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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 31, 1955

Page

3

Bath News 1914 Roundup Includes Naval Note and Local Happenings

The American note to Britain over the detention of U S cargoes is under consideration. St Mary's organist Napoleon Pineau resigns Feb 1 1915. Smelts stranded on Woolwich shore are hauled away by residents. New Year events at Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum, musical and social activities, local sports results, and maritime trade notes fill the day’s Bath Chronicle page.

United States Great Britain Napoleon Pineau St. Mary's Horan Woolwich Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum

Steamer Na hanada Runs Regular Service Coastwise

The E. S. S. Co. steamer Na hanada now operates regularly between Wiscasset and Boothbay with frequent trips extending east to Port Clyde.

Wiscasset Boothbay Port Clyde

Bath Driving Club to Hold First Saturday Matinee Races

Jan 3 1915 reports the Bath Driving Club planning a Saturday matinee on the new Lily Pond track finishing that morning as a quarter mile speedway. Four classes expected. Capt L B Chaney of M C R R honored with an art calendar by J C Thurston of Portland after 101 river trips aboard the Ferdinando Gorges.

Bath Driving Club Lily Pond Crawford Opera House L. B. Chaney M.C R. R Ferdinando Gorges J. C. Thurston Portland Capt. Chaney

Bath to see new four masted schooner Carl F Cressy launched

Jan 4 1914 Bath Maine readers learn a Percy and Small shipyard ceremony will launch the four masted schooner Carl F Cressy at 3 pm Wednesday from the South End yard with Capt Norman Merry in command. The vessel honors M D Cressy of Boston and follows the Dustin G Cressy launched in 1912.

Carl F. Cressy Percy & Small Bath Kennebec Norman Merry M. D. Cressy Boston Dustin G. Cressy

BIW Camera Club to Meet Thursday

The BIW Camera Club schedules a 7 30 p m session at the BIW Recreational Hall with Daniel C Wakefield showing artificial lighting and model posing. Wakefield brings 22 years in professional photography including a Pittsfield portrait studio and work for Douglas Photo Shop. Members and guests are invited to bring cameras and tripods for portrait practice under expert guidance. Lighting facilities will be available for black and white and color film work.

Camera Club BIW Daniel C. Wakefield Wakefield Pittsfield Douglas Photo Shop Fayscott Corporation Dexter Life Magazine Brooks Panorama

Howard Calendar Picture Chronicles Bath Figures and Bike Trips

The Howard Coal Company distributes calendars showing Charles T. Jackson on a bicycle with rubber tires and Richard M. Hallett as a three year old. It notes Jackson’s 2250 mile two month journey to Boston and a weight loss from 196 to 142 pounds. The clipping mentions 4500 full time entomologists in the United States.

Howard Coal Company Commercial Street Norman Howard Charles T. Jackson Bath Mr. Hallett Richard M. Hallet Mr. Jackson Boston Mr Jackson

Signs Youve Reached Adulthood From Hal Boyle

New York writer Hal Boyle lists humorous signs you are growing up not old, from wrinkles and annual checkups to dear John letters and jokes you no longer laugh at. He notes shifts in finances, romance, and work, with practical changes like foot powder and pocket cough drops. The piece playfully tracks how perception, priorities, and daily habits evolve with age.

John Jack Dempsey Somebods McCarthy Charlie Joe

Americans buy nearly five million new and eight million used cars

In 1953 Americans purchased 4 940 000 new cars and 8 060 000 used cars in a year of growing auto demand. The report highlights strong consumer confidence and expanding access to motor vehicles across the United States.

Probate notices and annual meeting for Bath estates and trust

Court orders probate actions for the estates of Roscana Chamberlain Joy and Arthur B Stearns with executors Ruth Williams and Reuben C Walker. notices issued for bondless letters testamentary. Bath Trust Company stockholders to meet January 11 1955 at 2 PM in Bath Banking Rooms to elect trustees and conduct business.

Bathin Sagadahoc Bath Independent Bath Maine Bath Trust Compan Bath Trust Company R H Baxter

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The Bath Daily Times Mme Emma Eames de Gogorza Detroit Senor de Gogorza Madame Maine New York City Warren Adams Bowdoinham J. T. Rideout & Co Jacksonville Houghton Brothers William McNeal McNeal Morse High School Capt. Fitzgerald H. M. Workman U. S. Navy New York Utah Navy R. H. Baxter Mary Vendome Hotel Priscilla Kimball Colonial Cafe Bath Opera House Eugenia Shaw Holbrook Houghton Hockomock Bath Estates Diamond Ice Co Lemont’s Creek Colonial Club Basketball Warriors Senators Augusta Phippsburg Center First Baptist Society A. J. Dunton J. L. Purington W. H. White Jennie A. Goodman Grace Goodwin Prudential Committee A. H. Durgin Lily Pray Lena Heal Jennie Norton Esther White S. C. Hill Hettie Hodgdon William King Council Royal Arcania George A. Bragdon Fred A. Orr Ralph A. Rand S. A. Specht Frank S. Wakefield W. S. Russell H. S. Farrell Robert Cochran Arthur R. Orr George E. Barker J. H. Specht David S. Harris David A. Holmes Custom House Bath Iron Works Charles Fitzgerald Georgetown University Oliver Moses Phillips Exeter Lester Morse Herbert Lemont University of Maine Frederick Magoun Worcester Tech Dodge Bros Bath Automobile & Gas Engine Co Stevens Water Works Center Street Middle Street Middle Center Streets James Wheeler Moulton Helen W. Martin Hill Newport News West Bath Grange Hall Pine Tree Circle Companions of the Forest of America C.c Lillian King S.C.C Jennie Farrin R.S G. H. Johnson F.S Mary Murphy Severina Couture R.G Nellie Downey J.G Eva LeClair Josephine McNeil Ethel Warner P.C.C Lucie Worthley Circle Nellie Johnson Virginia American Telephone & Telegraph Co Bell System First Baptist Church People’s Church Corliss Street Peterson DeCoste Hartleb & Chestra Mr. de Coste Texas Alaska Ville O. Wright L. Earle Lemont Francis Holmes David Pereau T. M. Larsen Boothbay Harbor Kent Sadie A. Kimball C. M. Gilmore Webber J. R. Andrews Hyde Windlass Co New York Navy Yard Charlotte Hall Saratoga Springs Skidmore School of Arts Young Coombs Winneganee Lewiston Harold M. Sewall Woolwich Hills Arthur Sewall Old North Old South Winter Street Universalist Front Street Church Block Uiss Louise Fuller Columbia University Loyal George A. Allen George B. Wetherbee Phillips-Andover Mrs. C. P. Wetherbee High Street Donald Percy Simsbury Yale Loyall Sewall Horace Morse H. R. Lemont Parker Moulton Wallace Ham Langdon Hill George Carlton Robert Percy Guild School Dorothy Sewall Washington Colonel Dummer Sewall D.A.R Washington Street Mr. Goodwin Oakwood Farm Phippsburg New England Lower River Riggsville Five Islands Pejepscot New Yor Sun Daniel I. Arnon University of California American Association For the Advancement of Science Berkeley Millicent Clifford Loyal Sewall Scott R. Frye Lincoln Castle Knights of the Golden Eagle Eugene A. Youland Stanley Burgess Joseph W. Larrabee Mel Raymond B Welch E. M. Fuller Charles A. Trafton Sanford Eugene Allen New Haven Giuseppe Palmieri Idlewild Palmieri Italy B. I. W. Camera Club Daniel Wakefield Howard Santa Buk Han San Seoul 314Th Army Ordnance Group William J. Fallern Havertown Donald R Weiss Brooklyn N. Y Paul E. Delisle Malone International Soundphoto Hal Boyle Hialeah Track Florida Summer Tan Ponder Quads Murphreesboro Ark Donna Dicky Danny Dewey ST. Nick North Pole Pam Michalson Eureka Calif
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