Bath 156 Years Of Shipbuilding Pride And Civic Spirit
On Bath 156th birthday the Maine town reflects on its separate corporate status, early governance, and Kennebec history. Bath, once part of Georgetown and later known as Second Part of Goorsetown, grew through shipbuilding to national fame, with famed wooden and steel ships serving the US Navy, while maintaining hospitality and civic duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Baily
Georgetown
Inclusing
Arrcossie
Woolwich
Dresden
Phippsourg
West Bath
Goorsetown
Elobe
United States Navy
Stars and Stripes
Read Cross
Maine
Maine Climate Declared Healthful by Weather Bureau
The Portland Weather Bureau reports Maine has the healthiest climate in the United States and rivals any in the world. It attributes this to pine woods, White Mountain downslope, sea and inland waters with winds carrying health benefits. Only four real storms in 55 years are noted, and average sunshine nears 60 percent, with rare droughts and mild thunderstorms outside the mountains.
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Maine
Portland Weather Bureau
United States
White Mountains
Florida
North Carolina
Bridge to end Woolwich danger grade crossing
Maine Highway Commission approves bridging the dangerous Woolwich grade crossing eliminating a highway danger spot. Crossing hazards arise from careless motorists and require better precautions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Highway Commission
Woolwich
Egg laying season signals shift to higher prices
The article notes the current period marks when people begin laying eggs in anticipation of higher winter prices. It contrasts with last winter, when egg prices were at a multi year low.
City Basketball League all star participants named
The Bath Y M C A City Basketball League banquet list includes Bath Iren Works Corporation Edward J McMann Alvin Jewett Dudley Livitt A Stover and many others along with Slyde Windlass Oakhurst Dairy and officials and captains from multiple teams and managers. The banquet occurred at Hotel Phoenix Wednesday evening with teams represented by players captains and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Y. M. C. A
Hotel Phoenix
Bath Iren Works Corporation
L. Eugene Thebeau
Oscar S. Adams
Joseph A. Butler
Gordon Harrington
Elwood S.toothaker
Percy W. Kingsbury
James R. Noonan
Frederick Gaudet
Ernest Kingsbury
Blair Wilson
Artan H. Celby
Edward J. McMann
Alvin Jewett
Dudley Liavitt
E. A. Stover
Alex A. Burden
Steobert Campbell
Kenneth C. Trask
Brian Jewett
Cecil Cutts
Stanley Ficner
Albert McMann
Slyde Windlass Company
Edwin R. Andrews
Louis Pooler
Melvin Comeau
Elmer F. McFarland
Arthur G. Gilmore
Raymond Davis
Cornelius
Rowland Breton
Harold J. Carter
Harold E. Cutting
M. Worthley McPhee
Redington R. Reed
Percy Pratt
John Allain
Oakhurst Dairy
Carl Y. Kennedy
W. Percy Marks
James Callan
George McMann
Dick Hergen
Andrew C. Flaherty
Wiliam Vy
Cyrus Longley
George Barker
Kingsbury
Walter G. Lyden
cair+ Ham
John Hayes
John Hart
Joseph Arsenault
Illegal Trapping Charges Filed Against Chester Talbot
Chester Talbot of Bath faced three warrants sworn by Deputy Game Warden John Perkins in East Brunswick Friday. Accused of trapping muskrats and mink during closed season and trapping on land belonging to John D. Rogers and Ray Campbell in Phippsburg without consent. Evidence included a mangled muskrat. Talbot fined $10 plus costs totaling $23.55.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Talbot
Bath
John Perkins
East Brunswick
Talbot
John D. Rogers
Ray Campbell
Phippsburg
A. F. Piper
Auburn
Perkins
Dromore Bay
John J. Keegan
Auto Stuck in Mud Delays Bath Teens Out All Night
Two Bath girls aged 14 and their boyfriends went for a late night ride after a basketball game. The car became mired at Prince's corner, four hours later the party returned home. The boys faced disorderly conduct charges in municipal court, while the girls were lectured. Police investigated a busy night for local authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
West Bath
Prince’s Corner
Municipal Court
John J. Keegan
Wesley Church Fourth Quarter Conference Proceedings
The Wesley Methodist church held its fourth quarterly conference in the vestry on Thursday evening with Rev. A S Oliver in charge. After devotion he preached on I will lift mine eyes unto the hills, and business reports showed all departments in fine order. Nominations covered officers for Ladies Aid, Sunday school, home and foreign missions, Epworth League, Sorority, and church trustees and stewards, with both veteran and new names listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Methodist Church
A. S. Oliver
Ellery Whittemore
Hazel Hopkins
Nathalie Daley
Elizabeth Trott
Home Department
Hattie Farrar
Eva Cahill
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Annie Wylie Stackpole
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Merritt Trott
Epworth League
Eva McLean
Sorority
John Stewart
Florence Rogers
Nellie McCutcheon
O. F. Brown
Amber Carr
World Service Council
Charles Shepard
George Hopkins
Elnora Oliver
W. F. Day
A. M. Butterfield
Eva Lemont
Agnes Shellenbarger
Andrew Butterfield
Robert S. Gordon
Herbert L. Hopkins
Cyrus Reynolds
Lloyd Daley
Edward V. Coombs
Walter F. Day
Rupert S. Gordon
Walter P. Day
Edgar A. Farrar
Oliver F. Brown
Ida Pierce
Carrie Sampson
Ena McLean
Earl Lermond
Willard McLean
Letha Brown
Reynolds McCutcheon
Mary Redick
Charlotte Day
Haltie E. Farrar
Madge Gordon
Georgie Ripley
Bird Shellenbarger
Angel Shellenbarger
Eleanor Butterfield
Abbie Gage
Helen Follett
Eva Lemoat
Mabel Lermond
Everett Davis
Three West Bath groups hold all day meeting for birthdays
West Bath Red Cross West Bath Farm Bureau and Wesley church Ladies Aid held an all day meeting at Grange hall to honor Miss Annie H Trufant birthday with 58 attendees. Edna Higgins also celebrated a March birthday as seven members have March birthdays. The event featured a fish chowder dinner two birthday cakes and gifts for Trufant including a Crosley radio. The Farm Bureau sewed Red Cross worked Reed article projects and the Ladies Aid assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Harry Peterson
C. C. Chesley
A. C. Johnson
Fred Brown
Irving Wright
Miss Trufant
Miss Higgins
The
Red Cross
Belle Donnell
Marguerite Lemont
Florence Rogers
Lighter Ajax Arrives to Salvage Atlas Cargo
Steam lighter Ajax from Portland arrived Saturday with pumps boiler and equipment to salvage granite cargo from the beached Atlas off Clark's Cove between Long Island and Bay Point. Atlas suffered no serious damage, while Ajax brought extra gear to enable potential towage to Portland. Portland visitors Mrs Donnell Mrs Morin and Mrs Gibbons were seen Thursday.
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Ajax
Portland
Atlas
Clark’s Cove
Long Island
Bay Point
Kennebec
Mt. Desert
Winnega nce spring sights and community notes
Wild geese pass over the village on the first day of Spring. Alfred 8. Oliver remains very ill at his High street home. Miss Dorothy Morse hosted a club gathering with Mrs and Miss attendees including Mrs Edgar Oliver and Mrs George McMann. Morse family updates from Portland. Herbert R Morse, son of Mr and Mrs Sherman L Morse, recovers in Portland from a major operation aboard the Sagamore. Winnegance club wins its Bath Inter club league game, with one remaining match against Bath lodge of Elks. Creek ice cleared most of its length, smelt camps carried on floating ice salvaged. Road improvements and highway condition noted from the bridge to Dromore. Local residents Mr and Mrs Fred L Parks, wintering with Mr and Mrs Alfred Cornish at Hardings, plan to return home.
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Alfred
Oliver
High Street
Dorothy Morse
Edgar Oliver
George McMann
Hayden Conant
Lloyd Rogers
Ellen Williams
Walter Morse
Deroyer Cee
Portland
Herbert R. Morse
Sherman L. Morse
Marine Hospital
Morse
Sagamore
New York
Winnegance Club
Bath Interclub
Bath Lodge of Elks
Elks
Dromore
Fred L. Parks
Alfred Cornish
Hardings
Bath PTAs Sponsor Play The College Flapper Tonight
Bath city P T A groups including Morse High and North Center South End and Dike school join to sponsor The College Flapper with a community effort to develop Kelley Field. The Morse High Association represents the city as the others cover sections, aiming to accomplish much work. Members viewed a rehearsal and praised the comedy for its humorous impact.
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North Center
South End
Morse High P. T. A
Kelley Field
Morse High Association
Bath
Bridge Assignees Announce Quick Cleanup of Assets
Creditors of H. P. Bridge, Inc. were told by assignees Rupert H. Baxter and Daniel T. Dougherty that stock taking is complete. Assets total 20 897 93 dollars and liabilities 50 936 48 dollars. They vow not to drag the case but to finish promptly so creditors receive money soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Bridge, Inc
Rupert H. Baxter
Daniel T. Dougherty
Obituary of Melvin A. Deering 84 Bellevue General Hospital
Melvin A. Deering 84 died March 8 at Bellevue General Hospital New York after months of ill health. Born in Bath he was son of Silas C. and Elizabeth M. Deering. He married Em ma Oliver of Georgetown and retired last year after a long career with the Interborough Rapid Transit Company New York City where he served as superintendent of car maintenance since 1889. Survived by wife a son Leslie Huntington W Va a daughter Daisy Smith Valley Stream L I and sisters Mrs J W Blaisdell Washington D C and Mrs Mary F E Ropper Gloucester Mass Nieces include Mrs Arthur Orr Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin A. Deering
Bellevue General Hospital
New York City
M. Deering
Bath
Silas C
Elizabeth M. Deering
Russell Street
Mr. Deering
Boston
New Haven
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Leslie
Hungtington
W. Va
Daisy Smith
Valley Stream
L. I
J. W. Blaisdell
Washington, D. C
Mary FE. Ropper
Gloucester
Mass
Arthur Orr
Woolwich
Mary Ann Black Dies at 77 in Bath Home
Mary Ann Black widow of Joseph Black of Wiscasset died Wednesday morning at her daughter Mrs. Charles Lennox home 25 Pine Street Bath after long illness She leaves three sons Joseph Neil and Archie W Black a sister Mrs Margaret Armstrong and the funeral will be Friday at two at Mrs Lennox home Rev Charles M Tubbs Grace church officiating Burial will be in Wiscasset Also notes on Wesley church Sorority meeting where $18 was raised farewell for Mrs Leigh Reed who moves to Houston to join Railway Express agent husband
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Mary Ann Black
Joseph Black
Wiscasset
Charles F. Lennox
Pine Street
South Gardiner
Bath
Black
Newburgh
N. Y
Timothy Leary
Neil Black
South Easton
Mass
Archie W. Black
Portland
Margaret Armstrong
Saco
Lennox
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Church
Wesley Church
F. L. Littlefield
Leigh Reed
Houston
Mrs Kimball Returns From Augusta Visit
Mrs. Frederick H. Kimball of High street returned Wednesday after a few days in Augusta with Mr. and Mrs. Milton S. Kimball. She was among the guests at a luncheon hosted Tuesday by Mrs. Robert Williamson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick H. Kimball
High Street
Augusta
Milton S. Kimball
Kimball
Robert Williamson
Across and Down Puzzle Clues Mixed in One Page
A dense list of crossword style clues appears, mixing across and down hints. Entries reference prefixes, animals, foods, ages, tools, and natural phenomena, with scattered partial words and garbled OCR remnants from a historical newspaper puzzle page.
Bath grim camp case unravels in municipal court
A 35 year old Cambridge man and a 16 year old Bath girl were jailed on lewdness and lascivious conduct charges after being found at a North Street Extension camp with a 15 year old Bath pupil and a 41 year old Bath man. The Cambridge man admitted alcohol use. The 16 year old fainted in court. case placed on file with promise to return to Boston and stop contacting the Bath girl. Costs of 16 were assessed. the Bath girl faced a separate hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Street
Bath
Cambridge, Mass
Keegan
Cambridge
Boston
Day in Washington topic at meeting
The Current Events department of the Cosmopolitan club held an afternoon meeting at the club house with talks by Mrs. Lillian S. Frost on The Presidents Message Miss Emma E. Walker on Important Congressional Measures and Mrs. James F. Dunton on Outstanding Figures Old and New. A special day is planned for March 26 with Mrs. Frances D Lane speaking on Maine to Southland Pilgrimage including Mardi Gras 1926. An April 8 card party is sponsored by the department with committee members named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cosmopolitan Club
Lillian S. Frost
Emma E. Walker
James F. Dunton
Frances D Lane
Maine
Southland
Roscoe P McFadden
Charles R. Farnham
LeRoy Colby
Harry G. Deering
Marcia Moulton
Katherine I. Trott
Harriet Lord
Free Vaccination Offer At City Health Office
In compliance with State law and at the request of Dr. H B Duce the city health officer free vaccination will be available next Monday at his office 72 Front Street. Applicants will receive credentials to call their own physician and have the bill charged to the municipal board of health. If a new vaccine supply arrives the applicant will receive vaccine to take to their doctor otherwise a note will be provided for the doctor to bill the health department. The cowpox vaccine is for smallpox prevention and the offer is valid for Monday only.
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H. B. Duce
Front Street
Municipal Board of Health
Duce
Royal Arch Masons Elect New Officers
Mayor Harold P. Small was elected high priest of Montgomery and St. Bernard, R. A. C., at the annual meeting Thursday. Other officers chosen include William Sturtevant as king, J Maurice Haynes as scribe, George J. Goodwin as secretary, Donald D. Young as treasurer, Charles Nelson as captain of the host, Harold E. Cutting as principal sojourner, Harold W. Child as royal arch captain, Elmer W. Rogers as sentinel, and N. Gratz Jackson as member of the house committee. The first three officers will set the date for installation and make arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold P. Small
Montgomery & St. Bernard
William Sturtevant
King
J. Maurice Haynes
George J. Goodwin
Donald D. Young
Charles Nelson
Harold E. Cutting
Sojourner
Harold W. Child
Royal Arch
Elmer W. Rogers
Sentinel
N. Gratz Jackson
House
Bath Men to Open New Service Station
Alderman Reginald Stacy and Herbert E. Nickerson will open a gasoline service station and auto accessory shop at 206 North street on Saturday. They will offer a full line of accessories and Socony gasoline and oils. The site lies near the state highway entry to the city, previously occupied by Lewis Spicer then Nickerson for tire and filling services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald Stacy
Herbert E. Nickerson
North Street
Lewis Spicer
Mr. Nickerson
Ralph K. Hall Retires as City Treasurer
Ralph K. Hall, city treasurer for 11 years including 1915 1916, retired Friday afternoon. Donald D. Young, his successor, qualified earlier that day and assumed office. Miss Elizabeth Conley also retires from her clerk post, while Mrs. Eva Fulton remains. no replacement planned for Conley. Hall introduced double entry bookkeeping and trial balance in 1915 16, restored finances in 1920, and handed over cash to Young with receipt. Young, former Swift & Co. clerk, takes over the treasurer role.
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Ralph K. Hall
Donald D. Young
John W. Gilmore
Hall
Elizabeth Conley
Eva Fulton
Young
Miss Conley
Bath
Swift & Co
College Flapper chorus girls staged by Morse High PTA
About twenty five local high school girls will join Morse High School PTA in the college comedy The College Flapper. They will wear special costumes for choruses such as The Collegiate Chorus Breezing Along Sailor Chorus Milkmaid Chorus and Out In the New Moon Hay. The show promises lively dancing catchy tunes and strong singing. The listed participants include Elizabeth Fuller Jeanette Shackford Catherine Hooper Barbara Ross Hope Rowe Isabel Mackinnon Martha Cahill Carol Stevens Mary Cunningham Louise Calderwood Olive Rowe Ruth Dale Frances Shaughnessy Lois Swett Hilda Scott Frances Mather Ethelyn Spinney Emily Jordan Gwendolyn Brown Dorothy Jenkins Thelma Cameron Carolyn Footer Gladys Goodrich Louise McNeil Mildred Hooper Barbara Norton Vanona MacDonald Rita Cummings Ruth Powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School P.T.A
Gwendolyn Brown
Dorothy Jenkins
Thelma Cameron
Carolyn Footer
Gladys Goodrich
Louise McNeil
Mildred Hooper
Barbara Norton
Vanona MacDonald
Rita Cummings
Ruth Powers
Senter and Smith Buy Brunswick Plant
Wilbur F. Senter and Norman Smith have purchased the Baxter Paper Box Co. stock and equipment at Brunswick. The factory will reopen as Brunswick Box Shop to continue high grade paper box production. The plant had been closed on December 1, 1930, with Herbert and Herman Hatch of Waldoboro visiting Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur F. Senter
Norman Smith
Baxter Paper Box Co
Brunswick
Brunswick Box Shop
Hyde Propellers Help Win World Record at Miami
Hyde propellers equipped Miss America IX helped Gar Wood drive the 2,000 horsepower boat to a new international speed record of 102,256 knots. The telegram to Gen. Man. Fred L. Andrews of Hyde Windlass Co. notes Wood’s Friday Miami run and mentions Kaye Don’s upcoming attempt with Miss England I in Buenos Aires. August in Detroit will feature Miss America IX vs Miss England II for the Harmsworth trophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde
Miami
Fla
Fred L. Andrews
Hyde Windlass Co
Gar Wood
Gar Weed
Kaye Don
Buenos Aires
Detroit
Mich
Hyde Propellers
Birthday Surprise for Maurice Shea at Sagadahoc Ferry
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Baker hosted a birthday surprise for Maurice Shea and his wife Mrs. Shea. Friends gathered for whist with prizes for both women and men, including a Masonic watch charm for Mr. Shea and a decorated cake with candles for the guest of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Baker
Sagadahoc Ferry
Maurice Shea
Shea
Albert Humphreys
Roland Raynes
Norman Drummond
Vera Dexter
Ethel Dexter
Harry Fitch
Earl Dow
Florence Carlton
Sherwood Baker
Clyde Baker
Jessie Spaulding
Miss Elizabeth Conley Becomes Clerk to Assessors
Miss Elizabeth Conley is chosen by the tax assessors for clerk and began duties Wednesday after the board settled on her Tuesday. She brings 11 years of experience from the treasurer and collector's office. Seven assistant assessors will start April 1 and meet the board March 31 at 4 30 p m to review duties, with ten days to complete the canvass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Conley
Miss Conley
Bath mayor John Shaw remembered on anniversary of death
Friday marks the 25th anniversary of John O. Shaw's death at 67. A Bath mayor in 1893, he led a local book and stationery business and served as a Civil War naval veteran and national commodore of the veterans. Surviving relatives include Frederick P. Shaw and John Shaw of Bath, Mrs. Frank A. Hodgdon of Woolwich, and Col. Thomas P. Shaw of Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John O. Shaw
Bath
Frederick P. Shaw
John Shaw
Frank A. Hodgdon
Woolwich
Col
Thomas P. Shaw
Portland
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Times Company
Bath, Maine
B. Nichols
Treas
Harry
Webber
postoTice
City Basketball League
Harry Beer
Ollie Berg
John Placer Potter
William C. Perkins
Henne
Harold Lyden
Carroll Leslie Plant
Ralph Crocker
Jenkins
Stanley Whitehouse
Rt Ring
Merritt Mitchell
Harold Ams
E. A. Jewett
Ralph MacDonald
Duncan ‘Rell
Donald H. Wilson
Nathan In
Nelson Lowery
J. Norman Norton
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Maxwell Powers
Harry Horne
March
Quarterly Conference OF
Kennebec River
Charles J. Donnell
Harry F. Morin
Mary F. Gibbons
Bath P.t.a’s
Bellevue Hospital
City
Sears
Seoth
Stumbers
High Mountain
Royal Arch Masons
Senter and Smith
Herbert and
Herman Hatch
Waldoboro
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