Forty Years Ago In Bath August 1902 Clambake Plans
Bath notes celebrate Colonial club clambake at Rufus Lombard's Happy Nook on New Meadows river with a special car ride, lobster and clam fare, and a jollification. Republicans plan Alameda rally with Charles E. Littlefield speaker. Local happenings include a child found with Officer Merrill escorting, a fashionable swagger stick from the Philippines, a post card from St Pierre Martinique, Sewall’s home renovations, Woman's Exchange upgrades, and local band and Pythian Society travel plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
Praep Tala
Rufus Lombard
Happy Nook
New Meadows
Sagadahoc Square
Winnegance
Aug 19 1902 Local News Highlights At Popham Theater and Harbor
Marshal Reynolds enjoyed a deep sea fishing trip landing a 40 pound halibut and dog fish. Alabama Trouabours opened a week at Merrymeeting Park to about two thousand theatergoers. Blooming cereals appeared on Middle and Union streets with Mrs. Hall showing nightly blossoms. Capt Blaisdell and Ethnon Work sail the Dorinda toward Bar Harbor for two weeks. E D Jameson plans Thanksgiving amateur show at the Columbia. The steamer Nahanada burst a ore at Upper Hell Gate, returned for repairs, then continued downstream. People’s Church used a new reading hymn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Reynolds
Popham
Alabama
Phil Blaisdell
Blaisdell
Dorinda
Rockland
Bar Harbor
Points
Nahanada
Stones City
Upper
Hell Gate
Bath News 1902: Park Walk Repairs and Local Happenings
August 21 1902 notes the Park walk to be macadamized from center to Front and Summer streets with slope grade reduced. Sedgwick Relief Corps picnic at Gowell’s grove Friday after noon. Four-horse team hauled a small house on King to Middle street near shirt factory. Local cars paused for the house blocking Center street. Court House gains lightning rods amid weather concerns for local corn. Town praise for Bath’s improved Times. US True Blues troupe at Bunganuck. Kennebec steamer delays near Richmond. Columbia theatre adds curtain entry. Recollections of a sabre from Balaklava. Engraving by Paul Revere valued at $500 after sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedgwick Relief Corps
Gowell’s Grove
Charles McFadden
King Street
Middle Street
Center Street
Fragmentary note on local shops and construction activity
A fragment describes a pony or pot situation at a store where a hind foot got caught in a girdle and the animal stood on three legs until the owner freed it. Roy Dunning, a clerk at Ander son’s drug store, wrapped blood root gum made earlier. Work continues on the stone foundation for John Hayes’s new house on Washburn Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Son Bros
Roy Dunning
Anderson's Drug Store
John Hayes
Washburn Street
Bath to Host Fire Engine Kennebec Muster on Labor Day
Local inquiry reveals two boys confessed to setting a tree fire while the fire engine Kennebec of Brunswick prepared for trials. Marshal Reynolds moderated the youths with a stern talk. The famed vessel is due in Bath for the muster, aiming for top money after several recent trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Winslow
Marshal Reynolds
Kennebec
Brunswick
Bath
Fall Program Series Listed by West Bath Grange
West Bath Grange announces a fall program series with officers and leading members rotating roles. Aug 31 Lewis Palmer and Flora. Sept 14 Frederick Morton and wife. Sept 21 Mrs Haile. Sept 28 Mrs D Wallace MacDonald and Marie MacDonald. Oct 5 executive committee. Oct 12 Alice F Johnson director of degree team. Oct 19 Mr and Mrs Sylvester Harvesters leaders. Oct 26 Mrs Bernice Sturtevant choir leader. Nov 2 co heads confectionary dept with Alfred Neal and William H Small Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Armstrong
West Bath
Grange
Lewis E. Palmer
Flora
Frederick Morton
Jerry Haile
Haile
D. Wallace MacDonald
Marie MacDonald
E. Mason Wright
Charles Genthner
Edward Jenks
Alice F. Johnson
John H. Sylvester
The
Harvesters
Bernice Sturtevant
William A. Coombs
Joseph R. Oliver
Alfred Neal
William H. Small, Jr
Rental filing deadline set for Lincoln and Sagadahoc
The Rental Area Director stressed that August 31 is the final date to file registration forms for dwelling units hotels apartments and rooming houses in Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties. All landlords or persons letting even one room must file, with penalties up to 5000 fine or one year in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoe
Lincoln
John J. Keegan
Sagadahoc
Statewide canning demonstrations reach Mary Wright program
Sixty one demonstrations have been given since July 15 across 24 Andros coggin and Sagadahoc communities led by Mary L Wright and assistants Deborah Gilbert and Cleora Tarbox. Eight hundred three women and 424 4 H Club girls attended. methods include pressure canning boiling water bath canning sugar free fruit sauerkraut greens drying and storage. The program discusses food value budgets and has state wide expansion with average attendance around 11 to 14. More meetings will be held this coming week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Androscoggin
Sagadahoc
Mary L. Wright
Deborah Gilbert
Turner
Cleora Tarbox
Bowdoinham
Twin County
New Teacher Chosen Mrs Gwendolyn Harta
Mrs Gwendolyn Davis Harta has been elected by the Board of Education to teach the third grade. She is a graduate of Island Pond High School in 1923 and Farming ton Normal in 1925 and has taught in Poland West Paris Mitchell and Center street schools with service from 1940 to 1941 in sub primary first and third grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwendolyn Davis Harta
Plant Street
Board of Education
Harta
Island Pond
Farmington Normal School
Roland Corner
Poland
West Paris
Mitchell School
Center Street
More Teachers Chosen for Schools of Bath
The Bath Board of Education elected several new teachers including Mrs. Harriette Maude Corey from North Edgecomb Miss Virginia Hill of Beverly Massachusetts and Miss Abe Brooks of Rumford Each brings extensive training and years of experience with postings at local schools and districts Mrs Corey will teach at Littlefield School West Bath Miss Hill will teach English at Morse High School Miss Brooks will lead junior primary at Center Street School
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Harriette Maude Corey
North Edgecomb
Virginia Hill
Beverly
Mass
Abe Brooks
Rumford
Corey
Aroostook State Normal School
Columbia
Castine
Aroostook State
Eddy School
Littlefield School
West Bath
Miss Hill
Beverly High School
Bridgewater
Boston University School of Edcation
Burdett Business College
Lee Academy
Beverly Junior High School
Morse High School
Miss Brooks
Gould Academy
Farmington Normal School
Mason
Bethel
Northeast Harbor
Center Street School
Home Safety Topic at West Bath Farm Bureau Meeting
West Bath Farm Bureau held an all day session at Mrs. Oscar S. Adams home with Mrs. Edwin W. Haggett leading home management. Dinner featured baked potato, cold cuts, string beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, corn, dark bread, coffee souffle and cream. Next gathering set for Sept 18 at Rock Hill Inn with Mrs. Joseph W. Larrabee in charge of dinner and Gift Gadgets as the topic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Farm Bureau
Oscar S. Adams
West Bath
Edwin W. Haggett
Adams
Haggett
Ellery E. Whittemore
E .C. Donnell
Loring D. Small
Joseph W. Larrabee
Rock Hill Inn
Bertha Davis
Maude Bryant
William A. Coombs
D. Wylie Lemont
Edward K. Thompson
Perry L. Thompson
Mrs. Anna C Bennett obituary in Bath remembers life and family
Mrs. Anna C Bennett wife of William L Bennett of 11 Snow Park died at home Saturday night aged 45 years 10 months 12 days after seven months illness. Born in Brooklyn October 10 1896 she was educated there and worked as secretary to the president of West India Oil Co. before marrying in 1921. Survived by husband two children William II a midshipman at the Naval Academy and Marie a Maine student. two sisters two nieces one nephew her mother Mrs Helen Lawless and several aunts and uncles.
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Anna C. Bennett
William L. Bennett
Snow Park
Bennett
Bath Memorial Hospital
Brooklyn
N. Y
John and
Helen Bannerwold Lawless
Girls’ High School
Adelphi College
West India Oil Co
Standard Oil Co
St. Gregory’s Church
Bath
Long Island
Hartford
Springfield
Damariscotta
Auasta
St. Mary’s Church
William II, Jr
U. S. Naval Academy
Marie
University of Maine
Arthur Blythe
Herbert Cole
Nutley
N. J
Betty Blythe
Clare
Ada Cole
Herbert Cole, Jr
Helen Lawless
Kingsbury Dies at Bath Iron Works Tool Shop
Ralph W. Kingsbury aged 51 years five months dropped dead Monday morning at ten in the Bath Iron Works Corp tool shop. Born in Bath he was a World War veteran and is survived by three sons William R. of Brunswick Harley T. of East Brunswick and Joseph B. of Bath and two daughters Mrs. Bessie Carr of Quincy Mass and Mrs. Dorothy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Street
Bath Iron Works Corp
Kingsbury
Bath
William R
Brunswick
Harley T
East Brunswick
Joseph B
Bessie Carr
Quincy
Mass
Dorothy
Defective warrants dismiss two Bath youths in court
Judge Gardiner Deering dismissed two Bath men Friday after warrants showed no offense alleged. Officers arrested them for loitering on Center street. warrants charged night walking but failed to specify a date or multiple occasions. The judge ruled warrants worthless and discharged the respondents, barring arraignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner R. Deering
Municipal
Bath
Deering
Francis W. Powers
Center Street
Powers
Edward W. Bridgham
Moulton Former Shirt Factory Cutter Dies at 83
Harry W. Moulton 83 a longtime Bath shirt factory cutter died Thursday at 1 15 p m at his home 22 Russell street after five weeks illness He was born November 9 1859 in Phillips Maine and lived in Hudson Natick before moving to Bath in 1906 He was a deacon at First Baptist Church and a member of Takawantau Lodge Odd Fellows T W Hyde Camp Sons of Union Veterans He is survived by his daughter Mrs Robert R Coombs of West Bath four grandchildren and a brother William H Moulton of Ishpeming Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Moulton
Congress Shirt Factory
Russell Street
Mr. Moulton
Phillips
Daniel and
Tryphenia (Worthley) Moulton
Hudson and Natick
Mass
Bath
Jacob Dreyfus & Sons
Moulton
Newell Cooper
Natick
First Baptist Church
Takawandau Lodge of Odd Fellows
T. W. Hyde Camp
Bertha E. Cooper
Funeral services for Harry W. Moulton at First Baptist Church
The Bath resident and former Natick, Mass. native, Harry W. Moulton, 22 Russell Street, was honored at a large Sunday service in Bath where he served as deacon. Rev. Charles R. Sims led prayers with Mrs. Sims singing and Richard W. Dennison on organ. Honorary bearers included Judge Arthur J. Dunton and Clarence N. Flood. Active pallbearers were Freeman Crosby, James Longhurst, Clinton Pratt and L. Lee Hooker. Burial followed in Dell Park cemetery Natick with a grave service by the Odd Fellows lodge of Natick, of which Moulton was a member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Moulton
Russell Street
First Baptist
Charles R. Sims
Foreclosure Notice In Strout Hinckley Mortgage Case Maine
Notice filed in Sagadahoc County Maine announcing foreclosure of the Hinckley mortgage due to breach of condition. Property on Front Street Richmond bounded to Kennebec River, originally conveyed by Charles J Strout and Lilla L Strout to Inez V Hinckley. Dated August 11 1942 Brunswick Maine. Justice of the Peace Duquette witnesses. 13-20-27
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Inez V. Hinckley
Richmond
Sagadahoc
Maine
Charles L. Strout
Eilla I Strout
Front Street
J. Haynes
Haynes
Kennebec River
Inez
Hinckley
Charles J. Strout
Lilla L. Strout
Sagadahoc County
Brunswick
Lilla J
Strout
State of
Cumberland
Wilfred A. Duquett
Justice of the Peace Commission
Seven intoxication cases heard in municipal court
Seven Bath men appeared in municipal court to answer intoxication charges linked to a weekend heat wave. Six had prior court visits. Six of seven pled guilty. penalties included fines of 5 dollars and costs and 30 day jail terms, with one suspended for surgery, another on sureties for October term, and one found not guilty. A separate assault and battery case against Paul Pitman of Wolllaston Mass was continued to Sept 14.
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City Hall
Gardiner R. Deering
Kennebec County
Augusta
Togus Hospital
Paul Pitman
Wollaston
Mass
Lewis C. Hunt
Frances Stacey Engaged to Archie W McLaughlin
Capt and Mrs George C Stacey of 50 Washington announce the engagement of their daughter Frances Marguerite to Archie W McLaughlin coxswain US Coast Guard stationed at Popham. He is son of Mr and Mrs Wallace McLaughlin of Tentants Harbor. Frances graduates Moyse high school in June with the wedding planned for November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Stacey
Washington Street
Frances Marguerite
Archie W. McLaughlin
Swain
U. S. Coast Guard
Popham
Wallace McLaughlin
Tenant's Harbor
Miss Stacey
Moyse High School
McLaughlin
Tenant’s Harbor
Judges Selected For Victory Harvest Show Exhibits
State Senator Neil S Bishop Major William Kimball and Alfred Carpenter named as judges for vegetable exhibits at the Victory Harvest Show Cosmpolitan club Friday from two to nine p m. Contact committee members Mrs Granville Colby chair Mrs Arthur Packard Mrs Elmer Eldridge and Mrs Bernard Knight for entry details. Soldiers in Saco win shaving relief after barber shops extend hours until seven on alternate nights coordinating with recreation committee chair Larry Shumway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil S. Bishop
William Kimball
Alfred Carpenter
Cosmopolitan Club
Granville Colby
Arthur Packard
Elmer Eldridge
Bernard Knight
Saco
Recreation Committee
Larry Shumway
Recreation Council
Strout and Strout Foreclose Mortgage on Richmond Property
Inez V Hinckley of Richmond conveyed property via mortgage dated March 26 1940 to Charles L Strout and Lilla L Strout. The deed covers land on Front Street Richmond bounded by Anna Dunham Estate and the Kennebec River with rights of way and a foreclose condition noted. Executed August 11 1942 at Brunswick Maine before Notary Wilfred A Duquettt.
Hard Luck Jinx Haunts Park Street Family
Mrs Advah Reynolds of Park Street believes a jinx has lingered near her home for ten days bringing a string of misfortunes. Her husband suffers from appendicitis, the family pet Button is missing, and three year old Peter fell from a neighbor’s car breaking a leg. He was treated at the hospital as his father remains a patient there. This summer will linger in memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advah Reynolds
Park Street
Button
Peter
Nursing Staff Plans Annual Fall Dance at Armory
Bath Memorial Hospital nursing staff organizes its annual Fall dance with a committee selecting September 25 at the State Armory. The group features novel ideas and promises guests will be delighted by surprises and arrangements to be remembered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
State Armory
Mrs Perkins and daughter return from visit in New Hampshire
Mrs Arthur L. Perkins and her daughter Natalie of Middle Street have just come back after a several weeks stay with her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs J Franklin Farnham of Lincoln Avenue Portsmouth New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur L. Perkins
Natalie
Middle Street
J. Franklin Farnham
Lincoln Avenue
Portsmouth
N. H
Probate Notices From Sagadahoc County Bath 1942
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc County orders notices for estates including Kingsbury Young Farnham Hyland and name change request for Leo Hyland to Heyward Newcomb. Publication in Bath Independent for three weeks to allow objections by heirs and interested parties.
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Bath
Sagadahoc
Harvey A. Henderson
George F. Young
James K. Farnham
Rachel Farnham
Leo Frederick Hyland
Leo Frederick H
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Bath Daily Times
Alameda
Charles E. Littlefield
C. C. Dennett
Waldoboro
Jack
Merrill
Philippines
Hong Kong
Charles W. Clifford
St. Pierre
Martinique
Harold M. Sewall
Avenue
Woman's Exchange
Kimball Block
Miss White
John Stacey
Charles Leary
Alfred Raffael
Second Regiment
Lowell Assembly
Pythian Sisterhood
Lewiston
Middle
Union Streets
N. S. Hall
E. D. Jameson
Columbia Theatre
Times
New England
United States
True Blues
Lynn
Bunganuck
Boston
Gardiner
Frank Jack
M. M. Lemont
Light Brigade
Balaklava
John Fitzgerald
Paul Revere
John
Psi U
University of California
Psi Upsilon Fraternity
Epsilon Chapter
Fox
New York
W. A. Atchley
Penwarden
George Gove
Arrowsie
South End
New Meadows Inn
Witich
Page
Academy and
High Streets
Blue Fleet
White
Freeport
Ocean Park
Ann Os
Saume Wee
Arthur McCullum
North End
Eugene Curtis
Richardson Street
Cape Ann
Buckman
Cramp Firm
J. Harry Mull
Schoyl
Francis W. O'Brien
People’s Church
Tuttle
G. A. Tuttle
Boothbay
Monhegan Island
Squirrel Island
Bath Lodge
Ancient Order of United Workmen
Maine State Fair Grounds
Fisher
Brunswick Gun Club
Waterville
Labor Day
A. G. Winslow
John Ramsey
West Bath Grange
Farm Bureau
William J. Bennett
Ralph W. Kingsbury
Frances Stacey
County of Sapadahoe
State of Maine
Anna Dunham
Richmond Bee
Grantor
A. & P Company
Lilla I. Strout
Morteare
Prunswick
Jilla L. Strout
T. John L. Jack
Thomas 4
John L. Jack
Register
Arthur J. Dunton
June M. McIntire
Grace M. McIntire
Gertrude E. Footer
Georgia Footer
Charles E. Robinson
O. Louise Robinson
Hazel B. Lausier
Lena E. Lynette
Massachusetts
Segadahor County
E. Sohter Welch
George E. Brown
Cambridge
John I. Jack, Register
John 1
Sneadahoe
Mma
Clifford B Wilband
Teahelm Wilband
Fatate Tina H. Bartlett
Greenfield
Mariotte Hah
van Torf Polwenrth
Maassechusetts
Arthur J. Ditinton
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