Bath notes and visits mark busy week in 1916
The Bath Times reports a busy week with shipyard activity, Chamber of Commerce elections, and local travels. Mentions the four masted schooner at the Small shipyard, Honolulu correspondence, and Bath residents Mrs James F Murphy Miss Jane Murphy and Miss Houghton tied to Hawaii interests. Also notes new Chamber officers, recruiting for the 4th company, and attendance at Knights of Columbus events. George P Davenport arrives from Boston. State and local officials travel to Waterville for the Knights of Columbus state council. Conductor E L Risteen resumes duty. N F Cobb of Rockland discusses lumber deliveries and contracts. Charles V Minott tours Newark. Mrs Charles P Wetherbee visits Detroit and Chicago. S J Meeker buys a Hudson sedan. Kennebec Co No 3 Bath fire department holds its 43rd anniversary ball with 100 couples attending. Ralph E Bertrand and Walter Burnham lead the grand march.
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Kennebec Co. No
Bath
Local Notes from Bath and Portland Include Visits and Travel
Miss Laura M. Gackenbach arrives from Boston for a visit. she is a Morse High School 1911 graduate and a nurse registered in Boston. Foreman Sidney B. Lermond of the Texas Co. comes from Quincy with nephew Henry Lermond. they report seven and a half hours to Bath. William Hamilton of Riverside Bath travels to Popham Beach to inspect the hotel and plant flowers. early season bookings look good. Capt Henry W. Owen, John E. Fitzgerald, and Harry Mason spend the day in Portland on official and personal business.
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Laura M. Gackenbach
Boston
Morse High School
Lynn Hospital Training School
Massachusetts State Board of
Foreman Carporate
Sidney B. Lermond
The
Texas Co
Quincy
Mass
Henry Lermond
Bath
William Hamilton
Riverside
Popham Beach
Virginia
Hamilton
Bath real estate activity rises with rents and sales
May 10 1916 Bath real estate markets show stronger activity in rents and sales than in four decades while merchants seek more frequent water-cart deliveries amid dust. Bath residents hear E C Plummer again at Turner as Kennebec fish runs rise and local crews push lumber shipments and new road work projects.
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Bath
Brunswick end as far Cook's Corner and macadam road east
The fragment notes a route from Brunswick to Cook's Corner then a macadam road heading east toward Batnister. It reads as a historical map description with limited readable details and place names.
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Brunswick
Cook's Corner
Batnister
Little Almond Eyes staged by Morse High Glee Club
May 14 1916 the Chinese operetta Little Almond Eyes by Will MacFar lane municipal organist of Portland was presented at Columbia Theater by the Morse High school Glee Club under Miss Margaret Bakeman. Dorothy Mason repeated Bird's Nest Dip after an encore and impressed with talent.
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Will MacFarlane
Portland
Columbia Theater
Morse High School Glee Club
Margaret Bakeman
Dorothy Mason
Leo Burke
Edna Pep
Clinton McFadden
Percy Iler
Walter Hill
Evelyn Colby
Lucille Page
Martha Barker
Doris Dyer
Edwin Andrews
Arthur Colby
Houghton McLellan
Percy Low
Ralph Warren
Edward Coombs
Margaret Hanson
John Miller
Florence Stevens
Helen Child
John Brown
Ruth Burke
Elea
Local 1916 Port News and Street Scene Updates
May 15 1916 reports unload of May 15 lighter McCormick cargo at M C R R wharf. City hall renovation with new wallpaper. Pop ham Beach Steamboat Co spare boat renamed George Pop ham after Popham Colony founder. Two Brothers renamed accordingly. George Popham replaces steamer Virginia, which heads for overhaul and won’t return until Saturday. Ted Snowden's Sunday motorcycle trip to Boston ends in Portland collision with a Studebaker. bike sent to repair, Snowden unhurt and returns by electric.
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Popham Beach
Ted Snowden
Boston
Portland
Studebaker
Snowden
Golf Clinic At Colonial Club Chooses New Members
Colin Chisholm and Harlan Gilman led a golf clinic at the Colonial club meeting. New members admitted: John M. Callan Leon F. Rouillard Robert Fortier Frank Ozella Howard D Farr. Club golf league to start May 23 at Bath Country Club. matches with Brunswick Naval Air Station planned. Field Day and Golf Tourney at Sebasco set for June 16 with bowling awards. Meetings suspended until fall. Light refreshments after program.
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Colin Chisholm
Brunswick Country Club
Harlan Gilman
Colonial Club
Chisholm
John M. Callan
Leon F. Rouillard
Robert Fortier
Frank Ozella
Howard D. Farr
Bath Country Club
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Sebasco
Eugene M. Desmond
Clinton D. Wilson
Woodbury Baley
Wild Rose Troop Scouts To Entertain Brownies
Wild Rose Troop 2 of Central church will entertain the church Brownie troop Tuesday afternoon at the parish house as part of First Class requirement work. Carla Tukey, Nancy Ellen McInnes, Pamela Hanson, Nancy Ellen Osgood, and Jean McMann supervise. Pamela Hanson to represent at Pine Haven Day Camp planning meeting.
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Girl Scouts of
Wild Rose
Central Church
Carla Tukey
Nancy Ellen McInnes
Pamela Hanson
Nancy Ellen Osgood
Jean McMann
Pine Haven
West Oklahoma City police fine man for pistol in bar
Former Californian Bill Basham was fined after showing a .38 pistol in a shoulder holster in a local bar. The incident highlights tightened gun laws in the West Oklahoma City area.
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Oklahoma City
Bill Basham
Morse High shuts out Lewiston 10-0 in Andy Valley League
Charley Aubut pitched a four hitter for Morse High as the Shipbuilders rout Lewiston 10-0 at Kelley field. Morse jumped on Lewiston with a nine-run third inning aided by five walks and six hits, with Aubut adding a key RBI single and eight strikeouts.
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Charley Aubut
Morse High
Lewiston High
Blue Devils
Kelley Field
Aubut
Morse
Lewiston
Dennis Murphy
Boyd Harrington
Maynard Maddocks
Bryce Katula
Harrington
Harry Wilson
Pete Crocker
Jim Clark
Vance Libby
Dave Flynn
DeCapua
Wilson
Murphymen
Crocker
Herrington
Mike Masseli
Jackson
Masseli
Martel
Ing
Ayer
LeClair
Bolduc
Brunswick
Dragons
Brunswick High
Edward Little
Auburn
Bath Junior High Nine Defeats Brunswick Reserves 7-5
Bath Junior High’s Diamond Deers opened the 1956 season against the Brunswick Reserves at Brunswick and won 7-5. Trailing 5-1 in the seventh, Bath plated six runs to pull ahead as McIntosh earned the win and King led the offense with three hits. Brunswick had three pitchers see action, and Warren took the loss after allowing the big rally in the seventh. The Destroyers next visit Freeport for their second game of the season.
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Bath Junior High
Diamondeers
Brunswick
Destroyers
Dragon
Bill Warren
Warren
Big Green
Joe Robinson
Bath
Pete Cooper
Charley King
Lee Shorette
Willard Sprague
Davis
Avery
McIntosh
King
Freeport
Robinson
Cooper
Shorette
Shaw
Navis
M'Laughlin
Onalaut Johnson
Young
Langlais
Sprague
Johnson
Levesque
New Homes Behind $128000 Estimated Total Cost
The chief notes the $128000 total excludes permits issued before March 1. Over the past two and a half months permits were issued in March for John Thayer on Harvard Street and Frederick S. Marr on Upper High Street, both dwellings. In April permits went to George W. Plummer on Old Brunswick Road and Fred D. Pinkham on Drummond Street, both dwellings. In May Eugene W. Beck received a permit.
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John Thayer
Harvard Street
Frederick S. Marr
Upper High Street
George W. Plummer
Old Brunswick Road
Fred D. Pinkham
Drummond Street
Eugene W. Beck
Probate notices from Bath Sagadahoc May 1956
Court of Probate at Bath issues orders for administration in several estates. Notices require publication in the Bath Independent for interested parties to appear June first at ten o clock to object if warranted. Administrators named include Ade laide Coombs Wal ter F Taylor Eleanor M Wright and others.
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Bath
Sagadahoc
Walter F Taylor
Frank E Witt
Woolwich
John S DeWitt
Harriet C Wright
Eleanor M Wright
Arthur J. Dunton
Wal
Donald C. Bailey
Sadie G. Bailey
Residents and Properties Listed in City Dwellings Notice
The notice catalogs several dwellings including Sheridan road Donald King old Brunswick road James W Voorhees William S Blair Bowery street Willard McLean 268 Washington street Robert D Green Quinnan street and Ralph Romano Jr Portland a filling station at Leeman highway and Floral street.
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Sheridan Road
Donald King
Old Brunswick Road
James W. Voorhees
William S. Blair
Bowery Street
Willard McLean
Washington Street
Robert D. Green
Quinnan Street
Ralph Romano, Jr
Portland
Leeman Highway
Floral Street
Scouts Hold Annual Fair for Pack 53 at Lambert Park
About 150 parents and friends of Cub Scout Pack 53 at St Marys parish attended the fair at Lambert Park Hall last week featuring games cooked foods and handicraft by the Cubs Two Webelos awards were presented Frederick Woods and a Bear badge gold arrow to Pepper Gainsley Den Mothers led two skits and a group sing led by committee members including Cubmaster Kee gan Assistant Cubmaster John Tabbutt and several ladies offered support.
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St. Mary’s Parish
Lambert Park Hall
Cubs
John J. Keegan
S Jr
Frederick Woods
Pepper Gainsley
Keegan
John Tabbutt
Frank Cromwell
den Mathers
Rosalys Kondos
Arthur Bourque
Stanley Woods
Francis Burgess
Oscar Griffith
Clifton Gainsley
Lois Merrill Wins Mrs Margaret Flaherty Title
Lois Merrill wins the Mrs Margaret Flaherty honor with school faculty backing. Usherettes for the program are Judith Ayer Yvonne Crosby Priscilla Marble and Nancy White.
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Margaret Flaherty
Judith Ayer
Yvonne Crosby
Priscilla Marble
Nancy White
Waffle Iron Batter Capacity Experiment
An experiment tracks how much batter a waffle iron can hold. Measure each batch and record fill level to guide future waffle baking quantities.
Court notices in Bath probate proceedings 1956
Legal notice listing multiple estates in Sagadahoc county with hearings in June. First and final accounts presented for Ba ily, Baker, Brown, Fitzgerald, Gaudet, Haggett, Jordan, Lester, McNeil, Thompson, Waters. Petitions include name changes and admin appointments. True copy of original order.
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Harold Clarence Baker
Bath
Edward Bridgham
Bertha Sholes Brown
Needham
Massachusetts
Sagadahoc County
Lame
Josiah Whitney Brown
Mary E. Fitzgerald
Edward W. Bridgham
Joseph B Fitzgerald
Henry E. Gaudet
Edward Henry Goody
Lizzie A. Haggett
West Bath
Charles Small
James W. Jordan
Harry R. Lester
Phippsburg
James L. Morse
James R. McNeil
John P. Carey
Elsie McNeil Latimer
Viola M. Thompson
Woolwich
Charles T Sniall
Howard W Mayo
Mabel E Waters
William L. Waters
Arthur J. Dunton
Appointments in Sagadahoc Estates Confirmed by Register Heal
The Maine official notes executors administrators and guardians named for Bath Richmond and Topsham estates. John P Carey Edward Berda han Alfred W Neal Bertha I Curtis Cecile A Blais are listed with appointment dates in May 1956 and bond status. A true copy of the original order is signed by Lillian H Heal.
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Lillian H. Heal
Sagadahoc
Archie N Edeerly
Bath
John P Carey
Mary Getchell
Edward Berdahan
Edna A. Neal
Alfred W. Neal
Melvin C. Curtis
Richmond
Bertha I. Curtis
Wilfred J Blaia
Wilfrid J. Blais
Topsham
Cecile A. Blais
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