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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1955

Page

8

Bath Marines Elect 1916 Officers At Annual Meeting

Fred Stover is named commander with Gardiner Crocker and Clarence Warren as senior and junior vice commanders. Officers also include F. H. Beals, Seth Stewart, Clarence Thomas, Eugene E. Annable, and W. W. Miller. The camp lists 105 members and plans a New Year’s Eve ball in Music hall.

T. W. Hyde Sons of Veterans Fred Stover Gardiner Crocker Clarence Warren F. H. Beals Seth Stewart Clarence Thomas Eugene E. Annable W. W. Miller Music Hall E. E. Annable Charles Pratt Arthur Stewart

Miss Foote Seeks Tobacco Gifts for French Soldiers

Miss Foote reports over 400 pipes collected for French troops with no tobacco needed as the French government supplies it. A German woman donated two pipes, has one son in service and another killed earlier. The Chamber of Commerce offers a silver cup for the basketball winner at next Friday’s YMCA event featuring Colonial and second teams. The Public Utilities Commission approves Bath’s petition to abolish Blind Crossing, to be undertaken by Maine Central Railroad with 25 percent funded by the city.

Miss Foote Times Chamber of Commerce Y.M.C. A The Public Utilities Commission City of Bath Maine Central Railroad

Brunswick Court Sets Record for Fines in Liquor Raids

December 9 1915 Brunswick municipal court processed a record day with 908.96 dollars in fines and costs from liquor raids on Tuesday night. Other items note Maccabees officers elected, Morse High school captaincy, local theater programs, and various local incidents and notices.

Brunswick Municipal Court

Brunswick power outage blamed on dam ice failure

Superintendent Humphreys of the Brunswick Light and Power Company said ice in the Brunswick dam caused last night’s electric lights failure. The entire local system was affected and residents lit their homes with kerosene lamps, prompting a rush of humorous anecdotes.

Humphreys Brunswick Light and Power Company Brunswick

Rescue of seven from drifting sloop after ocean exposure

A family and five friends, seven in all, were rescued Friday afternoon by the Popham Beach Coast Guard crew after drifting for hours in a small sloop in choppy seas. They had sailed from Maquoit to Phippsburg to settle and had loaded furniture aboard the Florence F. Thompson. The vessel was found seven miles at sea with sails torn. the coast guard reported widespread flooding along the coast with tides high for several days.

Popham Beach

Winter Ice Closes Kennebec River at Augusta

On December 13 1915 the Kennebec River at Augusta froze for the first time that winter with a solid ice sheet stretching from the Kennebec Bridge downstream. Sucker fishermen worked to break ice while patches remained, and further upriver the river was closed to Gardiner. A second freeze followed Saturday night with ice more than two inches thick in places. Mate A H Hodgkins leaves tug Seguin for the winter layoff. Moose Fair preparations surge at Music Hall Bath Lodge of Moose. Forestry Inspector James Galvin surveys Hallowell Granite Co. stone for gypsy moths. Capt Brewer reports ice along routes between Boothbay and Bath. Maine Central transfer boat Hercules tied up at Bath Iron Works as dredge clears south of ferry slip. Boothbay Register praises Supt Haraden of Eastern Steamship Corp for securing statewide business.

Kennebec Augusta Kennebec Bridge Down River Gardiner Maine Central Hercules Bath Iron Works Holbrook Cabot & Rollins Co

Probate Court Wills Filed Estate Listings in Bath

Probate court records show wills filed for multiple Bath residents with executors named, including Henry A. Alix Marion W. Ledyard Edith M. Miller and Oscar Freeman Thornton. Also listed are administrations inventories accounts and petitions for distribution licenses to sell real estate and determinations of value and trusteeships.

Henry A. Alix Bath Anna Alix Marion W. Ledyard James C. Ledyard

Record of Coastal Voyages and Local Events

The Virginia struggled to land at Bay Point amid huge breakers while the Ella Clifton rode swells near Pond Island. A gallery project starts at Corliss Street church to handle rising attendance. St Mary's parish plans a Christmas entertainment at Knights of Columbus Hall with about 500 children, aided by a long local committee.

Corliss Street St Mary's Church Knights of Columbus Henry C. Biggins Francis McDonald Edmund Arsenault James McNeal Munroe Royal Harry Thebeau John McDonald Mary Conley Margaret Mulligan Mary Sullivan Sophia Quinn Mary Mullaney O'Hare McLellan Avery Mary Farrell E. J. Murphy

Municipal Court Fines Range From 5.70 To 40 For Variety Of Offenses

In a Municipal Court session, several defendants pled guilty or were arraigned on charges including speeding on Leeman Highway and Middle Street, driving without a license, drunken driving, and possession of clams without a license. Fines ranged from 5.70 to 40 plus court costs. some defendants faced jail time or bonds for future proceedings. Notable items include two driving offenses by John B. Grant Jr and Sylvia Foss, a shooting incident involving a dog in Woolwich, and sentencing actions for Lawrence, McKenney, and Palmer. The session also covered an annual Bath Trust Company stockholders meeting notice for January 10, 1956.

Herman Boudreau John B. Grant, Jr Orange Conn Leeman Highway Middle Street Grant Arthur Tainter Sylvia Foss Richmond Philip Hodgkins Percy I. Lang Edgecomb Alice M. McIntire Lynn Mass Harold J. Rubin Lang Bath Woolwich Gardiner R. Deering Sagadahoc David Cox Neil Buck Deering Buck Edward C. Belanger Topsham Cox Belanger Joseph F. Lawrence Brunswick Naval Air Station Lynn M. Bussey Robert Wagner Jr Lawrence Forest McKenney Phippsburg Loren E. Alley Kedrick M. Palmer Charles Boetsch

First National Bank of Bath Maine Annual Meeting Notice

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bank of Bath Maine will be held at the Banking Rooms on Tuesday January 10 1956 at two o'clock in the afternoon to elect directors for the ensuing year and to transact any other business that may legally come before this meeting. Daniel Williams cashier.

Bath Maine Bath Trust Company H Baxter First National Bank of Bath Maine Daniel Williams

Bath City Service Commission Seeks Applicants

The City Council continued discussion on filling the Bath Service Commission at the next regular meeting. Councilmen seek names of Bath citizens interested in serving and ask for potential applicants.

Soniél Service Commission Bath

City Manager's Report for November 1955

The city manager cites department activity for November including 63 arrests, 9 non fatal crashes, 173 complaints, and $913.65 in parking meter receipts plus $83 in meter fines. Fire alarms totaled 16, with 9 building permits issued for about $1.11 million. Infrastructure work covered sewer checks, sidewalk and culvert projects, and 12 burials at Oak Grove. Public welfare aided 43 people, with cheese and flour aid to 332 residents. Health reports note several communicable disease cases and numerous inspections and area work hours.

Highway and Sewer Dept Center Street Feral Street Hyde Park Washington Street Washington Primary Commercial Street Maple Grove Cemetery Oak Grove Cemetery Public Welfare Department Cemetery Department Health and Sanitation Dept Stanley W. Judkins

Glidden Fines for Speeding on Leeman Highway

Wendell H. Glidden 29 of Brooks paid ten dollar fine and costs 5.70 after being found guilty of speeding on Leeman highway in Augusta. He pleaded nolo contendre to the charge brought by Patrolman William Boyland. A 12 year old Augusta boy was discharged by Recorder.

Wendell H. Glidden Brooks Leeman Highway Nolo Contendre William Boyland

Probate notices list heirs and executors in Sagadahoc county estates

I Lillian H Heal Register of Probate certifies apppointments of executors administrators and guardians for several Maine estates Georgetown Waldoboro Woolwich Bath and Bath with dates December 1955 and November 1955. Names include Ronald Ralph Mary L Tracey Bertha Curtis Archibald Main James Main Archibald Main Junior and Bove L Bailey.

Lillian H. Heal Sagadahoc Maurice W. Burns Georgetown Ronald Ralph Waldoboro John J Tracey Woolwich Mary L. Tracey Eva M Mahoney Bath Bertha Curtis Mary Jane Main Archibald MacNicol James Avery Main Archibald MacNicol Main Bove L. Bailey I Aine

Court clears Doiron in hunter shooting case

Arthur D. Dollon found no probable cause in Brunswick court for the Augusta boy Robert Doiron charged with negligently shooting a hunter on November 25. Doiron testified the rifle discharged while loading with safety on. the weapon was found not in proper operating condition.

Arthur D. Dollon Mun Robert Doiron Edward C. Belanger Augusta Harold J. Rubin Bath Doiron Bowdeinham Raymond Albert Rubin Young Albert Dolloff Paul W. Erbe Brunswick Naval Air Station High Street Earl Haines Sherwood Aldrich Brunswick Gerald J. McCartney Georgetown

Bath B P W Holds Annual Christmas Party

The Bath Business and Professional Women's club hosted its annual Christmas dinner at Sedgwick Tuesday evening with about 50 members. A movie "Christopher Mouse" narrated by Katherine Conley, a vocal solo by Ellen Low, and piano by Lena King highlighted the program along with a choir performance. Proceeds from a successful silent auction benefit the club’s charity fund. Santa, Nellie Whitmer, distributed gifts.

Bath Business and Professional Women's Club Sedgwick Christopher Mouse Katherine Conley Ellen Low Lena King Nellie Whitmer Santa Claus John Sonia Miles B. Hagan Laurence A. Lowell A. A. Stott Asenith Haggett Carl Albee Jean Edgecomb Virginia Hamilton Mildred G. Nichols Fred S. Summerton

Eastport to Block Island Weather Update

Gusty northwest winds 25 to 35 mph today diminishing tonight and Sunday. Partly cloudy with offshore snow flurries. Visibility good except reduced in snow flurries.

Eastport Block Island

Probate Court Orders in Bath Maine Hearings on Wills

In Sagadahoc County Maine a Bath court orders notices for probate of multiple estates including Henry A Alix Charles FE Berry Natt F Howe Elizabeth F Jackson Marion W Ledyard Edith M Miller Oscar Freeman Thornton Kaiulani S Williams and others. Hearings set for the first Tuesday in January with executors named and letters testamentary without bond to issue where stated.

Edith M. Miller Bath Vernon W. Miller Oscar Freeman Thornton Oscar R. Marsh Natt F. Howe Mildred L. Hagan Alma W. Lundquist Boston Massachusetts John A. Lundquist Commonwealth of Massachusetts Albert E. Nye Richmond Mae C. Swift John J. Tracey Woolwich Mary L. Tracey Mary Jane Main Archibald MacNicol Main James Avery Main Eva M. Mahoney Bertha M. Curtis Eiicus Sagadahoc Henry A. Alix Anna Alix Charles FE Berry Gladys N Berry Natt F Howe Mildred J. Hagan Elizabeth F Jackson Sagadahoc County Maine John A Lundquist Edith M Miller Vernon W Miller Oscar R Marsh Harry ‘C Webber Phippsbore Frances M Webber Kaiulani S Williams Phippshoro Bath Nations Bank Lewall F. Sewall Arthur Sewall Arthur F. Williams

Also Mentioned on This Page

Bath Daily Times Seguin Tamamend Parker’s Flats Harry Morris Kelley, Spear Co Provinces Maine Hotel Association Portland N. L. Jackson King Tavern Bath Trust Co People’s Safe Deposit and Savings Bank A. H. Shaw Times Co Colonial Club Byron F. Barker George C. Nichols Shaw People's Safe Deposit and Savings Bank Grassy Rockland Thomaston Bath Company No. 5 F. L. Stover Frank Young Leon Pratt Chester A. Munro Charles E. Brackley Fred Oliver West Bath Grange Steven Chester Plant Winneganee Church Maine General Hospital Henry L. Houghton S. J. Meeker Evelyn M. Sutherland William L. Putnam Ie City Lemont’s Creek Weeks Street Larimer Penn Gas Coal Co Philadelphia John Peterson New England Steamship Co New York New York Harbor Vernon Chase Sturtevant Brothers Millicent Clifford Charles W. Walsh Lewiston Hotel Cortland Parshley Swett Kennebec Boat Wharf People’s Ferry Co John L. Hayes South Boston Miss Ella Carney Hospital Honeshoe A. B. Wakefield Virginia City Montana Daniel Ridley Mr. Wakefield Maccabees W. A. McDonald William H. J. Halling John A. Fiske L. E. Wilson Ralph E. Wright William F. Nutter Lincoln Hall Winter Street Congregational Church Lina Sewall Charles Taylor Laura Palmer A. S. Carter Morse High School Percy Miller J. . King Athletic Council Thomas Lyden Jerry Sullivan Morton Young Alvin Coss Frank Talbot Albert Attaya Thatcher Pinkham Paul Fitzgerald Howard Deering Ralph Warren Danforth MacDonald Rutherford White Maurice Pickard Laton Jackson Percy Low Antoinett Long Island Virginia L. H. Gibson Percy & Small's William A. Jack Asa Hodgkins E. E. Morse William O'Brien Dreamland Theater Margaret Foster Bessie Hunt Herbert Carlisle Edna Pepper Mary Monroe Marion Titcomb Beatrice Merrill Margaret Washburn Ruth Fox E. H. Morse Clifford Albert Lewis Boothbay Harbor G. G. Deering Yard Sea Coast McDonall Kittery Point Quoddy Head Bath Auto & Gas Engine Co Studebaker Detroit Capt. Lewis Oakes Ames South Nor Wain Morse High Boothbay Athletic Club Morse Fitzgerald Weinblatt Cass Talbot Sullivan Augusta Dam Annie Ainsley Corliss Street Baptist Church J. W. Coombs Montgomery and St. Bernard Verna Bette Hall Alice M Deering Irene Kingsbury Alice Deering Frances Lord Eleanor Jones Phyllis Wyman Loraine Eggleston Marguerite Kelley Ralph Small Thomas Cummings Meyer Gordon Pat Hartnett Harold Brown Maurice Deering Frank Deering Gardiner Deering Karcher Jackson Ambrose Curran Jene L George Corbin Ransom B. Fuller E. J. Marston E. M. Fuller Cumberland County Medical Society Congress Square Hotel Popham George Percy Parker Head City Hospital Board John M. Thurlow Millinocket Hatch's Center Street Hill Arrowsie Wiscasset Jake City Landing Boothbay A. H. Hodgkins Bath Lodge of Moose Forestry Commission James Galvin Hallowell Granite Co Boothbay Register Haraden Marshall A. Haraden Eastern Steamship Corporation Probate Pearl Oliver Beatrice Louise St. Pierre Edward Brown Walter Brown Margaret R. Wilson William H. Farrar Kate M. Baxter Rupert H. Baxter Mary Baxter White Lydia Baxter Gillette Walter E. Taylor Annie L. Taylor Susan G. Mitchell Donald B. Hopkins John H. Woodward Julian M. Woodward Julien M. Woodward Bertha M. Larrabee Frank M. Churchill Clayton B. Churchill Maude E. Blodgett Charles N. Blodgett Marguerite Manso John P. Carey Frederick N. Sanborn Elizabeth F. Jackson H. Laton Jackson Bowdoinham Kaiulani S. Williams Bath National Bank Loyall F. Sewall F. B. O. Arthur F. Williams Charles E. Berry Gladys N. Berry Harry C. Webber Frances M. Webber Stella M Randall Edward W Wheeler Benjamin R. Temple Dorothea T. Little Scott Suzanna Sovak Andrew G. Sovak Ethel Glidden Mitchell MW. King Fred W. Quimby Guardian John W. Riley Lulu M. Riley Levina E. Holman Mearl K. James Charles Zignego Nels Olsen Bowdoin Nathan Doughty Clyde N. McFee Elizabeth McFee Archibald M. Main Cial Bay Point Pond Island Ella Clifton Small Point City Council Arthur J. Dunton Lilian H. Wheat Register Bath B. P. W Arthur J Dunton
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