Fortnightly Bath Notes From 1918 Outing and Local Visits
Forty years ago in Bath July 23 1918 Wilfred W Chaney and family with guests Mrs W D Goodman and son Robert of Brooklyn N Y and Miss Eleanor E Bruce enjoying a two weeks outing at Bay Point. Dr M M Granham district service manager of the United States Shipping Board emergency fleet corporation arrived in Bath with A A Ride out of Boston and Charles Cuttredge of Montreal gunner of 3rd Battery 1st Brigade C F A both speak to the employer of the Texas company at 12 sharp tomorrow noon. Music by the Texas band. A special Boy Scout meeting planned. Councillor Sullivan of Massachusetts a guest of Mrs Hartnett. Fish warden Mac Donald collected 25 fine from a fisherman lacking lobster license. Various Bath residents and visitors enjoy outings and weekend trips to Boothbay Harbor Christmas Cove and Sabino. Robert McMillan resumed duties at Texas Steamship Co office after two weeks. Several social events announced including a Baptist youth social and a masquerade dance at Armory Hall.
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Wilfred W. Chaney
W. D. Goodman
Robert
Brooklyn
N. Y
Eleanor E. Bruce
Bay Point
M. M. Granham
United States Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Bath
A. A. Rideout
Boston
Charles Cuttredge
Montreal
1St Bridgade
Texas Company
Texas Band
Beacon Troop
Pomery
Lewis R. Sullivan
Governor’s Council of
Massachusetts
North End Red Cross Host at Mrs Kennersons Home
July 24 1918 Mrs Walter Kennerson hosts North End Red Cross group at her Upper Washington Street home. George E Sampson visiting from Kenneb Point spends summer in Maine. Several locals noted in town events and moves including the Stinsons and a Groton chauffeur guest.
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Walter Kennerson
North End
Red Cross
Upper Washington Street
George E. Sampson
Kennebec Point
Mr. Sampson
Maine
Oiler joins sister tug Wyoming after sea service
William Daley, an oiler from Bedford Street on the Perth Amboy, shells from a German submarine off Nauset last Sunday, travels to join Wyoming, his brother Irving also an oiler. Meanwhile Bath reports street work, sugar limits, local visits, and community notes including Willard Oliver’s birthday and Camp Elliott connections.
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William Daley
Bedford Street
Perth Amboy
Nauset
Mass
Wyoming
Irving
Summer Visitors and Carnival Plans in New England
In July 1918 Mrs. Alfred Howarth of Fall River visits her mother Mrs. E Kateon in Wesley street and plans a Lincoln Park carnival. Mr. Howarth returns to work after a summer trip. Mrs. Weed and daughters stay with relatives in Portland and at Mrs. Mann in Fall River. George A Crockett, a Winter Street church member, was honored before leaving with boys for Camp Devens.
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Alfred Howarth
Fall River
Mass
E. Kateon
Wesley Street
J. W. Weed
Frances
Margaret
Mrs. Weed
J. R. Pratt
Portland
Men’s Club
Winter Street Church
George A. Crockett
Camp Devens
Social notes from Bath and nearby towns
Prominent residents and visitors are listed as they travel between New York Fall River Wiscasset and Bath. The list includes Mr and Mrs Franci of New York Mrs Alfred Howarth Fall River Mass Miss Grace Kateen Milton Trott new Shaw Auto manager John Crosby Richmond visiting Charles Harriman North Street Edward Sampson at New Meadows River cottage Evelyn Oliver Sabine summering in the city Ballard and Low Bangor Presque Isle Central Maine Power trips Fred Ingraham Wollaston Mass visiting Charles C Low Westminster School headmaster William L Cushing Small Point Halbert Gardner Bath Round Pond and a Maine safety committee executive.
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Franci
New York
Alfred Howarth
Fall River
Mass
Grace Kateen
Mere Point
Edward Sampson
New Meadows River
Birch Point
Hottest Sunday draws Bath crowds and Summer lore
Sunday crowds jammed Bath parks as heatwaves baked the region. Town notes recount family visits, dances, and shore trips from Boothbay Harbor to Phippsburg Center, with July 29 1918 references and local outings including a bridge hall dance and a magician at the Opera House.
Fund Raising Drive Convention Bus to Chicago
A bus chartered to transport parents and interested adults to the Fund Raising Drive Convention in Chicago has a few vacancies. For information contact William Milliken, Corps Director, as soon as possible.
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Chicago
William Milliken
Crosby area social notes and a ledge fall injury
Crosby Maine section lists weekend visitors from Framingham Marblehead Bath Mansfield Center and Philadelphia. Martin F Goodwin was injured after a fall from a high ledge near his home and treated by Dr Marion Westermeyer at Bath and Phippsburg Center before returning home.
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Crosby
Phyllis Huntoon
Rose Thurman
Framingham
Mass
Henry Kenney
Salem
Minot Percy
Marblehead
Ralph Seekins
Bath
Wilma Keyes
Mansfield Center
Conn
Doc” Keyser
Philadelphia
Ruth Canfield
Effie Heath
Greenfield
Roland Gleason
Holliston
Maine
Stanton C. Dozois
Richard S. Dozois
Mabel Wade
Portland
Martin F. Goodwin
Marion Westermeyer
Phippsburg Center
Westermeyer
Reverend half owner of racehorse Lets Misbehave
The Rev. Robert Fstill rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Lexington Kentucky is a partial owner of a racehorse named Lets Misbehave. The note highlights the unusual stake held by the clergyman in a horse racing venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington, Ky
Robert Fstill
Christ Episcopal Church
Bath hosts proposed Payne Muskie debate amid campaign talk
Political Periscope met with Bath committee members to plan a campaign strategy and a July 31 second meeting. The Bath Junior Chamber of Commerce proposed the U S Senator Frederick G Payne and Governor Edmund S Muskie debate in Bath with local groups and TV interest eyeing air time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Frederick G Payne
Edmund S. Muskie
Bath
Bailiwicks
Sagadahoe Campaign Opens With James C. Oliver in Bath
James C. Oliver kicked off campaign events in Sagadahoe County to challenge Republican Congressman Robert Hale. He visited county towns, spoke to supporters at a Bath Golf Club luncheon, and spent close to an hour at the Bath Canning factory chatting with workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoe
Sagadahoe County
James C. Oliver
Oliver
Robert Hale
Bath Golf Club
Bath Canning Factory
Oliver supporters tour with Pert and Nolan in Bath
On tour with Oliver were Bath state legislative candidates Edwin H. Pert and Joseph P. Nolan. Oliver expressed confidence that the special congressional committee probing the 1956 disputed ballots, which initially declared Hale the winner by 22 votes, will recommend his seating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver
Bath
Edwin H. Pert
Joseph P. Nolan
Special Congressional Committee
Hales
Campaign clash looms as Hale targets Oliver record
Hale, a veteran political campaigner, begins the drive of his political life. Oliver faces a tough task ahead despite Oliver's 1956 showing. Hale is hampered early by needing to be in Washington but tours the state to attack the Oliver record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver
Hale
Washington
Topsham Democrats Meet Bath Area Candidates
Topsham Democratic committee met Wednesday with Harry S. Larrabee running for county commissioner and Truman W. Wallace Jr. for sheriff, presenting the Bath area candidates to party members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topsham
Bath Area
Democratic Committee
Harry S. Larrabee
Truman W. Wallace, Jr
Woolwich Notes on Local Residents and Activities
Woolwich continues its page three coverage with updates on elderly resident John Preble moving to Day’s Ferry to live with son Lemuel Preble, Mrs. Myers Reed’s return from Japan revealing Orient films, and Mrs. James Thorpe’s surgery at Bath Memorial Hospital. Frank J. Walker and daughter Russell Boyd attendedCapitol Islanders’ annual meeting. T. Tarpy Shulten returned from Syracuse after visiting relatives.
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William Stevens
Nequasset
John Preble
Woolwich
Lemuel Preble
Day's Ferry
Clarence Preble
Five Islands
Myers Reed
Sagadahoe Ferry
Japan
Orient
Frank J. Walker
Russell Boyd
Boston
Capiotl Island
Douglas Seaver
Middleton
Mass
James Thorpe
Day’s Ferry
Bath Memorial Hospital
T. Tarpy Schulten
Woolwich Center
Syracuse
N. Y
Theapitol TiTanssociation and Corporation
Capitol Island
Senator Smith to Aid Maine Campaign on Weekends
Senator Margaret Chase Smith is expected to play an active role in the Maine Republican campaign ahead of September elections. She told state GOP leaders she will help on weekends until Congress adjourns and plans several television appearances, including a rally in Wiscasset on Saturday August 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
GOP
Congress
Wiscasset
Lincoln County
Zorach Day Exhibits Mark Noted Arts Career
Zorach Day leads the Fine Arts department at California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. He has held six solo shows including at the Californian palace of the Legion of Honor and the University of Maine. Day has won prizes for ceramic sculpture and is famed for caramelwork. The Walker Art building invites the public with free admission and summer hours posted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California College of Arts and Crafts
Oakland
Georgetown’s oldest residents aid Georgetown family histories
Arrowsic residents visited cemeteries and contacted friends to gather data. Mr. Clary, a long time Georgetown resident, is believed to hold the most authentic information on families born in Georgetown who later moved across the country.
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Winter Street
Ferson
Clary
Georgetown
Navy Graduate and Local Summer Hires Noted
Robert J. White son of Mr and Mrs Clifford J White of 9 Hinckley Street graduated from recruit training July 26 at the Naval Training Center Great Lakes. John E D attached to the U S S Fremont arrived in Lebanon. Richard H Towle Jr son of Mr and Mrs Richard H Towle of 20 Bedford Street is employed at Oakhurst Dairy Co for the Summer and plans to enter Maine Central Institute Pittsfield next Fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. White
Clifford J. White
Hinckley Street
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Betis R Ane
Pyeereach Us
John E D. Vie Bom
U. S.S. Fremont
Lebanon
Doyle
Richard H. Towle, Jr
Richard H. Towle
Bedford Street
Oakhurst Dairy Co
Richard
Morse
Maine Central Institute
Pittsfield
Mrs Mary Brown and Mrs William Shea Return Home
Mrs Mary Brown of Dorchester and Mrs William Shea of West Roxbury return to their home after a week at Foster's Point as guests of their niece and nephew Mr and Mrs Ernest V Bartholomay.
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Mary Brown
Dorchester
Mass
William Shea
West Roxbury
Foster's Point
Ernest V. Bartholomay
Mrs Calderwood Announces New Books At Library
Patten Free Library adds numerous new titles across genres announced by librarian Mrs. Florence R. Calderwood. The list includes notable authors and varied topics from mystery and adventure to juvenile and teen works, reflecting a broad acquisition.
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Patten Free Library
Florence R. Calderwood
Hans Kenningsberger
Robert Gutwilling
Brian—Granvile
Buiind—Ddate
Leigh Toward
Bright Reed
Richard M. Stern
Erle Stanley Gardner
Jalna
Mizo de la Roche
Chiara
Gene D'Olive
David Delman
Vera Dispary
Stalian
Emys Humphrey
Kate Cavanaugh
Anne Miller Downs
Henry Maxfield
Ruth M. Berry
el Dorado
Michael Swan
Theodore H. White
Bruce Lancaster
Jean Ariss
Maurice Drueen
Seidman and Sons
Erick Mell
Wyatt Morris
Melissa Mather
Rene Guilot
Chingo Smith
Erie Canal
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Diamond
Alaska
Edward Werrin
Helen Miller
John F. Parson
Henry Arcece
Ran Chatham
Tom Person
Elizabeth Headley
Ayre-Ave
Sir
la Rocque DeMose
Robert McCluskey
Television Fund
Roy Huttings
Elizabeth Ogilvie
Shadow Pond
Mary C. June
Dorothy Cleaves
Sagada Hoc County Rally Co-Chairs Announced
Hunter heads a refreshment and entertainment committee for an Aug. 20 rally with Sagada hoc county Republicans invited to attend. The event includes an open house and aims to mobilize the party base as Greece reports more than half the population are farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Greece
Foreclosure Notice on West Bath Property in Sagadahoc
Wilfred Madeau of West Bath, Maine, mortgage dated July 8, 1956 recorded in Sagadahoc Deeds Book 290, Page 393, breaches condition of mortgage. FRANK ALLEGRIN claims foreclosure of the mortgage on the described parcel in West Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred Madeau
West Bath
Savgadahoe
State of Maine
Savadahoc
Sagadahoc
Lee Brothers
George K. Neilson
William D Work
Robert Metcalf
Alfred Lemont
Charles Bates
Lane Flanders
Sabinonae
Frank Allegrin
BIW Buys Kelley Property For New 35 Car Parking Lot
Bath Iron Works Corp buys the Kelley property at Washington and Union streets to add parking for shipyard workers. The former boarding house, owned previously by the Kelly and Tallman families, is to be razed this fall. deed stamps show a purchase price between 9000 and 10000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward A. and
Mary P. Kelley
Washington Street
Bath Tron Works Corp
Biw
Kelley
Kelly
Washington and
Union Streets
Bath Iron Works Corp
Edward A. Kelly
Tallman
Duncans
Irea
Steamboat Fate Told From 1917 to 1935
The vessel Ransom B. Fuller became a Naval barracks in 1917, renamed Broadway in 1925, served briefly as an excursion steamer, then owned by Dimon line to oppose the Night Line on the Hudson but reportedly saw no service there. Chartered by the Salvation Army in 1930 for Staten Island, it later lay at Newburgh and in 1935 the hull was towed to Cornwall, where it remains submerged and protected from wreckers and the elements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richardson
Ransom B. Fuller
New London
Newburgh
N. Y
Cornwall
Bath CD Director Advises Shelter Areas For Fallout
Bath CD director urged basements for fallout shelter if possible or first floor homes if basements unavailable. He recommended a two week food and water supply first aid kit battery radio and emergency gear in shelters and offered further information and publications from his office. Interested persons were invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
More Than Half of Americans Can Swim
A news brief reports that over 50 percent of American adults can swim, highlighting a nationwide trend in swimming ability and public health implications.
Probate Notices From Bath Court July 1958
Public notice of probate actions in Bath County Savadahoe with cases for William Barry London Ruth M London Bernard Pratt Marion S Pratt Elizabeth McKay Donald H Specht and others. Hearing set for first Tuesday of April at 10 o clock in the forenoon for objections and administration orders to issue as indicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Savadahoe
Fred Dwyer
Bernard W Pratt
Marion S. Pratt
Elizabeth McKay
Donald H Specht
Donald H. Specht
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