Forty Years Ago in Bath July 1 1902
Fortnightly Bath column recounts Harbor news and local goings on. Tug Eureka arrives to tow barges Gibson and Cardenas upriver as youths plan Swan Island camping. Bath High class of 1903 student Arthur Glass works at Bath Iron Works copper smith shop. Local people travel, purchase property, and discuss cannon preservation for future celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
E. A. Plummer
Staples Coal Co
Gibson and Cardenas
Arthur Glass
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Bath Iron Works worker joins athletic team prospects
July 2 1902 Harry Skinner began work in the Bath Iron Works blacksmith shop and will suit up for the school term. Bath High School class of 1902 closed with a Alameda hall reception decorated with flags palms and artistic chaperone’s corner. Columbia orchestra played at eight led by class president David Sprague and Miss Abbie Clark. Other local notes cover hometown travel politics and social events including visits to Popham and Faulkner area clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Skinner
Bath Iron Works
Bath High School
Alameda
Columbia Orchestra
David Sprague
Abbie Clark
Farmers fear haying delays due to labor shortage
Farmers in the area plan to begin haying next Monday. One farmer voiced concern that finding reliable workers will be difficult this season, saying he needs four men and has not secured a single capable laborer so far. The remark highlights a persistent shortage of skilled hay field workers.
Boothbay Boat Fruit and Candy Details in 1942
July 3 1942 report lists Boothbay boats crew with Bob Thistle on Islander Harry Beals on Wiwarna and Wallace Carter on Nahanada. It notes the city saw a record summer passenger train from the West with five coaches three Pullman cars and two baggage coaches passing through in the afternoon. The train was behind two engines until Waldoboro was reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay
Bob Thistle
Harry Beals
Wiwarna
Wallace Carter
Nahanada
Waldoboro
Bath District launches six months ending June 30 1902
Manfred McCullen transfers from Sagadahoe to Penobscot as quartermaster after joining Penobscot in Boston. Belle lighter delivers ninety two bales of hay from Dresden to Kennebec wharf, bay consigned to Lord and Wenster Boston and to be taken on Kennebec. Bath district craft launched include Atlas 3381 tons five masted schooner Prescott Palmer 2811 tons four masted schooner Lizzie Parsons 655 Kate Feore 382.71 tons Pantooset 538.03 tons barge Cienfuegos 1915 tons barge Santiago 1918 tons Cora F. Cresey 2499 tons John G. Chandler 100 tons Ransom B. Fuller 2000 tons Fairfield 564 tons Marion 8327 tons Norumbega 200 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burke
Dresden
Kennebec
Lord & Wenster
Boston
Bath District
Atlas
Prescott Palmer
Lizzie Parsons
Kate Feore
Pantooset
Cienfuegos
Santiago
Cora F. Cressey
John G. Chandler
Ransom B. Fuller
Fairfield
Marion
Norumbega
Bath News Highlights Busy Season and Local Goings On
The Bath region reports a busy summer with 16 896 tons total traffic noted. J B Jones assistant superintendent of the Metropolitan office recovers from illness after nine weeks away. Billy Van's Minstrels pass the Fourth in Bath and prepare for a month at Point of Pines after closing in Boothbay. Bath Iron Works foreman Wm B Haggett plans a two week Atlantic coast trip. Rev W P Merrill and wife attend a West Bath church picnic at Al Holbrook's. The steamer Della Collins will run Sunday to connect with the Kennebec for the first Bath season day trip from Boston. Photographer Charles R Higgins shows a new Empire State camera with Zeiss lens used on Bath Iron Works vessels. Inquiry from S E King of Walla Walla about C T Sinclair heir to property interests. Kennebec wharf agents busy checking August and September staterooms. season expected to be highly successful. Thompson Bros sign retouched by Decorator Fuller at Bath Iron Works. A son born July 4 to Frank Higgins of the Morse Cigar Co. Fielders play at Dead Horse. Bowdoin College staff noted in local hotels. Cottages along the river open with flags, signaling a lively summer scene in Bath and surrounding islands. Bath hosts summer guests from out of state, with hospitality expected to be reciprocated in winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. B. Haggett
Bath Iron Works
Atlantic
Norfolk
Mr. Haggett
Bath
Goss Marine Iron Works
Nurse Miss Irma Olson Named Science Instructor at Knox Hospital
Miss Irma M Olson R N chosen to fill the science instructor vacancy at Knox Hospital Rockland after Miss Luhan resigned as Superintendent of Gardiner General Hospital Gardiner. She graduated from St Scholastic College Duluth Minn taught in Cary Memorial Caribou and other hospitals. Her home is Bennington Vermont and she is a Maine registered nurse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irma M. Olson
R.N
Knox Hospital
Rockland
Luhan
Gardiner General Hospital
Gardiner
St Scholastic College
Duluth
Minn
Cary Memorial
Caribou
Miss Olson
Bennington
Maine
Illegal Sale of Liquor Trial Continues in Bath
The Bath court hears the Lemont illegal liquor sale case with claims a bottle was offered and questions whether no license was proved. Defense witnesses place Lemont away in Waldoboro overnight. prosecutors argue lack of primary licensing evidence and note potential kitchen bar access. Court adjourns for two hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgham
Lemont
State Liquor Commission
Commercial Street
Waldoboro
Deputy Gray
City Hall
Gray
Nelson Flanders
Bath Iron Works Corp
Mr. Lemont
Gerrish
Personal Notes From Bath Area Weekend Visits
Personal notes list weekend visits and residences. Clarence Fuller family from Mechanic Street spent time at Castle Island Belgrade Lake. Gabrielle Vigue visiting Southport relatives. Bath Iron Works staff returned from Hartford outing. Barbara Dana visiting Highland Street hosts. John Gallant and sons, formerly Bath residents, visiting Bath. Ernest W. Priest promoted to sergeant technician at Fort Lyon Portland Harbor. Anna May Berry and Mary Durant with Miss Durant. Edwards family at Fosters Point cottage. Mary Young of Cobbs Road, Bath Iron Works employee, visiting former Mass residence. Kenneth Smith on a week vacation from Bath Iron Works Electrical Dept. Smiths in Boothbay visiting Mrs. Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Fullerton
Richard
Mechanic Street
Castle Island
Belgrade Lake
Gabrielle Vigue
Edward Vigue
High Street
Harold Marsh
Southport
Frank Harvie
Durwood Shorey
Andy Kus
Bath Iron Works
Hartred
Conn
Barbara Dana
Benjamin Welch
South Portland
Harold Walker
Highland Street
John Gallant and
John, Jr
Arthur
Wittery
Bath
Ernest W. Priest
Battery D
C.A.C
Fort Lyon
Portland Harbor
Anna May Berry
Mary Durant
Durant
Mary Young
Cobbs Road
Bath Iron Works, Corp
Mass
Dorothy Neilson
H. Kenneth Smith
Mrs. Smith
Boothbay
Joseph Dodge
Central Church Vacation School Graduation
Graduation exercises marked Central Church first vacation Bible school with 200 attendees. Pastor Rev. Raymond G. Putnam led the program assisted by Mrs. Putnam. Pupils from kindergarten to senior departments performed, with awards for notebooks and woodworking, and a pantomime of the Good Samaritan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
Raymond G. Putnam
Putnam
Howard
Steen
Edward A. Cummings
Walter Wassmund
Richard H. Haskell
Rudolph C. McRae
Eleanor Ferguson
Good Samaritan
Central Church League
Merrill A. Mitchell
Clarence Clark, Jr
Richard Andrews
James Bonney
Norma Cummings
Pauline Crosby
Elaine Noyes
Betty Small
Ruth Small
William Daley
Philip Sukeforth
Glenda Sukeforth
Jane Slalerman
Richard Jackson
Bobby McRae
David Hodgkins
Billy Longley
Edward Torrey
Robert Small
Albert Noyes
Don MacKenzie
John Sukeforth
Edna Sukeforth
Donald Beaton
Paul Burns
John Hartle
Jonwood Leavitt
Teddy
Hiram T Stevens
State Acquires Swan Island for Game Laboratory
Maine acquires 1489 acre Swan Island at Merrymeeting Bay to serve as a vast outdoor laboratory for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Game. The project aims to study wildlife in natural habitats, develop effective deer repellents, manage waterfowl crops damage, plant food for wildfowl, test Hungarian partridge, and evaluate propagation methods to boost state wildlife and hunting economies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swan Island
Merrymeeting Bay
Department of Inland Fisheries and
Stobie
Maine
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of Inland Fisheries and Game
Inland Fisheries and Game Department
Canada
Swan Island I
Maine in Washington prompts metal conservation push
A Maine driven push to conserve metals emerges as New England leaders warn of a critical materials bottleneck. Inventors prove a waste-to-brick machine works for steel scraps, aiding Navy yards and boosting scrap drives while gasoline rationing and fishing industry concerns shape wartime policy and transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Nelson
America
Washington
Maine
United States
Japan
V. DaGama
Saco- Lowell Company
Biddeford
United States Navy Yards
Kittery
Boston
Ywashington
Navy Department
War Department
Board of Economic Warfare
The
War Production Board
Switzerland
DeGama
Ranns
Ous
Social notes from Bath area residents and visitors
David D. Tabor daughter Helen and son Robert at 14 Tru fant street plan a next week stay at the Morgan cottage in Popham Beach. Many Bath residents and relatives are noted visiting cottages, inns, and family homes from Exeter NH to Augusta and Old Orchard with multiple trips to Popham Beach and Birch Point. A wedding is anticipated for Mary Ellen McGuire and William Harvey Dodge, both from local families, with Tom Harding Works and Cony High alumnus mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David D. Tabor
Helen
Robert
Trufant Street
Morgan
Popham Beach
Frederic H. Kimball
Sligh Street
Milton S. Kimball
Kimball
Augusta
Paul Gurney
Bath Iron Works, Corp
Mt. Desert
Silas Plant
Corliss Street
Alden P. Denham, Jr
Birch Point
Waller Rogers
Washington Street
Exeter
N. H
Exeter Inn
Ralph Crocker
Peter
High Street
Damariscotta
James Duncan
Pauline Thayer
Harold WH. Thayer
Dike Road
Donald Bruce
Wonala, Jr
Bruce
Wes. Mas Kino
Medford
Brighams Cove
William Bruce
Leslie J. Wold
Lawrence and
Tastie
Court Street
Wold
Lawrence A. Hill
Hill
Patricia
Bluff Road
Portland
Old Orchard
Roy F. McGuire
Burlesh Street
Mary Ellen
William Harvey Dodge
Harley S. Dodge
Harrison Avenue
Gardiner
Gardiner High School
Hardings
Bath Tron Works
McGuire
Cony High School
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bath Daily Times
Bernard Irwin Morse
Cleo Hanson
Ned Cushing
Capt. Morse
Gladys
Hodgkins
Metropolitan Stock Exchange
William A. Winchester
Winchester Pile Cure Co
F. J. Mathews
Vine and Front Streets
George R. Morse
F. A. Harnden
Soldier’s Monument
Center Street
Ed Brown
Waterman the Clothier
Lewiston
William A. Jack
Moe-Caulley Bros
Jack
John and
Budd Donnell
Waltham
Henry C. Donnell
Waltham Watch Co
C. F. Magoun
Foster's Point
New Meadows
Marston
Seguin
J. R. Andrews
New York
Popham
Ummer
E. C. Plummer
John Scott
E. F. Kelley
Alf Manson
Phippsburg
Merriman
Mr. Tarry
Bowdoin
D. Price
Richmond
Palmer
Bowdoinham
Sagadahoc County
Auburn
Ariel Club
Colonial Club
Hattie L. Harrington
Mercer and Langmaid
Harrington
William Palmer, Jr
Postal Telegraph Office
Civic League
Sewall Yard
Winnegance
Sewall’s
Howard Hunt
Sewall
Mollie Gibbons
Charles McLellan
E. Howard Burke
Philadelphia
James Manning
Rumford Falls
Maurice Owen
Portland & Rumford Falls
Manfred McCullen
Sagadahoe
Penobscot
J. B. Jones
Billy van
Point of Pines
Willie R. Lincoln
W. P. Merrill
West Bath Church
al Holbrook
Sabine Friday
Della Collins
Charles R. Higgins
Empire State Make
Zeiss
Webber
Indepent
S. E. King
Walla Walla
C. T. Sinclair
Peter Sinclair
Cc. T. Sinclair
Richardson Street
Greenleaf
John Skhofield
Kennebec Wharf
Fuller
Thompson Bros
Frank Higgins
Frank
Morse Cigar Co
Vine Street Cumberlands
True Dwyer
Maurice Oliver
Dead Horse
Bowdoin College
Central Church Vacation School
Frank W. Winter
STATE
Federal Fish and Wild Life Service
Sobie
Ralph C. Brewster
Joseph Stickney
U. S. Felt and Wildlife’ Service
Stickney
New England
Amercia
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