Bath notes on war era life and shipping news
Fortnightly Bath bulletin details during May and June 1917 include selective draft registrations, medical and civic updates, shipyard activity at Kennebec and Percy & Small yards, Red Cross organization, local dances, and community leaders. Mentions Percival Butler, Mrs. de Gorgorza, Capt. Hall, ship keel work, and Bath’s evolving wartime home front.
Elks plan flag day and street work eyed in Bath
On May 31 1817 activity centers Bath around street repairs on upper Washington street where wooden walks need nailing. Elks plan a flag day June 14 with Wiscasset band to provide music. Clifford lot North and High street cleared of lilac bushes and apple trees awaiting tenement construction. Mrs Arthur Sewall leaves for Small Point. Reed Nichols Co preparing to burn 400000 bricks on Court street in September. Bath参加 Ivy Week at Bowdoin College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
City Hospital
Clifford
High Street
Reed Nichols Co
Court Street
Ada F McCormick Visits With Parents In City
Miss Ada F McCormick spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Thomas E McCormick in this city before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada F.mccormick
Thomas E. McCormick
Area United Fund Plans 1957 Campaign Roles Set
Bath area united fund officials detailed plans for the 1957 drive including advance gifts in September, payroll deductions in early October, and house to house campaigning in late October. E. O. Bersness chairs the overall campaign with David C. Dickson as vice chairman and William Mussenden, John Conley, Mary Musenden, Henry Richard, and Howard Mayoth heading key divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Area United Fund
Grace Blair
Albert McMann
Sam Prawer
William F. Mussenden
Advance Gifts
John Conley
Mary Mussenden
Henry Richard
Merchants Group
Howard Mayothes
E. O. Bersness
David C. Dickson
Civic Affairs Committee
Bath
Area Chamber of Commerce
United Fund
Chamber
Bernard FE. Varnum
William A. Niss
Oliver W. Bell
Dickson
Richard B. MacLennan
Bell
Augusta
United Community Funds and Councils of Maine
Playground Areas Open Here Monday June 17
City sponsored Summer recreation program starts Monday June 17 with playground areas at Huse and Fisher schools under Recreation Department supervision. Play areas operate daily 8:30–11:30 a.m. and 1–3 p.m. Weekly swimming trips will transport school age children to Reid State Park under playground staff supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse
Fisher
Reid State Park
Woolwich Grammar Holds Graduation Ceremony Tuesday
Woolwich Grammar School held its graduation Tuesday at Central School with 24 graduates. Marshall Robert C. Merrill led the processional. Rev. Stephen H. Sidebotham offered the invocation and benediction. Rodney W. Bailey delivered the welcome. The program featured poems by Sharon Milliken and Janet Bailey, readings, a class history, prophecy by Sandra McGuire, gifts by Judith Richard and David Leonard, and diplomas presented by Supt. Stanwood C. Gilman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grammar School
Central School
Robert C. Merrill
Stephen H. Sidebotham
Rodney W. Bailey
Sharon A. Milliken
Carol Soule
Linda Soule
Judith Richard
David Leonard
America
Beverly Hatch
Robert E. Merrill
Robert Brown
Deborah Dee Wick
Supt. of Schools
Stanwood C. Gilman
Probate Court Wills Filed Estate Actions in Bath and Georgetown
Probate filings show wills and administrations across Bath Woolwich and Georgetown including Ralph C Covel Addie E Avent Henry N Reynolds George F Allen John Evans and more Executors named and guardians appointed with inventories and accounts filed May 14 and related actions across multiple estates including May 14 notices for guardianships bonds and taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph C. Covel
Bath
Lucy A. Covel
Addie E. Avent
Edith M. Dunning
John P. Carey
Henry N. Reynolds
Georgetown
Agnes M. Reynolds
George F. Allen
Charles T. Small
Popham Beach Weekend Visitor Notes and Local Gossip
Sunday guests at the Munsey home included Jesse Munsey of Woolwich, and Fred Spinney, with Roland McIntosh and daughters Linda and Gail of Bath. Jackie Chubbuck of Woolwich works at the Spinney store for the season and will reside with her aunt and uncle, Fred Spinney. Elkanah Wyman of Spruceville joined Clarence Perkins for Saturday visits. A note adds that Malaya is cited as the world's largest tin producer in the South China Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Munsey
Woolwich
Munsey
Fred Spinney
Roland McIntosh
Linda and
Gail
Bath
Jackie Chubbuck
Spinney
Elkanah Wyman
Spruceville
Clarence Perkins
Tin
Malaya
South China Sea
May Girl Scout Troop Activities Include Fly Up Ceremony
Boblink Brownies made May baskets with carnations for Mothers Day and hosted outdoor games. The troop held a Fly-Up ceremony on May 29 with Wings pinned to new members and Intermediate Scouting entries. several leaders and mothers attended with ice cream and cookies served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boblink Brownies
Joy Avery
Joanne Cromwell
Darlene Fitzgerald
Linda Haley
Sewall’s Woods
Cedric French
Jean
Merrymeeting Bay Cottage
Robert Howe
Margaret Freeman
Carol Travis
Sandra Miller
Linda Innis
Cynthia Bourgoin
Jacqueline Warren
Donald Freeman
Shirley Anderson
Nancy Howe
Virginia Freeman
Christine Anderson
Ivnna Innis
Marjorie Comeau
Susan Brewer
Jean French
Jane VanWynen
Mrs. French
Brownie Fly Up Marks End Of Season At Dike School
Troop 18 led by Mrs. Harry Fullerton honors May 21 fly up ceremony for Valerie Fullerton Donna Freeman Donna Burkhardt Barbara Bragg and Betty Ann Hart. They join Intermediate Troops under Mrs. Sherman Mitchell who awards pins and Brownie wings. Indoor picnic at Dike School last Monday closed the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Fullerton
Blue Bell Brownies
Valerie Fullerton
Donna Freeman
Donna Burkhardt
Barbara Bragg
Betty Ann Hart
Sherman Mitchell
Dike School
May hand work event for Troop 19 Brownies led by Mrs Howe
Troop 19 under the leadership of Mrs Robert Howe organized a handwork activity for May. Petunia Brownies participated in craft making and related hands on projects as part of the troop meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Howe
Petunia Brownies
Outdoor Court of Awards Ends Girl Scout Troop 6 Season
Girl Scout Troop 6 held an outdoor Court of Awards and cookout at the Summer home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Small in Brigham's Cove. Sandra Hathorne received the Curved Bar, the highest Girl Scout award, presented by Raymond Small. The ceremony included flag and color bearers, badge presentations, and a closing circle with Taps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scouts
Troop 6
Raymond Small
Brigham’s Cove
Sandra Hathorne
Elwood Hathorne
Bath Girl Scout Council
Sandra
Marilyn Foster
Oliver Foster
Arthur Bowker
Hathorne
Henry Donnell
Mary and
Jean Steen
Elaine King
Joanne Dauphinee
Linda Foster
Small
Gail Lane
Paula McLain
Irene Savoie
Cynthia Staples
Beverly Doyle
Martha Shepard
Nancy Lacey
Marriott Small
Bernice Clark
Linda Elliott
Sally Czhoun
Betty Shepard
Mary
Herbert Craig
Walter McLain
Raymond Smalb
Selly Cahoun
Debbler
Herman Shepard
Carol Guerette
Sally Cahoun
George Lacey
Oliver
Foster
Earl Cahoun
Herbert Craige
Lester Savoie
Probate Notice of Administratrix Appointment in Sagadahoc
Barbara L Brewer Register of Probate certifies in Sagadahoc County that Celia M McCormick was appointed Administratrix of the estate of Walter J McElman of Bath on May 7 1957 and qualified by filing bond May 14 1957. Harold J Rubin Judge of Probate. Attest Barbara L Brewer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara L. Brewer
Sagadahoc
Walter J McElman
State of Bath
Celia M McCormick
East Brunswick Woman Injured In Collision
Mrs. Esther Andrews, 61, of East Brunswick was injured in a two car crash on New Portland road at Gorham around 10 AM and transported to Maine Medical Center. By 3 PM her condition was listed as good as X-rays were to determine injuries including cuts to face head and legs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Andrews
East Brunswick
Maine Medical Center
New Portland
Gorham
Parker Head S Families and Births Report Local Notices
Dell and daughter of Ashdale visited Mr and Mrs Charles Blaisdell on Sunday. Lonnie Belt from Dover New Hampshire visited last weekend. Bernard Wyman Jr of Bath called on his parents. Marie Cross celebrated her seventh birthday with a family party. Leslie Darling and William Cushing returned from Rangley. Weekend visitors included J A Darling of Portland and Arthur Harrington with his son and daughter from Connecticut. Mr and Mrs Thomas Dauben speet announce the birth of son Thomas Harold Jr at Bath Memorial Hospital May 26 weighing six pounds 15 ounces. Mrs Dauben speet is former Joan Edgett daughter of Mr and Mrs William Edgett of 2 Edgett Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dell
Ashdale
Charles Blaisdell
Lonnie Belt
Dover
N. H
Bernard Wyman, Jr
Bath
Marie Cross
Leslie Darling
William Cushing
Rangsley
Darling
J. A. Darling
Portland
Arthur Harrington
Connecticut
Thomas Daubenspeet
Thomas Harold, Jr
Bath Memorial Hospital
Daubenspeet
Joan Edgett
Willam Edgett
Edgett Street
Probate notices from Bath Maine May 1957
Court of Probate in Sagadahoc County Maine orders notices for multiple estates. Persons interested are to appear June in Bath to challenge appointments of Mildred Henderson and James Cothran. Final accounts for Robert H Haskell Camille V Cloutier Rogers Rosanna McDermott and Gerald Cloutier guardianships and successors are presented for allowance. An attest is recorded for Barbara L Brefwer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton G. Henderson
Bath
Mildred L. Henderson
Harold Frederick Cothran
James F. Cothran
John M. Graves
Topsham
Irene G. Strout
Guardian
Charles E. Preble
Alton C. Perry
Wesley M. Totman
Harry W. Totman
Herbert A. Stevens
Pearl L. Stevens
Bertha Louise Soule
Robert H. Haskell
Camille V. Cloutier Rogers
Richmond
Rosanna A. McDermott
Gerald Cloutier
Dennis H. Cloutier
Ronald A. Cloutier
Emma B. Sharples
Lloyd K. Sharples
Harold C. Baker
Emma P. Ferguson
Walter J. McElman
Administrator's
Sagadahoc
James F Cothran
Robert H. Haskel
Rosanna A McDermott
Dennis H Cloutier
Harold J. Rubin
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Ins
The
Bath Daily Times
Fred H. Thompson
Sagadahoc County
William L. Putnam
John A. Morse
Porcupine Club
Sugar Island
Moosehead Lake
S. R. Percy
Charles H. Oliver
W. S. Babcock
New York
James B. Perkins
Boothbay Harbor
Nathan Petlock
Boston
Louis
Hartley Baxter
Brunswick
H. C. Baxter & Bros
Naval Reserve Coast Patrol
Percy & Small
Carl F. Cressey
Canada-France Co
Cressey
Kennebec Yacht Club
J. T. Archambeau
Perkins Orchestra
Sarah Garcelon
T. W. Hyde Camp
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Sons of Veterans
Lacey Stover
Popham
Society Hall
Ft. McKinley
Ft. Baldwin
Pauline Frederick
Lydia Gilmore
Emilio de Gogorza
F. B. Nichols
Zeta Psi Dance
Charlotte Hall
Dorothy Higgins
Pauline Hatch
Eta
Theta Chi
Anna Morse
Phyllis Wyman
Doris Stetson
Delta Upsilon
Texacos
Kelley Field
Harold M. Sewall
Rotary Club
Committee of Public Safety
Elmhurst Stock Farm
Mark Hagan
Maine Automobile Association
Cumberland County
Dunstan
J. Charles Footer
Bailey Avenue
Center Street
George F. Ingraham
Boothbay
Carl Trott
American Red Cross
Oak Street
E. W. Hyde
Frederick E. Drake
Annie E. Cox
Oliver W. Moses
R. H. Baxter
Weston L. Bonney
Grace P. Cobb
R. C. Cowles
George B. Drake
D. T. Dougherty
Emma Eames de Gorgorza
W. S. Glidden, Esq
John S. Hyde
F. H. Kimball
Carolyn Moses
John McInnes
Leland R. Mitchell
Marcia Richardson
Rodney E. Ross
William D. Sewall
Thomas G. Plant
Town
Camp Pyramid
Lily Bay
George Humphrey
Portsmouth
Holder-On
Lisbon Enterprise
Morse High
Lisbon Falls
J. A. Clark
James Green
Texas Yard
Mrs
Charles Whitehouse
Edith Saunders
Lawrence
S. S. Mullin
Jennie R. Morse
Missa
Priscilla Magoun
Haddonfield, N. J
Bedford Street
Donald Percy
Fred Percy
Brookline
Mass
American Ambulance Corps
Marcia Stinson
Jennie Silsby
Palmer Co
Palmer
Gorham Normal School
Liberty Bonds
Harold W. Boyd
Charlestown
Merton Webber
James Perkins
Popham Beach
Eleanor P. Thurston
Sam C. Mengel
J. E. Bradford
Florida
Bar Harbor
C. E. Hewitt
Capitol Island
Percy & Small Yard
Charles Wetherbee
Earl B. Collins
Janet Cutler
Merrimac
Whittier School
Sewing Club
North Street
Owen J. Ledyard
Walter S. Glidden
J. R. Andrews
Forrest Park
Albert H. Shaw
Bath Gun Club
Bluerocks
Alice Wentworth
Murphy
Augusta Lumber Co
Ariel
Bridgeport
Conn
Alice Ward
Galen Ward
Upper High Street
S. J. Meeker
Kenneth Weeks
Kelley
Drs. W. E. Kershner
Robert C. Hannigan
John D. Footer, Jr
Woonsocket
Winnie Elliot
Langdon Hill
A. S. Nye
Dorchester
Washington County
Percival Butler
Ralph D. Warren
Tufts College
Harry E. King
James Coughran
O. W. Folsom
Harry Oliver
Aramede L. Tarbox
E. A. Allen
Washington, D. C
Mere Point
Tarbox
Allen
Alex Ross
Warren Mayers
Carlton
Milton €. Trott
Round Pond
James O. Hall
Atlantic
Hall
Earl Temple
Ed Brown
Lemont Street
Red Cross
Washington Street Grammar School
Both
Lodge of Elks
Wiscasset
Arthur Sewall
Small Point
Chester Plant
Marshall
Bangor
Bowdoin College
Area United Fund
Woolwich Grammar
Probate
John Evans
Bedford
State of
John Evans, Jr
Lloyd Hooker
Minnie A. Oliver
Minnie E. Packard
Frank A. Holman
Redlon A. Holman
Clarence A. Mayo
Ruth E. Mayo
Frank Payson Macfarlane
Leslie C. Shumway
May E. Porter
Mabel M. Soule
Angie Mank
Phippsburg
Carl Albee
William J. Paisley
Isabelle P. Small
Amy C. Dolloff
Topshim
Arthur D. Dolloff
James W. Jordan
Edward W. Bridgham
Harriett Gertrude Philbrick
Willard R. Philbrick
Ella C. Reed
Lois R. Allen
Alvah H. Hildreth
Cela M. McCormick
Cyril E. Bentley
First National Bank of Bath
Mabel L. Curtis
Bowdeinham
Delmar E. Curtis
Lydia D. Cook
Walter F. Day
Annie E. Thurston
James A. Thurston
Hattie T. Powers
Hattie Trask Powers
Albert R. Walker
George E. Young
Helen M. Young
James H. Whitmore
James McCorrison
Lynn M. Bussey
J. Bradford Sprague
C.t.a
Veridwen M. Parker
Walter F. Parker
Mildred M. Warren
Frank R. Warren
Sarah J. Hitchcock
Canal National Bank of Portland
Catharine M. Hitchcock
Sadie J. Garcelon
C-T.a
Carrie E. Mitchell
Laura A. Mitchell
Cleveland P. Holbrook
Bertha M. Holbrook
Irene Young
Alice L. Lowell
Harry M. Thurlow
Alexander A. Burden
John True Witham
Fred B. Witham
Raymond Reid
N. Y
Michael M. Zoome
Alice M. Zoome
Susan Bell Connard
Bath Trust Co
George Baer Connard
George M. Carlton, Jr
Ralph R. Dunton
Carrie M Dunton
Charles F. Thomas
Elizabeth B. Thomas
J. Houghton McLellan
James A. McLellan
Grace L. Parks
Lincoln L. Parks
James T. Cornish
Bowdein
Thelma A Cornish
Harriet D. Turner
J. Franklin Howe
George P. Davenport
Sidney L. Eaton
Donald N. Small
William L Skelton
William T. Hall
Mary Hall Rhodes Jackson
Helen C. Lothridge
Robert Lothridge
Clifford Lothridge
Richard M. Webber
Ernest Raymond Jess, Jr
Marlene F. MacDonald
Gardiner R. Deering
Albert Rea
Girl Scout Troop 6
Register
Parker Heads
Barbara L
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