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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1926
Page
8
Bath reports on repairs at Union wharf and renovations along City Landing. A drum corps plan forms as 16 or more musicians organize locally while Bath Light Infantry faces a vacancy election. The steamer Star of the West arrives with freight and passengers as civic events, funerals, and relief corps work unfold.
June 11 1886 note lists Maria F Upton arriving from Wilmington where she taught at Tileston Normal School. Also updates on local matters including engine boiler contract for Freeport, office changes by treasurer Hyde and Palmer, and a Sedgwick Relief corps inspection.
A runaway horse attached to a top buggy, owned by Dr. R. D. Bibber, dashed along Front Street near Maine Central station around 11 this forenoon. Multiple teams were left along the way. attempts to stop the horse failed. The two runaways caused damaged wheels and shafts, with one horse spooked and the other wagon hit. Several people and teams narrowly avoided collision. Michael Murphy was taken to Togus Soldiers Home. The Maine Central hired Charles H. McLellan as a brakeman for the Bath and Lewiston branch. Community events included Togus Military Band arrangements for a concert at the Alameda and a wedding notice for Montgomery and Susan M. Philbrook with many local guests attending.
A special Bath Tight Infantry meeting at the armory elected Lieut Albert A Reed as captain to fill the vacancy caused by Capt H W Hieward’s resignation. The group in full dress uniform included Lieut Col J Frank Trayden and other officers. A second ballot was ordered to elect a first lieutenant between Kh S Sawyer and A Parris.
Real estate transfers recorded by Registrar Hiram T. Stevens include Bath properties from Bath City to Camilla A. Sewall and others in Bowdoinham Phippsburg Topsham and Woolwich. Probate notices announce Lucinda T. Sprague as administratrix of Evelyn K. Tabor estate and Chester D. Colby as executor of Mary N. Pinkham estate, both in Bath.
Three members of the Industrial Accident Commission visited Bath on Thursday morning for hearings in the aldermanic chamber. Wills B. Hall and Labor Commissioner Charles C. Healy were present with Insurance Commissioner Wilbur D. Spencer to hear cases including L. J. Chadbourne vs Hyde-Windlass Co. and the insurer to determine injury extent and permanent impairment. A probate court session in Sagadahoc was held to approve final administration accounts for Annie Henderson as administratrix of Blanche Ames estate, with notice ordered to interested parties and publication in the Bath Independent.
State of Maine filed a petition in Bath Probate Court by Lula Deering guardian of Lillian H. Deering and Harold D. Deering. She asks to sell several described parcels in Bath to obtain funds for minors due to deprecation and inability to secure suitable tenants. The request seeks court license for public sale of the real estate to proceed for minors’ benefit.
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