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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1928

Page

7

Forty Years Ago In Bath Notes From 1888

The Bath Daily Times items recount Bath events from June 1888 with notices of newly ready annexes, social gatherings at residents on Oak Street, Bath base ball club uniforms, a barge project, trips to Dailey's Island, visits from John Best of Denver, and plans for a Chicago nomination celebration. It also covers concerts, parades, yacht and rowing activities, hydrant placements on water works, ship repairs on the M. V. B. Chase, and community events at churches, schools, and theaters.

Bath Bath Daily Times John Best Denver, Col Charles T. Trooper

Graduates Prepare as Wesley Church Decorates for Class of '88

June 21 1888 Wesley church is richly decorated for the BHS class of 1888 graduation to be held tomorrow forenoon. Fragments note improvements at lawyer F B Sprague's Telegraph building office, travel plans of Mrs C W Larrabee and Mrs G E R Patten to San Francisco, and a Wesley church society ride to West Bath with supper. Standish homestead on Western avenue burns, destroying the historic two and a half story building dating over a century. Fire alarms sound, but the site is reduced to charred ruins, Gilbert Standish's loss estimated at 500. June 22 items mention steamer Slender to Avesta route and Morse monument delivery to Oak Grove cemetery.

Wesley Church Standish Homestead Western Avenue Gilbert Standish

Dunlap Commandery Tours Augusta With Trinity Commandery

About 80 members of Dunlap Commandery K T led by Eminent Commander Seth S Mullin traveled by special train to Augusta to join seven other commanderies as guests of Trinity Commandery. The group, escorted by the Dominican band of Lewiston, marched through Washington Oak Front Center and Water streets to Depot square where a pleasing program was arranged. Dunlap returned to Bath by special train in the evening. Charles MacDonald Jr son of Mr and Mrs Charles MacDonald of High street left for Fabyan New Hampshire to work at Mt Washington hotel for the rest of the summer.

Dunlap Brunswick Tunlap Bath High School Bath Grimmer Orchestra of Portland Arthur Percy Boston Susie Richardson Blanche Dockendorff Deering Fred Hughes Naval Academy Annapolis T. S. Crocker Bowdoin College Spofford Malden Mass Young Wiscasset Sander Dunlap Commandery K. T Seth S. Mullin Augusta Trinity Commandery Lewiston Temple Washington Oak Front Center Water Streets Depot Square Mom Dunlap Charles MacDonald, Jr Charles MacDonald High Street Fabyana, N. H Mt. Washington

Bath Team Defeats Waterville With Terrific Hitting

Bath's baseball club opened its Wiscasset home pageant with a 10 7 win over Waterville. Cannonball Oliver led the attack with two long drives, Nebel and Smart added power, and Bobby Brown was knocked from the mound by a line drive in the sixth. Dorosky relieved and Bath capitalized on Waterville mistakes to seal the victory.

Bath Wiscasset Waterville Bobby Brown Colby Hurler Oliver Ted Smart Bates Nebel Dorosky Bill Oliver Rath Cutting Dickinson Paiement R. Stover Smart Carlton Rex Stover Derosby Brown Pooler Miller Waterville Ab Renin Sete A Ok Vettioga Disa Ea Tcc Togvold Erie i Darema Ore Nebels Dart Serene Doles Esther Pucasom Batheets Hannafin Wallace Donovan Bagnall E. Stover Nobel Brewer Brown Smart Stover Dorosby Morse

Children Matinee Plans and Foreclosures in Bath Maine

Final arrangements for a Friday afternoon children’s matinee at the state pageant were announced with 25 cent child tickets and one dollar for adults. A bridge toll suspension may extend to June 29 to help attendance. Also noted are probate notices for Annie Dean Williams in Sagadahoc and a mortgage foreclosure in Popham Beach. A Bath court schedules a probate trustee account hearing for July 1928.

M. H. Harris Maine Central Railroad Bath Maine Central Annie Dean Williams West Bath Sagalahoe Sagadahoc Jennie B. Spinney J. Clifford Spinney Savadahoe Walter Glidden Juli A. D Joseph M. Trott John S. Hyde Walter S. Glidden Sagadahioc Arthur A. Brown David Brown Sal County Miner County Sagadaloc John A. Loring Rachel M. Loring Harold W. Smith Cumberland Maryland Alice Caroline Smith Edward B. Smith Maine Sapadahoe Mary EK Dean Late State OF Maine Sagadanoc Fred P. Emmons Clara T. Hilton Wathim Walter Glidden William F. Dunham State OF Sagadahos Sagainghoe A.D. Weir John J. Keevan Coleman Flaherty C.t.a Tre Prat Sawadahoe J. L. Spinney Arrowsie Soul Westie S. Glidden Wil. Tam PF. Dunham Register L’robate Marenerite J. Aley Danford McDonald Walter S Lona C. Trott Maude M. Cunningham Sagadahoe Saul Walter S., Glidden de- Aero Ac William T. Hodgkins Jane T Hodgkins Wiliam T. Hodgkins Sail Henry G. Tlodgdon Sai Said

National Guardsmen Coming Friday for Bath Pageant Camp

Adjutant General J W Hanson inspected Bath on pageant grounds for a planned military camp housing about 135 officers and men plus the 103rd Infantry band. Units from Battery C Brunswick and Battery H Bath, among others, will patrol grounds and participate in the historical pageant opening Saturday night and running through July 4. Tickets and travel details arranged with rail lines and local offices. rehearsals and lighting, costumes arriving from Christie & Co. Also noted are visits by Kenneth Atwood of Miami and his wife to stay with former Atwood family in Washington street.

Adjt J. W. Hanson Bath North Lincoln Streets 103Rd Infantry Band Battery C 240Th C. A Brunswick Co. F 103Rd Infantry Augusta Gardiner State Staff 86Th Infantry Brigade Portland Communications Department Battery H Androscoggin & Kennebec Railway Co Blaine S. Wiles James W. Hanson Tilden Christiie & Co New York Kenneth Atwood Miami Fla Wallace Atwood Washington Street Buick Motor Mart Co Miami

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John O. Shaw Jana Baker Oak Street Bath Baseball Club John Watt Dailey's Island Chicago Alexander Nellie Th. Gollander Nellie Robinson Ektees U. S. Ball Club Lincoln Street Front Street T. Donnell Weeks Street Committee On Water Works Pine and Middle Street Lower Middle Street Weeks William T. Donnell William F. Marston Lincoln and Bedford Street Center Street J. K. Huse North Street High Supt. Hon M. V. B. Chase Marine Railway Portland Dry Dock Willie Ham Elm Street Baptist Church Ethel Hyde Togus Miss Hyde Water Street South Street Ladies of the Central Church Society William Rogers Bath Rowing Club Fred Whitmore Bridgton Boothbay Islands Kennebec Esther Powers Clarence M Davis Cummings Street E. M. Fuller How Wesley Church Society Charles Foster Freeport Mayor Wakefield Bennington, Vt Water Works Bowdoin North End Wiwurna Eastern Steamboat Co Sedgwick Relief Corps State Relief Corps Rockland Sedgwick Joseph Webber J. W. Johnson S. J. Brown E. T. Mitchell S. J. Wiggin J. W. Grassey F. P. Shepard State Corps F. B. Sprague Telegraph Building C. W. Larrabee G. E. R. Patten San Francisco John O. Patten David R. Wylie Mr. Wylie Court House Tslender Avesta Roothbayv Oak Grove Cemetery Cannonball Oliver R. O. S. Club A. E. Wardwell Woolwich Kennebec River Albine Munsey Viels Leonard Munsey W. H. Kimball Thelma Kimball Wells F. C. Stone Madge Stahl Ethel Barber William FF. Dunilam Ind Hiram A. Tobey Popham Beach Phippsbore Society Hall Fort Popham Society Tall Edward W. Bridgilam William FL Dunham Norway Medic Ins Co National Guardsmen William FY Duntevin Erwin A. Morse Washington, D.C Jennie RK. Morse N. Louise Spinney of George Dpinney Arrowsic N. Louise Spinney Emma Pf, Ridley Phippsburg Addie G. Ridley Emma WF. Ridley William F. Dunstam Nettie L. Peeling Fred RB. Teeling William F. Dunnam William F Dunham Henrietta Potter Bridge-Merrill's Harold Dolloff Atte Wil Liam F. Dunham Egister Morgan
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