Forty Years Ago in Bath May 29 1895 Highlights
Edward Lowell expected home from Boston to Sunday. J C Rockwood of the Peoples theatre plans an appearance of his company in Bath next week for Bath Cadet band benefit. A Bath school teacher note urges hiring local teachers. fifteen Bath-born leading women from Boston schools cited. A pleasant card party hosted by Miss Eleanor Hyde. The Phi Rhoes to confer grand degree on Motley Fuller and Herbert Williams. Andrew Jackson ill. A false report of frogs legs prank debunked. A string band signals warm weather. The schooner Augustus Palmer arrived from Philadelphia and Newport News in 12 days. she went ashore but was hauled off undamaged. The Hyde Light Guards sponsor final ball. musicians named. A crew works on W Minott’s schooner. ceiled for the season. Electric rides popular amid warm weather. Locals for Boston, Cambridge visits noted. W S Coombs returns to Bijou pharmacy after illness. Memorial Day police procession praised. Maine Central railroad land paving planned. John Wilson to meet a new baby on return from sea. Ten loads of hay stored near the police station. The Hecla readies for summer cruise under Captain Philip R Blaisdell.
Bath News Roundup Reflects Tragedy and Local Happenings
May 31 1895 report notes Henry T Mason's suicide at 18 Milan Street during insanity attack. Also updates on steam launch Owl awaiting passengers, Kennebec river trips, wedding plans for Maine Central baggage masters, improvements at Weston Denham house, and a 92 degree Bath temperature record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry T. Matson
Milan Street
Luncheon Honors Popular Teacher Mr Murray at Gymnasium
On Friday noon a charming luncheon was given at the gymnasium in honor of Mr Murray, the popular teacher, by the ladies of the morning class in athletics. Attending were Mrs Hoover, Miss Drummond, Miss Watson, Miss Foote, Harriet Watson, Sewall, Margaret Foote, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Mrs. Hoover
Drummond
Watson
Foote
Harriet Watson
Sewall
Margaret Foote
Har
Morse baseball team posts fair 1935 season in Kennebec Valley
Morse high school’s 1935 season ended with a 3 win 7 loss record, tying for second in the Southern Division. Wins came against Brunswick and Hallowell. four non league losses included Cony and Boothbay Harbor. coach Blair Wilson eyes 1936 with a strong nucleus including Sarkis Eaton Nickerson Thayer Gaudet Stover and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Brunswick
Morse
Hallowell
Gardiner
Cony
Kheethbay Harbor
Saa
Blair Wilson
Bath High School
Ben Page
Bob Burgon
Bobby Stevens
Warnie McNeil
Wilson
Georgie Sarkis
Eaton
Don Ring Expected Back In Game Soon
Bath ship builders catcher Don Ring, who split a hand in the Memorial Day Berlin New Hampshire game, is mending quickly and expected to rejoin the Bath roster by July 1. Ring, a versatile athlete who played for Morse High and the University of Maine, was batting .400 before the injury and noted for strong throwing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donnie Ring
Bath
Berlin
N. H
Ring
Morse High
University of Maine
State University
Bath Club's Don Ring Dominates Batting Standings
Don Ring leads Bath with the willow, driving in 400 runs to pace the club. Ivan Kirkpatrick posts 333, while Jim Miller Bloody Parks and two others sit tied for third at .294. Team batting averages hover at .239 after two games against Berlin and a four hit tally versus Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Ring
Ivan Kirkpatrick
Jim Miller
Bloody Parks
al Prange
Wilfred Gaudet
Rupe Lewis
Johnny Sanborn
Billy
Gove
Verre
Jim Callan
Bill Oliver
Mark Hayes
Ernie Sarkis
Bath
Parks
Brunswick
Berlin
New Harbor Fishermen Prep for Herring Season
Fishermen in New Harbor overhaul nets, tar gear, and tune engines as they await the herring run. No catch yet, hope for better prices than ground fish. Hake catches are plentiful but priced at 50 cents per hundredweight, leaving fishermen dissatisfied with the value of their fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Harbor
Senior Class Day Highlights and Attendees
Continuation from Page One lists participants including Drummond, Eva Gaudet, Marilyn Hatch, Marie Merrill, Ronald Oulton, Ida Schofield, William Stacy, Ethel Sutherland, Barbara Tubbs, and Priscilla Wyman as part of the senior class day event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drummond
Eva Gaudet
Marilyn Hatch
Marie Merrill
Ronald Oulton
Ida Schofield
William Stacy
Ethel Sutherland
Barbara Tubbs
Priscilla Wyman
Notice of Foreclosure in Georgetown Sagadahoc Maine
Mortgagee John D. Williams declares foreclosure for a property in Georgetown Sagadahoc Maine pledged by Josephine M Marr in a 1933 mortgage. Description covers two parcels bounded by Berry’s Mills Harmons Harbor Robinhood Cove and local landowners. Notarized May 31 1935 in Bath Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine M. Marr
Georgetown
Sagadahoc
State of Maine
Maine
Moses M. Lennan
Silas C. Trafton
The Value and Power of True Friendship
A Brighton preacher urges choosing worthy friends and developing a loyal, loving character. He argues friendship shapes character, calls for honesty over flattery, and links deep bonds to life’s purpose, duty, resilience, and shared ideals.
Bridgham Heads Country Club and School Updates
President Bridgham announced plans for a forthcoming list of committees as a meeting adjourned.Music interest rises among Hallowell students with first ever letters awarded to members of the classical orchestra conducted by Mrs. Walter P Bradford. Four Brunswick high school seniors were chosen as graduation speakers with Ernestine Wilson as alternate. Probate notices record appointments of administrators and executors for Sagadahoc County estates spanning Bath Fairfield and surrounding towns, dated May to October 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallowell
Walter P. Bradford
Brunswick
Yvette Carlson
Frances Merriman
Gertrude Tondreau
Thomas P. Riley
Ernestine Wilson
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Bath Daily Times
Edward Lowell
Boston
J. C. Rockwood
Peoples Theatre Company
Center Street
the Times
G. T. Storer
Eleanor Hyde
Elmhurst
Phi Rlios
Motley Fuller
Herbert Williams
Andrew Jackson
Front Street
Augustus Palmer
Portland
Philadelphia
Newport News
Armory Hall
Hyde Light Guards
Messrs
Ollie Denham
G. F. Clary
Charles Potter
George Potter
McDonough, Work, Ballou, Gibbons
Lucy Moses and
Drake
Charles Parks
Fred Fuller
Harold Bibber
Cambridge, Mass
William Swett
Lewiston
Mrs. Edwin
Hyde
Squirrel Island
James Hogan
Hoyt's Express
Malden, Mass
W. S. Coombs
Bijou Pharmacy
Mrs. Dunn
Jennie Reed
Richmond, Va
James Scott
Charles Cook
Richardson Street
Angeet
Supt. C. E. Gahan
Frank Purington
Maine Central Railroad
John Wilson
Annie
Reuben
Water Street
Hecla
Philip R. Blaisdell
T. A. Barber
Weston T. Denham
High Street
Mrs. Weaver
Maine Central
Westbrook
Conductor Cobb
Mr. Cobb
M. C
Owl
Potter
Rodney Hyde
John S. Jackson
Commercial
Alpha
Kennebec
Capt. Baker
William Clark
E. A. Howard
C. P. Knight
Misses Baker
Miss Rose Knight
Harry Knight
J. B. Drake
T. W. Hyde
Lincoln
R. H. Baxter
John Humpore
Warren Carris
Harry Passmore
George E. Clary
F. A. Bowie
Forest City
Freeport
Harry L. Mitchell
Leonard & Mitchell
Josephine Collins
Oakland
Cal
John H. Raymond
Raymond's Court
E. J. Hersey
New England Yard
Times
Freinds
William Plummer
Capt. Gibbons
Charles McFadden
George Huff
William Harriman
Samuel Brown
Sedgwick Relief Corps
Harriet A. Howse
Sarah A. McFadden
Rosella Simpson
Caroline Jewell
Frances L. Mitchell
Lizzies. Hodgkins
Louisa J. Mason
Frank Sewall
Charles Lockery
George Jacobs
Massachusetts
William Parker
Cyrus Reynolds
Rodney Hodgkins
Golder
Hodgkins
Raymond McDonough
Washington and
Center Streets
Mercury
Bowdoinham
Merrymesting Bay
Salacia
New England
Boothbay Harbor
Boothbay
James W. Wakefield
Small Point
H. L
W. E. Chase
W. D. Coombs Lee
Kittridge
David Chase
F. B. Torrey
New York
Miss Blanche Sewall
Minnie White
Brookline
Mass
Wilson O'Brien
A. W. Sawyer
River Belle
A. Colby
Robert Andrews
Ena
Brunswick Boothbay Harbor
Gardiner Cony
Brunswick Cony
Spider Club
New Meadows
Arthur Fassmore
Auburn
Shannon
William S. Stearns
Foster's Point
May Huse
Elizabeth H. Robinson
H. W. R. Stafford
Charles Chestra
Skowhegan
A. M. Franks
George Percy
Salem
al Holbrook
Cannonball Oliver
Big Boy
Auburn Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Court St. United Baptist Church
Livia Stevens
Edwina Patterson
Arthur Downing
James Lanzen
Elm St. Universalist Church
Margaret McIl]roy
Pine St. Congregational Church
A. F. French
Chevrolet
Baltimore
General Motors Corporation
Fisher
General Motors
Baltimore Association of Commerce
W.E. Heller
Maryland
H. W. Nice
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
M. E. Coyle
Millard Tydings
I. W. Jackson
Gardiner Hallowell
Bath Club
Willow
John D. Williams
State OF
Edward W. Bridgham
Notary Public
Winter Street
Brighton
England
Robertson
Hartford Seminary
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Montaigne
David
Jonathan
Catullus
Eugene O'Neill
Orin Mannon
Bridgham Heads Country Club
Bridgham
Ralph O. Dale
Alice M. Smith
John L. Jack
Charles C. Low
Ellen S. Roche
Miegel
Ernest L. Shepard
Fairfield
Milton H. Douglas
Milton H Pro. Douglas
Helen L. Poe
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