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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 30, 1939

Page

8

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.

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.

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.

Garden Clubs Maine Boston A. L. Marchant Winchester Mass Roy Newman Georgetown Frank E. Lowe Portland Horace C. Dunham Wellesley Hills Dunham Nicolas Marchant 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.

Stanley E. Wallace Bath Congress FHA Wallace

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.

Barbara Donnell 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.

Bath 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.

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 John R. MacDonald Viola M. Childs Veers Wyant Bally de Even Bath William H. Ryan Martha McAuliffe Savadahoc Mary G. Metcalf 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.

North End Community Club Alden M. Gayton Post Greene Greene Sharpshooters Lewiston Bath Club Berry Paper Co Shipping City Stan Wallace Herby Waldron Bath Boys 103Rd Infantry Spindle City

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.

Arah Richmond 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.

Stanley Cheney Barbara Plymouth Mass John Burgon Middle Street Cheney Dorothy Donnell Bath Burgon

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The Bath Daily Times Good Templars Cora Coby Lord Ladies Aid of Grace Church Charles E. Hyde Lower Washington Street Payne John Haley Brookings Bay Mr. Haley Russell's Market Kelley, Spear & Co Charles Chestra Maine General Hospital George Pembroke Engineers’ Department Payne Yacht Charles McDonald John B. McDonald Washington Street Frank H. Percy Patrick Flaherty Ireland Thomas Jones Gunner Five Islands Phi Rho Society New Meadows Inn Henry D. Parsons, Esq Dummer Street Brights East Boothbay Jake Bowdoin Albert H. Shaw His Inn B. C. Bailey Lucinda Bailey Bailey John Patten Thomas W. Hyce James W. Wakefield R. D. Bibber William D. Sewall California Walter Lowell Horatio Hall Kennebec H. I. Cromwell Cromwell Whig Egypt Exploration Fund Levi C. Wade Walter Murtaugh Providence R. I E. C. Plummer Bliss Business College YPSCE North Street William Robbins Darby Kelley, Spear and Co Staples Coal Co Taunton A. S. Melcher Robert Browning Miss Hawthorne Robinson Arthur ‘Sewall Addie P. McFadden Perth Amboy Drummond and Co James L. Doolittle, Esq Brunswick Thistle Lundrigan Augusta William A. Day Bath Gas and Electric Co Atlanta Pres J. B. Drake Kennebec Steamboat Co Florida Havana Lincoln Iron Works Capt. Scott Aphrodite Supt Hanscom A. G. Page Messrs. de Roche and Gaudet Water Street Bessie Beach Arthur Sewall & Co Philadelphia John F. Randall Cape Elizabeth Salem.s E Alice Eliza Thomas E. Weston George Frank Blake Deering Street Miss Weston MacMahan’s Island Bath High School Col. Payne Daniel Nickerson Annie Pye Warren S. Dobson F. R. Amazeen Louis—Firewood Jane Murphy James F. Murphy Arthur Sewall F. D. Hill F. B. Nichols Seph M. Trott Katherine L. Hill Murphy Snowmar Hallowell Gas House Wharf Col Oliver H. Payne Bath Iron Works New York City Capt Colby Johnson Cuba Seguin Susie Daley Pierce Lewis Hope Haynes Boothbay David T. Percy Capt. Bosworth Orange Grove Highlands Mr. Percy George E. Percy George L. Richardson San Diego Riverside Santa Barbara Palace Hotel San Francisco Salt Lake City Denver Chicago Saddie Durgin Kennebec Journal Mrs S. H. Durgin Jennie Harvey Westbrook Warren Carr J. T. Crosby Mercie Dunton Elijah Dunton George H. Gilman Houston Alfred Tarbox Bermuda Michael Flaherty Franklin Street Scott Andrews Moses Field Washington Charles Dennett O. W. Ring Front Street Oliver Moses Lisbon Falls Grand Opera Boston Theatre Emma Eames Frank Holley Leonard & Mitchell's Drug Store Farmington Sewall Maine Central Man. F. B. Nichols the Times Fred D. Hill Bath National Bank James Shephard Rockland Whitman Chase, Jr New England Co David H. Blake Della Collins Capital F.H.A Arthur J. Dunton Register North End Riflemen Franklyn Fire Insurance Manua Arer Prudential Insurance Company Winnifred S, Merry Randall E. Merry Charles H Smith G. Ronald Smith G Ronald Smith Ira A. Smith O.t A Doran, Lowell Carleton W. Lowell M. Elizabeth Burden NEW Amsterdam Casualty Company St. Paul St Baltimore Maryland Massachusetts Indemnity Insurance Company Beacon Street New Jeresy Vivian M. Lewis Arthur J. Sinnott Potal Mutual Fire Insurance Company OF Iowa Des Moines Travelers Insurance Company Hartford Connecticut Travelers Fire Insurance CO Bee Balenkey Aer Pacey Casualty Dept Sluesonae Travelers Indemnity Company Company OF Winterthur Switzer John Street York the Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Company OF Fire Association OF Philadelphia Batheiellens Mde Auburn Legion Turner Wae Cercle Canadien Freeland D. Deane Bath West Paris Buckfield National Liberty Insurance Infantry Firemen's Insurance Company Company OF America Camoona Or Newark New Jersey Sabattus Real State Loeans North End C Cc H. Wallace Eee H. Waldron H. Dennison P. Pert R. Clark B. Hill Hodgkins L. Howe Gagne Bell Charles H. Morse United States Casualty Company N. Y CcComrant Real Estate Pennsylvania Oliver Christiansen Petit Reardon Reeseree Goss Cosereee Rariene Crocker Er Eeee Hooker Eeeasoure Lombard Pratt Phidbrook Blaisdell Pee Reed Tyler Wee Eavettersie North American Accident Ins. CO Ill Home Insurance Company Alate A Agra Ee Eatnes America
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