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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 25, 1915

Page

7

Christmas notes from Phippsburg and Meadowbrook area

Village items report a busy holiday season with residents visiting Bath and Portland, wreath makers selling in town, families hosting relatives, and local crews hauling lumber and shopping by steamer. A deer sighting, school Christmas program, and an auto horse collision are among the noted events.

West Bath Holiday School Notes and Local Visits

Out of town attendees include Mrs. O. C. Courson and Mrs. Albert Tedford of Brunswick, plus Miss Zoa Day of Bath. Christmas observances at Campbell's Pond schoolhouse featured “Holy Night,” a tree, and Santa Claus, with gifts for pupils. Several residents return home for holidays, neighbors visit kin, and church groups hold prayer meetings as townsfolk prepare for Christmas.

Marion Purington Blanche White Santa Claus Gladys Kinney St. Nick’s Paul Boudreau Priscilla Boudreau Stella Higgins O. C. Courson Albert Tedford Brunswick Zoa Day Henry Hanson New York Sylvanus Pennell Graham Topsham Merton Wright Walter Larrabee Bath Wright Bath Iron Works Spottswood Freeport Walter H. Larrabee Campbell's Pond James Perry Gerry Robert Coombs Eva Clough Margaret Williams Wendall Williams Eleanor Bates Rena Clough Christine Frye Meadowbrook

Disappears After Frightful Leap Into Nearby Woods

A frightened individual leaped a stone wall and vanished into the adjacent woods, sparking a search by local residents and authorities as they comb the area for any trace or clue.

Woolwich Social Notes Show Town Life and Travel

Woolwich items detail Mrs Milton Carlton visiting Dresden with her mother Mrs Augustus Perkins for the holiday. Mrs Frank Call of Dresden visits sister Mrs John Thwing. John Savage hauls hay to Bath this week. Mrs Margaret Carter plans to spend winter with her sister Miss Lizzie Day. Miss Martha Buck from Rockland enjoys a vacation in town and is noted as a trained nurse. Mrs Ricker of Randolph visits sister Mrs Agra han of Day's Ferry. Cushman Ward works with a slaughtered animal on Wednesday.

Arthur McDonald Walter McCourt Corinne Berry Jamaica Plain Franklyn Sprague Nat Morse Dora Frisbee Meadowbrook Wood Joseph Dean William Perry Doris Bangor Campbell Homestead Capt C. W. Locke Bath Frank Arras E. C. Dunning J. F. Upton Winneganee Susie Hilda Hamilton Chebeague George O. Curtis Massachusetts Rebecca Bowker State Grange Portland James M Thomas McCormick Sawyer Hudson M. G. C. Beals Center School John D. Rogers Parker Head Walter Small Thomas Bartlett J. D. Eastman T. Bartlett Hurley Elijah Bartlett Mable Abram York Eadows River Bartlett George C. Pease Pease James C. Perry J. "House Candy’s Harbor Maine General Hospital Aug J. L. Rausch Roland Smith South Portland Eugene Perry Brunswick F. S. Bowker Alvena Oliver West Poland William Farr Ruth Morrison Cliff Island Basin Bowker Elbridge Webber Iva Wallace Augustus Small George Sprague Frederick Frederick Ward Topsham Roland Eaton Tufts College Medford West Point J. Frank Schofield Laura Matthews Fred Wyman Frank Wyman Grace Dickinson Pearl Lowell Eilbridge Morse Virginia Charles Perkins Baby Elbridge Morse Ruth Eaton Russel Hosmer Ashdale Ada Morton Harry Hosmer N. W. Eaton Edith Eaton J. B. Coy Harrison Small Point Coy Sebasco Eleanor Morse Thomas Oliver Charles Totmantwere Leon Eaton Ella Herlych John ‘Holland Sebasco Estates Wilbur Wyman Irving Wallace Earl William Gilman Edward B. Winslow Capes Baltimore Rio Janeiro Henry Butler Martin Ernest Rogers Miss Dickinson Mrs. Pease Mr. Pease Eleanor Fullerton Yarmouth George C. Beals Samuel Beals G. C. Beals Chester Marston M. J. Percy Dromore Drummond Cutting Robert Coombs Campbell’s Pond Meadowbrook Grange Hall Meadowbrook Stonybrook I. B. Neiley Ernest Williams Bennemore Sabine Myra Coombs Gorham Normal School Frank Williams A. A. Couilhard Walter Brown University of Maine Eugene Brown Berry's Nannie Brown Lewiston Journal S. R. Brown C. H. Stilkey Augusta Berry’s Mills S. B. Neiley Milton Carlton Dresden Augustus Perkins Frank Call John Thwing John Savage Margaret Carter Lizzie Day Martha Buck Rockland Miss Buck Ricker Randolph

Will for Ann M. McLellan probate ordered in Maine

In Androscoggin County Court of Probate at Auburn a will for Ann M. McLellan of Bath Sagadahoc was presented for probate. William B. Mussenden is named executor without bond and the order directs three weekly notices in Bath Independent before a January court date to show cause.

State OF Maine Androscoggin Auburn Ann M. McLellan Bath Sagadahoc John A. Morrill

Foreclosure Notice and Annual Bank Meetings in Maine

Notice lists Martha E. Hawkes seeking foreclosure on a Bowdoinham land parcel tied to a 1914 mortgage from Wilbur F. Dresser, with earlier transfer to Hawkes. Also announces Bath Trust Co annual meeting January 11 1916 and Bath National Bank officers meeting details in Bath Sagadahoc Maine.

Susan E. Cooper Richmond Sagadahoe Sagadahoc Richmond Village Bowdoinham Village James A. Decker Walter H. Dinsmore Maine Central Wilbur F. Dresser Martha E. Hawkes Portland Cumberland Maine Ers of the Bath National Ban Front St Bath J. UaFuthda

Unpaid 1915 Taxes on Bath Non Resident Lands Listed

Public notice lists 1915 taxes on real estate in Bath Maine owned by non residents. Properties include multiple named owners and parcels with assessed amounts and unpaid totals, warning sale at public auction on February 1 1916 to recover due taxes interest and charges.

Bath Sagadahoc

Unpaid Bowdoin Taxes Led to Potential Auction 1916

Town of Bowdoin Maine warns non residents that 1915 taxes interests and charges remain due and will trigger sale of portions of several parcels at the Bowdoin Town House on the first Monday in February 1916 at 9 A.M. Tax collector R. S. Carr lists owners and parcels including Melvin E. Douglass Ida Cooper Frank L. Harlow Hannah A. Tarr and R. S. Carr.

Bowdoin Dahoc Maine Melvin E. Doughlass Richmond E. Tarr M. E. Douglass Ida Cooper L. A. Prout Prout C. C. Saree Frank L. Harlow Eliza Ward Place H. Starbird J Bailey Henry and Fred Sat R. J. Schelder E. S. Briery Parks R. J. Douglass Hannah A. Tarr Town Line C. M. Farnham D. B. Verney Carr

Public Auction Notice for Unpaid Town Taxes 1915

Town of Arrowsie announces a public auction at Town Hall on the first Monday of February 1916 at 9 AM for unpaid 1915 taxes including interest and charges. Properties listed include multiple parcels with bounds by Tarr Hogan Day Emmons and others totaling various acreages and buildings. The Corrugated Culvert Co. of New England and several named lots in Rowsic Park appear among the properties. A probate order in Bath directs notices to interested parties for petition hearings in January 1916. A Portland market item notes a mysterious stranger with optical goods traveling from Boston toward Portland.

Arrowsie Town Hall J. H. Day Sasanoah River Sour Acres New England Wm. Fisher R. £. Stinson Swett Back River J. W. Swett G. L. Tarr W. F. Hogan Jane's Marsh R. P. Stinson Rock River C. W. Fisher Rowsic Park Brigham, Chas. A Eee F. W Downey James Gooch Jos. L Lay Chas. E Clara L Libby B. A Quinn G. E B.B Cc. C. Shea

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