Bath fifty years ago notes acci and holiday travels
Bath scene from August 11 1903 reports Ben Frates injured by a fall at Portsmouth Electric Light Co. and wife Mrs Frates rushing home. It notes Togus Band members taking a western minstrel tour and Bath Iron Works testing instruments for the Cleveland trial. Various locals travel, work bids, vacations, and social events appear with names like Redlon Thompson True and Rouillard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Ben Frates
Magoun visits then ships barrels and steamer runs aground
August 13 1903 H W Magoun of Redfield SD visits his mother and sister before moving to his Summer home in Lyman He sells Cataract Gold Mine shares and about 200 barrels are shipped to Boston Nearby the steamer Kennebec ran ashore at low water by the Riverside Hotel for a time but no damage occurred A burglary is reported in Bath with few items missing including coins and whiskey The article lists several local residents and events including dances church services and a Percy family reunion at Popham Beach
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Magoun
Redfield
South Dakota
Maria Magoun
H. Emma Magoun
Lyman
Cataract
Kennebec
Popham
Riverside Hotel
Spinney and McNulty
Bath
Elizabeth Cahill
Messrs
David Hatch
Harold Smith
Roy Black
Lon Wildes
Merton Webber
Hiram Stevens
George E. Percy
Salem
Percy
Popham Beach
Tides and tides and tales of Winneganee fishing
The piece notes winter tides affect bass and flats at low tide. It highlights Winneganee creek’s long standing fishing industry providing local employment. It mentions mills and dam unlikely to be rebuilt. Also reports Dr Walter J Higgins, Bath native now in White River Junction, expected home briefly before moving Sept 1 to Pensacola Florida. Grace Henderson and Flossie Henderson of Boston visit grandfather Rodney Henderson for a Bay Point week. Read Nichols Co buys Carl ton farm hay in Woolwich, securing 100 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winneganee Creek
Walter J. Higgins
White River Junction
Higgins
Pensacola
Fla
Grace
Flossie Henderson
Boston
Rodney Henderson
High Street
Bay Point
Read Nichols Co
Carlton
Woolwich
Portland Team Defeated By One Run In Bath Contest
A Portland baseball team visited Bath on Saturday and lost by one run in an engaging game marked by errors. The visitors played strong defense and praised referee Lunt for fair officiating. The visiting squad wore red uniforms during the match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Bath
Holy Name Society
Lunt
Bath Notes: Police Station Work Guests and Local Happenings
White trimmings drew attention as Steve Penney Arthur Nichols and Ray Harnden visited the police station to white wash the prisoners quarters under City Messenger Thistle. Miss Lotta Carr returned to Times composing room after a two week vacation at Walden and Jamaica Plain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Penney
Arthur Nichols
Ray Harnden
City Messenger Thistle
Read Nichols Co
Holiday plans and local maritime notes in Maine
W A Fall leaves tonight for two weeks vacation in Boston and elsewhere. Bath Company No 5 schedules a meeting to arrange an outing likely along the New Meadows and back by moonlight. F W Carlton of Woolwich owns a notable Kennebec launch built by L Thompson. Frank Rice designed the craft. The New Meadows Steamboat Co reports a bustling day with full loads from 8 05 AM, perfect service, and punctual schedules. Robert McCleary of Boston visited his uncle Edward McCleary and enjoyed a sail to Boothbay Harbor. Edward P Mitchell of Bath, longtime NY Sun man, is named editor in chief after Paul Dana resigns. Park theatre hosts a sold out show, praised as best of the season. Captain Edwin Cobb of Baltimore & Boston Barge Co arrives after Boston Providence trip. he lost his wife and son aboard the barge Florie in a Jersey coast disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
F. W. Carlton
Woolwich
South Bristow
Boothbay Harbor
Frank Rice
L. Thompson
South Bristol
Edwin Cobb
Baltimore & Boston Barge Co
Boston
Providence
Florrie
Burnside Cobb
Jersey
Four Bath Men Join Engineers Corps in Last Week
The Chief of Engineers in Washington reports over 2,000 weekly volunteers nationwide. From Bath, Clifford Harris Malcom Miller Everett W. Norton and David B. Skelton were inducted as a machine operator tractor driver machinist and draftsman respectively. Col. Gillette urges skilled civilians to serve in construction roles for airfields roads docks and utilities. Interviews are available at the U S Area Engineer Office 76 Pearl Street Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chief of Engineers
Washington
Corps of Engineers
Bath
Clifford Harris
Kennebec Circle
Malcom Miller
Dummer Court
Everett W. Norton
Middle Street
David B. Skelton
High Street
George W. Gillette
New England
U.S
Pearl Street
Portland
Officers and Crew of Coggswell Guest at Bath Armory
The destroyer Coggswell crew visited the First Company Combat Engineers at Bath Iron Works for an evening at the State Armory. About 100 attended a program by Set Tex Logan and Corp Fred Gowell featuring tap dances harmonica solos and Truth or Consequences. A Vic provided music for a post program dance and a buffet lunch followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coggswell
Bath Iron Works
Combat Engineers
State Armory
Set
Tex Logan
Corp
Fred Gowell
Vic
Szt Logan
Corp. Gowell
Thomas N. Lowery
Striped Bass Sport Soars in Maine Rivers This Week
Stripers in the lower Saco near Biddeford provide steady action with most anglers landing Maine's daily limit of six. Fish weigh two to five pounds, with occasional ten-pounders. trolling clam worms best, though shore casting may also pay off. The Maine season remains strong as cool, rainy weather keeps fish biting across streams including Sandy River near Phillips and Kennebec tributaries, promising a memorable September for anglers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco River
Biddeford
Maine
Rangeley
Farmington
Kennebec
Phillips
Marines Build Jungle Fighting Course for Training
Marines at the base construct a new combat obstacle course to simulate modern jungle warfare. The course follows a sea landing from shipboard to beachhead and features cargo nets ladders dummy bayonets tarred ropes and palm vine elements for realism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Marine Corps
Purintons Return After Mobile Visit to Son in Brooklyn Field
Mr and Mrs Cyrus Purinton of Bluff read have returned from Mobile Alabama where they visited their son Pvt Donald Purinton stationed at Brooklyn Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. True
Edward
Gardiner
Cyrus Purinton
Bluff Read
Mobile
Ala
Pvt
Donald Purinton
Brooklyn Field
Newell Couple Celebrate 10th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs FE F Newell of Bluff road marked a decade of marriage with an informal party at home on Saturday August 7. They wed August 10 1933 in Waltham Massachusetts and moved to Bath last year. Guests included Clyde MacKinnon Lawrence Boyd Elmer Avery Guy Fish Orrin Crosby Louis Abbott Louie Carter Ed Vigne Cid Martin Sonny Dingley Bunny Craig Hilda Somes Linwood Eames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. F. Newell
Bluff Road
Newell
Waltham
Mass
Bath
Clyde MacKinnon
Lawrence Boyd
Elmer Avery
Guy Fish
Orrin Crosby
Louis Abbott
Louie Carter
Ed Vigne
Cid Martin
Sonny Dingley
Bunny Craig
Hilda Somes
Linwood Eames
Probate Notices of Administrators Conservants and Guardians
John L Jack register of probate certifies administrators conservants or guardians were appointed for Bath estates. Names include Nellie Darcy Adaaiuts triX oar and Margaret Ann S, with bonds posted on August 10 1943. Executors Frederick Elmer Chapmain late of Bath and George W Swen with Margery C Hakell named without bond. Arthur J Dunton Judge of Probate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L Jack
Saradahear
Ceusnrs
Esa Sinah Bo Coneden
Ate
Bath Decead
Darcy Sppeinierd
Adaaiuts Trix Oarech Cpt
Bond
D.vtter
Tapert
Margaret Ann S
Bath
Derea
Mary Arlins McNe Gay
Frederick Elmer Chapmain
George W. Swen
Margery C Hakell
Arthur J. Dunton
Altest
Margaret Ann Sylvester
Mary Arline McNeill Gay
Frederick Elmer Chapman
George W. Swain
Margery C. Haskell
Charles Tremblay
Topsham
Annebelle Tremblay
John L. Jack
Ims
Wool- Conon
Bath Dev
E Probie
Jessie Kellyne
Phippshire
Carlton
Arthur J Dunton
Miss Cunningham Returns From New York Dance Study
Miss Mary Cunningham of the Moderne School of Dancing returns from a month in New York City studying with renowned teachers including Luedle Stoddant and Mikhail Mordkin. The program featured ballet and various styles, with performances by notable ballet and stage figures. Mrs Eugene Whitten accompanied Miss Cunningham from Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Cunningham
Moderne School of Dancing
New York City
Luedle Stoddant
Dance Congress
Jack Seymour
Betty Jane Smith
Miss Smith
Eddie
Miss Cunningham
Cantesna
Broadway
Maine
Bath
Dorothy Mason
Portland
Mass
Peter Carlton
Local News Briefs From POPHAM BEACH and Portland
Mrs Stephen Etnier and family return to Gilbert Head after a New York visit. Mrs Louis Gayton and Miss Barbara Rounds were in Portland for a day to shop for Macy's. Miss Rounds, Macy s buyer in New York, eyed Portland furniture for the store. The Briggs family and children stayed with Mr and Mrs Frank Jones at their cottage. Miss Marjorie Hossbach from Newtonville Mass visits Miss Dorothy Mattson. Miss Nancy Rounds weekends with her mother Mrs Louis Gayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Etnier
Stephanie
Victoria
Paul Davis
Gilbert Head
New York
Louis Gayton
Barbara Rounds
Portland
Miss Rounds
Macy's
William Briggs
William Jr
Barbara
Frank Jones
Marjorie Hossbach
Newtonville
Phippsburg Residents Return From Portland Encounters
Miss Perry returns from Portland where she was a guest of Miss Edith Farr. Mrs Sieward Dodge and Mrs Ethel Gaines come back to Barwick Vermont after visiting Mr and Mrs Harry Gidzcome of Drayton Road. Dodge is Gadzycome's mother and Gaines her aunt, following the death of a husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Perry
Portland
Edith Farr
Sieward Dodge
Ethel Gaines
Barwick, Vt
Harry Gidzcome
Drayton Road
Dodge
Gadzycome
Gaines
Probate Court Notice From Bath for Sagadahoc Estate
A Bath probate court notices an August hearing for an estate in Sagadahoc County. The order, published for distribution to all heirs, calls for appearance and proof at the Bath court with details of the estate and administrator.
Sagadahoc Probate Court Transacts August Session
The Sagadahoc Probate Court met under Judge Arthur J. Dunton with routine business. Administrations filed and granted include Mabel L. McLane and Susannah B. Congdon with appointed administrators. Wills filed and allowed list Thomas W. Scott Catherine E. Cornish Margaret Ann Sylvester. Inventories and accounts filed and bonds approved for multiple estates across Bath Bowdoinham Topsham Richmond Woolwich and Waltham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Arthur J. Dunton
Mabel L. McLane
John W. McLane
Bowdeinham
Susannah B. Congdon
Bath
Nellie C. D'Arcy
Charles D. Utter
Richmond
M. Lucille Utter
Thomas W. Scott
Waltham
Mass
Robert J. Cram
Admr
Catherine E. Cornish
Mary Arline McNeill Gay
State Guard Units Hold ceremonial review at Walton Field
Androscoggin county State Guard and State Guard Reserve companies gathered Sunday afternoon at Walton Field Auburn for a ceremonial review in honor of Governor Sumner Sewall. It was the second review this year by the Androscoggin battalion and the first held in the twin cities. Lt. Col. David E. Hayes of Portland commanded the first Battalion and acted as local commander for the review with Major Ralph B. Skinner of Androscoggin Battalion as executive officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Androscoggin County
Walton Field
Auburn
Sumner Sewall
Androscoggin
Twin Cities
David E. Hayes
Portland
Maine
Ralph B. Skinner
Probate Court Orders in Sagadahoc Maine 1943
Court of Probate at Bath Sagadahoc issues order for notices on August first 1943 to heirs and interested parties for wills and estates including Mary Cody executrix and Levi D Spinney as executor. Letters testamentary without bond may be granted following hearings on September first. True copy attached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Robert Lap Saruer
WijNistrats
Firs
Ginercte
Arthur J
Dunton
Tudee
Buetdiam Jiare
M Johansit
Massachusetts
Mary A Spinney
Levi D. Spinn
B. Lowell
Clifford Bet
Murton
Hess
M & Ry
Arthure Dunton
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William Wolfe
Togus
Mrs
Fred McFadder
H. H. Ricker
Peaks Island
Mr. McFadden
Cleveland
Lewis N. Sides
Bangor
Inlaw
Edward Sides
Herbert M. Sawyer
Worcester
M. H. Douglas
Sabine
Everett Lord
D. T. Percy's
Westport
Southport
Belfast
J. A. Redlon
Redson
George E. Thompson
Ella Robinson
Middle Dam
Rangeley Lakes
Thompson
Daniel Sylvester
Wilson O’brien
Edward Jones
Roy Thistle
Camp Phinney
West Boothbay
George Rouillard
Elm Street Baptist Church
Marblehead
Bull Rock Bridge
New Meadows Inn
New Meadows Steamboat Landing
Supt. Ward
Mr. Ward
Fannie Dunham
Ellen Blair
Birchwood
Savage Cottage
J. S. Mullin
George A. Tuttle Co
New Meadows River
Rufus Lombard
Happy Nook
Messrs. Denham, Stacey and
Raffaell
The
Columbia Orches
Tra
Tuesic Hall
Stinson
Wallace Bowdoin
Beryl
Walter Smith
Washington Street
Lynn
Stanley
Garnet
Garnet House
Thomas V. Hodges
Rockland
Orphans Home
University of Maine
Frank F. Veazie
Hodges
Hall
Mercer & Langmaid
Ernest Fogg
Langmaid
Vanita
Henry Shaw
William Nelson
Harry Walters
Annie Cobb
Bessie Lombard
Alice Shaw
Mercer
H. E. Cole
Bridgton
Morse’ High School
Wusses
Vic and
Vivian Coombs
Hattie Mae Lermond
Front Street
Summer Street
Herbert Norton
Sligh Street
Willis Drummond
Providence, R. L
Emma Drummond
H. S. Crowell
Ratsey & Lapthorn
Shamrock
Cromwell
Lipton
Winnegance
Winnegance Creek
D. R. Howe
Bacon
Lewiston, Brunswick and Bath
Maine Central
Mr. Howe
People’s Church
Carrie Malcolm
Samuel R. Percy
Eleanor
Phippsburg
Roy Dunning
Cumberland
Littlejohn
Nahanda
Wiscasset
Harris Military Band
M. A. Connor
Bath Business College
Detroit, Mich
N. T. Palmer
Upper
Ariel Club
Lewiston
Colonial Club
Jed Prouty
Hallet’s
Columbia Theatre
Charles Cowles
Jed
Horace E. Lewis
Five Islands
American Type Foundry Co
Fred Lord
John Morse
Arthur Lord
Pleasant Point
Belle Poole
Footer
Carrie Smith
Humphrey Owen
Elmer Hodgkins
East Boothbay
Ransom B. Fuller
John MelInnes
Duncan
Old Orchard
Raffael
Alfred L. Tarbox
Boothbay
Louise
Bernard Tarbox
California
Horatio Douglas
Dummer Street
Eben Jones
East New Portland
George F. Jackson
Capt. Cobb
John E. Clark
Georgie D. Jenkins
Bowker's Yard
T. Maney
St. Mary's Church
James Scott
Robinson's Lane
Union and
Middle Streets
Eleanor Cahill
Ocea Cahill
W. W. Robinson
John Shaw
Harry Mitchell
Gove
Stuart
Brenda Emery
W. A. Fall
D. T. Percy
Bath Company, No. 5
New Meadows
New Meadows Steamboat Co
Robert McCleary
Edward McCleary
McCleary
Edward P. Mitchell
New York Sun
Paul Dana
Park Theatre
Arthur Plant
William Sparks
Engineers’ Corps
Inland Fisheries and Game Wardden
Henry Gross
Henry
Kennebago Lake
John L Jack Register
Mabel A. Dionne
Admx
Ruthford B. Parrish
Marie E. Footer
Almon R. Perry
Elizabeth G. Cole
Martha R. Pennell
Charles H. Morse
Emma S. Morse
George J. Hopkins
Guardian
Barbara W. Hopkins
Carrie M. Wilson
Edward E. Wilson
Bowdoinham
Lenora Coskery
Helen M. Coskery
Bowdoin
Lillian M. Johansen
Florence L. Burnham
Susannah B. Congden
Aura L. Carson
Resistor
John L. Jack Register
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