Afloat and in town notes from Bath November 1915
In Bath on Sunday visitors include William P. Holmes and Howard Webber of the Music Hall Orchestra in Lewiston. Capt J L Coombs returns to New York as his vessel Frontenac loads cargo for West Africa. Automobiles trip to Belfast Stockton Dover and Greenville. Halloween bells and masks enliven streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Holmes
Howard Webber
Music Hall Orchestra
Lewiston
Holmes
Dreamland Theater
J. L. Coombs
New York
Frontenac
Africa
Coombs
A. H. Shaw
M. H. Blackwell
O. J. Ledyard
Belfast
Stockton
Dover
Greenville
Mrs Martha A Ross returns home after long absence
Mrs Martha A Ross came back Tuesday from a visit with her brother Nathan Matthews in Shelbourne Nova Scotia. It is her first trip to her old home since 1858. She now lives with her son George Tinney in this city. Fred H Kimball and daughter Priscilla plan to return Thursday from a five week Panama Exposition trip after visiting many places en route. Bernice Hunt hosted a birthday party Tuesday evening with guests Phyllis Wyman Lorraine Eggleston Bernice McPherson Cynthia Crosman Marjorie Mitchell Thelma Brown Beatrice Washburn Gwendolyn Vaughan Hilda Murray Annie Bickle Eleanor Eaton Elvira Owen Bradford Belanger Thomas Cummings Edward Hartnett Willard Sprague Ralph Small Raymond Norton Clarence Oliver Clifford Neil Harold Brown Harold Fielding Vernon Mitchell Oscar Hunt Karcher Jackson. The Hartford Courant praised Eugene M Desmond of Poli's Stock Company for facing a new role as a weakling driven by morphine with convincing breakdown in the third act. Capt Perkins of the tug Portsmouth anchored two lumber pages at the Flats this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha A. Ross
Nathan. Matthews
Shelbourne
N. S
Bernice Hunt
Phyllis Wyman
Lorraine Eggleston
Bernice McPherson
Cynthia Crosman
Marjorie Mitchell
Thelma Brown
Beatrice Washburn
Gwendolyn Vaughan
Hilda Murray
Annie Bickle
Eleanor Eaton
Elvira Owen
Bradford Belanger
Thomas Cummings
Edward Hartnett
Willard Sprague
Ralph Small
Raymond Norton
Clarence Oliver
Charles Neil
Clifford Neil
Harold Brown
Harold Fielding
Vernon Mitchell
Oscar Hunt
Karcher Jackson
Hartford Courant
Eugene M. Desmond
Poli
Eugenie Desmond
Nov 4 1915 Roofing the Columbia hotel in Bath
Workmen began roofing the Columbia hotel to shield interiors from early snow and rain. Landlord O'Brien to finish renovations in spring. Also notes partridge hunting, Moose lodge fair plans, shipping news, street work, local visits, and civic events through Nov 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
O’brien
Deer sightings rise as Maine rifle season opens statewide
Maine game wardens report deer appearing at field edges and clearings as the month long statewide hunting season begins. Hunters note bears in orchards have lessened, boosting deer movements though some areas saw slower hunts earlier in the season. Warden Bruce Clark lists several record bucks, including a 19 inch spread eight pointer and a nine pointer dressed at 262 pounds, with live weight estimated at 341 pounds. Early counts show 35 deer registered at Ashland in two days, and observers in Calais note improved deer activity over the past ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
Brown
Earl Tukey
Milo
Charles C. Mitchell
Agawam
Mass
Medford
Herbert McPheters
Dexter
Sargentville
Clayton Harrington
Wilfred Atkins
Presque Isle
Ashland
Washington County
Lloyd Clark
Calais
Bath Couple Surprised With Housewarming Party
Mr. and Mrs. Maynard O. Brown recently moved into a new home on Cottage Street and were surprised Saturday by friends with a housewarming gathering. The couple dined at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Brunswick before returning to receive door chimes as a gift. Attendees included Mrs. John Harkins, Mrs. A George Moses, Mr. and Mrs. George Larrabee, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bolker, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Low, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Craige, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Small, and Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Cummings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard O. Brown
Cottage Street
Harriet Beecher
Percy Low
Herbert Craige
Raymond Small
Edward A. Cummings
Bath Junior High Girls Win City Volleyball Championship
The Bath Junior High girls volleyball team triumphed as champions in the fourth to sixth grade city league last week. Coach Adena Smith led the winning squad, with rival coaches including Natalie Fowle at Mitchell, Nancy Gibbs at Fisher, Olive Crabtree at Huge, Ruth Lary at Dike, and Theo Honsinger at North Grammar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Adena Smith
Mitchell School
Natalie Fowle
Fisher School
Nancy Gibbs
Huge School
Olive Crabtree
Dike School
Ruth Lary
North Grammar
Theo Honsinger
Percy King Bags 12-Point 315-Pound Maine Buck
Percy E. King of 41 Chestnut Street, a Bath Iron Works chipping department worker, qualified for the Biggest Bucks In Maine club by felling a 12 point buck weighing 315 pounds in the East Pitts ton area. The dressed weight was 235 pounds, marking one of the year’s largest Maine deer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy E. King
Chestnut Street
Maine
Bath Iron Works
King
East Pittston
Maine Council of Churches briefs progress and goals
Executive Board reports regular progress to churches and public. Rev. Martin V B Sargent submits publicity and Bath council coverage is to be published. Walter Upham details seven major goals including an $11,000 yearly budget, expanded programs, more rural workers, and teacher training. A mobile church and priestly chaplains are proposed. governance urges church budget inclusion and free time for religious instruction in schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin V. B. Sargent
Bath Council
E. Theresa Hill
Maine Council of Churches
Walter Upham
Portland
Norman B. Nash
Episcopal Diocese of
Massachusetts
Louis A. Dole
Church of the New Jerusalem
Maine
Upham
Maine Council
Probate Court Wills and Administrations Summary
Probate filings show wills, executors and executrixes named for Emma M. Oliver Bath area. Eva M. Mahoney Bath. Kate M. Baxter Bath. Walter E. Taylor Bath. Maude E. Blodgett Bowdoinham. Samuel L. Armstrong West Bath. Administrators named for Ralph Goss Stetson Sr Bath. Dorothy D. Stetson. Inventories include Richard Galant minor Bath. Clarence E. Griffing Topsham. Ethel C. Hill West Bowdoin. Nels Olsen Bowdoin. John W. Riley Tops ham. Accounts filed or allowed for multiple estates with conservators and executors. bonds, taxes, and license petitions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Galant
Bath
Roy L. Knowles
Guardian
Clarence E. Griffing
Topsham
Wilhelmina Griffing
Ethel C. Hill
West Bowdoin
Napoleon Fred Couture
Nels Olsen
Bowdoin
Nathan Doughty
Kate M. Baxter
Ralph Goss Stetson, Sr
Samuel L. Armstrong
West Bath
John W. Riley
Lulu M. Riley
Charles Zignego
Mear K. James
Emily R. Sherman
City Manager October Report Highlights Police Fire and Public Welfare
October municipal operations show 77 arrests by police and 16 non fatal crashes. Fire department logged 13 alarms while building permits reached 15. Highway and sewer work included multiple repairs and pipe laying. Cemetery crews built eight foundations and 13 burials occurred. Public welfare aided 36 people and surplus food distributed to 328. Health department noted suspected tuberculosis poliomyelitis and seven other disease reports with regular inspections ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway and Sewer Department
Pine Street
Health Department
Fire Department
Milan Street
Valley Road
Sheridan Road
Meadowway
Center Street
Leeman Highway
Oak Grove
Park
Oak
Maple Grove
Health and Sanitation Dept
Butter Herb Cheese Spread for First Course
Soften butter with the back of a wooden spoon against the bowl. Stir in dry mustard and finely grated Swiss cheese. Pack into a small container and top with chopped parsley. Serve with crackers and tomato juice as a first course.
Tennis With Hart Coral Gables Fla
Doris Hart national tennis champion for two years and runner up five times writes Tennis with Hart detailing a sickly childhood, tomboy days at nine, battles with pneumonia and eye operations, plus a household recipe for enriched scrambled eggs using milk and dry milk solids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coral Gables
Fla
Doris Hart
Hart
Lippincott
Probate Notices From Bath Sagadahoc County November 1955
Court orders public notice for multiple estates in Bath Maine. The proceedings include name changes for William Cotton to Gerry Cotton, probate of Ethel Glidden, and first accounts and wills for Carl Albee Fred Quimby Bertha Curtis Emma Oliver and Freeman Oliver. Hearings set for December at ten o clock. objections due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell M. King
Bath
Fred W. Quimby
Charles Zignego
Topsham
Mearl K. James
Suzanna Sovak
Andrew G. Sovak
Levina E. Holman
Richmond
Ethel Glidden
Carl Albee
Agnes W. Humphreys
John R. Ballard
Solomon K. Greenblatt
Abraham E. Greenblatt
Iscar W. Greenblatt
Owen Lee Greenblatt
Peter Bailey
Sagadahoc
William Richards Cotton
Woolwich
William Richards Gerry Cotton
Mitchell King
Fred W Quimby
Fra M Mahoney
Bertha M Curtis
Emma M O
Freeman
Oliver
Arthur J Dunton
Bowling League Reorganized At Arcade Alleys Sunday
The Colonial club Bowling League restarts with seven teams after Park Alleys closed for the year. Play begins Sunday at 6 pm, runs to 7 30, each team facing the other six weekly. First half ends Jan 22, second half Jan 29 to Apr 1, with three strings per match. Team rosters: Camels, Kools, Wings, Spuds, Marvels, Fatimas, Murads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club Bowling League
Camels
R. Hersom
E. Parks
E. Page
R. Patterson
E. Lee
Kools
M. Mitchell
F. Gallagher
J. Gaudet
F. Lawrence
R. Robinson
D. Farrell
L. Poole
D. Leavitt
H. Mayo
J. Caverly
F. Talbot
Albert Oliver Elected Commander Bath Amvets
Albert Oliver was elected commander of the new Bath Amvets Post at its organizational meeting in City Hall Monday evening. Officers named include John F. Leonard first vice commander Richard Renshaw adjutant Wendell Freeman finance officer Donald McElman chaplain and Harold Brown provost marshal. A naming committee led by Leonard with Freeman Oliver and Harold McElman was chosen. Fifteen members signed the charter to be sent to Amvets National Headquarters for approval. State Commander Clinton Fecteau Jr of Saco attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Oliver
New
Bath
Clinton Fecteau, Jr
Saco
Crosman's I.G.A Store Reopening After Alterations
Crosman's I G A store at the corner of Pine and Washington streets will reopen Thursday morning at nine o clock, says proprietor C V Owen. The market has been closed for three days, the first time in sixty years it has not been open to the public due to alterations.
Foreclosure Notice In Bath Maine 1955 Mortgage Breach
Emma Spinney of West Bath faces foreclosure on a 1952 mortgage to First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath. The deed covers 177 Middle Street Bath with linked prior transfers to Kingsburys and Burnhams and to J Horace McClure. Breach of condition triggers foreclosure proceedings dated November 1, 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Spinney
West Bath
Sagadahoc
State of Maine
Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath
Bath
County of
State of
Maine
Middle Street
William Ray
Mark F Wright
C. F. Rideout
Oliver Cummings
Arthur M. MacDonald
Frederick A Kingsbury
Arminta R Kingsbury
Kingsburys
Carroll D Burnham, Sr
Alice W Burnham
Horace McClure
Carroll D Burnham
Alice W. Burnham
J. Horace McClure
Sagadahoe County
J Frank Hunt
Federal Savines and Loan Association of Bath
Probate appointments for Sagadahoc estates 1955
Lillian H. Heal register certifies in various Sagadahoc estates the named individuals appointed executors administrators conservators or guardians with dates. Samuel L. Armstrong West Bath estate executrix Katherine V. Armstrong November 1 1955. Kate M. Baxter Bath estate executors Rupert H Baxter Mary Baxter White Iydia Baxter Gillette November 1 1955. Bath Stetson estate Dorothy D Stetson administratrix November 1 1955. Walter F Taylor Bath estate Anon J Taylor executrix without bond November 1955. Arthur J. Dunton judge of probate true copy of original order attest: Lilian H. Heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate M. Baxter
Bath
Rupert H. Baxter
Mary Baxter White
Lydia Baxter Gillette
Ralph Goss Stetson, Sr
Dorothy D. Stetson
Lillian H. Heal
Sagadahoc
Samuel Ll. Armstrone
West Path
Katherine V. Armstrong
Kate
Rupert H Baxter
Iydia Baxter Gillette
Batouh Goss Stetson
Sr. Tate
Dorothy D Stetson
Walter F Taylor
Anon JL. Taylor
Arthur J. Dunton
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Agoin’ Bath
The
Bath Daily Times
Thomas P. Gibbons
James P. Ledyard
W. Emery Chase, Jr
Walter E. Chase
Whittier
Bowdoin College Gymnasium
de Gogorza
Ethel Leginska
Graveure
William R. Chapman
John McInnes
B. I. W. Hall
New York City
Celia Solovich
Mae O’brien
K. Y.C. Yacht Club
E. M. Fuller
Arthur Pepper
Jennie Harvey
Patten Free Library
William LeBarron Putnam
Israel Putnam. Co
Roy E. French
Town
Toledo
Brunswick
New Meadows
Small
Hyde
Charles C. Low
Messrs
Mitchell
Burke
Low
Rowland
Ledyard
Hogan
Purington
Drake
Donald S. Sewall
Woodward, Ala
Woodward Iron Co
Owen Ledyard
Boston
Millicent Clifford
Blanche Olds
Cheboygen
Mich
Miss Clifford
O'Brien
Drayton
Quarantine
Newport News
Wyoming
Mead
Ortland
McLeod
Merrymeeting Bay
Ridley
Teel
Harold P. Stanton
Fred H. Kimball
Priscilla
Panama Exposition
Capt. Perkins
Portsmouth
Merton Webber
Mann
McIntire
Robson
Pattengill
Caton
Soule and Shoates
South End
North Side Railway
Roscoe P McFadden
Ralph Coleman
William Bell
Frank Hodgdon
Jefferson
Charles P. Wetherbee
Gratest
Powell
Fore River Shipbuilding Corp
Nevada
N. L. Jackson
King Tavern
John W. Ballou
Elizabeth Dunbar
Brooklyn
William Yule
William Armstrong
Lewisi
Scott Tibbetts
Fis
Henry Shaw
William Parkman
Joseph Hart
Charles Street
Hart. Lawrence
Bowdoin College
Bath Opera House
Board of Highways and Sewers
Blind’s Crossing
Hollis Bailey
Mr. Bailey
Stoneybrook
Phippsburg Center
Cosmopolitan Club
Music Hall
Ethel Oliver
Feero
Laura Appleton
Rachel Hodgdon
Bath Opera
Morse High School
Rockland High
Kelley Field
F. H. Haggett
Tainter
Rockland
S. R. Percy
Louise Haggett
Harold M. Sewall
Washington Street
Esley and Ellers
Arthur J. Nichols
Bath City Hospital
Noble Maxwell
A. E. Wadwell
Vanceboro
Amy Titcomb
Lincoln Bailey
Ella Shaw
Eva Soule
Jones
Cyrus Gilmore
John Gilmore
Robert Sutherland
Front Street
Opera House
Clarence W. Morse
Elbridge Morse
Ed Thomas
Atkins Bay Shore
Weston Bonney
Robert Hatch
Myda Feero
Lydia Tracey
Ethel Hawley
Miriam Kimball
Perkins
Mr. Plummer
North Woolwich
Messrs. Ham, Morse
Parker Moulton
A. J. Nichols
J. W. Henrich
Penn Mutual Co
New Dreamland Theater
Ira Rice
Nequasset
Fred L. Parks of
Winneganee
Edith Oliver
Phippsburg
Percy District
Popham
Blind Crossing
Pacific Coast
California
Oscar Kingsbury
Charles Kingsbury
A. B. Thwing
Carleton
Thwing
Arthur Sewall
Cornell University
D. L. Howard
Portland Country Club
John H. Hyde
Pauline Hatch
Edith Hopkins
Della Merrill
Leonice Morse
Priscilla Kimball
Staples
Muratto
City Landing
E.S.S. Co
Andrews
Michael
James Leydon
Tall Stove Club
Navy
W. E. Kershner
Owen J. Ledyard
Nation
Bob Elliot
Percy King
Probate
Emma M. Oliver
Freeman L. Oliver
Eva M. Mahoney
Bertha M. Curtis
Mary White Taylor
Philip W. Odiorne
Stella M. Randall
Bowdeinham
Edward W. Wheeler
Lillian H Heal
Bath Amvets
Lililan H. Heat
Register
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