Bath Chronicle 1911 May items reflect naval ties and local life
Fortnight of Bath notices covers veterans, church fairs, school sports and civic work. Reports include medical officer exam results, tree planting talk, ship Governor Robie revival, and Bowdoin College gifts for a new gymnasium.
Bath visitors from Norridgewock and Bath visit Portland Masons
Harold Bruce and Charles A. Bruce of Norridgewock and Bath boys, who attend the Grand Lodge of Masons in Portland, stopped in Bath on Tuesday to see relatives and friends. Charles serves as worshipful master of the Norridgewock lodge and Harold is junior warden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Bruce
Charles A. Bruce
Norridgewock
Bath
Grand Lodge of Masons
Portland
Charles
Harold
Pastors Gather for Welcome Back Social Evening
A large crowd on the street, including many city pastors, attended a social gathering to welcome the pastor back for a third year. The event featured refreshments served by the ladies of the soci- ety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soci
Navy brings Hannibal collier to League Navy Yard
The U S collier Hannibal arrived from New York to support the experimental station at League Navy Yard Philadelphia. Formerly the British steamship Joseph Holland, she was purchased by the Navy in 1898 and is a 4000 ton steel craft assigned to the North Atlantic Squadron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Hannibal
New York
The
Iron Works
League Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Joseph Holland
Navy Department
North Atlantic
Explorer of World Travels from Lisbon to Mexico
May 5 1911 brief recalls Alfred Gauthier born 1889 left Lisbon 1906 to see the world. He worked from Boston to Baltimore then wandered to Mexico City where he became a cattle puncher nicknamed Bronco. He was jailed as a suspected spy but released after word to the American consul and traveled to Galveston then New York and finally Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Gauthier
Elizabeth
Percy & Small Yard
Lisbon
Andrew Gauthier
Boston
Baltimore
Mexico City
Mexico
Dixon
Diab
Gauthier
Galveston
Texas
New York
Bangor
Loss by Fire Destroys McCormick Lumber Camps at Cathance
M J McCormick of Boothbay suffered a heavy loss when a fire sparked by a Maine Central locomotive swept over 300 acres destroying his lumber camps and equipment. Estimated loss exceeds $8,000 with scant insurance. McCormick and Sawyer Bridgham inspected the ruins, alewives are running in local streams and bait is scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. McCormick
Cathance
Maine Central
Beacon Street church to hold Children's Day observance
Plans were completed for the Beacon Street church Sunday School observance of Children's Day on June 11 with committees named for music speaking decorating and related duties. Prout and Marr have secured the contract to furnish the awning for the new Webber hospital currently under construction in Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potentate Merrill
Auburn
Mystic Shrine
Lewiston
Lake Grove
Lake Auburn
Temple
Rochester
N. Y
Imperial Council
Maine
Beacon Street
Susie Larrabee
Lucinda Tabor
Blanche Cook
O. E. Page
Emma Sydleman
Wilares Rogers
H. K. Erskine
Marion Dain
Daniel McDonald
Charles Sydleman
C. P. Knights
Knight
Sydleman
Prout & Marr
Webber Hospital
Biddeford
Eight inch beryl crystal found near Cathance mine
F. L. Harvey of Lewiston reports a clear eight by three inch beryl crystal from a feldspar mine near Cathance in Topsham. Most of the crystal will be cut into rare gems. Meanwhile, the Aryan ship will haul the largest spars consignment from the Pacific Coast from Olympia Harbor, enough to form a flagpole nearly sixty thousand feet long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Harvey
Lewiston
Cathance
Topsham
Pacific Coast
Olympia Harbor
Phippsburg
Mount Tacoma
Richmond couple celebrates milestone with family gifts
Richmond brother and wife Mr and Mrs George Johnson of Main street marked their wedding anniversary and their son John's birthday with many cards and gifts received from relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Johnson
Main Street
Mr. Johnson
Funeral for Arthur Partridge in Richmond
Arthur Partridge died Friday at Gardiner General hospital. Funeral Sunday at 4 p.m. at Rob erts Funeral rooms with Rev. Jesse J. Starr officiating. Burial in Richmond cemetery. Partridge, born January 23, 1877 in Somerville Massachusetts, was an interior decorator and longtime Richmond resident. Survived by wife Florence Bartlett Partridge a stepdaughter Gertrude Strout three grandchildren Phyllis Ralph and Richard Strout Jr and brother Elmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Partridge
Gardiner General Hospital
Roberts
Jesse J. Starr
The
Baptist Curch
Richard Strout
Ralph Strout
Richard Strout, Jr
James Meserve
Richmond Cemetery
Mr. Partridge
Somerville
Mass
Henry
Emily Weeks Partridge
Richmond
Richmond Lodge
1.0.C.F
Richmond Fire Department
Florence Bartlett Partridge
Gertrude Strout
Phyllis
Ralph
Elmer
Probate Notices from Bath Sagadahoc May 1951
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc to hear petitions including adoption of Dawn Elizabeth Jewett and estates of Florence A. Trafton Ina D. True. Notices require publication in Bath Independent for three weeks. Hearings set for first Tuesday of June at ten o’clock in the forenoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Elizabeth F. Purinton
Harold E. Purinton
Dawn Elizabeth Jewett
Charles R. Jewett
Fioira A. Trafton
Bernice
Ina D. True
Edna D.rue
Dunton
State OF
Maine
Augusta
Ideo
Nash
Bath contest offers $5 for best slogan on mail stamps
The City of Bath offers a five dollar prize for a slogan to be printed on outgoing mail. Two judges, H Rodney Brodke and Rodne Ross Jr, will select. The slogan must fit about one and one half by three quarters inches and 10 to 12 words, with drawings optional and text reduced accordingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Rodney Brodke
Bath
Chain of Commerce
Rodne Ross, Jr
Pennsylvania
America
Philadelphia
Birmingham
South
Bangor
Maine
Five Islands Residents Share Sunday Visits
Barbara Pratt of Togus and sister Mrs. Francis Pierce hosted a Sunday visit. Izetta Pinkham returned home after wintering with daughter in Derby Line Vermont. Chester Pinkham of Portland visited sister Mrs. Alton Reid. Capt Stinson Davis serves as ranger at Reid State Park. Albion Carr family and Everett Hennan from Wakefield arrived for the season. Lloyd Pinkham attended church in Woolwich with Cleaves Henderson delivering the message. Belle Heald of Georgetown was a supper guest of Mr and Mrs Stanley Lewis. Melvin Comeau and daughter of Bath spent the cottage weekend. Pvt Donald Hopkins and his fiancee Jeannette Pinkham at her parents home. Billy Blenn and son from Massachusetts visited the Blenn cottage last weekend. Albion Carr and two children with a Bath friend were guests of Mrs Albert Moore Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Pratt
Togus
Francis Pierce
Izetta Pinkham
Alton Reid
James Stevens
Derby Line
Chester Pinkham
Portland
Reid
Capt
Stinson Davis
Reid State Park
Albion Carr
Everett Hennan
Wakefield
Mass
Lloyd Pinkham
Woolwich
Cleaves Henderson
Belle Heald
Georgetown
Stanley Lewis
Melvin Comeau
Bath
Pvt
Donald Hopkins
U. S. Army
Jeannette Pinkham
Billy Blenn
Massachusetts
Blenn Cottage
Albert Moore
Greece Largely Agricultural With Limited Manufacturing
Report notes Greece remains primarily agricultural with scant manufacturing activity. The piece highlights the nation’s economic structure and suggests industry remains underdeveloped compared to other sectors.
Probate court appoints executors and administrators in Bath area
Register J Horace McClure records May 1 1951 appointments for estates in Bath Phippsburg West Bath and surrounding towns. Appointments include executors administratrices and guardians with several without bond and one April 21 1951 case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Horace McClure
Jahoc
Christopher H . Marr
Ella
Phippsburg
Pee Ella M. Marr
Hannah E. Curtis
West Bath
Raymond E.E. Curtis
Beatrice M. Perow
Bath
Daniel Williams
Edward T. Kelley
Jennett A. Kelle
Mary A. McElman
Pae
Walter J. McElman
Lawrence K. Sager
Palisade
New Jersey
Mary R. Phillips Sager
New York Trust Company
Zetta M. Higgins
Georgetown
Evelyn M
Georgia A. Randall
Brookline
Massachusetts
Henry Hughes
Sydney Bema Man Breck
Decca
Manley duPont Breck
Arthur Unto
Probete
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Bath Daily Times
Governor Robie
William Rogers Yard
Earl Lemont
Ernest Heald
Vernon Miller
Charles A. Hooker
Kennebec
Bath Trust Co
Peoples’ Safe Deposit and Savings Bank
Timothy B. Curtis
Middle Street
Edmond French
Curtis
Edwin M. Fuller
Plaisted
National Guard
J. B. O'Neil
Bial F. Bradford
Bradford
San Antonio
Ladies of Grace Church
Thomas P. Gibbons
Washington Street
Morse High
Edward Little
Kelley
Morse
Col. Dummer
Frank Rairden
Wves Eee
Rairden
Col. Bryan
Batavia
Java
Bradstreet S. Rairden
Bryan
Solar Lodge
Torday
N. Gratz Ja¢ékson
5Th L. Fogg
Agnes Humphreys
Lowell
Ruth Rebekah
Queen Esther Lodge
City
Evening Star
Brunswick
Nina
Lisbon Falls
Minnehaha
J. P. Moore
Fred S. Curtis
William A. Harriman
Hattie Richardson
Annette Robinson
Zephie Parris
Ed Ripley
Fred Harrington
Fred L. Brackley
G. H. W. Barton
Rose Hill
Boyd
George McFadden
Benjiman F. Poole
Jacksonville
Maine Central R. R
Kennebec Yacht Club
Sewall
Edward L. Gaudreau
Edward L. Jr
Low Parks
Tottenville
Ina
Ferdinando Gorges
William A. Furber
William King Council
Royal Arcanum
Druid Park
DeWitt Hyde
Bowdoin College
Thomas W. Hyde
General Hyde
Lewiston, Augusta and
Walterville
Percival P. Baxter
John Porteous
George McGowan F
Down River
West Bath Grange
Grange
Herbert Hodgkins
Fred King
Theo Wilson
Sadie Armstrong
Fred Cary
F. M. Harnden
Bernice Blair
Ella Douglas
O. P. Coffin
Lillian Rogers
Addie Purington
James Skailing
Bath Iron Works
Eubra Troop
Swift & Co
J. F. McCole
Oak and
High Streets
Norman You
Ossipee
N. H
Foreman Young
Elzira Gross
Katherine Leydon
Rachel Mikelsky
William Temple
William Powers
Banan
Five Islands
Kennebec Conservatory
William Oliver
Small Point
King Street
Alderman Crosman
Hi Street
Oliver
A. G. Fisher
Dora Williams
Fisher
Foster’s Point
Horace G. Morse
John Crosby
Kent’s Hill
Isaac Coombs
Frank Dingley
Charles E. Robinson
Dingley
Alameda
Phi Rho Society
Mexican
Harold Kelley
Herbert Lemont
Bowen Torrey
William Freeman
Amos Haggett
Harold Thompson
City of
Wiscasset
Winter Street Congregational Church
Harry A. Cobb
W. O. Parker
Edwin P. Hyde
the Park Bowling League
Old Ladies
Butterflies
Owls
Shirt Factory
League Island Navy Yard
Miss Rosa Cary
Mark Buhlingame
Winthrop, Mass
Nellie Hodgdon
Eugene McGrath
William D.bewall
Boothbay
Capt. Biggins
Nahanada
Fred Cornish
Secretary of State
Florence Daley
Trull Hospital
Clarence Blackington
Anderson Pharmacy
Blackington
Hyde
Jackman
Penobscot West Branch
East Branch
Aroostook
Yacht Club
Robert Small
H. S. Carlisle
E. E. Pinson
William J. Rouse, Jr
Julius F. Berg
L. L. Hooker
Harry P. Madden
R. H. Donnell
George A. Stetson
Chester A. Miller
Clarence Martin
Portland Power Boat Club
George F. Ragan
John Stinson
Portsmouth
Carlton
Mount Desert
Brotherhood League
Trotting Park
Wesley Brotherhood
Elm Street
C. L. Hempel
Lydia McLellan Baxter
Knights Keys
Arundel Sand and Gravel Co
Knights Key
Florida Keys
Miami
Key West
Port Tampa
Atkins
Hampel
S. S. Co
Monhegan
Penobscot
Calvin Austin
Susie P. Oliver
Brewer
Fred B. Higgins
Boothbay Harbor
Clark's Harbor
N. S
Higco
Higgins Co
Monhegan Island
Higgins
Boothbay Division
Windlass Co
Grace Church School
Gardiner
Grace Episcopal Church School
Christchurch
Evensong
T. G. Akeley
Haig Nargesian
St. Thomas Church
Camden
Bath Church
Arthur F. Mayord
Duncan Robertson
Arthur Burns
Peter Owen
Pamela Wakefield
Grace Church
Alex Robertson
Harry E. Fitch
John Wakefield
Clinton V. Owen
Canon
Charles M. Tubbs
Charles W. Swearingen
Albert H. McMann
Bath School
Harry Collins
Robert Jewell
Lawrence Thayer
Eleanor Marks
Sally Freeman
Joan Osborne
Norma Pierce
Roberta Morse
Martha Holmes
Register
Greece
Harold N. Gosb
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