Sagadahoc Probate Court Transacts Business February Session
Sagadahoc County probate court second session heard wills and administrations. New register William F. Dunham of Richmond observed proceedings. Judges approved accounts and inventories for Bath and Richmond estates including Roberta, Patterson, and Clarke. Guardian bonds were filed for May Eva Hathorne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sesson
Sagadahoc
Willam F. Dunham
Richmond
Cyrus W. Longley
James S. Lowell
Albert N. Carr
Bath
Lottie S. Eaton
James Savage
Flora
B. Savage
Edwin C. McFarland
Bowdeinham
Drusilla A. Ross
James L. Ross
Charles R. Higgins
Charles B. Roberts
Charles IF
Dodge
Margaret J. Dodge
John W. Foster
Lydia A. Patterson
Ada l L. HW. Clarke
Charles D. Clarke
Charles D. Roberts
William A. Smith
Mary A. Smith
Dwinal Cornish
Vivian
Delta Alpha and Loyal Men host parsonage box social
A box social by Delta Alpha members and the Loyal Men's class at People's Baptist Church parsonage netted fifteen dollars. The Mendelssohn Club rehearsal followed at M H S Assembly Hall with an executive committee meeting to plan the Chapman concert and seating changes. Friends learn Celia Solovich is ill in a Boston hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta Alpha Society
Loyal Men's
People's Baptist Church
North St
Mendelssohn Club
M. H. S. Assembly Hall
Chapman
Celia Solovich
Boston
Drift Ice Disrupts Maine Central Trains in Bath
Drift ice this winter halted Maine Central service, delaying the Bath to Portland and Boston trains. The Ferdinando Gorges struggled with ice in the river, forcing passengers to ride ferries or travel via extra coaches, leaving schedules several hours behind. Officials expect milder weather to clear the ice and restore normal service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Central
Portsland
Boston
Bath
Ferdinando Gorges
Woolwich
West
Brunswick
Rockland
Phoebe Pendleton Crosby to Sing at Bath Opera House
Bath residents can hear Phoebe Pendleton Crosby perform for charity on Sunday Feb 17 at the Bath Opera House. Crosby, a New York soprano trained by Andres de Segurola, will present operatic numbers with Ernest Hill and a Lewiston quartet, plus Gaudreau orchestra music and a patriotic film. no speeches planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Phoebe Pendleton Crosby
New York
Bath Opera House
Salvation Army War Fund
Century Opera Company
Metropolitan Opera
Andres de Segurola
Galli-Curci
Maine
Ernest Hill
Portland
Lewiston
Gaudreau
Gifts and events in Bowdoinham Budgets and News
Bowdoinham notes include a Washington's Birthday Grange program for Grangers only with colonial costumes and an old fashioned supper. Mrs. Cora Cromwell hosts Bath visitors. many locals visit Portland and Brunswick. The town recounts a marriage upcoming, a funeral for Ellis Sedgley, and a busy period of illness recoveries and medical visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M
Phinney Coleman
Coleman
Miss Graves
Miss Jessie Ames
Misses Ames
Kate Smith
Bath
S. M. Fowle
W. B. Kendall
Portland
Ella Comins
Florence Small
Roland Small
Richmond
Given
The
Ridge
J. P. Card
R. D. Purinton
H. E. Comins
Herbert Given
Denham
Cora Cromwell
Dessie
Jennie Cromwell
Oscar Swanson
Bowdon
Augusta
B. B. Douglass
Ellis Sedgley
Miles N. Reed
Bay View
Paul Ames
John Purington
Frank Small
James Reed
W.H. Gould
Red Cross
G. F. Denham
Grange
Washington
W- B. Kendall
F. S. Adams
C. MM. White
George Hackett
Bath Visitors and Local Movements Noted
Frank Wakefield of Bath visited at R. G. Cunningham’s residence this past week. M. S. Heath spent Tuesday visiting Woolwich. Blanche Ames called on her aunt Mrs. Myrick Heath recently. George Sward has relocated to Bath for employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wakefield
Bath
R. G. Cunningham
M. S. Heath
Woolwich
Blanche Ames
Myrick Heath
George Sward
Genial Doctor A Letter From Dr Hervey In Savannah
Dr A B Hervey spends the winter in Savannah Ga and notes a private collection in the city housing Georgia history in a fire proof building for public use. He praises the local high school and a southern industrial school for negro boys and girls modeled on Booker T Washington's Tuskegee. He also remarks on unusually harsh winter weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Hervey
Savannah
Georgia
Booker Washington
Tuskegee
Ala
Hervey
Cooley Sues For Alienation Of His Wife Love
Calaber A. Cooley sues police officer Virgil Leavitt for alienation of his wife Myra Belle Cooley. Leavitt, a Lodging House keeper and patrol officer, was arrested on a warrant and detained with bail set at 10000. Cooley seeks 5000 in damages with Augusta lawyer Melvin K E Sawtelle and Bath county attorney Edward W Bridgham assisting. Leavitt, newly appointed to night watch, also runs a boarding house in the South End.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Leavitt
John A. Norris
Calaber A. Cooley
Myra Belle Cooley
Cooley
Melvin KE. Sawtelle
Augusta
Road hearing at Court House informs town road needs
About 30 selectmen road commissioners and others attended a hearing at the court house with State highway commission representatives. Barrows discussed state aid and gravel/pit discovery while Wiggin covered highway maintenance. The session aimed to clarify state laws and align town needs with state plans. Attendance included Bath Sagadahoc and Brunswick officials and other town representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
State Highway Commission
L. D. Barrows
A. J. Wiggin
Barrows
Commission
Wiggin
Bristol Names Involved In Local Matters
Bristol, Benjamin F. Blagdon, Wiscasset, Artell Russell and C. B. Woodward, Bristol, C. E. Watson, Anna, Sidney W. Rines, Damaris cotta, G. L. Pastorius and W. L. Shattuck, Newcastle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Benjamin F. Blagdon
Wiscasset
Artell Russell
C. B. Woodward
C. E. Watson
Anna
Sidney W. Rines
G. L. Pastorius
W. L. Shattuck
Newcastle
Sagadahoc County reports cash gain and 1918 budget
Sagadahoc County ends 1917 with 6839.11 in the treasury, up 3116.19 from 1916, and no liabilities per Treasurer Edwin C. Patten. Budgets proposed by commissioners include 25,300 in appropriations with 1,600 in estimated receipts and a 24,200 total appropriation after legislative additions, covering courts, supplies, prisoners, building, county officers, and liquor suppression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Edwin C. Patten
Charles H. Mason
Bath
Charles B. Randall
Bowdeinham
Alton B. Thwing
Woolwich
Supreme Judicial Court
Aise Iccb
Ais
Board of
NATO
Red Cross Workers Veils Signal Roles at Local Rooms
As the Red Cross rooms expand under Miss Carolyn Moses the chief instructor, veils denote rank with blue veils for her, white with red cross for instructors, and white for others. Registrants for Tuesday list many names across morning afternoon and evening sessions, while Christine Snipe visits from Middle Street and stays with Rev. and Mrs. Lamb in Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Carolyn Moses
Anne Cox
Henrietta P. Drake
A. E. Briggs
Dorothy Sewall
Annie ‘L. Palmer
Carrie H. Varney
Nellie C. &Silphen
Nancy McInnes
C. I
Mid-Week Lent Service Hears Rector at Winter Street Church
United churches held the first mid-week service at Winter Street Church with Rev. Culbert McGay of Grace Church delivering the sermon. Large attendance from all five congregations attended and discussed Lent as a time for prayer and waiting on God amid national sacrifices and questions about peace and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Congregations
Winter Street
Culbert McGay
Grace Church
Mr. McGay
Hoover
Mars
War
Christ
Prince of Peace
Sheriff Endorsed and Union Meeting Highlights
The W C T U met at Mrs Leila Knights home on Washington St with Sheriff Oliver praised for enforcing prohibition. Mrs Frances Mc Fadden spoke on early national history, a duet by Mrs Noble and Martha Southard, and Mrs John Blaisdell joined as member. Also notes comfort kits sent to Vineyard Haven sailors and a future mothers meeting. Dorothy Nichols of this city, a Vassar junior, was mentioned amid a fire at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie that damaged the east wing and risked the main building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver
Leila Knight
Washington St
Mary Noble
Frances McFadden
Noble
Martha Southard
John Blaisdell
Vineyard Haven
Vassar_College
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Dorothy Nichols
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Hamburg
Columbia
Monarch
Senter
C. L. Farnham CO. Inc
Elm St
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Room
M. C
Salvation Army Fund
Bowdoinham
Kendall
Arthur Small
Robert
Clarence
Massachusetts
Pratt
Washington, D. C
Georgia Chapman
J. H. Ames
Sidney Shelton
Dr. Andrews
Elliott
James Fulton
Bay Road
Futton
W. N. Price
Ir.h. Webber
Clara Temple
Clarence Skelt
Mates College
James M. Fulton
Portland Hospital
Ida Fowle
Ida
Epworth League
East Bowdoinham
Sagadahoc County
Edgar A. Blanch
Dr. F. B. Peabody
R. P. Stewart
James C. Purinton
E. M. Mallett
George E. Graves
Topsham
R. H. Woodward
R. L. Kelsey
E. P. Gamage
W W. Thompson
South
D. T. Percy & Sons
Bay Bridge
Jason Merrill
Middle St
Frank H. Lamb
Swastika Exchange
United Churches
Sheriff
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