Hanover Shipwreck Remembered From 1849 Disaster
Eighty years ago on a November day the ship Hanover wrecked off Seguin near home waters. Captain Rogers and crew faced a fierce southeast gale as the vessel struck sand and rocks, breaking apart. eleven bodies were recovered and buried in local cemeteries, with memorial verse keeping the tragedy alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phi
Cadiz
Spain
Hunnewell’s Point
Rogers
Seguin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Orr's Island
Hanover
Percy
Bartlett
Sebasco
Hutchins
Meadowbrook
Henry Butler
Ballard Bartlett
Bath residents note career moves and health updates
Capt Thomas K Haley of the tug Seguin resumes duties after a week with tonsillitis. Everett G Lemont of Upper High street joins Bath Iron Works Corp. Mrs Wheelock Whitney of St Cloud Minnesota and Miss Katherine Kimball of Portland pass away in Bath. Archibald Main BIW VP leaves for New York naval architects convention. Roscoe Higgins York street recovering from appendicitis, plans to return home. Bath residents attend Bates Colby game, including Maurice Haynes John Freeman and Charles Toothaker families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas K. Haley
Cobb Road
Everett G. Lemont
Upper High Street
G. C. Curtis
Lincon County Ministers Association Held in Jefferson
Wiscasset notes report a Lincoln County Ministers Association meeting in Jefferson with W Webb of Wiscasset and Capt Hall and family hosting in Portland. Other items include visits by Mrs Merry of Portland, Miss Poole in Windham, a new platform at Maine Central station, and community social events with the Woman's club hosting teachers. Frequencies of travel and local visits reflect town life in the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ded Benign Revere
Lincoln County Ministers Association
Jefferson
W. Webb
Wiscasset
Luther FP. Hall
Portland
Clifford Piltz
Capt. Hall
Edward Merry
Daniel D. Page
8. P. Barton
Windsor
Douglass
Augusta
Edward Wise
Woodsfords
Harry A. Beals
Gardiner
Harry L. Knight and Son
Bath
Sidney E. True
Loring, Short & Harmon
E. Fred Albee
Federal Street
Rockland
Norris A. Miller
Bristol
Stella Dinsmore
Annie Hall
Charles E. Cowley
Middle Street
Malde
Lincoln Iodge
Charlestown
Macs
Giveiner
Mane
Faith
Alex.Grover
Sumner Puiter
Frank Adams
Benjamin Adams
Frank Quinnam
C. I. Dickinson
Hilton Albee
Alton Erskine
Lon Jewett
Percy Jewett
Ralph Keene
Frank Gould
Chester Pendleton
Byron Adams
Leon Grover
Lincoln Lodge
Faith Lodge
Louise Adams
George Dusseault
Emerson School of Oratory
Miss Bronson
Carolyn Varney
Grace Knight
Carrie Night
Ida Creamer
Murderer Quimby Moved to State Prison After Capture
From the Lilliputian 1283 notes a murderer named Quimby was taken to the State prison last Tuesday. J. A. Foye enjoyed a ride last Wednesday. A cargo of sawdust was shipped to New Jersey by National Wood Co, marking their fourth such shipment this season. The Franklin club met in Wave Neck hall with a large audience and a program featuring Mr Dennison's poem and Miss Warner's reading. Resolutions honoring Capt McRitchie were adopted by the Franklin society, praising his naval and civic service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Foye
Quimby
New Jersey
National Wood Co
Edmund Blinn
Cambridgeport
Mass
Joseph Taylor
Franklin Club
Waveneck Hall
Tucker
Dennison
Henry D. Hobson
Capt. McRitchie
Pranklin Society
Cat
Davi Garrick McRitchie
Pranklin Literary Society
Bath Players Club to present Belasco play Thanksgiving night
Under H Augustus Huse leadership the Bath Players Club plans a Thanksgiving show featuring David Belasco's Broadway success It will be a benefit for the Girls Athletic Association of the high school and mark the first drama use of the new auditorium and high school building with many Bath stage veterans in the cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Augustus Huse
William 8. Newell
Brenda Hill
William A. Furber
Nell” Turner
George Middleton
Guy Bolton
David Belasco
Girls’ Athletic Association
Bath
Missing Bowdoinham Girls Located in Portland
Portland police picked up three Bowdoinham girls aged 15 13 and 10 with three young men in a Portland rooming house early Wednesday morning. Sheriff Albert Henderson said deputies Crosby and Henderson had followed leads after the girls left Bowdoinham on Tuesday morning. The search involved canvassing Portland as plans were made to bring the girls home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Bowdoinham
Albert Henderson
Pauline Hughson
Celia Beals
Dora Leonard
Bowdeinham
Henderson
John Crosby
Bath
Obituary James C Biggins Bath Iron Works employee dies
James C Biggins 56 longtime Bath Iron Works employee died suddenly Tuesday night at his home 44 Chestnut Street after a period of improving health He was born in Chicago son of Michael and Mary Biggins and lived in Bath since age three He was a parishioner of St Marys Church member of Holy Name Society and of the New England Order of Protection Survived by two brothers Edward and Henry a uncle John W Biggins Funeral mass planned at St Marys with a solemn requiem high mass
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Biggins
Bath Iron Works
Chestnut Street
Mr. Biggins
Chicago
Michael
Mary Biggins
Bath
St. Marys Church
Holy Name Society
St. Mary’s
New England Order of Proection
Woman Injured in Auto Crash Near Wauniford
Mrs Artemis T Lewis of 441 Washington Street suffers broken arm bruises and chest injuries after a collision near her home on Washington Street. She was rushed to the hospital by ambulance. City Marshal Whiney leads the investigation with Dr Seth S Mullin assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wauniford
Lewis
Artemis T. Lewis
Ambulan
Seth S Mulin
Residents and visitors converge at Campbell's Pond gatherings
Mrs J M Lemont visits her son James B Lemont while Marion Rose from Rosedale and Wendall Williams with Robert Coombs of Natick join Armistice weekend at Campbell's Pond. The Harding couple winter in Palm Beach and local residents host guests at cottages and churches with several dignitaries attending Nazarene services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell's Pond
J. M. Lemont
James B. Lemont
Marion Rose
Rosedale
Emily Larrabee
Wendall Williams
Robert Coombs
Natick
Mass
W. E. Harding
Hardings
Palm Beach
Fla
Ralph Dunton
Portland
Brigham’s Cove
J. Edward Drake
Percy
Maine
John Larrabee
H. P. Jett
The
Nazarene Church
Earl Stillion
Penn
Mr. Marsh
Akron
H P. Jett
Pennsylvania
J. Everett Mayo
E W. Haggett
Harold
Edith Small
Armistice Day Program Highlights West Bath Grange
West Bath Grange hosted an Armistice program with about 100 members. The event included an honor roll reading featuring Kenneth L. Patterson and three other local enlistees, talks by Hon. J Edward Drake, quartet readings, and a tableau The Grave of the Unknown Soldier. Doughnuts and coffee followed, with plans announced for next week’s program.
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West
Johanna Hodgkins
Fred Brown
Leland Ames
Eva Atwood
Marshall Boudreau
Herbert Cavanaugh
Harriet Bunker
Frank H. Beal
Ethel Bruce
Fred Bubier
Weston L. Bonney
West Bath Farm Bureau and 4-H Club Meetings
A regular Farm Bureau meeting on November 7 in the grange hall drew eleven adults and one child Muss Flore. Smart of the State Health Dept spoke on home nursing, lunch was served, and the next meeting is January 1 with Harriett Brown and Maud Haile as lunch committee. A 4-H gathering at Emily Larrabee’s home awarded prizes for canning and room arrangement, with Emily Larrabee, Betty Rose, and Anstress Larrabee among prize winners. The next 4-H meeting is in December with Emily Larrabee and Betty Rote as refreshment committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Grange Hall
Muss Flore
Smart
State Department of Health
Ida Rose
Irving Wright
Harriett Brown
Maud Haile
Emily Larrabee
Canning
Betty Rose
Anstress Larrabee
Betty Rote
Retaining Old Erudition School NND BS Advocated
A reader urges the newspaper to publish input from citizens on whether to keep the Old Erudition School NND BS. The letter proposes converting the building into a museum and meeting space, funded by its own improvements, and asks the paper to invite community ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OLD Erudition School
NND BS
Ieee
G. C. Quicksall
Sailor Pierce Wins Boothbay Harbor Show Main Bout
Sailor Pierce of Bath defeated Ben Sonia of Bath when Sonia could not answer the bell for the second round due to a badly hurt hand. Pierce floored Sonia for a count of seven as the bell rang. Tiger Kingsbury of Bath outpointed Johnny Arsenault in the fast semi final. The prelims were lively with one knockout when K O Roberts of Southport stopped Spark Plug Townsend of Boothbay Harbor in the first minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sailor Pierce
Bath
Ben Sonia
Boothbay Harbor
Sonia
Tiger Kingsbury
Johnny Arsenault
K. O. Roberts
Southport
Sparkplug Townsend
Red Cross Drives Starts Sunday Across Districts
The Red Cross begins its fundraising drive Sunday with volunteer captains leading local neighborhoods. Districts include Bath City Hospital area and West Bath, with captains Mrs Herman Crocker Mrs Scott M Golder and Miss Christine C Curtis organizing drives along streets such as Mechanic King’s Dock Lombard Water and Broad Arch.
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RED Cross
Ward Street Court
Herman Crocker
Arthur Norton
Beacon
Oliver
Meadow Way
York
Whiskeay Road
Milan
Valley Road
Scott M. Golder
Margaret Furber
Phyllis Chaney
Virginia Golder
Bath City Hospital
Washington
Mechanic
King’s Dock
Trufant
Farrin
Prospect
Henderson
Frederic H. Low
Bath Iron Works Corp
Hyde Windlass Co
Torrey Roller
Commercial Trading Co
First National Bank
Bath National Bank
Bath Trust Co
Bath Sayings Institution
New England Tel. & Tel Co
West Bath
James B. Lemont
Woolwich
J. W. Brown
Insurance and Rats Discussed in Board Meeting
Officials noted lack of authority to act on a count of rats and urged seeking legal advice. J Everett Jewett and Frank L Allen were authorized to buy Oak Grove burial lots, while Elford A Stover received a boxing exhibition permit for Arcade hall on November 8. Maurice E Libby granted a victualer license pending bond.
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Dermen
Ward
Cemetery and Park Board
J. Everett Jewett
Auburn
Frank L. Allen
Brooklyn
N. Y
Oak Grove
Elford A. Stover
Arcade Hall
Maurice E. Libby
Front Street
Lioness Kills Boy After Arrow Prank Incident
A 12 year old boy herding cattle in South Africa was killed when a lioness attacked after a toy arrow was shot at her. The boy reportedly pushed the arrow into the animal in a stunt gone wrong. A second boy was nearby during the incident.
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South Africa
Woolwich Visitors and Residents Travel in Town Notes
Mrs John Carlton visited Southport while Mr and Mrs Ralph Stinson of Arrowsic moved to Mrs Oanthea's home. Nellie Stinson of Augusta with Mrs Charles Trott Wenham called on friends. Lucille Stinson stayed with Gertrude Gilmore. Several locals hosted and traveled to Rumford Bath Rockland and Bowdoinham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Fred’ Carlton
Southport
Ralph Stinson
Arrowsic
Oanthea
Ralph
Nellie
Augusta
Charles Trott
Wenham
Lucille Stinson
Gertrude Gilmore
Clarence Getchell
Pop
Horace Heath
Everett
Mass
Ira Allen
Donald
Bowdoinham
Henry Carlton
Eleanor
van Buren
Edward V. Reed
Co. P. Hail
R. J. Gilmore
Rumford
Thomas McH
William Williams
F. Williamson
Rockland
William Gould
George Rice
Rena Catherine
West Medford
Daisey Bailey
Joseph Hecht
Joseph Costello
Bath City Hospital
Local Visits Span Week Across Maine Families
Mrs. Frank McCobb called on Mrs. Harold Wall this week. Charlie Whitehouse and sister Mable Shaw of Auburn visited their father F. H. Siegars in Menaay. Walter Heath and Lia Marque of Waterville visited Lia’s daughter Heather Sunday. Henry Harrington and family of Gardiner visited their daughter Mrs. Charles Pushard. Albert Pushard of Randolph spent the weekend with cousins L. H. Siegars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McCobb
Harold Wall
Charlie Whitehouse
Mable Shaw
Auburn
F. H. Siegars
Menaay
Walter Heath
Lia Marque
Waterville
Marque
Heather
Henry Harrington
Gardiner
Charles Pushard
Albert Pushard
Randolph
L. H. Siegars
Bacher pays fine on liquor charge in municipal court
Lewis H. Bacher of 8 Willowstree pleaded guilty to two counts of illegal transport and possession of intoxicating liquor before Judge John J. Keegan. He paid $400 and costs for illegal transport and received six months probation on the other charge after sheriff deputies seized the liquor two weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Keegan
Lewis H. Bacher
Willowstree
Bacher
Henderson
Oliver and
Crosby
Armistice Day Visitors and Local Notices Tie Up Bath Area
The item lists numerous visitors and guests in Bath and nearby towns including Eleanor of Sagadahoc ferrying back from Van Buren, the Blaisdells staying with Ouis Blaisdell in Kittery, and Henry Jackson with Frank Field of Boston visiting Gardiner D. Rogers. It notes marriage intentions of Louis J. Lowell and Elsie A. Lander, illness and deaths among Mrs Jane Oliver, anticipated funeral for Mrs Oliver, and an Armistice Day gathering at Mrs. Slater in Somerville with the Vaughans and Perkins family. It also reports birth notice for Norma Jean Nickerson born November 8 to Sanford B. Nickerson and wife in Burlington, Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Carlton
Eleanor
Sagadahoc Ferry
van Buren
Carl Blaisdell
Mr. Blaisdell
Ouis Blaisdell
Kittery
Louis J. Lowell
Phippsburg
Elsie A. Lander
Whiteneid
E.,j. Learn
Auburn
Tillie Whitney
Boston
A. C. Staples
Washington Street
William A. Grevers
Plainfield
N. J
Bath
Gardiner D. Rogers
Henry Jackson
Frank Field
Meistersingers
Brunswick Road
Margaret Fallon
Waltham
Mass
Frank Oliver
Court, Street
Jane Oliver
Robert Holloway
Arlington
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Norway Mentcine Co
Norway
Sheepscot
West Anna
South Newcastle
Women’s Association
Charles E. Titus
Frances Fire
Mount Holyoke College
Amherst College
Organ Society
Congregational Church
Cora Groves
Annie Dodge
Edith Hutchins
Minnie Southard
Etta Barnes
Alice McIntyre
City Hall
Cora M. Groves
Elmchusetts
Harry Lewis
North
Maine Woods
F. H. Hutchins
S. J. Sewall
Plorence Benson
Cooper's Mills
Evelyn Hutchins
George Pinkard
San Francisco
Marjorie Bailey
Byrd
Antarctic
William Jones
Jane Tucker
Lee Street
Charles Henry Butler
Washington, D. C
Archie Higgins
Westport
Bernard Bailey, Jr
Donald Wilband
Cairo
Egypt
Clarence Cowley
Ashland
Harriet Blagdon
Gertrude Leighton
Alna
Elia M. Abbott
Flora A. Lowell
Anson M. Baker
Edward Bond
Anna Bond Stevens
Louisville
John H. Southard
Lillian Loud
Gilnes
Lillian
Beverly
Mrs. Loud
Hodge Street
Charles Pomeroy
Lennox Southard
Frank Emerson
Ruth Inis
Edgecomb
Mr. Emerson
Fred Barron
Olive Barron
Mission of the Open Door
Franklin Block
Eath Iron Works
West Bath Farm Bureau
California Orange Packers
Quicksall
Common Council
Wright
Crane
Cutting
Fortier
Hall
Monk
McCabe
Plummer and White
Morse High School
GEO. C. Quicksall
Dresden
Lst
Chadbourne
Arthur F. Mayo
Prop
Mrs. Mayo
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