Bath Forty Years Ago Items From The Bath Daily Times
A Bath daily records notes from April to April, 1919 1920 including social calls at High street Washington Street and Free dom Bath opera house minstrels reception at Central church repairs on shingle roofs and patent coverings local sailing and fishing scenes and upcoming boxing bouts Lor raine A C in Augusta on April 21 featuring Danny Lorraine in two six round bouts with Young Chakas of Manchester New Hampshire plus lodge meetings and factory shipboard activity during a period of Bath history.
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Danny Lorraine
Bath
Lorraine A.C
Augusta
Young Chakas
Manchester
N. H
Bath readers split on daylight saving ballot numbers
In Bath 751 people expressed a view on daylight saving via the Times ballot with 674 in favor and 77 opposed. April 24 marks opening day for baseball, while road work on a Winne NT tel lus bridge begins with partial foot traffic access maintained during repairs. Other items note social visits, music duties, a new diesel propelled ship Solitare, and local events from visiting lodges to Elks performances.
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Bath
the Times
Fred Oliver
Phippsburg
Winne- NT
Tellus
Goats Lead Games as Sagadahoc Firemen Rehearse
The playful goat joined the lads in a sport the animal enjoyed as much as the boys. Sagadahoc Veteran Firemen's Association fife and drum corps holds a seven o clock rehearsal tonight led by Edward Hobbs inviting all noise makers to attend.
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Fife and Drum Corps of
Sagadahoc
Local notes greet spring in Bath Maine and Syracuse
Miss Helen Drake returns to Syracuse University after Easter vacation with her parents. Work begins on two bungalow homes on Elsinore avenue by Joseph C Footer and his son James. Local 234 Retail Clerks hold first annual banquet in YMCA Assembly hall with white linen and bouquets. Kennebec Yacht Club names Falter R Many commodore and Perry L Thompson vice commodore at annual meeting. Sugar prices rise to 17 to 25 cents per pound amid ice breakup. Bath power boats launched and to be in commission by Monday. Walter L Whitney takes Bath Maine Brokerage Co office management, replacing E S Kenny. Joseph L Gaudreau postpones concert to aid Maine Methodist Conference. Edward D Doughty, Bath navy man, reports a pleasant winter in the fleet with moves to Dry Tortugas and Havana. Mrs M J Sheridan returns from Hyde Park with sister Mrs A J Powers. Miss Margaret Hanson and Miss Louise Cahill drive to Brunswick for Bowdoin festivities and attend Psi Upsilon and Sophomore dances.
Early peas and radish seeds head to garden ground
Many plan Monday activities to ready kitchen gardens for planting. Gardeners anticipate sowing early peas and radish seeds as work begins.
Bath naval destroyer Hale arrives after record 3500 mile run
April 16 1920 report notes the destroyer Hale reached Philadelphia navy yard March 30 from Gibraltar in ten days covering 3500 miles. It marks the first non stop trip to Bermuda for supplies. The Bath item also mentions local social notes and upcoming events amid shortages and city life.
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Hale
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Gibraltar
Bermuda
Bath firm showcases products at National Marine Show
The Hyde Windlass Co. from Bath displays brass and enamelled white articles at the National Marine Show in Grand Central Palace New York. President Rodney Ross Cecil E Paine and other company representatives oversee the exhibit which features more than a carload of Bath manufactured goods.
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Bath
Hyde Windlass Co
National Marine Show
Grand Central Palace
New York
Rodney Ross
Cecil E. Paine
Maine Methodist Conference meets at Wesley church
Long Bath notes say the Maine Methodist Conference voted to reconvene at 9 30 tonight after the noon session. David Sprague from Trinity choir Boston is expected to sing at Central Congregational church Sunday morning. Bath events include Patriot's day impacts and local clean up plans.
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Maine Methodist Conference
Wesley Church
David Sprague
Trinity Choir
Boston
Central Congregational Church
Mr. Sprague
Bath
John Shaw
Oak Street
Easter Weekend Visits Across Wiscasset and Nearby Towns
West Bridgewater visitor Mrs. Harry Bailey stayed with Oscar Bailey on Federal street. Colby student Dean Shea and Bowdoin student Charles Shea joined parents on Gardiner road for the holiday. Mrs. Norton returned from Nashua to Churchill street. Lucille Shea, Mrs. Phy lis Lewis and Linda Lewis visited Falmouth friends. University of Maine student Thomas Rankin was home on Federal street. Mrs. Mildred Wyman and Anna White visited Josie Foye and Ida Crossman at Wilson's nursing home. Raleigh Tozer and Mrs. Bailey visited Hutchins in Wiscasset. Mildred Wyman and Llewellyn Wyman called on Madison friends. Tony Jordan of Malden stayed with Aubrey Fullerton on Gardiner road for Easter weekend.
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Dean Shea
Colby College
Charles Shea
Bowdoin College
Donald Shea
Gardiner Road
Alfred M. Norton
Churchill Street
Nashua
N. H
Lucille Shea
Phylis Lewis
Linda Lewis
Cleveland Quinnam
Falmouth
Thomas Rankin
University of Maine
Edgar
Rankin
Federal Street
Mildred Wyman
Anna White
Josie Foye
Ida Crossman
Wilson’s
Cooper's Mills
Raleigh Tozer
Cape Elizabeth
Harry
Familiarity With Buoyage Systems Makes Safer Boatmen
Readers learn to read charts and interpret buoyage symbols. Coast Guard maintains federal buoys across coasts. Red buoys stay to starboard when entering harbor. when leaving seaward red buoys are on the left. Four buoy types include nun red conical, can black cylindrical, lighted and sound buoys for night and low visibility. Obstructions use red and black horizontal stripes and mid-channel markers use vertical black and white.
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Coast Guard
Evinrude Boating Foundation
Baseball Assn Plans For Coming Season In Hyde Park
The Greater Bath Baseball Association met at the Recreation Center in Hyde Park and approved a five day a week program for boys aged 10 to 15. Six weeks of activity will feature instruction for 9 to 12 year olds and games for 13 to 15. Maurice Clark of Batt Junior High will run the program. Secretary-Treasurer Frank Torrey reported 242 memberships received, with over 350 still outstanding, and a projected $450 needed for the summer season. The next meeting is May 3 at 7 PM with a baseball movie program.
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Greater Bath Baseball Association
Hyde Park
Maurice Clark
Batt
Frank Torrey
Torrey
Sports Boosters To Organize Next Monday Evening
The Morse Sports Booster Assn will be formally organized next Monday at 7 in City Hall. The bylaws committee drafted a tentative constitution. Morse High School's 1955 championship basketball squad is honored. Members include Raymond W. Farnham and others. aims: recognize athletic programs, foster fellowship, and engage Bath citizens with Morse High.
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Morse
City Hall
Morse High School
Raymond W. Farnham
Morse Highchoo
Robert Perry
Larry Boardman
Elford A. Stover
Leslie C. Shumway
Bath
Bath Area Baseball Assn
Bath High School
Junior T
Day's Ferry Ladies' Aid Meets Tuesday Evening
Day's Ferry Congregational church women meet at the home of Mrs Carroll Me to plan hymnals for the church. May 3 at the Community club house hosts Grafton Davie of Wisconsin speaking on grapho analysis. co-hosts are Miss Marcia Stinson and Mrs Wallace Barn. Gerry Parker of Colby College visits Bath after the Eastern weekend and played in the inter-squad football game as spring practice ends.
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Edward Galant
Walter Sleeper
Cartter City Reed
Ralph Durgan
Clayton Stinson
Albert Richard
Victor Knight
Willian Bell
Springfield
Mass
Gerry Parker
Colby College
Frome
John Parker
Summer Street
Bath
Mental Health Association Directors Meet Monday
The Bath Brunswick Area Mental Health Association board met in Brunswick with President Charles E. Frost presiding. Membership chair Athern Po Daggsett said the mailing campaign to inform and recruit members would finish within the month. Frost and Warren F Hawley Jr. were named delegates to United Fund Agencies in Bath and Brunswick. Two open meetings were announced: in Brunswick at Sills Hall on Thursday and in Bath at Huse School on Monday. The next board meeting is in May at the Seymour house in Bath.
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3Ath
Brunswick Area
Frost
Warren F Hawley Jr
Association
United Fund
Bath
Brunswick
Sills Hall
Huse School
Seymour House
Wesley Official Continues With Youth Fellowship Plans
Miss Ruth Ellen Hunter presided over Easter activities as Winthrop East Readfield and Monmouth Methodist churches join Wesley guests for Sunday evening with Rev. David W. Bell as speaker. The long range planning committee chaired by Walter Upham adopted three aims and urged written project proposals. May 2 set for next committee meeting at Upham's home. Cub Scout charter renewal discussed. Cub committee elected. church authorized to sign. Cake and coffee served after adjournment.
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Ruth Ellen Hunter
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Winthrop
East Readfield
Monmouth
Taber
Probate notices of Sagadahoc executors and guardians
Barbara L Brewer, Register of Probate, lists estates with appointed executors administrators or guardians. ELLISON H Moody estate of Phippsburg appoints Geneva R Moody Administratrix with out bond April 12 1960. RALPH M Reynolds Woolwich appoints Louise W Reynolds Administratrix April 12 1960. Charles D Sullivan late of oath Charles D Sullivan Jr appointed Administrator April 12 1960. George Buchanan Phippsburg Villa A Buchanan Administratrix April 32 1960. Catherine D Hawley Bath John P Carey Administrator April 12 1960. Edward P Steininger Bath Emily J Steininger Administratrix April 12 1960. Barbara L Brewer Register of Probate 21-28-5.
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Barbara L Brewer
Sagadahoc
Ellison Henry Moody
Tate
Phippsburg
Geneva R Moody
Ralph M Reynolds
Woolwich
Louise W. Reynolds
Charles D Sullivan
Charles D. Sullivan Jr
George Buchanan
Villa A Buchanan
Catherine D Hawley
Bath
John P Carey
Dta
Edward P. Steininger
Emily J. Steininger
Probate Court Orders in Bath Estate Matters
In Saradahoe County Bath on the April court date 1960 orders publish notice for probate actions. Sophie M Dauphin seeks administration of John M Dauphin estate. Morris Garnet Merrick seeks name change to Maurice Garnett Merrick. others file fourth and first and final accounts for Rhoda Patner, Alice Pinkham, Sarah Adams. judge Harold J Rubin presides. Barbara L Brynwer registers true copy.
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Bath
Saradahoe
Coase
John M Dauphin
Sophie M Dauphin
Morris Garnet Merrick
Maurice Garnett Merrick
Ralph TL F Palmer
Charles T Small
Rhoda L Patner
Alice M Pinkham
Thomas J McDonald
Sarah A. Adams
Pauline H Adams
Harold J. Rubin
Easter Sunday Dinner Guests Attend Parker Family
Gerry Parker hosted Easter Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs George Musk Mrs Carl Anderson and daughter Elizabeth visiting Mr Parker's mother Mrs John Parker in Summer.
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Gerry Parker
George Musk
Carl Anderson
Elizabeth
Mr Parker
John Parker
Summer Street
Morse High Senior Wins Patriot's Day Race At Westbrook
Morse High School star Wayne Fitzgerald won the 12th Patriot's Day road race at Westbrook, finishing 2 miles in 11 25.9. He edged Don Verrill of Falmouth by 15 yards after a late battle. Fitzgerald led a field of 42 with Morse teammates Sanford Brown Ray Farnham Jr and John Butcher among top finishers. Richards Ouellette of Berwick was third in 11 29.0.
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Morse
Wayne Fitzgerald
Westbrook
Don Verrill
Falmouth
Verrill
Fitzgerald
Gary
Robert Bruce
Sanford Brown
Ray Farnham Jr
John Butcher
Richard Ouellette
Berwick High
Glenn Bergen
Ralph Newell
Gorham High
Jack Fortier
Berwick
Ted Winston
Kennebec
Peter Bancroft
Coburn
Edward Cochrane
Waterville
Ronald Harnois Westbrook
Easter worship events draw crowd in Bath area
Crowds gathered for sunrise service sponsored by the Greater Bath Council of Church Youth. Additional observances included a public breakfast at Wesley Methodist, regular morning worships, special Sunday school programs, and evening services, with a cantata at Corliss Street Baptist Church.
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Greater Bath
Mrs. Donald Egan Visits Her Mother in Liberty NY
Mrs Donald Egan of Newburgh New York arrives to spend a few days visiting her mother Mrs Joseph Kocha in Liberty New York.
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Donald Egan
Newburgh
N. Y
Joseph Kocha
Liberty Street
Bath Probate Court to hear will of Sven Blom in May
At a Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc County on the first Tuesday of April the court orders publication and probate of the will of Sven Blom late of Bath and appoints Margaret D Lonn and Dorothy F. Lowell executrices with letters testamentary without bond. The petition names Edward Hovarny and Charles T Small as parties or potential appointees.
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Bath
Sagadahock
Dorothy
FE. Lowell
Dorothy RE. Lowell Edward Hovarney
Charles T Small
Estate petitions and accounts from Bath and surrounding towns
Petitions seek appointments of administrators without bonds for several deceased residents including Vera Bell daniehter Frederick Cressey and Gertrude Hunt with heirs Alice M Cressey RALPH A HARRIS Florence Rooney Hennessy and H Raymond Harris Cecil M Harris. First and final accounts and second accounts are presented for multiple estates with guardians and executors named, including Sarah F Klippet Doris A T Carter Mason G Carter Bridget T Davis Vita Frances MacMahan and Ava Marta Whitney. Barbara L Brewer Register signs.
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Vera Bell Daniehter
Frederick D Cressey
Bath
Charles T Small
Alice M. Cressey
Ralph A Harris
Artington
Massachusetts
H Raymond Harris
Cecil M Harris
Cecil M_ Harris Brothers
Gertrude 1. Hunt
Georgetown
Florence “Ro Hennessey
Dobeon
Addu F Moulton
Geobtetown
Bridget T Davis
Vita Frances Macmahan
Arrawsie
Allowwance
Louw Elfen MacMahain
Ava Marta Whitney
Gardiner Ro Deering
Notable Probate Appointments and Administrators Named
Barbara Brewer, Register of Probate for Sagadahoc County, lists executors and administrators appointed in Bath and surrounding towns. Guardians, administrators without bond, and executrix appointments span March 1960 to April 1980 with filings of bonds and qualifications noted for each case.
Foreclosure notice on Mill Pond lot in Bath Maine
Manuel Cunha Jr and Dorothy Cunha joint tenants of Portland sign mortgage to First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath. Breach leads to foreclosure on a parcel in Bath described with a Mill Pond boundary, including a right of way and several adjacent lots, with prior deeds cited and dated 1923 to 1950. The foreclosure action is dated April 7 1960 and witnessed by a notary in Sagadahoc County Maine.
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Manuel Cunha, Jr
Dorothy R. Cunha
Portland
Cumberland
State of Maine
Sagadahoc
Bath
United States of America
Sagadahoe
County of
Brunswick Road
Sewall
Mill Pond
State of
Maine
Bates E Stover
Stover
Shenandoah Road
Bates RE. Stover
Elmer Allen
Savadahoe County
Savadahoe
Crosby
Saide Crosby
Nella S Stover
Rosamund S McGuigan
Carlton C Stover
Carol A. Kelley
Courtney E. Stover
Marjorie V. Stover
Francis W Stover
Gloria M. Stover
Nella S. Stover
Rosamund S McGuiggan
Emma A. Bowers
Bates E. Stover
Savadahoc County
Rosamond S McGuisgan
Carlton C. Stover
Corel A.kelley
Courtney F. Stover
Francis W. Stover
Emma A Rogers
Bates FE Stover
Everett P Lobby
Frances I Pibby
Eesary
First
Federal Savings and Loan Association of
Bath Maine
Foreclosure Notice in Bath Maine by Mortgage Association
Estella Mo Doughty of Bath conveyed land to First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath on August 18 1959. After breach of mortgage conditions the association seeks foreclosure on the Lot 17 property on Shaw Street with right of way, as per 1937 Bath Real Estate Plan. Document dated April 7 1960 signed by J Frank Hunt. Notary Betty-Jane Simpson.
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Frank Hunt
First Federal Savings and Loan Associaton
Bath
Betty-Jane Simpson
Sealy Notary Public Muea
Estella Mo Doughty
Sarpadahoc
Sta
Maine
Sagadahoc
United States of America
Sagadahoe
State of Maine
Sagadauhoe
Shaw Street
Bath Real Estate Company
H R. Lemont
Edward A Harrington
Phila M. Lane
Sagadahoc Registry of
First
Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath
Bath Maine
Federal Savings and Loan Assoctation
J. Frank Hunt
J Frank Hunt
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath
Betty-Janes Simpson
Sealy Notary Public
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