Bath News Roundup of Local Events and Appointments
Navy orders raise Lieut C F Hughes to lieutenant commander from July 1. Maine reports 626 auto registrations and 854 operator licenses. Bath hosts sailing party at Dr Barry's. Queen Esther Rebekah lodge picnic at Merrymeeting Park and opera attendance. Bath Driving Club plans Saturday races. new Bath Iron Works notices and government office changes. The article notes ship launches, local construction, and community gatherings with several prominent residents and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Merrymeeting Park
International Dinner Menus and a Paris Hotel Deal
Portsmouth envoys will sample Kenbec River salmon at dinners as prepared menus reveal. A Paris cable notes an American syndicate led by Charles W. Morse plans to buy the Continental Hotel site for a modern skyscraper hotel, with Morse reportedly investing 5 100 000. Sgt. Richardson of Fort Popham brings 500 pounds of dynamite for fortifications, while the four mast schooner Frances Hyde will depart Kelley Pear Co. yard next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Paris
Charles W. Jorse
Continental
Morse T
Sgt. Richardson
Fort Popham
Popham
War Department
Frances Hyde
Kelley Pear Co
Moving pictures grace Merrymeeting Park opener at Bath
August 1905 reports show H. R. Bronn and later Bemis presenting moving pictures at Merrymeeting Park to large Bath audiences. Notes cover local events from elm tree felling to yacht photos by Elmer F. Campbell and a forthcoming moonlit excursion by Odd Fellows with dance aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrymeeting Park
H. R. Bronn
Lake Grove
Auburn
Common Council Outing Plans Include Clambake at Long Island
The committee has set a Saturday trip starting Sagadahock Square at 12 45 by special car to New Meadows Landing. A New Meadows Steamboat Co. boat will carry the party to Long Island for games and a river sail before a 5 30 clambake. About 40 people will participate with John Martin and Harry Savage organizing the bake. Harry R Vickers of the Fenberg Stock Co. reports a large season opener at Columbia Theatre next Monday with a 23 member troupe arriving from Portland Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parks
Potter and
Edson
Common Council
John Martin
Ong Island
Council and Friends
Sagadahock Square
New Meadows Landing
New Meadows Steamboat Co
Long Island
Harry Savage
Harry R. Vickers
Fenberg Stock Co
Columbia Theatre
Fenberg Co
Portland
Morse High School Grounds Finished by J Rideout
August 12 1905 J Rideout completed grading the Morse High School grounds and reports the work in fine shape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Rideout
Morse High School
Gloucester guest and coastal notes from Bath region
Chester Marr of Gloucester Massachusetts visits Union street hosts Mr and Mrs Wilbur C Oliver. Kennebec Yacht Club holds a meeting with an informal smoke talk. Amethyst cargo steamer sits at Maine Central wharf with railroad ties. Moonlit coast views spark quiet plans. Laura Thomas of Columbus Ohio visits Squirrel Island and Bath before joining various Bath residents on a two week Donnell cottage outing on the New Meadows river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Marr
Gloucester
Mass
Wilbur C. Oliver
Union Street
Mr. Marr
Charles Marr
Bath
Katherine Oliver
Marr
Kennebec Yacht Club
Amethyst
Maine Central
Laura Thomas
Columbus
Ohio
Squirrel Island
Sabine
Margaret Hyde
A. N. Carr
Charles A. Carr
William H. Small
Frances
Mertie Morris
Lotta Carr
Donnell
New Meadows River
Old turnpike route to New Meadows Inn noted
A historic route from Center street past the standpipe through the woods leads to the New Meadows Inn. The Hyde Light Guards re- paragraph continues the description of local travel and landmarks along the old pike road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Meadows Inn
Center Street
Local contingents return from camp and city amusements
Soldiers marched from the armory after dismissal by Captain Kimball praising their camp showing and officers. Sergt. Farrin sails to shoot for Maine next week after receiving ammunition. Vacations begin for Everett Lord and Misses Ward Barstow Duncan Moulton. Mr Lord to Belfast and Brooksfield, others to New York. Weekend workers resumed duties, and prankster youths tied cows’ tails in a barn. crowds gathered at Merrymeeting Park for moving pictures with Bath Brunswick and Lewiston participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Kimball
Newcomb
Frank Farrin
Maine
Sea Girl
Everett Lord
Fannie Ward
Laura Duncan
Laura Barstow
Carrie Moulton
D. T. Percy & Sons
Mr. Lord
Belfast
Brooksfield
Barstow
Ward
New York
W. P. Hill
Henry Biggins
Frank Perkins
H. G. Turner
Arline Powers
Merrymeeting Park
Bath
Brunswick
Lewiston
Georgetown guests, Petersons aid Robinhood visit in Maine
Georgetown residents travel to New York after a vacation at the Reyher house in Robinhood. Local social notes include Mr. and Mrs. John Jordan of Kent's Hill visiting the Petersons, Pte. Harold J. Brown on furlough, and Grace Cushing of Bath dining with the Williamses. Roland Peterson buys the house and lot once owned by the Browns and Marston, adjoining the former Josephine Lewis farm. Albert and Marequita Deermont arrive from Chipley Fla with Miss Jean Stark. Deermont, a longtime summer resident, has won Chipley mayoral nomination, seen as likely winner in the second primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Reyher
Robinhood
John Jordan
Kent's Hill
Roland E. Peterson
Jordan
Peterson Bascaneer
Harold J. Brown
Camp Joseph
Carroll Powers
Grace Cushing
Bath
Thomas Williams
Gilbert Gunnel
Maynard Thirodeau
Howard Trafton
Edward Wren
J. F. Higgins
Dorothy Oliver
Walter Cummings
Roland Peterson
Allen C. Brown
Wallace E. Brown
Wallace E. Marston
Levi Totman
Josephine Lewis
Peterson
Albert Deermont
Marequita Deermont
Chipley
Fla
Jean Stark
Mr. Deermont
Popham Beach Hosts Visiting News Figures and Local Families
Weekend guests at Fort Popham include Mr. and Mrs. Morle Flewelling and son Richard of Skowhegan and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Flewelling with four children of Bath. The Perkins and Morse families also visited. Geoffrey Harwood and Mrs. Harwood, WJZ and WBZ analysts, vacation at Ledgewood cottages and praised Popham’s summer charm.
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Fort Popham
Morle Flewelling
Richard
Skowhegan
Guy Flewelling
Bath
Norman Perkins
Linda
Wes
Lester Morse
Judy
Winnegance
Clarence Perkins
Popham
WJZ
Geoffrey Harwood
WBZ
Mrs Ethel Blake Passes Away in Boothbay Harbor
Miss Ethel Blake RN of Fitts Street died Tuesday in Boothbay Harbor with her mother Mrs Mabel Blake at her side. The death notice records her as a local nurse with family remaining in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Blake, R.N
Fitts Street
Boothbay Harbor
Mabel Blake
Softball Tournament Plans Formed by Maine Leagues
District Commissioner Phil Oliver and Alec Burgess met at the YMCA in Portland with Bath Brunswick and other league leaders to organize the State Tournament on Sunday August 26. Portland will field two teams along with Bangor Bath Brunswick South Portland and Lewiston Auburn plus an alternate from the LA league. Rosters due by August 17 with 16 players per team and two alternates. A protest committee was named. The top Maine teams aim for the New England Tournament September 1 2 and 3 and Bath Brunswick’s Naval V Js seek a repeat finals appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Oliver
Alec Burgess
Bath Brunswick
YMCA
Portland
Oliver and Burgess
Bangor
Dr. Briggs
Bath
Paul Flaherty
Westbrook
Phil Legere
South Portland
Norman Thomas
Lewiston-Auburn
Albert Nies
Maine
New England
Bath- Brunswick
Naval V-Js
Big League Scouts Show Interest in Dwight Greenleaf
Two major league scouts have expressed interest in Dwight Greenleaf a 16 year old pitcher for Boothbay Harbor High School. Greenleaf son of Arthur R. Greenleaf Sea and Shore Fisheries Commissioner for Maine won nine straight games last spring averaging 10 strikeouts per game. He struck out 32 batters in two games against Lincoln Academy and Waldoboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Greenleaf
Boothbay Harbor
Greenleaf
Arthur R. Greenleaf
Maine
Lincoln Academy
Waldoboro
Young Greenleaf
Five Islands Social Notes with Dow Family Guests
The column records visits and summer stays including Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Dow and son with Five Islands ties. Helen Plummer of Bath visits grandparents Capt. and Mrs. William Plummer on Sedgemere. Pvt Laurence Davis of Bangor and his wife called on local friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Dow
Helen Plummer
Bath
William Plummer
Sedgemere
Laurence Davis
USA
State Conducts Service Today With War Time Reflections
The Governor and local officials spoke at a civic service in Augusta Maine praising the courage of servicemen and harassed parents. Mayor Sanford L Fogg Lt Col John F Conoley and Brig Gen George M Carter led the program with remarks urging dedication to the wartime effort. Maj Tom G Akeley and Rabbi Lewis Berent offered invocation and benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hildreth
Sanford L. Fogg
Augusta
John F. Conoley
State Guard
Maine
Fogg
George M. Carter
Tom G. Akeley
Rabbi Lewis Berent
Lewiston
Big attractions set for Windsor fair week
Six Days of Racing purses total 11100 plus a Labor Day program with 2300 for a ten dash card. The fair runs August 28 to September 3 featuring cattle shows 4 H judging baby show charity day Captain Andersons miniature circus and a three tent setup for horses livestock and dairy exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Robertson
Windsor
Robertson
Worthy Hospital
Captain Anderson
Probate notices appoint executors in Bath estates
John I. Jack Register of Probate of Saladahoc certifies appointments in several Bath estates dated August 1945. Named executors and administrators include Harrion E Bawte, Lynette Lee Knight, Matton Bowie, Clara Bailey, and Arthur J. Dunton among others, with bonds noted as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John I. Jack
Saladahoc
Anne N. Bowie
Bath
Harrion E Bawte
Ernest A Work
Tate
Lynette Lee Knight
Orange
California
Bond
Williams Whitney
Matton Bowie
Ros GG Bayley
Clara FE Bailey
Rust
Lennoxs Visit Bath Couple Hosts Weekend Guests
Mr and Mrs Charles Lennox of Bath were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Joseph Black of South Gardiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lennox
Bath
Joseph Black
South Gardiner
Lennans Host Mrs Edna Lennan Weekend Visit
Mrs Edna Lennan spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Llewellyn Lennan at their South Gardiner home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Lennan
Llewellyn Lennan
South Gardiner
Foreclosure Notice Involving Rotheus A Douglas Mortgage
Notice of foreclosure by Rotheus A Douglas on a mortgage deed dated May 1 1944 recorded in Sagadahoc County Maine. Property in Richmond town bounded by lands of Curtis Irvine Hoden Carr Watton heirs Noah Alexander and others, excluding parcel sold to Seth G Watson. Breach of condition cited. foreclosure dated July 27 1945.
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Gwen
Brunswick
Cumberland
Maine
Richmoned
Sagadahoc
Genoe M Curtis
Irvine Hodedon
Carr
S C Watton
John Sero
Noah Alexander
George Wren
Henry A Partridge
Seth G Watson Eovetine
Rotheous
Douglas
Bowdoinham
Rotheus A. Douglass
Local Jottings Brighten Bath Readers Notes
A Packard was stranded on the Carlton bridge for nearly five hours as a desperate search for a tire failed. relief came when the husband drove from Haverhill with a fitting tire. Police recovered a stolen 1940 Pontiac from Bath near Sedgwick. it was found unharmed on Washington Street. Meteors lit the sky Saturday night in a brief display noted by many observers. Mrs. Paul Hart will substitute as daily chair at Morse high school canning center Wednesday. planning to phone by 7 30 Tuesday. Maine State Guard units left Bath for Camp Keyes at Augusta for a week of general warfare practice. Organist change at Winter Street church set with Mrs Albee succeeding Mrs Andrews. Bath residents Stanley and Dunlap Hatch enjoy a two week outing at Popham Beach. Mrs Mary Comeau and son visit Clifton, Mass., relatives Ralph Dawe.
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Charles L. Pratt
John W. Gimore
Arthur Ansert
Hyde Light Guards
Augusta
Co. C
Bath
Ansert
Chicago
William Starr
Elizabeth Phillips Dean
Milton H. Douglas
North Woolwich
Miss Dean
Douglas
Woolwich
M. E
Epworth League
Day's Ferry
Carlton Bridge
Haverhill
Mass
Sedgwick
George W. Kesley
Washington Street
Joseph Thibodeau
Paul Hart
Canning Center
Morse High School
Gerard Billington
Hart
Carl Abbee
Winter Street
Carlton Andrews
East Brunswick
Albee
Probate Court Notices for Bath Estates in August 1945
A Bath Sagadahoc County Probate Court order requires notice to interested parties for multiple estates. Published in Bath Independent, hearings set for September 4 at 10 a.m. to hear petitions for probate, administration, and land sale licenses. Executors and guardians are named or proposed for each estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Therton
John L. Wilson
Ralph O. Dale
Frances H. Peaskee
David L. Wilson
Carrie B. Potter
Rachel P. Sievers
Florence M. Bates
Delmar E Bates
Delmar E. Bates
E'tate
Eva C Dunton
Orono
Pinobscot
Pittsfield
John D. Thompson
Gladys I Irish
Ernest B. Heald
Charlotte M. Heald
Lily C. Harley
Nashua
New Hampshire
Webster F. Harley
Leon LaClare
Eva
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Yester
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Command
E. Tucker
Y Point
Dr. Barry
William of
Melrose
John F
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Thoma
Richmond
Dinsmore House
Desden
The
Lewiston Sun
New Meadows
Bath Driving Club
William McNeal
Alexder McNeal
Corliss Street
Fred W. Harrington
Bath Iron Works
S S
Small Point
Arnold
Wadelphia
Jchrison McIntire
Cape
Ms. Arnold
Governent
Bath On Works
Akes
R. T. Tecomb
Lieunant Stanford
E. Moses
U. S
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French
Onway
Cobb
Hodgkins
Ain
Rockland
Agasta
Fenberg
Columbia
Heatre
Cmpany
Smith Tuttle
Atlantic Seaboard
Tuttle
Fair Haven
Conn
Kennebec
C. B. Harris
M. A. Shaver
People’s Church
Mr. Harris
Charles Ray Palmer
New Haven
Vid T. Percy
Palmer
Ray Palmer
Central Church
E. F. Huse
William M. Congdon
Upper
Joseph Webster
George F. Reed
Carnegie
Freeport
Charles Wolf
Cortelyou
C. A. Chase
Middle Street
Elmer F. Campbell
Five Islands
Beacon Street Society
H. R. Bemis
Georgie L. Drake
Hall
Rockport
St. Thomas
D.W
Rockport Ice Co
Demarara
Curacoa
Port Au Prince
Broad Street
the Times
Ricksecker
Anderson
North Atlantic Squadron
Evans
Kearsarge
Kentucky
Alabama
Corliss
Coombs
Sagadahock Block
Fred H. Kimball
Kimball Brothers Co
State of Maine Club
Somerset Street
Harry A. Neahey
A. T. Parker
Boson
Stanford E. Moses
F. E. Callaway
Oak Street
M. P. Harkins
Mr. Harkins
Granite
Bruce's Hill
Idle Park
Harold Boyds
Frye’s
Thooroughly
Merrill
W. A. Poor
Eastern Tea and Grocery Co
Brunswick Road
G. Erwin Daley
Parker Head
China
Philippines
Japan
United States
Capt
Samuel Morrison
Alice Morrison
Capt. Morrison
Pacific Coast
Ruansom B. Fuller
Bata
Odd Fellows
Holmes’ Orchestra
Nassau
Down River
Arthur I. Pepper
Edna
Mrs. Pepper
Arthur Pratt
Benjamin Flanderson
Pond Road
Georgetown
Popham Beach
BIG League
STATE
Pagene
Samuel Dorrance
Fair Association
Lawrence Carr
Arthur J. Dunton
John I
Maine State Guard
Camp Keyes
Mrs
Stanley Hatch
Dunlap Hatch
Mr. Hatch
Mary Comeau
Paul
Spring Street
Ralph Dawe
Clifton
Tve
Hazel C. Fether
Pil
Constance I. Fetherepil
Lydia Smith
John J Baxter
Alden G. Smith
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