Bath sidelights and patrol moves mark busy holiday period
Fortnightly Bath items note Gardiner Rogers and Everett Sinclair joining naval reserve patrols in the city. Reports include travel for holidays, relatives visiting, and Bath Iron Works assignments. A large Christmas rummage sale at Central church benefits the Red Cross, and plans rise for a major carol event with a 75 to 100 voice chorus at Grace church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner D. Rogers
Everett Sinclair
Naval Reserve Forces
Central Church
The
Red Cross
Bath
Singers Assembly
Colonial Club
Choir of
Grace Church
M. A. Haggett
Red Cross sale raises funds at Miss Baxter home
December 19 1917 a Red Cross sale at Miss Lydia Baxter’s house drew strong support with Misses Winnifred Johnson Carrie Shaw Ella Newell Marcia Moulton Mary Paine Margaret Baker and Lydia Baxter credited for organizing the event about 80 was cleared to aid the Red Cross. University of Virginia student Roger D Skillings arrived in Bath for Christmas with his mother and former Bowdoin student plans to finish at Virginia. Mrs Dora Purington of Parker b Eugle Bradshaw visits her brother John Haynes at Great Pond. Miss Mildred McPherson returns from Westfield New Jersey and visits Mrs E Hicks in Brooklyn before heading to Worcester after holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Lydia Baxter
Winnifred Johnson
Carrie Shaw
Ella Newell
Marcia Moulton
Mary Paine
Margaret Baker
Roger D. Skillings
University of Virginia
Bath
High Street
Skillings
Bowdoin
Virginia
Dora Purington
Parkern
Eugle Bradshaw
John Haynes
Great Pond
Mr. Haynes
Mildred McPherson
Westfield
N. J
Christmas Week Notes From Bath and Nearby
December 20 1917 society brief from Bath Maine notes Miss Carrie Dunton travels to Medford for holidays with sister Mrs Stephen Pinkham and will return after. Misses Hartnett and Cochrane sell war savings stamps at the post office totaling 236 dollars. Earle L Sanborn enlists at Portland and sails for Fort Slocum. Prof Robert Paul to move headquarters to Brunswick for teaching across Bath Brunswick Augusta Rockland Portland. various locals visit, shop, or travel including Mrs Cora Tarbox heading to Boston for winter and Miss Ann Robinson returning to South Carolina for a position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Dunton
Medford
Stephen Pinkham
Dunton
Massachusetts
Bath
Robert Paul
North Street
Brunswick
Augusta
Paul
Rockland
Portland
Mrs. Percy Heads to New London for Christmas Visit
Mrs. Frank H. Percy departed Wednesday for New London to spend Christmas with her daughter Mrs. E. O. Cutler. Mr. Percy planned to meet her in Boston and accompany her. A tour of the D. T. Percy & Sons store shows the firm intends faster service with 30 extra clerks on duty and all busy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Percy
New London
E. O., Cutler
Percy
Boston
D. T. Percy & Sons
Local Clerks Named Amid Winter Games Closure
Extra clerks are listed including Hazel Harrington Beatrice Washburn Mrs Madelyn Anthony Mrs Perley Trott Miss Frances Mann Miss Louise Cahill Miss Vietta Gay Miss Madelyn Brackley Miss Grace Scott Miss Verona Atkinson Miss Erletta Brehaut Harold Brehaut Miss Ella Rice Fred Pinkham Francis McPherson Miss Marie Rowe Joseph Given Miss Irene Lennox Blaike Reed Miss Helen Haraden Almon Pickard Miss Marion McKay Clayton Rowe Miss Ethel Oliver Roland Robinson Mrs Lewis H Curtis Raymond Whalen Mrs Roland Beal Arletta Gurney and Miss Pearl Hall. Basketball fans face fewer games this winter as public buildings close to save coal for homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Harrington
Beatrice Washburn
Madelyn Anthony
Perley Trott
Frances Mann
Louise Cahill
Vietta Gay
Madelyn Brackley
Grace Scott
Verona Atkinson
Erletta Brehaut
Harold Brehaut
Ella Rice
Fred Pinkham
Francis McPherson
Marie Rowe
Joseph Given
Irene Lennox
Blaike Reed
Helen Haraden
Almon Pickard
Marion McKay
Clayton Rowe
Ethel Oliver
Roland Robinson
Lewis H. Curtis
Raymond Whalen
Roland Beal
Arletta Gurney
Pearl Hall
Christmas Visit Hopes Notes From Bath Residents Across Sea
A series of notes from Bath and surrounding areas recounts servicemen arriving home or planning Christmas visits. Oliver V Webster returns to an Atlantic port aboard the U S S San Diego hoping for home for Christmas. Priscilla Kimball expected home Christmas morning from New York for a brief visit with her parents. Arthur Gallant of the gunboat Malay spends a few days at home. Albert E Desmond leaves Dougherty's Drugstore after 17 years to join Texas Steamship Company as a cost clerk. Families arrange travel for the holidays including Miss Elsie Folsom's Washington trip and Mr Norsworthy’s winter duties in Bath. Others plan visits with friends, neighbors, and relatives in Bath, Brunswick, and Portland. The community calls for local charity to support Fort Baldwin soldiers with Christmas gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priscilla Kimball
New York
Mrs
F. H. Kimball
Albert E. Desmond
Dougherty
The
Texas Steamship Company
Omar Folsom
Elsie
Washington
College student spends Christmas with Nichols family
Miss Dorothy Nichols, a junior at Vassar College, arrived at noon to spend Christmas vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs Frank B Nichols. Sheriff and Mrs Wilbur C Oliver returned on the afternoon train from a southern trip visiting Washington DC Savannah GA Atlanta Panama City Jacksonville FL and Brunswick GA. Mrs Elmer Pray and daughters Shirley and Lucie of Melrose MA arrived Friday to pass two weeks here as guests of her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miriam Adams
Colbye College
Charles Adams
Brunswick
Adams
Ruth Adams Moore
Dorothy Nichols
Vassar College
Frank B. Nichols
Wilbur C. Oliver
South
Washington, D.C
Savannah
Atlanta
Panama City
Jacksonville
Fla
Brunswick, Ga
Elmer Pray
Shirley
Lucie
Melrose
Mass
Leota Jacobson
Mary FE. Tourtillotte
Colby College
Waterville
Senior Choir of Wesley Church Presents Concert
The Wesley Church senior choir directed by G Cameron Smith of Bowdoin College performed a candlelit program Sunday evening. Twelve adult voices sang seven Christmas anthems and carols with Mrs. Omah Snipe at the organ. Ruth Ellen Hunter portrayed a prophetess in O Come Immanuel, and Ruth Ellen Hunter with Roger Upham acted in a nativity scene during He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd. Mr. Smith sang the bass in The Shepherds. Dr. Bell, the pastor, read the scriptural lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Church
G. Cameron Smith
Bowdoin College
Omah Snipe
Ruth Ellen Hunter
Immanuel
Walter Upham
Miss Hunter
Roger Upham
Mr. Smith
Stoughton
Bell
Jesus
John Haley
Robert Savage
Stanley Hunter
Smith
Snipe
Edward Butterfield
John Coombs
Ruth Ellen Winter
Walter Ophium
Drusilla Fielding
Walter Day
George Stimpson
Earle Lermornd
Gift Presented to Retired BIW Pipefitter William Miller
William H. Miller of 77 Lincoln Street, a recent retiree from Bath Iron Works Corp. pipefitting, received an easy chair at his home from fellow pipe shop workers. The gesture followed a period of illness prior to his retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Miller
Lincoln Street
Bath Iron Works Corp
Miller
Christmas Travel and Visits Across Town
A long list of residents and visitors prepare for Christmas, with departures to Portland, Boston, New York and Waterville, and others hosting relatives at home in Bath. Notables include Mrs. Gavett heading to meet her husband, and Miss Crosman recovering from an appendectomy in Belfast, as Christmas plans unfold through travel and holiday gatherings.
BIWRA Christmas Party Draws 1000 Plus Children
More than 1000 children attended the Bath Tron Work Recreational Association Christmas party on Saturday morning. Ken MacKenzie and group entertained for an hour while Betty Durant Barbara Small Donna Smith and a chorus of 12 boys provided songs. Santa Claus John Howe handed out small angels as ice cream and candy were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Tron Work Recreational Association
Ken MacKenzie
Ken
Betty Durant
Donna Smith
Barbara Small
John Howe
BIW Machine Shop
Santa Claus
Frances Grover
Evelyn F. Hobbs
Norman Marriner
Henry Colcord
Roland Fortin
Ralph E. Crocker
George Langvettel
EB. Files Bryant
Elmer Moore
Ralph E. Brewster
White Gift Service At Wesley Church Sunday
The Wesley church hosts a White Gift Service with school children singing carols and hearing the nativity story told by Dr. Bell. Baptisms were performed for Niney Jean Quimby Richard Alan Quimby and Gregory Mark Stevens. A Christmas party and a Dickens Carol film night follow with youth fellowship caroling to shut-ins and refreshments at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Church
Jesus
Dr. Bell
Niney Jean
Richard Alan
Richard A. Quimby
Gregory Markson
Clayton. E. Sctvens
Charles Marble
John Coombs
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Shutins
Univent heating unit installed at Morse High
Plumbers fit a new univent in Morse High physics room to replace an obsolete unit lacking parts. The replacement program aims to modernize about 30 aging units at $500 each, staged over time per School Superintendent Addison. Auto controls will be added by Powers regulator staff, with operation to begin after Christmas recess on Jan. 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Supt. of
Loring R. Addison
Board of Education
Advent Christian Christmas Concert at Middle Street Church
The Middle Street Advent Christian church held its annual Christmas concert on Saturday evening. The program opened with Joy to The World and Silent Night as the congregation sang, with Henry Alexander leading scripture and prayer. Arthur Pierce Jr gave a Welcome recitation, Ellen Brown delivered a Christmas greeting, and Sal vajean Humphrey recited Welcome to Our Program. Cheryl Brown sang a solo with Cheryl Brown and Calvin Alexander presenting further recitations, and Mrs Mary McKenney read a Christmas piece. A hunting license is required for bow and arrow fishing in West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle Street Advent Christian Church
Henry Alexander
Arthur Pierce, Jr
Ellen Brown
Salvajean Humphrey
Cheryl Brown
Mary McKenney
Calvin Alexander
Woolwich Grange Christmas Party Highlights and Plans
Woolwich Grange held its annual Christmas party with gifts and candy for members from Santa Claus. A school of instruction is set for Jan 1 with Richard Burke as instructor. Past Worthy Master Clyde Bailey was named State Chief Deputy of Sagadahoc County. A program featured Hazel McIntire and songs, prizes, readings, and a refreshment committee was named for the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grange
Santa Claus
Richard Burke
Huntoon Hill Grange
Clyde Bailey
Sagadahoc County
Hazel McIntire
David Barter
Jessie Spaulding
Kendra Chubbuck
Daisey Elwell
Judith MelIntire
Beatrice Bailey
Mike Cohen to retire as firm VP after Jan 1
Announcement Thursday night that Michael Cohen will retire as vice president of the company effective after January 1. George Grossman will become vice president, taking over Cohen’s territory with Richard Markow and others reassigned. Cohen will advise for six months before retirement in earnest and receive a Polaroid camera and diamond sapphire cufflinks as gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike
Michael
Mike) Ly Cohen
George Grossman
Mr. Cohen
Mike Cohen
Midwest
Julius Grossman
Mr. Grayson
Norman Grossman
Trucsurer
Cohen
New York City
Baltimore
New England
Ohio
Richard Markow
New York State
Alice Lewis
Claude Berry
Berry
Gladys Payson
Ronald Buffum
Buffum
Grace Waterman
Stanley Judkins
Milton Grayson
Michael Cohen
Kirt Diamant
Probate appointment in Lincoln County Maine for John G Morse estate
The Probate Court for Lincoln County Maine appoints John G Morse Jr of Phippsburg and Harold J Rubin of Bath as Administrators of the estate of John G Morse late of Phippsburg deceased. Docket 163-1957. December 12 1957. Bond filed. Katharyn Thomson Acting Register of Probate December 13 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Notice of Bath banking annual stockholders meeting
Bath Maine notices announce the annual stockholders meeting for the First National Bank of Bath and Bath Trust Company on January 14, 1958 at two o’clock in the afternoon in Bath Maine Banking Rooms. Frederick M Haggett cashi er and R H Baxter president issue the notices for election of officers or trustees and other lawful business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank of Bath
Maine
Dinors
Frederick M. Haggett
Bath
Bath Trust Company
The
R. H. Baxter
Dike School Pupils Present Christmas Program at PTA Meeting
Dike-Washington PTA met at Dike school with 200 parents and teachers as pupils from six grades performed a Christmas program. Masters of ceremonies Milton Footh Jr guided acts including songs from each class and pantomimes, ending with We Wish You A Merry Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike School
PTA
Dike-Washington Parent Teacher Association
Milton Footh, Jr
Prade
Rudolph
Town of
Bethlehem
Charles Dickens
Frosty the Snowman
A’ Mara Jones
Edith York
Vrude Hartley Wilbur
U.S. A
Portland
Helen Wilbur
Alice Baird
Therese Knobrock
Travelers Bowling League Hosts Christmas Joke Tree Party
Members of the Travelers Bowling League gathered Sunday at Mrs. Reid Perkins’s Trufant Street home for a Christmas joke tree party. Gifts were exchanged and a social hour enjoyed. Mrs. George M Ames received luggage and a case for toilet articles along with money. Mr. Ames plans a winter trip to California. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Perkins with help from Mrs. Stanley Coleman and Mrs. Robert Tabor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travelers Bowling League
Reid Perkins
Trufant Street
George M Ames
League
California
Ames
Perkins
Stanley Coleman
Robert Tabor
Water heating upgrades in city schools noted
Superintendent Lor ing R Addison states newer Washington Street schools include upgraded facilities. North Primary Mitchell and Dike received hot water systems with new oil furnaces, while North Grammar had an electric heater installed in summer 1955. City Manager Stanley W Judkiss made a tank at Engine House 2 available, Addison accepted and used it for Washington Primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt. of
Loring R. Addison
North Primary
Mitchell
Dike
North Grammar
Stanley W. Judkiss
Schoor
Engine House 2
Addison
Washington Primary
Probate notices from Bath court of 1957
An order in Bath Maine probate court directs notice to interested parties for multiple estates. It lists executors, guardians, trustees, and administrators including Helen Smith Ernest Pinkham George Pinkham Archie Nagerly Martha Small Lydia Cook L E Thebeau Walter Day Al Tarbox Caroline Newell Jennie Allen Harold Rubin as judge. The notice warns of hearings January next and the potential issuance of letters testamentary without bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sarabahor
Ernest Pinkham
Woolwich
George FF Pinkham
George F Pinkham
Archie Naogerly
John P Carey
Martha P. Small
Joseph T Small
Donald N Small
Mildred G Nichols
Lydia D Cook
Walter F. Day
Ll. Eugene Thebeau
Portland National Bank
Vanona A Thebeau
Eleanor A Thebeau
Fred 1. Tarbox
First Portland Naonal Bank
Rath PW
Tarbox
Caroline M. Newell
National
Ellen N. Tiemer
William S Newell
First Perth and National Bank
John R. Newell
Willian S. Newed
Lillian Mary Canales
Helen O. Canales
Jennie M Allen
Margaret M. Roth
Harold J. Rubin
Plaque And Banner Presented To Cub Pack 57
A merit plaque and white banner were presented to Cub Scout Pack 57 of Beacon Street Methodist Church at the Saturday Christmas party in the vestry. The first plaque awarded to a cub pack in this district was presented to Rev. Richard Arnold, pack committee chairman, by William Lockwood, field executive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street Methodist
Richard Arnold
William Lockwood
Bobcat
Webb
Arnold
Paul Marchant
Marjorie Marshall
Margaret McDaniel
Gifts Wrapped for Mitchell Pupils by South End PTA
Members of the South End PTA wrapped 230 gifts for Mitchell School pupils at a Washington Street home last week. Colors books crayons for sub primary to third graders and notebooks pencils for fourth to sixth graders. Lunch was served by Mrs Deering at noon to several members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
South End
PTA
Washington Street
Carol Deering
Deering
Chiurlett Redlon
Philip Boyd
Joseph Huub
Bernard Commeau
Elizabeth Moffatt
Charles Coombs
Cosmopolitan Club Lobster Supper Successful
A public lobster salad supper served by Cosmopolitan club members drew over 100 attendees Wednesday, marking another successful club project. Mrs. Albert Whitney led arrangements with Mrs. Frank Saunders and Mrs. Louis Petlock assisting. volunteers were urged to save articles for the Star Hospital Christmas project by Saturday noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Allrt Whitney
Frank Saunders
Louis Petlock
Star Hospital
Five Generations Attend Church service in Dunbar
G. P. Payne led a church record gathering at the First Advent Christian Church in Dunbar W. Va. Attending were his daughter Naomi Summers and her child Wilma Garrett and her child Sharon Sebren, plus Sebren's infant Kenneth Ray Jr. This five generation turnout marked a notable family milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunbar
W. VII
G. P. Payne
First Advent Christian Church
Payne
Naomi Summers
Wilma Garrett
Sharon Sebren
Probate matters in Sagadahoc Court at Bath
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc County hears wills and petitions for probate. Executrix Isabelle J Bridgham and executors Madeleine F Keyes and Newton-Waltham Bank & Trust Company present wills. Also final account for Harold Cranshaw and Harold Cran shaw Jr. filed. Barbara L Bruwer, Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Cruse Foward
Isabelle J. Bridgham
Bey
Ralph BF Keyes
Newton
Massachusett
Massachusetts
Saradahoe County
Maine
Madeleine Fo Keyes
Newton-Waltham Bank & Trust Company
Willhout
Harold B Cranshaw
Anere Bs Old Colony Trust Company
John A Cranshaw
Probate notices list executors and admins for Bath and nearby towns
Barbara L. Brewer, Register of Probate for Savadahoc County, lists Edward J. Viguse and Napoleon Fred Couture as executors and administrators for several decedents. Delanire Dunn named administratrix, Jennesp appointed administrator, Lorraine Komight and Gladys Haggett named administratrix and administrator without bond, with bonds filed on specified dates in 1957. Florence Jewell and others named as administratrixes in later entries. Harold J. Rubin, Judge of Probate, signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara L. Brewer
Savadahoc
Edward J. Viguse
Bath
George M Carlton, Jr
Ose
Napoleon Fred Couture
Fred Couture
Bowdoin
Delanire Dunn
Cpccaset Jennespe
Maurice J Knicht
Lorraine Bo Komight
Gladys Mitchell Hwaggett
Phippsburg
Frederick M Haggett
Frank K Wyman
Florence W. Jewell
Harold J. Rubin
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Irliatiratvie
Bath Daily Times
Margaret Kelley
Katie Kelley
John R. Houston
Amory Houghton
American Ambulance Corps
France
Paris
Samuel S. Sewal
Winchester
Mary Collins
Somerset Place
Lester Littlefield
Bath Iron Works
Auburn
Arthur F. Larrabe
Mary Larrabee
Robert C. Teare
Roy R. Matthews
Harvard
J. Harry McLellan
Belmont
Mothe
Charles H. McLellan
Carl K. Crosby
Hudson Navigation Company
Brooklyn
Hon
Elwell S. Crosby
William D. Sewall
Miss Dorothy
Fred Hector
Fargo
North Dakota
Arthur H. Stetson
Alvah B. Clark
Times
Charles V. Minott
Harry B. Sawyer
Kelley Spear Co
Frank S. Bowker
Frank S. Bowker & Son
St. Mary's Guild
Oak Street
M. J. Marston
Edward J. Lawrence
Precy & Small
Gypsey, Jr
Billy Sunday
Jerry Murphy
Jerry, Jr
Mr. Murphy
George Black
Woods Island
N. H
New Meadows River
Elizabeth Watson
Richmond
Bowdoinham Schools
Florence Watson
Julius Berg
Dennis Comeau
Arthur Smalley
Port Clyde
Claire Cote
Clara Belle Syde
Newport
R. L
Sevral
E. A. Farrar
Belfast
M. F. Sheffield
Henry
Cox
Washington, D. C
Leonard Norsworthy
Alice Hartnett
Edith Cochrane
Hubert H. McCarty
Fort Slocum
N. Y
Earle L. Sanborn
Charles G. Sanborn
Harry W. Tucker
Middle Street
Dorothy E. Mason
T. N. Ayer, Jr
Alna
Cora Tarbox
John McCormick
McCormick Farm
Pittston
James QC
Mark W. Sewall
Samuel McElroy
Parker Head
Ann Robinson
Winthrop
Russell & Watson
Miss Robinson
South Carolina
Kennebec Journal
Oliver V. Webster
U.S.S
San Diego
Arthur Gallant
W. H. Bowker
Vivian Hallet
Guy Hathaway
Gardiner
Welbhie Baker
Frank Manion
School Street
Isaac Rogers
North Bath
Clifford Barbour
Percy Barbour
Charles Greenleaf
Elizabeth Webber
Miss Webber
Y.W.C.A
Carl Anderson
First
Maine Heavy Artillery
Charlotte
S. C
Francis Anderson
U.S.S. Doria
Fort Baldwin
BIW Pipe Shop
Fred W. Wetherbee
Drummond Street
Mr. Brown
Andrew Gavett
Texas Steamship Co
Frank LaChane
al Brt
E. Desmond
Dougherty’s
J. Everett Rhodes
Quincey
Charles Sephens
A. B. Thwing
My A
Louise Robinson
Army Nurse Corps
U.S
Carroll Soule
Biddeford
Montsweag
James B. Greaney
Frank Koughan
Portland High School
Gorge B. Drake
Forrest Legard
Frances Southard
Wellesley
F. E. Southard
George
Ruth Buchanan
Douglas Buchanan
William McMullan
Capt
Will McDuffy
L .B. Jackson
Hans Fredericks
Bertha Crosman
Miss Anna
Advent Christian Church
West Virginia
Congress Sports
Clark Gable
Akron
State OF
Register
Sagadahoc
Barbara L. Bruwer Register
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