Bath Daily Times 1919 to 1960 Highlights Nightly Club Events
Fortieth anniversary page notes Colonial club billiards with C W Henry of Boston, a Roland H Smith Post minstrel show near, Outing Club hike delayed by mud, Bath events include theatre trips, local visits, prize speech contests, and plans for semi professional baseball. Also reports on hunting, post office wagon, rail to Detroit trips, minstrel boom, drum corps recruitment, and Bath street traffic with out-of-town autos. Communities organized meals raising funds, umbrella thefts from city marshal office, and a free Gaudreau concert band at the Opera House. Fort Baldwin fence at Popham Beach underway. Evelyn lo seen from Augusta visit.
Bath and East Boston News Roundup in April 1960
Local notices report Mrs J O Wyman and Pauline of East Boston visiting relatives in Bath and Bath sister Mrs Henry Minott of Bath. Edward Granville Tuck promoted to chief surveyor at Bath Tron Works and American Bureau of Shipping. May ball planned by T W Hydecamp Sons of Veterans on May 3 at the Armory. Augusta daylight saving plan backed by city council. Bath Driving Club to host horse enthusiasts supper at Episcopal Parish House. Misses Hart Oliver Hartnett Cummings Small Sullivan Thompson Whitlam enjoyed Quaker Point over the holiday. Central church ladies aid hosts Friday. Morse High senior class to have Rev David L Wilson preach June baccalaureate. class parts elected. Elizabeth Moses visiting Brookline. Ernest Johnson attends Southern League banquet in New York. Alewives arriving, first smoked alewives expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Granville Tuck
Bath Tron
American Bureau of Shipping
Stevenson Taylor
Ethel Hart
Dorothy Oliver
Alice Hartnett
Margaret Cummings
Marion Small
Elizabeth Sullivan
Merline Thompson
Eleanor Whitlam
Quaker Point
Moore
Mrs. Thompson
Morse High School
David L. Wilson
Central Congregational Church
Gordon Miller
Edward Hawley
Will
Sumner Hayes
George Costain
Haviland
Torrey
Edward Hartnett
Intercollegiate Flying Association Meet at Mineola Field
On May 7 fliers from 11 American colleges gather at Mineola Field New York for the Intercollegiate Flying Association field day. Yale will be represented by Bath boy Sumner Sewall. Gaudreau's band will give a public concert at Bath Opera House Sunday at 8 15 pm with Allan H. Ramsay as soloist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Gaudreau
Opera House
Mineola Field
N. Y
Intercollegiate Flying Association
Sumner Sewall
Yale
Bath Opera House
Allan H. Ramsay
Derailment Causes 90 Minute West Arrival Delay
Freight cars derailed at Yarmouth blocked tracks delaying West by about 90 minutes this morning. Bath Lodge of Elks installed officers at a Thursday meeting with L Eugene Thebeau as grand exalted ruler, Eubra Troop as grand secretary, and Francis B. Torrey Jr as grand inner guard. The season opens for fishermen with rods ready for nearby streams and Brooks, while a northern robin influx signals spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Yarmouth
Bath Lodge of Elks
L. Eugene Thebeau
Eubra Troop
Francis B. Torrey, Jr
Train Derailment Delays Rockland to Woolwich Route
A westbound morning train from Rockland could not proceed toward Woolwich after the locomotive tender derailed about halfway between Wiscasset and Montsweag, tearing up roughly 50 feet of ties. Local notes mention community church ties, charity efforts, a land sale near the car barn, lodge meetings, a baseball game arrangement, and various town happenings in Bath and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
Woolwich
Wiscasset
Montsweag
Chilly April Closes as Bath Seeks Tourist Welcomes
April 26 1920 report notes last chilly wet week ahead with Saturday wrapping the month. Bath regrets unfinished hotel ready for summer tourists while Interchurch World Movement drive opens and churches report over two million dollars raised on opening day. Attending services Rev E H Post begins third year as pastor. social visits include Augustus Burnham of New York City staying with sister Mrs Frank Daley of 52 Beacon Street. Mr and Mrs C Harriss of Portland visit Bath. Miss Maude M Cunningham of Somerville Mass visits sisters Mrs Milton C Trott at 977 High Street. Thelma Creer of Medfield Massachusetts visits cousin Miss Dorothy Cornish. John Houghton returns to Bangor after weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude M. Cunningham
Somerville
Mass
Milton C. Trott
High Street
Republicans seek State committee seat in Sagadahoc
In Bath and Sagadahoc County Republicans wage a close contest for the State committee and committee woman posts. Converse G. Foun of Bath runs against Rodney E. Ross with both sides claiming an edge, while Mrs Esther Hawley of Arrowic faces Mrs Riva S. Curtis of Bowdoinham for the committee woman slot. Seventy delegates and alternates from Sagadahoc county will vote at the state convention, with 44 delegates allocated to the county and 19 from Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camimulteewan
Savedahoe County
Converse G. Foun
Bath
Rodney E. Ross
Ros
Sagadahoc County
Sive
Fran
Ross
Esther Hawley
Arrowic
Riva S. Curtis
Bowdeinham
Hawley
Curtis
Jetters
Confiretreviews
Sagadahor
Edward J. McMann
Tazell Robbins
Converse Fenn
Tigiald
Mayo
Fragmentary Names Rekindled In Unclear Delegates List
A distorted OCR segment lists numerous names including Lois Knight Donald Spear Catherine Robinson Vivian Panter Eleanor Spear Peter Owen Sumner Stwall Frederick Drake and others. The text lacks clear context or events, with garbled phrases about delegates alternates and a reference to an unclear location Banweer Ditr et.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banweer
Preble Open House Public visit ahead of delivery
USS Preble to host Sunday open house from noon to four as Navy and Bath Iron Works officials announce readiness ahead of Army Forces Day May 21. Local reports note rising out of state car traffic and unusually high tides bringing debris and wood to shores amid preparations for the ship’s transfer to service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Tron Works
M. Alexander
USN
Cindi Falward G._Fitz-Patrick
Brunswick Summer Playhouse Ticket Sale Starts
Luncheon at the Stowe House announced the 1960 Brunswick Playhouse season. Musical lineup includes Kiss Me Kate and South Pacific, with Carousel and Desrt Song among titles. Committee members from Bath and Brunswick lead the subscription drive and ticket sales through June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick Summer Playhouse
Stowe House
Brunswick
Victoria Crandall
Playhouse
G. Baer Connard
Stowe ‘House
Vickie Crandall
Brunswick Playhouse
Mocs Crandall
Kis
Roberta
Carousel
Kate
Bath
Vwen Hawley
Hows Far
Willige Skelton
M Dean Shaw
Leonard Smith
Harry A. Dunlap, Jr
Lioyd Beers
Donald Conroy
George Baer Connard
Bertrand Lavore
Both Iron Works
Robert Sutter
Wiseon
Harold Kant
Ted Lawrie
Brun-wick
Maine
Kahl
Nomination slate formed by Junior Hospital League group
The Junior Hospital League met at Mrs Carlton Day Reed Jr to appoint a nominating committee. Don auld N Small chaired with Mrs Reed and Mrs Leonard Mulligan to present officers for election May 10. Attendees included Mrs William Al Niss and many others. May 10 meeting set at Mr Zareness home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenior Hospital
Trelay
Carlton Day Reed, Jr
John G. Thorpe
Donauld N Small
Reed
Leonard Mulligan
William al Niss
Donald N. Small
Erling O. Barsness
Arshew B. Sides
Claus F. Hinck
Omar R. King
Donald Spear
Winslow Porter
Levon M. Bussey
John G Thorpe
Mes Hoamdi Akar
Iriam Bartow
William Fadchnaich
Teubrose
Reehard Ricker
Heme
Zareness
Edward Little Edges Morse 3-2 in opening game
Edward Little defeated Morse 3-2 at Welton Park in Auburn to open the Andy Valley League season. Morse took an early lead on a two base hit by White and an error, but Edward Little answered with two runs in the first inning and held on behind strong pitching by Hart and Butt. Emergences: unearned runs, five Morse walks, defensive miscues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Little Edges
Morse
Edward Little
Auburn
Welton Park
Dick Hart
Larry Butt
Morse Junior
Butt
Eddies
Neet
Larry White
Will Avery
Hart
Cruns
Lewiston
Comyn
Morsemen
Stephens
Rumford
Kelleyfield
Bath YMCA leader A M Main elected honorary chairman
A M Main elected honorary chairman East Monday. He has led the Bath YMCA Directors since 1947 and sits on Memorial hospital Board of Trustees since 1947. He retired from Municipal Recreation Commission last year and holds posts with New Meadows Yacht Club Pine Tree Society for Crippled Children and Adults. He is a life member of Bath Elks and Bath Rotary. A native of Scotland he arrived in the U S about 60 years ago and once headed Groton Iron Works. He later joined Tron Works in 1928 as a naval architect and will become a 60 year member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers next November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Monday
Bath Ymca
Memorial Hospital
Municipal Recreation Commission
New Meadows Yacht Club
Pine Tree Society For
Main
Bath Lodge of Elks
Bath Rotary Club
Scotland
United States
Groton, Conn
Probate Notices from Bath Sagadahoc Court April Nine Sixty
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc lists multiple estates with petitions for probate letters testamentary without bond and appointments of executors administrators and conservator. Names include Ven Blom Dorothy Lowell Edward Ho varney Alice Mo Cressey Florence Ro Hennessey Ralph Harris Florence Bates Sarah Klippel Addie Moult on Addie F Moult on Ella MacMahan Ava Maria Whitney Barbara Brewer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Odly
Bath Independent
Margaret D Lonn
Margaret D Lonn Lawr
UL Lowell
Dorothy FO Lowell
Dorothy EK Lowell
Dward HO Varney
Vera Bell
Frederick D Cressehy
Charles T Swnall
Alice Mo Cressey
Ralph A Fhiarris
Arlington
Massachusetts
Raymond Morrys
Cecil M. Harris
Fry
Reyvmond Harris
Ceci M. Harris Brothers
Florence RO Hennes
Lfon F Bates
Tate
West Bath
Alice R Small
Sarah FO Klippel
George F Klitppel
Doris T Carter
Doris A T Carter
Woolwich
Mason C Carter
Addie F Moulton
Georgetown
Alloawarree
Bridget T Davis
Ella Frances Macmahan
Arrowsic
Leu Ellen Macmahan
Ava Maria Whitney
Gardiner RO Deering
Roerbara Brewer Estate Probate Records
The Register of Probate for Saradahoec lists appointed Executors Administrators and Guardians for multiple estates. Names include J Forward Pomeroy Arthur H Delehann Evelyn Deehan Donald Stevens Mary Jane Cummings Elwin Hennessy Ruby Wala William H Smale Nettie L Stephens and Barbara Brewer with dates in 1960 to 1968 and bond filings noted where applicable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T Roerbara
Brewer
Saradahoec
G Howard
Marion I Leneh
Mareh
Filine Bond
J. Foward Pomeroy
Bath
Tallian JT
Pomeroy
Arthur H Defhan Iate
Fevelyn Ro Deehan
Donald R Steven S.tate
Georgetown
Everett Dd Stevens
Mary Jane” Cummings
Caf Bath
Robert Fo Criminis
Flwini. Henness
Barbara Tr. Brewer
Foreclosure Notice on Mill Pond Bath Property
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath proceeds with foreclosure on a Bath Maine property held by Manuel Cunha Jr and Dorothy R Cunha as joint tenants. The notice details a 1957 mortgage secured on land along Mill Pond and related lots including right of way, with references to prior deeds and heirs, and is signed by Frank Thant secretary treasurer of the association and notarized in Sagadahoc County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel Cunha, Jr
Dorothy R. Cunha
Portland
Cumberland
State of Maine
Sagadahoe County
Bath
United States of America
Sagadahoc
States of Maine
Hith
Brunswick Road
Sewall
Mill Pond
Coniucean
Savdohoe
Bates FE Stover
Snd Will Pond
Stover
Shenandoah Road
Bates E. Stover
Filmer Allen
Ld Mill Pond
Crosby
Said Crosby
Nella S Etsvar
Rosamund S McGuiregan
Carlton C. Stover
Carol A. Kelley
Courtney FE
Marjorie V. Stover
Francis W Stover
Gloria M. Stover
Sncadahoe County
Nelin S Stover
Ston
Nella S Stover
Rosamond S McGuiigan
Carlton C Stover
Corot A
Kelley
Courtney F Stover
Marjone V. Stover
M. Stover
Sapadahoac County
Soupdahoc
Everett PP Potsthusbands
Frances I Libby
Ini
Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath Clei
Maine
Savings and Loan Association OF Bath
Sealy
Foreclosure Notice of Bath Property by Savings and Loan
Estella M Doughty of Bath Maine faces foreclosure by First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath for a mortgage on Lot 17 Shaw Street Bath described in Bath Real Estate Company plan dated August 1 1987 and connected deeds. The breach of condition triggers foreclosure proceedings as of April 7 1960 with notary confirmation by Beetty-Janfe Simpson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Thant
Seere
Treneuver Otaund
Federal Savings
Toon Asseciation
Bath
Sae Corporation
Betty-Jane Simpson
Estella M Doughty
Sagadahoc
Moone
Sartadatloe
Federal Savings and Loan Association of
United States of America
Sapadiahoe
State
Maine
Saiumbihoe
Sad
Savadaha
Shaw Street
Edward A. Harrington
Phita M Lane
Veanme
Vlo
Phila M. Lane
Sapadahoc Registry of Deeds
Federal Savines and Taam Association of
Bath Maine
J Frank Hunt
Seal
State of Maine
Sagadihoc
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The
Bath Daily Times
Colonial Club
C. W. Henry
Boston
Roland H. Smith
Coumbia Theater
Tne Tree Outing Club
Happy Nook
Wilbur C. Oliver
Augusta
Walter E. Chase
Charles A. Harriman
Edard Hawley
Edward Mceuliffe
John Hunt
Halathia Club
Corliss Street
Katherine Mitchell
Bayard Voeker
Mike Hayden
cHeyfield
Florence Jewett
Abred Jewett
Pearl Street
Detroit
Rock Company
Avenue
George Smith
Jack Tfughes
Studebaker
Scott Frye
Samuel Levin
Bath Deparitment
Kennebec
Boothbay
Hobbs
Everett Rice
Bath Iron Works
Kelley Field
South End
Parent-Teacher Association
Washington Street
Lakin
Fort Baldwin
Popham Beach
Evelyn Lo
J. O. Wyman
Pauline
East
Wyman
Henry Minott
T. W. Hydecamp
Sons of Veterans
Armory
Bath Driving Club
Episcopal Parish House
Ladies Aid of Central Church
Henry Bickle
Blackwood
Elizabeth Moses
Brookline
Ernest Johnson
New York
Southern League
West Bath Red Cross
Annie Trufant
Morse High
Freeport High
Freeport
Wilson
Cahill
McCutcheon
Harold F. Hunt
William T. Boyd
John Thibodeau
New Church
Old Home
Warren EF. Kershner
Clarence A. Peaslee
Harry F. Morin
E. Motley Fuller
Seth S Mullin
Byron F. Barker
Louis Gagne
Androscogin and Kennebec Railroad Co
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Boston Transcript
John Clements
Genesta
O. FE. S
Capacé Loc Ath
High School Athletic Association
Interchurch World Movement
E H. Post
Cittizen
Augustus Burnham
New York City
Frank Daley
Con
Thelma Creer
Middleboro, Mass
Dorothy Cornish
John Houghton
Bangor
USS Preblems
Galen C. Moses
Washiston Street
Edgar Ho Wright
Elbridge Wright
Marshall Evebuee
Robert BE. Manson
Winngance
South America
Department of
Stamer
Beacon St
Opshee
Eltrehildren
Richard Towle
Laney
Leverett Mitchell
Linda Rice
Darlene Fitzgerald
Cynthia Fitzegarald
Robert Norris
Donna Freeman
Laurel Packare
Frances Barter
Areana Bragg
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Shhool
High Athooenior
Wesbrook
Witegerald
Schiol
Junior Hospital League
Barbara J. Brewer
Ellison Henry Moody Tite
Phippebure
Geneva R Moody
Agoraldson
Ralph MN Reynolds
Worlwich
Louise’ Wo Reynolds
Charles Sullivan
Sethe Dew Charles D Sullivan. Jr
Whrter Crorge Buchanan
Phipsburg
Villa A Buchanan
Catherene
John—P—Careyv
Foward P) Steininger
Piath
Emily J. Steinmeer
Eta
Fline Band
Barbara I
Brewer Register of Probate
Joan M Dauphin
Sophie M Donuphin
Bond
Sophie M Dauphin
Morris Garnet Merrick
Hath
Barbara L. Brewer
Bizier
Eee Doasts White
Durgin
Hy & Lep
Longley
Vallee
Vallee Morse
Edward Isittle
McCobbi
Gagne
Chalifoux
Ab H
Poole
Logan
McCobbb
Busses
McLeaovehtlin
Corliss Oc
Kins. T
Avery SS
Haskell
Ib H Longley
Nichols
A.M. Main
Harold J Rubin
Barbara I. Brewer
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath
Beytty-Janfe Simpson
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