Forty Years Ago in Bath Includes Mills and Merriment
Forty years ago in Bath dated October 26 1915 reports Bath figures visiting Augusta highway official Harry Plummer and local contractor E E Morse on a mill project at Pejepscot Paper Mill with five men plus workers. It notes paper mill activity three shifts, Mrs Magoun’s Baltimore trip, a Jackman snowstorm, a new fancy goods store, an owl catch, and street improvements along Center and Commercial streets with various local ventures and social plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Morse
Bath
Pejepscot
Morse
Topsham
Wilbur Cahill
Rouse Block
Center Street
Cahill
Walker Stetson Co
Boston
Dancing week at Music Hall features many events
October 27 1915 social calendar lists Miss Harvey dancing assembly Colonial Club Knights Moose events and a minstrel show at Music Hall. Morse High Ninth Federal Weeks Street Washington Street faculty and local officials attend Maine State Teachers Convention. John Hyde travels to Portland for Central directors meeting then Boston trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mann
Bath Lodge of Moose
American Fair and Bazaar Co
Music Hall
Miss Harvey
Colonial Club
Moose
Moose High
K. of P
Bath
Flood
Smith
Morse High School
Adards, Daley and
Marr
Wright
Miss Fisher
Weeks Street
Miss Trott
Washington Street
Mncyiss Bakeman
N. B. Corthell
Bangor
Maine
John 8. Hyde
Portland
Central
Bereyde
Boston
Bath Citizen Notes Oct 28 1915 Partridging and Local Happenings
Oct 28 1915 reports DeLong and Ridley partridged for a biddy and a woodcock while Percy Robbins struck three in a Park Alleys game. Maritime and town items describe the Barge Atlantic off Woolwich, a Westport coon bought in Bath, Alonzo Parks’ new frame for a Green ville steamer, abundant smelts in Kennebec and New Meadows, and local construction at Snow Park. Bath society news covers farewells, travel to Philadelphia, launches, school classes, taxes, and Halloween festivities in Bath and nearby towns.
Harvest supper draws 126 patrons at Street Congregational
On Oct 31 1915 Street Congregational Church served a half harvest supper drawing 81 at the first table. final tally showed 126 satisfied patrons. Committee in charge included R H Cowles L T Snipe S H Rowland William Bell and Cc M Webber. William A Fall resigns from D T Percy Sons after 14 years to open a men’s furnishing store in Brunswick. Phi Rhos promoting minstrel show at Columbia theater Nov 10. Wesley Methodist church rolls 607 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Congregational Church
R. H. Cowles
L. T. Snipe
S H. Rowland
William Bell
Cc. M. Webber
William A. Fall
D. T. Percy & Sons
Brunswick
Nov 1915 Eastport notes include films and events
Elsie Janis visits Columbia for The Caprices of Kitty and Twas Ever Thus. Morse High beats Lisbon Falls 39 to 0 at Kelley Field. Mrs Clara Davis hosts Beacon Street Missionary Society. Kimball piano ordered for Columbia theater. Hay price runs 18 to 20 dollars a ton. Birth of Nation advance seats at Bath Opera House. Weeks Street Primary sod-turning by Obadiah Trask and Lizzie Allen Dolloff. Local events include car rides, Halloween parties, and theater plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Janis
Bath
Kitty
Paramount Pictures
Columbia
Paramount Picture
Kelley Field
Morse High
Lisbon Falls
Bath Opera House
Weeks Street
Ward 1
Obadiah Trask
W. A. Dolloff
Topsham
Lizzie Allen
Smooth False Foxglove A Lovely Wildflower Of Maine
Maine wildflower Smooth False Foxglove, also called Gerardia flava, grows in dry woodlands from Maine to Georgia. It blooms July to September, with yellow tubular flowers and a tall purplish stem. Pollinated by large butterflies and bumblebees, it fades after flowering while remaining a striking woodland plant valued by conservationists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britton and
Brown
Mathews
Gray
Maine
Minnesota
Georgia
Alabama
United States
National Wildlife Federation
E. Laurence Palmer
Morse High Notes and Upcoming Events at Morse High
The Future Teachers of America met in Room 201 to discuss attending sessions of the Lincoln-Sag Harbor Teachers Convention. Nine-week exams began November 1 with rank cards to be issued next week. November 6 marks Morse’s final home football game against Sanford. Students are urged to purchase rings for the junior class. several names listed. Miss Idella Altekampf and Louise Robinson assisted in a joint musicale by Adelphian and Corinnean societies. Arthur Stewart resumed duties at D. T. Percy & Sons after a 10 week illness absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Reser, Hall
Mae O’brien
Madelyn Kingsbury
Leon McCausland
Josephine Crosman
Mildred Curtis
Ruby Farrin
Perkins
The
Future Teachers of America
Lincoln-Sagdahoc
Idella Altekampf
Louise Robinson
Kent's Hill Seminary
Adelphian
Corippean
Arthur Stewart
D. T. Percy & Sons
Season ticket listings and bowling league names
Season tickets for the basketball season starting December 7 list team records: Kilowatts six wins one loss, Ramblers four wins two losses, Cormier's Comets four wins three losses, Volley ettes three wins two losses and one tie, Busy Lizzies two wins four losses, Dawn's Dollies one win four losses, Pepsters one win four losses. Two games remain before the playoffs. The Girls Bowling League held its first session Thursday afternoon with members Nancy Bourgois Barbara Adams Annette Bailey Janet Mailey Stephanie Rush Lois Merrill Marilyn Bates Patricia Quinn Adele Rubin Grace Brown Carol Henderson Christine Miller Sandra Morse Dawn White Heather McClure Frances Warner Rita Vaillencourt Judith Stover Patricia Bailey Joan Smart Sandra Sinclair Mary Lacey Marilyn Foster Judy Watts Carol Bartells Donna Crocker Nancy Doyle Dorothy F Robinson Patricia Mullaney Mary Potter Ellen Low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls’ Bowling League
Nancy Bourgois
Barbara Adams
Annette Bailey
Janet Mailey
Stephanie Rush
Lois Merrill
Marilyn Bates
Patricia Quinn
Adele Rubin
Grace Brown
Carol Henderson
Christine Miller
Sandra Morse
Dawn White
Heather McClure
Frances Warner
Rita Vaillencourt
Judith Stover
Patricia Bailey
Joan Smart
Sandra Sinclair
Mary Lacey
Marilyn Foster
Judy Watts
Carol Bartells
Donna Crocker
Nancy Doyle
Rain Dampens Halloween Spirit in Bath Area
A quiet Halloween across Bath with Monday rain dampening turnout. Downtown shop windows bore light marks, no police incidents were reported, and few trick or treaters appeared. The Y hosted a large gathering with about 250 children attending the annual Halloween party Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Films On Wildlife and Hurricanes Now Available
Two new films offered on loan to Maine groups from University of Maine Extension Service Film Library. Spying On New Hampshire Wild Life is a 40 minute color film showing wildlife and fall foliage in natural habitat. Operation Hurricane is a 14 minute B film from the U S Weather Bureau showing hurricane data collection and warning transmission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Frederick A. Perkins
Extension Service Film Library
University of Maine
New Hampshire
Maine Woods
U. S. Weather Bureau
Peters and Pro bate officials attend Maine meeting in Hal lowell
Mrs. Margaret Peters spent the weekend at her Federal Street home before returning to Passaic New Jersey for school work. Register of Probate Harvey Pease and Mrs Pease attended a Maine Association of Registers of Probate meeting and dinner in Hallowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Peters
Federal Street
Passaic
N. J
Register of Probate
Harvey . Pease, Esq
Pease
Maine Association of Registers of Probate
Hallowell
Mrs. Sarah Mae Sprague Dies at 57 in Whitefield Home
Mrs. Sarah Mae Sprague, 57, died October 27 at her daughter’s home on Sheepscot Road. Born in Ashland to Jacob and Eastman family, she lived 14 years in Whitefield. Survived by six sons John and Maurice in Wisconsin, Herbert in East Sullivan, Fred in Gardiner, Wilbur in Whitefield. four daughters Reuben MacFarland Boothbay, Ellsworth Randall Shelton Conn, Barnard Merry, Holbrook Blagdon Wiscasset. three brothers Olen Vermont, Walter Whitefield, William Whitefield. Services at Cowley funeral parlors, burial in Whitefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Mae Sprague
Holbrook Blagdon
Sheepscot Road
Ashland
Jacob Eastman
Whitefield
John Harland
Maurice
Wiscasset
Herbert
East Sullivan
Fred
Gardiner
Wilbur
Reuben MacFarland
Booth Hay
Ellsworth Randall
Shelton, Conn
Barnard Merry
Olen
Vermont
Walter
William Eastman
Cowley
East Brunswick man pleads innocent in theft case
Earl Crocker entered a plea of innocent to an accessory before the fact charge in the theft of a chain saw. Recorder Dolloff held him to bail with sureties of $1,000 for the January term of Sagadahoc Superior Court. Crocker, represented by Lynn M. Bussey, was charged on a complaint by Deputy Sheriff Edward C. Belanger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Haines
Earl Crocker
East Brunswick
Dolloff
Crocker
Sagadahoc Superior Court
Lynn M. Bussey
Edward C. Belanger
Topsham
Deer season opens with better luck in five counties
Augusta report indicates early deer hunting is off to a good start since October 21 in five northern counties. Statewide season runs November 1 to November 30. Supervisors note heavy hunter concentration, rising deer weights, and several notable kills, with expectations of peak hunting in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
David Priest
Lincoln Center
States
Wayne Danielson
Waterbury
N. Y
Woodville
Wayne Lindsay
South Paris
Weld
Carthage
Franklin County
Mt. Blue State Park
Herbert Ryerson
Paris
Phillips
Wendell Brown
Dover Foxcroft
Curtis Cooper
Stockholm
Eagle Lake
Westbrook High Rolls To 38 13 Victory Over Morse
Westbrook High defeated Morse High 38 to 13 at Paper City on Saturday afternoon. Chamard led the Blazes with three touchdowns, Roe and McClure contributed scores, and Swett added a final 161 yard run in the fourth period. Morse’s McElman stood out with a 57 yard touchdown run and an Estes connection for the extra point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westbrook High
Morse
Paper City
Morse High
Westbrook
Harry Halsey
Don Chamard
Chamard
Richie Roe
Thamard
Roe
Chamnard
Blazes
Ted Harriman
Estbrook
Gene McClure
Westbrookians
Dick McElman
Bath
McElman
Ed Estes
Jim Swett
Hartman
Pete Crocker
Charley Higgins
Herb Anderson
Harriman
Lestage
Sanford
McMannield
Morse Milliken
le le
Clark Jensen
Lt It
Dingley Harriman
Fuller Porrangeaun
Russell Lestage
Champagne Danis
Rt Rt
Harrington Bragdon
Allen Waters
Crocker Roe
Hawkes
Francour
Daniels
Secord
Weimert
Cote
Phillips
Wormell
Devlin
Caron
McClure
LeClerc
Sinclair
Estes
Proceer
Lawrence
Luke
Stewart
Collins
Perry
Kaler
Swett
McElnan
Hig
Crozier
Dadlock
Dennis
District Deputy Supper Committee Named
District Deputy page item notes a supper preceding events. Named to the supper committee are Mrs. Pearl Reed Mrs. Edith Rice and Mrs. Ethel Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Reed
Edith Rice
Ethel Bailey
Chamber Talk in Bath prompts new group formation
Ralph W. Bartlett, executive secretary of the Rockland Chamber of Commerce, spent a third day in Bath meeting local businessmen about forming a Chamber here. Arizona land ownership shows 17.96 percent privately owned, with the remainder held by federal, state and Indian reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph W. Bartlett
Rockland Chamber of Commerce
Bath
Arizona
Foreclosure Notice Involving Emma Sinney Bath Maine 1955
Foreclosure proceedings initiated by First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath against Emma Sinney of West Bath in Sagadahoc County Maine. The mortgage on 177 Middle Street Bath and related deeds are cited. breach of condition triggers foreclosure action filed November 1 1955 with J Frank Hunt as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Sinney
West Bath
Saga
State of Maine
Sagadahoc
Oarenge and Loan Association of
Bath
County of
State of
Maine
Middle Street
William YY
Mark F. Wright
C. F. Rideout
Oliver Cummings
Arthur M. MacDonald
Frederick A. Kingsbury
Arminta R. Kingsbury
Kingsburys
Carroll D. Burnham
Alice W Burnham
Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath
J . Horace McClure
Carroll D Burnham
Alice W. Burnham
J. Horace McClure
Federal Savines and Loan Association of
J Frank Hunt
Bath Maine
Probate Notices From Bath October court to hear estates
Court of Probate in Bath issues notices for estates in Sagadahoc County Maine and Massachusetts. Executors Vernon B Hitchins and Frank A Lynch named for Mary M O Connor with letters testamentary sought. Arthur S Reynolds final account. Jeanie R Sanborn and Frank M Stinson estates with multiple administrators. Public hearing scheduled for November tenth in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bathno
Sneadahoe
Bath
Mary M O'Connor
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Sagadahoc
Maine
Vernon B Hitchin
Frank A. Lynch
Vernon B. Hitchins
Frank A Lynch
Arthur S Reynolds
Howard S Reynolds
Jeanie R Sanborn
Alla Spear and Bath Trust Company
Frank M Stinson
A Bath
Carl Albee
Arthur J. Dunton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bath Daily Times
Harry Plummer
State Highway Commission
Carlos F. Magoun
Baltimore
Worcester
Frederick
Institute of Technology
Charles P. Wetherbee
Jackman
Hollis Bailey
Woolwich
L. B. Swett
Baldwin Parshley
Mercantile Co
Maine Central
Larrabee
Hunnewell’s Beach
Kennebec
Hyde Windlass Works
New York
George P. Davenport
Front Street
Duncan and Jackson
Mr. Davenport
Ag A
Ariel
Sunbeam
Lizzie J. Call
Seguin
Pickering
Parker Flats
Metinic
Melba
Lord Kitchener
Mme. Scotney
Marchesi
Scotney
Winter Street
Mendelssohn Club
Hyde Windlass
Park
Acc
Toledo
Mr. French
Messrs. DeLong and Ridley
Woodcock
Percy Robbins
Park Alleys
Atlantic
Kelley
Spear Yard
Alonzo Parks
Greenville Junction
Coburn Steamboat Company
New Meadows
Snow Park
Dunton
Webster
Arthur Chadbourne
Woolworth
Brockton
Mass
Fisher
Rice
Times
Edward McLellan
Larrabee Cove
Mr. and
Mrs. Rey E
Charles F. Magoun
Bet Ama
Frances Moses
Abbott Academy
B. M. Plummers
Philadelphia
Rogers Mansion
Mert O'Connell
Eastern Steamship Co
Old Colony
Galen C. Ward
Lincoln Street
High Street
Bowdoin-Bates
Lewiston
North End
Bailey School of Industry
H. L. Thompson
Joe Couture
O'Brien
Jack Hart
Harry G. Deering
Newport News
Crowel & Thurlow
Stephen R. Jones
Biltmore
Old Point Comford
Chamberlain
Bath Aerie, F. O. E
Scott Morse
F. Ham
Fred Glidden
Harry Miller
Jane Murphy
Fred Hector
Fargo, N. D
William D Sewall
Winter Street Church
Paul Olm
Coombs Mountain
A. J. Dunton
Delmar E. Bates
F. W. Perkins
Poston
Idella Altekamp
Kent’s Hill Seminary
Ene Eg
Rupert Wing
Marion Philbrick
Baron Rosentwist
Virginia
J. N. Taylor
Belfast
Assembly Hall
Mary Mussenden
Gladys Olm
Portsmouth
Eleanor Adams
Wilfred Mansur
Harry W. Tucker
Tucker
Phi Rlios
Columbia Theater
Wesley Methodist Church
Clara Davis
Beacon Street Foreign Missionary Society
Edwards Street
Kimball
Mikelsky Music Store
First Baptist Church
Joseph Lemont
J. Edward Drake
New York City
Fred P. Shaw
Miss Carrie
Holman F. Day
William Hodge
Marion Louise Black
Thomas P. Black
William Donnell
Susan Quick
Dorothy Donnell
Evelyn Redson
Arabel
Harriet Lord
Susan
Clarabell Quick
Margaret Chaney
Stanley Hatch
Morse High Notes
Stanley Whitehouse
David Black
Howard Bates
Franklin Rice
David Sprague
Kilowatts
Ramblers
Cormier’s Comets
Volleyettes
Busy Lizzies
Dawn’s Dollies
Pepsters
Winslow Hall
Oronce
Fhose
Wallace Barron
Caratunk
Lillian H. Heal
Lillian H Heal
Sagadahax
Noamed
John A Greene
William L. Green
Artiur J. Dlnton
Regi
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