Forty Years Ago In Bath The Insider Chronicle
The December 5 1911 Bath column recounts local life including sightings of Capt Elbridge Wright nearing 94, Mrs Margaret Ashworth preparing Europe trip, Bowdoin baseball prospects, a bear trap tale, and scheduled events at Colonial Club and Bath theatre with readings by Jeanette Kellogg and performances at Dreamland Theatre. Nearby notes cover weather, civic improvements, police actions, and social events across Bath and Woolwich.
Morse Wins Basketball Opener 69 33 Over Gould Academy
Morse defeats Gould Academy 69 to 33 in their season opener before 600 fans. Capt. Jackie Hartleb and Brad Stover each score 17 for Morse as coach Farrel benches starters at halftime to test bench players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MORSE
Gould Academy
Jackie
Brad
Gould
Jackie Hartley
Brad Stover
Dunc Farrell
Hartleb
Stover
Louie Kingsbury
Louie
Bobby Small
Harry Moses
Billy Heggett
Sonny Munsey
Billy
Sonny
Heggctt
Ralphie King
King
O.K
Dune
Chick Marchetti
Johnny Trafton
Paul McCourt
Rolfe
Johnson
Tee
W. Haggett
Moses
Black
Munsey
Small
Marchetti
McCourt c
Rouillard c
Kingsbury
Trafton
Doyle
Keene
Carmichael
Greene
R. Haggett
Totals
G. FG
Fossett
Lfnae
Emery
D. Jordan
Murphy
A. Jordan
Agnese
Austin
Salvation Army seeks aid for holiday dinner drive
Capt Emily Parsons appeals for public support to fund and provision a mass dinner for the poor, with meals to be sent out in a few days and donations urged to rally to the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Parsons
Salvation Army
Rum Suppression Reported as City Seeks Underground Trade
December 8 1911 reports claim Marshal McFadden reduced rum selling to its lowest level. Prohibition activists accuse a smuggling network of importing liquor into town via an underground rail route, with one gang involved in sneak delivery.
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Boston Journal
Mme
Emma
Eames
de Go
Poe
Gogorza
Primen
Feenihee
Marshal McFadden
Captain Haskell Sails to Ocean Hospital After Rescue
Captain William H. Haskell, master of the five mast schooner Nathaniel T Palmer, was rescued after his vessel was abandoned at sea while en route from Portland. He lies in the Marine Hospital in Timore, enduring the hardships of the voyage and the peril faced at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Sam Lee
Prince Chung
Portland
Forest City
Moy
Roxbury
Stimore
Palmer
Dames
Wathfield
Charlestown Bay
Bremen
William H. Haskell
Nathaniel T. Palmer
Timore
Perth Amboy man narrowly escapes drowning in river work
Dec 11 1911 reports no ice in the Sasanoa river with a heavy freeze the previous year. Cutler W Bowker of Perth Amboy New Jersey, formerly of this city, had a very narrow escape from drowning while at work for the Perth Amboy Dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin Classical Club
Paul L. Wing
Conant
Reed
Central Grammar School
Miss Maxim
Gardiner
Center
South Street
Sasanoa River
Cutler W. Bowker
Perth Amboy
N. J
Towne Couple Resettle in Schenectady New York
Mr. and Mrs. Selwyn Towne have moved to Schenectady New York where they are well settled. Mr Towne formerly served as chief engineer at Bath Iron Works and now works with General Electric Company in the Schenectady Plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Cook
Jamaica Plain
Mass
Cook
Thomas G. Plant
William Kingsbury
Lillian Berry
Georgetown
Lewiston
Selwyn Towne
Schenectady
N. Y
Towne
Bath Iron Works
General Electric Co
Probate Notices From Bath County Court
Public probate notices announce hearings for wills and estates in Bath. Names include Corrie H Varney and Lillian M Tarhon of Bath with executors Alice Worrey and Alie MacNeil. estate accounts and allowances to be reviewed January next. Canal National Bank of Island serves as administrator for Dave B Dearborn case. Judge Arthur J III presides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Turner
Harriet D. Turner
Ruby Fisher Sewall
Kansas City
Missouri
Tashenel
Frederick Sewall Gardner
Union National Bank of
Earl H. Bath
Eula
Lyman Irving Oliver
Phippsburg
Ernest Oliver
Winfield S. Wright
Woolwich
George Elwell Wee
Nellie P. Percy
Brooklyn
New York
John P. Carey
Arthur J. D
Bath
Corrie H. Varney
Roentary
E. Varney
Alice
George A. Worrey
Rue A
Alalie B. MacNeil
Itland
Arthur J. III
Horace McClure
Register
Morse JV Triumphs Over Falmouth in Narrow Victory
In an opener before the Morse Gould academy game the Morse junior varsity edged Falmouth Boys club 39 32. Chick Marchetti led with four baskets totaling 15 points while Paul Mc blanked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
jCourt
Carmichael
Noard D
Flynn
Morse IV
G Marchetti
Doyle
Rf Black
If Greene
Trafton
McCourt
Rae
Falmouth Boys’ Club
J. Johns
FC. Bis
D. Flynn
Odes
Morse-Gould Academy
Morse Jv’s
Chick Marchetti
Jv's
Paul Mc
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Lebanon
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Liza A. Innes
Edward H. Hartwell
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Jamaica’ Plain
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Maud Seymour
Gorham Normal School
Bowdoin
Walter Brown
Paul Wing
Arthur S. Pratt
W. G. Bates
Colonial Club
W. A. Murtaugh
Colonial Club Orchestra
H. T. Stevens
Mr. Murtaugh
Daniel Williams
Dayton Hill
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Williams
Hawley
Lasca
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Banderillero
W. A. ‘Murtaugh
Levi. W. Powers
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Wilfred J. Demers
American Express
Thomas W. Hyde Camp
Sons of Veterans
Auxil
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Charlotte Heald
Dunbar
Allen
Pratt
Heald
Carrie Gilchrist
Eva Lemont
Della Hooker
Sarah Cutting
Florence Robinson
Mae Pratt
Jeanette Kellogg
Buffalo
Music Hall
Bath Aerie, F. O. E
Eastern Steamship Co
F. W.carlton
Gray
University of Maine
Morse High School
W. Scott Tibbetts
Curtis
Edward E. Rose
Dreamland Theatre
John Meehan
Brian Kelley
Supreme Judicial Court
William D. Coombs
James E. Drake
Alexander M. Cutler
John H. Hanscom
Charles Whitehouse
Fred S. Sawyer
Charles R. Donnell
William P. Hatch
Arthur P. Larrabee
Osman P. Coffin
Theresa Moses
Bath City Hospital
Owen J. Ledyard
West Bath Grange Hall
Armory Hall
Eva B. Small
Cora A. Savage
Eleanor T. Foote
Government of Maine U. O
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Elmwood
A. H. Shaw
Moosehead Lake
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William R. Kimball
Charles C. Low
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G. C. DeMott
Alden C. Moses
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Winnie Noble
Herbert E. Cole
Earle Lermond
Times
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George W. Wells
Joseph York
L. H. Curtis
Fred B. Higgins
Higgins Lobster Co
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Bath Hospital
Solar Lodge
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Wearre
Epworth League
Beacon Street Church
Bertha Crossmann
Winnegance Whist Club
A. W. Oliver
Mira Merritt
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Knights of Columbus
John F. Tracey
Bartholomew O'Donnell
Edward J. Murphy
L. Eugene Thebeau
Henry M. Biggins
Daniel Costello
John L. P. Burke
E. J. Hartnett
Michael Quinn
R. C. Hannigan
M. C. Fitzgerald
F. W. Hartnett
Patrick M. Conley
Montgomery and
St. Bernard Royal Arch
Lucius M. Lemont
Lemont
Joseph Begin
Ruth Parker
Orleen Gay
D. T. Percy & Sons
Arthur Lee Todd
Sherman Mills
F. S. Curtis
Cartie Albee
Henry G. Turner
Mabel Shepard
Seth Stewart
Helen Coombs
Maine
Fern Lodge
Samuel_R. Percy
Sabine
Phi Rho Society
Joseph Brierley
Edward Coombs
Joe
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MCA
Sagadahoe Corner
Phi Rhios
Dummer Sewall Cohagien
Ieee Eee
Irig
Congregational Church of
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Bonfie Braé
E. M. Warren
West Woolwich
Secret Service
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Green Street
Frank G. Reed
Cole. A. Frazer
S.S. Co
Maine Central
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Frances Parks
Napoleon Dufresne
Boris Sullivan
Sagadahoe County
George W. Shaw
Alden Richardson
Lemont Street
Baxter
New Meadows
Wendell Stevens
Westport
Five Islands
Mary Dillingham
W. H. Newell
Webster Street
John A. Morse
Frame
Lisbon
R. F. Johannot
Merrill
Ruth Fullerton
Mary Dow
Edward Pomeroy
Adelaide Dennison
W. H. Smith & Son
Weston Bonney
Ryree
W. R. Bowker
H. W. Cutting
Sheet
Bowker
Ao Eea
Levi W. Powers
Riggsville
Sheepscot
Jonathan Philbrook
Lloyd Bates
Mr. Bates
New York City
Albany
Clyde Line
Jacksonville
Ward Stevenson
Shannon House
King Tavern
N. L. Jackson
Governor King
King’s Tavern
Customs House
King’s Square
East
Llewellyn Rogers
Western Avenue
Mr. Rogers
T. W. Hyde
E. T. Thompson
Rogers
Topsham
McLain
Tom Gallagher
Gallagher
Alameda
William M. Adams
Times Co
Marguerite Footer
Ruth Bradlee
Edna Pepper
Margaret Miller
Maine Hall
Bowdoin College
Benamin Mikelsky
Maine Medical School
Roscoe Leighton
Lowell Temple Pythian
K. of Phall
Jennie Oliver
Caroline Jewell
Stinson
Thomas F. Perkins
West Bath
Bath Trust Company
R. H. Baxter
First National Bank OF Bath
J. Horace McChimes
State of Maine
Hay
Argone
Harold I. Goss
Secretary