Bath area notes show schoolhouse sale offer and fatality news
Forty years ago Bath reports show A H Shaw offering 1200 cash or 1000 to move the High street schoolhouse. The finance committee set a public hearing for Monday to decide selling. Edward H Lowell dies in Bath with account of his yacht and a sailor’s suspect identity. Bath events include shipyard repairs, rescues by Edwin Ross, and a lively lawn party at Saint Marys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finance Committee
A. H. Shaw
High Street
Sandersy Coat
Academy Street
Edward H. Lowell
Lowell
Oak Street
O. W. Folsom
Winter Street
Boston
City Hospital
August Brings More Colonists to MacMahan Island
The August influx of visitors includes Dr. and Mrs. Wesley P. Dunnington of Philadelphia staying at Bates Westcot, Rev. and Mrs. George Rathbun and daughter from Detroit, and various others from New Rochelle New York Larchmont and Merion. Notable arrivals include Miss Alice D Snyder of Vassar and Bishop Paul Jones of Chicago among returning residents.
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MacMahan
Wesley P. Dunnington
Philadelphia
Penna
Bates “Westcot
George St. John Rathbun
Mary C. Rathbun
Detroit
Mich
Allenook
Allenoll
Alice D. Snyder
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Edward D. Snyder
Allen Cottage
Mary Alison Beatty
Merion, Penna
Carol Snyder
Haverford
John K. Lee
Horace
Bryn Mawr
Fox Island
Charles Y. Fox
Ardmore
Lillian Wheeler
New York City
Edward N. Nealley
North End
Paul Jones
Chicago
Lee Cottage
Treetop
Marie Doughten
Philadelweek
Mary M. Rogers
Montreal
Que
Miss Doughten
Elizabeth Cowden
Mass
Rebeccah Taft
Bradley F. Stoughten
Bethlehem
Benjamin T. Spock
New Haven
Genn
Stoughten
Lehigh Dean Heads Metallurgical Engineering College
A brother of Mrs. Pock serves as head of the Metallurgical Engineering department and as dean of the Engineering College at Lehigh University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. @pock
Metallurgical
Aeescane
Engineering College
Lehigh University
Sheriff on trail of Kelley assault suspects gains new clues
Sheriff Charles W. Messenger says clues point to three men who robbed advertising salesman Edward Kelley on the Bath Brunswick highway. A red headed man named John Crawford from Salem Virginia is suspected, with a revolver and hotel check leads under scrutiny as investigations extend toward a far southern state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Kelley
Charles W. Messenger
Kelley
New Bath-Brunswick
John Crawford
Salem
Witch Spring Hill
Walter L. Whitney
Bath
Sheriff's Department
Maine Central Railroad
New Meadows
Sheriff Messenger
Ancient camphor chest linked to Captain Sewall surfaces
An antique seaman's chest made entirely of camphor wood, found among Capt. Joseph E. Sewall’s late 1071 Washington street home furnishings, is valued as rare and historically significant by Rowe & Dalrymple. Dated 1889 papers inside suggest long storage, linking to Sewall’s 1877 sea career and later sailing commands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Sewall
Washington Street
Rowe & Dalrymple
Fremont B. Rowe
Boston
Joseph Sewall
Bath
Sewall
Ebath
Frederick D. Sewall
Old Bath High School
Bowdoin College
Susquehana
Edward Sewall
William P. Frye
Asia
Mrs Stover and relatives visit kin in Massachusetts
Mrs. Fred L. Stover and daughter June of 490 Middle Street returned Sunday from Lowell Massachusetts after a two week visit with Mrs. Stover’s sister Mrs. Harriet Pratt. They were joined by Mrs. Stover’s sister Mrs. Jack North of Los Angeles formerly Miss Emma Ansert of Bath. Mrs North and daughter Betty are now returning to the West Coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Stover
June
Middle Street
Lowell
Mass
Stover
Harriet Pratt
Mrs. Stover
Jack North
Los Angeles
Calif
Emma Ansert
Bath
North
Betty
West Coast
Dinner and Luncheon Menu Across The Week
A multi day meal plan featuring prunes orange sauce for breakfast and tomato soup with oats for luncheon. Recipes include meat hash with cabbage and beet salads, Cape Cod turkey with mashed potatoes, and apple dumplings with brown sugar sauce.
Coot Dominates New Meadows Regatta Amid Light Breeze
Dr Ralph D Warren's Coot won Class 1 at the New Meadows River Regatta, finishing in 4.19:30 as Joan by Jacob Verheus placed second. Class 2 saw Koala win with Harbone Stuart at Bear Island ahead of Nancy and New Moon. A 22-heat program included Bath entries and local sailors thriving despite the southerly wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Meadows River
Bear Island
Leonard Litchfield
Bath
Nancy
Shipping City Mariner
Willoughby Stuart, Jr
Charlie Blais
Dell
Ted Earl
Mischief
Harold Pulsifer
Harpswell
William D. Sewall
Nan
Atom
Pete Stuart
William H. Small, Jr
Bounty
Arthur Haskins
Coot
Ralph D. Warren
Joan
Jacob Verheus
Flying Fish
John Albitson
Crown Point
Lucky Strike
Leon Kelley
Brunswick
Carlana
Carl Severin
Koala
Harbone Stuart
New Moon
Willard F. Nason
Foster's Point
Libel for Divorce Court Citation in Strafford County
The state seeks a divorce libel for Thelma W. Doughty versus Walter A. Doughty with custody relief. The libelee is to appear in the Dover Superior Court on the second Tuesday of September 1939 to show cause why the prayers should not be granted. Publication of the citation is required in The Bath Independent, Maine, three weeks, with mailing copies to the libelee and a relative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Strafford
Thelma W. Doughty
Walter A. Doughty
Dover
Bath
Bath, State of Maine
Woolwich
Maine
Everett J. Galloway Dover
N. H
William H. Roberts
Yellows Peril Dominates Class 3 Feature at Bear Island
In a busy program, Yellow Peril with Stuart Jr wins Class 3 starting 3.20 at Bear Island pace. Standouts include Ba boon with Charles Blaisdell of Bath and Pintado with William Rand from Hopkins Island setting fast splits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellow Peril
Stuart, Jr
Bear Island
Baboon
Charles Blaisdell
Bath
Pintado
William Rand
Hopkins’ Island
Shardie
J. Edward Drake, Jr
Buccaneer
Raymond Small
Lana
Howard Mayo
Ripple
Theodore Earl
Mischief
Harold Pulsifer
Harpswell
Puss
William Sewall
Beachcomber
Harold P. Small
Whoopie
E. Williams
Foster's Point
Atom
Pete Stuart
Bounty
William H. Small, Jr
Fuddy Duddy
Arthur Haskins
Residents of Panama Take Gross Honors at Country Club
Panama residents Mrs Spencer Lincoln and Roy Leiser led the nine hole Scotch Foursome at the Country Club with a best ball of 49. Dr and Mrs Francis A Winchenbach claimed low net 53-14-39 in a three way deadlock for the net prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Lincoln
Roy Leiser
Panama
Francis A. Winchenbach
Lincoln
Leiser
Robert L. Brownell
Winchenbach
L. Eugene Thebeau
Allan Spear
Thebeau
Spear
Grindell
Robert Brownell
Josephine Fraser
Dave Henderson
Zell McCleary
John Harkins
Richard Hersom
Katherine McCarty
Lloyd L. Steeves
Lucille Johnson
Leon Buck
Edwin R. Andrews
Howard Mayo
Girard and Buck Set For Bath Club Finals
Wilfrid Girard, defending champion, advanced to the finals of the R. Rodger McInnes Memorial Trophy and President's Cup at Bath Country Club by defeating Dr E Motley Fuller Jr 1 up in the semi final. He will face Leon Buck in the 36 hole championship next Sunday. Buck edged Wil fred Chaney 1 up in the Governor's Cup round. Chaney, last season's no handicap club champion, battled Buck to the 18th green before Buck's par secured the win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfrid Girard
R. Rodger McInnes Memorial
Bath Country Club
Dr. E. Motley Fuller, Jr
Girard
Leon Buck
Fuller
Buck
Wilfred Chaney
Chaney
Public Auction Battle Sought In Sagadahoc Case
State of Maine Sagadahoc July 14 1939 notice. Judgment in favor J Bradford Sprague of Phippsburg against Nathaniel M Morse for 207.09 debt plus 17.11 costs. An execution dated July 7 1939 will sell Morse’s Phippsburg land August 16 1939 at 3 pm to satisfy the judgment. The parcel includes shore and river boundaries as described. Loring D Small Deputy Sheriff. 20-27-3
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Phippsburg
New Meadows
Wallace
Loring D. Small
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The
Daily Times
Charles Davenport
Isaac Jenkins
Pinkham
Hyde
Elmhurst
Hyde's Field
Lydia M. Deering
Foote & Sparks
Court House
Washington and
Linden Streets
H. C. Moody
Moody Bros
Knox Manufacturing Co
Camden
New England
Frank P. Lord
Edwin Ross
Cushing’s Island
Miss Alice
Mrs. McIntyre
Wallace E. Shaw
Roscoe
East Boothbay
William M. Bird
Somers Point
Barrett
Fawn Bar
Hull
Kennebec
Park's Point
Popham
Tarr
Mra Wiliam Bhienten Bhate
Bath Iron Works
Southpon
Dahlgren
Arthur Sewall
Wright
Dave Ames
Charles Hunnewell
Henry Lermond
Percy Hodgkins
Earl Leydon
Len Gowell
Bay Point
F. B. Nichols
Dorothy
Cherryfield
Lord
Merrymeeting Park
Howard Hunt
Maine General Hospital
Portland
J. Manchester Haynes
M. W. Sewall
Baltimore
Kalaia
Adelita of
Boothbay
Drummond’s
Randall Hitchcock
King’s Mill
Sally
Boothbay Harbor
Randolph and
Gardiner
Mary Mosher
William H. Mains
C. W. Longley
Georgetown
Rockland
Charles E. Bicknell
William H. Starkey
City
Bert Goiett
Tom Malia
J. J. Malia
McAuliffe
M. G. Shaw Lumber Co
Shaws
Yes
Capt. Lewis
Lugano
Kennebec Steamboat Co
New York
Allen McKinnon
Lavinia Bell
Kennebeckriver
New England Railway
the Slim Club
Ralph Mank
Leonard Gowell
Walter P. Hodgkins
Bernard Tarbox
Goodman
Barkentine
James W. Elwell
Mer
Long Beach
Bangor
Charles Norton
Greenleaf
Ed Brown
Master Walter
Five Islands
Odd Fellows
Oliver 8. Barrett
Goold
Washington
E. H. Turner
U.S. S. Annapolis
Arthur
Emma Furlong
Home Sweet Home
Alameda
High Seas
U.S
Annapolis
Columbia Orchestra
Spain
Military and Naval Orphans Home
Squirrel Island
Pres. Drake
Eastern Steamboat Co
Morse
Whitehouse
Maine State Firemen's Association
DR. Warren
New Hampshire
Stratford
Philip Miller
Donald N. Small
State OF Maine
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