Bath News Briefs and Maritime Notes from 1909
November 2 1909 item: Frank Card and Stacy Moore wed at city landing after a fishing trip. They hauled a shark of about a half ton five miles SE of Guin, snagged in trawls, after a struggle. A shark swipe injured Mr Id. Updates on ship captains, transfers, and fleet assignments in the Percy Small fleet. Local workers and visitors, a Bath Iron Works draughtsman back from an accident, and social notes from Attleabaugasset Point to Nashua NH. Winter work hours at the Bath Iron Works begin, with Saturday shifts. a 50-car freight train arrives, described as largest yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Card
Stacy Moore
City Landing
Guin
Bath Iron Works
City of Rockland passengers rush to Boston hospital
Rev H L Nichols of Hallo 11 formerly of this city with s Nichols and their son Thomas were aboard the City of Rockland last night taking their boy to Boston for treatment after losing use of his lower ribs two months ago. The article notes a welcome home for Rev O W Wolsom at Winter Street chapel and a Bath Merchants Association meeting with broad attendance. It also mentions Harold M Sewall returning from Spencer Lake with the William Ell club and Willis G Sprague leaving for Hebron for three months at Hebron Academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Nichols
Hallo 11
S. Nichols
Homas
Rockland
Hey
Boston
Welcome Home
O. W Olsom
Winter Street Chapel
Willis G. Sprague
Hebron
The
Ortland
Colonial Club
Alameda
Frank B. Torrey, Jr
Maxwell Powers
Fred A. Fuller
Harold C. Roberts
Elmer E. Dinsmore
William F.pond
Bath Fortnightly Club opening and local developments
The Bath Fortnightly club held its opening session in Music Hall with a reception by Mrs. Harold M. Sewall and officers. A limestone delivery for the Bath National Bank delays exterior work. cable conduits are being installed. The district plant chief and foreman progressed with 180 and 400 pair cables. Mayor Hyde extended a reward to aid arrest in a previous assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Music Hall
Harold M. Sewall
G. L. Morrison
J. Flannery
Infantile paralysis talk at Boston Homeopathic meeting
Dr Frederick B Percy of Brookline gave the talk at the Boston Homeopathic Medical Society on infantile paralysis. He said the cause remains unknown and treatment centers on rest and massage with gelsemium noted as useful. C C Larrabee testified in New York in the American Ice Co monopoly case, having previously led canvassers and placed 75 workers in 1899.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick B. Percy
Brookline
Boston Homeopathic Medical Society
Boston
State Board of Health of
Massachusetts
Percy
C. C. Larrabee
American Ice Co
Wheeler
Supreme Court
New York
Larrabee
Maine G A R officials to visit Sedgwick Circle
Georgianna C Payson department president and Emma A Gannett department inspector of the Maine Ladies of the G A R will make an official visit to Sedgwick Circle next Tuesday evening. Mrs Albert Sanford of West Bath and her niece Miss Gertrude Carter of Skowhegan return from a New York Boston trip aboard the Clermont luncheon hosted by Capt and Mrs Robert G Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Hyde
Georgianna C. Payson
Emma A. Gannett
Maine Ladies
Sedgwick Circle
Albert Sanford
West Bath
Gertrude Carter
Skowhegan
New York
Boston
Inspections and Arrivals Highlight Bath Area Notes
State Inspector Eva A. Lemont will inspect the Bath and Portland auxiliaries of Sons of Veterans and Gen. T. W. Hyde Camp. N. Gratz Jackson installed officers at Bowdoinham Village lodge. Bath boat wharf hosts farewell to the City of Rockland on its last trip. Steamship Belfast arrives for turbine overhaul at Bath Iron Works. Morse High School library receives 1884 class gift. Enormous six masted schooner chains reach Percy and Small yard. O. P. Coffin challenges Bill Bowie to a roller skating race at Alameda on Nov 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva A. Lemont
Maine
Sons of Veterans Auxiliaries
Shepley Sons of Veterans Auxiliary
Portland
Inir
Lena A. Hunt
Bath
City of
Rockland
Houghton Bros
Charles A. Blair
Bath Iron Works
Boston
Morse High School Library
Ridpath
Francis Parkman
O. P. Coffin
Colonial Club
Bill” Bowie
Lewiston, Augusta and Waterville
Woolwich Social Notes Record Weekend Visits and Travel
Mrs Genesta Carter and many neighbors are listed among Woolwich residents with weekend visits and travel across Maine and New England. Alton Harris Ralph Harris Jack Conners and Frank Staples enjoy annual hunting week guests of Mrs Jennie Howe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta Carter
Lester Holbrook
Frank Walker
Henry Dubar
Costello Hall
Adelbert Hall
Loring Soule
Ethel Bailey
Ina Leeman
Charlotte Leeman
Gertrude Marston
Millicent Hecht
Woerter
Gavett
Etta Robson
Eldie Wright
Muriel Preble
Alice Baker
Lela Moore
Helen Crocker
Edith Rice
Emma Drummond
Alton Harris
Georgiaville
R. I
Ralph Harris
North Providence
Jack Conners
Centerdale
Frank Staples
Esmond
Jennie Howe
Alan
Susie Beane
Boothbay
Arthur Beane
Arthur Allen
Harding Plant
May Haley
Machias
Charles Haley
Sagadahoc
Geneva Hunnewell
Carol
James Mallard
Boston
Merle Jameson
Keith
Henry Wright
Frances Hathorn
Rangeley
Oscar Dolloff
Rumford
Raymond Dexter
Bethel
Edgar Blanch
Mechanic Falls
Chester Howe
Constance
Portsmouth
N. H
Sidney Beane
New Jersey
Velma Young
Natick
Mass
George Young
Blanch Littlefield
Portland
Day's Ferry
Shirley Cain
Sagadahoc Ferry
Morse High Coach Johnson Resigns After Four-Year Run
Morse High School learns coach William R. Johnson will leave at June term end. Board of Education voted unanimously to accept the resignation though Johnson plans no immediate career moves. Johnson has coached football baseball and hockey since 1945 and led Smith Tobey Legion teams to two state titles and two runners up. The Smith Tobey post praised his tireless work and inspiration for local youths in Legion programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Johnson
Morse High School
Thursda
Board of Education
Johnson
Morse
Loring R. Addison
Addison
Coach Johnson
Mr. Addison
Bath
Morse High
Legion
Androscoggin
American Legion
Bates College
Smith-Tobey American Legion Post
The
Post
Smith-Tobey Post
William Johnson
Legion Baseball
Bill
Don Perry
Francis McLaughlin
Robert Stevens
Monthly Session Probate Court Wills Filed and Executed
Probate court records show wills presented by executors for Elizabeth Sutherland of Bath and Lutie Kellaway of Newton Mass. both witnessed by named executors State Street Trust Co. of Boston and Harriet Fisher of Topsham. Wills for Ethel Fisher Willes Topsham and Wallace Reed Bath are noted with Blaike Reed of Washington DC acting as presenter. Wills allowed include Edward Wren of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth C. Sutherland
Bath
Evelyn M. Sutherland
Lutie F. Kellaway
Newton
Mass
State Street Trust Co
Boston
Ethel Fisher Willes
Topsham
Harriet Fisher
Wallace S. Reed
Blaike S. Reed
Washington, D. C
Edward Wren
Summer visit helps Bath hospital keep community care
A Bath Memorial Hospital fund drive aims to cover a $16,000 operating deficit. Rev. Joseph O Purdue appeals for local support, stressing inclusive care regardless of race creed or background and the hospital’s role in saving lives across Bath and surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
True Community Hospital
Joseph O. Purdue
Bath Memorial Hospital
Memorial
West Point
Fund Raising Drive Interest Cited by Subscriber
Van Zandt Wheeler of Sharon Connecticut writes that as Times subscribers they have followed the fund raising drive with interest noting community response and engagement in the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
By van Zandt Wheeler
Sharon, Conn
the Times
Estate actions and bonds in Bath area probate filing
Georgetown and Bath probate notices list executors administrators bonds and inventories for multiple estates. Names include Walter A Furbish, Clyde H Witham, H Mary Wilson, Anne Kauilani Williams, Mabel Pearce, Monroe Wilbur, John T Doyle, Evelyn Watrous, Chester Colby, Thomas Gallant, J Herbert Snipe, Ida Miller and others with accounts and final filings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde H. Witham
Bath
Frank O. Dunton
H. Mary Wilson
Bowdoinham
William H. Farrar
Brunswick
Anne Kauilani Williams
Phippsburg
Arthur F. Williams
Harold S. Williams
Alice M. Whittier
Bowdeinham
Helen M. Henley
Evelyn S. Henderson
J. Herbert Snipe
Otty Steen
Ida Miller
Abraham Miller
John T. Doyle
Allan Spear
Mary D. Yule
Eleanor P. Wilson
William
H Parrot
Harry E. Greene
Bowdoin
Robert G. Coombs
Ruth H. Grevers
William A. Grevers
Florence E. Wallace
Guardian accounts presented for Hogan Hart estates
The eleventh account for estate of Stephen F. Hogan and Ardella Hogan is presented by administrator Stanley E. Wallace. Guardians Gardiner D. Rogers and Harold C. Hart present accounts for Ardella Hogan and Bath based estates respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley E. Wallace
Stephen F. Hogan
Bath
Ardella Hogan
Guardian
Harold C. Hart
Gardiner D. Rogers
Principal Farnham Speaks at Rotary Club
Rotary meeting featured speaker Principal Farnham who urged student futures depend on robust high school systems. He and his wife thanked the club for hospitality. George Musk presided as Hodgkins presented J Alden Wentworth of Natick and Ernest Shepard of Augusta as guests. Junior eighth graders Arthur Mayo David Newton and Patrick Nugent attended as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farnham
George Musk
Boothbay Rotary Club
Laforest E. Hodgkins
J. Alden Wentworth
Natick
Mass
Ernest Shepard
Augusta
State Tax Commission
Arthur Mayo
Park Street
David Newton
Oliver Street
Patrick Nugent
High Street
Bath Societies Plan Yankee Pot Roast Supper and Sale
At a short Bath meeting led by Mrs Irving Varney, officers for youth work children’s work literature and publications supply work and status of woman were announced. A Yankee Pot Roast supper and a Christmas sale are set for Dec 7 and members were urged to send cards to the sick. Banks opened and dollars earned were turned in. An all day event was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mond Anderson
Edward St. Martin
Bessie Clark
Lauren Stiles
Nellie Webber
Irving Varney
Probate notices list executors and guardians in Sagadahoc estates
John L. Jacks, Register of Probate, certifies the following estates appointed executors administrators guardians on November 1 1949. H Mary Wilson of Bowdoinham deceased James H Fartrator administrator. Clyde H Witham of Bath deceased Frank O Dunton administrator. Edward Wren of Georgetown deceased Myrtle T Wren of Georgetown guardian without bond. Arthur Dunton Judge of Probate issues copy of original order dated 10 17 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Jack
Sagadahoc
H. Mary Wilson
Bowdoinham
William H. Fartrator
Clyde H. Witham
Bath
Frank O. Dunton
Edward Wren
Georgetown
Myrtle T. Wren
Gorgetown
Eas
Arthur Y Dunton
Thespians Schedule Benefit Play John Loves Mary
A Thespians general meeting discusses costs for the November 22 production John Loves Mary. Proceeds benefit Memorial hospital with hospital auxiliary handling some ticket sales. Contacts include members or phone 372 for advance tickets. Huse directs, Haskell stage manages, Butterfield handles finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thespians
John Loves
Mary
Charles Hoebel
Hospital Auxiliary
Memorial Hospital
Hospital
H. Augustus Huse
Richard Haskell
Edward Butterfield
Home Coming Weekend Attendees at University of Maine
Among those attending the Home Coming Weekend at the University of Maine were Miss Alice Avery Miss Phyllis Bisson Miss Marjorie Cushing and Mrs Karl Stiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
University of Maine
Alice Avery
Phyllis Bisson
Marjorie Cushing
Karl Stiles
Probate Court Posts Notice For Several Maine Estates
In Sagadahoc County Bath Probate Court sets hearings for December first at ten o clock. The order publishes notices for Elizabeth C Sutherland Ethel Fisher Wallace S Reed Lutie Fern Kellaway George E Furbish Ida Miller John T Doyle and Mary D Yule estates with executors guardians and administrators named and plans final accounts and bonds where applicable. Attempts to appoint without bond and to record Massachusetts probate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Ethel Fisher Willes
Topsham
Harriett. Fisher
Harriet Fisher
Wallace S. Reed
Bleike S. Reed
Lutie Fern Kellaway
Newton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Sagadahoc County
Maine
State Street Trust Company
George E. Furbish
Walter A. Furbish
Ida Miller
Abraham Miller
John T. Doyle
Allan Spear
Guardian
Mary D. Yule
Arthot Dee al Eneibe
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Bath Daily Times
Ncoln W. Jewett
Eleanor Percy
McLeod
Brooks
Percy & Small
Bar
Martha P. Small
D. Cressy
Helen Wartin
Alexei Ross
Eleanor A. Percy
Bertha Platt
Nation Army Corps
Toy
Nashua
Apt
Leland R. Mitchell
Enme
Ath Iron Works
Rover Flusser
Joseph Wall
Miss Lincoln
Abbagadasset Point
Marie Jack
Road Street
A. H. Foote
Northreek Bay
Winfield Morse
John Gorse, Jr
Dover
Ama Ely
Grive
Sty
Blair
Swan Island
Etail
Har C. Webber
Harry E. Jetson
Pencer Lake
William Ell
A. H. Shaw
Forest Park
Sehead Lake
H. C. Priest
Pinehurst, N. C
Bath National Bank
Bedford
Ind
Wigglesworth
Kennebec
Willis
Standard Oil
Frank H. Percy
Anna Percy
Minnie White
Carrie Moses
Charles W. Clifford
Augustus A. Percy
Brunswick Ladies’ Orchestra
Away
Florence Timpkins
Hoboken
N. J
Tessie O'Brien
Bangor
Gus Larrabee
Lewiston
Gus
Edmund M. Savage
D. T. Percy & Sons
New England
New Hampshire
John
Ballou
Elliott Block
Front Street
Bath Steam Dye House
Frederick E. Drake
B. M. Plummer
Philadelphia
Lida Fisher
J. B. Drake
Thomas P. Gibbons
Mary E. Olys
Hallowell
City of Rockland
City of Augusta
Southport
Bath Savings Institution
Clothiers
New Liven House
Charles T. Bailey
James Bailey
Puget Sound Towboat Co
Ketchican
Alaska
Fresno
M. J. Daley
W. H. White
Esther
New Meadows Inn
Mr. White
N. Gratz Jackson
Masonic District
Messrs
Frank M. Harnden
Willis M. Lake
George F. Carr
Squirrel Island
F. L. Dingley
Percy & Small Yard
Maine Central Yard
H. R. White
Woolwich
Arthur J. Dunton
Your
Rotary
Bath Societies
John L. J. Register
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