Bath 1899 Highlights from the Bath Daily Times
Forty years ago in Bath reports show Capt. B. F. Jewett of the sloop Columbia dealing with mackerel and tongues, construction on the new pilot boat No. 2, and multiple local ships and crews active at Bath Iron Works. Fire alarm trouble, weddings, funerals, and community notices fill the scene with nautical work and city life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewett
Columee
Orse
Megan
Ado Penge
Ward Sewall
Baltimore
Frank Purington
Ambrose Martin
Boston
South Hore
Purington
Bath Tron
Virginia
Bath Iron Works
Isaac Stern
New York
Mr. Stern
J. Frederick Tams
C. H. Crane
Popham
W. C. Besseleivre
Sailor Fred Dunton Arrives in Bath for Winter
Fred Dunton, first mate of the schooner Daisy Farlin, has left his Boston assignation and arrived to pass the winter in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Dunton
Daisy Farlin
Boston
Bath
Parker Head Ice Co manager injured in carriage accident
Merrill T. Wyman, manager of the Parker Head Ice Co., was thrown from his carriage near Is Dee while visiting on a Saturday afternoon. He was unconscious with a serious head injury after his horse ran away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Daley
John Morse
Joseph Av
Edward Doughty & Sons
Parker Head
Mr. c
U. S
Kennebec
Merrill T. Wyman
Parker Head Ice Co
Is Dee
Wyman
Miss Jewett Honored by University of Maine Prom Committee
Miss Virginia C. Jewett of Westport daughter of Mr and Mrs Brian M Jewett has been appointed to the Junior Prom committee at the University of Maine. A Morse High School 1937 graduate she is Pi Beta Phi president for her junior year Pan Hellenic Council member and Home Economics major who recently completed four weeks of practice teaching at Brewer High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia C. Jewett
University of Maine
Brian M. Jewett
Westport
Bath
University
Morse High School
Miss Jewett
The
State University
Pi Beta Phi
Pan Hellenic Council
Night Before Christmas musical at Weeks Street School
Moe Tost grade seven at Weeks Street School with Anna Geverin staged The Night Before Christmas a Turner playlet. Grade six under Rosamond McGuigan presented Mrs Pennington's Call with Ann Hartnett Jane and Martha Williams maid. A Christmas Box from Aunt Jane featured the Duncan and Dunning households with multiple named characters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weeks Street
Anna Geverin
Margaret Freeman Turner
Millicent Hecht
Anabel
Madge Armstrong
Betty
Hilton Libby
Jimmie
Betty Mullen
Barbara
Gladys Geneau
Mary Alice
William Cummings
Clyde
Charles Lermond
Wilton
Betty Hopkins
Narene
Norma Cummings
Edith
Maxine Tinney
Martha
Grace Whittemore
Nell
Pearl Hathorn
Agnes MacDonald
Miss Muffet
Reginald Stacey
Irene Denham
Marjorie Knight
Lucien Tardif
Rosamond McGuiggan
John York
Barbare Murray
Barbara Bracey
Carol Dunning
Charles Godfrey
Expressman
Dunlap Commandery Officers Installed at Lobster Supper
Officers of Dunlap commandery K T were installed Tuesday evening by Past Commander Edwin H P Lowell assisted by Eugene McGrath. Carl E Albee named eminent commander with veterans Oscar F Williams Charles E Curtis Harold E Cutting among the officers. The event included a lobster supper and motion pictures by Joseph Stickney of the Maine Fish and Game Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunlap Commandery
K. T
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Eugene McGrath
Carl E. Albee
Oscar F. Williams
Charles E. Curtis
Harold E. Cutting
Henry Allen
Langdon Greene
Forest Legard
John W. Gillespie
John Wishart
Willard Bar
Charles S. Bartlett
Charles Leeman
Fred Rand
John H. Freeman
Joseph Stickney
Maine Fish and Game Cottmission
Final plans for Junior League New Year dance
Miss Barbara Ross chaired the Junior Hospital League event with Battery H CA. final plans discussed at her home 607 High Street. Tickets sell well from committee members or Mrs Donald Small 700. Nate Gold and his band from Portland will play 830 to 1 at the armory on December 29 with greens and colored lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Ross
Junior Hospital League
League
Battery H. C.ac
High Street
Converse G. Fenn
Donald N. Small
A. Hallet & Co
Carl’s
Nate Gold
Portland
Leaders of Girl Scout activities recall season events
Brownie Patricia Callan joined the pack as a new member. Robinhood Pack and Busy Bee Pack held meetings with housekeepers and visiting leaders. Caroling practice and Christmas projects featured, with plans for a Christmas party Tuesday afternoon and a new song "December Comes A-Smiling In."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Callan
Joan Shaw
Lillian Saunders
Ann Wilson
Francis Young
Robinhood
Jacob Smith
Alma I. Kirkpatrick
Anita Bagdikian
Wild Rose
Daphne Golden
Cohasset
Mass
Eleanor Gotte
Virginia Emery
Norma Leeman
Ruth Clark
Dorothy Carr
Leonard F. Wetherbee
Sumner O. Berry
Janice Conley
Dorothy Bradford
Shirley Cain
Barbara Lou Deering
Mary Lewis
Betty Cummings
Jacqueline Barker
Alexandra Sewall
Roseline Cormier
Marilyn McElman
Samoan Visit Recalls Royal Court and Kava Customs
The narrative recalls meeting King Malietoa in Afega with Samoan chiefs, a government welcome, and a ceremonial kava drinking, where I was hosted at the King’s palace and urged for a peaceful native government. The orator Tiulasi spoke warmly about unity and self defense, while the people sought lasting governance and friendship with the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walli
Mr. Jay
Afega
Malietoa
Government Council
Tiulasi
U. S
Bath National Bank Annual Stockholders Meeting Notice
Notices announce Bath National Bank First National Bank of Bath and Bath Trust Company annual stockholders meetings. Meetings set for January 9, 1940 at 2 PM in Bath Maine to elect directors and transact business. Included are multiple bank notices with signatures and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath National Bank
Front St
City of Bath
County of Sagadahoc
State of Maine
First National Bank OF Bath
Aniel Williams
Bath
The
Bath Trust Co
Bath Trust Company
Maine
Night in a Samoan Royal House
A traveler recounts sleeping on floor mats in a Samoan royal dwelling. He describes waking with the morning tide and tasting kava during his first encounter with Samoan royalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kava
Maine State Police Report for November
Maine State Police logged 240 arrests and 166 accidents in November 14 deaths and 84 injuries. Revenue from fines and costs totaled 3 811 43 and 1 548 54 with 951 25 added from registrations. Stolen property valued at 2989 was recovered. 26 145 passenger cars inspected 31 not registered 30 with defective brakes 2098 with defective lights 159 other defects. 6983 trucks inspected 739 weighed 25 overloaded 854 with defective lights 15 defective brakes 5 no mirror 428 not properly marked weight 1 overwidth 2 over height 136 other defects 9 not registered 36 no operator license. 152 investigations for Secretary of State 1772 warning tags issued. Belfast golfer Steve Koske scored a late season holes-in-one at North Port Country Club on the second hole while playing with Henry Smith and two others.
Probate Notice for Leavitt Estate Bath Sagadahoc 1940
A probate court in Bath Sagadahoc County orders publication of this notice for heirs to appear January 14 1940 at ten o clock in the forenoon to contest the will of Frank P Leavitt late of Phippsburg deceased and hear petition for letters testamentary without bond to Helen M Leavitt Executrix. The order appears in the Bath Independent and is signed by Judge Arthur J Dunton with John L Jack as Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Arthur J. Dunton
Melvin B. Hodgdon
Flora M. Hodgdon
Alice M. Young
Donald D. Young
John F. Bairy
Melrose
Massachusetts
Maine
William S. Barry
Mary E. Conant
John P. Carey
Margaret B. Lufkin
Abbie M. Morse
Caddie M. Berry
Irving L. LaChance
Arthur E. Everbeck
West Bath
Ethel May Elliott
Josephine C. Cunningham
Lona C. Trott
William A. Jack
Margaret B. Lord
James S. Lord
James
Lord
Mary M. Lennox
Maude V. McQuaide
William R. Donnell
William T. Donnell
Charles C. Low
Annie R. Low
Leslie M. Robbins
Percy W. Robbins
Frank W. Robbins
N. Louise Spinney
Arrowsie
Maurice B. Shea
Joseph Mignault
Decese
Helenda Mignault
Sarah A. Rogers
Sagadahoc Probate appoints executor in Adams estate
John L. Jack certify that MARCELLUS W ADAMS of Phippsburg died and Carrie C Adams of Phippsburg Maine appointed Aaron as executor. Date December 12 1939. True copy Attest 14 21 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Jack
Sagadahoc
Centrix
Marcellus W. Adams
Phippsburg
Carrie C. Adams
Maine
Probate Notices from Bath Estates
Court of Probate in Bath publishes notices for the estates of Hodgdon Young Conant Lufkin Berry Everbeck Cunningham Jack Forrest Jack Sawyer Pray and others. Executors Administrators are named or requested to appear January 1940 to present accounts seek licenses to sell real estate or obtain letters testamentary.
Estate appointments in Sagadahoc and surrounding towns
Probate records list executors and administrators named in December 1939 for Elizabeth Brown Harriet Bonney Allen Morse and Thomas Steen of Bath. including Mary Judith Duncombe Kenyon of Washington DC named executrix and American Security and Trust Company of Washington DC as executor. David Rodick of Bar Harbor named Maine agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Jack
Sagadahoc
Elizabeth C. Brown
Bath
Joseph V. Brown
Auburn
Maine
Harriet G. Bonney
Weston L. Bonney
Allen S. Morse
Ethel C. Morse
Thomas O. Steen
Ember
Mary Judith Duncombe Kenyon
Washington
D. C
American Security and Trust Company
David Rodick
Bar Harbor
Arthur J. Dunton
Old Keag branch and Cres-cent Beach trolley era remembered
The article recalls a defunct railway at Arenlia with a Tillson wharf that failed to meet revenue expectations and was abandoned after a short life. It mentions a former branch line to The Keag from the Cres cent Beach trolley, praising the days when the broomstick operated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pees With
Aren Lia
Bowdoin Land Tax Sale Notice for Unpaid 1939 Taxes
Bowdoin town tax collector announces sale of several parcels for unpaid 1939 taxes, interest, and charges. The notice lists owners such as Hiwell, Chretien, Cox heirs, Douglass, Farrington, Hawkes, Juteas, Knowlton, Lane, Lewis, Metayer, Parent, Small, Snow, Snyder, Tarr, Wise, and others with acreage and assessed values, with a public auction scheduled for the first Monday in February 1940 at nine in the forenoon. The list includes parcel descriptions, boundaries, and total amounts due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nate
Mae
Bowdoin
Sagadahoc
Furth
Grenoon
Briery
J. W. Welch
Michael
Annie Bichrest
J. H. Cox
Stephen Hilster
Burrough Road
Alvernije Sers
Np Pratets Pele «i Aplalee
Paul Chretien
C. Bolduc
J. O. Brown
E. Metayer
Ruael
Joseph H. Cox
Homestead
T. T. Whitney
Horace Drescher
A. C. Starbird
Adams Road
Grant Woods
Isiah E. Douglass
Williams
A. Grant Woods
Lawrence Douglass
Elisha. Purington
Clara E. Purington
Frank EB
Poouglerate
Sealy Echo
W. Hawkes
F. S. Meacham
P. O. West
A. Carey
F. Small
L. M. VR Lulriers Plisco
N. Juteas
Albert Gagnon
Adams, Hatch and
Titcomb
Ceaile
Raymond A. Knowlton
W. L. Small
Dead River
Lydia Byrant
Bechard
Raymond H. Knowlton
Small Croes Road
Lizzie Kenepenskie
W. H. West
Hattie Staples
A. A. Brableb
Tirta Esse Tee
Willard Lane
Litchfield Town Line
Richmond
William Tarr
Williard C. Lane
D. B. Varney
Dannna C. McGregor
P. E. Lane
Webster
Elizabeth Lewis
O. H. Allen
J. E. Wagg
Small
D. Grover
Thomas Merryman
Old Road
Bowahama Line
Jney
C. E. Meserve
Frank Metayer
P. Chreton
A. & L. Maheaux
Delia Card
Arthur Parent
W. A. Rideout
Frank Cashney
Allen A. Jones
A. D. Strout
Sam Waise
R. E B. Lane
William E. Snow
Milton Small
D. T. Shaw
F. B. Card
Carrie E. Douglass
J. Billodeau
Angeline Cornish
Sam Wise
Quintal
C. H. Allen
Wood School
Cross Road
Whitten and Holbrook
Probate petitions and estate actions listed for Bath
On the first Tuesday of January 1040 hearings are set for probate matters in Bath County. Names include Margaret B. Lord, Mary M. Lennox, William R. Donnell, Charles C. Low, Leslie M. Robbins, N Louise Spinney, Joseph Mignault, Sarah A. Rogers, and others with executors and administrators named or sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Palmer
William Rogers Yard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bath Daily Times
Ray Powers
North End
Battery Room
Center Street
Miss May Taylor
D. T. Percy & Sons
D. Howard Spear
Myra Wells
Georgetown
Arthur E. Rowe
Crescent Street
Addie Bevet
John Preney
Arthur
Gardiner
Clarence G. Blanchard
Eugene O. Smith
Charles Jordan
Flint
York Street
Rodney W. Parker
Lydia Oliver
Melvin Oliver
Samuel Higgins
George E. Hughes
Fred D. Hill
Fred Klippel
Grace Church
Louis Perry
Alex Burgess
Carrie A. Lane
Arthur Sewall & Co
Lane
Grace Hodgdon
D. T. Percy
Bowdoin Glee Club
Armory Hall
Charles Potter
George Gould
Harry Cobb
M. W. Sewall & Co
Cabot Manacturing Co
Brunswick
Edward Blake
Lewiston
W. H. Higgins
Craven
Merrymeeting Bay
al Ridley
Thomas Reed
Winchester Preble
Ridley
Charles A. Fisher
Middle Street
Lincoln Lodge
No. 10
W. A. Atchley
Joseph Wyman
B. Knights
H. A. Oliver
Franklin Sheppard
Kennebec Yacht Club
South End
Herbert Blinn
Willard Oary Stinson
Cay Black
Bing
McDonald's
Vistuity
Charles H. McLellan
H. B. Sawyer
Rupert Baxter
Fred Webster
Melcher
Charles H. Mason
Perry
Macy
Southport
Mary Given
E. A. Boynton
Maple Grove Cemetery
Annie F. Kimball
Kimball
Kelley, Spear and Co
Asa M. Oliver
J. T. Crosby
Oak Grove Cemetery
F. J. Matthews
Daniel O'Leary
Kate O’laughlin
Kingsbury
William Rogers’ Yard
Warren E. Allen
Pine Street
Susie
Besaw
Ligie Allen
William Dolloff
Topsham
City Hall
J Tobey
P. F. Finley
Irving L. Hopkins
Times
T. M. Hart
Elliston Kimball
Finley
Jennie R. Morse
Charles W. Morse
Clifford Spinney
Percy & Small
Arthur Spinney
John M. S. Hunter
Pleasant Street
Farmington
Hunter
Military and Naval Children’s ,Home
Young People’s Society of North Street Free Baptist Church
C. O. Goodwin
N. F. Dunton
Helen Spinney
B. C. Pike
W. L. Robbins
James Leydon
A. F. Williams
Sarah Hodgdon
Robinson Lot
Washington Street
Wesley M. E. Church
Guy L. Barstow
F. W. Carlton
S. H. Roges
Horace B. Marr
Patten
Scott R. Frye
Ethel Hyde
T. A. M. Craven
Iron Works
Navy Board
Chesapeake
Walter S. Glidden
Fogg
Henri Crosby
Charles Leckery
Walter Higgins
Brooklyn, N. Y
Ohio
Kelley, Spear & Co
Seguin
Knickerbocker
Adelia
Morse & Co
John Desmond
John Desmond Jr
Etergy Ma
Susan Lermond
Fred Lermond
Walter Oliver
Dorchester
O. W. Folsom
Winter Street
Fred Bowie
Ira Varnum
West Brooksville
Sewall B. Lord
Capt
Varnum
Myra Spear
New England
Augusta and Bath Steamerboat Co
W. D. Harrington
Jason Collins
Frank Moore
D. C. Shepard
George Lawrence
George Cross
W. D.harrington
Cc. E. Leighton
Harrington
John S. Emery
Kelley,Spear & Co
Ocea Cahill
Samuel Anderson
Harry
Exeter, N. H
Warren Bartlett
Harry Bartlett
Berlin
N. H
Moe Tost
Oscar F. Williams II
Girl Scout
Laura A. Lewis
Ilent
Sanford G. Lewis
Bath, Me
F.D. Hill
L. E. Thebeau
Steve Koske
Belfast
Northport Country Club
Henry Smith
Register
R. G. Coombs
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