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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1945
Page
7
Forty years ago Bath records show visits by W A Gul M C A official in Cambridge and local society events. Reports detail bids for a Bath port collector post, social gatherings, auctions, shipyard activity, and a car of apples shipped to Boston with several local officials named.
December 14 1905 Bath items report social events at Bath Hose Co No 1 sixteenth anniversary banquet and midnight entertainment. Notes on ice harvest prospects river ice quality and snow removal praise. Other items include shipyard plans Percy Small ship Robert P Murphy launch sleighing dip into community life.
December 17, 1905 Emma Furber of Higgins Scenic Print and Art Co. Bath opens a store in Fairfield beside the bank to sell water colors calendars and fancy articles. Mrs Freeman and Mrs Emma Small will pour tea at the Turner Art Exhibit Morse High tomorrow assisted by the fourth class.
Last evening at Grace church the Hayden Quarette publicly appeared for the first time aiding the boys choir.Members are George F. Packard Brenda L Emery Rachel L Shaw and John Shaw.
The Annual Meeting of the stockholders of The First National Bank of Bath will be held at the Banking Rooms on Tuesday January 8 1946 at two o clock to elect Directors for the ensuing year and to transact other business legally before this meeting. Daniel Williams Cashier December 8 1945. 13 20 27
Probate matters heard in Bath and Woolwich include filings of administrations and wills, appointments of executors and guardians, and licenses to sell real estate. Notable names appear: McNeil Burnham Hathorn Donnell Savage Young Kelley McIntire Hawthorne Thompson Work Lord Thomas McDonough.
A Bath Sagadahoc probate court orders publication of notices for estates including Hathorn Burnham McNeil McDonough Huston and Young. Executors named for Hathorn Burnham. administrator without bond sought for Burnham. executrix for McNeil. license to sell for McDonough. final accounts for Huston and Young. Regular probate hearing set for January in Bath.
John L. Tack Register of Probate outlines appointments of executors administrators guardians for estates Nellie S Savage of Woolwich and Georgie L Donnell of Bath. Nellie S Savage estate shows John C Duprey appointed executor without bond on December 11 1945. Georgie L Donnell estate lists Gertrude A LeMont appointed executrix without bond. A true copy of the original order.
Morse basketball club defeats South Portland Capers 27 to 22 on South Portland gym floor. Irish and Trafton lead a balanced Morse attack as Young and Ouellette contribute key baskets and Morse overcomes early 8 2 deficit to claim win amid large crowd. Preliminary South Portland JV 14 7 Morse JV. Foreclosure notice follows.
I John L. Jack register of probate certify executors and administrators named for Bath estates with dates of December 4 1945. Noted are Mary L Senate Arthur Lew Sumner Sewall Michael Flaherty Margaret Flaherty Annie H Trott Raymond H Trott Anna M Trott Jennie Kakos Barry Lompson Jennie S Kakos and others with bonds waived or granted on the date. Also mortgage notices include Brunswick Savings Institution property in Bath and Titcomb foreclosure claim in Bowdoin with dates 1945 and 1944.
In a Bath Sagadahoc probate court session on December 1945 calendars, notices issued to heirs and interested parties to appear January 3 for probate of wills and appointment of executors for estates including Alice M. Coffle Esther N Noel Mildred E Jarvis Christine Preble Ira Kenney Nellie V Driscoll Florence H Bates Annie J Cressey Harry W Crosman Clifford A Beanger Waldo E Allen William F Totman with executors named and bonds as stated.
Notice to Bath Trust Co stockholders announces the annual meeting to be held January 8, 1946, at two o'clock in the afternoon at the company rooms in Bath Maine for election of a board of trustees and other business. The notice is dated December 20, 1945, and is signed by the president.
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