Bath Forty Years Ago Sees Tide Power Debate Reignite
Forty years ago in Bath the doomed Donald Hydraulic Power plan to harness ocean tides is revived by a Jan 20 letter from President MacDonald to Edison. The Bath news notes local events from Bowdoinham to West Ge, and reports on politics, theatre, ships, and daily life including Bath Iron Works, Elks, and street life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Donald
Gress
Asant
eDonald
Intel
Rent Company
Paterson
MacDonald
Bath merchants protest mail service suspension
January 24 1912 Bath merchants oppose the stoppage of steamer mail service after an investigation of Phippsburg mail facilities, with the postmaster instructed to act in line with downstream county orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
E Phippsburg
Bath Coldest Morning In Years As City Hikes Temperatures
January 25 1912 report notes Bath tied for coldest morning in years with 20 degrees below zero in town and 20 to 28 below in outlying districts. The Bath City hospital fundraiser luncheon at Music Hall drew hearty crowds, likely netting at least 200 dollars. The Bath Teachers Association formed at Morse High School with officers named F W Freeman president Annie Torrey vice president and secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bath ‘Teachers’ Association
Morse High School
Ham
Bowdoin College
Germany
F. W. Freeman
Annie Torrey
Brunswick to Bath road plan proposed for one straight through link
The report of the association led by chairman H. W. Cobb presented by the treasurer Mrs Grace Warren and executive committee Miss Fros tina Marston and Fred Lord outlines by laws and a proposal to join Bath Brunswick and West Bath for a direct Bath to Brunswick highway crossing near Blind Crossing To New Meadows Inn The plan aims for a substantial regional improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Warren
Frostina Marston
Fred Lord
H. W. Cobb
Bath
Brunswick
New Meadows
West Bath
Blind Crossing
New Meadows Inn
Bath council reorganizes into mutual benefit order
On January 26 1912 Bath council number I held a large meeting reorganizing into a mutual benefit order with officers led by Grand president Harry Robinson and grand secretary E F Miller. The report notes potato shortages and price, Boston Symphony tickets, Shakespeare lectures, a new composition Sleep by Hiram T Stevens, and social ties to Mrs Charles Jacobs of Somerville Maine club president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Council
Order of the Grand Orient
Harry Robinson
A. A. Gross
J. C. Wakefield
A. B. Farnham
Charles Whitehouse
E. F. Miller
Harry Hodgkins
O. L. Fullerton
Grand Guard
Harry Burnham
Grand Guise
M. B. Chase
Hiram T. Stevens
Edward T. Favor
Mr. Stevens
Columbia Orchestra
Bernadette Moreau
Charles Jacobs
Somerville
Mass
Maine Club
Bath society notes and local meetings preview
Miss Ella Whitney cared for Jacobs and taught at North Bath and North Grammar. Capt Colby announced tomorrow’s Salvation Army hall meeting at three. Bath business leaders seek better English. Knights in Pythias and Bath Lodge of Elks held installations and listed officers. Tele post girls’ room got fern gift from Kennebec Nurseries. Also fashion advice favors stiff collars over frilly jabots. George Peters travels to Chupavista to visit contractor George Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. M. Olm
Kennebec
George Peters
Chupavista
So. Calif
George T. Ward
Peters
Bath
Mr. Ward
Bath items note birthdays ships and school events
Joseph E Anderson quietly marked his 75th birthday with family in Bath after 54 years with Maine Central. Ruth Merrill anchored off Bath after towing from Bath, reaching Norfolk next day. Islander set for May 10 maiden Augusta Boothbay run under Captain Ellery Dutton, with deck extended for 50 more passengers. Lillian King to return home next month from Portland Children's Hospital. Flavel Pierce family home from Panama. Mill Pond Ice Co finished cutting 5000 tons of eighteen inch ice under George Worrey. Newport News ice delays government boat launches, first in shipyard history. Rev N B Cook spoke at Vee church after Bath beating, Book er Washington lecture drew crowds from Bath and Bowdoin College. Bath schools closed to attend lecture. new boilers and tanks installed at Bath Iron Works for Roger Am s Providence Towboat Co, three weeks to commission. Fire department was called out after nine o'clock.
Fire at Mid Street shirt factory injures, sparks inquiry
An alarm from x 34 reports a fire in a Mid Street shirt factory first floor occupied by Abraham Miller's paper hanging and paint shop with his family above. The blaze started accidentally when Miller used a kerosene torch to thaw a water pipe. He perished in the flames and a petition seeks County Attorney Arthur H. Stetson as judge of the Munich court after Arthur J. Dunton's term ends. Stetson will not confirm candidacy. Cy Colby has left for Gardiner to join Jackson's drug store.
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Midstreet
Abraham Miller
Miller
Arthur H. Stetson
Munich
Arthur J. Dunton
Stetson
Sagadahock House Fire Traced to Water Shortage in 1912
Jan 29 1912 marked the 18th anniversary of a major Sagadahock House fire. A rear stable fire spread before water could reach it due to broken mains. Steam engines were summoned, and Mayor Shaw sought aid from Brunswick Lewiston and Portland. By the time water arrived, the hotel and surrounding buildings along Front Center streets were destroyed or severely damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahock House
John O. Shaw
Brunswick
Lewiston
Portland
Webper
Front Street
Center Street
City Hall
J. L. Douglas
Hallet
Lincoln Bank
Marine’ National Bank
Sagadahock
A. M. Frank
J. C. Ledyard
W. S. Shorey
J. B. Drake
E. S. Crosby
Edwin Bonney
F. J. Parks & Co
People’s Twenty-five Cent Savings Bank
M. W. Sewall
J. W.gilmore
Aston Lermond
J. O. Lincoln
H. E. Palmer
Clara Nichols
Acadia Lodge
K. of P
G. A. Tuttle
W. G. Kidder
Dr. F. ©. Curtis
Charles Norton
Mrs. Harris
A. S. Melcher
Fred Hayes
Red Men's Hall
The
Times Office
Jackson factory call reports busy shipbuilding scene
A Times representative visited the Arch street plant this forenoon and found workers at full effort across the factory’s diverse shipbuilding classes. The current state of shipbuilding is described as highly active and productive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Arch Street
Enduring concern may finally fade after 125 years
A long standing issue that has shaped blocks for over a century appears poised to end. Observers note persistent debates and community impact, with officials signaling a potential resolution that could alter local land use and governance once and for all.
Mothers March Leaders At Morse High Fund Drive
Long list of ward captains lieutenants and workers from Ward V to North Bath joining a Mother’s March fund drive. Counting committee members and teachers aiding money collection are named. Morse High library to serve as headquarters with 7 p.m. reporting.
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Ray Green
Burt Osgood
Carville Douglas
Donald Belanger
Jean Jackins
Dorothy Davis
Flora Pecci
Warren Atkinson
Hazel Warner
Ward V
Ivan Trueworthy
Ralph Hilyard
Arah Richmond
Kenneth Smith
Marie Hamblett
William Bruce
Joseph Melrose
Harold McElman
Frank Reay
Herbert Pierce
Hollis Gary
Burton Reed
Ruth Wilson
Thornton Percy
Ann Thompson
Alfred D. Caton
Harry Allen
Thomas Aikenhead
John Greene
Lynn Bussey
Marguerite Owens
Joseph Long
Virginia Percy
Louis Annis
W. Linwood Haynes
Warren Higgins
Leonard Sign
Arthur MacDonald
Ward ViI
Eastham Guild
Raymond Fogg
Catherine Powers
Earl Farnham
Roy Lawrence
Harry Ring, Jr
Thomas Goodwin
Duane Bailey
Clarence Atwood
W. S.cromwell, Jr
Herbert Keating
Carlene Suslar
Fred Brown
Richard Kimball
R. Clinton McFadden
Bernice Burns
Mark Hanna
Edward Hogan
Joseph Marchetti
Wiliam Orcutt
Bernard Lewis
Eleanor Danforth
Harriet Frye
Dallas Crabtree
A. Farley Mayo, Jr
Donald Perry
Irving Burnham
C. Lloyd Hooker
Charles Haggett
Edward Lee
Carl Langbehn
Louis Kondos
Rowland Hanscom
Archie Wishart
Geraldine Brown
Max Zimmerman
Frank MacIntosh
Irald Barter
Russell Snell
Joseph Mullaney
John Dalton
Nimard Fifield
Elizath Murphy
Lillian Sullivan
Nathalie Fowle
Gerald Briggs
Carolyn Howard
Frances Flaherty
Adena Smith
Barbara Benson
Fannie Clements
Marie St. Angelo
Morse High
Community groups plan events and meetings in Phippsburg
Jerry Bartlett and crew plan spring activity with West Point volunteers to clear community buildings. Friendship club meets Feb 5 at secretary treasurer Mrs Esther Alexander’s home with refreshments. Phippsburg PTA holds executive meeting before Feb 14 Valentine party at William Blaisdell home with William Alexander and Miss Lucy Smith arranging Riverside hall decorations. Mrs Irene Alden asks women to bring box lunches for the Feb 14 gathering. The Phippsburg Federal Credit Union reports its largest meeting since 1939 with 27 members and 47 non-members at 1st Point schoolhouse. Arthur Doyle Jr. is the youngest attendee. Officers named include Winfield Wallace president, Chester Wilson vice president, Philip Jacob secretary-treasurer, directors Winfield Wallace and La-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Friendship Club
Esther Alexander
Alexander
Phippsburg P. T. A
William Blaisdell
William
Eleanor Blaisdell
PTA
William Alexander
Lucy Smith
Riverside Hall
Irene Alden
Phippsburg Federal Credit Union
1St Point
Arthur Doyle, Jr
Winfield Wallace
Chester Wilson
Phili Jacob
Phippsburg Credit Union Holds Annual Meeting 1940s
Fayette Wallace and others lead the credit union as Everett Wallace Philip Jacob and Raymond Nordlund retain directorships and posts. A four percent dividend of 169 goes to members. The union reports 6168 in shares and 6559 in loans with 140 members across Phippsburg. Entertainment followed business with Lobstertown and Credit Union: John Does Bank. Pearl Wallace ran the projector. Friendship club members served refreshments. Vida Gilliam organized the schoolhouse setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette Wallace
Chester Everett Wallace
Jacob
Lafayette Wallace
Etta Wallace
Raymond Nordlund
Loring Lowell
Celeste Wallace
Gordon Alden
Everett Wallace
Philip Jacob
Credit Committee
Phippsburg
The
Friendship Club
Vida Gilliam
Bath Girl to Become Bride Next June
Riva Civia Greenblatt daughter of Mr and Mrs Solomon K Greenblatt of 233 Washington announces her engagement to Morton W Berman son of Mrs Samuel D Berman and the late Samuel Berman of Eastport The couple met through school and work with Greenblatt a teacher at St Croix High Woodland and Berman a graduate of Shead High Hebron Academy NYU Commerce now with S D Berman Co Eastport A June wedding is planned.
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Riva Civia
Shead Memorial High School
Eastport
Hebron Academy
School of Commerce
New York University
U. S. Army
S. D. Berman Co
Brunswick Rotary hears airport and housing plans
The Brunswick Rotary heard a briefing on plans to authorize hundreds of new houses in the area. A major water system overhaul and roofing, plumbing, and heating upgrades for 117 buildings were outlined along with a longer runway and master jet field project costing over 10 million dollars. The commander praised contractor and community cooperation during his first Maine visit since March 7 last year. He noted Rotary ties to Poughkeepsie and spoke before Vice President Kenneth Francisco as well as introduced by La forest E. Hodgkins. Visiting Rotarians and guests attended and the club agreed to redecorate the Rotary room at Memorial Hospital and purchase a new mattress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Rotary Club of
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Kenneth Francisco
Laforest E. Hodgkins
Rotary
Memorial Hospital
H. L. Jackson
Stephen Merrill
Brunswick
Gordon Harrington
N. A. Grover
Boothbay Harbor
Leo Pratt
Falmouth
Hubert Barter
West Bath
Paul Bergeron
Middle Street
Frederick Vose
Lark Street
Local Notes On Visitors And Patients At Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Luella Brooks of Middle Street is a patient at Memorial hospital and will welcome visitors. Mr. and Mrs. H Earl Holden of Leominster Mass were weekend guests of Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Warren of Washington Street. Mr. and Mrs. Rodney E Ross of High Street left Monday for Fire and will spend the rest of the winter away. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Leeman and sons Teddy and Gene of Hampden Highlands visited Mr. Leeman's parents Mr. and Mrs. Henry T B Leeman of Somerset Place for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luella Brooks
Middle Street
Memorial Hospital
H. Earl Holden
Leominster
Mass
Ralph Warren
Washington Street
Rodney E. Ross
High Street
Arthur Leeman
Teddy and
Gene
Hampden Highlands
Mr. Leeman
Henry T. B. Leeman
Somerset Place
Bath Country Club names new assistant pro candidates
Dr Leon Buck chairs the committee listing applicants for Bath Country Club assistant pro. Names include Andy Manero of Lands Country Club and others from Carlisle, Palatka, Sarasota, Holly Hill, and Miami. Archie Main Jr. eyes a strong year while Dud Perry trains as greens keeper and will assume Bath aid pro duties in spring.
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Leon Buck
Amittee
Se’ ‘Newcy
Bath
Comtry
Andy Manero
Milands
Blue i
Andy
Tony Mariero
Florida
Floyd March
Carlisle Country Club
Penvania
Fred Ryall
Ve Maine Pro
Palatka Country Club
John Cinactor
Sarasota Country Club
Andrew Beljan
Rio Vista Golf Club
Holly Hill
Fla
Ray Cole
Miami Country Club
Miami
Buck
F. A. Winchenbach
Rodney E. Rogs, Jr
John F
Ora Fournier Party Tendered on Ninth Birthday
Ora Fournier daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Fournier was feted Sunday for her ninth birthday. White decor and four iced cakes dominated the dining room as guests enjoyed sandwiches cakes and drinks. Gifts were opened and prizes awarded with many relatives and friends in attendance.
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Ora Fournier
Joseph Fournier
Bath Street
Ora
Janet Morin
Ruthie Wilson
Patrick Morin
Barbara Kenney
Sally Wood
Patsy Morin
Brenda Marshall
Robert Morin
Carol Morin
Jane Phearson
Leana Guerette
Elaine Rouillard
Roberta O Leod
Albert Whitcomb
Rita Cyr
Yvette Cyr
Leo Dumais
Diane Levesque
Madelyn Pouliot
Bruce Miller
Richard Arsenault
Linda Marshall
Rita Vaillancourt
Harry Turner
Lorraine .Turner
Sylvia Morin
Flora Morin
Blanche Callahan
Marie Morin
J. Fournier
Jerome Fournier
Dolores Fourniér
Brunswick
Gas men attend Pyrofax Distributor meeting in Boston
Robert Fortier owner of Fortier's Gas Service and Stanley Curtis of Eastern Gas & Appliance Co. of Brunswick traveled to Boston for the annual Pyrofax Gas Distributor's meeting at the Copley Plaza hotel. Also noted: Mrs. Thankful Harris of Tenants Harbor winters with her nephew and niece in West Bath, and Adelbert "Red" Norwood of Warren, a Red Sox Farm Club draftee, preparing for Army service with initial training slated for February.
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Robert Fortier
Fortier
Stanley Curtis
Eastern Gas & Appliance Co
Brunswick
Boston
Copley Plaza Hotel
Thankful Harris
Tenants Harbor
Warren K. Davis
West Bath
Adelbert “Red” Norwood
Warren
J. Walter Thayer
Western Avenue
Red
Howard Norwod
Helen Thayer
Bath
Red Sox
Sarasota
Fla
Probate Notice for Estate of K Haley in Bath Sagadahoc
A probate court in Bath Sagadahoc County orders notice to all interested in the estate of K Haley late of Bath deceased. First and final account presented for allowance. publication in the Independent Bath.
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Igneta
Bathim
Sagadahoc
Thousa
Bs Bath
Sen Reon
K. Haley
Bath
Martin E. Haley
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Bath Daily Times
Xwell
Thomas A. Edison
West Ge
Edison
Roscoe J. Ham
Bowlein College
Bath Public Hools
Galen C. Hinckley
New England Telephone
Awthorne
Ill
Ath
Points East
Alpeda
Charles Chestra
Inswick
Perth
Joutt
Bath Iron Works
Jouett and Jenkins
Bath Lodge of Elks
Joseph Mitchell
Ortland
Ada F. Brown
Apt. Wallace
Port Au Spain
Trinidad
New York
Rosario
Argentine Republic
J. A. Martin
Metropolitan Isurance Co
Coun
William Jones
Copperish
Bath Ironorks
Aip
New Dudley
Stafordshire
England
Edward F. Johnson
Withohnson Bros
J. R. Andrews
Yde Windlass Co
Yesteray
Ayor Small
Bowdoinham
Meeting Bay
Butler’s Cove
Crocker's Mills
North Bath
Whiskeay Creek
Mill Bridge
H. R. Drew
Richmond
Noble Maxwell
Naval
L. S. Adams
General Electric Works
Schenectady
H. A. Evans
James Dexter Adams
Adams
Julia Jackson
Kris Kringle
Wesley Church
Julius Ansert
William R. Wilson
G. G. Deering Co
Henry Rice
Freeland ‘Whitehouse
Ithaca
Winter Street Hill
Witch Spring Hill
G. A. Glidden
Derry
N. H
Leonard
Woolwich
Burt M. Dyer
Bath Nest of Owls
Perry
Music Hall
Bacon
Henry Grant
Nashua
Walter B. Nute
Bath City Hospital
E.S. Crosby
R. H. Baxter
Pacific Coast
Percival P. Baxter
M. W. Hump
Harrison M. Hubbard
Freeland Whitehouse
Maine Central
Lewis King
Charles Leavitt
RRR
O. W. Folsom
D. L. Howard
Howard
William Demuth Co
Diamond Spring Ice Co
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Webber’s
Murphy
William D. Sewall
Lydia Folsom
Marston
Webber
Varney
Harold M. Sewall
Lucy Patten
Walter E. Chase
Clara Coombs
Roland P. Gray
Assembly Hall
Colby
Salvat Army Hall
Snarie Ecm
Knights
Pythias
C. C
Fred H. Pratt
V. C
John H. Hunt
Charles E. Brackley
Herbert Norton
Cyrus W. Longley
Fred D. Hill
Harry T. Passmore
E. R. C. A. Peaslee
H. L. Harris
Joseph F. McCole
H. A. Plummer
J. E. Hughes
A. E. Desmond
Esquire
F. B. Torrey, Jr
L. M. Lemont
I. G
J. S. Ballou
Henry M. Hartleb
A. H. Shaw
J. .W. Ballou
A. A. Percy
Joseph E. Anderson
Climena K. Anderson
Unidén Street
Edith Millett
Stella Osgood
Ruth E. Merrill
Cumberland
Norfolk
Augusta
Ellery Dunton
Lillian King
Alfred King
South Street
Children’s Hospital
Mill Pond Ice Co
George Worrey
Newport News
Newport News Shipbuilding Co
N. B. Cook
Beacon Street
Booker Washington
Roger Ams de Providence Towboat Co
Cy” Colby
Gardiner
Jackson's
Drug Store
Ernest and
Herbert Wood
Benjamin Oliver
Murray Club of Universalist Church
George Jacobs
Hyde Windlass Co
Staples Transportation Co
Kelley, Spear Co
Joshua Abbott
Bucksport
Pullman
Walter S. Reid
Jefferson Smith
Jerry Bartlett
Rorace
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