Forty years ago in Bath noted real estate and events
July 29 1919 reports Mouse Island sale to Dr Harry E Fosdick and Harold Gilpatrick from Keyes H Richards. It also notes local developments including Mel Groves marble shop sale, bank directors room completion, and Bath harbor happenings such as houseboat moves, new motors for Mignon, candy store upgrades, and Legion of Honor talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mouse Island
Boothbay Harbor
Harry E. Fosdick
New York
Harold Gilpatrick
Putnam, Conn
Keyes H. Richards
Samoset
Schooner Georgia D Jenkins Ashore at Grand Manan
The three masted schooner Georgia D Jenkins bound for New York with piling from Two Rivers Nova Scotia went aground on Big Duck Island Grand Manan New Brunswick. A lighthouse tender stood by to aid haul off at high tide. The Jenkins built 1903 at Phippsburg Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia D. Jenkins
New York
Nova Scotia
Big Duck Island
Grand Manan
N. B
Jenkins
Phippsburg
N.B
North Head
Blaisdell boat shop expands as busy season grows
The Blaisdell boat shop on the Woolwich shore adds a south extension to widen the plant by fifty feet to meet rising orders. Raymond Welch’s boat gets a new top, a life boat for a schooner is nearly completed, and the firm plans more work as it expands its facilities. The four masted Lydia McLellan Baxter, built by G. G. Deering Co., was towed to Bath for repairs after arriving from Gloucester. Sunday school picnic at Morse's Grove, Winneganee. Bath Chamber of Commerce set to hear Alfred J. Sweeney and Parker Lewis on trolley transportation. Steamship Wiwarna excursion to Boothbay Harbor and Christmas Cove scheduled tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Boothbay Harbor
Davis Island
Sheepscot River
Wiscasset
Edgcomb
H. Howard Larrabee, Jr
Winter and
Middle Streets
New England Tel
Telasco
E. R. Groves
D. M. Melcher
Front Street
Mr. Groves
Melvin Jones
Howard Wharf
Melville Jones
Quincy
Blaisdell
Woolwich
Raymond Welch
Petcy & Small
Blilvs
Lydia McLellan Baxter
G. G. Deering Company
Triton
New York
Gloucester
Baxter
Torrevija
Spain
C. L. Hemple
Rupert Baxter
The
People's Church
Morse's Grove
Winneganee
Alfred J. Sweeney
Lewiston
L. A. & W. Street
Parker Lewis
Bath Chamber of Commerce
Wiwarna
Christmas Cove
Eastern Steamship Lines
Sasanoa River
Fairfield pastor for First Baptist church named
Rev. Ernest M. Holman of Fairfield accepts call to fill vacancy left by Rev. C Ray mond Chappell who resigned to go to Middleboro Mass He will begin duties Sept 1 Tonight at New Arcade offers continuous dancing from 8 to 11 with Stacy's orchestra playing the dance program continues through the evening
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest M. Holman
Fairfield
First Baptist Church
C. Raymond Chappell
Middleboro
Mass
New Arcade
Stacy
Dance News and Local Happenings Highlight Evening Events
The article notes popular dance numbers including jazz and fox trot selections at the Arcade dance hall. It mentions Bath Camp meeting Monday with Mrs. Duschurme of Lewiston and lists other community notices. A Woolwich cash register at B C Potter store continues daily operation for 30 years. Mr and Mrs Eliot Fuller vacationing two weeks at Cotuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Arcade
Bath Camp
Royal Neighbors of
America
Woolwich
B. C. Potter
Mrs. Eliot Fuller
Cotuit
Cape Cod
Mass
Aug 1 1919 Isle bridge closure and aviation records surge
The Arrowsic bridge is closed after a warning and residents may leave or enter by night. An American aviator sets a new altitude record of 30 000 feet. The Winnegance coal barge launch is planned at Kelly Spear Co with Miss Marion Dean christening. The torpedo destroyer Crowninshield reports strong trials at Bath Tron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrowsic
Winneyance
Kelly & Spear Co
Marion Dean
Dorchester
Mass
FL R_ EF
Dean
Kelley & Spear Co
Crowninshield
Bath Tron Works
Rockland
Navy
Charles Dingley
Saturday Automobile Rush Clogs Main Street Traffic
On Aug 3, 1919, a heavy Saturday car rush formed a long queue on Commercial Street awaiting ferry crossing to Nennebec area, with crowds expected to swell for tomorrow’s sail on the Wiwarna at 9 15 a.m. to Boothbay Isles and Christmas Cove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Street
Eennebec
Broad Street
Lewiston Wins New England League Pennant After 38 25 Record
Lewiston clinched the New England League pennant finishing with 38 wins and 25 losses. At Portland Lewiston dropped the opener 8 0 and won the second 3 1. Fitchburg and Haverhill split their series. A Bath note highlights The Heart Of Humanity with Dorothy Phillips, plus local residents Isabel Carter and the Donnell family’s Japan visit and Bath’s growing tourist appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Satunday
Lewiston
Portland
Fitchburg
Haverhill
Confalone repeats St Mary's road race triumph for third year
Confalone, 27, of Wakefield Massachusetts wins the St Marys road race for a third consecutive year and takes New England 15 kilometer title with 51.37 on a 9 25 mile course. Dick Donahue of Quincy places second and John Kelley third. 26 finishers complete the Brunswick to Bath event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Confalone
St. Mary’s
Wakefield
Mass
St. Mary's
New England
Clarence H. Demur
Dick Donahue
Quincey
John Kelley
Kelley
Brunswick
Bath
Maine
Dow Air Force Base
Bangor
Consalone
Salem
Fred Pearson
Morse
Pearson
Sam Ouellet
Ashland
Ed. Confalone
Donahue
Boston Athletic Association
John McGee
Bowdoin College
Olympic
Frank Sebasteanski
Bowdoin
Ralph McInnis
Gerald B. Rioux
Jimers
George Sarkis
Field Days Association
Bill Squires
Notre Dame
Stanky Tiernan
North Medford
Gonzales Scotta
BAA
John di Commandre
Richard Packard
Tiernan
Squires
Scotta
di Commandrea
John Reitano
George Younis
Ernest Tracey
Gorham AC
Will Marot
Brent Johnson
Royce Sawyer
Jamaica Plac
Frank Kelley
James McSweeney
Lynn AC
Stephen Conley
Maine AC
George Newcomb
Portland
Ed Ouellet
al Potter
Stephen Ross
Baritone Solo Delights as Bathina Crowd Attends Concert
Sunday evening program drew a large audience with encores including a fine baritone solo by Mr. Boucher. A seven passenger Rio automobile owned by Fred E. Oliver of Bath was wrecked head on on a state highway near Ham's Fill and Cook's Corner. occupants uninjured. An automobile party from Nashua traveling to North Whitefield visited Bath en route to a cottage, including Mr. and Mrs. Wright and daughter Alice, and Mr. and Mrs. Strange among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boucher
Fred E. Oliver
Bath
Massachusetts
Ham's Fill
Cook's Corner
Brunswick
Nashua
N. I
North Whitefield
C. F. Wright
Alice Wright
Charles A. Strange
Wilbur Cameron
Charlotte
Herbert Cameron
Bells Are Ringing at Lakewood Theater Aug 10-15
Broadway musical Bells Are Ringing opens at the Lakewood Theatre August 10 for a week. June Ericson stars as Ella with Tom Avera as the playwright she loves. The show features songs and a witty book by Comden and Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakewood
Skowhegan
Lakewood Theatre
June Ericson
Judy Holliday
New York
Lakewood Company
Ella
Betty Comden
Adolph Green
Tom Avera
Constance Bennett
Shirley Jones
Funeral services for Mrs Edna M Southard in town
Wiscasset residents attended the funeral for Mrs Edna M Southard on Sunday. The first plane to use Birch Point air strip landed Saturday evening. Mrs Alice King of Niagara Falls New York arrived Saturday to vacation with her sister Mrs Earl D Rines on Federal Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna M. Southard
Birch Point
Alice King
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Earl D. Rines
Federal Street
Numerous Visitors Stop By Marrtown Family Home
Georgetow n cottage hosts Dr and Mrs Chahbazi and children Mary Ann and John Colarke guests of Mr and Mrs Roland Peterson of Arrowsic. Zorach family from Brooklyn stay with William Zerach and visit Camp Chewonki. Laskey and Hicks families share time in Marrtown with relatives from Bedford Scarsdale Milford and West Newton. European tourers Orrin and Mrs Winn seen in Marrtown. extended visits from Sagadahoc to Laconia link in weekend rundown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calabrese
Parvis Chahbazi
Mary Ann
John Colarke
Roland Peterson
Arrowsic
Carroll P. Powers
Tessim Zorach
Brooklyn
N. Y
William Zerach
Camp
Chewonki
John Marins
Cape Split
Machias
Miss Cowdry
New York City
Archives of American Art
Zorach
Walter Houghton, Jr
Edith
Marion
Scarsdale
N.Y
Henry Baum
Doris
Christine
Knubble
Robinhood
Montreal
Dan
George Laskey
Bunganue
Dick Peterson
Bedford
Mass
Marrtown
Fred Hicks
Jimmie
Milford
N. H
Fred Harrington
Greenwich
N. S
Stowe
Honus Hicks
Disy Hicks
Julia Lidsone
Farmington
Orrin Winn
Washington
Arthur Gilman
Warren
Laconia, N.H
Mr. Gilman
Franklin, N
The
Sunday visitors to Marguerite McNulty and Marblehead pair
Raymond Harmon and family along with Mrs. Ralph Card and the Travas couple visited Mrs. Marguerite McNulty on Sunday. Minot Percy and family from Marblehead, Massachusetts, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Fickett in the village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Harmon
Ralph Card
Harold Travas
Minnie Addon
Bath
Marguerite McNulty
Minot Percy
Marblehead
Mass
Leon Fickett
Playground Plans Merrymeeting Bay Animal Farm Tour
A visit to Simpson's Animal Farm in East Brunswick will be the featured event for Municipal Playgrounds next Tuesday. Children travel by bus to the farm for a guided tour and a picnic, paying 50 cents for admission and bus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simpson
East Brunswick
Bath
Bfore
Mayflower Descendants Dinner in Cape Elizabeth
Mrs. Walter Snipe and daughters Carol and Janet Converse called on Mrs. Marguerite McNulty Nene Perey and Dora C Hette who have returned to Marblehead Mass after vacationing at the Perey cottage. Ernest Oliver attended Christian Service committee and Unity Circle meetings with Mrs. Totman. Earl L Oliver of Waltham Mass son of George A Oliver had committal services at Oak Cemetery Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Elizabeth
Walter Snipe
Carol
Janet Converse
Marguerite McNulty
Nene Perey
Dora C fHette
Marblehead
Mass
Perey Cottage
Ernest Oliver
Christian Service Committee
Win Blair
Small Point
Thomas Totmin
Phippsburg
Union 48
Wooolwich Central School
Unity Circle
Thomas Totman
Earl L. Oliver
Oak Cemetery
Georgetown
Waltham
George A. Oliver
Weekend Visits and Social Notes From Five Islands
Five Islands residents and guests frequent the area this August including Mrs Bina Marr visiting with five Islands. Mr and Mrs Hopewell Underhill of Newtonville vacationing at Ledgewood with the Eustis family. Malcolm Schreyer of Chicago joining the Eustises for August. Boothbay trips taken by the Eustis group with Quincy Wales of Lincoln Mass. Vincent Davis of Leominster vacationing with his family at their cottage. John Winkley Jr and family and Greenwood of Fairless Hills Pennsylvania spend last weekend with Mrs Winkley. St Marys Bazaar in Bath attended by Sally Campbell John Flanagan and Francie Barter. David Hazenfus of Harmons Harbor at St Marys baked bean supper in Bath. Cpl Lynn MacMahon and Sergen James Deanin at the home of James and Margaret MacMahon for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braintree
Mass
Bina Marr
Hopewell Underhill
Newtonville
Ledgewood
Warner Eustis
Newton
Eustis
Cottag
Malcolm Schreyer
Chicago
Ill
Woolwich Notes From Page Three Seaside Trips and Vacations
Summer at Newagen Inn in West Southport. Merle Wathorne family toured Jefferson North Island to Six Gun City. Stanley Jenson and Alice Bowie plan to return to South Windsor after visiting Sagadahoc Ferry relatives. Merton Wright of Bath Iron Works on his annual vacation. Kenneth Sylvester and family enjoy Rangeley Lake cottage. Sylvester on vacation from Hyde Windlass Co. in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newagen Inn
Southport
Merle Wathorne
Ronald
Niel
Stephen
Tyler
Sue
Cory
Day's Ferry
Jefferson
N. IL
Gun City
Stanley P. Jensen
Alice Bowie
Bath
Windsor
Conn
Nelson Rice
Sagadahoc Ferry
Merton Wright
Bath Iron Works
Kenneth Sylvester
Sagadnahoe Ferry
Rangeley Lake
Mr. Sylvester
Hyde Windlass Co
Knight Anniversary Dinner At Harriet Beecher Stowe House
Lin colonvitte ermines Knight's son and wife hosted a Sunday dinner at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Brunswick to honor the thirtieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Knight of Sydney Iowa. A letter intended for Wolfgang Mozart was misdelivered to Wolfgang Wagner at 10 Beach Road Edgecliff Sydney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Harvey
R. Scott Knight
Lincolnvitte Ermines
Knight
Bernard Knight
Lincoln Street
Harriet Beecher Stowe House
Brunswick
Sydney
Wolfgang Mozart
Beach Road
Edgecliff
Wolfgang Wagner
Annual Bath Savings Meeting Granted Re-elections
The 107th annual meeting of Bath Savings Institution corporators was held at City Hall. Re-elected officers include Lewis E. Wilson as president and John P. Carey Jr as vice president. Treasurer Allan Spear and secretary Alexander A. Burden retained posts. J. Franklin Howe became assistant treasurer. Trustees named: Wilson, Taylor, Bates, Carey, Newell, Pierce, King, Spear. Raymond C. Small elected corporator. Deposits grew by 600000. total assets July 1 stood at 14659390.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Savings Institution
City Hall
Lewis E. Wilson
John P. Carey, Jr
Allan Spear
Alexander A. Burden
J. Franklin Howe
John N Taylor
Delmar E. Bates
John R. Newell
Dwight W. Pierce
Omar R. King
Raymond C. Small
Pleasant Street
Small
Morse Teacher Institutes Funded By NSF Grants
Institutes began June 29 and run to August 1 as part of graduate credit programs. Four grants totaling 175000 dollars from the National Science Foundation support Bowdoin tied projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin
National Science Foundation
Woolwich Service in Period Costumes at Nequasset Church
A Woolwich service will be held at the old Nequasset church at 2 p.m. The choir and ushers will wear period costumes for the event.
Summer Vacation Notes From South Windsor and Groton
A family group from South Windsor spends their annual summer vacation with Mrs Jensen’s sister and her husband in Sagadahoc Ferry before returning home. Mrs Mary Pratt and her family in Groton have concluded a weeklong visit with Mr and Mrs John Sylvester on Chestnut Street. Merle Hathorne and family of Day’s Ferry toured Jefferson to visit Six Gun City during his annual vacation from Hyde Windlass Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley P. Jensen
South Windsor
Merle Hathorne
Sue
Cory
Ronald
Neil
Stephen
Tyler T
Day’s Ferry
Jefferson
Gun City
Hathorne
Hyde Windlass Company
Probate Notices From Sagadahoc Court July 1959
Court of Probate in Sagadahoc County orders notices for multiple estates. Hearings set for August 10 in Bath with administrators appointed, executors granted, and guardianship actions including licenses to sell real estate in Bath. Names include Stacey, Hogan, Ainsworth, Dana, Wyman, Grant, Farley, Morin, Boudreau, Henderson, Green, Rubin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth
Sagadahoc
Bath
George C Stacey
Woolwich
Marguerite A Stacey
Robert L. Hogan
Arrowsie
Carol Anne Ainsworth
Eben Dana
Burton L. Hodgkins
Mary E. Clark
Frank K Wyman
Phippsburg
Florence W Jewel
Paula Jean Boudreau
Sacadahoe
Paul L. Boudreau
Frederick A . Henderson
Sngadahoe
Melvin B. Henderson
Jucy M Green
Donald N. Small
Harold J. Rubin
Estates appointed in Sagadahoc County probate records
Barbara I. Brewer Register of Probate certifies that in Sagadahoc County estates on July 14, 1959 named executors administrators guardians and conservators were appointed and qualified by filing bonds: Katherine Pepper executrix Harriet Bowker administrator Charles Small administrator John Carey administrator George Klippel administrator Ittian Pendleton guardian Mildred Hammons guardian, all dated July 14 1959.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara I. Brewer
Sagadahoc
Guardiaans
Katherine T Pepper
Harriet V Bowker
Phippsburg
Charles __T. Small
Mark Oliver
Bath
John P. Carey
Sarah FE KI Ippel
George F. Klippel
Ittian A. Pendleton
Mildred of Hammons
Barbara L. Brewer
Register of Probate
Also Mentioned on This Page
First National Bank
John Beaudet
Westport
Avay Oney
Clarey Candy
Bridge Hall
Bould
Laura DeCady
Boston
Armory
American Legion of Honor
Grand Army Hall
A. F. Becker
E. C. Fitzgerald
North End
Jean
Miss Plummer
George Plummer
Philadelphia
B. M. Plummer
High Street
Cleveland
Mme
James de Gorgorza
W. M. Letheridge
Mr. de Gorgorza
Kennebec
Chamber of Commerce
Winnegance Terminal
Thompson
Preble
Winnegance
Augusta
Auburn
Watson Frye Co. Ltd
Lillian Fortin
Tingham
Muess
Emma Lowell
Western Ave
Path
Westbrook
Rex Peacock
Freeport
Franklin McCormick
Peacock
Texaco 146
Texas
Providence
R. L
West Bath District
Thomas Redman
Cecil Jones
Paul McGouldrick
Kendall Davis
William Philbrook
Adolph Bessin
Clifford Tabor
Israel Pierce
Jack Reed
Annie Trufant
Trufant’s Crossing
Islander
Zizania
Susanoa River
Oakridge
New Meadows
Otto Hooper
Mr. Lovejoy
York Hall
William D. Sewall
Small and Ingalls
Yarmouth
Wiwurna
Boothbay
Islands
Allen Holuban
Bath Opera House
Dorothy Phillips
Isabel Carter
Turkey
Wellesley College
Carter
Bath High School
Gorham Normal and
William Yule
Buckman
Loie Bucknam
Albert Bucknam
Charles Robinson
Hinzel Robinson
Lizzie Dunbar
Camden
Frank Lawrence
North
Cambridge, Mass
Sasanoa’ Bluffs
Lawrence
Cambridge
Lawrences
Bluffs
Charles Donnell
Kobe
Japan
Mr. Donnell
Charles R. Donnell
Carroll Watson
Washington Street
Donnell
Texas Steamship Marine Band
Popham Beach
Merrymeeting Bay
Annual
Bath Savings Meeting
Register
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