Bath News Bits and Social Notes August 8 1916
Bath items list local events from August 8 1916. Rebekahs fish chowder at Mrs Costello Hall Woolwich and Sandy Hook rescue of schooner Frederick Duggan after storm damage near Nantucket. Local travel, visits, theater plans, school start delayed to September 11, and a Bath Mobile & Gas Co dividend.
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Rebekahs
Coast Guard
Bresham
Sandy Hook
Frederick Duggan
Nantucket Island
Cardiff
Wales
Philadelphia
Marietta
Duggan
New England Company
Bath
Rain, crops, and garden notes from West Bath area
A West Bath resident reports the heavy rain helped crops, especially beans and corn, after a dry spell while hay suffered some damage. Town social notes mention residents John and Gladys Black traveling to Southport, Helen Hartwell and Eleanor Jones planning an outing in Popham, and gardeners praising sweetpeas. A Maine lobster of 18 pounds was captured by Everett Ames of Matinicus, sold for $4.20 to Capt. Thomas Mosher and delivered to Custom Wharf in Portland.
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West Bath
Helen Hartwell
Eleanor Jones
Portsmouth
N. H
Popham
Jones
Maine
N. F. Trefetheren Company
Custom Wharf
Portland
Everett Ames
Matinicus
Thomas Mosher
Harvey A
Bath Girl Scout News and Summer Socials Highlight Bath
Bath area notes from August 1916 describe aquatic stunts by Daniel Williams on the New Meadows, naval cruise plans for Bath youths, a Kennebec Yacht Club dance, and social events at the Bath Opera House. Highlights include water skimming, a Kearsarge training cruise with 67 Maine youths, a ball game at Kelley field, a box party for Miss Freida Mikelsky, and local visits from Portland and Portsmouth guests. The Islander steamer resumes after a freshet, and local figures like Commodore Ledyard and Scott Frye appear in cultural items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Williams
New Meadows
Dan
Bath Opera House
Freida Mikelsky
Eleanor Jones
Portsmouth
Helen Hartwell
Gwendolyn Vaughn
Margaret Cummings
Marion Hill
Lorraine Eggleston
Alice Deering
Frances Lord
Sophie Mikelsky
Lobsters rise to 40 cents a pound amid scarcity
Aug 13 1916 Maine notes explain live lobster supply is exhausted after past low prices. Fishermen predict rare lobsters akin to woodland caribou, with buyers getting 33 cents per pound. Also today Bath Iron Works launches torpedo boat destroyer Davis at 2 pm. Bath leaders Magoun Houghton Sewall and Hill depart for Kearsarge cruise. Walter Hill enjoys Cape Newagen outing as Hopkins family plans auto trip to Albion Monday.
Four masted schooner ready for sea and cruise plans
The four masted schooner C. C. Mengel Jr. from Percy & Small yard is ready for sea with Captain Peterson expecting to clear tomorrow morning. The vessel will sail to New York with general cargo to west Africa and return to Jacksonville with mahogany cargo while Mrs. Reed and Mr. Reed visit in New London and Groton.
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U. S
George W. Morse
C. C. Mengel, Jr
New York
Africa
United States
Percy & Small Yard
Peterson
Lond
Jacksonville
Busy West Bath Grange session sets Fair dates
West Bath Grange held a Monday evening meeting led by Master Vern McNelly. The group approved Sept 14 and 15 for the annual West Bath Grange Fair and planned committee appointments and the program. Guests from Topsham and Groton attended as the evening featured pianist Florence Farnham, performances, jokes, readings, stunts, and a detective quiz before a social hour and dancing.
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West Bath
Super
Jack Lander
Burlington
Alice Inman
Purinton Brothers
Ohio
Rockies
the Grange
Polly Belanger
Lawrence Palmer
Margaret Morse
Topsham Grange
Roger McNelly
Donald Day
Sandra Smith
Robert Palmer
Jean Belanger
Augustine Ponzianna
Joan Arsenault
Linda Brewer
Donald Coombs
Ruth Doughty
James
Dora Royal
Charles Soule
Alice Johnson
Gary Meister
Hound Dog
The
Grange
Verna Coombs
Topsham
Groton
Conn
Phyllis Gagnon
Ferressa Freeman
August 14 1916 Local resignations and ship launchings
Nine teachers resigned from the local teaching force. Paul J. Koughan of Bath serves in Battery A First Artillery New Jersey and was called from Bowdoin commencements to duty in Douglas Arizona. The Kennebec sees the launch of the Rev A Frederic Dunnells boat at Popham with crowds gathered. William King’s centennial in Kingfield includes governor’s memorial tablet dedication by Gov Oakley Curtis. Weekend visitors include Miss Mabel Thwing and Mrs C P Wetherbee. Two launchings are planned, the James M W Hall schooner and destroyer Davis from Bath Iron Works. A woodchuck was captured during the shore amusements.
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Paul J. Koughan
First Artillery
N. J
Douglas
Ariz
Popham
Bath and
Phippsburg Center
A. Frederic Dunnells
Kennebec
Kingfield
Maine
William King
Governor King
Oakley C. Curtis
James M. W. Hall
Bowker's
Phippsburg
Davis
Bath Iron Works
Dresden Mills and South Dresden Services and Local Notices
Dresden Mills church holds service at 9 a.m. and South Dresden at 1 30 p m. A woods fire near archery grounds was extinguished by the fire department last week. A public baked beans supper by the Methodist society raised funds for church repairs. An engagement announced Natalie Rose daughter of Charles and Rose and Victor Gonier son of Ernest and Gonier Richmond. Miss Rose graduated in 1956 and works at Royal Typewriter Co Hartford Conn. Mr Gonier attended Richmond schools and served two years in the Army. employed at Pratt Whitney Co Aircraft Division Hartford. Harriette and Carolyn Sheldon visiting their brother Charles W Sheldon of Rockland returned Friday. Mr Sheldon visited here over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Karl Hatch and Mrs Margaret Hatch of Bowdoinham and Miss Alice Rich of Ohio were Sunday guests of Mrs Leslie Bailey and daughter June. Mr and Mrs Stanley Chapman and children Clifford Kenneth Deanna of Aruba vacationing at Eldred Chapman Dresden Mills. In October Donna will enter the University of Maine. Mr and Mrs Hamilton Bailey and Miss Mary Sargent of Rehoboth Mass vacationing at their summer home on Call's Hill. Mrs George Bailey of Gardiner will join them this week. Mrs George Chick of Brunswick visiting Bridge Academy relatives. Needle club and husbands motored to Harpswell for a shore dinner. The Escortal burial place of nearly all Spanish kings and queens. Less than 2 percent of Swedish babies born in 1954 died in first year.
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Dresden Mills
South Dresden
Methodist Society
Natalie Rose
Charles Rose
Victor Gonier
Ernest Gonier
Richmond
Royal Typewriter Co
Hartford
Conn
Gonier
Pratt-Whitney Co. Aircraft Division
Harriette
Carolyn Sheldon
Charles W Sheldon
Rockland
Sheldon
Karl Hatch
Margaret Hatch
Bowdeinham
Alice Rich
Ohio
Leslie Bailey
June
Stanley Chapman
Clifford
Kenneth
Deanna
Aruba
Eldred Chapman
Donna
University of Maine
Hamilton Bailey
Mary Sargent
Rehoboth
Mass
Call's Hill
George Bailey
Gardiner
George Chick
Bridge Academy
Brunswick
The
Needle Club
Herpswell
Arrowsic notes on locals as community news heads
Miss Constance Howe, 16, of Arrowsic enters Morse High junior year after Bath Memorial hospital stay. Mrs. Jennie Howe learns of the death of Mrs. Frank Staples of Esmond Rhode Island, a friend to Woolwich locals. Various visits and travels occur among residents including Airman Darrell Baker on leave, and local social club gatherings at Indian Rest. Community members attend NY trips, retirement and work shifts, while James Steen and Esther Steen face hospitalizations. Milk seller Russell Sturmer to retire, replacing with Bowdoin College post.
Road Association Meeting Highlights Maine Highway Growth
The Road Association meets to discuss coastal highway progress near Woolwich and Wis casset with safe sight lines and truck routes along hilly sections. They elect officers and will hear George D. Varney from Kittery on Maine highway development during and after his legislative career.
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Woolwich
Wiscasset
George D. Varney
Kittery
Maine
Religious Diversity in Arab Countries
The article notes that while Islam is dominant, significant non Muslim communities exist in several Arab nations, highlighting religious plurality.
Foreclosure Notice on Bowdoinham Property by Luce
Alvah C Luce of Dronswick Maine forecloses the Ackleys mortgage on a Bowdoinham land parcel along Route 4. The deed dated November 18 1955 and recorded in Book 290 Page 239 is in breach, with fees and expenses to be collected as allowed by law. Proceedings date August 6 1956 Brunswick Maine.
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George E. Ackley
Mavelyn Ackley
Bowdoinham
Sagadahoc
Maine
Agadahoac
Alwah CC Luce
Dronswick
Cumberland
Acklers
Hiegins
Ervin
Leather
Ackley
Oliver T Snow
Ackleys
Ervin C Leathers
Alvah C Luce
Brunswick
Alvah C. Luce
West Bath Grange members attend White Oak Grange degree conferral in Warren
Nineteen West Bath Grange members join White Oak Grange in Warren as the fourth and fifth degrees are conferred on an eight member class. The event features a decorated stage, harvest supper, and a large turnout from West Bath and Topsham granges with many officers and guests listed.
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West Bath
Dora Royal
Howard Carr
Topsham
John Howe
Herbert Simpson
Alton Collins
James Royal
William Armstrong
Donald Coombs
Lucy Armstrong
Ceres
Arvella Holbrook
Pomona
Verna Coombs
Flora
Mattie Collins
North Bath social notes highlight local visits and events
Mr and Mrs Roland Leeman and children Kerry and Cathy of Woolwich dined with his sister and husband the Wing family. Camden visitors Mr and Mrs Robert Kennedy and sons Edward and Dana also dined with the Wing family. Kim Pearson celebrated her third birthday Aug 8 with a party at home. A long list of attendees from Bath and nearby towns attended. Several residents planned visits to Vermont and Maine, with vacations and casual gatherings noted. Stork shower honored Ardenne Haines on Aug 8 with helpers and gift givers named.
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Roland Leeman
Kerry
Cathy
Woolwich
Calvin Wing
Robert Kennedy
Edward
Dana
Camden
Kim Pearson
Russell Pearson
Delores Pearson
Debbie
Sandra
Royden Haines
Eulalia
Ardenne Haines 2d
Sarahjean Afflito
Anola Temple
Butch Haines
Ramona Pearson
James
Michael
Mary Haines
Naples
Raymond Kneeland
Rooke Farm
Vermont
Harmon Kneeland
Ricky
David
Bath
Morristown
Newport
Green Mountains
White Mountains
Kneeland
George Lawrence
Harry Higgins
Rome
Ardenne Haines
Pauline Woodman
Nequasset
Woodman
Marjorie Hawkes
Margaret Berry
Edith Burden
Charlotte Haines
Eulalia Haines
Arnold Temple
Ramona’ Pearson
North Beth
Martha Henrickson
Marylyn Haines
Margaret Rooke
Mildred Young
Sedie Fox
Beatrice Plummer
Thomas Tobin
Dorchester
Mass
Probate Notices from Sagadahoc County Maine
Lillian H Heal certifies appointees in multiple estates in Sagadahoc County Maine including Clyde Lake Bath, Thelma Lamb Bath, Sadie Miller Bath, Alvah Reynolds Georgetown, Charles Thomas Bowdainham, Cecil Paine Bath, Jane Paine executrix, Philas Tardiff Bath, Mary Tardiff, Elizabeth Williams Bath, Daniel Williams, Thomas Blaisdell Georgetown, Perleston Pert Bath, Annie Malia Bath, Patrick Malia. Court orders appoint guardians and administrators, with bonds and without bonds, notices to heirs, and hearings set for September. Judge Armand A Dufresne Jr presiding.
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T Lillian H. Heal
Sazadahoc
Clyde Lake
Bath
Ference
C Lake
Bend
Thelma Lamb
Arthur D. Dolloff
Sadie Miller
Dorice Frances Levine
Alvah C Reynoldstate
Georgetown
Aenes M Reynolds
Charles F Thomas Jate
Bowdeinham
Elizabeth 1
Thomas
Cecil EF Paine
Jane S Paine
Annie Malia
Annie M_ Malia
Patrick FC Malia
Ming Bond
Armand A Dufrfsne Jr
Harold B. Cranshaw
Newton
Massachusetts
Sagadahoc County
Maine
Old Colony Trust Company
Boston
John A Cranshaw
Wellesley
Harold B. Cranshaw, Jr
Sherborn
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Satl
John A. Cranshaw
Harold B Cranshaw, Jr
Annie L. Goodwin
Katherine G Oliver
Edith M. Miller
Vernon W. Miller
Edna A Neal
Alfred W Neal
Josiah W. Reed
Woolwith
Winship A Reed
Flora B Savage
Said
Tath
Melvin H. Savage
Esmie Percy B Savage
Alton P Reed
Ralph Goss Stétson, Sr
Dorothy D Stetson
Wendell P Stevens
John P Carey
Leon L. Spinney
FE Ward
Allan Spear
Annie Ward
Armand A Dufresne. Jr
Lillian H L, Redster
Parker Head Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Thornton Percy and family from Bath visited Mr and Mrs Frank Percy and Mrs Turner McCarty this week. Lobster stew supper was served for the Sportsmen's Club with help from Dro more Extension Service. The Ross children were hosted at Horse Shoe Beach in Popham. Mrs John Malcolm of Portland and Phippsburg Center called on Mr and Mrs Herbert Bassett. Turner McCarty visited Popham while Earl F Lowell visited Bath residents. Edith Wyman celebrated her sixth birthday with a family party.
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Thornton Percy
Bath
Frank Percy
Turner McCarty
Earl Lowell
Leston Harrington
Dromore
Sportsmen's Club
Laurence Thayer
Ross
Horse Shoe Beach
Popham
John Malcolm
Portland
Phippsburg Center
Herbert Bassett
Earl F. Lowell
Ralph Bennett
Edith Wyman
Dope Addicts Favor Morphine Over Opium for Concealment
The text notes addicts prefer morphine and heroin, opium derivatives, not opium, because they are less bulky and easier to hide. This reflects historical views on drug use and concealment strategies without graphic detail.
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