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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 22, 1943

Page

7

Forty Years Ago In Bath April 14 1903 Highlights

Bath notes mirror a busy town with college returnees from Andover. a High School play ticket sale. yacht club ballots. new launches near completion. fishing at Lake Cobbossecontee. a red buoy adrift near Cape Ann. and rail and street activity. Also listed are weather, church events, dances, and local incidents across Bath and West Bath.

Alameda Dance Draws Large Crowd On Saturday Night

The Alameda dance drew a crowd as large as usual with a march led by James Farnham and Miss Jessie Lowell followed by 100 couples. The Hyde Light Guards Armory hosted the same management on Thursday evening.

Hyde Light Guards William Spiett Ruby Miller Front Street Messrs Edward Gaudreau L. F. Holmes Alameda James Farnham Jessie Lowell Hyde Light Guards Armory

American Bonding Company of Baltimore Assets and Liabilities 1942

Baltimore firm reports year end 1942 admitted assets totaling 2,197,333.88 with gross assets of 2,250,381. Liabilities include 248,584.61 in other liabilities. Cash capital is nil with a surplus over liabilities of 749.27.

American Bonding Company OF Baltimore Maryland

Apartment Blaze Draws Second Box Alarm In Evening

Fire of undetermined origin caused extensive damage to the four unit residence at 740 Washington Street known as the former Dr. Barker home. Engine four fought flames in the kitchen ceiling while crews from engines two and four laid booster lines to control dense smoke and heat. Occupants include Mr. and Mrs. Fuller, the Tarbox family, Lieut. Harold Gibbons, Miss Allyn Jewett, and Miss Edith Hill. Chief Frates suspects the fire started between walls in the Hill Jewett apartment.

Washington Street Byron F. Barker Engine Four Vine J. Horace McClure Fred A. Fuller Fred Tarbox Harold Gibbons Allyn Jewett John R. Newell Bath Iron Works Corp Edith Hill The Iron Works Richard Frates Fire Department

Synchronizes Meters by Kollsman in Square D Division

An instrument to synchronize twin engine propellers to equal speeds has been perfected by the Kollsman instrument division of Square D company. It operates electrically by remote control via a wire connected to each engine.

Oak Street Grace Church Bath H. A. Huse Jr Kollsman Instrument Division Square D Company

Insurance company assets and liabilities totals

A historical financial snippet lists the Preferred Accident Insurance Co of New York assets as of December 31, 1912 including real estate 25 019.61 mortgage loans 178 145.00 stocks and bonds 8 610 908.37 cash in offices and bank balances 5 etc. Admitted assets 10 530 044.78 with total liabilities and surplus matching. Also Boston Insurance Company 1942 figures show real estate 11 etc. gross assets 25 754 etc. liabilities include net unpaid losses 2 030 666.20 uneearned premiums 5 509 823.72 and surplus 12 788 915.46 to total 25 711 618.91.

Preferred Accident Insurance CO New York Boston Insurance Company Boston Massachusetts Accident and Casualty Ins. CO OF Winterthur Switzerland John Street OLD Colony Insurance Company Westchester Fire Insurance CO William Street N. Y

Insurance Company Asset Figures from 1942 Ledger

A compiled ledger shows assets and liabilities for several U S insurers as of December 31 1942. BRITISH AMERICA ASSETS total 2 631 068 09 admitted with surplus 1 549 028 75. ACCIDENT AND CASUALTY OF WINTERTHUR assets 6 354 719 11 admitted 5 210 499 23. OLD COLONY INSURANCE asset totals 10 347 993 92 with surplus 6 491 196 33. WESTCHESTER FIRE INSURANCE assets include real estate and mortgage loans with total 19 7? and surplus 7 505 546 55.

Social Notes Highlight Portland and Bath Residents

Mrs Albert Bonney and daughter Germaine and other locals passed Wednesday in Portland. Ada Swetser leaves for South Windham to visit relatives. Marjorie Nichols returns from Pierce Secretarial School Boston for Easter with her parents. Mrs Edward True and family visit Boston Roslindale for Easter. Miss Mary Anderson at Pierce School Boston visits parents. Charles Doyle Jr. visits Wa terville for Easter with grandparents. Mrs Edward Daley recovering from operation. Dr Jacob Smith promoted to captain at Fort Bliss. Theron Thibodeau easter with grandparents in Friendship for sixth birthday. Mrs James W Stanton Boston visits Bath. hosts shower. Frederick White Jr USN leaves Bath for Detroit after training at Newport. Lieut Robert LaFleur wounded. air medal recipient, formerly Colby athlete.

Albert Bonney Germaine Ralph K. Hall James T. Bonney Portland Ada Swetser Park Street South Windham Marjorie Nichols Pierce Secretarial School Boston Arthur Nichols Cobb Road Edward Dale True Nancy Edward 3Rd Front Street Roslindale Mass Edward Daley Bedford Street Leighton Emery Street Jacob Smith Medical Corps U. S. Army Fort Bliss el Paso Texas Theron Thibodeau Joseph Thebodeau Green Street Chester Havener James W. Stanton John Cummings Oak Street Mary Carroll Vanona MacDonald Richard Haskell John A. Greene, Jr Nathan W. Watson Dorothy Anliker Louise Trainor Edith Small Charles L. Hoebel Bath Donald C. Larrabbee Brunswick

Real Estate Transfers Recorded in Sagadahoc County

Real estate transfers were recorded with the Sagadahoc County Register of Deeds. Transactions include Hiram T. Stevens to Bath Iron Works Corp. and Celia A. Hatch to First Federal Savings & Loan Assoc. along with multiple other land and building transfers across Bath Bowdoinham Georgetown Phippsburg Richmond Topsham West Bath Woolwich and Portland shopping mentions. Several names appear including Ansel L. Jewett E. Stanley Robinson and William Bell among others. Portland shoppers were noted at the end.

Sagadahoe County Register of Deeds Hiram T. Stevens Bath R. H. Houston Const. Corp Bath Iron Works Corp Commercial Street Celia A. Hatch First Federal Savings & Loan Assoc Front Street Nellie L. Daley E. Stanley Robinson Park Street Ansel L. Jewett Edward E. Stilphen West Street Arthur G. Spear G. Carl Adams Oliver Street Topsham George W. Stevens Annie L Hammond Ulysses G. Cressey George Gauthier Tend Burtdmeres Henry L. Johnson Philip Cohen Richard F. Springer Dennis Clara Leavitt Charles E. Judkins William Bell Ernest 2 Tedford Morton O. Small Albert Bourassa Frederick, Robinson West Bath Percy C. Bailey Leon N Belanger

Probate Notices From Bath for Multiple Estates 1943

In Bath Sagadahoc County a probate court orders notices for estates including Annie F Card Mary A O Brien and others. Officials announce appointments of administrators and executors and set hearings for May second at 10 in the forenoon. Public notice appears in Bath Independent for three successive weeks.

Bathin Sagadahoc Bath Annie F. Card Frances I Cromwell John Leslie Card

Bath Memorial Hospital Birth At Local Cottage Summer

Mr and Mrs Irving Leighton welcomed a daughter weighing 8 pounds born at Bath Memorial Hospital while they stay at their cottage for the summer. Mrs Lincoln Williams visited Bath for a day and had lunch with Mrs Milton H Douglas.

Irving Leighton Bath Memorial Hospital Lincoln Williams Bath Milton H. Douglas

Arthur 7 Denton Probate Judge Order Copy

A true copy of the original probate order is presented with attest statement by the clerk.

Arthur J. Dunton Arthur J Dunton Arthur Denton Orginal

Also Mentioned on This Page

Bath Daily Times Fred Thompson Andover College A. M. McDougall Duluth E. C. Stinson Owen Ledyard William Merry Lake Cobbossecontee Tom Cobb Hallet William Temple Farrar & Norton Stacey and Smith Kennebec Yacht Club Commodore Hyde Bibber Commodore Cook Nathan Stiles James W. Savage James A. Ham D. P. Briggs Theodore Hoyer, Jr Ernest Thunburg Einar von Feilitzen Cecil E. Payne Blaisdells Mr. Payne Cecil Crocker Kimball Bros. Co Eastern River Houghton Sewall Concord Concord School Taft School Watertown Conn Ladies’ Aid and Society of Lower West Bath W. P. Merrill Merrill Beacon Street Frederick W. Payne United States Payne William E. Payne Edward E. Carter Yale School of Forestry New Haven Frank D. Prescott W. H. Rogers Hon A. M. Penley Auburn Cape Ann Marr Kennebec Norfolk George W. Wells Eleanor A. Percy Wells Boston Light F. S. Wakefield Frank W. Ramsay H. A. Qwen Elmer D. Hodgkins Harvey K. Erskine Ed McAuliffe Kelvin Riggs Riggsville Genesta Order of the Eastern Star New Meadows Inn la Square Dr. Rugg Providence, R. L Oliver Moses Phil Coffin Margaret Metcalf Pond Cove Maine Phillips-Exeter Academy Miss Longley Chicago Edith Rice Bath Street Miss Rice Winter Street John Shaw Thomas B. Reed Augusta South Gardiner Lumber Co Boothbay Harbor E. Barter Augusta Lumber Co A. C. Morse Bernice Pauline Golder Lewiston Wesley Church D. B. Holt D. M. Humphreys Miss Grace George Robert Ballard Cox’s Head A. A. Percy Marcia Charles H. Adams New England Telephone Co George Hemmingway Bath Iron Works Charles H. McLellan North End Marine National Bank Howard Coal Co Seabird C. A. Hooker Lee L. Hooker People’s Church Mr. Hooker O’brien J. F. Tobey Elm Street George Henry Dole Popham Beach Kinco H. M. Sewall F. C. Whitehouse Mr. Whitehouse Bowdoin Paper Co Winter Harbor Popham Meloney and Stacey Pythian Hall O'Hara Capt. McFadden H. A. Duncan Charles E. Hyde Hyde Windlass Works F. W. Carlton Eastern Steamship Co New London Ransom B. Fuller Steward Searles H. S. Lord New England Kelley, Spear Co Ferry Street Fred Baither F. Ballard Henry Howard John Currier Frank Dunton William Decoste Hockomock Tors Pollister and Crane Bath Slip Henry Carlton Merrymeeting Lisbon Falls New Knights of Columbus, Sagadahoe Council Henry M. Biggins Chietnut Street Knights of Columbus Water Street Massee Sedgwick State Armory Lincoln Street Timothy C. Maney Father Cummings Lieut Broderick Usn Father Maney Mr. Biggins City Hall St. Mary’s Church Sumner Sewall Walter C. Rogers Comdr. Vincent Grady R. S. Hitchcock Harry Langdon J. T. Parris E. B. Parris Brockton, Mass A. C. Parris Bath Naval Cadet Band Paul Beckett Colonial Club Norridgewock Ellery Tuttle Ralph Berry William Tuttle Dr. B. F. Barker British America Assurance CO U.S N.Y Frederick George White, Jr Frederick G. White Detroit Mich Newport R. I Lewiston High School Adelaide Flewellyn Robert LaFleur Colby Daniel K. LeFleur Waterville War Department Lt. LaFleur U. S. Air Force England LaFleur Sagadahoc County Bowdoin Harold Williams Bradford Earl Tasker Barbara Tasker Forest Road Dudley S. Leavitt Center Street John E. Hatch Artland Rogers Perso Denis O'Sinnelat Mary A O'Br Nenna Charles Henry Vonal Fred S Curtis Harry Ll. Day Jase West Joseph Burward John P Carey Tver Luctet Ro Ames John BP Carey Betate J Bejle Briggs Couners Edward FB Henry M Biggins John L. Jack John Jack Probat Sagadahoche Phippsburg Maria Vo Llams Emma P Williams Marilla Vo W.lanes Tinson Ro Armstrong Louie C Armstree John L Jack Nettie Iter Potter Potie Watter Whitney Marri Beth Dunton John L. Jack Regi Ter Pfe Roy T. Pease, Jr Summit N.J Camp Polk Pease New Jersey Aps George William Morse Boonton Dshoc County Manon A. Morse Marion A. Morse J. Clifford Woodhull City of Lahor County It Trust Compan Nelle M Scot Loring D. Small Loring D Smail Harry M. McIntire Helen E. McIntire Helen E McIntire Rutherford Parrish Mabel Ane Ma A. Dionne Ate Nantsi Russell Bertha A. Russell Esme Lewis P Burges Arthur F James Lockery Angie G. Stinson ArroWsic Edith M Berand Bertrand Edith Wilbur Tertare Petrie John CL Tack Regiter
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