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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1946

Page

10

Daily Times notices and travel plans from New York to Portland and beyond

Local items include visits to New York by Capt. Rubin Eastman and Mrs H W Butler of Pi fg, a Portland jeweler in the city, and trips to Paris and Boston. Council candidate selections, Mendelsohn club finances, and a Popham steamer schedule update are noted amid society and travel updates with several residents planning departures and visits.

H. W. Butler Pi Fg New York Rubin Eastman

Local Social Notes Roundup From Maine Coast Towns

Local residents visit and travel as a string of weekend and weekday events unfold. Visitors include Miss Nellie G. Davis in Waldoboro and Miss Barbara Sprague from Mechanic Falls. Families plan moves to Brunswick while Fred Spinney awaits surgery at the Veterans hospital.

Mocs Brookdeld Mane Waldoboro Nellie G. Davis Barbara Sprague Mechanic Falls Capt Walter Sprague Ule J. Haviland Tor Fred Hay Allen Clarence Spin Robert Yorke Sebasco Warren Robert Ralph Pye Melvin Aenne Small Point Poe Clarence Eoweld Perkine Island Wilh Percy Jr Minot Percy Nenwaen Perkins West Bath Clarence Perkins Norman Perkins Army Germa Irving Isaacson Shirley Isaacson Peter A. Isaacson Elisha Bridges David Leon Clarence Geachell Woolwich

Woolwich Graduation Highlights Rainbow Ceremony and Programs

Woolwich Grammar School held a Rainbow Graduation at Day’s Ferry Congregational Church with blue and light gold gowns. The program featured speakers, musical selections, gifts, and diplomas, including rural and bridge builder themes.

Alaska South America Woolwich Grammar School S Ferry Congregational Church William Artell Jtichard Bailey Maine Ann Fitch Mildred Elizabeth Greenleaf Norma Maxine Hunnewell Charles Moore Kenneth Chubbuck Jessie May Velano

Pairs and visitors mark Bath social scene and church plans

The text records local social events in Bath including visitors Mrs Eben Dana and Mrs Roscoe Bailey, weekend guests from Boston and Framingham for Capt Frank J Walker’s family, a wedding in town between Elizabeth Bowers and Allan Holden Atwood, and a Woolwich Community churches executive committee meeting. It mentions plans for a million hour service and a large church picnic via the Christian Endeavor group.

Bath Raymond B. Libby Frank J. Walker River Road Eben Dana Roscoece Bailey Brunswick Russell Boyd Boston Framingham Mass Elizabeth Bowers Allan Holden Atwood Regina Doyle Flushing L. I M. Y Grace Crowley Edith Leveroni Quincy Norman Chase Whitefield George Boyog Brookline Charles Leveroni North Quincy Eee Westervelt Crestikelli Woolwich

Fire Destroys Bath Box Co and Burns Lumber Yard

A massive blaze at the Bath Box Co and adjacent lumber facilities caused extensive destruction including a three story wooden factory, planing mill, sheds, and lost machinery. Winds from the northwest fed the flames as Bath police and imports aided firefighting efforts and spectators lined the Kennebec bridge.

Mgr. Gillies Portland Bath South End Richard Frates Woolwich Fire Department Bath Iron’ Works Corp Hyde Windlass Co Box Co Kennebec Bath Iron Works

Bath Box Co blaze prompts wide aid and job offers

Firefighters from Brunswick, Rockland, Istor and Bath Iron Works battled a major blaze at the Bath Box Co plant on Tru fant's Point. BIW crews assisted with floodlights and a bulldozer as Chief Frates praised the effort and noted plans for plant workers to transfer to Waterboro mill jobs.

Ontee Teco Harold Nickerson Brunswick Department Pleasant Middle Streets Co Town Rockland van Russell Pine and Iston Central Fire Station Bath Iron Works Fire Department Frates Cecil Fullerton Scott Morse BIW Stanley Turner Elihu Fullerton Arrowsic Edward Berry South End Brunswick Naval Air Station Tuesda Bay Fire Department Gillies Waterboro Bath Box Co James A. Gillies, Jr Trufant

Keirsteads Host Guests and Local Moves Across Maine

Wiscasset prepares for a summer season with a route to Cuba business family arrivals. Mr and Mrs William S Keirstead spent the weekend in Rockland for a sister's wedding. Mrs Jennie J Ladd of Milo visited to care for Richard Keirstead. Mr and Mrs Harry Lewis left for a new Providence home. Miss Muriel Lewis, Morse high student, stays with Hall Lewis family until the term ends.

Cuba Wiscasset William S. Keirstead Rockland Providence R. I Muriel Lewis Morse High School Bath Hall Lewis Union Street

Probate Notices From Bath Estateal Proceedings

Court of Probate in Bath announces proceedings for multiple estates. Hearings set for the first Tuesday of July at ten o clock in the forenoon for estates including Blake Stiness Higgins Stiness Perkins Bailey Churchill Clark and others with executors named Elmer Blake Lucie Stiness Doris Tracy and others. Offers letters testamentary or administrator accounts as required. Court clerk John L. Jack registers the notices.

Ee Sagada Ioc Rae Ee Jepen Bath Frances R. Blake Elmer F. Blake Edward C. Stiness Bath, Deceased. Williand Lucie Frances Higgins Stiness Ted Lucie Frances Stiness Jennie Gertrude Gibby Win Jones Beryl Bath Lydia Peace Willa S. Shorey John H. Perkins Woolwich Doris M. Tracy Rix D.b.n Roscoe G. Bailey Clara E. Bailey George A. Churchill Daniel Williams Thurston Fred B. Kittridge

Local Residents Headed to Nearby Towns for Events

Miss L and Mrs Owena visited Gardiner Saturday while Mr and Mrs Herbert Taylor stayed in Bingham for weeks. Childs a Waldoboro teacher of nine years returned home. Frederick Tripp of Mnchlana attended the 1946 graduation last Thursday with his sister Mrs Tripp and brother Robert Adams part of the class.

Owena Gardiner Erset Herbert Taylor Bingham Poet Law Wiscasset Childs Waldoboro Frederick Tripp Mncchlana

Phippsburg Seeks Vote From Local Candidate Albert Henderson

Phippsburg’s Board of County Commissioners highlights Albert B. Henderson of Dromore District as a leading young citizen candidate. Born in Bowdoinham and a Coombs High School graduate, Henderson recently married and farms with Mrs. James Little. The couple joined the Hutchins family for a Sunday visit.

Board of County Commissioners Phippsburg Albert B. Henderson Dromore Bowdoinham Coombs High School James Little Stanley Hutchins

Local residents visit families and plan summer moves

Parker Head visited her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Wyman. Mr and Mrs Laurence Thayer hosted guests and Bath residents over the weekend. The Goodwins from Acton Mass and the Wilburs shopped in Bath while planning a summer move to a cottage.

Frank Wyman Stanton Dozois Laurence Thayer Laurence Stephen Wyman Farm

Woolwich Visitors Mention School Board Picnic

Mr and Mrs James O San born of Dorchester Mass visited their niece Mrs Ellsworth Chandler in Woolwich. Miss Shirley R Emery and Miss Anne appeared on land read of Mrs Ellsworth Chandler. Sagadahoc Ferry School of Religious Education held its annual picnic and outdoor games marking end of summer activities with thanks to superintendent Mrs Alice Dow and assistants.

Woolwich Teachers Club Stanwood C. Gilman Sebasco Cates Ferry Schol Jamea Nostecs James O. Sanborn Dorchester Mass Ellsworth Chandler Woolwich Shirley R. Emery Annee Ellsworth Chandles Portland High School Sagadahoc Ferry School of Religious Education Alice Dow

Probate Court Seeks Administrators in Sagadahoc Estates

In Sagadahoc County probate on the second Tuesday of June 1946 petitions present for action on estates of Eva M. Helah Ada L. Marston Frank M. Lamb Joan H. Sen and others. Notices call for hearings July next at ten in the forenoon and potential appointment of executors or administrators and license to sell assets as ordered.

Ne Im Sagadahoc Eva M. Helah Helah Busan P. Howe Mary 5 Whittemore Mary E.ttemore Ada L. Marston Bath Dale Frank M. Lamb Mabel B. Merrill Pean Joan H. Sen Arrow Celia J .Hu‘ehina

Probate notices from Sagadah County executors named

Register John L. Jack records probate actions for Bath and Sagadah County estates in June 1946. Executors and administrators include James W. Tibwette late of Bath, Ralph O. Dale, Lillian M. Snow, Jeanne M. Gardiner, Luigi A. Gardiner, and R. Deering. bonds and guardianship noted.

John L. Jack Sagadah James “W. ‘Tibwette Bath Ralph O. Dale Lillian M. Snow Jeanne M Luigi A . Gardiner R. Deering Aexit Bond J. Dunton

Joyful crowd gathers at unidentified event

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Mortgage relief sought in Bath Superior Court case

The document details a mortgage case in Sagadahoc County Maine where defendants, unknown, may appear to contest claims to estate and title in the parcel of land. It seeks relief, declaratory judgment, and perpetual constraints on claims, with dates noted in May 1946 and actions by Judge Arthur B. Sewall and Clerk Rober L. Brown.

Bath P Wossten Beiron Rib Maine Sagadahoc Giedys F. Ostenholme Asth Edward W. Bridges Maine Sanda Og Wolstennal Martha EB Harmon Adahoc Arthur B. Sewall Rober L. Brown Superior

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