May 6 vestry meeting and Bath notices
Notices report a vestry gathering at oehesten Street on Wednesday evening May 6 with Miss Elizabeth P aiding, plus local updates from Bath including deaths, arrivals, and community events. Edith Jewell and Ina Williams are noted among local residents. John C. Tournlotte travels from Maxfield after his mother's passing. Frank Higgins survives a fall in Boston. The San Souci club May breakfast plans seat about 200 with 5.30 am start and a hoped net of around 500 dollars.
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Oehesten Street
Elizabeth P
San Souci Club
Memorial Day parade urged by Civil War veterans group
May 2 1906 notice calls all sons and grandsons of Civil War veterans to meet at G A R halls tomorrow evening to arrange participation in the Memorial Day parade. Mr Shaw aims for a large turnout and asks parents to permit minor sons to attend. Hayes Ball Shorey Fogg Glidden attended Masonic Grand Bodies session. Hayes and Ballou are long standing Grand Lodge members. Arbor Day events noted with Morse High School and Wiscasset game scheduled.
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John Shaw
Sons of Veterans
G. A. R. Halls
Shaw
Joseph M. Hayes
John W. Ball
Scott Shorey
S. L. Fogg
Walter S. Glidden
Mr. Hayes
Mr. Ballou
Grand Lodge
May ball and local projects highlight Bath notes
The report covers the Colonial club May ball, revenue from the Dun p Commandery, and multiple local construction plans. It notes telephone service delays for Center West Point Ashdale and Small Point, Camp building by H W Howard on Little Sheepscot, and upcoming commissions for the ABBE line. Local figures include Col Oliver H Payne hosting a Europe cruise, Captain J L Coombs Frontenac’s stay, and William H Small adding a Puffer soda fountain.
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Palace Ye Nat
Col
Oliver
HL Line
Payne
Europe
Local Officials Plan Gala Event and School Inspection
On May 4 1906 Charles W Clifford arrived and will return soon. He is noted as a prest eas rag with Ente sae ta a enced reggie and will attend a gala event in Dunla. Supt. of Schools ick W Freeman and a group of 34 county teachers travel by train to Richmond to attend a teachers’ meeting and will return this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Clifford
W. Freeman
Richmond
County
Bath social club holds first annual outing in Lewiston
The Alpha social club of Bath hosted its first annual outing and banquet at the Exchange Hotel in Lewiston with Gif ford's orchestra and the Aeolian Quartet providing music. Capt. Charles Morse prepares the launch Gladys for commission as launches sail the Kennebec. sturgeon fishing wanes and a trial for the battleship Georgia is planned with May 13 departure and a May 23 trial run.
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Alpha Social Club of
Bath
Exchange Hotel
Lewiston
Gifford
Aeolian Quartet
Charles Morse
Gladys
Georgia
Boston
Charlestown Navy Yard
Rockland
Charles A
Bath meetings and regional activities announced
Augusta Canton invited to Bath to assist with degree work at the next meeting. Bay navigation plans include Boat 22 foot launch for Game Warden Fred. Hyde Guards drill for Alameda exhibition. Cant. Baker reorganizes company under squad plan. Texas Oil secures seven masted schooner Thomas W Lawson for two years transporting oil to Philadelphia and New York. Robert Ramsay destroys brown tail moth nests, trimming trees for Jacob R Andrews’s new Washington Street home. President John S. Hyde returns from New York with Mrs Hyde aboard a 35 H P Locomobile. Mrs Hyde sprains ankle delaying travel. Letter box moved from Sagadahock Block corner to sidewalk edge, then to a safer iron post nearby.
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Hyde Light Guards
Alameda
Cant. Baker
Thomas W. Lawson
Texas Oil Company
Texas
Philadelphia
New York
Twilight Baseball League Meeting Held At YMCA
The Twilight Baseball League held its weekly meeting with Watson Clark presiding. Ralph Blakeney read minutes and reported city recreation volunteers support practice and league games. Morse High School represented the Morris varsity as the league plans summer continuation.
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Ymca Twlight Baseball League
Watson Clark
Ralph Blakeney
City Recreation
Clark
Morse Highchool
Mors
Highway Department Coopers In Annual Bath Cleanup
The Bath city Clean-up Week, backed by the Chamber of Commerce, features the new street cleaning machine and city trucks from the Highway Department. The Walter’s 6-ton truck and smaller vehicles haul rubbish daily, improving curb appeal as residents contribute waste collected in bulky loads.
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Highway Department
Bath
Lower
Washington Street
City
Chamber of Commerce
Big Walter
New City
Schedule Committee Adds Members And May Start Dates
George Sarkis filed a report on print ads for the upcoming schedule. Stanley Lewis and Tom Barry joined the schedule committee. Practice games begin May 27 with the regular schedule from June 17 to August 28, featuring two rounds and a one week gap between rounds. Meetings move to the Y at 7 30 p.m. every Monday. Attending were Ralph Blakeney Watson Clark George Perry Stanley Lewis Andrew Savage John Stewart Frank Lehane Arthur Jenkins Fred Brown Bill Johnson Hal Bogart George Sarkis John Hardyk Frank MacDonald William Perkins Tom Barry and Robert Stevens.
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George Sarkis
Stanley Lewis
Tom Barry
Ralph Blakeney
Watson Clark
George Perry
Andrew Savage
John Stewart
Frank Lehane
Arthur Jenkins
Fred Brown
Bill Johnson
Hal Bogart
John Hardyk
Frank MacDonald
William Perkins
Robert Stevens
Navy players keep YMCA gym alive after season ends
The Navy men remain active at the YMCA gym with weeks of scrimmages and rivalries against teams like the West Enders. Pool games in the men's department draw strong attendance as colored sailors enjoy heated matches nightly.
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Y.M.C. A
Navy
West Enders
Y M C A Expands to Caracas Venezuela
The Y M C A opens in Caracas making Venezuela the 69th nation with Y operation. Venezuelan government authorizes the move with North American support. Bath citizens fund World Service drive seeking 850000 dollars while other regions request Y M C A setup in Iran Gold Coast Liberia Yugoslavia Colombia Cuba and Central America.
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Caracas
Venezuela
William C. Perkins
Bath
Y. M. C. A’s World Service
Iran
Gold Coast
Liberia
Yugoslavia
Colombia
Cuba
Mrs Knapp of Farmington Receives Warm Welcome
Mrs William Knapp of Farmington a former Bath resident visiting as guest of Mr and Mrs Arthur Packard of Beacon Street is greeted by many friends. The Knapps formerly lived on Somerset Place and Mr Knapp now works in Farmington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Knapp
Farmington
Bath
Arthur Packard
Beacon Street
Knapp
Somerset Place
West Bath Grange Hosts Mother's Day Program
West Bath Grange celebrated Mother's Day with 100 attendees and an May ball planned at the grange hall. The evening features gypsy life music and solos by Ruth Topsham Bernice Sturtevant and Gerald LeMoine, a gypsy dance by Madelyn Oliver, fortune telling, radio star impersonations, and a dessert supper with a social hour to follow.
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West Bath
Marjorie Carter
Past Masters Association and Lecturers Council
Sagadahoc County
Joseph O. Purdue
Thelma Sylvester
the Grange
Mother Machree
Elizabeth Young
Quinda Pecci
Bernice Sturtevant
Littlefield School
Elaine
Roland Legasse
Mary
Elaine Renshaw
Joyce Stover
Doris White
Penny March
Alton Collins
Alice Smith
Mother
Ethel MacDonald
The
Grange
Charlotte Doyle
Florence Farnham
Esther Andrews
Mrs Moffatt Speaks on Juvenile Delinquency Reform
Mrs Moffatt, guest speaker at Rotary, argues for aptitude tests to curb juvenile crime and save state costs. She outlines existing juvenile facilities in South Portland and Hampden, noting state spends over a million annually on juveniles plus corrections. A proposed vocational school and public training in gardening or flowers are discussed for early rehabilitation.
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South Portland
Hallowell
Thomaston
Moffatt
Maritime Academy
Casino
Rotary Club notes on employment, base closure debate
The Rotary club discussed Maine job openings at Iron Works and Hyde Windlass plants. President Harold Troop presided as the group voted to telegram senators about opposing the Brunswick Federal Naval Air Base closing. Visitors included John H. R. Howarth Newton Gottshall Edward B. Varney and John Wallace.
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Maine
Iron Works
Hyde
Harold Troop
Hollis Garey
Kerga
Naval Air Base
Brunswick
John H. R. Howarth
Boston
Newton Gottshall
Framingham
Edward B. Varney
Fall River
Mass
John Wallace
Richmond
Special Meeting Weighs Budgets Before City Appropriation
City government holds a special meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m to review department budgets ahead of the annual appropriation bill. Finance committee and Mayor Tardif seek council input on budgets seeking higher years. Early estimates suggested eight to nine mills above the current 48 mill rate, but cuts have narrowed the rise to about two mills. Petitions oppose further tax increases.
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Tardif
Center Street Primary to Present School Program
Center Street Primary will stage a musical program featuring student choirs and a chorus. The special group includes Ronald Dorler and Elizabeth Choate among others, with Grade 4 choruses led by Mrs. Fred Higgins and an ungraded room chorus under Mrs. Bryant and Mrs. Brown.
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Ronald Dorler
William Bryant
Thaxter Trafton
Elizabeth Choate
Dorothy Hart
Isabel Johansen
Louise Munsey
Elaine Pinkham
Charles Aubut
Gerald Footer
Harold Logan
Judy Bubar
Janet Cohen
Katerin Florence Leonard
Sey
Priscilla le Siecle
Fred Higgins
Jane Allen
Richard Wright
Barbara Curran
Donald MacKenzie
Patrick Nugent
Janet Day
Harriet MacDougall
John Trafton
Eugene Rouillard
Archie Higgins, Jr
Sheila Garland
Jean Brown
Earlene Lenora Libby
Marie Michaud
Fernando Pellegrini
Joseph Leavitt
Joan Bachelder
Gerald Holland, Jr
Albert Plummer
Marjorie Bourget
Albert Trask
Wilson Brown
Mildred Alley
Roberta Blake
Harold Crocker
Wharf and New Co. expand land along Front Street into a lawn
Land along Front street near the edge G area is being developed by the Wharf and New Co. into a verdant lawn with new trees planted. The project promises to enhance the frontage and create a pleasant grassy area adjacent to the street.
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Landsea
The
Wharf and New Co
Front Street
Fe New
Pupils Plan Concert Under supervision of Miss Harvey
North Center district pupils prepare a concert at the high school auditorium under Miss Abbie Harvey city schools music instructor. The event starts at 7 30 pm and is sponsored by the North Center P T A with tickets available from local schools in the district.
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Trp
Sidtrict Sant
Abbie Harvey
Northern Ireland Farmers Buy $1 Million in Hired Machinery
Farmers in Northern Ireland purchased about $1,000,000 worth of agricultural machinery under the government hire-purchase plan.
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Northern Ireland
Divorce Decree Sought By Ruth D Bacon in Bath Maine
Ruth D Bacon seeks a divorce from Donald Bacon on desertion and neglect. The libellant cites a one year residence, no collusion, and a fourteen year old son, Donald D Bacon, as the issue. The court orders service and a show cause hearing on the second Tuesday of June 1946 in Sagadahoc County.
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Donald D. Bacon
Bath
Maine
Ruth D. Bacon
State OF Maine
Sagadahoo
Ruth D
Sagadahoc
Adahoc
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Charles W. Morse
Lincoln
Ina Williams
Augusta
John C. Tournlotte
Maxfield
Frank Higgins
Frank E. Southard, Esq
Edith Jewell
Portland
Tarbox Eastern Express Co
Olympia
Herzog
Arte Bse
Dhs
Arbor Day
J. Ingalls
Richardson Street
J. Coowin
Morse High School
Wiscasset
Yng Plummer
Gertrude
C. Greenleaf
Ethel Sutherland
Colonial Club
J. L. Coombs
Frontenac
Wime
Kelley Spear
Thos. W. Hyde
Thompson Bros
Levi T. Thompson
Dunp Commandery Oening
A. W. Flint
Leonard & Mitchell's
H. W. Howard
Little Sheepscot
Georgetown
MacMahan’s Island
George W. Cuntee
Poe Blaisdell
the Cat
Hyde Las Co
Andrews
Emna
Snl
Mr. of
the Bath
Louse
Po Bly
Grace Church
William H. Small
South End
Lair
John L
Lynn
Lewiston Commandery
K. T
Revieiline
J. ¥. Clary
Voat
Bos-ton
Bell Toon
Kennebec River
Charles A. Toothaker
Fred R. Winslow
Alonzo King
Drake
Fred E. Drake
Kennebec Yacht Club
New Meadows
New Meadows Inn
Grace L. Kateen
Armory
San Francisco
American Medical Association
American Academy of Medicine
Parks Bros
Kennebe
Kennebec
Augusta Canton
A. L. Minott
Fred Ad
St. Cecelia
Iyde Windlass
Robert Ramsay
Jacob R. Andrews
Gilbert Patten
John S. Hyde
Mrs. Hyde
Touraine
New York, Mrs.Hyde
Sagadahock Block
Thompson’s Corner
Twilight Baseball League
Kelley Field
Staf
South America
West Bath Grange
Mrs. Moffatt
Rotarl
Center Street
Esther L. Brawn
Mack
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