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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1939

Page

8

Bath 1899 items recall storms ships and deaths

Forties era Bath notes announce the Arthur Sewall launch delayed by cold and snow, shipyard activity, arrivals, and community deaths. Obituaries include Horatio B. Duncan, Henry A. Varner, Mrs Esther Parsons, and Mrs Julia Ring contact. Local life covers fires, water pipes, ice, and social events amid Maine Central yard work and Bath Iron Works progress.

Republican Ward Tickets In Ballot Race Details

Ward by ward caucus results show nominees for alderman council seats and city offices. Key figures include Gardiner D. Rogers Alfred Parks Garner D Rogers and others with votes listed. attendance figures and committee appointees noted. Also mentions pending Legislature bills affecting Rangeley fish limits and raccoon hunting. December births exceed deaths with Aroostook leading in births and pneumonia as leading death cause.

William Greene Gardiner D. Rogers Elbridge Webber Alfred Parks Webber Edgar D. Leavitt Bessie Dickinson Fred H. Lord Charles Kine Owen J. Ledyard Merritt A. Mitchell Mitchell Arthur Gediman Charles E. Parks Council Carl Stinson Harold W. Child Herbert L. Anderson, Jr George Oliver Robert Kingsbury Maine Rangeley

Colonials Defeat Woodfords Club In Game Tourney

The Colonials beat Woodfords Club 20 to 1 in the Bath event, with Colonials teammates like Dave Black Johnny Hayes Paul Davis and Raymond Parks dominating pool and billiards while bowling and cribbage also favored Bath. Woodfords sent 48 players and 30 spectators, traveling by two buses from Portland for the Bath tournament and dinner at Hotel Sedgwick.

Colonial Club Woodfords Club Portland Bath Forest City Colonials Woodfords Shipping City Arcade Woodford Allie Jewett Joe McCole Clint Wilson Frank Churchill Eugene Desmond George Merritt Everett Neal Frank Turner Daniel Williams Bathmen Maine Central Hotel Sedgwick Horace Morse Edwin Ramsay Arthur Pratt

Seven Respondents Before The Court In Municipal Session

Seven respondents faced Judge Gardiner R. Deering in municipal court. Six charged with intoxication, one with assault and battery. One idle and disorderly plea led to a suspended sentence. Lyons received 30 days in Kennebec county jail, suspended by Judge Leering on six months probation. Several fines and costs imposed. a not guilty plea on one intoxication charge but guilty on the other. Mrs Ethel Tourtillotte noted as recovering. Also includes American Automobile Insurance Co. financials with assets and liabilities as of Dec 31, 1938.

Gardiner R. Deering Thomas T. Lyons George H. Jacobs Dummer Kennebec Augusta Leering American Automobile Insurance CO St. Louis Stanley E. Wallace Front Street American Automobile Fire | Insurance CO Oger Capital Opene Csenates

Deputy and Marshal Passenger Train to Thomaston

Deputy A. 8 and Marshal Hasty rode the train yesterday with Mrs. Annie M. Gordon, who proceeds to Thomaston to begin an 18 month term for perjury.

Marshal Hasty Annie M. Gordon Thomaston

Soviet Naval Mission Head Eyes U S Ship Talks

Admiral Ivan Isakov head of the Soviet naval mission reportedly will seek negotiations in the United States to build Soviet warships. Central Press states Isakov is the vice com mas of the navy.

Ivan Isakov United States Central Press

Chief Huston on Broadway Does He Do It

Central Press reports on Walter Huston in Knickerbocker Holiday on Broadway. The star plays Peter Stuyvesant and performs a dance with his peg leg, while reporters focus on the practical steps of attaching the silver limb and the costume quirks that accompany the performance.

Chief Eee Huston New York Peg Ter Walter Huston Peter Stuyvesant

Rabbits Released in Turner and Gulf Island Preserve

Some 200 rabbits from the AFGA were released in Turner and the Gulf Island Dam game preserve on the Auburn side of the river. Woody Wilson of Turner and Sheriff Bridges provided trucks and men to aid the distribution as Emile Martin was on the sick list.

Washington County AFGA Turner Gulf Island Auburn Woody” Wilson Sheriff Bridges Emile Martin

Probate Notices From Bath Sagadahoc February 1939

Court orders notice publishing in Bath Independent for three weeks to heirs in estates of William H. Ryan Walter E. Reid Jesse P. Bailey John R. MacDonald Viola M. Childs Andrew John Kauffman Mary Barbara Kauffman Novella Trott and others. Proceedings include guardianship petitions trustees final settlements and licenses to sell real estate in Bow Coin Woolwich and Phippsburg.

Bath Sagadahoc Georgetown Walter E. Reid Guardian Jesse P. Bailey West Bath Bowcoin William M. Bailey John R. MacDonald Viola M. Childs Andrew John Kauffman Mary Barbara Kauffman Phippsburg Guardina Reginald Wricht Kauffman Jo Trott Woolwich Freeman A. Trott Clara B. Elliott LA J. Trott Freeman Trott Alfred E Trott

Probate records show Sagadahoc estates appoint executors and admins

I John Il Register of Probate certify on Feb 7 1939 the following estates named executors administrators conservators or guardians: Walter B James Jr Walter Bailey and Carlton B Bailey Henry Rose Earl H Coombs Elizabeth Hathorne Marcia Stinson Mallard Lilly Rose Lilly Dora O Lowful Carleton W Lowsell M Fazabeth Burden Charles Ripley Georgie Rippld Charles E Plaisted Minnetta L Plais ted Millie Emmons Seward Emmons Nathaniel Perkins William A Todd with bonds where noted and titles recorded for Bath West Bath Richmond Woolwich Georgetown Phippsburg.

John IL. Jack Sagadahoc Walter B. James, JR Bath Walter B James Jesse P. Bailey West Bath William M. Bailey Carlton B Bailey Sanford County of York Henry Rose Fred J. Rose Lavonta M. Coombs Earle H. Coombs Elizabeth W Hathorne Richmond Marcia M Stinson Woolwich de Bon Mallard C. Lilly Rose Lilly Dora O. Lowfli Carleton W. Lowsell M. Fazabeth Burden Charles F. Ripify Georgie Page Ripb Charles E. Plaisted Minnetta L. Plaisted Bond Millie V. Emmons Georgetown Seward E. Emmons Nathaniel Perkins Phippsburg William A. Todd

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Tema Bath Ly Times Arthur Sewall Thomas McMann Willie James P. Ledyard Charles F. Holbrook U. S. District Court Thomas Perry Suffolk Club Howard Sawyer Bangor City Mee Boston Iain Geek Ormand Fla Horatio B George H. Duncan Florida Bath Fire Department Fred D. Hill Havana Harbor Bath Iron Works J. W. Lambert Upper Washington Street Maine Heavy Artillery Havana Bowdoin College James P. Webber Si Owen Westport Martin Conley Etta Philbrick Edgecomb Lida Dunning Charles Haley Popham Beach Addie M. Anderson Taylor Newport News Providence Montauk Point Whale Rock Light The New England Co Capt. J Winslow Eugene Johnson U. S Milan Lord Port Royal Brooklyn Navy Yard Alfred Tarbox South Cubs Porto Rico Washington Wiliam B. Morse Charles H. Beck Beck Morse John Stantial Tron ‘Works Grip Mathew Johns England Brunswick Maine Central Yard Central Church Hallet North End A. Frederick Duniels Calvinistic Congregational Church Fitchburg Mass Esther Parsons Arthur Gibbs Clarence Lermond Normandy Merry Savannah Iron Works William L. Holyoke J. T. Crosby Lydia M. Deering Swain Norfolk Deering Provincetown Harbor Three Marys Eagle Hill Henry A. Varner David J. Varner Concord N. H Swift’s Beef Co Frank Burns Waldoboro Mabel Dickinson Lottie Crocker Watertown, Mass Mrs. Chandler Lieut. Chandler W. A. Atchley Winter Street Church Emma Chestra Tot Neuschafer Emma Owen Florence Donnell Florence Daley Capt. Harris Massachusetts New Meadows Inn Cahill Walter Murtaugh William Murray Murtaugh Edwin Snow Middle Street Hichborn Bath Tron Dahlgren Craven Jessie Harcourt Columbia Theatre al Ridley Montsweag George Gould G.G. Deering Atypia Harry Kennedy Gardiner J. W. Holland Frank Staples Frank Brown South Street Mr. Brown George Reed Harold Hunt Lewiston Washington Society Ethel Hyde National Capitol Paris Center South Streets Times Can Julia C. Ring Omar W. Folsom Judge Fogg Torrey E. C. Plummer, Esq D. Howard Spear Lincoln Lodge S. P. Blackburn Ross Blackburn Mrs. Led Hodgdon John Morse Delia Low Alice Morse Ruth and Nellie Turner Mildred Palmer Hotel Lafayette Philadelphia J. R. Andrews Sylvia Tibbetts South America R. D. Bibber Bath Board of Health Armstrong J. Edward Drake Donald N. Small Harold J. Carter Joseph McLaughlin Harold H. Harrington McLaughlin Harrington Addison Jones Jones E. Mason Wright Dean Bonney John M. Howe David Tabor William Plummer Waldo Weston Plummer Wilbur Crocker Bertha Dunbar Frances Clark Frank Danforth Elford A. Stover Frank Dunton Alex Burden Burden Paul B. Wilson W. Percy Marks Wilson Charles Haggett Marks Earl Temple Antoinette L. Teeling Clifton Spinney Frank Lyons Aroostook Omals Woodfords D. Black Harlow J. Hayes Rounds P. Davis Anderson R. Parks Estire Billiards R. Ross, Sr Durgin R. Ross, Jr Estire J. McCole Boucher C. Wilson Soule Cribbage F. Churchill Dean _E. Desmond Ennemark G. Merritt Lake E. Neal Seavey F. Turner W. Adams D. Williams J. Hayes W. Dennison K Jackson D. Pierce A. Hutchinson R. Hersom Proctor E. Pierce Hanson M. Haggett Nelson J. McCole Nelson A. Smith Cunningham J. Parker Boothby Co. Berry Mosher E. Ramsay Sweetser E. Sewall Fickett H. Day Shaw F. Nichols Brackett C. Wilson Blanchard E. Andrews Johnson O. Adams Knight R. Page Etheridge Brown Robertson M. Trott Adams W. Hawley Finley E. Footer Towle A. Burden Starkey Woodfords H. Sanborn D. Bailey F. Powers Frostelehelale Forstel Davis Pratt Smith Eee Norris Miller Howe Fprates Semen Ethel Tourtillotte Center Street Tanley E. Wallace Front St Ivan Isakos Walter Huston As J. Hayes Mullin Leavitt Sanborn Tees Winchenb‘h Parks Lil Lewett Levyn Serene Gregware D. Jewett Vets Oreree
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