Forty Years Ago in Bath June 1900 city notices
Readable items describe Bath School Board meeting raising the school year to 38 weeks and confirming success of a one session plan. Vacations for letter carriers set, weddings noted, deaths reported, shipyard events, and local business updates from Bath on June 5 to June 8 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
H. E. Cole
George C. Minard
Coal Dock Activity and Local News in Bath Area
On June 9 1900 Bath and surrounding towns bustle with cargo. About 8000 tons lie in port for discharge as ships like the W E W L Tuck Core 647 tons and Kate B Ogden unload for Bath Iron Works Woolwich depot and Maine Central. Local incidents include a gray eagle capture near Lily pond and several community notes from Magoun Green street improvements to sheriff Ballou's narrow tar paper incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
City of Augusta
Kate B. Ogden
Woolwich
Addie Charleson
Maine Central
Thomas F. Pollard
Larrabee's
H. Hackman
Woodward Coal Company
Marine Corps recruiting drive under way in Bath
Lieutenant Frederick S. McKee of the USMCR leads a Bath recruiting campaign at the American House and Iron Works. Eligible ages are 18 to 35, with no prior military training required, and applicants will be interviewed each afternoon from 4:30 to 5:30. Recruits may transfer to the new unit if formed, serving only in national emergencies. Ex-service men and former National Guard members are urged to apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Corp Reserves
Bath
Frederick S. McKee
USMCR
Bath Iron Works Corp
McKee
Iron Works
Marine Corp
National Guard
Lieut
Girl Scouts Tea at Stone House Raises Funds
A Thursday tea at Stone House Farn, hosted by the local Girl Scout Council, netted a substantial sum for camperships. Leaders Association members aided serving while Miss Ruth Williams performed piano solos and a trio provided music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone House Farn
Girl Scout Council
J. R. Andrews
William D. Sewall
Mark W. Sewall
John Mcines
Archibald M. Main
Stanley R. Hunter
Leonard F. Wetherbee
Theodore A. Earl
Leaders Association
Ruth Williams
Ruth Cogan
Alice Dennison
Geraldine Nickerson
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Harold S Avery
Albert G. Longley
David S. Cogan
Mitchell School Shows Two Grade Programs in One Afternoon
Grades three and four at Mitchell School entertained parents with joint programs. Third grade staged The Tinder Box with a large cast and glee club numbers while fourth grade presented a parade of characters and The Spring Festival. Notable cast included Helen Witham Roy Lutz Barbara Morse Esther Sawyer and Bev Piper among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Isabell Lewis
Anne M. Thompson
Mitchell School
Helen Witham
Roy Lutz
Barbara Morse
Esther Sawyer
Harvey Bates
Richard Alley
Firsteen Lane
Billy Jackson
Beverly Ann Jackson
Queen
Robert Cressey
Edward Manion
Gayland Alexander
Guards
Carolyn Burditt
Glee Club
Frost Pictures
Richard Oliver
Jerry Geneau
Clarence Cressey
Roberta Blake
Charles Robinson
Donald Coombs
Charles Murray
Kenneth Murray
Edna Wright
Harold Cornish
Norman Smith
Dana MctIntire
Cynthia Dauphin
Marilyn Towne
Olive Farley
Alice Deehan
Dora MacMahan
Margery Cummings
Gloria Douglass
Eldwin Lane
Dana McIntire
China Land
Eddie Berry
Lindberg
James Footer
Huck Finn
Beverly Piper
Annette Godfrey
Marjorie Rogers
Winifred Mullen
Arthur Bowker
Mane
Gloria Brown
Cinderella
William Seavey
Roland
Katherine MacDonald
Littl Red Riding Hood
Billy Donnell
Negro Jim
Walter Darling
Mary Barry
Beverly Denham
Lewis Donnell
John Pagurko
Albert Cummings
Genesta Chapter Meets Friday Night in Mason Temple
Genesta Chapter OES holds regular meeting in Mason Temple. Mrs. Clifford B. Smith reports on Grand Chapter sessions in Portland. Invitation extended for June 13 reception at Brownville Junction high school gym for Alice L. Graves. Supper at 6:30 precedes the meeting. Guest officers night and other invited officers noted with dates and host chapters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta
O.E.S
Masonic Temple
Clifford B. Smith
Portland
Brownville Junction
Alice L. Graves
Echo Chapter
Carleton W. Andrews
Ruth
Orman L. Coggeshall
Electa
Mt. Pisgah
Boothbay Harbor
Carl H. Pinson
Pioneer
Lisbon Falls
Harold E. Cutting
Golden Sheath
New Gloucester
Lions and Cosmopolitan clubs plan benches for city park
The Lions Club and Cosmopolitan Garden Club will sponsor at least two benches in the city park. Justus H. Miller prepared one foundation, with another to be ready soon. Benches will have concrete ends, oak slat seats, five feet long, near the band stand. William M. Adams chairs the Lions committee urging possible additional sponsors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Justus H. Miller
Torrey Roller Bushing Works
Miller
Lions
William M. Adams
Lions Committee
St Johns Day Event Entertained by Augusta Trinity Commandery
June 11 1900 report notes Dunlap commandery No 5 K T hosts Trinity commandery of Augusta for St John day celebration. Log raft season begins with first load at Shaw mill. mill to restart midweek after repairs. Various locals travel, families visit Rangeley Lakes. schooners Frances M and Major Pickands load ice upriver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaw's Mill
Frances M
Major Pickands
Portland
Cosmo Garden Club Elects Officers For Annual Meeting
Cosmopolitan Garden club elected Mrs. G Thomas Murphy president and Mrs. William L. Skelton vice president at the annual meeting. Other officers named include Miss Elizabeth Deering as secretary and Mr. Morse as treasurer with board members Mrs. Bowen Torrey and Mrs. Carroll A Deering reelected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
G Thomas Murphy
William L. Skelton
John A. Morse
Elizabeth Deering
Bowen Torrey
Carroll A Deering
Edmund A. Rothwell
Roscoe P. McFadden
Torgis
Carl ¥. Kennedy
Herbert R Lemont
R J. M. Steussy
Margaret J. Adams
Save the Birds
George A. Churchill
Skelton
Alice N. Magoun
Walter S. Wiggin
Kennedy
William Yule
J. R. Andrews
McFadden
Rothwell
Andrews
Bath Elks to Observe Flag Day in Bath
Flag Day events set for Friday June 14 at the Bath Lodge of Elks with Colonel Hubert W. Eldred Navy Dept at Bath Iron Works as speaker on Fifth Column and the FBI Exalted Ruler Jesse W. Allen to preside A bullet lunch to follow and local service clubs invited Thirty Brunswick citizens discussed forming a home defense unit to guard key railroad stations Cabot mill armory and other spots amid concerns of anti country sentiment
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lodge of Elks
Eici
Hubert W. Eldred
Navy Department
Bath Iron Works Corp
Jesse W. Allen
The
Elks
Edward N. Hartnett
Edward Kelley
Maurice Perry
Brunswick
Key Railroad
Cabot Mill
Four Bath Students to Graduate at Bates College
Four Bath students are among 119 graduates in Bates College 74th commencement on Monday June 17. The Bath quartet Mary Sprague Ruth Sprague Janet Bridgham and Francis W Stover will receive Bachelor of Arts degrees plus Frank Coffin Lewiston earns Summa Cum Laude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bates College
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Washington, D. C
Vermont
Frank Coffin
Lewiston
Mary Sprague
Ruth Sprague
Peleg W. Sprague
Oak Street
Janet Bridgham
Edward W. Bridgham
Washington Street
Francis W. Stover
Bates F. Stover
Brunswick Road
Phi Beta Kappa
Campus Weekly
Christian Association
Social Commission
Cabinet
Stover
Mayo Destroyer Shaft Mix Up Spurs Local Shipyards Rivalry
Unofficial notices identify a propeller shaft swap between the Mayo and Benson during late trials at Fore River Quincy. The 1630 ton Mayo, awaiting commissioning at Boston Navy Yard, faced a frozen shaft and a full day to swap shafts, fueling rivalry among Bath Iron Works and Fore River workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayo
Fore River
Quincy
Mass
Bath Iron Works Corp
Associated Press
Globe
Benson
United States Navy
iThe
South Boston
South Boston Drydock
Resignation of North Primary Teacher Cleared by Board
The Board of Education read and accepted the resignation of Mrs Celia Mc Cormick first grade teacher at North Primary after ten years in city service. Preparations were made to obtain city coal bids through the Board offices. High school accounts showed a balance of 1504.74 and roll of accounts No 4 1448.38. Members present included Chairman Allan Spear Selwyn H Towne Mayor Robert H Haskell and Supt John Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celia McCormick
North Primary
Board of Education
eCity
Allan Spear
Selwyn H. Towne
Robert H. Haskell
John Parker
Flag Day Exercises Change of Venue at City Hall
Bath Lodge of Elks moves Flag Day exercises to City hall auditorium Friday evening. Col. Hubert W. Eldred cannot speak. Rev. Joseph O. Purdue will deliver the address on Who is Worthy of the U S A. Public and ex service men urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lodge of Elks
City Hall
Elks
Hubert W. Eldred
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street
Smiths Return From Kenosha Visit To Bath
Alden G. Smith returned Sunday from Kenosha Wisconsin where he visited his sister Mrs P L Wolcov for several weeks. He was accompanied to Bath by his son Thomas W. Smith who has been in Kenosha for the winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alden G. Smith
Kenosha
Wis
P. L. Wolcov
Bath
Thomas W. Smith
Miss Ruth Lemoine Honored in Maine Essay Contest
Miss Ruth Lemoine of Portland and Westbrook Junior College received honorable mention in The Tower college publication contest. Her essay The Best Place To Live extols Maine's beauty across four seasons and its ocean and woods allure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Lemoine
Westbrook Junior College
Portland
the Tower
Lemoine
Andrew J. Lemoine
Floral Street
Miss Lemoine
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Why Not Help Feed Our Feathered Friends
A. L. Eastman of 366 Front Street plants a full grown parsnip to seed for birds in fall and winter. He urges Boy Scouts and local groups to plant and maintain free lunch counters of scraps in shared spaces and to leave tops on vegetables for birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Eastman
Front Street
Eastman
Boy Scouts
Fish and Game Protective Associations
Mr. Eastman
Social Evening and Contract Winners Held Here
Mrs. Harry W. Tucker hosted a supper for Mrs. Claude S. Gillette of Honolulu and guest Mrs. Fred A. Higginbotham of Watertown Mass. Five tables of contract were played with Mrs. Rodney E. Ross first and Mrs. Rupert H. Baxter second. Gillette received a guest prize and was honored at a coffee and luncheon hosted by her mother Mrs. Baxter and by Miss Priscilla Magoun on Green Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Tucker
Claude S. Gillette
Honolulu
T. H
Fred A. Higginbotham
Watertown
Mass
Rodney E. Ross
Rupert H. Baxter
Gillette
Baxter
Washington Street
Priscilla Magoun
Green Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bath Daily Time
George A. Baker
Humphrey A. Owen
Frank Ramsay
Edward McAuliffe
Elmer D. Hodgkins
National Association
Detroit
William Gilbert
Middle Street
Daisy
Robert Oliver
Georgia Oliver
Fred Coffin
F. W. O'Brien
Marion
Alexander G. Patten
Francis Patten
Charlestown
Crescent Street
John H. Stacy
Popham
Daylight
Katy B. Ogdon
Alfred McLain
Kennebeck
William McDonald
Kennebec
Alice McDonald
D. Howard Spear
Dummer Street
H. L. Grinnell
Turner Court
Harry A. Nealley
Times
Silver Lake House
Katahdin Iron Works
E. D. Jameson
Mary E. Lynch
Kelley, Spear & Co
Charles H. Bagley
Gyp
M. G. Shaw
Rumford Falls
M. Anderson
Oi Eceon
T. J. Dillon
Misses Anna
Gertrude Dillon
Rangeley
Annie Belanger
Torrey’s
M. W. Sewall
Boston
Mathew Johns
Arthur J. Dunton
Charles D. Moulton
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Warren Carr
Mrs. E. _A. Farrar
Oliver Moses
Alonzo Moore
Perkins
Union
Moulton’s
Frank A. Small
Warner R. Lewis
Center Street
Mabel Florence
Robert Arthur Hodgdon
Malden
Ada Marr
Boothbay
Burton Lewis
E .C. Plummer
Peter King
Mabel R. Gay
John D. Footer, Jr
San Francisco
George P. Davenport
Gardiner
Elmer F. Campbell
Davis Hatch
A. H. Berry Shoe Co
Cc. C. Dennett
Frank Jones
Sagamore
Bath Road
George K. Ingalls
Maud Muller
Albert FE. Smith
Haverhill
Josephine Ingalls
H. G. Hatch
Lynn
Barney
Bagley
Nathan Stiles
Joseph E. Anderson
Henry Getchell
Daniel Herring
Green's Cove
A. H. Shaw
Alexander Patten
W. A. Atchley
G.A.R
Masonic Lodges
S. T. Snipe
H. A. Huse
Frank Shepard
H. D. Maxwell
Mark Gannon
W. M. Lake
Masons
E. C. Plummer
Scott Andrews
Nealy
West Bath
O Louis Hart
Sagadahoc Real Estate Association
Sagadahock House
Bijah Sawyer
Harry B. Sawyer
Amesbury
Gertrude Tuttle
Catherine Hill
T. W. Hyde
John Shaw
F. E. Cooper
John L. Wilson
L. L. Hooker
Universalist Choir
J. W. Savage
North Street
William Paisley
Hyde Windlass Co
Galeshiel
Scotland
London
Eastern Shipbuilding Co
Emery
Sagadahoc
Boston and
Cae Ae
Edward Tuck
New London
W. A. Fairburn
Guy Jackson
Elizabethport
N. J
Percy Means
Keen
Nellie Sullivan
Iceboro
A. T. Parker
Melvin Dinsmore
Herbert L. Hall
Clarence E. Johnson
Clarence H. Lindsey
Walter R. MacDonald
Frank Mikelsky
Maurice Owen
Arthur C. Shorey
Harold C. Roberts
Edwin P. Thompson
Leon A. Winslow
Jessie E. Baker
Mary A. Bonney
Lilla D. Burns
Bessie W. Clifford
Victoria D. Hen
Elizabeth G
Llewellyn D. Rogers
Western Avenue
Elizabeth Purington
W. O. Given
Cleveland
Water Street
Indiana
New England Shipbuilding Co
New England Co
Coastwise Steamship Co
Fred Deering
George_E. Hughes
EC. Plummer
T. P. Neagle
Frank J. Parks
E. J. Murphy
Auburn
John T. Dowling
Craven
Robert Dana
Charles F. Magoun
Lucinda
David J. Tabor
Trufant Street
Samuel Shankin
St. Stephen
N. B
James D
Sherman
Lieeh S
W. S. Tibbetts
Florence Harnden
Hanson
Biddeford
S. S. Andrews
Gorham
Sheriff Ballou
Music Hall
Mr. Ballou
Welch
McLain
Irving Stinson
Wiscasset
Crockery
Percy's
William S. Newell
Baltimore
Hull
Newell
Eugene Gaudreau
Will Donnell
Charlestown Navy Yard
Elizabeth Rogers
J. L. Hoyle
Silas H. Duncan
Daniel T. Dougherty
Henry Palmer
William Adams
Arthur B. Stearns
Raymond Powers
Frank H. Percy
D. T. Percy & Sons
Charley Edgecomb
Times News
Miss Luke
Herbert Williams
Central Church Sunday School
Marine Corps
Girl Scouts
Stone House
C. P. Wetherbee
Bath Tron Works
Portsmouth
Sarah Hodgdon
Virginia Ham
Pittsfie Nenefe
Center and
Elm
Tra W. Robinson
Sarah Dunbar
John H. Kimball
Indian Rock
Rangeley Lakes
C. M. Emery
New
Cosmo Garden Club
G. Thomas Murphy
BATES
Mary and Ruth Sprague
Francis W. Stove
Gleaves
John L. Perry
Ralph O. Dale
E. P. Cahoon
John Footer
Milton E. Footer
Joan Merritt Ham
Brookline
Virginia Shaw Boudin
Charles L. Anderson
Elizabeth Anderson
Melinda C. Perry
Omar R. Perry
Nehemiah Boynton
Medford
Daniel W. Boynton
Georgetown
John L. Jack
Register
T. John L. Jack
Flora M. Hodgdon
John A. Erskine
Newcastle
Maud H. Larrabee
Wallace R. Ham
Olive H. Andros
Blanche F Parrell
Robert G. Gray
Bertha Gray
Fie McDonough