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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jan 11, 1934

Page

3

Bath Daily Times Forty Years Ago Item 1894

Secretary M K Murray of the Y M C A returns up river on a business trip. Lieut. Cooper will be retained at Bath per Speaker Crisp. Shipbuilding advances noted at Morse yard and Sewall's yard with keel laying and launches planned. City government meetings, fire company plans, and local routines fill daily life in Bath as of January 1894.

Bath Bath Daily Times M. K. Murray The Lieut. Cooper Crisp House

City Hall stalemate leaves council short 15 thousand

In Bath on January 5 1894 the town council faced a $15000 shortfall even after tax projections. Mayor Shaw proposed a note to cover the gap while Kelley urged selling bonds but the mayor warned of losses. An adjournment followed with a plan for a special session to raise funds amid local social notes and arrivals.

City Hall Shaw Kelley

Major C. D. Bartlett Talks on Aviation

At the Rotary Club luncheon Major Charles D. Bartlett recounted his 1918 experiences as a student aviator first at Princeton New Jersey and later Kelley Field Texas. He described training and trials of young men choosing aviation in the great war in an engaging account with a well attended meeting and no business conducted beyond luncheon discussion.

Rotary Club Charles D. Bartlett Princeton N. J Kelley Field San Antonio Texas

Morse High to Host Presidential Ball on Jan 30

The Board of Education voted Monday to allow Morse high school gymnasium use for the Presidential ball on January 30. The move cites nationwide events on Roosevelt's birthday and WPA/CA relief work. Roll of accounts No. 11 totaling $193.63 was approved for payment. The high school will reopen Wednesday at the usual hour.

Board of Education Morse High School Roosevelt

Card of thanks and Lewiston boy dies in Lisbon road accident

Card of thanks from Horace Wade and Grace Davenport expresses gratitude for sympathy and floral tributes after the death of 15 year old Romeo Vyr who was struck by a truck on Lisbon road. The report notes Gardiner Central Fire Station records show 221 calls in 1933, a new low after 174 in the prior year.

Horace E. Wade Grace Davenport Edwin Wade Romeo Vyr Aime Laura Vyr Webber Avenue Lewiston Lisbon Road Ste. Marie’s General Hospital Wyr Jerry Bilogeau South Avenue Lisbon Street Gardiner Central Fire Station Frank Lemar

Iron Works Explots Disgusted at Labor Board Delay

Bath Iron Works employees about 500 strong via the local union protested the National Labor Board for delaying a wage adjustment promised since November. They argued their earnings fell by $2 weekly after the code took effect, despite shorter hours and limited employment gains. Officials suspect union lobbyist pressure, while still urging prompt action to remedy the code flaw. Separately, John P. Carey Jr announced committees for a nationwide birthday ball honoring President Roosevelt to support the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation.

Bath Iron Works Corp National Labor Board Bath Plant Bath Organization Iron Works Fore River Quincy Mass New York Shipbuilding Co Roosevelt Bath Iron Works Organization Labor Board Iron Works Group

Man of 90 Ready for Next Plane Ride at Five Islands

Joseph Eben Blaisdell of Five Islands celebrated his 90th birthday at his niece Mrs. Alfred J. Rowe's home in Bath. He enjoyed his first seaplane flight last summer and is eager for another, having spent seven winters in Bath. Born January 8 1844 in Phippsburg he has never been to a doctor. His wife Amanda Stevens Blaisdell, whom he married July 4 1888, died childless. they reside with relatives in Five Islands and Bath.

Jseph Eben Blaisdell Five Islands Alfred J. Rowe Washington Street John H. Grindell Blaisdell Bath Charles Susan Stanwood) Stevens Gloucester Mass Mr. Blaisdell

Mill Pond Ice Co completes harvest of 8800 tons

Mill Pond Ice Co finished Sunday its annual harvest of 8800 tons after two weeks of work employing about 30 men under Edward Sewall. Motor cutters sped up the process. 16 inch cakes are thicker and clearer than last year. 165 tons avoided stacking and shipped to Oakhurst Dairy at about 50 tons daily. Somerset County Fish and Game Association to hold first meeting of the new year in Skowhegan with George Stobie expected to attend.

Mill Pond Ice Co Edward Sewall Oakhurst Somerset County Fish and Game Association Firemen's Hall Skowhegan Douglas T. Dysart George Stobie Augusta Inland Fisheries and Game

Ramsay Soloist At Bowdoin Forum On Sunday

Allan H Ramsay sang at Bowdoin College opening of the third annual Forum of Religious Thought in the chapel. Bishop Samuel B Booth of Vermont delivered the address and a reception followed in the Moulton Union. Gordon E Gillett led Bowdoin Christian Association, Forum for the third year. The event runs through Wednesday with daily denominational and fraternity discussions and ministers assigned to each house.

Allan H. Ramsay Bowdoin College Samuel Babcock Booth Episcopal Vermont Moulton Union Gordon E. Gillett Winchester Mass Bowdoin Christian Association

Probate notices and estate actions in Sagadahoc 1934

Multiple probate orders publish notices in Bath Maine Sagadahoc detailing estates of Farnham Oliver Marr Crisbner etc. Executors and executrices named seek allowance, appointment without bond, and distribution of estates with hearings set for February 1934. Notices call interested parties to appear and show cause.

State OF Maine Sagadahoc Bath Rachel Farnham James K. Farnham Bath Independent Fred C. Scribner Fidelity Bldg Portland Cumberland A.D Fred C. Scrib Sagapace Walter 8. Glidden Edward W. Bridgham Independent Batthin Sagadah Bath National Bank Maine Sarah M. Wells

Local dairymen join Holstein Friesen association

E Mason Wright of 70 Winshiping Bath is among 345 new Holstein-Friesian breeders to be recommended for membership in the Holstein-Friesian Association of America in December 1933. His name will enter the membership roll of over 32,000 at the board meeting, a figure five times the combined total of the other four dairy breeds. George Burns of Shepard Street is a patient at City hospital, and his daughter Eleanor Burns of Springfield, Massachusetts, has come to the city to attend to his illness.

E. Mason Wright Winshiping Bath Holstein-Friesian Association of America Holstein-Friesian Association George Burns Shepard Street City Hospital Eleanor Burns Springfield Mass

Solon Theater Party Stranded After Gan At Cole Brook

A Solon group of theaters found themselves marooned in gan last Thursday evening. The way at Cole Brook was travel. The party were obliged to lodgings and returned Via the Brook bridge early the next morn.

Gan Cole Brook Brook Bridge

Foreclosure of Mortgage on Bonney Real Estate in Bath Maine

Trustees of the Estate of Charles F. Rideout announce a foreclosure due to breach of mortgage on two parcels of real estate in Bath tied to Hat tie G. Bonney and Weston L. Bonney deeds. The legal notice dated January 2, 1934 identifies the eastern boundary along Washington Street and Beacon Street, with described parcel measurements and notarization in Sagadahoc County.

Wash Street Beacon Street Con Street Washington Street Washing Street Hattie G. Bonney Weston L. Bonney Sagadahocs Harles J. Daii Jennie 8 Rideout Charles F. Rideout Bath Maine State OF Maine Sagadahoc Charles J. Dain Jennie

Probate Notice Appoints Leila J Oliver Executrix in Bath

The Pro Court for Sagadahoc County appoints Leila J Oliver of Bath as Executrix without bond of the estate of Alfred Oliver, late of Bath, deceased. On November 14 she accepted the trust.

Inez Ingalls Rothwell Bath Adahoc Georgie S. McHeffey Sagadahoc Edward W. Bridgham Aoe Permelia C. Corin Edward W John Stewart James C. Stewart Leila J. Oliver Alfred. Oliver Lella J. Oliver Peaaes

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Samuel Percy Morse Sewall’s J. B. Drake Gardiner New Church Club David Owen John Haley Alameda Fred Puller Robert Dyer Harvard Robert A. Dunning Mr. Dunning James Dean Bath Tran City of Lowell Winnesake Sh Wardehs Center Street Adams Block Jake Ib. A.stone Jones Irvin Tibbetts Boothbay H. 8S. Card Gorham Tron: Works Poole John. Potter Capt. Bradley New York Perkins and Laisdell George Fitzgerald City of Bath Hose Company No. 1 Harry Stetson Serge Ida Hunt Milden, Mass Col Philbrook Hyde Light Guards George ‘H. Jacobs D. T. Percy's Lord’s Charles Fisher Sue Eag Clover Club Music Hall William Heal Edward McLaughlin Business College M. Drew Bath Iron Works Register of Deeds George W. Hunt Lagrippe Alvin L. Gilmore Are A. S. Todd Bangor Wesley Church West Bath James Tipton England Uncle Tom Hall Caroline Gertrude Dinsmore Lewis- Lo Yggen Atte ‘Beard D. F. Beard Central Church Paris C. A Harriman Ned Osborne Long-Beach No Wilbur Oliver Iron ‘Works Richmond Prank Cushing Yale Scientific School Edward P. Donnell California Balincourt France Chicago the Iron Works H. W. Hall Charles A. Campbell Morse and Co Nellie Chadbourne Boston Samuel Welch, Jr Bowdoinham Kennebec Lodge K. of. P Kennebec Columbia Club Charles Jackson South Street Daniel Pierce A. J.snow Dr. Whittier A. F. Gerald Bath Street Railway Co City Jennie Harvey Brunswick James, Manion Sagadahock House Samuel Jordan M. W. Sewall George’ ‘Brown John Campbell Hector McQuarrie Ed. Kennedy Clarence G. Blanchard Game Association J. H. Kimball J. C. Higgins W. M. Seaver Mercantile State Directory R. Goddard Winter Street Winter Street Society of Christian Endeavor John W. Pask M. J. Shaw Elm Street Faulkner Gibbons Gray’s Business Cole Lord George Jacobs Jake Powers Albert Ham Commercial ‘House Rockland Fred Hartnett Lowelltown Bath ‘National ‘Bank Bath Savings Institution Delano John S. Hyde Berlin Falls Portland Steam New England St. .Katherine Pragier John McDonald Tacoma Washington Harve Barbados Bath’ Cycle Club C.D. Bartlett Aviation Carey John P. Carey, Jr United States Georgia Warm Springs’ Foundation Arthur Sewall Walter S. Glidden John H. Hyde Archibald M. Main N. Gratz Jackson Wilbur Co. Oliver Henry Co. Wright Ralph ©. Covel George C. Quicksall Warren E. Kershner James A. Gillies, Jr Charles A. Corliss George Curtis Daughters of Isabella Fred Hayward Veterans of Foreign Wars Louis W. Hagan Lewis J. Avery Companions of the Foresters of America Roscoe P. Higgins Modern Woodmen Morris S. Povich Hebrew Ladies Aid Clyde Robinson Knights of Pythias Newell Hamilton Pythian Sisters Hermon W. Crocker Dike Wilmer I. Voorhees North Center John H. Hunt South End Donald Wilson Eagles Rupert H. Baxter Sumner Sewall William S. Newell Frederick E. Drake Helen V. Downing John A. Lord Byron F. Barker Armory Hall Donald R.sterling Winfred Scout Stirling Allan H. Ramsay Bowdoin Forum of Religious Thought Troop Boy Scouts of America Walter Glidden John L. Jack Register State OF Aes Lella J. Oliver Alfred Oliver Cumberland County Charles Chestra Amelia Chestra Emma C. Cheltra Frances S. Scribner Pred C. Scribner Albert Cheltra Shawmut Ave Cochituate A. D Josephine M. Marr Georgetown Owen K. Marr Albert O. Marr Eva E. McMahan Vernal St Everett Alexander F. Marr Central Ave Raymond B. Marr Joseph M. Marr John L Jack William L. Cullinan Hyde Park Suffolk Commonwealth of Mary A. Cullinan Catherine V. Mullen Margaret M. Cohen Bridget A. Hanlon William Lot Cullinan Joan John J Keegan Saggadahoc Eee Alter S. Glidden Charles C. Low Frederic H. Low Goethe Aie Sonnis LS C.t.a. Sufatakae Almeda S. Hayden Seymour Ren John L. Jage Logal Dairymen
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