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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1956

Page

8

Dandelions and developments in Bath 1916

Bath Daily Times items from 1916 report dandelion greens digging, a Bodwell grange May event, antiques shop expansion, Hotel Columbia occupancy plans, interior finish work, a seal spot at Minott's pond, scarce maple sap, Front Street buildings set for removal, Desmond Clothing windows, Weeks Street Grammar School playground dedication, fundraising from Assembly Hall entertainment, local travel and hearings, Republican delegates to Chicago, Bath Iron Works and Electric Boat moves, social events, and Bath Bachelors club activity with a Silk gown盛 display at Music Hall.

Masonic Quarters Committee Formed and Old North Church Move

A four-body Masonic committee is formed on April 26 1916 to plan larger quarters in this city. The Old North church on the move from Sen 1 yard to New gland Yard will be used as a storehouse. Gov Williams helped build the church site on the southwest corner of the current Hon Albert H Shaw grounds. The Paul Revere bell in the 1803 steeple was funded by subscription. Miss Toodles Stillcross arrives from Swan Island and sues O Cheatum for 125000 per promise. trial to be heard in Music Hall Friday with four top lawyers. Audreau’s dance follows the mock trial.

Ain Sen Gland Gover Williams Maine Albert H. Haw Paul Revere Bell Ich Gov. Kinging Toodles Stillcross Swan Island Iss Stillcross Obatah Cheatum Music Hall Audreau

Bath Y M C A origins traced to 1857 in Bath

A Bath letter traces the Bath YMCA origin to 1857 with references to John Wanamaker and early members. The informant, Mr. Gove, notes he is the sole surviving member, and Alonzo B. Parke returns from St John N B after a 40 year reunion.

Bath Bath Y. M. C. A John Wanamaker Portland Gove Bath Association Alonzo B. Parke St. John N. B Stone

Dance segments dazzle crowd with youth talent and pairs

The program featured young dancers including Isae O'Brien and Oliver Moses performing the espe tango dan, Miss Dorothy Jewett and Mr. Tibbetts in the new one-step, and Andrew Cahill with Miss Mann in the tango waltz, drawing praise for their polish and vigor.

Isae O’brien Oliver Moses Dorothy Jewett Mr. Tibbetts Andrew Cahill Miss Mann

Bath Notes April 30 1916 Local Happenings

Tug Ariel towed the Ad die P. McFadden to seal today and Seguin brought up the small coaster with Nova Scotia spruce for the Kelley Spear Co. L. V. Plummer, expert snare drummer now in Bath, will join the Waltham watch factory band. Plummer leaves Bath, glee club enlarges for Little Almond Eyes May 12, with Myrle Strong and others listed among the chorus. Big herring catch at Damartscove and No Name motor cruiser with 700 pounds of fish. Mayflowering crowds expected in the woods tomorrow.

Ariel Addie P. McFadden Seal Seguin Nova Scotia Kelley, Spear Co L. V. Plummer Waltham Watch Factory Waltham Factory Bend Mr. Plummer Bath Damartscove Boothbay Glee Club Myrle Strong Edna Florence Stevens Evelyn Colby Dorothy Monson Lucille Page Eleanor Denham Martha Baker Doris Dyeraktos Margaret Hangon Helen Child Elizabeth Hayes Ruth Goodwin Emily Cook Louise Baker Margaret Whalen Doris Shepherd Madelyn Brackley John Miller Leonard Mason Ned Andrews Harold Brooks Marshall

Hyde property sale on Washington Street completes deal

The Charles E Hyde property on lower Washington Street sold Saturday through E S Crosby Co to Herbert McCabe who will occupy the homestead. The riverfront lot fronts 300 feet and covers about three acres. Nearby, Alonzo B Parks George Patterson and Samuel Barnes left for Aberdeen to take jobs with the Aberdeen Shipbuilding Co.

Charles E. Hyde Lower Washington Street E. S. Crosby & Co Erbert McCabe Alonzo B. Parks George Patterson Samuel Barnes Aberdeen Wash Aberdeen Shipbuilding Co

Bath Easter Attire Marks Weekend Visits and Club Banquet

June term of U S District Court in Bangor notes notables. Mr and Mrs Edward Stewart and their daughter from Boston were weekend guests at their summer home at Kennebec Point, returning this morning. Bath youths showed new Easter outfits and looked smart. The Bath Driving Club plans its annual banquet at King Tavern with speeches music readings and ribbon awards.

U.S. District Court Bangor Edward Stewart Boston Kennebec Point Bath Driving Club King Tavern

Trouble Piles Up for Otis Murphy in North Carolina

Pulpwood worker Otis Murphy had a rough day starting with a flat tire then running out of gas. Slippery ground forced him to reload three times, his truck overturned spilling logs, and a broken hose dumped gasoline before he finally delivered the load at seven last evening.

Union S. C Otis Murphy

Oklahoma City Drive-in Owner Receives Mysterious Silverware Package

Hubert D. Marsh, operator of a city drive-in sandwich stand, found in the mail a package containing five forks, two cups and a knife all stamped with his name. He believes the items resemble silverware and china he used about 20 years ago, with no sender identified.

Oklahoma City Hubert D. Marsh

Mexico studies Spanish program for 3 million Indians

The government plans to teach Spanish to about 3 million Indians who still speak 55 native dialects and know no Spanish. Most reside in southern jungle regions, where Spain once moved into Mexico centuries ago, according to officials.

Mexico Mexico City Spain Tropics

Parrish Sentenced Over Tax Obsession In Topeka HoldUp

In Topeka Kansas 27 year old dishwasher Roy Parrish was jailed for a year for wounding a hotel clerk with a butcher knife during a holdup Parrish claimed the money was needed to pay his federal income tax. He says tax obligations drove his crime.

Topeka Kan Roy Parrish Parrish

Weekend replaces Sabbath in sermon gloss

Dr. Vernon Richardson at St. Pauls Methodist Church in Hagerstown Maryland contrasted historic weekly observances. He cited generations calling it the Holy Sabbath Sabbath Sabbath before noting the modern term Weekend is used today.

Hagerstown, Md Vernon Richardson St. Paul's Methodist Church

Electric legs enable polio victim Paul Davidoff to move

In Kalamazoo Michigan Paul Davidoff a 10 year old polio victim has found new legs in a battery driven electric cart He drives the three wheeled cart around with his brother Bobbie 4 who is also crippled by polio The cart is patterned after factory parts carriers

Kalamazoo, Mich Paul Davidoff Paul Bobbie

First Irish Immigrants Arrive in 1621

National Geographic Society states the earliest Irish arrivals reached what is now the United States in 1621.

The United States National Geographic Society

Notes on TV channels and local social updates

A column reviews television fare from Hitchcock to Omnibus and Spin and Marty, noting shifts in stars and programs. It highlights ABC’s Omnibus Sunday schedule, aging hosts like Milton Berle and Arthur Godfrey, and viewer weariness with certain hour dramas and car-bargain ads between films. The piece also lists local social notices from Kennebec Point and Lewiston, with hospital mentions and visits, plus neighbors attending a church slide show featuring German and European scenes.

Hollywood Jackie Gleason Reggie van Gleason Art Carney Ed Norton ABC Mickey Mouse Club Milton Berle Arthur Godfrey Berle Godfrey George Gobel TV Playhouse Tom, Dick Harry Maine General Hospital Harold Brown Jr Joseph Higgins James Oliver Brown Kennebec Point Lewis White John Drayton Miles Hagan Belle Heald Higgins Roland E. Peterson William Bisseth Sigfrid Carlstrom Donna Lee Robert Edith Faith Powers Germany Emil Shott Grace Lutheran Church of Lewiston Shott East Berlin Austria Switzerland France Alvah Reynolds Memorial Hospital J. W. McArthur Augusta Canada St. Stephens Mr. McArthur Dorothy Stuart Roland Peterson Gerald M. York Mrs David Y. Alkazin Bath

Probate Notices and Insurance Company Financials

Probate notices list executors guardians and appointment dates for estates in Sagadahoc County. The Maine license digest then records Home and Marine Insurance Company of California assets liabilities and surplus as of December 31 1955 including bonds real estate cash and reserves.

Home and Marine Insurance Company OF California San Francisco California Commissioner of Insurance State of Maine Co Agital Riks Wan Shae Sage Te Eomissioner of Insu

Ellsworth Coach Joins Morse High Faculty

Robert N. LePage a 29 year old Ellsworth High football coach will join Morse High School faculty in September to teach general science and European history and assist in football and basketball programs. He is a 1952 University of Maine graduate with prior teaching at Deerfield Academy and Ellsworth High. He is married with two children.

Robert N. LePage Ellsworth Morse High School Loring R. Addison Addison Marian Murphy Fisher School LePage University of Maine Deerfield, Mass Ellsworth High

Lions and Morse Juniors Sell 700 Bags of Bulbs

The Lions club and Morse High Juniors mobilized 35 Lions and 60 juniors, selling 700 bags of light bulbs in Bath areas including Woolwich and West Bath. Deliveries and special orders will be fulfilled by week’s end through club headquarters at Small's Garage.

Lions Club Morse High Bath Small's Garage Woolwich West Bath North Bath

Cheese Sprinkled Biscuits Shaped Jelly Roll Style

Dough is sprinkled with cheese then rolled jelly roll fashion and sliced to bake in a hot oven. Pairs well with creamed fish and offers a savory biscuit option.

Foreclosure Notice in Woolwich Township

The inhabitants of Woolwich Town claim foreclosure on the mortgage held by G Cohen of Bath against property along Route 127 and Parsonage Road, formerly Trott and now Woolwich, due to breach of condition. Robert W Stinson died April 1946 and Richard A Stinson was appointed administrator March 1950. probate docket 114.

Robert W. Stinson Sagadahoc G. Cohen Bath Als Woolwich Seradohee Annacone Proberty Ba Tal ‘Louis Annacone K River Spri Nanihbeshees Boun Hubert Eldred Robert W. Stin Richard A. Stinson Ragadahoe Soren WooLwic

Probate Court Notice in Bath Sagadahoc County

Court of Probate in Bath announces hearings on the estates of Ingraham and Neal with May 9 1956 hearing date to consider probate and appointment of Harold R Swanson as executor and Alfred W Neal as administrator without bond. Public notice to be printed weekly in Bath Independent.

Bath Sagadahoc Warneree Ingraham Harold R Swanson Edna A Neal Alfred Neal Alfred W. Neal

Appointment of Executors and Administrators in Sagadahoc Probate

Register of Probate certifies four estates appoint executors administrators or guardians for Horace Mitchell of Bath and Lizzie A Haggett of West Bath. Robert F E Mitchell named administrator January 10 1956 and bonded April 10 1956. Arthur J Benton Judge Probate 19-26-3.

Lillian H. Heal Sagadahoc Percy B Savage Georgetown Alton P. Reed Joseph W Lausier Bath Lucien T Lausier Lee Frank W Perkins Edward W Bridgham Lillian A. Heal Horace Mitchell Robert FE. Mitchell Lizzie A Haggett West Bath Charles T

Also Mentioned on This Page

Bath Daily Times Kennebec Bodwell Grange H. M. Sanford Columbia O’brien Times Phippsburg Center Minott’s Pond Kennec All Desmond Clothing Co E Weeks Street Grammar Ohe Assembly Hall John A. Lord S.N Portsmouth Alice Baltimore Hich New York Misses Bos E. C E. M. Reed New London Eed Electric Boat Co Harold M. Sewall Henry Gyer, Jr Cape Elizabeth Chicago Gus Lagergrin Bath Ironorks Elect Boat Co Rusa Charles V. Minott Cent York City Harriet Pinkham Middle Street A. W. Farrell Kittery Navy Yard Emilio de Gogorza Fred E. Irish S. B. Martin Manchester New Hampshire Winchester Bath Iron Works P. W. Rouss Aching M. S. Kimball Yale College Bath Bachelors Club Aimee Orchestra City Landing O. E. Page Aing Samuel R. Percy Alrt H. Shaw Walter S. Glidden Edward Drake Dr. C. A. Pease N. Gratz Jackson John A. Mall Henry R. White Sylvester Rowland Lucius M. LeMont Bert L. Strout William A. Farr R.C. Brown Arthur Smith Arthur B. Stilphen Wilam J. Perry Charles Hiver Brazil Frank A. Purington Carl Wentworth Institute Curtis Robert C. Hannigen Harry F. Morin William Merry Snow Park Mabel Redlon Louise Irish Eleanor Moultan Loraine Eggleston Marjorie Mitchell Marion Purington Charles Neil Mary Mussenden Laura Kennedy Gladys Oli Isabel Reed Cynthia Crosman Thelma Brown Edward Southard People’s Baptist Bible School Friends Clifton Street Katherine Frates Lewis Wilson Chester Ralph Boardman Paul Roy the Times Mercantile Miss Harvey We Gohoneies Ba Ore All Whiteplane Norman Mowers R, LeMoyne Harry Starbird Old Ladies’ Home Augustus A. Percy William D. Sewall William F. Moses L. T. Snipe Charles R. Donnell E. S. J. Nealley Julia F. Barker William H. Watson John H. Kimball William D Phi Rlios Alvin Coss William Daley Clarence Miller Earl Warren Great Pursuit Co Bath Opera House Shubert Theater Harry Pendleton Camden Texas Yard North End Brunswick Road Des Jardin Ivon DeLong Webber H. Hathorn Furber McCarty Bonney William Mann Harriet Johnson Bates College Park Pond Bath Masonic Building Association Masonic Hall Albert H. Shaw William A. Furber Clarence A. Peaslee J. Edward Drake Gardiner G. Deering H. M. Sewall Kelley Field Cabot Brunswick Oral Pond Phippsburg Dener B.I.W Thomas J. Lundrigan Kelley Spear Yard Frank Dingley Clarence Snow South Thomaston Texas Searles Paddick Charles Strout Woolwich Yard Ferdinando Gorges Joseph Small Frank A. Small Carroll Deering Arthur I. Pepper Henry Ford New Jersey New York City Newark Samuel Welch Sagadahoc County Comely Walter H. Foster Topsham James R. Spinney Gardiner Charles Robinson Robert Bean John S. Hyde Pullman Atlantic City Mr. Hyde Lewis E. Wilson Samuel Levine Bath Department Store Nathan E. Coffin Times Office Laura Doten Elizabeth Merrill Quincy Mass Ceece Lincoln Williams TAL Bike Rennue Mike Berg Lake Muskegon Mich Grand Rapids Ich Baltimore By Bob Thomas Lillian H Heal Feach Lions and Morse Achar & Ret Nery E Strout William J. Phillips Arthur J Dunton Register Lillan H
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