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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
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Eugene Gaudreau
Charlestown Navy Yard
Mary Hamlin Field
Carrie S. Vickery
H. E. Palmer & Co
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D.T. Percy & Sons
A. P. Howland
Frank Jones
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George Moulton, Jr
Sarah Wedgdon
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Clarkson
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Maine Sportsmen's Fish and Game Association
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Detroit
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E. W. Hyde
Oxits
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Theresa
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Eastport
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Cox's Head
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Merrell
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American Ice Co
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Rardson Stable
Archie McNeal
Madison
Mel Reed
Waltham
Thompson
Bath Band
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William Clarke
Eastern Shipbuilding Co
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Fall River Machinery Co
Weymouth
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Wallace Hogan
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N. E
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Charles Maxwell, Esq
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Frank McCarty
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Brunswick
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Woburn
Edmund Briggs
ST. Mary's
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Fatso” Sprague
Roland Staples
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Daddy" Morrison
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Mr. Wells
Maine Central Railroad Co
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Atme Supply Co
John L. Conroy
Bath Opera House
Tran Works
John F Hayes
Eddington Lake
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