Steamboat Service Restored for Bath and Vicinity
Bath Boothbay Harbor and island resorts preserve a sixty year old steamboat link. Local businessmen formed a company, bought the steamer Virginia and wharves, and will resume regular routes. Edward W. Bridgham led stock purchases as others joined, confirming revived regional cooperation and ongoing commerce across the Kennebec area.
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Bath
Boothbay Harbor
Edward W. E Bridgham
Path
Kennebec River
President Coolidge Hoover Attend Services In Wisconsin And Fire Muster Prep
In Wisconsin a small white church hosts President Coolidge in Sunday worship beside his wife and kin while Herbert Hoover attends a Quaker meeting elsewhere. The Bath firemen muster, rooted in 1830s origins, marks its Maine summer anniversary with entries pouring in for July 4 events and exhibits from firefighting equipment makers. The Fourth promises pageant shows and vintage machines still active, drawing crews from across Maine and beyond.
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Wisconsin
United States
Washington
Herbert Hoover
President Coolidge
Hoover
Bath
New England
Maine
Kennebec Bridge tolls waived during Pageant
The bridge across the Kennebec will be free to the public during the Pageant. This toll loss amounts to thousands of dollars but serves as valuable advertising for the $3,000,000 bridge spanning the Kennebec and guiding travelers to eastern Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Motorist Appeals From Court Decree In DUI Case
Clinton Barter of Portland faced a guilty finding in municipal court for operating a motor vehicle under the influence after a Saturday evening crash near Blind Crossing involving a Bath duo. He was fined 100 dollars plus 118.18 in costs, and appealed to the October term of the supreme court. Testimony cited liquor on breath and conflicting accounts about fault, with Barter claiming the car's radiator smelled of alcohol from prior contamination and denying drinking. His license was suspended at the officer’s request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Barter
Portland
Boothbay Harbor
Hqnor
Supreme Court
Blind Crossing
Maxwell
Granville Colby
Bath
Berenice Quimby
Miss Quimby
Mr. Colby
Fred W. Quimby
Mr. Barter
Barter
State Pier
Pinkham
Bath Force
Howard Barter
George Freeman
Quimby
Jewett
Well Known Bath Citizen Falls Down Stairs
William T. Hodgkins, an 80 year old Bath resident, was found injured in the cellar at 726 Washington Street after a fall on Monday. He was taken to City Hospital Tuesday afternoon in weakened condition. His sister Miss Jane T. Hodgkins died June 8 at 75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Hodgkins
Bath
Washington Street
City Hospital
Hodgkins
Edmund P. Briggs
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Wilson
Jane T. Hodgkins
Second Diesel Engine Arrives For Yacht Vandal
The second of two Bessemer solid injection Diesel motors for the 240 foot steel yacht Vandal, built at Bath Iron Works for Ernest B Dane of Brookline Mass, was installed Saturday. Each 1500 horsepower engine weighs 75 tons and came from Grove City Pa. Install required removing some frames to fit, with tarpaulins left in place for weather protection.
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Bessemer
Bath Iron Works Corp
Ernest B Dane
Brookline
Mass
Iron Works
Grove City
Class of 1927 MHS First Reunion at Webster House
The Morse high school Class of 1927 held its first reunion on a Wednesday night last week. They traveled to the Webster House for a shore dinner and then danced at Garnet pavilion. Attendees included Doris Campbell Harvey Hartleb Wilbur Hagan Catherine Thompson Donald McRae Alfred Randall Lawrence Specht Carl Oliver Hazel Wakefield Cecil Rowland Archie Seekins Arthur Brown Harry McDonald Edith Small Gertrude Reed Alex Burden Marjorie Dearborn Mildred Hunt Clarabell Quick Josephine Hamblin Jesse Colby Amanda Munsey Winifred Kennerson Muriel Ayer Ethel Huse Lloyd Joy Isabelle Paisley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Webster House
Garnet Dance Pavilion
Doris Campbell
Harvey Hartleb
Wilbur Hagan
Catherine Thompson
Donald McRae
Alfred Randall
Lawrence Specht
Carl Oliver
Hazel Wakefield
Cecil Rowland
Oscar Adams
Missionary Society Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
The Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church met with Mrs. Clifford F Harrington at 109 North Street for its annual meeting and officer elections. New officers include President H L Skillin, Vice President Arthur S Stuart, Second Vice President Clifford F Harrington, Secretary Chester McKenzie, Treasurer Freeman Crosby, and Work Committee Chair Herbert Wylie with aide Blanchard. A committee will select a Sunday school candidate for Baptist teachers training at Ocean Park. The group completed White Cross work and packed a clothing box for Beaufort S C containing over 50 items and two comforters. refreshments were served afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
Clifford F. Harrington
North Street
H. L. Skillin
Arthur S. Stuart
Chester McKenzie
Freeman Crosby
Herbert Wylie
William Blanchard
C. E. White
Emma Ryan
Baptist
Ocean Park
White Cross
Colored School For Children
Beaufort
S. C
Municipal court has busy session
Mrs Mary Brown of Tented city mother of four was sentenced to the State reformatory for women by Judge Keegan Tuesday morning for intoxication and disturbing the peace. Mrs Alice Richards of Linden street received a similar sentence. Charles Wallace received 60 days in Augusta jail on intoxication but probation on assault and battery. Mrs Fox sought protection for Wallace's term completion. Officers testified Wallace was with the two women during a Sunday 1 30 a m arrest. Brown's older children pleaded for her release. Both women were released until court convened and ordered to appear Tuesday morning. They pleaded not guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Brown
Tented City
State Reformatory For Women
Keegan
Alice Richards
Linden Street
Brown
Charles Wallace
Henderson
Falin
Augusta
Fox
Wallace
Mr. Wallace
City Streets Undergo Oiling and Repairs
Post office square and Vine street from the bridge approach to Water street were oiled on Thursday by city crews using state supplied oil and machinery. Richardson street was ruffed and rolled on Wednesday, Court street addressed on Thursday, and Mid ale street between Center and South streets will receive quick work with all streets planned to be oiled after a 8,000 gallon oil tank arrives Monday. A new concrete sidewalk on Broad street from Front to Commercial streets was completed Monday.
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Post Office Square
Vine Street
Water Street
Richardson Street
Court Street
Midale Street
Center
South Streets
Broad Street
Obituary of Benjamin Trafton 58 in New Jersey
Benjamin Trafton 58 died in a New Jersey hospital on June 12. He was the son of Edwin M. and Rachel Trafton of Georgetown Centre and lived there in youth. Survived by brothers Marshall of Bath and Norman, now of Gardiner. Funeral services held in Gardiner and Georgetown Centre with Rev. Weeks officiating.
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Benjamin Trafton
New Jersey
Edwin M
Rachel (Tarr) Trafton
Georgetown Centre
Marshall Trafton
Palmer Street
Bath
Norman Trafton
Gardiner
Georgetown
Lewiston
Mr. Weeks
Universalist Church
Mary E Curtis Dies After Four Years Illness
Mary E Curtis aged 73 wife of Chauncey F Curtis resided at 21 Pine street Bath born in Bath to William and Lucinda Rideout Given spent life in the city. She died Tuesday noon after four years illness cared for by sister in law Miss Cora Small. Survived by husband one sister Mrs Cornelius Ham of Bath and one in Worcester Massachusetts.
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Mary E. Curtis
Chauncey F. Curtis
Pine Street
Cora Small
Bath
William and
Lucinda Rideout Given
Cornelius Ham
Worcester
Mass
Mrs Wilfred Skaling Returns Home After Surgery
Mrs Wilfred Skaling returns to her Shepard street home Saturday noon after a three week stay at City hospital following an appendicitis operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred Skaling
Shepard Street
City Hospital
Bath Ball Players Go On A Trip
The Bath baseball club will travel north Thursday and Friday to face Anson and Guilford, testing Maine semi pro strength. Notable players include Mose Nannigan, Danny Shanahan, Nash, and several Bath veterans with Rube, Cannonball Oliver, Hebert, Trewer, Smart, Brewer, Carlton, Cutting, Callan, and Lothrop in the lineup. The trip begins Thursday noon with a 5:15 p.m. game against Anson, then Guilford the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Anson
Guilford
Shipping City Boys
Cascadden
Maine
Joe Neptune
Earl Heal
Bangor
Jimmy Davidson
Holy Cross
Togus
Mose Nannigan
Danny Shanahan
Colby
Nash
Poston
Britt McClellan
Brunswick
Shipping City
Husky Rube
Cannonball Oliver
Gene Hebert
Murray Trewer
Ted Smart
Ralph Brewer
Spider
Carlton
Dido” Cutting
Jim Callan
Whitey Lothrop
Lneup
Bath People Married by Portland Pastor
Bath residents Lotta Carr Eaton and Charles E. Card were married Wednesday, June 20, in Portland in a single ring ceremony conducted by Rev. C. F. Reddy. The couple, both of Bath, dined at Eastland after the service and will reside at Lotta Card’s Chestnut Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Portland
Lotta Carr Eaton
Charles E. Card
C. F. Reddy
First Baptist Church
Congress Street
Frank Montgomery
Eastland
Card
the Times Co
Co-Workers
Ellsworth
Chestnut Street
Moores Jacobson Tie The Knot In Bangor Ceremony
Miss Leota Jacobson daughter of Mrs Helen Caldwell Jacobson and Herbert Moores were married Saturday at eight at Major Kimball’s residence 684 High Street Bangor Rev David L Wilson officiated The couple will reside at 36 Silver Street South Hadley Mass where Moores is an assistant professor at Mount Holyoke College The bride wore eggshell crepe and pink rose bouquet The groom is son of Mr and Mrs Richard Moores They will spend six weeks at Harvard Summer School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leota Jacobson
Herbert Moores
William R. Kimball
High Street
David L. Wilson
Central Congregational Church
Miss Jacobson
Helen Caldwell Jacobson
Bath
Morse High School
Colby College
Bangor
Nashua
N. H
Moores
Richard Moores
Toronto University
Harvard University
Ruth Skillings
W. Stanley Curtis
Boston
Mrs. Moores
Harvard Summer School
Mr. Moores
Silver Street
South Hadley
Mass
Mount Holyoke College
Blair and Lumsden Wed in Bath Parsonage Ceremony
Eric Raymond Blair and Miss Ethel Laura Lumsden of Bath were married Saturday evening at Beacon Street Methodist Episcopal parsonage by Rev. Weston P. Holman with a single ring ceremony. Blair is a Hyde Windlass Co. employee. they will reside in Bath with Blair’s parents,Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Blair. Lumsden is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Lumsden of 46 Dummer Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric Raymond Blair
Ethel Laura Lumsden
Bath
Beacon Street Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
Weston P. Holman
Charles R. Blair
Hyde Windlass Co
William Lumsden
Dummer Street
Blair
McDonald and McCoubry Wed in Justice of the Peace Office
Francis G. McDonald son of Mr and Mrs Mathias McDonald of Huse street married Edna C. McCoubry daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Pinkhem of Richmond in a Saturday ceremony officiated by Augustus Perow justice of the peace. Marion Wakefield spent the weekend in Portland with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs A H Fowlie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis G. McDonald
Mathias McDonald
Huse Street
Edna C. McCoubry
Curt
Ernest Pinkhem
Richmond
Augustus Perow
Perow
Marion Wakefield
Portland
Mrs
A. H. Fowlie
Flattering attendance record of Bath pupils list
A long list of Bath grade school pupils who were not absent a half day during the year. Names cover Dike North Central and South street locations plus Weeks street, with grades from 1st to 8th. It records students from Priscilla Blake to Ruth Webster among others.
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Priscilla Blake
Dike School
Barbara Chaney
Mary Downey
Pearl Savage
Barbara Footer
Tike School
Evelyn Clough
North Grammar
Roberta Erwin
Richard Farnham
Fthel Hart
Frank Martin
Betty Rice
Carolyn Oliver
Doris Spinney
Ralph Spinney
North
James Temple
Central Grammar
Theryl Robbins
John Wakefield
Mary Oliver
Eunice Pinkham
Ernestine Spinney
North Primary
Barbara Hunter
Center St
Everett Harford
South St
Clarence Willette
South Street
Leonard Lesier
Mary Wilson
Mitchell
Mildred McLaughlin
Arthur Wyman
Laura Hall
Stanley Lewis
Olive Seavey
Weeks Street
Harold Drake
Winnegance
Gerald Carr
Kathleen Scott
Louise Calderwood
Ruth King
Ruth Webster
Knights of Dunlap Have a Fine Trip
Knights of Dunlap visited Augusta with Trinity commandery during St John days. More than 1200 Knights lined the parade as eight commanderies were entertained. Guests enjoyed Camp Keyes, a ladies’ dinner, athletics, supper, and a vaudeville show at the opera house.
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Opera House
Knights of Dunlap
CROSS WORD PUZZLE HORIZONTAL CONT
Crossword clues fill a themed page. Across include 1 Sore 7 Angle In fort 12 Peculiar 13 Unit 14 Select 15 Poem 16 Coal container 17 Rune 18 Fabricator 20 Stories 22 Bible word of unknown meaning 24 Conjunction 26 Snowshog 27 Prisons 30 Twirl 31 A melody 34 Formerly 36 Suspend 36 Wealthy 37 Brief 9 Peer 40 Pronoun 41 Ancient Horizontal Cont and Vertical lists follow with clues for two grid sections including ages and obscure crossword terms.
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Fort
Name of Maine given several naval craft
A historical note traces the name Maine through multiple ships in two navies. The first U S S Maine sank in Havana, then Britain renamed a captured hospital ship as Maine. A second U S S Maine was scrapped in 1921 under the Washington Treaty, while Britain later commissioned another Maine as a hospital ship. The Royal Navy's current HMS Maine serves in the Mediterranean, 401 feet long with 10 100 tons displacement.
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Maine
Britain
Havana
South Africa
United States Navy
Solace
City of Texas
Olivette
U.S. S. Maine
Pacific Steam Navigation Company
Panama
Theritish
Jane's Fighting Ships
Comfort
Mercy
Royal Navy
Ie.m.s. Maine
Malta
W. W. Keir
Cos Gattre Neithyteler Nike N. Smurdon
RNR
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the Times Company
F. B. Nichols
Pres. and
Treas
Front Street
Bath, Maine
Pee
Virginia
MHS
First Baptist
Clifford Harrington
Skowhegan
North Anson
Blair-Lumsden
New York
Piccadildy
Broadway
D. Sofield
Manacine Dinceron
Laura Black
Southport
Walter Ellis
Frank Lemont
Mary E. Palmer
Old Colony Trust Co
William B. Palmer
Bury
Fis
DME International Syndicate
Sophia Mikels
Greenfield
Louis Silverman
Miss Mikels
Nelson F. Heald
Charlestown
Philip A. Tremaine
Lower Middle Street
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