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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 03, 1938

Page

7

Bath Forty Years Ago Snow Impacts Streets And Events

Forties of Bath feature snow slides on Front street causing runaways while Supt. Gahan keeps electrics on time through a storm. The Salacia arrives from Boothbay, and local society notes include an Alameda concert, Knights installation, and a Bath Company gathering amid winter weather.

Front Street Supt Gahan Charles E. Richardson Kennebunk Bath Company No. 5 Sentinel J. McKeiver Knights Holly Tree Inn W. E. Reid Waterville

Hyde Lights Guards Plan Evening Meetings and Rehearsals

The Hyde Light Guards hold an important meeting this evening and Bath Naval Cadet band rehearses. Kennebec Yacht Club meets to choose land for a future club house. Choral rehearsal and city council finance report hearing also set for tonight. Weather affects sleighing. country roads improve. City Clerk accepts municipal election nomination papers and ram Katahdin plans draw attention.

Third Round Opens in Grammar League Basketball

The Y M C A Grammar School League began its third round at the Y gym with Dike, last round champion, and Central, second round winner, advancing. Dike beat North 34 20 while Central needed overtime to defeat St. Marys 73 69 after an 18 18 regulation tie. Kenyon Hudson and Murphy led Dike with strong first half surges. for Central King and Clancy controlled early, but the team faced a tight finish before overtime. E Cummings and Pomerleau starred for the losers.

Y. M. C.A. Grammar School Y Gymnasium Dike Central Dikesters North St. Mary's Hudson Kenyon Murphy Hogan King Clancy E. Cummings Pomerleau Y. M. C. A. Grammar School League P.C. Central

Reds and Whites Saturday Winners in YMCA League

In the YMCA Intermediate League third round central Reds beat Frosh Grays 24 23 and central Whites defeated Frosh Browns 47 27. Reds lead the standings after two straight wins while Grays and Browns slip.

Central Reds Central Whites Pros Gyays Frosh Grays Frosh Browns Y. M. C. A. Inesra Rnees Centrals Browns Reds Sullivan Wilson Cummings Estes, Gasser Hatch J. Desmond

Fishermen Find Great Sport Off Coast of Maine

Maine sea and shore fisheries shift toward sport and livelihood. Tuna along Casco bay and near Kennebunkport weigh from 75 to 600 pounds, harpooned early but now often caught on rod and line. Bass returns to Kennebec Mousam and Kennebunk rivers lead to bass limits and spring regulations. Pollock sport grows with light tackle and historical mackerel jigs.

Maine Sea and Bangor Dennys Union St. Croix Calais Casco Bay Kennebunkport North Atlantic Pacific Johnsons Orrs Island Kennebec Mousam Kennebunk Rodney E. Foyler Passamaquoddy Bay Linwood S. Durgin Lewiston Pine Point Lewiston Journal

Morse High basketball team nets impressive profits

Morse High School’s Blue and White team under coach Johnny Madden posted 11 wins in 13 games and have grossed about 1509 dollars with roughly 845 dollars in profit. The club expects roughly 1100 dollars profit from a 1800 dollar gross after Western Maine tournament receipts.

Morse High School Johnny Madden Morsemen Cheverts Fighting Irish Cheverus High Morse Gymnasium Portland Portsmouth N. H Granite State Westbrook Morse Cheverus Lewiston

Woman's Auxiliary Speaker Recalls Conferences in Edinburgh Oxford and Cincinnati

Mrs. Kenneth C. M. Sills of Brunswick spoke at a Wednesday noon luncheon about last summer's conferences on Fellowship in Faith and Work in Edinburgh and Oxford and the recent triennial conference she attended in Cincinnati.

Kenneth C. M. Sills Brunswick Woman's Auxiliary St. John's Episcopal Church Vestry Edinburgh Oxford Cincinnati

Dud Leavitt's Murads Take Colonial League Lead

Dud Leavitt's Murads moved back to first place in the Colonial Club bowling league by earning all eight points on Thursday, swapping with Allie Jewett's Old Golds who had five. The Murads led by 1 point as Harry MacDonald's Kools held third and Don Jewett's Carmels rose over Horace Morse's Lucky Strikes. The Camels tied a record with a 436 team game. Allie Jewett rolled 338 and Don Jewett 334 while Morse and John Sanborn added 313 and 310.

Dud Leavitt Murads Colonial Club Allie Jewett Old Golds Harry MacDonald Kools Don Jewett Carmels Horace Morse Camels Spuds Jewett Brothers Allie Don John Sanborn

Windlass and Battery Markmen Clash at Armory Range

Hyde Windlass Co and Battery H riflemen battled in a tight match at the Armory range last Tuesday, Windlass edging Batte rymen by four points after leading by six with offhand firing. Charlie Andre led all with 69 points, Joe Arsenault and Al Bonney followed with 66 and 65. In a second match without prone shooting, Battery won by 14 points.

Hyde Windlass Co Battery H Charlie Andre Joe Arsenault The Battery al Bonney Windlassites

North End Riflemens Win Match At Auburn Shoe City Armory

The North End Community club rifle team beat Auburn Rifle club by 13 points at Shoe City armory range in Auburn. Hutchinson led Auburn with 183, H Waldron top North End at 181, Allie Goss 178 for North End, Bath’s H K Smith 98 led prone shooting. The piece also notes a Biddeford exhibition photo and a Brunswick high school alumni dance fundraiser raising 165.75 for stage gear.

North End Communnity Club Auburn Auburn Rifle Club Armory Bath Boys Hutchinson Auburnites H. Waldron North End Allie Goss H. K. Smith Bath Brunswick High School North End C A. L. Goss Serene R. Christiansen A. Petit A. R. C. Prone P. Crosby Peters Parker Wean Eee Ees Martin Ea M. E. Clark R. J. Reardon Cc. Marr Weene

Dynamite Lucier Knocked Out by Wooster in Rockland

Dynamite Lucier of Burlington now boxing out of Bath was stopped in the third round by Butch Wooster in Rockland. A body barrage in the second and a right in the third led to Lucier going to the canvas and his corner throwing in the towel.

Dynamite Lucier Burlington Bath Butch Wooster Rockland Lime City Warrior Lucier

Probate notices from Bath court list multiple estates in Sagadahoc

In Bath Maine a February 1938 probate court order names several estates with actions including administration petitions for Charles A McMahan George town Basil R McMahan resignation J Houghton McLellan executor Mary P Reazor Gertrude Harris Rathbun executrix Mary C Witham Lillie A Donnell executors John C Minott will probate Flora M Randall Sarah A Given executors Harry O Riggs exemplary copy filed John H Hyde final accounts Eleanor B Hyde Wallace T Pratt Elizabeth S Main appointed administratrix without bond and other matters noted with notices to interested parties.

Bath Sagadahoc Boston Mass Corinne V. Ainley Cambridge Charles A. McMahan Georgetown Basil R. McMahan J. Houghton McLellan J. Houghton McLellan, Jr Mary P. Reazor Morristown New Jersey Gertrude Harris Rathbun Mary CF. Witham Lillie A. Donnell John C. Minott Flora M. Randall Sarah Flora M Randall Harry O Riggs New Rochelle New York Sagadahoe County Maine Benjamin H Riggs Portland John H Hyde Eleanor B. Hyde Wallace T Pratt Elizabeth S, Main Noank Connecticut Elizabeth Main

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Bath Daily Times Capt. Perkins Winter Harbor Pond Island Alameda Salacia Boothbay Sasanoa Holden H. J. Holden West Bath E. M. Puller Bath Boys’ Brigade Sasanoa River Iron Works Columbia Theatre Ethel Lundrigan North Street Washington Ae Aes Popham Beach Ferguson Perkins Seguin William O. Norris Thwing William Rogers Scott R. Frye Mrs. M. P. Anderson Capt. Anderson Bark Spartan Mrs. Crowley Heald Henry Roberts Lilla Butte Montana Eddie Flottie Roberts Biddeford J. F. Perkins Charles W. Curtis Dexter State Bank Examiner Read Nichols Capt. Locke Consolidated Ice Co Ippsburg Charles A. Campbell Norfolk Philadelphia Sans Souci Club Jake's Mrs. N. T. Palmer Fred E. Taylor Colby Rochester Theological Seminary Mr. Taylor Lincoln Green Streets Green Street Foresters Lowell Assembly K. P. Hall Hyde Light Guards George Johnson Robert Donnell West Point Sasanoa Council Center Street Court House Bay Bridge Foster’s Point Lillian Coombs Brunswick Electric Railway Oak Times Jake Committee On Accounts City Hall Board of Registration Union Steam Forge Bordentown N. J International Navigation Co Cave Win, Cramp & Sons Eastern Steamboat Co Lieut. Baker Company C Columbia Orchestra Commercial Street Pullman Solon S. Andrews Cabot Sewall Brunswick Electric Railroad Bath Naval Cadet Band Kennebec Yacht Club Finance Committee Raymond Reds and Whites Y. M. C. A. Intermediate League Robena Riley Togas Riley Veterans Administration Togus Veterans Administration Facility N. Y Brewer Ralph O. Dale Middle Street Memorial Hospital Morse High Blue Concord Business College Red” Rolfe New York Yankees Camden Henry D. Small Frank Pemberton Ralph Dorchester Floyd Wright George Wright Topsham Susan Lemont Edna Jensen Pemberton Wrights Huldan Small William F. Tate Topsham Village Bowdoin Federal Land Bank of Springfield Hulda C. Small Sagadahoe Edith M. Prince Hulda William FP. Tate Muraels A. Jewett Battery HK OH Lit L. Palmer Soule M. Niles O. Burgess J. Arsenault H. Rowe A. King Een Mre Hyde Windlass CO. OH Lit W. Atwood Andre Andrews Ee Bates Barbs North End Riflemen McArthur Elizabeth Mosher Cowan England William the Conqueror Leona E. Burns Caleb Burns State of Maine Home Owners’ Loan Corporation United States of America Washington D.C State of Shepard St Shaw Harold McCarty McCarty Wesley Joseph M. Hayes George Cressey Cressey George A. Merritt Sagadahoc County Home Owners' Loan Corporation Carl M. P. Larrabee Wiscasset Dynamite John L. Jack Savedahoc William M. Brown Hiram C Brown Said West Bath Wfikko Wirta Arrowsie Gertrude R. Wirta Said Arrowsie Margaret C McDonald Danford A. McDonald Said Bath John I McPherson Edith M McPherson Esther Bo Mann George I. Rice Woolwich Ray V Rice Said Woolwich Frank M Bowker Arthur M. Bowker Ellen Blair Flora B Savage Paul C. Savage Pearl E. Savage
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