Forty Years Ago in Bath A Busy Local Chronicle
Hon William Putnam arrives in Bath while residents recount a week of visits travels and social events. William Conway returns from Boston as does H M McCurdy while Miss Annie Shea hosts a whist party and a read poem Grandmother's Attics Treasures is performed at Chapel Hall. A death in Newton Centre and illness of blacksmith James McDonald are noted alongside local hiring changes and a citywide water crossing incident.
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Chapel Hall
Oak Street
Carlotta McDonough
J. Harry McLellan
James McDonald
Franklin Street
Bath Iron Works
Nova Scotia
Republicans caucus shuffles leads in 1897 city primary
Long session at City Hall as factions of Republican voters battle over candidates led by chairmen Duncan and Bretson. Bibber and Shaw vie for mayor with Bibber winning 195 to 81 as ex mayor Shaw protests the slate. Obituaries note Charles L Perkins dies at 61. various social items and ward nominating lists follow.
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Times
City Hall
A.P.A
Yahoo
Bibber
John O. Shaw
Yahoos
Shaw
Clark
City Committee
Horatio A. Duncan
Harry E. Bretson
Sanford L. Fong
Randall
Local Notes and Obituaries From Yarmouth to Salem
Miss Addie Harvey visits Mrs F Ingraham in Yarmouth and Mrs George Dillaway with Miss M Kown travel to Boothbay. Various residents attend gatherings, celebrate birthdays, and report illness. A drowning scare near Blind Crossing and multiple injuries are noted along with funeral services for Lydia Winslow. Capt Lemuel Soule recovers from surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Addie Harvey
Mrs. F. Ingraham
Yarmouth
George Dillaway
M.kown
Boothbay
Lemuel Soule
Massachusetts General Hospital
Charles Bailey
Charlie
Washington's Birthday Social at Castlehall
Lowell Assembly of the Sisterhood of K P held a Washington's Birthday social at Castlehall with Acadia lodge guests. Mrs. W. F. Pond welcomed attendees. program included readings piano solos duets and dialogues by local members and guests.
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Lowell Assembly
K P
Washington
Castlehall
Acadia Lodge
W. F. Pond
Miss Nash
Carrie Downing
Helen Robinson
Weiss Eleanor Percy
Fossett
Robinson
George A. Smith
Pond
Willard Hodgkins
Edward McLellan
John McKeiver
Butler
Deter Misses Savage
Gilbert Fiedaitieg
Walter Mason
Hattie Lermond
Crossman
Oliver RC
Mary Fossett
Master Mikelsky
Intermediate League Selects Its Best Teams 1937
Captains of the Y M C A Intermediate League tabulated selections for the annual all star teams. First Team includes Robert Staples and George Wilson forwards Frank Danforth Jr center Avery guard John Gaudet. Second Team features Clarence Gowen Norman Seckins Ernest Brown Frikson Estes George Perry Jr. None unanimous. ten additional players receive honorary mention.
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Robert Staples
George Wilson
Frank Danforth, Jr
Reds
Avery, Guiard
John Gaudet
St. Mary's
Clarence Gowen
Norman Seckins
Ernest Brown
Frikson Estes
George Perry, Jr
Central Blues
St. Mary’s
Lawrence Boardman
Donald McEman
Ernest Avery
Norman Reynolds
James Morse
Robert Clark
James Knight
Clarence Warner
Donald Knight
Martin Losier
Central Whites Gain Seventh Victory in YMCA Loop
Central Whites, 7 1, held off Central Blues to force overtime and win 18 16 as Georgie Wilson scored the decisive basket. St Mary's moved into second by beating Central Reds 28 22 with Gaudet and Danforthkey players for the winners.
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Central Whites
Uss
Central Blues
Central Reds
St. Mary’s
Reds
Blues
Quarte
Georgie Wilson
St. Mary's
Gaudet
Danforth
Twelve High Scorers Lead Grammar League
The Y M C A grammar school basketball season totals show Charles Sullivan of North Grammar top scoring with 65 points, followed by Robert Huse 41 and Warren Hogan 33. Other top scorers include George Kenyon from Dike and Harold Perry from St Marys. The next meet is planned for June.
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Y. M. C. A. Grammar School
Charles Sullivan
North Grammar
Sullivan
Air Grammar School
Robert Huse
Warren Hegan
Warren Hogan
George Kenyon
Dike
Russell Gasser
Central
Harold Perry
St. Marys
Harold Peasley
Herbert Fraser
Gordon Estes
Harlin Guynn
Weeks
John Voorhees
Jean Pomerleau
St Mary's
Herby Douglas KOOLS Take Lead in Colonial Club Bowling
Herby Diels Kools surged to the top in the Colonial Club Bowling league, scoring six in the second match to move ahead of Marvels as Allie Jewett led the Camels with 412 series. Team records show Camels at 1180 total, with Jewett 412, Duncan 308, Leavitt 302, Brown 300.
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Marvels
Herby Diels Kools
Dave Mullins
Marvel
Arthur Pratt
Fatimas
Horace Moree
Wane
Johnny Lay Ya
Spuds
Kools
Douglas
Herby Douglas
Allie Jewett
Jewett
Captain Duncan
Dud Leavitt
Harold Brown
Exceptional bowling in Saturday match at Park Alleys
Allie Jewett and Ken Morrison totaled 2052 for 10 strings while Pete Oliver and Ralph Small scored 2039 in a 20 string match for 4091. Jewett led with 1058 and Oliver 1035 as Olver and Small rolled a 204-pin second half.
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Downstair Park
Allie Jewett
Ken Morrison
Pete Oliver
Ralph Small
Jewett
Morrison
Olver-Smith
Oiliver and Small
Oliver
Small
Linwood Haynes Named Guard on All Fraternity Team
Linwood Haynes a Colby junior from this city is named a guard on the All Fraternity basketball team at Waterville college. The Bath born player starred for Delta Upsilon, praised for aggressive defense and keen shooting. He alternated in utility roles on the Colby squad and is the son of Mrs. Harry Lo Hawn of Water Street.
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Linwood Haynes
Colby
Waterville College
Larrys
Morse High
Hebroncademy
Delta Upsilon
Cosby Echo
Larry Haynes
Malins
Haynes
Hebron Academy Koopsterth
Youne Haynes
Miami
Harry Lo Hawn
Wa Water Street
Vureits
Aiet
Uymati Ibs
Bath Schoolboy Team Wins at Auburn in Gym Circuit
North Grammar's dirt sloop team won seven games and traveled to Auburn to face Yo Ma Juniors, delivering a strong offense led by Alkazin Levin Huse and Waan. Joy Wheeler Dow of Kennebunkport died of pneumonia in Biddeford hospital.
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North Grammar Schools
Y.M.C.A
Auburn
North Grammar
Awdon
Sullivan
Alkazin
Levin
Huse
Waan
Joy Wheeler Dow
Kennebunkport
Biddeford
MM Dow
New York City
Auptstis Fan
New York Mining Exchange
St Marys Dominates All Church League First Team in History
Captains voted for the all first and all second teams in the YMCA Church Basketball League. St Marys placed all five starters on the first team for the first time, with Leland Foster John Lomac Maurice Skaling George Perry and Edward Brow earning spots. Several St Marys players led the selections with unanimous votes.
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Y.M. Cc
St. Mary's
Leland Foster
John Lomac
Maurice Skaling
St. Mary’s
George Perry
Edward Brow
Moocrat Johns
Grace Cullen Jewett
Beacon
Leland Forner Joh Lemac
Fy Prhgence Ney
Cap- Hits
Fevews
Thaxter Hill
Arthur Warner
Frank Gallagher
Everett Norton
Maurice Puffer
Maynard McFadden
George Wade
Earl Brown
Leroy Perkins
Stanley Lewis
Wilfred Chaney
Harold Stanton
Carl] Earlbard
Thero Robbins
Frederick Hamlin
Iron Works Team 3 Sets New High in Bowling League
Led by Watson Team 3 of Bath Iron Works bowling posted a new team score of 1664 to top the circuit for a second straight week. The effort surpassed Team 5's 1026 while Watson rolled a 285 and Labbie 278 with Truss 273 Mayo 270 and Easton 270 as top individual marks.
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Watson
Bath Iron Works
Labbie
Mayo
Easton
Terfe Cornered Fight for Runner-Up Berth
In a tight multiteam chase Park Alley hens pressure for second as three vying rivals Dakota Valley, Panatels UT Contey A Jewett, and Totems jockey for position. Meanwhile a separate note reports a transport delay for a boat trip to Miami Beach as a leader is recalled to Augusta due to his daughter’s pneumonia illness.
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Tin
Park Alley
Hoodah
Serrousiv
Panatelis UT Contey
A. Jewett
Tae Koois
Trottl
Daley
Spo
Pont
Aikens CK
Meatison-R Halli
Tj. Saunorn
Philbmeks
President& Willams Co
Tne
Miami Beach
Fli
Augusta
New York
Joan
Augusta General Hospital
All-grammar Teams Chosen by Captains in 1937 League
The Y M C A grammar school league captains named the 1937 all grammar first and second teams with Charles Sullivan unanimously chosen as a forward for North Grammar. North placed four on the first team and four on the two squads overall, with Dike and Central also well represented. Ten additional players received votes for honorable mention.
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North Grammar
Dike School
Central
St. Mary’s
Ernest King
Camille Pula
Edward Cummings
Russell Gasser
Myron Craig
John Murphy
Norman Alkazin
Walter Gallant
John Perry
Harlan Guynn
Madden to play on Bath Iron Works office team
Morse high school coach Johnny Madden will join the Bath Iron Works Corp Office quintet to face the Philadelphia Colored Giants at the YMCA gym tonight. Madden, a noted Providence College player, has been playing with the Portland Mariners this winter and will stay in Bath to prepare Morse for the Western Maine tournament at Lewiston on March 5 and 6.
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Johnny Madden
Morse
Cheverus
Portland
Bath Iron Works Corp
Philadelphia Colored Giants
Providence College
Madden
Portland Marriners
Forest City
Pittsfield
Mass
Lewiston
Johnny
Bath
North Grammar Team Tops the Grammar League Standings
North Grammar remained unbeaten while idle as Dike School defeated Weeks Street 19 to 4 and St Mary's edged Central 5 to 3 in Saturday morning action.
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St. Mary’s
Central
Dike
Y. M. C. A. Grammar School
North Grammar
St. Mary's
North Grammar Crew
Grammar School
Dike School
St Mary's
Fifth Place Match Sparks Park Alley Bowling Night
The fifth place 7 20 4s upset second place Kools 4 1 in Park Alley Friday. Ralph Small posted 386 and Cullen 362 for the winners as the duo led the low-scoring event with strong bowling behind. A profile of Maine lobbyist Mary H. Allen notes her work for T R Savage Co and her status as the state's only woman lobbyist.
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Cullen-R Small
Kools F_ Trott-I. Dulev
Park Alley
Ralph Small
Freddie Cullen
Mary H. Allen
Bangor
Washington, D. C
Third House
Maine
T. R. Savage Company
Fair Sex
Mary
Ny Knitting
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Bath Daily Times
William Putnam
William Conway
Boston
Capt
Perry Colby
Georgie Evelyn
Mr. Poli
Emma J. Small
W. F. Marston
Hallowell
William R. Melrose
Charles T Jackson
Richmond
Bay
Annie Shea
Virgie Houghton
H. M. McCurdy
John Longley
Brunswick
Daniel Curtis
Mrs. Longley
Iron Works
Nati Ar
George F. Huse
Newton Centre
Mr. Huse
Front Street
W. E. Proctor
H A
Joseph Huse
Benjamin Fogg
New England Yard
O. W. Ring & Co
Lee
Amasa Ellers
Richardson's Mill
Edward Pepper
Columbia Theatre Block
Fred Fuller
Nettie Osgood
Dorchester
Happy Nook
the Times
Dr. Bibber
Fred Stilphen
Camp Comfort
Messrs
Boyd, Capron
Levi Thompson
Foster's Point
Alice Morse
May Pendexter
Belle Carter
James B. Drake
J. O. Lincoln
Psi Upsilon
A. Mason
Keith
This Beautiful Playhouse
Music Hall
Brotherhood of Boiler Makers
Tron Ship Builders
M. S. Welch
W. J. Duggan
J. R. Smith
Alameda
Rockland
North Enders
South Enders
W. Swett
McDonald
Swett
Mason
Chapman
John L. Perkins
Chestnut Street
Perkins & Blaisdell
Phippsburg
Warren
Roscoe
Charles
Massachusetts
Perkins
F. D. Hill
J. H. McLellan
New Opera
Wealthy M
William H. Blair
Woolwich
Adelbert
Willard S. Trott
Chelsea
Conant’s
Conant's
N. Blaisdell
Baxter
Maude Blanche Oakes
Joseph Folsom
Charles B. Day
C. A. Weston & Co
Lee Hooker
M. H. Douglas
E. M. Jones
John W. Ballou, Esq
St. Paul Royal Arch
Walter Head
Clinton Child
H. M. Sawyer
Worcester
Mary Pendexter
Maria S. Kidder
John R. Knowlton
Middle Street
Henry C. Malmsten
William H. Mampple
Harry H. Donnell
Herbert A. Oliver
George S. Albee
Frank W. Robbins
Alexander M. Knight
Charles E. Hyde
Charles H. Mason
Calvin W. Rogers
Fred R. Kimball
John S. Hyde
Fred E. Hooper
William R. Campbell
Peter A. McDonald
A. Frederic Dunnels
Charles F. Ride
Robert Ballard
Andersons
John Knowlton
Cambridge Law School
Julia Watson
W. J. Boothby
Keened
Mexter G. Hodgkins
Henry Shaw
Shaw's Business College
H. A. Douglass
Nellie Douglass
Grace Hodgkins
Frank Higgins
Will Brown
Blind Crossing
Bryan Scanlon
Frank H. Haggett
Lydia M. Winslow
Benjamin Stimpson
Pearl Street
Rev
A. ST. Davis
North Street Church
William H. Melcher
Israel S. Eastman
Elijah Sawyer
E. F. Dyer
D. T. Percy
Green and High Streets
Roscoe Perkins
Charles Perkins
Salem
Charles Beals
Walter Mas
al Mason
E. P
Conants
New Meadows
F. F. Kelley
Asotsten
H. D Maxwell
Charles M. Snow
Owen
Hodgkins
Ramsay and McKeiver
R. D. Bibber
Parker M. Reed
Sagadahoc
Sons of American Revolution
Fritz H. Twitchell
J. B. Drake
J O. Lincoln
Laura Palmer
M W. Sewall
Thad Welch
U. S
George H Nichols
Jackman Plantation
Clifford Wilband
High Street
M. ©. A. Intermediate League
North Grammar School
Chaib
Mei Tweao
Anpusta House
Isi Book of
H Stevens
Guilford
Maryland Casualty Company
Baltimore
Maryland
Mortgarshaan
Loyalty Protectiv Insurance Company
Stor
Vsty Jan Outta Ees Ad Bank
BOK
Gress Akset
Alfie Jewett
Camels
Bath Boy
Hoop
Hilltoppers
Hanson
Wilson
Truss
Allen
Littelorent
Bastou
Terfe
Arkon
Cribs An
White Owls
Briots
Ji ‘ Tan
B.L.W
Trott
Dale
Cullen Small
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