Bath community notes mix charity, industry, and social visits
July 18 1915 residents of Bath observe charity drives for a proposed nurses home while local industry grows with Congress Shirt Co hiring 50 workers. Yacht club hosts a Fourth of July cruise praises Merritt with new members and changes in the Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum board. Attendees travel to Richmond for Hall’s funeral and summer outings occur at Popham Beach.
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Fuly
Price
Congress Shirt Company
Congress Shirt Co
Kennebec
Crowded City Landing Dock Hosts Boat Parade Scene
On July 14 1915 the city landing dock overflowed with 16 launches and several large boats creating a bridge like view. The Islander’s wash brought a lively stir as boats clustered near the wharf with notable vessels including The Wonder and a whaleboat cabin from Georgetown attracting attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Landing Dock
Joseph Totman
Georgetown
Bath and area noted in 1915 local notes and events
July 15 1915 report from Bath covers hospital nurse diplomas and summer visitors to Boothbay. ship launches and arrivals. burglar alarm at a surprise party. sturgeon fishing success. multiple family travels. theatre and concert previews. road and post office upgrades. local society and club notices with many named residents and organizations.
Dance Night at Oakledge Draws New Meadows Visitors
The New Meadows event drew residents for a Saturday night party at Oakledge. Post Office inspector Pierce of Boston was in town as a local visitor today.
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New Meadows
Oakledge
Post Office
Pierce
Boston
Summer visitors and travel notes from July 19 1915
July 19 1915 reports Harry B Sawyer on business in New York Joseph Hunter of Boston visiting Mr and Mrs Carl C Troop Henry M Heartlet and family take a cottage at Popham Beach Rev F W O Brien D D of Union Square Baptist Somerville Mass arrives to preach at People's Church and stays with W D Coombs Corliss A new draw between Barber's and Hodgdon's islands opens for travel Tuesday First teams crossed the bridge last week with work ongoing.
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F. W. O’brien
Somerville
William D. Coombs
Corliss Street
D.D
Edward McAuliffe
Chicago
St. Louis
James J. Keily
Holy Family Church
Fr. Keily
Harry B. Sawyer
New York
Henry M. Heartlet
Popham Beach
Henry
F. W. O'Brien
D. D
Union Square Baptist Church
Mass
City
The
People’s Church
O’brien
W. D. Coombs
Barter's
Hodgdon's Islands
Twilight League sees Wiscasset and BIW winners
Wiscasset A C defeated Boothbay Harbor 5 2 at Boothbay while BIW stopped Eagles 3 1 at Kelley Field, giving Wiscasset sole possession of the sunberth and dropping BIW from first place tie to third. Greene earned the win with 7 strikeouts. Haggett took the loss.
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Wiscasset A. C
Boothbay Harbor
Boothbay
Eagles
Kelley Field
Sagadahoc
Foye
BIW
Jimmy Beck
Gene Hunter
Farrow
Haggett
Beck
Mel Cornish
Chick Marchetti
Dick Greene
Bill Haggett
Roxbury Guests Visit Bridghams on Washington Street
Plains and Mrs. Mary Kimball of Roxbury are guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bridgham on Washington Street.
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Harry W. Cobb
Augusta
Mrs. Allen Irish
Washington Street
Charles D. Shaw
Greenville
F. B. Bradeen
Charles
Essex, Conn
F. H. Kimball
High Street
Plains
Mary Kimball
Roxbury
E. W. Bridgham
Probate notices from Bath court schedule August hearings
Court of Probate at Bath Sagadahoc county issues orders for notices in three weeks of publication. Estates include Lena Douglas Newell Agnes W Humphreys Ethel Glidden Elizabeth D Stevens and others with executors and administrators named. Additional petitions request licenses to sell real estate and perpetual care of a cemetery lot.
Hills and Honor: Jack Huff’s Mountain Duty and Pride
Hal Boyle recounts Jack Huff in Gatlinburg Tennessee who built a mountain lodge atop Le Conte, carried his ailing mother on his back to share sunsets, later ran Mountain View hotel, and faced modern labor woes while cherishing memory and dignity. The tale echoes enduring Scotch Irish pride and personal sacrifice.
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Hal Boyle
Gatlinburg
Tenn
Jack Huff
Ernie Pyle
Jack
Pioneer
le Conte
Great Smokies
Mountain Eyrie
Fort
Bath Man Retires from Navy After 22 Years of Duty
Caverly retires as chief commissary steward with 22 years active duty and nine years in the Fleet Reserve. He served globally including Japan China and South Pacific posts and was at Tokyo Harbor at World War II outbreak. Now a civilian in the Brunswick NAS supply department, he lives in Bath with Shirley Mank and holds several local memberships.
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U. S. Naval Fleet Reserve
Armed Forces
Caverly
Japan
China
South Pacific Islands
South America
Panama
Tokyo Harbor
Bath
U. S. S. Bennet
Fleet Reserve
Navy
Shirley Mank
Ralph P. Mank
Spring Street
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Colonial Club
Central Congregational Church
Polar Star Lodge of Masons
J. L. Halloway, Jr
Naval Personnel
Washington, D. C
Probate notices for multiple Bath estates July 1955
On the first Tuesday in July 1955 petitions and accounts for Bath estates are presented for court action. Louisa Elva Burgess seeks name change to Louise Margaret Burgess. Frank Francisco estate with Kenneth N Francisco as executor. Sarah J Hitchcock estate second account. Canal National Bank as trustee for Catherine M Hitchcock. Nellie M Johnson petition to license sale of Bath real estate. Samuel Povich petition to set off one third of real estate free of debt to widow Sophie Povich. Alfred S Tarbox first and final accounts by First Portland National Bank as executor. An August 1955 probate court hearing is scheduled at ten o clock in the forenoon for objections.
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Bath
Sagadahoc
Carl E. Albee
Agnes W Humphreys
John R. Ballard
Margaret Nelson
Mabel N Rowe
Mabel N. Rowe
Myers E Reed
Woolwich
Susie May Benner Reed
Myers E. Reed
May Benner Reed
Elizabeth D M_ Stevens
Phippsburg
Charles L. Stevens
Kenneth N Francisco
Sarah J . Hitchcock
Canal National Bank of Portland
Catherine M. Hitchcock
Nellie M Johnson
Richard F Johnson
Samuel Povich
Bailey and Lowery attend Tolanthe at Monmouth theater
Atty and Mrs. Bailey and daughter Anne along with James Lowery of Brunswick and Barbara Brown of this city attended the Tolanthe performance at the Monmouth Gilbert and Sullivan theater presented by the American Savoyards. Mrs. Suslar and Jolene return from Ogunquit and Mrs. Suslar will teach in Bath this year. Forest Barter and his wife of Pinehurst North Carolina visit local friends. 16 percent of the UK population is over 60.
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Atty
Boyd L. Bailey
Anne
James Lowery
Brunswick
Barbara Brown
Monmouth
Carlene F. Suslar
Jolene
Ogunquit
Forest Barter
Pinehurst
N. C
West Bath
Maine Divorce Libel Orders Bath Appearance
Irene Barclay of Bath Sagadahoc County seeks a divorce from Clyde F Barclay of Dorchester Suffolk Massachusetts. The libel notes six months Maine residence and desertion since 1947 with cruel treatment. Court orders notice by Bath Daily Times three weeks prior to October second Tuesday.
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State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Bath
Pegaceloe
T. Irene Barclay
Clyde E. Barclay
Dorchester
Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bath Maine
Irene Barclay
Clyde F Barclay
Iunerior Court
Saradahoc
Bath Daily Times
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Hyde Windlass Works
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Board of Trustees
W. A. MacCormick
Middleboro, Mass
Frank Wal
Catherine Coughlin
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Martin
Molly Palmer
Duncan McInnes
Haviland Torrey
James S. Lowell
Cyrus W. Longley
A. L. Strout
Richmond
William T. Hall
Marshal McDonald
Percy Low
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Mr. MacCormick
Newee
Ward One
Weeks Street
E.S. Crosby
Laura L. Page
W. Duncan Page
Milford
Conn
Bob Gordon
Mark Hagan
John S. Hyde
Portland
Maine Central
William Worden
Paris
Edward McLellan
Newport
John A. Morse
Pittsburgh
Miriam Kimball
Joseph McCole
F. W. Hartnett
Joseph Leddington
Leddington
Wollaston
Kelley-Spear Co
R. B. Hatch
Stanley
Bonelli
Squirrel Island
Donald Sewall
Africa
Nairobi
Music Hall
Loyal Order of Moose
Gertrude Gilman
Herry Thoms
Florence Dunton
Hazel Wing
Arthur Pratt
Watertow
Fort Baldwin
Bud Beach
R. H. Baxter
This City
E. A. Allan
Aramede Tarbox
Washington
Gray's Inn
Bethel
N. H
Bangor State Hospital
Bangor
Charles W. Clifford
Clifford
City of
Doris Dyer
Searsport
Elliot
R. P. Ham
J. Fernandez
This
J. Thone
Erie
Togus
Bay Point
Gardiner
Rogers
Wallace Cottage
Cony Island
Kelly, Spear Co
Staples Transportation Co
Fall River
Francis Chase
Attleboro
M. J. McCormick
Mary Pickford
Columbia
H. S. Sewall
Small Point
H. A. Shaw
W. D. Sewall
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Priscilla Kimball
Judge Dunton
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Springfield
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Tibbetts
Walter M. Potter
Crosman
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O. M. Redlon
Mildred Oliver
Capt
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George Oliver
Newcastle
Mikelsky
Emilio de Gogorza
William D. Sewall
Bretton Woods
Galen C. Moses
Rockland
al Ridley
Webber's
Hyde Windlass
St. Mary's Juvenile Minstrels
Mary B. Olys
Addie P. McFadden
Horace Stone
Bath City
E. L. Gaudreau
Strand Theater Orchestra
J. W. McNeil
U. S. S. Kearsarge
A. J. McNeil
Seguin
Easton
South Gardiner
Ariel
Ellenville
McCarthy’s Flats
North Boothbay
St. Croix
Bath City Hospital
Winship Street
Samuel D. Cook
Edward Cook
Portsmouth
Harry E. Cook
Waltham
Harry
Cook
Portland Harbor
Thomas Hodgkins
Carlton
Charles E. Plaisted
Roger
Rufus Lombard
Happy Nook
Kennebec Bar Association
City Hospital
Bath Savings Institution
George P. Davenport
Sydney J. Meeker
Charles C. Low
Allan Spear
Langdon T. Snipe
W. S. Newel
James Jones
William B. Mussenden
Harry E. Cornish
Dwinal
Velma
Lisbon Falls
George Littlefield
Auburn
Hersey Canham
Chestnut Street
E. Leo Farrell
Morse High School
Citizens’ Bureau
State Department
James Farrell
North Street
John Cooke
Jamaica
Charles E. Potter
R-Mich
Javelyn Herrala
Detroit
Herrala
Joseph Hunter
Carl C. Troop
Frank Beverly
Alabama
Abe Spiegelman
Los Angeles
Beverly
Twildahl
International Soundphoto
Wiscasset
B.lw
Marchetti
McCourt
J. Trafton
Hunter
Greene
Furrow
Bourget
Ron Pet
Champ
Callan
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A. Cornish
Gaudet
Kingsbury
Carmichael
Wight
Tukey
Libby
Pecci
Soule
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Lillian H. Heal
Thomas Dourette
Mildred Y Morin
Arthur J. Dunton
Lillian H al, Egister
Tennessee Hill
Progate Notices
Lillian H
Bageau
Frank M. Churchill
Clayton B Churchill
Helen E. McIntyre
Danford A. McDonald
Walter E. Reid
Daniel Williams
Arthur J. Dunton, Jr
Probate
Lillian H. Heaj
Tossier
United Kingdom
Ruth Mathias
Broadway
Everett
A.D
T Trene Rclay
Libellant
Lynn M. Bussey
Esther L. Brawn
Clarks
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