Bath Daily Times 1892 item highlights various local events
A Bath news page notes regular boats between Bath and Augusta, Strawberry socials at Beacon Street church and Universalist vestry, a fire alarm trial, and social events at Elm Street and McDonald residences. It reports steamer repairs, new passes for Sagadahoc boats, May and June civic happenings, marriages, and inspections by Kennebec steamboat officers. Major Goss attends Hyde Light Guards drill. street improvements near Winnegance bridge near completion.
Bath records and developments in early June 1892
June 7 1892 reports two window artists in town and a Boston trip for help on a hovel. Universalist and Kings Daughters meetings set for Friday. Bath Gun Club to host 100 foreign gunners at Wholwich clubhouse dedication Thursday. Sagadahoc steamer arrives with freight and passengers. Kennebec to be tested after mishap. stern post and rudder damaged but no leaks. Electric streetcars planned with bids opened tomorrow from four companies and local leaders pushing the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Gun Club
Wholwich
Kennebec
East
Boston
Collins
Times
Bath
Bath Valuation Decline From 1929 Peak Through 1932
Bath's city valuation rose from 9,194,986 in 1926 to a peak of 9,464,368 in 1929 and has fallen each year since, reaching 8,814,712 in 1932. The drop since 1929 totals 649,596, with a 214,100 decline from the previous year. Yearly valuations from 1926 to 1932 are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Memorial Service For Genesta Chapter Depar Members
A memorial service honoring 63 departed Genesta Chapter members was held Friday night at the Masonic temple. Mrs. Mary rs rendered appropriate vocal selections. A committee on anniversary reporting was appointed to report at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Depar
Genesta Chapter
O.E
Masonic Temple
Mary Rs
N. Gratz Jackson
Arthur B. Stilphen
Glorified Topic At Dromore Farm Bureau Meeting
Dromore Farm Bureau held its June meeting at Dromore grange hall with 30 members and guests including Mrs Page Wyman Mrs John Bowie Mrs Orman Oggefshall and Miss Carolyn Oliver. Mrs Elizabeth Haley led the event which featured a lively lesson on making glorified glass with over a dozen participants. A Washington Bi Centenary tree planting was approved and plans for the October fair were outlined by several committees. An in between meeting occurred yesterday and the next regular gathering is set for July 6 at Dromore with detailed dinner and kitchen plan committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore
A. L. Deering
Washington
Mis
Grace Dickinson
Rachel Hodgdon
Harry Oliver
Linda Perry
Campbell
Clara Oliver
Grange Hall
Mrs. Haley
Elizabeth Haley
Elizabeth Hutchins
Emily Ingalls
Julia Johnson
Redsecca Minot
Abbie Minot
Alice Mint
Bath high school alumni banquet set for June 16
The Bath High School Alumni Association announces the annual banquet on Thursday June 16. Tickets are $1 and must be bought by Tuesday June 14 from treasurer Mrs Herber Calderwood at 981 Middle Street. Reserved four person card table seats are $1.25 around Morse High School gym where the event will be held. The class of 1907 marks its 25th anniversary with a dance after the entertainment. Menu includes chicken salad hot rolls potato chips sherbet cake and coffee. Orchestra to be chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath High School Alumni Association
Herber
Calderwood
Middle Street
Association
Morse High School
Firemen Memorial Services in Bath Sunday
Bath Veteran Fireman's association plans a memorial service Sunday at Oak Grove over the grave of Augustus A Seiders the last member to pass. Prayer by Rev Timothy C Maney address by Rev David L Wilson benediction by Rev George B Wolstenholme. A meeting to finish day plans set for Wednesday at eight in Baxter hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove
Augustus A. Seiders
Bath Veteran Fireman's Association
Timothy C. Maney
St. Mary’s
David L. Wilson
Central Church
George B. Wolstenholme
People’s Church
Baxter Hall
Maine D A R Broadcast on Benedict Arnold Tale
Miss Lelia G. Hunnewell of Kingfield will host a Maine D A R program titled The Trail of Benedict Arnold in Maine and Canada. The talk airs Friday at 4 15 p m from Station WCSH The Eastland Portland under the auspices of the Maine Daughters of the American Revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benedict Arnold
Maine
Canada
Lelia G. Hunnewell
Kingfield
Maine Daughters of the American Revolution
WCSH
Eastland
Portland
Return of Expenses Primary Candidates 1932 Sagadahoc County
Secretary of State publishes returns filed by candidates to be voted for in Sagadahoc county up to June 1 at 10 a.m. showing five dollars or more spent, tabulated as required by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of State
Sagadahoc
Cosmopolitan Club meeting features readings and dances
Readings by Miss Doriee Povich and songs by Morse high pupils delighted Cosmopolitan Club members led by Miss Miriam W. Kimball. Officers urged attendance at upcoming Maine Progressive Union and Bates Field Day reports followed by resignations and July committee appointments. Lemonade and cookies closed the program. Then a feature on the Coriolanus square rigged ship detailing its storied past and planned restoration at Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doriee Povich
Morse High School
Emerson School of Oratory
Boston
Evelyn and
Beth Trott
Cosmopolitan Club
Maine Progressive Union
Freeport
Addie BD. Palmer
Evelyne L. Donnell
Roscoe P. McFadden
Cosmopolitan Players
Martha
George
Charles R. Farnham
Bates College
Ella J. Douglas
Minnie A. White
Helen KE. Hartwell
House
Arabelle M. Lord
Granville Colby
Roberta Irving Parris
Margaret J. Adams
Kimball
Muriel H. Howe
Phyllis E. Wright
Norman W. Howard
Irma Burns Perry
Florence E. Hagan
Dorothy Muench
Caspar F. Hartley
Eula M. Fielding
Gardiner R. Deering
Stacy
Donnell
White
Coriolanus Reborn At Bath Shipyard Revival Plan
Bath shipwrights led by William S. Newell will refit the 56 year old Coriolanus a square rigger once sailed the oceans. The project aims to showcase old shipbuilding skill and revive square riggers with a Sept shakedown voyage from Bath to Shelbourne Maine and back carrying palm oil on return. The venture is backed by the New England and West Trading and Shipping Association with C Nelson Rogers championing the idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Desert
Nelson
Clyde
Scotland
Stewart Lines
London
England
Calcutta
Germany
Norway
Panama
Coast Guard
New Bedford
Mass
Corea
Cape Verde
Boston
Rogers
Bath
Iron Works
Newell
the Iron Works
C. Nelson Rogers
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Mr. Rogers
Shelbourne
N. S
Times
Coriolanus
Delightful party with state endowment and chapters
A large gathering hosted by Miss Emily Rideout and the Bowdoinham women’s groups celebrated local clubs and endowment efforts. Attendees included numerous chapter members from Topsham Brunswick, Bangor, Fort Richmond, Amariscogg in, and others, plus invited officials and dignitaries. The event highlighted vital statistics work, a York chapter field day, and sympathy telegrams for recent losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Rideout
Girl Home Makers
J. H. Cox
State Endowment Fund
Marguerite Schoppe
Sam Conner
Edris Turgeon
Lucy Flint
Lawless
Chase
Mary Dillingham
Annie Hildreth
Mary Hildreth
Millward G. Patten
Topsham- Brunswick
Elizabeth Wadsworth
Bowdeinham
Victor Warren
Dover- Foxcroft
Victor Binford
Roxbury
Fred Morgan
Charles L. Browne
Bowdoinham
Frisbee
York
Old York
Congregational Church
Marshall House
Sewall's Bridge
Ralph Cowles
Sanford
Florida
Continental Congress
Washington
Katherine Marshall
Cox
Dummer Sewall
Regent
Margaret R. Foote
Nellie Reed Lord
Lena King
Alice Shorey
Jane Lemont
Annie Palmer
Ina Smith
Waldoboro
Alice Robbins
Grace Albee
Wiscasset
Caroline Carey
Amy Staples Smith
Wakefield
Mass
Kate Perkins
Agnes Humphreys
Corrie Varney
Alice Varney
Antoinette Merrill
Annie Cox
Elwin
Mrs Vivian LeMont Returns Home After Bath Visit
Mrs Vivian LeMont of Portland has returned to her home after spending a few days in Bath with her parents Mr and Mrs Lucius M LeMont on Middle street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian LeMont
Portland
Bath
Mrs
Lucius M. LeMont
Middle Street
South End P T A reports year of work and leadership
Annie J. S. Lemont presided at the South End P T A annual meeting held on Washington Street. The report covers memberships events fundraisers and donations including a piano gift in memory of Leland R. Mitchell and a Founders Day celebration at Morse High School. The chapter notes losses of longtime workers and gratitude for support and cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur C. Lemont
South End P. T. A
Washington Street
Lemont
South End Parent Teacher Association
South
J.A. Redion
Anne Mullin
Wilson
Annie J. S. ‘Lemont
Ruby Campbell
Nellie ‘Hunt
Treas
Lizzie B. Chaney
Portland
Roeckland
J. A. Red Ion
Jackson
Red
Scott
Morse High School
Anne Deering
Blanche Hewitt
Ruth Moore
Ruby
Haven Sawyer
Mullin
South End
Annie J. S. Lemont
Foreclosure Notice on Swan's Island Mortgage
Benjamin B Douglass declares breach of condition on March 10, 1923 Gage Deed conveying land on Swan's Island Sagadahoc County Maine to Albert A Darrah later assigned to Benj B Lass. The mortgage to Darrah defaults. foreclosure action stated. Confirmed by Benj B Douglass and sworn by Benj B Dongerson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. O. Speck
New York
Sagadahoc
Albert A. Darrah
Richmond
Maine
Swan's Island
Perkins
H. J. Muise
Kennebec River
Perley Tooby
J. H. Wade
C. F. Wade
Benj. Blass
Dahoc
Benjamin B. Douglass
Beneally
Benj. B Dongerson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Polat
Star Lodge
Beacon Street Church
Lingie
Augusta
Ladies of the Universalist Society
B. W. Morse
Jennie
Goss
Lewiston
Hyde Light Guards
Marine Railway
Percy V
James E. Per
Popham Beach
Popham
John Thurlow
Frank Stevens
Winneganee Bridge
Universalist Church
Canton
King P. M
Acadia Lodge K. of P
William T. Donnell
Jordan & Carleton
Saco River
Baker
The
Bath Electric Railway Co
Charles H. Stinson
Linnie C. Hodgkins
Dexter G. Hodgkins
Center Street
T. F. White
Nellie
Mattie Hodgkins
McDonald
Reece Ae
Kelley & ‘Spear’s
Minott
Capt
Kittridge
E. W. Larrabee
Boat Club
Murray
Portland and Kennebec
Lundrigan
Canton King No. 10
Henry Hanscomb
Harry Foote
Sidney B. Knights
B. F. Savage
Ensign
H. M. Hartley
A. Humphreys
W. J. Jacobs
Massachusetts
Charles Farrell
Universalist Society
Emmons
Ladies Aid Society
Capt. Lowell
High Street
Bath High
Gardiner
Gardiners
Charles Burgess
John H. Trevett
Boothbay
Mary E. Burgess
Young Men’s Christian Association
R. A. Jordan
Bangor
David Owen Foye &,Co
Fred .R. Cahill
Middle
South Streets
Capt. Manson
Lower Grammar School
Miss Trask
Corliss Street
Capt. Dennison
Frank Jones
P.O. Rogers
Milwaukee
Spencer
Toa
Desper Oliver
Tiacorkation
New England
Union
Woolwich
Father O'Brien
Mr. Trevett
Knickerbocker
New Church Society
Small Point
Charles W. Larrabee
G. E. R. Patten
George M. Patten
George H. Dole
Buxton
Mr. Buxton
Frank Harwood
Buxtone Company
Abbot Village
Afaina
L. O. Wiley
Revere House
Frank Shorey
Maria Wiggin
Emma Moses
United Circle of Kings Daughters
the Universalis: Vestry
Menree
Sede Ooble Tiass
W. G. Webber
American Express
William Haskell
Bowdoin Medical School
City of ‘Bath Valuations
Farm Bureau
Relie
Nonwar Medicime Co
Alfred K. Ames Lewis O. Barrows
Lou’ S Brann
Frank Carlton
F. Harold Dubord Seeeescreee
James Burleigh Perkins Reerere
Arthur G
A Thurston Sreeeeeesesree Nar
Congress
Aee Ear
Edward E. Ee Eee
Edward L. Peret Treeeseren
Ae Skae
Ralph O Peer
South End P. T.A
John Lasell
Whitinsville
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