Sears RoeBuck Block rises amid sewer woes and mud
Construction on the Sears Roe buck and Co and First National store at Center and Washington advances despite sewer leaks causing repeated digging and water seepage. Cement walls are up. back walls to be started next week as crews work dawn to dusk seven days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center
Washington Streets
Sears Roebuck & Co
First National
Justus Miller
Washington Street
Gediman Bros
Center Street
Officers Appointed for S S Extavia
S S Andrews operating manager of American Export Lines announced the deck and engineering officers for the S S Extavia the new fast cargo ship launched by Bath Iron Works on June 28 Capt Carroll M Mcgowan will be master with G Molestad as first officer G P Coleman second officer J E Gilleland third officer and G D Smith junior third officer H A Griffiths is chief engineer with E Borg as first assistant engineer Additional engineering officers will be named later The Extavia will undergo sea trials in September and then join the American Export India service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S. Andrews
American Export Lines
Bath Iron Works Corp
Carroll M. Mcgowan
G. Molestad
G. P. Coleman
J. E. Gilleland
G. D. Smith
H. A. Griffiths
E. Borg
American Export India Service
Pine Tree Girl Scouts Leave for White Mountains Trip
Senior Girl Scouts from the Pine Tree troop depart Tuesday at nine from Mrs Linwood Carr's home for a three day excursion through the White Mountains. Mrs Carr is assisted by Mrs Arthur Burgess of Bath and Mrs Ida Knowlton of Lewiston. The outing uses a bus owned by Charles B Doyle. The route includes Crawford, Franconia and Ingham Notches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Tree
Linwood Carr
White Mountains
Carr
Arthur Burgess
Bath
Ida Knowlton
Lewiston
Charles B. Doyle
Crawford
Franconia
Inkham Notches
Aes Russell
Rances Allan
Oria Leavitt
Bettie Burgess
Marguerite Rines
Grace Crowley
Nellie Page
Majella Miller
Joss Case Trial Proves Expensive for This County
The Sagadahoc county trial of Dr. Merrill E. Joss in Thomaston ended in July with a 10 to 20 year sentence for manslaughter of his wife Dr. Laverne Joss. County commissioners meet Aug. 5 to approve trial costs totaling about 7153.89, including a $125.55 bill from Dr. George W. Alexander and a $210.00-plus claim for Dr. Julius Gottlieb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Thomaston
Merrill E. Joss
Richmond
Raymond Fellows
Bangor
Sagadahoc
Laverne Harris Joss
Red Brick
Dr. Joss
Sagadahoc County
Julius Gottlieb
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Gottlieb
Justice Fellows
William B. Cox
Cox
George W. Alexander
Gardiner
Kennebec County
Bath
Alexander
Miss Hebert
Gardiner Hospital
Paul D. Giddings
Augusta
Joss
Merrill Joss
Birchway Historic House Opens To Public In Damariscotta
Birchway, the Hawkins era Hitchcock farm house in Damariscotta, opens its doors during Open House day. The 17th century sea captain Richard and James Hitchcock built the two houses on the knoll with a solid rock foundation and three fireplaces. The 1840s owners Briggs Hatch and family left notable textile and dressmaking impressions as the home passed to Murray Senter in 1938. The article notes architectural features, family stories, and a luncheon gathering for Miss Mary Kimball and visiting guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birchway
Betty C. Senter
Hitchcock
Richard
Julia Ann Mountfort
James
Joseph Taylor Huston
Lucy
Bath
Bowdoin
Joseph
Lincoln Academy
Navy
Bath Times
Portland
Briggs Hatch
George Brown
Sara
Emma
George
Old Ladies Home
Murray Senter
Bath benefactor Thomas G. Plant dies in Laconia
Thomas G. Plant, 82, wealthy retired shoe manufacturer and Bath donor of the Old Folks Home, died in a Laconia hospital after a monthlong illness. He created Ossipee Mountain estate and built Lucknow, famed as the Earl of Ossipee Park, with a long career from Lynn to Jamaica Plain. He once battled United Shoe Machinery Co. and funded a large wage program, later developing Queen Quality shoes and a vast Lake Winnipesaukee estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas G. Plant
Bath
Laconia
N. H
Moultonboro
Ossipee Mountain
Lynn
Mass
United Shoe Manufacturing Co
New England
Lucknow
Earl of
Ossiper Park
Plant
Scott R. Frye
Boston
Jamaica Plain
Roxbury
Williams, Plant & Co
United Shoe Machinery Co
Supreme Court
United Shoe
New Hampshire
Lake Winnepesaukee
Ossipee Park
Yosemite
Samuel R. Percy
Frank B. Nichols
Capt. Percy
Bath to Build Finest Maine Railway Station
Bath will begin work on a modern red brick Maine Central station with a 124 by 29 foot footprint. Designed by William S. Newell, it features a cupola weather vane modeled after a naval destroyer, gold leaf finish, metal seating, pay lavatories, and a portrait of Arthur Sewall. The site aligns with the present building, gates vehicle flow changes, a nearby viaduct may shift traffic, and Lorraine M. Price will head station help duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine Central
New England
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Old
Bath Iron Works
Newell
Railway Express
Arthur Sewall
Maine Central Railroad
William D. Sewall
Mr. Sewall
Vine
Front Streets
Lorraine M. Price
Whitten Estate Bequests Include Public Library Amid Topsham Memorials
In the Sagadahoc probate filing for the July term, Sarah Whitten of Topsham directs a house and lot on Pleasant Street to be used as a public library and memorial building for the Whit-ten library and portrait display. She leaves various sums to numerous individuals and institutions including Grace Leighton, Mary Plummer, Lizzie Nye, and others, with gifts to the Brunswick-Topsham Home for the Aged, Storer College, and the United Baptist church. Residue goes to Riverside Cemetery, Public Library, and United Baptist church of Topsham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Whitten
Topsham
Sagadahoc County
Bath
Topshamber House
Pleasant Street
Whitten Public Library
Whitten Library
Whitten
Grace M. Leighton
Portland
Mary C. Plummer
Yarmouth
Lizzie Nye
Roxbury
Mass
Elena Coffin
Brunswick
Esther B. Hall
Edith Clifford
Flora Jewett
Westport
Carrie Kendall
Bowdoinham
Robert Creighton
Edgewater
Colorado
Mercy
Freewill Baptist Foreign Missiionary Society
India
Emily Whitten
Pots and Pans Drive mobilizes Bath volunteers
City Messenger C. Leroy Hutchins leads a patrol wagon aided by eight Boy Scouts from Troops 56 53 and 52 through Bath north of Center Street and east and west of Middle Street collecting aluminum ware for aircraft drive. Housewives and children bring items as siren calls summon the crowd to City hall as the foyer fills with aluminum destined for the national effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Street
Middle
C. Leroy Hutchins
Bath
Police Department
Mr. Hutchins
City Hall
M. &. P. Theaters Corp
Girl Scout Camp Season Closes After First Year
International day at the Girl Scout Summer Day camp marked the closing of its first year session. Scouts asked to extend next year and longer, officials report the experiment a success. Final program featured dances and songs from many countries with the group singing and performances by units Nokomis Brownies Ronnies and others. Camp committee members and directors praised staff and participants as formal retreat, flag salute and taps concluded two weeks of crafts and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred E. Carpenter
Edward Sewall
Arthur Sewall
J. Arthur Gillies
Arthur Bowker
Alfred Carpenter
Czech
The
Bluebirds
Nokomis
Brownies
the Ronnies
the Shoemaker
Captain Jinks
United States
Ronnies
Hansel
Gretel
Noble Duke of York
Leonard B. Wetherbee
Also Mentioned on This Page
SEARS
Central Church
S.S. Extavia
Girl Scouts
Charles A. Brooks
Lincoln Street
Medforge Mass
Gillies
Roland L. McKay
Giddings
State of Maine Camp Owners’ Association, Inc
Lane
Waterville
Steve Dry
Damariscotta
Anne Quinlan
Everett Quinlan
Harry E. Peterson
East Brunswick
Mary Kimball
Sid
Milton Kimball
Mary Groves
Dorothy Williams
Jeanette , Williams
Foster's Point
Betty Hilliard
Framingham
Mary Ellen Quinlan
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!