Inspector completes plans for light tests in Bath
R B Watts Maine motor vehicle inspector spent last week in Bath and left for Rockland after setting up four testing stations in local garages. He trained garage men to test headlights under the new law, praised Shaw Auto Co for setup, and noted tests on Bath cars. Tests will be offered for a nominal fee to improve night driving safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver
Flon
Joseph Torrey
Snipe
Torrey
Mr. Torrey
Rth
Carr
Bath
John Shaw
John
Dewar
Jeff” Smith
Jefferson C. Smith
Y.M.C.A
Maine
Jeff
Charles 8. Brown
Volz
America
John R. Brown
M.il.s
Even- Christensen
Shepard
R. B. Watts
Rockland
Watts
Ife
Shaw Auto Co
Fuller
Inspector Watts
Civil Service Exam Open in Portland for Watchman Post
The Civil Service Commission announces a third grade examination on February 25 1922 in Portland Maine to fill a watchman vacancy at 1200 dollars yearly and future openings for laborers and other positions in Portland and vicinity. Applicants 48 or older on exam date may apply via Form 1 44 to Edmund De Garmo Portland or the Boston district secretary with proper filing deadlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Portland
Maine
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Register
United States
Edmund de Garmo
Board of Civil Service Examiners
Customhouse
First Civil Service District
Customhouse Tower
Treston
Massachusetts
Boston
Bath delegates at Washington arms conference pictured
A group photo of the delegates and advisors from the recent arms conference in Washington is on display at Freeman's Barber Shop. Harold M. Sewall of Bath is listed as one of the advisors in the image from Studebaker News Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Depot Square
Studebaker Corporation
Bath
Washington
Harold M. Sewall
Freeman's
Death of William J. Perkins Ties Topsham to Washington
Word reached from Washington of the death of William J. Perkins formerly of Topsham. Brunswick paper asks for copy of notice to inform readers of the passing and shared ties to the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William J. Perkins
Topsham
Brunswick Paper
Bath's Carnival Proves Success At South End Match
Ice hockey game between Bath's South Ends and Winnegance A.A. ends in a landslide for the South Ends. Boutin suffers facial injuries from a rough start, while Timmy McCabe officiates and O. Hunt leads defense. Four ten minute periods darken the track, with multiple spills but no further serious accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnegance A.A
Boutin
South End
Timmy” McCabe
H. D. Grant
Winneyance A.A
I. Boutin
L. Sheldon
A. Sprague
O. Tunt
G. Boutin
Smith
G. Field
L. Boutin
C. Morse W. Savage
Winne
Talbot
Sprague
E. Boutin
Sheldon
Hunt
O. Hunt
Hart
McCabe
Timers
J. Blake
W. Shaughnessy
Harry Williams
Winneganee A
Carnival Ball at the Armory Draws Large Crowd
Gandreau's orchestra provided music at the armory dance to enliven a sizable turnout. The event featured ample space for dancing, though the crowd bought little confetti and showed restrained enthusiasm throughout the night.
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Gandreau
Higgins Watercolor Mastery Praised In Southern Paper
Evening Reporter Suir of Orlando reports on Charles R. Higgins watercolors at the St. Charles Hotel exhibit. The critic lauds Higgins as a coming master, noting his delicate drawing and soft color tones, including The Close of Day and wall paper reproductions. The article cites works from Bath Maine to Hermitage Tennessee and Governor's mansion Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suir
Orlando
Fla
St. Charles
Triggins
Charles R. Higgins
Higgins
Hermitage
Gen. Jackson
Nashville
Tenn
Maine
Tennessee
Bath Men Attend Lincoln Club Dinner in Portland
A Bath delegation attended the Lincoln club banquet at the Falmouth hotel in Portland Saturday night. Speeches by U S Senator Frederick Hale and Irvin L Lemroot, with Governor Baxter and Mrs Livermore, were well received. The group returned by Pullman car, with a reception and dancing to close the evening. Bath attendees listed include ex Mayor J Edward Drake and Sheriff Wilbur C Oliver among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Portland
Falmouth
Pullman
U.S
Bath Pastor Elected Head of Department
At the State Christian Endeavor Convention in Portland Rev. G. M. Holman of Bath First Baptist Church was elected department superintendent of quiet hours and stewardship. The convention plans the 1928 Bangor meeting and notes $572 raised for a Tri-State district covering Maine New Hampshire and Vermont with Rev. C. I. Hetzler likely to serve as the first field secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Christian Endeavor
Portland
G. M. Holman
First Baptist Church of Bath
Chester Plant
Bangor
Maine
New Stampshire
Vermont
C. I. Hetzler
Lincoln Sermon on Lincoln's Birthday at Universalist church
The 113th birth anniversary of Abraham Lincoln will be observed with a National service and special music at the Universalist church. Dr. Francis A. Gray will preach on What Would Lincoln have to Say to Americans of Today. Miss Roxy Campbell resumes stenographer duties for W. S. Glidden after visiting her aunt in Nobleboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Universalist
Elutch
Francis A. Gray
Lincoln
Roxy Campbell
W. S. Glidden
Harold Wiswell
Nobleboro
Old Days on the Bath Branch and Androscoggin RR Notes
A historical sketch details the Androscoggin Railroad Co from its 1848 charter through extensions toward Brunswick and Bath, the Leeds and Farmington segment, and early operations. It recalls bridges washed out in 1803, cold winters, engine crews, and early figures like Alonzo Garcelon, W. S. Eaton, and the Leopard locomotive, with Bath’s push to connect and grow trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cocinas
Bath
Monmouth
Greene
Leeds
Livermore
Wayne
Fayette
Jay Bridge
Wilton
Farmington
Strong
Avon
Freeman
Phillips
Litchfield
Wales
Gardiner
Kennedyg River
Kennebec
Portland
Topsham
Brunswick
Lewiston
Lisbon
Webster
Durham
City of
Lewiston& Topsham Railroad Co
Lisbon Falls
Androscoggin
Androscoggin & Kennebec
Kennebec & Portland
Crowley's Junction
Leed's Junction
Androscoggin Railroad
Grand Trunk
Mechanic Falls
Tooland
Minott
Duckfield Branehk
Leeds Junction
Anroscoggin Co
Arewley’s
Maine Central
DP & IL
Boston
Maine
England
Alonzo Garcelon
Stephen H. Reed
John B. Jones
Ensign
Otis
Giddings Lane
John Smith
John Dyer
W. 8. Eaton
Bill Hammond
David Nutting
David Clark
George Knapp
Michael Nagle
Jim Farnham
Free Flood
Tom Heath
Joe Gatchell
Oliver Moses
al Fuller
Joe Anderson
Arthur Brown
Bangor & Piscataquis
Bangor & Aroostook
Mine Accident Rates and Sagadahoc Probate Proceedings
An OCR fragment mentions mine accident rate comparisons among England France Belgium Germany Austria Japan and the United States noting language unity in mines. It then details Sagadahoc Maine probate notices including Hattie J Ler mond died January 23 1922 leaving an estate to be administered and names executors guardians and notices for court dates and publication in the Bath Independent with dates in February and March 1922.
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England
France
Belgium
Germany
Austria
Japan
America
Petition for administration of Rose Gordon estate
Rose Gordon of Bath petitions the Sagadahoc Probate Court to appoint her administrator of the estate of Samuel G Gordon who died intestate in Bath on December 6 1921 leaving at least twenty dollars in personal estate and heirs including Esther Mack Marcia Oransky Myer Gordon Abraham Gordon Dorothy Gordon and Louis J Gordon with notice ordered for three weeks and related probate proceedings listed for other estates in Bath and nearby towns with executors named without bonds and final accounts filed February 1922.
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State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
George TP. Spinney
Arrowsie
Eliza S. Drummond
George T. Spinney
Arrowsic
Ether T. Clifford Spinney
Bath
J. Arthur Spinney
New York City
Alice M. Crowell
Boston
Mass
Hattie EF
Durgan
Dorchester
Wilbur A. Freeman
Langdon T. Snipe
George P. Spinney
Sagadahoc. Ss
A.D
Sagadahoe
Salem C. Attaya
Maine
Rose S. Attaya
Said
Ernest F. Kelley
Henry G. Hodgdon
Seth T. Snipe
Hodgdon
Pratt Street
Charles A. Corliss
Maple Street
Salem Charles Attaya
Benjamin Loring White
Samuel B. Martin
Back
George If Perry
George H. Perry
Hagan
Frances D. T. Curtis
Hyde Park
Alice V. Curtis
Walter S. Glidden
Ora L. Parks
Charles C. Low
Isadore A. Gordon
Everett
James 5S
Lowell
Henry W. Hanson
Joseph H. Barstow
James C. Mulligan
Michael O'Donnell
Pear
Coa Sagadahoc
Bath National Bank of
Mary
A. McCormick
Pittston
Michael J. McCormick
le Hell
Rose Gordon
Samuel G. Gordon
Esther Mack
Marcia Oransky
Portland
Myer Gordon
Abraham Gordon
Dorothy Gordon
Louis J. Gordon
Arthur J. Dunton
State OF
Sagadahac
Ralph O. Dale
William Chamberlain
Cauge
James E. Perry
Irvin J. Perry
Phippsburg
Sapadshoc
Sul
Harriet E. Morse
Virginia Manson
Ellen Manson
John J. Keegan
Thomas Jedrey
Sagagan
Grace Church Club Enjoys Pleasant Auto Trip
Grace Church men's club members from the Parish house, led by Dan Williams and Dayton Hill, took a 20 member automobile tour via Mohawk Trail to Quebec, Montreal, Plattsburg, Albany, Springfield, and back. They illustrated the journey with notes and pictures, calling it a most enjoyable trip. President Joseph Carvill recounted the voyage of the ship Edward Sewall from Philadelphia to Seattle in 67 days, followed by a served luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan
William
Dayton Hill
Ire Hare
Jackman
Quebec
Montreal
Plattsburg
Albany
Sprigfield
Mass
Joseph Carvill
Edward Sewall
Richard Quick
Philadelphia
Seattle
Messrs. Williams and Hill
Average Man Wede at Thirty and Census Inequities
A old-time census blames aging bachelors and widowed halves for social strain. It notes 1.6 million people over forty five live single. About 100,000 men around seventy six are bachelors and many women sixty four plus are unmarried. It adds that average marriages are at ages thirty and twenty five and cites high war spending versus school funding.
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Coombs
Ps Poe
Warren Dain Oliver
Dad
Daddy
Andrew George Moses
George
PTE
Areinborn
Tacob Arenstam
Rachel L Pewstery
Ze D. Armes
Raymond Williams
Green
Rosa Weinblatt
Harold Safford
Thelma Rich
Anna Arck
Rose Lindenburg
I Harvey
Albert i Cornets
Wilbur Hagan
Clifdrums
George McFadden
Pion
Goose’ Field
Dorothy Sheen
Blair Wilson
Charles A. Carr
Donnell Carr
Dr. Langdon ‘P. Snipe
Bartlett O. Smith
Jeff C. Smith
Charles F. Cahill
Andrew Cahill
Arthur G. Oliver
Warren D. Oliver
Melvin H. Beerwort
Joseph Butler
Edward Drake
David Delano Binck
Wallace Specht
John Sheldon
William Sheldon
K. Sheldon
Arthur Bishop
N. Gratz Jackson
Percy Kingsbury
Meg
M. Tubbs
Roger Tubbs
John JT. Evans
Philip Evans
George W. Dean
Royse A. Young
Frank W. Hagan
James O. Linicoln
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
Maxwell Powers
Alison Gulliver
Harry FE. Thompson
Harold Armes
J. D. Fuller
Edward Gediman
Jason A. Merrill
Paul
Philip I. Maton
William W. Choate
Fred $. Curtis
Harold Sonia
Sylvester IL. Rowland
Ceoil W. Rowland
R. H. Haskell
Gordon Harrington
B. I. Coombs
Cloyd F. Coombs
KE. M. Fuller
Edwin M. Fuller, Jr
John A. Legro
John A. Legro, Jr
Charles
Southern Paper
Lincoln Club
James S. Lowell
Sagadahay
James
William, F.“ Dunham
William F. Dunstam
William F. Dunham
Blanche FE. Dodge
Eugene W. Dodge
Qualier
Acceptale Fesset
Ea Uer
Sarah M. Lermond
Hattie J. Lermond
Lord Bath
Sarah M. bLermond Bath
James S' Lowell
Attes William F. Dunham
Mass Sr
Frrensora
James A. Pulman
Fruit-A
Sagadahoc, Ss
William’ F. Dunham
James A, Pulman
Grace Church
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