Arrowsic Toll Exemption Question Sparks Bridge Debate
Arrowsic residents may have been illegally exempt from tolls for decades, prompting scrutiny of the bridge’s finances and ownership. If tolls had been paid, funds might have kept the structure in repair, potentially preventing recent breakdowns and outages. Debate focuses on legality of exemptions, the charter’s scope, and possible post office and Georgetown involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrowsic
Woolwich
Fort Place
Georgetown
Post Office Department
Arrowsie
Penny
Helion club members hunt pet fox in Bath neighborhood
A stray fox owned by the Helion club is missing since Sunday night. Mrs. Tucker saw it in her yard at 934 Middle Street and neighbors confirmed ownership. Club members searched, but the two month old fox eluded capture. The community remains vigilant as the fox proves wily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Helion Club
Harry W. Tucker
Middle Street
Younhy
Reynard
Big Industry for Rockland to Celebrate Opening
Rockland will mark a holiday as East Coast Fisheries Go opens its Rockland plant opening a major era of prosperity. A beam trawler Pelican arrives with 350000 pounds of fish from Grand Banks. The $4,000,000 fleet and $2,000,000 plant investment promise thousands of jobs and hundreds of new homes. Government seaplanes may assist in the noon celebration. Stores close for the event.
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Rockland
Grand Banks
New England
Gloucester
Tilson Wharf
Mrs Frederick Baker Hosts Tea for Guests in Dover
Mrs Frederick Baker entertained with a Friday afternoon tea honoring guests including Mrs Rexsamer of Claymont and Miss Shaw of New Castle, Del. A long list of attendees featured many Barker and Morse family members and others, with Mrs Herbert Williams of Detroit arriving Monday night after the death of her sister-in-law, Mrs Daniel Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Baker
Rexsamer
Claymont
Del
Shaw
Newcastle
I. B. Wilson
Philadelphia
Julia Barker
Byron Barker
Charles Clifford
Martha Foote
Belle Foote
Margaret Foote
Thomas Gibbons
Mary Gibbons
Emma Fames de Gogorza
William P. Hill
John
Lucy Patten
Lawrence B. Jackson
Arthur Sewall
Harold Sewall
Mark Sewall
William D. Sewall
Frank Small
Henry C. Wright
Benjamin M. Plummer
Palmer Cobb
Frederick 3. Drake
McGilvra
Frederick Edwin H. DeLany
J. F. Murphy
Harold
Herbert E. Williams
Detroit, Mich
Daniel Williams
Secret Wedding Nets Winnegance Couple a Humble Party
Mr and Mrs Charles S Morse formerly of Bath kept their Brunswick Aug 11 marriage secret for nine days. A Bursting surprise occurred when about 30 Winnegante friends gathered at the Tibbetts home to celebrate, the couple serenaded and welcomed guests before returning to Middle street court. Morse works at Bath Iron Works and Spear is a Bath native.
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Charles S. Morse
Mary Spear
Bath
Joshua N. Tibbetts
Lower High Street
Brunswick
Harold G. McCann
Bath Iron Works
Clara Spear
Pearl Street
Middle Street Court
Leon Pennell
Charles Mansfield
Hodaday
Sabine
Min
Dad Oliver
Popham
Ernest Rogers
Joshua Tibbetts
Louise
Ralph
Forrest Drake
Bay Point
Madeline Dennison
Freeport
Lucy Small
Auto Supply Co
Eva Wallace
Imdson Owen
Squirrel Island
Abram Oliver
A. Evans
The
People’s Church
Mabel Redlon
Aid
Nan Oliver
Marchand
Somerville Mass
Charles Hewitt, Jr
Timothy Rogers
Eleanor Rhines
Wiscasset
Ann Olives
Harry Oliver
Walter Marco
Venus
Berlin
N. H
Zina Hunt
Bessie
Boris Squith
N.hh. S
Charles’ Crosby
George Trask
Nancy Hunt
Eugene Winslow
Norwood
Mass
Hettie Morse
William Dotten
Boston
Robert Dotten
Annie Warrington
Evergreen Cottage
Oscar Phelan
Edithe
Annie Purington
Harry 13
Williams
Lis
Capt Scott Captures Whale of a Fish
Capt E W Scott of Cape Small Point landed a 700 pound horse mackerel the largest of the season. The fish sold for 57 dollars to M J Flaherty at Wortland Pier after dressing weighed 574 pounds. Scott harpooned the monster and fought it alone, the haul proving a brutal pull over the Hampton boat rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Scott
Cape Small Point
M. J. Flaherty
Wortland Pier
Scott
Hampton
Warner Lewis Couple Marries at Bath Church Parsonage
Miss Ruth A. Lewis and Clarence A. Warner of Bath wed Saturday night at Corliss street church parsonage with Rev. Clarence M. Fogg officiating. Attendants were the bride's sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Leask. The couple plans to live at 221 Middle street.
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Ruth A. Lewis
Clarence A. Warner
Bath
Corliss Street Church Parsonage
Clarence M. Fogg
Harry J. Leask
Dennis Lewis
Donald H. Warner
Warner
Middle Street
Promoters in Bath Plan Groundbreaking for New Hotel
Bath poised for a $800,000 hotel project named Hunter's Lodge to be built at Center and Middle streets. M B Hayes Inc officials arrive to handle stock subscriptions while Irving E Vernon files incorporation papers for Bath Hotel Co. with $400,000 common and $400,000 preferred stock. Groundbreaking hoped within 30 days. town officials discuss transfers of nearby properties.
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M. B. Hayes
M. B. Hayes, Inc
Bath
Hunter's Lodge
Wastime Point
Bremen
Center
Middle Streets
J. Edward Fuler
Fuller Construction Co
Mmen’s Club
Irving E. Vernon
Portland
Bath Hotel Co
Augusta
Charles I. Lowes
New York
Lowes
M. LB. Hayes, Inc
Wioston
Providence
Local Notes From Bath Area Travelers and Celebrants
Local notes recount residents taking trips to Portland and Boston, vacations in the White Mountains and Nantasket Beach, visits from Boston guests, new birth at City Hospital, and families at West Southport and Old Orchard camp meeting. Includes Mrs H K Dunton Mrs R H Dunton Mrs F E Millay Mr and Mrs Harry B Sawyer and daughter Jennie Mrs John E Fitzgerald Miss Ruth Jordan Esther Bye Harriet S Lawrence James Sutherland Ethel Mayo and others.
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H. K. Dunton
R. H. Dunton
F. E. Millay
Portland
Harry B. Sawyer
Jennie
White Mountains
John E. Fitzgerald
Ruth Jordan
Bath Tron Works
Esther Bye
Ernest Bye
City Hospital
Harriet
Lawrence
Boston
George Levyn
Turner's Court
James Sutherland
Ethel
West Southport
Mary H. Conley
Julia (. Clark
Nantasket Beach
Winnie Quinn
Bath Tron Works Office
Residents and visitors converge in Bath and environs
Mrs James Stewart and family returned Monday from Old Orchard camp meeting. Newark visitors include Mr and Mrs Raymond Chasey with Harry Foote in Washington street. Mrs Rupert Cowles and children Virginia and Philip stay with Mr and Mrs Allen M Irish. G Fred Moulton of South Norwalk visits Dr Charles Moulton at his New Harbor summer home. S B Martin spends time at his Arrowsic cottage. Norman J McCabe and party travel to Nova Scotia by automobile. Mrs Frank Brisky Doris Janda visit Mrs F M Hughes. William Blackwood, now with the Bureau of Steam Engineering in Washington, visits Bath.
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James Stewart
Old Orchard
Raymond Chasey
Newark
N. J
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Ziegfield
Pathe
von Bernstorff
Jou A
Egro Company
Island Town
Xee Pe ”Helion Club
Crouy
Sitehe
Bath Grain CO
Mr. and
Mrs
Charles S
Morse
William BR. Hughes
Harry Webber
Hughes
Boston Advertiser
New York Commercial
Warner—Lewis
America
John J. Desmond
Hunter’s
Architecture
A. U. Wildreth
Topsham
Mr. Hildreth
Hildreth
Mac- Mahan Island
Sewall Pond
Conley’s Specialty Store
C.L. Farnham CO. Inc
Maine Central Railroad
Ufe
Mes Geet
Maine Central
Industrial Bureau
Portland, Maine
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