Bath News Roundup Highlights Shipyard Progress
March 7 1916 Bath Maine reports tour by George B Drake assistant superintendent of Texas Co Marine Department on shipyard work at North End. Other items include Dunlap Commandery officers election and gift shop board notes. local socials. a birding mishap at Thompson store. Ella L Davenport loss and Pinna rescue. Dewey restaurant front redesign. Chapman concert snowbound return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Drake
Marine Department of the Texas Co
New York
North End
Ella L. Davenport
England
Port Arthur
Texas
Boston
E Davenport
Norfolk
Providence
Davenport
James B. Drake
James F. Dunton
Dunton
Davis
Five Islands
Chapman
Mendelssohn Club
Bath
Leginska
March 8 1916 Local Notices And Officers Named
March 8 1916 notes list Rev M G Plummer as pastor of the Methodist church in North Conway son of Mellen G Plummer now in South Freeport Lloyd G Daley attends the Boston automobile show Po lar Star Lodge annual meeting elects W M Edwin M Fuller Sr W Alden P Denham Jr W Delmar E Bates Sr D Merton O Webber Jr D Frank Clark secretary Lucius M LeMont treasurer Frank Brown Capt C A Blair home from New York vacation learns a foot of ice on the Hudson river houses along the river being filled to humane penny storm emphasis the old
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. G. Plummer
Bath
Methodist Church
North Conway
Mellen G. Plummer
South Freeport
Polar Star Lodge
W. M
Edwin M. Fuller
Alden P. Denham
Jr. W
Delmar E. Bates
Merton O. Webber
Frank Clark
Lucius M. LeMont
Frank Brown
C. A. Blair
New York
Hudson River
Bath theater to reopen with vaudeville and pictures
March 9 1916 crews remove old seats at Columbia theater as American Seating Co prepares to install new seats arriving from Boston. The theater opens March 17 with vaudeville and pictures, followed by a stock company for big plays at popular prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
American Seating Company
Boston
March 13 1916 Miss Eleanor Mitchell New Back Bay Stenographer
Miss Eleanor Mitchell travels to Boston Back Bay to accept a stenographer role and will live with sister Mrs H F Perkins. Mrs William LeClair hosted friends on Middle Street in honor of Miss Bessie Gove for her birthday with a luncheon and cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Sewall
North Dakota
Dorothy
Boston
Eleanor Mitchell
Back Bay
H. F. Perkins
William LeClair
Middle Street
Bessie Gove
Bath Seaport Notes on Ships and Local Happenings
Capt H F Barrett of Hunting LI arrives to command the new Bath Iron Works yacht for P W Rouss of New York as two 299 ton barges are under construction. Arthur L Pratt joins DuPont Powder Co in Washburn Wisconsin. Snow disrupts Front Street as community updates flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelley-Spear Co
New England Steamship Co
New York
H. F. Barrett
Hunting, L. I
Bath Iron Works
P. W. Rouss
Arthur L. Pratt
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
DuPont Powder Company
Washburn
Wisconsin
January and March mix in a Bath area news roundup
The article notes misplaced months in reporting and mentions local business changes. It covers Mr C. W. Rogers taking over Bath Hardware, moving stock from the old site, and continuing plumbing and hardware lines. It also lists community notices and February municipal department activity details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Rogers
Bath
H. A. Shaw
S. J. Watson and Co
William H. Watson
New England Fire Muster Set For August Saturday
City Council approves expenses for the New England Firemen’s Muster to be held here on Saturday August 18. Chester H. McCabe of Bath leads the association this year and the town hosts the president’s muster as per tradition. Reports by City Manager Judkins and City Treasurer Kingsbury were accepted. Attending last night were Mitchell Temple Wagner Atkinson Gediman Hunter Blair Perry and Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Chester H. McCabe
Bath
New England Association
Stanley W. Judkins
Eva L. Kingsbury
Merritt A. Mitchell
James W. Temple
William O. Wagner
Edward G. Atkinson
Arthur W. Gediman
Stanley R. Hunter
William S. Blair
Donali F. Perry
Boyd L. Bailey
Maine Fish And Game Roundup By Ron Speers
Open water fishing looks promising as warm spells return and the river season nears. Bear wildcat and porcupine bounties draw debate over funding and effectiveness with porcupine feet worth 50 cents each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Ron Speers
Commeau Forms Fare and Membership Committees
The text lists the new fare committee and the membership committee for the year with chair Fred Morton and members Edward J. Lee Merritt A. Mitchell Duncan H. Farrell Alfred A. Parks George F. E. Barker James T. Cav erly and Henry W. Mank. It also outlines club events including a games tournament on March 27 at the Portland Club a Sports Night in May a cribbage match March 19 at the Bath Iron Works Recreation Hall and a May Ball for members and wives with further plans to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bangor
Francis Holmes
M. Walling
S. A. Evans
Fred Dwyer
George Coffin
Ray Cummings
Fred Armes
Andrew Cahill
Earl Warren
Victor Leask
Alvin Coss
Leon Mason
Percy Miller
J. Edward Pomeroy
Forrest C. Butler
William A. Hubbard
W. Marshall McDonald
Percy R. Low
Henry Hanson
Clarence H. Bickle
H. L. Jackson
Fred Morton
Edward J. Lee
Merritt A. Mitchell
Duncan H. Farrell
Alfred A. Parks
George FE. Barker
James T. Caverly
Henry W. Mank
Portland
Bath [Ron Works
Use Club Banquet and Meeting Held Wednesday Night
Lecture on use club annual banquet and meeting occurred in club rooms starting at 6 30 PM Mrs William Dennison and Mrs Albert Whitney were welcomed back after illness Tea was served at the close of the afternoon program
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dennison
Albert Whitney
Snow removal tractor operation spans seventeen hours
City Manager Stanley W. Judkins reports seventeen hours of tractor operation dedicated to snow removal.
Bath Daily Times Celebrates Year of Early Saturday Press
The Bath Daily Times marks its first anniversary of 1 p.m. Saturday press runs sparked by the Morse Bangor State title game at Waterville. Subscribers praised the early deadline, with many Bath residents taking the paper to cottages for weekend activities. The plan continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Daily Times
Morse-Bangor
Waterville
Bath
Phippsburg Voters Reelect Officials In Local Contests
In Phippsburg voters, Mrs. Dunning won another term with 136 votes while Mrs. Doris Coggeshall received 90. Road commissioner Ralph Doughty won with 186 votes in a three way race over Lester G. Munsey 35 and Clyde F. Moore 23. Gordon Alden filled the school committee vacancy and John Rogers was reelected treasurer collector without opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunning
Doris Coggeshall
Ralph Doughty
Doughty
Lester G. Munsey
Clyde F. Moore
Gordon Alden
John Rogers
Wiscasset Chapter Events and Local Gatherings
Mrs Grace Pease chairs the refreshment committee for a semi public installation on April 6 with Leah A Page of Bath as installing officer and several local groups as guests. A surprise stork shower for Mrs Sherry Christiansen and Mrs Gail Chilman was held at Joan Reed’s home with a social hour and refreshments. attendees included multiple local residents from Edgecomb and Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leah A. Page
Bath
Cresent
East Boothbay
Oliver Branch
Dresden Mills
Lincoln Lodge No
Wiscasset
Sherry Christiansen
Gail Chilman
Joan Reed
Barbara Sandborn
Emily Day
Marilyn Vigneault
Evelyn Grover
Helen Shorey
Arlette Foster
Frances Day
Ann Merry
Frances Petrie
Dianne Caton
Edgecomb
Faylene Cornish
Egbert Sewall
Auburn
Mr. Sewall
Charles S. Sewall
Sewall
Charles Sewalls
C. J. DiPerri
Probate Notices from Bath Court of Probate 1956
In Bath Sagadahoc a Court of Probate orders publication of notices for multiple estates. Probate actions include determinations of value for Randall F Cook, final accounts for Dorothea Stetson and John Drake Jr, and administratrix and executors petitions for several Bath and West Bath estates. A copy of the order is to be published weekly for three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Acton
Gad County
Randall F Cook
Laura Cook
Edward Drake
Dorothea Stetson
Ralph G. Stetson
Bennett
Jo Edward Drake Jr
Lismie
West Bath
Charles T Small
Edwin W Haggett
Timothy C Maney
Alice A Maney
William B Maney
William S Newell
John Rosewell
Clara Augusta Palmer
Addiella D Palmer
Ralph D Warren
Frank Ro Warren
John D Warren
Alof
Jonathan
Joan Huntington
Arthur J Dunton
Judee
Lillian H_ Wen
Sagadahoc
Margaret Fo Frye
Alyce Bowen
Ralph D Warren Lite
Frank Warren
Lynn M. Bussey
Maine
Frick Carson
Phippsbursy
Tenet Schelk
Ilene P Shelk
Frank Witt
Woolwich
John S DeWitt Sr
Fster
Elzabeth
Deer Wrestles Eight Point Buck Into Truck For Slaughter
In Millington Michigan Sher wood Smith a wholesale meat dealer trapped an eight point buck trying to break through a wire fence. He and his 9 year old son corralled the deer into their truck alive and drove it home for slaughter. The rest is a light aside about seasoning with curry powder and salt. Also included is a long foreclosure notice from First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath Maine detailing a mortgage delinquency and property description in Sagadahoc County Maine dated March 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millington
Mich
Sherwood Smith
Smith
Donald Charles Stackpole
Bath
Sagadahoc
Adahoc
State of Maine
Bow
Beth
Sagadaho
Meadow
Meadow Street
T. W. Hyde
Hyde
George L Burnham
Albert B. Murphy
Savatnhoe
Blanche L. Huff
Irving L. Burnham
Surabahar
Irvine L. Burnham
Federal Saves and Loan Association of Bath Latins
Maine
Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath
J Frank Hunt
State of
J. Frank Hunt
Aid
First Federal Savings and Loan
Sociation of
Richmond Whites Plan Florida Vacation
Mr and Mrs Richmond White of High Street depart this week for a three week vacation in Florida.
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Florida
Richmond White
High Street
South
Basketball Fund Backers Named for Drive
Edward N. Hartnett and Ralph H. Godfrey are listed as sponsors along with Bath Savings Institution Eliot A. Fuller and donors Shirley and Jim Caverly Boyd and Virginia Bailey, supporting a basketball fund drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward N. Hartnett
Ralph H. Godfrey
Bath Savings Institution
Eliot A. Fuller
Shirley
Jim Caverly
Boyd
Virginia Bailey
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Agoin Bath
Eugene Footer
Water Street
J. G. Stevens
Stevens
Georgetown
Frank A. Small
John
Clarence Warner
G. H. Warner
Bath Street
Warner
Ethel
Margaret Curran
Reta Curran
Annie
Catherine Cressey
Charles Fox
William Nutter
George
J. Auburn
Sadie McCulloch
Marjorie York
Lizzie Mank
George Sheldon
Walter Cressey
Charlotte Rhines
Ethel Totman
Henry Bridges
Morris
Harry Warner
Lillian
Laura Warner
Mrs
Harry G. Washburn
E. W. Bonney
O'Brien
Harry Clarke
Rs Pe
Angle Iron Shop
Texas Co
Dunlap Commandery
Knights Templar
Clarence A. Peaslee
Walter S. Glidden
John A. Small
Albert L. Strout
Arthur J. Smith
William M. Price
The
Cosmopolitan Club
Elizabeth Webber
Priscilla Kimball
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Harold M. Sewall
Frank Hodgdon
Allan M. Irish
Charles P. Wetherbee
Thompson
Bath Shot Factory
Cecil E. Payne
Eshier Tas
Johnny
George A. Baker
Adjutant General's Office
Brunswick
McLellan Street
Columbia Theatre
Lloyd G. Daley
Yepenny
Virginia
Phippsburg Center
Y.M.C.A
Butler Grammar
William Mann
Bath Lodge of Moose
Supreme Lodge
Daniel McDonald
Bowker Shipyard
Harry E. Mason
Harry Fish
Columbus
Ohio
Harry A. Nealley
Evelyn Sutherland
O. F. Williams
Rogers Shop
Bagley
Henry Howard
A H. Shaw
Mr. Howard
Shaw
Bath National
Charles L. Smith
Morse High School
Saugus, Mass
Saugus High School
Duchess de Richelieu
Emma Eames de Gogorza
Cora Martin
Hallowell
E. P. Briggs
Quincy
Mass
Front Street
George Merrill
George Dean
Hyde Windlass Co
Philadelphia
Marius Page
Ernest Coffin
McCormick
H. M. Sanford
Elm and
Water Streets
Alice Gackenbach
Miss Learagg
Kelley, Spear Co
George C. Nichols
Marius H. Page
Y.M.C. A
Bangoro
Mexico
Hyde Guardsmen
Roy E. Wallace
Lester Campbell
Ruby Wallace
Jefferson Theatre
North Bath
Loyall
Paris
Automobile Ambulance Corps
Army
Texas Company
New City Council
Zs Ri
New Meadows Boat Club
New Meadows
C. F. Mann
George W. Leonard
L. A. Jack
Hig School
Camden High
Daniel Bishop
Footer Shop
Cosmopolitan
M.C.R.R
James B. Drake & Sons
Alice May Davenport
New England Co
J. B. Drake & Sons
D. L. Wylie
Buenos Ayres
B. F. Goodrich Company
Akron
Rupert Baxter
California
Aeg Se
John S. Hyde
White Sulphur Springs
West Virginia
Priscilla M. Hodge
City Hospital
John Miller
Olive Rowe
Mary Monroe
Cemetery Department
Plummer Home
City Hall
Public Welfare Department
Highway Department
Health Department
Health and Sanitation Dept
Franklin
Oxford
Knox
Somerset
Penobscot
Piscataquis
Aroostook
York
Department of Inland Fisheries and Game
Augusta
United States
Maine Department of Agriculture
Commeau
Phippsburg Voters
Grace Pease
Lillian H Heal Register
Betty Jane Simpson
American Bonding Company OF
Baltimore
Maryland
Insurance Department of
Suhpins
Soraya
Iran
Mahatma Gandhi
Delhi
India
Basketball Fund
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