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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 03, 1942

Page

7

Forty years ago in Bath in 1902 local notes

Fortyeight years ago in Bath column recounts events from November 23 1902. Ernest and Herbert King shoot an owl at sixty yards. Charles A Harriman picks a rose on High street. an electric light is installed in a dark alley behind City Hall. Hiram Cornish builds a large piazza at Pleasant Farm North Bath. Miss Ethel Hitchcock hosts a whist party on Green street. George H Ragan and Leonard Pye build a smelt hedge in Winnegance creek with large smelts reported. a son named Roland Bertram is born to Mr and Mrs Alexander Robinson on Washington street. rabbit hunt yields seven. William Martin visits from Charles Town. scow Emma C driven ashore at Pond's Point. open house at Colonial clubrooms. Thanksgiving with sister Rose Hill.

Thanksgiving notes and local business updates from Bath

Local items report turkey raffles and brisk sales with birds at 25 cents per pound. Bath Trust Company announces Dec 1 opening. Mussenden and aides transition from First National Bank. Hyde Light Guards host sixth annual Food Fair at Alameda Exhibit Building. Winnepeg bass season cited. Several residents travel to Charleston and New Orleans for events. a Knights of Columbus dance draws a crowd. Weather dull with rain and snow. many stores close at noon.

Hyde Light Guards Alameda Exposition Merrymeeting Bay Bvidee Bath

Sailors race to New York as three schooners depart

Nov 30 1902 Bath items note the schooners Mabel Hall H N Berry and Leora Thurlow sailing from New York with captains eager to finish first The Bath real estate transfers include Martha E Harmon to George Temple and Edmund M Warren to Thomas Tarbox The Lygonia captain Tibbetts visits town to load lumber in Bowdoinham A L Dennison of Bowdoin College chosen principal of the ninth grade with Potter resigning to become cashier at First National Bank

Mabel Hall H. N. Berry Leora Thurlow New York Bath Martha E. Harmon George Temple Court Street Edmund M. Warren Thomas Tarbox Cottage Park Horatio Duncan Charles A. Davenport Washington Street Catherine M. Loach Tibbetts Bowdoinham A. L. Dennison Bowdoin College Pripcipal Charles H. Potter Bashier First National Bank Miss Adams Grinnell Dennison

City Receives Gun Carriage Ruling and Clergy Pulpit Exchange

Mayor Hyde reports Senator Frye reply regarding gun carriage for two War Department guns. A Bureau of Ordnance chief suggests mounting the guns on granite blocks. Rev. Merrill and Rev. Yale exchanged pulpits Sunday as the Kennebec steamer is prepared for winter at the wharf and Captain McLoud returns home from Boston with coal cargo aboard the Alice M. Colburn.

Hyde Senator Frye War Department Bureau of Ordnance Captain McLoud Alice M. Colburn Boston

Bath Trust Co opens in Conley Cros by block

Bath city history marks a grand start as Bath Trust Co opened at nine with deposits poured in by Treasurer William D Mussenden and assistants William B Mussen den and William S Shorey. Local items note hunting trips by Charles Robinson and Vernal Chase, Bath High School football season ending with a strong record, home improvements on High Street, a speedy Summer residence project at Small Point, several ship launches, a dancing class, and Colonial Club meetings with officer appointments.

City of Bath Bath Trust Co Conley & Crosby William D. Mussenden William B. Mussenden William S. Shorey

Maine Deer Season Ranks Among Best In Years

Maine reports a highly successful hunting season with abundant deer and fewer fatal accidents. Hunters used ammunition sparingly due to shortages, reflecting careful shooting and safer outings. Some out of state vehicles carried deer on return trips from the hunting area.

Maine Edward Hudon Lewiston Maine State Liquor Commission

Schubert Club Meets at Miss Ben ef Rev McInnes Home

Members of the Schubert club of Kennebunk gathered at Miss Mary Ben ef Rev. William McInnes of Kennebunkport. McInnes, a phonograph record collector with about 1700 to 1800 discs, selected highlights for the group and contrasted early 1900s records with modern ones.

Schubert Club Kennebunk Mary Benef William McInnes Kennebunkport McInnes

Bath memories of old time markets and winter life

The column recalls Bath’s past meat and hay markets, wood and coal trades, and horse drawn life. It notes wartime fuel limits, tin drives, and the Red Cross sending messages, with reflections on clothing, shoes, milk delivery, and everyday goods from earlier days.

Bath New England Water Street Elm Street Old City Hall Grant Store Oakhurst

Sagadahoc Agricultural and Hor Society Meeting Notice

The Sagadahoc Agricultural and Horticultural Society holds its annual meeting in the Brunswick Municipal Court Room on December 7 1942 at 9 30 a m for electing officers and any other lawful business. Secretary Samuel Woodward Brunswick Me November 23 1942.

Sagadahoc Agricultural and Hor_ Society Brunswick Samuel Woodward

Marine writes from Guadalcanal about prayers keeping him safe

Pte Lionel G Morin of the United States Marine Corps sends a letter to his brother Eddie Morin in Augusta describing how he has escaped death repeatedly on Guadalcanal. He says nightly prayers help him endure and stay alive amid constant danger.

Lionel G. Morin United States Marine Corps Guadalcanal Eddie Morin Augusta

Probate Notices From Bath Sagadahoc County 1942

Court of Probate at Bath Sagadahoc County orders publication of notices for multiple estates. Names include Caroline Baker Quinby Rebecca Minott Earnest Smith Ada Catherine Minott Martha Hooper Sydney Meeker Victor Pollard Horace Murray Enna Knowiton and others with executors guardians and administrators listed. Proceedings cover petitions letters testamentary change of name and final accounts with hearings set for December.

Bath Sagadahoc Caroline Baker Quinby Shrewsbury Massachusetts Maine Caroline Baker Anderson Charles V. Minott Phippsburg Rebecca B. Minott Earnest Smith Earnest Walls Grace M. Trask Martha E. Hooper Emma FP. Hoopiy Ada Catherine Minott Guardian Sydney J. Meeker Wilrm S. Shorer Harry L. Day Charlotte I. Meeker Dee Tees Victor C. Pollard Florence

Also Mentioned on This Page

The Bath Daily Twin Ernest Herbert King Herbert Charles A. Harriman High Street Hiram Cornish Pleasant Farm J. W. Coombs Ethel Hitchcock Green Street Miss Hitchcock George H. Ragan Leonard Pye Winnegance Winnegance Creek Alexander Robinson Roland Bertram Rollin Stevens Fred Footer John D. Footer, Jr Irving Trufant Mr. Lemont West Bath Woods Roland Stevens William Martin Charlestown F. J. Parks University Press Harvard Square Emma C Pottle Pond’s Point Sagadahoc Bay M. G. Shaw Fred Witham Murphy WwWndlass Co Washington Gilbert Upper High Street Harry Hill Miss Rose Hill Mussenden Trust Co. J Consley and Crosby Bath Trust Company Winneanee Creek Walter Morse George Stetson Samuel Stetson Auburn Jancis Murphy Leasant A. R. Ratt Sidney B. Knights Saac Doughty Mouldinglass Co Mrs. Murphy Ratt Mr. Murphy M. M. Lemont James Farrell A. E. Purington B. Marble Charleston Nevada Grace C. Baker Dummers Street Harriet J. Mitchell Baker James Perkins New Orleans Kappa Sigma Society Knights of Columbus Hall Eagle’s Charles Fitzgerald John Doyle Francis O'Donnell Landlord McCormick Pittston McCormick Gardiner Seguin Phippsburg Center Wilbur McCarthy George Buchanan McCarthy Jane Moulton New Jersey Colonial Club Frank Perkins William Temple A. W. Chesterton Cumberland Fall River William P. Merrill Beacon Street Church D. L. Yale Central Congregational Church Kennebec Charles Robinson Vernal Chase Georgetown Hayden Smith Capt. Skinner Hartwell Small Point Alice Sewall Percy & Smalls Kelley, Spear Co Fred Campbell Bernard Wood Armory Hall William Furber John E. Ryan A. P. Denham Thomas Black Henri Crosby Front Street Vine Street Elm Front Streets George Farrin City Park City Street Red Cross Philippines Office of Defense Transportation Washington Lewiston Board of Public Works Spain Charles Davenport Augustus Palmer Bill'’ Wakefield John O. Fiske Winter Street Fiske James W. Wakefield Bill Sagadahoe County Wakefield Bill” Wakefield Hiram A. Huse Gus Santa Claus J. P. Welch R. H. Byram Frank Brown Sam” Melcher Milady First Baptist Church Washington Streets Moxley Ino Sagadahock House G. White E. Warden Edwin Putnam H. W. Owen, Jr H. W. Swanton A. F. Colby G. E. Newman Congress U. S. Treasury U. S. Mint John Q. Citizen John L. Jack Frank A. Hoon Woolwich Arriette Ann Gearing Hodgdon Harry W Mromston Ellie G. Coombs West Bath Mary B Page Frank A. Page John C. Tourtillotte Annie B. Tourtillotte Arthur J. Dunton Register
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