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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 06, 1939

Page

5

Bath Iron Works to build steel steam yacht for Isaac Stern

Bath officials announce a contract closed with Issac Stern for a steel steam yacht about 200 feet long with 165 foot water line and 26 foot beam. The vessel will feature triple expansion engines, Scotch boilers, schooner rig, a 24 man crew, and owner guest quarters, with a deck house extending to the rail.

Bath Iron Works E. W. Hyde C. R. Hanscom New York Issac Stern Charles E. Hyde Iron Works

Notman Schooner Wins Bath Harbor Race On April 3 1899

The four masted schooner Charles P Notman capt Jewett of Percy and Smalls defeats the new fire master Nathaniel T Palmer capt Harding in a race from Portland to Norfolk and Newport News. Telegram reports Notman arrived last evening while Palmer had not yet reached port. Local Bath owners followed the event with interest as the two vessels met for the first time.

Bath Nathaniel T. Palmer Charles P. Notman Portland Palmer Notman Norfolk Newport News Jewett Percy & Small Harding

Death of Edward Ridley at 27 in Bath Daily News

Edward Turner Ridley died at noon at his sister Mrs. E H Turner’s home on Middle Street. He was 27, born in Topsham, Bowdoin graduate, former principal at Canton Academy and a high school in Vinalhaven. Several local items follow including students, illnesses, travel notes and a fast coal run by Alice E Clark.

Edward Turner Ridley E. H. Turner Middle Street Topsham Bowdoin College Canton Vinal Haven Percy & Small Alice E. Clark Leslie Clark Portland Philadelphia

Foundation construction begins for range 9 at Merry Meeting Park

Work starts on the foundation for range 9 as a feature at Merry Meeting Park this season. The artistic building will reuse a moved farm house site and include private dining rooms and banquet halls under a skilled chef.

Merrymeeting Park

Pilgrim Chevrolet Unveils Spring Service Drive

Pilgrim Chevrolet Inc expands its service with a 100 percent local corps of mechanics led by Gerald Perkins and Edward Perkins. A spring tune up including valve and carbon work is offered at a special price this week to attract Chevrolet drivers. The Bath garage highlights new staff, a body and fender shop, and a busy truck sales period including two heavy duty sales to Bath Iron Works.

Bath Edward A. Perkins Pilgrim Chevrolet, Inc Chevrolet Gerald E. Perkins Gerald Perkins Pilgrim Garage Louis Catlin Rowe Motor Co Pilgrim Service Department Ralph Small Frank Given Thomas Conley Dana Rines Ernest Ridley Progressive Service Corps Bath Iron Works Sagadahoc Lincoln County Sheepscot Wiscasset Dresden Pilgrim

March Tough Month Compared with Historic Weather

The piece notes March’s weather hard to judge, comparing this year with past Marches. It references ice on Kennebec and Merrymeeting Bay in 40 years ago, a 1896 freshet, and parity with last year’s March in fair days, rain, and snow counts, plus local social notes and financial figures from Prudential Insurance of America statements dated 1938.

Kennebec Merrymeeting Bay Times Prudential Insurance Company OF America Newark New Jersey

Record of March Temperatures and Morning Readings

The article notes last year’s warmest March day reached 48 degrees. It reports three mornings this year with temperatures above 32 degrees versus 16 mornings last year.

Summer resident of Small Point dies in New York funeral

Chase Mellon of Small Point Beach and New York died Friday after a weeklong illness. He was a longtime New York lawyer and former assistant corporation counsel. Funeral held Saturday at 2:30 pm at St James church in New York. He attended Colorado College Swarthmore Brasenose College and Columbia Law School. Survived by wife Lucy Manley three sons Chase Mellon Jr Joseph Mellon William Mellon and daughter Mrs Stephen Millett Jr. among attendees were Arthur Sewall Bath Mrs Douern Breck Mrs George Dearborn and Douglas Dearborn of Small Point Beach and New York.

Arthur Sewall, 2d Bath Douern D. Breck George B. Dearborn Douglas Dearborn Small Point Beach New York Chase Mellon St. James Church Mellon William P. Mellon William J. Palmer Colorado Spring, Col Salmon P. Chase United States Mr. Mellon Colorado College Swarthmore College Brasenose College Oxford University England

Miss Charlotte M. Gorrie Dies at 87 in Bath

Miss Charlotte M. Gorrie 87 died Tuesday morning at 57 Granite Street. Born in England to William and Mary Whitehead Gorrie, she trained as a nurse in Liverpool. She came to Bath in 1896, companions to Miss Alice W. Sewall, living there 40 years, later with Mrs Archibald Miller. Survived by one sister and several nieces and nephews in England.

Charlotte M. Gorrie Granite Street England William and Mary (Whitehead) Gorrie Liverpool Hospital Gorri Bath Gustafson Alice W. Sewall Washington Street Sewall

Ministers to Meet for Last Session in Bath

Bath Ministers Association held a Monday morning gathering at Grace church parish house with Rev. Charles R. Sims presiding. A general discussion on What Is Truth? was led by Rev. George B. Wolstenholme. The season’s final meeting is set for May 8 at Hotel Sedgwick with luncheon and a program. Present were Sims Purdue Dole Tubbs Wolstenholme Whidden Bowles and Charles Brown of Woolwich.

Charles R. Sims Bath Ministers Association Grace Church George B. Wolstenholme Sedgwick Mr. Sims Joseph O. Purdue Louis A. Dole Charles M. Tubbs Cassius C. Whidden C. F. Bowles Charles Brown Woolwich

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The Bath Daily Times General Hyde Congress Nelson Dingley Shaw's Mill Bessie C. Beach Arthur Sewall and Co Maine Central R.R Capt. Stacy William H. Davenport Thomaston E. M. Fuller W. G. Webber Lieut. Chandler U.S.N Popham Enoch Reed Boston Walter Stewart Gracechurch St. Luke's Cathedral Thomas Stevens South End Fred Footer Leo Jason Collins John W. Ballou, Esq Prof. Bagley Front Street West Bath Grange Popham Beach Read Nichols & Co Arthur J. Frye Landlord Frye Idle Park Brunswick Rogers & Curtis Abenaki Gas House Hallowell H. T. Passmore and Co L. B. and B. Road Bable Valet Samuel Lord Lincoln Academy J. M. Hughes L. B. Swett’'s Drug Store Center Street Percy W. Roberts Center Atxeet Brigham's Cove J. C. Ring Washington Kennebec Yacht Club J. Nealley George E. Hughes Ocea Cahill Malvern Kelley Spear & Co Staples Coal Co Maine Battery Savannah Owen J. Ledyard New England Baltimore Supreme Judicial Probate County Commissioners George Smith J. W. Smith Litchfield Charles Chestra Maine General Hospital Messenger Henderson Massachusetts Kelley, Spear & Co Consolidation Coal Co Capt. Mills Chelsea Mass H. E. Cole Maine Schoolmasters’ Club Gardiner Herbert Simpson Five Islands Boothbay James Shephard Norcross Pharmacy Rockland Dougherty’s Arthur Dunning Lewiston Auburn Odlin J. O. Lincoln Charles M. Snow Mary Dougherty Agnes Delano Mabel Gay St. Joseph's Academy William H. Clifford W. F. Hardy L. A. Willey Hardy Wood Nichols Walter Higgins Boston Dental College 8. P. Carey Miss Moody Court Sagadahoc F. of A Marshal Kittridge Depot Charles B. Crooker Otis E. Barker Crooker Barker Crocker Charles Mitchell Thorne Rufus Lombard Prisco Arthur Sewall Charles B. Pennel Frank Adams Pennell Water Street Annapolis Naval Cadets Iron Works Yard Will Small Columbia Orchestra Alameda Judge Hall G. W. Colby Aphrodite Colby Scott Johnston F. L. Amazeen L. P. Weaver James Kelley Susie Daley Gorham Normal School W. H. Carr Fred Klippel Waterville Tufts College Charles R. Higgins Beatrice Eno Wales Paris America Higgins Hinckley Street Cunningham Daniel E. Pierce Down River North End Malveen Taunton Keley-Spear and Co Normandy New England Co Alice Mulligan Vanona MacDonald Timothy ‘B. Wagner St. Petersburg Fila Patricia Elizabeth Memorial Hospital Robert D. Crean Holyoke Mutual Fire Insurance Company Vivian M. Lewis Arthur J Sinnott NCE Company Winterthur Switzer- Mortgagine Loens N. Y Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Company OF Fire Association OF Philadelphia National Liberty New J Company OF America Charles H. Morse Franklyn Fire Insurance United States Casualty Company Company Pennsylvania Bae Estate MPANY North American Accident Ins. CO Chicago Jean Home Insurance Cmpany Salem New Yor American Bonding Company Maryland Ance Company Beacon Street Abculs Daliner Alice al Tiabilitie Continental Casualty Company Hammond Indiana Mili Owners Mutual Fire Insur Ance Company OF Iowa I Morty Des Moines Iowa Oftecsad Bank Balan Lems Dot Travelers Insurance Company Hartford Connecticut NEW Amsterdam Casualty Company St. Paul St Maryland Travelers Fire Insurance CO DAR Freeland D. Delano Travelers Indemnity Company Small Point St. James’ Church
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