Bath Chronicle and Times December 14 1909 highlights
A Bath item list notes jurors drawn for December term of the S. J. court and a Casco Aerie Portland visit marking their sixth annual meeting. It reports storm damage across the city, weather effects on wharf and streets, a delay in launching a schooner, and street cleaning activity. Other items cover fur prices in Woolwich, winter hunting for pelts, special railroad cars, a Bath student’s California trip, and road hearings for a new bridge area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Robinson
John H.ag
John Carney
Bowinham
S. J. Court c
R. P. Ham
Fraternaller
Eagles
Maine
M. Taylor
Bath Aerie
Casco Aerie
Portland
Bath National Bank Lock Adorned With G Flag and Eagle
Iris Bros. festooned the Bath National Bank lock with a 30 foot G staff, a gold ll, and a large eagle during the Wyoming unching. The Linden tree at Otto Bullmany’s corner was cut down last week. planted over 75 years ago by Samuel Sloane, it stood as a local landmark. Capt. Charles W. Dingley, once aboard a Bath-built bark, praised the tree’s fate. The Bath Marine Band performed for crowds after a vessel launch mishap, and officials from L. and W. St. Ry. reported increased activity as Supt. Bowie blocked the field and Fulk stationed at the shipyard with Whitehouse in Saga Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath National Bank
Iris Bros
Wyoming
Otto Bullmany
Washington
South Streets
Samuel Sloane
Hima
Charles Farnham
W. G. Bowie
Mr. Bowie
Fulk
F. Whitehouse
Saga Square
North End girl accosted by stranger on Winship street
A North End girl reported being insulted assaulted and followed by a short sandy moustached man in a light topcoat and visor cap on Winship street near the hospital and Glass home. She avoided contact by stepping under a streetlight but the stalker persisted before turning away.
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North End
Winship Street
Glass
Bath Bankers Attend Portland Meeting at Congress Square
December 17, 1909 Bath National Bank cashier F. D. Hill and assistant cashier H. A. Walters are invited to a Portland Bank Men's association meeting at Congress Square hotel. Speakers include Charles M. Marston of National Shawmut Bank and Charles A. Ruggles of the Boston Clearing House. A Bath citizen questions school closures for a local vessel launch and notes children must attend despite the historic event.
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F. D. Hill
Bath National Bank
H. A. Walters
Bank Men’s Association of Portland
Congress Square Hotel
Charles M. Marston
National Shawmut Bank of Boston
Charles A. Ruggles
Boston Clearing House
Bath
Man Selling Look ing Boxes to Pay Brother’s Medical Bill
A white man visits Bath residents at their homes selling cheap looking boxes gilded with gilt. He explains he is doing so to raise money to pay a physician for a brother who recently had his leg broken.
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Bath
Christmas Trees Become a National Crop in America
Fifty years after Theodore Roosevelt banned White House trees, the American Forest Products Industries back a policy that Christmas trees are replaceable like turkeys. The sector relies on private timberland and imports, with a 50 million dollar yearly economic impact and a mix of balsam fir and Douglas fir dominating the market.
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Washington, D. C
United States
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
Executive Mansion
America
Gifford Pinchot
Pinchot
American Forest Products Industries
Canada
New England
Pacific Coast
Germany
George Washington
Martin Luther
Pinson reports Western motorboat boom and winter stock
E. E. Pinson returns from a four week trip to Detroit and Toledo. He visited leading motorboat makers and notes the Western industry focuses on speed boats with manufacturers competing to build the fastest models. His South End storage displays 37 power craft for winter.
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E. E. Pinson
Detroit
Toledo
West
Mr. Pinson
Private skating party and school sports update
Messrs W F Pond and Frank W Perkins will run a private skating party at the Alameda on Monday evening with extra ladies skates and balcony access for parents. The Bath news notes M H S basketball practice and upcoming game vs Yarmouth High, plus local skating crowds and club billiards, post office notices, and staff moves at Dreamland Theatre and Bath National Bank.
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Messrs
W. F. Pond
Frank W. Perkins
Alameda
Fitzgerald
Thompson
Brown
Battison
Baker
Page
Goodman
Hagan
Moulton
Yarmouth High
Morse High School
Yarmouth High School
Engagements and departures draw attention at local store
December 20 1909 excitement at D T Petrey and Sons as a young woman leaves with a new name and returns to work. A second clerk sports a diamond ring after yesterday’s engagement news. Meanwhile Bath watches a sailing sensational ship launch signaling sails may still thrive after ten years.
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D. T. Petrey & Sons
Real Estate Transfers Listed In Sagadahoc Registry
Recent transfers of real estate recorded in the Sagadahoc Registry of Deeds include Bath Mary A Conant et al to Joseph McDougall et al land and buildings on Plum Lane Simon J Cyr et al to Thomas Godbout et al land and buildings on High Street Winfred S Snowdon to Leonard R Snowdon land and buildings on Court
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Sagadahoc
Land Transfers across Maine Towns Include Dozens of Deals
A compilation lists numerous property transfers throughout Maine towns such as North Bath Bowdoinham Phippsburg Topsham and Woolwich. Buyers include Barbara Smart Maurice Peters William Hayes Brown Lulu Cunningham Walter Dingley and others with parcels described as land and buildings or land along roads like Valley Road.
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Andrew J. Lemoine, Sr
Barbara Smart
North Bath
Reginald Barter
Maurice W. Burns
Valley Road
Alton C. Perry
Charles E. Preble
Winnegance
Bowdoin
Dollard A. Letourneau
Charles Coskery
Laura Cloutier
Peter Bailey
George H. Millay
Gordon F. Preble
Myrtle E. Preble
Robert A. Gallagher
Robert H. Gray
Topsham
Everett G. White
David Levasseur
Ernest Cunningham
Lulu Cunningham
Eric G. Sundquist
Ralph W. Goodwin
James A. Trimble
Claude J. Labbe
Woolwich
Eleanor P. Armstrong
Walter T. Dingley
Bath Societies Present Holiday Recital Program
Sunday afternoon program features Recitations and carols by Long Ago group members including Jewell Flint Judy Ashe Barbara Adams Debor ah Bragg Carol Haynes Edna McPhee Sally Grindell Ellen Low Betsy Bertrand Loretta Bailey and others with Silent Night and Christmas Candle offerings.
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Jewell Flint
Jesus
Judy Ashe
Barbara Adams
Betsy Bertrand
Deborah Bragg
Carol Haynes
Edna McPhee
Sally Grindell
Ellen Low
Loretta Bailey
Seven Scouts Earn Tenderfoot At Beacon Street Ceremony
Seven Boy Scouts received Tenderfoot badges at a Tuesday evening meeting of Troop 57 at Beacon Street church in a candlelight ceremony led by Scoutmaster Franklin Howe and William Fowden. Ice cream and cake followed the program. Plans were set for a hike on December 31. Recipients were Carl Fogg, George McElman, Tom Wing, Arthur Sonia, Lee Stone, Walter Hunt and Allen Stewart.
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Beacon Street Church
Franklin Howe
William Fowden
Carl Fogg
George McElman
Tom Wing
Arthur Sonia
Lee Stone
Walter Hunt
Allen Stewart
Miss Evelyn Armstrong Speaks on Blood Banks to Bath Eagles
Miss Evelyn Armstrong a Memorial hospital laboratory technician spoke to the Bath Aerue of Eagles on blood banks and blood transfusion methods. Introduced by Maurice Brown she described donations aiding medical science and the club's blood bank efforts at Memorial hospital. A Christmas dinner followed.
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Evelyn Armstrong
Memorial Hospital
Bath Aerue of Eagles
Maurice Brown
Armstrong
Eagles
Probate Notices From Bath Sagadahoc 1949 Estates
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc County orders notices for three estates. Frances L. Allen seeks appointment as administratrix of Horace E. Allen of Woolwich. Glenn Thompson, executor of Mildred Ballou Thompson of Glencoe Illinois, asks probate acceptance and letters testamentary. Eleanor P. Irish presents first and final account as administratrix of Lucy E. Percy of Bath. A hearing is set for January with opportunity to object.
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Bath
Sagadahoc
Mildred Ballou Thompson
Glencoe
Illinois
Sagadahoc County
Maine
Glenn Thompson
Lucy E. Percy
Eleanor P. Irish
Horace W. Swett
Allan Spear
Roy W. Putney
Samuel A. Morse
Katherine Gignoux
Cape Elizabeth
National Bank of Commerce of Portland
Emma F. Hooper
Harry L. Day
Mary S. Curtis
Mildred C. Albee
Christine C. Curtis
Carrie E. Hathorne
Woolwich
Eleanor A Jameson
J. Herbert Snipe
Otty Steen
Samuel R. Percy
Frederick E. Drake
Henrietta P. Drake
Christmas Dinner Plan For Bath Children At Eagles Club
Underprivileged children of Bath will be treated to a Christmas Sunday dinner at the Eagles club. Bath police chief Frank L. Moriarty will chair the dinner committee, aided by Frank Ozzella Donald Gurney Walter Jones and Walter White.
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Bath
Eagles Club
Frank L. Moriarty
Frank Ozzella
Donald Gurney
Walter Jones
Walter White
Bath Riflemens Loss to Oakland at Auburn Range
Bath Rifle and Pistol club, once undefeated, fell to undefeated Oakland at Auburn Legion range Tuesday night by 930 to 939. In the Blue League Bath R. P. won 906 to 901. Oakland shooter C. Chenevert topped the match with 190. Scores:
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Bath Rifle and Pistol Club
Oakland
Auburn Legion Range
Bath R. & P
C. Chenevert
Maine Divorce Libel for Emily P Moran in Sagadahoc
Emily P Moran of Bath seeks a divorce from John J Moran on cruelty abandonment and lack of known whereabouts. The court orders three weeks of publication in Bath Independent notifying the husband to appear on the second Tuesday of January 1950.
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Maine
Sagadahoc
Bath
Emily P. Moran
John J. Moran
Brunswick
Cumberland
State OF Maine
Ss Superior Court
John J. “Loran
Arthur E. Sewall
The
Bath Trust Company
R. H. Baxter
St Marys Junior Choir Presentation At Christmas Event
Norma Brewer Anne Amirault Priscilla Gallant Maureen Kellih er Jane McGregor and Joan Crane performed with Judith Perry reciting The Night Before Christmas The group sang carols and Frank Powers screened several movies Co sponsors Daughters of Isabella Knights of Columbus with Alex Burgess and Carlton Perry as chairs This item continues from Page Five
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Norma Brewer
Anne Amirault
Priscilla Gallant
Maureen Kelliher
Jane McGregor
Joan Crane
Judith Perry
Frank Powers
The
Daughters of Isabella and
the Knights of Columbus
Alex Burgess
Carlton Perry
Edward Gifford Hosted by Dr He lah in North Street
Edward Gifford of New Harbor was the guest of Dr Charles He lah on Monday at his residence on North Street.
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Front Street
Edward Gifford
New Harbor
Charles Helah
North Street
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