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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 1940

Page

6

Fortunes of Bath Shipyards and Union Talks March 1900

Forty years ago in Bath reports the shipyard strike talks between shipbuilders and the Carpenters Union over ten or nine hour workdays. The narrative covers yard-by-yard start times, storm delays, and worker responses at New England Co Kelley Spear Co Percy Small's Rogers, plus notes on local officials, resignations, arrivals, and community events during March 1900.

William Rogers Percy & Small's Hyde Mampel Percy Grassy Mason Snipe Dain Wiggin Duncan Trask Mitchell Sparks Robinson Turner Brackley Ham Dunton Johnson Smith White Dean Jones Lemont Eastman New City W. S. Gray Shepard Street Carpenters Union Rogers Yard New England Co Kelley, Spear & Co Percy & Small’s Frederick Roessner Rogers Jacksonville Henry Clausen Jr Torrey Darien Leora M. Thurlow Wright Patuxnt River Percy & Small E. M. Foster Liverpool N. S Bowdoin Paper Co Topsham John S. Deering William Rogers Yard WPA NYA COC Uilsperson

Probate Court Actions Dominate Sapcudahoc March Term

Tuesday session of Sapadahoc Probate Court records multiple estates with filings, admins, guardians, and accounts. Executors appointed include J Emery and H E F ooter. estates span Bath Topsham Arrow sic Wakefield and Georgetown with various guardians and administrators named. Proofs of claim filed and petitions for compromises, adoptions, and adoptions approved.

Bath Girl Scout Report Inspires Wartime Aid Outreach

Mrs. Campbell described Finland's wartime hardships as air raids press all citizens to keep schooling and labor. She has sent 15 barrels of clothing and seeks cottons as summer nears, pledging continued aid. Scouts volunteered to fill a barrel for Finland and discussed the April 20 Girl Scout Conference in Portland.

Campbell Finland

Census Questions To Be Asked By The Enumerators

The Census Bureau released the 1949 census question list covering people homes and farms. It details 26 population questions 15 for all and 11 on employment with supplementary queries for about 5 of every 100 persons. It also lists housing and farming questions totaling 31 and 23 respectively with 129000 census takers visiting all households beginning April 1.

Census Bureau of Department of Commerce United States Harry L. Hopkins Commerce America

Presque Isle woman 84 plans own funeral details

At 84 Mrs. Etta York keeps busy with housework and shopping, makes patchwork quilts, and adds a remarkable record. She has bought a burial lot, chosen a tombstone, paid the sexton, arranged the funeral service, and paid for her own casket.

Etta York Presque Isle

Probate notices list executors and guardians appointed

The document names several executors administrators and guardians for estates, including John H Beebe Wakefield Mississippi, Raymond P Detimer Wakefield, Hans Johansen Bath, Frank O Dunten Arrow, Yamps Nixon Arrow, Marie Lawton St John New Brunswick, and Edward W Bridham Bath Maine, with dates in 1940 and official attestation by Judge Arthur Dunton and Register John Jack.

Taror Cosservatore John H Beebe Wgi Distra

Probate records listing executors and guardians in Sagadalioc

John L. Jack Register of Probate certifies appointments in Bath Maine estates on March 5 1940. Executors include Joseph Charles Footer Emery Footer Harold Footer without bond for Cora A Small Gratz Jackson and Jennie M Morse. Fred C Hill admin without bond and Arthur J Dunton true copy of original order.

John L. Jack Sagadalioc Joseph Charles Footer Bath Mareh Emery Poot Ero Une Harold E. Footer Bath Maine Cora A. Small Gratz Jackson Fredc Hill de Se Sale Bath Jennie M Morse Walter K Morse Maine

Wild Life Stamp Drive Supports Conservation Efforts

The Wild Life Conservation stamp program raises funds in Bath and across Maine with 25 percent kept locally. Cosmopolitan Garden Club, Junior Cosmopolitan Club, Girl Scouts, and schools oversee stamp distribution. Proceeds fund conservation and legislative work, with March designated for the drive and numerous programs planned.

Bath Cosmopolitan Garden Club Junior Cosmopolitan Club Girl Scouts Drive Medomak District No. 7 Sumner Sewall Burton L. Preton Maine John Parker G. Thomas Murphy Parker Murphy March Moss Moargaret J. Adam Winnegance Community Club Thorne Jackson Readfield Winter Street

Probate Court of Sagidghor Estate Notices In Bath

Proceedings filed in the Sagidghor County Court of Probate at Bath on the second Tuesday of March 1940 list final accounts and licenses to sell real estate for several estates. Notices urge all interested persons to appear by April 1930 and respond to actions by Emma G. Small and others as executors and administrators.

Joseph T. Small Donald N. Small C.t.a Emma G. Small Bath Lillian FE. Haynes Alice May Williams Richmond Edwin B. Dunn Annie L. Hawkes George B. Wetherbee Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co Charles P. Wetherbee Albert J. Gallant Mary E. Gallant Horace W. Swett Charles H. Cahill William B. Mussenden Benjamin F. Sedgeley Raymond Sedgeley Commercial Bank Savings Bank Life Insurance Company Mortgage Company HOLC Ba H Sagidghor Neretnafter Wei Cig Barth Pirotat Emma G Joseph T.smal

Probate Court Notices of Estate Matters in County

List of heirs and actions following a probated will. Names include JOHN D BRATION, JOHN STEPILENS, SARAH A ROGERS, ARTHUR J DUN'TON, with dates set for first Tuesday of April in Bath County. Letters testamentary or administration requested for deceased individuals. Publication to run weekly for four weeks.

John D Bration Peesey Anid Sadie John Stepilens Bertin Dovie Adi Ty Sarah A Rogers

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