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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 19, 1951

Page

8

Bath Forty Years Ago 1911 Graduation Plans and Local News

April 11 1911 Bath items include Morse High School graduation appointments for 60 graduates with awards in English and rhetoric. A Bath necktie factory proposal gains local business interest. Heating needs at Upper Grammar School prompt petitioners for North End with a 46 degree winter mornings. Boston bound delegates for Continental Congress of DAR. Easter sales and plays at Universalist church. Bath Lodge Odd Fellows installs officers and discusses Harbor View Hotel management. Morse High baseball opens season. Bath street conditions, curfew warnings, and local social events fill a busy Bath day.

Herbert E. Cole Morse High School Wealthy B. Baker Jennie M. Sawyer Leonora A. Knight Mary A. Berry Esther H. Jones Fish Harolds. Kelley William H. Millett Dorothy G. Palmer Howard B. Hawley North End Upper Grammar School Washington Street Grammar School Weeks Street

Dreamland Theatre Incident Sparks Smoke and Panic

Last evening at Dreamland theatre, just after intermission, scattered packing powder caused a smoke flare and a panic among patrons. Fire officials investigated but no serious injuries were reported.

Dreamland Teastre Intermis

Mrs John E Ryan of Boothbay Harbor Dies in Boothbay

April 13, 1911 obituary notes the death of Mrs John E Ryan of Boothbay Harbor formerly of the area. The brief item records her previous residence and ties to the community.

John E. Ryan Boothbay Harbor

Sardine Canning Season Opens in Eastport Apr 14 1911

The sardine canning season begins in Eastport with an unprecedented supply for the region. Fishermen report abundant catches and long lines at canneries as operations start for the year.

Eastport

Ames and wife visiting Bridgton relatives

April 16 1911 Lucian Ames and his wife are visiting relatives in Bridgton. Mr Ames connected with the New England Telephone exchange in Bath has his right foot injured while loading freight in the Bath office and will likely be off work for several weeks. The Bath built ship W F Babcock, famed in Australia, recently arrived at Cape Town from Puget Sound via Sydney, but is attracting little attention.

Lucian Ames Bridgton Ames New England Telephone Exchange Bath W. F. Babcock Australia Cape Town Puget Sound Sydney

American Ship W F Babcock At Bath Style Discharge

The article notes a United States ship the W F Babcock discharging lumber at the East Quay in an old fashioned method through bow apertures, likened to a dentist at work, and contrasts it with modern practices while detailing other local events and notices from Bath in 1911.

Sydney United States W. F. Babcock East Quay

American Bonding Company of Baltimore Financials 1950

Baltimore based American Bonding Company reports assets of 3.419 million dollars as of December 31 1950 with mortgage Lopes 16000 stocks and bonds 2.3539 million cash in office and bank 478159.63 agents balances 5s interest and rents 15174.75 and other assets 33934.26. Liabilities include cash capital 1 million total liabilities 3.3466 million and admitted assets 3.3488 million. Date 12-19-26.

American Bonding Company OF Baltimore Maryland

Probate Notices from Bath Sagadahoc County Estate Actions

Court of Probate at Bath Sagadahoc County on the first Tuesday of April 1951 orders notices for multiple estates. Executors and administrators are named or requested for Georgia A Randall Edward T Kelley Daniel Abbott Ziblatt Alden P Denham Dora L Howard William T Hall Byron F Barker and related trustees and heirs with accounts and name changes to be heard in May at ten o clock.

Bath Sagadahoc Bath Independent Georgia A. Randall Brookline Massachusetts Maine Henry Hughes Edward T. Kelley Jennett A. Kelley Daniel Abbott Ziblatt Lida A. Howard William T. Hall Bath Trust Company Lillie M. Leonard Bath Trust Mary Hall Rhodes (Jackson Mary Hall Sparrowe Byron F. Barker Mildred T. Wright

Foreclosure Notice on Bath Property Mortgage Breach

First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath claims a foreclosure on the real estate at 739 High Street Bath Maine due to breach of mortgage conditions. The notice, dated March 30 1951, names Grace P Dickinson and Bessie E Dickinson as joint tenants, with historical chain of title references to Gardiner R Deering Ralph E Legard and Forrest C Legard.

Grace P. Dickinson Bessie E. Dickinson Bath Sagadahoc State of Maine Sandahoe Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath Pegkring High Street Matthew Bright Lilly Asa Palmer Sanford John Shaw Gardiner G. Deering Deering Tucker Joseph M. Hayes Hayes James A. Winslow Edmund P. Briggs Simpson Maine Gardiner R. Deering Ralph E. Legard Forrest C. Legard First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath J. Frank Hunt

Foreclosure Notice Involving Reed Property In Bath Maine

Ruth M. MacKenzie of Maine mortgaged real estate in Bath Sagadahoc County to First Federal Savings and Loan Association. The notice lists three parcels tied to Isaac B. Reed with detailed boundaries and prior conveyances, declaring foreclosure due to breach of the mortgage terms. Frank Bunt, treasurer, files the notice dated 1-12-19.

Ruth M. MacKenzie Bath Sagadahoc State of Maine State of Maine Clifford Belanger Court Street Belanger Isaac B. Reed James A. Winslow Reed Sagadahoc Registry of Deeds George Belanger Winslow Court First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath J. Frank Hunt

Seven League Boots Play At Morse High School

A children's play Seven League Boots will be staged in Morse High School auditorium on Saturday April 21 at 10 30 a m. The story follows Hop o my Thumb and his sisters through a forest to an ogre s house. They escape with magic seven leagues and two gremlins. Presented by the Children's Aid Society of Portland and sponsored by the PTA Council as a project for good entertainment for children.

Ena Morse High School Hop O Thy- Thumb Portland P. T

Nurse Mrs Butka Enjoys Week-Long Hospital Vacation

Mrs. Katherine Butka RN on the staff at Togus Veterans hospital is taking a week's vacation. She and daughter Mary Lou, residents of Gardiner, visited her mother Mrs. Lula Marr in upper Washington street on Tuesday. They plan to visit Mrs. Emma Smith in Brooklyn, N Y, for several days starting Friday.

Katherine Butka R. N Veterans Hospital Togus Butka Mary Lou Gardiner Lula Marr Upper Washington Street Brooklyn N. Y Emma Smith

Bosnia Herzegovina Population Figure in Yugoslavia

Bosnia Herzegovina in Yugoslavia is described as having about two million residents. The note highlights the region within the federation and its demographic size.

Bosnia-Herzegovina Yugoslavia

Probate notices from Bath court list estate actions and appointments

In Bath the probate court scheduled hearings on estates including Florence F Comeau Edward W Bridgham as executor for multiple claimants and interested parties. Various petitions seek bonds, letters testamentary and orders to sell or convey real estate, with final accounts and conservatorship considerations listed for multiple Bath area deceased.

Probate court appoints executors and guardians in Sagadahoc estates

J Horace McClure, Register of Probate, lists appointed executors administrators and guardians for several Bath area estates with dates April 10 1951 and references to bonds and without bond. Named executors include Rexford G Clark Minacion C Pierce Mary E Boardman Mary D Avery Donald S Hall and others in estates of Hodgkins Brackley Boardman Hew Double Hall and Hall.

J. Horace McClure Sagadahoc Clara T. Hodgkins Bath Rexford G. Clark Everett Massachusetts Brackley Minacion C. Pierce J. Ernest Boardman Mary E. Boardman Achinia Matrix W. Hew Double Ary D. Avery Reading Lillian M. Hall Donald S. Hall Arthur Probate Rene Ae

Estate of Bath resident appoints executors and guardians

I J Horace McClure certify in probate records that executors administrators and guardians were appointed for the estate of Everett G Lemont of Bath deceased with Augusta P named executrix on December 19 1926 and Arthur W Jud acting as administrator. This is a true copy of the record as filed.

J. Horace McClure Everett G. Lemont Bath Ula Augusta P Arthur UW

Also Mentioned on This Page

The Bath Daily Board of Trade Odd Fellows Odd Fellows Hall Pleasant Street Auburn Brunswick Lewiston Mechanic Falls Boston Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity Arthur L. Pratt Merrymeeting Bay Kennebec John A. Morse Daughters of the American Revolution Ernest A. Allen Col. Dummer Sewall Harry C. Webber Washington, D. C Continental Congress National Organization Taft Old Point Comfort Morse Allen Webber Ida J. Cotton Grace Cotton Revere Mass Cotton James Lockery Washington Street John O. Moulton Evelyth Neal C. F. Ward Thomas F. Perkins West Bath Russell Bath City M. D. Whitlam Roscoe P. Higgins Great Council of Maine Burt M. Dyer Bessie Clark Ramona Council George A. Morris Jamaica Plain Mertie Morris A Morris H. L. Grinnell Norway Kelley, Spear Co Custom House Polar Star Lodge Roland Lewis Boothbay Harbor View Joseph C. Footer Lewis Dunlap Commandery No. 5 K. K Beacon Street Bro Nathaniel B. Cook Hiram Lewiston Brigade Lani Sewall F. R. E. Dean Marion Dorchester Harry W. Tucker New York City Water Street Becky Dunton Augusta Richmond Frederic Shipman New York Mme Emma Eames Emilio de Gogorza States Canada Mme. Eames Signor de Gorgorza Pacific Mr. Shipman Lillian Nordica Lower Middle Street Bath Iron Works Navy Department U.S Hannibal League Island Navy Yard Philadelphia Harold Ward Annie Knight Frances Stover Mary Kelley Lina Ross Florence Harris Herbert Brown Carl Crosman Roland Cony Louise Robinson Townsend Say” Knight Ryan Eastern Steamship Co Middle Street Center Street Edwin L. Emmons Emmons Seguin Delta Charles H. Ingraham of Popham Frank Coffin Fitchburg New Meadows J. Edward Drake Inn George Stanley Harvey New Meadows Garage Co Harvey Morse High Freeport Freeport High Hall H. Hawley Irving Baker Harold Thompson Clarence Parker Harold Wing Woodworth Merrill Allen Spear Mariam Page Arthur Hagan Galen Low Bath Lodge P. E. R. H. L. Grinnell F. B. Torrey, Jr C. A. Peaslee J. F. McCole H. A. Plummer J. Edward Hughes A. E. Desmond Uler H. M. Hartleb M.M. Lemont A. A. Percy James F. O’hara Wintigrop George W. Bright Gabriel D. Quibus Cramp’s Shipyard Winthrop Roscoe P. McFadden Middle Pearl Streets George B. Moody D. L. Black Eugene McGrath Epworth League Beacon Street Church William Hammacher Beatrice Alexander Missy Alexander Cundy’s Harbor Alfred Alexander Times Alameda America China Ian Bath Marine Construction Co Scott George W. Colby Salvation Army Miss Grace Dowling F. B. Torrey Richmond Bee H. E. Witham L. L. Lowell Castle Square Theatre Florence Lincoln A. V. Lincoln Jessie Lowell Ieresce Rockand Myrtle Lodge Odd Ladies Eva Bowker T. E. Artis Helen Wesley Ladies Aid Society Harry A. Walters Union Street John Conley Arthur G. Oliver Emma Pierce A. B. Tedford H. L. Hopkins Grace Warren John Troop Cyrus W. Longley S. Cook Longley Cook Troop John Gage Hopkins William Davis D. L. Howard E. S. Crosby Howard John S. Goff Velie-Empire Motor Co Bangor Howard M. Trafton Georgetown Ariel Addie McFadden McFadden Lawrence Bros South Gardiner Percy & Small Yard Daisy Farlin Jacksonville Bath Steam Dye House Walsh F. H. Pringle Maine Central Antoinet Wilmington Charles H. Wolston A. M. Bradford Ambrose C. Stannard St. James Mr. Stannard Bath Custom House Mr. Bradford Rockland W. F. Senter Bull Rock T. de Camp Sons of Veterans Music Hall D. D. Miller W. T. McGann F. W. O’brien Rullmann Lucy J. O’connor E. B. Heald W. W. Miller D. N. Heald State Letter Carriers Association Grand Army Hall Florida Noyes Hyde Windlass Co the Times George P. Larrabee Charles Stimpson, Jr City Register James Woolley F. D. Cahan Commercial Towboat Co Inez N. Carver William Wrightson Mobile Arthur Z. Dunton Register Play For Children Ing Riesday Indonania Ca’ Oang Sones Repoms Aid County Edward W. Bridgham Edward Virginia Dobbs Eric J Lawrence K. Sager Palisade New Jersey Augustus Perow Hannah E. Oats Sarina Curtis Cumberland Raymond E. Curtis Son Fulian L. Pomerie Theresa L. Pomerleau James Albert Shepard James Raymond Pomerleau Theophile P. Pobiend Harry J. Robichaud James E. Mitchell Edward Bridgham Thomas K. Haley Martin E. Haley Claire N. King Edith L. Gallagher Chesley Hutchins Gertrude Hutchins J. Horace Mocse
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