Bath items reflect club plans and harbor activity
Forty years ago in Bath June 6 1916 reports say Colonial club with 49 autos votes to appoint a nine member committee to plan a Poland Spring joy ride and a nine member panel to study a free bed at the city hospital. Bath Iron Works ships and local society news fill the page along with destroyer visits and yacht building updates.
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Lubberg
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C. H. Cahill
Poland Spring
Harold Thompson
City Hospital
Joseph L. Gaudreau
Charles E. Breen
Cedric A. Martin
Marsh Drug Co gets new manager in Sangerville Mo
June 7 1916 report notes A W Flint former Bath Leonard Mitchell Pharmacy shifts to Marsh Drug Co Sangerville Mo Al Ridley nets a 40 pound river sturgeon Monday night janitors salary raised to 60 dollars monthly Phi Rho plans final session of the year at Morse High eight o clock with music and officer election E J Marston travels to Portland for Maine Medical Association meeting Committee from State Board of Trade and State Legislature led Maine anniversary observances led by N Gratz Jackson Mrs Percy Wright and Miss Kitty Pratt visiting Portland
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Leonard & Mitchell Pharmacy
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Portland
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Sangerville
Phi Rho
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State Board of Trade
N. Gratz Jackson
Bath High School Alumni Association
Morse High School
Langdon T. Snipe
Jennie R. Morse
Annie M. Robinson
Jennie G. Silsby
Harriet Ledyard
Harold Ward
Harry B. Sawyer
George E. Thompson
Maine Yard Delays As Timber Shortage Hampers Barge Work
June 8 1916 reports slower progress at Kelley Spears yard as Penn Gas and Coal Co barge projects lag one to two thirds planked or timbered amid timber shipment disputes. Neighbors note local work interruptions while Bath Navy recruits and social events fill daily life.
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Kelley-Spear Yard
Penn Gas & Coal Co
Maine
August events and local notices in Bath area
In Bath and surrounding towns a mix of social, civic, and transport notes highlights a busy period. Topics include road safety concerns, shipyard material shipments, summer visits, club meetings, power line contracts, harbor traffic changes, and upcoming reunions and school staff changes.
Graduation Sermon Highlights Morse High Class of 1916
Central church hosted Rev. David L. Wilson who delivered the graduation sermon to Morse High School’s 1916 class on June 11. The U S S Birmingham with Admiral Gleaves and Commander Sellers visited Bath, remaining until June 17 with public afternoon tours.
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David L. Wilson
Morse High School
U.S.S. Birmingham
Bath Iron Works
Admiral Gleaves
Sellers
Birmingham
Bath
Edward W. Hyde
George E. Thompson
Scott R. Frye
Bath Chamber of Commerce
Notable Bath Events Include Naval Visit And Local Sports
June 12 1916 Hon E W Hyde hosted Admiral Gleaves Captain Sellers and Birmingham officers at New Meadows Inn. Portland visits, shad fishing at Moosehead Lake, Fourth of July cruise planned to Sebasco Estates, and Bath area sports and races feature sailors from the Birmingham. Local court activity noted with a quiet Monday.
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Chamber of Commerce
Albert Gleaves
David F. Sellers
Birmingham
New Meadows Inn
Kennebec
Funeral ad trades grave spaces for 16 foot boat
A Houston neighborhood classified ad offered to trade 12 grave spaces for a 16 foot boat. The listing reflects a macabre barter within the local paper. No additional names or locations are provided.
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Funeral Navigation
Houston
Tex
Legion Cadets Win State VFW Championship
The Legion Cadets Junior Drum and Bugle Corps won the VFW first place award in the bugle and drum corps class and Cadet Director William Milliken took best drum major. The parade at Old Orchard Beach featured 12 plus units as the Cadets performed Jealousy.
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Bayonne
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Lawrence
Mass
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Dover
Department of New Hampshire
Lakewood Theater Announces 1956 Season starting June 16
Lakewood Theater will open its 12 week season on June 16 marking the 56th year as America's oldest summer playhouse. Grant Mills and Henry Richards will present professional New York casts avoiding sensational summer stock. Ten of twelve plays have been chosen with two to be announced later, including Paris and Picnic among others. Performances run Monday through Saturday with evening shows at eight and matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2:30.
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Maine
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New York
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Jane Morgan
Chalk Garden
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Dorothy Gish
Julie Christie
Russell Gold
Dodie Bauer
Skedge Miller
Mary
Edward Everett Horton
Jenny
Rudy Vallee
Billie Burke
McBrine Garibaldi Marriage Announced
Edgar B. McBrine announces the marriage of his son S. P. 3 Edgar B. McBrine Jr to Miss Katherine Carol Garibaldi. The ceremony was June 2 at St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church By-the-Sea Waikiki Honolulu Hawaii. The couple reside at 2462 Prince Edward Street Honolulu Hawaii.
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U. S. Army
Katherine Carol Garibaldi
St. Augustiné Roman Catholic Church By-the-Sea
Waikiki
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McBrine
Fontbonneaul Academy
Brooklyn
N. A
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Addie MacIntosh MecBrine
Rockland
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Bath
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Pencils Made Six Sided to Prevent Rolling Away
The article notes pencils are six sided instead of round to prevent them from rolling away, highlighting a simple design choice aimed at practicality and ease of use.
New York Harbor Sees About 10,000 Sailings Annually
The article notes that approximately 10,000 sailings depart from New York Harbor each year, highlighting high maritime traffic and the port's busy schedule for goods and passengers.
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New York Harbor
Probate Court Wills and Administrations Listed
Probate records show multiple wills filed and admitted, executors named or appointed, inventories and accounts filed, and estate distributions authorized across Georgetown Bath Topsham Richmond Needham Whitefield Bowdoinham and other Maine locations with executors Bertha Curtis Jewell Bridgham Huntington and others. The proceedings include bonds licenses and distribution actions for estates of Gray Good Alexander Sholes Brown Neal Miller Curtis Getchell and others with guardianship for John Warren and Ralph Huntington.
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Thomas W. Blaisdell
Georgetown
Marilla B. Tarr
Alice S. Good
Topsham
Walter W. Williams
Lester E. Good
Philip G. Alexander
Bertha Sholes Brown
Needham
Massachusetts
Josiah Whitney Brown
Maine
Vernon E. Gray
Addie E. Gray
James R. McNeil
Bath
John P. Carey
Donald Aitkin Duncan
Donald Arthur Duncan
Wilfred J. Blais
Wilfrid J. Blais
Cecile A. Blais
C.t.a
Florence M. Watson
Richmond
Elizabeth M. Watson
Edna A. Neal
Alfred W. Neal
Edith M. Miller
Vernon W. Miller
Melvin C. Curtis
Bertha S. Curtis
Mary Getchell
Edward W. Bridgham
Mabel Wilson Trufant
Doris W. Hennessey
Amelia Zignego
Fred J. Moscone
John D. Warren
Ralph D. Warren, Jr
Jonathan T. Huntington
Joan W. Huntington
Arthur B. Stearns
Reuben C. Walker
Harold Clarence Baker
Guardian
Annie L. Taylor
Walter F. Taylor
James W. Jordan
Harry R. Lester
Phippsburg
James L. Morse
Christine C. Cameron
Adelaide Coombs
Josie B. Irish
Bowdeinham
Bertha F. Jewell
Lemuel H. Oliver
Administrator's Bend
Bath High School Performs Dance and Music Showcase
Bath High School and the Madelyn Wetherbee School of the Dance presented a program featuring Carole Bartels Mary Anne Hardy Gary Wakefiield Jack Henderson and others in vocal solos readings song and tap numbers ballet and a piano accompaniment by Cynthia Osgood Open House for Cabe and Mrs Rodney E Ross Jr of Bath decorated with floral arrangements pictures and posters. Cliff Leeman provided piano music throughout the evening.
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Cabe
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Bath
Trafton
Cliff Leeman
Dresden Bridge Academy Holds Baccalaureate Service
The Methodist church in Dresden Mills hosted the academy’s baccalaureate with Rev. James Herrick delivering the address. The service included processional, hymns, scripture, choir selections, address The Living Edge and benediction. Red Cross first aid classes pause for summer and resume Sept 10 with July swimming instruction planned. Personal items note residents visiting relatives and local guests as well as a grateful mention of Dr. Cairns’ illness and anticipated recovery. Local news covers faculty honors and community events including a dormitory naming at the teachers college. Neil Bishop spoke at the Eastern River Pomona grange as a candidate for Congress.
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Charles Bailey
Herrick
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Florida
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Bowdoinham
Sheldon
Alexander Cairns
Daytona Beach
Fla
Cairns
South Dresden
Louis Woodward
Gorham
Teachers’ College
Call's Hill
Leslie A. Bailey
Carle Longfellow
Day's Ferry
Benjamin Wentworth
Neil Bishop
Eastern River Pomona Grange
Wiscasset Alumnus Banquet Highlighted by Senior Guests
The 55th annual Wiscasset Academy Alumni Association meeting and banquet took place at Memorial gymnasium with the senior class as guests. Other items note continued enlistments in Lincoln County and a pending July wedding for Charles Summers Sewall II to Carol Ruth Darke with the groom stationed in Augsburg, Germany.
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Church of the Nazarene
Wiscasset Academy Alumni Association
Memorial Gymnasium
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Auburn
Charles S. Sewall
Boylston Hutchins
Robert C. MacQueston, Jr
Maine Maritime Academy
Castine
MacQueston
Eugene McGrath
Lincoln County
George Henry Robbins
Jefferson
Army
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Newcastle
Navy
Wiscasset
Mothers’ Club
Masonic Hall
Everett Case
New Bedford
Mass
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Willie Lou Harvey
South Carolina
Charles A. Barnes
Barnes
Garrison Hill
O. E
Charles Summers Sewall 2d
Egbert M Sewall
Carol Ruth Darke
Providence
Sheridan Kaserne
Augsburg
Germany
Oklahoma A and M Clinches Eighteenth NCAA Wrestling Title
Oklahoma A and M secures its eighteenth NCAA wrestling championship, extending its dominance in collegiate wrestling. The program continues to set records with multiple individual champions and meet strong competition from rival schools.
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Probate notices list executors and guardians appointed in Sagadahoc
I Lillian H Heal Register of Probate states estates with appointed executors administrators guardians and the dates: Emma M Oliver of Woolwich Freeman II Oliver executor without bond May 2 1956. Leo Venus Bath Nicholas S Kakos guardian May 1 1956 and qualified by filing bond May 2 1956. Donald A Duncan Bath Donald Arthur Duncan administrator May 8 1956 and qualified by filing bond May 12 1956.
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Sagadahoc
Emma M Oliver
Woolwich
Freeman II Oliver
Leo Venus of
Bath
Nicholas S Kakos
Donald Aitkin Duncan
Donald Arthur Duncan
Ishi
Bath city report details May programs and ship visit
The May city activities include 66 aid recipients with 220 labor hours, 4222 pounds of surplus commodities distributed May 29, Recreation Department ran 23 days with 150 average attendance and 386 members by May 26, plus bleacher projects at Lambert Park and Kimball Field. Health notes report disease counts and vaccine clinics. Maine shade tree survey delivered. May 24 the frigate L Aventure docked for four days with clambake tours and naval support, ship departing May 28. City Manager Stanley Judkins signs off with praise for Bath residents.
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Probate Court Orders in Sagadahoc Estates 1956
A Bath court orders notices for estates of Woodbury W Bailey Thomas W Blimsdell H Rodney Brooke George F Gray Vernon F Gray Walter F Reid Arthur B Stearns and related matters. It directs publication in Bath Independent for three weeks and hearings on the first Tuesday of July with appointments of executors administrators and allowances where noted.
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George F Gray
Lava M Gray
Luva M Gray
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Addie E Gray
Addie EF Gray
Walter FE Reid
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Reuben C Walker
Arthur J Dua
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