Bath notes and warship news from July 2 1918
Sagadahoc county commissioners met as probate court session opened with Judge James S. Lowell presiding. The Bath built destroyer Cassin, torpedoed Oct. 16, repaired in a British yard, rejoined American forces. Columbine won’t launch July 4 as Emergency Fleet News reported. Bath visitors and local residents, including William McBain and Maurice Green, were noted along with road trips and social events. An architect planned to inspect Jackson block shop for conversion to an amusement place. Eleven Class of 1913 alumni gathered at New Meadows Inn for a reunion. Small Point mackerel and greenbacks sold in Portland wharf deal. Arthur Footer and four Bath Iron Works men left for Detroit to join Ford Construction Company as machinists.
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Arthur Footer
Bath Iron Works
Detroit
Mich
Ford Construction Company
Mr. Footer
Eugene Footer
South Street
Bath plans safe Fourth with sports and boats
July 3 1918 Bath schedules a safe and sane Fourth featuring a launching and two baseball games. Boat owners must secure a customs license. Local society notes report visits from Susie Millay Harriet Johnson and several Bath residents and visitors. A uniform rank for the Sasanoa Tribe of Red Men is planned and James Clark and Miss Ella Ames visit Bath with friends. Lester Cforse and Wallace Ham are on furlough.
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Bath
Customs Office
Red Men
July 5 1918 Community News Briefs and Local Notices
The Parent Teacher association met for Red Cross work with 14 attendees due to a storm. Central church plans a July Fourth patriotic service with a large vested choir. Florence Wilsworth of Lewiston visits relatives, and Misses Rowe substitute at American Clothing Company. Families travel to Boston and Newcastle for holidays. Clam supplies arrived after a short lull. Campbell family to Newcastle to spend holidays with Edith Campbell. John D. Beals returns from New York City after scarlet fever. Agent Walker of the S P C A will return to Fickett place to deal with a horse seizure. B P Lewis of Cox's Head visits Medford for a Cavalry reunion. daughter and grandson to arrive next week. Harvard graduates work for Texas Steamship Co. in Bath Yard. City Council discusses selling or buying out Woolwich’s share in People’s Ferry Co. Protests voiced by several churches against Sunday night concerts. A still alarm at 4 30 a m for a blaze under the Opera Cafe range was contained with minor damage.
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Walter S. Glidden
Woolwich
People’s Ferry Co
Bath
Fourth of July Steamship Displays at Texas Steamship Co Yard
July 7 1918 at Kelley Spear yard the Columbine was planked while Bath launched the steel cargo steamer Canibas from Texas Steamship Co yards at 937 AM in clear weather. Hundreds watched as camou age on Canibas hull gave the ship a zebra like look. The Popham excursion on the Virginia remains popular and the Fourth crowd was record sized.
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Columbine
Kelley, Spear Co
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Emergency Fleet News
Kelley-Spear Yard
Bath
Canibas
Texas Steamship Co
Texas
Virginia
Will
Bath News Notes On Ferry Traffic And Local Visits
The article reports heavy patronage on the People's Ferry across the Kennebec at Bath with about 3,500 autos ferried this year. It mentions visits by Mrs. Walter P. Wass and family from Lynn Massachusetts to Bath relatives, and Mrs. Neil McFadden Ruth Oliver and Mrs. Otis Kilgore of Rumford Falls visiting Bath. It notes Mr. Charles W. Morse arriving from New York with his sister Miss Jennie R. Morse, and Scott P. Cressey of the U S S Dakota on furlough at his parents’ home. A group enjoyed a trip to Portland and Old Orchard over the weekend, and Fred P. Ring, a North Bath native in naval service, has earned a commission as captain, a source of local pride.
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James Clark
Ella
Ames
Rumford
Bath
Charles Webber
Lincoln Street
Neil McFadden
Ruth Oliver
Otis Kilgore
Rumford Falls
W. H. Potter
Bath Street
Scott P. Cressey
U. S. S. Dakota
Winfield S. Cressey
Tarbox Street
Fred P. Ring
North Bath
Naval Service
Newport
R. I
Robert E. Wagner
Bath Police Department
Washington Street
Leeman Highway
Wagner
Wapner
Path
Bowdoinham
Over Pass Construction
Seaboard Engineering Co
Carlton Bridge
Bath Fire Department
Goddards Field
Southerd
Whitmores Return and Local WWI War News in Bath
July 8 1918 reports Fred E Whitmore resuming drug store duties in Newton Lower Falls after a brief vacation. Bath events include Herbert J Brown discussing War Savings in Sagadahoc, organ recital for yarn fund, and WCTU clothing drive for Belgian children. Conant in first line trenches with Red Cross duty. Edward Gaudreau named Bath Opera House orchestra leader.
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Fred E. Whitmore
Whitmore
Washington Street
Jane Whitmore
Newton Lower Falls
New Postal Rates and Short Paid Mail Changes
New postal rates establish 2c for the first two ounces for newspapers and magazines, 1c per extra ounce or fraction, or the third class rate if lower. Third class begins 3c for the first two ounces plus 1c each addl ounce, with weight limit raised to just under 16 ounces. July 1 introduces short paid mail rules: deficiency marked, five cent short paid charge, and dispatch or delivery after payment. bulk ten piece mailings notified by telephone at no charge to adjust postage before dispatch.
Woolwich Church Wedding Highlights and Local News
The Woolwich wedding scene features Sue Ellen as flower girl and Mrs James Richardson of Bath as matron of honor with James Richardson Jr. as usher. Other items note Dale St Pierre’s ankle fracture, a Sagadahoc Ferry camping trip, Bath area visits, and strawberry prices in Bath market at 35 cents.
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Edist
Sue Ellen
James Richardson
Bath
James Richardson, Jr
Benjamin Giles
Woolwich
Wiscasset
Forrest Fowle
Dale St. Pierre
Alex St. Pierre
Sagadahoc Ferry
Bath Memorial Hospital
William Phillips
David
William, Jr
Harold Strout
Donald
Sebago Lake
Melvin Cornish
Lori Jean
Lawrence Edwards
Damariscotta Lake
Albert Cornish-of
Local Residents Return From Visits During Fourth Weekend
Daughters Glenice and Craig of Guilford returned home after visiting Mrs. Bennetts parents on River road and Albert Temple on the River road busy with home grounds work. Families including the Hathorne and Hatton households spent a vacation week. Richard W. Boynton and wife hosted relatives from Groton and were joined by his parents. Several other families hosted or traveled, with Airman Walter Rice transferred to Goose Bay and planning a summer stay in Labrador and Strong with relatives.
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Glenice
Craig
Guilford
Bennett
Albert Temple
The
River Road
Hugh Hatton
Glendale
Calif
Marie Savage
Paul Pitman
Day’s Ferry
Merle Hathorne
Sue Ellen
Tyler
Stephen
Cory
Ronald
Neal
White Mountains
Mr. Hathorne
Hyde Windlass Co
Richard W. Boynton
U.S. N
New London
Groton
Nichols HH. Schulten
Kennebec School
Philip Beaney
Deer Island
Nova Scotia
F. Wilbur Hagan
South Paris
Alice Galvin
Hagan
University of Maine Extension Service
Maine
New York City
Harrison Tipsword
Bath
Bath Memorial Hospital
Harvey Chubbuck
Mountain Road
Georgetown Social Notes From Maine to Maryland
Misses Margaret and Elizabeth Dalrymple of Michigan and numerous families spent weekends at Marrtown and Seguinland. Guests welcomed by Miss Anne Maroney included her mother Mrs Lillian Maroney and sister Mrs Lillian Kenton. Walter Parker returned to Robinhood after fishing in Maine. Elmer Tibbetts of Freeport vacationing in town. Ralph Hodges and friends from East Orange New Jersey Richmond and Miss May Whitney visited Georgetown Center. Warren S Todd and son William returned to Stoneham after a holiday with Mrs Roscoe Todd. Dr Natt Hasenfus and family opened a Summer home at Seguinland. Gunnar Solveson and son Douglas arrived from Staten Island for the season. MacMahan reports Dr Karl Mech of Baltimore hosted swimming races rope pulling and ball game before leaving with his family for Canada. Rev Robert J Evans of Elmont New York arrives to spend July. Dr and Mrs Paul Lehman of ?
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Margaret
Elizabeth Dalrymple
Michigan
Petzolds
Ralph Hodges
East Oranuwe
N. J
Richmond
May Whitney
Martha Bowen
Georgetown Center
Warren S. Todd
William
Stoneham
Mass
Roscoe P. Todd
Natt Hasenfus
West Roxbury
Seguinland
Gunnar Solveson
Douglas
Staten Island
N. Y
MacMahan
Karl Mech
Baltimore
Mech
Canada
Robert J. Evans
Philmont
Paul Lehman
Cambridge Guests Enjoy Weekend At Local Lodges
Cambridge Massachusetts social notes list visitors and guests from Boston Amityville and New Jersey. Sally Walker attended with her parents while the Tuttons occupy the Cole cottage. A Reynolds Jr. joins a vacationing family in Merion Station for a week. Dr and Mrs Snyder arrive for the season and Wheeler hosts guests after a two week visit. Fox and Carlstrom families arrive with others for island trips and Bath visits.
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Cambridge
Mass
Sally Walker
Boston
Donald Walker
James, Tutton
Carter
Susie
Amityville
N. Y
Cole Cottage
Alexander Reynolds, Jr
Merion Station
Edward Snyder
Waverford
Villa
Wiscasset Derby Winners and Float Honors Told
Wiscasset shows prize entries with Woolwich orange taking first prize and Hountoon Hill grange second. Robert Wilbur, 12, of Alna enters a soap box derby car with a garden tractor. Honorable mention goes to Frank Soule Jr and Fred Peaslee of Wiscasset for their float The Weary Worm Diggers.
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Woolwich Orange
Hountoon Hill Grange
Robert Wilbur
Alna
Frank Soule, Jr
Fred Peaslee
Wiscasset
Social notes from Bucksport and nearby towns
Personal items describe visits and guests across Bucksport Falmouth Bath Gardiner and Boothbay with relatives and friends in town. Events include birthdays packard Rowe reunion in Skowhegan Lincoln County parade with Miss June Paquett crowned Miss Lincoln County and appearances by USS Toro Brunswick Naval Air Station and local Little League teams.
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Don Geissler
Bucksport
Rebecca Quinnam
Falmouth
Linda Lewis
Wooper Street
Egbert M. Sewall
Auburn
Charles Sewall
Germany
Cleveland Quinnam
David
Rebecca
Betty Whiting
Worcester
Mass
Groves
Federal Street
Milton Geissler
Luighport
DeForest Munsey
Vicki Main
Bath
Marshall Beattie
Wiscasset
Boylston Hutchins, Jr
Popham Beach
James Kaler
James Peters
David Rines
Joel Nichols
Edgecomb
David Lawson
Harry Shea
Sewall Hutchins
Hutchins
Horace Hildreth
June Paquett
Lincoln
Sue Lowe
Boothbay
Linda Minott
Newcastle
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Damariscotta
Large Salmon Floats In Kennebec Near Bath
James C. Steen photographed a 32 inch 15 pound Atlantic salmon found floating near his Bath area wharf at 1485 Washington Street on Friday morning. The fish, likely struck by a boat propeller, shows a gash under its pills. Recent reports note several large fish jumping in the river, potentially signaling the first sizable salmon sightings since the 1938 floods.
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Kennebec
Bath
James C. Steen
Washington Street
Steen
Berkshire Life Insurance seeks sales representatives in Maine
The Berkshire Life Insurance Company plans to appoint sales representatives for Life, Accident, Sickness, and Hospitalization Insurance in the area. Interested parties should write Berkshire Life Insurance Company Room 505 415 Congress St Portland Maine or call SP 2 5584 after 7 9 PM call SP 56 2052. Replies held in confidence.
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Berkshire Life Insurance Company
Congress St
Portland
Maine
Five Islands updates from Waltham to Bath
A cottage holiday spread across Five Islands and nearby towns with residents and visitors from Waltham Bethes dia Morris Plains Port Washington Ogunquit Bath Kittery Somerville and New Jersey. The Five Islands Art Show draws entrants from Ontario California and Massachusetts with judges from Portland Boston and Wakefield. Local art figures and visiting collectors attend and plan upcoming exhibitions.
Notice of Foreclosure Against Derochers in Bowdoinham Maine
Joseph To Derocher and Margaret A Derocher of Bowdoinham Maine and Savadahone County Maine default on a mortgage deed dated September 16 1957. First National Bank of Brunswick Maine seeks foreclosure for breach of conditions. property described on Maine Street Bowdoinham. Bank filed at Brunswick Maine with dates and names including Emery M. Booker, cashier.
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Joseph
Derocher
Margaret
Bowdoinham
Savadahone
Maine
Savadahoc
First National Bank of
Brunswick
National Banking’ Corporation
United States of America
Sid Bendoinhar
Maine Street
Lena Cobb
Wol. Bonney
Main Street
Alma
Brunswick, Maine
Emery M. Booker
Rev Eckerson Takes Pastoral Role At Phippsburg Parish
The Rev Earl R Eckerson, 32, former pastor at South Bristol Union and Bremen, began duties last week as pastor of the Phippsburg Churches. He will work with the Phippsburg Christian Service committee and the Phippsburg Congregational church and Popham Beach chapel. A Schenectady native, he holds degrees from Hope College Gordon Divinity School and studied at Westminster Theological Seminary. He previously served as youth director in Winchester and summer supply at Waldoboro. He is married to Marjorie Dixon and they reside at the Small Point parsonage.
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Earl R. Eckerson
South Bristol Union
Gordon Divinitychool
Beverly Farms
Mass
Crawford Memorial Methodist Church
Winchester
Waldobors Baptist Church
Bremen Union Church
Mr Eckerson
Europe
Fifth Infantry
Alpha Chi Fraernity
College No Music
YMC. A
Lincoln County Ministerium
Riv
Eckerson
Marjorie Dixon
Voorheesville
N.Y
Small Point Parsonage
Seeks Information on Alaska Packers Association Names
Mr and Mrs Robert S Jackson return to Brooklyn after a holiday weekend with Mr Jacksons parents in Hinckley Street and with Mrs Jacksons mother in Camden Edward S Randall buying agent for Hawkeridge Steel Company Boston office visited the home of his aunt Mrs John Burgon on Middle Street
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Robert S. Jackson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mr. Jackson
Wark A. Jackson
Hinckleytreet
Mrs. Jackson
Edward Thurston
Camden
Edward S. Randall
Hawkeridge Steel Company
Boston
John Burgon
Middle Street
Probate notices list multiple estate actions in Sagadahoc County
A Bath Maine probate court order published in the Bath Independent sets July 1958 notices for Lena A Miller Floyd M Elwell Sr Roland Oliver Grant Flora O Grant Elen Dana Mary E Clark Burton L Hodgkins Flora I Grover Herbert Shaurhneesy Phibin Jasper S Thorneiddonwer Evrard Bath John P Carey Edwin A Rogers Geneva J Reovrer Timothy Perry William F Williams Annie F Willians Ruth E Hansen Ruth E Mayo David Victor Pelkey Guardian Althea M Pelkey Harold J Rubin Judge of Probate Barbara I Brewfr Register detailing probate filings letters testamentary administrator and guardian actions with final accounts and license to sell real estate in Greene Androscoggin Maine.
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Bath
Rause Lena
Floyd M. Elwell
Roland Oliver Grant
Gath
Lata O Grant
Flora O. Grant
Elen Dana
Woolwich
Mary E. Clark
Burton L. Hodgkins
Mary F. Clark
Burton L. H Modekins
Flora I. Grover
Westwich
Merbeort
Grover
Herbert Aren
Charies
Shaurhneesy
Sth
Phvbtun
Edward
Phibin
Florence
Thompson
Rath
Petiteen
Jasner
Jasper S. Thorneiddonwer
T Evrard
John P Carey
Charles Ridley
Edwin A Rogers
Geneva
J. Reovrer
Freecenteix
Timothy Perry
Phinpsborer
J. Walter Inita
William F Williams
Ath
Alowance
Katherine Wo McKenney
Bene- Stef Annie FC
Bar Harbor Probate Office Names Executors Administrators
Barbara J Brewer Register of Probate for Sagadahoe County lists names of executors administrators conservators and guardians with appointment dates including Leoram Fowles Bath guardian February 25 1958 and Elster A Dolloff Woolwich deceased Isaphene J Soule executrix July 1 1958 along with Robert C Mitchell Bath deceased Flossie M Mitchell and Merritt A Mitchell administrators without bond July 1 1958
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Sagadahoe
Leoram Fowles
Bath
Etta M Thurton
Ench
Elster A Dolloff
Woolwich
Isaphene J Soule
Robert C Mitchell
Flossie M Mitchell
Merritt A. Mitchell
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