Forty Years Ago in Bath June 1905 Highlights
Bath society and business notices recount a busy week featuring Acadian lodge services at Beacon Street church, Colonial club finances and pool tournament results, ship news from the Chesapeake, a D. I. N. reunion, and local industry updates. Notables include officers, members admitted, a $500 balance, and upcoming state encampment plans in Waterville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acadian Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Beacon Street
G. D. Stanley
Colonial Club
Brown
Treasury
L. C. Cooper
Fred C. Scribner
Daniel W. Perkins
W. F. Stevens
Treas. True
Local travel and medical update from town
Mrs William M. Smith departed for Old Town to visit Mrs. Crawford at noon. Joseph Torrey left for Boston on a business trip. Alderman Baker rode the Fuller to Boston last night. Mrs. Preney of the Dairy lunch takes a three week vacation. Lemuel Oliver, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Oliver of Milan Street, was taken to Maine Central General Hospital in Lewiston for an appendicitis operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Haggett
William Oliver
Fisher and Mulligan
Front Street
Chandler
William A. Guild
The
YMCA
Boston
Fuller
Mrs. Guild
William M. Smith
Joseph Torrey
Mrs. Preney
Dairy Lunch
Lemuel Oliver
Wilbur Oliver
Milan Street
Maine Central Gental Hospital
Lewiston
Monhegan Fishermen Embrace Power Dories on Seasonal Run
Monhegan Island fishermen increasingly use power dories, aiding lobstering in winter and other summer fisheries. The report notes Oliver Moses's auto ascent of Walker Kill, upcoming inspection of the steamer Damarin, and the Kennebec’s Gardiner-Boston trips. Memorial Sunday at People's Church featured a Rev. F. W. O'Brien sermon. Oscar Sheldon and family have arrived at Bowdoinham for the summer, with local hiring shifts noted at J. P. Squire Co. and a Sugar Island outing planned for Miss Clara and Grace Coombs and Miss Leonice Morse. A Bath party returns from Rockland where the Norumbega bell system work was performed. A. F. Williams and F. Wilbur N. Brown are mentioned in vacation and store duties respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monhegan Island
Charles A. Coombs
Clara
Grace
Sugar Island
Moosehead Lake
Leonice Morse
Mrs
Bath
H. F. Miller
Pfc
Crowley
Popham
Italy
Ernest Spinney
Kennebec
Ralph Spinney
New Hampshire
Spinney
Bertha
Mary
Elllen
Local Residents Noted in Weekend City Roundup
W QW Black a private in Fort McKinley died Sunday among friends in the city. Miss Lottie Stevens returns from Lowell for a three week vacation. Mr and Mrs Harry Coombs of Lewiston were in the city Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. QW. Black
Fort McKinley
Harry Coombs
Lewiston
Editorial staff entertains those who will follow at Huse Star
The Huse Memorial school paper hosted a supper for next year’s staff with teachers and assistants serving. Initiation into office followed by a game committee. Seven seventh grade pupils named to the staff and a list of absentees from the room noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse
Huse Star
Huse Memorial School
Eleanor Danforth
Joseph Madden
Harold Burgess
Bernard Knight
John Grainger
Rupert Snowden
Cyrus Longley
Alice Canacaris
Lasca Huse
Medeline Fitzgerald
Joan Canacaris
Janice Knight
Nicky Snowdon
Robert Grainger
Helen Canales
Hugh Madden
Joan Longley
Joan Burgess
Larry Peeet
Charlies Christiansen
L.ouse
R. Grainger
N. Snowdon
T. Underwood
G. Roy
Huse School
Lasca M. Huse
Joan L. Bennett
Walter Thayer
Joyce C. McCurdy
Richard Snowdon
Mary Callan
Marie J. Hart
Marilyn L. Longley
Joyce Ryan
Thomas Underwood
Ida Ferris
Wendall Freeman
Marilyn Longsley
Charles O'Dell
Weekend Guests and LocalVisits Reported
Parker Head and Mr and Mrs Cleveland of Rochester NH spent the weekend at the Arthur Percy cottage. Mr and Mrs Monroe Wilbur were shoppers in Bath Friday. Mrs Stanton Dozois and Mrs Julie Dozois spent Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Monroe Wilbur. Percy Lewis and a party from Swampscott MA spent the weekend at the Lewis cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Rochester
N. H
Arthur Percy
Monroe Wilbur
Bath
Stanton Dozois
Julie Dozois
Percy Lewis
Swampscott
Mass
Lewis Cottage
Phippsburg Socials and Departures Update
Mrs Marguerite Blair hosted for her mother Mrs Mary Sylvester who marked her 80th birthday at the Sylvester farm with cards, gifts, refreshment and a birthday cake. The Edge Summer home opened at Small Point as Mrs Walter E Edge and daughter Mrs Brook Lee arrived. Chase Mellon at McLanathan cottage Small Point Beach. Loyal Sewalls opened their cottage Sea Wall Beach. Mrs Henry Carlton of Woolwich recovers from hospital stay in Portland attended by Ruth Sylvester. Fred A Tarbox and daughter Ruth leave for Albany to make their home after five years as manager of Newberry store. Helen Oulton RN from Portland visited Bedford street parents before returning to duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Blair
Mary Sylvester
Sylvester Farm
Arnold
Sewalls
Harold M. Sewall
Sea Wall Beach
Henry Carlton
Woolwich
Miss Carlton
Miine General Hospital
Portland
Ernest Pies
Carton
Whiile
Ruth Sylvester
Carlton
Fred A. Tarbox
Ruth
Albany
N. Y
Mr. Tarbox
Newberry
The
Lions
Newdick
Ernest Oliver
Robert
Gerald Morong
Jack Wallace
Richard Small
Church Committee
Popham Library
Frank Jones
Bath
South Shore
William Briggs
Barbara
William
South Portland
Clarence Skolfield
Lorraine
Thomas
Harpswell
Seguin
L. B
Gayton
Nancy Rounds
Auburn
Peter A. Issacson
Lewiston
Horace Morse
Coast Guard Road
Seth Snipe
John H. Beebe, Jr
Wakefield
Mass
Ledgewood
Mary Bloxon
Louise Trainor
Dolly Goodwin
Ceres McCourt
Phippsburg Center
St. Patrick Lawrence
L. J. Preney
John Preney
Jack
Barbara Ann Preney
Arthur Preney
Paul M. McCole
Joseph
Paul, Jr
Stevens
Harvey Hartley
Wilmer I. Voorhees
G. E. McNulty
Frances Irving
Frank Irving
Biddeford
Jackson Off
Jackson College
Tufts College
Betty Harper
Edith Hawkes
Winnegance
Stanley Perkins
Lester Morse
Judy
Clarence Perkins
Clifton Morong
Sta
Playground chief seeks pay and city talks cut in budget
McMann told city council he spent his own money for years and cannot work for nothing. The council debated funding, changing the appropriation from Playground to Recreation and trimming the budget to 2800 while city expenses dropped to 8200. The mayor allowed temporary continuation of the program as negotiations continued, with other routine measures approved or halted as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McMann
Goddard
Alderman Cooke
Cooke
Gillies
Anderson
Carey
Rogers
Alderman Anderson
Common Council
David Henderson
Middle Street
North
New England Tel. &Tel. Co
High Street
War Chest Drive Moves Forward In September Update
War Chest drive proceeds with September 15 target as volunteers prepare to form a gifts committee likely to begin work early in the season. Summer visitors are urged to contribute and the set agencies remain the same except British War Relief which has withdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allmade
War Chest
British War Relief
Mrs. Kimball Guest Of Mrs. Kimball In Augusta
Mrs Milton S Kimball of Augusta was a guest Monday of Mrs Frederick H Kimball on High Street. The visit reflects social courtesy among local residents and follows a pattern of afternoon calls and hosted gatherings common in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton S. Kimball
Augusta
Frederick H. Kimball
High Street
Popham Beach Hero Receives Army Citation for Italy Service
Pfc. Blanchard E. Crowley of Bath grew up in Popham and received the 10th Mountain Division citation for meritorious service during February to March 1945 near Mt Belvedere Italy. He and a litter squad treated and evacuated wounded under mortar fire and repeatedly saved lives with plasma transfusions. His actions exemplify the Medical Department's finest traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanchard EE. Crowley
Medical Department
U.S. Army
Mt. Belvedere
Italy
Pfc
Crowley
Bath
Maine
Hayes
Probate Notices from Bath Sagadahoc June 1945
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc orders notice to interested parties for estates including Joseph Solovich Horace W Swett Marilyn J Allen Clifford Belanperate Hiram C Brown and Harry B Sawyer. Petitions seek administrator de bonis non trustee appointments license to sell real estate and final accounts with dates set for hearings and actions. Arthur J. Dunton judge of probate—true copy of original order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
William 3. Musenden
Horace W. Swett
Bath Peytion
Bath Trust Company
William B. Mussenden
Grace W Cahill
Wiliam B. Mussenden
Nardian E.tate
Marilyn J. Allen
Lathan A. Allen
Clifford Belanprete
Charlies T. Small
Clifford Belanperate
Charles T. Small
Eatate
Cleba H. Corson
Woolwich
Aura Lo Corson
Hiram CC. Brown
West Bath
Allan Spear
Harry B Sawyer
Jennie S Brennan
Arthur J. Dunton
James A. Miller
Charles E. Miller
Charles E Miller
Louis Allen
Cora Gerrish
Andrew S. Merrill
Bernice M. Lee
William H. Shea
Jane Mc- Donald Shea
Jane McDonald Shea
Napoleon A. Lemoine
Andrew J. Lemoine
David Crockett
Mt. Vernon
Kennebec County
Ida R. Russ
Byron F. Barker
Mildred T. Wright
William T. Hall
Fred C. Cox
James S. Lowell
Bath ‘Trust Company
Fotate Lilly C. Harley
Nashua
New Hampshire
Georgetown
Webster F. Harley
Willan B. Mussenden
Charles H. Cabot
Wilvan B. Mussenden
Charles H. Cahil
William Th Milenden
Charles H. Cahill
Steenthy
Willis
Maeera
Charntes
Uadlans
Eetaute
Alexader M. Cutter
M. Janet Mead
Wculix
Thomas A. Levi
Howart W. Miso
Harry T. Madden
Edith M. Madden
Annie D. William
Weat
Wilbur G. Cohtl
Kite of
Probate Appointments in Sapadahoc County Record
The Register of Probate John L. Jack lists executors administrators and guardians for estates. Executors include Albert W. White of Warren and Chester T Rogers of Bath with appointments dated June 5 1945 and related guardianships and conservatorships noted as acts of probate for West Bath Bath and Knox County estates. The document is a true copy of the original order signed by John L. Jack Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Jack
Sapadahoc
Altha N. White
West Bath
Albert W. White
Warren
Knox
Hend
Chester T Rogers
Bath
Eunice E. Boyce
Arthur J. Dunton
Maine Court Notices and Probate Actions From Bath
Sagadahoc county court records show a 1945 divorce libel filed by Geneva M. Osmon t of Bath against James Osmond with service ordered publicly in the Bath Independent. The document includes probate actions for multiple Bath and Topsham estates with petitions for administrators, guardians, and executors, receipts of accounts, and notices to heirs, all set for hearings at Bath during mid-1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Bath
Geneva M
Omond
State of Maine
James Osmond
Charles M. Tubbs
Tebelant
Libellee
Lortinster
Geneva
M. Osmontd
Summer Cottage Guests and Local Visitors Reported
Local families and visitors are listed as spending weekends and the season at cottages in McCuckolds and nearby areas. Ernest Moody on leave from the South Pacific visited Ellison Moody. John McCarty and family from the Seabees joined them. Several wives, children, and relatives from Port land, Watham Mass, Brooklyn, and Hingham are identified at Rolf Marsh cottage and Dauphin cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCuckolds
En Williard Oliver
Popham
Ernest Moody
South Pacific
Ellison Moody
Joan McCarty
Portland
Paul Galamdos
Watham
Mass
Rolf Marsh
John McCarty
The
Seabees
Norman McKinnon
Brooklyn
N. Y
Eugene Eberhard
Robert
Hingham
Thomas J. Daly
Jerry
Terri
Francis Curran
Sharon
Beverly Small
Arline Small
Gladys Geneau
Orville Small
Charles Small
Corn
Mrs Forrest Lewis and daughter visit Wisconsin kin
Mrs Forrest Lewis and her daughter Mary of Wiscasset visited her grandmother Mrs Olin Closson on Winter street recently and returned home over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Lewis
Mary
Wiscasset
Olin Closson
Winter Street Court
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chesapeake
George W. Wells
Cape Cod
Wells
Prescott Palmer
Maud Palmer
Addison E. Bullard
Alice M. Colburn
Benjamin F. Poole
Cape Henry
D. I. I.N. Club
New Meadows Inn
Carrie Chaney
Esther White
Edith Hertwell
Erma Farrar
Percis Prebic
C. C. Toothaker
John Wilson, Jr
Topsham
Clements
Sagadahock Block
John Shaw
Divisio
L. L. Hooker
W. W. Miller
F. W. Quimby
T. W. Hyde
Waterville
C. A. Peaslee
L. T. Snipe
Maine Medical Association
Maine Medical School
William R. Shaw
New York
Frank T. Stinson
R. H. Donnell
Leeds
McGillicuddy
Mill Pond
Supt. Bowie
L. B. & B. Street Railway
North End
Winneganee
Lucy Avery
Kimball Bros
the Park
Thompson Brothers
Desmond
Low
Troop
Perry
Thompson
Reynolds
Sam Belanger
Nequasset Lake
John Mel Innes
Hull
Bath Iron Works
Chester
J. O. Lincoln
George F. Rouillard
Watertown
J. M. Stone
Hon
E. W. Hyde
Howard Cigar Co
Sydney McPherson
Hyde Windlass
D. T. Percy & Sons
I. Morrell
Brunswick
Boothbay Harbor
Gordon Hatch
Durham
William Harriman
John Lynch
George A. Baker
Nellie Hodgdon
Henry G. Hodgdon
Miss Hodgdon
the Alameda
Fleck
F. W. O'Brien
Kennebec Lodge
Bowdoinham
O'Brien
Acadia Lodge
A. F. Williams
J. W. Doughty
Phippsburg
Charles T. Smith
George Chandler
Chatham, N. H
Samuel Anderson
Dr. Packard
Mr. Anderson
David Love
Philadelphia
That City
Harold Holbrook
Guy Meader
William H. Trufant
Clara Trufant
Edward Noyes
Everett
Boothbay
Islands
William R. Melrose
L. L. Lowell
Everett Neal
Hyde
Eastern Electric
Linden Street
Frank Newdick
Hagget & Newdick
Mr. Haggett
George Oliver
Farnham
North Carolina
Michigan
E. R. Campbell
George Campbell
Baggage Department
People's Evening Line
New York City
Michael Neary
Poli's
Lon Wildes
H. H. Bonnemort
Robert Howland
Mr. Binnemort
FE. M. Jones
Miss Helen
New Portland
Mr. Jones
F. W. Brown
Marie
Charles A. Packard
Rangeley Lake House
Rangeley Lakes
C. T. Lord
F. H. Lord
L. A. Nichols
Willimantic, Conn
George Lightbody
Massachusetts
Edward Williams
Eugene Spinney
Popham Beach
Blaisdell Boat Shop
Kelley-Spear Co
New England Co
Washington Street
Winter Street Church
James M. Tibbetts
James M
Tibbetts
Alderman Baker
Oliver Moses
Walker Kill
Damarin
Down River
George W. Colby
Gardiner
Sasanoa Tribe of
Red Man and
Ramons Council
Daughters of Pocahontas
People’s Church
Oscar Sheldon
Ocean Park
Calif
Ruth A. Sheldon
Morse High School
J. P. Squire Co
G. H. W. Barton
Rockland
Norumbega
F. Wilburn Brown
Parker
Helen Oulton
R. N
Allan Oulton
Bedford Street
Guy Crowley
Blanchard E. Crowley
10Th Mountain Division
APC No
U. S. Army
Jonn L. Jack
Register
State OF
M. Oseg
Edward W. Brilygham
Suadttee
Vaccanien
Baty
Savadahee
Sureadabee
Lewt Parton
Ortohes
Elow
Esther
Harriet F. Johnson
C. Day
Felman
Walter L. Day
Katate
Daniel J. Perry
New Canaan
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