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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jan 04, 1940

Page

8

Forty Years Ago in Bath Fortnightly Notes

Fortnight of local items from Bath covering Kennebec Yacht Club meeting plans and officer elections, river fish runs signaling cold weather, shipyard transfers, new offices for American Express and updates on vessels and crews. References to social events, fires, injuries, and civic improvements appear alongside maritime commerce and local industry notes.

Kennebec

Youths from Quoddy NYA school return to NYC

One hundred youths aged 18 to 24 completed five months at the Quoddy Project under the National Youth Administration. They studied varied trades, formed a local government, and held social events, with elections showing vibrant community life.

N.Y New York City Quoddy Francis McAllister East Party Seventh Street Daniel Hasson Portland Don Tortora Pasgemmaquoddy Work Projects Administration Helen M. Harris

Review of year events in Bath and Sagadahoc

A chronological survey lists notable Bath and Sagadahoc happenings from September through December, including incidents at Bath Iron Works, local government actions, fires, court rulings, community events, obituaries, and civic milestones. The timeline highlights labor, safety, infrastructure, and cultural affairs with multiple named places and individuals.

Bath and Sagadahoc

Probate Notice for Helen Leavitt Letters Testamentary

Court orders notices to all interested in the estate of Frank P. Leavitt deceased. A probate hearing is set in Bath County on the second Tuesday of January 1940 to contest the will and appoint Helen Leavitt executrix without bond.

Aton Courh Probeto Bath Adahocoon Frank P. Leavitt Phippsburg Helen Leavitt Ovenit Arthur J. Dunton

Bath National Bank stockholders meeting notice

The Bath National Bank calls a stockholders meeting at 40 Front Street Bath Maine on January 9 1990 at 2 oclock for the election of directors and for other lawful business. The notice is dated December 7 1939.

ATH National Bank Vie Pirst National Bank OF Bath Frst National Bank of Bath Bank Ng Daniel Williams Bath Maine Bath Preferer The Bath Trust Company Maine

Haig Order and Sutton Hoo Find At British Museum

Trustees accept burialship of Saxon king from Mrs Préetty’s Sutton Hoo estate and the Haig’s “back to the wall” order of April 11 1918 from Sir Philip Sassoon estate. The document, dated 1918 and signed D Haig, F M, shows corrections to phrasing and a final toned revision.

British Museum E. M. Préetty Alt Sutton Hoo Ipswich Philip Sassoon Haig Philip Lord Haig Western Front France D. Haig F. M Wearie British Empire Penell

Model House Opens to Public Evenings

The Bath Box Co. builds a modern five room model house at Palmer Park for sale with all electric kitchen by Central Maine Power Co. It will be open 6 39 to 8 39 each evening this week for public inspection. James A. Gillies Jr. says the firm expects a quick sale after viewing and notes four houses completed in 1939 with one more underway at Palmer Park and a fifth in Woolwich.

North End Kennebec Husband Deane Beazhor Bath Iron Works Corp Kennebec Bridge Lewis O. Barrows Bath Iron Works Brown's Field West Bath Weever Idle Club of People’s Church Civil Service Konstantine Gurgiotis Court House PW Waa Sagadahoc Gun & Skeet Association John Crawford Salem Va Joeph Crawford Elizabeth N. J Edward Kelley Bath Emily Stanley Warren Cambridge Mass F. E. Stanley Stanley Swanner Woolwich First National Bank Senate Sumner Sewall Rotary Club G. Bromley Oxnam New England Oxnam Hughes Navy Department Charlestown E. T State of Maine Gov Barrows Frederick W. Freeman Charles Street Maurice A. Libby John Mall Barrow E C. Dunning Elks Home Williams. Newell Bath Lien Works Corp Lafayette Hotel Portland Portland Propeller Club Jane Murphy Dex Edmund P. Briggs McCutcheon Lemont High Streets Beatrice Merrill Lee Augusta Milton Barry Grove Street Crown and Star Minstrels Dunlap Commandery K. T Masonic Temple Destroyer Gleaves Albert Gleaves Evelina Gleaves van Meter Annapolis Clotilda Florance Cohen Wynnewood Oscar R. Adams Chase Block Washington and Center Streets William B. Campbell Arrowsic Bath Flying Club Stanley Harvie Winter Street Bath Water District Volunteer Hose Co.g Mershall Street Steeves William H Superior Court People's Investment Association Lew O Barrows Bath Lodge of Elks St. Barnabas Guild Grace Church Morse High Ralph O. Dale Sagadahoc County Carl C. Anderson Ted's Cosmopolitan Club Harrison O. Lyseth Bath Camp Modern Woodmen of America Employes of Congress Shirt Co Arthur H. Price Cosmopolitan Garden Club Colonial Club Knights Templar Mark Norris Addison Rice Earl A. Rice High Street Sarah A. Hyde Maine Central Railroad Worumbo Manufacturing Co Oliver Moses Justus H. Miller Palmer Park Bath Box Co Central Maine Power Co James A. Gillies, Jr Gillies

College Impressions From Winter Fireside Meeting

Students recall mixed impressions of college at a Winter Fireside club gathering. Speakers included Clifton Nickerson Martha Page and Dave Rich representing University of Maine Bowdoin Reed Pittman U S Naval Training Institute. Donald McKellar presided and Norma Steussy to lead next week.

Clifton Nickerson Martha Page Dave Rich University of Maine Gordon Lake Bowdoin Reed Pittman U. S. Naval Training Institute Newport R. I Donald McKellar Norma Steussy Joris Houston Marion Small Mary Young Richard Minott Robert Minott Creorge Rogers John Kimble Colby College

Foreclosure Notice on Maine Mortgage Case 1939

The Home Owners Loan Corporation claims foreclosure on a deed in Sagadahoc County Maine due to mortgage default. Capl M P Parrabee attorney notices the action dated December 22 1939 in Wiscasset Maine with case details referencing land and buildings and the referenced 1920 deed.

Howard Nant Snarmanhoe Maine Zlan Hand Willian Bevinnin Benny Aid Home Owners' Loan Corporation P. Larrabee Syxeadahoe County Home Owners’ Loan Corporation Capl M. Parrabee Wiscasset Hix

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Bath Daily Times Andrews of Gorham Kennebec River Water Street Roxy Boland Jesse Savage Roderick Brothers Tom Wilson This City M. Sawyer Rockland Wilson Clifton O. Page Fred Harvie Hyde Windlass Co Howard Schaffer Friend Boston Rufus Lombard Jennie Harvey Gardiner Messrs. Heath and Foster Monitor New England Co New York Harry P. Sprague A. C. Sprague Harry Mank Santuit Norfolk W. A. Atchley Mrs. Thomas Lewiston Capt. McLaughlin Jennie S. Butler South End Isaac F. Chapman Benjamin Flint Gardiner G. Deering Deering American Express Co Library Block Center Street Kelley, Spear & Co John 8. Emery Es.h T. T. Moores Upper Washington Street Samuel Dillaway Drummond’s Henry Clausen Jr Flora Rogers Walter Kingsbury Western Avenue New England Order of Protection Angle Iron Shop Iron Works Sagadahock Block Company C E. L. Winslow Waldoboro Capt. Gaudreau Miss Mae Snow Mrs Walter Murtaugh Providence Scott Frye Hannah Morse Frank E. Frazier San Francisco Coleman Welch Sanford L. Fogg J. M. Trott Lowell Lord and Water Streets Register of Deeds Office Taunton Staples Coal Co Reynolds Baltimore Drummond George Legendre Bath Tron Works Marie Palmer Rogers Yard Edwin P. Hyde W. D. Mitchell Union Gowell Charles MacDonald Boston Medical School William R. Kimball George A. Baker William C. Perkins Charles L. Pratt E. A. Jones W. A John W. G E. O. Dow Ty Starr Samuel W Pal Fred Coffin J. I George H Clark Southend Woodmen of America Acadia Lodge Knights of Pythias W. H. Carr H. G. Berry W. H. White Fred Sanborn Harry Mills Sentinel John McKiever E. J. Marston George W. Dean Harry Lord Fred S. Curtis Nellie Silsby New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Chesapeake Charles R. Hanscom Boston Harbor Stra Egrag Harry Dunton Business College Iron Works Plate Shop L. B. Swett & Co Hazen Benjamin Sewall Brunswick Montivedeo Lucy Patten Harry Stewart Boothbay People’s Safe Deposit and Savings Bank Capt John R. Kelley David T. Percy Gordon Preble Seth T. Snipe D. Howard Spear Arthur G. Gilmore Maine Board of Pharmacy Lewis A. Jack Jack Siling Mary Thirtle City George W Thistle Y.M.C. A. Gymnasium Thompson Brothers King’s Daughters Emma Small Oscar C. Rogers Josteph Torrey Prank A. Small Rosa Brown American Zaprest Co Patten Library Agent Mower James & Shepard Dougherty’s Vielt Jonn Hyde Washington Etaples Coal Co Mase Kelley Spear A. Co Segitu Portland Company M O Glass Harvard Seismograph Roger L. Arringdale L. Don Leet Harvard Arringdale Turkey Arguite Frances Shaughnessy Helen Shaughnessy Washington Street David L. Wilson Central Church Stephen Ethier Walker Art Gallery Bowdoin College Harold Maguire Portland Police Department Dummer Sewall Scott Morse Roscoe G. Bailey Water District Arthur Sewall Merritt, Chapman & Scott Corp New London Conn Winnegance Community Club Maine Progressive Union Berwindglen Newport News Parker Flats Langdon T. Snipe Patten Free Library FL. Nichols Charles C Low Monroe Bath-Woolwichh Bridge Lincoln - Sagadahoc Sagadahock Gloster Portsmouth Boy Scouts Battery H C. A Frank Clark Back River Georgetown Chester McMahan Five Islands David L. Wiltive Kent Island Bath Teachers Club Albert O. Gross William H. Fisher Sagadahoc Bar Association Sedgwick William L. Landers U. S New York Navy Yard Maurice B. Rhea Neil F. Wilson Archie Wishart Morton Baker Arthur R. Orr Thomaston T. Fulton Electric Night Company Braintree Sagadahoe Arthur Eseley North Woolwich Woods Frank H. Clark Arrowsie Fred P. Ring Jr Harold Freeman East Brunswick Mr. Freeman Big Woods Fort Preble Joan Parker Wiliam S. Newell Segadahoc Watts Detective Agency Gurgiotis Alden Smith Janet Murphy Ecclesiastical Conference of Lincoln Association of Congregational Churches William Dowling Rotary Tlub Harold L. Troop Alex Burgess Carl Kronstrand Court Street Tom Bowser Railroad Wharf Orville E. Page Fred A Carr Topsham Lily Pray Fred R. F Deak Saguadahoer Womairs Republican Club Cgoverta Ss Charles Eo Deetan Bathian Repealican Sheriy Oof Sin Udahoe Carl Y Kennedy Qakhurst Darya Chibh Sedptck Fred Brice Poncapal Skowingai Wong Mi Dee Hill L FE. Thebeau Model House Winter Street Fireside Club Povert B. Hatch Richmond Stanley Pierce
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