Bath Chronicle notes on historic 1887 snowstorm and local events
Forty years ago Bath reflected on the April 3 1887 blizzard with travelers from Portland recalling the Gilbert and Sullivan performance and a 13 hour drift encounter. The issue also covers local society notes including theatre plans, police matters, club meetings, births marriages and a range of Bath business and civic items from April 1911.
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Bath
Portland
City Hall
Freeport
Brunswick
J. Bake
Daisy Drake
W. E. Rice
John S. Elliott
Nan Patten
Elizabeth Ham
John Shaw
J. Houghton McLellan
A. M. Houghton
E. D. Jameson
Wallace E. Shaw
Charles E. Greenleaf
Roscoe P. Ham
Charles E. Shedd
Charles Banks
Hooker Mill project to rise on Vine Street
The Hooker mill block on Vine street will be rebuilt with two stories and a basement. A second section will be used by A. M. Cutler as a sail lot. Ramona Council whist party is hosted tomorrow evening by Mrs. Fred Kittredge on High Street.
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Bath
L. L. Hooker
Occu
Ramona Council
D. of P
Pocahontas Sinclair
Auburn
Ramona Council, D. of P. Whist
Fred Kittridge
Woodbury Potter
Mildred Clark
G. H. Ingalls
Pearl Street
Fred Curtis
Voorhees
Mr. Ingalls
Walter S. Glidden
Hooker Mill
Vine Street
A. M. Cutler
Hooker
Fred Kittredge
High Street
Advisability of a Ladies Night or May Ball Considered
A discussion is underway about whether to stage a ladies night or a May ball. The record notes ongoing deliberations and seeks input from organizers and attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ning
Higgins Family Vacation In West Bath
Waltham Massachusetts resident has spent the week at home with her parents Mr and Mrs Fred A Higgins in West Bath during a vacation period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham, Mass
Fred A. Higgins
West Bath
John William McNeil
Androscoggin
American Bonding Company of Baltimore Assets and Liabilities
The 1950 balance sheet for American Bonding Company of Baltimore shows Dec 31 figures: Mortgage loans 16000, stocks and bonds 2,353,959.95, cash in office and bank 478,159.43, agents balances 522,455.36, interest and rents 15,174.75, other assets 33,934.26 totaling 3,419,683.95. Admitted assets 3,348,834.61 with cash capital 1,000,000 and total liabilities and surplus 3,348,834.61. Date stamped 12-19-26.
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American Bonding Company OF
Baltimore
Maryland
Dedger ‘Ames
Omnes Sear
Four-master schooner to be launched next month from Kelley-Spear yard
The Caulkers work on a four master schooner at the Kelley-Spear Co. yard to free stocks for a Staples Transportation Co. keel, with launching planned next month. Arthur G. Gilmore of Bath buys an established Corinth drug business and partners with E. H. Zeh of New York as Gilmore & Zeh, a career pharmacist and former Jungmann Drug Co. manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Richmond
Bath Automobile & Gas Engine Co
George W. Dearborn
New York
Harold M. Sewall
F. H. Beal
Sebasco
Bath
F. H. Merritt
Kelley-Spear Co
Staples Transportation Co
Arthur G. Gilmore
Corinth
N. Y
E. H. Zeh
Jungmann Drug Co
Gilmore
Probate Notices From Bath Sagadahoc May Hear Estates
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc county issues notice for estates of Georgia A Randall Edward T Kelley Daniel Abbott Ziblatt Alden P Denham Dora L Howard William T Hall Byron F Barker and others. Hearings set May first for letters testamentary administration changes and final accounts with trusteeship details and executor names.
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Bath
Sagadahoc
Bath Independent
Henry Hughes
Massachusetts
Edward T. Kelley
Jennett A. Kelley
Daniel Abbott Ziblatt
Lida A. Howard
William T. Hall
Bath Trust Company
Lillie M. Leonard
Mary Hall Rhodes (Jackson
Mary Hall Sparrowe
Byron F. Barker
Mildred T Wright
Morse High excursionists return as others depart for studies
Miss Esther White returns home from a Washington and New York trip as the last Morse High excursionist arrives. Misses Florence Bates Florence Dunton Hazel Wing and Maud Seymour leave for State Normal Gorham to resume studies.
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Aileen Gay
Worcester
Mass
Washington, D. C
Morse High
Dorothy Jewett
Brookline
Washington
Esther White
New York
Florence Bates
Florence Dunton
Hazel Wing
Maud Seymour
State Normal School
Gorham
Foreclosure Notice on Bath Property Owned by Dickinsons
Grace P Dickinson and Bessie E Dickinson mortgage on 739 High Bath with property in Bath Sagadahoc Maine described by bounds and prior deeds. Breach of mortgage conditions prompts foreclosure by First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath dated March 30 1951 and signed by Treasurer J Frank Hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace P. Dickinson
Bessie E. Dickinson
Bath
Sagadahoc
State of Maine
Eeenee County Registry of
Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath
County of Sagadahoc
High Street
Matthew Bright
Lilly
Asa Palmer
Sanford
John Shaw
Wardiner G. Deering
Deering
Tucker
Joseph M. Hayes
Hayes
James Fa “Winslow
Edmund P.legs
Bh Impson
High Bath
Maine
Gard
Ralph E. Legard
Ralph E. Legard Legard
Sandock
Ralph E Legard
Forrest C. Legard
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath
J. Frank Hunt
First Federal Savines and Loan Association of
J. FRANK_HUNT
Foreclosure Notice on Bath Maine Mortgage by Ruth M MacKenzie
J Frank Hunt, attorney for First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath, seeks foreclosure of mortgage on multiple Bath Maine parcels described in deeds from 1876 to 1892. Mortgage dated December 22 1949 secured by Isaac B Reed and Clifford Belanger properties. Breach of conditions cited with court action after March 30 1951.
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Ruth M. MacKenzie
Bath
Sagadahoc
State of Maine
Page Moone
Federa Savings and Loan Association of Bath
State of
Maine
Clifford Belanger
Court Street
Belanger
Isaac B. Reed
James A. Winslow
Reed
Oe Sagadahoc Registry of Deeds
George Belanger
Winslow Court
Isaac B. Lange
Feday J. Hunt
Averacento
J. Frank Hunt
Violin Mia Grate and Georgie Duncan Trio Feature
A piano duet by Ruth Avery opens the latter half of the evening, followed by games as Mia Grate and Georgie Duncan perform with the Jano Trio.
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Mia, Grate
Georgie Duncen
Miss Kage Jano
Ruth Avery
Wedding of Robert James Stover and Bath native
Robert James Stover was best man with George Hutton and Ralph MacFarlane as ushers. The reception followed at Admiral Beatty Hotel. The couple honeymoon in Maine then visit groom’s Bath relatives. The bride wore a navy blue faille gown with fur trim. The groom, born in Bath, later moved to Gaspe Quebec where he works and served in the Canadian Army during World War II.
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Robert James
George Hutton
Ralph MacFarlane
Admiral Beatty Hotel
Maine
Bath
Gaspe
Quebec
Durin
S Sgt Elmer Wallace Returns to Westover AFB
S Sgt Elmer Wallace returned to Westover Air Force Base Massachusetts on Tuesday after spending several days with his sister and her husband Mr and Mrs Charles Cahill of 27 Andrews Road.
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Elmer Wallace
Westover Air Force Base
Mass
Charles Cahill
Andrews Road
Probate notices from Bath Maine court file changes of executors
A Bath Maine court proceeding lists numerous estates including Florence F. Comeau Henry Trowbridge Sarah Anna Carlson Lawrence K. Sager Beatrice Perow Hannah E. Curtis Julian L. Pomerleau Theophile P. Robichaud James E. Mitchell Thomas E Finley Claire N King Chesley Hutchins and others. It covers wills probate petitions executors conservators administrators and licenses to sell real estate with dates near the court's order.
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Bath
Florence F. Comeau
Edward W. Bridgham
Henry Trowbridge
Virginia Dobbs Trowbridge
Mentary
Martin E. Haley
Martin E. Ls
Sarah Anna Carlson
Jersey
Beatrice ‘ Perow
Daniel Williams
Brenscifes
Lawrence E. Perow
Augustus Perow
Hannah E. Curtis
West Bath
Raymond E. Curtis
Brunswick
Cumbertead
Sean
Raymond E. C Son
Julian L. Pomerleeu
Theresa L. Pomerleau
James Albert Shepard, Jr
James Raymond Pomerleau
Theophile P. Robichaud
Harry J. Robichaud
James E. Mitchell
Ward Bridgham
Thomas E. Finley
Claire N. King
Edith L. Gallagher
Chesley Hutchins
Hutchins
Gertrude Hutchi
Arthur J. Dun Pon
Probate entries appoint executors and administrators in Bath estates
Horace McClure registers that in several Bath estates individuals were appointed executors administrators guardians or executors without bond on specified dates. Names include Madelyn Pierce and Mary E. Boardman among others in the listings for Clara Hodgkins Fred L. Brackley J Ernest Boardman Lillian Ballate and related estates in Reading and Bath Massachusetts with appointments noted.
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Horace Waclure
Clara A Hodgkins
Bath
Rexford G. Clark
Everett
Fred L. Brackley
Madelyn Pierce
Arthur Judg
Probate records list executors and guardians in Saredahos
I J Horace, Register of Probate, notes appointments of executors administrators conservators and guardians. Estate entries include Everett G and Oliver Moses with bonds and appointments. Augusta named executrix. A true copy of the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. J. Horace One
Saredahos
Everett G. It
Oliver Moses
Augusta
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