Bath Narratives of 1898 99 Local Happenings and Deaths
Bath rapid-fire chronicle lists Christmas events births deaths and social visits. Notable items include Capt. Charles F. Hardie’s death in New Orleans at 64, Bath high school class 1900 Christmas gathering, shipyard work at Bath Iron Works, and local engagements and marriages among Bath residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath High School
Georgie Duncan
Washington Street
Miss Duncan
Miss Torrey
Potatoes Indicator: Sloped Planting Boosts Maine Yields
Maine potato growers could raise yields by five to fifteen percent by planting across slopes instead of up and down hills, according to the Soil Conservation Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Soil Conservation Service
Bath Iron Works Notes and Gossip
Newell forecasts a strong year with potential naval and commercial work while Bath Iron Works plans to rehire idled workers. The U S S Jouett 1850 ton destroyer began builder's trials after launch and will undergo speed tests and crash-stop maneuvers. Smoking on the job is approved with shop restrictions, and plant safety chief Dickinson notes efficiency gains. Regulars include boxer Dave White joining the bending floor and clerk Sarkis nursing a jammed thumb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Jouett
Bath Iron Works
William S. Blair
Briny Deep
Seguin
Kennebec
New Year Festivities and Plant Plans At Newark Factory
Herby Wing and the office bowling team challenge undefeated plant bowlers led by Clarence Eaton and Sam Rogers. The group includes Don Perry Charlie Parks Jimmy Jenkins with Jack Wilson in reserve. Office girls form a cheering squad led by Margaret Gordon. The suggestion contest awards announced with Mrs. Franklin J. Sherman winning first prize and others earning second and third for ideas to cut costs and improve procurement. A dock trial of the U S S Jouett impressed officials. A Winter Carnival proposal for the Iron Works is discussed for February 24 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office
Clarence Eaton
Sam Rogers
Times’ Co
Don Perry
Charlie Parks
Jimmy Jenkins
Jack Wilson
Franklin J. Sherman
Josephine Hamblen
Bernard H. Presley
Woolwich
Gordon A. Lake
Roger M. Luke
Joseph Robinson
North Bath
Tin Shop
Irving L. Stilphen
Harry B. Briggs, Jr
Morse High School
Washington
Gowen wins Camelot tournament at YMCA in straight finals
Senior tournament results show Edward Cummings, Robert Clark, Maurice Puffer, Charles Sullivan, Clarence Gowen, and others advancing. Gowen defeats Clark in the semi final and Cummings in the final for the title. Julien Pomerleau wins the junior division with a final 2 0 victory over Bernard Pratt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Gowen
Julien Pomerleau
Gowen
Edward Cummings
Bad Lord
Robert Clark
Joe Pennell
Albert Desmond
Robert Cummings
Maurice Puffer
Norman al
James Middleton
Joseph Desmond
Edward Jones
Richard Footer
Gervase Babine
Harry Warner, Jr
Franklin Howe
Robert Wagner
Karl Merchant
Bernard Pratt
David MacDonald
Herbert Belanger
John Murphy
Jean Pomerleau
Ernest Walls
Pomerleau
Desmond
Warner
Focter
Pratt
Wagner
Belanger
Bath's Sail Loft roller rink opens to capacity crowds
Bath's new Sail Loft roller skating rink on Commercial Street opened to a capacity crowd Saturday and drew another near capacity turnout for the midnight party at 12.05 a.m. Monday. A Monday afternoon and evening throng followed as the rink offered daily sessions 2 to 5 and 7.30 to 11 p.m. Herbert Young, proprietor and instructor, led the first roller dancing lesson with ongoing classes planned. The rink features dustless floors thanks to a special liquid treatment and improvements will continue to be made to meet strong demand. George McLean and Young expressed pleased at the return of skating to the Shipping area.
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Bath
Sail Loft
Commercial Street
Herbert Young
Young
George McLean
Frozen Body of Albert Herbert Found in Rockport Woodlot
Albert Herbert a 56 year old of West Rockport was found dead in a rockport woodlot Monday afternoon. He apparently died of a heart attack and froze to death after being found by his employer W L Oxton who had employed him for years. Dr H J Weisman county medical examiner said Herbert had probably been dead two days. His brother in law Eugene Bracy of Camden had come to invite him to Christmas when he was found missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Herbert
West Rockport
Rockport
W. L. Oxton
H. J. Weisman
Rockland
Herbert
Oxton
Woodlot
Eugene Bracy
Camden
Bracy
Property listings show numerous acreages and values in local land records
A long list of parcels with owner names, acreages, and assessed values along with boundary descriptors appears. Notable entries include Lawrence C. Douglass 42 acres valued at 100 dollars, Daniel Metayer 30 acres valued at 600 dollars, John C. Woodrow 200 acres valued at 1200 dollars, and Michael and Annie Bichrest 100 acres valued at 1200 dollars, among many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Granit Woods
E. Begg
Beer Williams
Glas Woods
Lawrence C. Douglass
Tisha Purington
Clara FE. Purington
Frank EF. Douglass
Alustin Corey
Charles Farrington
Stephen Litchfield
Lucy M. Baker
A.J. Small
Angeline Cornish
Jacob Booker
J. W. Verreault
Y One
Albert
Leo Maheat
W. L. Small
J. O. Brown
Adelard Rube
Frank Metayer
Danna G. MacGregor
A. D. Strout
C Boulduc
W. C. Batchelder
Willard C Lane Thomas Merryman
Old Booker Road
Bowdinham Town
H J. Whitney
C. E. Meserve Aseline Messier
Joseph Small
Everett Small
Hattie I. Staples
M. H. Marshall
Lendall Bickford
Paul Christien
Giles Sampson
Delia B. Card
Aeeta
Alice Larrabee
J. W. Settle
F. J. Roberts
Wiland
Warren H. West
Hattie J. Staples
Herrs
A. A Oiadios
Raymond A. Knowlton
W.L. Smal
Dead River
Lydia Bryant
Bechard
Raymond H. Knowlton
Small Cross Road
Byron Lewis
A. Allen
J. E. Ware and
Small
S. By
D. Grover
Liam E. Snow
EF. I. Rideout
M. F. Anderson
Roland FE Rogers
Harry Prout
G. D. Gustin
Nels Olson
C. Bolduc
W. C. Lane
J. Gar- Hela
R. Spence
Alfred Wenzell
Arthur W. Maxwell
W. W. Rideout and
Johnson
A.G. Baker
Sam Watse
W. C. Bachelor
Florence Quintal
C. H. Allen
W W. Rideout
Pratt
C. H. Alien
Wood School
Cross Road
G. T. Wheeler
John C. Woodrow
Alice Webber
P. E. Williams
First National Bank of Bath Stockholders Meeting Notice
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bank of Bath will be held in the Banking Rooms on Tuesday January 10 1939 at two oclock to elect directors for the ensuing year and to transact any other business legally comes before this meeting. William S Shorey Cashier Bath Me December 8 1938.
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State of
Maine
Bowdoin
Sagadahoc
George D Bangs
Robert McAtee
Bowdoinham
Arthur Nelson
Achash Purington
Clifton Ll
Irene M. Babb
Joseph Billodeau
W Wallace Rideout
Odilion Bolduc
Old Furgson Farm
Hauitt's Mills Road
Thomas Jack
A R. Briery
William Wilson
Mary Briery
Huff's Mills
Old Purgson Farm
Hufff's Mills Road
Bert Southard
R A. Johnson
Huff's Mills Road
BEX
Francois Boucher
Campbell
Michael Sheloske
Caesar's Pondineak Delia B. Card
Flagg Farm
Frank Metayer
Formerly Sampson
W. L. Small
W. R. Allen
Paul
Alma Chrestien
C. Boulduc
J. O. Brown
Silas QO. Clason
Lincoln Jack
Polly
Topsham Town Line
John Curtis
Addie L. Collins
Burrough Road
Hosea Bickford
L. H Bard
Horace Derocher
A. C. Starbird
Adams Road
Bath
Maria G. Harris
Phippsburg
Harry R. Harris
Arthur J Dunton
First National Bank OF Bath
William S Shorey
Bath National Bank
Front Street
City of Bath
County of Sagadahoc
State of Maine
Stockwaaers
The
Bath Trust Co
Bath Trust Company
Said
E. Thebeau
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Capt. Hardie
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Fort Popham
Fuller Cottage
William Ledyard
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Rena Owen
Fréd H. Puller
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Alice Humphreys
L. L. Wordsworth, Jr
Harvard University
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Westport
Percy
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Lizzie
Charles Farrell
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James W. Savage
the Universalist Church
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Fannie Moulton
Springfield
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Upper Washington Street
Armory
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Jack Gregson
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Henry Worth
James B. Drake
Parish Hall
Oak Street
Harry W. Dunton
Chase’s
Clara McDonald
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Supt. Barkett
William H. Clifford
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Officer Reynolds
George Thistle
Alice Greenleaf
This City
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Anderson's Drug Store
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Winfield Morse
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Henry Eames
Roland A. Weymouth
Augusta
Florence Forsythe
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Harry Williams
Jerry Clifford
Bec
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Joe
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Bangor
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D. T. Percy & Sons
S. W. Matthews
Labor and Industrial Statistics
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J. Harry Blaisdell
C. W. Morse
Winifred
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South
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Charles Foster
New England Yard
Harry C. Webber
Brunswick
William R. Déan
William R. Wade
Virginia Houghton
J. Edward Drake
Herman Spechts
Arthur Stilphen
Spechts
C. F. Parsons
Millard Hanson
West Bathwoods
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Charles D. Newell
Richmond
D. W. Oliver
Bath High School Athletic Association
Ice King
Brown
James Brown
Thomaston
Vineyard Haven
Elliot-and Dunn
Lowell Assembly
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Milton Lawry
Thomaston Theen
Blackman
Vanceboro
Mary E. Turner
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George Williams
Edwards Street
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Helen Murray
Brockton
Will Carlton
Fogg
Chew the Rag Club
William R. Donnell
Lower
Harry Tarbox
Bay Point
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Harry Brown
Henry S. Kilbourne
Elizabeth Gibson
Grace
Anna Forbes
Stephen Conley
Sewall
Nathaniel T. Palmer
E. C. Purington
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William Rogers
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George Gould
Harry Cobb
James Webber
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Harry Swett
Ned Carter
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Si Owen
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John Longley
Edward P. Donnell
Mexico
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Charles Chestra
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Harold Bibber
Rowland Fisher
Lida
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William 8. Newell
Naval Construction
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Federal Shipbuilding Co
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Portsmouth
N. H
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George A. Dickinson
William S. Newell
Archibald M. Main
Thomas R. Allen
Time
Joe Vachon
Dave White
Beacon Street
K. O
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Mr. Presley
Lake
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John W. Osborn
Osborn
Roland F. Hill
Hull
Norman J. Mackinnon
George Baer Connard
Pres. Newell
Connard
U.S. S. Jouett
Clarabel Quick
S. S. Connecticut
New Texas Steamship Co
New Haven
Providence
Earle P. Carton
Quick
Painter
New Hampshire
Florence Nightingale
Herby Allen
Y.M.C.A
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