Forty Years Ago in Bath News and Ship News
Forties era Bath items describe a soldier company cancellation of engagements, schooner sales and arrivals, a German raider sighting near Pernambuco, and cargo shipments to Texas yards. Local society notes include school work by Mrs Walker in Sagadahoc, storm impacts on the Virginia trip, concert plans for Bath performers, and several Augusta political and business visits. The Hooper blocks on High and Winter streets change hands to the Solovich couple after generations of Hooper ownership.
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James B Drake
New York
Buenos Aires
Pernambuco
Drake
J. B Drake & Sons
Philadelphia
Winter Streets
Hooper
Winter
Charles H. Hooper
Fred Hooper
Joseph Solovich
Vessels sunk in German submarine campaign reported
Reports up to noon list ten ships sunk totaling about 14 000 tons. The largest loss is the British steamer Crown Point at 5218 tons, with Azul of 3074 tons also announced as likely sunk. The Bath Brunswick area notes peppered by wartime disruptions and local happenings amid a broad, tightly packed day of social, civic, and industrial events.
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Crown Point
Azul
City Manager’s January Report To City Council
City Manager Stanley W Judkins reports January activity across departments. Police made 31 arrests. 22 non fatal crashes and 180 minor complaints logged. 10 ambulance calls. Parking meters netted 716.82 plus 312.94 from the lot area. meter fines totaled 394.50. Fire had 13 alarms. no building permits issued. Snowstorms hindered highway work. eight sewer complaints checked. Cemetery crew burned brush, cleared debris, and prepared for polio clinics. In January 23 entombments occurred. bids opened for a new dump truck with no award yet. Welfare aided 71 persons. 29 cases representing 61 aided non reimbursable, with labor donated to City Hall, Highway, and Health. Communicable diseases included measles, chickenpox, tuberculosis. 15 cases investigated, 12 inspections on complaint, 35 on officer initiative. Winter area work at disposal site. two polio immunization clinics served 1619 children 6 months to 19 years, first in Bath to offer third dose free. Community Center operated 26 days with 150 average attendees. two rummage sales, five club meetings, one record hop. skating rinks open 15 days with 400 skaters. 292 man hours and 20 jeep plow hours used for snow removal. Thaw and rain caused partial dam collapses at Hyde Park and Goddard’s. repairs underway to maintain skating.
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Stanley W. Judkins
Fire Department
Oak Grove
Cemetery Department
Cemetery Home
Airport Garage
Inec
Brunswick
Bodwell Motor Sales
Bath
Haggett Garage Co
Wiscasset
Public Welfare Department
Goddard's
Hyde Park
Tech alumni to attend Boston banquet and board meeting
Vice president Charles P. Wetherbee and assistant W. S. Newell, both Tech graduates, will be entertained in Boston Thursday at a banquet hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology president. They will also attend a daytime meeting of the advisory board of naval architects at the school.
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Charles P. Wetherbee
W. S. Newell
Boston
Massachusetts School of Technology
Advisory Board of Naval Architects
Tech
Grace church choir sleighing party to Williams cottage
On February 9 1917 Grace church choir enjoyed a sleighing trip to the Williams cottage Birch Point. They traveled by trolley and hay rack carriage, arriving for a fish chowder supper hosted by Bert and Dan Williams. Rev Culbert McGay accompanied the group and the evening was described as jolly with admirable weather.
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Grace Church
Williams Cottage
Birch Point
Winnerance
Bert
Dan Williams
Culbert
McGay
Powell College delegates join American Ambulance service bound for France
John R. Houghton of this city prepares to join the American Ambulance service in France with delegates from Bowdoin College as the expedition begins in February 1917.
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John R. Houghton
American Ambulance’ Service
France
Powdoin College
Valentine Day Faculty Event At Local Junior High
Cosmopolitan Junior High faculty and Morse High school staff gathered for a Valentine themed refreshment event arranged by Mrs. Charles Small Mrs. Richard Sherwood and Mrs. Margaret Saunders A forthcoming March 6 meeting will feature Mrs John Parker with a slide lecture on the Pine Tree Society for Crippled Children and Adults Refreshment committee members include Mrs Isadore Singer chair Mrs Louis M Silverman Miss Malvina Vachon and Mrs Leslie Stairs Mrs Isabelle Bryant led Wednesday nights program.
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Ruth Wilson
Margaret Flaherty Morse
Charles Small
Richard Sherwood
Margaret Saunders
John Parker
Pine Tree Society For
Inc Nemed
Isadore Singer
Louis M. S Lverman
Malvina Vachon
Leslie Stairs
Isabelle Bryant
Woolwich Civil Defense Expands Local Activities
Woolwich Civil Defense advances ongoing efforts with a large First Aid Services Division led by Mrs. Wallace Ham. The group plans to receive blankets and first aid supplies soon to stock for emergencies and to fund a pumper for the South Woolwich Fire Department while seeking a women’s coordinator and a public information officer. Interested residents are urged to contact Woolwich C.D. officials.
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Civil Defense Activitie
Woolwich
First Aid Services Division
Wallace Ham
Woolwich C.D
Canvass Confirms School Board and City Council Winners
The City Council, meeting in special session Tuesday, canvassed votes and certified results from Monday’s municipal election. Rev Dr. Oliver W. Bell won a four year seat on the Board of Education. At large winner Boyd L. Bailey and ward winners Oscar Tanguay Ward 2 Edward J. Lee Ward 5 and Paul A. Merchant Ward 7 were elected as councilors.
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Board of Education
Boyd L. Bailey
Oscar Tanguay
Edward J. Lee
Paul A. Merchant
Maine student chosen for D A R Continental Congress trip
Cynthia Osgood, junior, serves on class ring committee and assemblies. She will be luncheon guest of Colonel Dummer Sewall chapter of the D A R on March 5. She becomes eligible for selection as Maine’s candidate to attend the Continental Congress in Washington in April.
Woolwich Driver In Recent Crash Fined Fifty Dollars
Woolwich resident Fred O. Baker age 22 pleaded guilty to driving to endanger after a Route 1 crash that sent him and two others to the hospital. He was fined 50 dollars, ordered to pay 570 in costs, and to serve 10 days in Androscoggin County Jail with 30 days probation to pay the fine and costs. State Trooper Philip RoHeadkins investigated the incident. other Woolwich motorists paid fines for related violations including overloaded truck and speeding on Route 1.
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Fred O. Baker
Woolwich
Puiltys
Gardiner R Deering
Baker
Andrescogen County
Auburn
Aganst
Baker Wa
Philip Ro Headgkins
Bath
Lawrence W Croxford
Whcasset
Jou G Debsra
Brunswick Wa
SIO Polls
Pruilty
A Prade
West Bath
Ralph Eo Hansen
Jerry A Ritchey
Wiscasset
Francis A. Winerenbach
Herman J Boudreau Watt
Orville
Juanes Abbott
Bowthba
Robert Mo Starling
Warren
Green Street
Memorial Hospital Trustees Huddle Over Building Expansion
Memorial Hospital trustees, facing rising demand and patient costs, plan a long range study by architecture experts to explore possible additions. The move follows increased civilian service loads and local facility strain. New officers and corporators were elected, with ongoing funding from auxiliary groups and donations supporting hospital operations and equipment.
Dromore Grange marks St Valentine Lincoln Birthday
Dromore Grange held a Tuesday evening program to honor St Valentine’s Day and Lincoln’s Birthday with Mrs Evelyn Beals arranging the program. Worthy Major Raymond Campbell presided, a covered dish supper preceded the meeting, and members remembered former Dreamer grange members Georgia Leach and Charles Strevens.
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Dette Grange
Jessie Morrell
Raymond Campbell
Everett Wright
George Washington
Bath direction signs planned on Milne Turnpike
Directors aim to place Bath directional signs on the Milne Turnpike at Yarmouth. A committee of Reginald Parker, Harold Colbeth and Richard McKenna n is to draft a 1957 budget. President Mayonne to select one individual and one organization for Lane Bryant Wmittal volunteer awards worth 1000 dollars each. nominees come from across the country.
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Bath
Yarmrouth
Regingd Parker
Harold Colbeth
Richard Bo Mackennan
Mayo Nue
Lane Bryant
Wmittal
City Council Calls Hearing On Building Safety
The council declares the building dangerous to public safety and orders repairs within 90 days after receiving a copy of the order. The building’s landless assessed value is cited at 1,790 dollars for tax purposes as bids are invited for tearing it down at a special meeting on February 27.
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Richter
Ely
Jury Duty Incident in Detroit Suburb Led to Detention
A man appeared for jury service in a Detroit suburb but was quickly demoted from the jury to the ig and sentenced to two days in jail after arriving drunk for jury duty in St Claw Shore.
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Juy
Detroit
St Claw Shore
Probate Notice for Fetates and Related Matters
The Court of Probate in Sagadahoe County held on the first Tuesday in February nineteen fifty six to hear petitions in the Fetates matter. An order requires notice to interested persons by publication for five weeks in Rath newspaper, so they may appear at a probate court in Rath on the first Thursday of March at ten oclock to be heard. The matter lists names such as Everett Mer and others. the notice specifies real property and estate actions pending before the court.
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