Forty Years Ago in Bath April 1915 Local Happenings
Bath news notes busy labor markets at yards and camps with new renovations on Middle street homes. Local commerce includes the Commercial Cafe opening and the Mary L Baxter sails being prepared, while river work adds new buoys and maintenance for Kennebec and Sasanoa routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
A. M. Cutler
Commercial Street
Mary L. Baxter
H. O. Barrett
Kelley, Spear Co
Zizania
Kennebec
Sasanoa
Diamond Island
Hibiscus
Portland
Mount Desert
Bath Grain Co
Unusual riverfront day marked by Wadsworth launch
On April 28 1915 the riverfront saw the torpedo boat destroyer Wadsworth launched from Bath Iron Works at 12 20 with many out of town attendees. The Emblane steamer departed for Sag Harbor and work began on a large gasoline tank near Vine Street and the M C R R depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadsworth
Emblane
Sag Harbor
Bath Iron Works
Vine Street
M.C. R R
Governor King
Bath Fourth Company Wins National Gunnery Championship
Bath Maine receives a national award as the Fourth Company wins the national gunnery championship, a rare honor for the city and its defense training. The piece also notes local naval scenes, a Wadsworth steamship launch by Bath Iron Works, and business changes including the Temple pharmacy sale to Lewis E Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Bath
Temple
Lewis E Wilson
Richmond
M. J. McCormick
Wilson
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
Frank R. Patridge
Augusta
Chester
Pennsylvania
W. E. Wilson
Prompt launchings at Bath Iron Works impress crowd
April 30 1915 report highlights Bath Iron Works efficiency with Supt McInnes turning ship launchings into a precise process. Local notes cover arrivals home for summer, fishing trade on Broad Street, council budget talks, concerts, and wage increases at Lewiston Augusta & Waterville Street Railway Co.
Sailor Returns to America From War Zone
Mr. Percy expresses relief at returning home from the danger of the war zone and being away from the fighting area as he reaches the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Percy
America
Floods Spur Calls for Drain Fix at Front Street Spot
A May 2 1915 report notes extensive flooding on Front Street opposite Ferry Street despite fall catch-basin work and calls for more engineering. The piece also covers Kiwanis youth activities, a Morse High School minstrel for M H S Athletic Association, windlass repairs, lodgers at the police station, a large May breakfast at Music Hall, and local chatter about the steam Embrane delays and crew humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Street
Ferry Street
Morse High School
Phi Rlios
M. H. S. Athletic Association
Myrna Avery
Myron Sprague
Paul Fitzgerald
Rutherford White
Roscoe Shaw
Andrew Cahill
Ned Andrews
Houghton McLellan
Lincoln Farrar
John Miller
Henry Hanson
Ralph Warren
Leo Burke
Kenneth Weeks
Local road project eases Woolwich hill and river crossing
Woolwich votes 400 for land damages and road work to lay a new route across land formerly owned by Mrs. Arthur L. Larrabee to bypass a steep hill along the river road from Saga dahoc Ferry to Gardiner. Morse High School Glee Club announces annual concert with Mildred Shaw Mrs Dorman Perkins Ernest J. Hill and Allen Ramsay. Seafaring minds say Doubling Point forest removal aids Kennebec navigation as breeze steadies. Bath Garage Co sells six 1915 Ford models to Topsham buyers this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Sagadahoc Ferry
Gardiner
Arthur L. Larrabee
Morse High School Glee Club
Mildred Shaw
Portland
Dorman _ Perkins
Ernest J. Hill
Allen Ramsay
E. C. Patten
Topsham
Bath
Bath Garage Co
Hyde Windlass Rifle Club Wins State Title in Maine Match
Hyde Windlass Rifle Club defended the Maine State Gallery Rifle Team title with 1120 points at Brunswick. Bath Rifle and Pistol Association finished second with 1116, Blue Hill Rifle and Pistol Club third with 1099, and Sanford-Springvale Rifle Club fourth with 1092. Top shooter was Phil McAloney of Hyde with 287, followed by George Spinney at 284.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Windlass Rifle Club
Maine State Gallery
Brunswick Recreation Center
Bath Rifle and Pistol Association
Blue Hill Rifle and Pistol Club
Sanford-Springvale
Maine State Rifle and Pistol Association
Bath Rifle and Pistols Association
Hyde Windlass Rifle Club Pree Onur
Gach
P. McAloney
G. Spinney
W. Loveitt
E. Fox
R. Besaw
Bath Rifle, Pistol Association
P. Pert
H. McIntire
B. Powell
W. Hodsdon
G. Millington
Local Steamer Repairs And Navy Memories Highlight Weekend
The article notes 10 500 closing Saturday noon and 13 500 operator licenses issued. Hyde Light Guards recall Spanish American War departure to Augusta and similar weather. Steamer Virginia hauled to Bath Iron Works for hull work, Ferdinando Gorges to be drydocked for spring cleaning, Penobscot and M E Harper undergoing upgrades at Bath Iron Works, with rush on both ships. Miss Alice Magoun hosts Morse High teachers dinner. Lillian Lowell receives kitchen witsensil shower for Cape Cottage bungalow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Light Guards
Augusta
Maine Central
Ferdinando Gorges
Bath Iron Works
Boston
Bath
Woolwich
Penobscot
Calhoun
Shawmut Steamship Co
Bangor
M. E Harper
Perobscot
Alice Magoun
Morse High School
Middle Street
Lillian Lowell
Cape Cottage
Local notes list hospital observation and wedding plans
Sam Lakin at Togus Veterans Hospital under observation. Mrs. Frank Hinds returns home from Memorial Hospital. Roger Worrey of Needham visits his mother Mrs Herbert E. Worrey and sister with Mr and Mrs J Haviland Torrey. Miss Caroline Anderson to wed Carroll Morse at Advent Church Malden with a wedding trip through the Southern states and then residence in Days Ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Lakin
Meadow Way
Veterans’ Hospital
Togus
Frank Hinds
South Street
Memorial Hospital
Roger Worrey
Needham
Mass
Worrey
Herbert E. Worrey
J. Haviland Torrey
Cobb Road
Caroline Anderson
Modern autos average miles over a lifetime
Modern automobiles average about 125 000 miles in a vehicle lifespan though a third of that figure was once viewed as satisfactory.
National Guard Demonstrates Readiness in One Day Test
During Operation Minuteman on April 20 Battery B 703d AAA Maine National Guard showed quick mobilization to defend the community or assist in fires floods or disasters. Captain Heartquist praised civilian cooperation and urged local enlistments at Bath Armory with contact details for Ralph Mellanis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
703D Aaa Battalion
Maine National Guard
Edwin A. Heartquist
United States
Guard
Heartquist
Battery B
Bath
Ralph E. MelIanis
Bath Armory
Lark Street
Tel
Monthly Session Probate Court April 5 1955 Wills Filed
Probate court records show wills and estates heard on April 5 1955 with filings for foreign wills actions executors administrators inventories and appointments. Executors named include William H Maney Alice A Maney Donald B Percy and the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co. Other estates listed involve Lena Douglas Donnell Winfred S Snowdon Jr Ethel Glidden Ada McGilvary and several others with guardianship and trust arrangements noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy C. Maney
Bath
William H. Maney
Alice A. Maney
Elinor B. Percy
Katonah
N. Y
Donald B. Percy
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co
New York
Lena Douglas Donnell
Harry L. Day
Winfred S. Snowdon, Jr
Louise Madeline Snowdon
Ethel Glidden
Carl Albee
Ada McGilvary
George M. Carlton, Jr
Morse High nine defeats Gardiner Tigers 9-7 in seven
Morse High Shipbuilders rally with seven runs in the seventh inning to beat Gardiner 9-7 at Shoe City Field Monday afternoon. Maddocks earns the win, pitching five innings with Parker closing out the ninth. key hits include Libby, Trafton, Parker and Forbis. Morse hosts Edward Little at 4 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Gardiner High
Shoe City
Dennis Murphy
Gardiner
Blue
White
Vance Libby
Thaxter Trafton
Gerry Parker
Harry Wilson
Morse
Charley Aubut
George Coombs
Jim Carter
George Forbis
Bobo Haggett
Maynard Maddocks
Maddocks
Parker
Coombs
Libby
Edward Little
Kelley Field
Haggett
Carter
Fuller
Daniels
MacAuslin
Nichols
Dineen
Bath estate actions list multiple guardians and executors
Notices show numerous estates from Bath and nearby towns filing accounts for allowance, guardianship actions, and real estate transactions. Names include Sadie G Bailey, Lucy Green, Loretta Curran Peters, Canal National Bank of Portland, and Harold Rubin with estates in Bath Topsham Bowdoinham Richmond and Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Harold J. Rubin
Donald C. Bailey
Et Als
Sadie G. Bailey
Guardian
Evelyn F. Ward
Allan Spear
Carolyn M. Moses
Lucy M. Green
John F. Curran
Loretta R. Curran Peters
Normena MacKinnon
Topsham
Canal National Bank of Portland
Mary W. MacKinnon
Howard S. Colby
Frank E. Carver
Perry A. Colby
Eulela B. Maxwell
Lela B. Maxwell
Richmond
Clifford W. Finnimore
C.t.a
Jan Charles Byhouwer
Benneken
Holland
Elnora D. Oliver
Myra W. S. Dean
Marion Dean Shaw
Wilbur C. Oliver
Warren D. Oliver
Esther G. Oliver
Addison Jones
Helen M. Jones
Nellie M. Brown
Walter T. Brown
Russell L. Kenney
Rebecca L. Kenney
Rotheus A. Douglass
Bowdeinham
Dorothy E. Douglass
Camilla J. Costain
George T. Costain
Aphrodite Economopoulos
Spiros Economopoulos
William F. Williams
Katherine W. McKenney
Thomas N. Williams
Georgetown
Frances J. Gunnell
John E. Bodge
Wendell S. Heenie
Mabel F. Heenie
Samuel Povich
Sophie Povich
Donald C Bailey
Annie L. Bodge
Jane M. Melver
Angus W. Melver
Morse Track Team Demonstrates Early Season Form
Morse High 1955 track squad, hampered by weather, held an intra team meet at Brunswick with 22 runners competing and 16 scoring points. Coach Duncan H Farrell noted strong performances from Charley Comeau Gil Robinson Eddie Marchetti Neil West Bill Bryant and three sophomores Delmar Stinson Ray Durgan Ed Estes with plans to arrange a regulation meet later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Brunswick
Duncan H. Farrell
Farrell
Charley Comeau
Gil Robinson
Eddie Marchetti
Neil West
Bill Bryant
Delmar Stinson
Ray Durgan
Ed Estes
Dennis Elliott
George Tardif
Mrs Moreshead Returns Home From Portland Visit
Mrs Charles Moreshead has returned to her Portland home after a short visit with her daughter Miss Charlotte Moreshead on Middle Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Moreshead
Portland
Charlotte Moreshead
Middle Street
Portland Visitors Reported by Mrs Sampson and Mrs John
Mrs. John Sampson of High street and Mrs. Edward C. Johnson of Academy street were Portland visitors on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sampson
High Street
Edward C. Johnson
Academy Street
Portland
Probate notices from Bath court list estate actions 1955
In Sagadahoc County Bath a probate court orders notices for multiple estates. Licenses to sell real estate for Tillie Wold of Bath and various accounts and executorships for Myers Reed Roseana Chamberlain Joy Ralph Palmer Sylvia Palmer Harry Rich and others are set to be heard May session with filings by administrators executrices and guardians. Arthur J. Dunton presides as judge of probate. Attest Lillian H Heal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret J. Adams
Bath
Pauline H Adams
Tillie Wold
Leslie J. Wold
Thelma P. Atkinson
Roseana Chamberlain Joy
Ruth Williams
Myers E. Reed
Woolwich
Susie May Benner Reed
Cora M. Hill
Topsham
Frank L. Hill
Ralph LF. Palmer
Charles T. Small
Rhoda L. Palmer
Ralph L. F. Palmer
Sylvia A. Palmer
Ralph R. Palmer
Harry J. Rich
West Bath
Guardian
Carrie Minta Wilson
Bowdoinham
Lauris R. Wilson
George K. Curtis
Stella C. Curtis
Anne Kaiulani Williams
Phippsburg
Harold Sewall Williams
Arthur Foster Williams
Nellie D. Thompson
Harry L. Day
Lena D. Donnell
Lena Douglas Donnell
C.t.a
Sagadahoc
Ralph R Palmer, Jr
Ralph Ll. F Palmer
Charles T Small
West Hamh
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The
Bath Daily Times
Charles W. Larrabee
King of the Bay
al Ridley
David Adams
S. L. Baker
Richmond Corner
Howard Building
Boothbay
Eastern Steamship Co
John H. Elliott
Hyde Park
John Webb
Elliott
Webb
Charles R. Buckley
Ralph Durgan
Bath Opera House
Alton Mains
Ruth Ward
Town Hall
Jennie Harvey
Islander
Trinidad
Board of Highways and Sewers
Frank A. Small
M. A. Haraden
F. B. Nichols
E. C. Plummer
John J. Keegan
Lewiston Knights of Columbus
Bailey
Fitzgerald
Charles Chestra
California
Pacific Coast
William Mann
Percival
Brunswick High
Fred E. Whitmore
W. D. Spaulding
Eugene M. Desmond
Blanche Kingsbury
Philip Kingsbury
Kelley
Spear Yard
Rufus Emero
George A. Baker
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Samuel H. Wakefield
Harvey K. Erskine
Portland Armory
Maine Coast Artillery Corps
Lieut. Niles
Charles Kingsbury
Capt. Jewett
Bliss
J. F. McCole
Washburn
Central
McCole
Fred L. Dunton
Robert P. Murphy
Percy & Small Fleet
Thompson's Brook
Henry W. Howard
Miles M. Merry
Mr. Merry
Beacon
Wesley
J.T. Rucker
J. C. Hutchinson
Pathe Weekly Film Co
Navy Department
Washington Street
Phoenix
Charles W. Howard
Comet
Eleanor
Frank Oliver
New Meadows
Iron Works
McInnes
John McKay
North and
Lincoln Streets
New York City
Fred Anderson
McKay
City Landing
Broad Street
H. M. Gifford
Hyde Windlass Co
Chandler
Portland Music Commission
City of
Katherine Torrey
Isabel Oli
Priscilla Magoun
Pauline Hatch
Dorothy Nichols
Ann Morse
Theta Delta Chi
Edith Hopkins
Beta Theta Pi
Louise Haggett
Matilda Lightbody
Kappa Sigma
Bowdoin College
Mark L. Percy
Parker Head
Fairfield
N. J
James C. Percy
Montgomery
Pathe News
Columbia Theater
Lewiston, Augusta & Waterville Street Railway Co
M. A. King
Eagles
Lewiston
Sullivan
Coss
Warren
H. Sprague
A. Attaya
Miller
Skillings
Talbot
Perry
Mason
Frank D. Percy
D. J. Percy
Ocmulgee
Bremen
Leaviig
Hyde
Elsie A. Bayes
Music Hall
Ladies Aid of the People’s Baptist Church
Arthur G. Staples
Summer Street Hill
Gahan
John A. Morse
R. H. Baxter
Washington
Department of State
Windlass Rifle Club
Virginia
Marine Railway
Popham
Arthur J. Dunton
Lillian H. Heal
Clyde N. MccFee
Elizabeth McFee
Annie L Bodge
Morrison Russell Boynton
Newton
Margaret W. Boynton
Ray Purinton
Bowdoin
Lila Garland Purinton
Edward W Bridgham
Gardiner Tigers
Lucien H. White
David W. White
Lillian H Heal
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