Bath Town Notes and Local Happenings 1914
The Bath area reports sales and business notes including Overland car buyers Dr. J. O. Lincoln Harold M. Sewall F. W. Carlton Capt. Hinckley and Reuben Purington. Local projects include shoe factory push led by Fred Reed and a busy school committee inspecting grammar and primary schools. Community updates cover marine activity docks schooner Antoinette cargo service Georgetown feldspar transport, club events, Elks lodge, and residents preparing for summer.
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The
Bath Garage Co
Dr. J. O. Lincoln
Harold M. Séwall
F. W. Carlton
Capt. Hinckley
Reuben Purington
Bath
Petitioners Seek School Bond Issue at War 1 Meeting
About 150 residents attended Music Hall to back a $20,000 bond issue for War 1 School and city school improvements. Mayor Dunton and the Joint Finance and Schools committees led questions while former Mayor Joseph Torrey spoke against alleged extravagant claims.
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Music Hall
Dunton
Joseph Torrey
Jocosely
Morse Back in First Place Tie With Rumford in Andy League
Morse High baseball bounced back into a first place tie with Stephens High of Rumford in the Androscoggin Valley League by routing St Denis 25 to 5 in Lewiston. Morse improved to 7-1 while St Denis dropped to 0-? with heavy penalties and errors assisting the Shipbuilders’ big offensive showing.
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Morse
Rumford
Dennis Murphy
Morse High
Stephens High
Androscoggin
Blue and White
St. Doms
Johnny Trafton
Bob Carmichael
Chick Marshetti
Charley Aubut
Saints
Ray Grenier
Johnny Grenier
Bernier
Aubut
Brunswick High
Edwards Field
Brunswick
Edward Little
Local military and leisure travel notes from Bath area
Lieutenant R C Grady and Lieutenant J H Hoover with Ensign R M Elliott Jr depart Bath on a weekend visit to Grand Lakes and a house party at Camp. Capt S R Percy and J R Andrews head to Sugar Island Moosehead Lake for Porcupine Club outing with W I Babcock, W H Gardner, M D Cressey, and Dr Way. John E Bryson travels to Boston for business. Elm Street sewer leak fixed after frost creates three foot depth main, with repairs to follow.
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Bath Lodge No. 934
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Lombard Street
R. Frank Torrey, Jr
W.M. Temple
E. R
W. M. Adams
J. H. Madden
F. J. Meet
H. M. Hartleb
F. B. Torrey, Jr
W. M. Temple
R. C. Grady
Bath Iron Works
J. H. Hoover
R. M. Elliott, Jr
McDougal
Grand Lakes
J. S. Lowell
S. R. Percy
J. R. Andrews
Sugar Island
Moosehead Lake
Porcupine Club
W. I. Babcock
New York
W. H. Gardner
M. D. Cressey
Boston
Dr. Way
Lincoln
Elm Street
Metropolitan Life managers and reps meet at Sagamore Hotel
Assistant Manager Kenneth W. Humphries heads a Bath Detached Office gathering with Representatives Frances Mc Laughlin Ira Nadine Paul Langley Raoul Busque and Bernard Tilton at the Sagamore Hotel Lake George New York. The Met reps, noted for outstanding 1953 sales and service, rank among the company’s top field force in the United States and Canada. The group operates under Portland district office manager Edgar A. Beem.
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Kenneth W. Humphries
Bath
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Frances McLaughlin
Ira Nadine
Paul Langley
Raoul Busque
Bernard Tilton
Sagamore Hotel
Lake George
New York
United States
Canada
Mr. Humphries
Portland
Edgar A. Beem
Pupils Ride Train as Social Studies Field Trip
Twenty seven second grade pupils from Mitchell School, led by Miss Nathalie Fowle, rode a train from Bath to Brunswick. They toured the M C R R station and roundhouse, learned operation details, and viewed jet planes near the Brunswick Naval Air Station before returning by bus driven by Clyde Morton.
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Mitchell School
Bath
Brunswick
Nathalie Fowle
Clyde Morton
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Silver Anniversary of Golf in Maine Issue Released
The Silver Anniversary edition of Golf In Maine edited by Harry C. Webber is a 128 page guide celebrating 25 years of Maine golf. It includes schedules, course descriptions, records, and officials with profits aiding caddies pursuing education.
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Maine
Harry C. Webber
Bath Daily Times
Weekly
Independent
Webber
Golf In
Maine State Golf Association
Maine Publicity Bureau
St. John Street
Portland
Bath boys complete lifesaving preexam at Auburn Y M C A
Twenty two Bath boys finished their pre lifesaving swimming test at the Auburn Y M C A pool and earned eligibility to take part in the Bath Y M C A Life Saving and Water Safety Course. Tests covered diving glides kicking floating treading water and strokes. The first class of the course met Wednesday at 6 30 with the Bath unit of the Maine National Guard presenting motion pictures.
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Bath
Auburn Y. M. C. A
Bath Y. M. C
Donald Nadine
Jon Paisley
Harold Pinkham
Richard Shanning
Carl Stinson
Delmar Stinson
Donald Thomas
Gilman Sprague
Maine National Guard
Pomona Grangers Meet Change Date June 23
The Sagada hoc Pomona announces its next meeting moved from June 30 to June 23. It will be a daytime gathering with Merriconeag Grange at Harps Well and a noon dinner served by the host grange ladies.
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Sagadahoc Pomona
Merriconeag Grange
Harpswell
Maine Return of Expenditures 1954 Primary Candidates
Statewide report lists expenditures filed by Maine primary candidates through May 26 1954. Names include Kert I Jones Margaret Chase Smith Edmundus kie Robert Hale Horace McClure James C Oliver Frank R Bailey Frank W Thompson John W Quarrington and Rodney E Ross with amounts ranging from 5 to 2085 98 dollars.
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State OF Maine
Secretary of State
Sagadatioc County
United States
Kert I. Jones
Margaret Chase Smith
Governor Cross
Governor Club
Edmund
Uskie
Congress
Robert Hale
Horace McClure
Ray W. Stetson
James C. Oliver
Frank R. Bailey
Frank W.thompson
John W. Quarrington
Robert E. Dew
E Son
Sagineenre
Louis O. Couture
Rodney E. Ross Saretaiszed Gacesty
Morse High defeats Brunswick High 7 1 in peace tie bid
Morse High defeated Brunswick High 7 to 1 at Edwards Field to stay in the Valley League title hunt. Joe Marchetti pitched a six hit game with 12 strikeouts as Morse improved to 8 1 with one game left against Edward Little.
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Morse High
Kelley Field
Topsham High
Brunswick
Portland
Deering High
Deering
Bowdoin
Stephens High
Sanford
Edwards Field
Dennis Murphy
Edward Little
Auburn
Rumford
St. Donis
Joe
Chick” Marchetti
Morse
Dragon
Lacourse
Rogers
Murphymen
Paul McCourt
Carl Black
Black
Brunswick Abeleona Priestly
Courson
Lf Sele
Harrington
Oueite
Palmer
Pierce
Apt
Garrison
Ae Wilson
Te Caron
McCourt
Ean Black
J. Trafton
Sale de. Carmichael
Che Ate Sr Marchetti
P Eee Carter
Trafton
Reed
Haggett
Libby
Parker
Bruns
Carmichael
Carter
T. Trafton
Pierre
Priestly
Wilson
Bob
Marchetti
Boisvert
Brimigton
Bath Party Returns From Trip to Canada
Mr. and Mrs. William Armstrong and their daughter with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wing traveled over the holiday weekend to Quebec and Montreal. They visited Montmorency Falls Chateau Frontenac and St Anne de Beupre. Traffic detours near Donnacona and high Lake Champlain waves affected their route. They paused in Montreal and Burlington before crossing to New York.
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William Armstrong
Washington Street
Arthur Wing
High Street
Quebec
Montreal
Montmorency Falls
St. Anne de Beupre
Chateau Frontenac
Donnacone
St. Johns
Missisquoi Bay
St. Armand Station
Probate Notice for Wittman Adoption in Bath Sagadahoc
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc orders notice to interested parties by publication in Bath Independent. Hearing set for first Tuesday of July 1954 at ten in the forenoon to consider adoption of Luther Clyde Cox the minor child of Luther Marie Cox in a matter presented by John L Wittman and Betty Walt Wittman with consent of the mother. father whereabouts unknown. Judge Arthur J Dunton.
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Bath
Sagadahoc
Baon
John L. Wittman
Betty Walt Wittman
Luther Clyde Cox
Luther Marie Cox
John Clyde Wittman
Jane Wittman
Arthur J. Dunton
H Nealat Ster
Wiscasset Soldier Hurt After Woolwich Car Crash
Pvt. Gerald L. Dalton 19 of Bath road Wiscasset sustained refractured ribs and internal injuries after his 1951 Ford struck a Sunoco oil tank truck trailer in Woolwich Route 1 near Days Ferry road. He was treated at Memorial Hospital then moved to Brunswick Naval Air Station hospital. the truck driver Harold E. Jones uninjured. Dalton, stationed at Fort Dix, was home on furlough when the crash occurred around 1.30 am Friday. the impact heard across Bath.
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Gerald L. Dalton
Bath Road
Wiscasset
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Woolwich
Dalton
Sunoco
Kelley
Ford
Memorial Hospital
Brunswick
Fort Dix
N. J
Front Street
Bath
Ernest Couture Visits Before Canada Tour
Ernest Couture of Tampa Florida a former Bathman visits with friends for a few days before a extended tour of Canada and its provinces. He is guest of Mrs Theresa Mellon of Center street. Couture toured abroad summers and lived in Florida for 17 years.
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Ernest Couture
Tampa
Fla
Canada
Theresa Mellon
Center Street
Couture
Metropolitan Insurance Co
Bath
Florida
Probate Notices for Bath Estates in May 1954
Probate notices announce hearings in Bath for two estates Marion White Moody and Margaret S DeCoste and corrections for Fred Percy Young and Fred L White as administrators. Final accounts filed for John P Carey and Carl Albee with Judge of Probate and register attesting.
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Bath
Endahon
Ipis
Marion White Moody
Fred L. White
Margaret S. DeCoste
John P. Carey
Fred Percy Young
Phippsburg
Carl Albee
Arthur J. Dunton
Probate Notice Lists Appointed Administrators in Sagadahoc
Ian Heal, Register of Probate for Sagadahoc County, certifies that in two estates the named persons were appointed administrators on the dates shown. Estate of Carroll P. Powers late of Georgetown deceased Agnes B Powers administrator May 11 1934. Estate of Jennie A Bailey late of Woolwich deceased Albert Jesse Bailey administrator May 27 193? A true copy of the original record.
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NOTI
Ian Heal
Sagadahoc
Dale Reialter
Carroll P. Powers
Georgetown
Agnes
Powers
Ec. T
Jennie A. Bailey
Bay of Woolwich
Albert Jesse Allay
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J. F. Murphy
Commodore Murphy
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George Owen
George M. Pynchon
George Lauder, Jr
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Defiance
Long Island Sound
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Conn
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S. B. Howell
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Delaware
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Lewis
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Colonial Club
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Edward Reed
Esther J. White
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn
N. Y
Walter Foster
Bangor
George H. Ragan
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Emma G. Small
New Meadows Inn
Harvard
J. Edward Stinson
Everett Brooks
Mr. Brooks
Mr. Stinson
William D. Sewall
Fred Hector
Alfred Crosby
W.A. Bickford
American Press Association
the Times
James Cullinan
Delia Cullinan
Upper Washington Street
San Francisco
Cheyenne
Mr. Cullinan
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Albert Niles
Quincy
Mass
Oak Grove
Elmer E. Newbert
Augusta
Miles L Perkins
Salvation Army
Mme. Eames
Bart Hanson
Fred Cahill
South Street
Bath Opera House
Crawford
Owen
Capt
Howell
Adelaide Dennison
Arthur Hodgdon
Pearl and
Washington Streets
Mr. Hodgdon
Pearl Street
Frank H. Percy
Carol
Mount Ida
Percy
Charles W. Jack
Sagadahoc County
Merrill McKenney
Allan Spear
New Meadows
George Ingalls
Curtis
King of the Bay
al Ridley
North Bath
William E. Elliott
Kennebec
Chase
Hockomock
Deering High School
Freeport
Casco Castle
Topsham
Talbot
Sprague
James E. Ryan
Charles A. Blair
Wallops St. Doms
Lewiston
Panthers
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P. E. R. Button
P. E. R. Frank B. Torrey
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Ana One
Togus
Moulton Wharf
Mexican
Cassin, Cummings, Jouett and Jenkins
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Col. Dummer Sewall
Laura B. Palmer
Allen Street
Charles C. Low
Maurice J. Duncklee
Charles H. Mason
Alice Randall
Mary P. Hill
Girard
R. McOurt
Domingue
Dubois
Rousseau
B. Labbe
Nault
E. Black
R. Labbe
B Labbe
R. Grenier
RBI
T. Grenier
Wdp
J. Grenier
Michelson
Corey
Cyr
Beaucage
Andy Valley League
Toda
Rupert H Baxter
Gee
Mere Point
Theummer
John E. Bryson
Mr. Bryson
Paul M. Brown
Boston Opera House
GOLF
Maine Publicly Bureau
Y.M.C.A
Pomona Grangers
Rumford High
Rutland
Bennington
Hogback Mountain
Molly Pitcher
Brattleboro
Keene
Concord
Portsmouth
N. H
St. Dom's
Yesterday Rumford
Edward Little Rumford
Vermont
Lillian H. Hwa Register
Lillian H. Et
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