Old Fort Popham Stone Coming to Winnegance
Huge blocks of granite from old Fort Popham will be used to build the stone spillway on the new Winnegance causeway. State of Maine property purchased by contractor Frank W. Carlton, who uses local granite cutters from Yarmouth at $1 per hour. recollections mention 1862 to 1867 labor pay and a 150 to 200 man workforce with a 100 by 50 foot shop and an overhead carriage used to move stones. The fort was never completed.
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Old Fort Popham
Winnegance
State of
Maine
Percival P. Baxter
Frank W. Carlton
Yarmouth
Carlton
John H. Stacey
Popham Beach
Fort Popham
Stacey
North Bath House Damaged by Fire
The home of Oscar W. Jones, a North Bath painter, was badly damaged by a late Tuesday fire. Sparks from the chimney likely sparked the blaze, which spread quickly across the roof aided by strong winds. Engine 4 arrived within 12 minutes after neighbor Owen Rogers reported the fire, and crews saved the structure but interior water damage occurred from ceiling to lower rooms.
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Oscar W. Jones
North Bath
Owen Rogers
Woolwich man injured by falling rock at work
Wendall Leavitt of Woolwich was injured Monday afternoon near the Bath city overhead bridge when a rock he was loading for the Winnegance causeway slipped from a sling chain and crushed him in his truck. He suffered a broken pelvis, fractured right ankle and knee, and other injuries and is expected to be hospitalized for some time.
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Wendall Leavitt
Woolwich
Bath City
Winnegance Causeway
Local News From Bowdoinham Bath and Vicinity
Mrs. Dodge of Boothbay Harbor and Mrs. Adams of Bowdoinham visited Bath with family, and returned home after weeks with relatives. A Batchelder sister hosted, and her cat reportedly caught the season’s first two pound sucker. 4-H clubs staged maybaskets for leaders. Funeral details for Mrs. Sarah Patten, 91, were noted in Lynn. Bowdoinham’s Lorenz Minett, 97, died, leaving four daughters and eight grandchildren. Various local residents were mentioned in social, schooling, and business notes across Bath, Bowdoinham, and nearby towns.
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Charles F. Dodge
Boothbay Harbor
Carrie C. Adams
Bowdoinham
Bath
Gould
George McPherson
Lynn
Mass
Sarah Patten
John Patten
Patten
Lorenz Minett
Mr. Minett
Bowdoin
Denham
Varina Denham
Clara Hulse
Bowdeinham
Josephine Coledge
Sadie Miles
Boston
Fannie Minott
Litchfield Corner
Emma Ferguson
State Road
John Colburn
Augusta
Clifton Melvin
Minot Doble
Portland
Walter Purington
Rumford
Iga Purington
Fank Hackett
Rochester
N. H
Hattie Hackett
Fred Mulligan
Charlie Blodgett
Coombs High
Morse High School
Byron Higgins
R. A. Dickinson
Alfred
Viola Coombs
Lafayette
Beryl Maller
Lewiston
John Malier
W. Putnam Sr
Gray
Sam and
Merelyn Putnam
Fitchburg
Bay Shore
8. W. Putnam
Lancaster
Worcester
Maria Gray
Emma McCausland
L. P. Temple
Hallowell
Curtis
Topsham
Ville
F. K. Jack
George Thompson
Spofford
Minnie Waldron
Martha Titman
Richmond
Raymond Rendall
Ren
Mur! Downing
Kate Smith
I. M. Fowle
Philip Rideout
Linwood
Nettle Brown
Bertha of
Gardiner
Camden
Eva Rideout
Mr. Pinkenton
WANTED TO be sailboat about 16 feet
WANTED TO be sailboat, about 16 feet. Write 8. W. D. c.o. Independent, Bath, Me. 5-12-31p "DINTY DUGAN 'RISTOCRAT" will be range hall Saturday evening, May. %3 at $30 viene seriOe Benefit of grange. Dancing followt: freshments 'eat sale. Admission: Adults 30c, children FOR SALE-Horses, A good assortment of work horses, weighing from 1100 to 1800, some good matched rs, also douple and single harnesses, . L. Tarr, Rienmond.
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W. D. C.o. Independent
Bath
Dinty Dugan
Grange
L. Tarr
Rienmond
Bowdoin News Roundup Highlights Local Doings
Mrs Addie Williams returns from Auburn to Bowdoin farm. Mrs Irving Clough visits Bowdoinham parents. Bowdoin speaking class at town hall May 12 featuring Clyde Starbird and Merwin Jasper. Mrs Hattie Purinton and son Horace visit Richmond area. A family moves into Burton Wheelock farm now owned by Purinton. Rural mail routes expanded May 2 with Edward Giles and Karl Hatch as carriers. Saga Dahoc grange dance at Bowdoin Center draws crowd. weekly dances planned with Carver's orchestra Topsham. Ladies Aid meets at Mrs Ernest Carr’s home but attendance small due to illness. led by vice-president Mrs Ella Adams.
Nickels Heads to Cherryfield for Summer Visit
Arthur R. Nickels left Tuesday afternoon for his boyhood home in Cherryfield with his sister Mrs. F. B. Nichols of 1 North Street where he will pass the summer after spending the winter in Bath.
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Arthur R. Nickels
Bath
F. B. Nichols
North Street
Cherryfield
Governor to Wear Woolen Suit From Estate Sheep
Governor William Tudor Gardiner and his sister Mrs. Alice Gardiner Davis will revive colonial crafts at Phipps Point next week. They plan to shear prize sheep with traditional hand tools, wash and card the wool at Milford Waterford mill, then spin and weave it on heirloom looms to create a suit for the governor.
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Gardiner
Phipps Point
Wm. Tudor Gardiner
Alice Gardiner Davis
State House
Waterford
Gardiner Estate
Davis
Probate Actions Dominate Sagadahoc Court Session
Sagadahoc probate court second May term session led by Judge Glidden. Wills allowed for Dingley Stinson Brown Curtis Clark. executors named without bond. Petitions for probate, administration, and commissions filed or granted for multiple estates including Barker Herbert Harries Shaw Evrard, and Dowling. Inventories, accounts, and distributions involve Shaw Reed Randlette Harries Colby Allen, and other guardianships and tax matters. Proofs of claim and stock transfer permissions noted amidst extensive fiduciary proceedings.
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Sagadahoc
Glidden
Charles W. Dingley
Bath
Mary E. Dingley
Alice G. Stinson
Woolwich
George M. Stinson
Alice A. Brown Curtis
Topsham
Thomas H. Riley, Jr
Matthew N. Clark
Josephine Maguire
Byron F. Barker
Mildred F. Barker
Georgia M Herbert
Richmond
Ernest G. Herbert
Henry G. Hod
Joseph E. Evrard
B. Evrard
August Harries
J. W. Randlette
Ellen M. Shaw
Fred B. Reed
John Thomas Dowling
John P. Carey, Jr
Allan Spear
Anna M. Mullin
Seth S. Mullin
Clarence W. Colby
Frank A. Colby
Annie B. Allen
Wilbert S. Caron
Bowdoinham
Sarah J. Hitchcock
Kate M. Hitchcock
Old Age Pensions Call For Maine Debate In 1932
Espee cially the problem of OLD AGE PENSIONS. Woolwich Maine May 7 1932. The speaker argues taxation shifts hurt small towns, urges pensioning older workers, and invites district citizens to discuss solutions while outlining campaign aims and public duties.
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Woolwich
T West Bath
Phippsburg
Arrowsie
Maine
India
China
United States of America
Union
Oldest Yale Yale Union Theological graduate Dr Augustus Field Beard
Dr Augustus Field Beard of Norwalk Conn is the oldest living Yale and Union Theological Seminary graduate. A 1857 Yale and 1860 Union Theological Seminary alumnus, he served 40 years as secretary of the American Missionary Society and once led as dean of the American Cathedral in Paris. His influence helped inspire the founding of Stanford University. He remains nearly 100, still reading and writing in longhand.
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Norwalk, Conn
Yale University
Union Theological Seminary
New York
Cheerio
Augustus Field Beard
Central Congregational Church
Bath
Beard
Yale
American Missionary Society
Paris
Leland Stanford
Leland Jr
France
Stanford
Dr. Beard
Leland Stanford University
Palo Alto
Cal
Central Church
Bead
Large bouquet sent by Central church members
A large bouquet arrived Wednesday for him from the members of Central church, accompanied by numerous cards from Bath residents expressing their well wishes.
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Central Church
Bath
Board May Reduce Number of Teachers
The Board of Education delayed its annual officer election to await a revised budget by Superintendent Clinton D. Wilson. With a $20,000 city-council cut, cuts to departments are expected, possibly including up to 25 teacher dismissals. Truant officer Edwin L. Emmons gets one week’s notice while extensions like the high school office telephone and interoffice service are cut. Roll of accounts No. 3 for $724.09 was approved for payment.
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Board of Education
Clinton D. Wilson
Edwin L. Emmons
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Tou
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Ular Tan
Navy
Black
Seige
Popham
Lt Bath
Opera
Paramount Public Theatre
Devil’s Lottery
Elissa Landi
Victor McLaglen
Destry
George Arliss
God
Cheaters
Thomas Meighan
Charlotte Greenwood
Heart OF New York
George Sidney
Dickie Moore
Woolwich Man
Rock
Bill Hatch
McFadden
Lena Hackett
Edward Gile
Emily Rideout
Foster's Point
Levi Leathers
Waterville
Leather
Charles A. Newton
Frank Rossi
Hazardville
Conn
Karl D. Hatch
Route 3
Bowdeinham Boys 4-H Club
Washington
Clarence Blackman
Roger Landry
William Gile
Frances Read
Ida Fowle
Alice Palmer
Edith Wood
Walter Read
Coombs High School
Town Hall
Merry Meeting Grange P. of
Harry B. Crawford
National Grange
State Grange
Allison P. Hawes
Ditt
Harry B. Rackley
Guy Nickeron
Mason Wright
West Bath
United States
Texas
Carolinas
Hawes
Electa
O. E
Grand Chapter
Miss Rideout
Charles Hackett
Wallace Hunter
Elmer Jordan
Phipps Point Farm
W. S. Glidden
Serge R. Dube
Lucille Dube
Emma F. Harmon
Lester W. Little
James H. Gallagher
Caroline Marr
James K. Farnham
Rachel Farnham
Bowee
Rred
B. Reed
Strout
Try Property
PHomen _ joe
E. A. Strout Realty Agency
FRANK
ALCH
Bowker
Augustus Field Board
Hatch’s Shoe Store
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