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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 13, 1937

Page

4

Forty Years Ago In Bath May 5 1897

Local Bath notices report Miss Hannah T. Patten visiting Boston Mrs Frank Small in Boston Lewiston visits Mrs Charles Powers and daughter visiting Bath E D Sewall to Brooklyn N Y F F Hand returned from New England Vermont Grand Lodge meeting in Portland Bath Iron Works Captain Reed injured hand with a spike stitches by Dr Fuller City of Bath Hose Co No 1 organized and officers named Various Bath events including weddings church services and club activities May 6 1897 to May 11 1897 appear with multiple ship, social, and civic items including shipyard duties and community notices.

Enoch Reed Bath Iron Works E. M. Fuller

Corset Fitting Event With Miss Ingersoll At D T Percy

Ladies troubled by corsets are invited to D T Percy & Sons this week to have their Ball and Kabo corset fitted by Miss Ingersoll of Chicago at no extra charge. Also note Charles Brooks rents a Bedford street stable for his horses, remaining in the countryside seasonally.

D. T. Percy & Sons Ingersoll Chicago Charles Brooks Bedford Street

Morse Named Fire Chief In City Council Ballot

Morse wins promotion to fire chief after a council vote and testimonial support led by Harry E. Stetson. Richard Frates becomes first assistant engineer, with four candidates vying for second assistant engineer including William Parks and Emerson B. Glidden among others. Parks, 22, of Engine 4, is named as second assistant engineer candidate and lives at 852 Middle Street.

Old Long Beach Engine Co Scott Morse Parks Frank Morse Mr. Morse Harry E. Stetson Richard Frates Frates Department Alderman Fortier Turner Fortier Haskell Donnell William Parks Chief Parks Edward F. Miller Smith Pinkham James S. Knight Gay Harold P. Small Gediman Emerson B. Glidden Savage Sewall H. P. Small Miller Knight Glidden Andrew Flaherty Frank H. Turner Engine 4 Middle Street

May City Council Approves Hearing on 31 Vine Street Expansion

The May council denied requests to lay out a street in Cottuce Park avenue and extend Bedford street. A hearing was ordered for May 12 on Harold P Small’s plan to enlarge 31 Vine street to 45 by 90 feet. Other petitions were referred to committees for sewer rights, resurfacing Middle street court, Maple street property, Beacon street sidewalk, and Gahan's bridge lighting. A condolence note for Chief Parks’ death was filed.

Tral Railroad Congress Shirt Co Fred K. Sturtevant Cottuce Park Avenue George P. Moody Bedford Street Harold P. Small Vine Street Gerald S. Atkinson Court Street Banks Lax Committee William DeWire Middle Street Board of High Ways and Sewers Maple Street Middle and Spring Streets Committee On Public Safety Charles E. Robbins Beacon Street Dummer High Street Board of Highways and Sewers J. I. Winslow Gahan’s Bridge Charles E. Parks Parks Tie Department

Municipal officer report on fines costs and receipts

Monthly report of Judge Dunton shows totals of fines and costs allocated to county and city at 85.92, state at 27, city at 152.22, county at 55 and witness fees 6.36, overall 240.59. Petitions by Theodosis Vamvakias for electric signs at Crystal restaurant 58 Center Street.

Dunton Theodosis Vamvakias Crystal Restaurant Center Street

City actions update and new licenses approved

Lillian A. Mahoney and others were sent to the signs committee. Bond for City Treasurer Young was approved. McCabe declined reappointment to the Board of Health. May 28 hearing set on Central Maine Power Co. pole location. East Coast Oil and Transport Co. received a gasoline permit for 56 Vine street. Ramp and highway matters referred. Read Nichols Co. explosives permit at 63 Commercial street. Bowling alleys permit at 227 Front street. Other permits and licenses approved for gas sales, storage, and carnivals. Mayor Sewall and Council members appointed to committees. McCausland invited to qualify. absentees listed.

Lillian A. Mahoney Front Street Drake Bragg Bond City Treas Young National Surety Co Herbert W. McCabe Board of Health Sewall Central Maine Power Co Drummond Street East Coast Oil and Transport Co Vine Street Board of Highways and Sewers Read, Nichols Co Commercial Street Frank Pepper Thomas E. McCormick Water Street Victualer Haskell Pres. Legard Woodman Savage E. Bernard McCausland

North End Rifle Club defeats Auburn team for win

The North End Community Club rifle team beat the Auburn American Legion 1 by 814 to 620 at the local range on Thursday. Christianson and Sturtevant tied for top honors with 166. Sturtevant had 99 prone to Christianson’s 96 with Christianson shooting 70 off hand to Sturtevant’s 67. Jake Crocker and Perleston Pert followed with 162 apiece. Gahagan led the visitors with 152. this was the Community Club’s second win of the season over Auburn.

North End Auburn American Legion Bath Auburn Christianson Sturtevant Jake” Crocker Perleston Pert Gahagan Auburnites North End C. C P OH A. Goss W. Crocker Weeds Eeene R. Christianson R. Sturtevant P. Pert

Maine Track Team Wins Intercollegiate Crown

Johnny Murray of the University of Maine edged Stanwood Bowdoin in the final 220 yard dash to clinch the state meet for Maine by two points. Sid Hurwitz topped the race, with Turbyne Colby second. Murray also defended his 100 yard dash title.

Johnny MurrAy University of Maine Stanwood Bowdoin Waterville Maine Pakce Orono Johnny Magees Polar Bears Bath Murray Sid Hurwitz The State University Cod Stanwood Hurwitz Turbyne Colby

Sudden Death of Charles Edwin Fox in North Belgrade

Word arrives of the sudden death of Charles Edwin Fox in North Belgrade. He was a well known summer resident and one of the founders of the Kennebec Camps for boys. An alumni meeting last summer raised funds for a bell tower. He is survived by his widow, a daughter Frances, and a son Charles.

Belgrade Charles Edwin Fox

Probate Court session approves numerous wills and executors

In the Sagadahoc May Term probate proceeding Judge Walter S. Glidden approves multiple wills and appoints executors and administrators for estates in Bath Richmond Phippsburg and Des Moines. Petitions for probate and administration are filed and bond requirements noted with inventories and accounts filed for various estates.

Walter S. Glidden Sagadahoc Hattie A Bowie Phippsboro William R. Bowie N. F E. Kendall Des Moines Dutton Stahl Iowa-Des Moines National Bank & Trust Co

Morse High Defeats Wiscasset Academy

Morse High defeated Wiscasset Academy 12 to 3 at Kelley Field led by Harry Thayer and Willie Stanton with a 13 hit attack. Thayer collected three singles while Stanton hit a triple and two singles, and Morse held the visitors to six hits as Brown pitched six innings for the win.

Earle Brown Nickerson Morse Thayer John Stanton Hamblett W. Sherman Williams Fairservice Hutchins Perry Soule McKellar Malcolm Wiscasset Meite Reed Alkazin Clif Nickerson Georgie Perry Ed Brown Harry Thayer Willie Stanton Brown

North Center PTA Hosts Telephone Bridge Evening

The Mother-Father singers of North Center PTA sponsor a telephone bridge tonight with highest scores to be telephoned to Mrs. W. Percy Marks. The event features 158-W and will play both auction and contract. Part of proceeds support a singer’s bill. rest goes to the association treasury.

North Center P.T.A W. Percy Marks Treasury of the Association

Notice of Assessors Requirement and Penalty in Bath Maine

Assessors require residents to file true lists of polls and estates by April 1. Noncompliance bars tax abatement rights unless a list is later submitted with a valid reason. Board members Briggs Litchfield Cahoon sign the Bath Maine notice dated May 6 1937. 9-6-ITmo

Edmund P. Briggs Harry E. Litchfield Earl P. Cahoon Board of Assessors Bath Maine

Maine lodging house owners to report residents and property

All proprietors and managers of hotels boarding and rooming houses and all other places are required under the laws of the State of Maine to furnish to the Assistant Assessors of Taxes names ages where born and legal residences of all persons in their respective houses on the first day of April 1937 over twenty one also horses automobiles launches motorcycles victrolas or other talking machines radios dogs owned or stored in their buildings on said date. EDMUND P. BRIGGS HARRY E. LITCHFIELD 64:18

State of Maine

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Bath Daily Times Hannah T. Patten Boston Mrs. Frank Small Charles Powers Lewiston E. D. Sewall Brooklyn N. Y Aye F. E. Hand New Hampshire Vermont W. S. Glidden Portland Grand Lodge of Masons Daniel A. MacDonald Keela City of Bath Hose Co., No Charles Parks A. Preney John Place Eugene Webster Will Sprague Hotel Phoenix Columbus Club Jake's Milton H. Douglas Moulton Dunhan Winslow Willie R. Lincoln Gardiner Yellow Kid Company St. Mary's Church Fr. O'Brien Patrick M. Conley Mary Conley John Burke Kate Conley Iron Works Franklin Street Women's Foreign Missionary Society Julia Jackson Helen H. Benedict Washington E. F. Baymore Philadelphia Benedict Baymore New England Senate George Moulton, Jr Bath District Diver Andrews Hell Gate Kennebec Supt Nash Woolwich L. H. Owen Sabine Charles M. Snow Masters Ben and Irwin Morse New York Benjamin Morse Washington Street Cyrus Pembroke Winneganee F. D. Moulton Sultana Whist Club Armory Denham Charles Potter John F. Nash Maine Water Co Thomas Hovenden the Times George H. Nichols Nichols A.B.H Bath Gun Club Andrew Webster Andrew S. Merrill George F E. Thompson Thomas Jones C. A. Packard F. P. Lord Charles Gahan Charles Whitehouse Grand Commandery of Knight Templars Fritz H. Twitchell H. A. Duncan Canton King No. 10 P. M W. P. Emery W. E. Harriman John M. Hill M. M. Lemont George L. Sawyer Joseph E. Remick William Paisley Sentinel W. H. Melcher William M. Congdon Canton Skowhegan Albert Totman Haley George Leavitt Reuben Hunnewell South Street Fred R. Cahill Orr's Island Dr. Bailey Daniel Miller 3. E. Hathorne Washington, D. C E. D. Jameson Gov. Powers Maurice Owen Vision of Launfal Helen L. Johnson Harold S. Nocton Katherine L. Hill Harry R. Knight Ralph P. Mank Harry A. Langdon Carrie E. Gowell Herbert L. Grinnell Eugene E. W. Ingalls Lillian B. McIntire John G. Morse, Jr Walter R. McDonald Mary A. Stuart Cseeease J. M. Hayes Nelson Ham New York City Henry Shaw Greenville Harry Dunton Daisy Farlin Chase's J. H. Manley Sydney Manley D. Howard Spear G. Fred Mitchell E. A. Johnson John G. Morse Charles V. Minott Phippsburg Charles Minott Southport U. S Grant Nichols Archie Thayer Parker's Head Baptist Church G. C. Pease I. B. Wellman Popham Beach James N. Perkins Solon Andrews Neka Miles Standish Edward T. Mitchell William Edgett Frank Berry Beverly, Mass Joseph Berry Scott R. Frye Freeman Curtis Lombard Street F. A. Gonya Anderson Berlin N. H John Hawley East Barnstead George Hawley Frank Dingley Bangor Consolidated Ice Co Marion Luce Corrie Clare Alice Varney Jennie Carrie Lemont Alice Fairburn Jennie Hartwell Annie White Brunswick Wheeling Frank A. Palmer City of Gloucester Charles A. Corliss Rockland H. H. Churchill R. C. Harris Post Sedgwick Leroy J. Carlton G. W. Pembroke South America Willard Hodgkins Mt. Kinco Kinco Hotel C. B. Harrington George Klippel Edward Hennessey James Clark Misses Tenia Sadie Klippel Edith Rice Agnes Victoria Hennessey Susie Daley Katherine Hill Spiders Web Arthur Roland Hill F. Klippel Henry Worth Eugene Franks Richard Harnden Harry Knight Frank Percy H. A. Bates Ed Kimball Fred Kimball A. A. Percy East Pond Bros Edward Chandler Woodward Coal Yard David C.—Bright Davis Hatch Columbia Dunning Granite Street Nor Ton Brothers Bath Tron Works Name Morse Rodick North End Rifle Club Bath Crew John Murray Roger W. Pierce Winnegance Dike P. T. A Charles A. Blair Florince Donnell Watson Charles A. Foster Richmond Minnie A. Foster Laura Spittall Ida M. Hutchins John A. Spittall Ct. A George W. Rogers Ernest G. Rogers Louise J. Riley Gertrude C Riley Nellie T. Reid Daniel William Alfred R. Ames Isabelle C. Ames Executrix George W Rogers Idella V. Rogers John F. Holbrook E. Blanche Rowland Elizabeth A. Small Elizabeth Small Phippsburge Daniel Williams Michael Quinn John P. Carey Abbie E. Rider Harry W. Douglass Frank W. Carlton Sarah E. Carlton Harvey P. Hathorne Clarice C Silsby Cora TI. Thompson Ralph W. Silsby Katherine B. Campbell Arrowsie Anna Campbell Guardian John G. Reed Clara M. Reed Martha E. Kateon Margaret I. Howarth Eleanor B. Hyde Mabel W. Thwing Jane Hyde Nancy Hyde Sally Hyde Rebecca B. Minott Chester H. Yeaton Frank M. Yeaton Amanda V. Coleman Irwin McDowell McIntire Edward W. Wheeler W.S. Shorey Hubert H. McCarty Mary E. Nugent Rupert H. Baxter John J. Keezan John Coughlin Bartholomew Coughlin Gilbert M. Elliott, Jr Frank D. Flood Sarah Spinney Samuel S. Sewall Amanda Coleman Administration Chemical Bank and Trust Cop Arthur HH Kateon Evelyn M. Kateon Pownal State School Martin Bean Ralph Albert Sanford Earley Brown Wee Jonn Hamppleti R McKellar Gallant Warner Wiscasset Ab Mie Soule Fourservice McPhee Grover G. Sherman Miete Morse High Wiscasset Academy Brown and Perry Itmo
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