Bath 1905 notes include ship arrivals and town events
In Bath on May 9 1905 the steamer Winter Harbor brought 11 barrels of fish for Boston shipments while the Kennebec and other vessels arrived with cargoes. Conductor Hodgkins returns to duty as his ill daughter improves. Banquet plans, school suspensions, measles, and local appointments fill the town as May progresses with parades, court officials, and church bell installations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Harbor
Popham
Boston
Kennebec
Probate Court May term records list wills and administrations
Transcribed actions show wills filed approved and executors named without bond for Emma Adams Parinton Henry Claverces Ricker Bath estates Josephine Coombs Cynthia M Moses and others. Administrations granted include Harry S Jordan Howard Parker Clara Louise Morse and Mary A Bubier with bonds and inventories in Bath West Bath and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Adams Parinton
Bowdeinham
Charles Lord
Henry Claverces Ricker
Topsham
Ethel F. Davis
Henry W. Crosman
Bath
Josephine Coombs
Cynthia M. Moses
Ethel A. Ralston
Homer Potter
Ernest B. Heald
Charlotte M. Heald
David Crockett
Ida R. Russ
Harry S. Jordan
Richmond
John S. Parker
Howard Parker
Elinor Kinney
Clara Louise Morse
Marjorie Lydia Kaler
Mary A. Bubier
West Bath
Cora E. Griffin
Sarah E. Potter
John P. Carey
C.t.a
Lilly C. Harley
Nashua
New Hampshire
Webster F. Harley
Ernest R. Heald
Harry W. Crosman
Cynthia M Moses
Cora E Griffin
Brunswick
Maurjorie Lydian Kaler
Arthur J. Dunton
Captain John Clark and John Thurlow Take Short Leave
Captain John Clark and John Thurlow are granted a brief respite as they pass a few days away from duties. The pair plan to return to service soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Clark
John Thurlow
Boston
Possible fire bug operates in Bath area fires three buildings
Police and deputy marshal investigate three fires late Monday night into Tuesday at 32 South Street 667 669 Middle Street and 29 South Street Bath firing under porches and in wooden boxes near Miller and Dall properties. Investigators followed two to three clues with guards posted in the area but no definite suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Station
Warren F. Cooper
South Street
George W. Dall
Middle Street
Joseph Williams
Bath Police Department
Miller Grocery
Miller
Dall
Popham Beach Newsnotes Pause in Portland Visit
Mrs. Clarence Wallace were in Portland Thursday. Illiam Stevens of Bath was a Popham visitor Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Wallace
Portland
Illiam Stevens
Bath
Popham
May Snowstorm Leaves Bath Portrait of Frigid May
A record May snowstorm in Bath brought inches of snow, high winds, and a near freezing morning. Local lines outage affected 300 to 400 lines, a park limb broke, and Kennebec tides rose toward City Landing while officials expect rapid melt and a return to warmer days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Almanac
Maine
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
Bath
Kennebec
Augusta
Boston
City Landing
Maine Congress P.T.A. Meets Here Tuesday
The annual District 3 meeting of the Maine Congress of P T A was held at the Cosmopolitan club with seven of 19 units represented. Edmund Ritchie spoke on the Dumbarton Oaks Conference and the role of education in a postwar world. Officers elected for the coming year include Mrs Earl Lowell Parker Head president and Mrs William D Talbot Rockland vice president. A tea followed under Mrs Hamblett leadership with Mrs Louis A Dole and Mrs Joseph J Smith assisting.
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Maine Congress of
Cosmopolitan Club
Earl Lowell
Parker Head
William D. Talbot
Rockland
Leston Starrington
Edward Hamlett
Edmund Ritchie
Portland
P.T.A
Maine
Dumbarton Oaks
San Francisco
Hamblett
Louis A. Dole
Joseph J. Smith
Phippsburg News Notes Includes Local Returns and Examinations
Mrs Donald Weeks returns to Bridge Hill from New Jersey with Kenneth Weeks visiting. Two Center school pupils entered the Fall high school by state exam, Patricia Seavey and Lawrence Scott, both succeeding. Lightkeeper and Mrs Harold Seavey visit Bath shoppers. Edward Dyer of Timber Island is a Bath Memorial Hospital patient with 24 hour nursing by Miss Harriet Morse, patient Charles W Clifford has gone home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Weeks
New Jersey
Bridgehill
Kenneth Weeks
Center School
Patricia Seavey
Lawrence Scott
S Lightkeeper
Harold Seavey
Squirrel Point Light Reservation
Bath
Edward Dyer
Timber Island
Bath Memorial Hospital
Harriet Morse
Charles W. Clifford
Bath boy helps new cruiser in Pacific battle
Harold W. Travis, fireman first class, brother of Bath resident Dorothy Kaler, aided a newly commissioned U S cruiser in its first combat off Japan. The ship's guns downed two Japanese bombers. a tense crew faced danger as they defended the carrier force and supported air operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Pacific
Harold W. Travis
Dorothy Kaler
Washington Street
Bath
Japan
Sam
Bowdoin Cadet Receives Soldier's Medal for Heroic Action
First Lt. Philip Cole Jr., class of 1943 Bowdoin College, awarded the Soldier's Medal for heroism after unloading a burning artillery vehicle loaded with gasoline and ammunition. He is the son of Lt. Col. Philip Cole and grandson of Herbert E. Cole, Bath High School former principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Cole, Jr
Bowdoin College
War Department
Bowdoin
Philip Cole
Herbert E. Cole
Bath
Cole
Bath High School
George F. Hughes
Charles W. Morse
Morse
Bath Iron Works worker loses car to theft after shift
SEBASCO Warren Gilliam of Sebasco, employed at Bath Iron Works since the war began, returned from a midnight shift to discover his car missing and groceries left inside. Police reports are unclear, and the pair had to take a taxi home. Other notes mention local actions, planned dynamite use, and residents visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Gilliam
Sebasco
Bath
Howard Bowker
Parker Head
Selectman
Solicitors Named for Boy Scouts in Drive for 3000
Cecil Fullerton announces a Boy Scout Finance Campaign goal of 3000 and that a large house to house canvass will push the total beyond the target this week. Enumerated is a lengthy list of pack troops captains assistants and addresses across local churches and community groups leading the solicitation effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BOY Scouts
Cecil Fullerton
Mr. Fullerton
Central Church
W. L. Haynes
Green Street
Daniel Beaton
Linden Street
Karcher Jackson
Center Street
Beacon Street
Everett
A. M. Butterfield
Granite Street
A. Berry
Robbins Stret
L. Abbott
Allen Street
E. B. Lermond
Weeks Street
E. M. Butterfield
N. E
A. Arsenault
E. W. Pride
Milan Street
Joseph Marchetti
Washington Street
Lambert Park
Saunders Patterson
Earl Harvey
Emmerton Gross
William Alley
Cyrus Ash
Patrick Murphy
Milford Smith
William Hanneman
W. Guerin
North Street
D. Williams
Great War Loan Drive leaders praise Bath showing
Dominique Tardiff Regional co-chairman Hollis Garey chair man of This Is Your Infantry show committee for Bath and Captain David Y Alkazin of Maine State Guard attended the Portland Stadium showing Monday night. They praised the grand spectacle which drew over 6 000 people and urged Bath residents to see it Friday at Kelley field seven PM. The Seventh War Loan Drive began Monday in Bath with a strong first day sale reported by local banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominique Tardiff
Hollis Garey
Bath
David Y. Alkazin
Co. B. Maine State Guard
Portland Stadium
Kelley Field
Tardif
Probate notices from Bath Sagadahoc court May 1945 hearing
Public notice announces probate actions for the estates of Lilly Hyde and David Creckett of Bath and a sale of real estate in Vernon Kennebec County. Ida Ro Russ as guardian reports, with Eleanor Hyde Corwin and Mabel A Thwing as guardians. Judge Arthur J. Dunton presides. copies certified by John L. Jack, Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry S. Jordan
Richmond
John S. Parker
Gladys H. Oliver
Georgetown
Liiiam T. Stevens
Sally Hyde
Bath
Eleanor Hyde Corwin
Mabel A. Thwing
William P. Morrison
Phippsburg
John P. Carey
David G. Reed
Woolwich
Georgie M. R. Walker
Howard Stanley Tobey
Edna T. Tobey
J. Fred Tobey, Jr
N. Gratz Jackson
Elizabeth F. Jackson
Albert M. _ Light
Beulah F. Light
Sagadahoc
Mabel A .Thwing
Arthur J. Dunton
Probate records list Bath executors and admins May 1945
John L. Jack Register of Probate records appointments for Bath and surrounding towns noting executors administrators and guardians. Names include Ethel A Rolston Homer Potter Charlotte Heald Cor a E Griffin Jane Rideout Allan Spear Ida Fe Will V Januith Sarah Porter John Carey Walter Potter Jolvy Harley and others with May 1 and May 8 1945 dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Jack
Sagadahoc
Ethel A. Rolston
Bath
Homer Potter
John
Jack
Sagedahoc
Jane Rideout
Allan Spear
Ida FE
Will V. Januith
Sarah E.poorter
John P. Carey
Walter M. Potter
de Bonis Non
Bond
Jolvy
Harley
Nashua
New Tampeh Tre
Webater P, Harles
Georgetown
John JD. Thompson
JF. Irish
Sportsmen Plant Seeds for Wild Game at Merrymeeting Bay
About 90 sportsmen from Bath Brunswick Topsham and Richmond gathered at Merrymeeting Bay to plant seeds and tubers for wild game. The event began around 8 30 in the morning at John L Jack s camp and continued throughout the day with roughly 50 boats aiding the effort. Seeds were planted by hand through long tubes and lowered into the mud to replenish the bay s food supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Brunswick
Topsham
Richmond
Merrymeeting Bay
Bay
John L. Jack
Memorial Service for Barton C Morrison
A memorial service for Barton C Morrison son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Morrison was held at the Winter Street church Sunday at 1130 am. Rev Ashton A Almand led the service with music by the choir nearly 150 friends attended Barton C Morrison was killed in action in Italy on April 16 1945 and buried in the American Military Cemetery in Northern Italy The service closed with a John Wesley quote God buries his workmen but carries on the work Memorial flowers were sent by his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barton C. Morrison
Kenneth Morrison
Winter Street
Ashton A. Almand
Italy
Almand
John Wesley
Card of Thanks for Bertha's illness and bereavement
Mr and Mrs Frank A Heath and daughter Mabel of Bowdoinham Maine express gratitude to neighbors friends students and Bliss College faculty grade schools and Merrymeeting Grange for kindness during Berthas illness and in bereavement plus thanks for flowers Bowdoinham May 16 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bliss College
Merrymeeting Grange
Bertha
Frank A. Heath
Mabel
Bowdoinham
Maine
Probate Court Notice of Estates in Sagadahoc County Bath
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc warns interested parties to publish this order for three weeks in Bath Independent. Hearings begin first Tuesday of June at ten in the forenoon to object. Names include Cahill, Rogers, Trott, Lovee, Boyce, Trott, Preble, Herlwyck, Brigham, Moulton, Hate, Coombs, Haskell, Page, and others with guardian, admin, and executrix roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Grace E. Cahill
Chester T. Rogers
Eunice
Lovee
Eunice E. Boyce
Ella Frances Herlwyck
Ed.Ward W Bricgham
Addir Moulton
Georgetown
Lood Oasis Guardian
John E Hatehtate
Artand K. Rogers
Haye
Charles A. Coombs
Marzar't A. Haskell
Orville BE
Page
Carrie N Page
Arthur J. Dunton
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A. W. Hodgkins
Rockland and Lewiston
Maine Central
Hyde Light Guards
C. L. Farnham
J. S. McFarland
Dr. B. Race
Boothbay Harbor
Joseph M. Hayes
Wells
J. H. Mullaney
Waterville
Sagadahoc Court
Foresters of America
William A. Jack
Ear & Eye Infirmary
E. M. Fuller
W. R. Kimball
Pratt
Bangor
2Nd Infantry
Charles Combs
S. R. Percy
D. Howard Spear
John A. Morse
Sugar Island
Moosehead Lake
George W. Woodbury
George Corliss
Common Council
New Meadows Inn
Owen J. Ledyard
Winfred M. Hagan
Charles W. Clifford, Jr
A. G. Trask
Charles B. Harrington
E. C. Clark
Farmington
Joseph A. ‘Thomson
Lewiston
George Fisher
A. L. Tarbox
O. C. Rogers
New York
W. J. O’brien
William Corliss
Charles Blair
Myrtle French
Mrs. Mallard C. Lilly
City Hall
Mathis
Williams
Capt. Shaw
H. T. Madden
Charles A. Hooker
Kennebec River
Colonial Club
Fred S. Roberts
T.P. Black
Roberts
A. G. Oliver
T. S. White
Malden
Higgins
Massachusetts
Charles A. Carr
Donnell
Nng
F. W. Matthews
Shannon House
Boothbay
Capt
G.A. Lowe
H. B. Sawyer
John S. Hyde
H. D. Maxwell
F. B. Torrey, Jr
Dr. Way
Lincolns
Matthew McPherson
The
Hyde Windlass Co
Virgil P.emery
George W. Hunt
Bath Automobile & Gas Engine Co
L. L. Wellman
A. Hamilton
the Street and Sewer Commission
North
Bath District
O. P. Coffin
A. P. Denham
A. S. Melcher
Rose Rowell
J. W. Lambert
Morse High School
Cumberland
George Moody
Helene Moody
Town
Miss Moody
Read Nichols
Frank M. Dunton
Daniel Bishop
George W. Merrill
Cobb
Benjamin F. Savage
Fred Williams
Roswell Chapman
People’s Church
David Mosher
Kimball Bros. Co
D. L. Howard
Iron Works
Edith Jewell
Auburn
Frank C. Ayer
Crosby
Mabel Whitehouse
N. T. Passmore & Co
East Boothbay
FE. W. Hyde
E. W. Hyde
Doughnut Cove
Eleanor Hyde
Arthur S. Hyde
Joseph Kingsbury
Thomas
Northwood
N. H
William
Thomas C Riant Shoe Company
Florence Wolfe
Boothbay Norbor
R. D. Moulton
Gardiner
Henry Muldoon
Bath Iron Works
Deering Junction
Charles T. Small
Night Watch
Merrill
Cobbosseecontec ‘Pond
William Oliver
George Beals
Eastern Electric Express Co
C. B. Harrington
Frances Dain
Edward McLellan
Maria Wiggin
Sidney B. Lermond
Quincy
Lemond
Russell Street
Arthur Stilphen
Mr. Lermond
Fore River Ship and Engine Co
St Atross
Charles Whitehouse
Earle Brown
Baxter
John Lynch
Herbert Andrews
Popham Beach
Maine Congress P.T.A
Bath Boy
C. U.S.N
Hero’s
Roy Merry
Thomas Fuller of
Register
Barton Morrison
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