Bath hears of Winter events and civic notes in 1906
Bath news recounts ice conditions on New Meadows river a fire scare at Kateon house Wesley lane and a fire crew turnout. It notes social events at St Marys Guild Grace Church Alameda skating party and a county auto show attendance. Sheriff Ballou serves writ against Bath for damages over a defective North street walk.
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St. Mary’s Guild of Grace Church
New Meadows
Kateon House
Ballou
Caseyeed
City of
Bath
North Street
Calico Ball Lights Up Society Hall in Bangor Note
A lively Calico Ball was held in Society Hall, Bangor, with a merry crowd enjoying the evening. The text notes early morning cold, local church activities, and mentions figures like Max P and George E. Wiggin in passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society Hall
Deccades
Bath Citizens Question Action on Brown Tail Moth Pest
March 4 1906 Bath residents ask if authorities will act against the brown tail moth pest as spring campaigns begin. The Times delays Monday issue to report election results. Gillmor, Hyde, and Dr Curtis attend a Maine auto show with Bath figures praising the exhibit. A Colonial Club skating party at Ala meda draws 138 members and guests, while Kennebec Yacht Club members anticipate future meetings. Clyde Line treasurer H Campbell and other line officials are seen visiting.
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Bath
Election roll call governs voting at People’s issue
Notices were sent to members as guards of M4 were summoned for a meeting. A vacancy of Capt. Kimball is to be filled. eight o'clock roll call determines present status for the election. A certificate of erection filed with the Secretary of State. Officers listed include Benjamin F. Harris president and Galen C. Moses treasurer. Oliver Moses and Steward Oliver mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimball
Bat Wa
Benjamin F. Harris
Galen C. Moses
Oliver M Oses
Close City Election Elects Spear Mayor 878 to 859
In the March 5 1906 city election D Howard Spear defeated J Hughes by 878 to 859 for mayor in a tight race. The report notes the center of the city area and the close outcome. Also mentions local movements including schooners, bands and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Howard Spear
J. Hughes
Homecoming greeted by families in Warren and Bath
Mrs Blanch Lock and Mil bert a Brooks hosted a gathering in Warren for sons Marshall and David Lock now back from overseas. Parked among relatives in West Bath were Albert White and family. Chester Swain celebrated a birthday at the Reno home with music and refreshments. Red Cross solicitors canvassed local roads and churches. Community events included a Sunday church meeting and a planned social for March 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Swain
Babine
Red Cross
Campbell's Pond
Sabine
Winneganee Roads
Stanley Williams
Berry’s Mills
Quaker Point
Hill Roads
Warren Davis
Edward K. Thompson
Foster’s Point
Albert White
Four Corners
Earle C. Donnell
Sanford's Crossing
Herbert White
Trufant’s Crossing
Old Brunswick
Curtney E. Stover
Carolyn Rogers
State Road
Webster
West Bath
IC. B. Oliver
E. K. Thompson
L. D. Small
Susanne Withington
Greenwood
Mass
Archibald McCoy
Edward Kenny
Harris Delano
Boothbay
Stetson-Owen
Joseph Larrabee
Frank Manion
Bath
Andrew Babkirk
Edward Burns
Boston
Philip Burns
Albert Berry
Arthur Cooke
George Bryant
Lewiston
Donald Mead
G. C. Smith
Brunswick
Joseph Stetson
Dorothy Bubier
de Rose
Harold Wing
Eastern States Farmers Exchange Meeting
Springfield
Masonic Temple
Maynard Carleton
Leroy
Carleton
Fred Rose
Percy Holbrook
Winneganee Creek
New Meadows
Marshall Boudreau
Lena Larrabee
K. of C. Hall
Charles H. White
White
Char
Social Visits Highlight Village Weekend
The text lists many local residents visiting relatives and friends over the weekend. Names include Mrs. Estelle Comeau, Mrs. Hinkley, Mrs. Pe, Mrs. Percy Holbrook, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Holbrook, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Holbrook, and Evelyn White. Also noted are guests from Bath and Five Islands and a Maine University student in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lene
Hope
de Carereures
Herbertite
Marshall Bourene
Melvin Comeau
Estelle Comeau
Hinkley
Five Islands
East Brunswick
Percy Holbrook
Ednace
Ralph Gay
Arthur Holbrook
Lee Holbrook
Sabine
Fred Rose
Evelyn White
University of Maine
Herbert Ajnact
Oscar Adams
Barbara
Bet Worrey
Bath
Fred Larra
Phippsburg Adopts Higher Tax Rate in 1946 Session
The town outlines contingent expenses and service costs including town officers salaries, school funding, road projects from Sebasco to W. Pong and Cushman area, and state aid roads. It considers selling taxed property, borrowing against anticipated taxes, and allowing town deductions. A tax rate of about 5.6 or 5.7 mills is anticipated, up five to six mills from 1945.
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Morse, Jr
Sebasco
W. Pong
Cushman Os
Brightwater Colony
Parker Head
Pophams
Long Hill
Maine
Totman
Phippsburg Center
Popham
Henry Alexander
Black’s Landing
State of Maine Deputy Secretary Of State Notice
Paul A. Wedomald, Deputy Secretary of State, presents this official State of Maine notice dated January 14 2021 from the Secretary of State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul A. Wedomald
Woolwich Montsweag community gatherings and notices
Community notes record Elm Street church services at 10 and 4 with Rev Charles R Sims as speaker. Montsweag Woolwich church events include a school service and meetings at Sagadahoc Ferry and Chopps School. Farm Bureau discussed remodeling Maine Homes led by Miss Bart on. dinner by Leeman family. flowers from Elwell's Greenhouse. Mrs Walker hosted guests including Douglas Leaver and Albert Richards family welcomed a new baby daughter.
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Charles R. Sims
Elm Street
Woolwich - Wiscasset
Montsweag
Sante Tist
Ot Reeke
Lu Me Son
Hollis Leeman
Woolwich
Teachers’ Club
Florence Temple
Chopps School
Good Will Club
Florence Carlton
Montswéag Farm Bureau
Good Will
Sagadahoc Ferry
Maine
Beryl Barton
Charles Eastman
Chester Leeman
Lester Holbrook
Herbert Leeman
Elwell
Frank J. Walker
Miss Walker
Douglas “Leaver
Middleton
Albert Richards
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath Built Trawlers Sold to Norway After War Service
Four steel trawlers built by Bath Iron Works were sold by the government and acquired by the Norwegian government. Notre Dame and Fordham, built in 1931 for F. J. O'Hara and Sons, and Maine and Illinois, built in 1929 for Booth Fisheries, had served as mine sweepers in the war and brought 220000 each from the government. The Norwegian Shipping and Trade Mission of New York was high bidder last October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Boston
Notre
Fordham
F. J. O’hara and Sons, Inc
Portland
Maine
Illinois
Booth Fisheries Fleet
New York City
Notre Dame
Probate Notices for Sagadahoc County Estates
Probate notices list hearings for February next in Sagadahoc County. Executors Millard E. Watson Lena C. Crocker Harold F P Puller Grace P Sampson and others have petitions for letters testamentary without bond and final accounts presented. public hearing at the Probate Court on the second Tuesday at 10 o clock. Attest John L. Jack, Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Our Lord
Millard E. Watson
Maude M. C. McKenney
Bath
Mey Sara
Mudie
Backenney
Josephine
Andrew J. Lemoine
Lena C. Crocker
Gardner EB. Crocker
Harold FP. Puller
Marion
Edwin C. Dunning
Mag . Carey
Grace P. Sampson
B. Thurlow
Iecutor
Local notes and family updates from Gardiner area
A mixed set of community notes mentions Mrs. Lyda Good caring for Mrs. C Guptill, a newborn Gloria Jean to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bobying, and Mrs. Benjamin Entworth recovering from a sprained foot. Raymond Kelley, a Philippines native visiting relatives, has returned to Arizona. Also noted is a teenager facing legal trouble and various friends expressing wishes for good luck.
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Massachus
Etts
Lyda Good
C. Guptill
Stee
Gardiner Hospital
Gloria Jean
Richard Bobying
Benjamin Entworth
Raymond Kelley
Philippines
Jon Mayers
Arizonia
Collaeeaal
Parker Head Visit Highlights Weekend Gathering
A fragment notes visitors from Livermore including Sally Lowell Mr La er Beane and Robert Jewell joining friends over the weekend, with Parker Head continuing on page three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard
Sally Lowell
Mrs. Laer
Robert Jewell
Livermore
Notice of Probate Admin and Property Conveyance
A legal notice records John L. Jack and others involved in probate administration. The document details land parcels in Newark New Jersey, descriptions of adjacent properties, and the intent to have the grantors convey the property to the estate admin Arthur J. Duna. Dated February eighth and signed Aldrn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Wallace McDonald
McDonald
Ae Ae
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Ts Sanatae
St. Mary' Ry’s
Alameda
Saarh
Harvey
Charles F. Norcia
George E. Hughes
Adfigboro
Bero
Mark Marr
Marrtown
Bristol
Ee Nee Sr
Daniel
el Ras
Bs Erie Cane
I. Oh
Lad B
Edward Drake
Wisee P
Fort Warne
Bertha D. Clark
Ae Anderson
Alice L. Laas
Ruth Sheldon
the Alameda
Bertieton
Charles H. Harrington Harry
B. Knowlton
Portland Auto
Isabel E. Willey
Harry B
Fred Scott
L. B. Clark
William R. Man
Mendelssohn Club
Sana
Colonial Club
Ieee
Colonial
Crosby
Eis
Morse
Ethel French
Ethel Reed
Annie Shepard
Madelyn Hunt
Ruth Thompson
Louise Roce
Florence
Morse High
Chapman
Asa Mayers
Dresden
Henry Award
Pinehurst
N. C
Spear
A. H. Shaw
Georgia
W. Gorham
Kennebec
Edward Brown
Bali Fell
Robert H. Goodman
New Yard
H. L. Nichols
Methodist Church
Madison
Max P On
Bangor
Ion
Waiey
Ey Wdoin Co
Berger
T. i
P. Coffin
George E. Wiggin
Gillmor
Charles E. Hyde
Dr. Curtis
Bath Auto & Gas Engine Co
Kennebec Yachtly
H. Campbell
Clyde Line
W. Arrived
Pce Tate
People’s Iissue
Sonewick
Eee Ener
Oliver
Florence Andrey
Anna Percy
Bowdoin College
Memorial Hall
W. A. Houghton
F. E. Woodside
William P. Foster
William Toole
New York
Frances Hyde
North Boothbay
James B. Young
J. M. Purington
Carl
G. A. Cahill
George A. Cahill, Jr
Ashdale
Abner Cohnson
Elizabeth Bean
Litchfield Academy
Augusta Camp
Modern
Woodmen of America
H. H. Mayers
Mayers
Rumford Falls Band Association
Alfred W. Rafnell
Charles Leary
H. H. Lermond
Roland F. Hill
Calvin Austin
Macchinery
Charles W. Morse
Clyde
Capt. Pike
Austin
Florence M. Hill
Bowdoinham
Alice Clark
MacDonald
Ant Rese
Newport
News
L. D. Clark
J. S. Winslow & Co
Phippsburg
State OF
Traire
Norway
Arthur Sewall
Stone House Farm
Conoe Club
Arthur Farris
The
Memorial Hospital
John L. Jack
Parker
Maple Ave
Newark &, NJ
Abe
Bator
L. Marston
Arthur J. Dun
Regieter
Bie Aldrn
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