Daring rescue at Bath boat wharf noted
Aug 18 1914 Bath Maine reports a boy’s near drowning at the Boston boat wharf. 14 year old Alex Miller was saved by 16 year old John Heney who jumped in and reached the non swimmer before he sank. The incident drew praise from witnesses and Miller’s father thanked Heney at the Times office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Miller
A. Miller
Middle Street
Boston Boat Wharf
John Kney
Young Miller
Heney
Miller
Times Office
Coastwise Shipping Notes From Popham Beach Records
Hon A A Percy recalled wall inscriptions by his father David T Percy at the Percy cottage on Popham Beach. The 1881 entry notes 95 vessels at sea, 1885 records 125 vessels in the bay, and 1886 counts 96 vessels. George Gardner of Hyde Park arrived for his annual Bath visit. he once ran a large livery stable on Center Street and has lived in Hyde Park 33 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Snow
Everett
Mass
Israel Eastman
Mr. Snow
Harpswell
Bath
Center Street
Commercial Street
W. F. Stevens
Stevens
Snow
A. A. Percy
Times
Percy
Popham Beach
David T. Percy
Kennebec
Bay
George Gardner
Hyde Park
Georgetown
Phippsburg
Gardner
D. T. Percy
George Almy
Abby Heseltine
Brookline
George Myers
Conley
Mr. Conley
Bath Iron Works to Meet Harbor Team in Final Match
Bath Maine August 2 1914 Manager Ralph Boardman will take the Bath Iron Works baseball team to Boothbay Harbor for a decisive game against the Harbor squad. The lineup includes St Clair Bragdon Oliver Coss Sullivan Burns Chase Berry Pineau and more. This will be the last meeting as Harbor players head home to Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Boardman
Bath Iron Works
Togus
Boardman
Mr. Chase
Maurice Oliver
Bath
City Landing
Boothbay Harbor
St. Clair
Bragdon
Oliver
Coss
Sullivan
Burns
Chase
Berry
Pineau
B. I. W. Boys
Harbor
Massachusetts
Bath items and local events report muddy with minor notices
Mr Ramsdell pushes for faster shoe production while orders pour in. Lieut Grady leaves Bath Iron Works as inspector of machinery. George Popham club plans July 27 anniversary celebration with sports games and Stanton’s Band. Daniel Williams returns from vacation aboard Primrose III after Marblehead trip. A farmer ships forty broilers to Boston but nets 7.16 dollars, far below Bath’s 50 cent average per bird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieut. C. W. Early
Lieut
R. C. Grady
Bath Iron Works
Birmingham
Lieut. Early
New Jersey
Virginia
Navy
Erate
Atenan Grady
Bath
Grady
Daniel Williams
First National Bank
Marblehead
Birch Point
Primrose III
Boston
Local association reelects officers for ensuing year
The group spent time in greetings as new members joined and officers were elected for the coming year. President B. C. Calderwood of Bath, secretary Fred Calderwood of Vinalhaven, and treasurer Orris B. Wooster of Camden were chosen. Calderwood has led the association for ten years and no change is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C. Calderwood
Bath
Fred Calderwood
Vinalhaven
Orris B. Wooster
Camden
Association
Maine Industry Wide Survey Highlights Leather Food and Textile Sectors
A Maine industry overview notes leather and leather products employing 19 000 workers with 143 million dollars in output last year. Food and kindred products generate about 145 million, with 15 000 workers processing vegetables fruits meats and fish. Textiles employ over 25 000 in mills and textile products across the state. Paul Watts of 10 Central Avenue, a Bath Iron Works leader, is a patient at Central Maine General Hospital in Lewiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Paul Watts
Central Avenue
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Watts
Bath Iron Works
World War I Expands as Japan Joins The Battle
Aus 24 1914 reports Japan joins Germany and Austria against Britain France Russia Servia Belgium and Montenegro while nations like Sweden Denmark Holland Switzerland Italy Portugal Turkey Greece Bulgaria and Roumania are seen as possible entrants. The conflict, described as the greatest war yet, arose from a sudden shift from peace to war. Loring Pushard and Walter Cressey had an exciting experience yesterday afternoon on the Kennebec in a sail boat being towed behind a vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Germany
Austria
Great Britain
France
Russia
Servia
Belgium
Montenegro
Sweden
Denemark
Holland
Switzerland
Italy
Portugal
Turkey
Greece
Bulgaria
Roumania
Loring Pushard
Walter Cressey
Kennebec
Bath Boy Featured at Pop Concert by Lincoln County Orchestra
Ernest P. Lippmann of Bath was the trombone soloist at the Lincoln County Orchestra concert in Lakehurst Damariscotta. A Morse High School graduate and 1954 orchestra music scholarship recipient, Lippmann studies at the New England Conservatory next month. violin soloist 10-year old Jimmy Keene performed Schubert's Ave Maria and received encores, with notable audience members attending. The orchestra plans another concert on Monday at 8:15 p.m. in Bristol High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakehurst
Damariscotta
Lincoln County Orchestra
Ernest P. Lippmann
Frederick Dotton
Bath
Morse High School
Dotton
New England Conservatory of Music
Jimmy Keene
Jimmy
William W. Dennison
S. S. Gilbert
Cataumet
Mass
Democrats Plan Big Rally Tour Across County
Maine Federation of Women’s Democratic clubs will be in the county on Aug 31 to aid the women in their campaign. Brewer said radio and television coverage is arranged for the tour, and Bathman vowed the effort would be the most successful yet despite poor times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Federation of Women's Democratic Clubs
Brewer
Bathman
Civil Air Patrol Ceremonial At Base Group
Civil Air Patrol cadets and rival instructors wrapped meat in a parachute and baked it in a stone oven underground. They tested proper method at the harness rack with a parachute landing and self-extraction. Under Colonel Jackson W. Lewis the unit held retreats at base group headquarters with meals, theater, wienie roasts, and sports on Thursday and Friday nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Base Group
Jackson W. Lewis
USAF
Civil Air Patrol
Probate notices from Bath Sagadahoc court August 1954
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc County sets August hearing for estates of Edward Hart Bessie Hunts Lenfest Nancy Pratt and Charles Turner with first and final accounts and petitions for distribution. Guardian accounts for Nancy Ann Pratt filed. Harold R Turner seeks Maine administrator appointment without bond. Judge Arthur J. Dunton authenticates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Winifred Brown
Winifred H. Brown
Edmund A. Lenfest
Ruth L. Dennison
Nancy Ann Pratt
Nancy Ann. Blair
Edward W Bridgham
Charles S. Turner
Waltham
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Harold R Turner
Maine
Massachusetts
Arthur J. Dunton
Edwin E. Scott
Phippsburg
Evelyn A Dodge
Evelyn A
Raymond Reid
New York
Sagadahoc County
Lillian H. Reid
Lillie M. Leonard
Catherine E. Leonard
John P Carey
Guardian
Arthur J Dunton
Recreation Program Closes Saturday With Field Day
The City of Bath Recreation Commission will close its summer program this Saturday with a field day and picnic at Kimball Field near Huse School. Boys and girls of all ages can join supervised outdoor activities, racing events, horseshoes, softball, a bean jar guess, and a freckle contest, followed by lunch and prize awards. Transportation will be provided from three playground areas, with buses leaving at 8:45 from Goddard's, Fisher, and Lambert Park to shuttle attendees to the picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Bath
The
Recreation Commission
Kimball Field
Huse
Huse School
Goddard's
Fisher and Lambert Park
Lord Family Reunion Highlights a 17th Century Founder
Descendants of Nathan Lord gathered in South Berwick on August 21 for their annual reunion. The event featured a general discussion of the Lord family history and the founder who settled in Kitery before 1652.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calderwood
Glencove
Nathan Lord
South Berwick
Kittery
Bath shipyard tour accompanies Hammerberg launch
William A. Niss, comptroller of the BSW and associate director of the Southern Maine Chapter, spoke on cost procedures used by the Bath shipbuilding run to provide cost information and control. The group toured the yard and observed the launching of the destroyer escort U S S Hammerberg during a recreation dinner stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Niss
BSW
Southern Maine
Bath Shipbuilding Run
U. S. S. Hammerberg
Appointment of Executors and Administrators in Sagadahoc Probate
Lillian H Heal Register of Probate records appoints Leslie Sawtelle Berry as executor in Maine for Gordon Berry estate and Olivia R Corliss as executrix without bond for Albion L Corliss with dates in August 1954. Jeanie R Sanborn estate lists Frederick N Lance as executor on August 31 1954. Arthur J Dunton Judge of Probate signs 1926-2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian H. Heal
Sagadahoc
Gordon Berry
Worcester
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Leslie Sawtelle Berry
Maine
Albion L. Corliss
Woolwich
Olivia R. Corliss
Jeanie R. Sanborn
Bath
Frederick N. Lance
Apenaner
Dorothy D Plummer
Bernard JL. Plummer
Mary E. Hunnewel
Josephine A Plumstead
Harry M Frye
Margaret F Frye
Arthur J. Dunton
Manuscripts Bequeathed to Concord Library
The late Henry Winthrop Har Den papers are donated to the Concord Library. Four volumes of the material relate to genealogical history. Nathan et al is noted in this notice. O'York has many acquaintances and was re elected president of the family association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Winthrop
Harden
R Cal
Concord
Nathan Etd
Fanny
N. H
Family Association
Petition to remove cloud on Bath Maine property title
Walter Stanley Hutchins seeks a court ruling to quiet title on parcels in Bath Sagadahoc Maine. He alleges 21 years of adverse possession and names potential heirs and heirs of Charles Herbert Doughty including Rosella Doughty Colby and Nelson P Doughty as claimants. The petition asks that all unknown heirs and assignees be summoned to show cause why they should not contest the title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Stanley Anon
Harold Dou
Ith
Sagadahoc
State of
Fs Sound
Revie
Lee Stanley Hutchins
Bath
State of Maine
Burg
Maine
Fred H. Brigham
West Sprague
Town Road
Nower
Chris Small
Northeast Cove
Emma Brown
Charles H Dought
Brown
Charles Herbert Doughty
Charles Doughty
Phippsburg
Uppsburg
Hutchins
Charles Herbert Dowgnny
Rosella Brothers
Rose Doughty Y
Charles Bert Doughty
Edgar T. Colby
C. Carrie Larrabee
Mary Brown
Seth Doughty
Herbert S. Doughty
Nelson P. Doughty
D. Sanford Doughty
E. Frances Doughty
F. Henriet Pos
G. Edgar T. Colby
Rosellaughty
Charles Colby Doughty
H. Angie Doughty
Herbert Doughty and Sella
Isoas
J. Harold Doughty
Massachusetts
Bertha I. Russell
Swampscott
Lillian
East Lynn
Della Melanson
Marblehead
Abbie Hampie
Almond E Doughty
J. Eleanor Pelkey
K. Flora Skinner
Lorraine Rice
T. Colby
Rose Doughty Colby
Charles Herbertuighty
Rosella Doughty Colby
Nelson P Doughty
Almond E. Doughty
Sanford Doughty
Frances Doughty
Henrietta Doughty
Hare
Bath Maine
Walter Stanley Hutchins
Harold Doughty
Cloud
Tn Yahoc
Ine
Hoe
Notary Public John P Carey certifies oath by Walter S Hutchins
Walter Stanley Hutchins appears and swears he has read the petition and knows its contents. He testifies to matters of information and belief as stated, asserting belief in their truth. Notary seal and acknowledgment dated August 12, 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Stanley Hutchins
John P. Carey
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Ohio
Indiana
Rhode Island
A. K. Purington
Kennebec Yacht Club
Augusta Club
Augusta
Up River Club
Bath Club
G. C. Nichols
Erma C. Farrar
E. A. Farrar
Belfast
Ida Kimball
M. J. Neagle
Detroit
Mich
Ford Automobile Factory
Mrs. Vernon Miller
Lynwood
Bay Point
Snipe Wharf
David Mozier
Times Today
Wilson
Southport
Stanton
Hyde Windlass Works
al Ridley
Crosby’s Mill
King Down
West Bath
Foster's Point Road
Bull Rock Bridge
New Meadows Inn
Clara Albee
Brunswick Record
Miss Albee
the Times
Sue Houghton
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Henry M. Hartleb
Popham
Lincoln Street
Rockledge
George A. Baker
Sturgeon Island
Horace Mitchell
Henry McCabe
Carl Trott
Ummer
Victor Richardson
Hinckley
John Heney
Columbia Theater
Brunswick
Mill Pond Bridge
Hockomock
C. W. Oliver
Newport News
Ramsdell
Bath Shoe Factory
Lynn
Thomas J. Olys
Columbia
Hyde
Savage
Five Islands
President Taft
Alden S. Specht
L. W. Oliver
Paoli
H. A. Owen
Staten Island
Atlantic
Susquehanna Coal Co
Grace Church
Laboray
E. W. Hyde
Charles S. Brown
W. A. Furber
Fred P. Shaw
Howard Hawley
E. W. Sampson
John Martin
Claridge & Woodall
Baltimore
Charlotte Patten
Frank Patten
Patten
Kineo
M. A. Haraden
Eastern Steamship Corporation
Down River
Huntoon Hill
Wiscasset
Fred Pond
Pond
Ben Frates
Lake Auburn Electric Light Co
Portland
Preble Street
Richard
R. H. Baxter
Oxford
Fryeburg
Helen Haraden
Susie Cutting
Old Orchard
New England Telephone Co
J. W. Oliver
Marie
Bangor
William Collins
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Lewis Pepper
Clara Brackley
New Bedford
Grace Munsey
Noble Grand
Brackley
Bath Cooperative Association
Thomas C Brooks
Mr. Brooks
Mr. Ramsdell
George Popham
Houghton
Braves
Floyd W. Stanton
Kelley Field
Hyde Windlass
Young Stover
Com
Farrar
High Street
Sherman Tabor
Lawrence King
U. S
William Armstrong
Charles Dain
North End
Selectman
Perry
Phippsurg
Howard Coal Yard
Sone
C. M. Reynolds
Monmouth
Charles E. Hacker
Thorne
Berlin
Harry K. Thaw
Mt. Madison House
Bath Boy
Morse
Lillian H. Heai
Lillian H Hpai
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Esther L. Brawn
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