Fortytwo years ago in Bath notes schooner Lavinia Belle tale
Forties ago in Bath items include removal of the sunken schooner Lavinia Belle off the New England yard by Tibbetts and Andrews who expect to finish this week. Floatable hull portions will drift ashore for firewood, heavy timbers to be burned. Also reports on tug Gypsum King saluting prior to leaving Boston with a barge, cottage plans for Roland Fisher, Navy drafting assignments for Benjamin Tuthill, a 76th birthday gathering for Samuel Whitehouse, bicycle trips from Popham Beach, Solus barge launching for Staples Coal Co., and forecasts on Capt. Frank Lyman, Horace Ward, and the Augustus Palmer wreck details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tibbetts and Andrews
Lavinia Belle
New England
Gypsum King
Peter B. Bradley
Boston
New York
Capt. Blizzard
Capt. Chase
Bradley
Bath
Morse & Co
Prisoner Lord Captured by Bath Police at Richardson Street
August 24 1899 Bath report details the capture of William B. Lord an escaped prisoner from the Dedham House of Correction after a tip led Officers Lundrigan Thistle Gaudreau and Reynolds to the Mitchell home on Richardson Street. Lord surrendered without resistance as officers closed in through a rear entrance and placed him under arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Lord
House of Correction
Dedham
Thomaston
Bath
Gaudreau
Thomas Reynolds
George Thistle
Lundrigan
Thistle
Mr. Mitchell
Richardson Street
Capt
Reynolds
August 25 1899 Local Mills and Ship Interests Report
North Bath saw mill expands with a 2500 dollar planer and matcher and runs six men. A 900 ton four masted schooner contract is placed by D E Emery & Co. with Kelley Spear & Co. The Dahlgren trials are delayed by storm. Bricks for the new library block total about 75000. Reunion of the 23d Maine Regiment held at Merrymetting Park with 70 comrades and several wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. & Sons
North
Bath
Desper Oliver
Abner Morse
Washington
D. 8. Emery, Esq
John 8
Emery & Co
Boston
Kelley, Spear & Co
J. 8
23D
Maine Regiment Association
Merrymeeting Park
Kennebec Yacht Club third cup race concludes in breeze
The Kennebec Yacht Club held its third cup race with a good breeze that faded near the finish. The Dewey owned by Charlies Harrington topped the third class in her first race of the year, while the Hecla, owned by Commodore F. M. Cook and sailed by Ralph Parris, won the fourth class. Next, the club schedules a race to Five Islands in Bath. Miss Ethel Hyde, 27, daughter of Gen. and Mrs. T. W. Hyde, Bath, died after a Bright's disease illness. funeral planned next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec Yacht Club
Dewey
Charlies Harrington
Commodore F. M. Cook
Ralph Parris
Five Islands
Bath
Ethel Hyde
Mrs
T. W. Hyde
Miss Hyde
Bright
Gen. T.W
Annie Hayden Hyde
Bath Captain Blames Government Over Sinking of Schooner
The four masted schooner Augustus Palmer from Bath sank in Chesapeake Bay, likely hitting a sunken wreck in six fathoms. The owner’s claim delay is blamed on government action. Palmer valued at 53000. some gear saved. Also reports Charles Flint Douglas died in Cripple Creek from an abscess after moving from Bath. Bath Gun Club to attend Maine state tournament in Auburn. Bath sparrer Tom Wilson to clash with Paddy Fenton in Bar Harbor. Maine L A W Fall meeting notices go out with a large Bath delegation. Pa G. G. Deering reports schooner William T. Donnell arriving in Jacksonville after 28 days from Providence with loss of foresail and mainsail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell
Augustus Palmer
Chesapeake Bay
Newport News
Bangor
Norfolk
Bath
U S
Washington
Palmer
Charles Flint Douglas
Cripple Creek
Col
William Douglas
St. Stephens
Charles
H. M. Douglas
Colorado
Messrs. Thompson, Bates, Merrill, Jones and Lord
Auburn
Harry T. Passmore
Maine
Waterville
China Pond
Fairfield Trotting Park
G. G. Deering
William T. Donnell
Jacksonville
Fla
Providence
Locke
Miss Estelle Franks Returns to D T Percy & Sons
Miss Estelle Franks resumes work at D. T. Percy & Sons after a Boston visit. Melvin Glass, recently homebound by illness, was on duty yesterday at the Iron Works gate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estelle Franks
D. T. Percy & Sons
Boston
Melvin Glass
Iron Works
Pot Luck Supper Idea For Neighbors And Bridge Night
A nostalgic guide promotes a pot luck supper as a sociable gathering with four couples, shared covered-dish meals, and bridge afterward. It lists an ample menu including Rice and Hamburg Casserole, Crab and Egg, Baked Vegetable Loaf, Frozen Tomato Cream Salad, and Banana Chiffon Pie, plus step by step prep and baking notes for each dish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker House
King fined $150 on driving charges in municipal court
Hvgh King a Bath Iron Works ship fitter pleaded guilty to four warrants charging motor vehicle violations. He was fined 100 plus costs for DUI and 50 plus costs for leaving the scene, with other charges filed. Also jailed briefly on a larceny plea, and Mrs Dennis paid court costs after a traffic light dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hvgh King
Robinson's Lane
Bath Iron Works Corp
Gardiner R. Deering
Maina
Judge Deering
King
Summerstreet
Joseph A. Butler
Sherwood Aldrich
George Pinkham
Middle Street
Rach McInnes
Lilla Dennis
Small Point
New Jersey
Boston
Washington and Dencer Streets
Dennis
Ray Dennis
Deertrees Theatre
Harrison
Dean R. Bonney
Elton Munsey Captures Record Striper on Kennebec
Elton Munsey of Day's Ferry Woolwich a Morse high school junior led the statewide race for the Senator Wentworth Striped Bass Trophy by weighing an eight pound five ounce striped bass in the Kennebec river near Arrowsic across from Hyde Windlass Co. The fish measured 28.5 inches and was landed in about 15 minutes while Munsey used a bass spoon. Local sportsmen report increasing striped bass activity with limits in recent days and anticipate Merrymeeting Bay to become a popular rendezvous soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elton Munsey
Day’s Ferry
Woolwich
Morse High School
Senator Wentworth
Kennebec
Arrowsic
Hyde Windlass Co
Philip Sirois
Middle Street
Maine Publicity Bureau
Munsey
Woolwich Lad
Preble's Cove
Merrymeeting Bay
Mrs Butler Wins Trip to World’s Fair
Mrs. Fred S. Butler of 86 Washington Street won an all expenses paid trip to New York and a tour of the World’s Fair funded by Senter's Inc. Her shopping ticket number 5114, earned during the Golden Harvest Clearance Sale, was drawn Monday afternoon at 2 in The Times Co. office. Tickets were placed in a box after customers spent 50 cents. the draw was conducted publicly with Wilfrid Guerin and W. H. Jordan selecting the winning ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred S. Butler
Washington Street
New York
Senter's Inc
The
Times Co
Opera House
Wilfrid Ll. Guerin
W. H. Jordan
Front Street
Interest in Fishing along the Maine Coast
Maine tuna season shows large fish off York to Bailey Island but catches slow due to heavy fog. Anglers report 60 tuna by rod and reel and possibly 200 by harpoon this season, with George Dumond’s 664-pound Casco Bay catch as a Maine record. Contests, club leadership shifts, and fishing law proposals fill a busy coastal scene through Ogunquit, Saco, and Old Orchard Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
York
Bailey Island
George Dumond
Jersey City
Maine
Casco Bay
Henry Strater
Ace Rod and Rec
Strater
Probate notices list Sagadahoc estate appointments in Bath
John L. Jack, Register of Probate, lists executors and administrators for Bath estates. Leroy L Burnham named administrator, Fred W May deceased April 19, 1939, Ethel May administrator, Abner J Wilson deceased August 3, 1939, Lottie E Wilson administrator. Original orders referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Jack
Sagadahoc
Leroy L. Burnham
Bath
Fred W. May
Ethel May
Abner J. Wilson
Lottie E. Wilson
Yee Ee
Hamed
Joan Merritt Ham
Brookline
Mass
Virginia Shaw Boudin
Boston
Massachusetts
Roscoe H. Shaw
Maine
Mary M. Lennox
Maud V. McQuaide
Mary E. Smith
Topham
Edward W. Bridghham
Lucy G. Southworth
Iate
Allan Spear
Frank S. Head
Woolwich
Ellen R. Warren
Irving L. Jameson
Ralph E Carlisle
Frank D. Elliot
Thomaston
Woodcock Season Opens October First In Maine
Maine's woodcock season returns to October 1 through 31 after U S Biological Survey changes. Commissioner George J. Stobie notes last year's October 10 to November 9 period drew many hunter complaints. possession limit rises from four to eight birds while daily bag stays four. Waterfowl rules unchanged except geese daily bag drops from five to four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Fish and Game
George J. Stobie
U. S. Biological Survey
Stobie
Morse High Athletics Lose 450 In Fire Loss
Morse High School’s Athletic Association faces roughly 450 loss from a fire at Berry Reclaiming Co in Holyoke. Henry D. Small says Morse will receive 232 as its share of 10 000 total insurance for 58 schools. New equipment ordered to replace destroyed gear totals 682. Equipment had been sent for reconditioning by several schools. Rockland High and Bowdoin College are among others reportedly affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Berry Reclaiming Co
Holyoke
Mass
Henry D. Small
Board of Education
Rockland High School
Bowdoin College
Groves Rites Held For Harvy E Groves Funeral
The funeral of Harvey E. Groves a Cushman Co driver who died suddenly at his home 14 Deering street was held Monday at 2 pm at Arthur F Mayo funeral residence 819 High street Rev Earl T French of the Nazarene church officiated Bearers all Cushman Co employees Lawrence Blake William Boyce Raymond Harris and Horace Morse. Burial was in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey E. Groves
Cushman Co
Deering Street
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Earl T. French
Church of the Nazarene
Lawrence Blake
William Boyce
Raymond Harris
Horace Morse
Buria
Oak Grove
Miss Violet Arsenault Plans World's Fair Visit
Miss Violet Arsenault employed by J. J. Newberry Co. is spending her vacation in Massachusetts and Connecticut and will visit the New York World's Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet Arsenault
J. J. Newberry Co
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York World's Fair
Probate notices in Bath Sagadahoc August 1939
Court of Probate in Sagadahoc County Bath orders notice to interested parties. A three week publication in Bath Independent invites appearance at Bath on September 5, 1939 to hear and object. Executors and trustees named in wills seek accounts and letters testamentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
William S. Shorey
Harry J. Day
Charlotte I. Meeker
J. Houghton McLeili
J. Houghton McLellan, Jr
Frank H. Clark
Arrowsic
Elizabeth A. Clark
John W Brackett
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bath Daily Times
Charles Rogers
Brunswick
Roland Fisher
Middle
Union Street
Fisher
Benjamin Tuthill
Navy Department
Webb Academy
Everett Haymaker
Samuel Whitehouse
Pine Street
Morris
E. F. Whitehouse
Whitehouse
Helen May Larrabee
Mr. Whitehouse
Arthur Passmore
Will Shorey
Popham Beach
Popham
Solus
Staples Coal Co
Taunton
Frank Lyman
Parker Head
Horace Ward
Conley and
Crosby's
Hooner
Frances M
Hagat
Portsmouth
N. H
Yestor
Washington, D. C
Charles M. Webber of
Charles T. Jackson
Sabine
Margaret McIntire
Winneganee
Obadiah Trask
Phippsburg
John
Mary Oliver
Trask
Joseph Webber
Henry McIntire
Columbia Theatre
Columbia
Fred Whitmore
New Meadows
Marine Railway
Andrews
Powell
George W. Dean
Greenleaf Cottage
Fred Hill
Fort Point
Y . Es
Ice King
Knickerbocker Towage Co
Bath High School
William E. Rice
Freda Drummond
Vernie Blagdon
Wiscasset
O. W. Folsom
North Conway, N. H
8. A. Plummer
E. C. Plummer
Louise
Alfred Tarbox
Oscar H. Bogret
Thompson Bros
Eastport
Calais
St. John
F. B. Nichols
Cherryfield
Dahlgren
Southport
George Reed
Center Street
Charles M. Lincoln
New York Herald
George M. Lincoln
Arthur G. Oliver
Joseph Nichols Shoe Store
Augustus Hunt
Crosby
F. S. Blaisdell
Blaisdell
Chase Block
Center
Washington Streets
Thomas Dwyer
Jack
F. J. Matthews
Shannon House
Bath Road
School House
Mr. Matthews
M. D. Cressey
Harding
Portland
Leora M. Thurlow
C. R. Brown
Wollaston
Oa Gy
Independent
Owen Ledyard
Swift
F. B. Torrey, Jr
Tom Wilson
Bar Harbor
Paddy Fenton
Mrs. Butler
Ogunquit
Bob Fisher
Kennebunk
Cliff North
Andover
Locke MacKenzie
Sumner Sewall
Leon Storz
Worcester
Richmond Yorke
Lewis O. Barrows
Maine Tuna Club
Kenneth Hutchings
Art Read
Federal Street
Elroy Johnson
Raymond Wilson
Saco
Westworth
Corea
J. D. A. Sullivan
New York City
Charlie Murray
Old Orchard
Boothbay Harbor
R. P. Hazzard
Gardiner
Old Orchard Beach
Mt. Katahdin
Donn Fendler
Roy Dudley
Chimney Pond
Fendler
Roaring Brook
Mhilinocket
Dudley
Rangeley Lakes
Rangeley Lake
South Bog Stream
Beaver Bog
Mountain Pond
Kemangkeag
Greeley
Park Ponds
Seven Pond
Stetson Township
Big Canyon
Morse High Athletic Association
H. E. Groves
John L Jack
Register
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