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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1938

Page

7

Forty Years Ago in Bath Items From The Bath Daily Times

A Bath Chronicle of 1898 notes a Phippsburg stage mishap on Washington street with passengers and goods tossed from a track. It also lists social, business, and civic happenings including new inn openings, bank honors for Duncan and Hill, and local holiday preparations.

The Bath Daily Times Phippsburg Washington Street

Plant Gains Ground In Bowling Standings

In the Elks' Bowling circuit, Les Plant gains ground in the race for individual honors despite a slight dip in average. Tom Cummings falls back three points, while Plant sits at 1047 and Cummings at 99.8, with Al Thayer holding third and Teddy Ham fourth as Tom Conley rises from seventh to fifth.

Les Plant Elks Tom Cummings Plant Cummings al Thayer Teddy Ham Tom Conley Ellis Plantes SRI Chter, Og Ech Iain Iene Joe Mullaney RedionwAs Ocean MO Brien Mat Petock Rotini CO Vinita Pieldingoess Sckness John Mullaney le Blowin Ee Bickig c. Iets Stata Ask

Mary C Patten 80 Retired Artist Dies at Bowdoinham

Mary C Patten 80 a retired artist and art teacher died at her Bowdoinham home Friday afternoon Born March 21 1858 in Bowdoinham she was the daughter of Bardwell and Frances Patten A Bowdoinham High School graduate 1877 she taught in Sacramento and studied art in Boston and Paris She leaves two brothers Robert Patten of Portland and Rev Arthur Patten of California Also noted Ray E Corliss of Sherman Mills won a plaque for best boy in the Poultry Industrial Exposition in New York City as a freshman at the University of Maine son of Mr and Mrs Fred Corliss

Mary C. Patten Bowdoinham Bardwell Frances I. Patten Bowdeinham High School Miss Patten Boston Paris France Sacramento Calif Robert Patten Portland Rev Arthur Patten California Ray E. Corliss Sherman Mills Beng New York City Barred Rocks Ray University of Maine Fred Corliss

Real Estate Transfers Span Bath Bowdoinham and Towns

Registry records in Sagadahoc show numerous transfers. Bath Box Co sells land to James A. Gillies Jr. Arthur Dunton sells on Academy street to Harvey Hartleb. Maud Ham Larrabee sells to Sadie Miller on Pine Street. Arthur Sewall sells land on Cemetery road to the City of Bath. Geographically broader transfers include Bowdoinham Avery Pides and Wilford Jones parcels, Richmond Perry Clark and Clark land, Topsham St Pierre parcels, and others in Georgetown and Bath.

Bath Bath Box Co James A. Gillies, Jr Bath Arthur J. Dunton Harvey H. Hartleb Academy Street Maud Ham Larrabee Sadie Miller Pine Street Arthur Sewall City of Bath Cemetery Road Bowdoinham Georgia A. Rideout Avery M. Pides Avery M. Fides Wilford E. Jones Wilford E. Jones Et al, Land and Buildings. Mary P. Williams George A. Hackett Vera McCormick Adelbert L. Sewall Rufus Merriman Lawrence J. Saucier Georgetown Charles H. Davis Ethelyn I. Davis Agnes S. Farr Clarence W. Blaisdell Richmond Robeus A. Douglass Izetta E. Perry Clark George Carlisle Clark Izetta FE Perry Clark Pauline B. Preble Edith P. Hodgdon Topsham Francois St. Pierre Amanda St. Pierre Ida York Elizabeth Curtis White

RITES OF CERES CONFER 9000 GRANGERS AT PORTLAND convention

A Life magazine condensed feature notes 9000 Grangers at the National Grange annual convention in Portland Oregon were solemnly initiated into the seventh degree of Ceres, with pageant ritual and hymns. The piece traces the Grange history from post Civil War origins to current status as a major rural organization, noting its shifts in politics, leadership, and membership across eras.

Portland Ore National Grange Patrons of Husbandry Ceres The Grange Elks, Masons and Shriners Oliver H. Kelley North Midwest Interstate Commerce Commission Greenback Party National Farmers’ Alliance United States Life

Y M C A Industrial Basketball League Plans Set

The Y M C A organized league will open on January 5 with games at 7 and 8 pm and run for 10 weeks to March 9. Five teams each have about nine players signed and the league will use two rounds with a final championship game. Admission is 10 cents for students and 20 cents for adults.

Y. M. C. A. Industrial Basketball League Church League Arthur Sarkis Charles Grace Gilbert Atwood Paul Hayes Robert Stevens Frederick Hamlin Philip Oliver Charles Bartlett Ronald Smith William Perkins

Maine News Notes Show Winter Forecast and Local Happenings

The column covers a range of Maine items including past high lending rates and recent 4% investments in Aroostook. It notes trailer living ideas from Orono, profiles Anna Elwell of Brooks, Hannah Weston of Machias, and Congregational church history. Winter forecast from Passamaquoddy, queen contest, Peaks Island ferry, Dan Neal’s death, and Freeport postoffice expansion are included.

Death by own action linked to McKesson Robbins collapse

Judge Fred H. Lancaster reveals a death by own action connected to the McKesson and Robbins financial collapse. Leland G. Means of Bond and Goodwin acted as agent in a proposed deal, meeting in New York with Julian Thempson and William Smart regarding a drug firm offer. Mattanawcock Academy seniors will attend the New York World's Fair departing June 11, escorted by Miss Harriet Pease, with American Express arranging the trip.

McKesson and Robbins Fred H. Lancaster Lewiston Poland Leland G. Means Bond and Goodwin, Inc Musica Means New York Julian Thempson William Smart Bond and Goodwin Lancaster Mattanawcock Academy Harriet Pease American Express Company

Probate notices from Bath Sagadahoc December 1938 actions

Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc items list estates of Downing Ross Redson Rittall Freeman Sewall Norton Stinson Ripley Cavanaugh Plaisted Lambert Dunton with petitions for executors administrators and license to sell real estate and final accounts to be heard January 1939 in Bath. Public notice requires publication in the Bath Independent.

Bath Sagadahoc Guardian J. Albert Redson Jate Charlotte R Redton Charlotte R. Redlon Emma F. Rittall Georgetown Fred H. Rittall, Jr Eugene W. Freeman Joseph G. Stevens Sarah K. Campbell Alice W. Sewall Bath National Bank Herbert W. Norton Charles T. Small, Jr Edward W. Bridgham George M. Stinson Woolwich Marcia M. Stinson Charles E. Ripley Georgia Page Ripley John Allen Cavanaugh Herbert S. Cavanaugh Charles E. Plaisted Minnetta L. Plaisted Minetta L. Plaisted Susan E. Lambert Nellie M. Campbell Arthur J. Dunton Maria G. Harris Phippsburg Harry R Harris

Probate notices and estate actions in Sagadahoc County

I, John L. Jack, Register of Probate, certify executors and administrators named for estates including Ashton Wardwell, Annie Wylie Stackpole, Lucretia Little, and others with dates around December 6 1938. Also lists land valuations and heirs for multiple estates and notices of probate hearing set for January 1939 in Bath Maine. Also notes annual bank stockholders meetings for First National Bank of Bath and Bath National Bank on January 10 1939.

John L. Jack Sagadahoc Ashton E. Wardwell Bath Winnifred B Wardwell John S. Doyle Charlies B. Doyle Said Bath Annie Wylie Stackpole West Bath Mildred Strout Brunswick Maine Lucretia S. Little Salem Massachusetts Josiah H. Gifford Said Salem State of Maine Bowdoin Bowdoein Robert McAfee Beowdoinham Arthur Nelson William Wilson Mary Briery Huff's Mills Road Old Joseph Billodeau Francois Boucher Caesars Pond Delian Flage Farm Frank Metayer Sampson Small. S W R. Allen Paul Alma Chrestien C Boulduc J O Brown Stlas O Clason Lincoln Jack Polly Topsham Town Line John Curtis Addie Collins Burr U. Grant Woods Lawrence C Douglass Elisha Purington Clara E. Purington Frank E. Doug First National Bank OF Bath William S. Shorey Bath National Bank Front Street City of Bath County of Sagadahoc

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