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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 23, 1939

Page

8

Forty Years Ago In Bath Chronicle Snippets

Bath Daily Times items from March 15 to 21 1899 note E C Purrington’s railway mail clerk appointment, local politics, Ferry street power issues, steamer Kennebec repairs, shipyard activity at Bath Iron Works, and social events including wife of Hasty Pudding club hostesses and Glynn family travels. Mentions of Bath youths, churches, and local clubs alongside maritime commerce and weather.

E. C. Purrington Bangor and Bucksport E. L. Varney Bath Iron Works Washington Street Wallace & Oliver Washington and Center Streets Frank A. Welch Margaret Burns

Brother’s Offer to Boston Sailshop Foreman

A man recounts a flattering proposal from his Boston-born brother to become foreman in a sailmaking shop there. The note hints at potential relocation and career change, reflecting familial ties and mid career shifts within craft trades.

Boston That City

Bath High to Stage Parker Comedy at Columbia Theatre

Bath high school plans an April 7 entertainment at Columbia Theatre featuring the comedy What Happened to Parker. Proceeds will defray the graduating class expenses. The Bath items also note a schooner loading ice at Wiscasset, a sloop yacht being built by Thomas Hagan, and repairs to the Seguin at Portland.

Bath High School Columbia Theatre Parker Carrie A. Norton Wiscasset Portland Demerara Thomas Hagan

Enthusiasm at Bath Country Club Annual Meeting

Bath Country Club stockholders met at Bath Trust Co to plan the 1939 season. President Edwin R. Andrews outlined events, with Alden G Smith reporting a strong financial year and high membership interest. A grand ball is set for April 18 at the Armory, with a notable 15 piece band. officers and directors were elected and the club prepares for a busy spring.

Bath Country Club Bath Trust Co Edwin R. Andrews Alden G Smith Bath New Armory New England New York Edward W. Bridgham William S. Shorey Alden G. Smith Harry C. Webber Cecil E. Paine George Baer Connard William M. Adams Archibald M. Main James Jenkins Andrews Jimmy Jones Panama Canal Zone

En Route Clambake Cooks For Legislature At State House

Representative Joseph W. Larrabee of West Bath serves a unique clambake cooked in transit to Augusta. On a motor truck, individual bakes of clams lobsters eggs and sweet potatoes are heated with rocks and seaweed in barrels, producing steamed dishes for about 250 legislators and spouses. Also served crab meat sandwiches pickles coffee and doughnuts at 6 p.m. on Wednesday.

Joseph W. Larrabee West Bath State House Augusta Scarboro Larrabee

Colonials and Woodfords deadlock in Wednesday tourney

Journeying to the Woodfords club in Portland last Wednesday 53 Bath colonials clashed with Woodfords in bowling pool billiards contract and cribbage ending 14 all. Woodfords had won prior meeting here by 20 to 7 and led 34 21 overall. Individual honors went to Don Jewett 433 for Colonials, D Bailey 427 and T Forrest tall 423 for Woodfords. Basketball-like supper followed the event.

Woodfords Portland Bath Portlanders Pool Heath Don Jewett Colonials D. Bailey T. Forrestall Raymond Parks Herby Douglas Colonial Club Colonia

Morse High Baseball Outlook Sees Dark Spring Ahead

Morse High School faces a bleak baseball outlook as much of the 1938 regular lineup has graduated. Only Earle Brown and Eddie Hamblett return, with new hopefuls to fill key infield and outfield gaps. Coach Johnny Madden will assess several candidates indoors before a 14 game Kennebec Valley League schedule begins in the Southern Division with two games against distant peers.

Morse High School Johnny Madden Morse Baseball Club Morse Eddie Brown Georgie Sarkis Earle Brown Eddie Hamblett Clif Nickerson Harold Stanton George Perry Ken Ja Owen Locke Dickie Cummings Stanton Perry Willow Henry D. Small Morsemen Kennebec Kelley Field Grammar School

Probate Notices and Foreclosure in Bath Sagadahoc 1939

Probate court in Bath Sagadahoc orders notices to heirs and interested parties for March and April 1939 hearings, with final account by Min Nesta Plaisted and guardianship matter for Reginald Wright Kaufman. Foreclosure notice filed by Bath Savings Institution on Bernice M Drake mortgage dated June 12 1935 on property in Bath West Bath.

Bath Sagadahoc Charles W. Plaisted Forst Minnesta J. Plaisted Andrew J Kaufman Mary B Kaulfman Phippsburg Reginald Wright Kaufman Bernice M. Drake Maine Sagadahee State of Maine Winneganee High Street Campbell's Pond West Bath Hanna A. Frisbee Bertha RC. Tibbetts Thomas Smail Tia Joshua N. Tibbetts A. D Bath Savings Institution Charles C. Low Mary G. Metcalf Haven Lucretia S. Little Salem Massachusetts Josiah H. Gifford William E. Besaw May J. Besaw Grace S. Preble Woolwich Grace Preble Clarence A. Preble Lucie Marte Jones Ailee May Lewis Adelia E. Saunders Will Netilion Marion A Rafnell Ald Marion A. Rafnell Winnifrrd S. Merry Will Havine G. Ronald Smith Sale Pora O Lowell Carleton W. Lowell M. Elizabeth Burden John L. Jack Sagadahece Belle C Donnell Earle C Donnell Said West Bath Busan E. Lambert Nellie M. Campbell Said Bath Ezra Home Edward W. Bridgham John R. MacDonald Viola M. Childs J. Everett Mayo Lillian H. Mayo William H. Ryan Martha McAuliffe

Early Spring Birds Draw Crowd At Bath St. High Street

Enticing report of birds arriving for spring, with humans feeding them. House finch and red poll sightings described by local bird lovers, noting tame behavior and preference for oatmeal. Nearby residents Mrs. Dominique Tardif and daughters Patricia and Fern return home after two weeks with a convalescent ankle. Also includes miscellaneous financial and probate notices from Bath Independent.

A. G. Page High Street National Geographic Society North End Red United States Dominique Tardif Patricia Fern Pine Street Lewiston Tardif

Sportsmen May Pay Higher Fees

Sport readers learn proposed fee increases for non residents hunting small game from 5.15 to 8.15 while big game stays 15.15. Junior permits stay 1.15. Class A licenses rise to 6.50 and Class B to 4.50 as part of a statewide fee adjustment. Dennis and Rosie the turtles feature alongside Belfast residents George and Mrs Gardiner and a Florida winter stay with Sarasota circus grounds and animal encounters.

Dennis Rosie George Gardiner Belfast Florida Sarasota

Also Mentioned on This Page

The Bath Daily Times Harry E. Stetson Board of Assessors L. B. and B. Electrics Oscar Sewall New York City San Francisco Frank T. Stinson Kaighn's Point Camden Easton Stinson Merrill Ferry Street Augustus Percy Frederick E. Eldridge Thomas M. Neagle Maynard Co Florence Daley Susie Daley Gorham Normal School Brunswick Bowdoin College Johnson South Grammar School New Meadows Inn Miss Brown Torrey R. P. Chase Toole Barter's Island Shaw's Arthur Sewall Sewall Thomas Jeddry Camp Comfort Deering Yard Bricklayers’ Union L.A.W Portland Wheel Club Maine Central George W. Hunt Arthur E. McClure Brown St. Patrick’s Day Cyrus Addison Frank McLellan Canada Capt. Scott Levi Parsons Waldoboro George T. Silsby, Jr Baltimore Clara McDonald Springfield Mass North Grammar School Charles W. Dingley A. F. Dunnels Fitchburg Dunnels Phi Rho Society R. D. Bibber Abram Conklin Rosenthal Ess F. J. Parks Fred W. Klippel Eugene Franks Chesapeake Annapolis Portsmouth Leosaidow Shannon House Charles E. Hyde William H. Mampel Samuel R. Percy Charles H. Mason Albert J. Grassy Seth T. Snipe Charles J. Cain Charles H. Oliver Alfred G. Trask William M. Sparks Vernon D. Mitchell Silas H. Duncan Frank H. Turner William W. Robinson James Pedyard Samuel H. Rogers Eben R. Brackley Arthur J. Dunton Roscoe P. Ham Edward F. Johnson Henry R. White Davis Hatch Edward TI. Smith John Wig Henry Preble Thomas W. Hyde Elmhurst Samuel Thompson Hyde Field Russell Street America Col Oliver Payne Europe William Besaw Susie A. Allen Weeks Street Galen Moses Crocker Porto Rico Charles E. Balch Wesley M. E. Church Capt Thomas P. Gibbons George Dunning Hackman William Parker Hasty Pudding Club Cyrus W. Longley Common Council Arthur S. Hyde Washington Mendelssohn Club Bran Ves Center Street al Ridley Back River K.N.V.R Sociable Beacon Street Parsonage Minnie Barnes Bowdoinham Narrows Kennebec Yacht Club Cahill’s Inn J. Edward Drake F. W. Moody E. S. Hutchins Columbus Club Jake Devon A. F. Duniels Central Church Vestry Mr. Duniels Congregational Church Russell's Gardiner Gould Gardiner James W. Kelley A. F. Emery Hyde Park Ed Brown Rockland Charles A. Blair Morse and Co G. G. Deering David P. Davis Washington, D. C Davis Boothbay Charles F. Allen Dresden O. E. Page of Adelia Times State Capitol Sewal Strout Malden Mr. Strout Elmer W. Rogers Strout Chancellor Blagdon L. M. Price W. L. Knight W.M. Adams P. W. Johnson Blanchard J. Conley H. Arsenault F. Brackett J. Parker A. Boothby F. Cunningham A. Smith By. Hensinger H. Shaw H. Day M. Fickett S. Hanson E. Pierce Hersom FE Rummery D. Pierce Billiards H. Mayo A. Estes J. McCole M. Soule M. Hennessy L. Roche Watson E. Durgin Cribbage Shaw J. Lake Jackson H. Seavey Churchill W. Enemark Desmond M. Dean Merritt Hendrickson Turner Leighton Bowling Woodfords Sanborn Bailey Powers Free Frost Forrestal Davis Crees Pratt Smith Frates PF Norris R Miller A . Marston J. Adams W. Nichols Colonials A Pratt H Douglas Ce Carborn E Toothaker Ij Hayes J Sanborn P Greg Ware F Winchenbach Parks Levyn Jewett Parry Morse High L. G. Davies Maxwell Street University of Vermont Vermont College of Medicine NEW Amsterdam Casualty Company St. Paul St Maryland John L Jack Register Ithur J. Dunton John 1 Jack
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