Bath Chronicle Notes and Social News From Town
Ray Ham and Roy Thistle visit Boston while Annie of New York returns for a 10 day vacation. Miss Annabel Sterns visits Pocasset relatives for a month. Sagadahoc playground curfew causes a late hustle for home. West Bath Woolwich Arrowsic Phippsburg clerks await primary turnouts. Fred Harrington unveils a bronze state insignia medal with blue buff ribbon. Speedy 26 foot launch launched by Fred Harrington. Wiscasset High graduation reunions and New Meadows Inn committee plans. The Gorham Normal School class of 1909 graduates at Congregational Church. Chester Colby returns from Knox county fishing success. Evelyn M Sutherland vacations in Boston.
Governor nominates trustees for Bath institutions
Governor Plaisted yesterday appointed Edward W. Bee of Bath and William H. A of Westbrook as trustees of Bath Military and Nevel Gophen Asylum, following remarks on Eugene as the Wizard and local performance quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene
Plaisted
Edward W. Bee
Bath
William H. A
Westbrook
Bath Military and
Nevel Gophen Asylum
Bath Rummage Sale Draws Unprecedented Attendance
The June 14 1912 Bath rummage sale by the Women's Exchange under Miss Laura Palmer drew a huge afternoon crowd and a rush at opening. Local interest tied to Bath Iron Works and Dougherty's Theatre reflected a busy day as residents and workers visited displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Center Street
Women’s Exchange
Laura Palmer
Dougherty’s
Bath Iron Works
Circus Arrival Prompts Lewiston Visit Tomorrow
Residents plan to travel to see the Barnum circus arriving from Bangor Sunday morning. Local families F D Hill and Harry Walters visit Rangeley while Seth Stewart stays with sister Lucy Bragdon in Boston. Millicent Clifford visits Malden for Harvard commencement as Allen B Cameron and Samuel Chapman spend the weekend with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Barnum Circus
Bangor
Seth Stewart
Lucy Bragdon
Boston
Allen B. Cameron
Samuel Chapman
Phoebe Crosby Engaged for Damrosch Opera Cast
Phoebe Crosby, a young American soprano and pupil of Oscar Saenger, has been engaged for the Damrosch era production The Dove Of Peace with the Aborn English Grand Opera Company. She debuted in La Boheme and Tosca with Aborn in April and will be ready for launching a 20 foot launch by John M. Conley on Middle street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musical
America
Phoebe Crosby
Carl Crosby
Oscar Saenger
English Grand Opera Company
Damaresch
Messrs
Aborn
John M. Conley
Middle Street
Tug Sarah J Weed Purchased for Kennebec Towage
Capt. W G Small bought the Sarah J Weed from P O Rairden of Boston for his Kennebec towboat line to operate with the Ariel. The 1874 Brooklyn built 70 ton craft, 74 feet long, will be used above Bath with Freemont Farnham and H E Gurney as engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Small
Sarah J. Weed
P. O’rairden
Boston
Kennebec River
Ariel
Weed
Tommorrow
Small
Kennebec
Bath
Brooklyn
Freemont Farnham
H. E. Gurney
Sale of Modse's statue to M J McCormack and school exhibit notes
The modse's statue was sold yesterday to M J McCormack for F B Davis of Lawrence Mass. The Morse High School annual exhibition of domestic science drawing and manual training opened today and runs through tomorrow drawing visitors to see pupil work. Miss Piper explains cooking, N B Cortell showcases manual training, sewing led by Misses Chase Vincen Totman Munroe Fielding Merrill. Florence Seymour leaves for Gorham for Normal school graduation with sister Maude Seymour. Margaret Billings of Portland visits uncle Michael Biggins. Reverend Culbert McGay supplied Grace Pal Church at Christ Church Gardiner. Mr and Mrs Harry W Tucker enjoy an outing at Popham Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Miss Piper
N. B. Cortell
Misses Chase
Louise Vincen
Dorothy Totman
Mary Munroe
Eula Fielding
Beatrice Merrill
Probate Court session and estate actions in Bath
Monthly Probate Court hearing outlines wills and estates in Bath. Executors named include Edward Sewall and Osborne Oliver with first and final accounts presented. Additional estate accounts for Josephine Thebeau and Walter Clark noted. Bath Iron Works official attends National Cost Conference in New York City with 2500 delegates from 109 chapters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Niss
Bath Iron Works Corp
National Association of Cost Accountants
Waldorf-Astoria
New York City
Southern Maine
Probate notices for Bath Sagadahoc County court to hear estates
Notices to all interested in the estates of Frank B. Connors Josephine M Thebeau Maude E. B. Small Elisabeth A. The documents announce a Probate Court session in Bath on the first Tuesday of June at ten o clock to hear and allow first and final accounts presented by administrators and executors. Attest: J Dunton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bathin
Sagadahne
Frank B. Connors
Frank Moriarty
Josephine M. Thebeau
Bath
Harebeau
D.bn. Tartle
Maude EB. Small
Rain
Sea
Count Presen
Charlies T. Small
Elisabeth A . A
J. Dunton
Badada
Janet S. Chapman
Towsham
Ellis L. Aldrich
Newm
Arthur C. Hortee
Rachel F. Sewall
Edward Sewall
Artur J J. Dunton
County of
Saom
the Ath
Josephine L. Perkins
Westaent
Howe
Tala
Constance Eistrand
Soa
New York
Mary M. Treamer
Walter 8
David C. Dickson
Russell L. Phinney
Maude Phinney
Arm A. Wallace
Phippsburg
Arthur F. Wallace
Jennie M. Woodward
Woodward
Harold EB. Woodwa
Charlotte C. Ee
Imar E. Pataneey
St. Michaels
Maryland
John
T Maney Bath
John J. Autiithimi
Land Transfers in Several Towns Record Volume
A stream of property transfers lists multiple buyers and sellers across towns including North Bath Richmond Woolwich and Phippsburg. Notable entries include Violet W and Edith B Horne selling parcels to heirs and to Reginald N Co and J Horace McClure, among others. The notices note lands and buildings changing hands involving families and local entities.
Pastor and Bride to Be Honored by Local Committee
A reception for Rev. and Mrs. Macy Whitehead will be held by the Phippsburg Christian Service committee on Monday evening June 23 at 8 at Town Hall. The couple recently returned from a honeymoon in Ireland. A musical program is planned and decorations are arranged by local volunteers. Walter Snipe leads the refreshment committee. Miss Joan Safford is a patient at the mortal hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macy Whitehead
Phippsburg Christian Service Committee
Town Hall
Whitehead
Ireland
Thomas Totman
William Dell
Stanwood Gilman
Frederick Haggett
Walter Snipe
Fan Belts Any Make Car One Price
A simple classified note advertises fan belts for any car make at a single price of $1.19. The entry is dated December 10, 1926, indicating a budget auto-part sale in a local newspaper.
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Ray Ham
Roy Thistle
Annie
Sebenon Hall
Annabel Sterns
Pocasset, Mass
Sagadahoc Corner
West Bath
Woolwich
Arrowsic
James
Maine
Fred Harrington
The
Sis
Arthur H. Durgin
Olive Blagdon
Wiscasset
Ralph Blagdon, Gdon
Miss Blagdon
New Meadows Inn
Shure Peeman
Florence Neily
George Goodwin
Leonard Marks
Thomas W. Marks
Canton
N. Y
St. Lawrence University
Theda Parker
Smith College
Maud Seymour
Gorham Normal School
Consreiena
Chester Colby
Knox County
Evelyn M. Sutherland
Morse
Abbie Scott
Riverside
Popham
William Hamilton
Holland Hamilton
Margaret Bakeman
Crocker
Squirrel
Boothbay Harbor
Arthur H. Brown
Morse High
Wace
Misseman
Frances Bates
Bernice Clifford
Lucy Small
Marie Perry
Percy Morse
Ardell Bates
Henry W. Howard
McLellan
Summer Street
Commercial
Boothbay Boat Wharf
Commercial Street
Swanton
Jameson
Hunt
W. N. Moody
East Pittston
C. H. Crocker
Daley
Parker Head
E. A. Quincy
Allston
Mass
Norumbega Park
Charles Bates
Sabine
Bates
Pacific Coast
West Coast
Mr. Bates
California
Corliss Street
Madelyn Rich
Eleanor
Dorothy Lewis
Virginia Ee
Josephine Crosman
Eti Totman
Marion Ferguson
Earth Mitchell
Lucy Coombs
Thelma Rich
Eula Chapman
Freda Davis
Omar Trott
Ethel
Annie Knight
May Glidden
Corina Coombs
Marilla Chase
Willard Oliver
Chester Plant
James W. Coombs
J. W. Roberts
Roberts
Harry Walters
Rangeley Lakes
Maine Bankers Association
F. W. Adams
John R. Gould
Augusta
Hascall S. Hall
Waterville
George A. Safford
F. H. Low
S. T. Maddocks
Boothbay
Ramona Council
Scott M. Golder
Winship Street
Washington
Anthony Coombs
Pittsburgh
Arthur Gay
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
Ralph Robinson
Vernal Chaney
East
F. D. Hill
Millicent Clifford
Charles E. Hyde
Malden, Mass
Harvard
Chaney Oung
Esees
Urton
West Newton
Oe Stifteen
A. H. Shaw
Maine Central
J. C. Phillips
Wenham
Thomas W. Hyde
Orr's Island
Jack
Elmhurst
Lincoln Lodge
Lewiston Brigade
Frank C. Coffin
Worcester
Connecticut River Transmission and Power Co
Apg
J. Fred Cook
Harry Litchfield
Times Co
M. J. McCormack
F. B. Davis
Lawrence, Mass
Florence Seymour
Gorham
Normal School
Maude Seymour
Margaret Billings
Portland
Michael Biggins
Culbert McGay
Grace Pal Church
Christ Church
Gardiner
Harry W. Tucker
City
Webber
Popham Beach
Arthur J. Dunton
J. Horace McClure
Charles T. Small
Elizabeth A. Oliver
Osborne N. Oliver
Harry W. Thebeau
D.b.a
A. L. Moriarty
Walter W. Clark
Gardiner D. Rogers
J. Horace Ata
J. Horace Ledt
Ure Register
Renee
Joan Safford
Mortal Hospital
Kelley
North St
Bath, Mé
J. Horace Reas
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