Forty Years Ago in Bath Highlights
In Bath in December 1902 Central church music under William Small receives praise for octette quartette and solo performances. Maine Central crossing official Gateman Atkins finds two lost hats. Bath, Maine. Sail crew Robert H Stevenson schooner launched by New England Co commanded by J. E. Higbee to Hampton Roads. Grace church holds 11 o'clock midnight service. Armory hall hosts dancing and social events with local leaders. Post office busiest day as 25 mail sacks pass through. A. W. Robinson opens a Front street barber shop opposite the Shanon House.
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Central Church
William Small
Small
Robert H. Stevenson
Adelia
Hampton Roads
The
New England Co
J. E. Higbee
Weather and market notes from Fernandina and Portland
The cold snap cooled roads and eased travel while a fisherman sold a dory load of boiled lobster at 20 cents a pound amid shellfish scarcity and high prices. Bath Iron Works whistles draw attention as steam dredge Cumberland arrives. Portland Steel Ceiling Co. installs steel ceilings at Berry House. Christmas poultry prices list at turkeys 30 to 35 cents and geese 20 to 24 cents. Local residents Mason family visits Portland. Ivy Shier of the West End hotel holds a long-time post in Portland.
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Seguin
Bath Iron Works
Cumberland
Fernandina
Dec 26 1902 Shooting Event At South End Notables
The South End shooting match managed by Morse and Perry drew many crack shots. Reuben Purington won a goose among 25 contestants with five No 4s in a six inch ring at sixty yards using a Parker Ten gauge. Al Oliver beat Purington in a friendly shoot seven bullseyes to six.
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South End
Messrs
Morse
Perry
Charles Preble
Reuben Purington
al Oliver
Reuben Purnan
Oliver
Local Accidents and Business Notes From Hyde Windlass Co
December 28 1902 report lists a three inch head wound at Hyde Windlass Co as a man struck by a plate and needing stitches. A Jackman shop employee suffered severe hand injuries from a circular saw and required medical care. Walter Coombs moved a large music box to George Drapeau's College town drug store. A row boat lost in ice near Bluff Head was recovered by boat builder T L Farnham of Arrowsic to be repaired and returned next spring. Also a plug for grapefruit at B Clintos The Fruit Man.
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Lowell
Hyde Windlass Co
Fuller
Walter Coombs
Brunswick
Electric Express
Hallet
George Drapeau
College Town
H. T. Passmore
Jones’ Eddy
Bluff Head
T. L. Farnham
Arrowsic
Mr. Farnham
Local notices and society items span gifts and events
David A. French wears a gold watch from friends. Arthur Begin sustains a cut at sea. William Dow to open a Front Street lunchroom. E F Campbell exhibits photos of the Ransom B Fuller. Campbell photographs Bath launches. Hyde Windlass worker Grindle holds a store box key with $15. Primrose Whist Club meets on Dummer Street. Mildred Wallace breaks two forearm bones on Union and Middle streets. Bernard Wood and Fred Campbell draw crowds at Armory Hall with a 60-couple march. Police wear new gloves from Ledyard. Citizens sift coal ashes amid high coal prices. F W Deering leaves for Rumford Falls as machinist. Mollie Riley returns from Richmond. she’s with the Richmond Bee. Gerald R LeMoine, Army Air Corps recruit, hosts a sendoff at 170 North Street. The evening features Victrola music, chatter, and refreshments with Ilda, Martha Torrey, Janet Colley, Jean Stanton, Shirley James, Betty Jones, Bernard Pratt, Bruce Wright, Joseph Spear, Joseph Torrey, Robert Gannon.
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Gerald R. LeMoine
Army Air Corps
North Street
Ilda Ratt
Martha Torrey
Janet Colley
Jean Stanton
Shirley James
Betty Jones
Bernard Pratt
Bruce Wright
Joseph Spear
Joseph Torrey
Robert Gannon
Walter Maass Returns from Furlough
Walter Maass U S N returned Monday after a furlough spent with his mother Mrs Florence Maass at 842 Washington street.
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Walter Maass
U.S.N
Florence Maass
Washington Street
Russian Relief Fund Drive Nears End in Sagadahoc County
Sagadahoc County Russian War Relief campaign will close Saturday evening January 2. The drive has been successful but more donations are welcome. Checks should be payable to Russia Relief Inc and sent to Albert S. Noyes at Bath Trust Co or given to committee members.
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Sagadahoc
Russia Relief, Inc
Albert S. Noyes
Bath Trust Co
Times
Jewish Community Center
Roland Smith Post
A. L
L. E. Thebeau
C. P. Hall
Pearl E. Reed
John L. Bates
R. F. Hill
J. A. Bimson
Lydia C. Moses
Roger D. Skillings
John P. Carey
Shaw’s Book Store
Annie McInnes
Torrey Roller Bushing Works
Allen M. Irish
Mr. Noyes
Bowdoinham Native Rev. A. B. Patten Featured Poet
Friends in Bowdoinham received a Christmas card with an original poem by Rev. A B Patten. The piece recalls his local roots and notes his education at Bowdoinham High School and Colby College. Patten later preached in California and the East and now resides in California.
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Arthur Bardwell Patten
Bowdoinham
Patten
Mr. Patten
Colby College
C. Wallentine
Baptist
Colby
California
The
Independent
Jarvis Patten
Bath Park
A. B. Patten
Christ Child and Bethlehem Inspire Hope for Jerusalem
Poem praising the Christ Child over Bethlehem and the Holy Night. It contrasts warlords with the Prince of Peace and foresees divine rebirth, enduring name, and triumphant leadership guiding to a new Jerusalem.
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Bethlehem
Prince of
Jersalem
Woolwich Religious Services Schedule
Woolwich listings show Woolwich Center Baptist Church services Sunday morning 10 and 11 in Sunday school with 7 30 evening service and 7 30 prayer meeting Friday at Mrs Dolloff home led by Dr Bousfield. Montsweag Baptist morning service 11 15 preached by Rev J M Gowdey with 12 15 Sunday school. Cheerio meeting Thursday night at Hilton Soule home.
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Woolwich Center Church
J. M. Gowdey
Asenath
Dolloff
Dr. Bousfield
Montsweag Church
Way of Progress
Cheerio
Hilton Soule
Citizens Dance Assemblies To Proceed This Winter
The Citizens Legislative Assembly Committee announced on Tuesday that legislative dance assemblies will proceed as usual during the coming winter. Inquiries had suggested possible cancellation due to the war. Frank E. Southard chairs the committee with assistance from Earl C. Goodwin and Edward Byron.
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Citizens Legislative Assembly Committee
Frank E. Southard
Citizens’ Committee
Earl C. Goodwin
Edward ‘Byron
Greater need for women in war employment urged
Miss Margaret Hickey chair of the Women s Advisory Committee of the War Manpower Commission told the Congress of Industrial Organizations auxiliaries that by end of 1943 one in six currently idle women will join the workforce and one in four homemakers will work outside the home. She said age does not reduce efficiency and urged removal of barriers to women in any qualified occupation.
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Women’s Bureau
Hickey
Bureau
Faye Stephenson
Women’s Auxiliaries
Eleanor Gimbel
New York
Wallace
Soviet Union
United States
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Dorothy Bellanca
The
Manpower Commission
Abigail Homans
Massachusetts Committee On Public Safety
Verity Smith
Labor and Industries
Mary Pond
American Red Cross
National Cio Committee For American and Allied War Relief
Boothbay Register marks 66th birthday and editor change
The Boothbay Register celebrates sixty six years since its first issue on December 9, 1876 by B. T. Cox. Editor Ralph Delano departs January 1 1943 for Army Signal Corps service and John McCarthy of Jamaica Plains MA will assume editorship January 1 as eighth editor in the paper’s history.
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Boothbay Register
B. T. Cox
Ralph Delano
Army Signal Corps
John McCarthy
Jamaica Plains
Mass
du Boothbay Register
Hawley Family Returns After Auburn Visit
Mr and Mrs Howard B Hawley and daughter Patty of Auburn have come back from a trip visiting Mrs Hawleys parents Mr and Mrs William Mussenden of Garden Street in Garden City.
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Howard B. Hawley
Patty
Auburn
Hyde Park Terrace Items Of The Week
Sunday school at the Administration building hosts an entertainment and gift exchange at 7 30 tonight. Many residents share family visits over the holidays with relatives in Maine and nearby towns. Numerous residents and guests are listed visiting, traveling or staying with local families.
Stockton Springs couple announces engagement in Auburn
Mrs. Sabra Stinchfield of Stockton Springs announces the engagement of her daughter Venora Mary of Auburn to Robert O. Dow of Boston. Venora graduates include City of Maine Phi Kappa Phi and Kappa Delta Pi. taught at Sullivan High School Patten Academy before teaching French at Webster Junior High. Dow, formerly of Sherman Mills, works for the Christian Science Monitor in Boston.
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Sabra Stinchfield
Stockton Springs
Venora Mary
Auburn
Robert O. Dow
Boston
Miss Stinchfield
City of Maine
Phi Kappa Phi
Kappa Delta Pi
Middlebury
Sullivan High School
Patten Academy
Webster Junior High
Dow
Sherman Mills
The
Christian Science Monitor
Delightful Christmas Party at Old Folks Home
A Times reader recounts an evening at the Old Folks Home on Christmas Eve. Mrs. O Hara and staff organized a festive night with a decorated tree, Santa impersonated by Mr Stevens, entertainment, readings, and a cake from Pride Bake Shop. Nearly all residents attended and praised the joyous observance.
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Old Folks Home
O'Hara
Santa Claus
North Pole
Mr. Stevens
Christmas Program at Church of the Nazarene Sunday Evening
The Church of the Nazarene held a Christmas program Sunday evening featuring songs like Joy to the World and Silent Night, readings such as A Strange Distinction and The Giving Highway, duets by Fay Matthews and Doris Smith, and performances by Barbara Fraser, the Greene family, and others. The program included recitations, exercise L O V E, and a finale The Star of Peace with Raymond Bechard.
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Church of the Nazarene
Sunday School
Thomas B. Greene
T. B. Greene
A. J. Back
Talbert Williams
Little Lord
Joyce Stover
Thomas and
Barbara Greene
Barbara Fraser
Donna Flewellyn
Fay Matthews
Carolyn Fraser
Alan Williams
Donald Kenney
Grace Johnson
Josephine Williams
Jean Caton
Doris Smith
Bobby Moore
Norman Kenney
Star of Peace
Raymond Bechard
Annual Stockholders Meeting Notices for Bath Banks
Multiple Bath institutions announce annual stockholders meetings on January 12, 1943 at 2 PM in Bath Maine. The First National Bank of Bath The Bath Trust Company and Bath National Bank seek election of directors or trustees and other lawful business. Notices dated December 9 1942.
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First National Bank OF Bath
Bath
The
Bath Trust Co
Bath Trust Company
Maine
Lei E. Thebau
Bath National Bank
Front St
City of Bath
County of Sagadahoc
State of Maine
Randall F. Cook
Real Estate Transfers in Sagadahoc County
Sagadahoc Register of Deeds records transfers of land and buildings including High Street and North Bath properties. Transactions involve multiple pairs such as Hiram Z Steverman to Lacien Bisson to Mary E. Kimball and others in Bath Georgetown Phipsburg and Topsham regions.
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Sagadahoc Register of Deeds
Hiram Z Steverman
Lacien Bisson
Mary E. Kimball
High Street
William H. Allen Jr
J. Edmund Arsenault
North Bath
Phoebe A. Chadsey
Jerome Doyle
Russell Street
Bath Trust Co
Waldo R. Weston
Snow Park
Bowdeinham Lysle P. Temple
Lewis R. Matthews
Mary E. Sedgely
Nisbet Rice Wedding in Gardiner Saturday
The wedding of Miss Glenda Louise Rice and Russell Lingrad Nisbet took place Saturday evening at the Highland Avenue todist parsonage Gardiner. Rev Louis S Staples officiated. The bride is a Gardiner High School 1940 graduate and employed by F W Woolworth Co in Gardiner. The groom, Cony High School 1938 graduate, works as an electric welder at Bath Iron Works. They will live with the groom’s parents.
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Glenda Louise Rice
Forest M. Rice
Highland Avenue
Gardiner
Russell Lingrad Nisbet
Roy O. Nisbet
Coughlin Street
Augusta
Highland Avenue Todist Parsonage
Louis S. Staples
Nisbet
Gardiner High School
F. W. Woolworth Co
Cony High
Bath Iron Works Corp
Probate Notices From Sagadahoc County Bath 1942
Court of Probate at Bath Sagadahoc issues notice for estates Annie T McAuliffe Frederick W Crocker John Royal Bion Roach and others. Hearings set January first at ten o clock with letters of administration or final accounts pending for executors and trustees. Publication to run three weeks in Bath Independent.
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Bath
Sagadahoc
Katherine Horn
Frederick W. Crocker
Harold O. Crer
Nellie C. Dunning
Centrix
John Royal
George J. Goodwin
Bion Roach
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Miss. Harvey
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Nellie Ferrin
Charles Beals
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Igh Straoe
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Ellsworth Deejay
American Steam Laundry
William Brown
Granny” Neagle
Ralph A. McIntire
Salt Lake City
Bowdoin Medical College
William D. Oliver
A. Hallet & Co
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Thomas Black
Fred Fuller
E. F. Campbell
Henri Crosby
Forrest Nelson
Frank Beede
Charles F. Magoun
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J. E. Ryan
Charles Clifford
Fred Scribner
A. P. Denham
H.C. Webber
People’s Church
Bert Longley
E. F. Kelley
Universalist Society
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R. D. Bibber
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Capt. Sorenson
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Nash
Lemont
Wittekind
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H. B. Johnson
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Arthur Begin
Shenango
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Jennie Harris
Meloney
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Denham
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Rumford Falls
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Mollie Riley
Richmond
Arthur Pepper
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Richmond Bee
Arthur Bardwell
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Edward Roy, Jr
Skowhegan
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H. S. Dill
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Bluff Road
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Lewiston
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Newport
Niles Perkins, Jr
Perkins
N. L. Perkins
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Westbrook
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Gerard Billington
Albert Veilleux
Mark Jackson
Beatrice Duprey
Bernard Knight
Ethel M. Lynch
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Clinton D. Wilson
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May Maxwell
Dorchester
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Mary Anderson
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A. B. Hoyt
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Gulfport
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Frank Cressey
Virginia
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Richard
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Warren Kenney
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Charles A. Ray
Carl F. Wallace
Raymond V. Nordland
Lila F. Ladd Dimick
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Frederick Small
Russell A. Ring
Topsham Op Cabot Manufacturing Co
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Topsham
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Percy C. Bailey
Groom
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