Forty Years Ago in Bath February 9 1904
Inside Bath Chronicle recollects harsh ice on Penobscot River and bay with navigation halted above Belfast. Records a young girl guiding an intoxicated man, a Beacon Street sleigh party with Dinner at Idle Park, yacht club meeting, Bowdoin dramatics, and local civic notes including new arc lamp, horse care, and a community log-hauling effort for Berry’s Mills.
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Golden Rod
Castine
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Pike Times
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The
Times
Center Street
Beacon Street Church
Idle Park
Plummer
Sandford Frye
Bath briefs detail political plans and spring events
The Bath items note a Friday meeting to finalize plans for the State convention on the 24th and discuss a municipal election ticket. Other reads mention Archie Boyd’s demand for seats in Joshua Whitcomb, Whiskeag races, a jail yard stone crusher project, deaths, assemblies, concerts, and local shifts in housing, transport, and school moves.
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Bath
Archie Boyd
Joshua Whitcomb
Hallet’s
Ice jam blocks Kennebec River from Deering to Ram Island
A four mile stretch of thick ice fills the Kennebec River from Deering shipyard to Ram Island, with upper layers three to seven feet thick due to breakup and drift. A coal barge bound for Bath Iron Works and several pulp schooners are delayed this Friday evening. Mr and Mrs C W Rogers host Genesta chapter members at Washington street for a whist party.
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Genesta Chapter
C. W. Rogers
Washington Street
Gardiner Rogers
Genesta
Kennebec
Deering Shipyard
Ram Island
Phippsburg
Bath Iron Works
Gibbon’s Coal Co
Drummond Coal Co
Dresden Couple Celebrates 64 Years of Marriage
Mr and Mrs Edward W Hall of Dresden mark their sixty fourth anniversary while wintering in Richmond Their Cedar Grove Dresden home has sheltered their marriage since 1880 They have six daughters all in Maine and many descendants join yearly reunions with national service members among the grandchildren and great grandchildren The couple plan to return to Cedar Grove in spring
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Edward W. Hall
Dresden
Laura Stephen
Richmond
Hall
Wiscasset
A. L. Christy
Cedar Grove
Maine
Be.raen
Rand
Fred Suilphen
Lainesa Fied
Lamesa
Texas
Paul Ll. Stilphen
Lauran Stilphen
Air Transport Command
Miami
Orville Ridlon
Seth Ridlon
Camp Peary
Virginia
History of Scouting Talk Headlines Local Meeting
Howard Butler presented The History of Scouting at a Wiscasset gathering. Ernest Marshall led songs while Miss Winona Lcotitt reported a community fundraiser netting 10795 for infantile paralysis. The Semimorels plan The Poor Rich, a three act comedy, at Red Mer's hall Friday.
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Howard Butler
Ernest Marshall
Moensan
Df Ausuti
Mr. Hubbard
Red Mer’s Hall
Winona Lcotitt
Charce Uf
Huntoon H Ligrange
Herbert Clark
Jefferson
Mill Pond Ice Cutting Surges Amid Labor Shortage
Bath area ice cutting resumes after winter delays with 14 sailors from the Naval Receiving Station, high school helpers, and seasoned workers. Heavy ice and cold storing challenges slow progress as 900 tons last winter may be matched this year amid driver shortages and growing demand.
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Edward Sewall
M. W. Sewall Co
Bath
Naval Receiving Station
Western Avenue
Mill Pond
Old Brunswick Road
Ice harvest venture faces tough year in Bath
The piece notes higher labor costs and longer hours to store ice due to inexperienced crews and rising sale prices. It credits Mr. Sewall for proceeding with a harvest despite adverse conditions, suggesting next summer would be critical if he had not.
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Sewall
Bath
English Schoolboys Send Their Thanks
Mayor Walter C. Rogers of Bath Maine received two letters from Bath England pupils thanking Bath citizens for Christmas packets via the British War Relief Society. The children recount wartime blitz experience and express gratitude for sweets and holiday wishes.
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Mayor Rogers
Bath
England
Walter C. Rogers
Maine
British War Relief Society
Walcot Council School
Somerset
Mr. Mayor
Probate notices from Bath Sagadahoc County 1944 estates
Court orders publish notice for multiple Maine estates in Bath and Sagadahoc County. Proceedings name executors and administrators for James D Clark, Charles M Smith, Richard E Hunnewell, Fred H Rittall Jr, Thyriestor C Oliver, Addie I Steward, Henry McMentire, Hasry McMentire, and others. Hearings set for March first, with bonds as indicated and probate actions ongoing.
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Sagadahoc
Charles T. Small
George M. Smith
Richard E. Hunnewell
Woolwich
Mary E. Hunnewell
Fred H. Rittall, Jr
Georgetown
Kathleen J. Rittall
Thyiestor C Oliver
Marion L. McDonald
Marion L Mibonaikh
Daniel Brierley Lat
Bath Devracad
Saeed
Metntire Lave
Rath
Ceonvey
Ploppson
Gurdiner Ro Deermne
Fstatt
Guekenbach Lete
John BP
Loetwars
West Bath
Farry
Lean
Tates
Teemont
Brittgham
de Maurin M. Prelds
Probate records list Bath estates and appointments in 1944
John L. Jack registers appointment dates for executors administrators and guardians in Sagadahoc County Maine. The document notes multiple estates in Bath including Harold B Muirman Clara Jo Viouil Ida H Come and Annie M Fossett and others with dates February 8 1944 and the first Tuesday of March 1944 for court hearings. It lists letters testamentary without bond and final accounts for various estates and guardianship petitions.
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T. John L. Jack
of Sagedahoc
Harold B MuarFimanm
Bath
Belyrbesl
Muckiman
Clara Jo Viouil
Arlet Merse
Sagadahoc
John P. Carey
Emma E. Walker
Allan Spear
Alexander A. Burden
Annie M. Fossett
Harlan M Fossett
Georgetown
Randolph
Kennebec
Maine
Mary C. Fossett
J. Trott
Woolwich
Julia E. Decket
Freeman A. Trott
Jane M Blaisdell
Phippsburg
Sarah P. Hilton
tCxecutrix
Ethel B. Kershner
Warren E. Kershner
Execu
Probate register lists executors and guardians for Sagadahoc estates
Register of Probate records appointments in several Sagadahoc County estates including Rogers Melton Bath deceased Parker Moulton administrator without bond February 1 1944 Georgia M Gotte Bath deceased Marvy C Perry administrator February 1 1944 Walter Keyes Phippury deceased Ante P Keyes executor without bond February 1 1944 Christina biliou York New York deceased John J Rust executor with bond February 1 1944 figures show assets liabilities and totals
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John
Jack
Sagadahoc
Rogers
Melton
Bath
Parker
Moulton
Georgia M Gotte
Marvy C Perry
R Tate Walter Keyes
Mayor David Odey Wishes Bath Merry Christmas and New Year
The message ends with a cheerful sign off from Mr. Mayor David Odey of Bath Maine United States wishing readers a happy Christmas and a happy New Year.
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Mr. Mayor
David Odey
Bath, Maine, U.S. A
Seventh Graders Enjoy Valentine Party at Central Grammar
Pupils of the seventh grade at Central Grammar School held a Valentine party after the afternoon recess Monday. Norma Leeman led program planning assisted by Sullivan, Tilton, Wagner, Yore and Richards. Refreshments and valentine distribution were provided by a large committee and student volunteers.
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Eleanor McRae
Jane Leeman
Norma Leeman
Rita Sullivan
Dolores Tilton
Billy Wagner
Kenneth Yore
Otis Richards
Betty Bourget
Margaret Burns
Jean Briggs
Jane Niles
Marilyn Bourget
Jane Grant
Joan Osborne
Barbara Lothrop
Wendell Dobson
Robert Harrigan
Sylvia Cohen
William Wagner
Doreen Willis
Shirley Stover
John Kaler
James Fortin
Granville M. Colby
Mrs Lovell Returns Home After Visit With Tubbs Family
Mrs Frederick A Lovell Jr returned to New York City on Wednesday after a brief stay with her parents Rev and Mrs C M Tubbs on High street.
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Frederick A. Lovell, Jr
New York City
C. M. Tubbs
High Street
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