Bath Schools of Years Ago Continue Historical Look
Bath recalls early education in Bath with memories of Master Patch at the first High Street school. The old South Street school housed by a red building with a hipped roof featured female teachers like Miss Hobart. 1805 saw Bath Academy chartered, trustees named, and later Mud schoolhouse built in 1836 near the willow tree on High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patch
High Street
South Street
Hobart
Morse
Miss Peck
Jonas Burnham
Old Academy
North Street
Bath Academy
General Court of
Massachusetts
Dummer Sewall
Squire
Bath
County of Lincoln
Senate
House of Representatives
Josiah Winship
Peleg Tallman
Nathaniel Coffin
Joshua Shaw
John Richardon
William Webb
John Peterson
Mark L. Hill
Dudley B. Hobart
Benjamin I. Porter
Sam Davis
Isaiah Crocker
Samuel Adams
Hcouse
Upper
Washington Street
John Parris
Miss Wormward
Mary Swett
Bath Road
Dominicus Campbell
Miss Warward
Fred Sewall
Miss Streeter
Joseph O. Hunt
Corliss
Willam Corliss
Smith Bryant
Aravesta Ferrin
John
Widow of Fred L Andrews Dies Suddenly at Home
Mrs Julian L Andrews 60 widow of Fred J L Andrews former Hyde Windlass Co executive died Tuesday night at 910 Washington Street after a sudden illness following her husband’s July death at Kennebec Point. Born in Bath to George E and Augusta Reed Litchfield she spent most of her life in Bath aside from four years in Baltimore where son Edwin R Andrews was born. Survived by son Edwin of Bath and son Charles R Andrews in New York. A brother Harry E Litchfield of Bath and a Central church member. Funeral Friday at 2 PM at her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian L. Andrews
Fred J L. Andrews
Hyde Windlass Co
Kennebec Point
Washington Street
Edwin R. Andrews
Central Church
Edwin
Bath
Charles R. Andrews
Marine Hardware
E. J. Willis Co
New York
Hyde Propellers
Harry E. Litchfield
Board of Assessors
Fur prices slump hit local market with low bids
Murky demand shows prime mink skins failing to fetch more than a dollar at Lubec for a gainer. Washington county buyers snub all but first quality skins while muskrat and raccoon prices tumble from two dollars and ten to twelve dollars to two dollars. Wheat price dips provoke Kansas farmers to consider Hessian fly risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Rhesus Monkeys and Human Growth Studied by Carnegie
The Independent notes Carnegie Institution exhibits and lectures on growth and development. It discusses rhesus monkeys in Baltimore used to study hormones, heredity, and puberty, alongside human parallels in newborn growth, adolescent spurts, and cross species insights. Also covered are Mount Wilson observations revealing 6000 new nebulae, sun activity, and solar measurements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Carnegie
Department of
Embryology
Baltimore
Letchworth Village
New York
Carnegie Institution
Mount Wilson Observatory
Pasadena
Calif
Earth
Coma
Mount Wilson
Omar W. Folsom
Washington, D. C
Popham Packet Brought to Bath for Repairs
A Coast Guard motor lifeboat from Popham Beach towed the George Popham to City Landing for engine repairs after sinking at Popham Beach and being raised recently. Edwindglen discharged coal at Kennebec Wharf and aimed for Newport News, Boston then New York with no further Bath cargoes until March. Catco, carrying Shell Oil, was towed in after engine trouble near the Kennebec mouth for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
Popham Beach
Hermann Carr
Malcolm Berry
Roland Alley
George Popham
City Landing
Edwindglen
Kennebec
Local Illnesses And Visitors In Town
Mrs. F B Douglas is seriously ill with influenza. Dr Stitphen of Richmond was called to attend her. Mrs John Reid and two children returned home after visiting Mr and Mrs C H Cobb. Oscar Hatch visited Brunswick. Otis L Douglas family and Lula Douglas from Danville Junction spent the weekend in town. John Reid visited Richmond Corner. Peter Morin of Lewiston was a business visitor. Mrs George Burns has been ill. W S Douglas and Lula Douglas on sick list with colds. P O West visited Augusta on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Douglas
Stitphen
Richmond
John Reid
C. H. Cobb
Oscar Hatch
Brunswick
Otis L. Douglas
Danville Junction
Richmoond Corner
Peter Morin
Lewiston
Bowdoinham News Briefs Highlight Local Events
Bowdoinham reports 20 plus colds and distemper cases, a fertilizer shipment by water to Bath, and truck transport to the local plant. Local mill manager Charles Bass leaves after eight years. J B Ham Co Auburn opens a local grain branch led by A S MacDougal. Smelt fishing picks up as camps form. Community notes cover visitors, Eastern Star installation, basketball win 22 21 for Bowdoinham, Farm Bureau officers, and a poverty social at Coombs High with a Sam Slick satire and a tragedy performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Frieght
Charles Bass
W. E. & E. P. Kendall
Bass
J. B. Ham Co
Auburn
A. S. MacDougal
Charles Browne
Mary Lily
Lilly
Town Hall
Bowdeinham
South Gardiner
John Kenderick
Samuel Rounds
Georgie Berry
S. H. Winter
Waterville
Bre A. MacDougal
H. S. Dodge
Boothbay Harbor
Mill
Denham
Harold Hackett
Funeral Services for Richard Strout The Infant Son of Ivory and Emily Strout
Funeral services were held at the Strout home in Sagadahoc Ferry Woolwich for eight months old Richard Paul Strout who died Monday after a week and a half of bronchial pneumonia born May 23 1932 Rev Weston P Holman officiated and burial is in Maple Grove with burial at Mill Stream The family survives with four sisters and three brothers Clintorf Edward Frances Patricia Harold Thelma and Pauline Pauline recovering from pneumonia Attendees from out of town included Mrs Harold Goodridge of Bingham Mrs Harold Salley of Waterville Rob ert F Durgin and William Tate of Topsham
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Paul Strout
Ivory
Emily Strout
Strout
Sagadahoc Ferry
Woolwich
Weston P. Holman
Beacon Street M. E
Harold Goodridge
Bingham
Harold Salley
Waterville
Mr. Strout
Robert F. Durgin
William Tate
Topsham
Edward
Miss Josephine Pushard Dies At 73 In Bath Home
Miss Josephine Pushard 73 longtime Bath resident died Tuesday afternoon at the Old Ladies Home where she had lived since 1928. Born in Pittston she was the daughter of James and Evelyn Pushard and left a brother Warren C. Pushard and three nieces. Funeral Thursday at two at the Old Ladies Home Rev David L. Wilson to officiate. A Berlin post office cooling system added to prevent heat from friction in underground mail tubes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Pushard
Bath
Old Ladies Home
Miss Pushard
Pittston
James
Evelyn Carl Pushard
Warren C. Pushard
Ralph C. Whitehouse
Florence Hiney
Oakland
Calif
Eretta Hughes
Albany
High Street
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Pass ing Troubles Not To Undermine Work Well Begun
Mrs Haven Sawyer of Bangor urged in a Portland talk that education budgets must not collapse amid cuts. She noted Maine relies on a three mill tax to fund schools, warned against underfunding teachers and curricula, and emphasized protecting citizenship training amid fiscal belt tightening. Mrs Edwin H Given is ill at Cobb road home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haven Sawyer
Bangor
Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers
Portland
Leroy Colby
George F. Reynolds
Sawyer
Maine
Grange
America
Massachusetts
Maine Central asks to abandon three branch lines
Vice President Edward W. Wheeler told the Public Utilities Commission that Maine Central seeks to discontinue about ten miles Woodland Junction to Princeton, ten miles Oquassec to Kennebago, and 51 miles Austin Junction to Kinco Station to cut annual losses around 61 000 dollars. He cited continued deficits 1930 1932 and declining traffic due to woods operation and car use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Central Railroad
Woodland Junction
Princeton
Washington County
Oquessee
Kennebago
Franklin
Oxford
Austin Junction
Kinco Station
Somerset County
Edward W. Wheeler
Public Utilities Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wheeler
Maine Central
Maine Central System
Maine
Commission
Oquassec
Windbreak to shelter Kennebec Bridge pedestrians
The Kennebec Bridge will gain a windbreak built along the north sidewalk using seven-eighths inch spruce or pine sheathing, six and a half feet high. About 20,000 feet of lumber will be used under State Highway Commission direction, with completion likely in two weeks, to shield travelers from cold blasts in February and March. Duncan McIntosh aided in securing the reduced toll and helped push the shelter project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Duncan McIntosh
Augusta Current Events Club to Mark 40th Year Anniversary
The Augusta Current Events Club plans a Friday January 13 meeting at Fuller House to honor its 40th anniversary as a charter member of the Maine Federation of Women's Clubs. Hostesses will be Mrs. Pete Isola Mrs. Frank Washburn and Mrs. Dennis Donovan. R B Herrick will present a four episode program tracing the club’s activities from 1892 to 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Current Events Club
Maine Federation of Women's Clubs
Fuller House
Pete Isola
Frank Washburn
Dennis Donovan
R. B. Herrick
R. J. Libby
Kenneth L. Sanborn
Frank E. Southard
F. W. Burrill
Amherst Class of 1895 Shares Noted Fame and Loss
In Northampton Massachusetts memory of Calvin Coolidge's death recalls Amherst College class of 1895. Bowdoin College psychology professor Charles T. Burnett, a member of that class, could not attend Coolidge's funeral. The class is noted for producing world famous figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Coolidge
Northampton
Mass
Charles T. Burnett
Bowdoin College
Amherst College
Coolidge
Burnett
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Senter’ Ss. Inc. Buildings—Growin
Front
Opera House
Scarlet Dawn
Doug Fairbanks, Jr
Nancy Carroll
Tess OF the
Janet Gaynor
Charles Farrell
MEN OF America
Bill Boyd
Dorothy Wilson
John Barrymore
Billie Burke
Robert Armstrong
Constance Cumming
Paul Muni
Grenda Farrell
Julia L. Andrews
Fred L. Andrews
Kansas
Carnegie Institution At Washington
Davenport
Department of Genetics
Pituitary
Oscar Riddle
Popham
Nortist Bowdoin
Bowdoinham
Ilness
Miss Josephine Pushard
Berlin
P.T.A
Edwin H. Given
Cobb Road
Kennebec Bridge
Front St
RMA Music
Stor
Bath, Maine
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