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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1932

Page

10

Fifty Years Ago Bath Notes From 1892

Fortnightly Bath Bath articles detail a city alive with meetings and plans. Water works committee met last night. Alameda running races planned for next month. Arbor Day set at the High School with essays music and recitations. Center street sidewalk debate continues. A Beacon Street wedding unites William J. Collins and Catherine E. McGregor.

Beacon Street A.m William J. Collins Catherine E. McGregor Bath High School

Living Whist carnival rehearsals and local transfers in town

April 28, 1892 reports busy town scene as Eddie Vaughn begins at Shaw's Book Store while Columbian Opera House ushers prepare for next week's Living Whist carnival. Property trades occur on Russell and Middle streets, and High street. Fire companies organize next Monday with strong crews. Captain Cushing departs for New York & Aspinwall Steamship Co. A 1300 ton coal shipment arrives for Bowdoin paper mill. Carrie A Norton sails to Philadelphia. City eyes retired status for City of Bath No. 1 steamer amid ongoing port activity.

April 29 1892 city notes and sales update

Read Nichols reports 200000 bricks for sale and crew to resume at the yard in about four weeks. Acadia lodge K of P conferred two Pages and one Esquire last evening. Hardware stores extend hours this week. Mayor Twitchell Alderman Donnell and Street Commissioner Williams visit Boston on business. City plans a new stone crusher street sprinkler and street sweeper to improve utilities.

Nichols Acadia Lodge K. of P Twitchell Donnell Williams Boston

Bathy Men's Club Holds Hebron 6-1

The Bath Y Men's club opened its 1932 season with a 6-1 win over Hebron academy at the Academy diamond. Mark Hayes pitched a strong game with 12 hits allowed total and two walks, while Bath built runs in the eighth inning. Dido Cutting had five catches in left field and contributed to Bath’s defense as Stan Whitehouse, Cutting, Miller, Noonan and Hayes led the offense with key hits.

Bath Y Hebron Academy Academy Diamond Cannonball Oliver Frankie Sheridan Mark Hayes St. Mary’s Boston Hebron Bath Dido Cutting Jimmy Miller Jimmy Noonan Bath Club Stan Whitehoure Cutting Miller Noonan Hayes Whiteshouze Dave Sprague Lekates C. A Abrbh Pone Cutting Ete Ee Enene Callan Park Ay Pacer Eeseees Stover J. Miller Eee Longley Hebron Academy Ab Bates Miles Wood Fenneeeee Allen Gould Breslin Ha Jeremiah Rf Beer Renee Flagg Rf P Tent Eres Skillin C Bennett Ee Ry Lékatos C Moore Deere Eeereee Levenseller Hannigan Sere Een Ee Hebren Stent Whitehouse Woods Allen Jeremiah Flagg Men's Club Moore Bennett Plagg

Bath Bathing and Marine Work Highlight Local Life Tonight

A Bath firm plans to build a 40 foot schooner yacht for cocoa nut trade and a sloop rigged boat for H P Dyer Co of New York. Kennebec section men renew ties along the line. Engine companies reorganized with new foremen. Logs rafted from Fort Popham to string river booms.

Bath Maine Central Section Bath and Brunswick Cook’s Crossing Harris Getchell Chelsea Kennebec Log’ Driving Co Fort Popham

Bath Country Club in Fine Condition for Play

A Bath Maine report describes the Bath Country Club course as in fine shape with minor spots and dry conditions likely to improve by Friday if clear weather continues. Superintendent George Grant notes greens being rolled, traps smoothed, and the No. 1 tee praised. improvements to equipment, amenities, and access are highlighted as memberships grow and a May 10 card party is planned to fund kitchen upgrades.

Bath’ Country Club George ‘Grant Maine B. E. Hutchins Country Club

Representative Wright Describes Yalta and Caucasus Tour

The report details a coastal and inland journey visiting Yalta with its aging convent nearby, Novorossysk as a grain trade hub, and Tuapse Sochi Batum Gagri and Tiflis with famed markets. It notes Yalta’s health resort status for Soviet workers, the Prince Voonstrov chateau, and Baku as a major oil center with modern drilling.

Convent of St. George Yalta Sevastopol Novorossysk Caucasus Tuapse Sochi Gagri Batum Tropicana Russia Tiflis Paris Near East Caspian Black Sea Baku Caspian Sea

Bath Physician Dr Byron Barker Dies At City Hospital

Dr Byron F Barker aged 59 a renowned Bath physician died Friday night at City Hospital after an emergency appendicitis operation. A Bath native he practiced 86 years in the city and was a 1896 Jefferson Medical College graduate later named a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. He served on local government boards and WWI draft exam duties and left a widow Clara Mildred Todd of Bath.

Byron F. Barker Bath City Jefferson Medical College Philadelphia American College of Physicians Baltimore Samuel Julia F. Barker Bath High School Bowdoin College Andrew J. Fuller Dr. Barker Samuel Barker Washington Street John C. Fitzgerald Barker Globe Patten Free Library Bowdoin Theta Delta Chi Fraternity Bath City Hospital Clara Mildred Todd

Mrs Margaret F Whitney widow of Henry Whitney

Mrs Margaret Foster Green Whitney, widow of Boston financier Henry M Whitney and Bath native, died April 28 at 396 Mount Alban Street Cambridge MA at 76. Funeral in King's Chapel Boston conducted by Rev John Carroll Perkins and Rev Howard N Brown. Ashes to Bath, committal in Oak Grove cemetery Bath. Survived by son James S Whitney and daughters Mrs Herbert Lyman and Mrs J Pennington Gardiner and Mrs N Phillips Dodge, with other daughter Mrs Frank Duveneck of Palo Alto.

Margaret Foster (Green) Whitney Henry M. Whitney Boston Bath Admiral Joseph Green Mount Alban Street Cambridge Mass King’s Chapel John Carroll Perkins Howard N. Brown Raymond C. Robbins N. Phillips Dodge N. Phillips Dodge, Jr J. Pennington Gardiner J. Pennington Gardiner, Jr Herbert Lyman Benjamin A. G. Thorndike Mount Auburn Crematory Oak Grove Cemetery Whitney Lyman Gardiner Dodge Joseph M. Trott High Street

Widow Ada Shorey Dies in Brooklyn N Y

Mrs Ada Shorey widow of Frank W Shorey formerly of Bath died Friday in Brooklyn New York Her nephew William S Shorey of First National Bank notified The couple lived at 100 North Street Bath and later moved to Brunswick where Mr Shorey worked for The Times Co Funeral held in Brooklyn and burial planned in Bridgton Surviving children Archie T and Philip R Shorey

Frank W. Shorey Brooklyn N. Y Ada Shorey Bath William S. Shorey First National Bank Brunswick Telegraph Brunswick Record

James P. Oliver dies at 75 in Brunswick hospital

James P. Oliver 75 of Phippsburg died Sunday in a Brunswick hospital where he had been a patient ten days. He was born in Phippsburg to Henry and Elizabeth Oliver and resided in West Point. He is survived by his wife, a nephew George Davis of Bath, and three nieces, Mrs. Everett Harrington among them.

James P. Oliver Phippsburg Brunswick Hospital Henry Elizabeth Oliver West Point George Davis Bath Everett Harrington

Notable Residents Named in Phippsburg Center Obituary Fragment

The fragment lists Mrs. Elizabeth Ferris of Bath and Mrs. Nellie Thorne of Portland among those associated with Phippsburg Center, indicating a local community context or remembrance.

Phippsburg Center Elizabeth Ferris Bath Nellie Thorne Portland

Augustus A Seiders Dies After Stroke at City Hospital

Augustus A Seiders aged 68 a janitor at the federal building housing the post office and other departments died after a paralytic stroke Tuesday afternoon and at City hospital. He was born in Newcastle and moved to Bath as a youth working in shipyards before joining federal service. Survived by three daughters Mrs Mildred Warwick Chicago Mrs Annie Cox Braintree Mass and Louise Holgreen Wollaston Assorted biographical details and lodge affiliations noted.

Augustus A. Seiders Federal Post Office City Hospital Mr. Seiders Newcastle Morrill Seiders Bath Kelley, Spear Co Washington Street Acadia Lodge K. of P Bath Veteran Firemen's Association Mildred Warwick Chicago Annie Cox Braintree Mass Bas Louise Holgreen Wollaston

Edmund Sadler 83 Brunswick resident dies at home

Edmund Sadler of Georgetown, 83, longtime Brunswick resident, died Monday at 15 Columbia avenue. He spent most of his life in Brunswick with brief years in Massachusetts and Canada. Employed by the State agricultural department in gypsy moth work, he retired at 65. Survived by four daughters Mrs. James Learned, Mrs. Ralph Varney, Mrs. Harold Hendrickson, all of Brunswick, and Mrs. Charles Winston of New Jersey, plus two sons Milton and Charles E. Sadler, both of Brunswick.

Edmund Sadler Georgetown Brunswick Columbia Avenue Massachusetts Canada State Agricultural Department James Learned Ralph Varney Harold Hendrickson Charles Winston New Jersey Milton Charles E. Sadler

Laura L. Holmes Dies at 80 in Belfast Widow of George O Holmes

Laura L. Holmes 80 widow of George O. Holmes of Belfast died at her home Friday. She leaves five sons Dr. George of Boston Dr. John of Manchester N H Fair and Gay E of Belfast and Clyde B Holmes manager of Gibbons Coal Co in Bath. Funeral services were Sunday at two in the home with Rev. Clifford L. Peaslee of the Baptist church officiating.

Laura L. Holmes George O. Holmes Belfast George Boston John Manchester N. H Fair and Gay E Clyde B. Holmes Gibbons Coal Co Bath Clifford L. Peaslee the Baptist Church

Funeral for Winifred B. Cool Held at Home

The funeral for Winifred B. Cool wife of Harry W. Cool was Thursday morning at her home 876 High Street Rev Edwin D Hardin officiated Bearers were Ernest R Avery George Wright Farley Mayo and Arthur F Mayo The body was removed to Pittsfield for burial.

Winifred B. Cool Harry W. Cool High Street Edwin D. Hardin Ernest R. Avery George Wright Farley Mayo Arthur F. Mayo Pittsfield

Funeral of J P Oliver at Curtis Funeral Home

The funeral for James P. Oliver of Phippsburg was held Wednesday at 2 PM at Curtis Funeral Home on Center Street. Reverend Charles H. Berry of Corlis Street Church officiated. Burial followed at Phippsburg Center Cemetery.

James P. Oliver Phippsburg Curtis Funeral Home Center Street Charles H. Berry Corlis Srest Phivpshure Center

Morse Bros. Company dissolved in Maine equity case

Leonice B Morse files in Sagadahoc Superior Court to dissolve Morse Bros Company of Bath claiming no assets remain. Notice ordered by court to be published in Bath Independent for three weeks and served to the defendant by Clerk within thirty days. Hearing set for June at Kennebec County Court House.

State OF Maine Bagadahoc Supreme Judicial Court Leonice B. Morse Morse Bros. Company Bath Sagadahoc Sagadahoe Maine Hen Edward W. Bridgham Notary Public Augusta Kennebec Bath Independent

Also Mentioned on This Page

The Bath Daily Times Committee On Water Works Alameda Mrs. Walter Lowell Kennebec River Perkins Island Squirrel Point Ram Island Doublin Point Ames Ledge Thwings Point Young Men's Congress Bath Gun Club Woolwich R. B. Hall Cornelist Universalist Church Hallwell New England A. D. Adams Winnegance Meadowbrook Road N. C. Gielstrup Elm Front Streets Reuben Hunt Townsend’s Marine Railway Catherine Hill West Bath Walter Choate Oil Electric Light Co C. B. Harrington Langlord Taylor Weymouth Bester Front Street Corliss Street Church Gussie Donnell F. A. Welch Hiccoughs Down Street Post Sedgwick No. 4 G.A.R Vincent Mountfort Bath Post John Desmond Thompson Bros Gilbert Patten George Henry Dole Prof Gilbert Shaw’s Eddie Vaughn Shaw’s Book Store Columbian Opera House Mel Crocker Russell and Middle Streets Robert Scott John Merrill George Snell John Cushing New York New York & Aspinwall Steamship Co Russell’s Hall Comepany Columbiah Opera House Wilson Auburn Young Bros Bowdoin Paper Mill Topsham Stevedore Morse Gas House Wharf Nickerson Belldoia Carrie A. Norton Delahanty City of Bath Kelley & Spear’s Whaler Woodbury Potter Hyde Light Guards Col. Brett Bangor Ed Kennedy Mr. Moses New Meadows Nat Clapp Jack Norton Andrews Hallet A. Hallet & Co Waltham I. A. Harris Fred Cox Charles Bott Central Church Bromfield Street BATHY Themevives Bhaw Dunlap Commandery City of Bath- Hose Thomas Neagle Long Beach Richard Lundrigan A. Penney O. F. Williams Brookfield Long Beach Engine Company Houghton Bros Krasnovottsk Askhabad Wright Old Merv Persia Bokhara Herat Kabul Samarkand Tamerlane Alexander, the Great Asia New Fergana Afghanistan Alma Alta Chokpar Balkhash Siberia Semipalatinsk Siberian Red Army Novo Sibirsk Omsk Kolchak Chelyabinsk Moscow Physical Institute Sverdlovsk Kremlin Nicholas Palace Ivan Veliko Leningrad Petrograd Peter the Great Soviet Union Representative Wright Margaret F. Whitney Mrs Federal Building Mrs. Cool J. P. Oliver L. F Atwood Leonice B Morse W. R. Pattangall Judicial Court Aaa A
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