Bath taxi pioneer Legard recalls horse and auto era
The Bath driver recounts early hack work with trains and steamer passengers, winter ordeals, and his switch to automobiles in 1912. He describes a 1938 armed robbery, his 1920 sale of horses, and modernization including two way radios, reflecting a career spanning horse to radio taxis in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Legard
Mr. Segard
Legard
Bath
Down River
International Harvester
Legerd
Crawford Notch
Rouch
Stanley
Packards
Vine Street
Carlton Bridge
Vine
Water Streets
North Street
Presque Isle
Talen
Bangor
Aroostook
Washington
School
Academy Street
Bath-Brunswick
North
Lincoln
Brunswick
Freeport
Bis
Freshman Class Presents The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Morse High School Freshmen stage a three act comedy on Friday night March 14 in the high school auditorium. Cast includes Tom Sawyer Frank Smith Huckleberry Finn Edwin Pert Aunt Polly Katherine Frates Becky Thatcher Lasca Huse Sheriff Eugene Reynolds and others in a lively school production.
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Morse High School
Adventures of
Tom Sawyer
High School
Frank Smith
Huckleberry Finn
Edwin Pert
Aunt Polly
Katherine Frates Marverion
Dorothy Wing Sidney
Richard Card Becky Thatcher
Lasca Huse
Sereney Harper
Bath Elks Delegates Attend Augusta Ritual Finals
Delegates from Bath lodge of Elks in Augusta attended the ritual finals Sunday. Exalted Ruler Joseph Mullaney, Harry The beau, Joseph O'Brien, Harry Stone, and George Arata were present. The Augusta lodge hosted the meeting with a morning contest and a noon dinner. Lodges from Sanford Houston Rockland Portland and Bath were well represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lodge of Elks
Augusta
Joseph Mullaney
Harry Thebeau
Joseph O'Brien
Harry Stone
George Arata
Augusta Lodge
Sanford
Houston
Rockland
Portland
Bath
Old Timers Gay Nineties Reminder in Bath Streets
Bath Sears Roebuck staff celebrated Old Timers Days with a horse drawn buggy parade through Center and Front streets. Similar events occurred in Portland and other Sears locations as workers dressed in 1890s attire to recreate the era.
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Bath
Sagadahoc
Center Street
Sears
Roebuck
United States
Portland
Sears-Roebuck
Miles Hagan
Fabien Clements
Clifton Estes
Bath Memorial hospital auxiliary meets in staff room
Bath Memorial hospital auxiliary directors met in the former staff room last Wednesday with president Mrs W S Voorhees and officers reporting on the prior month's activities. King announced new cookware and medical supplies delivered, and an eye ear and throat nursing school book.
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Bath Memorial Hospital
W. S. Voorhees
Arthur Colby
Charles .B. Doyle
Arthur W. King
William Kelley
School of Nursing
George H. Musk
Charles B. Doyle
Frederick Irish
Duncan McInnes
Harry Carney
Joseph I. Smith
William Dennison
Donald N. Small
Voorhees
Colby
Doyle
Carl Anderson
Arthur W King
Omar King
Alexander MacDonald
Iota Sigma Chapter Hosts Valentine Box Social at Shirley Scott Home
The 10TA SIGMA chapter met at Mrs. Shirley Scott's home at 66 Denny Road Tuesday evening. A Valentine box social and games entertained members. The next meeting is set for February 25 at Mrs. Harriet Fraser's home. Umbrellas were used in ancient times.
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Iota Sigma Chapter
Shirley Scott
Denny Road
Harriet Fraser
Mrs Clifford Pye Given Store Shower
Mrs Clifford Pye of Small Point received a store shower at the home of her parents on Pine street. The event featured a pink and blue bassinet centerpiece and gifts including a bouquet from her husband. Guests from the city and Small Point attended and refreshments followed in a decorated dining room.
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Clifford Pye
Small Point
George Darrah
Pine Street
Helen Greene
Judy Greene
Eleanor Owen
Harriet Berg
Josephine McCabe
Edith Chaney
Glenis Berry
Josephine Pinkham
Violet Melzard
Edith Burnham
Myrtle Pert
Frances Pye
Margaret Pye
Dorothy Pye
Arlene Hamel
Norma Pye
Valentine Dance by Glee Club Attracts 180 Students
One hundred eighty seventh and eighth graders attended the Valentine Dance at the Community Center Thursday night. Sponsored by the Central Grammar School Glee Club, the event praised for Norman Adams and the chaperons Mr. and Mrs. Fred Humphreys Mrs. Granville Colby and Miss Abbie Harvey. The Glee club plans an April concert to cap the project.
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Valentine
Central Grammar School Glee Club
Community Center
Norman Adams
Fred Humphreys
Granville Colby
Abbie Harvey
Bath
Glee Club
Engagement Announced in Portland District
Miss Olive Rackley of Portland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Rackley, engaged to Frederick Douglas Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Douglas of Coonham. Mrs Annie Weeks services held at Roberts Funeral Parlors Richmond. Deputy A Cleveland Marriner conferred degrees at Merrymeeting Grange meeting Friday night. A social followed with a good sum raised. Forest Fides cut a thumb and three fingers at a sawmill Monday. Mrs Karl Hatch in Central Maine General Hospital Lewiston for observation since Monday. Personal items include birth of Sharon Louise Purington Feb 13 in Brunswick Hospital.
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Olive Rackley
Portland
John Rackley
Frederick Douglas, Jr
Fred Douglas
Oinham
Annie Weeks
Roberts Funeral
Richmond
A. Cleveland Marriner
Merrymeeting Grange
Forest Fides
Karl Hatch
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Ralph Purington
Sharon Louise
Brunswick Hospital
Jeanette Burrill
Boston
Eli Miner
Sagadahoc
Bath
Charles Hackett
Inez Gowell
Charles Rogers
Brunswick
Freeport
Lottie Purington
Delma Curtis
Byron Durgin
George Brown
Brunswick Pta
Spear Sedgeley
Loomis Dyer
Barbara
Jane Brown
Selectmen’s Office
Beverly Smalley
Mortimer
Bowdoinham Pta
Elks Celebrate Washington's Birthday at Bath Lodge
Bath Lodge of Elks hosts a Washington's Birthday party Friday at Lombard Street home for members and guests. Dancing and a buffet lunch are planned with Thornton Henderson, John Bourque, and John McLaughlin organizing the dance. Tickets from committee members.
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Bath Lodge of Elks
Lombard Street
Elks
Thornton Henderson
John Bourque
John McLaughlin
Bath Lodge
Pentagon Design Hints From Pine Shaped Sections
The U S Capitol dome would fit into any one of the Pentagon Building’s five pine shaped sections in Washington.
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U. S. Capitol Oe
U. S. War Department
Pentagon
Washington
Local notices and property changes near West Dresden
The report lists Walter Densmore and Miss Aone as residents connected to the Dresden area. It notes a cemetery visit at West Dresden and mentions a car with a North Carolina plate. It also records Alfred Mayers and family renting Bath, and Eric Brouillette purchasing the Littlefield Estate at West Dresden.
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Ax Wottam
Walter Densmore
Athe
Fie Densmore
Aone
Dresden
North Carolina
Tneat
New York
Pennsylvania
New Hampshire
Alfred Mayers
Faminer
Robbins
Bath
Mr. Mayers
Eric Brouillette
Littlefield
West Dresden
Sagadahoc Women Hear Esther Brown on Probation Officer Plan
Marion Longstaff of Island Falls spoke at the Sagadahoc Women’s club meeting in Davenport City, urging a full time probation officer after a committee report to County Commissioners. Longstaff, serving in the Maine legislature, discussed about 1400 bills and the need for proper hearings before laws take effect.
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Marion Longstaff
Island Fa
Sagadahoc Women’s Club
Davenport City
Esther, Brown
Shea
Cnpolenes
C. Leroy Hutchins
My Hutchyins
Carroll Deering
Charles
Longsteft
Rep
Longstaff
Aes
Aroostook
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McGrath-McLellan
Augustus A. Morse
Legard Livery Stable
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Esso Gas Station
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Rapa
Walieeess
Viaanagen Ani
Bob Allen
Tel
Sun
Walt Disney
Sai
Uncle Remus
Rabbber Rabbit
Erie
Chick Carter
Joan Woodbury
Rescoe Ales
Women's Republican Probation Officer
Marion Long
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