Forty Years Ago in Bath Its Busy Winter Notes
Bath items from January 11 1899 cover local travel and business such as Harry Webber returning from New England with a deal to bring a top polo team to Bath. Reports note fur trade activity at the Sagadahoc region, civic meetings including Kennebec Yacht Club and Eastern Steamboat Co, plus shipyard and hospital updates and social events around Bath and neighboring towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry ©. Webber
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Bath
Prominent Citizen Delehanty Dies After Brief Illness
Lawrence W. Delehanty an aged Bath tailor with 50 years in the city dies after a short illness at age four years ten months. He leaves a son Captain Lawrence J. Delehanty and two daughters Mrs. W F Duggan and Mrs. W B Olys. The notice also lists local events and other small items from Bath dated January 12 13 14 16 1899 including civic appointments, races, shipbuilding notes, and social notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence W. Delehanty
Charles Lemont
St. Mary’s Church
Lawrence J. Delehanty
Charles Williams Dies in Wollaston After Ill Health
Mrs Edward Cooke of Willow Street travels to Wollaston Mass after the death of her brother in law Charles Williams following two years of ill health Williams born in Portland and moved to Bath for schooling He worked as a trolley motorman before going to Wollaston to engage in bond selling He belonged to Wollaston Lodge of Masons and was a Shriner He is survived by his daughter Arline Williams and other family Members representatives from the American Legion attended a county council event in connection with the service last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Bloom
Bath
Sumner Brown
W. C. T. Ward
D. A. McDonald
Charles Farnham
Edward Cooke
Willow Street
Wollaston
Mass
Charles Williams
Mr. Williams
Portland
Portland High School
Maine Charcoal Arch Operated Solo by Frank Ross of Dayton
Alfred Maine feature on Frank M Ross who runs the last operating charcoal arch in York County. He logs about 5000 bushels a year from birch and maple, using a two door kiln, minimal competition, and sells to coastal hotels and restaurants. The piece also notes Maine deer harvest reached 19363 in the season and discusses deer population trends and hunting patterns under state recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
Maine
York County
Frank M. Ross
Dayton
Mr. Ross
Preble
Portland
Ross
Father
Frank Ross
Christian Science Monitor
Department of Inland Fisheries and Game
George J. Stobie
Stobie
Dees
Washington
Penobscot
Aroostook
York
Cumberland
Waldo
Hancock
Fenobscot
Franklin
Somerset
Piscataquis
Oxford
Tax Collector Warns Bath Residents On Unpaid Poll Taxes
Bath residents who did not pay their 1938 poll tax will be listed and sent to the Secretary of State for driver license checks. Unpaid taxes will prevent license issuance or revoke existing licenses. letters urge timely payment before the official list is used in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Eames
Bath
Secretary of State
Augusta
Maine
Bowdoin Professor Highlights Kent’s Island Study
Professor A O Gross of Bowdoin spoke to the Winter Street Men's club on the Bowdoin expedition to Kent's Island. He explained tides and bird life with colored moving pictures. The supper funded new electric light fixtures for the men's parlor and featured a lobster stew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. O. Gross
Bowdoin College
Winter Street Men's Club
Edgar D. Leavitt
J. Frank Hunt
Juvenile duo linked to string of shop breaks in Bath
Patrolman Percy W Kingsbury arrested a 14 year old girl and a 15 year old boy after they tried a key at Bath Laundry front door. They confessed to 11 breaks over weeks and named five accomplices aged 10 to 15. Police seek other suspects tied to burglaries at Center Street venues and nearby businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy W. Kingsbury
Joseph A. Butler
Center Street
R. H. Houston Corp
Commercal Street
Glass Culver Wa
Butler
Solomon K. Greenblet
Nat
Directed verdict of not guilty in Sagadahoc case
A Sagadahoc Superior Court traverse jury directed a not guilty verdict for Gordon R. Hodgkins and James Fallon on larceny of an automobile charge. The jury also awarded George A. Roberts and Agnes M. Roberts $425 in their appeal from $100 awarded by the State Highway Commission for land damages in Topsham due to highway construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traverse
Sagadahoc
Topsham
State Highway Commission
Commissioners
Sagadahoc County
Maine to regulate striped bass fishing in state waters
Maine would close striped bass fishing in state waters except by hook and line to protect bass sport under a conservation bill planned for introduction in the Legislature. Senator George J. Wentworth said a nominal daily bag limit would apply. He noted striped bass have declined after years of abundance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
George J. Wentworth
Kennebunk
York County
Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries
HI Y Club Elects Officers For Year
At the Y M C A HI Y club meeting officers were elected: Donald McKellar president Read Pitman vice president John Coombs scribe Harry Fullerton treasurer. The advisory board includes William C. Perkins Horace P Herrick John Parker Herbert L Douglas Omar R King. New members are John Shepard Richard Madden Hershel Libby and Arthur Warner. Next meeting January 26 is led by Arthur Brown Charles Camack and Clare Fulton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi-Y Club
Donald McKellar
Read Pitman
John Coombs
Harry Fullerton
William C. Perkins
Horace P. Herrick
John Parker
Herbert L. Douglas
Omar R. King
John Shepard
Richard Madden
Hershel Libby
Arthur Warner
Arthur Brown
Charles Camack
Clare Fulton
Louise Twitchell Jennings Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Louise Twitchell Jennings 56 wife of Frank Jennings died Thursday after a lengthy illness. Born in Bath she was a daughter of Fritz and Emma Harding Twitchell and lived at 866 Washington street. Survived by her husband and a son Edward Thurston Jennings from a former marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Twitchell Jennings
Frank Jennings
Mrs. Jennings
Bath
Fritz
Emma Harding Twitchell
Harding
Washington Street
Mr. Jennings
California
Edward Thurston Jennings
Maine Federation Will Meet at State House
Mid winter conference of the Maine Federation of Women's clubs opens at 2 30 Thursday Jan 26 in the Hall of Representatives State House Augusta The motto is To Carry Your Cargo and Make Your Port Is the Object of the Voyage Features include Harbor Lights and Anchor Watch an interlude by chairmen Mrs Roscoe P McFadden attends with delegates from Cosmopolitan club Banquet is set for Thursday night at the Augusta House and greetings will be extended by Governor Lewis O Barrows on Friday morning at the Club Institute
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Federation of Women’s Clubs
Hall of Representatives
State House
Augusta
Roscoe P. McFadden
Cosmopolitan Club
Augusta House
Club Institute
Lewis O. Barrows
Junior Aid Installs Officers at Beacon Street Church
Mrs William H Shea was installed as president of the Junior Aid of Beacon Street church during a candlelight service Sunday night Rev Jesse Kenderdine installed officers including Mrs Howard M Rice vice president Mrs Charles I Madden secretary Mrs Archie M Wishart treasurer and Mrs Jesse Kenderdine chaplain He spoke on Why More Women Than Men Attend Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Shea
Junior Aid
Beacon Street
Jesse Kenderain
Howard M. Rice
Charles I. Madden
Archie M. Wishart
Jesse Kenderdine
Kenderdine
Probate Notices from Bath Court of Sagadahoc County
A Bath probate order, dated January 1939, directs publication in the Bath Independent for three weeks to inform interested parties of forthcoming probate actions. It lists estates such as Millie V. Emmons, Nathaniel Perkins, Mallard C. Lilly, Dora C. Lowell, and Arthur J. Dunton, with appointed executors and letters testamentary without bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Nathaniel Perkins
Phippsburg
William A. Todd
Scorer Ond
William A. Odd
Mallard C. Lilly
Rose Lilly
Dora C. Lowell
Carleton W. Lowell
M. Elizabeth Burden
Arthur J. Dunton
Probate notices of executors and admins in Sagadahoc
I John L. Jack Register of Probate certify the following estates list appointed executors administrators conservators or guardians with dates. William E Belaw late of Bath deceased January 10 1939 May J Besaw Bath executrix appointed without bond Mabel H Keene late of Phippsburg deceased January 10 1939 R Walter Powers of Phippsburg executor appointed without bond 1926-2
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Jack
Sagadahoc
William E. Belaw
Bath
May J. Besaw
Bae Bath
Mabel H. Keene
Phippsburg
R. Walter Powers
Said Phippsburg
Probate court order for multiple estates in Sagadahoc County
Court of Probate Sagadahoc County orders notices for February 1939 hearings in Bath on wills and administrations. Executors named for Jesse P Bailey and Lavonia M Coombs estates. administrators sought for Earle H Coombs and Henry Rose. administration with will for Walter S Glidden. petitions from Maude W Glidden Elizabeth V Hathorne and Marcia M Stinson. final count by Ethel Trask.
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Sagadahoc
Bath
William M
Carlton B. Bailey
Lavonia M. Coombs
Earle H. Coombs
Henry Rose
West Bath
Fred J. Rose
Ethel Trask
Arthur J Dunton
John IL. Jac
Executors Administrators Conservators Named in Bath
Executors and administrators are appointed for several deceased residents. John Allen Cavanaugh, Bath, dies January 1, 1939 with Herbert B. Cavanaugh named executor without bond. Eugene W. Freeman Georgetown dies January 3, 1939 with Joseph Q. Stevens administrator. Others include James F. Bonness Bath. John P. Carey Bath administrator. Emma F. Rittall Georgetown. Charlotte R. Redlon Bath administratrix without bond. Edmund A. Lenfest Bath. Ruth L. Dennis Bath administratrix. Louis W. Hagan Bath administrator with bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Jack
Sagadahoc
John Allen Cavanaugh
Bath
Herbert 8. Cavanaugh
Eugene W. Freeman
Georgetown
Edmund A. Lenfest
Ruth L. Dennigan
Mark L. Hagan
Louis W. Hagan
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The
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Cyrus W. Longley
Nelson Dingley
Mr. Dingley
Arthur Sewall
Washington, D.C
James C. Ledyard
al Ridley
Sasanoa River
Andrews
Fred Brown
Lewiston
Davis Hatch
William H. Mains
C. F. Parsons
M. K. Murray
Kennebec
Stone Fort
Popham Beach
Virginia Houghton
Boston
Union
Dunning
Albert Russell
Oliver
Union Street
E. M. Fuller
York County Medical Society
Biddeford
Hotel Thacher
Fuller
Androscoggin County Medical Association
Central Maine General Hospital
Bath High School Athletic Association
Misses Moses
Miss Moses
Bert Goldsmith
Gardiner
Iron
H. E. Cole
the Bath High School
A. M. Jewett
Gloucester
Westport
Sewall
Roanoke
Baltimore
San Francisco
Charles Cahill
O. W. Rinng & Co
King and
Washington Streets
Oon
E. K. O’brien
Thomaston
Lucy D. Trott
Alexander Trott
School Street
Miss Trott
Woolwich
Stephen Conley
Sewall Yard
Miss Mae Low
Eastern Steamboat Co
James B. Drake
James Edward Drake
Jason Collins
Elias Milliken
A. W. Whitney
J. C. Ledyard
Henry E. Palmer
James A. McLellan
J. B. Drake
Daniel T. Dougherty
North End
Frank Edgecomb
James P. Webber
St Owen of
Henry Varney
Kennebec Yacht Club
Front Street
Hak
S. S. Andrews
W. H. Winslow
Brunswick High School
Waterville
Inez Dorr
Charlestown
Lovell Mensfield
Harry N. Pike
Wiscasset
Howard Calr
Harry Anderson
Exeter
N. H
Phoenix
Ariz
Charles Parks
Frank Thompson
North Street
Minnie Higgins
Beverly, Mass
Capt. S. R. Percy
New York
G. E. R. Patten
Fred Owen
John O. Patten
Francis B. Torrey, Jr
Bath Iron Works
R. D. Moulton
Dr. Rideout
Brotherhood of St. Andrews
Parish Hall
Oak Street
James DeBell
Miss Sampson
Bangor
Gen
T. W. Hyde
Ee Ie Ane
Winneganee
E. W. Lowell
Brockway
Kelley Spear & Co
Edward P. Walker
Fred Footer
North Bath Woods
Water Street
William Plummer
Nathaniel T. Palmer
Bathman
Jack
Auburn
Jack Sumner
Frank H. Turner
Miss Hattie
Robert Donnell
Bowdoin Medical School
Oscar M. Snowman
John S. Wiggin
Damariscotta Mills
U. S
Grant
Mohawk
Manila
Suez Canal
Brooklyn
U.S. Infantry
Chicago
Olys
William B. Olys
George W. Dean
Pearl Street
Dean
Caroline Crockett
Brunswick
Mildred Nichols
George Hagan
Lynn
J. E. Jordan
Fogg
Dingley
Squirrel Island
E. L. Jordan
J. H. White
J. B. Chase
Brother Ralph
West Newton
Foreign Missionary Society of
Wesley Church
Crosby
Qwen J. Ledyard
Edward Dowling
Martha E
Calvin Percy
William Low
J. F, Upton
Old Street Railway
Eugene G. Hart
American Legion
John W. Libby
Oles Smith Post
Legion County
Coun
Owen H. Taylor
West River Road
Alfred Blanchette
Taylor
Motor Vehicle Department
Professor Gross
Kent
Winter Street Men’s Club
Charles F. Rush
Charles A. Andre
Aroostook County
Hodgkins
Fallon
Maine Federation
John L, Jack
Register
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