Fire destroys two story Rowe estate house at Thorne's Head
A two story frame dwelling on Henry C. Rowe's Thorne's Head estate was destroyed by a fire of unknown origin. Firefighters battled near the Kennebec River as a woods fire risk loomed. the building collapsed at 2 30 PM with 2 engines on scene and the barn saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Rowe
Thorne’s Head
Day's Ferry
Kennebec River
Albert Thompson
Washington Street
Walter L. Whitney
Washington
Winship Streets
Rowe
Thorne
Bath Taxpayers Club Ready For Business
City Treasurer Donald D. Young announced Bath adopts a 10 monthly payment plan for taxes running April through January. Members pay monthly with 2 percent discount if up to July 31 and no interest from July to January 1 1935. payments begin April 1 with $2 minimum and advance payments allowed.
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Donald D. Young
Bath Tax Club
City of
Bath
Maine student wins Hovey Memorial Scholarship
Stanley D Henderson of North Bath, a University of Maine junior and Morse high school alumnus, is one of three students at the State University to receive the 1934 Hovey Memorial Scholarship for the College of Technology. The award is $50 and based on scholarship, personality and achievement. Other honorees are Actor P Abbott of Trevête and Richard A Gallup of Ridlonville. Henderson has been on the Dean's List and is a Phi Gamma Delta president prospect, and he is a leading candidate for the University baseball third starter. James Comeau of Spring Street and George Comeau of Charles Street, employed in Waterville, visited home weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley D. Henderson
Morse High School
Bath School
Morse High
University of Maine
de Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
Morse High Girls Reported Missing
Morse high school freshmen Lillian Trainor and Adele Robichaud, both 16, disappeared Friday while believed to have headed toward Boston. Sightings on a truck toward Portland and later in Portland prompted searches across New England led by Bath officials and state police using radio broadcasts.
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New England
Lillian Trainor
Adele Robichaud
Morse High School
Miss Trainor
Thomas H. Trainor
Clifton Street
Miss Robichaud
Theophile P. Robichaud
West Bath
Boston
John P. Crosby
Portland
Congress Street
Bath
Adele
Lillian
Albert Henderson
Topsham
Hazel Higgins
Wiscasset
Walter L. Whitney
Bath End
Henderson
Brunswick Rotarians Urge Immediate Brunswick Bath Road Construction
Brunswick Rotarians at their Monday meeting voted unanimously to support the immediate start of road work between Brunswick and Bath. They urged the State Highway Commission to act now and asked Bath Rotary to adopt a similar stance. The route was not specified as to be followed. The road’s condition is described as poor and prompting calls for repair or a new road.
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Brunswick
Bath
State Highway Commission
Timothy C. Maney
H. and H. Bridge Club Meets at Merry Home
The H. and H. bridge club gathered Monday night at Mrs. Charles L. Merry’s Winneganee residence with Miss Marcia L. Petlock hosting. Substitute players were Mrs. Edna Carter and Miss Eve Petlock. Members included Mrs. Arthur N. MacDonald, Mrs. Joseph T. Smith, Miss Edith M. Renaud, and Miss Dorothy A. Renaud. Refreshments were served. The Renaud sisters will host the club Thursday at 39 Bath Street.
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H. Bridge Club
Charles L. Merry
Winneganee
Marcia L. Petlock
Edna Carter
Theresa _Dall
Eve Petlock
Maurice A. Libby
Arthur N. MacDonald
Joseph T. Smith
Edith M. Renaud
Dorothy A. Renaud
Renaud
Bath Street
Hardings Man Develops Tropical Fish and Plant Business
Charles R. Andrews, son of the late Fred L. Andrews, has expanded at Hardings Bath Maine to raise tropical and gold fish alongside annuals and perennials. His showroom features 33 fish varieties from angel to American Flag fish, with a dedicated aquarium room and hospital tank. The grounds include greenhouses, a new rock garden, and extensive plant beds. visitors are welcome to tour New Meadows Gardens Aquarium.
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Angel Fish
Paradise Fish
Jewel
Bath
Hardings
Charles R. Andrews
Andrews
Fred L. Andrews
Washington Street
New York
Cambodia
Siam
Goldfish
Ruth Thompson
Mexico
Mr. Andrews
New Meadows ‘Gardens
Brunswick man loses pants in Bath mystery
A Brunswick resident reported losing his gray pants with three key sets and vehicle registrations after staying in Bath. He recalled meeting a Bath man on Washington Street before everything went blank, while onlookers mistook a naked passerby for an escaped nudist.
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Brunswick
Bath
Walter L. Whitney
Maine
Massachusetts
Washington Street
Twin County Farm Bureau Leaders Report on Extension Activities
Saga dahoc county executive committee members from Twin County Farm Bureau summarize extension efforts in Auburn. Gertrude Marston of Woolwich reports on leather work and coat making. Wilson Bailey of Wiscasset discusses potato yields and farm bookkeeping. Emily Rideout covers Farm and Home Week and potential men’s farm bureaux. vote plans include inviting new affiliates and continuing the membership campaign.
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Twin County Farm Bureau
Sagadahoc
Auburn
E. L. White
Bowdoinham
Emily Rideout
Gertrude Marston
Woolwich
Wilson Bailey
Wiscasset
Marston
Miss Welch
Dromore
Topsham
Nequasset
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Bailey
Green Mountain
Androscoggin County
Missionary Play The Sign of the Cross Sponsored by Wesley Church
The Ladies aid of Wesley church will sponsor a missionary play The Sign of the Cross later in the month. Cast includes Evelyn Trott Katherine Shellenbarger Mrs William Davis Mrs Agnes Shellenbarger Miss Alice O'Brien Victor Paquet Sidney Knight Bird A Shellenbarger Rev Forest L Littlefield. Rehearsals Wednesday and Friday afternoons in the vestry at four. Mrs Shellenbarger Mrs Oliver Brown and Mrs Harris T Rodick are in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid of
Wesley Church
Evelyn Trott
Katherine Shellenbarger
William Davis
Agnes Shellenbarger
Alice O’brien
Victor Paquet
Sidney Knight
Bird A. Shellenbarger
Forest L. Littlefield
Shellenbarger
Oliver Brown
Harris T. Rodick
Crooker Returns From Porto Rico Visit Aboard Bull-Insular Line
Ralph E. Crooker left Monday night for Boston to await a Bull-Insular Line vessel and arrived Saturday night at his parents home on 1245 High Street after an absence since fall while he traveled to Porto Rico aboard the Mary of the Bull-Insular Line.
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Ralph E. Crooker
Boston
Awa
Bull-Insular Line
Hermon W. Crooker
High Street
Porto Rico
Mary
Bath Memorial Hospital proposal gains support in Bath
President L Eugene Thebeau urged changing Bath City hospital’s name to Bath Memorial hospital and building a $50 000 modern brick wing doubling capacity. He favored a central heating plant, enlarged laboratory, operating rooms, X ray and nursing facilities while preserving local memory of donors. May 12 named Hospital Day. plans by Thatcher Pinkham and John Leonard shown.
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Bath City Hospital
Bath Memorial Hospital
L. Eugene Thebeau
City Hospital
Pres. Thebeau
Bath Hospital
Thebeau
Bath
The
New England
Thatcher Pinkham
Bath Iron Works Corp
John Leonard
Bath City
Hosital
School of Nursing
American College of Surgeons
Winship Street Institution
History of Bath's North Militia orderly book 1803 1823
In Bath an old attic discovery reveals the North Company militia orderly book covering 1803 to 1823. It records the split of Bath into North and South districts, early 1800s church movements, shipbuilding growth, and 1804 assembly at Long Beach with a 60-man roster, arms and equipment lists, and officers including Captain Benjamin Foster.
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Bath
Old North Company of Militia
Massachusetts
Maine
West Bath
Kennebec
New Meadows
High Street
Washington
Marshall
Western Avenue
Center
Vine
School
Front
Pine
Summer
South Street
Trufant’s Creek
Washington Street
Russell
Spring
Center Street
Front Street
Elm
Merrymeeting Bay
Winneganee Bay
Witch Spring
Hon. C. H. Cahill
Granite
South Streets
North Company
Kenebeck River
Isaiah Crocker
Edw. H. Page
Humphrey Puringtons
Stevens River
Said Bath
North Militia Company
David Lemont
Edw. H. Pages
David Shaw
Benjamin Foster
Benjamin Davenport
Joel Ham
Foster
James Lambard
Daniel Peterson
Esquire
Jesse Mitchell
Edward H. Page
Major Shaw
John Page
Milita
Long Beach
Horatio G. Allen
Richard Parshley
Enoch Foote
Joseph Mitchell
Levi Ham
Cushing Allen
Benjamin Brown
Jonathan Bunker
Thomas Beckett
Gamaliel Crocker
Isaac Crocker
Caleb Ellison
John Edgecomb
Noah Ennis
David
Samuel
Patrick Welch
Thomas G
Joel Whitney
Benjamin White
James Ward
Edward Welch
Winthrop Young
James Robinson
James Moore
Samuel Light
Timothy Hubbard
John Grace
Samuel Hopkins
Nathaniel Donnell
Jotham
William Donnell
William Crawford
H. G. Allen
Ceuta
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Rowe Estate
Bath Taxpayers Club
Stanley Henderson
North Bath
James A. Comeau
Spring Street
George H. Comeau
Charles Street
Waterville
Acadia Lodge Pythians
Acadia Lodge
Knights of Pythias of Bath
Pythian Jubilee Committee of
Western Maine Jubilee Association
Pythian Sisters
Town Hall Place
Col. Elliot
Battery G
Coast Guard Defense of
K. of P
Fort George Lodge
American Legion
George T. Giles
Boy Scouts
Sagadahoc County
Farm Bureau Executive Committee
Memorial Hospital