Bath Area News Highlights From February 15 1916
Bath items report the George H Hodgdon store sale to Charles H Oliver and planned improvements. Bath Water District issues for 500000 4 percent coupon water bonds. bids due next day. Ice rescue near Lines Island and a near frozen man saved by the Hockomock. City reports about 30 miles of plank sidewalks costing 4000 yearly. Various local business, schools, and municipal movements noted. Bath Water District incorporation details and 1915 property value around 6.5 million with population near 9400.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Hodgdon
Washington Street
Fred B. Reed
Charles H. Oliver
Bath Water District
First National Bank of Boston
Messrs
Bath
Woolwich
Cass
Mullen
Lines’ Island
Maine
Bath District bonds sold in Maine and relief shipments to New York
A. B. Leach & Co of Boston won the 500000 dollar Bath Water District 4 percent 39 year bonds auction. Bath War Relief Committee sent its fourth box for wounded Allies to New York, including bandages gauze and slings. In local entertainment, Fi Fi musical comedy features Cosmo politan Club with Noahs Ark animals and Jumps Jacks dance numbers. Nomination papers filed for Mrs Leonice B Morse of 42 Summer Street for city office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Leach & Co
Boston
Bath Water District
Maine
Bath War Relief Committee
War Relief Committee
New York
Cosmopolitan Club
Roger McInnes
Barrett Nichols
Robert Shaw
Haviland Torrey
Jack Dougherty
Fadward Hawley
Charles Andrews
Lemont Tarbox
John Lord
Ralph Small
James
Leonice B. Morse
Summer Street
Bath items mix funeral visits and local entertainment
F D Hill and County Attorney Bridgham attend M J McCormick funeral in Whitefield while State Deputy Keegan leads Sagadahoc Council Knights of Columbus delegation. Dreamland screens After Dark for Bath crowds, and local sports notes report Bowdoin’s Sprens, Chase, and Hart among top lifters. Smelt fishing slows at Whiskeay. Colonial club to face East Boston. Popham Beach Co. bids on a power yacht for excursions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. D. Hill
The
Bath National Bank
E. W. Bridgham
Whitefield
M. J. McCormick
J. J. Keegan
Sagadahoc
Knights of Columbus
Bath Delegation Attends Among the Breakers Night and Dance
A large Bath delegation attends the show Among the Breakers and stays for a dance afterward. D S Brierly and Mary Spear managed a hop at the Parish house on Oak Street Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
D.S. Brierly
Mary Spear
Oak Street
Morse High Nets Lost as Ban gor Meets Badger High Tonight
Morse High School basketball team heads to Bangor for a game against Bangor High, hampered by injuries to Coss and other stars. Captain Fitzgerald, Manager Shaw and players Weinblatt Pom cay Young Attaya and Bower travel as the squad, while earlier notes mention local club activities and school events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Bangor
Bangor High
Morse
Coss
Petty
Fitzgerald
Shaw
Weinblatt
Pomcay
Young
Attaya
Bower
Morse High School
Badger High
Relief Committee Ships Supplies to Wounded Soldiers in France
Friday afternoon the Relief committee sent to New York for forwarding to the wounded soldiers in France their fifth shipment. It included 135 slings 10 flannel binders 10 body binders 10 T binders 120 eye compresses 30 tampons 280 compresses. Insurance and financial figures from American Merchants Mutual Insurance Co Maine show assets of 548173.19 and reserves totaling 441261.12 with unassigned funds of 106012.07.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
France
Woolwich graduate ties to Scarboro and Maine kin
Woolwich native Jameson, a Morse High School class of ’52 alumnus, spent weekends with his parents at the Waldoboro plant and was hosted by his fiancée Gail Gerrish of Scarboro. Gail is a Scarboro High senior. Jameson traveled to Massachusetts with his mother, Eleanor Jameson, a Woolwich Central school teacher, who will visit Midleton, Mass. Dr Raymond Silvernail hosts. Roberta Beane of Boothbay Harbor, a grammar student, spent weekends with her grandparents Arthur and Mrs Beane, was honored with a farewell party at school led by teachers LeVOn Cederstrom Edith Dodge and Ralph Ulmer, and receives a necklace with a poem. Roberta heads to Littleton Commons, Mass., as her mother and Mr. Robinson move there. Roberta later visited her father Sidney Beane in Auburn, N.Y. Albert and Mrs. Bailey spent the weekend in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Morse High
Waldoboro
Gail Gerrish
Scarboro
Gerrish
Scarboro High School
Jameson
Massachusetts
Eleanor Jameson
Woolwich Central School
Middeton
Mass
Raymond Silvernail
Roberta Beane
Boothbay Harbor
Arthur Beane
River Road
Roberta
Levon Cederstrom
Edith Dodge
Ralph Ulmer
Littleton Commons
Fred Robinson
Mr. Robinson
Sidney Beane
Rensselaer
N. Y
Auburn
Albert Bailey
Boston
Probate notices appointing executors and administrators
I Lillian H Heal Register certifies in Sagadahoc estates the named persons appointed executors administrators or guardians. Included are Carlton W Rideout Georgetown John P Carey administrator February 7 1956 Florence E Blaisdell executrix February 14 1956 Belle B Vail Georgetown Edith M Miller Bath Vernon W Miller without bond February 14 1956.
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Lillian H. Heal
Sagadahoc
Ates
Carlton W. Rideout
Georgetown
John P Carey
John H. Blaisdell
Bath
Florence E. Blaisdell
Lawrence R. Vail
Belle B Vail
Edith M Miller
Ceces
Vernon W. Miller
Eyeau
Maine Snowshoe Walk Reveals Woodlands Quiet
A Maine woods snowshoe journey yields vivid animal tracks and signs. The author interprets deer browsing rabbit abundance and a hunter’s glimpse of a great horned owl predation, urging winter trips for wildlife insight and sport.
Army leases ranch for 50 soldiers five day leaves
Cowboys at Ft. Huachuca Arizona may take five day leaves at the Little Outfit Ranch leased by the Army for 50 men at a time. Albert Bailey remains a patient at Memorial Hospital under observation. Cape Agulhas lies farther south than the Cape of Good Hope as reported after the Ive Fol lies at Boston Gardens.
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Huachuca
Ariz
Army
Little Outfit
Cape Agulhas
South Pole
Cape of Good Hope
Boston Gardens
Albert Bailey
Memorial Hospital
Probate appointments for Sagadahoc estates in Bath and nearby
I Lillian H Heal Register of Probate lists executors administrators and guardians appointed for several Sagadahoc County estates in Bath Woolwich and Boston with appointment and bond dates including Marlon W Ledyard John Parker Virginia M Parker Loretta Kelly Carlton Jennie M Allen Margaret Rath William J Burke Jon Keegan Arthur Bowker Adelaide Bowker and Arthur Dunton Judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian H Heal
Sagadahoc
Wee
Marlon W Ledyard
Bath
James C Ledyard
John Parker
Virginia M. Parker
John Ellis Kelly
Woolwich
Loretta Kelly Carton
Jennie M Allen
Margaret M Rath
William J Burke Jr
Boston
Massachusetts
John J Keegan
Said Bath
Maine
Arthur M Bowker
Adelaide S Bowker
Arthur Dunton
Lillian LM Urat
Y Little League Basketball Results
North and Dike win to stay atop the Little League standings at the YMCA. Bruce McKinnon scores 19 as North defeats Huse 27 to 9 in the final period rally. Fisher overwhelms Junior High C, while Dike edges Junior High A by three points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M.C.A
North
Dike
Fisher
Huse
Bruce McKinnon
Probate Court Orders for Licenses and Final Accounts
In Sagadahoc Bath court notices for Esther Nathan F Cogan Annie Hodgdon James Landers Mars O Connor Christine Snipe auction licenses and final accounts presented by guardians executors and trustees with hearings set for March. The order requires published notice in Bath Independent for three weeks and outlines required appearances and objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Bath Independent
Jon
Tobeler Denies Paternity In Los Angeles Suit
In a Los Angeles court Paul O Tobeler answers accusations by business partner Ruth Suckow 50 that he fathered her son Conrad 12. Suckow's husband died in 1942 leaving a borax company in which Tobeler became a partner. They now jointly own this concern and a tool company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul O. Tobeler
Munislifi
Sepembner
Los Angeles
Ruth Suckow
Conrad
Probate Court notices and foreclosures in Bath Maine
Notices issued for probate hearings in Bath Sagadahoc on the first Tuesday of March including wills of Phipsburg Clarence Lane Bath Elizabeth Oliver and other estates with appointments of executors and administrators without bonds. Foreclosure by First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath on real estate Beacon Street Bath with mortgage on multiple deeds. filing date February 1956 and notary acknowledgment.
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Batnwno
Sivadaher
Bath Independent
Bath
Athoom Snd
Phippsburg
Tlene P Seheth
Tlene Po
Oliver
Percy B
Survape
Georgetown
Alton FP Reed
Merety
Alton Po
Bathdece
Wola L Waters
Jr O
Waters
de Witt
Erutor
Joby
DewWiatt
Arthur J Dunton Juder
Howard B. Crooker
Yvonne M. Crooker
Brunswick
Cumberland
Maine
Sagadahoc
Sagedahoc
Federal Savings and Loan Association of
United States of America
State of Maine
County of
Beacon Street
Saradahoe
Stete
WV & O
Savadahoc
Fernando Shepard
Louise S Shepard
Pace
Melita T Teavitt
Leon F. Shepard
Sagadahocounty
Melita T Teevitt
Leon P Shepard
Sagadthoe County
Federel Savings and Loan
Rath
Conductor Geofrey Hobday debuts in Dial M for Murder
Geof frey Hobday of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra makes his dramatic debut in a community players production of Dial M for Murder. At intermission his wife and daughter sympathize with an audience reaction noting a phoniest English accent from the actor playing Captain Lesgate. Hobday, born in Birmingham England, has been in America about three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Geoffrey Hobday
Charleston Symphony Orchestra
Community Players
Names For Safety Dothan Meter Readers
Employees of the city light department in Dothan Alabama list household names alongside each meter reader’s name to deter dogs from biting. If a dog jumps them they can call him by name and hope for a safer passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Names For Safety
Dothan
Ala
City Light Department
Baby Arrives as Car Vanishes Near Police HQ
Ruey C. Collins parked near Richmond police headquarters at 4 30 a m then returned to find his car missing. Police deny overtime parking or towing, noting no knowledge of the vehicle. A baby girl had just arrived at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Harry Lewis
Richmond
Ruey C. Collins
Police Help Dinner After Porker Chase in Borger
A group of FFA members received police aid for a roast pig feast after officers chased a runaway pig through a residential area. A separate survey notes that half of today’s brides are under twenty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borger
Vex
F.‘ure Farmers of America
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Ernest F. Kelley
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Leland R. Mitchell
Percy & Small's
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Gardiner G. Deering
Newport News
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Jerome Jones
Walter S. Glidden
Augusta
Scott Wilson
Maine Water Co
Spear
John A
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Reed & Bonney Garage
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William Kingsbury
Waltham
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Kennebec
New England
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Worcester
Arline
Arthur and
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Piano Fund
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Lydia Tracey
Fred Sturtevant
R. H. Baxter
Pacific Coast
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Frea Cromwell
J. J. Desmond
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Lawrence Joseph Hart
Colonial Club
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Big Power
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Phi Rho
L. T. Snipe
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Dr. Snipe
Harry A. Beals
Hampshire Paper Co
South Hadley
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Old Hampshire
Ramona Council
D. of P
G. P. Ethel A. Briggs
Leola Council
Lewiston
Nettie A. Ward
Briggs
Rachel Potter
Pocahontas
Charlotte Buck
Edna Dyer
Ella Hoyle
Charles Preble
Tepee
Woodbury Potter
Robert M. Dunton
James Dunton
Ingersoll Watch Co
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Ralph Warren
Roger Skillings
Fairfield
State Young Men’s Christian Association
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Texas Shipyard
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Pansy B
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Arthur J. Smith
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Fred Ward
Topsham
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Cyrus W. Longley
Register of Probate
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Andrew S. Merrill
A. B. Getchell
Central Maine Power Co
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Hugh P. Madden
Bath Iron Works
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