Texas Steamship Co consolidates Maine shipyards under one control
Forty years of shipbuilding history in Bath and surrounding towns highlight the Texas Steamship Co acquisition of the Arthur Sewall & Co yard and adjacent New England Company plot. The report notes high tonnage output for the area, local outings for Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home, traffic rule changes on Front Street, plus an array of social and transport updates from Bath and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sewall & Co
New England Company
Texas’ Steamship Co
July 12 1916 Observations From the Point at 10 PM
Weather records show 80 degrees at the Point at 10 o clock Wednesday evening. Local children gather and sell blueberries at 18 cents per quart while William Shorey and Oliver Moses finish painting their houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Mercury
William Shorey
Oliver Moses
Bath Circus Day Opens With Splendid Parade In Bath
July 13 1916 reports say Capt Henry W Owen Jr reports for recruiting service in Augusta and Lt Wakefield leads Fourth Company. Rockledge rebuilding expected in Fall. A Bath man injures tooth at Thompson's Corner as circus day draws crowds. Sparks circus arrives from Dexter with a long parade featuring bands and steam calliope. Fred Leonard the baker notes his pear trees heavy with pears and blossoms, attributing it to a wet Spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Owen, Jr
4Th Company
Augusta
Adjutant General's Office
Wakefield
Bath
Sparks Circus
Dexter
Lower Middle Street
Fred Leonard
Mr. Leonard
Bathites Pride in Captain Hughes and Local Sea Safety
Bath residents praise Capt. C. F. Hughes for inspecting the German freighter Deutschland while declining to reveal details for honor. Popham and Small Point beaches are deemed safe for bathers, with gradual sands limiting shark risk. An auction at the Cosmopolitan clubhouse featured Miss Frances Weeks as hostess and prizes for 24 players, followed by Russian tea and snacks. A rustic Park pond bridge will be replaced by a new structure after the old one wore out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Moses
Airdale
C. F. Hughes
Naval
Capt. Hughes
Popham
Small Point
Cosmopolitan Clubhouse
Frances Weeks
Boston
Buonamics
Miss White
Tea Room
Natalie Lemont
Ward
Park Pond
Sparks Circus draws Bath crowds during summer visit
July 14 1916 Bath scenes include Sparks Circus at Kimball Field A gypsy caravan headed toward the border prompts police action Miss Helen Hartwell and many Bath residents enjoy outings at Popham Small Point and Boothbay Harbor The Kennebec sturgeon catches steady and local yacht races occur with mixed winds toward Islesboro and North Haven
Social Roundup of Weekend Visitors and Local Doings
Mr and Mrs Winfield W Morse and Miss Doris of Winne tance visited Friday evening. Henry M Hartleb rode up from a Summer home at Popham. Miss Marcia Stinson of North Woolwich was in town. Edith Mitchell heads to Small Point for a week with Miss Hazel Harrington. Hand organ man and monkey entertain in the business district. Monkey beats pennies and plays ball. D Wylie Lemont, Charles Thayer, Frank Anderson and John Lowell on special police duty for the circus. Joseph B Brierly spends Summer at Old Orchard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker’s Bay Farm
Bath
John A. Morse
Frank A. Percy
Dorothy Sewall
Priscilla
Miriam Kimball
Dorothy Nichols
Carol Percy
Pauline Hatch
Marguerite Ferguson
Louise Saunders
Leonice Morse
John Houghton
Paul Wing
Joseph Sewall
George Warner
Horace Morse
D. Wylie Lemont
Charles Thayer
Frank Anderson
John Lowell
Weekend Visit and Shipping Career Highlight
On July 17 1916 Capt John Melinnes spent the weekend at Old Orchard with family then returned home Monday afternoon by car. Rupert Baxter and wife with children visited from their Mere Point summer home. Capt J O Hall is home from New York as schooner Martha P Small discharges 2500 tons quebracho wood from Buenos Aires. the ship has been six months at sea. The Small will finish discharging by month end and is chartered for another South American voyage carrying case oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John MelInnes
Old Orchard
J. O. Hall
New York
Martha P. Small
Buenos Aires
South America
Small
Case Oil
Parker Head News: Local Visits and Vacations
Parker Head Teaneck residents Parker Head visits Boothbay and Lisbon Falls are noted. Mrs Getz returns home while Mrs Turner McCarthy arrives from Worcester. Irene Libby and son visit Lisbon Falls parents. William Temple Bath, Linwood Temple family visits Parker Head cottage. Nancy Temple vacations with Camden friends as Norman Dubie and family join Thayer group for a cottage outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teaneck
N. J
Boothbay
Getz
Turner McCarthy
Worcester
Mass
Irene Libby
Stephen Hiister
Lisbon Falls
William Temple
Bath
Parker Head Cottage
Linwood Temple
Nancy Temple
Probate Notices for Estates in Bath County 1956
Court of Probate in Bath Sarradahor on July 13 1956 presented matters for estates of Alvah C Reynolds Georgetown Cornwell B Rogers Woolwich Charles F Thomas Rawdornham. Agnes M Reynolds seeks admin without bond Elise M Rogers and J Bernard Miller named executors. Elizabeth B Thomas seeks administratrix. Notice orders publication and August first hearing. Arthur J Dunton Judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bathin
Sarradahor
Bath
Ata
Alvah C Reynolds
Georgetown
Agnes M. Reynolds
Agnes M Reynolds
Cornwell
Arthur Jo Dunton
Weekend Visits and Local Notices in Bath Area
Community members from North Bath to Brunswick shared weekend visits and hospital news. Gail Sukeforth and Florence Williams visitors, siblings, and relatives from Union Plainville Portsmouth Weeks Mills Somerville Bangor Winnegance Hudson Michigan Rome Cumberland Center and Wiscasset joined local families, with several entries noting hospital stays and race attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gail.Sukeforth
Bailey Island
Florence Williams
Vincent
Union
Cedric Sukeforth
Sheldon Day
Plainville
Harold McCloud
Somerville
Mass
Burton Wing
Bangor
J. Carroll Wing
Calvin Wing
James Calvin
Bath Memorial Hospital
Ralph Williams
Winnegance
John DeGroot
Edmund Higgins
William Lenfest
Clarence Jones
Hudson, N. H
Edwin Hemingway
Austin Morse
Michigan
Samuel Morse
Whiskeay
George Lawrence
Harry Higgins
Rome
Charles Temple
Gloria
Patricia
Cumberland Center
Frank Ward
Merle Orne
Elisabeth
Brunswick
Elmer Rogers
Sewall Strout
Wiscasset
Walter Arsenault
Arthur King
Millbourne Miller
Rooke Farm
Six to Leave for Week At Salvation Army Camp
Six local youngsters will depart Thursday for a week at Camp Wonderland on Lake Massapong, Sharon, Massachusetts. Accompanied by Capt. Jessie Jones and Mrs. Clinton Fleming, the camp is run by the Salvation Army and spans 170 acres with woods beaches and playgrounds. The week for ages six to ten will be supervised by Senior Capt. and Mrs. Douglas Bethune of Portland. Attending from this city are Dandra Frederick and Donald Cressey Patrick and Donna Pinkham and Ralph Willy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Camp Wonderland
Lake Massapong
Sharon
Mass
Jessie Jones
Clinton Fleming
Salvation Army
Douglas Bethune
Portland
Daondra
Frederick
Donald Cressey
Patrick
Donna Pinkham
Ralph Willy
Probate orders in Bath Massachusetts Sagadahoc Court
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc County issues an order to publish notice for probate of multiple estates. Hearings are set for August first with executors named Inez Genthner Jane S Paine and others seeking letters testamentary. First and final accounts are presented by several executors including Edward W Bridgham and Charles L Stevens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Mary A Cameron
Inez Genthner
Cecill Paine
Jane S Paine
Frank W. Perkins
Edward W Bridgham
Perleston L. Pert
Mary A. Cameron
Cecil E. Paine
Jane S. Paine
Appointments in Sagadahoc County Estates
Register V Lillian H Heal certifies that in the listed Sagadahoc estates the named individuals were appointed to roles on the indicated dates: Stinson Isle of Woolwich executrix without bond July 10 1958. Pollard Bath executor without bond July 10 1956. Parker Georgetown administrator without bond July 10 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. Lillian H. Heal
Sagadahoc
Everson C. Stinson
Isle of Woolwich
Ruby E. Stinson
Elizabeth P Pollard
Bath
Albert FE Pollard
Ceridwen M. Parker
Georgetown
Walter F Parker
Arthur J. Dunton
Woolwich
Clyde Lake
Florence C. Lake
Elizabeth P. Pollard
Albert E. Pollard
Probate Court Wills Filed and Accounts in Bath and Nearby
Probate filings list wills and executors across Bath Woolwich Topsham Phippsburg Georgetown Richmond and Topsham. Executors and administrators are named for each estate with appointments bonds and licenses to sell real estate where applicable.
Mrs Wright Rejoins Family Visitors After trip
Mrs C Bruce Wright of 13 Marshall avenue returns home Tuesday night after a visit with sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Richard D Martin of Littleton Massachusetts. She is accompanied by the Martins and their daughter Linda and by Mr and Mrs Joseph S Crowley of Fort Lauderdale Florida who will visit the Wrights for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Bruce Wright
Marshall Avenue
Richard D. Martin
Littleton
Mass
Martin
Linda
Joseph S. Crowley
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Wrights
Foreclosure Notice of Ordway Property in Topsham Maine
Foreclosure filed by First National Bank of Brunswick against Vesper H Ordway and others for breach of mortgage on land in Topsham Maine with meadow parcel along Cathance River. Notice dated July 9 1956 at Brunswick Cumberland. Justice of the Peace Anita L Staples witnessed signing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesper H. Ordway
Topsham
Sagadahoc
State of Maine
First National Bank of
Brunswick
Maine
United States of America
Cumberland
Said Topsham
Augusta
Towit
Charles Rackley
Harry Rackley
Ernest F. Couture
Lillian F Couture
Helen C Wood
Vesper H Ordway
George F Alen
Ernest F
Lillian Couture
George E Allen
Toosham
Cathance
Edward Mallett
Stete
First National Bank
Wm H. Farrar
William H. Farrar
Anita LL. Staples
Local social notes from West Bath gatherings and visits
West Bath residents hosted a picnic at the Hennessey home with guests including Mrs. Leon Belanger Joan Ring Marie Earle Christine Fuller Jack and Jerry Bennett. Many families traveled to Boothbay and Brigham Cove for weekend visits and returned to Bath area homes.
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Hennessey
Leon Belanger
Joan Ring
Marie Earle
Christine Fuller
Jack
Jerry Bennett
Arthur Corns
Marjorie
Florence Neiley
Carl Hague
Boothbay
Cormier
Willard Adams
Harland Boynton
William Hodgkins
Kittery
Hodgkins
Richard Hennessey
William Hennessey
Walpole
Mass
Dexter Allis
David
Suzanne Bickford
Boxford
Tibbetts Farm
Brigham Cove
Roland Carlton
Eva Merrier
Webster
John Perkins
Bath Memorial Hospital
F. Deehan
F. Avery
D. Avery
New Hampshire
Vermont
William Ketchum
Mary
Crystal Lake
Daniel McDougall
Boston
Marcella McDougall
Ralph Keener
Elmira
N. Y
Marrella McDougall
Ruth Roundy
Polio Vaccine Clinic Set at Bay Point July 31
A Bay Point vaccination event will run from 5 30 to 7 00 p m July 31 at the Methodist church vestry. Dr George Gould of Richmond and a state nurse will administer Salk vaccine with a local committee. Children six months to twenty years may receive one dose with parent or guardian permission slips required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
George Gould
Richmond
Scientists find individual dreams can last up to an hour
Researchers report that dream episodes may extend for as long as sixty minutes for some individuals, contrasting earlier estimates. The finding suggests variability in dream duration and could influence understanding of sleep stages and dreaming.
Probate Court Notices For Bath Maine Estates and Trustees
Third account for Sydney S. M. Breck estate presented by Manley dePont Breck and National Bank of Commerce. First and final accounts for Ruth Dubar and William B Shorey estates. First accounts for Bertha Louise Soule and Leona M Snipe. Leona M Snipe seeks name change to Leona M Green. Will and petition in Philias Tardiff and Mary Josephine Tardiff estates. Will petitions in Harriet Turner and Franklin Howe estates. First and final account for Mabel E Waters. Second account for Ava Maria Whitney. Accounts and notices for Elizabeth A Williams estate. 12-10-26 LILLIAN H. HEAL, Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sydney S. M. Breck
Phippsburg
Manley dePont Breck
National Bank of Commerce
Ruth Dubar
Woolwich
Franklin Howe
J. Franklin Howe
Mabel E Waters
William L. Waters
Ava Maria Whitney
Edward W. Bridgham
Bath area probate assigns guardians and executors in 1956
I Lillian H Heal Register of Probate Sagadahoc appoints Executors Administrators Conservators or Guardians for estates including Margaret T Ingraham of Bath Harold R Swanson Virginia M Harriman Woolwich Louise A Galuza Thomas James Lyden Bath Walter G Lyden Guardian May 15 1956 Bond filed June 26 1956 Woodbury W Bailey Marion W Bailey executrix June 12 1956 Vernon F E Gray Georgetown Addie E B Gray Administratrix July 3 19% George F E Gray Luva M Gray 3 1956
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Williams
Topsham
Paul L. Powers
Ceridwen M. Parker
Georgetown
Walter F. Parker
Mildred M. Warren
Bath
Frank R. Warren
Harriet C. Wright
Eleanor M. Wright
Eric J. Carlson
Phippsburg
Ilene P. Schelk
Thomas I. Reed
Woolwich
Lynn M. Bussey
Margaret T. Ingraham
Harold R. Swanson
Richard Swanson
Woodbury W. Bailey
Marion W. Bailey
Lillian H. Heal
Sagadahoc
Margaret T Ingraham
Harold R Swanson
Virginia M Harriman
Louise A Galuza
Thomas James Lyden
Walter G Lyden
Vernon FE Gray
Addie EB. Gray
George FE Gray
Luva M. Gray
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Soldiers & Sailors Orphans Home
Tacoma Inn
Poe Road Management
Lewiston
Auburn
Wallace
Front Street
Batham Ferry Street
Jean F. Butler
Henry R. White
Marshall and
Louise
Carrie Ring
James Dean l
Pembroke
Lorettus S. Metcalf
Washington and
Elm Street
Ralph H. Dunton
Bath Iron Works
Monmouth
Mr. Metcalf
Metcalf
Farrin
Otter Cliff House
Five Islands
the Park
M. J. McCormack
East Pittston
H. P. Richardson
Forrest Park
Moosehead
Mr. McLean
Philadelphia
George B. Drake
Texas Steamship Co
Harvey Henderson
Brother Albert
Canada
Nova Scotia
H. D. Maxwell
Buffalo
Chauncey Curtis
Pine Street
Fred Starkey
Leader
Marjorie Mitchell
Cynthia Crosman
Mabel Redson
Thelma Brown
Irene Lennox
Frances Lord
Marion Purington
Samuel R. Percy
M. W. Sewall
D. T. Dougherty
Hudson
Elizabeth H. Rice
Cummings Street
Charles S. Brown
Arnold
Popham Beach
James P. Webber
Pnmings
Eugene McGrath
McCarthy
Floral Street
Daniel Bishop
Ralph Dunton
Riggsville
Peaslee
Donald N. Small
Chase's Corner
Sparks
Kimball Field
Rockland
Texas Yard
Shirt Factory
Carl K. Crosby
Phoebe
Brooklyn
Islesboro
Wainwright
Rockledge
Thompson’s Corner
Front
Hallet’s
Merton Webber
J. Arthur Stevens
Will Carlton
Marshal Wiggin
Thomaston
Eastern Yacht Club
Penobscot Bay
Boothbay Harbor
White Head
North Haven
Seguin
Helen Hartwell
Portsmouth
N. H
New Meadows
Boat Club
E. T. Gross
H. A. Young
L. A. Jack
Arthur Brown
Joseph E. Cloutier
Thomas Dunham
F. W. Larrabee
Thomas Kelley
Zina Clifford
George Leonard
Edith Ledyard
A. B. Coombs
Lizzie Moses
Portlands
Ellen R. Turner
Harold M. Sewall
Annie Torrey
Joseph Torrey
George Thompson
High Street
Edward Hawley
Hattie Palmer
Waltham, Mass
J. A. Phillips
Esther Mikelsky
Granstone Park
Frank
Mikelsky
New Jersey State Hospital
Ben
Newark
Clyde Feero
George Sonia
Elmer Brown
George Bouter
H. W. Bowie
Mr. Feero
Hampton Beach
Mr. Bowie
Agnes Finnegan
Bertha Bellerose
Miss Finnegan
Miss Bellerose
A. D. Stetson’s
Harold Battison
Sebasco
Gordon Preble
Battison
Charles Irving Trufant
Miss Delight
Skowhegan
Eleanor Leydon
Horace Mann School
Riverside Hotel
Jennie Sawyer
Cony High School
Miss Sawyer
Morse High School
Ethel Knight
Catherine Sullivan
May
Nellie Congdon
Cora Sheridan
Madelyn Brackley
Ethel Belanfer
Gardiner
Miss Adelaide Dennison
Miss Harriman
Daniel Williams
Birch Point
Percy Low
Bay Point
Kennebec
Jones’ Eddy
Moosehead Lake
Kinco House
al Ridley
Torrey Roller
Farrar's Market
Hall
Maurice Duncklee
Winter Street Parsonage
M. Cutler
Salem
Edward B. Smith
Frank H. Percy
White Mountains
Charles Gilman
Elizabeth Upton
Hartley C. Baxter
E. L. Ham
American Express
Tom Percy
Arlington
Charles Wilbur
West Newton
Percy Cottage
Ruth Ward
Virginia Shaw
Mr. Eastman
Beverly
Helen
Mildred Carpenter
Cutler
Miss Myrle Strong
Southport
Arthur Sewall Bosworth
Cape Elizabeth
Eleanor Adams
Navy Yard
Mary Baxter
Ellen Newell
Lydia Baxter
Baxter Cottage
Mere Point
Hazel Wing
Waldoboro
Miss Coombs
Kennebec Baseball League
Allan Spear
Rev
S. A. Evans
J. Edward Pomeroy
John H. Brown
Mr. Brown
William Mussenden
Clare Coombs
Anne Kimball
Poland
Anna Morse
Polly Horne
Watertown
Winfield W. Morse
Miss Doris of
Winnetance
Henry M. Hartleb
Virginia
Marcia Stinson
North Woolwich
Edith Mitchell
Hazel Harrington
Crands
Joseph B. Brierly
Rupert H. Baxter
Parker
Lillian H. Heat
Register
North
Salvation Army Camp
Russia
Lillian H Veal
Lillian H Wrat
Probate
Katherine M. Pert
Warren Edgar Cunningham
Elia S. Cunningham
Elizabeth D. M. Stevens
Charles L. Stevens
Seddie F. Kelley
May M. Strong
Lizzie A. Haggett
West Bath
Charles T. Small
Clarence E. Griffing
Wilhelmina Griffing
Donna J. Nichols
Guardian
Elizabeth A. Williams
Arthur J Dunton
Lillian H Heal