Forty Years Ago in Bath Loyal Trackmen Strike Move
The Maine Central section men in Bath quit work yesterday at five pm joining a broader pay increase push. They left hand cars and tools in the car house and surrendered company property quietly. Various local items follow, including shipyard plans, a Boston delegation en route to Shiloh, and social events in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Central R. R
William F. Studley
Bath
Brunswick
Brotherhood of Railway Trackmen of America
Rockland
Lisbon
Brunswick Yarmouth
Richmond
Boston
Shiloh
Mr. Sanford
Bath Iron Works losses in Supreme Court case over ship Winnipeg
Archibald H. Bull and 37 claimants win a verdict of 50 000 damages and 1 000 costs against Bath Iron Works for a steamship project begun at 169 000 and delivered 1898 with only nine knots speed against a promised ten. Plaintiffs paid 190 000 including extras and sought 100 000. Also notes a wedding in Everett Mass and various local society items including the William P Frye being plated and club reunions and veterans’ events in Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archibald H. Bull
Miller Bull and Knowlton
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Bath Iron Works
Winifred
Wedding Bells and Naval News From Bath
June 13 1901 Times report confirms Ruth Hanna to christen the cruiser Cleveland in September. Many local marriages noted including Miss Isabella Bates Reed and Percy Bernard Savage on Washington Street. John Albert Lester and Alice M. Osgood wed in Portland and plan a Bath return wedding residence. The Biddle torpedo boat conducted a first trial from Bath Iron Works under Director Wetherbee. A pianola recital by Steinert and Son Co drew a large audience at the Y M C A. Sagadahoc District lodge met at Good Templars hall with leadership changes. Miss Georgie Duncan returned from Lasell Semi nary and joins Co A. Engagement announced for Miss Nellie M. Conley and George M. McManus. Invitations issued for Edmund P. Briggs and Jennie Belle Bowker wedding on the 25th. Italians replace strikebound union section men in Brunswick. California visitors expected to Bath to see Mrs Dutton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Isabella Bates Reed
John H. Reed
Percy Bernard Savage
James Savage
Bath Iron Works
John Albert Lester
Alice M. Osgood
Portland
Howard Sanborn
Elm Street
A. C. Trafton
Knightville
Doctor Fuller Reveals New Murmur in Exopthalmic Goitre
Dr. E M Fuller returned from Portland after addressing the Maine Medical association with a paper on a new study in Exopthalmic Goitre. He announced a discovery of a rare murmur in the disease, earning congratulations and a forecast of world wide recognition. Williams Stearns Shaw and Sprague with Bowdoin quartet performed at Ivy day exercises. Mrs Thomas E Artis and brother John Chalmers, a draftsman, were noted in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Fuller
Portland
Maine Medical Association
Fuller
Association
Williams, Stearns
Shaw
Sprague
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin
Bath Iron Works crew sails to Scotland for visit
A Bath Iron Works party departed on the morning train for Glasgow Scotland to visit. Artis accompanied them to Boston. A large group of draftsmen gathered at the depot to wish them a safe voyage. Herman D Murphy of the Winchester Boat Club selects the Uncle Sam canoe built by W T Stevens for the Royal Canoe Cup challenge. Captain James W Hawley of South Street celebrates the birth of a son. Several Bath residents attended the Wiswasset high school hop last evening. William S Oliver to start mail route from Bath to Parker Head and Small Point with new horse-drawn carriages. Two launches planned next Tuesday at 12 50. Inez N Carlver will be launched from New England Co. yard and the Sargun barge from Kelley Spear Co. Eugene Thebeau leaves for Boston to visit Yar mouth N S. Mrs W S Francis and Miss Lydia A Stetson return from Pennesseewassee lake with speckled beauties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagua
Kelley, Spear Co
Staples Coal Co
Havana
Matanzas
Cardenas
Cuba
Bath Iron Works
Glasgow
Scotland
Herman D. Murphy
Winchester Boat Club
Winchester
Mass
England
Uncle Sam
W. T. Stevens
Crowinshield
William S. Oliver
Parker’ Head
Small Point
Phippsburg
Mr. Oliver
Inez N. Carver
New England Co
Sargun
Bath News Notice of Death and Local Events 1901
June 15 1901 Capt Nicholas Weeks 86 dies at home on West Street after years of illness. He was born in Kittery leaves a widow and two daughters. Funeral this afternoon at Grace church and burial on MacMahan Island. Also wedding invitations, yacht news, class of 1903 ride, and local society notes from Bath Maine including a fire at Witch Spring and the christening plans for the cruiser Cleveland by Ruth Hanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas S. Weeks
West Street
Kittery
A. S. Davis
MacMahan Island
Winter Street
James MacDonald
Chestnut Street
Ida
MacDonald
Portland
Nicholas
Weeks
Bath
M. E. Reed
Georgie Arr
Witch Spring
Sewalls
Conditional licenses granted after hearings in Lewiston
Thirty one applicants appeared before Secretary of State Robie in Lewiston with many being granted conditional licenses for restoration or after testing. Names include George W. Baker Bath Halbert Condon Woolwich Avery M. Fides Jr Bowdoinham Hilton J Freeman Bath Thaxter G Hill Bath Donald W. Lakin Bath Elizabeth Townsbury Topsham John A. Robinson Bowdoinham Forrest E. Morris Wiscasset Fred J. Baldwin Wiscasset with suspensions or continuations noted and one marriage invitation to Alfreda Mae Tanner and John Weeks Black in South Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robie
Lewiston
George W. Baker
Bath
Halbert Condon
Woolwich
Gordon Estes
Avery M. Fides Jr
Bowdeinham
Hilton J. Freeman
Thaxter G. Hill
Donald W. Lakin
Elizabeth Townsbury
Topsham
John A. Robinson
Bowdoinham
Forrest E. Morris
Wiscasset
Fred J. Baldwin
Alfred Creswell Tanner
Alfreda Mae
John Weeks Black
David LeRoy Black
Friday Broadway
South Portland
Miss Sewall Weekend Guest of Boston Parents
Miss Patricia Sewall of Pierce Secretarial School in Boston was a weekend guest of her parents Mr and Mrs Edward Sewall at 949 High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Sewall
Pierce Secretarial School
Boston
Edward Sewall
High Street
Weeks Street Grammar School awards announced at closing exercises
At Weeks Street School closing exercises pupils earned Seven Point Pins for Health and Meritorious Service awards. Grade Seven and Six pupils with perfect attendance were named, and Patrol members received certificates signed by the police chief, superintendent, and principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weeks Street School
Dora Bridges
Jo Darling
Patricia Kerwin
Edward Plant
Iva Rogers
Janet Sullivan
Auburn
Natalie Burditt
Norma Jean Smith
Stella Alley
Albert Berry
Arthur Berry
Charles Godfrey
Riva
Jean MacDonald
Carl McCabe
Beverly Rogers
Beatrice Williams
Evelyn Witham
Robert Adams
Frances Bond
Ida Ferris
Richard Quimby
Marilyn Longley
Gloria Wilson
Maine Automobile Association
Edward Morse
Philip Ames
Kenneth Coombs
Richard Daughin
Oscar Douglas
Joseph Hecht
Donald Hopkins, Jr
Fenton Moore
Myrtle Lodge Members Attend Maine Session and Receptions
Myrtle lodge No 8 Bath members attended the Government of Maine United Order of Independent Odd Ladies quarterly session in Portland. A reception in Frye hall followed with numerous attendees from Fernlodge No 2 of Portland. Next session is in Auburn September 12. past ladies field day August 20 at Mrs Curtis’s Harpswell home. Myrtle lodge field day July 16 at Rock Hill Inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Lodge
No. 8
Bath
Government of
Maine
United Order of Independent Odd Ladies
Portland
Mary S. Curtis
Gertrude Stewart
Annie S. J. Lemont
Lizzie B. C. Chaney
Nellie G. Hunt
Emma Daley
Eva Atwood
Margaret Nelson
Sadie Savage
Frye Hall
Sadie Davis
Eunice Perry
Priscilla Estes
Anna Burnham
Lucelia Blake
Emily McMann
Myrtle French
Jennie Cameron
Louise Rogers
Pearl Campbell
Jennie Oliver
Lizzie Haggett
Hazel Schottlier
Zeuleika Kingsbury
Annie Oliver
Curtis
Stewart
Lemont
Fernlodge No. 2
Gwendolyn S. Jordan
Miriam Wetmore
Auburn
Harpswell
Rock Hill Inn
Three Diploma Recipients at Dartmouth Commencement
John Parker superintendent of the Bath and West Bath School Union received a Master of Arts diploma at Dartmouth College commencement on Sunday. He was joined by Wy man R. Vaughan of Minneapolis and James H. Young of Colorado Springs, a University of Colorado graduate, both also awarded MA degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Parker
Bath and West Bath
Foreclosure of Mortgage Notice Woolwich Maine 1941
Legal notice from Woolwich Sagadahoc County Maine announcing foreclosure of mortgage on property of George O Main and Laura M Main. J Gould Bailey named as mortgagor with property bounded by land of Fired Grover and J Gould Bailey. Document dated June 11 1941 sworn before Justice of the Peace Cari M P Larrabee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sjeorge
O Main
Laura M. Main
Woolwich
Sagadahoe
State of Maine
Sanshoe
Oime
County of Sagadahoc
Fired Grover
Wiscasset
Bath
J Gould Bailey
Lee Hard
Jd Gowld Bailey
J. Gould Bitler
Maine
Anid
J. Gould Bailey
Laura M Main
United States
Soldiers’ and Sailors
State OF
Lincoln
Cari
M P Larrabee
Second Session Probate Court Actions Listed
Judge Dunton presided at the June Sagadahoc probate second session. Wills allowed for Sara Tucker, Lewis Ellis, Annie Fisher Lincoln, Lucinda Pierce. executors named with bonds. Administratrix named for Everett Neal. deposits, compromises, guardianship orders, inventories, and accounts filed or approved. distribution petition issued for Walter Sedgley estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunton
Sagadahoc
Sara Eleanor Tucker
Pembroke Parish
Bermuda
Harry L. Day
Bath
Lewis O. Ellis
Topsham
Mabel S. Ellis
Annie Fisher Lincoln
Montclair
N. J
Charles M. Lincoln
Lucinda E. Pierce
Linroy Warren
Lubec
Sagudahor
Dune
Bark
Sata
Addie
Moulton
Georgetown Furst
Ralph W. Davi Muardhan
Town of
Montehur
New Jersey
Anid
Supadahoe County
Maine
Charles M Lincoln
Arthur J. Dunton
Subiadahne
Edna A. Neal
Pembroke Prish Islands
Harry’ L Day
Arthur
Exmoor Renaming Ties to Extavia Shipyard Plans
The old Extavia, a Hog Islander, has been renamed the Exmoor. The new Extavia will be the tenth ship in the companys $30,000,000 shipbuilding program and mirrors the Exporter design in many specifications. A special train will ferry American Export officials to Bath for the launching ceremony with invitations extended to Maritime Commission members, Navy representatives, and lawmakers. The Andrews live at 12 Woodhill Drive, Maplewood, N J.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maritime Commission
Navy
Andrews
Woodhill Drive
Maplewood
N. J
Two Persons Injured In Auto Crash In Bath
Stanley F. Cothran a Woolwich driller at Bath Iron Works appeared in Municipal court on a reckless driving charge after a midnight Saturday crash at Ryan's Corner. Miss Margaret Gallant and William L. Scott were injured and taken to Memorial hospital. Scott and Gallant were riding in the 1939 Buick. others including Mr. and Mrs. Elliot and Mr. and Mrs. Howe suffered cuts and bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley F. Cothran
Woolwich
Bath Iron Works Corp
John P. Crosby
Ryan's Corner
Margaret Gallant
Libby Court
William L. Scott
Garden Street
Memorial Hospital
Crosby
Cothran
Mr. Scott
Miss Gallant
Scott
Howard Kk. Elliot
Clifton Street
Ernest T. Howe
Pine Street
Elliot
Howe
Bath Woman Elected Patriotic Instructor at Veterans Meet
Mrs. Melvin Whittham of Ernest Edgar Kateon auxiliary of Bath was elected patriotic instructor at the Veterans of '98 State Department convention in South Portland. Cynthia White of South Portland was named New Department President. The Bath auxiliary members attending included Mrs. Whittham and others as well as local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Whittem
Ernest Edgar Kateon
Melvin Whittam
Bath
Veterans of
State Department
South Portland
Whittoim
Katcon Camp
United Spanish War Veterans
Color Guard
Harry A. Barker
Barker
Cynthia White
Whitlam
Edward J. Burns
Edward Clancy
Marie Clancy
Harold Swain
Clarence R. Rowe
Caravan
Edwin White
Portland
Isabelle Craig
Mizpah Class Elects Officers At First Baptist Church
At a Mizpah class meeting hosted by Mrs. Allen Morris on Whiskeay road, officers were elected: Adeline A. Rogers R N as president Dorothy Carey as vice president Mrs Morris as secretary and Mrs Kenneth Thayer as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Morris
Whiskeay Road
First Baptist Church
Adeline A. Rogers
R. N
Dorothy Carey
Morris
Kenneth Thayer
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Bathany Times
Kennebec Yacht Club
H. D. Maxwell
Samuel Thompson
James F. Murphy
Sewall
Liverpool
New York
Charles T. Jackson
South Street
Harriet Crocker Jackson
John D. Footer, Jr
Kennebec
Mary Sills
Eleanor Hyde
Elmhurst
Herbert L. Lord
Springfield
Alfred MiLain
Miss Farrell
N. Gratz Jackson
Norwich
Margaret Wilson
Pearl Street
Sara
Thomas Spence
Sewall's
Charles W. Krueger
Bertha M. Bruce
George Fred Bruce
Upper
Rev
Krueger
Everett
William P. Frye
Rough Riders
Millardanson
Henry Lermond
Bernard Tarbox
George Terrill
Len Gowell
Ralph Mank
Earle Leydon
Percy Hodgkins
Bay Point
W. A. Atchley
Lee Hooker
Ned Flinch
Verne Miller
Ernest Heald
John Wilson
T. W. Hyde
Sons of Veterans
Rockland Cree
W. D. Mussenden
S. H. Duncan
F. H. Lowe
Maine Bankers Association
Times
John S. Hyde
Cleveland Dispatch
Ruth Hanna
Cleveland
Leménes
Biddle
Iron Works
C. P. Wetherbee
Barney and Bagley
M. Steinert & Sons Co
A. L. Ryser
Mae Low
Good Templars Hall
P. B. T. C. W. Longley
A. D. Kimball
Wright
Georgie Duncan
Lasell Seminary
Auburndale
Duncan
Co. A
Nellie M. Conley
This City
George M. McManus
Edmund P. Briggs
Jennie Belle Bowker
Union Section
Fred Fisher
California
Mr. Fisher
K. T. Dutton
Fisher
West
East
Thomas E. Artis
John Chalmers
James W. Hawley
Ethel McCarty
Sadie Reynolds
Eva McBeane
Lilla Lakin
Hattie Parks
Edwin Bonney
Clarence Fowler
Bert Reed
Robert Harnden
William Wilson
Edward Talbot
Wilbur McCarty
Frank Perkins
Irving Stinson
Herbert Pushard
Harry Plummer
David Clifford
Warren McIintire
William Thompson
Wiswasset High School
Eugene Thebeau
Yarmouth
N. S
W. S. Francis
Lydia A. Stetson
Pennesseewassee Lake
O. W. Folsom
J. C. Holden
Montreal
Bradford
Folsom
Bradford College
Alfred Joseph Rowe
Alzelda_ Lucila Harford
Byron M. Rowe
Georgetown
Ituna
Corkum
A. S. Bigelow
Horatio Bigelow
Albert Bigelow
Miss Roberts
Bigelow
Eastern Yacht Club
Arthur Luce
Fred Haggett
Edna Sears
Sophia Mikilesky
Ohio
Hanna and
Johnson
Kelley, Spear, Co
E. J. Hinckley
Stanley Co. al
Acme
Benjamin Haggett
Rupert Much
Benjamin Mikelsky
H. Harvey Gould
Fred Humphreys
Marion White
Ruth Whitney
Ann Kimball
Bath High School
Grace Church
W.C. Stewart
Sabine
Daniel McPherson
Capt. Hill
Lieut. Emery
Bickle
W. J. Jacobs
M. M. Lemont
F. H. Gowell
W. R. Miller
W. A. Stacy
W. J. Paisley
N. W. Hall
G. B. Richardson
Charles Andrews
Canton
King No. 10
P.M
Bangor
U. S
Marcus A. Hanna
Miss Hanna
Herbert Hapgett
Corliss Street
French
Oliver
Plant
Beacon Street
Charles A. Garcelon, Jr
Weeks Street Grammar School
District of Maine
Odd Ladies
John L. Jack
Hatfield H. Rogers
Georgia B. Eby
Fdna A. Neal
Everett W. Neal
George W.thompson
F. Boardman Fish, Jr
D.b.a
Freeman Trott
Virginia
Elizabeth Trott
Edward W. Bridsham
Fannie E. Minott
George C. Webber
Bailey
Jennie C. Tripp
William L. Tripp
Elizabeth W. Greenleaf
Gertrude C. Greenleaf
Seth Stewart
Sherwood Aldrich
William H. Haskell
Daniel Williams
Clara M. Williams
Oscar F. Williams
Pauline B. Neff
Stewart M. Nett
Brighton
Ralph W. Davis
Addie E. Moulton
William L Tripp
Cleora Tarbox
John W. Tarbox
Freeman A. Trott
Virginia E
Elizabeth E. Trott
Caleb Sedgley
Walter E. Sedgley
YOUNG
John I. Jack
Register
Hein
Henry Bouter
Henry F
Peron
George Lanedey
Rows
Ruth
Eleanor Bo Hyde
Arthur. Dunton
Arsenal
Tack, Rewister
John
Rath Deora
Marete
Jack
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