Bath Chronicle highlights May 1915 local notes and events
May 4 1915 items from Bath Maine include H W Crosman driving a new Ford and the Dewey lunch electric sign trial. The Kennebec’s first salmon is landed by Alonzo Blair near Merrymeeting Bay. Several Bath residents attend the Grand Masonic Lodge session in Portland while others travel to Boston on business. A Bath farm story features an 800 pound cow surviving a fall. Community dances, clubs, theater and church notices fill the week with updates on staff moves, town commerce, and local personalities.
Bath area notes May 5 to 6 1915 happenings
Bath headlines span maritime work at Bath Iron Works repairs on the Newcastle steamer and social events. Mary Pickford returns to the Columbia and Maybasket parties draw crowds while Dorcas Society hosts a big Beacon Street church event. Elections, appointments, and local civic matters include deputy sheriff appointment for Georgetown, postmaster controversy, and notes on visiting dignitaries and local industry.
Governor-elect Smith of Fort Monroe National Soldiers' Home named
Gen Joseph Smith son of Bath receives unanimous Senate and House Military Affairs Committee support for governor ship at Fort Monroe National Soldiers Home. Recognition cites his soldier record and Board of Managers tenure as Rev J W Gillies and Mrs J W Mayo return from Malden and Everett trips. Al Ridley pilots Shel drake into City Landing dock after tempest on river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Joseph Smith
National Soldiers’ Home
Fort Monroe
Senate
House
Board of Managers
al Ridley
Sheldrake
City Landing
Bath youths toast summer with straw hats and trips
A warm Bath weekend drew many young men to wear straw hats from Thursday through Sunday. An auto outing to Wiscasset ended with a Bath ferryman’s ferry ride back to Woolwich. Local improvements show the Central R R square park praised by residents and travelers.
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Bath
Wiscasset
Hockomock
Carleton
Woolwich
Maine
R. R. Square
Reno
Grange tribute honors Mrs Elfreda Perkins on Mother’s Day
Mrs Elfreda Perkins of East Brunswick longtime Grange leader received a surprise table model television from fellow Grangers and associates Sunday. About forty friends visited her home to honor her 28 years of Grange activity while tributes from Pomona Grange Dromore Grange and other groups highlighted her service including her sons Ralph Prescott and Carl Perkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elfreda Perkins
East Brunswick
The
Grange
Perkins
Pomona Grange
Dromore Grange
Thomas Tracey
Charles White
Winthrop
White
Libby
Eveline Beals
Kista A. Hanson
Tracey
Dromore
Chester Hobart
Merrymeeting Grange
Boodeinham
George Leonard
Brunswick
Dirigo Grange
Harpswell
Miss Emily Ann Hudson and Charles Hinckley wed in Grace Episcopal Church
Emily Ann Hudson of 625 Washington street married Charles L. Hinckley of Georgetown Sunday at Grace Episcopal Church in a double ring ceremony led by Rev. James L. Grant. Guests included Mae Strong and Mrs. Maurice Hinckley Jr. A reception followed at 625 Washington street. The couple will reside in West Bath after a short wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Ann Hudson
Washington Street
Charles L. Hinckley
Georgetown
Grace Episcopal Church
James L. Grant
Papeete
Ception
U S. Army
West Bath
Mother's Day Program Featured by West Bath Grange Meeting
West Bath Grange held a Monday evening program with corsages for oldest mother Mrs Mabel Ansert youngest mother Mrs Barbara Hagerthy and longest membership Mrs Ethel MacDonald. Readings, solos and a tableau named Mother were presented along with word making contests and a nickel match. Hannah Snow received a Golden Sheaf for 50 years in West Bath Grange and events note Talent Show May 6 May Ball May 20 and Dro Maine visit May 24.
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West Bath
West Bath Grange
Mabel Ansert
Barbara Hagerthy
Ethel MacDonald
Grange
Lula Lemont
Richard Reil
McCree
Bertha Palmer
Alton Collins
Bernice McGlinchy
Janet Collins
Jean Belanger
Doris Doughty
William Garand, Jr
Lawrence Palmer, Jr
Robert Palmer
Florence Parmham
Alex Burgess
Mary Gaudreau
Carnation
Elsie Pinson
My Mother's Garden
Mattie Collins
Hannah Snow
West
Pine Street Fall Injures Pedestrian En Route to Sunday School
Sunday noon on Lower Middle Street a woman named Pine sprained her ankle when her foot sank through a rotten plank on a sidewalk between Pine and Weeks streets. She was carried home by automobile. Weekend visitors Mr and Mrs T Plimpton and Arnold W Pope of Boston stayed with Mr and Mrs John H Hyde at Elmhurst.
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Georgiette Bayles
Fred Cornish
Middle Street
Fred Dwyer
Ray Cummings
Miss Bayles
Pine Street
Lower Middle Street
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Pine and
Weeks Streets
T . Plimpton
Arnold W. Pope
Boston
John H. Hyde
Elmhurst
Plimpton
West Bath Social Notes and Obituary Items
West Bath and surrounding area residents are listed visiting, family gatherings, and church events. Hermen gildie P. Fortin, a retired Maine Central gatekeeper foreman, dies and funeral arrangements are announced. Inner Wheel meets Thursday with local hostesses and refreshments planned. Gertrude Tiemer will read poetry at the afternoon event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inner Wheel
Earl Wade
Front Street
Kenneth Francisco
Herbert Lemont
Raymond Farnham
Gertrude Tiemer
Candy’s Harbor
John Paul Jones and Bon Homme Richard at Flamborough Head
The report recounts John Paul Jones taking command of H B M S Drake, renaming her Bon Homme Richard, and its eight hour battle with Serapis off Flamborough Head where the ship sank two days later. It lists Jones honors from France Russia and the United States, his burial actions, and related naval remarks. It also notes Adm Robert B Carney predicting future armed destroyers with guided missiles and potential atomic power.
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Drake
Belfast
Ireland
Louis XVI
France
Jones
United States
Duras
Flamborough Head
England
John Paul Jones
Continental Congress
Denmark
Catherine of Russia
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Bancroft Hall
Naval Academy Chapel
Atom Power
Adm
Robert B Carney
Carney
Chief of Naval Operations
Carnes
Brunswick Voters Reject Parking Authority Plan
Brunswick residents voted 523 to 391 against creating a Brunswick Parking Authority with eminent domain power. The outcome surprised supporters who feared land seizures for parking lots and a powerful new group. Bath faces a future referendum on a similar Bath Parking District amid a chronic parking shortage.
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Bath
Brunswick
Hospital Open House Thursday During National Hospital Week
The local hospital will host its annual Open House and tea on Thursday afternoon as national observances take place. Mrs Dean Shaw, event chairman, announced several pourers including Mrs Raymond Small Mrs Harry Morin Mrs Andrew M Butterfield Mrs Arthur W King Mrs Jacob Smith Mrs Courtney Stover Mrs William A Niss and Mrs Joseph Coss. Tea is from 2 to 4 pm in the nurses' cafeteria. The auxiliary flower committee led by Mrs William W Dennison will decorate the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Hospital
Dean Shaw
Raymond Small
Harry
Morin
Andrew M. Butterfield
Arthur W. King
Jacob Smith
Courtney Stover
William A. Niss
Joseph Coss
Auxiliary
William W. Dennison
U S John Paul Jones Launch Tugs Aid Bath Ceremony
Two tugs moved up the Kennebec Saturday toward Bath to assist in the launching of the U S S John Paul Jones at 2 10 p m. Bay Point residents send congratulations to Mr and Mrs Charles L Hinckley on their marriage at Grace Episcopal Church Bath.
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Kennebec
Bath
U.S. S
John Paul Jones
Charles L. Hinckley
Grace Episcopal Church
Leonard Doughty
Stoneham
Maine
Mass
Nina Cummings
Louisa Howard
Sylvia Burnham
Arthur Tibbetts
State Hospital Allows Public Access to All Wards
The hospital will permit accredited press monitors to visit every ward on any day to provide a completely true picture to readers while restricting public access to two wards to avoid disturbing patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tay
Veco
Elizabeth Anderson 84 obituary in Bath Memorial Hospital death
Elizabeth Anderson 84 widow of Charles L Anderson died Monday at Memorial hospital. Born December 20 1871 to Conrad and Frances Shafer she lived in Bath since 1889 and belonged to Grace Episcopal church. Survived by son Carl C Anderson two daughters Mrs Thomas Bregger seven grandchildren six great grandchildren and two nieces. Funeral 2 pm Friday Curtis Funeral Home burial Oak Grove cemetery.
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Elizabeth Anderson
Charles L Anderson
Memorial Hospital
Conrad
Frances Schillery Shafer
Bath
Grace Episcopal Church
Carl C Anderson
Thomas Bregger
Belle Glade
Fla
Curtis Funeral Home
Oak Grove Cemetery
Mrs Victor Carey To Join Husband In Cherokee N C
Mrs. Victor R E Carey plans to move to Cherokee North Carolina to join Dr Carey who has taken charge of the hospital dental clinic on the Cherokee Indian Reservation. The couple sold their Bath street home to Frank E Freeman and wife. Their son Robert, a Morse High School graduate of 1939, will stay behind.
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Victor R. E. Carey
Cherokee
N. C
Dr. Carey
Hospital
Carey
Allen Street
Frank E. Freeman
High Street
Bath
Richmond
Qualla
Careys
Robert
Morse High School
North Carolina
Governor Signs Bath Charter Bill
Gov Edmund S. Muskie signed an act reducing Bath City Council from 14 to nine members. The measure, sponsored by Rep Rod ney E. Ross Jr requires a local referendum within a year. If approved, two councilmen at large and one from each of seven wards would be elected, with two year terms and annual salaries of 250 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine
Arthur W. Gediman
Brunswick
Edmund S. Muskie
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Rosseille
Probate notices from Bath Sagadahoc court 1555
At a Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc County notices are issued for Estates of Grove Miln Frank M Stinson Norris H Wilson. Hearings set for first Tuesday in May at ten o clock. Applicants include Walter F Taylor as administrator and Alice W Small as administratrix without bond. Arthur Dunton Judge of Probate.
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Bath
Sagadahoc
Tr Ts
Bath Independent 4
Ana Forseid
Thara Tiescias
Grove Miln
Walter F Taylor
Frank M Stinson
Carl E Albee
Harriet Lord Cousin
Norris H Wilson
Woulwich
Alice W Small
W Small Nieve Arthiur
Dunton
Probate appoints executors and guardians in Sagadahoe estates
I Lillian Hf Heal Register of Probate for Sagadahoe certify that in the following estates the persons named were appointed executors administrators or guardians on the dates. Estates listed include John Blaisdell of Phippsburg deceased with Gertrude L Blaisdell as executrix without bond, Thor man N Williams of Georgetown deceased with Frances I Gunnell as executrix without bond, Joseph S Gallant of Bath deceased with Helen W Gallant as executrix without bond. Arthur J Dunton error seems to be a true copy of the original order dated 12 19 20.
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Lillian Hf Heal
Sagadahoe
John Ho Blaisdell
Phippsburg
Gertrude L Blaisdell
Thorman N Williams
Georgetown
Frances I Gunnell
Joseph S Gallant
Bath
Helen W Gallant
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