Forty Years Ago in Bath Two Bath items and naval note
Fortunes of Bath residents are recounted with corrections to a past report. Alexander McNear returns from Togus on furlough, while Alonzo McNear is not at the home. A Bermuda excursion departs April 22 from Portland on the Prince Arthur with James P. Ledyard and Arthur Larrabee and others from Bath. Mary Campbell returns from Massachusetts and resumes work as bookkeeper at C. W. Rogers. Post office clerks plan 15 day summer vacations starting July 1, with a sequence of staff departures. William T. Hodgkins is named to the Board of Registration, replacing ill Mayor Bull. Ward Four election preparations prompt board activity and police force recommendations. George Gray of Five Islands is hospitalized after a paralytic shock, with son George H. Gray accompanying him. Worrell R. Carter, Bath native and U. S. Navy midshipman, visits town after Naval Academy graduation and transfer to the Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Hodgkins
Board of Registration
Mulligan
Democratic City Committee
William H. Bull
Hyde
Bull
George Gray
Five Islands
Marine Hospital
Portland
Lewis Pepper
Middle Street
Gray
George H. Gray
Notable Local Moves and Social News from Bath and Vicinity
March 24 1909 brief notes: D N Thayer, former Rockland Star proprietor, passes Bath en route to Rockland to oversee Rockland plant apparatus shipment. now with Hardward Review in New York. Charles C Tokaker Swanton Jameson Co. bookkeeper settles election bet with Councilman Sampson, hosting a private dining room banquet at the Dewey. Mr and Mrs F W S Blanchard depart for Washington DC and then Honolulu where Blanchard will serve as Lighthouse Board superintendent of construction and draughtsman. W A Sanford builds a 21 foot motor boat for his son Perry. near completion. John H Carter of Woolwich leases Riverside hotel at Popham Beach for summer, ready mid June, after managing house three seasons. Battleship Georgia visitor, taking vacation from Gardiner, notes overhaul in Philadelphia expected finished by May first. Miss Louise Robinson enter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. N. Thayer
Rockland Star
Bath
Rockland
Thayer
New York
Hardward Review
Charles C. Tothaker
The
Swanton, Jameson Co
Sampson
Dewey
F. W. S. Blanchard
Washington, D. C
Honolulu
Blanchard
Light House Board
John H. Carter
Woolwich
Popham Beach
Mr. Carter
John H. Stacy
Popham
E. S. Sawyer
Swampscott
Mass
Cox's Head
Kennebec River
Sawyer
Intimate farewell party and local notices update
A farewell party at Miss Robinsons Upper Washington home featured lobster Newburg before her departure next Saturday for Brooklyn Hospital Training School. Pete the L A & W conductor sports rainbow stockings after a bet, while Bath sees rising pneumonia cases and a light keeper's house is planned for Popham Beach. Bowdoin undergrads pursue a new gymnasium costing about 100000 dollars as students push plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Washington Street
Lobster Newburg
Miss Robinson
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Hospital Training School
Pete
L. A & W. Street Railway
Italian Workers Arrive for Feldspar Quarries at Georgetown
March 25 1909 ten Italians arrived from Boston bound for Georgetown to work in the feld spar quarries for Mr Cummings. Benjamin Oliver and Bertha M Oliver unite in marriage at People's Baptist parsonage in Phippsburg. Lucia Oliver daughter of George Oliver of Popham. House at 108 Center street tagged after daughter Victoria's scarlet fever illness. Board of Health imposes quarantine for family and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Georgetown
Cummings
People’s Baptist Parsonage
William W. Hutchins
Bertha M. Oliver
Phippsburg
F. W. O'Brien
George Oliver
Popham
S. H. Duncan
Center Street
Victoria
Board of Health
Mr. Duncan
Preston
Repairs Complete as Sctor Cora F Cressey Prepares to Sail
March 26, 1909 reports Cora F Cressey finishing repairs at Percy and Small yard and likely sailing tomorrow for a coal port. Mr. Barnes, ex mate of Miles M Merry, will be chief officer. Crew due on the evening Boston train. South residents observe the progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sctor
Cora F. Cressey
Percy & Small
Barnes
Miles M. Merry
Boston
Indignation as poisoning attacks target local dogs
Residents pursue suspected perpetrators after two dogs die from poison and others are poisoned in the area. Notable events include Mark Sewall sailing with his brother Oscar on a two month trip, and the Bath schooner Horatio L. Baker arriving in Baltimore with 3 450 barrels of molasses after a 20 day voyage. Mrs. A P Howard suffers a scalp wound from a stairs fall, while Mrs. E B Noyes returns from Everett. Social pages note a house warming for Lester Washburns at Middle and Corliss streets and gifts presented to the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horatio L. Baker
Baltimore
Porto& Rico
Corbeth
Cape Hatteras
Lester Washburn
Middle
Corliss
L. L. Hooker
Washburn
George McCutcheon
Harry Sanford
H. D. Robinson
D. W. Lemont
Isaac Coombs
Lottie Pierce
Eva Oliver
Ernest Heald
George Gilchrist
Percy Returns From Coast Trip With Car Deal
Former Mayor Samuel R. Percy arrives home after a Pacific coast trip. In Wyoming he stayed with Governor Brooks. Mrs. Percy went to Boston where they bought a touring car of 30 horsepower. Irving C. Trufant opens a grain and feed store at Washington and School, receiving five carloads of goods and a new delivery horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel R. Percy
Pacific Coast
Wyoming
Brooks
Percy
Boston
Irving C. Trufant
Washington and
School Streets
Navy Groom Brings World Cruise Gifts to Islesford Bride
Arthur Emeron Ham recently returned from a Navy world cruise with his wife to Miss Agnes Maud Gilley of Islesford. He presented exquisite silks purchased in Japan including a chrysanthemum patterned shirt waist. The couple will live at the Gilley homestead and carry on the family. Other notes record Eta Charge Bowdoin College members Lucy Hartwell and Madelyn Clifford at a Theta Delta Chi house party and Bath residents attending Ethel Barrymore’s Lady Frederick at the Empire Theatre in Lewiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Emeron Ham
Agnes Maud Gilley
Islesford
Navy
Japan
Lucy Hartwell
Madelyn Clifford
Eta
Theta Delta Chi
Bowdoin College
Bath
Ethel Barrymore
Lady Frederick
Empire Theatre
Lewiston
Frank Wilson
Morrissey
H. H. Haverfield
M. A. Haggett
Frank L. Staples
Sanford L. Fogg
F. E. Southard
Jane Moulton
W. S. Newell
Harry B. Sawyer
Margaret Foote
E. M. Fuller
Bath notables and local joys amid March week
Bath residents share March vacation notes with Bowdoin students and local events. The piece lists Bath boys at Bowdoin, a collision tribute for Capt John A Sampson, a birthday gathering for William H Corr, Bath City Hospital’s overcrowding, a trustees meeting planned for adding space, and Capt B H Spurling’s Boothbay crew heading to Gloucester aboard Clintonia for a summer mackerel cruise plus depot attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Spurling
Boothbay
George Barton
Joseph Eldridge
Harvey Doughty
Charles Brogell
Charles Greenleaf
Cleveland Barter
Freemont Abbott
Bath
Gloucester
Spurling
Probate Notices From Bath Court Sagadahoc 1949
Court orders notice for multiple estates in Bath Sagadahoc County Maine with hearings on April first. administrations without bond or with will annexed to be issued. estates include Bowie Hayes Larrabee Low Tyler Cox. notices published in Bath Independent for three weeks. official copies by Arthur J. Dunton Judge of Probate and John L. Jack Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
John P. Hayes
John P Hayes
George P. Larrabee
Helen M Smith
Annie M. Larrabee
Jean Hartwell Low
Chestnut Hill
Norfolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Maine
Edith H. Low
George W. Tyler
Bertha M. Tyler
Annie E. Cox
Allan Spear
Arthur J. Dunton
John L. Jack Register
Aetna Company Statement of Assets and Liabilities 1948
The document lists Aetna Casualty and Surety and Aetna Life Insurance assets and liabilities as of December 31 1948. It details real estate mortgage loans bonds and stocks cash in office and bank agents balances bills receivable interest and rents and various other assets. Liabilities include net unpaid losses unearned premiums other liabilities contingency reserves cash capital and surplus. The figures show admitted assets near 148.8 million for the casualty and 1.5 billion for the life division with substantial surplus and long term reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aetna Casualty and Surety Company
Hartford
Connecticut
Aetna Life Insurance Company
Accident and Liability Department
Accident & Liability Dept
Life Department
United States Fire Ins. CO
William St
New York
N. Y
Westchester Fire Ins, CO
Hills
Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Des Moines
Iowa
Automobile Ins. CO
Standard Fire Insurance
Hartford, Com Company OF
Travelers Fire Insurance Company
Travelers Indemnity CO
Hartfe
Calvert Fire Insurance CO
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Travelers Insurance CO
Har
Camden Fire Insuranc
Association
Camden
Accident Dept
THE
American Insurance CO
Washington Street
Newark
N. J
Park Place
New Jersey
Charles H Morse - Bath Firemen
Ance Company
Ewark
Jersey
Asbess
Charles H Morse
Math Hiram T. Stevens Bath
Roger D. Shillings
Bath
Home Insurance Company
Albany Insurance Company
DEI
Massachusetts Indemnity Insurance Company
Boston
Atlas Assurance Company
Beacon Street
U 8
British America Assurance Co
U. S
UOC
Public Schools Resume After March Recess In City
The city reports schools back in session today after the March break. Miss Nellie E. Potter returns to teach her former seventh grade class on South Street. Miss Alice Varney substitutes for Miss Minnie Barnes due to sickness. At Red Men's hall Friday a pitch tournament awarded Woodbury Potter first prize a pound of tobacco, with William Hoyle as booby. Monthly prize went to George Smith a cigar and ash tray. A year ago the Kennebec river was ice free Augusta to the sea while Waterville ice blocked the Kennebec dam. current signs suggest a delay before those conditions return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie E. Potter
South Street
Alice Varney
Minnie Barnes
Red Men's Hall
Woodbury Potter
William Hoyle
George Smith
Kennebec
Augusta
Waterville
Kennebec Dam
Good Show Delights with Townsfolk Talent
Topsham performers led a lively program titled Strolling Through the Park One Day featuring talents from Jerry Jack to Mel Tukey. The show included musical numbers like Apple Pie Song Dark Town Strutter's Ball and Home on the Range with energetic dances and a final chorus of Good night Sweetheart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topsham
Jerry Jack
Mel Tukey
R. Bechard
M. Burgess
J. Longley
H. Powers
B. Staples
B. Marshal
Owen Greenblatt
Mamzel
Barber Shop
H. Hendrickson
W. Futterton
H- Robinson
R. Marshall
H. Robinson
Freda Legard
D. Coombs
J. Snipe
Harry James
M. Tukey
P. Norcross
Far West
A. Brown
J. Atwood
R. Brown
B. Coombs
Ain
B. Travis
Texas
B. Brown
C. Costain
Morning blaze costs Bath market building
Firemen cut holes in the floor to reach a blaze beneath Cyr's market. Flames swept the rear to Front Street and up through a chimney to the roof of the two story wooden building. An electric clock stopped at 3 48 as Chief Richard Frates noted the fire likely started from a short circuit in electric wiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyr’s Market
Front Street
Richard Frates
Bath Fire Department
Probate order for two Sagadahoc estates issued
In Sagadahoc County on March seventeenth the court orders action on probate for Alfred E Trott of Woolwich and Ann A Wallace of Phippsburg. It sets next hearing on the second Tuesday of April at ten o clock and names executors Milton C Trott and Freeman A Trott, and administrator Arthur F Wallace if suitable. Arthur J Dunton attests this true copy, dated 24-31-7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Bath Independent
Appointment of probate officers in Sagadahoc county Bath estate
I John Y Jack Register of Probate certify that in the Bath estate of Mary E Linekin of Bath she is appointed executrix without bond on March 7, 1949. Estate of James Frank Jones late of Bath, Louise E Jones of Bath named administratrix and qualified by presenting bond on March 8 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Y. Jack
Sagadahoc
Bath
Mary E Linekin
James Frank Jones
Louise E Jones
Arthur J. Dunton
Blaze damages storefront and tailor shop on Front Street
A fire heavily scorched wiring and a frozen food cabinet area while flames scarred floor and wall timbers. Smoke and water damaged the tailor shop at 135 Front Street next to the market run by Mr Greenblatt. The Gilliams found temporary shelter in Sonia's Bakery as firemen fought the blaze. Maureen was offered milk, and the family, living previously at 954 High Street, were kept safe. Ten days earlier Bath Lumber Co’s property at 509 Washington Street burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Street
Greenblatt
Gilliams
High Street
Sonia
Maureen
Bath Lumber Co
Washington Street
Rebekah Meeting in Auburn Hosts Visitors
Meeting scheduled in Auburn Wednesday afternoon and evening with Liberty lodge as hostess. Miss Margaret Duncan in charge and Mrs Augusta M Jenkins president of the Rebekah Assembly of Maine will supervise. Local Rebekahs to attend Mrs Fredella Hilton Augusta Warden R A of Maine visit in Richmond on April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Liberty Lodge
Margaret Duncan
Augusta M. Jenkins
Rebekah Assembly of Maine
Rebekahs
Fredella Hilton
Augusta
R. A. of
Maine
Richmond
Oak Leaf Club Meeting Honors Mrs McKinnon with Gifts
Oak Leaf club met recently with Mrs. Donald McKinnon hosting. A carriage of roses served as centerpiece at dinner. The evening featured games and stories and a bassinet of gifts surprised Mrs. McKinnon. Attendees included Mrs. Maurice Skillin, Mrs. Nel Whitmer, Mrs. Leslie Dyer, Mrs. Chester King, Mrs. Arthur Totman, Mrs. Norman MacDonald, Mrs. William Rader and Mrs. Walter Snipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Leaf Club
Donald McKinnon
McKinnon
Maurice Skillin
Nel Whitmer
Leslie Dyer
Chester King
Arthur Totman
Norman MacDonald
William Rader
Walter Snipe
Ramona Council Meeting Notice by Pocahontas Unit
Regular Ramona Council gathering held Thursday at the G A R hall led by Mrs Elvira Emery the Pocahontas. Routine business passed with a vote to contribute to the Crippled Children's Fund. Refreshments served by Deputy Mrs Helen Gagnon and Mrs Etta Gallant. card games followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramona Council
Pocahontas
G.A.R. Hall
Elvira Emery
Helen Gagnon
Etta Gallant
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge Anniversary Observed
Queen Esther Rebekah lodge plans Thursday evening events at the I O O F Temple featuring banquet visit by Assembly Warden and degree conferment for a large class. The Chevaliers and Ladies of Canton King and King Auxiliary attend an entertainment after degree work. Bath residents Mr. Albert H. Thompson and Mrs. Frank Moore join the annual Portland gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
I. O. O. F. Temple
Assembly
Canton
King and King Auxiliary
Odd Fellowship
Portland
Albert H. Thompson
Frank Moore
Bath
Rebekahs
Foreclosure Notice on Popham Beach Property in Maine
William H Wallace and Althea M Wallace of Phippsburg Maine defaulted on a mortgage dated November 1 1946 held by Herman A Spinney of Georgetown Sagadahoc County. The notice details the described land parcels at Popham Beach and surrounding deeds, with the action cited for breach of mortgage conditions and foreclosure by Spinney dated March 22 1949. The record references prior deeds from 1891 1902 and 1914 and includes chain of title and parcel boundaries in Sagadahoc County Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Wallace
Althea M. Wallace
Phippsburg
Sagadahoc
State of Maine
Herman A. Spinney
Georgetown
Popham Beach
Sagadahoc County
Maine
Allen
James E. Perkins
George A Oliver
Lyman Oliver
M. G Shaw
F. S. Oliver
Sprague
Eva M Stacey
John H. Stacey
James E Perkins
Registry of Deeds
Massachusetts
Bath
Herman A, Spinney
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bath Daily Times
Alexander McNear
Togus
Alonzo McNear
Times
Alonzo
James P. Ledyard
Arthur Larrabee
Bermuda
Aaaita
Mary Campbell
C. W. Rogers
Pond
W. J. Perry
Gustavus Pease
Charles M. Snow
Harry Day
G. Roy Dunning
Leland Hodgkins
Board of Aldermen
Small
Worrell R. Carter
Earle Lemont
Carter
Naval Academy
Annapolis
San Francisco
Minnesota
Hampton Roads
W. A. Sanford
Perry Sanford
Georgia
Gardiner
Louise Robinson
Light House
Old Bowdoin
G. T. Tilden
Galen Hinckley
New England Telephone Co
L. L Hooker
Alexander Mason
W. W Miller
A. L. Washburn
T. W. Hyde Camp
Sons of Veterans
Custer Camp
Charles Brown
Walter M. Murphy
E. F. Lewis
Oakes Ames
Forest Lewis
Fred Abbott
Cook
Andrew F. Frederiksen
Bath Iron Works
Mr. Frederiksen
Francis O’donnell
Charlestown Navy Yard
Knights of Columbus
Ralph Passmoress
Eugene Dodge
Elmer Campbell
Mark W. Sewall
Oscar T. Sewall
Adriatic
American Ice Co
A. P. Howard
Russell Street
Dr. Peaslee
E. B. Noyes
Everett
Elmer Hodgkins
Henry P. Mason
Charles Mitchell
Charles W. Crooker
Crooker
Edward W. Larrabee
International Coal Dealers’ Association
Maine Association
Dayton Hill
Ray Palmer
Raymond Trott
Earle Thompson
Charles Farnham
Clifton Page
Wilson Cottage
Wallace Hayden
Frank Koughan
Stanley Pierce
Herman Johnson
Orrison Haley
Fred Lord
George Stewart
Philip Cole
Fred Kateon
Peleg Sprague
Pollock Rip Slue
Metropolitan Steamship Company
Horatoi
Howard MacMahan
William H. Corr
MacMahan
Bath City
Ramona
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