Forty Years Ago in Bath Idle Skating and Shipyard News
Local items from February 25 1891 note a private skating party at the rink and an Alameda polo match upcoming with the Rocklands. The Aloah schooner expected with pine for Maine Central railroad, and a Bath Iron Works truss moulded for the Kittery Navy yard. Foundry plans at the old barytes mill on Commercial Street, and transportation to Bowdoinham for Universalist fair. Captain Sprague heads to Philadelphia to command the Berlin voyage to San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kittery Navy Yard
Bath Iron Works
Anthony Humphries
John Hanscom
Barytes
Commercial Street
Michael Sprague
Phippsburg
Philadelphia
Berlin
San Francisco
Whitmore
Gardiner
Sprague
New England
Bath items parade through town on many fronts
The issue lists many local activities from Feb 26 1891 including Varney’s mill work in North Bath, street dirt removal on Front and Center, social events at Adams house, and poor sleighing on Brunswick road. It notes church concerts with Henry F. Duncan, Rockland polo team arrival, and local political remarks about mayoral candidates and alderman retirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Varney
North Bath
Local notes and exhibits highlight winter week
William Liberty returns from Massachusetts and Melville Clark from Bremen. Weisbach incandescent gas light shown at Shaw's books. John W White and May R Miller wed today at city clerk’s office. A. G. Page Jr opens Bath spoon exhibit with invitation. Casco Bay mill near Harpswell in danger as unrepaired dam threatens property. Back River ice yields enough for tug passage, then chills again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. White
May R. Miller
Local Notes and Social Updates From The Bath Area
Post Sedgwick will not have prizes on season tickets for the fair in April. William Hodgdon improves. Universalist sociable to meet Thursday evening with Mrs. Stiles. Rev. O. W. Folsom led service at YMCA Hall. Canton King ball tickets selling well for a promising event. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bugley visiting Mrs. William Oliver in Parker's Head. she improving. Bath Division U R E of P officers to be installed by Capt. C. T. Jackson with Luce & Crockett’s reception. Rockland polo team stay at Sagadahock House. landlord Shannon compliments. Charlie Ham, finger loss at Rope Walk, donated purse. thanks extended via Times. Bath Loan and Building Association meets. second series opening. many shares expected. Bath Board of Trade meeting postponed to April first Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Loan and Building Association
City Hall
Town meeting in county towns Big attendance and budget rise
The town meeting approved $26 297 50 in appropriations plus a total budget of 26 297 50 and increased taxes amid debate on snow removal by motor power. Officials including F K Jack and Charles E Hackett were elected to posts as road commissioner and Board of Selectmen, with shifts in School Board and Fire Warden posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. K. Jack
I. C. Irish
Jack
Charles E. Hackett
Board of Selectmen and Assessors
W. J. Graves
Ralph McEwen
Mr. Graves
E. L. White
Wallace Hunter
Clifford W. Gray
A. S. MacDougal
Emily Rideout
Mary Billings
C. H. McEwen
Clifford S. Smalley
McEwen
Locke Crouse
Fogg Farm
Florence Miller
Jack Farm
Brown Road
Abbaggahasset Point
Eastern Star
Georgetown Town Meeting At Five Islands Draws Large Crowd
One of Georgetown’s liveliest meetings gathered over 200 residents Monday in the Grange Hall at Five Islands instead of the town house. The session ran long with heated discussion prompting calls to Bath for Attorney Dale to provide legal aid. A delay in notifying John Carter, superintendent of the school union, about the annual report was noted as dusk neared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Grange Hall
Five Islands
Georggtown Center
Bath
O F Dale
John Carter
School Union
Local Town Meeting Chooses New Officials and Allocates Funds
Fred H. Rittall defeats Walter E. Reid for moderator 112 to 66. The old board of selectmen is replaced by Earl Hagan, Orville Rowe and Harvey Heald. Vernon E. Gray re-elected tax collector. Harold Hunt town clerk. Howard G. Heald treasurer. Fe. Clary overseer of the poor. Eva Cambell school committee. Appropriations pass for bridges, roads, snow removal, repairs, and soldiers graves plans among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cles
Fred H. Rittall
Walter E. Reid
Board of Selectmen
Joseph C. Stevens
Thomas N. Williams
Earl Hagan
Orville Rowe
Harvey Heald
Vernon E. Gray
Charles MacMahan
Harold Hunt
Howard G. Heald
FE. C. Clary
Eva Cambell
Pankeee Wade Eas
Tecitentene Tene
Trumolre Sect
Hea Keene
Bay Point Village Corporation
Bosone
Sete
Craares
MacMahan Island
Ce. Ses
West Bridge
Town votes to discontinue schools in District 3 and 6
The town approves ending the school operations in District No 3 and District No 6 at year end. A $250 item funds fountain removal and traffic light at Main Pleasant and North Pleasant streets. Officials elected include selectmen J W Pandlette Lister Umberhind and C H Bryant. school board member Arthur Jackson. many wardens constables surveyors and other officers named.
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Main
Pleasant
North Pleasant Streets
J. W. Pandlette
Lister Umberhind
C. H. Bryant
Joseph W. Randlette
J. A. Hinkley
Harry W. Douglass
Arthur Jackson
Percy W. ,Chetley
William H. Farley
J. T. Withiam
Byron L. Ludwig
Harry L. Tarr
E. H. Stewart
Warren L. Patten
I. E. Hatfield
Reed Jack
John S. Parker
Fred Duren
Charles Cobb
Charles W. Dunlap
Hartley Ranger
Frank Bishop
Carl Dixon
James Haynes
Charles Messenger
Nathaniel Gilpatrick
Charles Watson
H. L. Tar
Richmond Town Meeting Sets Tax, Roads, and Fire Plans
Richmond held its 109th town meeting March 2 at the Opera House with voters, stores, and factories closed for the session. The town chose Dr Victor Carey moderator and elected Henry Houdlette treasurer and Homer Alexander town clerk, with a tied vote for first selectman between S Reed Allen and Joseph Randlette. Eben Baker won the road commissioner race after three contenders. The town approved a 2 percent tax discount if paid by July 10 and set 6 percent interest for late payments, with various appropriations and a $18,000 temporary loan to be issued. Additional items covered snow clearance, highway work, school funding, and a fire department site for No 3 Hose and Salvage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Opera House
Rebekahs
Homer Alexander
Victor R. E. Carey
Henry E. Houdlette
First Selectman
S. Reed Allen
Selectman
Joseph Randlette
Harry L. Tarr
Elmer Rogers
Arthur Turner
Fred R. Duren
Charles Alexander
Perley Joy
1St Selectman
Nocn
Eben Baker
Clifford R. Seekins
Charles Messenger
Emerson
Richmond Library Association
Bowdoin
Bowdoinham
Gardiner
State Board of Health
G. B. Soule
North Front Street
Roy Gilpatrick
Chestnut Street
Fire Department
Lincoln Street
No. 3 Hose and Salvage Company
North End
Arti
Town Budget Ledger Lists Officials and Expenditures
A town budget outlines officials including Moderator Ellis L Aldrich and First Selectman E W Mallett with a detailed expense plan. Items cover roads and bridges about 6000, state aid roads 6580, snow bills 1000, streets 2600, schools 12600, library use 700, health 350, general government 3000, abatement taxes 150, and a temporary loan cap of 15000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis L. Aldrich
Alice Merriman
E. W. Mallett
H. W. Totman
W. M. Williams
E. H. Phinney
Charles I. Giveen
R. J. Patten
Charities & Correction
Bruns- Oci
Topsham
West Bath Town Meeting Re-Elects Officials
Benjamin Staples presided as moderator at the West Bath annual town meeting. Harry J. Rich was re elected clerk and E. W. Haggett Earl Donnell and Edward Thompson were re elected selectmen. Fred Brown was re elected collector and treasurer. Llewellyn Rogers was elected to the school board replacing Joseph Larrabee who moved to Brunswick. The town voted to accept the three town act for road building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Staples
West Bath
Harry J. Rich
E. W. Haggett
Earl Donnell
Edward Thompson
Fred Brown
Llewellyn Rogers
Joseph Larrabee
Brunwick
Woolwich Selectmen and Officials Reappointed in Town Meeting
Woolwich held its annual meeting with Wilson Bailey presiding. Clara M. Reed was elected town clerk replacing Albert Hathorn. Eben Dana joined the board of selectmen, defeating Asa Hathorn, and Carlton Reed won a seat. Frank R. Bailey remained on the board. Edgar Blanch became treasurer and collector, Wilson Bailey kept a school board seat. Town appropriations reached about 21,000, debt rose from roughly 1,700 to 8,000–9,000 due to snow equipment purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Wilson Bailey
Clara M. Reed
Albert Hathorn
Eben Dana
Board of Selectmen
Asa Hathorn
Carlton Reed
Duncan McIntosh
Frank R. Bailey
Edgar Blanch
Maine News Notes and Local Happenings Across the State
Maine notes recall Ora Gilpatricks golden wedding on their 50th anniversary amid superstitions about Friday the thirteenth. The Masque and Gown will stage plays in Bangor on March 6, featuring undergraduate Maine and Pennsylvania authors. Mrs. Georgia Varney, active Belfast clubwoman, celebrates 81st birthday and lists numerous organizations. Probate notice records Ethel B. McCarty of Indian Head Maryland named executrix for Charles W. Triggs estate in Bath with Edward W. Bridgham as Avent.
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Ora Gilpatrick
Houston
Bowdoin College
Dramatic Society
Brunswick
Bangor
Maine
Pennsylvania
State OF
Sagadahoc
Willard A. Oliver
Bath
Harriet E. Oliver
Charles Plant
Stephen Plant
Brookline
Mass
Carrie Carey
Affin Pinson
Chester A. Plant
Wallace Plant
Ethel B. McCarty
Indian Head
Maryland
Charles W. Triggs
Edward W. Bridgham
State OF Maine
Jude
Wilson L. Bailey
J. Gould Bailey
Percy C. Bailey
Woolwich
Said
Jesse Bailey
Aobie E Bailey
Gould Bailey
A. D
Young Westbrook graduate makes history at sixteen
Miss Dorothy E. Washburne, 16, daughter of Mrs. Bertha Washburne, earns valedictorian with 96.33 percent at Westbrook High School. She skipped several grades and has been active throughout her school years. The report also notes Too Kai Too, a Pekinese, winning blue ribbons in Boston and New York shows, and details of upcoming Parent-Teacher Association Fair at Gardiner High School with Elizabethan murals by Deering and other local youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy E. Washburne
Bertha F. Washburne
Lenwood Avenue
Westbrook High School
Miss Washburne
Too Kai
Albert D'Arche
Westbrook
Boston
Too Kai Too
Pekinese Club of America
New York City
D’arche
New York
Barbara B. Smith
Deering High School
Doris Favor
Annie McTeir
Bradford Brown
Helen Moody
Elizabeth
Beaten mink raids and a hotel milestone in Bangor area
A mink with free movement killed and ate fish near a beaver dam and stacked the leftovers head to tail along the bank. In nearby developments the Northland Hotel reached its 1000th guest after 50 days of operation, welcoming Frank Babbitt of Augusta. A Bucksport shop owner hires a former chef of the King of Belgium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Babbitt
Augusia
Bucksport
Belgium
Ice breaking kickoff signals Bangor navigation opening
The U S S Kickapoo arrived in Penobscot Thursday to start ice breaking expected to take about two days, reopening Bangor harbor. Aroostook potatoes earn 29 cents in Boston markets against Idaho or P E I at 59 cents, due to grading and supply handling. A former Aroostook resident cites these factors and urges farmers to avoid shipping anything not properly sorted.
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Bangor
Aroostook County
Boston
Houston
Aroostook
Idaho
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The
Bath Bath Daily Times
Adams House
Maine Central Railroad
Will Place
B. M. Fuller
H. E. Duncan
Winter Street
Fred Purington
Knights of the Red
Reel
Pushaw Pond
Dagen
Alameda
F. F. Blaisdell
F. H. Turner
H. T. Passmore J
F.N. Hitchcock
Alamedas
Rocklands
Eddie Vaughn
Brunswick Road
Katahdin Commandery
Inco
Misses Watson
Edward Brown
Lawrence
Worcester
John King
Winter Street Church
Henry F. Duncan
Charlotte F. Heenan
Grace Church
Brooklyn
Duncan
Blanche Harrington
Maria Wiggin
Nelson Ham
Frank Dingley
Uniform Bank
Kelley & Spear’s Yard
H. E. Cole
Bridgton
Rockland
James Ledyard
Cc. T. Jackson
Thompson
Challenger
Good Templars
Bath Lodge
Raymond Brothers
Post Sedgwick G. A. R
R. C. Harris
Sedgwick Relief Corps
R. D. Bibber
F. H. Twitchell
William T. Donnell
Joseph M. Hayes
O. A. Kittridge
Hartley K. Dunston
Bath Division
NAM Eas
Shaw’s Book Store
Waltham
Phillios of
Atkins Bridge
Elbridge Soule
Moosehead Lake
Oak Street
Charles H. Greenleaf
Board of Aldermen
William Liberty
Massachusetts
Mrs. Melville Clark
Bremen
Weisbach
Shaw's
A. G. Page, Jr
Casco Bay
Harpswell
Back River
Post Sedgwick
William Hodgdon
Universalist Sociable
O. W. Folsom
Young Men's Christian Association Hall
Canton King Ball
Albert Bugley
William Oliver
Parker's Head
Sis Hight
C. T. Jackson
Luce & Crockett’s
Holmes
Sagadahock House
Shannon
Charlie Ham
Bath Board of Trade
Randall Fund
EOS BP Vccoishv
Celia Elton Selene Ore
Galleu Posta Ee
Haa Etes Celine
West Bath Town Meeting
Maine News Notes
Belfast
Georgia Varney
Belfast Business and Professional Women's Ags
John Cochran
Aurora Rebekah Lodge
Primrose
Universalist League
Bradbury Memorial Hospital League
Waldo County Hospital Aid
Belfast Farm Bureau Group
Equity Grange
REL
Arthur J. Dunton
Walter S. Glidden
William F. Dunham
Gardiner High School
Th Association
Lewiston
Paul Cyr
Greenville
Freds
Curtis Mortician
Thomas R. Huston
Mgr. Tel
Mrs
Horned Lark
Mrs. Lark
Arthur L. Perkins
Salt County
Ein
Adeline A. Perkins
Portland
Beth
Imade
Cumberland
Leon V. Walker
Sagadahoe
Register
Wilson L. Bailey, J. Gould Bailey, Percy C. Bailey
Bathin
Path
Catharine R. Warren
Helen JD. Hooper
Bath Independent
Liam S. Shorey
Harriet L. Johnson
William S. Shorey
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