Bath Chronicle highlights weather flags and local life in 1913
Fortnightly Bath column notes the Park flag has flown since September, plus a Bath police of residents and workers, a fire at 458 Wash street, mail service concerns for Winnegance, social clubs, weddings, birthdays, and local tradesmen. A busy city page recounts ice cutting, ship news, and community events across February 25 to 26 1913.
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Ward
Bath and Vicinity Notes Mix of News and Local Life
Bath recounts town meetings in Phippsburg with contests and waitlists for several offices. Morse High School theater plans an annual play with Principal Cole and Miss Shorey guiding rehearsals. Local industry shifts include feldspar prospects in Georgetown and new five cent pieces drawing debate. Bath Iron Works staff changes and community events fill the pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert E. Cole
Emma L. Shorey
Morse High School
Anico
Barndeley Stentor to Join Maine Central Route
A new stentier Barndeley, built at the Bath Hey orks, is slated to go overboard March 12 for the Maine Central line.
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John S. Hyde
Portland
Maine Central
New York
Bath Heyorks
Ice Field Labor Succeeds on Kennebec as Ice Harvest Grows
February 27, 1913 reports a large crew at Kennebec ice fields with American Ice Co progress. Chelsea houses delayed. Old Orchard nearing finish. Cedar Grove large houses due next week. small houses following. Ice thickens to about 15 inches, aiding harvest.
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Kennebeck
American Ice Co
Chealsea
Cedar Grove
Faculty Bans Dance at Phillips-Exeter Acai Center
A faculty ban suspends dancing at the Phillips Exeter Acai Center until further notice. The announcement states the restriction is currently in effect and will remain in place pending review.
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Phillips-Exeter Acai
Fire and rescue at Spinney Bros Bay Point home
February 28 1913 Ralph E Spinney awakened by fire in his Bay Point home with family away. He narrowly escaped suffocation as volunteers led by I W Snow A C Varney and Wallace Hill battled the blaze using water from a well. Damage estimated above 300 dollars. Also reported: Zacchens Sherman schooner crew rescued by life savers after storm damage near Gull Shoals and Chi comoco stations in Virginia.
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Ralph E. Spinney
Spinney Bros
Bay Point
I. W. Snow
A. C. Varney
Wallace Hill
Portland
Spinney
Scranton
Zacchens Sherman
Gull Shoals
New Inlet
Chicomoco
Virginia
Sherman
Quiet Election Day in Bath Faces Local Races
March 2 1913 Bath shows a hushed election with sparse crowds at wards. Ward 2 sees the fiercest push for votes as E F Kelley contests the school committee seat and James P Ledyard supporters hustle. A sticker campaign targets Ward 3 for alderman J C Varnum against William M Temple. Morse Bros ice crews pause as thaw shifts town focus.
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Bath
E. F. Kelley
Friends
James P. Ledyard
William M. Temple
J.C. Varnum
Morse Bros
Boothbay
Mayor-elect Larrabee to Boston for National Coal Dealers reception
Mayor-elect E. W. Larrabee leaves for Boston to join the National Coal Dealers Association reception committee at Horticul tural Hall. He reports satisfaction with the election and plans a businesslike city administration. Charles Webb of Rogers Webb visits town. Bangor & Aroostook strike delays a new three masted schooner.
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E. W. Larrabee
Boston
National Coal Dealers’ Association
Horticultural Hall
Charles F. Webb
Rogers & Webb
Bangor & Aroostook
F.S. Bowker & Son
Phippsburg
Maine Woods
W. C. Oliver
Oliver
Windy Month Special on Auto Parts Discount
Kelley’s New and Used Parts offers 10 percent off brake lining sets for all makes and models. Sale covers cars cables drums fuel pumps carburetors and hydraulic brake cylinders during the windy month promotional period.
Coffee Hour Follows Service at Beacon Street Church
Beacon Street Methodist church held a morning coffee hour after worship to help newcomers meet, discuss the sermon, and chat. Carlton Pye prepared the coffee for a good Sunday turnout.
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Beacon Street
Foreclosure Notice for Bath Property Mortgage
Thomas E McKay and Margaret C McKay, joint tenants of Bath Sagadahoc County Maine, default on mortgage to First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath dated October 25 1948 seeks foreclosure. Property chain includes deeds from Annie C Robinson to Raymond M Haley 1915 and later transfers to William H Allen Jr Constance B Allen Ernest F Harriman Olive E Harriman, with parcel described along Cummings Street and adjacent lands. Foreclosure dated March 2 1935 per notice. action by J Frank Hunt treasurer for the association.
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Thomas E. McKay
Margaret C. McKay
Bath
Sagadahoc
State of Maine
Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath
County of
John E. Leeman
Moores
Charles Rideout
Fuller
Jesse Harriman
Cummings Street
Annie C. Robinson
Raymond M. Haley
Sagadahoc County
William H Allen, Jr
Constance B. Allen
William H Allen Jr
Ernest F. Harriman
Olive E. Harriman
Olive F. Harriman
Sawadahoe County
J. Frank Huntt
Easter Sunrise Service Plans At Local Church
Sunday afternoon and each Sunday through Lent the Youth Fellowship hosts meetings. Easter morning worship at 6 a.m. is led by the couch Fellowship and followed by a breakfast at cost by the Youth Fellowship. Merton Deering Carlton Pye and Geraldine Deering oversee the kitchen. Sunday Bible forum discussed Job. next week will cover Obadiah and Jonah.
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Elaséés
Youth Fellowship
Couch Fellowship
Merton Deering
Carlton Pye
Geraldine Deering
Obadiah
Jonah
YMCA Hi-Y Council meets in Portland with Bath group
Youth leaders Robert Percy Ned Andrews Jesse Allen and Donald House attended the formative South Y.M.C.A. Hi-Y Council meeting in Portland representing Bath YMCA. Tournament plans dominate the scene as leagues wind down and grammar school teams prepare for the March 13 opening round.
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Robert Percy
Ned Andrews
Jesse Allen
Donald House
South Y.M.C.A
Portland
Bath Ymca
YMCA
Morse High
Freeman’s
Bath
Oakhurst
Hilyard’s
Waterville
Bath Association
Bob Arsenault
Evning
Ronald Coombs
Walter Cummings
George Coombs
Dick Bishop
Joe Haines
Jack Cool
Don House
Central of Bath
John A. Cone
Topsham
Wiscasset Grammar School
Gardiner Jr. High
Brunswick Jr. High
East Boothbay
Farmingdale Consolidated Grammar School
Foreclosure Notice on Bath Property Over Mortgage Breach
Walter W Adams of Bath faces foreclosure by First Federal Savings and Loan Association due to breach of mortgage conditions on multiple Bath parcels. The description covers three lots on Huse Street and adjacent bounds, tied to Charles N King and Harry E King interests, with prior warranty deeds and guardianship transfers noted. Proceedings dated March 2, 1953, cite the Sagadahoc County Registry of Deeds as the record, with the lender asserting rights to foreclose.
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Walter W. Adams
Bath
Sagadahoc
State of Maine
Adahoc
Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath
County of
State of
Maine
Huse
J. J. Vickery
Fullerton
Charles King
Minnie M. Ve
Stewart
Pockett
Joshua Emmons
Emmons
Stewart and
Stewart and Pockett
City of
Harry E. King
E. King
Charles N. King
Minnie Love
E. A. Perry
Walter W Adams
Hazel R. Adams
Mary J. Whitney
Marilyn King
Fed- Bath
J. Frank Hunt
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath
J FRANK_HUNT
Do You Know God Sermon At Seventh Day Adventist Church
A night address at the Seventh Day Adventist Church urged knowing God through love, trust, and childlike faith. The speaker outlined five daily practices: surrender to God Bible reading prayer obedience to light and sharing Jesus work. Mrs. Alice Colby heads the lending library offering related readings. Next Sunday's subject is Heaven with a 7:30 p.m. musical program.
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Eran
Mr. Does
Jesus
Mr. Vothees
Alice Colby
Winter Street Church Couples Meet for St Patrick Event
The Winter Street Church Coupes club meets at 6 45 for its monthly dinner with St Patrick's Day themed program. Guest speaker is Mrs Macy Whitehead of Ireland. Suppper and entertainment committees list several couples. contact info offered for uninvited attendees.
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Winter Street
Coupes Club
Macy Whitehead
Ireland
Freeman
Arthur Hutchins
Alfred Frye
Wallace Gower
Roy Loeschner
Loring Addison
Roy Lawrence
Daniel Matter
Egg yolk speck tricks when separating eggs
A speck of egg yolk accidentally gets into the egg white during separation. remove it with a piece of eggshell.
Property Deeds Refer to Multiple Maine Land Transactions
The document details several chained deeds in Sagadahoc County Maine, tracing property interests from Clinton I Strout to Thomas Mitchelson and to Philip A Spear and Alice G Spear. It describes parcels in Woolwich near U.S. Highway 1 with described boundaries, easements for crossing and garden use, and references earlier deeds from 1888 to 1945 including warranty deeds and joint tenancy transfers.
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Herbert B. Lilly
Thomas Mitchelson
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Frances M. Mitchelson
Philip A. Spear
Alice G. Spear
Asadahos
Woolwich
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