Bath Chronicle Notes and Local Movements
Forty years ago in Bath the West Bath Grange hosts Mrs. Herbert Hodgkins Thursday afternoon on Lemont Street. Notables such as Hon. A. H. Dean Charles A. Coombs and Dr. Way left for a Moosehead Lake outing, with Fred H. Wilson joining. Bath Trust Co. trustees elected Thomas S. Gibbons and Charles A. Coombs to the executive board. William Congdon moves to Portsmouth. Dr. George C. Nichols returns home from illness in Raymond.
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West Bath Grange
Herbert Hodgkins
Lemont Street
The
Bath Trust Co
Thomas S. Gibbons
Capt
Thomas P. Gibbons
Charles A. Coombs
Berry Mills mill restarts as sawyer starts work
Henry J Holden, new Berry Mills mill proprietor, started up machinery for a day to saw material for a barn at West Bath owner Mr Webster who lost property to fire. It has been years since a mill operated here and Brunswick votes on a city barrier amid mixed interest. Fishing trip to Moosehead Lake postponed due to heavy rains and slush. Night Hawk Club party travels to Greenville on snow hoes. Myrtle lodge Odd Ladies plan Portland visit for Maine Government UOI meeting. reception for Mrs Georgia Wilson of Portland hosted by Fern lodge. Bath tops Republican returns in municipal election. Mayor Hyde wins by largest margin. Schooner Joseph W Hathin, from Barbadoes to Portland, after 53 days, completes repairs and sails Feb 25 to Portlands to discharge cypress cargo.
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Henry J. Holden
Berry’s Mills
Webster
West Bath
Moosehead Lake
Greenville
A. H. Shaw
Arty
Yesteray
Night Hawk Club
Myrtle Lodge
Odd Ladies
Portland
Maine
U. O. of
Georgia Wilson
Ortland
Fern Lodge
Joseph W. Hathin
Jacksonville
Baradoes
Barbadoes
Bath and Bathport News March 10 1904 Items
Local notes cover street water basin moves for Linden Front spells, Bath soldiers to receive state service certificates, Hyde Windlass capsstan orders for Cavite dock, Othello by Leighton praised, Miss Shorey attends Lisbon event, Phippsburg Center entertainment planned, Bath ship Henry B Hyde to be auctioned, race results corrections, First Baptist society meeting, Beals visits Skowhegan, river ice hazards and track conditions, Phi Rho ball plans, Winter streetcar track upkeep, Eldorado prep, Winter Harbor crew details, library repairs, poplar shipment to Portland, Colonial Club banquet tickets, Kennebec route update, ice breaking dynamite usage, bay ice stock value, Whiskeay Creek horsemen, Midsummer Night's Dream rehearsals, Brunswick boxing event, Bath to Boston auto show, North Street school tagging risk, Missing balanced-elder moved to Poor Farm, Maine Music Festivals move to June, Augusta Waterville trolley unlikely, Morrell birthday celebration, icy corner accident comments.
Cribbed Bath car barn gets new extensive sheathing
Workers rush to finish the Eastern Express Co freight car building at Bath. The large Bath car barn is now fully sheathed as crews hasten the project.
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Bath
Eastern Express Co
Foxes on Freezing Isle Bring Northwoods Fright
In Georgetown area winters have driven a fox breeder to watch his black foxes on a frozen water bridge that formed to the island. Lincoln county gunners pursue the roaming fox families as the storm ends. A barn breakage incident hints at ongoing snowbound wildlife activity. Hannah Wiggin, 97, of this city, entertains a Times reporter with sharp talk and clear memory.
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Georgetown
Lincoln County
Public endorsement to raise Bath school funds drives support
Citizens rally behind the Huse Memorial school project to equip an auditorium and gymnasium. The plan raises 600 dollars after 1,200 dollar underwrite by the Board of Education. A March 18 tag day and community effort aim to complete the purchase benefiting 340 pupils and other city schools. Also reports on a Bath steamer arrival, local sleigh ride, and a major Stratton fire causing about 50,000 dollars in losses.
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Huse
Board of Education
Huse Memorial School
Huse Memorial P. T. A
H. A. Ladd
Walter C. Rogers
A. M. Main
Bath Iron Works
Alden Anderson
Common Council
Edwin R. Andrews
Hyde Windlass Co
Charles L. Kinney
Bath Ministers Association
Rev
T. C. Maney
St. Mary’s Church
Gerard Boucher Hosts 44th Birthday Party
Gerard Boucher was guest of night by his wife to celebrate his 44th birthday. Attendees included Leonard Boucher Alfred Boucher Miss Yvonne Borcher Edward Boucher Felix Gallant Mrs Francis Boucher August Boucher Jennitte La Chance Mr and Mrs Felix Gallant and Miss Marie Ann Gallant of Brunswick.
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Gerard Boucher
Merchants urged to keep US naval power strong and private ships
In New York Admiral Howard L. Vickery warns against renewing Germany and Japan as naval powers. He urges private ownership of wartime tonnage, argues for subsidies to boost a robust merchant marine, and stresses its economic and national security value as the Navy matures in war and peace.
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Germany
Japan
Howard L. Vickery
U.S. Maritime Commission
War Shipping Administration
New York City
Admiral Vickery
United States
Congress
Vickery
Topsham Republicans elect officers and convention delegates
Topsham Republicans met Friday evening electing officers for the party and naming delegates and alternates to the State Convention in Bangor on April 13 and 14. John L. Jaick was chosen chairman with Miss Doris Sermbner as secretary and Herbert F. White as vice chairman. Edwin Roee ers as treasurer. delegates include Walter M. Williams George A. Sprague Ellis J. Ald rich John L. Jack and Walter S. Hall. Alternates are Harry A. Rack ley Herbert F. White Harold Ward and Roger E. Williams.
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Topsham
Bangor
John L. Jaick
Doris Sermbner
Herbert FB. White
Edwin Roeeers
Walter M. Williams
George A. Sprague
Ellis J. Aldrich
John L. Jack
Walter S. Hall
Harry A. Rackley
Herbert F. White
Harold Ward
Roger E. Williams
Chaput named chairman of Damariscotta War Price Board
Alfred P. Chaput, formerly on the Tire and Commodity Panel, is appointed chairman of the Damariscotta War Price and Rationing Board to replace Dr. Rufus E. Stetson, announced by William C. Wilder of the Maine OPA Board Operations Executive.
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Alfred P. Chaput
Tire and Commodity Panel
Rufus E. Stetson
William C. Wilder
Maine
OPA Board
Russian Garden Featured At Spring Flower Show
A Russian garden designed by Peter J Mezitt and his son Edmund V will anchor the Spring Flower Show opening March 18, featuring a lilac hedge, rustic terrace, an icon window, and traditional Russian plants. An adjacent English garden by H D Stevenson will include a thatched cottage, yew trees, magnolias, rhododendrons, and honeysuckle. A separate note recalls a Russian man’s return to Moscow after 24 years, praising his homeland amid a large Sunday gathering.
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Russia
Peter J. Mezitt
Weston Nurseries
Edmund V
Cornell University
Mezitt
Bay State Nurseries
Abington
Russian crooner Vertinsky returns home after exile
Alexander Vertin sky, once famed in Russia before Bing Crosby era, came back to his people on January 23 in a tale of national affection. His soft voice and sentimental tunes thrilled the steppes before the revolution. He toured London Paris New York Hollywood and Shanghai during exile. his records endured in the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Alexander Vertinsky
Russia
Bing Crosby
Vertinsky
Steppes
London
Paris
United States
Hollywood
Shanghai
Soviet Union
Probate Notices From Sagadahoc County Estate Appointments
Probate records record executors administrators and guardians named for multiple Bath and Sagadahoc County estates with dates in March 1944. Appointments include Rosamond Hunt executrix and Mary B Hunneswell administrator with bond. Charles M Smith estate administrator. Wilber G Cahill executor without bond. Jennie Lee estate executor. Edwin Dunning executor. Mildred C Palmer executor. Daniel Brierley and Emma E Walker estates with multiple executors. Arthur J. Dunton Judge of Probate.
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John L. Jack
Sagadahoc
John A Terrell
Phippsburg
Rosamond Hunt
Tyleston C Oliver
Marion I. McDonald Hopemiey
Bond
Richard S Hunnewell
Tate
Woulwick
Mary B. Hunnes
Charles M Smith
Barth
Charlie T. Small
Mareh
Aline B
Birh
Wilber G. Cahill
Dammes
Clark
Hate
Bath
Bath National Bank
Wythout
Jennie
Ae Lute
Haraid
Adnanat
Probate Court Orders Estates in Bath
A Bath Sagadahoc Probate Court order directs notices for estates including Clara J Youland and Horace W Swett. It covers licenses to sell Bat h real estate, name changes for Charles Lyons Russell, administrator appointments, and final accounts. Published notices in Bath Independent urge interested parties to appear on April first.
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Bath
Sagadahoc
Bath Independent
Grace E Lynch
Chesley I. Hutchins
Kathryn D Hutchins
Ralph E. Sanborn
Martha F Sanborn
George W. Wilson
George W. Wilson, Jr
Horace W. Swett
William B.ussenden
Charles H. Cahill
Horace W Swett
William B Mussenden
Charles H Cahill
Tina Gove
Lionses Dine and Hear Calahan on Red Cross Work
Mrs Howard Steen led the meeting and introduced speaker Sherman A Calahan boys work secretary at the YMCA. Calahan, back from service in England Ireland North Africa and Sicily, spoke to Bath Lionesses about Red Cross efforts overseas and urged generous support for the current drive citing personal experiences and touching stories. He stressed Red Cross workers should not hesitate to seek funds.
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Howard Steen
Sherman A. Calahan
Boys Work
Calahan
England
Ireland
North Africa
Sicily
Bath
Lionesses
Red Cross
Maine Republicans urge strong candidates for president
The executive committee of the Maine Council of Young Republican clubs adopted a resolution Sunday saying the party has several men with the qualities for the presidency and warning it would be a serious mistake to compromise on a second-rate nominee. It also cautioned against a platform of expediency or pussy-footing.
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Maine Council of Young Republican Clubs
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Ince
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Issioner
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Raymond
Raymond's Court
Miss Alexander
S. H. Illman
Philadelphia
J. B. .Much
Walter Ross
American Ice Co
Young People’s Society of the First Baptist Church
Joseph Lemont
Miss Reed
Bon Ton
Cora E. Foote
Boston
Robert Blair
Maldens
Blair
Augustus Hunt
W. C. Stewart
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St. Mary's Guild of Grace Church
Fred D. Hill
Yacht Club
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Newport News
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Essex
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George J. Spear
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C. H. Greenleaf
C. A. Parris
Brockton
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Phippsburg Center
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New York
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Times
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A. A. Percy
First Baptist Church Young People’s Society
Charles O. Beals
Skowhegan
Joe St Aes
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Erwin A. Morse
Music Hall
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Chaney
Maine Central
Hercules
Fred Hooper
Cadillac
Darlington
Fred Footer
Waldoboro
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Gaudreau
Dewey
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Emma Twitchell
Harry W. Tucker
Longley
J. S. Hyde
Tito
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H. E. Williams
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Bowie
Fred Fuller
Kennebec
Boston and
Kennebec River
Maria Wiggin
Edward McLellan
City
W. C. Dain
Auburn
Albert Edward McLellan
Frances
Katherine Dain
Edward Gaudreau
Prof. Chapman
Maine Orchestra
Fred Willis
North Bath
Merrymeeting Bay
Samuel Ward
Whiskeay Creek
Frank Butler
George Brown
Butler
A. J.dunton
Harry Plummer
Jack Brown
William Melrose
Mendelssohn
Columbia Theatre
Henry Swain
Tom Larrabee
Jesse Savage, Jr
Charles Efwell
Henry Dall
North Street
Augusta
Waterville
Edward W. Morrell
Watertown
Knights of Pythias
Mr. Morrell
Leonard & Matchell
Hannah S. Wiggin
Mars
F. W. Hinckley
Perry
Dingley
Hogan
S. S. Martin
Fred Irish
Edith Oliver
Center Street
Rumford Falls
Philip Sturtevant
Pueblo
Colo
Harry Whitcomb
Columbia
D. L. Black
First National Bank
Wesley Williams
Old Orchard Beach
Stratton
Ricker Block
Eustish Telephone Company Exchange
Joseph Arsenault
Henry Nadeau
Edward LeClair
Ricker Hall
Dimitri Shostakovich
Arthur J Dunton
John L. Jack Register
Merchants Inpetual Casualty Company
Main Street
Buffalo
Gitons Asnelie & Gabon
Dethiet Tens
Saat
Fred H .Thompson
Dorothy T Olsen
Ada Ro Crockett
Ida Ro Russ
Edith M. Savage Jate
Joseph Lo Anderson
John J. Jack
Register
NEW Amsterdam Casualty Company
iRea Estate
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