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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1946
Page
13
December 11 1906 city notes recount Arthur opening on Front Street entertaining friends a yacht gathering in Kennebec and a Busy schedule with ships town events and school celebrations. Local residents Mason Houghton Sewall and Mason family connections are noted alongside holiday preparations and public displays.
Norman Trafton of the American Ice Co. and former Knickerbocker Towage bookkeeper visits Bath, noting upper Kennebec ice six to seven inches thick as work begins. Kennebec Yacht Club holds a meeting naming 1907 officers. Colonial Club pool winners and new clubs discussed. probate court birthdays surprise, Bath bakeries and social news appear with local figures and events.
Weston Thompson Clarence Sawyer of Brunswick and Robert P Tees attend probate court session. Portland business trip by William Hartwell. summer residence near New Meadows river for E K Trowbridge of New York. Bath ship Ed ward Sewall captain Quick's wife reports sea voyage and injury to sailor 300 miles from port. Expect one to two circuses in Bath next summer with Barnum & Bailey Ringling Bros. and Carl Hagenbach Shows contesting in New England. Various local visits, meetings, and club activities noted along with price changes for coal and shipping news.
A brief entry records a transfer of property or deed to M. C. MacDouinkd of the city from an earlier holder. The fragment notes the recipient and location without additional context.
December 16, 1906 reports merchants displaying tempting Christ mas selections and early buyers flocking to stores. Billy Leydon earns gilt edge notices for polo hero status per the Akron Times with three goals by Roly-polo Bill powering Akron. At Elm and Front streets a youth fought six passersby last night, witnessed by neighbors.
The page notes arrivals and visits including Mr and Mrs John S Deering in Quincy Mass and later Brooklyn for holidays. It reports ice loss on the North End shore due to rising temperatures and lists various club and society updates from Sedgwick Circle G A R Hyde Light Guards and the Colonial Glee club. It details a Washington wedding silver tea event in Portland and a M C R R painters crew home leave. Madame Emma Eames gave a concert in Symphony Hall and attracted a small audience of listeners despite a busy Boston concert week.
The Bath built Mary E a fine 55 foot schooner by Thomas Hagan arrives at Five Islands for harbor during a storm bound for Block Island with owner crew and Pilot Sylvanus Cromwell aboard. The hull uses white oak with iron keel and cyprus and oak finishes for cabin and castle. The crew is four to six men and the boat will be used for fishing.
Woolwich PTA met Monday at Nequasset vestry and served a public baked bean supper to over 60 people. A January 13 meeting was planned at Union Center vestry with Mrs. Clarence Tanner chairing. Stanwood Gilman will present a movie program on the River Mississippi with a talk, following a travelogue on modern education and related films. About 15 attended the movie program with assistance from Donald Freeman of Bath.
The Cosmopolitan club held a Christmas sale and dinner on Saturday with a 6 o'clock lobster salad supper after a 2 o'clock start. Items included shell brooches and earrings by Mrs. Albert Grover of Moosehead Lake, Clifford Russell silver jewelry, Tenafly Weavers’ works from Damariscotta, Sutphen's Greenhouses plants and decorations. Mrs. Beatrice Towle and daughter Nancy of Turner visit Mrs. Edna Lewis in Middle Street.
Bath Maine December 12 1946 notice that the Bath Trust Company stockholders will meet January 14 1947 at two o clock in Bath Maine to elect a board of trustees and transact business There is also notice that The First National Bank of Bath stockholders will meet January 14 1947 at two o clock in the afternoon to elect Directors for the ensuing year and transact any other lawful business The notices are signed by the respective presidents or cashiers
The Winter Street Church held its annual gathering and confirmed officers from the Junior church group Everett Parker Charles Andre Jr David McKeller Jr and Douglas Skillin were named deacons. For the first time in a dozen years new deacons were elected George Hastings Charles E Hewitt Jr Harry L Horne and John Parker. A group of men were chosen as pastor s assistants to greet visitors including Arthur M Bowker Robert L Browner Charles B Doyle William W Dennison Ernest Freeman Horace P Herrick Charles O E Hewitt Jr Fred J Higgins Harry L Horne Earl C Kimble Edgar D Leavitt William C Perkins Carl H Pinson Roland E Raynes Maurice B Shea Leslie C Shumway Elver A Stickney Clinton D WilsonNeil
Probate notices announce hearings on December 9 1946 and January 7 1947 for estates of Ernest L Stinson Everett C Higgins Helen Frances Maybury Morris H Cohen and others. Administrators seek final accounts and appointments, with orders published weekly for three weeks.
A probate notice announces that on the first Tuesday of January a hearing will occur in Bath for the estate of Bath deceased. The first and final account is presented by Marton Bowie, with Arthur J. as judge of probate and an attesting official.
Incomplete text shows a partial list of names and membership notes with unclear headings. It references roles or additions to a group and the use of a trombone section in a march or band context.
Fire Chief Frates urges caution with Christmas decorations and candles. He warns against inflammable materials and emphasizes testing small pieces in flame, securing trees, avoiding candles, inspecting electrical cords, and disposing of newspapers and wrappings to prevent house fires.
The notice lists petitions for probate and administration in Maine towns including Woolwich and Bath. Names include Winfield G. Brookings, Ethel B. Cordner, John C. York, Harold W. Hurley, and Elizabeth Hathorn, with requests to appoint executors and administrators and to license sale of real estate.
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