Forty Years Ago in Bath Daily Miscellany May 1913
A. M. St. Clair, of the Civic Improvement cleanup squad, escaped a serious rockfall injury on Bow street. Track athlete A. Robinson broke Middle States interschool 22 1 5 seconds in Philadelphia while representing Mercersburg Academy. Major Baker's party witnessed a white whale seen chasing herring above Wiscasset bridge, a rare sight above the river bend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. St. Clair
Civic Improvement
High Bank
Bowstreet
Kelley
A. §. Robinson
Westboro
Mass
Philadelphia
Mercersburg Academy
George A. Baker
Sheepscot
Wiscasset Bridge
Major Baker
Visitor inspects Columbia theatre for Cousin Kate show
A town visitor arrived this morning to inspect the interior of the Columbia theatre in preparation for the production of Cousin Kate scheduled for the 28th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lege
Columbia Theatre
Kate
Local Players Practice Hard for Strong Showing
Local players put in extra practice in preparation for a touted showing. Workmen progress quickly on the store floor as the steel ceiling reaches completion.
Bath Merchants to stage Biggest Show in Maine this season
May 23 1913 the general committee for the Mid-Summer Carnival met to plan the August 7 8 and 9 event under Bath Merchants Association auspices. The Big Show in Maine theme includes a parade to open the week and potential room for additional attractions as Boston and New England managers discuss content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Merchants Association
Maine
Boston
Neware
May 25 1913 Local Notices and Social News
Miss Myda Parker leaves for a week in Lawrence Massachusetts. Mrs Ralph Coleman of Kansas City is mother of Edwin Barbour Coleman born yesterday. Delmar Bates goes to Southport for Sunday. Anne Kimball heads to Poughkeepsie New York as guest of Mrs Francis Faxon. Mrs Rachel J Trafton and son Marshal weekend notes. Norman Afton of Gardiner. Colonial Club president Fred H Thompson names committee with Bath Merchants Association for Mid-Summer Carnival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath High School Alumni Association
Morse High School
Grace Baum
Alice E. Varney
Anne M. Robinson
J. Edward Drake
Gertrude 8. Chapman
Jennie Silsby
Clara P. Hatch
Harold L. Thompson
Ralph Coleman
Kansas City
Clifford S. Barbour
Edwin Barbour Coleman
Anne Kimball
Newtonville
Mass
Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Francis Faxon
Charlotte Farnham
Rachel J. Trafton
Marshal
S. Norman Afton
Gardiner
Fred H. Thompson
The
Colonial Club
Bath Merchants Association
Colonial Club Banquet Promises Evening of Entertainment
The Colonial Club plans its annual banquet tomorrow evening at the Inn with Walter Eccles of New York as a featured performer. Other entertainers will appear as the club heralds a lively Colonial Club night. special trolley service from the Square at 7 15 is expected to fill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
Walter Eccles
New York
Bath items and local notices mix in town report
Inn will be open to the public on the following day. L. T. Oliver, a former Bath boy, now sales representative for Coleman Specialty Co., Boston, was in town visiting. Knights of Columbus discuss a 25 chevaliers delegation to Calais on June 10. Frank P. Lord runs a 21 foot kerosene launch this year. Kennebec Yacht Club dance hosted by Miss Dorothy Higgins with refreshments. W. M. Potter to build a new 50 by 36 foot barn at the Old Couples Home. Leonard Marks finds success in music with a new position at the Collegiate Baptist Church of New York. Several Bath residents return from Carry Pond trips. a Bath youth faces non-support charges before Judge Keegan. Nurses invited to a state education and registration mass meeting in Portland June 6. English tea word traced to Amoy dialect. pork roast tip on low-temperature cooking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. T. Oliver
Times
Boston
Coleman Specialty Co
New York
Kennebec Yacht Club
Dorothy Higgins
Miss Higgins
Charles R. Higgins
Frank L. Staples
Satay Peenee
Hiram T. Stevens
L. F. Holmes
Ned McAuliffe
Probate Notices for Sagadahoc Estates in Bath 1953
In Bath Sagadahoc on the May term 1953 court of probate issued notices for the estates of Leah P Bowie late of Phippsburg and Harry T Passmore late of Bath. Hearings for probate and final accounts are set for the first Tuesday of June at ten o clock in the forenoon with objections heard. Lillian H Meal Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Ella C. Sient
Little League Opens Season With Sunday Tripleheader
Bath’s Little League opened the 1953 season at Kelley Field with a tripleheader before a capacity crowd. Colonial Club crushed A F of L 22 to 3 while Elks beat Hyde Windlass 4 to 2 and Knights of Columbus defeated West Bath Grange 11 to 3. Stinson led Colonial with five hits. Henderson earned his first win for the Elks. Umpires Zimmmerman and Cooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
Elks
Hyde Windlass
West Bath Grange
A. F
A. F. of
Kelley Field
Bath
Colonials
A. F. of L
Henderson
Windlass
Snow
Leash Lopes
Sprague
Knights of Columbus
Grangers
K. C
Timmy Harkins
Mack Zimmerman
Lou Cooper
Allain and
Corliss
L. Sho- Tette
Benoit
Church
Haskell
Pete Farrell
Farrell
Bob Howe
Reed
Tim Stinson
Alan Church
Tony McLaughlin
Kent Stone
RHE West Bath
Little Leaguers Standings and Tonight’s Hyde Windlass Game
The Colonial Club leads with 201.000 while Elks and K of C trail at 0. Elks 2 0 1 000, Hyde Windlass 0 1 0 1 . Hyde Windlass vs K of C scheduled at 6 15 on Kelley Field. A six run uprising in the last half of the fifth inning caps the latest action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
Elks
K. of C
Hyde Windlas
W. Bath Grange
A. F. of L
Hyde Windlass
K. of
Kelley Fld
Probate appointees listed for several estates
I Lillian H Heal Kenn of Probate certifies the following appointees on May 12 1953 for estates in Bowdoinham Sera ER Richmond and William J Walner. Executors Administrators and Guardians named include Chiver DS Eben Baker Jennie M Broderick Arthur a Dunn and Grace A Valbared with respective estates Hazel S Moody Fred Percy Faure Jennie Broderick and William Walner noted as deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian H. Heal
Richmond
Eben ‘Baker
William J. Walner
Grace A. Valbared
Arthur
Sagadahoc
Catherine E. Burgess
Bath
Vivian Kronstrand Fee
Aret M. Coffill
Clinton I. Strout
Ores
William Aer Farrell
Na K. Fare
Drrell
Penny Carnival for Youngsters a Grand Success
The Penny Carnival by Cub Pack 99 drew strong attendance Friday night at Central church parish house. Led by Arthur Small, the committee decorated booths and ran games while families enjoyed the lively scene and prizes. proceeds were secondary to the joy and community spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub Pack 99
Central Church
Central Church Parish House
Arthur Small
Re Cisteaneal
Donald Preble
John
James
Warren McNeil, Jr
Warren McNeil
Russell Kenney
Emma Griffiths
Franklin Hallowell
Harryabee
Stanley Wallace
Donald Fudge
Charles H. Cahill
David Wallace
Small, Jr
Barbara Reapey
Door Prigas
Passes Town Theatre
George Baer Connard, Jr
Jean Fitzgerald
William Webster
John Hart
Stephen Singer
Sandra Grace
Probate notices for Bath area estates in Maine
The Bath area Probate Court orders notice for will and probate hearings on estates including Dora E. Perkins of Bath Fred W. Larrabee of West Bath Bessie E. Cummings of Georgetown Anna Campbell of Bath F Carroll Perkins of Woolwich Emma Leonard of Bath Ruth H. Kauffman of Phippsburg and related executors and administrators with hearings on first and final accounts and appointments. Public notice to interested parties to appear and object if they see cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Inne
Dora E. Perkins
Frank W. Perkins
Fred W. Larrabee
West Bath
Joseph W. Larrabee
Bessie E. Cummings
Georgetown
Walter V. Cummings
Mary D. Footer
Ruth H. Kauffman
Phippsburg
Andrew J Kauffman, II
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Aire
Cassin
Iron Works
Jouett and Jenkins
Percy
Armory
William A. Fall
Joseph Gaudreau
Henry Biggins
Laura Barstow
Lillian Welch
George E. Legard
Washington Street
Abrams Amusement Co
Vine Street
Alameda
Vine
Mr. Legard
Ocea Cahill
Charlotte Bold
Elliot
Dorchester
Bay Point
Bath Garage
Eleanor Danforth
Danforth
Cosmopolitan Club
Culbert McGay
Mme. Louise
Lydia R. Folsoni
New York City
Prof. Brown
Bowdoin
H. B. Hayden
Rock Island
Illinois
Blanche Frederici
Lizzie Moses
Kennebec
Robert Sutherland
State House
Capitol
Rena Pattee
Dummer Street
Dorcas Guild of
Beacon Street
Miss Pattee
Louise Baker
Emma Sydleman
Marion Bowie
Anna Swett
Margaret Sydleman
Edith Bowie
Mabel Swett
Marion Dain
Lucinda Tabor
Lela Blair
Ethelyn Baker
Hockomock
Arthur W. H. Rand
Mr. Rand
James F. Rand
A. Sewall & Co
Llewellyn D. Rogers
John S. Hyde
Boston Yacht Club
Kennebec River
Popham Beach
Commodore Chesterton
James P. Ledyard
E. W. Larrabee
L. L. Hooker
Maine Encampment, Sons of Veterans
Aucocisco
Casco Bay & Harps- Popham
Saturn
Paterville
Morse High School Glee Club
Assembly Hall
Margaret Bakeman
Frances
Weeks
Alva Altekamp
Otis Card
Kenneth Weeks
Louise Hill
Langdon Hill
Miss Bakeman
North Street Grammar School
Pringine Frances A. Dunham
Maine Central
Rangeley
Bath Iron Works
Navy
Bert Jordan
E. Motley Fuller, Jr
High Street
Haines
William R. Kimball
Silas Adams
Waterville
Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum
Major Kimball
William Hamilton
Riverside
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M. M. Parillo
Morse High
Waterville High
Elley Field
Delta Upsilon
Bowdoin College
Vivian Lemont
Erma Farrar
Pauline Hatch
S Rf
Moses Owen
George T. Goldthwaite
Portland
D. Hill
Bath National Bank
Maine Bankers’ Association
Charles H. Butler
Washington, D. C
Montsweag
Mr. Butler
Mrs. Butler
John H. Hyde
William A. Guild
Carlton
Wheeler
Bangor
Guild
Provident Life and Trust Company
General Fouiries
Harry Wee Oe
George Sheeshank
Robert Hatch
Charles A. Harriman
H. T. Rodick
John Alexander
Vickery Roberts
Lewiston
Dobsis Lake
Washington County
Rodick
Norcross
Winthrop
W. F. Carlton
South Bris
New Columbia
Burt
Wesley Church
Ethel Holt
Myrtle Lodge
United Order of Independent Odd Ladies
Pythian Hall
Miss Chapman
Miss Davis
Miss Leighton
Miss Totman
Eleanor Bruce
Myrtle
Harry W. Bartlett
Berlin N. H
Warren A. Lowell
Bedford Street
Thomas S. Gibbons
Benjamin Plummer
Gibbons
the Avenue
Pattee
William B. Palmer
Vermont
Higgins Art Co
John Towne
Brunswick
Mount Apatite
Auburn
President Hyde
Kelley, Spear Co
Mobile
William C. May
Ship Shoal
May
Sagua
Morgan City
Charles S. Brown
Walter A.murtaugh
Carl C. Howard Hawley
Daniel Williams
E.D. True
William A. Furber
H. Augustus Huse
Est A. Allan
Charles H. Mason
Ernest A. Allan
Frank E. Burns
Sedgwick Post
Otter CIA
G. Ww. Hyde
Era of
Rvatavars
Ladies Auxiliary
Kennebec Naval Veterans
Beacon Street Church
Oliver
Poor Department
George C. DeMott
Owen J. Ledyard
Harriet Ledyard
Julia ‘Barker
Forest Park
Moosehead Lake
A. H. Shaw
Grace Church
Williams Island
New Meadows
Cameron McR
Winslow
Daniels
Admiral Winslow
General Board
A. Foxton Ferguson
Magdalen College, Oxford
Ferguson
England
Miss Kimball
James F. Dunton
Ella L. Davenport
Davenport
Dunton
Savannah
Myda Parker
Lawrence
Ralph Bragg
John Taylor
Delmar Bates
Southport
William Powers
Knights of Columns
Canton King
P. M
Calais
Roe
Patriack Miliant
Frank P. Lord
W. M. Potter
Leonard Marks
New York Musical Times
Mme. Longley-Weilder
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Brooklyn
Collegiate Baptist Church of
Marks
O. P. Coffin
Dr. E. M. Fuller, Jr
Clarence W. Morse
Edward W. Bridgham
Carry Pond Camps
Mr. Coffin
Keegan
Arthur Footer
Percy Marks
Walter Rogers
Mr. Footer
Burnham Gymnasium
Oak Street
Amoy
Lillian H. Meal
Register
Little Leaguers
Elks and
Arthur J. Dunton
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