St Patrick Day observance and local council notes
Sagadahoc Council Knights of Columbus held St Patrick's Day celebration on Front Street hall with elaborate decorations and a banquet directed by Ernest Couture. Bath men discussed old stove factory, Wetherbee injured at Morse High play, and council banquet at Centre Street. Several Bath residents travel or plan moves, with city council business and local renovations announced. Morse High loss to Portland High noted.
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Sagadahoc Council
Knights of Columbus
Front Street
Ernest F. Couture
John Murphy
Henry Biggins
Harry Sullivan
Peter Flaherty
Henry Sullivan
John Fitzgerald
J. J. Keegan
Steamship Boath Bath service eyed for next week
March 18 1914 Supt M A Haraden of the Eastern Steamship Corporation on the Boothbay Bath division would probably be resumed next week The steamer Nahanada is ready to go in a commission Last spring the first trip was made on March 18 The lifesaving crew at Pop ham Beach aided the gasoline powerboat Gladys recently purchased in Portland by H F Sawyer Son of Boothbay Harbor
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M. A. Haraden
Eastern Steamship Corporation
Boothbay-Bath
Nahanada
Popham Beach
Gladys
Portland
H. F. Sawyer & Son
Boothbay Harbor
Bath Industrial Corp to buy Polish Factory in talks for deals
March 20 1914 Bath market remains quiet with little business activity. Bath Iron Works' bid to install a steel mast on the lighthouse tender Mower for 1369 dollars was accepted. Mayflower will arrive in Bath for extensive overhauls and the D T Percy & Sons display features historic ships including the US frigate Constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Boston
Bath
De Gogorza to Open Festival at City Hall
The article notes that soprano tas plans to dedicate services to Mr. Chap Festival and relive her girlhood days with Emilio de Gogorza as the opening night star. Additional items cover city appointments, a brown tail moth cleanup crew, a Bath clothing company forming, a Business Men's luncheon, tax assessors board, Overseers of the Poor meeting, and the Wadsworth destroyer keel being stretched at Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tas
Emilio de Gogorza
Will
Bet
Wadsworth
Bath Iron Works
Bath Iron Works payroll rises with new hires
The Bath Iron Works weekly payroll on March 19, 1914 will be the largest since December 1909 as nearly 200 men were added since January 1, bringing total employment to over 800 at the busy plant. The feature notes Captain Perkins photographs Bath from the water front and other local developments.
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Bath Iron Works
Families logistics and travel plans at Pleasant Pond
Marine Construction Co. and family will move into their new bungalow at Pleasant Pond as roads allow car travel and reside there through the summer. Mrs Henry and daughter Margaret depart tomorrow for Richmond Virginia for an extended southern tour. Mrs John H Hanscom and daughter, wintering in Boston, return home next week. Seth Webb, wintering in Island Falls as a lumber marker for Carl Milliken, has arrived in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Margaret
Richmond
South
John H. Hanscom
Boston
Seth Webb
Island Falls
Carl Milliken
Bath
Oakes Ames Schooner Prep and Town School Board Meets
March 23 Horace Lewis left for Nantucket to prep the schooner Oakes Ames with his father Irving Lewis joining today with a crew. The first meeting of the 1914 15 School Board was held with all members present. E W Hyde and E F Kelley reported favorably on new members N Gratz Jackson C C Low William E Hogan James P Ledyard A K Purington and F E Drake sworn in by the mayor. Hyde was elected vice chairman. The Bath public is to be kept informed by the corporation move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Lewis
Nantucket
Oakes Ames
Irving Lewis
E. W. Hyde
E. F. Kelley
N. Gratz Jackson
C. C. Low
William E Hogan
James P. Ledyard
A. K. Purington
F. E. Drake
Directors Seek Polish Factory Sale to Raise Cash
One reason the directors are pursuing the Polish factory sale is to raise cash. A manufacturer from another city stands ready to take possession and pay annual rent while bringing his machinery to install immediately. He can supply a higher grade standard goods in demand greater than his current car offers. Sumner Brown, Sgt. James Jones, J. F. Atkinson and Clifford S. Barbour left for Bangor to attend the Progressive state convention. Milton C. Kimball, Arthur and Sumner Sewall are back from Westminster school. Fred C. Scribner of Portland, former Colonial club president, visited for a smoker. The ferry Hockomock will sail to Portland harbor for drydock inspection and overhaul, leaving Bath at 4 a.m. with fresh water on deck for boiler protection. A special United States inspector permit is required for river crossing. Drydock work includes caulking, cementing, wheel removal, and stern bearing repairs. William P. Lyden plans wrestling exhibitions at New Columbia next Saturday with Crackerjack Butler vs Young Jordan. Capt. M. G. Leonard will tow the schooner Abenaki to East Boston for overhaul. Rines to be mate, F. W. Leonard steward, Joseph and Herbert Terrill seamen. Bath moves toward another water contract and possible formation of a water district. Gardiner Journal.
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Ogee & Raising Ae
Portland Harbor
Bath
News City
United States
William P. Lyden
New Columbia
Crackerjack Butler
Brockton
New England
Young Jordan
Boston
Bailey Evening School Closes and Course Roster
A notice lists Bailey Evening School programs including Dressmaking Knitting Rug making Advance typing Elementary typing and Advanced stenography with named instructors and students. It also mentions a recipe note for a supper casserole blending cooked shrimp and snap beans with a savory cream sauce seasoned with Worcestershire celery salt and dry mustard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell A. Spicer
Anthony Simmons
Miriam D. Cary
Thelma J. Chambers
Christine G. Cummings
Henry P. Donnell
Edith M. Eberhard
Eleanor Harrold
Evelyn L. King
Della W. Kitridge
Mabel G. Moore
Martha L. Morse
Marilyn R. Thayer Thomas E. Tracey
Doris G White
Margaret Black
Anna Burnham
Sarah Cameron
Aretha Campbell
Charlotte W. Leeman
Joan Burress
Dorothy V. Freeman
Gertrude Whoreva
Catherine Soucce
Joan Wilkes
Winnegance Auxiliary Meeting Planned for Thursday
Winnegance Auxiliary schedules a Thursday meeting at two in the afternoon at the club. Members are urged to attend and discuss upcoming events and activities.
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Winnegance
Co Wameues
Bath Societies Remembered With Cards And Cake
A Bath society gathering featured a shower of cards and a decorated birth day cake made by Mattie Swain. The cake was cut and served with ices, and the notice notes the next meeting will be in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Swain
Central Couples Club hears sea captain talk at church meeting
Capt Elliot Winslow of Southport gave a talk on his experiences at sea to members of the Central Church Couples club Saturday evening. A covered dish supper and brief business session preceded the program. Next month’s committee includes Mr and Mrs Clyde Ambrose, chairs, with Mr and Mrs John Grindell, Mr and Mrs Robert Clunie, and Mr and Mrs John Haggett named for the April 10 meeting.
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Elliot Winslow
Southport
Central Church Couples Club
Clyde Ambrose
John Grindell
Robert Clunie
John Haggett
Grandparents Night at West Bath Grange Planned
West Bath Grange hosted Grandparents Night with 114 attendees including 8 and 9 grandmothers. Mrs. Lizzie Haggett and Florence Farnham organized the program featuring readings, vocal solos, harmonica numbers, a skit Captain John MacPherson, and a dance finish.
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West Bath Grange
Lizzie Haggett
Florence Farnham
Hee Biecu
Harry Rson
Ma Haggett
E. Mason Wright
John Sylvester
Dora Royal
Martha Crocker
Ee Eee Oernue
Nora Murphy
Minnie Smith
James Royal
Reading
Margaret DeMerchant
Forrest
Simone Barter
John Howe
Alton Collins
Reginald Farnham
Alice Smith
Edwin W. Haggett
Thelma Sylvester
Edward Arsenault
The
Grange
Ada Larrabee
West Bath
Topsham Grange
Frances Waterman
Wyoming
Edgar Guest
Rosa Freeman
John MacPherson
James Nore
Dora
Bath Teachers Club meets at Lillian F Fisher school
The Bath Teachers Club held a Monday meeting at the Lillian F. Fisher school with 50 members. President Mrs Isabel Bryant chaired. Guest speaker Clyde Russell, MAEA executive secretary treasurer, spoke on the Mason bill affecting teachers pensions income tax. Light refreshments were served.
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Bath
Lillian F. Fisher
Isabel Bryant
Eleanor P. Danforth
Clyde Russell
Maine Teachers Association
Lincoln Anderson
James Collins
Eleanor Danforth
Adena Smith
Junior Hospital League plans bake sale coffee event
Mrs Omar R entertained the Junior Hospital League at her West Bath home. Mrs Roger Luke announced a coffee event at York Hall from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to benefit Memorial hospital, with Mrs Lynn Bussey guiding tickets. The hospital auxiliary will co sponsor a bake sale for the hospital kitchen. Mrs Frederick W Robie will host the next meeting on April 5 at 18 Green Street.
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Omar _R
West Bath
Roger M. Luke
Lynn M. Bussey
League For
Memorial Hospital
York Hall
Dean Shaw
Hospital Board of Trustees
Frederick W. Robie
League
Green Street
Central Church League Meeting Highlights Paper Drive
At the Central Church League gathering on Monday evening Mrs. Richard Kimball said Sundays paper drive was one of the league's most successful. After the business session members prepared envelopes with Easter Seal campaign material. Hostesses were Mrs. Frank Reinoehl Mrs. Harold Small and Mrs. Wilden Smith.
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Central Church League
Richard Kimball
League
Frank Reinoehl
Harold Small
Wilden Smith
Wesley Fellowship Plans Camp Trip and Rally
Wesley Fellowship of Wesley Methodist church met at the parsonage with Walter Upham presiding. Leaders Mr and Mrs Carlyle Taber attended and discussed selecting a young Methodist to attend the Methodist Summer camp at Narrow Lake Winthrop. The worship service was led by Miss Priscilla Marble. A sub district rally at Beacon Street church was planned for Sunday evening. Present were Upham Marble Elizabeth Marble Carleton Cornish Crosby Taber Mc Dougal Stone Higgins Smith Legard and the Tabers.
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Wesley Methodist Church
Walter Upham
Carlyle Taber
Narrow Lake
Winthrop
Priscilla Marble
Beacon Street
Elizabeth Marble
Gail Carleton
Cosmopolitan Garden Club Meets at Club House
Cosmopolitan Garden Club met Monday afternoon with Mrs. William W. Dennison presiding in place of ill president Mrs. Albert Whitney. Members enjoyed bedside arrangements of flowers and discussed bloom use with rose bowls and small containers. Mrs. Emerton Gross led prayers as Mrs. Herbert S. Harris played piano. Dennison shared insights from Boston Horticultural Show. next meeting set for April 12 under Miss Alice Johnson.
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Cosmopolitan Garden Club
William W. Dennison
Albert Whitney
Center Street
Emerton Gross
Herbert S. Harris
Mitchell
Carville Douglas
Bernard MacDonald
Dennison
Boston
Alice Johnson
Probate notices for Bath area estates and executors
Probate court in Bath issues notices for several estates including Walter H Bowker Amy F Doyle Mary E Gordon Charles E Gordon Jr Robert E Gordon Charles Madden George C Madden Carolyn M Moses and Nellie McKay Thayer. First and final accounts filed executors named Lucy C Green Myra E Scott sought administration without bond and a hearing set for April at ten o clock in the forenoon. Arthur J. Jinton Judge of Probate true copy of the original order.
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Bae
Probste Hein
Batno
Sreadeho
Sersons
Walter H Bowker
Bath
Edith M Bowlker
Amy F Doyle
Archie E Doyle
Mary E Gordon
Charles E Gordon, Jr
Robert E Gordon
Charles Madden
George C Madden
Carolyn M. Moses
Lucy C Green
Eee
M Green
Ieee Cc
Lillian H. Meal
Sagadaha
Roy Beroinatter
Warren Fitch
Doris Mc Kitchall
Mary A. Welch
John P. Carey
Willout Bond
Ertete
Winifred
BD Wardwell
Beth
Allan Spear
Elizabeth Alton
Kineston
New Hampshire
Arthur E Alton
Maine
Arthur J Munton
Population of Ween Wig Surges to Four Million Three Hundred Forty Six Thousand
The town of Ween Wig now numbers 4,346,000 residents doubling from years past, marking a sharp population spike and prompting discussions on infrastructure and services.
Hyde Windlass Rifle Club names 1954 55 officers
New officers for the 1954 55 season were elected at the Hyde Windlass Rifle club annual meeting at the club range. Will mee secretary George Spinney executive officer Charlies Hughes treasurer and Phil saandhoay scorer were named. An inter club rifle match was held and refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Windlass Rifle Club
Will Meee
George Spinney
Charlies Hughes
Phil Saandhoay
White Ribboners Monthly WCTU Meeting Note
The monthly W C T U meeting convened Tuesday afternoon with Mrs Arthur Dunton presiding on Washington Street. The session began with devotionals and scripture verses, followed by prayer by Mrs Charles Sims and a reading of the poem The Robe by Mrs Elizabeth Trott. A Temperance and Missions program led by Trott, assisted by Mrs Theressa H II and Mrs Nella Stover and Mrs Farley, was presented.
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W.C.T.U
Arthur J. Dunton
Washington Street
Charles R. Sims
Elizabeth Trott
Trott
Theresa H II
Nella Stover
Farley
Estate and guardianship notices from Bath area 1954 court orders
Public probate notices list estate administrations by Florence Bryant and others, guardianship for Wesley Guy Green and siblings, estate actions for W T Hall and Ida Hinckley, and requests for licenses to sell property. Proceedings require fourteen days notice before second Tuesday in April 1954 and appointment of executors or administrators without bond where indicated.
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Bath
Silav
G. Bryant
Florence
Bryant
W Guy Green
Erry Edward Reen
Engine Daconates
Wesley Guy Green
Green
Wesley G.G
Chidren de Cate
Wesley Guy de Potent
Haward DeCapunn
Geraldine Rpofkteonaepus
W T. Hall
Bath Company
Mary Hall Rhodes
Jackson
Mary Hall Scarrows
T Hall
Bath Trust Company
Lillie M. Leonard
Ida Hinckley
Cereaseay
Vestan Rowe
Sarah J. Hitchcock
Bath Sompeny
Kl. Ward
Saale
Howard Lida
J. Edgar Hunnewella
Woolwich
Daisy W Elwell
J. Houghton McLellan
James A McLellan
Flora BO Savage
Sal Bath
Melvin H Savage
Mabe
Thal
Des Aoba
Decker Hutte
Ku Decker
Fatate Lnry
B Williams
Jehan Willams
Joho H Williams
Jose L Yates
Yates
Margaret Yates
Sari
Vinton Udee
Probar
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Bath Daily Times
Water Street
George B. Wetherbee
Morse High School
Arthur M. Hagan
Ward 4
Maine Central
L. Eugene Thebeau
James Mulligan
Robert Leask
Robert Hamm
E. W. Dixon
J. Edward Hughes
Arthur H. Dungin
W. M. Hagan
Coffin Brothers
Deermont Clothing Co
the Times
Harold M. Sewall
Congress
Iron Works
Popham
Harry O. Stinson
J. E. C. Sawyer
George W. Marston
North Woolwich
W. E. Chase
Mr. Marston
Mill Bridge
J. Henry McLellan
Cretic
Italy
Langdon T. Snipe
New York
England
Atlantic
Leslie M. Mellon
King Tavern
Rockland
Sherman
Aroostook County
James D. Clark
Rumford Falls
New City Council
Réega E
Fire Department
Dunton
Henry G. Hodgdon
Charles T. Jackson
Hodgdon
Corliss and
Coombs
Philip Day
Arrowsic
St. Patrick
Erin
W. M. Leavitt
Charles Brackley
Providence
Charlotte Hall
Wheaton Seminary
Norton
Mass
W. M. Temple Co
Common Sense
Kennebecs
Miller
Frates
Portland Argus
Morse High
Portland High
Portland Athletic Club
Harold Reed
State
Azere
Bath Industrial Corporation
Bath Corporation
D. T. Percy & Sons
Den
Constitution
Frank H. Percy
Emma Eames de
Eugene A. Mitchell
City Farm
H. M. Sewall
William T. Pero
Augusta
Olmier P. Coffin
Stevens
Board of
George W. Hunt
James C. Mulligan
Overseers of the
Walter S. Russell
Charles J. Cain
Joseph C. Varnum
James Perkins
Virginia
Alice May Douglass
Gardiner
School
Peace League
Kennebec County
E. C. Burleigh
Kennebec
Jack Knife Ledge
Pinson Marine Hospital
South End
Industrial Corporation
George W. Dow
Old Couples
Jacob Tibbetts
Montgomery & St. Bernard
Bay Point
Spinney Bros
Lovejoy
New Rockledge Hotel
Rock Ledge
Walter Williams
Ralph Whitman
Sarapa
Georgetown
President Bacon of
Music Hall
Mall Point
Arthur Stewart
Parker Head
Small Point
Stewart
John S. Hyde
Camden
N. J
Oklahoma
New York Shipbuilding Co
Harry A. Magoun
George M. Andrews
North
Phippsburg
Progressives
Lewiston
J. A. Stevens
Bangor
F. B. Williams
George W. Thistle
Cutler House
Bedford Street
J. Edward Drake
Highway Board
Frank L. Small
C. C. Troop
Oscar F. Williams
Edward Sewall
San Francisco
Williams Diamon & Co
American Line
Panama
Isthmus
Pacific
Frisco
Octave Breton
Boothbay
Mr Breton
Abbie M. Scott
William Hodgdon
East
I Corporation
Sumner Brown
Sgt
James Jones
J. F. Atkinson
Clifford S. Barbour
Milton C. Kimball
Arthur and
Sumner Sewall
Westminster School
Fred C. Scribner
Colonial Club
M. G. Leonard
East Boston
Witer Quarters
Rines
F. W. Leonard
Joseph
Herbert Terrill
Gardiner Journal
Bailey Evening School
Bath Societies
Central Couples Club
Mostrogram
Burresspes A Nickell Bertha Nests
Mattie Collins
Dirigo Grange
Go Hall
Rere
Bath Teachers' Club
Wesley Fellowship
Cosmo Garden Club
Lillian Hafat
Lillian L
Windlass Rifle Club
China
Japan
Korea
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