Forty Years Ago In Bath April 6 1915
Bath page notes 35 workers at the Bath Shoe Factory shipping daily and new orders rising. A former Marine Co boatshop houses President Bacon’s animals. Barges carry coal to Augusta Kennebec. Bath Marriage records show two last month. Bath recruiters discuss basketball, concrete flooring, and town scenes include returning locals and shipyard activity. The Wadsworth destroyer set to launch April 29 and yacht club prep for early season sailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
City Council petitions urged for sidewalks and lights
April 7 1915 residents urged to file petitions for new sidewalks street lights drains and similar civic improvements in the coming weeks or wait another year Woolwich women plan a fundraiser dance at Sebenon hall with the Lucy E launch schedule to Bath at 7 30 8 00 8 30 and 9 00 pm The People's Ferry board elected H L Grinnell president L Eugene Thebeau secretary treasurer and Boardman Mains of Woolwich as the other member The retiring board included Charles E Bachelder president H E Worrey George Hathorn and E Randall Leonard secretary treasurer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Sebenon Hall
Lucy E
Bath
People’s Ferry Board
H. L. Grinnell
L. Eugene Thebeau
Boardman Mains of
Charles E. Bachelder
H. E. Worrey
George Hathorn
E. Randall Leonard
Bath items note diversions and shipyard event
April 8 1915 Bath Loan and Building Association praised as a steady institution. Bath grocers push for Thursday half day closing. Railroad visitors F G Ranney and Jonathan Story plan excursions to Pan-American Exposition. Submarine worker homesick and returned to Bath. Dredging needed at low tide in city dock. Lucy E. ferry incident on river. Dr McTeer expands dentistry in Wiscasset. Emblane launching at Bath Iron Works with Wadsworth torpedo boat near completion. Lane of E W Bliss Co visits with New York party and luncheon planned. Montreal visitors Augustine Guerrero T Dwyer James Jones return from Canadian Vickers. Arthur Sewall undergoes appendicitis surgery in Hartford. Arthur attends Westminster School at Simsbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. G. Ranney
Santa Fe Railroad
Jonathan Story
Wabash Railroad
California
Emblane
Bath Iron Works
The
Iron Works
Kennebec River
Wadsworth
Lane
E. W. Bliss Co
New York
John Holmes Hyde
Elmhurst
Kennebec Yacht Club names Felix A Stinson as chef caretaker
Captain Felix A Stinson will assume full charge at the Kennebec Yacht Club on Monday April 12 as chef and caretaker of the house. He has held the post the past two seasons to the satisfaction of members and visitors. He will begin with the spring cleaning of the clubhouse from keel to truck. Chairman Hall of the Board of Overseers of the Poor received a petition signed by the mayor and nearly all city council members asking to reconsider Edward Brown's appointment as master of the city farm. Brown, now qualified, will start duties late this week with a housekeeping arrangement. Chairman Hall calls the situation unusual since Brown has not yet proven his fitness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix A. Stinson
Kennebec Yacht Club
Hall
Board of Overseers of the Poor
Edward Brown
Brown
Emblane launches at Bath Iron Works. civic notes and local events
The April 9 1915 issue reports the steel steamer Emblane launching successfully at Bath Iron Works with a large crowd. It notes Grand Castle of Golden Eagles appointments in Carmel and various Bath happenings including a town meeting with 15 visitors, Morse High basketball success, a Chestnut Juniors baseball win, social gatherings, church news, naval connections, and local weather impacts on May dances and flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emblane
Bath Iron Works
Carmel
Bath Castle
Joseph W. Larrabee
E. Scott Greenleaf
H. W. Garland
Resumption of Kennebec and Boston Route Service Topic
The April 11 1915 item notes Eastern Steamship Co preparations to resume service on the Kennebec and Boston route with Bath hoping for year round operation. It also reports the burning of Rev George Rouillards Elm Street Baptist church at North Stratford New Hampshire where he had served for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Boston
Eastern Steamship Co
Bath
George Rouillard
Elm Street Baptist Church
North Statford
N. H
Local notes from Bath and nearby towns and events
Morning service at the ford Center church includes some joining members led by Clarence, with $3500 church insurance noted. Florida kumquats, the fruit the size of a pecan, were brought home by a Bath visitor. Ice on Cobbossecontee Lake ended and fishing resumes. Bath market sells red strawberries at 30 cents a box. The Cordelia fishing crew reports abundant cod and haddock off Seguin in 30 fathoms. A new soupensare at the Columbia theater promises brighter pictures. Richard Matthews Hallet travels from Boothbay Harbor to Cape Cod due to his uncle Ansel B. Hallet’s illness. Rain delays end as woods draws crowds. spring farming shows ahead with early milkmens. Bangor the state supt. Payson Smith argues to abolish the no school signal, noting it deprives pupils of instruction on rainy days. Phi Rho minstrel group plans an Assembly hall show for athletic aid. Arthur Sewall Jr. undergoes appendectomy in Hartford and recovers. he studies at Westminster School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payson Smith
Bangor
April 12 1915 diary notes city fishing scene and events
April 12 1915 reports a drunken incident at city landing as Captain M, a fisherman, celebrated prosperity by draining longneckers into the river. Captain P inhaled fumes, fell into the dock, and was drenched. The mayor marshal found only empty bottles and urged sobriety. The Driftwood club notes the episode as news and activity. Also listed are May Ball arrangements for Knights of Columbus and updates on river traffic, boat movements, and lobster scarcity along the shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Landing
Driftwood Club
Sigrid Van Hyene Tops Eighth Grade Speaking Contest
More than 150 attended Bath Junior High School Eighth Grade Speaking contest at Huse school auditorium under the Junior High School P T A. Sigrid Van Huene won first with Mark Anthony's Funeral Oration in Julius Caesar earning five silver dollars. Kathleen Watson took second for The Drama Group Goes Back Stage winning three dollars. A tie for third went to Kent Stone for The Owl Critic and Edward Plante for The Countersign, each one dollar. Judges included Morse High School faculty members. Officers for 1955 56 were elected: President Leslie C. Shumway. vice presidents Mrs. Francis Bertrand and Wesley Marco. secretary Mrs. David Vachén. treasurer Mrs. Courtney Stover. Meeting time moved to fourth Thursday at 7 45 p m with installation May 26. Rummage sale planned in May. State PTA Convention prep discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Huse School
Sigrid von Huene
Mark Anthony
Kathleen Watson
Kent Stone
Edward Plante
Moody Flint
Katherine Conley
Phyllis Wright
Kenneth Bickford
Morse High School
Judith Legard
Judith Ashe
Thomas Flaherty
Edward
Larrabee
Arlene Brown
Noah Caton
James Robinson
Carol Bennett
Edna White
Alan Church
Sally Grindell
Leslie C. Shumway
Francis Bertrand
Wesley Marco
David Vachén
Courtney Stover
Ways and Means
Portland
John Fahey
Robert Carter
Lawrence Wright
Erland Penley
Hay Prices, Glass Breakage, Local Affairs In Bath
Two loads of hay arrived at city scales priced at 16 and 17 dollars per ton. A car backed into a large French plate glass pane at City Landing garage, shattering it. Daniel Bishop plans to move a South End house to Popham Beach to become a Summer cottage, to be taken down on a lighter. Col. William O. Peterson and Capt. William P. Norton visited Bath for a Coast Artillery conference with local officers. Cobbesseecontee lake thawed, drawing a busy weekend of fishing after heavy ice loss. Kennebec Yacht Club admitted new members including George B. Moody, Gardiner Rogers, and others. Arthur C. Shorey is visiting relatives from New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Bishop
Popham Beach
William O. Peterson
Portland
Coast Artillery Corps of
Maine
William P. Norton
Bath
George A. Baker
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Lst
Samuel K. Wakefield
Harvey K. Erskine
Nightingale Club Entertained By Mrs King at Edgett Street
Mrs Arthur King hosted the Nightingale club at her Edgett street home with a dinner party. Two Boston residents, Miss Mary Perry and Mrs James B Lemont, attended. The group planned work on curtains and rods for the small ward while enjoying contract bridge and prizes for top finishers Arlene Footer, Edward Footer, and J Emery Footer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur King
Nightingale Club
Edgett Street
Boston
Mary Perry
James B. Lemont
Arlene Footer
Edward Footer
J. Emery Footer
Ralph O. Dale
Herbert Cavanaugh
Harold Freeman
John Freeman
Teen-Age 4-H Club Attends Modeling Class in Lewiston
Teen- age 4 H club members and mothers attended a Lewiston modeling class Monday evening before the Style Dress Revue set for May 7 at Webster Junior High in Auburn. Instructors were Mrs Joseph Chaplin and Mrs Lawrence Thornton of Bates Mills. Participants included Frances Butcher Judie Commeau Ellen Low Betsy Bertrand Donna Crocker Joan Robinson Joan Marsh and Joyce Scanlin. Mothers attending were Mrs Henry Marsh Mrs Paul Scanlin Mrs Evelyn Crocker Mrs Francis Bertrand Mrs Albert Robinson and the leader Mrs Granville Colby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Webster Junior High School
Auburn
Joseph Chaplin
Lawrence Thornton
Bates Mills
Frances Butcher
Judie Commeau
Ellen Low
Betsy Bertrand
Donna Crocker
Joan Robinson
Joan Marsh
Joyce Scanlin
Henry Marsh
Paul Scanlin
Evelyn Crocker
Francis Bertrand
Albert Robinson
Granville Colby
Busy Session of Colonial Club On Tuesday Evening
The Colonial Club met on Tuesday evening in Front Street club rooms with President Fred R. Morton presiding. Plans for Sports Night next Monday were announced with refreshment committee members named. A Field Day at Sebasco on June 18 features golf and bowling against Woodfords Club of Portland, followed by a banquet. Committees for 1955-56 were formed for Golf, Bowling, Activities, Membership, Sick and Welfare, Publicity, Billiards and Pool, and a junior membership was approved. Edward Pangborn was welcomed as a new member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
Front Street
Fred R. Morton
William Curran
Harold Brown
James Caverly
Carleton Pye
Sebasco
Colonials
Woodfords Club
Portland
Edward Pangborn
Henry Mank
Ben Sabo
Paul Holmson
Eddie Page
Edgar Oliver
Roland Robinson
Dan Sculley
Gene Desmond
Gene Eberhardt
George Langzettel
E. Raymond Parks
Stan Commeau
Dudley S. Leavitt
Maurice Clark
Duncan Farrell
Carl Dearborn
George Barker
George VanWynen
Roy Loeschner
Jim Caverly
Merritt Mitchell
Francis Parry
Central Church League Hosts Silver Coffee Event
Central Congregational church group held its Silver Coffee on Tuesday at 9 Turner Court from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. More than 80 attended the Spring social with flowing arrangements of gladioli jonquils and tulips, a silver basket display, and a yellow accented centerpiece on the serving table. Volunteers included Mrs Gardiner R Deering and a list of ushers, hostesses, and committee members led by co chairmen Mrs John H Grindell and Mrs Donald T Page with several assistants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Congregational Church League
Gardiner R. Deering
Turner Court
Deering
Edmund P Briges
Karcher S. Jackson
Arthur W. King
S Theodore Bertocci
A. Lincoln Anderson
Eugene S. Sprague
Linwood
Informal Gun Dog Field Trials Set April 24
An informal gun dog field trial for pointing breeds will be held Sunday April 24 at Gillies fieldein North Baths across from the Sagadahoc Rod Gun and Skeet Association club house. The event begins at 1 p.m. Warren Leask chairs the committee with Ed Jackuth William Blaisdell Robert Percy Bert Leask and William Leask. First second and third place ribbons will be awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Bath Elks to Install Lodge Officers Friday
Blake B Annis and a Rockland Elks Lodge suite will install Bath lodge officers for the year at the meeting Friday at eight with Frederick E Drake Jr to be exalted ruler. Installations follow with a dinner at 6:30 and a Saturday night installation ball at 9 with a buffet after the 11 o’clock toast. Committees and officers listed include many named Elks from Bath and nearby lodges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blake B. Annis
Per
Rockland Elks Lodge
Bath Lodge
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
Joseph F. Desmond
Donald J. Emero
Edgar G. Hancox
Joseph H. Mullaney
Harold D. Perry
Timothy B. Wagner
Gilbert A. Hughes
John E. Sturtevant
Esquire
James F. Feeney
James E. Thorpe
Raymond D. Vachon
Grand Lodge
Percy W. Kingsbury
Harold V. Fielding
John P. Carey
George W. Gallant
Hugh S. MacDonald
Albert H. McMann
F. Waldo Marshall
Arthur E. Sturtevant
J. Haviland Torrey
Edward N. Hartnett
Joseph A. Robinson
George I. Finlay
John T. Voorhees
Bart O'Donnell
Chester Conneau
Iscar W. Greenblatt
Maurice H. Owen
Instalation Hall
Brian M. Jewett
Donald Burkhardt
Leslie C. Shumway
Ronald C. Oulton
Howard W. Mayo
Warren F. Hawley, Jr
William A. Grevers
Richard J. Jenkins
Buffet Supper
Edward J. McMann
Brooke speaks on National Automobile Week at Rotary Luncheon
H Rodney Brooke outlines the significance of National Automobile Week sponsored by the National Automotive Dealers Association. He cites a 44 billion dollar industry employing millions, with 13 million cars sold yearly and local dealers supporting 52 jobs with 170000 dollars payroll. A film titled Maine Travel News was shown, and guests from Lewiston Bath Junior High attended.
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H. Rodney Brooke
National Automobile Week
Rotary
National Automobile Dealers Association
Rotary Club
Brooke
Maine
State Highway Commission
Belfast
Rockland
Kennebec
U.S
Pine Tree Society Seeks Crippled Children Help in Maine
The Pine Tree Society for Crippled Children and Adults seeks handicapped youngsters it can assist. It operates Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital and Pine Tree Camp at Rome. President Mrs. William H. Dalton asks Maine residents to notify the society of children needing care as Easter Seal appeal reaches 225,000 homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
Hyde Memorial
Pine Tree Camp
Rome
William H. Dalton
Augusta
Pine Tree Society
Easter Seal Society
Town funds modern sewage system for Perryopolis
Mary Fuller Frazier of Philadelphia left about 1.5 million dollars for civic improvements in Perryopolis Pennsylvania. Trustees approved a 325000 dollar sewage system after 113 new street lights were installed as the first improvement when funds became available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perryopolis
Pennsylvania
Mary Fuller Frazier
Philadelphia
Dirt In Diets In Texas Doctors Link Geophagia To Dirt Eating
Dallas radio logists Dr. R. S. Clayton and Dr. Paul H. Goodman report geophagia as a fairly widespread habit in north and east Texas. They say it can be detected by x ray and detail their findings in Radiology. They are with the Southern Medical School of the University of Texas and have interviewed many patients who eat dirt or have done so at times.
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Chicago
First Day Birth Marks 10000th Morton Hospital Baby
Taunton mass reports baby Cabana born as Morton hospitals maternity unit opened in 1941. Parents Mr and Mrs Wilfred Cabana receive a $100 bank account and a set of baby necessities from city merchants.
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Taunton
Mass
Cabana
Morton Hospitals
Wilfred Cabana
Connecticut Aviation Committee Ignored Amid Legislature
Hartford reports that despite Connecticut's role in aircraft and engine production and a record 2,900 plus bills in the 1955 session, not a single measure was referred to the Aviation Committee. The status highlights limited legislative attention to aviation despite industry prominence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford, Conn
Connecticut
Aviation Committee
Dynamite Truck Crash Near Helena No Explosion Reported
A TMecar carrying 25 pounds of dynamite lost control on a Helena road shoulder, traveled 270 feet onto the highway and into a ditch, then rolled at least once. Driver Charles Hansen, 32, escaped with minor cuts and shock as the dynamite did not detonate.
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Helena
Mont
Charles Hansen
Probate Notices From Sagadahoc County Maine Estates
Court of Probate Bath Sagadahoc County issues notice of multiple estates including Timothy Claney Elinor B Percy Samuel Powich Perry A Colby Evelyn Ward Carolyn Moses Jate Curran and minor Donald Bailes. Hearings set for May. executors named for each estate. licenses to sell real estate may be granted. publication required in Bath Independent for three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Alice A Maney
William H Maney
Elinor B. Percy
Katonah
New York
Maine
Donald B Perey
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Samuel Powich
Sophie Powich
Perry A’ Colby
Harold J Rubin
Evelyn F Ward
Allan Spear
Carolyn M Moses
Allowanes
Livy M Green
Jate F Curran
Loretia Ro Curran Peters
Donald Bailes Et Als
Wiscasset
County of Lincoln
Sadie G Bailey
Probate court appointments in Bath area estates
Lillian H Heal Register of Probate for Sacadahoo County records appointments for Lena Dovelas Donnell and Winfred Snowden estates, naming Harry J Day executor, Louise Snowden executrix, and Carl Atbee administrator, all dated April 5 1955, with clerical attestations by Arthur J Dinton Judge of Probate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian H Heal
Provbate
Sacadahoo
Lena Dovelas Donnell
Bath
Harry J. Day
Winfred S Snowden Jr
Louise Madeline Snowden
Ada McGilvary
George M. Carton
Ian
Glidden
Carl Atbee
Arthur J Dinton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bath Daily Times
Marine Construction Co
Bacon
Pickering
Howard
Clark
A. H. Kimball
Colonial
Edward Morse
South Street
Times
Bob Howland
Los Angeles
Bath Auto & Gas Engine Co
George E. Lovejoy
Popham
Ransom B. Fuller
Central Church Sunday School
Irene Stearns
Elizabeth Houghton
Marguerite Hanson
Marion Dickson
Jennie T. Hodgkins
L. M. Mellon
King Tavern
Frank Dickson, Jr
Miss Evelyn Dickson
Leroy Dickinson
William Lee Tremaine
Bayonne, N. J
Glenville S. Tremaine
Elco Launch Co
Raymond Trott
Providence
Torrey
Eugene Mitchell
Almshouse
Purser McNulty
Virginia
Putnam
Washington Street
Park
Cosmopolitan Club of Young Ladies
Walter Potter
Herbert D. Higgins
Bowdoinham
Somerset Place
Mr. Higgins
Kelley-Spear Shipyard
Pinkham Gasoline Supply
Pinkham
New Meadows Boat Club
New Meadows River
Warren S. Morrill
Willis C. Baker
Arthur W. Brown
Judson E. Langen
George B. Ridley
O. E. Burkett
Alonzo G. Fisher
William H. Clifford
Sproul
San Juan
E. H. Hahn
U. S
Boothbay Harbor
Washington, D. C
Bath Loan and Building Association
Montreal
City Dock
Carlton
Dr. McTeer
Augustine Guerrero
T. Dwyer
James Jones
Canadian Vickers
Arthur Sewall
Harold M. Sewall
Hartford
Conn
Arthur
Westminister
Simsbury
Murray Club
Harry Deering
Deering Street
Merrymeeting Bay
Sagadahoc Council
Knights of Columbus
Music Hall
Gaudreau
Morse High
Ralph Gay
Harold Ward
Coss
Weinblatt
P. Fitzgerald
A. Attaya
White
C. Attaya
Warren
Pomeroy
Morse
Tigers
P. Miller
C. Muse
R. Muse
S. Jim
P. Kingsbury
J. Collins
J. Lynch
Mrs
Chester Plant
Allan H. Ramsay
Central Church Choir
Ralph Bragg
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Alfred Edes
Honolulu Harbor
Mary Barry
Bridge
John W. Hinds
Oak Street
Ford Center
Severa
Clarence
Florida
Cobbossecontee Lake
Cordelia
Seguin
Columbia
Richard Matthews Hallet
Cape Cod
Ansel B. Hallet
Phi Rho Minstrels
Assembly Hall
Athletic Association
Westminster School
Harry Sullivan
James M Royal
Henry M. Biggins
E. J Fitzgerald
Peter Labelle
Sagudahoc
Houghton's Wharf
Hawthorne
Fuller
Bowen Torrey
Dartmouth College
Governor Brooks
Willard Wade
Percy & Small
Brooks
South America
E. E. Pinson
South End
Opia
Sigrid van Hyene
Cobbesseecontee Lake
Arthur C. Shorey
New York City
Central Church League
Rockland-Lod
Elks
Viflian Wrar
Iillian H
Register
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