Sagadahoc County notes and Bath civic updates
Fortieth years ago in Bath references Sagadahoc County anniversary while noting Sheriff Ballou's long service and local officials. Reports on Bath Bank block view from the custom house, Bath Loan and Building association officers, Bath School Board meeting attendees, and remarks by Bath Merchants' Association on pure food laws. Street conditions praised after winter.
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Bath National Bank
Front Street
Court House
Custom House
Local 1909 Real Estate Transactions And Upcoming Guard Board
April 7 1909 reports Hartleb Chestra old Water street stable to be torn down. James T Bonney buys Frank Low residence on Union street court via Henry G Hodgdon. Amon F Perry to move to South street. Janet Cutler returns to Vassar College reads as junior and plays mandolin. Adjutant General Augusta orders guard board meeting April 27 to review qualifications. Lieut Harvey K Erskine among exam attendees. Morse high basketball forms new club with Chadbourne captain Trott manager. season opener April 17 vs Richmond high. athletic field work in progress. Redlands CA reports Samuel S Sewall Bath Maine buys orange yellow asset via Gill Rebeth.
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Water Street
Hartleb & Chestra
Frank Low
Union Street Court
James T. Bonney
Henry G. Hodgdon
Amon F. Perry
South Street
Adjutant General
Augusta
National Guard
Harvey K. Erskine
Morse High Basketball Association
Arthur Chadbourne
Raymond Trott
Richmond High
Notable 1909 Lewiston Notes and Local Appointments
April 8 1909 Lewiston items report Holman Day returning from Indian Rest to Lewis ton after buying Payne bungalow and planning a summer there. Local candidates Randall White Cornish seek county commissioner role. governor Fernard to hear petitions in Augusta. Bath men engage Spanish War vets charter efforts with Wade in Mexico. Naval and Bath Iron Works updates include Chester speed hopes and Topaz II readiness. Scarlet fever case at McElman home and summer rifle tests at Fort Popham and Fort Baldwin noted.
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Holman F. Day
Indian Rest
New Meadows River
Lewiston
Day
Frederick G. Payne
Harry Dingley
Charles B. Randall
Marshall H. White
Herbert P. Cornish
Bowdeinham
Fernard
Frank Purington
Augusta
Randall
Bath
Republican City Committee
Sac Aone Nasb
Mason Seeks Temple Stock in New Masonic Association
April 9 1909 Mason of Polar Star lodge told the Times he would take 1000 dollars in stock for a new Temple. Masons plan a Masonic Temple Association to solicit subscriptions. The Board of Fence Viewers met at John McInnes residence with all members present and Mayor John S Hyde attend. Reorganized by unanimous vote of Charles P Wetherbee.
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Mason
Polar Star Lodge
the Times
Masonic Temple Association
Board of Fence
John McInnes
John S. Hyde
Charles P. Wetherbee
Bath Items and Local News Highlights
G H Eggieton newly elected Bath baseball manager has joined Electric Boat, builder of Holland submarines. Harry Washburn and John Trainor return from Bridgeport with a 1909 Loco 20 shaft car, noting rough roads and a 315 mile trip. Fred Bowie house on Bath Street tagged for scarlet fever after Marion Bowie diagnosed. Maine Realty Co led by M M Sumner distributes a Maine property catalogue with 35 listings and 20 agents. 10 000 copies printed. Ham brothers and Rufus Ham travel to Isleford to visit Arthur Ham recently married there.
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G. H. Eggieton
Bath Iron Works
Bath
Electric
Harry Washburn
John Trainor
Bridgeport
Conn
Washburn
Maine Realty Co
Ste
M. M. Sumner
C. A. Coombs
Charlies C. Larrabee
Maine
State
Times
Bath Social and Civic Notes from April 11 1999
April 11 1999 Bath Maine reports a No Name Whist club day trip to Portland dining at Congress Square hotel and attending Keith's theater marking the season’s last meeting. City finance committee on an appropriation bill meets past midnight. School Board representatives discuss department needs. next meeting Monday and May council consideration. Ferry Ferdinando Gorges paddle wheels at Bath Iron Works resemble a Ferris wheel. Miss Tenney of Morse High leaves for Auburn. Dr Hervey’s Easter sermon at Universalist church on immortality of the soul. City Marshal Small receives a historic badge from Merrill. recalls Bailey era and Patten administration when 20-year-old Small was the city’s youngest officer. Miss Isabelle Turner’s engagement to Arthur E Russell announced at her North Street home where tea was served.
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F. J. Matthews
H. H. Donnell
H. A. Bates
William R. Donnell
G. A. McFadden
R. P. McFadden
Portland
Congress Square Hotel
Keith
L. T. Snipe
G. F. Jackson
N. Gratz Jackson
Small
Merrill
Bailey
Marshal Small
Marshal Bailey
Charles E. Patten
Isabelle Turner
E. H. Turner
North Street
Arthur E. Russell
Medford
Mass
Bath Lron
Maine Bankers Prepare Regional Meeting in Portland
F. D. Hill of the Bath National Bank and president of the Maine Bankers Association traveled to Portland to attend a regional banking meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. D. Hill
Bath National Bank
Maine Bankers’ Association
Portland
Dreamland theater figures and Bath news mingle in town visit
Dreamland manager Carl I. Taylor visiting Gardiner with drummer Carl Liberty will join Gardiner’s Johnson Opera House orchestra this week. Bath items note tramps, fire calls, ship movements, and a 1942 American Bonding Co balance sheet amid a busy local scene.
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Carl I. Taylor
Dreamland Theater
Johnson Opera House
Gardiner
Carl Liberty
Dreamland
Fine New Bath Store Opens Friday At Nine A.M
A remodeled brick building in Bath will open as a modern appliance store Friday at nine oclock. Proprietors Arthur Hutchins and co owner plan two stores Brunswick and Bath with open house, demonstrations, music, and freebies. Staff include Robert Fortier and Richard Curtis. the brothers in law will run sales and clerical operations. Fred King finds his first mayflowers in Wrights woods during a Sunday walk.
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Sreets
Arthur Hutchins
Bath
Bath Iron Works Corp
Barern Gas
Brunswick
RCA Radios
Robert
Bob” Fortier
Richard
Dick’ Curtis
Bob Fortier
Ragern
Beth Iron Works Corp
Hutchins
Curtis
Ruth
Lucille
Fred King
Goddard Street
Wright's Woods
Probate notices for Bath Massachusetts and Maine pardon hearing
Court orders notify interested parties by three weekly Bath newspaper ads for various estates in Bath Massachusetts and surrounding matters. Notices include appointment of executors and administrators for multiple decedents. Separate Maine pardon petition for Otis Pushard to be heard May 4 in Augusta before Governor and Council. Secretary of State confirms.
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State OF Maine
Augusta
Otis
Pushard
Maine
Order for Probate Hearing in Bath Maine
Court notices for Alfred E Trott estate request for probate in Sagadahoc County with Milton C Trott and Freeman A Trott named as executors. The case requires publication in Bath Independent and sets a probate hearing for April at ten o clock. Arthur F Wallace or another suitable person may be appointed administrator. The order is signed by Judge Arthur J Dunton.
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Bath
Hoc
Massachusetts
Segadshoe County
Charlies Henry Bates, Jr
Charlies Henry Bates
Frank EB Ward
Alice Comeau Gilblair
Florence Comeau
Fiesenes Comeau
Joseph Hart
Ethel Mi Wellar
Raymond C Hart
George Albert Dickinson
Katherine A Dickinson
William & Haggett
Finsil
Katherine S Haggett
Arthur & Dunton Juder
Sagadahoc
Bath Independent
Ruth
Alfred E Trott
Milton C. Trott
Freeman
Trott
Milton C Trott
Wallace
Arthur F "Wallace
Arthur Wallace
Arthur J Dunton
Notice to Contractors State Highway Commission Augusta Maine
Sealed proposals addressed to the State Highway Commission for building four sections of Augusta Maine through 1900 eastern standard time April 20 1949. Federal Aid Projects Nos 84/15 116 11 Woolwich and Wiscasset length 2.00 miles 0.425 miles bituminous work. Contractors must meet the federal wage standards and submit a $1000 certified check with their bid plus a performance bond of 50 to 75 percent. Right to reject any or all proposals reserved. Dated Augusta Maine April 6 1949.
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State Highway Commission
Augusta A
Augusta
Maine
Tame
Seareport
Woolwich and
Wiscasset
Maine State Commission
Department of Labor
State of
Commission
Maine State Highway Commission
Estate Executors and Administrators Named in Sagadahoc Probate
Sagadahoc County probate records list individuals appointed as executors administrators and guardians on April 5 1949. Names include Edna M Footer Jennie V Hayes George P Larrabee Helen M Smith Mabel G Hartleb Edith C Rice Gertrude A Phinney and others with specific roles noted. The Aetna Casualty and Surety Company appears in financial details and dissolution figures accompany the record.
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John L Jack
Sagadahoc
Georgie B Footer
Bath
Edna M Footer
Jennie V Hayes
John P Hayes
Apr
Edgar Ellsworth Phinney
Arrowsic
Gertrude A Phinney
Arthur J Dunton
Autopsy Finds No Foul Play in Stinson Death
D Small Barter and Bath police held after Stinson’s body found in Barter’s yard. Autopsy requested by Sgt Crosby and state officials discloses no foul play. Barter arraigned at Municipal Court for intoxication and disturbing the peace, pleads guilty and goes on six month probation.
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Ing D. Small
Barter
Bath Police
Stinson
John P .Crosby
State Police
Loring D. Small
Francis W. Power
C. Raymond Barter
Karcher S. Jackson
Bath Canton and Auxiliary Attend Pine Colle ge 65 Event
Members and guests including Mrs. Harland Boynton Mr. and Mrs. Thompson A Potter Mrs. Carolyn E Thompson Mrs. Hazel Jones Mrs. Inez as Miss Marjorie Peaslee and A H Thompson attended the Pine Colle ge 65 gathering in Wiscasset to repeat their rustic hill billy mock wedding.
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Bath Canton
Noble Ni
Pine College No. 65
Wiscasset
Free man Visitors in Bath from Jordan Acres Brunswick
Mr and Mrs Herman H Freeman of Jordan Acres Brunswick were visitors in Bath on Tuesday.
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Herman H. Freeman
Jordan Acres
Brunswick
Bath
Scott Cressey Joins Thompson Auto Parts Staff
Scott Cressey of Montsweag, formerly of Bath, has employment at the Thompson Auto Parts store, reflecting a local job placement shift in the Bath area.
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Scott Cressey
Montsweag
Bath
Thompson Auto Parts
Balance sheet of British America Assurance Co 1948 assets and surplus
The 1948 year end report shows total admitted assets of 3.5 million with bonds cash and other items totaling 4.49 million. Liabilities include net losses 669,928.00 and unearned premiums 1,589,276.44. Surplus over all liabilities stands at 1,687,547.70. Market increases could raise admitted assets to 4,464,246.80 and surplus to 2,206,756.10.
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British America Assurance CO
William Gt
New York
N. Y
Bjorke
Cass
Hibs
Standard Fire Insurance Company OF
Hartford
Boods & Bucks
Rees
Travelers Eune Insurance Mattford
Noi Bank
Calvert Fire Insurance Co
Broecks and Sophia
Pennsylvania
Westchester Fire Insurance Company 1948 Assets and Surplus
On December 31 1948 Westchester Fire Insurance Co shows admitted assets of 41 804 384 18 with total liabilities and surplus of 41 808 472 18 after adjustments. Net unpaid losses 6 055 156 00 unearned premiums 16 904 379 60 and surplus over all liabilities 16 504 963 14. Projected figures would raise admitted assets to 42 108 472 18 and surplus to 18 105 961 14.
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Aetna Life Insurance Company Accident and Liability Department
Hertford
Connecticut
Fieal Hatate HB
THO Lands & Blocks
GOL
Eg Teshom
Aerts’ Balaners Oas
Hille
Intersat
Herts
Arts Accutent & Liability Dept
Lafe Department
Rma
Ilnearnedt
Accident & Liability
TAM Life Department
Ue Ie Fu
Westchester Fire Ins. CO
William Bt
New York
N. Y
Firemen‘s Insurance Company
Newark
New Jersey
Yoo
R.K. Grose
Charles Nu Morse
Hiram T. Stevens
Roger
Bath
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The
Sath Daily Times
Scott
John W. Ballou
Josiah Merrow
P. K. Millay
Bowdoinham
Ballou
Sagadahoe County
H. M. Sewall
Bath Loan and Building Association
Joseph Torrey
Frank N. Thompson
Charles P. Knight
Charles Farnham
Charles A. Corliss
J. M. Trott
Charles A. Harriman
Charles C. Low
Charles F. Magoun
Bath School Board
Mayor Hyde
D. B. Holt
George F. Jackson
Harold C. Roberts
James W. Hawley
William E. Hogan
E. F. Kelley
Milton H. Douglas
Arthur J. Dunton
J. Edward ‘Hughes
Emma J. Small
F. W. Freeman
Ing All
Frank Sewal
East Highlands
Harry C. Webber
Bath Merchants’ Association
Charles D. ‘Woods
Maine Experiment Station
Shannon House
Janet Cutler
A. M. Cutler
Washington Street
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie
Redlands Daily Facts
Redlands
Calif
Samuel 5. Sewall
Bath, Maine
H. B. Auchincloss
Gill & Rebeth
William R. Kimball
William R. Wade
Silver City
Mexico
Wade
Bath Naval Reserve
J. M. Philbrook
U. S
Nebraska
D. H. Philbrook
Wakefield
Susan N. Montgomery
Guy P. Gannett
Augusta Yacht Club
Agnes Kingsbury
Crockery
David T. Percy & Sons
Chester
George H. McElman
Bath Street
Donald Carswell
Fort Popham
Fort Baldwin
Bessie Mae Curtis
Dingley Teachers’ Training School
J. F. Purinton
Fred Bowie
William T. Ham
Charles A. Ham
Rufus Ham
Isleford
Arthur Ham
Ferdinando Gorges
Maine Central
Miss Tenney
Morse High School
Auburn
Harry Oliver
Winneyance
Mr. Oliver
Alice
Kennebec
Boothbay
Rockland
Preston
Penobscot
Salmon River
Silas Owen
Westport
Boston
Ransom B. Fuller
John W. Gilmore
Gilmore
James P. Ledyard
Arthur Larrabee
Bermuda
Prince Arthur
Merritt Albee
George Albee
Maine General Hospital
Bath Fire Department
Sewall
High Street
Comeau’s
American Bonding Company OF
Baltimore
Maryland
FINE
Eastern Gas & Appliance Co
RCA
American Central Kitchen
John L Jack Register
Harold 1
Goss
John L. Jack Register
John L. Jack
Aetna Casualty and Surety Company
Automobile Ins. CO
Bartfori
Abbets
Cook Capital
Y Insurance
Vie Park Place
GAI Neal
Bath Charies
United States
William St
Real Eatate Yee
Albany Insurance Company
Word, Maskachl SE PS
DEW A
Acon Street
Atlas Absurance
Kieal Fata
A Ltd
Keamoan
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