Forty Years Ago in Bath Local Roundup December 1901
Bath and Boothbay boats resumed winter service from Boothbay to Wiscasset due to Kennebec ice. J Clements welcomed a baby boy. births included Carrie Gertrude McNeal. Notable items: jurors drawn for December Supreme Court term. various local visits, travels, and social events. winter hours and school vacation plans. electric service disruption and recovery. large shipyard castings for Georgia battleship. Obituary for Thomas J. Dillon. polo and local sports notes. charity dinner for poor children. new stable for Bath Grange. late trains and mail load. smallpox status reported as stable.
Portland business trip and social notes from December 1901
December 18, 1901 items report G G Deering in Portland on a business trip. Capt and Mrs Charles E Patten spent Wednesday with friends. Mr and Mrs Percy Barbour went to Boston for Christmas with relatives. Rev and Mrs F W O'Brien moved into 51 Corliss Street for the winter. Druggist Dougherty has dec-
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G. G. Deering
Portland
Percy Barbour
Boston
F. W. O’brien
W. H. Coombs
Corliss Street
Carrie Moses
Mrs. W. G. Reed
Charles R. Donnell
D. Movers Spear
H. B. Sawyer
Harry E. Mason
Dorothy
Charles H. Mason
High Street
Bath News Roundup From December 1901
December 19 1901 updates include Frank A Welch traveling to Boston on business and Edward Price linked to Davenport fortune rumors denied by Bath reports. Wireless local items mention funerals illnesses, fire chiefs, postal workers, graduations, shipyard work, and holiday preparations across Bath and nearby towns with multiple visits and gatherings.
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Frank A. Welch
Boston
Todd Bath Iron Works Band Concert at Morse High School
Chairman J W Osborn announces a 50 piece Todd Bath Iron Works Band concert at Morse High School on January 2 at 8 p m for military men defense workers and families. William S Newell of Bath Iron Works secures venue courtesy while A J Danielson U S O director to be introduced. Tickets by distribution through plants and U S O office 1908. Free admission by ticket only. Sidney B Lermond and Mrs Lermond visit Bath.
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J. W. Osborn
Bath U.S. C
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works
Todd Bath Iron Works
Morse High School
Newell
A. J. Danielson
Bath
Brian M.jewett
U. S. O. Center Committee
U.S. O. Center
Columbian Hall
Brotherhood Shipyard Workers Adopt Pearl Harbor Slogan
President James W. Harkins presides as the Independent Brotherhood of Shipyard Workers adopts a wartime slogan printed before many groups. The line Remember Pearl Harbor Lets Do All We Can To Avenge This Treacherous Attack Our Country Needs More Ships Lets Go appears after approval by Harkins and ordering by Secretary Arthur G. Oliver. A gold watch and chain honoring Harkins was presented by the Brotherhood with remarks from Cedric Martin. gift committee members were Harry Muckler Jack Townsend and Matthew J Harrison.
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James W. Harkins
Independent Brotherhood — of
Washington Street
Brotherhood
Pearl Harbor
Arthur G. Oliver
Harkins
U.S. Navy
Independent
Brotherhood of Shipyard Workers
Bath
Maine
Cedric Martin
Harry Muckler
Jack Townsend
Matthew JL Harrison
Big cargo ships launched at Bath Iron Works yard
South Portland witnessed the launch of two 10,000 ton ships built for the British government. Ocean Freedom was christened by Lady Gerald Campbell and Ocean Liberty by Mrs. Sumner Sewall. The Bath Iron Works sister yard marked the first anniversary of plans for a $7,000,000 shipyard employing 8,000 workers.
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Todd-Bath Tron
South Portland
Bath Iron Works
Newell
Ocean Freedom
Gerald Campbell
Ocean Liberty
Sumner Sewall
Bath
Maine
Independent welcomes Miss Cassidy with subscription gift
Miss A I Cassidy of Cambridge Massachusetts sends a check for one dollar and a half to prepay Bath Independent for 1942. She says the paper’s weekly arrival is a welcome link to Bath and her years there. Mrs William D Sewall hosts Christmas Day with Governor Sumner Sewall joining their guests including their children and relatives from New Canaan and Kennon Jayne.
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A. I. Cassidy
Cambridge
Mass
Bath Independent
Bath
William D. Sewall
Sumner Sewall
Sewall
Alexandra
David
Nicholas
Arthur Sewall
Mary Sewell
John K. Jayne
Kennon Jayne
Pamela Jayne
New Canaan
Gardiner Teacher Miss Sara Bailey With Her Mother
Miss Sara Bailey, a Gardiner schools teacher, is spending the holidays with her mother Mrs Dora Bailey in Nequasset, enjoying time with family during the season.
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Sara Bailey
Gardiner Schools
Dora Bailey
Nequasset
First National Bank of Bath Annual Stockholders Meeting
Bath Maine December 10 1941 stockholders of The Bath Trust Company are informed the annual meeting will be held on Tuesday January 13 1942 at two oclock in the afternoon in the Banking Rooms City of Bath Maine to elect a board of trustees and transact other lawful business Thebeau
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Bath National Bank Directors Election Notice
Bath National Bank holders will meet at 40 Front St Bath Sagadahoc County Maine on Tuesday January 13 1942 at 2 PM for election of Directors for the ensuing year and for business as may legally come before the meeting Randall F Cook Cashier Bath Me Dec 10 1941
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Real Estate Transfers List From Register of Deeds
Recent transfers recorded by Register of Deeds Hiram T. Stevens cover numerous land and building transactions across towns. Names include Greenleaf, Proctor, Howard, Han na, May, MacDonald, Petlock, Losier, Glidden, Pottle, Upham, Upham, Torry, Silver, Kantor, Rose, Flint, Carter, Richard and others involving streets such as North street extension Oak street High street Huse street Floral street and West Bath in Bowdoinham Topsham Richmond Woolwich and Richmond area properties.
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Office of Register of Deeds
Hiram T. Stevens
Conrad R. Ruud
Gilbert J. Greenleaf
Bath
Alice M. Rideout
Alfred Proctor
North Street
John E. Hart
Norman W. Howard
Oak Street
Joel R. Lilly
Mark P. Hanna
Washington Street
Roger M. Luke
Abraham May
Oliver Street
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Harry J. MacDonald
High Street
Mathias A. McDonald
Morris M. Petlock
Huse Street
Sarah J. Palmer
Edward Losier
Emerson B. Glidden
George F. Stackley
Albert M. Pottle
Agnes M. Shellenbarger
Walter Eugene Upham
Floral Street
Bowdoinham
Harold W. Mealey
Celena J. Smith
Phiprsburg
Edith P. Paine
Marie Baldwin Torry
Richmond
Robheus A. Douglass
Ethel D. Silver
Topsham
Clifton H. Hight
Peter J. Kantor
West Bath
Frank J. Rose
Marguerite R. Flint
Woolwich
Percy C. Bailey
Edword F. Carter
Edward C. Crocker
Albert R. Richard
Land and Buildings
Missing Army Colonel Bundy Traced by Family Ties
Panama Canal region story notes Col Bundy listed as missing since December 12 in a cross country flight. He previously served on the General Staff and taught at Thornton Academy in Saco. His wife Helen Nichols is tied to local Thornton teachers. one son is in Washington and a daughter is married. relatives from Albany, N Y visit family in the city for holidays.
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Reynolds
Osgar Johnson
Essex
Mass
Groves
West Bath
Marshal Reynolds
Panama Canal
Army
Naval Colleges
Washington
Bowdoin
Newburyport
Charles W. Bundy
War Department
General Staff
Thornton Academy
Saco
Bundy
Biddeford Seventh National Guard
Helen Nichols
Thornton
Probate notices from Bath Sagadahoc court December 1441
In Bath Sagadahoc a probate court on the first Tuesday of December 1441 presents matters for probate. Notices are ordered for all interested to appear at Bath Probate Court on the first Thursday of January for hearings on estates including Dunton Woolwich Oskiihinge Bath etc. Appointments and petitions for letters testamentary and administration are listed for several estates such as Dunton, Od, Daley, Btene, Peorinirtom, Stinson, Marston and others with bank and executor filings.
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Sagadahoc
Bertha E Dunton
Woolwich
Joeph
Nathony Bond
Piereia
Nathiwie
Daley
Pettan
Tinod
Davey Wicker
Arthur Ko Peorinirtom
Ada M
M. Preinscom
Eve
Bighup
Arthur
Dunton
Perfect Attendance Records At Dike School Fall Term
The list of pupils with perfect attendance at Dike school for the Fall term includes numerous students across grades Junior Primary through Grade VIII. Names appear for each class, noting Walter Anderson and Ellen James in Junior Primary, through Dawn Avery and Marilyn Wing in Grade VIII, among many others.
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Dike School
Walter Anderson
Ellen James
Carol Loesehner
George McElman
Thomas McCorr
June Summerton
Richard Arsenault
Robert Arsenault
Robert Dow
Richard Gauvin
Marilyn Hogan
Irene Jones
June Labbie
Beverly Lewis
Arthur Michalos
Charles Bickford
Sally Footer
Christie Holmes
Robert Thurston
Dexter Vigne
South Street School Fourth and Fifth Grade Perfect Attendance
Following pupils in grades four and five at South Street School achieved perfect attendance for the Fall term. Students named include Ann Benson, Patricia Burns, Gloria Cunningham, Donald Dobson, Wendall Dobson, Elizabeth Driscoll, Dolores Haines, Otis Richards, Thomas Underwood, and Marceline Willette.
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South — Street School
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Patricia Burns
Gloria Cunningham
Donald Dobson
Wendall Dobson
Elizabeth Driscoll
Dolores Haines
Otis Richards
Thomas Underwood
Marceline Willette
Births at Cornish Maternity Home Celebrate Five New Babies
Recent births at the Cornish Maternity Home on Getchell Street include Judith Ann Moore a daughter born December 23 to Arthur and Mrs. Moore of Phippsburg Ronald Arthur Pye a son born December 22 to Carl and Mrs. Pye of Winship Street Barbara Elaine Caton a daughter born December 19 to James and Mrs. Caton of West Point Nancy Elaine Snowdon a daughter born December 19 to Harry and Mrs. Snowdon of West Bath Eugene Austin Atwood a son born December 13 to Irving and Mrs. Atwood of West Point.
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Getchell Street
Judith Ann
Arthur Moore
Phippsburg
Ronald Arthur
Carl Pye
Winship Street
Barbara Elaine
James Caton
West Point
Nancy Elaine
Harry Snowdon
West Bath
Eugene Austin
Irving Atwood
Miss Jean Dennison Returns Home for Holidays
Miss Jean Dennison a student at the College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University New York arrived Sunday night to spend the holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs William W Dennison at 49 Green Street New York City.
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College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University
New York City
William W. Dennison
Green Street
Probate Court Orders in Sagadahoc County Bath December 1941
In Bath Sagadahoc County a December 1941 probate session orders publication in Bath Independent for three weeks. Persons named must appear January 7 at ten o'clock to object or proceed on estates including John W. McNeil Lucy Le thont Lynette H Hill Keturah Brent Pine Walter Newbick and others.
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Hue
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Bond
Sheetyheer
Beinte Merion McKay
Howjeedymes J McKay
Marlon
Bromma Brown
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