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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1950

Page

8

Bath News Roundup December 13 1910

Bath items report a false claim of Bowker buying a Bath residence and shipyard, plans for a new vessel, and New Year celebrations for the Orphan's Home. Morse High Glee officers listed, ice and river conditions, and civic events including Board of Trade growth and a truant boy case.

Teacher in Bath College Ruining Residence?

A garbled OCR note mentions a teacher at Bath College near Mrs. M. C. Qs Guckenbesh on Fign Street and Mrs. Ralph Tuttle, indicating potential local trouble or dispute near these residents. The readable text is fragmented but centers on a teacher's actions impacting nearby homes.

Bath Ruineg Uest M. C. Qs Guckenbesh Nign Street Ralph Tuttle

Construction progress on street court project ahead of schedule

Work on a street court building near Union Street progresses slowly as solid ledges are carved in places. In a separate event, Miss Erma Farrar won the Queen Esther Rebekah sale supper and entertainment prize.

Union Street Court Douje Queen Esther Rebekah Sale Erma Farrar

Bath items and social notes fill busy day of 1910

December 16 1910 Bath columns record Lester Morse departing for New York to spend holidays with friend George Kinkel. Genesta Coe QO E S held a hall sale with Mrs Cahill, Mrs Wetherbee, and others handling crafts and candies. Snow and icy rails disrupt local trolleys, but lines clear by morning. Bath girls head to Bruns wick Psi Upsilon dance. Alpha Delta Phi hosts house party next Thursday. Higgin left for Boston, Thurston family settles in Deming New Mexico with 160 acre homestead. Eleanor Leydon returns from visit at Rossmore Brunswick. Modern Woodmen nominate officers for January election. First Baptist supper features oyster stew and Bowdoin official J P McConaughy. plan repeats. Kimball Sewall and Houghton back from Westminster for Christmas. Slippery Center street corner causes incidents. D T Percy clerk injured. Free ferry Hockomock trips Friday aimed to boost Bath merchants. People's Ferry Co directors back free trips, Stinson of Woolwich involved. Davenport attends Fidelity Trust Co building opening in Portland with five invitations. Skating memories recall Tom Plant era with Mason Ridley and Edward Lowell. Mary Helen Robinson marks birthday hosting 25 at York Street with music and games.

Pupil James Blake Ill in Eighth Grade Class

Dec 18 1910 pupil James Blake of the South Grammar school eighth grade has been ill for several days. The illness began earlier this week and his condition is reported as improving with rest and care.

James Blake South Grammar School

Bath paper notes Christmas gifts and local updates

A Bath Times item lists a Christmas gift delivery for a boy named Blake with thanks to his teacher and classmates, and details about local clerks at D. T. Percy & Sons and W. H. Smith & Sons. The note covers Bath shipyard activity, doctors moving practices, Worcester press club formation, ship losses, holiday displays, and various local visits and travels. The long column also mentions cantata plans at Wesley church, consolidations of churches, and local social notes.

Nellie Turner Emery Footer Blake Times

Storm drives ashore coal schooner in Nantucket blizzard

Capt Emery Wallace of Brunswick commanded the Thomas B Garland of Portsmouth which ran aground at Nantucket during a Thursday blizzard. The cargo coal is a total loss. Four inches of snow fell but high winds left bare spots. A Bathman displays grisly relics from local deaths. A consolidation movement seeks to unite Winter Street and Central Congregational churches led by Rev. O W Folson and Rev George C.

Emery Wallace Brunswick Leora M. Thurlow Thomas B. Garland Portsmouth Nantucket Garland Mill Pond Lily Pond

Wiscasset Anniversary Celebrations and Local Society Notes

Hallie Simpson of Wiscasset and Sadie Bailey of Bath marked anniversaries with family and friends. Garrison Hill Chapter O E S honored nine of its original 29 charter members, with Eunice Adams hosting a festive supper and a skit. Christmas plans and 1951 calendar events for Huntoon Hill Farm Bureau were announced, including demonstrations, meetings, and committee appointments.

Hallie A. Simpson Wiscasset Sadie Bailey Bath Garrison Hill Charles & Sewall Charles E. Cowley Frank H. Gray Cora Brown Ruth Leighton Louise Jewett Orianna Averill Polly Briggs Dorothy Carleton Tena Albee Laura Evans Cora Beane Louise Blagden Bertha Harris Thelma Sprague Madeleine Reed Helen Fisher Gertrude Winters Ella Dunton Augusta Marion Abbott Ruth Applin Helen Haggett Eleanor Plant Olive Dow Harriet Jackson Josephine Johnson Gladys Sherman Bertha Merry Carolyn Pendleton Gertrude Munsey Jeanette Keefe Christine Maybury Cora Sutter Doris Foye

Local Family News From Bath and Augusta Area

Personal notes record the birth of Linda Susan Lockhart on December 17 at Memorial hospital weighing six pounds five ounces. Stephen Carey of 6 Cottage Street, a first grade pupil at Huse school, is home with mumps. Harold M. Sewall of Bowdoin College plans holidays in Thomasville Georgia with relatives. A Nurses' Home Christmas play at Augusta General Hospital featured Theresa Tardiff and Mary Colby of Bath. Bath attendees included Mrs Joseph Tardiff and daughters Ann and Mrs Mary Savoie. Topsham visitors included Mrs Michael Toth and Lorraine, Neil. Mrs C A Lemieux and daughter Cecile.

Donald Lockhart Tower Circle Linda Susan Memorial Hospital Stephen Carey George Carey Cottage Street Huse Harold M. Sewall Bowdoin Arthur Sewall Washington Street Thomasville Walter E. Edge Augusta General Hospital Theresa Tardiff Mary J. Colby Bath Joseph L. Tardiff Ann Mary Anne Savoie Bertha Savoie Topsham Michael Toth Lorraine Neil C. A. Lemieux Cecile

Probate notices appoint executrix and administrator in Bath area

J John L Jack registrar notes in probate records that Mabel B Merrill of Bath was named executrix of Jason A Merrill estate on December 5 1950 and J Robichaud of West Bath named administrator without bond on November 5 1950 for Teophile P iby estate. Also notice of Bath Trust Company annual meeting set for January 9 1951 at 2 pm in Bath Maine with election of trustees and other business.

J. John L. Jack Ogadahoc Jason A. Merrill Bath Mabel B. Merrill P. Iby West Bath J. Robichaud Charles Condos Gardiner R. Deering Katherine H. Parks Wareren A. Higgins Sepa Oes Henry H. Rogers Merced California Roger Ran Danville Maine Roger B. Cothran Katherine H. Te Wares Aegis Otea Sagadahoc Catge Alice M. Nowe Winfield M. Hagan William Potter

First National Bank of Bath Holds Annual Stockholders Meeting

The First National Bank of Bath announces its annual meeting of stockholders on January 9, 1951, at two o'clock in the afternoon in the bank rooms to elect officers and transact other business legally before the meeting.

First National Bank OF Bath Williams

Second Graders Have Party Of Their Own At Huse Memorial

Second graders at the Huse Memorial held a classroom party in the school gym Tuesday afternoon with 75 percent attendance. A three part program featured poems recited by all, songs with Mrs Young at the piano, and a rhythm band performance. A tape recorder playback of a classroom recitation followed, and children shared box lunches with their parents.

Huse Beth Young Helen Canales Santa Young

West Bath Farm Bureau Meeting and Christmas Party

A West Bath Farm Bureau planning meeting was held in the afternoon followed by a Christmas party with an exchange of gifts and entertainment. The afternoon committee included Mrs. Pauline Belanger, Mrs. Alice Smith, and Mrs. Persis Miller, with many members and three new entrants joining. Guests included Mrs. Bernice McGlinchy and Mrs. Olive White.

Gat Pauline Belanger Alice Smith Persis Miller Alice Burgess Mildred Card Ella Coombs Bertha Davis Lilly Donnell Dorothy Gaudreau Annie Henderson Eva Kenney Lou Lemont Mildred Rogers Ida Rosé

Cox's Head Continues With Local Weekend Notes

Community items from Cranberry Point highlight visits by Earle and Mrs. Goodwin returning to Wolfeboro New Hampshire after a week at their cottage. Captain George Stacey and Mrs. Stacey of Bath were guests over Sunday. Members of the Perkins Center visited the Dozois home on Monday as callers and social notes.

Earle Cranberry Point Martin F. Goodwin Wolfeboro N. H George Stacey Mrs. Stacey Bath Prise B. Perkins Center Dozois

Tibetan Lamaist Buddhism's Reach Across Regions

A concise examination of how Tibetan Lamaist Buddhism influenced various regions, tracing its spread, notable centers, and adapting practices. Highlights key figures, monasteries, and cultural exchanges shaping religious life beyond Tibet.

Also Mentioned on This Page

The Bath Daily Times Frank 8. Bowker Phippsburg Bowker Orphan's Home Morse High School Glee Club Margaret Bakeman Howard Hawley Alton Avery Dorothy Potter Edna M. Martin Watson-Frye John Brown William As Bowdoinham Mr. Brown Harry A. Langdon and Son Melrose, Mass William C. Avery Bowdoin Quill Board Philip P. Cole Quill Col Penobscot George E. Walcott Bangor Ruth Fullerton Gladys Haskell Martha ‘Crosby Grace Lightbody Arthur Burgess W. H. Smith & Sons Bay Wallace Reed Woolwich Lastummer Gilmore White Astern Steamship Co Commercial Sagadahoc Light & Power Co Front Street Maine Water Co Edwin L. Emmons Emmons Gardiner West Th G Range Fred L. Willis Fred Ring Owen Rogers Lillian Rogers Harry Peterson Harry Wright Fred Wright Pomona Fred King Ceres Claude Fifield Flora Anna McGrail the Street and Sewer Commission Bath Board of Trade Joseph Torrey E. C. Plummer A. K. Purington Emma G. Small Auxaa Carrie Pigees Bath Naval & Military Orphans Home Weston L. Bonney Susie Larrabee Mr. Oy Mabel Dorothy Duncan Beatrice Avery Lewiston M. F. Duncan Boston Loyall Westminster School Simsbury Conn American Ice Company Berry Cedar Grove Stearns Point Randolph Houses Pastor O'Brien Ee O’brien H. D. Mason R. McCutcheon Roy E. French Center Street Center Washington John Biggins Brockton John T. Bigaine New England Weather Bureau Frank G. Osgood Oakland Fort McKinley Portland E. Co. Hinckley Illiam E. Came Jr Hinckley Bowen Trippe Bath Iron Works Hyde John S. Hyde N. Blaisdell & Son Fred H. Kimball Moosehead Lake Fred Cook George Willis Mill Island Traverse Supreme Judicial Court Harry E. Cook Benjamin Savage Charles W. Clifford Edmund F. Foote Sidney Eaton William M. Adams John H. Morse Oscar R. Adams James W. Coombs Charles E. Palmer Nequasset Alna C. G. M. Stinson Mr. Stinson Dummer Sewall Fred F. Blaisdell Harry Co. Webber George P. Davenport Revere House Nellie A. Webber Pinehurst Bath Marine Band Alameda E. W. Hyde Charles H. Cahill Charles S. Brown Rev. Culbert McGay E. W. Neal Mr. Hyde William's Island New Meadows River Lighthouse Board Allen Ramsay Cecelia Choral Society Kennebec County Josephine Knight Margaret Abbott Waterville Cecelia Chorus D. E. Marsh Hattie Blaisdell E. J. Pease Lulu Marr Joanna Hodgkins A.hagegett Lester Morse New York George Kinkel Genesta Coe’ QO. E. S K. of P Hall G. A. Cahill Lucy Wetherbee Roy J. Buxton Harry G. Deering D. L. Howard W. C. Oliver Psi Upsilon Charles R. Higgins A. W. Thurston Deming New Mexico Mr. Thurston Eleanor Leydon George McMannus Rossmore Bath Camp Modern Woodmen of America Charles C. Toothaker Walter I. Norton William H. White Ernest M. Everard Joseph Boyce Edward E. Garcelon Nathaniel L. Stover R. H. Donnell John Conant Fred Bowie N. L. Stover First Baptist Church J. P. McConaughy Bowdoin College H. W. Moulton Herbert Wakefield A. R. Pratt Milton S. Kimball Loyal Sewall John Houghton Thompson’s Corner D. T. Percy & Sons Hockomock People’s Ferry Co Elmer Campbell N. Gratz Jackson Fidelity Trust Co Davenport Thomas C. Plant Fred Mason al Ridley Edward Lowell Mary Helen Robinson York Street Robinson May Bickle Katherine Sullivan Mrs. Howe Ruth Adams Amory McLellan Earl Collins Katherine Edgecomb May Parks Aileen Gay Carrie Snow Margaret Lewis Bernice Potter Ida Knowlton Parker Moulton L. H. Curtis Florence Andrews George Smith Myra Merritt O. F. Frye Leah Bragg Ruth Cahill May Dow Dayton Hill Robert Goodman Cornelia Parris Martha Crosby Ray McCabe Maine Central Steamer Edna Cheeseborough Rosebrook Providence Cheeseborough Westerly R. I Tatter City Worcester Mass Worcester Press Club Herbert M. Sawyer News Club F. J. Hinckley C. E. Hinckley William E. Bowen, Jr Bermuda George Dunton Horace Morse John Crosby Kents Hill Mr. Morse Mr. Pratt John J. Desmond Co B. F. Jewett Saulsbury, Md Vinal E. Hill Wesley Church Santa Claus Uncle Sam Fred Armes Elizabeth Cameron Roland Avery Charles Avery Helen Triggs Marion Robbins Gladys McGillicuddy Elsie Lowell Mildred Robbins Ena Bucknam Georgie Duncan Eleanor Bradley James Knight Ray Chapman Carlton Lowell Albert Cameron Roland Weeks Galen Watson Harold Kelley Marie Brown Mabel Wallace Vanona Atkinson Madelyn Davis Andrew Cahill Lincoln Farrell Earl Warren Forest Fairies Ruth Bradley Edith Avery Helen Child Thelma Woldelves Louis ‘Cahill Frances Ward Carmen Atkinson Bertha Weeks Cupids Douglas Armes George Cahill Donald Hopkins Warren Oliver Lewis of Seguin Light Hugh M. Curran U. S. Forestry Department Philippines M. F. Curran Edith L. Howard Washington, D. C Europe Islands Helen Leo Farrell North Street Manchester C. M. McCormack Mrs. McCormack F. W. O’brien East Brunswick Gladys Holbrook Marie Hayes Gordon Preble Roy Colby James O. Lincoln Bath Medical Club Pane Hotel Mrs. Lermond Rowe Five Island Paddy Phineas W. Sprague Trinidad Sprague P. G. Simmons Sandy Hook Windlass Rifle Club Hyde Windlass Rifle Club Alden M. Gayton Post Greene Rifle Club Greene Greene Marksmen Boys Hw's Hyde Windlass O.H Tis. Young J. Knight Besaw Morse Babine Greene— Rose L. Howe Stevens Furbush Hill Blue League Hall Bates Snyder Awkes Graves Greene— Peterson D. Howe Reed Willoughby Hopkins John L. Jack Register Bath Trust Company R. H. Baxter Jon Scheal West Bath Farm Bureau Meeting Cox
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