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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 31, 1932

Page

6

Forty Years Ago In Bath March 23 1892

Readable notes from Bath dated March 23 1892 recount local events and people. Dunlap Sonora admitted 33 new members. Miss Nellie D Coombsee hosts whist. American Express Co wagon shafts broken by a horse incident. Odd Fellows from Bath attend degrees at Pejepscot lodge. city council adjourns for sub officer elections. Corliss Street entertainment postponed. prayers and church meetings scheduled.

Sonora

Corliss Street Sociable Meeting Scheduled

March 25, 1892 notes show the Corliss Street sociable will meet in the evening with Mrs. Willard Hodgkins. Captain Gowell of the ferry Union visits up street noting a kink in his side. William Sprague paints Knickerbocker Towage Co boats. Charles Rogers starts Bedford street residence 28 by 36 feet. Samuel Rich handles the red house painting on Dummer Street. Beacon Street sociable gathering led by Mrs. J C Wednesday evening.

Corliss Street Sociable Willard Hodgkins Marshall Street William Sprague The Knickerbocker Towage Co Capt. Gowell Ferry Union William Cahill Dummer Street Samuel Rich Small Dyer John A. Small Mr. Small Central Maine Power Co Robinson's Lane Morris Povich Standard Furniture Co Center Street Nicholas Mihalos Special Committee On Franklin Scarver Broad Street Bath Savings Institution

Hartford Accident and Indemnity Figures Revealed

Financial figures show Pariece 31 December totals for Hartford Accident and Indemnity with admitted assets 44.56 million dollars and total liabilities and surplus around 110.73 million. Cash capital listed at 3 million and surplus over liabilities about 4.60 million. Debits include 1.30 million in items not admitted.

Hartford D. M Bath

Bowdoin College Baseball Schedule Opened at Home

Bowdoin’s Polar Bears announce a 14 game spring slate with five at Pickard Field. Home games start at 3 30 p m. The schedule lists dates against Bates Maine Colby Northeastern Mass Aggies Wesleyan Tufts and Bates at Brunswick Lewiston Orono Amherst and Middletown. George Cummings of Lewiston visited the city on Tuesday.

Bowdoin Pickard Field Polar Bears Patriots Lewiston Bates Brunswick College Maine Orono Colby Waterville Northeastern Boston Mass Aggies Amherst Weslyan Middletown Tufts Medford Brunswick

City Council Elects Officials and Sets 1932 Salaries

The city council elected officers including city treasurer and collector Donald D. Young city marshal Walter L. Whitney city engineer Stephen Litchfield and city auditor Emily J. Morgan. They also filled posts as forester shore up salaries and approved per diem payments and a joint committee on finance recommended combining the city treasurer and collector roles and continuing mayor as clerk hire.

Cemetery Board of Aldermen House of Correction Board of Health Joint Standing Committee On Finance Ellery E. Whittemore George J. Goodwin Common Council Eubra F. Troop Arthur L. Pratt Elford A. Stover Whitney Pratt Miller Small Bee City Treas Donald D. Young Whittemore Walter L. Whitney Dyer Stephen Litchfield Perry Emily J. Morgan Youland Harold W. Child Knox & Lincoln Railroad Arthur K. Purington Richard Frates James P. Sutherland Horace W. Ward Sutherland Robert E. Kingsbury Ralph Pinkham Dougherty Litchfield Jamess. Knight

Joint Committees Named by City Officers for the Year

The aldermen and councilmen appointive lists for all standing and special committees were announced. Chairs are designated with the first alderman in each pairing. Named members include Whittemore Whitney Dyer Billings Perry Youland and many others across Accounts Charities Engrossed ordinances Finance Manufacturing Fire Public streets Taxes Water Water works Athletics Insurance Licenses Police State aid and pensions Public buildings Public lighting Schools and school houses Special Committees Serving Constables and various council members across multiple departments.

Whitney Finance Committee Board of Highways and Sewers Youland Whittemore Small Pres Goodwin Pres. Goodwin Whittemore and Whitney Knight Pratt and Stover Dyer Billings Blake Jackson Troop Sheldon Emery Brierly Robbins Kingsbury Pratt Perry Haley Freeman McCabe and Tobey Miller Perry and Smith Dinances McCabe Billings and Whitney Nichols Bickle Woodman

Executrix Applies for Letters Testamentary in 1932 Will

The daughter identified as executrix petitions to prove and allow the will of the deceased and to issue Letters Testamentary to Blanche A. Pease without bond, dated March 8, 1932.

State OF Maine Sagadahoc Blanche A. Pease Bath Theodore W. Pease Cobb Road Maine A.D Che A. Pease Wilson L. Bailey J. Gould Bailey Percy C. Bailey Woolwich Said Abbie E. Bailey A. D George M. Stinson Alice G. Stinson Marcia M. Stinson Harry M. Stinson Louisville Rachel Farnham

City Names Nearly 150 Constables Led by Mayor Small

Mayor Small announced a nearly 150 strong constable list approved by the board of aldermen on Wednesday night. The roster includes Walter F. Abbott Chester C. Ader ton Edmund A. Arsenault Joseph E. Avery George F. Allen Fred W. Ad erton and many others.

Small Board of Aldermen Walter F. Abbott Chester C. Aderton Edmund A. Arsenault Joseph E. Avery George F. Allen Fred W. Aderton William M. Adams Frank H. Beal John W. Biggins Edward A. Blake Howard E. Blake Ralph J. Boardman Hazen E. Boyle George A. Bragdon James E. Brewster George S. Davis John T. Dwyer Walter T. Dingley Burt M. Dyer Sidney L. Eaton Edwin L. Emmons Richard Frates Fitz G. Falin Frank T. Fortier Harry S. Farrell John J. Foley Langdon E. Green John Gannon Everett T. Green John R. Gallagher Fred N. Gowen H. A. Gowell John W. Gillespie Emerson B. Glidden Elson E. Harford Lloyd L. Hooker William E. Harriman William O. Hunt William F. Ham Peter G. Innes James M. Jewett Alfred J. Keene James S. Knight John F. King William R. Kimball

Banjo Blamed In Augusta Car Crash Injures Mother and Infant

Mrs. Doris K. Clark of Augusta loses control of her car near Vassalboro at midnight. A banjo on the seat bounced onto her sleeping baby in the rear, causing a crash into a telephone pole. Both mother and child sustained minor bruises. Officer Merle E. Cole reported the incident.

Doris K. Clark Longwood Avenue Augusta Waterville Samuel Clark Vassalboro

Also Mentioned on This Page

Bath Daily Times Nellie D. Coombsee American Express Co Front Street Epscot Lodge Corliss Street W. S. Kenniston Rockland Liberty & Lake Portland and Kennebec Mining Co Small Point Ernest Huse Pront Street Lundrigan and Poole King’s Daughters Dickey Bird Woodward Darien S. S. Sewall A. Sewall & Co Adelia Dingrey Mayor Twitchell Acadia Lodge M. G. Shaw & Son Rufus Thomas Ireland Knickerbocker Boothbay Daylight New York North Street King’s Daughters and Sons Alice Archer Gibbs Sewall’s Roanoke Miles M. Merry Polar Star Lodge F. & A. M Ladies Cecelian Quartet Portland J. H. Laine P. 5S Bath High School Baseball Association H. E. Cole Robert Dyer Fred Drake Charles Moulton McLaughlin Universalist Church Oliver Moses Moses K. P Patten Lodge Josie Ham Odd Fellows Stunceton Pejepscot Lodge Seguin Light Seguin Kennebec Court Sagadahoc A. O. F the Alameds Pullen St. Mary's Church J. C. Higgins Sagadaheck Phoenix J. B. Drake Kennebec Steamboat Co Kennebecs Della Collins Frank Jones Mount Desert Steamboat Co Stevedore Fisher Cox’s Head Augustus Hunt Fred Davenport Washington Street Brooks, Potter Winneganee Creek Bailey B. F. Savage William Beals Cornelius Pond Ice Co Bay Wilson Pril 5 Torrey George Place Iron Works E. M. Puller Afton Lermond Middle Street J. W. Kimball Daisy Farlin Kelley Spear Richard Lundrigan Long Beach Thomas Gibbs Sedgwick Relief Corps Mrs.Thompson’s Daughters of Rebekah Odd Fellows Hall St. Mary’s Society Orphans’ Home Arthur Bosworth Maine Central Lineman Reynolds Western Union Telegraph Co Mr. Conway York Street Wesley M. E Miss Mary Charles Rogers Bedford Street Beacon Street Sociable J.C George Cummings Arthur F. Mayo Williams Whitney Harold P. Small Cemetery and Park Board Marius H. Page Roland Rolvin H. Bowie Charles D. Hall Herbert Harris Her Bert Calderwood Harold Neilson Lewis J. Sanborn E. Wiliam Mann Edward Brown Orth Chandler Mabelle Whitten Adams Edward Roode Frank W. Kenyon Stewart McAllister Charles M. Staples Arthur W. Brown Daniel A. Bishop J. Edward Drake Charles R. Farnham Herbert L. Grinnell Ermmest F. Kelley William H. White Arthur C. Lemont Eugene H. Sprague Leburton D. Sheldon Lucy B. Perry William L. Farrell Mary C. Golder William A. Kittridge Paul A. Gregware Willis G. Jeffern John W. Gilmore Wright Gilmore King Charles W. Kingsbury Thomas J. Lundrigan Harry W.lemont Arthur Lewis Francis W. Lycleton W. Lowell Alvah F. Lewis William ©. Lancaster James N. Lavigne Joseph R. Melrose Philip V. Murphy Lester G. Munssy George A. McElman Eugene McGrath William Scott Morse Chester H. McCabe N. Monre2 John R. McDonald Alexander McDougall Merritt A. Mitchell Stewart V. McAbistar Matthew C. McPherson George Middleton Andrew McAllister Chester W. Nowell John A. Norris John Place Horate W Paule Charles E. Parks George D. Parshley Roeland Paro Erne Pinkham Fred W. Parks Forrest B. Potter Leland Plummer Melville Colin S. Wakefield William BE. McLaughlin Brian M. Jewett George C. Quicksall Emily P. Skillings Bath, Maine Roger D. Skillings Sagane Ccs Gee Walter Glidden William FP. Dunham Arthur J. Dunton Sagoe B Independent Dunham Strout Coun—Try Property E. A. Strout Realty Agency Inc Frank S. Walch Banker St Esther L. Brawn State OF Sagmentes Rath Walter S. Glidden William F. Dunham Benjamin S. Haggett Fred B. Haggett Elizabeth A. Haggett Walter Seal As Daniel Williams William R. Bowker Phippsburg Daniel Wila Sriniea. Rescain Charles Renaud Eugen
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