Forty Years Ago in Bath A Yale Aeronautical Leader Elected
Sumner Sewall of Bath, Yale student, elected president of the Yale University Aeronautical Society. Bath news notes whist party, ice supply hopes, Taft lecture, street improvements, power line work, religious education session, boxing card, and local club elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Sewall
Bath
William D. Sewall
Yorkhall
Yale
Yale University Aeronautical Society
Purity topics at Bath Rotary luncheon and city notes
Rev E Hilton Post urged moral purity at Bath Rotary’s luncheon on January 14 with a Tennyson quote. Bath societies reported on Mendelssohn Club rehearsal plans, potential California move for Prof William Chapman, Bath Iron Works progress, and local events including Elks trips, Grange roll call, and Liberty bond investment cautions.
Extravagant promises lure reader despite limited knowledge
Reader notes that much of the literature from far Western and other companies is bait with grand promises, while the writer admits knowing little beyond these bold claims.
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Far West
Beacons’ Women Plan Missions Aid and Local Ventures
Jan 16 1920 beacon street church women met at Mrs Batchelder’s Lincoln St home. Delegates’ reports from the Boston jubilee and letters from a China Bible woman were read. They voted to raise funds for a stereopticon in China and to collect linen for a hospital. Nathan Povich bought the Auto Mat and Stimpson meat markets, merging entrances. A Bath Drivers Club skating event on the mill pond is planned with races at two. Sugar shipment to a Front St grocer expected, with little relief in sight for weeks. Maine history expansion and new women’s orchestra under Miss Margaret Torrey are noted. Brunswick and Colonial clubs plan a card pool and billiards tournament. Diamond Spring Ice resumes cutting 20 inch ice, adding 1000 tons. Beavers-board smelt camps on Whiskeay ice described. A Texas yard scow adrift on the river ice was towed back by Hockomock ferry crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
Beacon Street
Charles Batchelder
Lincoln Street
Boston
China
Foreign Missionary Society
Five Islands Seaside Resort Changes Hands In Sale
Mrs. Marjorie E. Bailey sold three acres at Five Islands to Henry W. Howard adding to his holdings that include the Otter Cliff Hotel. The Otter Cliff will be renovated and opened to tourists next Summer as Five Islands aims to regain tourist prominence. Today is tag day for Gaudreau's concert band with about 25 girls on duty to raise funds for the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold T. Bibber
Bath
Marjorie E. Bailey
Woolwich
Five Islands
Henry W. Howard
Otter Cliff
Mr. Howard
Howard
Gaudreau
Flags at Half Mast for Deering Co. Captain
The schooners Mary F Barrett and Gardiner G Deering at the Deering Co. are at half mast honoring Capt John B Stahl 71 of Waldoboro who died Wednesday at his home. Also notes recent arrivals and Bath civic efforts with Seguin tug remaining on the Kennebec and local plumbing issues amid sudden thaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary F. Barrett
Gardiner G Deering
G. G. Deering Co
Deering
John B. Stahl
Waldoboro
Bath and Moncton Plans Highlight Busy Bath Event
A Bath gathering details a local man planning to move to Moncton to open a first class restaurant as climate and business conditions compare. The Bath event recalls a rousing meeting at Winter Street Church with about 75 attendees, an orchestra under Arthur Crockett, talks by Dr Langdon T Snipe and N Gratz Jackson, and anecdotes by M H Beerwort. Also noted are Frank A Munsey’s recent purchase of the New York Herald and Bath’s liquor dealers history, plus an upcoming Bath theatrical premiere featuring Lorne Elwyn and his company in The Man Between and lively Friday night coasting on Oliver Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Chapman
Lan
Mendelssohn Club
Oak Street
Winter Street
Adelaide Fisher
Bath
Frances Alda
John Lang
Ruth Ray
Chapman
Prof. Chapman
California
Bath Teachers Club
Washington Street Grammar
Dummer Street
North Grammar
North Street
Bath Ladies Orchestra
Pease
Jerusalem
City of the Golden Gates
Edwin Dodge Hardin
Moncton
N. B
Arthur Crockett
Langdon T. Snipe
N. Gratz Jackson
M. H. Beerwort
Steward Jones
Sagadahoc
New York Herald
James Gordon Bennett
Frank A. Munsey
Munsey
the Argosy
Mr. Munsey
Mercer
Somerset County
Skowhegan
Gardiner
Bowdoinham
Lorne Elwyn
Ernest L. Kate
United Spanish War Veterans
Red Men's Hall
Department
Augustus Gagan
Lewiston
Frank A. Keeler
J. J. Hamilton
Oliver A. Webber
W. H. Perry
S. A. Hart
Keeler A
W. J. Curran
Burt M. Dyer
Edward C. Plummer
William R. Kimball
M. J. Callahan
L. E. King
C. C. Lutz
J. T. McPherson
M D Whitlam
P. Williams
Bath police officer returns after Boston tour
George F. Reynolds of the Bath Police Force returned Friday from a Boston visit where he inspected police stations and traffic control. He resumes duty Sunday night and noted the trained, large officers with white belts and effective traffic handling in congested districts.
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George F. Reynolds
Boston
Reynolds
Bath
Shipbuilders Cruise Past Brunswick Dragons 62 48
Morse led by Captain Tony McLaughlin with 23 points as the Shipbuilders pulled away in the second half to defeat Brunswick 62 48. Kent Higgins added 14 points, Brian Legard 11 and Charlie King 8. Morse outscored Brunswick 26 10 in the third and improved to 5 4 while Brunswick fell to 2 8.
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Tony McLaughlin
Morse
Brunswick
Kent Higgins
Brian Legard
Charlie King
Hunter Crew
Mores
McLaughlin
Roger Beaulieu
Dragons
Jittle Kent Higgins
Furbish
Beaulieu
Wayne Fitzgerald
Bruce MacKinnon
Higgins
Fitzgerald
Don Thompson
King
Legard King
Cravens
Hoesing
Legard
Mie
Mackinnon
Wiggins
Pinkham
Furbith
Cary
R. Beautieu
Stanley
Toompson
Sauve
B. Jouulieu
Merrill
Dearmott
Bishop
Tony Vechlauguelen
Sheldon Furbish
Morse- Brunswick
Morsemen
Beacon Street Fellowship Spaghetti Supper Held
Members of the Belton Street Methodist Youth Fellowship gathered at the parsonage on Beacon Street for a spaghetti and meatball supper prepared by Mrs Russell D. Merchant and Mrs. Sherman H. Attendees included Barbara Hornish Robie Mitchell Nancy Merchant Carol Thomas Diana Barter Sherman Mitchell Margaret Mitchell Joannie Bailey Diana Niles the Rev. Frederick Sh. Niles and others. Plans were shared for a King of Kings film showing on February 21 with two evening showings and free church tickets.
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Belton Street
Beacon Street
Russell D. Merchant
Sherman H
Christ
Barbara Hornish
Robie Mitchell
Nancy Merchant
Carol Thomas
Diana Barter
Sherman Mtchell
Margaret Mitchell
Joannie Bailey
Diana Niles
Frederick Bh. Niles
Niles
Merchant
Mitchell
Conley Speaks at Fisher PTA Meet Among Candidates
John M. Conley Jr., Bath Board of Education candidate for a four-year term, spoke at a Fisher PTA Meet the Candidates event. He noted past service as board chair 1953-54 and a gymnasium recommendation change, while stressing North End school priority and skepticism about a merit system.
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John M. Conley, Jr
Bath Board of Education
Fisher P. T. A
Conley
Citizens’ Committee
Bath
North End
Rainbow Assembly Raises Money For Morse Library
Rainbow Assembly No. 6 collected 120 48 dollars this weekend for the Morse Wieh school library fund. Tag days Friday and Saturday raised the funds with Lynda Deering as general chairman. Numerous Rainbow members and several assisting girls and women aided in arrangements and duties.
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Rainbow Assembly No.6
Morse Wieh School Library
Lynda Deering
Bette Aikenhead
Lynda Ramsay
Christine Coombs
Sally Cahoon
Virginia Purrow
Wayne Thurston
Bonnie Buzzell
Mary Ellen Clark
North Carolina Names Jim Hickey New Football Coach
Jim Hickey is introduced as North Carolina's new football coach and is noted for golf as his favorite recreation and his skill at the game.
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Jim Hickey
North Carolina
Probate orders revoke bonds and appoint executors in Bath
In a Bath court of probate a January session orders publication of notices for probate of wills and appointments of executors administrators in multiple estates. Alton P Reed is named executor for William EF Field. Thelma Hunt or others considered administrator. Edward Sewall in Bath. Rath BE Robinson widow. Sarah E Carlton of Woolwich. final accounts by John P Carey James S Lord Margaret Borders Davie and Harold J Rithin.
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Bath
Supadahoe
William Ef.field
Georgetown
Alton P. Reed
Alton P Reec
Carrolls Hunt
Thelma Hunt
Phelan Pe Hunt
Francis FF Parry
Edward Sewall
Eugene Jerome Bataille
Rath & Robinson
Harold J Rithin Tadee
Barbara L
Brewer Register
Probate notices list executors and guardians in Sapadahoe County
Barbara L Brewer, Register of Probate, lists executors administrators and guardians for estates in Sapadahoe. Names include James Gray executor December 2 1959 Donald A Spear administrator January 5 1960 and others with January 5 1960 qualification dates.
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T. Barbara L. Brewer
Sapadahoe
Woolwich
Randall Harr
Fluizabeth Powers McKay
Bath
Donald H Specht
Louise Emery Tucker
Julia Ro DeBothezat
Donald A. Spear
Maine
Annif Preyes
Phippsburg
Helen Kingsbury
Barapara
Brewer
Baby Shower Held For Mrs. Robert Johansen
Mrs. Robert Johansen of Western avenue was guest of honor at a Saturday baby shower at the home of Mrs. Joseph Mc Kenna. Guests and gift bearers included numerous local women from Western avenue and nearby streets in a decorate bassinet display.
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Robert Johansen
Western Avenue
Joseph McKenna
Johansen
George McKellard
Carl Seekins
Willis Morse
Maynard Brown
John J. Quinn
Gwendolyn Higgins
Lillian Johansen
Robert Morong
Dennis Gaudette
Ita Durgan,Jr
Lawrence Gallagher
Clarence Brown
Charles Brown
Yarmouth
Ministers Reelect Officers At Assembly Meeting
The nominating committee report was accepted and officers for 1960 were reelected: Rev Craig Richard president Rev Frederick Niles vice president and program chairman Rev Warren Harris secretary and treasurer with Rev Harris ill so Rev Earl Eckerson acted as secretary. The next meeting will be at the president's home and ministers are asked to bring a brief review of a book they have read.
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Craig Richard
Frederick Niles
Warren Harris
Harris
Earl Eckerson
Community Groups Fundraising Listing Reads Like Town Diary
Local clubs and individuals including Martin Powers, Ladies Aid of Central Congregational, Morse High School student council, Mr and Mrs Nathan W Watson, Memorial School Ladies Aid, Winter Street Congregational church group, Sagadahoc County Sheriff and Mrs Loring D Small and West Bath PTA join a cooperative effort.
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Martin Powers
Ladies Aid
Central Congregational Church
Morse High School
Nathan W. Watson
Ites Memorial School
Winter Street Congregational Church
Sagadahoe County
Loring D
Small and West
USS John King Christening Set Amid Warship Plans
Biw will launch units served through World War I. The hero chief died in 938 leaving a sister in Ireland as his only survivor. The USS John King will be christened by Mrs Paul K Ki diy wife of US Representative Kildiy of Texas. The new warship will carry the twin tartar missile system five inch suns anti-submarine rockets and torpedoes and lone range SONA. She has an overall length of 431 Jeetu beam of 47 feet depth of 25 font and craft of 15 feet. The eend have a complement of 24 officers and 330 men.
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John King
Paul K. Kidiy
Kildiy
Texas
Eend
Probate Court in Bath Sets February Hearing on Estates
A Bath Court of Probate orders notice to interested parties for hearings on February second at ten in the forenoon. Frances M Armstrong executrix seeks probate of Owen Armstrong’s will with no bond. Several trustees and executors, including Marguerite F Allen and Agnes Torrey, are named for various resignations and accounts.
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Bath
Asd
Sagadahoc
Fen Orlock
Owens Armstrong
Frances M Armstrong
Clinton Allen
Clarence
Erie
New York
Sa Fahoe County
Maine
Marguerite F. Allen
Agnes HE Torrey
Allin Spear
Agnes HW Torrey
Donald A Spear
Yale
Altay Spear
Hilda Wo Shanley
Hilts A Hall
Hilawsanee
Allan Spear
Hilda A Will Howard
Bowker
Phippshing
Rebecca K Kenney
Probate appointments filed in Sapadene county
Barbara L Brewer Register of Probate records appoint executors administrators and guardians for estates in Sapadahne county. Donald Duncan Raymond Osier Adde1i J Morey Elbridge Wright Duncan McIntosh named as administrators or executors with or without bonds on January 12 1960.
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Barbara L. Brewer
County of
Sapadahne
Donald Duncan
Bath
Lynn’ MM. Bussey
Raymond Osier
Lewis To Nearnan
Addeli
J Morey
Adeilil
A J. Morey
Phippsbore
Phyllis Mc Youngs
Admnistrarix
Elbridger Wright
Florence’ FE Wright
Duncan McIntosh
Woolwich
Roland D. McIntosh
Barbara L Brewer
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The
Bath Daily Times
Sagadahoc Council
K. of C
Polyot
Sullivan
Kelley
Roger Moulton
C. J. Brown
Bangor
Wesley Church
Grace Church Men’s Club
Episcopal Parish House
Diamond Spring Ice Co
Lemont’s Creek
Central Maine Power Co
Nequasset
Community School of Religious Education
Esley Methodist Church
William T. Hall
Ortland
Cumberland County
Massachusetts
Park Bowling League
Columbia Theater
Danny Lorraine
Jerry Sullivan
Portsmouth
Lorraine
Sterling Bible Class
Corliss Street
Robert C. Mitchell
Cherry Street
John Hunt
William Rich
Wilfred Chaney
Archie Bucklin
Perley Dunbar
Chester Plant
James Coombs
E. Hilton Post
Beacon Street Church
Bath Rotary Club
King Tavern
Tennyson
Gallahad
Lony Street
High Street
Winter
Beacon Streets
Hitchcock’s Hill
State Highway ‘Commission
Bath and
Governor King
Bath Iron Works
Cedric Reynolds
Preble
West Bath Grange
Dorothy Crocker
Hazel Henderson
Ruth Ward
Pearl Kitteridge
Mazie Whittier
Fannie Oliver
Bath Driving Club
Mill Pond
Winter Street Church
Charles Foose
USN
United States
Mars
Bryant Washburn
Too Much Johnson
Liberty Theater
Nathan Povich
Auto-Mat
Stimpson Meat
Ferry Street
Bath Driver’s Club
Margaret Torrey
Opera House
Brunswick Club
Colonial Club
Lemont's Creek
Texas Yard
Hockomock
Rupert Baxter
George C. Thompson
Haverhill, Mass
Bath and Vicinity
Kennebec
John C. Duprey
City Hall
Water Street
Society For the Prevention of Vice
Baptist Hall
Parson Ellingwood
Oliver Street
Fiddlers Beach
Morse High Girls
Portland High
Bob Beaulieu
Brunswietk
Briar Legard
Dragon
College Lown
Beacon Street Fellowship
Thomas A. Bishop
Mr. Bishop
Frederick L. Nies
Joanne Bailey
Fisher Pta
Rainbow Assembly
Morse Library
Ministers Assn
BIW
Ireland
Barbara L. Brewer Rijrstoer
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