Local Jottings Reflect A Busy Bath Week In Maine
The week brings mild storms and varied happenings in Bath Maine with weather highs around 52 to 54, Sunday and Monday. Reports note holiday gifts, a striped buoy near Winslow’s ledges, a storm beaten pigeon kept safe, and Doris Shepard hosting a Christmas tree for Beacon Street kindergarten. A drunken incident at the depot resulted in an officer restraining a man, who then resisted again. W W Hosmer’s bobtail carriage collision near Phippsburg involved Frank Bowker’s car and a horse that bolted to Bath. First Baptist Sunday School elected officers for the year, including H W Moulton as superintendent and J Edward Pomeroy as secretary. Leslie Oliver, chief engineer of the S S Vorinquen, visited Bath at Parker Head, recounting Parker Head’s reputation for engineers and recalling wartime cargo fires and a French cruiser incident. A Seattle Christmas dispatch notes the Vicksburg gunboat sold to Cuba, with Bath Iron Works origin and vessel specs cited.
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Boog
Ant & St. Bernard R.A.C
M.B.M
Paris
Émeo
Winslow
M.C.R. Os
Woolwich
Po“Ward
Doris Shepard
Beacon St
Homeron Upper High St
Oficer
Sears
W. W. Hosmer
Commercial St
Phippsburg
Frank
Bowker
Hosmer
Joshua Upton
Bath
Sherman Tabor
High ‘St
Tabor
Winnegance
First Baptist Sunday School
H. W. Moulton
J. Edward Pomeroy
Treas
Arthur HB. Stewart
Percy Miller
Mildred Daley
Marie Rowe
Lonie Hodgkins
Esther White
Grace Baker
C.N. Flood
Idélla Morrison
Lilly Pray
Myra Arnold
W. H. White
Cedric Martin
Margaret Miller
Ruth Goodwin
C. R. Chappell
Nathalie Brown
Leslie Oliver
New York
Porto Rico
Parker Head
Virginia
Maine
Oliver
Harper
Seattle
Wash
Navy Department
National Guard of Washington
Vicksburg
West Seattle
Washington Naval Militia
Puget Sound Yard
Cuba
Panama Canal
Iron Works
Newport
Christmas Eve in Bath and Maine Port Town Notes
The Bath room scene recalls a Christmas Eve memory with a gift and pistol incident. Carrie A Lane ships to Martinique, trading in Caribbean waters for months. A Bath School concert at Popham drew about 80 attendees and a 15-couple dance. Linemen aided by Clifford Garage crews replaced four blown poles four miles south of Brunswick. Captain Edwin R. Brown received a testimonial and Morris chair from Portland officers. Power outages stalled LA&WA trains four hours, Deer Rocks blamed. A stray pigeon sought shelter at the police station. A new Fred Brown Center St store faced doorway width issues for furniture delivery. Knox & Lincoln train traffic reached a record post-Christmas turnout. Long Beach Fire Department displayed a group photo. Bible Society of Maine canvass shows church-family counts and Bible aid figures across counties.
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Iee
Frea
Caribbean Sea
Edwin R. Brown
Portland Police
Brown
Power
L.a.&w
Lewiston
Colonial Cafe
Thompson’ S Corner
Portland
Fred Brown
Center St
Dow
Knox & Lincoln Division
Maine Gentral
Rockland
Maine
Bath area notes and events mix of local life
Local items recount a busy period with the Sedgwick Circle meeting, a liquor case, Coast Defenses officers in town, and a Park Avenue league game where Woodmen and Bath Iron Works scored over 1300. Also covered are John Conley opening a grocery, the Co-operative Co. move, a Boston burial, a calendar from Bowdoinham, an electric ice handling device, a pensioned fisher’s death, an engagement, and a Colonial Club basketball match with lineup changes and anticipated record attendance. including Dean Academy tonight and a Morse High School preliminary.
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al Ridley
Sedgwick
Keegan
Butler
U.S.A
Dennis D. Clark
Center St
Bath Co-operative Co
Co-operative Co
Dougherty
Boothbay
Moore
Sagadahoc House
Eben Mayberry
Nellie Ford
William B. Kendall
Bowdoinham Pertilister Co
Co. E. Cromwell
Mill Pond Ice Co
Hudson
George E. Lank
Harpswell
Gun Point
Oak Island
Marguerite
Frank Irving
York County
George HB. MacNulty
Popham
Virginia
Miss Irving
Popham Beach
Biddeford High
Bath
Biddeford
Colonial
Dean Academy
Y.M.C.A
Nicholson
Wassit
Auburn
Fitzgerald
Foss
Baker
Ty Pier
Farn‘ham
Morse High School
Colonial Club
Beys Iin A
Mandér
Visitors and Returns Parade Through Christmas Town
A string of locals and visitors are noted returning home for Christmas or traveling to relatives. Names include Dr F J McTver John Crosby A H Shaw and many others visiting Boston Augusta Litchfield Natick New London Providence and Charlestown with tales of trains, hotels, and holiday gatherings.
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Boston
F. J. McTver
John Crosby
A. H. Shaw
Augusta
Shipping Notes and Repairs Across the Coast
The Os sipee completed minor repairs at Hyde Windlass Co. and sailed for Rockland to deliver anchor and chain for the Irene E. Meserve. The four master Florence Thurlow reached Sekondi after heavy seas and repairs in Sierra Leone. Gardiner G. Deering left New York for a Virginia coal port to load for Portland at high rates. Tug Pejepacot and Sagadahoc Towing Co. barges reached Cape Cod Canal amid a turbid trip from St. John.
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Water St
U. S. Coast Guard
Ossipee
Hyde Windlass Co
Rockland
Irene E. Meserve
Kennebec
Florence Thurlow
Boston
Sekondi
Africa
Sierra Leone
Gardiner G. Deering
New York
Virginia
Portland
Pejepacot
Sagadahoc Towing Co
St. John
Cape Cod
Swett
Colonials Prosperous with Winter Games and Local News
A Bath Maine brief notes Colonials are financially better off this winter amid a list of local events. Morse High beat Colonial second team 36 to 24 in basketball. The week also covers church meetings, trades, a barge discharge, a funeral, bank bankruptcy petitions, and public utility proceedings in Greenville, Bath, and nearby towns.
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Dory
Salvation Army
Winneganee
Harold Snowden
Virginia
Antoinett
Georgetown
Lincoln
Morse High
Thomas Grindell
Center St. Hill
Torrey Works
New York
Circle of Bath Telephone Exchange
Music Hall
Bath
U. S
H. L. Thompson
Portland
Merrimac
Gibbons Yard
J. Walter Higgins
Pensacola
City
J.C. Higgins
William M. White
Maine Central
Wiscasset
Harmon
T. N. Kewley
Beacon Street
Newark
N. J
John W. Hamilton
D. D
D. Theodore Marks
Boothbay Harbor
Boston
U. S. District Court
The
Central Clothing Co
Standard Dry Goods Co
Haymarket Clothing Co
Moses Dyer
Stoneman, Gould & Stoneman
William T. Hall
Lewis J. Marshall
Lisbon Falls
United States District Court
Marshall
Wilson
Greenville Light & Power
Penobscot Bay Electric Cos
Central Maine Power Co
Public Utilities Commission
Harvey D. Eaton
Eny
Waterville
Vessel Properties Rise Amid Bath Shipyard News
Portland and Lewiston items recount vessel property demand, local hires at Bath Iron Works, a strong man lifting a 4500 pound car, and a sign painter Michael Mulhall known for gold signs. Also notes on oyster transport to Deering camp, export tonnage canvass, tramp encounter, Adams Shipbuilding builds a yacht for Charles K Cobb, and a steel tonnage forecast. Boothbay Harbor postmaster nominee Henry Perkins awaits Senate confirmation. Perkins, longtime local businessman, is favored for the role.
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Maine Central
James B. Drake & Sona
R. L. Reichert
W. F. Osborn
A. M. Bushnell
Bath Iron Works
Center St
M. Corbett
Bath
Corbett
Portland
New York
Michael T. Mulhall
Mulhall
Deering
Harry Deering
Norfolk
Gardiner Rogers
Howard Deering
Mason Lemont
Arthur Footer
Blanks
Reade
Lewiston Chamber
Adams Shipbuilding Co
East Boothbay
Charles K. Cobb
Eastern Yacht Club
Mr. Alden
Boston
Marine Journal of New York
W. I. Babcock
American Bureau of Shipping
Boothbay Register
Wilson
Senate
Henry
Perkins
Boothbay Harbor
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Long Beach
F.E. Co
Foreman McCabe
Norton
Bible Society of Maine
Advent
Friends
Moon
Sagadahoc
Felix Stinson
Ralph F. Stinson
Stanley Pierce
Rachel Hodgdon
North End
Harry A. Starbird
Lynn
Samuel C. Lord
Hallowell
John A. Lord
Pearl St. David Heald
F. L. Wright
New London
Amasa S. Ellers
May Ellers
A. Kittredge
Quincy
O. A. Kittredge
Mildred Palmer
Northampton
Mass
Miss Palmer
Clark School
George Buchanan
Providence
Douglas Buchanan
N. A. Oliver
U.S.S. Virginia
Charlestown
P. M. Normoyle
H. Anderson
Lewiston- Rockland
Brunswick
Charity Hall
Washington St
Edward Reed
Charles Wallacey
Enoch Reed
Carlos C. Purington
L. P. Easley
High St
Clements
World Film Co