Bath Chronicle of 1899 Fixes and Fires in Bath
Forty years ago in Bath, March 22 1899, Daniel Morton of Bowdoinham dies after an axe accident while chopping near his home. Bath improvements include widening the Boston boat wharf freight shed for electric cars and hacks. April plans loom for shipyards, manning yachts, launches, and new vessels as Bath officials report multiple civic events and onshore tours.
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Daniel Morton
Bowdoinham
Boston Boat Wharf
Reunion banquet highlights year’s society turnout
About 35 active and former members attended a reunion and banquet at New Inn. John Hyde, class of ’85, served as toastmaster. The town’s joint Finance Committee agreed to seek a $50,000 tax anticipation loan at the next City Council meeting. A Bath souvenir by Turner's features locals and institutions. Delegates from this city attended Mount Vernon Council in Brunswick. J. S. Winslow of Portland is back on his feet after a lengthy illness.
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A. G. Trask
Raymond
Charles E. Patten
Albert L. Strout
Walter G. Webber
Daniel E. Pierce
F. J. Parks
New York
Windsor Hotel
New Inn
Jack
John
Hyde
Mount Vernon
J. S. Winslow
Portland
Maine Mosses Exhibit Promoted by Marchant
Garden Clubs of Maine were told that the Maine moss exhibit at the Boston Flower Show won bronze and a $10 award. The 70 mosses and hepatics were part of a collection by A. L. Marchant of Winchester, Massachusetts.
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A. L. Marchant
Winchester
Mass
Roy Newman
Georgetown
Frank E. Lowe
Portland
Horace C. Dunham
Wellesley Hills
Dunham
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Marchant
F H A Loan Info Urges Quick Action for Bath Area
Stanley E. Wallace requests residents of Bath and vicinity to file FHA mortgage applications by June 1 1939 as the present partial payment plan ends July 1 1939. The deadline affects existing construction financing while new construction loans continue under FHA insured Mortgage Plan. The guidance aims to improve housing and neighborhoods nationwide and is free of charge through Wallace's office.
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Stanley E. Wallace
Bath
Congress
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Kalamazoo woman to visit New Milford friend after campus stay
Miss Barbara Donnell of Kalamazoo Michigan will leave Wednesday to spend several days with Miss Ethel Jane Allen of New Milford Connecticut. Donnell has been visiting her aunt Mrs Carroll Watson and Miss Constance Morin. Allen is Donnell's roommate at Pine Manor Junior College in Wellesley Massachusetts.
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Kalamazoo. Mich
Carroll Watson
Constance Morin
Ethel
Jane Allen
New Milford
Conn
Miss Allen
Miss Donnell
Pine ,Manor Junior College
Wellesley, Mass
Probate notice in Bath Sagadahoc 1939 order
A Bath court of probate in Sagadahoc County orders notice to interested parties. The proceedings include a first and final account by Minnetta L. Plaisted as executrix and a petition by Reginald Wright Kaufman for license to mortgage the minor heirs real estate in Phippsburg. Copy certified by Judge Arthur J. Dunton and Register John L. Jack.
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Sagadahoc
Charles E. Plaisted
Minnetta L. Plaisted
Andrew J. Kaufman
Mary B Kaufman
Phippsburg
Reginald Wright Kaufman
Guardian
Lucretia S. Little
Salem
Massachusetts
Josiah H. Gifford
William E. Besaw
May J. Besaw
Grace S. Preble
Woolwich
Clarence A. Preble
Lucre Marie Jones
Maine
Alice May Lewis
Adelia E. Saunders
Marion A. Rafnell
Marion A Rafnell
Probate notices appoint executors in Sagadahoc estates
I, JOHN L. JACK Register of Probate for Sagadahoc County certify that in the following estates the named persons were appointed Executors Administrators Conservators or Guardians on the indicated dates. BELLE C DONNELL late of West Bath deceased March 7 1938 Earle C Donnell Executor without bond etc.
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John L. Jack
Sagadahoc
Hamed
Belle C. Donnell
West Bath
Earle C. Donnell
Said
Susan E. Lambert
Bath
Nellie M. Campbell
Said Bath
Ezra Hume
Edward W. Bridgham
Maine
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Viola M. Childs Veers
Wyant Bally de Even Bath
William H. Ryan
Martha McAuliffe
Savadahoc
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Haven Metcalf
Washington, D. C
North End Rifemen Win State Rifle League Championship
The North End Community Club rifle team of this city won the Alden M. Gayton Post league title by defeating Greene 893 to 866 on Greene's range, securing a 10th straight victory and first-half crown. Bath club standout Stan Wallace tied the offhand record with 94 and led with 191 total. Herby Waldr on was runner up with 180. The Bath team’s sole defeat came at Lewiston’s 103rd Infantry. The league banquet will honor Bath and Bath’s Berry Paper Co. trophy.
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Greene
Greene Sharpshooters
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Bath Club
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Herby Waldron
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Richmonds and Hewitt Visit Vassalboro Day
Mr. and Mrs. Arah Richmond and daughter Lila Mae Richmond with Charles E. Hewitt 3d spent Sunday in Vassalboro visiting Mrs. Richmond’s parents and Hewitt’s cousins, the Elliots Williams. Bessie L. Clark returns home from Mount Holly to Bowery Street after visiting her sister F. Raymond Harnden. Probate matters in Bath involve estates, executors, and name changes with court actions set for April 1939.
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Lila Mae Richmond
Charles E. Hewitt
Vassalboro
Mrs. Richmond
Richmond
Mr. Hewitt
Elliot Williams
Bessie L. Clark
Bowery Street
Monmouth
F. Raymond Harnden
Plymouth Residents Visit John Burgon Family
Mrs. Stanley Cheney and daughter Barbara of Plymouth Mass visit Mr. and Mrs. John Burgon at 490 Middle Street. Mrs. Cheney is remembered as Dorothy Donnell of Bath. Mr. Burgon is steadily improving after five weeks confined at home due to illness.
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Barbara
Plymouth
Mass
John Burgon
Middle Street
Cheney
Dorothy Donnell
Bath
Burgon
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