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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 18, 1940

Page

8

Forty Years Ago in Bath July 10 1906

The Bath Works foreman Edgar P Squires resigns after ten years to join Fantern Shipbuilding Co in New London as joiner shop foreman. WB Potter appointed foreman in charge of all pattern work. John Card injured by a circular saw at New England Co yard. The Harold J McCarty schooner arrives Augusta as largest yet, 473 tons. Bid for Ward 1 hose home awarded to Trask at 865 dollars with completion by August 18. Harold F Berry dies at three years seven months from pneumonia. A fire at Center Street rear buildings quickly controlled with aid from a rapid city brigade. Potter tests new naphtha launch on river. Local residents vacation spots noted and various tradesmen and residents mentioned.

Edgar P. Squires Blath Sant New London Fantern Shipbuilding Co WB. M. Potter John Card New England Co Kennebec Flynn Harold J. McCarty Augusta Gardiner New York Capt. Flynn Ward 1 C. L. Farnham A. G. Trask Farnham Trask Mar- Shall Street Charles Coombs Center Street Washington Water Streets Hannah O'Laughlin Vine Street

Homecoming and town notes unfold in July 1900 report

July 11 1900 records Thomas Conley returning to Pensacola after 16 years away for health reasons and notes of local figures like Albert Filene honored in Boston. City discussion on Old Home Week moves forward with a slate of organizers. A fire scare at Ben White’s Floral Street home ends safely. Various sails, launches, and civic events populate the period with names such as Juno, Aphrodite, and Oxalis, plus local public notices and social updates.

Thomas Conley Pensacola Pla Harry de Silva

Mrs Jameson’s Son in China Hopeful for Quiet

July 12 1900 report from Bath Bangor resident Mrs Charles D Jameson learns of her son Charles a civil engineer in China for seven years writing from Peking on May 21 with Minister Conger. He left that night with two others and 70 natives for a trip up the Grand Canal. She has another May 24 letter with no uprising details.

Charles D. Jameson Bath Bangor Charles China Peking Jameson Conger Grand Canal Jacob Smith Bath Municipal Court D. Jameson

Old Home Week events and local visits noted

Five mast schooner William along with Carnegie events mark Old Home Week days on Saturday August 11 amid unusually high tides around noon. Charles Davenport invites Old Ladies Home inmates to Merrymeeting Park Monday afternoon. Laura Morse of Maine Water Co. enjoys vacation with sister Ocean Cahill at Bay Point. Capt James Morse travels to Boston. Frank McCarty visits cousin Henry Biggins in Chestnut Street. Mae Clark visits Brunswick at Margaret Will’s home. John Fitzgerald returns from a Boston and Woburn trip.

William Carnegie Charles Davenport Old Ladies Home Merrymeeting Park Laura M. Morse Maine Water Co Ocean Cahill Bay Point Walter Head

Bath News Briefs: injuries, fire, and local notes

Warren Carr injured eye while turning a steel shaft on Saturday. A blaze at Cook's Corner Maine Central station was battled from the grass. the building was saved. Charles Douglas visits New York City. Old Home Week plans in Bath. The four masted schooner William H. Clifford sails to load ice for Philadelphia. eighty three hogsheads shipped. Edmund Briggs at Bath Iron Works sick with measles.

Warren Carr Aalee Merrymeeting Park Arthur B. Stearns Bath Iron Works Maine Central Cook's Corner Charles Douglas Bath New York City J. L. Douglas William H. Clifford Wylie Philadelphia Houghton Bros

Legislative clam bake set for Sunday at West Bath

The Maine Legislative clam bake and field day for lawmakers and spouses will be held Sunday at Rock Hill Inn West Bath hosted by Representative Joseph W Larrabee on New Meadows Lake shore. Delegation and guests including Senate President Sumner Sewall and others plan to attend with a softball contest and boating events on the program.

Maine Rock Hill Inn West Bath Joseph W. Larrabee New Meadows Lake Sagidaloce Senate Sumner Sewall Larrabee Justus H. Miller Dominique J. Tardif Bath Samuel Defrance Richmond Legislaure Augusta House of Representatives Randolph A. Wetherbee Lincoln

St Marys Lawn Party Opens On Wednesday

With favorable weather the annual St Marys lawn party opens Wednesday evening and runs through Saturday night. Rev Rollin A Martineau has taken supervision. Booths for games are under construction on church grounds from Chestnut street. Prizes will be awarded Friday and Saturday nights. Merchants supplied booths. musical selections will be played each evening. Special games include bowling, darts, and penny tossing.

St.Mary's Rollin A. Martineau Timothy C. Maney Chestnut Street Lawn Party Committee

Annual Meeting of Good Will Club Sees Re-elected President

Mrs Miiward V Reed was re elected president of the Good Will club of Saga dahov Ferry at the annual meeting Tuesday evening. Officers include Mrs Fred L Rice vice president Mrs Nelson R Rice secretary and Mrs Arthur R Orr treasurer. Directors include Miss Florence EF Carlson Mrs Harry FB Piteh Mrs Eugenia Hunnewell and others. Farnham and Hunnewell named to represent the club at the Corncil and a public supper was voted for July 27.

Miiward V. Reed Giod Will Club Sagadahov Ferry Fred L. Rice Nelson R. Rice Arthur R. Orr Florence EF. Carlson Harry FB. Piteh Eugenia Hunnewell George B. Farnham Alex T. St. Pierre Percy D. Marston Pied L. Rice Nelson Rice Harry E. Fitch Fugenia Hunnewell Farnham Hunnewell

Miss Jewett Returns From West Coast Trip

Miss Jewett, former president of the Maine Pi Beta Phi chapter, completes a cross country journey from Riverside to Los Angeles and back via the Southern route. She tours Washington and New York with University of Maine classmates, enjoys views from the Capital, and remarks on Vacationland’s beauty. She graduates next June with a home economics major after Morse High School in Bath class of 1937.

Groves Los Angeles Riverside Calif Fl Paso Houston New Orleans Atlanta Washington New York University of Maine Great Salt Lake

Bath Iron Works to Expand Hours and Shifts in 1940

Bath Iron Works plans to work up to 48 hours per week and employ two or three shifts as needed to speed destroyer construction. Overtime pay changes include 50 percent extra for nights and 100 percent on Sundays or holidays, with strict limits on daily overtime and safeguards to avoid excessive hours.

Bath Tron Works Corporation William 8. Newell Pres Newell Bath Iron Works

Vacation Periods and Personnel Moves Across Local Trades

Foreman on vacation and family motor trip through New York State. Veterans and leading workers take time off for vacations in Newton Massachusetts and Boston. Transfers include Iron Works staff to Boston Navy Yard and Portsmouth Navy Yard, plus new state department hire from Bath. A newborn Leilant Morrison joins the Morrison family of Brunswick. Curtis pleads guilty to evading Carlton bridge toll with a Swift & Co toll exemption book. sentence set for July 22.

Bath Iron Works Corp Finger Printing Joe Mrs. Burgess New York State Charles Curtis Newcastle Bath Swift & Co Carlton Bridge Judge Deering Curtis

Probate Notice Copy of Court Order

Arthur J. Dunton Judge of Probate authenticates a true copy of the original order. Attest date range 18-25-1.

Arthur J. Dunton

Probate Court Orders Estates At Bath Sagadahoc County

A Bath probate court order directs notice to interested parties for July and August hearings on estates including Stephens Small Peterson Haley McCabe Evrard Lowestate Blaisdell Peretve and Milford Pérete. Administrators and executors are named or contemplated, and bonds may or may not be required. A true copy confirms the original order.

John L. Jack Sagadahoc John B. Youn Tate Bath Devensea Harves A. Henderson Arthur J. Dunton Joan L. Jack John J. Perry Maine L Iving John Footer Milton E. Footer Charles N. Nanfel Waterville Josephine M. Pierpont New Haven John J. Desmond Eugene M. Desmond Madeline B. Shaw Eugene Ralph O. Dale Konstantine Gurgotis Edward W. Bridgham Bridget Reed Konstantine Gurgiotis Ella A. Chase Gleness FP. Ware Unity Charles T. Smell Maude EB. Small Maude EF. Small Luella M. Peterson Georgie B. Footer Jacob W. Haley Anna H. McCabe Ann H. McCabe Clara B Evrard Alice F Pennell B Evelyn Alice F. Pennell Evelyn Block Katherine M Lowcstate Charles T Smaller Mabel Po Blaisdell Roger de Skillings Milford N. Peretve Woolwich

Also Mentioned on This Page

The Bath Daily Times Harold F. Berry Landlord Berry Berry House Tfe Fd Potter Coombs Charles A. Harriman Fearchy Greenleaf Sabina Maggie Neagle Squirrel Island Hope Haynes New England G. Davis Tron Works Helen Mildred Nichols Alice Colburn Newport News Mary P. Hill Rinco ‘House Grace BE. Cotton Newseaton Literary Institution Catherine Hanson High Street N. & W. CO. Covel C. Dennett George McIntyre Wiscasset Albert Filene Boston Copley Square Filene Europe Association Harry ©. Webber J. W. Wakefield W. G. Webber C. W. Larrabee W. A. Alahley EF. B. Nichols Charles L. Farnham North Carolina Oliver H. Payne Aphrodite Azores London Scotland Ben White Floral Street Mr. White E. M. Fuller E. C. Plummer J. L. P. Burke James Madden William T. Hodgkins Stephen Conley James S. Lowell Lewiston George E. Hughes John R. Houghton Juno J. O. Shaw Sewall Capt D. M. Humphreys James McLellan Sidney J. M. Tibbetts Thomas W. Biggs Daisy Parlin A. M. Bagley Damariscotta Mills Sagadahoc County City Lyall John H. Stacy Popham Charles EF. Comee Cromwell Shaw's Mill Kelley, Spear & Co Hodgkins Lamoine Eugene Gaudreau Charlestown Navy Yard Mary Hamlin Field Carrie S. Vickery H. E. Palmer & Co Sagadahock Block D.T. Percy & Sons A. P. Howland Frank Jones Bath Tron Works Jones J. H. Kimball Hooper M. G. Shaw George Moulton, Jr Sarah Wedgdon Virginia Ham Charles P. Knight Clarkson Brooklyn Maine Sportsmen's Fish and Game Association Kineo George H. Patten Percy W. Roberts Detroit Everett W. Neal E. W. Hyde Oxits William Temple F. A. Small Friends of Peoples' Church Sasanon Blutts Theresa John Sheldon Wallace Reed Mr. Atchley Worrall Reeden Amelia Goodman Robert H. Goodman Oak Lincoln Streets Liverpool George Duncan Calais George Goodman Bessie Dean Miss Clara Capen Eastport Nichols EF. W. Hyde Oxalis Ella J. Douglas Lincoln Wiliams Foster's Point George Place Mary FE. Palmer Willam J. Tierney Foote & Sparks Frances Lincoln George M. Lincoln Fills Street Ernest DeKalb Mrs Rupert H. Baxter Portland Charles D. Clarke the Independent A. L.tabox Louise J. Irving Noyes Noyes New England Telephone Exchange Hunt Washington Streets South End E. F. Penney Washington Street Bowser Arthur Sewall Murphy Thomas Murphy C. H. Hooper Cox's Head George Percy Merrell Charles W. Morse American Ice Co Campania Rardson Stable Archie McNeal Madison Mel Reed Waltham Thompson Bath Band Theatre Orchestra William Clarke Eastern Shipbuilding Co Bath Fren Works Fall River Machinery Co Weymouth Mass Lord Benjamin T. Briggs Typbetts Seguin Belle O'Neil Rockland Woodbury Briggs J. M. Hayes & Co Winter Street Pied Hne St. Mary's Church Carlina Coughlin Wallace Hogan M. C. McDonough Matilda Hogan John McGinnis Morris Baker Iron Works A. H. Davenport Carita N. E B. Co James F. Manion School Street Shannon House Charles Maxwell, Esq James Morse Frank McCarty Springfield, Mass Henry Biggins Miss Mae Clark Brunswick Margaret Will John Fitzgerald Woburn Edmund Briggs ST. Mary's Good Will Club Miss Jewett Mr. Fisher Ruth Pratt Mark “Cowboy” Hayes Buddy Lewis Harold “Hink" Fielding al “Smoke” Giguerre Ralph “Blondie” Brewer John Hayes Lawrence Fatso” Sprague Roland Staples Dennis ‘Junior’ Crowley Daddy" Morrison Joe Blanchet Herbst Gotte Forrest “Fingers’ Bond Freddie “Romeo” Eaton Twain Rick Crtoonint Ruthie Cowboy Buddy Hank Blondie Smoke Jack Fatsu Rollie Junior Daddy Herbie Mangers Romeo Ham Fisher Tye America Mr. Hitler Palooka Germany Italy Russia Navi Fisher Joe Palooka Cecil Wells Mr. Wells Maine Central Railroad Co Wells Thomaston Waldoboro Damariscotta Durward Shorey Atme Supply Co John L. Conroy Bath Opera House Tran Works John F Hayes Eddington Lake East Eddington Augustus Pero Blue Print the Memorial Hospital Beatrice E. Duprey Memorial Hospital Alphonse H. Turcotte Mrs. Turcotte Quincy Bay State South Street Howard C. Bates Edward P. Steininger Mr. Bates Delmar E. Bates Morse High School State University Robert D. Crean Thomas C. McCabe South Yard Omar Bertrand George Gibbons Anthony Puiin Fitter Ernest Pye Owen Armstrong George Sanford United States Navy Portsmouth Navy Yard North Yard Earl Coombs Norfolk Navy Yard Portsmouth Alderman Alexander Burgess, Jr Register William P. McAuliffe Mrs. McAuliffe Newton Leon Brown Joseph Grace Ferdinand Dumais Ernest Smith Earle A. Gainsley William J. Dickinson Boston Navy Yard Edward R. Gauvin Donald McDevitt Harold M. Brewer Duncan H. Farrell State Department Brunswick Hospital William H. Morrison Morrison
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