Bath News Roundup of Business, Travel, and Community
Forty years ago in Bath reports outline a new partnership forming the Depot Square garage under Eugene G. McGrath and Amory P. McLallan, expansion plans across Water Street and Vine Street, and agency contracts for Essex, Oakland Sensible Six, and Hudson cars. Other items cover local naval crew, ship trials, street exhibitions, and daily Bath happenings from Jr. High art to theater updates and a floral delivery to the Samoset hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene G. McGrath
Amory P. Mclallan
Depot Square
McGrath
Presen
Water Street
Depp Square
Vine Street
Railroad Square
Vine
Water Streets
Famou Essex Auto
Oakland Sensible Six
Hudson
Steamer Virginia Starts Summer Bath Bath Schedule
On June 11 1919 the Steamer Virginia began its summer schedule between Bath and Popham Beach with two round trips daily. Cut Price Market installed a new ammonia refrigeration plant making it one of the state’s best equipped markets for cold storage. A farewell party for destroyer Hale crew was held at the Bath Y M C A with Rev Frank H Hall speaking. Maine Central transfer boat Ferdinando Gorges returned from Boston after dry dock overhaul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Eastern Steamship Lines
M. A. Haraden
Bath Division
Ompany
Kennebec- Weston
Virginia
Bath
Popham Beach
Hale
Emile Burlet
War Work Council
Frank H. Hall
Wesley Methodist Church
Builders receive sand for Dummer street school work
Captain Crocker in the Hattie 5 delivered a load of Merrymeeting Bay sand for the new Dummer Street school. Mackerel sold at 12 cents a pound with high morning competition. The First National Bank entrance door was paneled with a mahogany frame and seven by three foot glass panel. City politics keep many busy as Dr. Harry F. Morin was elected a censor at the Maine Homepaths convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Theater
Mickey
Columbia
Crocker
Hattie 5
Dummer Street
the- First National Bank
Harry F. Morin
Maine
Augusta
Bath Masonic Temple Fund Gathers Support for City Landmark
Indications show Mason ic fraternities will raise funds to build a fine Masonic Temple in Bath. Cash and pledges are flowing in, and a considerable sum has already been secured. The project will enhance the city’s appearance and provide lasting value to Bath’s lodges as societies acquire permanent homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bath Junior High Fourth Ranking Period Honor Roll
Bath Junior High releases honor roll for the fourth ranking period across grades 7 8 and 9 with multiple students named by room and designation including high honors and honors. Notable entries include John Cary Stephen King Patricia Rice Marilyn Mallard and several dozen others across rooms 101 through 308.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Junior High
Honor
Leora Pennell
Chester Freeman
Spencer French
Betsy Goldstein
Betsy Greene
Karen Marble
Ann McCole
Virginia McDaniel
Paula McLain
Gena Neilson
Jacqueline Shorette
Willene Smith
Jane Thayer
Michelle Turcotte
Joyce Wetherington
Richard
Irene Savoie
Noreen Addison
Thomas Bertocel
Joanne Dauphinee
Linda Deering
Elena Drake
Stephanie Guerint
Gibb Gower
Frank Greenleaf
Margaret Hampton
Gwen Jackson
James Kaler
Scott Johnson
Stephen King
Vicki Norton
Linda McIntosh
Jean Miller
Maynard Overlock
Donna Petlock
Peter Rub.n
Paul Ring
Carolyn Shaw
Philip Sirois
Carl Upham
Peter White
Larry Wallace
Linda Wallace
Frederick Woods
Donna Baker
Ann Ball
Suzanne Bryant
John Butcher
Marguerite Boudreau
Barbara Brown
Donald Carr
Curey Stephen
Lauriston Caton
Vivian Coggeshall
Paul Cushing
Diana Durgin
Susan Footer
Raymond Farnham
Barbara Ferris
Margo Goodwin
Shirley Hart
Patricia Rice
Linda Reay
Frederick Shulten
Carol Smith
Carol Spasiano
Carla Tukey
Marilyn Mallard
Jennifer McGuiggen
Jean McMann
Michael McNeil
Linda Maffitt
Maureen Murphy
Bath News Briefs from June 1919 Community Page
June 13 1919 report covers car stunts on Lincoln and Academy streets in Bath plus delays in spring shad shipments. Navy destroyer Hale delivered to Boston Navy Yard and commissioned. Bath promotes summer attractions shore dinners and stock company performances. Local veterans events and public notices include Sons of Veterans Auxiliary officers and a Flag Day observance. Also notes about theater, band concerts, and social visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale
Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Amorrow
Boston Navy Yard
Bath ‘Ron Works
United States
Ohe
Navy Department
Bath concert inquiry from Russian Symphony Orchestra of New York
The Times prints a letter from conductor Modest Altschuler of the Russian Symphony Orchestra of New York asking for a suitable Bath auditorium and a local musical club to host a concert with soloists during a Portland visit. The Mendelssohn club or similar group may consider the matter. Also note 45 Phi Rlios on the Portland outing and Elks plan a large band concert tonight in post office square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Times
Russian Symphony Orchestra of
New York
Modest Altschuler
Bath
Portland
Mendelsohn Club
Shore dinners and summer concerts mark Bath events
On June 16 1919 Bath activities include Colonial club shore dinner plans for 100 members departing Times building at 6 30 by auto via Brunswick and Garnet. Flag day observed by Bath lodge Elks with Lombard street decorations and a band program. Gaudreau and Gaudreau military bands played in City Park with a notable piccolo solo. The Hockomock ferry carried 1125 foot passengers and 208 autos by 10 p m. Morse lost 3 to 1 to Edward Little at Kelley Field. Colby pitched well amid tough breaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
Garnet
Times
Brunswick
New Meadows
East Brunswick
Elks
Lombard Street
Lewiston Brigade
Gaudreau
B. Baudry
Kelley Field
Morse
Edward Little High
Colby
Holbrook
Conway
Plans For Morse High Special Summer Session Cancelled
The Morse High School board cancelled plans for a special summer session due to legal questions about tuition charges. A state inquiry questioned legality while evaluating enabling legislation. A driver training course remains scheduled, with resignations and new hires approved for other roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Board of Education
State Department of Education
Hilary Cameron
Evangeline Bartlett
Morse High
Priscilla Daggett
Brookton
Ronald Kugell
South Portland
Jacqueline Cox
Woodland
Daggett
Providence-Barrington Bible College
Gorham State Teachers College
Richard Carter
Kugell
Miss Cox
Farmington State Teachers College
Miss Bartlett
Bath man leads horses down rocky path from pike to woods
A driver and companion navigated a rough descent near the Old Turnpike onto Center street after leaving the woods off Witch Spring road. No injuries reported as horses were led safely down the steeps despite the rocky approach. The piece also notes a red fox seen in a Freeport dooryard and a Kennebec pollock sighting by a Bath fisherman. Scott G Bailey is named district manager for Swift & Co. Maine and New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witch Spring Road
Wood Roads
Center Street
Scott G. Bailey
Portland
Swift & Co
Maine
New Hampshire
Mr. Bailey
Woolwich
Richard Elected To Board Of Bath Chamber Of Commerce
Henry J. Richard, Bath restaurant proprietor, is elected to the Bath Area Chamber of Commerce board to fill a vacancy after Hildreth H. Fisher’s transfer. The Richards have run a Bath restaurant five years, with son Philip helping. Mrs. Richard belongs to the Lioness club and Henry is active in Lions, Colonial, and the Maine Restaurant association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Richard
Bath
Bath Area
Lombard Streets
Richards
Philip
Morse High School
Richard
Lioness Club
Chamber and Retail Trade Board
Portland
The
Lions Club
Colonial Club
Maine Restaurant Association
Georgetown residents honor birthday and Navy memories
Mrs Hartley D Harley of Cundy Harbor celebrated her 75th birthday with daughter Mrs Kelsey. Willard Bohannon and three Pennsylvanians visited Georgetown hosts Arthur Gilman and the Bohannons. Bohannon and Gilman served in Portsmouth and Japan during World War II. Maud P Thayer visited Prof George Alderman. Elwyn Hennessey spoke on Florida and Maine real estate at a Brunswick Kiwanis dinner last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea of Seguinland
Georgetown
Florida
Maine
Brunswick Kiwanis Club
Professors Carlton Begin Summer Visit in Havertown
Prof and Mrs George Carlton of Havertown Pa arrive Monday for a visit with Prof and Mrs Carl Warren EF Kershner of Green street and their son and wife. The Carltons will miss their Sagadahoc Ferry summer homestead as he teaches at the Drexel Institute summer session in Philadelphia where he has served on the faculty for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Carlton
Havertown
Carl
Warren Ef, Kershner
Greensteet
Atty
Green — Street
Carlton
Carlton Homestead
Sagadahoc Ferry
Drexel Institute
Philadelphia
Scribner Receives Honorary Degree at Bowdoin College
Six individuals were awarded honorary degrees at Bowdoin College's 154th commencement in Brunswick. Scribner, a Bath native and Under Secretary of the Treasury, received doctor of laws, along with Maj. Gen. Donald N. Yates and Ellis O. Briggs. Laurence Irving earned a doctor of science, while Phyllis C. Weston earned a master of science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Treasury
Fred Clark Scribner, Jr
Bath
Bowdoin College
First
Brunswick
Scribner
Donald N. Yates
Air Force Missile Test Center
Cape Canaveral
Florida
Ellis O. Briggs
Topsfield
United States
Greece
John F. Thompson
International Nickel Co
Laurence Irving
Arctic Health Research Center
U.S. Public Health Service
Anchorage
Alaska
Phyllis C. Weston
Skowhegan
Family Party Honors AQth Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Harry B White of 4 Dummer Street Court were guests of honor as family members gathered Saturday to honor their 40th wedding anniversary. The event at Mrs Henriksons home on Bluff Road included a buffet lunch and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry B. White
Dummer Street Court
Dorothy Maines
Westbrook
Beverly Henrikson
Bath
Henrikson
Bluff Road
White
Ralph White
William White
John White
Charles Blackie
Topsham
William Wolf
Gail and
Douglass
Scarborough
Earl Maines
Charlee
Sandra
Henry Henrikson
Kris
Carolee Mains
Juniper Bushes At Day Camp Site Are Removed
Camp council at Pine Haven city camp recommended removing junipers overrunning the site. Bath Girl Scout Council completed removal with two evenings of work by a 17 man crew. The effort included workers such as Cy Ashe Ed Atkinson Warren Atkinson Elmer Avery and a driver and truck team listed in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Haven City
Bath Girl Scout Council
Enterprise
Cy Ashe
Ed Atkinson
Warren Atkinson
Elmer Avery
Bushes
Ralph Crocker
Marthow Doak
Norman Frizzell
Dick Hall
Larry Harris
Olin Pankhurst
Lyman Poole
Bob Powers
Ben Sabo
Merritt Shea
John Thorpe
George van Wynen
Bud Weston
Police Rescue Sailboat From Crashing Into Bridge
Police Sgt. Benjamin Fitzgerald and Patrolman John Lowery rescued a 30 foot sailing boat adrift in the Kennebec before it struck Carlton bridge. They commandeered a Bath Fuel Co. dock boat with the Kirkpatrick and towed the craft ashore after it broke loose from the Kennebec wharf. Owner Henry Kingsbury is identified by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Fitzgerald
John Lowery
Carlton Bridge
Kennebec
Bath Fuel Co
Kirkpatrick
Henry Kingsbury
Still Alarm Fire at 37 Chestnut Street Causes Smoke
Firemen respond to a still alarm at noon on Monday about 11 47 at 37 Chestnut Street. Smoke detected in the house thought to arise from dust in a hot air pipe with no damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chestnut Street
Bath City Manager Farewell Tribute Highlights Cooperation
Judkins praised city workers and department heads for steady cooperation during his four years as city manager. He thanked council members and staff, noting cordial relations despite disagreements, and cited the challenge of leaving friends and a team that served citizens under regulatory strain. Music by Milton Swift accompanied the tribute with many city officials and staff in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Greenwood
Bath
Waltham
M.C. A
Elizabeth
N. J
Hamilton
Judkins
Tom
City Hall
Milton Swift
West Bath Visitors Near Mahoney Family News
Thursday callers on Mr and Mrs Ernest Mahoney included Mr and Mrs Philip Burns and daughter Cynthia of Portland visiting his mother Mrs Mahoney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Han
Ernest Mahoney
Philip Burns
Cynthia
Portland
Mahoney
Real Estate Transfers in Sagadahoc County Clerk’s Office
Listings of recorded transfers include Jessie H. Levin to Carlton Sawyer at 3 Dike street and many others across Topsham Bowdoinham and Phippsburg. Transactions cover land and buildings including churches and residences with multiple buyer and seller pairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoe County
Jessie H. Levin
Carlton Sawyer
Dike Street
Hubert B. Luce
David Dickson
Thorne
Jesse W. Allen
Joseph E Pomerleau
Granite Street
West Bath
Irving L. Hanna
Jmie E. Thomas
Topsham
Edward J. Dobransky
Harold S. Ward
Alphonse Pinette
Philip P. Labbe
Arthur C. Ricker
Harry E. Haskell
Jane Bowdoin
Frank F. Douglas
A. Bickford
Arrowsie Raymond Hutchins
Ethel M. Smith
Bowdoinham Second Baptist Church of
Doinham
Arthur B. Dougland
Georgetown
Sayde Campbell
E. Edw Mueser
Robinhood
J. Arthur Burgess
Mer A. Avery
Condition Of Man Hart At BIW Reported Good
Charles Hart a 31 year old Bath resident and shipyard worker at Bath Iron Works suffered a head injury when a crane hook chain slipped and struck him. He was treated at the first aid station and transported by ambulance to the Portland hospital where his condition was listed as good. Officer Wa Adams, safety director, confirmed the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert H. Baxter
Bath Veteran Firemen's Association
Baxter
Portsmouth Veterans Firemen Association
Susodahoce
Charles Hart
Phippsb
Portland
Hart
Bath
Youngster Hit in Eye With Air Rifle Bullet
Ten year old Albert E Desmond was hospitalized at Medical Center in Portland after a BB pellet ricochet struck his eye while shooting in a cellar with a companion. His parents are Mr and Mrs Joseph Desmond of 137 Street. Doctors expect to determine the extent of the injury in days. The Pratt family opens their summer home at Pop Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert E.mond
M Medical Center
Portland
Joseph Desmond
Shirley Pratt
Pop Beach
Probate Notices for Sagadahoc County Court in 1959
Court of Probate in Sagadahoc County announces notices for estates including Harriet Bowker Phippsburg Martha Tinney Charles Small John Prey Kath Pepper and others. It lists appointments of executors administrators guardians and executrixes with dates June 2 1959 and June July 1959 and license to sell anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagad
Bath
Harriet Vo Bowker
Phippsburg
Charles
Small
Howard S
Martha A Tinney
Charle Small
Cyril. E Bentley
National Bank of Bath
Vernf Blagden Bimson
Ian Spear
Jennie M Pierce
Dwigh Pierce
MA ® R Oliver
John Prey
Nelly K. Goodrich
Frank Pepper
Kath T Pepper
Katherine Pepper
Stephen John Osborne
Renal
Woolwich
Saghoc
John F. Ost
T. Barbara L. Brewer
Sagadi
Fouo
Rosa D. Shea
Maurice Bo Shea
Gertrude Will
DS Moulton
Georgetown
Thom
Moulton
Wit Bond
Wili
Also Mentioned on This Page
Batt
St John
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Warren F. Kirshner
Frank Y. Gilbert
Atlantic City
Norman Howard
John Brown
Mr. Howard
Old Orchard
Poland Springs
Maine Inf. National Guard
Earl Crossman
Washington Street
Texas Steamship Co
U.S. Shipping Board
Rockland
Charles A. Blair
E. J. Cole
William McMullen
Gardiner
Arthur G. Oliver
George A. Baker
Bath-Woolwich
Preston Duncan
Silas Duncan
Seattle High School
Robert Sutherland
Samoset Hotel
Maine Central
Ferdinando Gorges
J. Albert Redlon
Winneganee Bay
Phi Ros
Post Office Square
Oriental Cafe
Keith
John Conway
James Dunton
William Perkins
Worrall Prescott
Marshal Haraden
Bernard Doyle
John Carey
Reginald Stacy
Arthur Colby
Donald Hopkins
Edward Hartnett
John McCormick
Lord Lord
Thomas Cummings
Edward McMann
Morton Holbrook
Forest Butler
William Reno
Leroy Stearns
Rudolf
Roscoe P. Ham
Bath Iron Works
Mrs
Edward B. Smith
Mrs. Smith
Newfield
E. E. Coombs
Auburn
Oscar Halway Co
Fred Cox
Somerset Place
Footer
Lincoln Street
Academy Street
High Street
Emmons
Bowdoinham
Bay Shore
New Meadows Inn
Harold M. Sewall
Florence Robinson
Sons of Veterans’ Auxiliary
Waterville
James MacMahan
Five Islands
Old Acre
Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin Center
Grange
Elizabeth Tedford
Elizabeth Ward
Eva Atwood
Annie Gardiner
George H. W. Barton
Louis T. McKiever
Frank Parris
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Noble Grand Association of
Lewiston
Idlewild Camp
Lake Auburn
Viola Dunn
Metro
Liberty Theater
Johnny
Stacy
Fitzgerald Brothers
Phi Rlios
Cook's Corner
Hockomock
Freeport
High School
Morse High Assembly Hall
Board of
Chamber of Commerce
Edward J. Lee, Jr
James W. Temple
Edward G. Atkinson
Arthur E. Hutchins
Donald Perry
City Council
William L. Skelton
Stanley R. Hunter
Personnel Service Commission
Edward J. McMann
Paul A. Marchant
Boyd L. Bailey
Charles F. MacDonald
Marie Lebel
Judkin
Beverly Hendrickson
Caroline G. Carpenter
Dorothy McKenna
Jascha French
Lorna S. Newcomb
Marion H. Oliver
Joan M. Cummings
Arthur Eseley
Richmond
Ida M. Douglas
Charles S. Ficket
Raymond Gilliam
Sher E. Wallace
Rita F. Bartlett
Stan Doughty
Land and
Buings
BIW
Harold J. Rubin
Barbara L
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