Forty Years Ago in Bath A Chronicle of Local Happenings
Miss Farida Drummond sails for a two month trip to France and the Mediterranean. Bath ships and vessels including the Marie Palmer and Henry Clausen are noted with launches and mishaps as industry and social events fill the page.
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Farida Drummond
France
Maly
Mediterranean
Marie Palmer
Henry Clausen
Popham
Clausen
Pond Island
Seguin
Palmer
Beguin Island
Local notes on fishing, shipping, and town projects
Weekly bulletin records Jan 15 fishing crews averaging two pounds daily, gravel work on High street, heating upgrades at Bath Iron Works, and barge Grafton placed in commission. Also notes a wedding, sleigh bell fines, shipyard machinist work, and a severe carpentry accident with Stephen Arsenault.
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Bath Iron Works
Connecticut
High Street
Winmegance
Iron Works
Fin Fur and Feathers Duck Qs and Conservation Notes
Second edition of Fin Fur and Feathers explores duck hunting ethics and regulations. It discusses reporting extra ducks, warden encounters, migration science, wax plumage removal trick, and a Bath club’s new members amid live decoy debates and conservation concerns.
Probate Notices From Bath Court in Sagadahoc County
Probate at Bath on January ninth nineteen forty orders notice for interested parties to appear February first at ten to object. Hearings include Marcellus W Adams estate Carrie C Adams executrix James L Dort Woolwich estate Alten C Berry appointment petitioned. Grace P Cobb relates to probate of Will in Massachusetts and William Erick Drake appointed executor. Margaret Ann Sylvester and Mary Antine McNeil Gay conservator. Arthur J Dunton Judge of Probate.
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Bath
Sagadahoc
Marcellus W Adams
Phippsburg
Carrie C. Adams
James L. Dort
Woolwich
Alten C. Berry
Anna Larrabee
Newton
Massachusetts
Gracf P. Cobb
Boston
Wil
Sagadahoe County
Maine
William Erick EB. Drake
Frederick E. Drake
Margaret Ann Sylvester
Mary Anitne McNeil Gay
Arthur J. Dunton
Ducks and decoys shape New England coastal duck hunting
An article discusses the shift from live to wooden decoys in duck hunting, noting ducks' increasing numbers over two years and the impact of severe winters on mortality. It highlights black ducks as predominant, feeding shifts from eel grass, oil pollution risks to wintering waters, and urges sportsmen to cooperate to sustain duck shooting while respecting regulations.
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W Bowan
United States
Carmada
Alaska
New England
Bay
Salt River
North America
Duck Hunter proposes New Meadows Lake as duck sanctuary
A reader argues to relocate a sanctuary from Merrymeeting Bay to New Meadows Lake, urging that feeding grounds be planted to attract black ducks and then hunted. He notes the lake’s proximity to the bay and warns that flooding and decay hamper planting, suggesting the move only after suitable conditions emerge.
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New Meadows Lake
Merrymeeting Bay
Department of Inland Fish & Game
Maine
New Meadows
Foreclosure Notice on Carr Property in Topsham Maine
Home Owners Loan Corporation through attorney Carl M P Larrabee claims a mortgage foreclosure on Howard L Carr property in Topsham Sagadahoc Maine. The deed dates to 1934 and the building sits on riverfront land along Ite River Bowl near Patten Farm. Dated December 22, 1939 at Wiscasset Maine.
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Whareas
Howard L Carr
Tonsham
Sandahoe
Maur
Nis Mertgake
Tox County
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
United States of America
Washington, DC
Topsham
Sagadahoc
State of
Maine
Ite River Bowl
Howard J. Carr
Hattie M Hennessey
Sigadahoe County
Carl M P. Larrabwe
Sagadahoe
Carl M. P. Larrabee
Tes
Wiscasset
George A Blodgett
Ruth W
Bae Real Esare
Iehai
Benefi
Ranverst
George A. Blodget
Dods
Ny Bertis
Vir Hewitt
Goul
Mewel
Knight
Sured Karicits
Alent
Wilereas
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Carl M. P Larrabee
Tis
Notes on Maine fish and game and deer statistics
Prof C M Aldous reports average Maine whitetail weights from a three year survey 14746 pounds for bucks 103 pounds for does and heights of 1389 and 352 inches. County totals list Penobscot Washington and others with deer kills by county and a winter pheasant hold at Gray Farm for spring release.
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C. M. Aldous
University of Maine Wildlife Research Unit
Maine
Aroostook County
Frofssor Aldous
Fish and Game Department
Knox
Lincoln
Oxford
Penobscot
Piscataquis
Sagadahoc
Somerset
Waldo
Washington
York
Warden Roy Gray Notes Bobcat Cull in Stratton Territory
The article reports warden Roy Gray actively hunting bobcats in Stratton during winter, saying wardens have many cases to review after the hunting season. Gray has already taken several bobcats this year as part of ongoing wildlife enforcement duties.
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Nahanada
Boothbay
Bath and Boothbay
Bailey Island
Nova Scotia
Bailey Boys
Jim Herrick
Sebago Lake
Roy Gray
Stratton
Probate notices and estate actions in Bath Maine
Legal notice listing multiple probate matters in Bath Maine for the first Tuesday in February 1940. Requests include issuance of letters testamentary to Jennie E Farrin, appointment of John P Carey as administrator, trustee nominations for Bath National Bank, and name changes for Justin Weinsehenk to Justin Wayne and Alice Weinschenk to Alice Wayne. Filed by Arthur J Dunton, Judge of Probate.
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Bath
Sagadahoc
Bithin
Said
Adam
Storer
Jennie E. Farrin
Jennie E. Firr
Mary F. Reed
John P. Carey
Mane
LR. Folsom
Maine
Victor J. Reed
Gibbons Coal Company, Inc
Franks Head
Woolwich
Clara E. Heal
Allan Spear
Marston
Bath National Bank
Kathryn Thompson Smith
Justin Weinschenk
Arthur J. Dunton Judge of Probate Order Copy
A true copy of the original order issued by Arthur J. Dunton, Judge of Probate, authenticating the proceedings and standing as the official record.
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Arthur J. Dunton
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