Forty Years Ago in Bath June 25 1918 Notes
Local Bath items recount staff changes at Hatch's shoe store with Louise Robbins as clerk. Community updates include residents visiting Boston and New York, family moves, and shore dinners at Pine Point. Mentions W E Wilson patient in Portland, and various trips across Maine and to Washington.
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Louise Robbins
Hatch’'s Shoe Store
Cosmopolitan Club
Lewiston business visitor and Navy man depart
A Lewiston singer who is Sam Levine's uncle and Bath Department Store proprietor visited the city on Tuesday. Fred Emmons U S N stationed at Bath Iron Works left this morning for Farmington New Jersey for a short furlough. Ralph Gordey departed Sunday for Camp Devens for training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Singer
Lewiston
Sam Levine
Bath
Fred Emmons
Bath Iron Works
Farmington
N. J
Ralph Gordey
Camp Devens
Portland News Roundup of Visits Events and Military Notes
June 27 1918 Portland items report visitors Miss Martha Hooper and Miss Emma Hooper from Portland. Topaz VIII cruiser seen with owner Mr Backer. Miss Jane D Cushing spending week at MacMahan. H D Crie of the Sea and Shore Fisheries Commission in city en route to Boothbay Harbor. Andrew Gavett and Mrs Gavitt to visit from Bar Harbor for weekend with relatives. Louise Baker earns Underwood Typewriter Co speed certificate. Popham Beach Steamboat Co to begin Sunday excursions with the Virginia leaving Bath at 9 am returning 2 45 pm. Frank Cusick of Gardiner visiting. Bath dealer reports eight salmon from Kennebec waters. coal being unloaded at Hyde Windlass Co. Capt Adelbert Williams M R C announces safe arrival overseas. Pearl Averill USN home on furlough. five Bath men enlistments and sent to Fort Slocum for examination.
Bath Boy Percy Barbour Key Deputy to New York Troopers
The Times notes Bath native Percy E. Barbour holds a deputy superintendent post with the New York State troopers. Bath residents Percival Barbour’s achievement signals local pride as Bath boys appear across the globe. The item also reports various social visits including Mrs Herbert Maxwell and Mrs M N Eisner in Portland and Westport respectively.
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the Times
Bath
Percy E. Barbour
New York State Troopers
Bath News Notes OnVisitors And Local Careers
City visitors from Gardiner and Moatsweag are noted, including F L Smith and Augustus Brann. Local business figures and residents in Bath inquire about jobs, summer visits, and moves. Henry Butler family attends a food conservation meeting at Morse High. Clara Burnham works for Texas Steamship Co. in New York. Harold Biethen, Henry Simms weekend at Mere Point. Clarence Flood leaves Sagus for a Sagus superintendent post. Miss Helen Johnson returns from Springfield to summer in Bath.
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Charles Henry Butler
Moatsweag Farm
Morse High School
Minnie Burnham
Clara
Marion
New York
Bath
Helen Johnson
Bay Path Institute
Springfield
Mass
Johnson
Local Society and War News From Bath Area
June 30 1918 Bath and surroundings report visits on Center street Har rasecket river South Freeport and Brunswick circus outings. Local men and women are mentioned including civic workers sailors soldiers families and a convergence of postwar hopes with frontline news from France.
Weekend Guests Share News and Visits in Lewiston Area
July 1 1918 reports Robert Harmon of the New England Tel and Tel Co visiting family in Lewiston. Harry Wing and Helen Powers join Mr and Mrs Roy Lord at their Bay Point cottage. Beals an extra clerk at American Clothing Co Saturday evenings. Horatio Duncan and family at Sabine Corp cottage. Charles Hall on week leave from Camp Devens arrives in Bath after visiting New York. his sister Charlotte a Burdett School student in Boston also visits.
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Helen Hobson
Wilder
Brooklyn
N. Y
Bath
Squirrel Island
Hobson
New York
Walter E. Reid
Portland
Seguinland
Mr. Reid
Robert Harmon
The
New England Tel. and
Tel. Co
Lewiston
Harry Wing
Helen Powers
Mrs
Roy Lord
Bay Point
Harry. A. Beals
Washington Street
American Clothing Co
Charles Hall
Camp
Devens
Henry Wright
Charlotte
Burdett School
Boston
Francena Williams Hosts 18th Birthday Party
Miss Francena Bonney Williams of West Bath celebrated her 18th birthday at the East Brunswick home of Mrs. Elfreda Perkins. Hosts were her parents Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Williams. Guests from Bath, Phippsburg, Brunswick and surrounding towns attended, with a cake gift from Mrs. Perkins.
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Francena Bonney Williams
West Bath
Elfreda Perkins
East Brunswick
Miss Williams
Stanley Williams
Mrs. Perkins
Leah Maxon
Millureen Merrick
Carol Coombs
Colleen Frank
Gayle Merrick
Richard Anderson
Jessie Morrell
Bath
Beverly Huse
Phippsburg
Raymond Vigne
Brunswick
Augusta
West Gardiner
Yvonne Goodheart
Emily Small
Clarabelle Douglass
Goodheart
Wiscasset News Notes and Local Appearances
Community snippets list awards in art and craft shows with winners Andrew Snyder Mimi Carre E. P. Noyes and others. Social notices mention guests and visits of local residents Mrs Everett Haines Alphonse Shelton Ruth Lepper Gardiner and more. A Lobster feed is planned by Wiscasset Yacht Club for the 4th of July alongside a farewell party for the Childress family.
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Andrew Snyder
Mimi Carre
E. P. Noyes
John T. Adams
Toni Lee
Angie Rines
J. W. A. Kohler
Edgecomb
Ruth Haggett
North Edgecomb
Alphonse Shelton
Ruth Lepper Gardiner
Muriel Soule
St. Mary's Auxiliary
Everett Haines
Federal Street
Darling
Hen
Probate Court Notices of Multiple Estates and Accounts
Probate court items list numerous estates from Bath Topsham Richmond Woolwich and Phippsburg with executors administratrix guardianships bonds inventories filings and accounts. Several estates have first final or third account entries and distribution petitions plus bonds and administration appointments referenced.
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Henry W. Owen, Jr
Bath
Ellen R. Owen
Thomas Doucette
Mildred Y. Morin
Ora L. Nye
Fred D. Pinkham
Sadie L. Hanson
Richmond
Leslie F. Roberts
Emma P. Ferguson
Topsham
Alvah H. Hildreth
Mary Jane Main
Archibald MacNicol Main
James Avery Main
Archibald MacNicol Main, Jr
Gladys Mitchell Haggett
Phippsburg
Frederick M. Haggett
Anne FE. Loeser
Marion G. Loeser Hamel
Guardian
Anne E. Loeser
First Portland National Bank
Jennie M. Allen
Margaret M. Roth
Ralph L. F. Palmer
Charles T. Small
Rhoda L. Palmer
Eunice L. Walters
Harry A. Walters
Harry J. Rich
John E. Young
Joseph A. Young
Catherine G. Dougherty
John F Dougherty
Mind M. Haynes
W. Linwood Haynes
Loring R. Bates
G. Lillian Bates
Helena Oliver
Harold C. Baker
Guardian's Bond
Herbert T. Terrell
Susan Newman
Elmer E. Knight
Nice A. Knight
Will Filings and Appointments in Richmond Bath Estates
June 10, 1958 filings show Annie B Ames estate of Richmond presented for allowance by executrix Alice B Hall. Wills for Minnie E Packard formerly Reynolds of Bath allowed. Alice Oliver Redden appointed as estate manager for Roger L Robinson, late.
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Hollis H. Easter
Richmond
Helen E. Easler
Frank A. Holman
Redlon Holman
William J. Paisley
Bath
Charles T. Small
Stella A. Dolloff
John Patrick Callan
Frances A. Callan
Ella A. Temple
Bowdoinham
Shirley E. Kuta
Frank E. Ward
Allan Spear
Annie B Ames
Alice B. Hall
Minnie E. Packard
Reynolds
Alice Oliver Redden
Roger L. Robinson
Hospital drive raises funds for Brunswick project reveal
Mr Newell notes $15000 paid to Myer’s firm as campaign costs. Myers praises nurse staff support while Bath Iron Works contributes 335?k toward hospital needs. Trustees medical staff and others pledge 67848, Bath Tron Works adds 33924, total 101772. Schulze and Newell urge broad help to push campaign forward.
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Newell
Myer
Myers
Connard
Brunswick
Bath Tron Works Corp
J. William Schulze
Bath Iron Works Dent
Miss Danforth Hired for Summer at Sebasco Lodge
Miss Jean Danforth elementary supervisor of Bethlehem Connecticut is employed for the summer at Sebasco Lodge. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank W Danforth of 1075 High Street.
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Jean Danforth
Bethlehem
Conn
Sebasco Lodge
Danforth
Frank W. Danforth
High Street
Bath recreation chief Milliken resigns to take Millinocket post
William E. Milliken resigns as Bath recreation director after 11 years in the role and 37 total years with Bath recreation. The 38 year old plans to assume a similar post in Millinocket effective Sept 25, citing ongoing city youth programs and juvenile delinquency concerns. He led the Smith Tobey Junior Legion Drum and Bugle Corps toward a fifth straight state title in Portland Saturday. Milliken, a native Eastport graduate and World War II Air Force veteran, lives with wife Gloria, two children Judith Ann and Shane, in Bath.
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William E. Milliken
Bath
The
Recreation Commission
Stanley W Judkins
Milliken
Millinocket
Bath Recreation Department
Smith“Tobey Junior Legion
Portland
Gloria Young
Judith Ann
Shane Williams
Eastport
YMCA
Public Supper And Meeting At West Bath Grange
A public dairy supper preceded the West Bath Grange meeting with Home Economics chair Mattie Collins. Janet Collins was named Sagaduhac Pomona representative for the State Grange Youth camp. Members from Dirigo Harraseeket D Assembly and Topsham granges attended. Mary Gaudreau led a varied program including readings, vocal pieces, and a stunt won by the Miens team. Stanley Hunter to chair next week’s refreshment committee.
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West Bath Grange
Home Economics Committee
Mattie Collins
Janet Collins
Pomona
Sagaduhac Pomona
State Grange
Dirigo
Harrusecket
Dromore
Topsham Granges
Alice Inmir
Mary Gaudreau
Brett
Ethel MacDonald
Bertha Palmer
Margarethe Merchant
Caves Burr
Prince of Warruseeket
Pyanee
Frineces St. Martin
Robert Palmer
Maurice Cressey
Alton Collins
Joseph Wilson
Jost Ps Lirrabee
Anne Minott
Margaret di Merchant
Elizabeth Cressey
Miens
John Howe
E. W. Haggett
James Royal
Herbert Freeman
Frances Waterman
Stanley Hunter
Berkshire Life seeks sales reps in Portland area
The Berkshire Life Insurance Company seeks sales representatives to sell life, accident, sickness and hospitalization insurance in the Portland area. Interested parties may write Berkshire Life Insurance Company Room 505-415 Congress St Portland Maine or call SP 2.5584 after 7 PM SP 5-2052. Replies held in confidence.
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Berkshire Life Insurance Company
Congress St
Portland
Maine
Allen Bride Bets Adams in Bath Wedding at Winter Street
Miss Alice Mae Allen daughter of Mrs. Frank Blithen and Frank Allen of Oliver Street Bath wed Everett E. Adams son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman A. Adams of 12 Dike Road in a single ring ceremony at Winter Street church parsonage officiated by Rev. Martin vB Sargent. The couple plans to reside at 648 Washington Street.
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Alice Mae Allen
Frank Blithen
York
Frank Allen
Oliver Street
Bath
Everett E. Adams
Norman A. Adams
Dike Road
Winter Street
Martin Vb. Sargent
Gloria Jean Allen
Gordon Allen
H. Everett Cooke
Adams
Morse High School
Bath Iron Works Corp
Washington Street
Deer Struck By Automobile Near Arrowsie Bridge
Joseph Bailey reports his vehicle struck a deer on Route 127 below the Arrowsie bridge. The deer was severely injured but alive when he left. A fish and game warden was notified. Other reports include stray kittens found in a trash barrel and a burglary-like incident with drawers opened at 3 30 Sunday. Police investigated two weekend accidents including a collision between Frances Perkins of Brunswick and Dr Edward Kinder with damages totaling about 350 dollars.
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Joseph Bailey
Arrowsie
Bath
Route 127
Arrowsie Bridge
Bailey
Olympia Lukery
Center Street
Dow
Arthur Rideout
Henry Schmidt
Washington Street
Benjamin Fitzgerald
Orrington Haines
Upper Washington Street
Frances Perkins
Brunswick
Edward Kinder
Minott Haggott's Parlor Holds Living Ship History
The Minott household preserves a Victorian parlor unchanged since 1867. The room contains ship inventories and shipping data, Minott ship pictures, birchbark insulation, and a Lincoln signed postmaster commission for Phippsburg. Family portraits in black walnut frames overlook descendants.
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Minott
Probate court order in Sagadahoe County Bath 1958
Notice of probate actions in Bath Sagadahoe County with multiple estates and petitions for appointed administrators or executrices. Orders require publication in Bath Independent and hearings on July next at 11 oclock for final dispositions. Marion E. Asher appointed administratrix without bond.
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Bath
Savadahoe
Barbara
Brewer
Sagadahoe
Mary E Morin
Marion E. Asher
Bond
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William G. Small
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