Bath Chronicle: Ice, Boxing, and Holiday Happenings
In Bath on December 22 1903 icy Kennebec forecasts 200000 tons stored this winter while ice thickens and small craft navigate frozen fields. Local boxing bouts feature George Phelan vs Pat Kilroy and Tom Wilson vs Jesse Savage Jr as mills expect rain to boost work. Community notices include Christmas calendars and theater happenings with residents and visitors enjoying holidays amid local commerce and city events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Bath Sports
George Phelan
Pat Kilroy
Lewiston
Phelan
Tom Wilson
Jesse Savage, Jr
Maine Sanatorium plans advance for Ho on site
Trustees report strong progress on Maine State Sanatorium construction to be built on 320 acres at Ho on. A Santa Laus notice, read by the George A. Tuttle Co, describes a visitor in a striking costume arriving by train amid cheers. Hyde Windlass Co prepares a large windlass for the West Virginia battleship and propeller blades for the Missouri. Gahan and Clifford of Bath Iron Works plan a Christmas shooting match in Winneganee with buyers for a dozen items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Hoon
Conins
George A. Tuttle Co
Santalaus
Hyde Windlass Co
Newport News
West Virginia
Newport News Shipbuilding
Missouri
Fore River gShip and Engine Co
Messrs
Gahan and
Clifford
Bath Iron Works
Winneganee
Cantata King of Kings repeated by Wesley church choir
On Sunday morning the Wesley church choir of about 20 voices performed the cantata King of Kings to wide praise and will repeat it next Sunday evening. The Times notes community events including the New England Order of Protection poverty ball at Armory hall with prizes for best costumes and music by the Columbia orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Church
New England Order of Protection
Armory Hall
Columbia Orchestra
O. L. Preble
A. J. McNeil
G. W. Gilchrist
Christmas School Program Delights West Bath Readers
Miss Foote decorated the program assisted by Miss Janet Cutler and presented a picture to local children. Pupils remembered include Laton Jackson Lillie King Rena King Ernest Shaw Victor Leask Ruth Gallant Donald Avery Chester Freeman Ernest Freeman Beatrice Snowdon Caldwell Jacobson Malcolm Crocker Willie Pero Tina Pero Louise Robinson Celia Hawkes Madelyn Chase Dorothy Nichols Doris Stetson Walter Cressey Maurice Avery Harriet Jackson Houghton McLellan Weston DeMott. Miss Lottie Lombard of Augusta arrived to spend the holiday at her West Bath home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Foote
Janet Cutler
Laton Jackson
Lillie King
Rena King
Ernest Shaw
Victor Leask
Ruth Gallant
Donald Avery
Chester Freeman
Ernest Freeman
Beatrice Snowdon
Caldwell Jacobson
Malcolm Crocker
Willie Pero
Tina Pero
Louise Robinson
Celia Hawkes
Madelyn Chase
Dorothy Nichols
Doris Stetson
Walter Cressey
Maurice Avery
Harriet Jackson
Houghton McLellan
Weston DeMott
Christmas Season Echoes From Beacon Street Church To Hamlet At Columbia
December 27 1903 reports Capt John Tibbetts returning from Vineyard Haven aboard the Salisbury four masted schooner with Capt Bennett. Church events at Beacon Street and Grace church carol singers entertain Hyde Shaw and others. Theatre notes cover Katharine Rober’s Hamlet and Mrs Agar’s Divorce at Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tibbetts
Vineyard Haven
Salisbury
Bennett
New England
Tibbetts
Katherine Rober
Columbia Theatre
Bath youths and guests share Christmas week tales and gifts
The Bath list includes Arthur Shorey’,04 Charles Donnell Rupert Much Benjamin Haggett ’05 John W. Leydon Phillips Kimball A J Voorhees Fred B Haggett ’07 and Rev J E C Sawyer D D of Williamstown Mass former pastor of Beacon Street M E church visiting Charles Davenport. Dr Sawyer heads toward Searsport to see his ill sister. Louise Fuller returns to Smith College after Christmas at home. Williams Whitney a Bath dentist in Vinalhaven spent Christmas at home. Milton Kimball son of Mr and Mrs Fred H Kimball won a pony on Christmas morning after a chase with Santa ending when the harness tag addressed to Milton Kimball was found. the gift came from uncle William Shaw of Greenville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Church Choir
Mayor Hyde
John O. Shaw
Brenda Emery
Bessie Gibson
W. S. Glidden
Roland Hill
Frank Howland
Fred Humphreys
Arthur Gilmore
Clifton Lee
Charles Brown
Leonard Marks
Dan Williams
John Oliver
T. E. Harnett
Marguerite
Portland
Eugene
Fred Hartnett
Winter Street
Bath
Bowdoin College
Arthur Shorey
Charles Donnell
Rupert Much
Benjamin Haggett
John W. Leydon
Phillips Kimball
A. J. Voorhees
Fred B. Haggett
J. E. C. Sawyer
D. D
Williamstown
Mass
Beacon Street
M. E
Charles Davenport
Sawyer
Searsport
Milton Kimball
Fred H. Kimball
Santa
Master Kimball
Milton Kimall
William Shaw
Greenville
Christmas mixed gifts and labor news in Bath area
A delivery mix up sent two chocolate boxes to wrong recipients in Bath while a messenger error caused two Bath boys concern. John Tracy of Bath Iron Works received a gold mounted pipe from coworkers, followed by speeches and Havana cigars for the crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End
Washington Street
Cedar Street
John Tracy
Angle
Bath Iron Works
Philip Murphy
William Curran
Tracy
Fifth Army General Praises Troops In Letters To Wife
Chicago socialite Mrs. Clark recounts excerpts from General Mark W. Clark's letters praising American and British troops. He recalls Volturno River crossing hardships, near-heroic bravery, and preferring army life to palace luxury while describing Naples entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mark W. Clark
United States Fifth Army
Italy
Clark
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co
General Clark
Volturno River
Naples
Crown Prince's Palace
Vesuvius
Bay of Naples
News of Our Men and Women in Uniform
Mrs. W. K. Clark and Mrs. E. B. Woods visit relatives during holidays. Families from Drayton Road, Bluff Road, and nearby towns travel to Maine and Massachusetts to spend Christmas with kin. Second Lieut. Laura Hartel, U S Nurses Corps, on a days leave, revisits Bath area friends after service in England. She previously worked at Bath Iron Works and resided with an aunt in Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K. Clark
Drayton Road
Roy Clark
C. D. Boyden
Orrington
E. B. Woods
Charles Woods
Kittery
Oden Maylor
Westbrook
R. C. Carles
Annie Sunday
Bluff Road
Laura Hartel
U. S. Nurses Corps
Bath Iron Works
Hartel
Maine
England
George J. Hartsgrove
Western Avenue
Brunswick
Bath area men receive promotions and overseas news
Pvt 1 c Earl Stiles of Bath earns corporal at Cochran Field Ga as thousands join Keep Em Flying. David Clark leaves Camp Conley Ga for overseas with mail welcome to Sgt Harold D Clark at APo 9323 New York City. S Sgt Harold D Clark 31220020 432 Ord MVA Co A P O 9323 NYC. David Skelton promoted to Technician Fifth Grade at Camp Claiborne Pa under Capt Frank W Quinn Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Stiles
E. L. Stiles
Elm Street
Bath
Air Forces Basic Training School
Cochran Field
Macon
Raymond Clark
Upper Washington Street
David
Camp Conley
S. Sgt
Harold D. Clark
Ord. M.V.A. Co
A.P.O
New York City
David B. Sketon
William L. Skelton
High Street
Engineer Unit Training Center
Army Service Forces
Don G. Shingler
Camp Claiborne
Skelton
689Th
Engineer Base Equipment Company
Frank W. Quinn
WAC expands duty, training across Army in nation
Private Madelyn B. Leonard of Middlesex Road Topsham joins a Women's Army Corps unit now deployed at Camp Crowder Missouri after leaving Fort Des Moines. WACs serve on more than 268 posts nationwide and overseas, taking over hundreds of Army jobs as training widens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madelyn B. Leonard
Middlesex Road
Topsham
Women's Army Corps
WAC
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Army
Camp
Crowder
Missouri
States
District of Columbia
Dorothy E. Crooker
Herman W. Crooker
High Street
Bath
Bakers and Cooks School
Ft. Des Moines
Women’s Army Corps Training Center
Army of
United States
Morin on Leave During Holidays at Washington Street
Ry Morin is reported to have been on leave over the holidays at his home on Washington Street, with no further details provided in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ry F. Morin
Washington Street
Service Members Visit Home From Maritime and Naval Posts
Pvt. George F. Ratliff returns to Mitchel Field after Christmas with his mother Mrs. George Delano in Woolwich. Midshipman Robert Stanley Gilchrist arrives from Castine to spend ten days with his parents at 16 Beacon street. William Lucero of Worces ter Naval training unit visits, accompanying his brother Arthur and mother Mrs. Lucero in Topsham. Luceros formerly lived at 32 Getchell street Bath. Lucero serves as chief radio operator at the naval air station in Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Ratliff
U.S.A
Mitchel Field
N. Y
George Delano
Mr. Delano
Woolwich
Robert Stanley Gilchrist
Castine
Maine Maritime Academy
Rudolph D. Gilcrist
Beacon Street
William Lucero
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester
Mass
Lucero
Arthur
Navy
Hotel Somerset
Boston
Arthur A. Lucero
Topsham
Luceros
Getchell Street
Bath
Mr. Lucero
Naval Air Station
Brunswick
Seabee Petty Officer Greenblatt Embarks for Leave
Petty Officer Abraham E. Greenblatt of the Seabees, son of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon K. Greenblatt, left home at 233 Washington Street on December 18 for embarkation leave. He spent the weekend in Boston before returning to Camp Endicott in Davisville, Rhode Island, where he is stationed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham E. Greenblatt
Seabees
Solomon K. Greenblatt
Washington Street
Boston
Camp Endicott
Davisville
R. I
Butler Returns to Camp Endicott After Leave
Chief Joseph A. Butler of Sea Bees returns Tuesday morning to Camp Endicott Rhode Island after finishing embarkation leave spent with Mrs Butler and their child at the Butler home 432 Lark Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Butler
Seabees
Camp Endicott, R. I
Private John Gilmore Dies at Fort Devens on Leave
Pvt John Gilmore of the U S A stationed at Fort Devens Massachusetts died Sunday while on furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Gilmore of Mechanic Street The death was announced by the Gilmore family and is listed as a local obituary notice with no further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
John Gilmore
Fort Devens
Mass
Arthur Gilmore
Mechanic Street
Thibodeau Returns from Furlough to Norfolk Home
Clayton R. Thibodeau Mo M M 2 c returned Monday to Norfolk Virginia after a week’s furlough spent with his mother Mrs Edward Clough and Mr Clough at their home on Upper Washington Street and with his father T S Thibodeau of 24 Marshall Street. He entertained weekend guest Miss Helen Gallant of Gardiner during the stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton R. Thibodeau
Norfolk
Edward Clough
Mr. Clough
Upper Washington Street
T. S. Thibodeau
Marshall Street
Helen Gallant
Gardiner
Cadets Return Home from Castine Maritime Academy
Midshipmen Kendell Chapman Christopher Gill Robert Gilchrist and George Hart return home for holidays from the Maritime Academy at Castine. Aviation Cadet Richard K. Watson, formerly at Walnut Ridge Arkansas, is transferred to Spence Field Georgia for advanced pilot training after completing basic training. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Watson of Middle street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maritime Academy
Castine
Kendell Chapman
Christopher Gill
Robert Gilchrist
George Hart
Richard K. Watson
Walnut Ridge
Arkansas
Spence Field
Theodore Watson
Middle Street
Naval and Army Families Honor Service Leave Recap
Irving Temple of Bowdoinham stationed at Dearborn Michigan recently paused a brief leave at home. He is a Machinist Mate School graduate and Navy recruit who joined June 14 1943 after Coombs High School. Melvin Henderson a Staff Sergeant with the 2nd Signal Service Battalion Washington D C returned after a seven day Christmas furlough with his parents. He has served about a year and a half with basic training at Fort Bragg and in Washington D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona C. Hallowell
War Department
Sherman W. Hallowell, Jr
Army Air Corps
Bremen
Germany
Hallowell
Eighth Air Force
England
Atlantic City
N. J
Ft. Myers
Fla
Amarillo Field
Pyote
Texas
Bath Iron Works Corp
Irving Temple
F. 2 c
A. Leroy Temple
Bowdoinham
Dearborn
Mich
Navy
Coombs High School
Newport, R. I
Melvin B. Henderson
Signal Service Battalion
Washington, D. C
Charles T. Henderson
High Street
Sergt. Henderson
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
PFC Harold W Bailey Honored in West Bath
PFC Harold W Bailey U S M C R son of Mr and Mrs William Bailey of West Bath is named in a local notice acknowledging his service and family ties with the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold W. Bailey
William Bailey
West Bath
Probate notices from Bath Sagadahoc estates
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc County orders notice to interested parties for hearings on January next at Bath. Listings include estates of Nellie Lo Whitney Ella Cahill Lawson Armstrong and others with appointments of administrators and executors. Names Edward W Bridgham Frank R Bailey George Whitney Elizabeth C MacEliman and more appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Lo Whitney
Bath
George Whitney
George E. Whitney
Mabel Alice McDonald
Andrew McDonald
Bute E. Stover
Lay Stover
Nella
Stover
Samuel T. Hinckley
Prt
Edward W. Bridgham
Ida T. Stephenstate
Woolwich
Fink
Frank R. Bailey
Ella
Cahill
William B Hugegett
Edward W Brideham
Lawson R. Armstrong
Lorne G. Armstrong
Arthur J. Dunton
Service Members and Family Notes from Bath and West
The note mentions PFC Harold W. Bailey USMCR 15 Defense Bn F M F Battery E 90 M Group c o Fleet P E San Francisco California enlisted October 1942 and formerly worked at Hyde Windlass Co brass foundry. His brother Carlton E Bailey US A serves with Battery C 915 FA Bn c o P M Los Angeles California. Mr and Mrs Larriston Estabrooks hosted Sgt Edward A Rickey US A at their Meadow Way home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
West
Harold W. Bailey
USMCR
Defense Bn
c /o Fleet
P. É
San Francisco
Calif
Bailey
Hyde Windlass Co
Carlton E. Bailey
Los Angeles
Larriston Estabrooks
Meadow Way
Edward A. Rickey
Mrs Norton and Miss Arsenault Sail to Miami for Visit
Mrs Walter I Norton and Miss Alice Arsenault left Monday for Miami Florida to spend several weeks with Norton’s son Clarence Arsenault in the medical corps and her sister Mrs Catherine Edgecomb formerly of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter I. Norton
Alice Arsenault
Middle Street
Miami, Fla
Seabee Ralph MacDonald Receives Cards From Camp Parks
Cards arrive from Ralph MacDonald S 2 c Seabees stationed at Camp Parks California. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Charles MacDonald Sr of Bowdoinham formerly of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph MacDonald
The
Seabees
Camp Parks
Calif
Charles MacDonald
Bowdoinham
Soldier Lloyd Hudson Reunites With Family After 15 Day Furlough
Pvt. Lloyd Hudson of the U S Air Forces, stationed at Tullahoma Tennessee, returns to camp after a 15 day furlough spent with his wife Mrs. Hudson and their infant son Lloyd Hudson Jr. and with his parents Mr. and Mrs. William Hudson Sr. of 11 Summer Street Court. The baby was born August 3 and this was the first meeting of father and son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Hudson
U.S.A
Tullhoma
Tenn
Soldier Maurice Puffer to Return Home From Utah
Word reached Monday that Pvt. Maurice Puffer is en route home from Utah for his first leave since entering the service in January. Cpl. Clifford M. Pye returned to New York Sunday after Christmas with his parents Mr and Mrs Maurice Pye of Small Point and his fiancee Miss Alice Darrah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Maurice Puffer
Ruth Young
Utah
Cpl
Clifford M. Pye
New York
Maurice Pye
Small Point
Alice Darrah
Canton voters defeat camp for war prisoners plan
Roger W. Johnson whose body was found in his burned barn in Canton Friday night inspired a proposal to establish a war prisoners camp there. At a special town meeting Monday at the school house, J. H. Pulsifer said little interest was shown beyond Johnson who circulated the petition for the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger W. Johnson
Canton
J. H. Pulsifer
Selectman
Johnson
Newton Bank
Miss Shirley Mank Reunites With Family for Christmas
Miss Shirley Mank, after several days in Boston and Needham Mass, returns home on Christmas Eve with C B M Robert E Shirley U S N a holiday guest of her parents Mr and Mrs Ralph Mank. Chief Shirley returns to Boston Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Mank
Boston
Needham
Mass
Robert E. Shirley
Ralph Mank
Chief Shirley
Probate court actions in Bath Sagadahoc 1943 estates list
A Bath Sagadahoc probate court session on the first Tuesday of December 1943 orders notices to interested parties to appear January next at ten in the forenoon. Proceedings probate wills appoint executors administrators and guardians for several estates including Terrell Foote Malin Bigelow Parker Gignoux Moody Perry Howes Oliver and others with accounts to be settled and bonds or renunciations as indicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nafter
Bath
Sagadahoc
Said
B. Miyeinvan
Elivahth C Meekiman
Elizabeth C. MacEliman
Ethel M. Thompson
Thomas J. Malin
Hannah M. Curran
Wilbert Francis Williams
Talbert Francis Williams
Wiliam F. Williams
Charles M. Bigelow
Crargetown
Fiduciary Trust Company
Executor i Fetate
Henry A Parker
Freemont B
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Edward V. Coombs
Ting
Edward
Hockomock
Androscoggin
Jesse W. Lambert
Jack and
Carol
Russell, Colby
Front Street
Frank Shepard
LeRoy
Mr. Colby
Arthur L. Pratt
Boston Herald
All Room
Engine
Goddard
R. C. Cunningham
Calais
Shaw's
Ielerk
Maud McTeer
Santa Claus
Fred Roderick
Hyde Indlass Co
Colonial Club
Reynolds
Prof. Robinson
Harry E. Mason
Dorothy
Charles H. Mason
Mason
West End
Messenger Thistle
Postal Telegraph Co
Clarence H. Mackay
Kennebec Yacht Club
Fred Cook
William F. Stevens
A. S. Merrill
Mr. Cook
George A. McCurdy
American Steel Co
Martin McCurdy
Randolph
Sadie Farnham
Fanny
Julia Conley
Sagadahoc County
Roy Wildes
May Clark
Armory
Daniel McDonald
Quincy
Dan
Fore River Iron Works
New Meadows Inn
Nellie Farrin
H. J. Hoelstad
Benjamin Sewall
Damariscotta
Margaret Foote
Central Church
Lottie Lombard
Augusta
George Dow
Home For
Center Street
A. H. Stetson
Gloucester
Mrs
A. D. Stetson
Frank H. Freeman
Charles
Alex Freeman
Boston & Maine Railroad
Chelsea
Louise Fuller
Smith College
Williams Whitney
Vinalhaven
Fred L. Andrews
Ned
James Bonney
Joseph Remick
Eastern Steamship Co
M. W. Sewall
Thompson Bros. and
D. T. Percy & Sons
Charles Collins
Thompson Bros
Gus Guerrero
Madison Square Garden
Massachusetts
Lloyd Griffith
Merchant Marine
Louise Hartmann
Rockhaven
Wiscasset
George Hartmann
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
U. S. Marine Corps
2Nd Defense Battalion
Care of Fleet Wost
Vernon EF. Gray, Jr
Lester I. Young
87Th Mountain Infantry
Camp Carson
Col
Lester H. Young
Green Street
Edwin G. Morin
U. S
Vernon A
Salinas
Gray
Crescent Street Court
Har
Charles L. Scott
Armored Command
Armored School
Fort Knox
Oscar T. Emmons
Hattie Emmons
Armored
Joseph A. Jolly
San Antonio
John L. Jack
Register
John L. Tack
Deartet
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