Bath area news and civic notes from 1913
A Bath section roundup covers shop renovations by Hallet & Co at Sagadahock, new front design by Walter Murtaugh, and staff changes as L Farnham awarded the contract for the front. Local clubs, sports results, theater plans, and visits from Boston and New York are listed, including charity dances, yacht and automotion notes, and a charge of public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallet & Co
Sagadahock
Grand
Bangs Druggist Fixture Co
F. C. Kinsman
A. Hallet & Co
Sagadahock House
Bangs Co
Walter Murtaugh
Bath Iron Rks
L. Farnham
Tug William G Small leased to Norton Griffiths Dredging Co
March 26 1913 Captain W G Small manager of Kennebec Towboat Co lets the tug William G Small to Norton Griffiths Dredging Co of St John New Brunswick the tug is assigned for dredging operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Small
Kennebec Towboat Co
William G. Small
He Norton & Griffith Dredging O
St. John, N. B
Wakefield and Moody Join Hyde Guards Officers
March 27 1913 two new Hyde Guards lieutenants Wakefield and Moody were elected last month and passed exams in Portland Moody appeared in uniform at the weekly drill. Steamboating interest grows with many applying for the Ransom B Fuller trip to Boston. The Bath All Maine polo final is set for tomorrow at Alameda with Eddie Higgins leading Providence support. Leydon referees amid strong advance seat sales at Dougherty's drug.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel H. Wakefield
George Moody
Hyde Guards
Portland
Moody
Bath
Alameda
Maine
Eddie Higgins
Providence
Leydon
Dougherty’s Drug
Ninth Grade School City elects new officers in spirited vote
March 28 1913 report details yesterday’s ninth grade city election. Winners include William Tayguay as mayor Evelyn Colby clerk and Frances Trott among others as aldermen and police and park commissioners. Several residents head for weekend outings and maritime news follows with vessel sales and details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Tayguay
Evelyn Colby
Frances Trott
Sanford Pinkham
Ethel Totman
Evelyn Parker
Bath 1873 ships in drydock overhaul continues
The Bath vessel remains in drydock for cleaning painting and repairs. In Akron Ohio Mrs Alice Smith and her sister Mrs Julia Watson visit Mrs Smiths son Harold amid flooding reports from the district. Five remaining games in the Colonial club whist tourney preface final April meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Akron
Ohio
Alice Smith
Julia Watson
Benjamin F. Savage
Annie Marden
Dayton
Mar
Marden
Portrait Gift Honors Former Pastor at People’s Church
At the Friday meeting Mrs. Nellie McCutcheon donated a life size portrait of Rev. F. W. O’Brien, formerly pastor, accepted by senior deacon Charles Furbuish and placed in the vestry gallery. Grass seed prices drop to under $3 a bushel, easing land sowing. Knights of Columbus matinee scheduled Monday at 4 pm with many child participants and festive decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
People's Church
Nellie McCutcheon
F. W. O’brien
Charles Furbuish
Knights of Columbus
Bath Items Include Inaugural Merchants Association Meeting
The Bath Merchants' Association, Inc. gathered at the association rooms to incorporate with Judge Keegan presiding. Officers elected mirrored the old group with Frye as president and Parker, Hatch as vice presidents along with a full slate of directors. In a separate note, Dorothy Daley left the garment department of D T Percy & Sons after ten years, Mary Green taking her place. Lincoln County Lumber Co. now employs over 40 men at its plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Club For
Young Women of
Bath
Elizabeth P. Dean
Lina C. Andrews
Geneva Casey
Mabel Thwing
Elizabeth Webber
Alice E. Varney
Florence Rand
Mararet Bakeman
Elsie Folsom
da Stinson
Margaret Foote
Alice
Jennie Waters
Florence Andrews
Marion Freeman
Edward Sampson
Cosmopolitan Club
John W. Bowers
Mary Nauman
Portland
Calcutta
India
Taj Mahal
China
Japan
Bath Merchants’ Association, Inc
John J. Keegan
Scott R. Frye
Walter O. Parker
Robert B. Hatch
Albert R. Strout
Dorothy Daley
D. T. Percy & Sons
Mary Green
Walter O. Parker Co
The
Lincoln County Lumber Co
Huse Sixth Graders Bake Beans for Portland Train Trip
The Huse Memorial School sixth grades held a successful baked beans supper with about 250 attendees. Under teachers Mrs. Dallas Crabtree and Miss Eleanor Danforth, parents and friends aided the effort to fund a Portland train trip for the students, who will depart Bath by morning train and return by afternoon. Lorraine Price of Maine Central Railroad coordinates the travel plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse Memorial School
Dallas Crabtree
Eleanor Danforth
Charles Small, Jr
Stanley Woods
Daniel McDougal
Phyllis Rolfe
Harry Warner
Manley Grant
Portland
Bath
Union Station
Lorraine Price
Maine Central Railroad
Cosmopolitan Club plans Bath fortieth anniversary
Forty years after Bath girls formed the Cosmopolitan club the first young women’s club in Bath. An Open House marks the 40th anniversary on Sunday April 12 from three to seven with two musical programs at three and five. Former members are urged to return for the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Elizabeth E. Webber
Cosmopolitan Club
William W. Dennison
Leslie J. Wold
Arthur S. Eseley
Granville M. Colby
Frederick Moffatt
Linwood L. Boardman
Alice Johnson
Carville Douglas
Garden Club
John E. Robbins
Drama _ club
Winter Street Troop celebrates 40th anniversary ceremony
Winter Street Troop IV held a birthday ceremony with two skits about the meaning of Girl Scouts. Mrs. Donald Freeman assisted as Scoutleader and awarded badges to Yvonne Crosby Judith Ayer Adelle Rubin and Cynthia Osgood. Next meeting set for April 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Church
Donna Young
Claudia Glynn
Jewell Flint
Virginia Percy
Diane Farnham
Susan Connard
Judy Marsh
Donald Freeman
North Grammar Team Hosts Yearend Basketball Party
North Grammar hosted a celebration after the basketball season with awards to players and cheerleaders. Bruce Kingsbury, Richard Towle Jr., Ralph Warren Jr., and others received medals letters and certificates while Maurice Clark was honored with gifts. A fathers versus sons game ended 43 to 20 with Roger Brown scoring 7 for the winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Farrell
Clark
North Grammar
Bruce Kingsbury
Richard Towle Jr
Ralph Warren, Jr
Charles Pierce
Roger Brown
Ernest Rideout
Robin Loeschner
Terrance McDougall
Fred Brown
William Kingsbury
Gerald Harvey
Noah Caton
Stewart Bradway
Wayne Hatch
Philip Bailey
James Hanson
David Petit
David Brown
Clifford Newell
Robert Eberhard
Harvey DeCapua
Stephen Lee
Susan Bates
Linda Leeman
Olive Guild
Judith Legard
Carol Hooker
Dawn White
Nancy Doyle
Sue Ellen Owen
Dixie Oliver
Chuggy” Pierce
Maurice Clark
Edward Lee
Elliot Hanson
Eugene Eberhard
Dent Caton
Martin Bradway
Brown
Pete Lee
Alfred Caton
Clinton Owen
Ralph Warren
Richard Towle
L. Lloyd Hooker
North Center Pta
Roy Loeschner
Eastham Guild
Arthur Brown
Bernice Oliver
Grace Mitchell
Boyd Bailey
Florien Caouette
Leslie Shumway
Duncan Farrell
Robert Carter
Helen Hayes
Mary Allen
California
Clif Leeman
Engagement announced for Barbara Parks and Dana Hagerthy
The engagement of Miss Barbara Louise Parks to Dana Trafton Hagerthy is announced by her mother Mrs Edith Parks of 216 Center Street. Miss Parks, daughter of the late William Parks, will graduate from Morse High School. Mr Hagerthy, a Morse High School graduate last June, is a past chaplain of Bath Chapter Order of DeMolay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Louise Parks
Dana Trafton Hagerthy
Raymond Pratt
Bell Gardens
Calif
Edith Parks
Center Street
Miss Parks
William Parks
Morse High School
Mr. Hagerthy
Morse High
Bath Chapter Order of DeMolay
Mizpah Class Plans Laymen's Supper for April 14
The Mizpah Class met with Mrs. Roland Buffam at 987 Middle Street and voted to host a laymen's supper on April 14. The Mizpah benediction closed the meeting and a social hour followed with refreshments. The next meeting is set for March 31 at Miss Eleanor Wright's home on Union Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Buffam
Middle Street
Eleanor Wright
Union Street
Glens Falls Insurance Co financial report 1952 assets and liabilities
The Maine insurance filing lists assets totaling about 77.35 million dollars including bonds stocks and real estate with liabilities and reserves for losses premiums and taxes. Surplus for policyholders stands at approximately 28.68 million. Mentioned also is a social note about Miss Marcia Green returning home from Rockland after visiting Mrs. Mabel Millett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glens Falls Insurance Co
Glens Falls
New York
Maine
Marcia Green
Rockland
Mabel Millett
Western Avenue
Life and customs of the Abenaki in Kennebec valley
A historical look at the Abenaki tribe 40 years ago focusing on customs crafts and gender roles. It notes girls games resembling Hawk and Chickens a belt of wampum by brides and women’s crafts plus the division of labor and strong family ties and reverence for ancestors and the woods and waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hony
Keebe
Lowers
Agles
Huntip
Kennebec
Spring Fashion Show Showcases Historic Gowns
Mrs. William Harding’s extensive East Brunswick collection sparked a Sunday event with ladies including Mrs. Kenneth Jaquith and Mrs. Reginald Riley. Hyde Memorial Home director Dr. Earl B. Perkins greeted guests and Pine Tree Society’s Mrs. Marie Preston was absent. Music by Warren Hawley Jr. accompanied tea as tablescape featured pastels, snapdragons, green accents and silver service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Harding
East Brunswick
Kenneth Jaquith
Reginald Riley
Leonard Smith
Robert Hamblett
Earl B. Perkins
Hyde Memorial Home
Pine Tree Society
Marie I. Preston
Warren Hawley, Jr
Sumner Sewall
Harold J. Rubi
Paul E. Akeley
J. E Spiller
Douglas Dearborn
M. Dean Shaw
Edward B. Hamblett
Bath
Alfred Norton
Wiscasset
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Earl Thompson
Clifton Page
W. H. Farrar
Bath Boys
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Portland Y. M. C. A
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Portland Express
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James A. McLellan
J. Houghton McLellan
A. A. Percy
Evans Memorial Hospital
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Eleanor de Wolfe
Edith Avery
Elizabeth Haynes
Olive Rowe
Fannie Green
Myrle Strong
Roland ‘Avery
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John ‘Miller
Morton Young
Roy Lord
Harold Small
Oward Deering
William Tan Y
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T Ming
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Ralph Tibbetts
Henderson
Ashburn
Oy Dunning
Thest Office
S. J. Meeker
Charles R. Well
York
Lloydship Berlin
Switzerland
France
Gland
Marshall M. Card
Eker
Pierce Arrow
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Nellie Conley
Amesbury
Mass
Nashua
N. H
J. Clifd Spinney
Dunlap Cemetery
K. T
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Pilgrim Commandery
Angus
Purinton Bros. Co
Queen Eser Rebekah
Edwin Parris
Fred
William H. Small
Alphonso Mason
Boothbay Harr
Crescent Mantrels
John Riley
Themerican Express
Newport
Edward Wampson
New Meadows River
New Meadows Inn
Govermey
Abraham Singer
Lewiston
George W. Thistle
Gardiner
Loring C. Ballard
American Ice Co
Morse High School Glee Club
Paul Revere
Busch
Sarah Hodgkins
Waltham, Mass
Miss Hodgkins
Music Hall
Columbia Orchestra
Daniel Williams
Harry Day
Charles Hall
Dunlap Hatch
Dayton Hill
Frank Shaw
J. Henry McLellan
Palermo
Hotel
Panormus
M. G. Lee
East Boston
Horncans
John R. Norton
Edgartown
H. Franklin Norton
Mr. Norton
Nicholas Norton
England
John Hull
Weymouth
Basil
Winneganee
Charles A. Blair
Havana
Capt. Blair
Governor Cobb
Key West
John Bates
Marshall Street
Bates
Margaret Sewall
Fargo
North Dakota
Evelyn Hector
William McGill
Frank Kelley
Biltmore Forestry School
Black Forest
Germany
Phippsburg
Drummond
Dromore
Dorothy Sewall
York Hall
Miss Sewall
Miss Guild
Commonwealth Avenue
Ransom B. Fuller
Charles M. Webber
Frank W. Perkins
Rumford
Howard Webber
Rumford Theatre
Bowen Torrey
Earl Brown
John Houghton
Donald Thompson
Joseph Brierly
Popham Beach
Torrey Cottage
John Harry
Marblehead
Boston Ty
Colin C. Baker
George H. Crockett
Mattie J. Alles
R. H. Donnell
H. W. Owen, Jr
A. S. Merrill
F. M. Powers
Dr. Donnell
Frances Mann
James R. Pratt
Bath Merchants’ Association
Edward W. Bridgham
Lees
Mr. Stetson Wes
Karl Parny
Mr. Stetson
Mr. Parsons
Minneapolis
Arthur Sewall
Wilson’s Hall
Waterville
Serpents Club
Tommy Cummings
Front Street
Smith Store
Dummer Sewall
George B. Moody
Henry R. White
Harold Brown
Mrs. Luce
Hero
Miss Luce
Harold
Winneyance
Department
K. C. Hall
John Kelley
John Dougherty
Helen Gallant
Evan Lemoine
Margaret Conley
Marion Haraden
Julia Conley
Gladys M. Parker
Arthur H. Stetson
Lillian Welch
Olive Blagdon
Crockery
Percy
Jennie Morse
Anna
P. M. Olm
Isabel
Gladys
James P. Webber
Exeter
Capt. Colby
Colby
Assembly Hall
Davis
James A. Hackett
Clara H. Chase
Dr. Cousins’ Hospital
Miss Chase
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Old Ladies Home
Percival Safford
Rochester
Frank W. Weeks
Frances Weekes
Thompson's Brook
Huse
Cosmo Club
Winter Street
Kelley's New & Used Parts
American Bonding Co. OF
Altimore
Baltimore
Maryland
Insurance Department
State of
Sagadahoc
Carrie H. Stevens
Georgetown
Carolyn I. Thompson
Carolyn
Predick
Seroma
Cals
Gallagher
Servator
Arthur ‘Dunton Podge
Lillian
Hral