic Improvement Committee
Depot Square
Socialist ticket nominated for September election
At a Monday Socialists meeting in March 1914 the ticket for September was decided. Nomination papers circulate to secure needed signatures for office to Legislature O. Wright Gardner E. Crocker Millard E. Watson County Treasurer Fred E. Bowie Clerk of Courts Lurian R. Ames Register of Deeds Frank P. Sylvester County Commissioner Samuel Stover Sheriff Bert M. Dyer County Attorney Charles D. Roberts Gordon F. P. Preble left for Washington to meet Mrs. Preble who has been peeing OM ints Hor.
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Noeville O. Wright
Gardner E. Crocker
Millard E. Watson
Fred E. Bowie
Lurian R. Ames
Frank P. Sylvester
Samuel Stover
Bert M. Dyer
Charles D. Roberts
Local Items From Bath Area Report Busy Week
March 26 notes list of Bath residents and activities. McCormick and Norton work westport lumber trade at Rowe Bros with cows to city for Bath box factory. W Reed cuts ice at North End and stores at Henry Howard farm. Penney and King head river to work on Rockledge hotel. Winter Street chapel to be leveled near church door. Edward E. Pinson builds a 1500 gallon steel gasoline tank for waterfront use. First feldspar shipment arrives from Georgetown mines. Phi Rho debate society holds last meeting before Washington trip with new members named. Morse High seniors depart for Washington DC aboard a Special Boston & Maine car. Commodore Todthaker noted in transit item.
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Thomas McCormick
Clyde Norton
Esterday
Westport
McCormick Operatons
Rowe Bros
Bath
Bath and area notes tidy up yards and town life
Elbridge Worrey and E D W Burleigh cleared the New England Co yard removing old timber and uncovering firewood. The Bath election saw shifts with Grinnell and Kelley replaced by Mulligan and Cahill. Steamer Nahanada began the Bath Boothbay run, ice on the Kennebec thin, while Rockledge work progresses rapidly. Local gatherings included New Meadows Boat Club's ladies night and Abenaki Camp Fire Girls first anniversary.
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Elbridge Worrey
E. D. W. Burleigh
New England Co
Hotel Expansion Promises Season Opening in Mountain Town
A 20 man crew under Bishop adds a 60 horsepower portable mill to support extensions. Timber from local mountain stands will supply lumber. Boiler powers heat water and a dynamo, with farm and dam functions. Lovejoy pledges a rushed completion, hotel for 200 guests this season. Austin Jordan starts as steward on the steamer Ransom B. Fuller replacing Reynolds McCutcheon who left for Philadelphia aboard City of Bangor.
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Bishop
Austin Jordan
Ransom B. Fuller
Reynolds McCutcheon
Philadelphia
Bangor
Fire damages garage stock and personal belongings
March 30 report says Wilson and McGrath lost more than $500 in a garage fire yesterday afternoon. Wilson’s coat contained a Maine Central mileage book and papers. Ned Rogers’ overcoat had $18. Fire spread rapidly. twelve new tires exploded, sounding like a rifle shot.
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Mr. Wilson
Maine Central
Ned Rogers
Local Dispatches Highlight Fleet, Property, and Personnel Moves
Reports cover a July steady of incidents and changes. Insurance partially covers losses from a disaster affecting several vehicles while G G Deering lacked coverage on a Stoddard Dayton car. J Edward Drake buys the McLellan homestead and lets Cosmolitan Club members stay through June. Ralph Hart departs for New York with Lee Steamship Co. nominations by W A Jack for sheriff on the Republican ticket. Various trips, repairs, and travel notes follow including steamer Virginia extensions and the Eleanor weathering to Popham for deep sea lobster work.
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Charles Riggins
P. M. Olm
G. G. Deering
Stoddard-Dayton
Impressive Installation Honors By Masonic Bodies
Evelyn Morse and regional lodge leaders welcomed guests as charter was presented to Donald T. Page. The AMERICAN BONDING COMPANY data shows 1953 Maine insurance assets liabilities and capital details, with keyholders honored amid a year of high activity.
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Rainbow Assembly
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Montgomery
St. Bernard
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Polar Star Lodge
Clyde Baker
Solar Lodge
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Donald T. Page
Dad Advisor Temple
DeMolay Grand Council
Temple
Balitmryland
Insurance Department
State of Maine
DeMolay Chapter Sees Growth. Initiation Scheduled April 8
The chapter reports eight members in service, sixteen in college, and nine away for work. Mrs. Ruth Fuller, Mothers Circle president, presented two $30 checks to P. M. C. Young and M. C. McAllister for future chapter activities. An 11 candidate initiatory class is planned April 8, bringing total to 90. Merit awards were given to Irving Davis, Lannes Fuller, and others. Advisors installed by Frank Young include Carlyle Tayer and Ralph Cary. A social hour with sandwiches, cakes, coffee, and punch followed, with dancing and a song fest to close.
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Mothers’ Circle
P. M. C. Young
M. C. McAllister
Irving Davis
Lannes Fuller
George Langbehn
Arthur Mayo
David Newcomb
David Potter
Peter Owen
Jack Warren
Frank Young
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Army S Sgt John Lawson at Fort Bragg for Flash Burn drills
Army notes list Sgt John A Lawson son of Mrs Norma L Lawson Bath as training at Fort Bragg North Carolina for Exercise Flash Burn a large scale drill in April and May He serves in the 369th Ordnance Direct Automotive Supply Company repairing and maintaining vehicles for about 60 000 troops The Korea veteran has been in the Army since 1947 A 3c Robert E Dow Jr on brief furlough from Ladd Air Force Base Alaska with Sgt A R Fontaine from Rhode Island Dow heads to Tyndall Air Force Base Florida after his month off George D Byras of Bowdoinham promoted to Army corporal in Fussen Germany He is an automotive maintenance instructor at the Army Ordnance School and joined the service in November 1952 after working for Pejepscot Paper Co.
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Army Ordnance School
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Seaman Harrison Tipsword Returns Home On Two Week Leave
U S Navy seaman Harrison Tipsword arrived Thursday at his parents’ home on Heath Lane for a 15 day leave. He recently returned to Norfolk aboard the USS Beacon after a six month Mediterranean cruise and will rejoin the ship after his leave. Tipsword has two and a half years of service and plans to be aboard the Macon in May for a cruise to Denmark and Holland.
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Flowerpot Saved as Woman Driver Crashes Twice
A woman driver in Pat Clovis New Mexico backed into one car then another, sending the second car 19 feet into a tree. Total damage cited at 470 dollars. The flowerpot on the back seat remained intact.
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Probate notices issued for Bath estates March court
Court of Probate in Bath Saeadahno County set for March hearing all estates listed including Walter H M Bowker Amy F Doyle Mary F Gordon Charles Madden Carolyn Moses and Charles Gordon Jr with executors and executrix named Lucy Green Myra E Scott and others seek first and final accounts and appointment without bond where applicable notices to interested parties will be published in Bath Independent for three weeks continuous hearings scheduled for the first Tuesday of April at ten oclock in the forenoon
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Walter HM Bowker
Edith M Bowker
Amy F Doyle
Archie E Doyle
Mary F Gordon
Charles E Gordon, Jr
Robert E Gordon
Charles | Madden
Charles Madden
George C. Madden
Carolyn M. Moses
Lucy C Green
Lucy M Green
Ants de Swey
Lucy
Frank Ans Scott
Phippshure
Myra E. Scott
Myra E Scott
Nellie McKay Thayer
Elizabeth Key
Ortina
Pepa
Former Bath Girl Holds High Honors
A Farmington native, Mrs. Wilbur W. Andrews, first woman graduate of Victoria University and oldest living Canadian university graduate, celebrates her 90s. She lived in Bath as Nellie Greenwood, attended Bath High School, and later earned a Bachelor of Science in Canada. Her husband Rev. Wilbur W. Andrews and their two daughters, plus son Dr. Herbert Andrews in Prince Albert, accompany her lifelong civic and educational work.
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Toronto
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C. D. Greenwood
Old Patten
Canada
Herbert Andrews
Prince Albert
Oakhurst Hoopsters Honored After Y M C A Championship
The Oakhurst Dairy junior basketball champions were feted with a chicken dinner at Sea Grille West Bath hosted by the sponsor company. Councilman Stanley R. Hunter attended representing the dairy and the players later watched movies at the Bath Opera House. A cake with Junior Y Champs marked the event as coach Alfred McNeil and players William Luke Richard Moody Louis Stone George Sonia Fred Mitchell Linwood Bennett Boyd Harrington and Edward True attended.
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Miss Virginia Parker Is Elected President
Miss Virginia Parker is elected president of the college. Mrs Parker and Mrs Seth Mullin plan to attend the play in Maryland. Shredded green cabbage is delicious when cooked in a small amount of fat in a tightly covered skillet with butter margarine or bacon fat.
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Basil Jar Adds Flavor to Tomato Rich Dishes
A kitchen tip recommends keeping dried basil on hand to enhance meat pies stews and soups that use tomato. The herb boosts aroma and depth in everyday cooking.
Cancer Crusade talk in Bath spurs education push
Mrs. Colby chaired a Bath meeting on the forthcoming Cancer Crusade. She cited the Maine Society program, urging public education and early physician visits, and described fellowships for physicians and nurses for advanced cancer training at Memorial Hospital New York and NYU.
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Morse High Principal Attends School Assembly Service Conference
Morse High School principal Raymond Farnham flew from Portland to Chicago for the School Assembly Service conference. He serves as Eastern representative, helping to review prospective programs and compile a top 10 list to recommend to principals. Morse features at least five in school assembly acts, drawn from the prepared list.
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Cheeters
High Pressure Sales Attracts Quick Car Deal
In Little Rock Arkansas M W Burleson owner of a used car lot turned down a salesman applicant saying business was slow. While away the applicant closed a car deal and later sold another car. Burleson saw him finish a sale and then pocket a $75 down payment before leaving. He filed a complaint.
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Rockland Couple Visit Rutherford Family Sunday
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Daniels of Rockland were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs David Rutherford of 1286 High street in a local social visit.
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High Street
Mrs Thomas S Gibbons Admitted At Memorial Hospital
Mrs Thomas S Gibbons of 677 Washington Street is a medical patient at Memorial hospital.
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