Bath Sees Busy Summer Notes and Shipyard News
Forties era Bath items highlight haying at Stone House farm, local trips, and social visits as residents from Sewall to Higgins gather guests. Naval ship launches Rhode Island and Maine are noted alongside Red Cross fundraising and street sewers, with strikes at Bath Iron Works and Hyde Windlass affecting work.
Bath and river ferry trade boosts 1917 season record
July 22 1917 reports robust business at The People's Ferry with caps and autos crossing the river. Mrs J Pierpont Morgan and party travel Bath to Bar Harbor. A big Sunday excursion draw to Boothbay Harbor on the Westport steamer, plus downtown civic and military prep updates across Bath.
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People’s Ferry
Boothbay Harbor
Westport
Bath
Rhode Island set to launch at Texas Co yard tomorrow afternoon
July 19 1917 events on the waterfront include the launch of the Rhode Island sister ship to the Maine at 2 30 pm with Miss Elizabeth M Drake as sponsor. Local enlistments and visits noted along with Bath Iron Works wage increase and multiple social guests in Bath and Woolwich Cambridge and Portland.
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Hig
Rhode Island
Texas Steamship Co
Maine
Elizabeth M. Drake
George B. Drake
Big Steamship
Texas Co
Drew family visits Collingswood matriarch in New Jersey
Mr and Mrs Will Drew and daughters Frances and Louise of Collingswood New Jersey arrived to visit Mrs Drew's mother Mrs Charles Nichols. Daniel A McDonald the new Sagadahoc County fish warden went to Augusta to qualify in his new position and will start work Monday.
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Will Drew
Frances and
Louise
Collingswood, N. J
Daniel A. McDonald
Sagadahoc County
Augusta
The Boy Friend at Lakewood Next Week
The Lakewood Theatre presents The Boy Friend in the week starting July 29 under Grant Mills and Henry Richards with a Broadway cast directed by Gus Schirmer Jr. Performances 8:15 p.m. weekdays. 2:30 p.m. matinees Wednesday and Saturday. Henry Morgan remains with Lakewood briefly before Basil Rathbone takes the stage in Witness for the Prosecution the week of August 5.
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Jane Russell
Marilyn Monroe
Henry Morgan
Lakewood Theatre
London
New York
Julie Andrews
Lakcewood
Grant Mills
Henry Richards
Gus Schirmer, Jr
Famous Music Publishing Company
Lakewood
Basil Rathbone
Pine Haven Girl Scout Day Camp Details and Thanks
The Pine Haven day camp lists numerous volunteers and special department leaders including Mrs. Skillin, Mrs. Sylvester, Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Carter, Mrs. Hatch, Mrs. Thorpe, and Miss Donna Young among many others. Special departments cover food First Aid Arts and Crafts Music and Dramatics Nature Rocks and Minerals Drawing and Painting Camp Craft and nursery leadership with several juniors and helpers. The Friday melodrama directed by Judy Ashe entertained campers as volunteers express appreciation to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sewall for the camp site usage. Tents will be taken down and area cleared Saturday.
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Kenneth Skillin
Donald Sylvester
Frank Allen
Floyd Carter
Russell Hatch
John Thorpe
Aubrey Steen, Jr
Donald Freeman
Sherman Mitchell
Hildreth H. Fisher
Donna Young
James Hay
James Oliver
Donald Gurney
Jill Olsen
Judy Ashe
William A. Niss
Henry Donnell
Katie Thorpe
Jewell Flint
Judy Marsh
John McDougall
John McCole
Donald Jackson
Arthur Sewall
Pines
Maine court filing seeks divorce for Margaret R Jones
Margaret R Jones of Bath petitions the Sagadahoc Superior Court for a divorce from Thomas O Jones. She alleges Cruelty intoxication and unfaithfulness, cites a 1948 Virginia marriage, one child Thomas O Jones Jr. age eight, seeks custody and alimony, states the husband's residence is unknown. Filed June 10, 1957 in Bath Maine.
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State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Bath
Margaret R Jones
Maine
Thomas O. Jones
Arlington
Thomas O. Jones, Jr
Thomas O Jones, Jr
Margaret R. Jones
Libel and Court Order Notice in Sagadahoc County Bath
In Sagadahoc County Bath a libellant swore to the residence claim of the libellee before Notary George M. Carlton Jr. The Superior Court ordered publication notices in the Bath Independent for three weeks, with final publication at least 30 days before the October second Tuesday, to inform the libellant to appear and show cause why the libel should not be granted.
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State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Bath
Armand A. Dufresne. JR
Probate Court Notices From Maine Estates and Executrices
Probate Court details numerous estates with executors and administratrixes named in Topsham Bath Woolwich and other towns. Filings include inventories accounts bonds licenses and petitions for administration and valuation with multiple executors trustees and guardians named.
Wills Filed and Public Bid Notice for Phippsburg School
Estate notices list David C. Ames of Richmond and Howard F. King of Bath with executors Abbie Clare Ames and Albert N. King. Separate sealed bids for general construction of the Phippsburg Elementary School Maine are invited, with plans at Maurice E. Witmer office and a $25 set fee, bids due July 30 1957 at 2 PM and opened 7:30 PM, Town Hall Philipsburg. A 5 percent bid security is required and the town reserves the right to reject any bid. several named committee members attend.
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David C. Ames
Richmond
Abbie Clare Ames
Howard F. King
Bath
Albert N. King
Phippsburg
Maine
Maurice E. Witmer
Hillside Drive
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Philipspore
Stanley W. Perkins
Ernest W. Oliver
Arthur M. Bowker
Times
AW Neand
Mrs Warren Munsey To Have Surgery At Bath Memorial
Mrs Warren R Munsey of 94 Court Street centered Bath Me morial hospital Tuesday where she will submit to surgery on Thursday.
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Warren R. Munsey
Court Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Sagadahoc Probate Appointments List
Barbara L Brewer Register of Probate notes in Bath area estates the appointment of executors administrators and guardians. James D Murphy late of Bath: Thomas J Fahey appointed Administrator without bond July 2 1957. Harry F Bragd on late Bowdoinham: Alice E Bralldon appointed Executrix July 2 1947 and bonded. Frank P MacFarlane late Bath: Leslie C Shumway appointed Administrator June 4 1957 bonded June 28 1957. Angif Mank late Phippsburg: Carl E Albee appointed Administrator June 4 1957 bonded July 2 1957. May E Porter late Woolwich: Mabel M Soule appointed Administratrix without bond July 2. Harold J Rubin Judge of Probate affirms true copy of original order. 18-25-1 Barbara L Brewer Register.
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Harry F. Bragdon
Bowdeinham
Alice EB. Bragdon
Agnes Klemm Rogers
Haverford
Pennsylvania
Talbot M. Rogers
George Klemm Rogers
Maine
Doris B. Caouette
Topsham
Joseph Adelard Caouette
James D. Murphy
Bath
Thomas J. Fahey
May
Porter
Woolwich
Mabel M. Soule
Clayton B. Hutchins
Dorothy B. Hutchins
Georgia FE
Fox Varney
George H. Fox
Ronald Frederick Alexander
Richmond
Shirley Alexander
George F. Allen
Charles T. Small
Harriet Scammon
Ernest T. Scammon
Georgina A. Leach
Phippsburg
William J. Paisley
Ena B. McLean
Willard L. McLean
Herbert A. Stevens
Pearl L. Stevens
Harold Frederick Cothran
James F. Cothran
Barbara TL. Brewer
Sagadahoc
James D Murphy
Tate
Harry F Bragdon
Alice EB Braydon
Frank P Macfarlane
Leslie C Shumway
Angif Mank
Carl E. Albee
May E Porter
Probate notices appoint executors in Sagadahoe County
Barbara L. Brewer, Register of Probate, Sagadahoe County, lists estates with appointed executors and administrators. Irene S Kine named Executrix without bond for Frederick I. King estate. Gardiner Ro Deering as Executor. Willard Levi McLean as Executor. Susie A Tarr estate appoints Robert L. Hogan as Executor with bond. Georgia E Fox Varney estate appoints George H. Fox as Administrator with bond. All dates July 1957 noted.
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D.b.a
C.t.a
J. Bradford Sprague
Phippsburg
Franklin Pierce Sprague, Jr
Jethro Bradford Sprague
Annie F. Pennell
Winchester
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
John Ford
Massachusetts
Alice May McLean
Bath
Willard Levi McLean
Susie A. Tarr
Arrowslie
Robert L. Hogan
Frederick L. King
Irene S. King
Lillian Terrell Hume
Gardiner R. Deering
Alfred Lincoln Parsons
Topsham
Eugene A. Parsons
Addic FE
Avent
Edith M Dunning
John P. Carey
Joseph P. Robichaud
Joseph Peter Robichaud
Edward C. Robichaud
Harold Frederick Cothran
James F. Cothran
Harriet Secammon
Ernest T. Secammon
William S. Blair
Grace A. Blair
Anne Kaiulani Williams
Winter
Harold Sewall Williams
Arthur Foster Williams
Camilla A. Sewall
Loyall F. Sewall
Arthur Sewall
Miriam J. Potter
Kaiulani S. Williams
Camilla S. Edge
T. Barbara L. Brewer
Sagadahoe
Frederick I. King
Irene S Kine
Gardiner Ro Deering
SUSIE A_ TARR
Arrowsic
Georgia E. Fox Varney
George H. Fox
Henderson House Transformed With Back Yard Living Space
The Hendersons retain the front, steps and lawn curb while additions changed the back. A lower level living room opens to a brick patio with brick walls, wrought iron gates and decorative panels. The secluded garden features shrubs, urns: a six year miracle for the so called little house from Phippsburg.
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Phippsburg
Paul Litchfield Visits Boyhood Home in Bath
Paul W. Litchfield, former president of Good year Rubber Co., called on Mrs. Harry F. Litchfield at 16 Bath Street. He recalls Bath as his boyhood home and his book Industrial Voyage. He had vacationed at Boothbay Harbor and Squirrel Island and was en route to Duxbury, Massachusetts, to join his wife and family.
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Paul W. Litchfield
Akron
Goodyear Rubber Co
Harry FE. Litchfield
Bath Street
Litchfield
Bath
Boothbay Harbor
Squirrel Island
Duxbury
Mass
Probate court orders notices in Bath estate actions
A Bath probate court orders notices for multiple estates including decedents Howard Fefking Annie Pennell Harriet Scammon Harold Cothran William Blair Camilla Sewall Arthur Sewall Miriam Potter Anne Kaulani Williams and others. Executors administrators guardians and heirs are named. licenses to sell real estate and widow’s allowances are petitioned. court set for August and publication for three weeks in Bath Independent.
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Bath
Sarah
Sewall F Sewall
Arthur Sewall
Mirlat J Potter
Kaiulant
S Williams
Anne Kaiulani Williams
Phippshore
Harold Sewall Williams
Arthur Foster Williams
Bradford Spraguf
John P Carey
Franklin Pierce Sprague, Jr
Jethro Bradford Sprague
Probate court notices from Sagadahoc County July 1957
In Sagadahoc County on the first Tuesday of July 1957 petitions for probate and letters testamentary are presented for Leon F Rates Alice A Small Harold Robinson Myra Tibbetts and Cleo M Gilman executors or executrices. A petition to sell and convey real estate in Georgetown is filed by John M Leonard administrator. Annie Fe Thurston of Bath presents first and final account for James A Thurston executor.
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Charles M. Cook
Topsham
Marie Lea Cobb
Harold C. Robinson
Woolwich
Myra Tibbetts
Leon F. Bates
West Bath
Alice R. Small
Delmore H. Gilman
Bath
Cleo M. Gilman
Annie E. Thurston
James A. Thurston
Herbert A. Stevens
Pearl L. Stevens
Bertha Sholes Brown
Needham
Massachusetts
Josiah W. Brown
Sydney S. M. Breck
Phippsburg
Manley duPont Breck
National Bank of Commerce of Portland
Als
Georgia Fox Varney
Susie A. Tarr
Arrowsie
Clayton B. Hutchins
Bowdeinham
Frank B. Walker
Chester
Vermont
Raymond Osier
Lewis I. Naiman
Ralph D. Warren
Frank R. Warren
John D. Warren
Ralph D. Warren, Jr
Jonathan T. Huntington
Joan W. Huntington
Maurice FE. Skillin
Thelma M. Skillin
Fred E. Daggett
John L. Jack
Laura S Daggett
Saradahoe
Isid County
Alice
Merein
Alice R. Anal
Harold © Robinson Late
Will
Peti- Son
L Eo M. Gilman
Cleo
Gilman Ferris W Leonard
Georgetown
Sagadahoc
Tohn M Leonard
Annie FE Thurston
Harold J. Rubin
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