Bath News Roundup of Repairs and Social Life 1894
Oct 31 1894 reports Foote Sparks finish fixtures for Percy store and D T Percy Sons expect last consignment soon with open in ten days. Sagadahoc shipyard work, new furnace, and bank vault progress. Hyde Light Guards drill Nov 3 and social events at Beacon Street church. Nov 6 updates on sleighs, police ball, and steamer Kennebec schedule. Bath Cycle Club events and local repairs noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foote & Sparks
Percy
D. T. Percy & Sons
Hyde Light Guards
First National Bank Declares Semiannual Dividend
Nov 1 1894 reports 5 percent semiannual dividend by the First National Bank. Meanwhile Boston boat arrives with a small passenger list. Engine No 2 is driven by William Norris during Thomas Bowser's vacation. St Mary's fair rehearsal at Alameda. Phi Rho society to meet at Bath High School with honorary members asked to attend. Cantata postponed to next Monday at Central church due to storm. Schooner Mary E Olys to marine railway for hull repairs and caulking. Pipe work near wharf to allow greater movement and rejoining. Harrington builds railway to move Baxter neckan yacht and J C Ayres Rosalin sloop. Neckan layup and Rosalin's recent trip to Nova Scotia. Cycle Club minstrels rehearsals at club rooms, finale from Tabasco to be performed at the Daughters of Rebekah fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. B. Harrington
Baxter
Neckan
Portland
J. C. Ayres
Rosalin
Lowell
Nova Scotia
Bath Items At Depot And Center Street Hairdressers
A large freight list was present at the depot today as November 2 1894. Tomorrow John T Dowling will open a new hair dressing establishment on Center street. Bath police have selected dance orders for their annual ball and Capridges shot in the Maine woods pass through Bath en route to Portland. Workmen busy underpinning Morse &o s machine shop to support heavy machinery. Brown showed the shrewd farmer oon of aD.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Dowling
Center Street
Bath
the Alameda
Maine Woods
Portland
Morse &O
Totems Lead as Blackstones Follow in Park Alley Standings
Nov. 5, 1894 Totems surge to first after a 5-0 win lifting from fourth place. Blackstones drop to second as Peter Schuylers climb to third. Cremoss, Dexters, White Owls and others mix in a tight early season race. Dick Frates maintains top averages with 97.2, while Wally Plant leaps to second.
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Totems
Park Alley
Blackstones
Peter Schuylers
Dick Frates
Wally Plant
Cremoss Eee
Pippinee
White Owls
Oeepee
McNeil
Bourget Kososs
Thayer
W. Plant
Cremos
Dexters
Pippins
Briefs
J. As
Skowhegan Road Commissioner Urges Leaf Cleanup Now
Road Commissioner Fred Bess urges property owners in Skowhegan to rake leaves from lawns at once to prevent clogs in sewers and catch basins. He says the effort would save the town considerable money after recent summer debris was cleared. A North Gray world hatchery project progresses toward a distinctive facility, signaling a unique development for the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Bess
Skowhegan
Education for Tomorrow and the need for kindergartens
A North Center PTA meeting at Grace church highlighted the push for early schooling with Mrs. Noel C. Little of Brunswick arguing for kindergarten inclusion and educational freedom. The discussion covered teacher protections, open discussion in schools, and examples from Pennsylvania Florida Maine Illinois, urging parents to monitor local schools and advocate reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Center
Grace Church Parish House
Noel C. Little
Brunswick
Little
Bowdoin College
Pennsylvania
Winston-Salem
N. C
Frederick Humphreys
Arthur King
W. S. Voorhees
Roy Putney
William Dennison
Clinton D. Wilson
High Street
Voorhees
Bedford Street
Morris Cohen
North Grammar
Frostina Marston
John C. Fitzgerald
Roscoe P. ‘McFadden
Joseph I. Smith
Roscoe Lp
McFadden
Alice
Parent Teachers’ Association
Lou Baker
Augusta
Tedford to Head Church League
E A Jewett chairman of the nominating committee reports the committee nominated for the schedule fee with Philip H Oliver as chairman Franklin Hevovels Henry Se and Harold Burns elected unanimously. The committee will prepare the schedule and have it printed at no cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Jewett
Philip H. Oliver
Franklin Hevovels Henry Se
Harold Burns
Gifts for Hospital by South End P T A
South End P T A members gathered food supplies to fill a market basket for Bath Memorial Hospital and approved starting a milk distribution. A South Street school program under Miss Laura Mitchell followed, with students performing plays and songs and receiving apples for lunch.
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South End P. T. A
Bath Memorial Hospital
South Street
Laura Mitchell
Lord Mayor
Everett Quimby
Joan Heal
Goldilocks
Lydia Savage
Jack Henderson
Buddy Watson
Polly Flinders
Natalie Simmons
Elizabeth Williams
Columbus
Geraldine Nickerson
Marion Wagner
Elizabeth Green
Kenneth Knowlton
Marjorie Hodgdon
Daniel Hatch
Barbara Stanton
Dorothy Stanton
Milton Savage
Janet Staples
Paul Johnson
Valerie Nickerson
Harold Armes
Edna Sullivan
Ardeen Haynes
Bertha Sutherland
Carl King
Land of Wind Mills
Robert Wagner
James Farnham
Leonard Snowdon
Edward Jones
Ernestine King
Shirley James
Beatrice Avery
Forest Cunningham
Katrina
Rachel Matthews
Eunice Melgard
Pauline Priest
Natalie Perkins
Martha Day
Walter Oliver
Robert Gilchrist
Miss M. Lucille Kidder Joins Westbrook Junior College Faculty
Miss M Lucille Kidder of Portland now joins Westbrook Junior College as instructor of sewing arts and crafts and jewelry and metal craft. She previously taught arts and crafts and jewelry making at Bailey Evening school in 1932 33 and resided at 16 Valley Road Bath. Kidder is a Colby College graduate and has worked with the Veterans Bureau. She taught at Oak Grove Seminary W C A and Peciland School of Fine Arts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Lucille Kidder
Portland
Bath
Westbrook Junior College
Oak Grove Semina
W.C.A
Peciland School of Fine Arts
Sagadahoc Probate Court Opens Busy November Session
Sagadahoc probate court in Topsham-Bath resumed routines with numerous wills petitions and admin grants. Judge Glidden oversaw approvals of estates including Bickford Bartlett Spinney Reed and Cromwell while appointments and bonds were set for Cronkite Lancaster Reed and others.
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Sagadahoc
Glidden
Clara E. Bickford
Topsham
Alonzo T. Bickford
James F. Bartlett
Mabel EB. Stone
N. Louise Spinney
Arrowsie
Maurice B. Shea
Jotham Reed
Bath
Bridget Reed
Blanche Durand Dickerman
Richmond
Paul F. Fitzpatrick
Charles F. Helbrook
Margaret M. Helbrook
Emery M. Wing
Bernice M. Fuller
Charles S. Lemont
West Bath
Susan C. Lemont
Alma R. Desjardins
Alfred J. Desjardins
William L. Cushing
Hartford
Conn
Mary 8S. Cushing
New Haven
Bertha S. Graves
John M. Graves
Irene S. Graves
Laura Messier
Edward W. Bridgham
Margaret Everard
Immer Cronkite
Phil E. Harris
Fred W. Barron
Olive M. Barron
Hortense S. Ward
Grace Ward Stevens
Elden O. Cronkite
Geoffrey I. Cronkite
Livermore
Phill E. Cronkite
Herbert L. Grinnell
Herbert L. Grinnell, Jr
Clara S. Bartlett
Mabel E. Stone
H. Frank Lancaster
Mary A. Lancaster
C.t.a
Eleanor D. Drake
J. Edward Drake
Alonzo B. Cromwell
Woolwich
Frank A. Hodgdon
James B. Yorke
Clarence A. Lightbody
Samuel L. Smith
Bowdoin
L. A. Jack
George Lewis Bell
Charles A. Bell
Susie A. Besaw
Willam E. Besaw
Eva D. Weston
Bowdeinham
Vera M. Heath
Elizabeth E. Hathorne
Myra G. Thwing
First National Bank
Allan Spear
Agnes H. Torrey
Charles Myron Tubbs
Georgetta Tubbs
David L. Wilson
Mary A. Russell
John Stewart
James C. Stewart
Daniel Williams
Frank E. Wormwood
Bath Iron Works Trophy Earned For Safe Shipbuilding
Bath Iron Works received a trophy for building the destroyer Dewey without a single lost time injury. New safety standards were set in the shipbuilding industry. Mr. Brennan praised Bath and Maine for the achievement and warned of past tolls from unsafe regimes, noting the plant’s ten months without cripples or deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brennan
Bath
Maine
Safey
Patsy Ann Tardiff Birthday Party
Mr and Mrs Dominique J Tardiff hosted a Tuesday afternoon gathering at 17 Park street for the first birthday of Patsy Ann Tardiff. Guests included many local families and out of town visitors from Lewiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominique J. Tardiff
Park Street
Patsy Ann Tardiff
Betty Swanton
Alma Swanton
Marylin Hart
Patsy Ann
Bradford Belanger
Dorothy and Bradford, Jr
Archie Wishart
John
John Hart
James
George Costain
Camilla Jane
Lucien Bisson
Jeanne
Richard
Kerwin Butcher
Kerwin, Jr
Wilbur Crocker
Doris
Raymond Hart
Guardians petition to raze decayed Bath dwelling
Charles H. Cahill and William B. Mussenden as guardians for Horace W. Swett and Martha B. Bridge for Lois C. Swett and Lewis B. Swett state the dwelling on Washington Street Bath is unfit for habitation and must be razed to sell materials. They seek court permission to raze the structure and dispose of materials by public or private sale to recover taxes and fire insurance costs.
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State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Charles H. Cahill
William B. Mussenden
Horace W. Swett
Martha B. Bridge
Lois C. Swett
Lewis B. Swett
Bath
Washington Street
A. D
Aes
Horace Swett
Lois Co. Swett
Dahoc
Independent
Ahi
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E. E. Ileras
Ines Tee
Thomas W. Hyde
Philadelphia
Drummond
Beacon Street Church
Edwin Bonney
George Stisby
F. W. Moody
Bath Iron Works
W. H. Houston
Gardiner
Boston
Shannon House
Reed & Haley
New Marine Bank
Ohio
D. F. Saul
Fe A Co
Ave
w + Kidder
Center ‘Street
Ark
James Biggins
Bert Considine
Joe Fearneos
Cee
Huse
Vine Street
Katahdin Commandery
M. W. Sewall
Epworth League
Corliss and Richardson
Witch Spring Road
Victor Richardson
Beacon Street
Edward Bonney
Dramatic Club
St. Mary’s Fair
The
Alameda
R. R
Irvin Hilton
Hilton
Hing
Fhe
Robert Randall
Freeport High School
Bath High School
Hyde's Field
New England
Ala
Daughters of Rebekah
Bath Cycle Club
Woman's Foreign and Domestic Missionary Society
Bay State
Willam Gibson
Forest City
New Armory
Hhb
Gilbert Patten
Kennebec
William Norris
Thomas Bowser
Phi Rho Society
Central Church
Mary E. Olys
Marine Railway
Hull
Cycle Club
Brown
New York
Raymond Powers
Wetherbee's
Wiscasset
Harold M. Sewall
New York State
Charles E. Snow
Amos P. Lord
Willard Hodgkins
George Reed
North Gray
Noel .C. Little
North Center P.T.A
Redington Reed
Louis Pooler
Harold Lyden
Tedford
Edwin E. Pinson
Donald Jewett
John Chaney
Frank Harvie
Clarence Arsenault
Guy Norton
Harold Carter
Lee Hooker
Warren Hawley
Harry Haynes
Alfred Neal
William Perkins
Clifton Tedford
South End P.T.A
Association At Business Meeting
N. Gratz Jackson
Viola Emma Collins
Arthur H. Sprague
William L. Sprague
Ida H. Lee
Annie Stone Hall
Frederick J. Hinckley
Eva L
Mareen
Georgetown
Irving M. ‘Fowle
Ida M. Fowle
Ada C. Perry
Martha A. Campbell
Phippsburg
Charles W. Walsh
Mitchell Wing Co
Cambridge
Mass
Elva L. Griffin
Tate Piney
O. Cronkite
Guardian
Amelia Hartford
Air
J. W. Rancilette Guardian
J. Edwin Eaton
Sebastian Worth Eaton
Shirley L. Moore
Ruth A. Moore
James A. Rideout
Louis’ A. Jack
Herbert W. Cutting
Annie B. Cutting
Viola Emma Corliss
Pownal State School
Patrick Henry Wood
Bowdoinham
Patsy Ann Tardif
Little Miss
John L. Jack
Nega
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